I Became the Father of a Degenerate Emperor

Episode 35. I did what you said.

Episode 35. I did what you said.

Tadadat-

Max is speeding through the forest of Spisus with Elodie on his back.

“Ha…… What is so endless?”

Even at the beginning of the forest, there weren’t that many trees.

However, as we went inside, not only were there more and more of them, but they were also getting bigger and bigger.

I felt as if I had come to another world when the sunlight was covered.

Kleur!

Besides, why are there so many monsters?

It’s no wonder that he was running at such a high speed, even if he had slowed down just a little, he would have caught up with the monsters chasing him.

Nevertheless, the number of monsters was so great that naturally they were obstructing their path.

Max was running non-stop, climbing over monsters that popped out of nowhere and stepping on the sides of trees.

In the meantime, Elodie asked loudly.

“Are you having a hard time, Master?”

Max did not want to appear weak in front of his young pupil. So he pretended to be tougher for no reason.

“From what I’ve seen, I’m the Imperial Knight Commander of the Kratus Empire. You are now the strongest body in the empire. So hold on to your worries. Ha ha ha.”

“Wow~ Really?”

Embarrassed, Max started to accelerate even more.

“Master, there is another monster in front of me!”

Taat! Fault!

Max jumped up and stepped on a tree and jumped.

Giant trees densely filling the Spisus.

Not only is it thick, but its height is also amazing, exceeding 100 meters.

The trees Max was climbing were like that too.

He climbed higher and higher, jumping from tree to tree in a zig-zag fashion.

It was to check how far there was left to go.

Max quickly reached the top. He stood on a tall branch.

Looking at the far-flung blue sky, I felt a surge of air in my stomach.

Looking back, he could see that he had come quite far in not too long.

But the moment he looked ahead again, he was Max with a heavy heart at the fact that he still had a long way to go.

Unaware of that feeling, Elodie looked down at her and shouted with an innocent voice.

“Wow! Master, there are so many trees here!”

Although no answer came back, Elodie still looked excited.

“But what is that mountain over there?”

A rocky mountain nestled in the far distance beyond the endless forest.

On top of the long, drooping ridge, pure white snow was piled up.

That’s Quinodon.

The center of the ridge. The solitude of the ruler emanated from the sharp peaks rising steeply.

‘The place where the Dragon Lord really resides. If you see it up close, the magnificence will be enormous.’

How high it was, white clouds wrapped around the sides of the peak.

With his eyes on that place, Max said calmly.

“Elodie, that is our destination.”

Contrary to the calm voice, he was feeling a lot of pressure right now.

‘Dragon Road. Is this really okay…….’

Marx let out a deep sigh and muttered in a voice mixed with lamentation.

“But, if it continues like this, it will take a few more days…… “

In his heart, a raging impatience kept urging him to hurry, and there was a reason for that.

Just after getting out of the dungeon a while ago, Max had been looking for the Imperial Knights.

In the meantime, he happened to pass by a slum and vividly witnessed the miserable situation there.

People lying unconscious all over the alley.

Most of the conscious people were groaning while holding on to their hungry stomachs.

– I feel like dying of hunger…….

All I could do was close my eyes and flinch as if I didn’t even have the strength to stand up.

– Ahhh Mom…….

I could hear the children with grime all over her face crying as they searched for their mother.

Some even fought to death over a piece of black rotten bread.

– Give it to me, you bastard!

– Let go of this! I picked it up!

On one side, soldiers were incinerating the bodies of the dead to prevent any possible contagious disease.

Abi-gyuhwan did not necessarily exist only on the battlefield.

A world in which those with power turned away from the powerless people.

Max was the one who personally confirmed that such a place was no different from hell.

So he knew better.

If left as it is, the image of that slum would soon spread throughout the empire.

‘There is not much time left in the empire.’

Although the relief policy was implemented, the famine that had spread was already festering.

In the near future, the anger of the people will explode, and the blade of that anger will of course be aimed at the imperial family.

So, as the emperor said, we had to subdue Marinene as soon as possible.

‘We must hurry up and resume her trade before it becomes irreversible!’

To do so, I had to meet the Dragon Lord as soon as possible.

‘Everything is in my hands!’

So, before mana was restored, she hurriedly rode her horse to the aegis.

But when he came here himself, the scale of Spisus was far beyond his expectations.

To the extent that the remaining distance to Quinodon is unpredictable.

If you poured mana generously, you could go much faster, but even so, it seemed clear that it would take a lot of time.

Still, she couldn’t use her mana carelessly.

It was because it could be embarrassing when you actually met the Dragon Lord.

According to the emperor, you will need an aura to talk to the dragon lord.

So, unless it was a moment of crisis, he had to conserve mana as much as possible.

Anyway, at this rate, it would take a long time to reach Quinodon.

“Ha…… What do we really do now?”

At that moment, Elodie shouted as if she had found a treasure.

“Wow! What a big bird!”

The light of hope shone on Max’s face as he followed Elodie’s gaze.

“That’s it!”

Something was flying at an extremely high speed in the distance.

Kiaaak!

A ghastly cry resounded in the air, like a specter’s.

A flying object flying towards Max with a poisonous aura all over it.

It was the ‘Vine Wyvern’.

The beings that fly fast among the huge trees of the Great Forest of Spisus and prey on weak monsters.

As its name suggests, it was a monster whose entire body was entangled in vines.

‘That would be perfect!’

The situation has come so close that you can see it in detail.

The head, wings, legs, and even the long tail were all made up of tangled vines.

Very green leaves sprouting sparsely here and there.

I don’t know where else, but the wings were covered in layers with wide leaves.

It was clear that the eyes that flashed with life were clearly different from the spirits.

Through the twisted vines on the left side of the torso, I could see a heart beating vigorously with an ominous light.

A decent size, not too small but not too big.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to pick up an adult male.

Nevertheless, it seemed so fast, Max was satisfied.

‘If I ride that, it will be a quick ride to Quinodon.’

After a while, the moment the smile was removed from his lips, the vine wyvern was right in front of him.

Kyaaah!

Elodie shuddered at the ominous cry.

“Hold tight, Elodie.”

“Yes?”

Max emitted an intangible aura to immobilize Elodie, and at the same time spurred on towards the vine wyvern.

The branch I was stepping on trembled like a jumping board.

Quack!

Max snatched the neck at once, rotated it on its axis, and lightly rode on the body of the wyvern.

It was such a spirited movement that even acrobats stuck out their tongues.

I haven’t even used teeth and claws made of wood, which boasts quite high hardness.

Kieek!

The vines that grew out of his body like tentacles tried to trap Max, but it was impossible to harm him as he had already smoked an aura. Rather, only the vines melted.

Nevertheless, the vine wyvern tried to resist somehow.

Attempts such as wildly moving the body like a wild horse carrying a man for the first time, or flipping the torso upside down and flying, etc. Continued urgently.

Nevertheless, Max’s grip could not be overcome, and he finally made a vertical descent in desperation.

However, when Max grabbed his heart abruptly, he had no choice but to surrender due to the fear of instant death.

Of course, it wasn’t something Max knew.

He suddenly fell down, so he tried to do something, but when he tried to pull on things, his hand got caught by mistake.

It wouldn’t have been a problem even if the wyvern had fallen to the ground, but it felt like a waste to lose the mount I had obtained.

That’s why I played with his hand with the feeling of grabbing at least a straw.

Kiik!

As a result, the wyvern, whose heart was caught, suddenly became compliant, and with just a slight twist of Max’s neck, he changed his direction and quickly headed for Quinodon.

The extent of Spisus was beyond imagination.

Even though they flew very fast, the sunset was setting in the sky by the time they reached the boundary.

I suddenly felt motion sickness as I thought that the forest would open again after I crossed that quinodon.

Kiaag!

As Max jumped down, the vine wyvern flew over his head several times and flew away.

“You finally came.”

Even though there was information from the emperor, the trembling heart did not calm down easily.

‘The boundary of quinodon.’

The emperor clearly told me to be careful with that.

– It is important to know exactly where the forest ends in order not to be surprised by the dragons. There must be a barrier.

After recalling the emperor’s words, Max looked straight ahead.

At the point beyond the shadow of the forest, there was a huge canyon leading to the top of the rocky mountain.

According to the Emperor’s words, that place would never be the border of Quinodon.

‘The barrier.’

But I didn’t feel that way at all.

‘Isn’t this a normal barrier?’

To find the barrier, Max maximized his senses.

Then I felt the presence of an invisible wall about three steps ahead.

‘This is it.’

Mana is so small that you will never notice it if you are not determined to find it.

It formed a wall over a wide area.

It won’t be difficult to get in, but the moment you take even one step inside, the angry dragon’s intensive fire will fall.

Max walked slowly to the front of the barrier.

Seureung-

Then he took out the echion with a grim expression.

‘A sword made from the fangs of a dragon lord. You can use this to open the barrier, right?’

That was the method the emperor taught.

Max carefully inserted the sword.

The emperor had made it clear.

Then the dragons will talk first.

*

The owner of Quinodon.

A contemplative observer of balance.

The pinnacle of all living beings.

A dragon touched by a god.

All those expressions were words pointing to a single being.

Dragon Road. Astrum.

Under the dark sky. He was now lying on the top of a snow-covered rocky mountain.

His body was so huge that Max looked like a small dot.

Dragon Lord had a grim expression as if he had just woken up.

A face that looks uncomfortable even at a glance.

It was the result of interrupting sweet rest due to a sudden uninvited guest.

“So who sent it?”

It seemed that the whole world shuddered with fear even though he had only uttered that one word.

‘This is why I said I had to use an aura.’

Max had been producing an aura from the very beginning, and it blocked most of the fear radiated by the Dragon Lord.

“I am the emperor of the Kratus Empire”

I couldn’t even finish the words. It was because the dragon lord’s ferocious echo cut off his words.

“So, a descendant of an old friend of mine sent me. So what’s the matter?”

Dragon Lord pierced his ear once with an expression that he would die of annoyance.

Max swallowed a dry saliva and then spoke carefully.

“His Majesty knows the location of the Slayer Temple.”

The moment he heard the words to buy a dragon, the dragon lord jumped to his feet.

In the huge eyes that flashed, dark flesh blazed like the scorching sun.

“What? Did you just call it Salryongsa?”

In that short question, a grudge was brewing that was enough to destroy the world.

Max protected himself and Elodie with his aura at full power, but his shaking legs and trembling voice didn’t calm down at all.

Still, I managed to muster up the courage to continue.

“If you want to know the location of Salryongsa Temple, he wants you to come directly to the imperial palace.”

Then the Dragon Lord shouted in an angry voice.

“A mere human being dared to ask me to come see him!”

The cataclysmic echo reverberated violently, causing severe avalanches throughout the rocky mountains.

Dragon Lord’s wrath was directed not only at the Slayer, but also at the Emperor.

Max was convinced that if he hadn’t given off his aura, he would have been badly hurt too.

‘This seems to be going a little strangely. Lux, are you really okay like this?’

I didn’t notice it myself, but Max’s face was filled with tears.

And Elodie, who was on his back, passed out right away.