Chapter 1419: Side Story 28
Chapter 1419 - Side Story 28
Dragons reigned as the apex predator in this world filled with monsters and beasts. Although there were a few who surpassed them, the fact that they were the greatest predators would never be erased. Yet that predator, the dragon, was raised by a little pig until they became a Dragon Lord?
The Phoenix denied the reality that was presented to him.
[Wh… Why?]
‘Why? No… how?!’
How could a pig raise a dragon? And a Dragon Lord at that, too!
As for Beanie? He just chuckled darkly at them.
[Should I kill them?]
[One word from Mr. Beanie and I will wipe out the entire Utopia for you.] The overweight guardian deities of Utopia flinched. Beanie saw them cowering in fear, like shaking lambs ready to be sacrificed, and just shook his head.
[As expected. Mr. Beanie has not changed.]
Luna smiled softly.
‘Has not changed?’
The Phoenix and the other guardian deities were in awe. Was this little pig a kind and good being, even though he looked cold and quite strange on the outside? Did they misunderstand him?!
At that moment, Beanie took out the frozen sausage club. Once again, he began to beat the guardian deities until they were black and blue.
[Ugh. Ack! Urk. Oww! Keoheuuuuk!]
[Mooooooo!]
Luna smiled in amusement.
[I’m thrilled to see that you did not change at all.]
At that moment…
[N… No! NOOOOOO! There’s still one left! I only have one left…!]
Crack!
[What’s that sound?]
Luna asked in confusion. Beanie just oinked away, dismissing it as an insignificant matter.
[Aaah. I see, so that’s it. It was the sound of the male reproductive organ popping and being destroyed forever.]
When the entire situation finally came to an end, Luna realized that she could no longer control herself. Her whole body flinched, moving ever so slightly toward Beanie.
‘Can I do it? I’m a dragon who left his side now… I have already become this scary existence called the Dragon Lord, too.’
“Oiiiiiink!”
Beanie opened his arms wide. With a bright smile on her face, Luna polymorphed and lunged toward him. Luna, who was now in her hatchling form, nuzzled and cuddled with Beanie.
“Kihyeeeeeeee!”
The scene strangely looked like a dog that had finally come back to the arms of its owner after being apart for an entire year. Despite the strange analogy, Luna had a satisfied smile on her face as she played with Beanie.
***
The dragons finally returned after the guardian deities of Utopia had been strictly disciplined. After the Phoenix was subjected to a harsh and terrifying situation and made an example of, the guardian deities were now fully convinced that they should never rebel against Beanie.
“Oink. Oink, oink. Oiiiiink! (Now, we’re starting for real! Oink!)”
Beanie appeared garbed in a guerrilla uniform again.
[Would it make any difference if we lost weight and went back to how we were in the past?]
The Phoenix looked sad and bitter. Despite being the symbol of an empire, the Phoenix had long been forgotten.
[Now, the humans worship their artifacts and outstanding powers. They no longer worship us.]
In the past, when the word empire was mentioned, everyone would think of the symbolic existence that represented them, their guardian deities. Alas, it had changed a lot now.
‘Ah! The empire with that well-renowned blacksmith?’
‘That empire? The one famous for the White Flame Sword?’
The guardian deities were once treated as spiritual and divine beings. Humans offered prayers and worshiped them. Regardless, the guardian deities were not gods. Because of that, when the humans earnestly prayed to them and asked them for help, they would do their best to aid them.
That was no longer the case now. They no longer thought of the guardian deities. The humans just prayed to the gods instead of them, monsters hailed as guardian deities.
[What difference will it make?]
The other guardian deities agreed with the Phoenix.
Why did the guardian deities gain weight? Because they were lazy. Not only were they lazy, but they also just ate and played. All of this was because they no longer had anything to do.
Beanie sneered at them.
“Oink! (You’re saying that because you want to say that the reason for all of this is the humans, right? Oink.)
“Oink, oink? (You’re all pathetic! Can the guardian deities only go out if the humans call for you? Are you that kind of being? Oink?)
“Oink! (If the humans don’t want to look for you, then just go and look for them! Oink.)
“Oink, oink. (If they need help, then step out first and lend them a helping hand. That will be enough, don’t you think? Oink.)”
This was what Beanie thought. The guardian deities were monsters. Even if they were worshiped as spiritual and divine beings in the past, they should never be limited by such an identity.
“Oink, oink? (Have you ever tried approaching them first? Oink.)”
None of them answered the question. It was not that they did not want to, but that they could not answer. After all, they believed that the humans would find them someday. Since they were their guardian deities, the humans would call for them. These complacent thoughts had plagued their minds and left them in this state.
“Oink! (If they’re growing distant from you, then just go and get closer to them! Oink!)”
Everyone stared at Beanie in shock.
‘How can he think like that with that pig head of his…?’
Nonetheless, after thinking about it, they realized that Beanie’s words were valid. They always wanted to be worshiped. However, the guardian deities were existences who protected and cared for the people. So, even if they did not call for them, they could just approach them first.
“Oink! (Alright! I will set the dieting period to one month. Oink!)”
Just like that, the guardian deities’ dieting journey began.
***
The guardian deities were running as hard as they could. The Phoenix, who had gained a lot of weight, was unable to fly. Because of that, he had to run along with them while flapping his wings.
“Oink! (You guys need to burn more calories! Oink!)” Beanie said while he sat comfortably in his chair, sucking on a Parico chu chu bar.
This was already the guardian deities’ thirtieth lap. After finishing their run, they were tasked to climb the mountain. Beanie followed behind them, blowing his whistle as if to urge the guardian deities to climb faster.
Beep! Beep! Beeeeeep!
The moment they reached the top, Beanie said, “Oink! (Repeat this ten times! Oink!)”
The guardian deities had no choice but to go through the process repeatedly.
[Keheoheok! Heok…! Heoook…!]
[Khggggggghk!]
The tiring and difficult task almost drove them crazy. They felt like they were going to die. Nonetheless, with great patience and endurance, they were able to climb up and down the mountain ten times.
On their last run, they found Beanie eating cup noodles and gimbap at the summit. After all, cup noodles and gimbap were best eaten at the top of the mountains!
Then, Beanie said, “Oink! (Ten more laps! Oink!)”
Everyone’s faces twisted. When Beanie saw this, he pulled out his frozen sausage club and slapped it on his palm.
[That pig bastard…]
“Oink? (What did you say? Oink?)”
[N… Nothing… I didn’t say anything.]
The Phoenix, who was about to go down again, suddenly flared up.
[Why are we the only ones doing it?]
“???”
[Isn’t Lord Beanie also fat?!]
Beanie rubbed his chin in thought. After a moment, he nodded in agreement.
‘Come to think of it, he’s right!’
Beanie was a pig, and he always ate a lot. Perhaps… Beanie was the one who needed to diet the most among them.
“Oink. (Annoying. Oink.)”
Still, he found it annoying.
[...?]
‘So, why are we doing it even though we also find it annoying and troublesome?!’
‘Huh?! The pig, who should be a good example to us, isn’t going on a diet but is just playing around and eating!’
Then, Beanie said, “Oink! (I’m still cute even if I’m fat. As for you? You guys are not cute. Oink.)”
‘Huh?’
For some strange reason, the Phoenix was convinced. Indeed. Beanie was originally a baby piggy. So, he was cute even if he was fat. That was not the case for them. They weren’t originally fat, so they grew ugly when they gained a lot of flesh on their bodies.
[Ah. That’s right.]
[I see.]
[So, that’s how it is.]
The guardian deities, who were strangely convinced, went down the mountains once again.
After the gruesome mountain climbing training, the long-awaited meal time had finally arrived. Everyone was excited.
‘Aaaaah! Food tastes the most delicious after hard and gruesome training!’
Placed in front of them was a bowl of boiled chicken breast and salad. Beanie, on the other hand, had been eating fried chicken for his lunch.
“Oiiiink! (As expected! When it comes to chicken, having half of the chicken as fried chicken and the other half as flavored chicken is the best! Oink!)”
Beanie even gulped down an entire can of zero cola.
[Ugh… there’s no flavor.]
[Uweeck…]
[The salad has no sauce?]
The Phoenix and the other guardian deities of Utopia were all enraged. They understood why Beanie did not do the mountain climbing training with them. But this?!
[Why aren’t you eating the same thing as us?!]
How could he eat delicious food while they ate such bland and tasteless food?
Beanie said, “Oink! (I don’t gain weight, you know? Oink!)”
‘Huh?’
After hearing his words, they felt that it was the case. Beanie had already eaten 57 chickens so far, a tremendous amount of food for such a little body. Still, his figure remained just chubby and cute.
The guardian deities were convinced once again. After all, they could gain weight just by drinking water, but Beanie was different! He did not gain weight.
At that moment, they saw the Phoenix staring at the chicken breast in front of him.
[Why aren’t you eating? You have to eat to complete the next part of our training.]
The Minotaurus asked.
The Phoenix just stared at the chicken breast in front of him before looking at his chest.
[Hey. What’s his name?]
[...]
‘Ah. It’s because they’re both birds…’
The Minotaurus could only remain silent. Thankfully, Beanie was prepared for this. He had taken extraordinary measures and immediately changed the Phoenix’s meal to pork tenderloin, meat similar to chicken breast in terms of protein content and low in fat.
‘We’re not the same species.’
Anyway, the Phoenix finally started eating. The Pigrat, the guardian deity of the Fars Empire, stared at the pork tenderloin and said…
[What’s this friend’s name? Hensley? Beizen? Rolson?]
[...?]
[This guy used to run around and frolic in the green fields.]
[Does this guy’s parents know what happened to him?]
In the end, the Phoenix gave up eating. This was because the pig-like Pigrat was staring at him with a pointed gaze, ‘Are you going to eat that? That’s my friend. Are you really going to eat that?’ The only thing that the Phoenix ate was the salad.
Their afternoon session was set aside for a muscle workout. A lot of strange instruments and equipment had been set up.
The Pigrat, the Minotaurus, the Dragonkin, and many other guardian deities who once had muscular figures gathered around the equipment.
“Oink! (How many of the big three can you do? Oink!)”
[Big three? What’s the big three?]
[It seems like you recognized it right away. Yes! I’m the only child of the third generation in my house!]
“...?”
After hitting the third generation’s only child with his sausage club, Beanie explained what they needed to do. He said, “Oink, oink! Oink! (I believe that you all can do 1,500 of the big three. I trust you, oink!)”
Not long after, Beanie measured their big three numbers.
“Oink…? (I thought you could do around 2,000, but you can only do 600? This is disappointing. Oink. Your goal is to do 2,000 of the big three in a month! Oink!)”
The guardian deities pestered Beanie. They wanted to know what hitting 1,500 or 2,000 sets of the big three symbolized.
Beanie sighed and said, “Oink. Oink, oink! (In gyms, those who can do 500 sets of the big three receive recognition. Everyone in the gym will look at you with sparkling eyes and admiration. It also serves as proof of your greatness. Gym rats often ask about this. Oink!)”
[What are you talking about?]
“Oink? (I’m talking about the number of big three that you can do? Oink?)
“Oink, oink. (If you say that you can hit 500 sets of the big three, then you’re already ahead of the others. Oink.)”
[Ah… Aaaaaah…]
[So, the number of sets that you can do the big three is like a symbol of greatness!]
[Then, if we can do 500 more sets of the big three, are you saying that the humans will look at us in awe?]
[My god! Then, that means that you can unleash the power that only the strongest can use just by doing several 500 sets of the big three?! Is that what you’re saying?!]
Beanie crossed his arms in front of him as he nodded kindly. He looked like a great teacher, imparting profound knowledge to eager students.
[This…]
The Minotaurus and the other aspiring gym rats were all impressed. They could not believe that they could beat an enemy just by doing several 500 sets of the big three!
[It seems like 500 sets of the big three is really amazing.]
[Thank you, Lord Beanie!]
All of them were fired up. They would definitely achieve 2,000 sets of the big three! Definitely!
Then, the Minotaurus got curious about something.
[Uhm… Lord Beanie, how were you able to learn this?]
“Oink. (I watch Ztube. Oink.)”
‘What’s Ztube?’
In any case, the guardian deities were all fired up and ready to exercise!
***
A week passed by in a flash.
Just like before, Beanie still ate delicious food at the top of the mountains. Today, the dish that he was eating was jjajangmyeon.
[One day, I will definitely hit that pig on the back of his head!]
The Phoenix, who was rushing down the mountain, wondered if Beanie was doing this just to harass and torment them. However, when he came back to the foot of the mountain, he felt something strange.
‘Huh? Why does my body feel so light?’
Compared to when they first started this training, he felt that the time it took him to climb the mountain had been significantly reduced.
[I’m not even out of breath.]
[To be honest, I don’t feel that tired either.]
The guardian deities finally realized that their bodies were now significantly different from how it was a week ago.
Then, the Phoenix said…
[The heat of my flames has gotten hotter.]
The Minotaurus snorted heavily.
[I feel stronger too. I was even able to do 250 more sets of the big three after a week.]
The guardian deities were changing.
Beanie, who had just descended the mountain, looked at them and said, “Oink. Oink, oink. Oink! (Hang in there. Even if you feel that it’s hard, endure it! After a month, I will let you eat everything that you want. Oink!)”
That night, the guardian deities, who were supposed to sleep, huddled around and talked in hushed whispers.
[I think Lord Beanie is a good person. Don’t you think so too?]
The guardian deities’ response was different this time after hearing that Beanie would allow them to eat whatever they wanted in a month.
[Maybe.]
If they thought about it carefully, then yes, Beanie was a good piggy. Perhaps the reason why he ate such delicious food in front of them was that he wanted them to develop patience and endurance? And maybe the reason why he was pushing them to work hard and exercise was so that they could stand on their own two feet?
[If I lose all the weight that I gained, then I will give my Phoenix Pill to Lord Beanie.]
The area where the guardian deities lived would produce a pill or an elixir once every year.
[Me too.]
[I’ll do that too.]
Then, the Minotaurus said,
[What do you guys want to eat the most?]
One by one, they talked about the food that they craved the most. At that moment, the Phoenix swallowed his almost-dripping saliva down and said,
[Me? I want to eat the samgyeopsal that Lord Beanie ate before. Just imagine it, you put it on the grill, then put it in your mouth and… kghhhk!]
As if on cue, the Pigrat said,
[The one that you will put on the grill must have had a name before, right?]
[That guy’s parents must have been happy when they gave birth to him…]
The Phoenix’s craving vanished without a trace. At the same time, he made a vow.
‘Someday, I will put this bastard on a grill myself!’