A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 75 Old Tang: Am I the King of Monsters?

In the desolate wilderness, where insects and birds were silent, only the ground was covered with rotten mud and decaying leaves, which formed a carpet in front of a cave.

To be more precise, insects and birds simply dare not approach this place.

Looking at the cave entrance, which was no more than two people high, Old Tang gradually felt relieved and put away his dagger, which Huang Tiekou had given him.

The two of them had to cut through vines and thorns the whole way, otherwise they would have been unable to move an inch on the mountain.

He was just scaring himself, or rather, it was Brother Huang who was scaring him.

Given the height of the cave entrance, how could a dragon possibly hide inside? And yet they say seeing is believing.

Old Tang thought this in his heart, but he wouldn't say it out loud.

He was still quite tactful, deliberately avoiding mentioning their previous conversation, and transforming into a ruthless bounty hunter: "Brother Huang, what is the target of this mission? What does it look like?"

"Are there any obvious features? I'll go in and bring you out, and that'll be my job."

Xu Lie shook his head and followed in Lao Tang's footsteps: "It's more appropriate for us to go in together."

"Huh?" To be honest, this was the first time Old Tang had ever seen an employer willing to go on an adventure with a bounty hunter.

In the past, those employers didn't even dare to show their faces, and mostly communicated by phone, internet, or email. Even when physical delivery was finally made to alleviate the situation, they would at most send a trusted confidant over.

It's simply impossible for me to take the risk myself.

This caught Old Tang somewhat off guard: "Uh, Brother Huang, if we go in together, I might not be able to protect you."

"Well," Old Tang seemed a little embarrassed at the end, but he still shamelessly said, "Adding a personal bodyguard service will cost extra."

Xu Lie readily agreed without any haggling, and Huang Tiekou even took out three flashlights he had prepared in advance, one for each of them.

The cave was dark inside, so dark you could barely see your hand in front of your face. You could only see the densely hanging rock walls, covered with erosion holes and grooves of varying sizes, by the light of a flashlight.

If you shine a flashlight on the ground, you can see many messy scratches, as if something is constantly crawling around in the cave.

The further you go in, the less you see large cliff faces hanging down, because for some reason the inside of the mountain seems to have been hollowed out, making the space increasingly vast and disproportionate to the small entrance.

'Gulp.' Old Tang unconsciously swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. He started to feel nervous. Something was wrong, something really was wrong.

How come this mountain space is so big?
Is its current size enough to hide a small dragon?
Is it too late to abandon the mission now?

"Cough cough!" Old Tang felt that his life was more important after all: "Um, I, I suddenly have a stomachache."

"Sorry, sorry, I'm really not feeling well, Brother Huang. How about we head back first and come back another day?"

Huang Tiekou hadn't said much on the way, maintaining a cool and aloof persona, but upon hearing Lao Tang's outrageous excuse, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Pfft."

Her persona has crumbled; she can't maintain her aloofness anymore.

Xu Lie couldn't hold back either, staring at this new personality of Dragon King Norton, Old Tang. How could he say such things? It seems Norton is sleeping soundly.

Old Tang blushed with embarrassment. He knew that his excuse of having an upset stomach was utterly lame, and he also heard Brother Huang's laughter.

Forget it, let's just accept the embarrassment. As I always say, life is the most important thing. What's the point of saving face if you're dead?
Just as he was about to use the excuse of "I can't hold it in any longer" to run away, Old Tang sensed something approaching at high speed ahead!

"Something's coming!" Old Tang trusted his sixth sense, which was the guarantee that he had always survived many bounty missions.

He immediately turned on his flashlight and shone it over. The clear light in the darkness revealed the two monsters that were moving silently!

Old Tang's heart skipped a beat; the appearance of these two monsters was too much of a challenge to human aesthetics.

The one on the left was on all fours, emaciated, its body covered in white bone spurs that pierced through its skin, so white they reflected light. The one on the right looked like a giant python with human hands, its long body covered in mysterious slime, its two scaly human arms waving in the air, like a demon.

At this moment, Old Tang truly regretted it. Why did he have to be greedy for money and take on this job? How could he possibly defeat such a monster?!

Even if you run, you might not be able to escape now!
Brother Huang, Brother Huang, sorry, I can't hold on any longer and have to slip away... Hey, where did everyone go?
Using the light of his flashlight, Old Tang tried to catch a glimpse of the Huang brothers, who should have been standing beside him, but he couldn't see them at all.

"Don't worry." Before anyone knew it, Huang Tiekou and Xu Lie had already shielded Old Tang in front of them: "Old Tang, look, they don't dare to come any closer."

Hiding behind him? Old Tang was about to complain when he realized that now was not the time to complain, so he quickly followed Xu Lie's prompt and looked over.

And it turned out to be true. The skeletal monster had its limbs outstretched and was completely on the ground, while the long snake monster lay down with its arms clasped together in a prayer-like gesture.

They were not murderous monsters, but loyal subjects paying homage to their king.

"This?" Old Tang's horrified expression froze for a moment, then turned to joy: "I know! They're afraid of light! Hehe! They look so scary, so they dare not be exposed to light, right?"

“…Heh.” Xu Lie had personally experienced that people can actually laugh when they are utterly speechless.

Huang Tiekou couldn't stand it anymore: "Come on, Lao Tang, they're obviously afraid of you. What kind of photophobic creatures would stay quietly in the beam of a flashlight?"

"fear me?"

Old Tang was so frustrated that he began to doubt for the first time whether his Chinese was standard enough.

Xu Lie no longer hid anything: "Aren't you curious why someone is eavesdropping on and monitoring you?"

"Of course I'm curious." Old Tang forcibly suppressed his self-doubt: "I was thinking that after the mission is completed, when our relationship is better, I can ask who was eavesdropping."

“Because,” Xu Lie said, his tone laced with barely concealed amusement, “you are their king.”

He also pointed to the two obedient Deadpools from behind Old Tang.

"Hey, hey, Brother Huang." Old Tang was so surprised that his speech was no longer clear: "Opening, opening such a big one, is this a joke? It's a bit too much."

"How could I be the king of such monsters? I'm a perfectly normal human, brother."

Huang Tiekou, this amusement-loving clone, also joined in, unwilling to miss out on this fun: "Then, Old Tang, how do you explain the reason why the two monsters bowed to you?"

"You two, leave."

Deadpool ignored Huang Tiekou and remained obediently lying there. Huang Tiekou didn't mind their indifference; on the contrary, he was much happier: "Old Tang, try commanding them."

Old Tang felt his palms were sweating and sticky as he held the flashlight, and his heart rate started to increase slowly.

It felt as if the Huang brothers had dragged me to a crossroads.

Left or right? Forward or backward?

It seems that no matter which direction he chooses, it will have a huge impact on his future life.

It was this hesitation that made Lao Tang realize clearly that he might truly be the king of monsters.

Otherwise, why not give it a try?

Isn't his concern that if the experiment succeeds, these two monsters will actually obey him?
How did the Huang brothers know this? And why did they bring him here? Was it to control these monsters and carry out a nefarious conspiracy?

Hey, hey, he's just an ordinary bounty hunter who just wants to live a peaceful life. Why does he have to encounter this plot that's like a movie or comic book protagonist?!
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