I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 137 - 127 Clear-Cut Deal_1

Chapter 137: Chapter 127 Clear-Cut Deal_1

"We need to resolve the matter with this dragon quickly, many are eyeing it," Ahn Seven briefly recounted the current situation of the dragon. After its discovery, the news leaked out, and the Ahn family could suppress the matter for the time being, but if too much time passed, they would have to divide the cake.

It wasn’t a big cake, but if the Ahn family couldn’t take down the dragon quickly, not only would others mock them, but they would also take the opportunity to intervene.

A dragon running amok outside poses too great a danger to society... Of course, whether some people care about that is another matter, but at least that’s what Ahn Seven was presently saying.

Originally, this wasn’t Ahn Seven’s responsibility. Besides her, there were other people of the same age in the Ahn family who would also get involved in different matters. However, if she could resolve it without using her resources, there were many benefits for her, too.

"Solve the dragon issue within two days, and then we can discuss subsequent cooperation," Ahn Seven laid out her terms, "and the dragon must be alive."

"Your demands are really high," Zheng Yichen looked at the dragon, wondering whether he could defeat this creature. In worlds with lower power levels, the physical strength of some creatures might not necessarily be weak, and that giant serpent was a prime example.

"First of all, you lack any backing of power. If you wish to cooperate with the Ahn family, you must demonstrate sufficient strength before we talk about what comes after," Ahn Seven spoke realistically of the disparity between their statuses.

She might not be the Ahn family heir in the future, but she could contend for it. Before that, she was the Seventh Miss Ahn, born with resources others couldn’t earn in their lifetimes, and Zheng Yichen? A once-orphan appearing in Hazy City, she had accessed all records from those days. This man was about the same age as her.

Furthermore, in the records of his appearance in Hazy City, Ahn Seven discovered clues suggesting Zheng Yichen might have been drawn into Hazy City by the Alien Phenomenon, which she kept under wraps, though it wouldn’t have mattered. With so many Alien Phenomenon visitors, one more or less made little difference.

If he could prove his great strength, that would be a different story.

"Without enough strength, others will target you once they know your experiences, and you’ll still have a hard time. If you can handle the dragon, you’ll be a collaborator of the Ahn family in the future, making it difficult for others to conceive any ideas," she said.

She didn’t say others wouldn’t completely abandon additional ideas, but the cost of such thoughts wouldn’t be cheap. Those harboring them would have to weigh two factors: Zheng Yichen has enough power to be a formidable adversary, and the Ahn family’s significant influence in Hazy City is also not to be trifared with.

As long as Zheng Yichen proved his strength, future cooperation would spare her many tedious distractions.

"Also, you’d need to make me give up on certain additional ideas now."

"You’re really practical," Zheng Yichen remarked.

A rare smile crossed Ahn Seven’s face, "I wouldn’t be this direct with someone else, but you’re different. By laying my cards on the table now, either you become a future collaborator or an enemy."

The method of returning from Alien Phenomenon was significant; she wouldn’t easily miss out. If Zheng Yichen didn’t make her give up on this issue, she would certainly make extra arrangements to secure that method.

"Two days’ time, give me the address," Zheng Yichen prepared to test the dragon’s strength, "And what’s the reward for dealing with the dragon?"

"I will grant you access to some of the Ahn family’s research and channel resources," Ahn Seven said crisply. Now that they were collaborators, mere money wasn’t impressive enough—Ahn family research and channel resources were something else entirely.

Zheng Yichen could use the former for research on items from the Alien Phenomenon world and the latter for dealing with artifacts or weapons and equipment obtained from other worlds.

Such an arrangement wouldn’t be a loss for the Ahn family either. After all, they could directly benefit from their family’s channels if anything of value came along.

"Besides that, there’s the standard profit... Considering the strength the dragon has shown, setting it as a Hunter mission, the bounty would be between sixty and eighty million. I’ll give you the highest price," she elaborated.

Is eighty million too much for a live dragon? No, it’s actually a bargain. Had it been set as a mission, any Hunter undertaking it would’ve negotiated additional demands with the employer, or they would’ve been the fool.

But she had already clarified the key conditions with Zheng Yichen; the bounty was just additional.

"You’re really generous this time," the bartender poured Ahn Seven a drink after Zheng Yichen left, noticing her good mood.

"If he truly possesses the corresponding strength, the Ahn family certainly won’t be at a loss," Ahn Seven savored the drink, gently pinching the eye tattoo on her left earlobe, "Two days isn’t too long."

She didn’t linger long at Night Banquet Bar. Upon leaving, she started arranging subsequent measures, as she now needed to reallocate the Ahn family’s monitors tracking the dragon. Those people weren’t under her command, so she needed to contact the person actually in charge of the matter.

"I’ll be away for two days," Zheng Yichen told Katrina and her peers upon returning home, "I’m about to confront a dragon."

"Dragons??" Katrina’s eyes widened. "Are there dragons in this world?"

"It came from another Alien Phenomenon."

"...then be careful." After hesitating for a while, Katrina said softly, "When are you leaving? Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow."

The girl nodded, "You should sleep by yourself tonight and rest well."

Zheng Yichen suddenly regretted mentioning the matter directly, but sleeping alone was also fine. The next day, a somewhat tired Katrina handed an amulet made of serpent’s exuvia to Zheng Yichen, "This amulet is made from that kind of snake skin. I don’t know if my protection magic will work against a dragon..."

Before she could finish, Zheng Yichen accepted the amulet crafted from the serpent’s exuvia, engraved with an intricate magic array formation, "Wait for me to return."

He didn’t linger too long; two days was not a lot of time. Although the countdown started today, the journey itself took quite some time. It had already been over three hours to reach the area where the dragon was located, and upon arrival, Zheng Yichen could feel the temperature of the environment was quite high.

This temperature shouldn’t be caused by the dragon; it was naturally like this—this place was a volcano!

A fire dragon choosing a volcano as its abode was quite normal, right? Zheng Yichen looked around and didn’t see any interceptors.

There were, however, people in the distance observing Zheng Yichen with binoculars. They had received instructions not to bother him when he arrived, just to let him pass.

"But to come here without bringing anything, too confident," the person with the binoculars said, looking at Zheng Yichen’s gear. His battle suit looked decent, but he lacked an adequate poison gas mask.

The concerned party, Zheng Yichen, felt differently. He found that the Iron Lungs ability he had gained after killing the behemoth was truly powerful. The toxic black smoke of the volcanic zone didn’t affect him, and although the air smelled foul, his breathing was completely normal and he didn’t choke.

It goes to show, the traits I’ve acquired still have much potential for development. The key is testing them. Now that I know the additional effects of the Iron Lungs, I might be able to ignore some troublesome toxic gases in the future, except for the poison from that giant serpent—that’s not something Iron Lungs can handle.

Zheng Yichen looked at the fishing rod in his hand. To deal with that dragon, killing it wasn’t an option, so he had to try other methods. Hellfire consumed Life Force—the stronger the intensity, the greater the consumption.

Perhaps fists would be better.

The fire dragon’s location was clearly stated in the intelligence. There was no beating around the bush; Zheng Yichen found the fire dragon directly. At the moment, the fire dragon was sound asleep, with the surrounding high temperature seemingly being drawn to its body. The ground around it emitted even thicker black smoke.

The fire dragon was over ten meters in length and, with outstretched wings, probably exceeded twenty meters. It definitely wasn’t on the same scale as the Alien Phenomenon behemoth that Zheng Yichen had previously encountered.

Zheng Yichen advanced, and the snoring fire dragon opened a pair of eyes, flickering with an unstable fiery light, "Human, stop where you are!"

"I won’t stop." Zheng Yichen rubbed his fists and preemptively entered Burst Mode. As the fire dragon looked on in disbelief, Zheng Yichen smashed his fist onto the dragon’s nose...

"Roar—"

The intense pain made the fire dragon roar furiously with sparks flying. This damned human had no honor; there had been humans who came before, proposing numerous conditions that annoyed it greatly. How could a giant dragon possibly be kept by humans?

Especially those weak enough to be incinerated by a single breath from it.

This inexplicable world was already irritating enough, and here these weak humans were, spouting nonsense. Wasn’t this asking for death?

Although in this world his physique and special powers felt weakened and subduable, it was still not something a mere human could ’insult’.

Killing a few humans posed absolutely no burden to him, and afterwards, he enjoyed a period of peace. Though it made him somewhat regret his impulsiveness—he shouldn’t have been so hasty and should have kept some alive to learn more about this world.

Now that Zheng Yichen had arrived, he had intended to show mercy and spare this human’s life, but this human struck first!

Moreover, that punch made his head spin; this was definitely not the same as those previous weak humans.

The roaring fire dragon tried to take a deep breath to incinerate Zheng Yichen, but lost sight of him. The next moment, another powerful strike hit his head. This one didn’t hurt the nose as the first did, but it still left his head throbbing.

If his constitution had not been weakened, the human’s attack would have felt like only an itch! The fire dragon, unwilling to accept this, twisted its body, attempting to shake off Zheng Yichen on its back, but a sharp pain made it roll on the spot, trying to crush this human!

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