Having been thrown from the peak, the drake looked warily at the group for a moment, but soon turned his head and stopped moving. Having already lost his strength due to hunger, he seemed to be even less energetic after receiving the shock from the fall.

For Seon-Hyeok, this was a fortunate development. He had succeeded in taming the drake, but the monster wasn’t completely obedient. Considering his innate wildness and ferocity, it was fortunate that the drake remained sprawled out on the ground.

“But just in case.”

He had tied the drake’s body up in rope, with the exception of his four legs. In particular, he made sure to bind the mouth well so that nobody would inadvertently become the monster’s next meal.

-          Hunger, discontent, frustration, lethargy

The drake seemed dissatisfied by being tied up, but had followed him nonetheless after being tempted with several pieces of jerky.

The path down the mountain was especially rough. Seon-Hyeok suffered, struggling to drag the immobile drake down the narrow and treacherous path.

As they travelled down like this, there were a number of spots that could not be traversed with the drake. Each time, he repeated the technique used at the Fro...