Chapter 75: King Defeats Dragon-Level Monster
Boom!
However, just as the Alien Dragon was overjoyed, the citizens were in despair, and the crowd was panicked, a tremendous sound of a heavy object falling suddenly echoed in the shelter. The colossal sound seemed to shake the ground, causing the shelter to jolt a few times.
"Huh?"
The Alien Dragon turned around in confusion, its eyes instantly widening. It saw Hammond's colossal body crashing down, twitching slightly on the ground, exhaling but not inhaling. In that moment of its slight inattention, Hammond had already reached the brink of death.
"Doc... Doctor defeated!?"
The Alien Dragon's enormous body instantly stiffened, and the joy on its face froze. It stared with wide dragon eyes at the utterly defeated Hammond, its face filled with disbelief.
It then raised its head again to look at King, who was high above, his expression perpetually cold. After King defeated the Doctor, he was surprisingly unharmed; not even a single thread of his clothes was wrinkled. This was too terrifying! King was truly too terrifying! I... I actually dared to think of being his enemy! I truly... was courting death!
Cold sweat quietly dripped down its body. It looked nervously and uneasily at the mighty King. "Hm? King lowered his head to look at the Doctor. Huh, what kind of expression was that on King's face? Disdain? Contempt? Unconcerned?"
Ah...
It inhaled another breath of cold air, its face filled with even greater fear. "The Doctor's strength is not much weaker than mine, but in King's eyes, he was still like an ant, defeated effortlessly. Furthermore, King didn't even spare him a glance. Wait... wait a minute. If King possesses such powerful strength, then why did he hesitate before, why was he so unwilling to come over, waiting until I turned around before instructing me to go to the shelter?"
It thought deeply, becoming increasingly terrified. "No, no, no, King was completely playing with me! From the very beginning, King never trusted me. All that talk about hesitating, about not being able to defeat the Doctor, it was all fake. It was all to test if I was truly sincere in surrendering. And yet... and yet, I failed King's test. I'm screwed! King will definitely come to kill me, this 'traitor'! What should I do?"
The Alien Dragon carefully considered this, filled with extreme terror. Its thick dragon legs slightly weakened, and a sense of urination inexplicably arose in its crotch.
At the same time.
The fleeing citizens also noticed the strange behavior of the Alien Dragon and the fallen Hammond. They, who were originally terrified, were first stunned, and then overjoyed. Had King killed that damned Dragon-level disaster, the Alien Dragon?
"Oh, King!"
"We're saved! We're saved! Long live King!"
"Sob, sob, I originally thought I was doomed to die, but I didn't expect to still be alive. King... King, I am willing to be your ox and horse for the rest of my life."
The surviving citizens cheered and danced wildly, madly venting their inner joy.
The Alien Dragon looked at the completely oblivious, singing and dancing citizens, its heart filled with indignation. However, under King's terrifying might, it obediently cowered on the ground like a small dog, quietly, not daring to make a sound for fear of attracting King's attention.
"The Alien Dragon is dead! The Alien Dragon is dead!"
City TV Station's Monster Channel frontline reporter, Gery, excitedly shouted into the camera, losing all composure: "Viewers in front of your televisions, as you can see, the Dragon-level monster Overlord Dragon has been easily defeated by King and is twitching on the ground. It looks like it won't survive. Now, everyone look at King again. Not a single gasp for breath, not a trace of fatigue. His posture hasn't moved a bit from beginning to end..."
"You're blocking the entire camera! You're so annoying! Get out of the way! We don't want to see you; we want to see King and the monster!"
The viewers in front of the TV stared with wide eyes at the screen, watching the excited Gery hogging the screen. Even though Gery was a beautiful woman, they wished they could kick her away. They wanted to see King! Get out of the way, you old hag! Ah! Ah!
Fortunately, Gery promptly moved aside to introduce the scene, otherwise, the City TV Station's complaint hotlines would have exploded.
"Everyone, please look. The Dragon-level monster Overlord Dragon has not a single injury on its entire body, as if it's just sleeping. But we know very well that the Overlord Dragon can never wake up again. It will sleep here forever, becoming one of the many monster souls under King's hand..."
This time, the viewers in front of the TV could finally see King, who was suspended in mid-air, and Hammond, who was lying peacefully on the ground, his fate unknown.
"King killed a Dragon-level monster?"
"It's within expectations, isn't it? This foolish Alien Dragon actually dared to challenge my great King. It's simply bringing a lamb to the tiger's den—seeking food (seeking death)!"
"Hmph, what Dragon-level monster? What Demon-level monster? In front of my idol King, they are all trash monsters."
The crowd was unexpectedly not overly excited. Isn't it normal for King to kill a small Dragon-level monster? What's there to be excited about?
Their previous excitement was because they could finally witness King making a move with their own eyes. However, tragically, they still didn't see the scene of King killing the monster. That cameraman, timid as a mouse, only cared about fleeing and didn't capture a single shot of King's process of killing the monster.
"Trash cameraman! Wasting my excitement and time! Humph!"
The crowd collectively cursed the terrified cameraman.
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The spectators watched the spectacle, while the monsters and heroes saw the essence.
O-City.
The big-eyed monster stared blankly at the screen: "King is indeed worthy of the title of 'strongest.' It seems that if our association wants to succeed, King is an insurmountable peak. Can we overcome it?" It pondered for a moment, then coldly spoke to itself: "Why must we overcome it? If the peak is too high and difficult to pass, then we will pierce through it, hollow out its body, and carve out a big road. King absolutely cannot become an obstacle to our association."
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Z-City.
In the research institute, Child Emperor licked a lollipop with a chuckle. He glanced at the TV screen, "Hmph, I knew King wouldn't die at the hands of monsters, because King's strength is too strong. No monster can be his opponent. Hmm? Oh right! I can ask King to test my newly invented toy."
He happily played with the strange goggles in his hand, and the thought of inviting King to the research institute for an experiment arose in his mind.
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A-City.
Hero Association Headquarters.
"Good!"
Sitch and the others vigorously waved their hands, and the gloom in their hearts instantly vanished. King had done a wonderful job! As the association's trump card, winning against the Overlord Dragon Alien Dragon so splendidly would surely greatly improve the association's image among the public. Moreover, as long as King doesn't betray them, as long as King still belongs to the Hero Association, then the vast majority of the public will continue to support the association.
Sitch laughed heartily and commanded: "Maria, immediately release the news of King's easy defeat of the Dragon-level monster in the form of a broadcast. This time, we must... celebrate everywhere!"
Rather than saying it was a celebration, it was more like another round of propaganda, promoting the Hero Association's powerful muscles and deterring power.
"Yes, Director."
Maria, equally excited, accepted the order and turned to start activating the monster reporting systems in various cities.
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Furthermore, other heroes who had been watching King and Hammond's great battle reacted differently to the outcome: some were indifferent, some were filled with awe and fear, some were unconcerned, and so on. A hundred different emotions, not uniform.
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(End of this chapter)