Cale thought it had been a while since he heard that name, Kim Hae-il, as he answered the Heavenly Demon.

“Yeah. I’m called Cale Henituse here.”

“I see.”

The Heavenly Demon was not the only one to come through the Central Plains-Aipotu temporary portal this time.

“Hoho.”

The Fist King, Mok Hyeon, the strongest figure serving the Imperial family.

“It’s been a while, young master-nim.”

The Orthodox faction’s Martial Arts Alliance’s representative, the strategist of the Martial Arts Alliance, Zhuge Mi Ryeo.

“…….”

The Sichuan Tang Clan’s matriarch silently stood there.

“Wow! How amazing!”

The Unorthodox faction. The Divergent Coalition leader Sima Pyeong’s son and the greatest trash of the Unorthodox faction, the Fighting Lunatic, Sima Jung rounded out the group.

“Where is my close friend?”

Of course, Sima Jung looked for Toonka first.

The four of them seemed shocked after seeing Cale and the people of the Black Castle, but they quickly hid their shocks just as the Heavenly Demon had done.

The Triumvirate and the Imperial family…

As representatives of these major factions, they were all quite skilled at hiding their emotions.

“Wow, this is amazing! I’ve never seen this style in a home before. Oh, Noble Warrior Choi Han, it’s been a while!”

Well, everybody except Sima Jung.

He was just transparent.

But maybe that might lead to him adjusting the easiest.

However, something made even him stiffen up.

“Mm.”

It was when he saw Raon.

“It’s been a while!”

As Raon greeted him excitedly…

“Hey Sima Jung! Did you see me back then too?”

And as Raon debated whether he had shown himself to Sima Jung back in the Central Plains…

Sima Jung brusquely walked toward Raon with a stiff look on his face.

Raon was floating in the air, flapping his wings.

Sima Jung walked up to him.

The people of the Martial Arts world as well as Cale’s group all just watched.

There were quite a lot of people in Cale’s group. Some of them had gone to the Martial Arts world, but Sheritt, Mila, Rosalyn, Lock, and many others had not gone there.

As they all focused on Sima Jung’s stiff expression…

Sima Jung stood in front of Raon and fixed his clothes.

“I greet the big senior.”

He then knelt down and showed his respects. This greeting resembled one that people would give to an emperor.

Cale saw former Lord Sheritt’s pupils shake at that time.

Sima Jung didn’t care and spoke with devotion.

“My father told me to make sure to ask big senior about his health and to show my respects.”

“?”

Raon tilted his head in confusion.

“Hey Sima Jung! Why am I your big senior? I’m only seven years old so far!”

Sima Jung shook his head.

“No, sir. As you are my father’s master, I have to address you even higher. Please understand that I have not learned enough to find a better title than eldest senior.”

“Mm. I’m okay!”

“I wish to do this, Big senior.”

“Then do as you like!”

Raon answered cheerfully, making Sima Jung relieved while cautiously getting up to stand next to Raon.

Cale looked at Sima Jung, who was not acting trashy, with an iffy look on his face when received a sound transmission.

It was the Fist King.

– I heard he was beaten up for three days and three nights by Sima Pyeong before coming here.

‘Aha.’

Cale immediately understood.

“Ron.”

Ron, who had bandages around his forehead, came over at Cale’s call.

Cale peeked at Ron before asking him for something.

“Please show them to their rooms.”

He had prepared a room for each of them.

So many people were scheduled to come through starting from the second transfer, making it impossible for them to all fit In the Black Castle. It was possible now because only five people came through.

“We will discuss in detail in a bit.”

Zhuge Mi Ryeo, who looked as if she had the most to say, hesitated for a moment before nodding her head.

“That sounds great. We cannot rush things and make mistakes.”

She started to follow Ron and everybody else did as well.

The only person who did not move was the Sichuan Tang Clan’s matriarch, Tang Yu, who kept her gaze locked somewhere.

Cale recalled what Central Plains had said about the Sichuan Tang Clan.

‘Sichuan has been scorched! The Dragon Lord destroyed everything there! I am currently on the run! – Sincerely, Central Plains’

Sichuan being scorched meant that the Tang Clan was impacted as well.

Tang Yu was known as the Poison Empress.

Cale figured out what she was looking at and his eyes clouded over.

“Meeeeeow?”

Hong tilted his head while looking back at Tang Yu.

He seemed curious and entertained more than wary.

Sniff sniff.

Hong sniffed his nose before slowly walking toward Tang Yu.

He then roamed around her.

Tang Yu quietly looked at him while Hong placed his front paws on the Poison Empress’s shoes and commented.

“I smell a familiar poison, nya!”

“As I expected.”

The Poison Empress nodded her head before continuing in a gentle voice.

“So it was you.”

Cale had robbed, no, received five of the Nine King Poisons from the Tang Clan.

Hong’s poison became much more deadly and vicious after absorbing all of them.

“Meeeeeow.”

On moved toward Hong and Tang Yu.

She then opened her mouth.

“I’ll take you over there, ma’am.”

It was rare for On to talk to someone first like this.

Poison Empress Tang Yu.

She was quite skilled with poison as the matriarch of the Tang Clan, but she was also talented in using hidden weapons and daggers.

She was pretty similar to Ron.

“Is that okay?”

Cale and Ron nodded their heads at On’s question.

In fact, Ron quietly observed Tang Yu for a bit before adding on.

“I’m sure a conversation will be entertaining.”

“…It does seem that way.”

A smile appeared on Tang Yu’s face. But it quickly disappeared.

Central Plains had told Cale about the damage to the Tang Clan right before the temporary portal opened.

‘I heard that half of the clan has perished, young master-nim.’

As a closed off clan, the majority of the Tang Clan were family members. Half of the clan perishing meant that their immediate family or cousins had died.

Cale pretended not to see the fatigue visible under the Poison Empress’s eyes for now.

Instead, he quietly looked toward the direction where the rest of the people from the Central Plains were leaving before starting to walk.

“I’ll guide you to your room.”

He pulled the Heavenly Demon aside.

“Hoooo.”

The Heavenly Demon smiled as if he was intrigued.

“I’m curious to know why you are personally taking me.”

Cale looked at him as if the answer was obvious.

“The people carrying on your powers. Aren’t you curious?”

The Heavenly Demon’s gaze instantly changed.

Cale read the curiosity now visible on his relaxed face and guided the Heavenly Demon to his room.

He then opened the door.

And inside-

“I greet my master.”

The white-haired green-eyed Clopeh Sekka. He greeted the Heavenly Demon in an elegant and noble manner.

“Mm.”

As for Hannah, she flinched before slightly bowing her head.

“T, thank you very much.”

‘Oh.’

Cale had never seen Hannah like this.

She was being quite respectful compared to her usual self, as if she was grateful to the Heavenly Demon.

“…….”

The Heavenly Demon crossed his arms and silently looked at the two of them.

There was an extremely entertained smile on his face.

“Disciples-

Ha.”

He let out a short chuckle.

The Heavenly Demon was about to brush his hair back with his hand when he noticed his baggy sleeves.

He then saw the two people who were dressed completely differently from himself.

There was one punk who dared to call him ‘master’ for learning his power while the other punk has his power but just said thank you once awkwardly.

“I was curious to know who Choi Han would give the power to.”

But this was just…

“How entertaining.”

The two people in front of him seemed entertaining.

The Heavenly Demon looked toward Hannah.

“This one just stupidly swings her sword.”

“…What?”

Hannah looked at the Heavenly Demon as if she was wondering if she had heard properly.

The Heavenly Demon saw her scowl and smiled.

“I said you stupidly swing your sword.”

“What?”

Hannah was about to complain in disbelief-

“And I am right.”

“!”

She flinched.

The Heavenly Demon walked toward Hannah.

He quietly observed the black spider web-like veins before calming speaking.

His low voice filled the room.

“Is the sword some sort of beautiful art? It is simply a tool made to kill, hunt, and fight. So stupidly swinging it is also an answer.”

Hannah slowly avoided the Heavenly Demon’s gaze once they made eye contact.

Gratitude, awkwardness, and other emotions were visible on her face.

“Yes. I’m stupid, err, sir. Are you happy now?”

The grumbling Hannah… The Heavenly Demon, who had not seen someone so easy to read in a long time, did not stop smiling.

“No.”

He shook his head.

“Swinging the sword stupidly does not mean that the person swinging the sword is stupid. It is just the way you swing the sword that is stupid.”

“…….”

Hannah started to look at the Heavenly Demon again.

“You are quite smart.”

The Heavenly Demon did not know Hannah.

However, he looked at the calluses that filled Hannah’s hand, her form, and her aura as he nonchalantly answered.

“That is how you were able to tell the true nature of the sword.”

His gaze then moved past Hannah to the person who came with Cale.

“I am not your master.”

The Heavenly Demon’s gaze landed on Choi Han.

“I guess… It isn’t a bad thing to be similar to this guy either.”

The Heavenly Demon’s face filled with joy.

“A shrewd bastard who acts all innocent. Someone who pretends to be stupid but has a lot on his mind.”

Choi Han let out a chuckle.

Hannah shrugged her shoulders with a more relaxed look on her face.

“You two are quite well suited for each other.”

Neither Choi Han nor Hannah said anything regarding the Heavenly Demon’s comment. In fact, Hannah sounded somewhat happy as she answered.

“I am definitely not stupid. Do you know how much education I received?”

Honestly speaking, Hannah’s level of knowledge was overwhelming compared to most people because she lived as a half Holy Maiden. She had quite a lot of knowledge about respect as well.

She just instinctively did not want to remember those times and was subconsciously avoiding anything related to it.

The Heavenly Demon looked at Hannah with quite the amused look on his face before he looked elsewhere.

Clopeh was standing there like a silent lake.

The Heavenly Demon stopped smiling once he looked at him.

He then nonchalantly commented.

“A fucking snake.”

‘Oh.’

Cale was amazed.

– Human, the Heavenly Demon really is a bit amazing!

Raon was amazed as well.

Clopeh just had his usual dignified smile on his face as he looked at the Heavenly Demon.

The Heavenly Demon looked back without a smile on his face. The Heavenly Demon walked up to Clopeh and kept looking at him as if he was looking at a marvelous item.

“How intriguing.”

He nonchalantly continued.

“I can’t tell whether you are going to turn into an imugi or a Dragon.”

However, his gaze alone was sparkling intelligently.

A smile appeared on the Heavenly Demon’s face again.

“You.”

He addressed Clopeh.

“You will be a decent sword even if you become an imugi.”

It didn’t matter if he became a Dragon or an imugi.

He would be an amazing sword either way.

This was quite the compliment.

“Choi Han.”

He kept his eye on Clopeh as he addressed Choi Han.

“I think you should be careful.”

Clopeh’s smile became a bit deeper than before.

It resembled the shadow on the surface of a lake.

“This punk might push past you.”

The Heavenly Demon looked at that shadow and cheerfully chuckled.

His hand then moved.

Clang.

He pulled out his sword.

“Anyway, Choi Han, you remember our promise, right?”

The Heavenly Demon had a promise to spar with Choi Han.

Choi Han asked the Heavenly Demon a question.

“Did you find your path?”

Choi Han had shared a drink with the Heavenly Demon before he left the Central Plains.

‘If you create your own path, we will exchange blades.’

This was the Heavenly Demon’s answer.

“A bit.”

‘Oh.’

Cale gasped.

– Human! The Heavenly Demon truly is the strongest in the Central Plains!

Raon gasped in amazement as well.

Oooooo– oooooo–

Dark red aura wrapped around the Heavenly Demon.

Hannah and Clopeh’s eyes clouded over while watching this. Clopeh’s gaze was especially sparkling and fluttering.

Choi Han’s aura.

A presence similar to that was rising from the Heavenly Demon.

Of course, the depth of it could not reach Choi Han’s level.

“I at least found the entrance to the path.”

Either way, the Heavenly Demon had found his path and could pull his sword out in front of Choi Han.

‘I knew it was a good idea to drag in the people of the Central Plains.’

Cale looked at his increased number of allies, his allies that had gotten stronger, and smiled.

– Human, why do you have that look you have before you scam someone?

He ignored Raon’s comment.

His smile of satisfaction just became bigger.

* * *

But that expression soon disappeared from his face.

Axion, the Third Saint Dragon.

He returned to Axion’s Estate and finally had a chance to talk to him one on one.

Cale focused after hearing Axion say these words.

“Even the Dragon Lord has a weakness.”

—

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What could his weakness be? Is he… fond of sweets? Farts too much??

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Cale quietly observed Raon and the Dragon half-blood.

The Dragon half-blood slowly looked away after sensing his gaze.

As for Raon, he tilted his head in confusion and Cale commented after seeing both of their reactions.

“Then the three of us are the only ones who saw the Dragon Lord’s magic.”

The Dragon half-blood flinched.

He barely managed to hide his shock.

“…There were others who saw it?”

The sight that he was able to see because it was light…

Honestly speaking, the Dragon half-blood did not see the effect of the spell.

All he saw was the existence of light.

Seeing that odd light was what allowed him, after the fact, to recognize the spell and the odd flow of time.

“Yeah. You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it. At least that’s all I know so far.”

The Dragon half-blood’s gaze moved past Cale to Raon before quickly looking away after seeing Raon’s dark blue eyes.

“Human, I thought that only the two of us saw it!”

Raon’s voice became a bit brighter.

Before coming to the Black Castle, Cale thought that only the two of them had been able to recognize the Dragon Lord’s time magic.

In Raon’s case, he really did see the entire thing.

“Hey Dragon half-blood! Did you also suddenly feel time flowing slowly before the light flashed into a giant pillar and an aura flapped its wings? Hmm? Did you see it?”

The Dragon half-blood avoided Raon’s gaze as he answered.

“…Yes. I did.”

He then quickly added on.

“Well, I barely managed to see the form of light and not the spell.”

Raon smiled brightly and shouted.

“Wow! Only the three of us saw it!”

The Dragon half-blood did not respond to that.

Instead, he suddenly stretched out his bone wings.

“I need to go take a look around the nearby forest.”

He then quickly flapped his wings and flew away.

However, he left one final comment as he departed.

‘…If there’s anything you need me to do, just let me know.”

He then flew away.

“No, wai-”

Cale tried to stop the Dragon half-blood but the Dragon half-blood disappeared very quickly.

“Ho.”

Cale sighed.

“I was going to ask him about his name because I saw him, but-”

‘He left without even looking back.’

Cale looked at the now distant black dot with disbelief before looking forward again.

It was because the individual, who had stepped back while they were chatting with the Dragon half-blood, had approached him.

“He seemed to want to let you know.”

It was former Dragon Lord Sheritt.

She had a smile that seemed to be saying that there was something hard to explain.

“None of us managed to see the light. We were simply surprised by the size of the fluctuation.”

She scratched her cheek as if she was embarrassed.

“He sort of paced in front of the entrance of the Black Castle since he learned about it. I think he wanted to say something to you.”

He probably wanted to give Cale the information because he thought that he was the only one to see it.

However, learning that Cale and Raon had seen it as well, and potentially more accurately than he had, made him quickly fly away.

“Mm.”

Sheritt gently smiled instead of sighing. She then extended her hand to pet Raon’s head.

Raon answered with joy.

“The Dragon half-blood is amazing too!”

‘I guess.’

Cale nodded his head.

In some ways, the Dragon half-blood that gave Cale the hardest time until now was this Dragon half-blood.

Of course, Cale was much weaker than now at that time, but… The Dragon half-blood that had been creating light arrows and overloading had been quite strong.

If…

Hypothetically speaking, if the Dragon half-blood had been able to swallow Choi Han’s incomplete power of darkness inside of his body and grown fully…

‘He would have been amazing.’

The foundation of his heart had former Lord Sheritt’s blood after all.

Cale looked at Sheritt as he spoke.

“That is good news. No matter what, it means that there is one extra person that can scope out the Dragon Lord’s moves.”

“Yes.”

But Sheritt could not smile without worry.

She looked toward Raon.

Raon had left her hand at some point and was getting past the entrance of the Black Castle.

“Rosalyn, Mary! Have you been well? Our human is completely fine right now!”

Cale walked past Sheritt, who was watching Raon chat away with the others, and mumbled in a low voice.

“They will not get hurt.”

“!”

Sheritt’s eyes opened wide and she looked toward Cale.

Cale smiled stoically but firmly and walked away.

He had a pretty good idea about what she was thinking.

‘I’m sure she is worried.’

Worried about Raon.

And, whether it was love, hate, or sympathy, worried about the Dragon half-blood.

One Dragon was too young and had not even gone through his second growth phase.

As for the other, despite being called a Bone Dragon, he was just a soul residing in bones. He couldn’t even use any of the powers he had once used as a Dragon.

Such individuals were the ones who could clearly see the power of the Dragon Lord, the one who was said to instill fear in the Dragons.

Sheritt probably could not sleep.

That was why he was saying these things to help her relax.

He meant it as well.

‘Raon is still young.’

Telling a kid to fight an adult, the leader of the enemies at that?

No, that was too much. ‘That’s just wrong.

As for the Dragon half-blood-’

Honestly speaking, he was probably the weakest of everybody in the Black Castle.

He was a goner if the bones and his core were destroyed.

‘But seriously, that guy should have at least heard his name. That way, he could have told me if he liked it or not.’

Cale grumbled internally while walking toward the others.

He heard Sheritt’s quiet mumbling as he walked.

“I’m also worried about you getting hurt.”

Cale hesitated for a moment but walked without answering.

“Mary, Miss Rosalyn, I need to speak to you.”

He walked into the Black Castle with the others.

Sheritt quietly watched before looking up at the sky. She could see a black dot flying around the Black Castle.

“We cannot see the enemy’s attack.”

She closed her eyes.

Everything was completely dark.

However……

“At least this is not hell.”

Sheritt had already survived for almost a thousand years in hell.

She smiled.

“There are ways to protect even when you cannot see.”

A sword and a shield were different.

A sword could only have meaning if it is swung or stabbed.

However, as long a shield exists, as long as it persists…

“Meaning can be made.”

She opened her eyes to see another Dragon.

“Don’t you agree?”

She asked the figure in front of her.

“Eruhaben. What do you think? Do you think that time is omnipotent?”

Eruhaben chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.

“I’m not sure about that. Maybe it is because I was rejuvenated once, but… I’m not that scared of time, Lord Sheritt.”

“Seeing you like this makes me really believe you are young again. You joke a lot more.”

Eruhaben mischievously shrugged his shoulders again and Sheritt quietly chuckled.

She then addressed the other Dragon coming toward her.

“Mila. If you connect together the shield and fill the area with dust and powder… What do you think will happen?”

Mila gently smiled.

She had a child here too. Her son Dodori was here.

“No matter how much time exists… If there are no gaps in space… The enemies will not be able to do anything.”

She then looked extremely annoyed as she commented.

“Plus, the enemies are Dragons. Dragons should be fighting against Dragons. Isn’t it too much to drag in some other youngsters? At the least, we should be the ones to fuck up the Dragons.”

Eruhaben asked with confusion after hearing her comment.

“Did you get younger too?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Your word choice is fabulous.”

“Ha. Well, I guess my attitude has calmed quite a bit since my younger days.”

“I suppose that is the same for me.”

“That’s right. By the way, what did you say the Dragon Lord’s name is?”

“Neo.”

“I will need to remember his name. I’m going to smack him once if I see him.”

“Just once?”

You know what I mean.”

The three eldest Dragons continued to chat with one another. Sheritt’s eyes headed toward the black dot in the sky a few times in the process.

That black dot, the Dragon half-blood, had flown up into the air saying he was going to look at the forest around the Black Castle, but he could not look at it properly.

‘You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it.’

Cale’s words echoed in his mind.

‘That means that there are only three people that can go up against the Dragon Lord.’

The Dragon half-blood was aware of the fact that he was at his weakest state right now.

Of course, he was still strong compared to the mages following Rosalyn or the general Tiger warriors.

But they were able to work together.

‘While I am alone.’

That was why the Dragon half-blood believed he was weak when facing enemies.

He would be stronger if Mary was with him, but…

‘There are a lot of enemies.’

Their enemies this time were the numerous Dragons following the Dragon Lord.

There were also the Elves, Dwarves, and humans following them.

“Mm.”

The Dragon half-blood had planned on fighting against the enemies.

It was just going to be someone at his level.

He also did not think that his allies would lose.

“… But-”

If the Dragon Lord slows time down and, forget reacting to it, if most of them couldn’t even see it…

The Dragon half-blood thought about Raon and Cale.

“…Then I, the most useless of everybody here-”

He did not say the rest.

He kept his mouth closed and flew around.

However, his wings were flapping with firmer resolve than before.

The Dragon half-blood’s sparkling eyes slowly moved to look at something.

It was the direction of the pillar of light.

‘You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it.’

As those words echoed in his mind, some other words burst in as well.

‘Wow! Only the three of us saw it!’

For some odd reason, Raon’s comment was unable to leave his mind.

“…Us-”

The Dragon half-blood got shocked at what he subconsciously mumbled and closed his eyes again.

He then looked around to make sure nobody was around.

He then flinched.

The Black Castle.

He could see a white figure looking up at him from the entrance of the castle.

Everybody else had gone inside but she stayed alone to look at him.

Former Lord Sheritt.

The Dragon half-blood avoided her gaze.

He then flew a bit farther away.

Of course, he had no plans of leaving the Black Castle.

A home to return to-

“…No.”

Home.

For some reason, it was hard to use that word.

‘Yeah. Let’s just call it like this.

It’s a place to return to.

The Black Castle is a place to return to, the place I stay in.

That is why I can’t go away from it.’

The Dragon half-blood stayed in the air until the white dot was no longer visible before returning to his spot in the rear garden of the Black Castle.

* * *

Dragon Lord Neo.

He was in his human form.

“Axion did not come.”

He blankly looked up at the sky.

His blank face looked a bit bored.

“I guess this is the end of the Three Saint Dragons.”

He calmly mumbled before looking down at the ground.

Under his feet, at the bottom of the steps…

The Dragons were kneeling.

Nobody dared to look up at him.

“A lot of Dragons have not shown up as well.”

Dragon Lord Neo.

He spoke with a nonchalant look on his face.

“My daughter did not come either.”

Pope Casillia and the bishops were not visible.

“I guess I should stop giving this world any of my attention.”

He got up from his chair.

He left the wide plaza and walked to the inner area behind his chair as he mumbled.

“This world has a bit of time left but it is no longer useful so I guess I should end it now.”

Some of the Dragons flinched but Neo did not see this and just walked.

He walked as if he was drunk.

But it didn’t look like he would fall.

Boom.

The stone door closed behind Neo once he walked inside.

Neo looked at the mirror.

He looked at his young face, which remained the same as ten years ago as if time had frozen, and mumbled.

“Cale Henituse-”

There was no smile on his face.

Small lights flickered in his blank gaze.

“A human that the wanderers and gods focus on. He has the potential to be a god?”

The corners of his lips slightly went up.

His slightly clueless looking face filled with joy.

However, what was visible in his eyes was far from joy. It was something awful and insidious.

* * *

“Mm.”

Cale checked the message from Alberu.

He read the words visible on the mirror.

< The game gave me a new quest. I think I need to discuss it with you. I also think I got some information on the birth of the omnipotent god. Call me when you have time. >

‘Oh.’

Cale thought that he was very smart to leave this task to Alberu and only responded with important news as he was busy.

< Your highness. I have an account now too. I should be able to login after the major update. >

‘I’ll tell him later about becoming an NPC.

That will just extend the conversation.

Plus, that is not that important right now.

I’ll ask him about the hero later too.’

The top ranker, Ahn Roh Man was by Alberu’s side as well. Plus, Ahn Roh Man should know about the AI that the system is looking for.’

He felt like he needed to use that.

“That’s that-”

Cale turned the mirror off and got up.

He had something to do right now.

Ooooooong—

The young monk statue was shaking.

However, Cale didn’t pay it any attention.

A path made of light behind the statue’s back…

Cale walked up to the person who came through it and extended his hand.

“Long time no see.”

The other person grabbed Cale’s hand and asked.

“Are you Kim Hae-il?”

The Heavenly Demon looked quite amused as he looked at Cale.

A temporary portal was created between the Central Plains and Aipotu, with the Heavenly Demon being the first to come through the portal to Cale.

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The noise surrounding Axion’s castle became calm.

Like a short spring rain during the day or a sun shower, the water drops silently covering the ground swallowed up all of the flames.

Chhhh—

As the flames that had felt so scary no longer felt that way…

People wiped the water drops touching their cheeks.

“…Ha.”

Pope Casillia scoffed while looking at her wet palm.

As she looked at how the scales had covered all the way down to the back of her hand, making it difficult for her to cover her arm even with her robe, her eyes were slightly shaking.

They were shaking with fear.

Yes, fear.

The things that were truly scary were the things that silently crept up to you.

Like death.

Like the time used by the Dragon Lord.

All of those things that suddenly crept up to you were quiet.

“…Yes, like this rain.”

Casillia looked around.

The people who had followed her, some from the church, some from the castle, some from elsewhere, were all smiling brightly while standing in the rain.

They were happy.

‘But do they know?’

Inquisitor 1, the leader of the Inquisitors…

He was an existence covered by a veil, someone that even the Pope didn’t know everything about.

The Dragon Lord was probably the only one who knew everything about that man.

However, his attribute, fire…

Of course, ‘fire’ wasn’t the full extent of Inquisitor 1’s powers. It was only a small portion of it.

Nonetheless, she knew the danger of this fire that won’t go out.

It was the reason she chose to avoid it rather than fighting against it.

‘He put this fire out with these powerless little drops of rain.

But these drops are not harming me at all even though they are falling directly on my skin.’

In fact, the slightly cool and refreshing feeling she got from these raindrops helped relieve the fatigue she had been feeling because of the fire and ashes.

That was why she was scared.

That was why this was such a scary power.

‘It is nature itself.’

Some saw nature as scary as death while others saw it as warm as life.

It was why some saw nature as their friend and family while others saw it as an existence they must obey or follow.

There was no choice to avoid it.

Nobody could hide from nature.

‘They are not smiling.’

The Pope could see some individuals who were not smiling.

They were people she considered to be strong, whether it was through physical strength, intellect, abilities, or any specific area.

They were probably the individuals who realized the true scary nature of this power.

They too, just like her, were unable to enjoy this moment.

But an odd mood was seeped within it.

They were probably having similar thoughts as her.

‘He didn’t choose the worst option.’

The figure standing above the white cloud…

The human she could faintly make out…

This human was someone who could truly fight against the Dragon Lord.

Chhhhhhhhh-

All of the fire was out.

The clouds underneath Cale’s feet instantly disappeared without any resistance.

– That was light, right? It didn’t burden your body at all?

The Sky Eating Water asked and Cale answered. He answered honestly.

“That wasn’t much.”

This much did not burden his body.

Maybe it was because he only used a small amount of water.

‘Mm. Something does feel a bit different though.’

What his body was feeling felt different from usual.

‘Did you learn something when we saved the World Tree?’

Cale asked and then heard a refreshing answer.

– It turns out gods are not the sky.

‘Hmm?’

– But I am the Sky Eating Water.

The Sky Eating Water commented in a clear voice.

– Pfft. F****** entertaining.

Cale flinched at the sudden swearing.

– Kekeke.

The Water just laughed some more.

– This crazy water!

The Dominating Aura mumbled with disgust.

The Sky Eating Water laughed even more without caring.

– Kahahaha! A mere god was not the sky! Eating the sky was an even greater ordeal! Hahaha!

Cale’s face stiffened up.

“Mm.”

He subconsciously groaned.

He could avoid most crazy bastards, but he could not avoid the crazy bastards inside his body.

As Cale’s face turned serious…

“…I’m sure it wasn’t light.”

‘Hmm?’

Cale turned his head after hearing a voice.

Axion, the Third Saint Dragon.

He was looking at Cale with an odd gaze.

‘Why is he looking at me like that?’

Cale looked confused but Axion turned away. He then nonchalantly commented.

“You just woke up after fainting like that… It must be hard to have to use your power like this immediately after waking up.”

Cale couldn’t tell whether Axion was talking to himself or for Cale to hear.

But he decided to answer anyway.

“No. I’m feeling fine.”

It was not hard at all.

Honestly speaking, the current situation was different from normal because although he did push his body a bit, he mainly lost consciousness to digest the Saint’s power.

“I remember hearing that you were the Dragon Lord’s sword.”

Cale approached Axion.

He then stood next to him.

“I’ll take care of the shield so I think it would be good for you to take care of those punks.”

Silver thread flowed out of Cale’s hand.

It was to use the Indestructible Shield.

“…….”

Axion stared at it before observing Cale’s face.

“What?”

Cale asked with a scowl on his face while Axion chuckled.

“Ha, haha-”

He then laughed out loud.

‘What is up with him?’

Cale scowled some more and Axion stopped laughing.

Cale felt uneasy after seeing the sudden changes in Axion’s cold face.

‘This guy seems a bit loose in the head too.’

He slowly took about a step to the side.

Axion then looked at Cale and opened his mouth.

“I’ll bet on you.”

‘Hmm?’

Cale was at a loss for words before understanding what he meant.

She was talking about the Dragon Lord or Cale.

As a result, Cale was confused.

“Why are you saying such a thing now?”

He was already fighting against the other Dragons.

“Didn’t you already bet on me?”

Cale asked looking truly confused, and Axion laughed out loud.

“Hahahaha!”

Seeing him like this made Cale a bit annoyed.

It could not be helped.

The bronze barrier…

The ten or so Dragons outside of it…

Cale took a good look at them and realized that they were flapping their wings together, getting ready to start again.

Especially-

‘He’s glaring at me, right?’

One of them was glaring intensely at Cale.

There was also one Dragon who was licking his lips while looking at Cale.

‘That son of a bitch-!

That Red Dragon!

I’ll remember your face.’

Cale thought about which of the 10 Dragon gods was red.

There was only one.

‘Did they say he is the God of Gluttony?’

His attribute was Gluttony.

That Red Dragon-

‘Disgusting.’

He kept licking his lips while looking at Cale and drooling.

The Dragons seemed to be saying stuff outside the barrier, but none of it made it through.

‘Ah, what are they talking about?

They seem to be chatting.’

Cale walked up next to Axion and patted his shoulder.

Of course, his gaze was still focused on the ten or so Dragons.

Ten Dragons in their adult Dragon forms.

The pressure was large enough to cover the sky.

It was a bit scary.

‘First of all, they are huge.

Plus, there’s one drooling while looking at me.’

“Hey. Hey.”

Cale quickly spoke to Axion.

“Leave the rest to me. You first kick those bastards out. We need to do that before we can chat, right?”

Pat pat.

Cale looked at the Red Dragon warily while continuing to pat Axion.

He then turned his head as Axion remained quiet and then flinched.

“What are you doing?”

Axion was quietly looking at Cale with a stiff look on his face.

The knight he first resembled when they first met… As well as the high status noble he resembled… This cold look on his face reminded Cale of both.

That face was looking right at Cale.

“What?”

‘We don’t have time. What is up with this guy?’

Baaaaang!

The barrier gently shook at that moment.

Cale turned his head and gasped.

“Eek!”

The Red Dragon slammed into and stuck to the barrier.

Right in front of Cale.

‘Eek.’

His tongue was wiggling as he licked his lips again.

It was at that moment.

He heard a familiar voice behind him.

“That, that-”

It was a voice of disbelief.

As for Cale, he smiled brightly as he turned around.

He raised his hand and pointed to the Red Dragon.

“Eruhaben-nim! I think that Dragon wants to eat me! Apparently his attribute is Gluttony!”

He snitched right away.

Eruhaben seemed to have come here because there was no more fire to burn the World Tree.

“Ha!”

Eruhaben scoffed in disbelief.

Cale heard the quiet Axion speak up.

“Leave the rest to you… Leave my back to you… Ha!”

This guy scoffed in disbelief as well.

Cale, who was a mere feeble human in between two scoffing Dragons, contemplated before speaking.

“I’ll use my shield.”

‘Let’s just do what I have to do.’

As Cale sighed and was about to use his shield…

“There’s no need to do that.”

Axion calmly commented.

“They are just trying to scare me and buy some time. They will soon return as well.”

He looked up at the sky.

To be more specific, it moved to somewhere on the distant continent.

“The call will soon come.”

Cale opened his mouth and then flinched.

“Huh?”

‘What is going on?

What is up with this situation?’

He could not really understand it.

Ooooooo-

The air rumbled.

He looked toward the direction.

It was the same direction Axion was looking.

This was different from a normal ripple in the air.

They were floating in the sky but it felt like the ground was shaking.

The world started to shake from the direction he was looking.

He felt it at that moment.

‘It must be the Dragon Lord.’

The Dragon Lord was the one to create this rumbling.

‘Ah

It’s different.

This bastard is damn strong.

He’s different from the others I faced until now.’

Cale subconsciously started to have those thoughts and soon felt it.

Not just in his thoughts but he felt it with his body.

‘Huh?’

No words were coming out.

‘What am I looking at right now?’

He couldn’t fully understand what was happening.

His whole body felt as if it was tied down.

Actually, he couldn’t even think about that properly.

It really was just an instant.

Between one second to another…

The extremely minute rift between the two was the only period of time that had passed, but…

Cale definitely saw it.

“…….”

A pillar of light shooting up…

And an aura in the form of a large Dragon, which seemed to be made of magic, flapping its wings.

Actually, by the time he comprehended what happened…

It was after he saw it.

Yes. The instant he blinked…

The pillar of light shot up…

The large Dragon-shaped aura flapped its wings…

All of that instantly disappeared…

It was to the point Cale thought he had not seen anything.

But those images were clearly implanted in his brain.

He was sure that a pillar of light was shooting up and a flap of the wing…

Those were both things that could not happen in less than one second.

“…Ha……”

He got chills all over his body.

He had cold sweat dripping down his back as well.

He looked toward Axion.

There was something he wanted to hear from this Dragon.

But there was no need.

Flap, flap.

The ten or so Dragons all started to fly toward the direction of the disappeared pillar of light.

It was as if they were called to do so.

“It is the call of the Dragon Lord.”

Axion’s calm voice was slightly shaking.

“When we feel that ripple, we need to go to it.”

Axion then raised his arm.

He pulled his uniform up to reveal a bracelet.

The bracelet had a jewel at the center.

Inside the jewel was a purple dragon wing moving toward a direction.

“We just need to move toward the direction of the wing.”

He showed his slightly shaking arm to Cale.

“I’m sure you felt it as well, but… The Dragon Lord makes everything in this world shake to do something trivial as calling us to him. It is probably because he has full control over the flow of aura.”

“Ho- this really isn’t at the level of a Dragon. This-”

Eruhaben was feeling something beyond disbelief, it was astonishment.

Cale could see the beads of sweat on Eruhaben’s forehead.

“He is like a god. No, as long as he has control over the flow of this world… He is the god of this place.”

Eruhaben could not say anything to retort Axion’s comment.

Cale looked at Axion.

Although his body and his voice were shaking… His gaze was still firm.

Axion was firm about fighting the Dragon Lord despite this.

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“Yes. The Dragon Lord is stronger than I anticipated.”

He calmly continued.

“He creates a ripple that makes the entire world shake to simply call the Dragons to him. He used that instant to shoot up a pillar of light-”

‘Haaa. Seriously.’

“That Dragon-shaped aura flapping its wings that showed up with the pillar of light is probably the spell that makes the jewel on your bracelet react? It would make sense since that aura and the wing inside the jewel look the same.”

‘Seriously, wow. He’s too strong.

He doesn’t even know where the Dragons might be on the continent.

Doesn’t that mean that his spell can reach the entire continent?

Something like that is possible?

Maybe it is possible because he has control over the foundation that ties down the twisted aura of this place?’

Cale’s mind became complicated.

Yes.

Most importantly…

There was something else that surprised, no, shocked Cale.

It was at that moment.

“…What?”

Axion’s eyes shook for the first time.

Eruhaben’s was doing the same.

“Cale. What are you talking about?”

Cale was confused.

“Excuse me? What do you mean?”

“…You saw a spell? You saw a pillar of light?”

Eruhaben couldn’t hide his confusion.

Why?

“I did not see anything.”

He had not seen anything, especially a spell.

That was why he was afraid of the Dragon Lord’s power.

As for Axion-

“You, you saw it?”

He came over and grabbed Cale’s arm.

His hand was slightly shaking.

He resembled someone who was grabbing onto the last lifeline before falling off a cliff.

“You, you saw that rift in time?”

Astonishment and delight were both visible in Axion’s eyes.

He looked like an adventurer who found light in the darkness.

Cale answered with bewilderment.

“No. Umm, I did see it?”

‘But other people didn’t see it?’

“It was only an instant, but it definitely happened, didn’t it?”

Yes. It was an instant.

Instant.

The reason Cale got the chills…

The reason he experienced the strength of the Dragon Lord who has the attribute of time…

This was the only reason for it.

Cale Henituse.

No, one of Kim Rok Soo’s powers, ‘Instant.’

It was because he saw an ‘instant’ that was at a much higher level than that ‘instant.’

The Dragon Lord knew how to use a much more advanced ‘instant’ than Kim Rok Soo.

‘But I was the only one to see it?’

As Cale looked confused…

He heard the Super Rock’s calm voice.

– Why is it that you think we are the only ones to get stronger?

‘What?’

– Ancient powers are originally a power that only one human possessed. It could be called their attribute.

Similar to how Dragons have their attributes…

Some humans had their attributes become their power.

– These powers started to be called ancient powers because they were passed down after the person’s death.

‘Well, that makes sense.’

– Cale. You have your own power.

Yes. If someone’s attribute, their talent was the start of an ancient power…

Cale had such a power as well.

The Super Rock commented.

– No, not Cale.

He continued in an extremely calm tone.

– Kim Rok Soo.

Your attribute is the same as the ancient powers.

It is yours.

As you get stronger and your plate grows and evolves, your power naturally gets stronger as well.

Axion asked Cale one more time. He resembled an explorer who found a great treasure.

“Did you see the rift in time?! Please answer me. Did you see it?”

‘Haaa.’

Cale scoffed.

Of course, he answered.

“Yeah. I saw it.”

He did see it.

He recognized it later on because his instant was lacking compared to the Dragon Lord’s, but he definitely saw it.

“That instant.”

Yes.

That time was an instant for Cale.

There was one more individual who saw it other than Cale.

No. There were actually two.

The ones who saw that instant…

“Human! That pillar of light earlier was the Dragon Lord?”

Was Raon, whose attribute was the present.

Then there was someone that Cale didn’t even consider.

“That was fast.”

After arriving at the Black Castle currently hidden by Axion’s castle…

Cale saw a lot of people for the first time in a long while.

One of those individuals…

“It wasn’t at the speed of light, but it was almost just as fast.”

An individual with the attribute of light…

The Dragon half-blood.

When he had his physical body, the crown taking his Dragon blood left the dregs of his power inside his body. That faint trace of the ‘light’ attribute clashed with the power of darkness inside his body, creating small explosions that caused him continuous pain.

He had now cast that body aside and only his soul resided within the Bone Dragon now, but…

The dregs of that attribute still remained.

That was why it was possible for him to see ‘light.’

He was someone who could see the speed of light, someone who could see time.

No matter how much the Dragon Lord cracked time as he could sense it and cracked it some more…

No matter how many instants he created…

‘Light’ moved even faster than that.

The aura of magic that the Dragon Lord contained light as well.

“Ha.”

Cale scoffed while looking at Raon and the Dragon half-blood, the two Black Dragons standing next to him.

—

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“Choi Han.”

Cale called out to Choi Han.

Bang!

Choi Han and the Elf exchanged blows.

Choi Han’s sword struck the Elf’s fist with a loud noise.

“Human!”

“I want to know if you are okay, nya!”

“Are you okay?”

Cale waved to the children averaging ten-years-old to let them know that he was okay.

“Stop.”

Bang!

Choi Han pushed the Elf back with his sword and retreated as soon as he heard that order.

His gaze turned toward Cale.

He looked quite confused.

“Cale-nim, didn’t you tell me to get rid of that?”

He was sure Cale had said that.

‘Get rid of that first.’

Get rid of that first and then head to the World Tree.

“Yeah. I did.”

Cale admitted to it.

“Ha!”

The silent Elf scoffed in disbelief.

He tried to say something but Cale was faster.

“Why bother fighting?”

He motioned to Choi Han.

He then added on.

“It’s a waste of time.”

Choi Han’s eyes clouded over while the Elf didn’t know how to interpret those words.

Cale didn’t care and spoke leisurely.

“Why drag it out when he isn’t even that strong? How annoying.”

“Ha.”

The Elf scoffed in disbelief again.

One corner of his lips curled up.

“I was curious and came over because I heard a human saved the World Tree. You are quite arrogant.”

The Elf’s gaze became even more vicious while standing in the flame, as if he was not affected by the flames at all.

“This esteemed Elf personally came to get you-”

He could not finish his sentence.

“Ah. So loud.”

Cale nonchalantly commented.

He then used his ancient power.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

It was not the Sky Eating Water.

Boom.

The Elf knelt down on one knee.

“Ugh!”

He covered his neck with both hands.

He could not breathe.

He felt his whole body go cold despite the flame on his back.

The air around him was pushing him down.

This feeling of being dominated…

‘What is this-’

He could not speak properly.

He barely raised his head.

He could see the human looking down at him.

The red-haired man…

Inquisitor 1 had ordered him to capture this bastard.

Inquisitor 6, who had come to get Cale, could not say anything.

‘Dragon Lord?

No, this guy is clearly human.

How can he use Fear at the level of the Dragon Lord?’

Shhhhh.

His body was shaking.

Something, yes, an unexplainable source of fear seemed to be pushing him down.

As a child, he had not listened to his parents and ran to play in the woods on his own. He had gotten lost and night arrived.

Just like the fear he had felt in the darkness at that time…

No, he was even more scared than he had been at that time.

‘What is this?

What is going on right now?’

He could not understand it.

However, he too was a transcended being after having consumed the foundation of this world. He barely managed to get the words out.

“Y, you are-”

Inquisitor 6 could not say anything after looking into the red-haired man’s eyes.

‘Ah.’

He recalled what the man had said a few moments ago.

‘Why drag it out when he isn’t even that strong? How annoying.’

Thinking back to the other things the man had said…

‘Why bother fighting?’

‘Get rid of that first.’

How annoying.

No need to fight.

Get rid of it.

‘Ah.’

Inquisitor 6 realized what that ‘it’ was.

This human turned him like this without putting a finger on him.

He couldn’t move as if he was a prey on a spider web.

‘No.’

A prey on a spider web would be able to flail around, but the only thing he could do was open and close his mouth.

Why?

‘I’m scared.’

Inquisitor 6 avoided Cale’s gaze.

The cold gaze that was looking down at him as if he was nothing…

He could still see the anger in those eyes.

That anger looked like it would kill him.

“Let’s go.”

The others followed Cale without saying anything.

“Ah.”

But Cale soon stopped moving.

“Ron.”

Cale had left this weak bastard like this because he didn’t want to leave the children averaging ten-years-old in this sea of fire, but…

“What do you want to do?”

Ron’s opinion was the most important.

Clang.

Choi Han pulled his sword out again.

Ron smiled gently and calmly answered.

“Please go first, young master-nim.”

“Okay.”

Cale motioned to Choi Han with his eyes.

Choi Han stood next to Ron.

“Let’s go.”

The children averaging ten-years-old responded to Cale.

“Alright! Grandpa Ron, make sure to rub the potion on those wounds!”

“Meeeeeow!”

“Meeow!”

Cale and the children averaging ten-years-old soon left first.

“Cough!”

Only then did Inquisitor 6 cough like someone who was drowning and barely made it out of the water.

His whole body was shaking and it was hard for him to think straight.

It was hard enough to calm his body now that he was out of that suffocating aura.

A dagger immediately flew toward him.

“!”

Inquisitor 6’s eyes opened wide while Choi Han quietly watched.

“I can’t leave behind future trouble, especially one that aimed for the young master.”

Ron was not someone who would make a move because he was hurt by someone.

The reason he remained was because he could not ignore the reason this enemy barged into this place.

Choi Han just remained silent.

He then thought to himself.

‘He’s gotten stronger.’

Cale’s aura…

That was now beyond the level of Dragons.

It wasn’t at the level of the gods yet, but it was at a level where nothing in the world could compare to it.

Choi Han was sure of it.

Otherwise, Cale would not have been able to suppress Inquisitor 6 so easily with just his aura.

“Let’s go.”

Ron approached him.

Boom.

Inquisitor 6 fell to the side, unconscious.

“I guess you have no plans on being an assassin anymore.”

Ron chuckled at Choi Han’s nonchalant words and quickly started to walk.

“Maybe I’ve been looking after the kids too long.”

Choi Han chuckled before following Ron.

The two of them moved very quickly in the direction Cale went.

Axion.

The Third Saint Dragon’s Estate started to burn even more.

The flames were so strong that it was burning the entire building and almost reaching the rear garden.

“What happened?”

Cale asked the children averaging ten-years-old, more specifically On, about what was going on.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

Water was creating a thin barrier around him.

Cale and the children averaging ten-years-old were within the barrier.

Swoooooooosh-

Raon’s whirlwinds around their feet were letting them move very quickly.

On answered him.

“There was suddenly a large explosion about thirty minutes ago.”

“By the way, human, you were unconscious for ten hours twenty-four minutes and twenty-three seconds!”

Cale was about to ignore Raon’s comment when he flinched.

“It hasn’t even been half a day?”

‘All this happened in less than twelve hours?’

“Axion said one hour ago that the Dragon Lord has returned. The adults went toward the World Tree to discuss what to do.”

“Goldie Gramps and Witira went as our representatives!”

Raon added on from the side.

“…Witira?”

Cale was reacting to that before looking at On and Hong and asking.

“How did the two of you end up here?”

‘Oh, Ron is here too.’

“Heh-”

Hong looked up at Cale and smiled oddly.

Cale flinched after seeing this.

The look Hong was giving him was that of an older brother looking at his impossible to control and mischievous younger sibling. No, it was the gaze of a nephew looking at his immature uncle.

‘…Hong is looking at me like this?’

Cale was slightly shocked.

It was even more shocking than becoming an NPC inside a game.

Hong didn’t care and cheerfully answered.

“Clopeh Sekka sent a video recording device to the Black Castle, nya! We saw it all, nya!”

“W, what did you see?”

Cale stuttered as he asked but none of the children averaging ten-years-old answered him.

On calmly continued to speak.

“So the entire Black Castle came over. It is currently hiding in a nearby forest.”

‘…So, the entire Black Castle came here after seeing footage in a video recording device that Clopeh sent them?’

“Human, everybody in the Black Castle saw you save the World Tree.”

Cale shuddered after hearing Raon’s voice.

He slowly peeked at Raon to see an extremely vicious look in Raon’s eyes.

Cale just closed his mouth.

This was a wise decision.

“Haaaa.”

His shoulders flinched at On’s sigh but On looked at that action with pity as well before continuing to speak.

“We didn’t get to see it. The adults wouldn’t let us see it.”

‘Oh.’

Cale was a bit relieved but seeing that look of relief on his face made the children averaging ten-years-old, especially Raon, glare viciously again. Cale looked away again while On shook her head and continued to speak.

“The explosion happened in the building where the Inquisitors were gathered.”

The explosion led to an opening from the troops keeping an eye on the building, allowing the Inquisitors to make their move.

“I also heard that the rest of the 10 Dragon gods and Dragons all either escaped from Axion’s castle or were trying to attack it.”

But all they could hear were the explosions from the flames, no large rumblings or the sounds of Dragons attacking.

“Human, Axion put a barrier around this place! Any Dragon attacking this building will be banished while outside attacks are blocked by a barrier!”

“Axion said that Dragons weaker than him will be reflected back, nya!”

Cale nodded his head at Raon and Hong’s explanations and looked back.

Choi Han and Ron had arrived.

“We are the only ones on this floor?”

Cale did not meet anybody while walking to the end of the hallway.

Choi Han explained.

“Yes, Cale-nim. After putting you in a room up here, Axion made it so that nobody would come to this floor.”

Axion had made it quite convenient for Cale.

Even if that meant emptying the top floor of his own house.

“So why is nobody putting this fire out?”

Cale could see outside the window.

The staff in Axion’s castle were running away while the soldiers were withdrawing instead of trying to put the fire out.

Cale received two answers to that question.

“Apparently Inquisitor 1’s attribute is the Unending Fire.”

Choi Han.

– We can put it out.

The Sky Eating Water.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The sound of water around Cale got louder and the water barrier around him became thicker.

Choi Han watched this as he continued to speak.

“The fire did not go out when they physically poured water on it or even when they used magic. He said that he would take care of the fire once as many people as possible managed to escape. Before it reaches the rear garden.”

The rear garden was where the World Tree was located.

“How is he going to take care of the fire?”

Choi Han explained the rest.

“Axion said that his attribute is dirt.”

“He’s going to cover all of the fire with dirt?”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Cale started to walk again.

He headed toward the window.

He could finally see beyond the flames.

“The main building, the annex, and the garden. Everything is in flames. If he covers everything with dirt-”

The castle no longer looked vintage and refined.

“It’ll be done for even if the fire is out.”

Cale was no longer looking at the building.

He was looking up at the sky.

“Ha. What a spectacle.”

Honestly speaking, Cale didn’t know why the Black Castle was in hiding.

Furthermore, why were Eruhaben, Witira, and the others by the World Tree when they didn’t need to be there?

He had many questions.

In addition, it was weird that the building was quiet despite this chaos.

He got the answer as soon as he looked up at the sky.

—!

–!

—! -!

He could not hear anything.

However, beyond the large dome barrier surrounding Axion’s castle…

There were ten or so Dragons in their Dragon forms attacking the barrier.

That barrier was a half-transparent bronze dome.

– It’s dirt.

He heard the Super Rock’s voice and Cale could see the only figure in the sky who stood there as if he was keeping the barrier pushed up.

“… Axion.”

He was dealing with the attacks of the ten or so Dragons on his own.

He was known as the Dragon Lord’s sword, but seeing this would make it feel like a shield would be a better name for him.

However-

“A sword being used as a shield cannot function properly.”

Cale headed toward a window facing the rear garden.

There was another barrier covering the walls of the rear garden and the sky.

“That must be Eruhaben-nim.”

“Yes, Cale-nim. The plan was to take you over there.”

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—-

The sound of water became louder.

Raon let out a deep sigh and came over to Cale’s side.

“Human, are you going to do it?”

“Do I have a choice?”

The Sky Eating Water commented.

– This is easy. It’s not like we are facing off against a god.

The Dominating Aura was not the only one to get an upgrade.

– I’m a bit scared now. I can’t see her limits.

Cale ignored the Fire of Destruction’s grumbling and calmly answered.

“This is light work.”

He then added on.

“Axion seems to have bet on our side.”

It seemed clear that Axion had betrayed the Dragon Lord.

The reason was probably for his family, but…

Either way, if someone showed sincerity…

“Then we should at least protect his house.”

Cale’s style was to give back as much as he received.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The sound of water became louder.

“…….”

It was so loud that Axion reacted from the top of the barrier and turned around.

“Hold on.”

“Excuse me? But Butler-nim, we need to hurry up and evacuate-”

“No. Hold on.”

It was loud enough for the butler, who had heard this sound of water before, to stop the knights and look back at the building.

“Ha. That punk. He must have woken up.”

Eruhaben heard the fluctuation of a strong power along with the sound of water and smiled while looking at Witira.

“This clear and beautiful water could only come from him.”

As he nodded at the smiling Witira’s confirmation…

– I know how to make clouds now!

Cale flinched after hearing the Sky Eating Water’s comment.

‘Hmm?

Make what?’

– Hoo. I knew I wasn’t the only one to absorb that power.

– Shut up. You damn braggart.”

-…….

The Dominating Water spoke to Cale.

– We are not trying to break it. We’re also not trying to swallow the building. We also can’t have people get swept up by a tsunami.

Saving the World Tree…

The Sky Eating Water had realized another true nature of water while experiencing the World Tree’s destruction and birth.

That was life. The ancient power grew stronger after realizing the meaning of being alive.

No, it realized a power of water that it always had.

This was potentially because it had relieved a portion of its remaining anger after personally destroying chains left behind by the God of War.

– So let’s just put the fire out.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

– Let’s head outside. It’s too cramped in here.

Cale walked out as the Sky Eating Water asked.

One he got out the window and headed near Axion-

“Hi?”

He greeted him.

“…What are you trying to do?”

“What else? I’m just trying to help out an ally.”

He calmly answered Axion’s question and addressed the Sky Eating Water.

“Will this be enough?”

– Yeah.

Then the sound of water started to spread out from underneath Cale’s feet.

It was like a ripple created by a little leaf that falls onto the surface of a lake.

The air spread out like a wave and the ripple created a cloud.

This white cloud would make someone think of the clear sky.

It was completely different from the ash-colored clouds that usually held rain.

– I do not wish to be like those things.

I’m different.

The water kept its word.

Drip. Drip.

Drops of water gently started to fall down.

It started to rain.

It was a warm and gentle rain like the one that cautiously signaled the arrival of spring.

As if it was obvious, that rain…

Easily put out the fire that was trying to burn and destroy.

It became a refreshing strand of water supporting the creatures trying to survive.

“…….”

Axion quietly watched the human calmly standing in the center of this large white cloud that resembled a white piece of parchment without any blemish.

The people on the ground blankly looked up at the warm yet refreshing and impossible to explain drops of water falling from the white cloud.

The places that had been swallowed by the fire came back to life.

There was no need to be destroyed by the fire.

There was no need to be buried by the dirt.

Drip. Drip.

These small drops of water saved everything above the ground.

—

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