“Already?”
Cale found it odd that Raon got permission to use magic.
“That’s right! I am allowed to use magic!”
“…What about the nose bleed? What about your body?”
Cale’s face turned serious as he remembered how Raon got a bloody nose while using magic.
Raon’s face stiffened up as he moved next to Cale.
He then patted Cale’s shoulder with his chubby front paw.
“Human. I am not feeble like you where I look like I will fall if someone pokes you.”
“…….”
“I am very strong.”
Cale silently held back a sigh. Raon didn’t care what kind of gaze Cale was looking at him with and puffed up his tummy with an extremely proud look on his face.
“What about Eruhaben-nim?”
“I’m here because gramps wanted me to bring you, human!”
It seemed as if he would need to hear the details from the ancient Dragon.
Cale looked back to where he was looking before Raon’s appearance.
Lock was standing there awkwardly while Koukan was desperately grabbing onto Lock’s arm.
Cale started to speak.
“Is the name of the Wolf tribe’s leader Jessie?”
“Excuse me? Y, yes sir!”
Koukan hesitated before clenching his eyes shut and then opening them back.
“I can only share details with the tribe leader-nim’s permission, but… If she takes young Lock here as her teacher-”
“One moment please.”
Cale stopped Koukan.
He remembered what Koukan had subconsciously said while holding onto Lock’s arm.
‘Lock! Our Jessie, no, please save our tribe leader!’
‘No, please teach her! Please teach our tribe leader how to properly go berserk! Please!’
Jessie, the leader of the Wolf tribe hiding in the Erghe Mountain Range, seemed unable to go berserk properly.
Based on how Koukan asked Lock to save her, her body’s condition was likely to be bad as well.
However, the most important thing was-
“It is up to Lock whether he becomes her teacher or not.”
A gentle and friendly smile was on Cale’s face.
If Lock wanted to be a teacher, he could, and if he didn’t, then he didn’t have to do it.
But this pure and clueless Lock might immediately agree to be a teacher for his fellow Wolves.
That was why he needed to say something like this to help Lock.
Cale calmly spoke to Koukan.
“The person involved is not here, you are unable to explain the situation clearly, but you just ask us to help you.”
His smile became bigger.
“Is that okay or not?”
“Ah-”
Koukan’s jaw dropped and Cale pointed at Koukan’s hand. To be more specific, he pointed to Koukan’s hand that was tightly holding onto Lock’s arm as if it was a lifeline.
“Please let go of the kid’s arm. Holding it that tightly will hurt.”
Cale got annoyed thinking about Lock’s feeble arm.
Cale had returned from the Central Plains having eaten and rested, leading to him gaining some weight, but this punk, Lock, never gained any weight despite eating a lot of food.
He heard that Beacrox, since returning from the Central Plains, was giving Lock quite a bit of his special steak every meal, but Lock was still not gaining any weight.
However, he continued to get taller.
“Tsk.”
Cale clicked his tongue feeling annoyed. He didn’t know why he was feeling annoyed, but he felt a bit better after clicking his tongue.
Cale looked at Koukan with a scowl still on his face before he quickly smiled. He couldn’t let out his anger on this person for no reason.
“…….”
Koukan quickly let go of Lock’s arm and stood up straight.
Hong mumbled.
“I didn’t know Lock hyung was a kid too, nya!”
“I didn’t either!”
Raon played along as well.
Of course, Cale naturally ignored the comments of the children averaging ten-years-old.
He looked toward Lock, whose face was flushed red. Lock was still in his berserk transformation and touching his arm.
‘I guess it hurt.’
Even he could tell that Koukan had been holding onto Lock’s arm extremely tightly.
This pure little boy couldn’t say no and didn’t know what to do.
‘Choi Han is pure but he is still smart so I’m not too worried about him. But Lock is too pure.’
Cale opened his mouth to speak.
“Lock.”
“Y, yes sir?”
“You can do whatever you want.”
He looked toward Gashan and Witira.
“Of course, seek advice from others as well.”
“Yes, yes sir.”
“And for our two esteemed friends…”
Cale looked at the Tiger shaman and the future Whale queen and pointed at Lock and Koukan.
“It seems I need to go to Eruhaben-nim for a bit. Could the two of you please help me with this issue here?”
“Of course. We will let you know once we’ve discussed and gotten things organized, young master Cale.”
Witira smiled at him.
‘Hmm?’
Cale flinched at the extremely gentle smile she gave him.
‘What is going on?’
She was looking at Cale with a satisfied gaze as if she found him to be cute. Cale felt an unexplainable sense of leeriness but just thought it was him seeing it wrong and got it.
“Then I will head out for now.”
Cale motioned with his eyes to the children averaging ten-years-old. Raon, On, and Hong came to his side.
The four of them left the underground training ground and Lock quietly observed Cale’s back as he walked away.
He then looked down. He saw his still buff arm as he was still in his berserk transformation.
‘…It didn’t hurt at all.’
No matter how tightly Koukan grabbed him, it wasn’t even a tickle for Lock.
Lock felt awkward and embarrassed. However, the fact that Cale still called him a kid echoed in his ears.
He wanted to quickly become an adult and do his part. He needed to become more reliable as there were younger siblings for him to look after.
‘A kid?!’
Did he still seem as young to Cale as when they first met?
However, Lock knew that was not the case.
‘He trusts me.’
Cale’s comment about how it was up to Lock whether he becomes her teacher or not.
That already implied that it was fine for Lock to become her teacher. Lock could feel that Cale believed he had the qualifications to become Koukan and the Wolf tribe leader’s teacher.
That was why Lock knew what Cale meant by calling him a kid.
‘Really-
Cale-nim really is like my uncle.’
Multiple emotions filled Lock’s mind. However, it was not a bad feeling. In fact, seeing Koukan cautiously looking at him made him think that he too could become a teacher, an existence that felt so so far away for him.
“At my old age, both of you seem cute.”
Lock turned toward Witira after hearing her voice.
“Excuse me?”
Lock subconsciously asked back. Witira just shrugged her shoulders and addressed Koukan instead.
“Why don’t we hear about the Erghe Mountain Range and the Wolf tribe first? Please share the problems the Beast people of this place have as well.”
She looked so cold that Lock’s shoulders tensed up.
Gashan laughed and watched as Koukan cautiously started speaking.
* * *
In another part of the castle, there was someone else waiting to hear what an individual had to say.
“Eruhaben-nim.”
It was Cale.
He went out to the back of the Black Castle.
Crunch. Crunch.
Cale’s steps were slow as he stepped through the snow-covered ground.
‘Do I really need to do this?’
He was currently bundled up in fur clothes.
His shadow looked like a snowman.
‘This doesn’t seem right.’
Cale scowled and looked away from his shadow before seeing Ron’s benign smile and relaxed his face.
He then approached Eruhaben without any other thought.
“You’re here?”
Rasheel, the Dragon with the Indomitability attribute, and the Dragon half-blood were with the ancient Dragon.
“Meeeeeow!”
Hong ran past Cale and through the field of snow. He then walked up to the Dragon half-blood’s side. The Dragon half-blood slowly offered up his side and moved his wing to create a round area.
“There’s no wind here, nya! It’s warm, nya!”
On and Raon had rushed into the dome of the arched wing as well and relaxedly leaned against the Dragon half-blood’s bones.
Cale quietly watched before making eye contact with the Dragon half-blood.
Swish.
The Dragon half-blood avoided his gaze again.
‘…This punk-’
Came became upset again and subconsciously commented.
“Hey. Are you upset because I still haven’t given you a name? I’ve already prepared-”
Cale could not finish his sentence. He saw it.
“…Ha!”
The Dragon half-blood looked at him with disbelief.
“…….”
He also saw On shaking her head.
Of course, Raon and Hong were too busy making a snowman to even look at Cale.
“Mm.”
Cale felt extremely iffy after seeing the Dragon half-blood sulk his shoulders and turn his head to the other side.
Something definitely seemed off with the Dragon half-blood.
‘What is going on?’
Based on what Cale saw, he seemed to get along with the kids and with Lord Sheritt as well.
‘What is the problem?’
He couldn’t figure it out at all.
However, Cale’s thoughts could not continue.
“The reason Raon can use magic is indeed because of his attribute.”
It was because Eruhaben got right to the point.
“Do you remember the Grey Eye Forest?”
“Yes, Eruhaben-nim. I remember it. That is where I got the Sky Eating Water.”
Cale stood next to Eruhaben and recalled his memories.
The Grey Eye Lake.
That was a place on the Eastern continent.
Eruhaben’s friend, Olienne… After getting information from the deceased Dragon’s lair, they went there to find the Water of Judgment.
Of course, the ancient power had cast aside the name, ‘Water of Judgment,’ as given to it by a god and introduced itself as the Retrogressive Water and the Sky Eating Water.
‘And that place was-’
It was also the place Raon visited during his first growth phase.
“I’m sure you remember it as well, but… Your plate was in danger of breaking at that time.”
The war against the Indomitable Alliance.
The battle between the Breck Kingdom and the Indomitable Alliance.
The grand battle at the Gorge of Death.
Cale had used up all of the Dominating Water during that battle, and the balance of ancient powers that he was barely maintaining had crumbled.
As a result, Cale’s plate was supposed to break and his life was to be in danger, but…
He thankfully got three days of time.
‘It was thanks to the Super Rock.’
He used the Scary Giant Cobblestone’s power for the first time in the Gorge of Death.
The Super Rock told Cale that he would protect him.
He used that power to create a countless amount of stone spears to fight against the Dragon half-blood. Once the balance in Cale’s body had crumbled, the Super Rock had turned Cale’s body hard to slow down the process of his plate breaking.
It allowed Cale to go to the Grey Eye Forest on the Eastern continent to get the Sky Eating Water and restore the balance in his body to protect his plate.
Furthermore, his plate became bigger.
‘Raon was going through his first growth phase while that was happening.’
From the Battle of the Gorge of Death to Cale getting the ancient power at the Grey Eye Forest…
It had taken Cale a few days to do all of that. While that was going on, Raon was unable to wake up and suffering from a fever as he went through his first growth phase.
As a result, he got his attribute called the ‘present.’
“At that time, I was able to understand Raon and your conditions to a degree.”
Eruhaben looked at Raon, who was making a snowman.
“Cale. Your plate grew bigger at that time, right?”
“Yes, Eruhaben-nim. It is made of glass but it did get bigger.”
Cale nodded his head and heard the ancient Dragon’s calm voice.
“And Raon’s plate disappeared.”
“…Excuse me?”
Cale had not heard about this.
“He…has no plate?”
Was that possible?
The ancient Dragon saw Cale’s confused gaze and recalled what happened at that time.
“The first growth phase. That is when a Dragon meets itself in an illusion. The way they treat themselves as an adult changes the way and result of the growth phase.”
Raon should have seen himself as an adult Dragon.
“They are unable to use mana during the first growth phase.”
However…
“But Raon used it. That led to Raon’s body changing.”
A Dragon’s first growth phase is when they create the foundation for explosive growth during the second and third growth phases. That is why there are significant changes internally despite basically having no changes externally.
“As for Raon, his plate disappeared.”
The ancient Dragon made eye contact with Cale.
“To be more accurate, the boundaries of his plate disappeared.”
The ancient Dragon looked around.
“The world became Raon’s plate.”
This was Eruhaben’s thoughts at that time.
“I thought that meant that Raon’s plate was that big, showing his potential to be a Dragon Lord.”
It could hold and learn an endless number of things.
That was the reason whenever Raon told Eruhaben that he just needed to learn something and tried his best to learn it, Eruhaben thought that this disposition was the reason the borders of his plate had disappeared.
“But thinking about it now in conjunction with Raon’s attribute, I understood it in a different manner.”
Raon’s attribute was the present.
“With the world being Raon’s plate, the ‘present’ was not just relating to time. To Raon, this space, this time… Everything that exists within it is his plate.”
Eruhaben looked at the still little black Dragon who was now seven years old.
This little child-
“He has no restrictions. Raon has no restrictions. Even a restricted world can become his plate.”
Cale suddenly recalled how Maxillienne had called Raon an existence that had changed his fate.
“Raon-”
Eruhaben chuckled.
He seemed quite happy.
“Raon, this little kid, he truly was great and mighty. No, to be more accurate, he just ‘exists.’ He can exist as his full self wherever he may be. So if he awakens his attribute and grows-”
The ancient Dragon thought about Raon as an adult Dragon.
If he properly awakens everything…
He might be exaggerating a bit, but…
Raon-
“He can break any chains and control any space and time as he wishes.”
The ancient Dragon knew the meaning behind these worlds.
No matter the chain… Even if those chains were the chains of fate…
Raon would be able to destroy it.
No, he could exist as himself even within it.
“…Basically, he can be a variable that can change anything.”
Cale looked at the black Dragon rolling around in the snow.
He thought about the black Dragon he saw in the dark cave.
He thought about the dark blue eyes that sparkled while looking up at the stars.
An existence that was supposed to die but survived and changed fate.
“For Raon, being alive in the present… That itself is that child’s power.”
Eruhaben laughed.
“There is nothing greater than being alive. That child is, as he always says, a great and mighty Dragon.”
Author’s Notes
I think that you would be able to enjoy this chapter even better if you read through chapters 255 – 257 of Part 1. Haha!
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Translator’s Comments
It makes sense since Raon wasn’t supposed to be alive *cri*
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another author’s note..
times to re read again
thank you for the chapter 🫡
I somehow feel nervous for what’s to come for little Raon..
I’m crying!
Finally! we finally got an explanation of Raon’s complex Attribute.
Raon really deserves the title of the Dragon Lord!
Thanks for the chapter.
Why is the dragon half blood acting like that?? Thanks for the chapter!!!
Thank you for the chapter.
Hail Roan the Dragon Lord of the present, of all dimensions.
Ah . Memory …. What a joyful time . What a great and mighty being he becomes.
Now that Raon attribute is detailed I wonder what will happen to our happy dragon “Dodam” from another universe. Like that universe actually exist isn’t it ? It wasn’t just any “illusions” that the sealed god cooked up .
Thanks for the chapter!
Hold on- then what about the black dragon with the past attribute? (i still believe that will be dodam) can he then use everything that used to be there? 0.o
0.o
Im currently rereading part 1 so I will definitely go by chaps 255-257 o7
❤️❤️❤️
Nice chapter! Yeah for our group!
Do they always grow at the same time?
The symbolism is there sometimes.
I wonder if Cale will have a training montage now? This will be fun. Finally Cale will have something to practice to get stronger. An end to him bleeding mid-battle, among other things.
No
other get stronger by practice
But cale must cough up blood
This is the pattern 😅
Wow… Raon’s amazing…
What’s up with DHB?
Kids are cute🥰
Cale’s charismatic😈 Is it just me or is he smiling like 5 times more often then before?
BTCH this is so wholesome and brings back memories that I’m crying. Raon attribute is literally connected to Cale’s teaching. As long as he’s alive, he don’t care about what Raon would do, if Raon would run away or fight. As long as, they’re alive.
But reading this chap makes me feel like Raon on his attribute are important in this arc. My baby will probably bleed like his father wtf😭 I’m gonna kill the hunters istg if that will happen.
Raon took “the best revenge is living well” to another level and made it his attribute
Guys guys ! I cooked up some theory just now . Raon is the present, Dodam is the past and sooner or later we will see alternative Raon represent future .
As for why Dodam have the past attributes my theory is that he never forgets the moment he and Cale met , although it such a short time he learn a lot and grows together with Alt-Choi Han .
almost crying, good job author
thanks for the update
Does breaking chains cause the plate to grow?
The defacto caretakers are Eruhaben and Beacrox. Both are there each time Cale cried. Albeit, Eruhaben was through a screen.
I can envision the idea that everyone has cried to Beacrox at least once.
I’ve tried to post this comment like nearly a hundred times now, but, what ever happened to the Huayan Patriarchs granddaughter? Did she die or did I end up missing something?
I practically got a goosebumps when read what Eruhabem-nim say about Raon-sama.. 😱😱😱
I have not the slightest idea who you mean by huayan Patriarch granddaugther. Huayan Was from the Black bloods, and there people competed to be the next heir. And one of them, a girl took then Charge of Things, if i remember correctly. What Else is there you want to know?
As for the blue bloods daughter i think she came along to the purple bloods .
Concerning dodam: if they meet there i bet He is already an adult
I’ve reread TCF about 4 times. The first time I got to chapter 500, the second time I got to 650, the third time I got to 700, and the fourth time I got to 1000. I’m really excited for the sequel, and judging by how the story is going, I don’t think it’s impossible that I’ll get to chapter 2000, since we’ve only reached 200 with 2 out of 5 worlds completed, minus the respite from the return to the Roan kingdom and about 100-200 final chapters that will tie up book two. I love all the characters in this story (apart from the extras, the semi-extras from the Central Plains, the villains, and, obviously, Clopeh, who is a complete lunatic), especially the kids, including Lock, who I can’t wait to see get stronger! You can be a kid and be big and powerful at the same time! Take Raon, for example…
Anyway, I came here to the comments to mark all the pending issues that I remember so far, except for the information about the next worlds that we still don’t know much about…
Starting with the Roan kingdom, we have the whole situation of the missing King, who is either being dragged or fleeing in despair to various corners of the world; the death and life of Alberu’s mother, that God killed her, how she married the king and so on. We have the Kingdom of Mysteries or something like that, which has the master swordsman with a strange aura, green if I’m not mistaken (I think that’s where the king will be), it was a brief mention, but I’ve been remembering it clearly as time goes by. Along with her, I also remember the priestess Cotton, who served the God of War and had some kind of curse on her body. There’s the truth about the Thamisa family (?), who are the Red Bloods, where they are now, what exactly they were researching, how they escaped and, along those lines, what happened to the White Bloods, who if I’m not mistaken helped them in this escape. I don’t remember if Cale has already talked to Deruth about his mother, or what he talked about with Cale’s, apparently, uncle, who stole his things (by the way, among the stolen things was Drew’s Diary or not? My memory is failing me). We’ll probably have another arc with Rosalyn, Hannah and Jack, Clopeh and Breacrox. I also believe that we’ll return, at some point, to talk about On and Hong’s mutation, since I remember that not everything was answered. There’s also the past of Sui Khan’s family, the crow tribe or something like that. I remember a conversation between him and Eruhaben, and it seemed like something bad had happened or was about to happen. There’s also Choi Jung Jun’s situation, what happened to him, where his aura evolved to, etc. The Heavenly Demon will return at some point, and so will Aphei, the Shy Dragon (I really want to know her attribute…), and there should also be two or three more arcs for Alberu. We have Ah Roh Man’s situation (?), which includes the transparent blood company and the strange game they created, and the parallel between him and the crown prince. In the same chapter that the god of death says that there are some candidates for the seeds of the God of Hope, he also mentions a name with a W, Willian or something like that, which will appear at some point as well. Regarding the hunters, we have to find out their origins, how this system was created, why it was created, what the creation of an Omnipotent God really means, and probably many other questions that will be answered from now on. I’m really excited about this dragon arc, because I really like the idea of a unique attribute for each of them. Other than that we have the past of the God of Death, more information about the God of War, the past of the God of Hope, more about the dynamics of the God of Chaos and Balance, about the Wolf King (who apparently became a God???), about the God of the Shield (Shield-nim mentioned by the God of Death) and the other 2 ancient gods that are part of the group of hope, balance and chaos.
I’m not sure if the sun god will show up… But I’d like to know specific details about his life. I’m waiting for Cale to finally tell everyone that he’s a transmigrator, which Ron will apparently start addressing in this arc. There’s also the story about the sealed god test world (which wasn’t an illusion), which will probably come back at some point, and Dodam Miru and the child Alberu from the illusory test, who will definitely show up. There will probably be some mini arcs for some characters (Litana, Witira, paneton, Dodori, Eruhaben, Rex, Duke Fredo, half-blood dragon, Choi Jung Soo, Sui Khan – who by the way we don’t know the limit of his strength so far – and so on). And finally, the events I’m most looking forward to seeing: Raon’s growth/discovery of his attribute, Choi Han’s evolution and the whole situation with Cale’s old powers. Raon has a lot, a lot, a lot of potential to grow and become one of the most powerful individuals in the entire TCF universe. Not only is he the son of a dragon lord, but he took over 1000 years to hatch, and at 7 years old he is already considered by Eruhaben, a dragon over a thousand years old, an adult dragon. Apart from his conceptual attribute, the Present, which seems to be very OP and the fact that he doesn’t have any plate, as his existence could belong anywhere.
I also want to see Choi Han grow more. His current aura is very good, but as long as he has an enemy stronger than him, there’s no way he’ll give up without a fight. And of course we have Cale and his old powers. Ever since it was first mentioned that in order to make AP stronger it was necessary to absorb them completely, I’ve been waiting for this moment. But it seems that each of them will still go through a buff (except for the heart’s vitality, which became much more efficient for some strange reason and is a human power, the Stingy Bread and the Water Eating the Sky – which I still wanted more development with the god of war…). I also want to know the whereabouts of each of these powers. The Stingy Bread and the Super Rock became gods, if I’m not mistaken Cage is the Glutton and the Shield God-nim has some relation to them too. I believe we will also have more developments about the Ancient Times, regarding the origin of the power of the Ancient White Star and how, exactly, the Hunters contacted the new White Star (Endable Kingdom teleportation circle – clues?).
There are probably more things to be worked on, but I can’t remember right now… And please, if anyone remembers information about the next world, post it below! I even remember the mention of a world with the main population of beastmen…
Translated from Portuguese to English by Google.
Raon!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Finally a bit more understanding of his attribute.
I bet Cale is an imagi. The purple dragon orb is a dragon’s ‘heart’. The water boost/the water droplets are dragon based. The dragon scale that allowed him to reshape the crown is imagi based as well. The ability to absorb, ‘raw’ nature.
That is why the half dragon is giving him that look. He can’t believe that Cale hasn’t realized it yet.
I would also think that Raon would (un?)consciously make Cale tougher. What is the strongest after all? A dragon. The longest life? A dragon and the World trees.
Cale time attributes, Record and Instant. Present based.
remember what Raon told Cale about his attribute for the first time?
human. my attribute is the present.
right here and now is my attribute..
now its make so much sense with erujii explanation..
our raon truly is the great and mighty
i always considered Raon’s unique choice during his growth period illusion to be the foundation for all the things that Raon can do that other dragons cannot. the fact that Cale&co saved Raon from the cave led to Raon choosing to stay with them and essentially being raised by Cale, which likewise led to his quite un-dragon-like choice to protect his bonds and just run away from his future “self” instead of kicking away all his friends to fight the illusion head-on.
Cale had always taught him that if he couldn’t do something, he could just run away; i don’t think that piece of advice would ever come from another dragon, as powerful, arrogant and domineering as they are. and because Raon moved past his growth phase with such an un-dragon-like solution, it should only be natural that what he is capable of would be quite different from what other dragons are.
and if Raon’s attribute can affect others within his circle, because his power and uniqueness is founded on his relationship to Cale, I can see why Cale might likewise be affected by Raon as well. though i have to admit, Raon subconsciously empowering his friends with his attribute isn’t something readers should consider inevitable/fated/obvious/natural either. 😅 but our Raon bean is great and mighty so it’s all good 😂
thank you for the chapter 🙏🫶
Thank you for the chapter💕😍😘💞💖🥰
[ No matter the chain… Even if those chains were the chains of fate… ]
and in chap 665 when cale take the ap his mom left behind, raon is the only dragon that could feel the flow of fate.
[ A single word popped into Raon’s mind. Raon could somewhat make out the true nature of this twist that nobody, not even the other Dragons that were here, were able to decipher.
He could not make it out completely because he was still young and inexperienced, but the word seemed to embed itself in his mind.
‘…Fate……!’
The power heading toward Cale Henituse right now was fate. ]
i love it when something seems to click in my head when i read a story 😅😅
thank you for the chapter 🫡