[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1018":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Demonic Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1079138,1393,"Chapter 1018: Take No Prisoners","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1018",1018,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1018: Take No Prisoners\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng hadn’t seen the attack that turned several hundred miles of Musphelheim into a crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had been acutely aware of the aftermath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the land being mostly volcanic terrain, the magma simmering just underneath was promptly displaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rain of fire plummeted from the sky and pelted Thrudd’s fabricated valkyries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women let out shrill screams as they turned into vapor and dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fog formed in the area, through which things became difficult to perceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng’s enemies must have believed they could take advantage of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lunged at him from the fog, coming from opposite directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them was wielding black daggers that gave Zheng a downright unsettling feeling. He couldn’t even begin to guess what the metal was made from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng drew his own weapons quickly and clashed blades with the twin anti-mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holes in his body had yet to close up fully, but he was still far from helpless. His magic had suffered, not his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed both women back dramatically and vanished from the place he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng reappeared in the air above one of the twins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He maneuvered both of his swords in a cross-slash maneuver aimed to cut the demon mage apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when his swords came in close contact with her, a reflective shield formed to cover her body. Even Zheng’s blades couldn’t cut through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheeky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mage gloated as her protective barrier glowed with a dangerous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burst of power was reflected towards Zheng and sent him flying, causing him to drop his weapons in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other twin’s hand caught him by the back of the neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her diminutive form, she held him firmly without even letting her arm shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her free hand, she held up her own black dagger that matched her twin’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must say, I was expecting more from one of that old dragon’s best. But you’re 0-2 on major missions now, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Heh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving faster than human reflexes could ever achieve, Zheng grabbed his enemy by the wrist and drove her own dagger through her mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I learned to give as good as I get.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the mask broke, and the mage screamed as her blood flowed freely and she dropped out of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Morrigan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her twin cried out equally as loud, as if she could feel the pain her sister was enduring twice over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in doing so, she made one very crucial mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it is you two… My mother-in-law was wondering when the two of you would pop up again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng appeared behind Merideth just as she began to rush toward her sister. He wrapped his arm around her chest and pressed her sister’s blade into her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel her anxious gaze on the weapon that was still slick with Morrigan’s blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng kept the weapon pressed against her throat. Though he wasn’t extremely certain about where he would go from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His position was flimsy. He had to go with what he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hands out, mask off. If I see your fingers so much as twitch, or feel a single fluctuation of magic, I will open you from your neck to your brain before you can finish casting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meredith started to raise her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slowly.” Zheng pressed the blade deeper into her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meredith began moving at a much slower pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she removed her mask, everything Zheng already knew was proven true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a woman in her late twenties or early thirties. Pretty, but fearsome. She had eyes like those of a goat, and raven hair wrapped in a tight bun behind her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No different from the memories he had seen of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very good…” Meredith whistled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes had become misty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their bodies this close together like this, Zheng could clearly feel her trembling with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he lost control of the situation for even a second, she was going to make him pay for it. Dearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…My sister needs help.” Meredith suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze kept moving towards her twin’s crumpled form. She could feel the agony coursing through her body and the blood she was beginning to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t actually think that I would cave and just let you go, did you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought you might. You also had siblings once, so you should know what it’s like to see them suffer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng’s entire body froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes trembled as his mind started trying to take him back to a time and place he didn’t want to revisit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan seemed to sense the discord within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh… oh, that’s right. You were the one to make them suff-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng pressed the blade further into his captive’s neck until blood was drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll want to stop talking now. If you’re smart, that is. I won’t lose any sleep about what happens if you’re not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meredith fell silent. A fact that Zheng took notice of even as rattled as he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t heal like his other monsters, do you? Either of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng was met with silence once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Answer me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought I was supposed to keep my mouth shut…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You will speak when I ask you a question, and you won’t say anything useless. Nod if you understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds, Meredith nodded her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was compliant, at least for the moment. Zheng knew he had to act fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out with telepathy, and just prayed that the one he was calling would answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Zheng? It’s rare for you to contact me, kiddo, what’s wrong?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon had never been so relieved to hear Yara’s voice in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Grandmother, I need your help.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What do you need?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mother-in-law’s forge. She made a pair of anti-magic based restraints a few thousand years ago after a party. I need you to find them, and bring them to Musphelheim as quickly as you can.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara didn’t even bother responding back. Zheng already knew that she was on her way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he just had to hope and pray that nothing changed until his grandmother could get here with the cuffs. Or else there was no telling just what kind of shit-show he could be calling his family member into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could start by keeping Meredith talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s Percival planning? I want evrything you can give me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meredith started to answer. Zheng started to think that maybe his gamble was going to pay off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, the body several feet away from them began to stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whimpering, Morrigan slowly started to sit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her left hand covered her eye, but it couldn’t stop blood that was pooling from the socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“M-Morrigan…!” Meredith’s heart broke inside her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing heavily, her twin looked up and forced a smile onto her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I’m alright, blubber-baby… Barely even a scratch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng quickly began trying to get control of his second captive. However, she wasn’t as disoriented as she might have seemed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Zheng could tell her not to speak, she screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“THORRR!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng started to act on his threat and open Meredith’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could kill her, a giant hammer even larger than him crashed into his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng felt the air vacate his lungs like they’d received an eviction notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sent crashing through the air again. Meaning Meredith was free again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fell into her sister’s arms while holding her own neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng hadn’t killed her, but he had cut her. And that was too close a call for Morrigan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thor, we’re leaving now! You’ll get another chance later!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, Thor clapped his hands and sent forth a shockwave of booming thunder strong enough to knock back Thrudd and her minions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn’t look happy about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash of lightening, he came to the twins’ side and helped them get to their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his last act, he shot one final parting glance at Thrudd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with love and… mayhaps even a bit of pride too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the eyes of a man too accustomed to having what he wanted. The eyes of a man who believed everything was fated to be as he would have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will come for you again, daughter! Do not stop growing in the meantime!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None of you let them ecscape!” Thrudd ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the best efforts of Thrudd’s valkyries, they couldn’t get to Thor and the twins in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash of light, all three were gone. With no trace of themselves left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrudd cursed aloud as she returned to her normal body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They got away! The fucking pieces of shit got away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng had a small coughing fit as the wounds he sustained earlier were re-aggravated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I… I got that.” He wheezed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrudd swallowed her anger long enough to notice the kind of state her brother-in-law was in. She immediately grimaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it… Nubby’s going to kill me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a blinding white light filled their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrudd was surprised to see her grandmother standing in the middle of a battlefield. She was even more surprised to find Behemoth standing right next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she did not look happy to see her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng? Oh my god..”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara rushed over to Zheng like he was one of her own children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine, grandmother, i’m fine…” He waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re clearly not fine…I-I brought the-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see. Thank you, but… they’re gone. We were too late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrudd stood up and left Zheng to be tended to by her grandmother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked over to Behemoth with her gaze lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B, I-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrudd remembered her grandfather often saying ‘hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in hindsight, she shouldn’t have been all that surprised when Behemoth slapped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>me: hm, it’s sure been a while since i got on facebook. let me check and see what’s going on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*sees a girl post a video of her ex’s ass and taint as revenge for some stupid shit*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God damn I hate facebook.\u003C\u002Fp>",1685,"2026-06-03T10:37:08.371Z","2026-06-03T10:37:14.242Z",1,"novelbin.me","98506fc9235d9c71aecf0628a967df321ff99d2edadbeb35756688fcc56240db","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1019","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1017",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]