"Father?"

Dojun looks down at the monarch with two eyes. He was still sitting on the ground with a coffin in his hand.

Are you talking about the old man I saw in my dream? ’

Of course, he wasn't like his father. There was only one daughter.

Then the old man he's talking about must be the old man I saw in my dream. There was nothing else to think about.

Does that mean that the ‘youngest' I heard in my dream is talking about this Shadow Monarch?

‘Though I was speculating. ’

I was speculating otherwise.

However, I felt different because I heard it in my own mouth. It's not like speculation was right, it's a different sensation.

Such a sense of accomplishment that you seem to have found your own mainstream.

‘I kept wondering. ’

Where did this copying skill come from?

What did the key to the maze in the cliff cave look like then?

He had never heard of this kind of skill or item. It was only when I was a Gatherer that I didn't have any information, so I was sure I didn't know.

Even now that he was a top-quality hunter, he had little information about items such as the key to the maze or skills similar to his copying. Even clues.

The clue comes from the mouth of this shadow monarch now.

[I did! I did wrong!]

Although the party was trembling in fear.

“Wrong?”

[I had no choice! My brothers and sisters forced me to participate! You know well! I can't resist what they say!]

Hmmm.

Dojun is locked into his thoughts for a while. It seems that he is completely mistaken for a writer named Father.

However, he was confident of himself.

The old man is dead. At that time, the Shadow Monarch and their brothers and sisters did everything they could to be sure of the raid.

He himself just happens to inherit this power that he left behind.

‘Are you saying you picked it up rather than inherited it? ’

He laughed.

Then the Shadow Monarch trembled like a thief on my feet. In his eyes, Dojun's laughter seemed to be an excuse to quit.

[I was wrong! Please forgive me for betraying you after a brief temptation! I swear by all my magic!]

Then a shadow blossomed from the body of the fallen man.

Dojun grabbed his coffin while he was on guard. I thought I'd copy them all without further ado.

Shadow Monarch proposes a subordinate seal to you.

However, the shadow did not contain the slightest attack will.

It was rather a surrender to be there.

If accepted, the Shadow Monarch will be a faithful servant to fulfill your command.

"Ho."

Did you have this ability?

It was a suggestion that Gumi pulled. The more you lose, the better. Considering the power of the Shadow Monarch, it could be very useful.

Dojun looks down at him.

The Shadow Monarch fell down as if he could not lift his head. I entrusted all my life's escape to the Dojun, and even thought it was disgusting.

I felt a slight force from Dojun's hand holding the thorn tube.

[Father!]

He glances up and looks up at the doughnut. The helper faced him with an expressionless face.

[Will you forgive me? Thank you! Thank you!]

His joyful appearance is stuck in Dojun's heart.

Gaolin looked strange, but a completely different face overlaid him. The face was much younger and more adorable than the rays.

Seeing it, Dojong was a fool.

“No. Nothing like that. ”

[Copy the fragment of the Shadow Monarch.]

I began to absorb the remaining power.

* * *

[Argh, argh!]

The Shadow Monarch grabbed his head and struck the bald horse. He also came to the Dojun with a horn, beating the balbud to flee.

But it was useless, because everything was so weak.

Dojun begins to breathe his energy comfortably with peace of mind.

‘It's different than usual. ’

The sensation felt was very different from the usual copying skills.

Previously, it felt like simply tying to the system and moving the options, but now copying the viewfinder was completely different.

I feel like I'm pulling with my own inherent power, not the system.

There it is.

‘Hole……? ’

I found something like a hole in his body.

That's not what it looks like now. It was there from the beginning.

But I haven't noticed anything so far. Because I didn't think I could fill it.

That is what I learned as the power of the monarch began to enter in earnest.

It is true that such a large hole is inside his body.

‘This feeling……. ’

Feels a lot different from traditional copying.

By analogy, I feel like I'm experiencing the original version of the Shadow Bundling, just like the original version of the Shadow Bundling was a shearshader's thorn.

What do we call this? Absorption? Robbery?

No, it's not like that. To find a word that better fits this power.

“Recovery.”

Dojun mutters as he looks down at him.

[Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii!]

Then he starts to glow in terror.

I've been terrified so far, but qualitatively different from that. Fear that the towers beneath the feet that have been piled up will collapse in a single breath.

[Argh! When I give it to you, when will you come and get it!? Why won't you forgive me? You didn't take me for a son!]

He starts beating up like a bunch of kids. Yeah, well, I couldn't get out of Dojun's grasp.

‘That's right, though. ’

Obviously, he was right.

The old man took this as his son. The rug in the rug. An abandoned anti-dragon child in Dragon Canyon.

I empowered him with grief for the position of a child that could not be accepted in the world of man or in the world of dragons.

But it is.

"What is that? ’

Dojun stares down at the Shadow Monarch with a gloomy expression.

It's the old man's situation, not his own. It had nothing to do with him.

Shadow monarch stirring his arms and rolling his feet. Dojun saw his face. Numerous citizens and hunters who died on that face came to mind.

Draw a shadow, revealing those bodies that he had put back in human form on the road.

"He's not forgivable. ’

He's done enough.

This is not only true for the elderly. Isn't that one of the direct causes of death for the elderly?

Dojun calmly searched his memory. The memories that I saw in my dreams, and the memories that came to mind in fragments, retrieving the viewfinder.

One of them had his name on it.

“Mel Shea. ”

[Ah, Father.....]

When I called his name, he looked back with a look of hope.

I didn't want to see that face. I have a face that hurts so many lives that I think I can be forgiven by myself.

Dojun bends his back and approaches his ear.

And recalling the last appearance of a dying old man, he shook his lips.

“It was the last time you said you would forgive me. ”

[Aah, aah, aah!]

At the origin of it, the recovered energy began to explode.

The flesh of a dragon that the Shadow Monarch, Mel Shear, summoned while swallowing branches. The flesh burst into rage with a black energy and poured out to the Dojoon.

[Kid] No!]

Mel Shea was desperate.

The power that has been built up for so many years. My powers are fading away like the mirage of summer. This power, which he had coveted while betraying his father, was being restored to his resurrected hands.

The price of betrayal is high.

The first thought that came to his mind while he was aware of it.

‘Why only me! ’

There are other brothers and sisters, why should I go through this alone?

If Dojun knew, he would have nodded that it was the right answer not to forgive. He didn't even reflect on his work at the last minute.

How long has it been?

All the same energy as slaves disappeared into the body of Dojun, and the flesh of the dragon, which was so huge, disappeared as if it had never happened before.

All that remained was the corpse of Gaolin falling from the sky in the urban area and the fugitive who lost his mind.

* * *

At first it was just sympathy.

A poor child who is abandoned at a young age and cannot get proper food.

I gave the child something to eat little by little. It didn't mean anything. I didn't feel the talent of the child, nor did I do it with a sense of mission.

The old man was always free and he just did what he thought he would.

The child's vigilance was amazing. I always give food at the same time, but never came this way. I always used to eat somewhere else with only food.

Strangely, the old man liked it. The relationship rather comforted the old man's mind.

Is that why?

When I left the canyon, it was a change of scenery for a while.

― You don't look like a dragon or a human. Then you'll always be alone.

― Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Yaaah!

― I'll give you a chance. Provide opportunities to be with others.

The old man gave the child a new body.

Though it was just a fake body made of shadows, it was a dragon-like flesh that could fly high up through that canyon.

The old man left that way. Then I immediately regretted it.

What do you think I'm doing? I don't remember entering a world where my strength was mixed and I saw good looks.

When old man Huil stopped by the canyon again.

With the body he handed over to make a companion, the child ate all the dragons in the canyon.

The child came down because he was sad to be alone, but with that power he stepped on another person and stood alone.

The elderly felt responsible.

If it wasn't for his own whims, he might have lived a normal life. Had his power not awakened the child's deeply inherent greed.

― Follow me.

The old man accepted the child with a gloomy face. I couldn't leave it like this.

― Your name is Mel Shea.

A long time ago, it happened in one world.

* * *

Kwung!

The two in-laws fell from heaven.

One is the corpse of Gaolin, whose horns and wings have disappeared.

The other was Dojun.

‘This is..... ’

Dougun, who had been stunned for a while, opened his eyes immediately to the shock of falling to the ground.

He blinks and looks around.

Shattered Shanghai. Lost Shadow Monarch. And the corpse of Gaolin who returned to the human figure next to him.

"Is that so?"

You dreamt of the old man again. I remember the old man when he accepted Mel Shea.

I saw hunters running from that distance. Herds, including Handspears and Crimson Owls. Next to him, the Mahals were jumping ahead, starting with Shura.

And the image of the genius holding the sword on one side.

Slowly, it became a reality.

‘I won.'

I won. I succeeded in subjugating the Shadow Monarch.

Not only that. I've sucked his energy to the ground.

Thanks to you, my body was not in good shape right now. Suddenly, due to the tremendous energy that came in, it was difficult to maintain a proper body.

After scarcely circulating the existing flow of magical power, Dojoun closes his eyes.

“Mr. Dojun! Mr. Dojun!"

“Kim Do-joon Hunter! Are you okay?”

I was being loud next to him, but unfortunately I couldn't answer.

At least I just used all my strength to circulate energy.

Finally, he slowly fell asleep with the blue skies in his eyes that illuminated the city.

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