Chapter 83.2
Editor: Sahloknir
Ever since humans lost their various advantages, the originally hidden creatures of the world emerged from their hibernation one after another.
Unicorns.
Centaurs.
Pixies.
No matter how harmless they appeared to be, each one was more dangerous than the last. The humans who had lost everything could only try to fight back against these creatures.
These recently awakened creatures tended to stay within the confines of certain countries. Contrary to the various myths and legends, none of them were friendly towards humans. This left humans no choice but to try and defend their living environment.
China was one of the more fortunate countries.
The legendary creature that awoke there was a golden dragon.
Although he was big enough to cover the sky and his roars were like earthquakes, at least this dragon made its home in the sea.
That meant land was still human territory.
Even though the animals on land were also beginning to mutate, a few examples being mice that were larger than rabbits, rabbits that were the size of pigs and pigs the size of cows…
At least they couldn’t breathe fire.
According to their sources, dragons also emerged in the western world, but of a different species, the kind that had a big belly and breathed fire. Plus that kind of dragon lived on land and breathed fire on whoever was unlucky enough to cross their sight.
The golden dragon of China lived in the sea, so Chinese people could just avoid going in the ocean.
But the big-bellied dragons of western countries lived on land. What are westerners supposed to do, live in the sea??
The legendary creatures from other countries created slaughter and mayhem in their wake, but China’s golden dragon was more peaceful despite its greater might.
It could almost be considered friendly towards humans.
The people who were too scared to venture into the ocean after the appearance of the golden dragon gradually recovered their courage when they discovered that it wasn’t actively malevolent in nature. Some of the bolder ones decided to test the waters.
One by one, the people who went out to sea came back alive.
More and more people chose to take the risk after seeing that the golden dragon didn’t make a move.
Although they might still encounter disasters at sea, whether they be natural ones or other creatures…
At least the golden dragon who could annihilate their country if he wanted to didn’t act.
Ever so slowly, a new legend began to circulate in China.
The golden dragon that lived in the deep sea had a little mermaid.
It was a mermaid even more beautiful than an elf, who had long hair, a beautiful silver-white fishtail, and wore a golden crown.
This little mermaid was the golden dragon’s baby, and the two were inseparable. However, the little mermaid liked humanity more than the golden dragon who was indifferent and aloof.
To be more precise, the mermaid liked human food and objects.
Everyone knew that this good-hearted mermaid was very fond of humans.
Those that went out to sea would prepare a gift in a waterproof box for the little mermaid and toss it into the water before their journey. Through some method, the ever elusive golden dragon would present these gifts to his baby.
If the little mermaid liked them, then the person who gave the gift would be able to reap a rich harvest.
However, if the little mermaid didn’t like them…
One day, the roar of a golden dragon suddenly shook the sea and the sky. Its tail swept out and destroyed a nearby boat in one motion.
This was a move that the golden dragon had become very skilled at, destroying the boat but not to the point where it sank.
After all, his little mermaid was a kind-hearted, gentle and sweet individual who would definitely rescue the humans if they fell into the water.
There was no way the golden dragon was letting his little mermaid come into contact with these humans.
But he was still angry, no, furious.
So he kept roaring at the ship. The people onboard were shaken to their knees and started begging for mercy.
As the captain covered his ears, the crewman next to him asked him loudly, “Captain!!! What the h.e.l.l did you give! Why is Dragon-daren so angry!?!”
“How would I know?!!”
The captain’s head was a mess because of the constant shaking. He screamed desperately, “I heard that Dragon-daren adores his mermaid, so I commissioned drawings of a female mermaid to please him!”
Even he occasionally looked at little yellow books on the ship, so he thought that male mermaid would like it too.
Who knew that this dragon would have such an unexpected reaction to it?
Strange, that picture was obviously well drawn…
On a distant reef, Shi Qing sat on a rock as he waved his tail and examined the picture book in his hands.
Even though he was venting his anger, most of the golden dragon’s attention was still focused on the little mermaid. He immediately turned around and dove into the sea, arriving at his baby’s side within moments.
He s.n.a.t.c.hed the book right up with his claws and tore the image of the seductive female mermaid on the cover to shreds.
The mermaid with a long, silvery-white fishtail just smiled at him and jumped into the sea.
On the seafloor, the golden dragon coiled up possessively and protectively around his little mermaid.
He would always guard his treasures.
The day the little mermaid left this world, the golden dragon would naturally follow suit.
……
[Ding! Task completed!! Please choose to either: 1. Continue onto the next task, or 2. Rest for a while.]
Shi Qing: [11111]
System: [Ding! Please prepare yourself. We will jump to the next world immediately! Jump in progress: 3, 2, 1…]
***
Shi Qing slowly opened his eyes in an elegant, yet minimally decorated room.
He was just looking down at his spotless white robes when a sobbing female voice came from outside.
“Shizun, please let Da-shixiong off already, he can’t hold on much longer! This disciple begs your—your pardon, Shizun…”
“Da-shixiong has done well enough this time. Please Shizun, this disciple begs you to reconsider…”
Shizun, huh…
Shi Qing glanced at the polished bronze mirror hanging on the wall.
An aloof immortal cultivator in white robes with inky black hair stared back.
He briefly looked through his memories.
This time, he might appear to be a reserved immortal cultivator on the outside, but in actuality he was a hypocrite who was jealous of his own disciple’s talent. Worse still, he was willing to use various underhanded methods to sabotage and humiliate him.
His unfortunate eldest disciple was this world’s protagonist.
Shi Qing browsed through all the times the original host had beaten and scolded his eldest disciple without cause ever since he was a child. He would use the flimsiest of reasonings to inflict various types of punishment, even going so far as to whip him when the protagonist became an adult.
[System, tell me the animosity value.]
The System shuddered: [Rong Jue’s animosity value: 300/100]
Shi Qing: Why am I not surprised at all ?
Arc 7 finished! Next up is the immortal cultivator Shizun and his blackened demon lord disciple~ The next world kind of reminded me of Sc.u.m Villain a bit, but with Bingge instead of Bingmei…