The Max Level Hero Has Returned!

Crackle…

Fire Chicken, the Vermillion Bird, had been enjoying its most peaceful and relaxing days since its birth in the forest.

—Kihyeeeeck!

It thought that this was heaven on earth, the paradise that its father had always talked about.

Flap, flap, flap!

Fire Chicken waddled around the forest, flapping its wings that were devoid of flames. Its eyes sparkled brightly when it caught sight of a fruit hanging from a tree.

‘That! It’s a comoro fruit!’

Fire Chicken remembered the fruit, which was the most delicious among the food that the humans had brought them for tribute. The Vermillion Bird flapped its wings and lifted itself to pick the fruit with its beak.

It roared triumphantly after getting the fruit.

—Kihyeeeeeeeeeeeck!

How could such a majestic being roar loudly just for a single fruit? Divine Beasts were beings that could live without eating anything. However, for Fire Chicken, fruits and meats that tasted delicious were a must. After all, they were its favorites.

The comoro fruit was a refreshing and sweet fruit that had opened Fire Chicken’s eyes to a new world. Unfortunately for Fire Chicken, the comoro fruit was a very rare fruit. In fact, it was also hard to come by even in this forest.

Munch! Munch!

For the gigantic Fire Chicken, a single piece of comoro fruit was too small. That was why the bird savored the fruit, munching on it for a very long time and extracting its juices. Only after it had gulped all of the fruit’s juices did it finish off the mashed fruit in its mouth.

Burp!

Haa… ha, ha, ha!

Although it did not eat a lot, Fire Chicken burped happily while flapping its wings in satisfaction.

In this forest, there was not a single existence that could go against it. The humans of Hyeon Kingdom viewed it as some sort of sacred and holy existence. As for Fire Chicken’s father, who always bullied it…he had not visited ever since he had left the Vermillion Bird in this forest.

It might sound twisted and crooked that Fire Chicken’s father was not interested in its life, but that did not matter to Fire Chicken at all.

‘I am the honorable and noble Divine Beast, Vermillion Bird!’

—Kihyeeeeeeeeck!

Fire Chicken roared loudly, the flames within it kicking back to life. It began exploring the forest again.

Its body had become heavy and fat from eating and playing around for weeks. However, that did not matter.

—Kihyeeeck!!!

One of the wild beasts in the forest immediately stepped back in fright and bowed down the moment it saw Fire Chicken. Even a vicious and threatening monster could only flinch and cower before it!

‘I am not weak! I am the strong and powerful Divine Beast, Vermillion Bird!’

Fire Chicken, who seemed to have realized how amazing and unusual its existence was, flapped its wings in excitement. It began playing around with the frightened monster.

‘I am the King!’

Fire Chicken roared haughtily as it began to torment the frightened monster by poking it with its beak. It kept doing so until the monster shrank back.

‘Are you telling me that I was a thing of the past, huh?!’

Thump, thump!

—Hiiiiiiing…

Even if the monster whined and groaned from the unreasonable violence, Fire Chicken continued to bully it with relish.

Rumble!!!

Then, at that moment, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and shot the monster down. The monster was burnt and roasted completely.

Fire Chicken’s expression turned blank when the monster that it had been playing with suddenly turned black. With its toy suddenly burned into coal, it prodded the monster’s corpse with the tip of its wings. It was sure that the culprit behind this was that damn Azure Dragon.

Fire Chicken glared at Rumble.

—Kihyeeeeeeeeck!

—Grrrrrrrrrr…

Seeing Rumble return an angry glare, Fire Chicken felt the embers of fury burning deep within it.

After their father had disappeared, Azure Dragon Rumble had been strutting around without fear. It believed that no other being could possibly control it.

‘How dare you! I am this forest’s emperor!’

Fire Chicken allowed the flames of its fury to burn. Soon, blazing red flames burst out and covered its entire body as it shot up to the sky.

‘Even if I’m living lazily, it doesn’t mean that I have fallen to the point that you can walk all over me. You damn punk!’

The Vermillion Bird’s eyes seemed to be conveying those thoughts as it glared at the violent Azure Dragon, Rumble. The two looked like they were ready to fight at any given moment.

The aftermath of the fight between the Divine Beast of Flames and the Divine Beast of Lightning would be insane. It would not only affect the entire forest but even the entire nation of Hyeon Kingdom. However, that was irrelevant to the two uncaring Divine Beasts.

‘Today, it will be either you or me. We have to sort out the food chain right here and now!’

Fire Chicken, who felt this way, made the flames on its body burn brighter. Just as it was about to launch an attack at Rumble…

“Are you guys kidding me?”

Rumble, who was also about to make its move, stiffened. As for Fire Chicken, it simply froze in its place.

“You think what you’re trying to do is a good thing, no?”

Fire Chicken turned its head, which creaked like a rusty metal door, at the calm and nonchalant voice. Even the Azure Dragon Rumble quickly turned to look, its long and thin flowing beard becoming stiff and tangled. There, the two Divine Beasts found the devil standing calmly.

—Kihyeeck, kihyeeeeeck!

Fire Chicken, who immediately extinguished the flames in its body, realized what it had to do right now. And that was nothing else than…acting cute!

—Hiiiiiing… Hiiiiiing…

In front of its father, the proud, dignified, and imposing king of the forest could only do this one thing. That was unless it wanted to meet an early end as a piece of fried chicken.

Having extinguished all of the flames on its body, Fire Chicken immediately approached the boy. It laid on its back, showed its belly, and rubbed its beak affectionately on the boy’s hands.

“Oh my. Our dear Fire Chicken is quite quick on the uptake, no?”

Even the Divine Beast that was well known for its anger management disorder could only try its best to control its anger in front of this human.

Seeing Fire Chicken’s behavior, the boy adjusted his hold on the woman with sky-blue hair and looked at the Vermillion Bird in satisfaction.

—Grrrrrrrrrroaaaar…

On the other hand, the fearless Azure Dragon, Rumble, just watched the boy closely. It had apprehension on its face.

‘That dumb earthworm,’ the Vermillion Bird thought as it carefully carried on its back the woman with sky-blue hair that its father had handed over.

Even without looking at what would happen next, Fire Chicken already knew what Rumble’s outcome would be.

“It seems like Rumble has become fearless. Is it because I haven’t beaten you up lately?”

—Grrrrrrrrooaaaaar!!!

Azure Dragon Rumble wanted to protest that it had grown stronger over time. Not choosing to submit, it decided to oppose the human in front of it instead.

Fire Chicken looked at Rumble with a pitiful gaze as lightning bolts began to fall and affect the entire forest. When it saw a spark appear on the boy’s hands, it immediately buried its head on the ground and covered its ears. This was because it didn’t want to hear the pathetic screams that would soon ring loudly in the area.

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[Supplementary]

[Natural Disaster Series]

[Summoning: Bolt from the Blue]

The Lightning Control Magic that had swept away all of the Chimera that Count Lington had created in Ordem Territory, the territory under Baris and Winley, once again made an appearance.

Since Rumble had already graciously created a thunderstorm with its powers, then the best course of action was to move with the flow and just take advantage of it. Without any hesitation, Davey controlled the lightning that the fearless Rumble had created and poured it into the Azure Dragon’s body.

—Graaa! Roar! Raaaaa! Arghhh!

Shocked by the sudden turn of events, Rumble screamed and tried to escape. However, Davey’s purple magic circle mercilessly led dozens of lightning bolts to target it at once

Even though the lightning bolts carried heat hundreds of millions of degrees, they did not have much impact on the Azure Dragon, who was the Divine Beast of Lightning. Still, it could feel the pain.

Although the brat struggled and roared in regret, Davey did not stop scolding Rumble until the Azure Dragon was drooping down. This was because he found the Divine Beast to be too rebellious. In fact, he had only stopped the magic because the brat, Rumble, had its eyes closed and tongue sticking out on the floor.

—Davey! That child is going to die if you continue like that!

Perserque cried out desperately after seeing Rumble collapse like that. It was as if the Azure Dragon was going to die from Davey’s attacks.

Davey clicked his tongue. Approaching Rumble, he murmured, “Shall I pull out your beard and make some tea with it? Or shall I pull out your scales and use them for handicrafts? If not that, then…”

‘Shall we cut your flesh and make some boiled meat?’

—Roaaaaaaaaaar!!!

“You cocky bastard, how dare you pretend to be dead? Want to get hit again, huh?”

Rumble trembled at Davey’s threat. It immediately rolled around and bowed its head.

A dignified and imposing Azure Dragon? One of the Four Divine Beasts, a great being that protected mankind? Davey did not know about that. All he knew was that this disgusting and pathetic earthworm, who was supposed to protect this forest, had pretended to be dead after summoning lightning like crazy for fun and rebelling against its father after getting caught.

“You better raise that head of yours in five seconds.”

—Roar!!!

Davey finally smiled in satisfaction as he touched the scales of Rumble, who shivered and raised its head out of reflex.

The gigantic Rumble flinched when Davey gently caressed its scales.

“My dear Rumble. It seems like I haven’t properly taught you how to read the room and understand the situation, no?”

Meanwhile, the Vermillion Bird, Fire Chicken, was showing its stomach, its body twisting cutely on the ground. It showed how obedient and good it was.

When it saw the dark clouds of death hanging over Rumble’s face, Fire Chicken could not help the delighted expression that flashed across its face.

If one had to freely interpret its actions, then it would mean…

‘This is the power of cuteness and obedience! This is the way and the truth of life, you moron!’

Yes, Fire Chicken’s expression could be interpreted as such.

Davey smiled as he stroked the trembling Rumble and said, “Fire Chicken is quick-witted, but it seems like my dear Rumble is still slow on the uptake. Maybe because you have just been born into the world?”

—Hiiing… Hiiiing…

“Did you do something wrong?”

Rumble nodded desperately.

“What did you do wrong?”

—Hiiing…

The flustered Rumble whined and grumbled.

“That’s not it?”

When Rumble nodded once again, Davey asked, “Should we do the inside? Or the outside?”

—Hiiiiiiing…

The Divine Beast struggled desperately, but it could never get away from Davey.

“You’re sorry? Then, should I end your life as a Divine Beast? You attacked me without any fear, but you want me to end it and forgive you so easily?”

—Hiiiing… Hiiiiing…

In the end, Rumble gathered all of the wisdom and knowledge that it had experienced in this world and clung desperately to Davey. Completely forgetting its huge size, Rumble flipped its body over and rubbed its nose against Davey. It was not a tiny being but a gigantic Azure Dragon trying to act cute, so the whole picture was a little weird.

However, with this much proper education, Davey was sure that the Azure Dragon would no longer cause problems in the future. No, even if it caused one, Davey was confident that it would be easier to discipline it. He would not need any skill to make sure that Rumble would learn its lesson. All he had to do was twist the Azure Dragon fiercely like a mobius strip.

Davey looked at Reina. Seeing that the power contained within her had been moving actively since entering the forest, he knew that he had chosen the perfect place for this.

“Alright, that’s over. Both of you have cintamani stones, right? Give them to me,” Davey said.

The two Divine Beasts approached him with stiff bodies. They complied with his orders without complaint. They had no choice, because Davey needed the stones to completely awaken Reina.