Fwoosh!

A dragon, a being that could not exist on Earth, was soaring through the skies with its giant wings. It was Echidna, who immediately came flying after receiving Oh Kang-Woo's call.

"… When did you prepare something like this?" Cha Yeon-Joo asked. She was sitting on a chair installed on Echidna's back.

"I didn't want to suffer like last time," Kang-Woo answered.

He thought about when they had ridden Echidna to Pohang. He had held on to one of her scales for dear life. He didn't want to experience that ever again.

"Are you the one keeping up this barrier as well?" Yeon-Joo said while touching the black barrier surrounding the chairs.

Kang-Woo nodded.

"I've become better than how I was then."

To be more exact, he now had more demonic energy.

After his Demonic Energy stat surpassed three digits, he had absolutely no problem maintaining the Authority of Projection to cover Echidna's body and block the wind with a barrier at the same time.

'The demonic crystal plays a big part too.'

After he'd made the demonic crystal, he'd become capable...