The Strongest Beast Tamer - 165 Breaking into the Castle

Drate looked towards the wall in admiration, she walked up to it and hit it with everything she’s got, only for it to be reflected off the wall like it was nothing. “Whoa, so this is the Dragon King’s Wall, it really is impenetrable just as explained by the elders.”

Lachlan walked up to it and threw a punch of his own, when he made contact a resounding bang echoed through the surroundings. Drate covered her ears due to how loud it was, especially due to her heightened senses that one bang made a shiver go up her spine.

Looking at the wall her expression changed to shock; although it wasn’t large or anything, where Lachlan had punched the wall there was a very small crack. Its size was comparable to a human’s finger, almost unnoticeable if one wasn’t looking.

Lachlan sighed as he placed his hands on his hips. “Huh, suppose it is a lot stronger than I expected.” Lachlan had completely expected him to be able to beat the wall over, but with the little damage he did in comparison to the wall, he would have to punch the wall continuously for a week to get through.

Drate’s mouth was agape as she stared at Lachlan in shock. “What do you mean stronger than you expected? Were you thinking you would be able to punch through it in one hit? Actually, don’t answer those questions, with the amount of strength you just displayed I wouldn’t be surprised if you did think you would be able to do that.”

“Oh well, suppose I can go through it with another method,” Lachlan shrugged his shoulders along with a sighed. Taking out a high-grade gravity stone he held it in the palms of his hand, Drate looked at the stone with her eyebrows lowered.

“What do you expect to accomplish with that? It’s just a normal stone, I can’t detect anything magical about it.” Drate was confused as to why Lachlan brought out a random stone. Sure it was beautiful, but the guards wouldn’t take it as a bride to let them in.

“Ay, just keep quiet and watch,” Lachlan brushed off Drate’s comments like they were air. He then commanded the stone internally. ‘200 times Earth’s gravity in front of me, go 15 metres forward before changing to 200 times Earth’s gravity behind me until you come to a halt; once halted, change to 0 times Earth’s gravity. Do all this with a range of your surface.’

With the commands set the stone disappeared from Lachlan’s hands; Drate was only able to see an afterimage of the stone, her eyes weren’t able to track the stone’s trajectory. But when she heard a resounding smash to her side she realised where it had gone.

Looking towards the wall her mouth almost dropped to the floor, a hole the size of a palm was in the wall; cracks began to spread from there, slowly but surely encompassing the entire wall. Lachlan walked up to it nonchalantly and punched forward lightly. The wall crumbled to the ground, the wall that was said to be impenetrable to every force just crumbled in front of her.

Lachlan walked through casually, grabbing his stone and returning it to his pocket. Drate rushed through, still shocked to her core by what she just saw. She pointed towards Lachlan, her hand was shaking. “What the hell was that! I detected no magic on the stone, it couldn’t have done anything to nullify the wall’s defences!”

“Well it’s a rather unique stone that requires no magic,” Lachlan explained before walking towards the castle. “Unfortunately, I can’t tell you any more than that, it is one of my trump cards after all, can’t have the whole world knowing about it.”

“Well sorry to say but I’m not the whole world; not to mention I won’t tell anyone, not even my elders or king, so can you please tell me how it works?” Drate was desperate to know how the stone worked, it has a power that rendered an impenetrable wall like paper, she wanted to know how.

“Nope, maybe if you join me back to my home, but even then, you’ll need to gain mine as well as my group’s trust. Only then can you get a stone; before that, however, we won’t spill a single fact about the stone,” Lachlan explained with a stern expression. “Also, if you decided to join me, I will warn you beforehand, there is no coming back, especially once you find out about the stone.”

Lachlan decided that he might actually let the demoness join, only on the conditions that he just explained. He doesn’t want her joining their group if she won’t stay; if she were to find out about everything and return to her elders and explain everything. That’ll cause a whole lot of trouble that he doesn’t want to deal with as of now.

“Hm, then I can’t join you, I have to return to my clan as I’m soon to be getting married,” Drate explained with a sigh. “Oh well, hopefully, we can meet sometime later in life; who knows, maybe you’ll come to the demon continent and enjoy it there.”

“What, married?” Lachlan was slightly shaken momentarily. “You’re already getting married? I suppose I should congratulate you and your partner, wish you the best of luck in life and hopefully you give birth to a happy and strong child.”

Lachlan didn’t know how to respond; so he combined a few things together and hoped it worked out without him deeply offending Drate. After all, he doesn’t have a clue as to how the traditions of demons work. Do they wish others success in life? Do they even wish newlyweds luck in giving birth to a healthy child?

Drate burst into laughter. “What was that? Usually, you would only say those things after I get married, not before. After all, my husband has to successfully pass a few trials created by my family before he can take my hand in marriage.”

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“What, does your husband have to beat your family in a fight or something?” Lachlan asked sarcastically. Although he was somewhat curious about the demon’s customs, especially regarding the trials. Since they’re something created by the girl’s family, they could be all sorts of extreme challenges.

“No, my husband has to fight against my grandfather, an elder of the demon race. As well as last one week on the 7th Hell island, located offshore of demon continent, possessing powerful and terrifying demonic beasts. Then finally, there’s also fighting against any other demon that’s passed the challenges and wishes to take my hand in marriage,” Drate smiled widely as she explained in detail.

“So you don’t get to pick your husband?” Lachlan asked as he tilted his head, staring at Drate with one eye.

“Nope, the husband candidates are chosen by the family head, my father. Then, they go through those trials and the last one standing gets to take my hand in marriage. This way, the child birthed from myself and my partner is guaranteed to be teeming with power,” Drate answered. “Oh right, you’re a half breed with human in your DNA. I remember hearing stories that sometimes humans get to choose who they be with, I find that so odd, don’t you want to birth powerful children?”

“That’s not our primary goal, humans just seek to be with someone who they’re compatible with, physically and emotionally. To be with someone who’ll support them when they’re most vulnerable, that’s what most humans want,” Lachlan explained. He felt most comfortable with Phoebe, she was always there when he felt down, especially when he found out what his other half wants to do. “Anyway, enough of that let’s get going.”

Lachlan started jogging up to the castle, its large structure was likely 10 – 15 stories high. The thick wall was made of polished marble, the lining was created out of solid gold, the stone path had small gems encrusted into it. Looking around Lachlan must admit that the dragon king was one wealthy king.

They finally made their way to the castle. Drate tugged on Lachlan’s armour, gesturing to him to follow her. “That main castle doesn’t lead to the treasury unless you have the dragon king’s blood. We have to get to it another way, located at the back of the castle.”

Lachlan nodded. As they ran their path Lachlan couldn’t help but ask a question. “You seem fairly familiar with the dragon king’s castle. How many times has your race attempted to raid? Surely it couldn’t have been that many times, right? The new dragon king has only been in power for a few years.”

“Ha, although the new dragon king has only been in power for a few years; during those few years, the demon race has attempted to raid the castle several dozen times. Whenever we failed, the demons would flee the scene with the knowledge that they have an impart it to the elders. Slowly but surely allowing us to get further into the castle. As of now, the furthest a demon has been was the back entrance to the treasury,” Drate answered swiftly as they quickened their pace to dodge a few guards.

“Hm, so how did your race get past the impenetrable wall?” Lachlan asked.

“Well, we did have a treasury that allowed us to breach the magic arrays on the wall. However, it was lost in the last attempt when some arrogant and idiotic demon noble tried to show off,” Drate answered with a tinge of hatred in her voice. “Because of him, our method of entrance had to change but we couldn’t figure out a way to get past the wall without the artefact. So, we have begun to create a new one.”

“And you have that on you?” Lachlan was curious as to what such an artefact would look like. The only thing that was coming to his head was a drill, granted, to pass magic arrays it would need to be a magic drill. Which is something Lachlan would very much like to see.

“No, I decided to come and test out the waters. Also, the dragon king might get suspicious if the demon race doesn’t send anyone to try and claim their treasure, even if they are stopped at the front gate,” Drate explained. “Anyway, we’re here now.”

Lachlan didn’t realise it, but they managed to make their way around the castle already. In front of them was a large hill, and although it blends in naturally with the surroundings, it looks quite out of place when right next to a grand castle.

Drate walked up to it and pulled out a piece of paper, one that paper were large red letters in a language Lachlan couldn’t understand. But when she placed it down, she took a few steps back and muttered words beneath her breath.

The paper burnt up in the air, an illusion array that was used to conceal the entrance was destroyed. It began to crumble, revealing the real entrance which was a large, reinforced iron door situated on the ground.

Lachlan started walking up to it but was stopped by Drate. “Don’t worry, I can handle this one. My elders were quite pleased when they finally managed to create this artefact, they celebrated for weeks without rest due to it.”

Drate pulled out a strange device, it looked like a normal slab of stone. However, once she placed it on the iron door and muttered a few words, legs/spikes shot out, piercing the iron door without any trouble. Then, a blazing hot beam shot down from the square as it began to move. It looked like a laser beam, similar to what one would see in movies.

Slowly, it made a large rectangle in the door, causing that rectangular cut out to fall. A loud thump was heard after a couple of seconds and Drate walked over to pick up the device. “Now then, let’s make our way into the treasury.”

Lachlan was thoroughly impressed with the device. He didn’t think a world so lacking in technological advancement would be able to create something like a laser cutter. Seems he underestimated this world and its magic.