Chapter 62: A Godly Development (Part 1)
"King?"
The Velociraptor's dragon-like eyes widened in terror. "You're the man known as the strongest on Earth, King?" It sucked in sharp breaths repeatedly, its feet involuntarily taking a step back. Suddenly, it remembered something and its eyes shot wide open. "Wait a minute, Armored Dragon… did you kill Armored Dragon?"
"Armored Dragon?" King spread his hands. "Oh, it's a complicated story. I was following behind Saitama, ready to pick up the leftovers, but then Armored Dragon provoked the two of us. Saitama killed it with a single punch. In the end, the people from the Hero Association inexplicably decided that I was the one who killed Armored Dragon and announced it in a broadcast. So, actually, Armored Dragon…"
The Velociraptor's pupils contracted. "So it *was* you who killed Armored Dragon!"
"Uh…"
King stared blankly at the completely convinced Velociraptor. "Are you sure you understood what I said? Did your language comprehension skills degenerate when you mutated into a dinosaur-man? I was clearly explaining that I wasn't the one who killed Armored Dragon. You… are you an idiot?"
"Hmph, to be able to break Armored Dragon's defense and see through the afterimages of my speed… King, your title as the strongest man on Earth is well-deserved. However…" The Velociraptor spat on the ground and said proudly, "I am Velociraptor, the fastest dinosaur-man in the world. Even if you're incredibly strong, you can never catch me or kill me! King, next time…" It glared menacingly at King. "I will definitely kill you to avenge the two kicks from today!"
Its body flickered, and it darted in the direction of the Seismosaurus. However, it was obvious that those two kicks from King had injured it severely. Its speed was clearly much slower; its form could now be caught with the naked eye.
"Hmph, even if my speed is halved, you can only look on helplessly."
The Velociraptor glanced back at the seemingly unresponsive King and couldn't help but let out a couple of smug, strange laughs.
However, its triumphant smile didn't last for more than a few seconds. Ahead of it, a skyscraper that had been shaking for a long time finally gave way, collapsing with a deafening rumble! Like a tower of high-rise building blocks toppling over, bricks and stones flew through the air, instantly submerging an entire area.
"Ah~"
A blood-curdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered, rose from beneath the pile of rubble, only to vanish just as quickly. The sound was brief and shrill, enough to make one's blood run cold.
"Ding! There is a convertible Monster card nearby. Host, please proceed with the conversion!"
The System's cold, emotionless, and mechanical notification tone echoed faintly.
The skyscraper had completed a solo kill, teaching the Monster a lesson: Don't show off!
"Uh…"
King stared blankly at the ruins shrouded in dust and smoke. *Does… does this count as my kill?*
"Sigh, I really am a hero powered by luck!"
He mocked himself, then a question suddenly popped into his head. The Velociraptor was buried under the rubble, so how could he touch its body to collect the card? Should he find an excavator to push aside all those messy bricks?
"System, is there a solution?"
When in doubt, ask the System!
However, the System ignored him. Apparently, this question was not within the System's scope of response.
"Hey, kid. Have you seen a five-meter-tall dinosaur-man?"
Just as King was agonizing over how to get to the Velociraptor's corpse, a cold voice sounded in his ear. He turned around in confusion and saw standing before him… hmm… a very ordinary dinosaur-man. It stood nine meters tall, with an appearance similar to the other dinosaur-men, lacking any distinguishing features. Yes, compared to the Seismosaurus and the Velociraptor, this was a truly plain and ordinary dinosaur-man.
King was slightly taken aback and asked, "Huh, so the measure word for you dinosaur-men is 'one' as in 'one long thing'? Oh, your genes changed, so even the descriptive unit changed. We humans use 'one' as in 'one individual person,' while you dinosaur-men use 'one' as in 'one long thing.' That's a key piece of information. I'll remember that."
Although he said that, he had already guessed who this dinosaur-man was. It was most likely the brains of the Demon Level dinosaur-man trio—Allosaurus!
"Hmm? Kid, are you playing dumb?" Allosaurus's eyes glared. "I'll ask again. Have you seen a five-meter-tall dinosaur-man?"
"Are you talking about a Velociraptor?" King pointed at the ruins of the skyscraper and said, "I personally saw it get crushed to death by the collapsing building. Hmm, I guess it counts as being killed by Seismosaurus, right?"
If the Seismosaurus hadn't been stomping around, causing the ground to shake violently, the skyscraper wouldn't have collapsed, and the Velociraptor wouldn't have been crushed by the rubble. So, when you get down to it, the culprit who killed the Velociraptor was… Seismosaurus!
"Hmph, kid, stop trying to trick me. How could the Velociraptor possibly die under a collapsing skyscraper?"
Allosaurus snorted coldly. It knew Velociraptor's speed very well. With that kind of speed, even if a skyscraper collapsed, it could have escaped in the blink of an eye. How could it possibly be crushed by bricks? This kid in front of me must be lying to get me off his back.
"You don't believe me?" An idea struck King, and his eyes darted around slightly. He pointed at the ruins and said earnestly, "If you don't believe me, you can dig through it yourself. The Velociraptor is, without a doubt, dead under those ruins."
*Yes, I hope it really goes digging, unearths the Velociraptor's body so I can touch it for the card!*
"Is that so?"
Allosaurus sneered. "Right now, I'm not particularly interested in whether the Velociraptor is under the rubble or not. What I'm more interested in is… who are you?"
"Me?"
King pointed at himself, slightly stunned. *What a godly development. One second we're discussing whether Velociraptor is dead or alive, and the next, the topic shifts to me. Bro, your brain must be wired differently from normal people!*
Allosaurus stared intently at King. "You're definitely not an ordinary person. A normal person would have been trembling in fear upon encountering a Monster. How could you speak so fluently? So, who… exactly are you? And what is the Velociraptor's situation right now? Is it dead?"
"Ha?"
King took off his baseball cap and said, "Alright. Actually, I'm the hero powered by luck—King!"
"King? The hero who killed Armored Dragon? The man known as the strongest on Earth?"
Allosaurus's pupils contracted. He subconsciously took a few steps back, and at the same time, he "figured out" a few things. *Crushed by a collapsing skyscraper? Heh, it was obviously beaten to death by you.*
*As for why the Velociraptor was buried under the skyscraper, that's easy to understand. King must have violently thrown it into the building in its final moments, causing the building to collapse. This buried the Velociraptor under the ruins, completely extinguishing any chance of survival.*
*You were clearly the one who killed Velociraptor, so why did you lie and say it was crushed by the skyscraper's rubble? Was it to make me lower my guard? Heh, to think you actually know how to use your intellect. It seems, King, that you are not some simple brute with strong limbs and a weak mind, but rather a clever man. How terrifying. You already possess overwhelming power, yet you haven't become arrogant because of it. At every moment, you adhere to the warrior's principle of a lion using its full strength even to catch a rabbit. Heh, King, besides the Doctor, you are the second man who has ever earned my admiration.*
*For a man worthy of my admiration, I should naturally express my respect with the grandest of ceremonies.*
Allosaurus's expression turned solemn. He stared at King, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly dropped to his knees with a thud. Holding up his two small claws, he shouted, "King, I surrender! For the rest of my life, I am willing to be your beast of burden…"
Thank you to Pear Apple Pear (First line of couplet: Pear Apple Pear, Second line: Ball Ping-pong Ball), Bu Zhe Bu Duo (Was the name 'Bu Zhe Bu Kou' [Uncompromising] already taken?), and Weikeke (Sigh, that little tail behind your name, I searched on my keyboard for half a day and couldn't find it) for the donations~
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