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The world was burning.
In front of the man with gray hair, a massive black dragon was struggling to breathe.
-Kyle.
"Don't talk. I will definitely save you!"
Kyle gritted his teeth and cast a healing spell.
A massive surge of magic power swirled.
However, the giant wound in the dragon's belly did not heal.
"Damn it! Damn it! I can't lose you too!"
-No... I was wrong, Kyle. So take my dragon heart and move forward.
"Hey, stop spouting such nonsense and shut up!"
Kyle said roughly.
"Arwon and Luna! Don't die pointlessly like Dweno! You're a dragon! Endure like a great race! You damn lizard!"
-Kyle... remember when we first met?
He swallowed.
Lysinas, with the same smile as back then, said,
-We will save the world.
"So... we..."
-Sorry... for making you bear this alone.
Swoosh— His eyelids closed.
"..."
Kyle looked up at the gray sky, seeing the breathless black dragon.
Black rain fell.
Rain that devoured life, the rain of death.
Evidence that the world was hurtling towards destruction.
"Hahaha... damn it."
Kyle, not even thinking to avoid the rain, spat out curses.
Kyle, who had torn open his companion's chest and removed the heart, turned his head.
In the distance, a burning tower was visible.
"Erebus."
He spat out the name of his enemy as if chewing on it.
"I will definitely kill you. Even if I'm the only one left."
The last great hero headed to the battlefield.
And... the world was saved by one man.
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"Leo~ Mommy will read you a fairy tale."
Reina Frob, the lady of the Frob household, said as she approached her one-month-old son.
Dyed Frob burst out laughing at the sight.
"Reina, you've already read that fairy tale more than a hundred times? If you count the prenatal readings, it must be over a thousand."
"But Dyed, this fairy tale is about the greatest heroes I love the most?"
Reina looked lovingly at her son, who was sound asleep in the cradle.
"And Leo loves this fairy tale the most. He gets so happy every time I read it?"
"Really?"
"Yeah. Want to see?"
Reina approached the cradle and opened the fairy tale book.
"Leo~ Mommy will read you the [Heroes of the Beginning] fairy tale."
Leo's eyes snapped open.
"Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago. Specifically, 5000 years ago..."
"Ah! Ahb! Ahd!"
"See!"
"Haha, really!"
Dyed Frob looked amazed at his son, who was kicking and babbling.
Reina smiled and continued reading the fairy tale.
The elven archmage Luna.
The dwarf master smith, Dweno.
The merman warrior, Arwon.
Finally, the wise dragon, Lysinas.
"Thus, the great heroes defeated the evil Erebus, and peace returned to the world. The end!"
"Ah! Ahggg!"
Leo waved his short arms and legs vigorously.
The parents smiled proudly at their son.
Seeing his parents, Leo cried out in his heart.
'Please, stop reading that damn fairy tale!'
If the Frob couple had known, they would have been shocked.
That their newborn child had such clear intentions!
But what was even more surprising was his identity.
Back then, specifically 5000 years ago.
He was one of the great heroes who saved the world.
Kyle.
The man who eradicated the primordial evil Erebus and saved the world.
But he was an unfortunate man forgotten in the history of the world.
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