Chapter 53 - Side Story: Lumi (3)
Lumi gracefully leapt and landed next to Lulu, no, Master, who was sprawled out with his tongue hanging out like a heat-stricken dog.
The audience fell into unanimous silence at her astonishing strength and.
The gentle way she cared for her friend despite that.
Of course.
To call that dog a friend…
The Dog tribe has a much more aggressive taste than I thought nya…
Whisper whisper.
A serious misunderstanding occurred, but that wasn’t particularly important to Lumi.
She pressed her face against Master’s nose and sniffed sniff sniff, he’s breathing.
She gently pushed his tongue back into his mouth with her finger.
“Y-you wench, to sneak attack so dishonorably…!”
Petra, the Cat tribe champion who had been knocked down by Lumi’s one punch, staggered to her feet and voiced her complaint.
“Grrrr.”
“Gasp…”
The moment Lumi roared, baring her slightly larger and more massive fangs, Petra immediately went kyaang, no, nyanya!
Moreover, only then did Petra’s eyes properly see the utterly demolished wall.
“I surrender, I surrender nya!”
She immediately declared defeat on the spot.
The winner is Lumi of the Dog tribe– such sounds gradually echoed faintly.
The sensation of space suddenly distorting and swimming through that gap, which they had experienced several times with each episode change.
Lumi hugged Master’s body tightly.
The next place they arrived was a peaceful prairie.
Although Lumi couldn’t get any information because the episode guide-related content had only appeared in Ark’s eyes since entering.
“Sniff sniff.”
A peaceful smile naturally bloomed on Lumi’s lips at.
The scent of nature filling the surroundings.
The two smells dogs love most.
Master’s smell.
And the smell of nature itself, a mix of all sorts of wild grasses and flowers.
Those two were in perfect harmony, so it was like heaven for Lumi.
“Lumi?”
“Myong?”
A familiar voice reached Lumi, who was enjoying this tranquility with Master’s head on her lap until he woke up.
When Lumi turned her head towards the source of the sound.
“Dad woof…?”
An appearance clearly closer to beast than human.
Lumi’s father, Radin, who left home on her fifth birthday saying he had an important mission, and never returned after that–
was there.
If the slumped Ark had seen him, he would have exclaimed ‘Wow! Captain Komamura!’
“You’ve grown quite splendidly, my daughter.”
It was an affectionate voice, but.
A mournful air hung around Radin’s expression.
Lumi also keenly sensed that atmosphere, and carefully placed Master down gently.
“I had hoped you would live a peaceful life in a human city…”
“Lumi is happy woof! I met a good Master too woof!”
“Master…? Don’t tell me you mean that dog behind you?”
“That’s right woof!”
Radin’s brow twitched.
He had hoped she would find a good human husband and live happily, but to call some mongrel dog her master…?
If this were a private place, Radin would have wanted to immediately flick his daughter’s forehead and whisper to her to find a better person, yes, a person.
“…Very well. Anyway, reaching this far means you’ve arrived at the final stage of the trial. I’m proud, my daughter.”
“Myong?”
“Now show your father how much you’ve grown.”
Radin’s aura changed completely.
Wind stirred on the green land where only a quiet breeze had been blowing, making the grass vibrate and emit a sorrowful sound.
And then, expansion.
His height, which had been almost the same as Ark’s, suddenly stretched upward, transforming into a huge gray dog that seemed to be about 3 meters tall.
Beast transformation, which only beast-kin, no, Dragon Beast-kin who inherited a stronger and more concentrated beast bloodline than human could use.
“Grrrr…”
The meaning of the howl that resonated low yet powerfully was clear.
Come at me.
“But, Dad woof…”
Lumi hesitated, but.
“Kuhung!”
When Radin charged with a roar, she instinctively blocked it.
Not Lumi.
Because he charged towards Master.
“Kaeng…!”
No matter how monstrous Lumi’s strength was, enough to destroy walls.
It was too much to withstand a mass the size of a tank with a human body, so she was pushed back slurp.
It was a strong impact that dented the ground beneath her feet, but Lumi somehow blocked it and pushed him sideways using that repulsive force.
Sensing the body’s crisis, fur naturally sprouted on Lumi’s arms as well.
The red glow in her eyes intensified, and her fangs sharpened!
But not giving an opening when transforming is the rule of actual combat.
Radin’s heavy footsteps shook the earth again, and he immediately leapt at Lumi.
At that moment, Lumi’s ears perked up.
The trembling of the toes kicking off the ground, the sharp sound tearing through the air, shaking as he leapt up.
Combining all that information.
Bwoong!
His front paw sliced through the air where Lumi had just been.
“–!”
Lumi, who had quickly dived into Radin’s side, swung her fist and struck his flank puk!
Radin, whose balance was disrupted by the sudden impact, jumped and regained his posture.
My daughter.
You’ve become quite strong.
Although Radin cast an affectionate gaze at Lumi even while dominated by his wild nature.
There was no time to swallow such sentiments.
He was the selector.
Does she have the qualifications to dare challenge for the beast-kin throne?
And is she a being with the potential to purify the Dragon Beast-kin who have been corrupted by the demons’ schemes?
Radin’s red eyes, so similar to Lumi’s, suddenly flashed and gleamed.
The prairie wind grew even fiercer, and the grasses seemed to bow their heads, leaning towards Radin.
“This is…”
The fur that had sprouted on Lumi’s body suddenly stood on end.
Her senses kept sending warnings.
That this is the real thing now.
But Lumi gritted her teeth and readied her posture again.
Glance.
Looking back at Master.
“I’ll protect Master woof…!”
With a fierce roar in her mouth as if saying she wouldn’t lose.
Great clash!
Radin’s huge shadow pounced on Lumi, but since the distance from Master had widened quite a bit, Lumi also exerted her strength freely.
Just like when she first faced the bear.
Not yielding even when confronting intense attacks, she simply extended her fist.
Pweong–!
An enormous sound resonated, unbelievable for a clash between a big dog’s front paw and a human’s fist.
Moreover.
“Kaeng!”
While the tail was just a means of emotional expression for Lumi.
Radin’s swinging tail wasn’t simply a happy woof but a killing woof itself.
Lumi, hit in the side by the tail, flew through the air.
For a moment her head went blank, and her body felt as heavy as a thousand jin.
Lumi took the full physical impact as she crashed into the ground back first.
I have to get up, I have to get up…!
Just as Lumi was somehow trying to force her body up, a shadow loomed over her.
“Grrrr–”
Radin’s eyes, glowing red as if possessed by a soul fire, cast a gaze saying ‘Is that all?’
And Radin’s front paw pressed down on Lumi.
Kwoong!
It was such a huge impact that the ground caved in, but.
“Grrrr…?”
What Radin’s paw actually felt was just hard earth.
At that moment.
“Dad woof…! I’m sorry woof…!”
Lumi’s voice rang out from under Radin’s belly.
Barely dodging by throwing her body forward.
Lumi suddenly heard an auditory hallucination of her mother’s voice ringing in her ears.
Lumi? If a man bothers you, aim for the lower body. If you kick there, even I can easily beat your father, you know?
Was that teaching a preparation for this moment?
Coincidentally, right in front of Lumi who had barely found an opening, she saw the part meant for grrrkyongkyong kyaooo.
I wish… I had a younger sibling…
Briefly picturing old memories that have now passed.
A past that will never return.
Lumi clenched her teeth.
With a slight guilt of conscience.
She extended her fist forward.
“—-!”
Radin’s huge body lost balance and shook violently.
Just before he collapsed, Lumi rolled forward a few times and escaped between his legs.
Thud–!
Radin, with unfocused eyes, fell to the ground.
Soon his beast transformation was also undone, returning him to human form, but.
“Urgh…”
For a while, Radin clutched his groin and twitched twitch twitch.
Unable to move.
Seeing that sight, a trace of guilt clouded Lumi’s eyes.
“Urgh…”
Due to the sensation of my nose and throat being blocked, my dazed consciousness gradually returned.
Still, glad I’m not dead, with that feeling I wriggled wriggle wriggle, stagger stagger.
“Master! Are you awake?”
Lumi’s cheerful voice pierced through my eardrums refreshingly from right above my head.
“Kueong…”
When I came to my senses and raised my head.
“…?”
Lumi’s body, no, her clothes.
A shocking sight I’ve never seen before, wow, wow, wow…!
“Kyong…!”
I uttered the highest praise I could produce with a dog’s vocal cords.
I’m not sure how she interpreted it, but.
Lumi’s lips brightened.
“Master, it’s all over woof! Let’s go back woof!”
Along with Lumi’s words.
[Lumi’s Legend – Miracle of the Great Forest (Complete)]
As a popup appeared pyorong.
Suddenly my body felt like it was floating up bwoong.
“Finally…!”
Regaining human vocal cords, tears of emotion naturally flowed.
There’s no dog’s life quite like this dog’s life.
Walking on all fours isn’t easy either.
With such reflections, I, no, Lulu, flopped into Lumi’s arms and took in the sight of myself going kyarrrr kyukya.
Event cutscene, outfit, something like that I guess.
It was tough, but seeing that sight makes it worth it…
“Master?”
Lumi’s soul seems to have left the possessed state too, her voice coming from right beside me.
When I turned my head.
“Heoeogh…!”
That bursting figure barely sealed by a single button.
Fishnet stockings wrapping those smooth legs in an indecent, no, too satisfying way.
Black clothes contrasting with flesh color, and huge red ribbons adorning the waistline and hips, seemingly balancing it out.
Faced with that moving scenery.
I ended up momentarily losing my senses.