Death Stranding: I Return from the Beach

Chapter 24 New Skills

"【Sam's Power】Upgraded to LV3, learned the new derived skill 【Capture Power】!"

"During the duration of the [Sam's Power] skill, you can unleash [Capture Power] to tame Chiral creatures!"

We've come at the perfect time!

Derivative skills have limitations; they must be activated during the use of the main skill. However, their advantages are obvious: they do not consume additional skill points.

Taking advantage of the last duration of [Sam's Power], Chen Wang activated his skill.

A beam of light shone from his hand, traveling through his palm to the Chiral dragon he touched, inadvertently altering the black dragon's mind.

Dragons are drawn to strength. Even after being mutated by chiral substances, they still instinctively admire the strong.

It was summoned on a battlefield when Milden was on a dangerous mission. After being ambushed and losing all his teammates, he faced hundreds of soldiers alone, yet managed to remain calm and collected. The black dragon witnessed this and decided to help him.

Thus, in that battle, the black dragon ravaged the sky, helping Milden annihilate countless enemies, and from then on, it formed a powerful pact with Milden, generally obeying his commands.

However, this time was different. This young man named Chen Wang almost overwhelmed Milden, making him unable to defend himself. He even forced Milden into a corner, where Milden stood still in his shell. How could this be worthy of his dragon identity?

As a result, Black Dragon wavered somewhat.

Chen Wang rode on the dragon's back, his capture power still flowing continuously into his hands.

With a roar, the black dragon straightened its body, which had been writhing in dissatisfaction, and began to dance gracefully in the air!

[The Cairo Dragon has been successfully captured]

It worked!

Before Chen Wang could even feel surprised, he patted the dragon's back, leaped down, and landed perfectly on the rooftop.

In this way, at least the black dragon won't interfere with me.

He walked slowly toward Milden in the corner, who was trembling all over.

The Beach Shuttle was still on cooldown, and he had no other means of escape, so he could only defeat Chen Wang head-on.

He seized the opportunity, poked his entire body out of the chiral turtle shell, pulled a grenade from his pocket, and suddenly threw it forward!

This was a real weapon of mass destruction. Chen Wang jumped to the side, and although he was in a sorry state, he barely managed to dodge the attack.

Clearly, Milden wasn't carrying just one grenade; his pocket had even been turned into a special grenade pouch. He pulled out several more and threw them one by one with force!

Chen Wang was shocked and quickly used the [Smoke Device] to dart and weave through the smoke, making it difficult to get close.

Suddenly, a dragon's roar echoed from the sky!

The Chiral Dragon had already targeted Milden inside the turtle shell, and a tar shockwave rushed towards him!

With an extremely precise breath, combined with Milden's slight body deviation caused by throwing the grenade, the tar hit him instantly!

"Wh-what!" Milden was shocked by the sudden attack. His chest was pierced with a bloody hole, and the remaining tar splattered all over his body, even his originally handsome face was covered in black.

Before he could even throw the grenade, the stinging pain overwhelmed him, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.

The next second, Chen Wang swiftly moved forward, understanding the situation at a glance. He grabbed the grenade that was about to explode from Milden's hand and threw it forcefully into the distant sky!

Boom! The sky exploded, fiery red fireworks burst open, and fragments of the grenade flew in all directions!

But this is already the best possible outcome!

Then, Chen Wang grabbed Milden, who was still breathing weakly, and put his hand on Milden's shoulder, performing a chokehold that no one could break!

A few seconds later, the commotion subsided.

Milden slid to the ground like a lump of silicone; if he weren't still breathing, he would have been practically dead.

Without Milden's skill effect, the tar layer underfoot quickly faded, and the concentration of chiral matter in the air rapidly decreased. At the last moment, the chiral alligator snapping turtle quickly dived into the tar and disappeared along with it.

Only the tar-free Chiralosaurus and the large Chiral animals still rampaging in the distance.

Chen Wang carried Milden on his back and hurried downstairs, where he bumped into Coconut in the stairwell.

The latter was still sitting in the stairwell waiting, completely unaware of the outcome on the rooftop. Only after seeing Chen Wang's victory did his pounding chest calm down.

"Coconut, I need you to keep an eye on Milden for me."

Chen Wang gave instructions, placing Milden in front of the coconut. "I still need to deal with those monsters on the periphery. I'll come back and take him away later."

"Me?" Coconut was somewhat incredulous.

"Don't worry, he's already unconscious and won't wake up anytime soon." He showed Coconut the scan data on his phone, which clearly showed Milden's 1 point of vitality (unconscious) and that he would need several dozen hours to recover.

Coconut then nodded.

Then, Chen Wang returned to the rooftop, looked up at the sky, and suddenly confidently took a running start and jumped off the edge of the rooftop!

With a roar, the dragon was already prepared to catch him. As soon as Chen Wang jumped, the black dragon caught him precisely.

"Look! Someone's riding a dragon!"

The people of Hongcheng worked day after day, never imagining they would witness such a spectacle in their lifetime.

Some of the larger Cairo animals were out of the question, since I had seen them once before and was somewhat prepared.

But for those who ride dragons, this was the first time they had ever seen it in person!

"Who is he? Could he be a genius superhuman from another city?"

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but their eyes remained fixed on the soaring dragon in the distance.

As Chen Wang rode on the dragon's back, he was filled with boundless pride.

The dragon was not as difficult to ride as one might imagine; the physical experience was closer to riding a horse, and even less bumpy.

He had already set his sights on the distant Cairo lion.

As they approached, the noise intensified.

"Have you guys ever used a gun before?" A superhuman was whipping the person next to him while fighting.

Seeing this, another superhuman flying in the air began to complain, "Give me a weapon, please!"

Those less capable superhumans were completely baffled. They had given the best firearms at their disposal as assistants, but the less accurate firearms the other way around blamed the guns.

They dared not speak out in anger, and could only nod.

"Who is it that has arrived!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out. It turned out that a giant dragon was flying in from the distant sky, with a man on its back!

Suddenly, everyone present was at a loss for words. Was this a teammate or an opponent?

Fortunately, Chen Wang quickly provided an answer.

He controlled the dragon and spewed out a mouthful of scalding tar, which struck the Chiral lion opposite him, causing it to stumble and fall to the ground.

Without hesitation, Chen Wang leaped onto the lion, aimed at the wound the dragon had just spewed out, and stuffed the grenade he had just seized from Milden into it!

Then, with a graceful leap, he rode the dragon away once more.