Episode 404
“cost?”
-A thousand years.
“……what?”
The cell took a step forward.
-I will buy you a thousand years.
Karthus’ face distorted.
This crazy little kid, a thousand years?
-As you know, I was a test subject.
I was speechless.
-That too is a test subject abandoned by ‘two former Lords’.
“… … .”
-They said that the power of humans was too strong and threw me into the test subject, and I went through hellish times.
The cell took another step forward.
-What did you do during that time?
“… … I had nothing to do with that. It wasn’t like I was experimenting on you either.”
-You’re right. That’s right, you didn’t torture me. But.
A soft smile appeared on Cell’s lips, out of place. However, the atmosphere was completely out of sync with the smile.
Of course, what Karthas said was not wrong, but that doesn’t mean it was all true.
Karthus.
-I just stood by and watched.
“… … .”
-What were you thinking then? What did you do when Lord Jeon suggested handing over your kind to humans as test subjects?
“I am…….”
– Have you ever thought of it as absurd? Have you ever thought of protecting or protecting a dragon with a small population? Of course not. If you had thought of it, you would have done something. Then I ask. What on earth did you do? Couldn’t you have opposed it since the one who gave the orders was the Lord? Then who were the ones who opposed it? From my perspective, there is only one thing that I can see and feel.
Cell’s eyes became fierce.
The next generation of the world’s pinnacle, having learned from Jack, who is the strongest living creature on earth and has inherited talents of that caliber and even greater.
At the sight of her gaze, Karthus swallowed hard.
-Helping or turning a blind eye to the abandonment of fellow countrymen without protecting them. Yes, there is nothing else. Am I wrong?
“I am…….”
Cell shook his head, seemingly uninterested in excuses.
-You just stood by and watched. What excuses do you have to be so confident? What you did won’t go away, and what happened to me won’t go away. What else do you need here?
“… … .”
-I propose to you one last time. Give me your thousand years.
“What if I refuse that?”
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If you refuse.
This was so simple.
– I will die here. Your blood will be a snack for my family, your skin will be the armor I wear, your bones will be the weapon I carry, and your skull will be the decoration of the throne I sit on.
Jack ordered them to kill dragons in the Forest of Demons and make armor and weapons from their corpses.
Cell is a dragon.
And all those who follow Cell are dragons.
But an armor made from a dragon’s corpse?
Would Jack, who considered Cell the Dragon his family, have handled something like that on his own?
Jack, who is warm to his family at least, if not to others, would never do that. Still, the reason Jack acted that way is because the story of this matter had already been over a long time ago.
Cell agreed to use the dragons’ corpses as material.
Among the same people, there were those who either stood by and watched the crisis of their own people, or supported it, or opposed it. There was a need for a change of pace at least once, and there was a need to make it an example.
To Cell, bystandership was tantamount to approval, and those who approved were now just trash to be discarded, like the two Lords who had fallen behind.
Cells don’t throw away trash easily. They tear it to shreds, spit on it, and burn it. That way, it can’t be recycled.
Using the corpse itself in some way to prevent it from resting comfortably even after death.
That was the real punishment from Cell’s point of view. It was a bondage from freedom.
– Decide.
Karthus felt goosebumps all over his body.
To be honest, Bahamut and Volimoto, who were former Lords, had very docile personalities.
I am not trying to beautify or judge things through colored glasses.
Really, the two loads were docile.
You could tell just by looking at the fact that he asked for the opinions of other dragons when he was going ahead with the task of handing Cell over to humans as test subjects.
Of course, the decision won’t be changed, but it’s still worth asking for opinions.
Also, most dragons were docile.
Because I lacked nothing in the world, had an abundance of strength, and had plenty of time.
But the dragon before my eyes is different.
A dragon that crawled out of hell.
A monster that has experienced things from a young age that normal dragons cannot.
Even though he was stuck playing around, he was not ignorant of the world.
He is the bloodline of the two Lords who were transcendent beings, and is one of the three disciples of Jack Valantier, the undisputed pinnacle of the world.
The next generation Lord who possesses the most outstanding talent and is so cruel that he slaughters hundreds of human nobles in the Kingdom of Matthias.
If you just stand by and watch, give me a thousand years. If not, I will kill you. And after I kill you, I will take everything and turn it into a weapon. It was strange that I didn’t get goosebumps.
-You don’t seem to understand.
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“… … Understand? What on earth is it?”
– This is the second time I’m saying this. If I say this three times, you will definitely die. So listen carefully. True freedom means being free from death. Will you throw away the remaining thousands of years of your life, or will you give up a thousand years and live the rest of your life in freedom?
It was such a simple and straightforward problem.
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It was multiple choice with two options.
-Is it that hard to choose between two options? Let me help you out a little.
Cell smiled softly as before.
-I will count down to 10 seconds. Decide within 10 seconds. Will you die immediately or give up a thousand years of life?
Karthus thought.
What I thought earlier was definitely not wrong.
The future ahead will be ruled by this little dragon.
Only then did it appear to Karthas.
The four dragons at the back of the cell were watching this place almost like onlookers, as if they were used to this.
ah.
This isn’t the first or second time.
In this way, those who followed were saved and those who did not were killed.
-5 seconds left.
Cell raised his hand.
At the same time, the four dragons who had been just watching raise their mana.
Kwakwakwakwang-!!
Mana burst out and the ground shook.
Horns also sprouted.
Tolerance.
Kartas’s whole body tingled with the murderous intent to catch and kill him without even thinking about running away.
And yet I had this thought.
He said, “Your work is done very neatly.”
And I also thought this.
There is absolutely no way out.
Then there is only one.
Now there are 2 seconds left.
Karthus slowly opened his mouth.
[I, Cartas Peña Guerrero Tatsrot Mendez.]
What flowed out of his mouth was mana itself.
The promise of being a being that binds and controls mana, that energy began to swirl around Karthas’ body.
It is an oath of the heart.
He promised.
“[I swear to dedicate a thousand years of my life to the new Lord ‘Cell’.]”
The mana that had been swirling around Karthas’ body subsided as if it were a lie, and was soon absorbed into his heart.
The oath of the spirit was so simple and yet so heavy.
Cell nodded naturally as he added one more dragon under his command.
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There were eight dragons in total, including the four dragons behind, Blanc at the Academy, and the other dragons.
There were five relatively young dragons, who were from beginner to intermediate masters, and the remaining three were relatively old and were red masters.
Cell has acquired the maximum power that a dragon can command.
She, no, said the Millennium Lord.
-Then, go and pack your bags.
Even though the tone changed, Karthus was not at ease.
Because what I just saw and felt was real.
With a nervous look, Karthas entered the house and the other two dragons followed him.
The warm camaraderie of fellow countrymen willing to help you pack your bags.
Cell, who was looking at the three, flinched and trembled.
I slowly turned my head.
corner.
Void.
I don’t know how to explain it.
Because it felt like there was something in that empty space where there seemed to be nothing.
The cell spread mana.
The flow of surrounding air and void.
The wind’s knot.
I read everything, but strangely enough, there were no problems.
There was absolutely nothing strange.
That was even weirder.
The cell’s eyes narrow.
A strange sense of discomfort.
Just when I felt the discomfort growing, it disappeared in an instant.
It’s clear.
There was just ‘something’ in the air over there.
Cell stared blankly into space.
For a while.
All the way.
* * *
Iskandar, who was sitting on the bed and covering his right eye with his right hand, frowns.
I slowly removed my hand.
A pure white haze was blooming in his right eye, but it soon disappeared.
He mutters in a quiet voice.
“… … Did you notice? A young dragon, barely ten years old, with my clairvoyance?”
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Just a moment ago, Iskandar was locking eyes with Cell.
A third eye created in the air.
As Iskandar said, it was clairvoyance.
Just as Jack used his magical swordsmanship as a weapon, Iskandar created something similar.
This is Iskandar’s own technique that allows him to see beyond a thousand miles.
One of the five techniques that allowed Iskadar to reign as emperor in his previous life, and a little boy of about ten years old noticed it?
“This is ridiculous.”
Iskandar sitting on the bed, and a man looking at him and keeping a close eye on his surroundings.
Heynckes Beckerman, the continent’s strongest swordsman, asked Iskandar.
“Are you okay?”
Iskandar did not answer, but remained alone, lost in thought.
What should I do?
A dream I had recently.
Iskandar knows that the dream that never happened, but was so vivid that it seemed real, is no longer a dream.
Jack Valantier.
He is a regressor who has been given all sorts of embarrassing nicknames, such as the Sword Emperor, Sword Demon, and Ruler of Mana.
“I was right.”
Jack, from the moment he clashed with that man, Iskandar had been thinking.
The world is so easy that it’s become a little more difficult, and perhaps that’s why there are obstacles that are somewhat like obstacles.
When I noticed that Jack’s strength was beyond imagination, I felt it once more.
That guy is my destined partner.
You are the enemy of my destiny.
Considering what he had woven in that world before his return, this is truly fate. No. More than that, this is inevitability.
Iskandar’s expression became serious.
Everything else being equal.
“I have no idea.”
He just lay down on the bed.
‘What on earth is the standard? Why can I see memories from my past life?’
Just as Aveiro would knock on the table when he was deep in thought, and Jack would also knock on the table, Iskandar also had a habit.
A very peculiar habit of repeatedly clenching and unclenching one’s hands.
‘Regressor, he is called a regressor because he remembers his past life, but should we really call him a regressor? He appeared in the world in August. Since then, he must have regained his memories of the future, or rather, his past life. However, his body back then was a wretched body. Why did he regain his memories of his past life in such a body, and why am I only remembering my past life now?’
Iskandar felt a great sense of discomfort in this area, whether it was instinct or an occupational disease.
His gaze turned to Beckerman, who was looking out the window.