< Dragon's Child (4) >
Just a few days ago, a battle was fought on the battlefield that would determine the fate of the world—Beijing.
In the aftermath of the fierce war at that time… especially the aftermath of the destructive breath that blew up the city in one fell swoop, a large altar was built in the middle of the ruins that were left behind only in misery.
An enormous altar built in several steps like a ziggurat.
The structure, which was hundreds of meters long on each side, was so large that it was hard to believe it had been built in just a few days, but it wasn’t all that difficult for the being that was now revealing its presence on top of the altar.
‘Well, this is sturdy enough. I’m only going to use it once anyway, but it wouldn’t be bad to have it remain forever as a landmark with symbolic meaning.’
Horus, a golden creature that had stepped on the structure with its large, heavy body to test its durability, nodded in satisfaction.
This altar was the place where the ritual of rebuilding Yongsim was to be held.
Of course, this will be preserved as a very historical building in the entire Gangwhan area, and it will come back to the creator as a good karma.
‘Compared to what I’ve done so far and the points I’ll earn in the future, it’s nothing special.’
As the sunlight slowly began to rise and shattered on Horus’ golden body, who was smiling so happily,
[All preparations on this side are complete.]
The thick voice of the white dragon flowed into his head.
[Are you sure you’re okay? Of course, I’m not doubting Horus’s abilities, but this is our first time doing something like this.]
[Well, that guy will do well on his own. He’s already more skilled in magic than most guys. And if you add that it’s magic that was originally used in the world… Man, I still don’t understand a single thing about that.]
Following this, the voices of the blue dragon and the red dragon were heard, but the only being present at this time was Horus.
The message being conveyed to him now is a kind of telepathy.
The rest of the people were preparing for the ceremony separately from him at the Yongsinjeon in the Hwan-gye.
[It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated… It can’t be helped since it’s already like this. Since we’ve put in place safety measures, even if something goes wrong, we can just do it the way we originally planned.]
Horus smiled bitterly at the grumbling voice of the black dragon that followed.
At first she was opposed to the methods Horus presented.
There is a sure way, so why bother going back and taking risks?
It was only natural that the well-being of the human dragon children was not that important to her.
‘Well, it wasn’t that difficult to persuade him.’
The Dragon Child was not just any ordinary human.
They were a kind of apostles who were directly arranged and sent to the world by the Dragon God.
If you think about it, isn’t it true that the five dragons who claim to be the successors of the Yongsin are not that unrelated?
When I emphasized that part, the black dragon also nodded and backed down.
As much as she was hostile to humans, she was also more generous than anyone else to her family members who came into the same cage.
[This side is also all ready. Now, let’s start in a few hours when the sun is at its zenith.]
Horus, who had been estimating the position of the sun rising over the mountain ridge little by little, turned his gaze elsewhere.
Not far from here, in a southwesterly direction.
There, a group of people were slowly approaching us.
‘You’re here.’
The dragon children who are absolutely necessary for the ritual and the masters of the martial arts union who escorted them here.
And a large, savage man with a black, ominous coffin on his back.
All the necessary materials are gathered in one place.
***
The sunlight shining down dazzlingly on the ground.
The sun rose above the head.
“Phew.”
As she climbed the stairs one step at a time in the sunlight, Jegal Hye-mi let out a deep sigh.
From the moment I entered the altar, it felt like I was in a completely different world, free from the influence of the demonic realm, and breathing became much easier, but I couldn’t help but feel my heart tremble as the miracle I had never expected was right before my eyes.
‘I didn’t think it was possible at all, but I never thought things would turn out like this. This, could it really be···.’
A future that we could not even dare to dream of was now within reach.
I thought happiness was a luxury for me, who would soon collapse and disappear from this world.
Is it really possible to continue dreaming in this world?
In a world where courage is restored, conflicts disappear, and peace is achieved, I am healthy and with my loved ones.
‘···Like other people, get married, have children, and so on···.’
As her thoughts continued that way, Jegal Hye-mi’s white face turned bright red.
‘No, no! That’s too early! Oh, we’re not even at that level yet···!’
Then she took another deep breath and shook her head roughly, as if trying to erase the face of someone that had come to mind.
Where was his usual cool-headed rationality? His thoughts were running wild and even going off the rails.
Anyone who sees it will notice a strange reaction.
But despite such behavior, no one in the place paid any special attention to her.
“Khuhmm! Big!”
“Haa, haa.”
The other dragon children were also out of their minds due to the rising tension.
Finally, they reached the top of the altar and looked up at the huge golden creature that filled their eyes with trembling gaze, the yellow dragon that they had only heard of in stories about when they were young.
[Don’t be too nervous. It won’t take that long.]
A voice with a heavy, oppressive tone flowed into their heads.
A strange voice that sounds like both an arrogant absolute being and an innocent child.
The content seemed to be intended to ease their tense tension, but…
Gulp—
There was no one in that place who could relax just by hearing those words.
That would be the case, because they were living witnesses who had seen with their own eyes what kind of being that yellow dragon was.
A golden light descended from the sky to the ground like a divine punishment, followed by a tremendous explosion and a giant mushroom cloud.
And now, standing on the high altar, the result was plain to their eyes.
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‘The place where the buildings and walls stood···.’
The empty plain surrounding the altar.
They clearly remembered flying through the sky and escaping Beijing.
Originally, this area was filled with complex ruins.
But, standing face to face with such a majestic being on the altar, it felt like I was a sacrifice offered to a monster.
Of course, the reality was quite the opposite.
[Okay, everyone take a seat. I’ll take care of the rest, so just relax and get some sleep.]
A central platform with a pitch-black coffin.
Surrounding it were rock chairs that seemed to rise straight out of the ground.
At first glance, they were uncomfortable chairs that had no consideration for the user’s convenience, but they couldn’t bring themselves to argue about it.
Soon after, all of those who had been hesitating sat down—.
[It’s almost time. Let’s begin.]
With Horus’ declaration as he quietly looked up at the sky.
The ceremony began.
***
It started with the Yongsinjeon.
Gooooooo—
At that moment, as the ritual centered around other dragons began to take place, the atmosphere in Beijing began to shake violently.
A loud reaction like never before.
The situation was extremely unstable, as not all of the five dragons had gathered in the Yongsinjeon, and the dragon children had not been offered as sacrifices.
If we leave it like this, the situation will probably get worse before long.
Woohoo!
But the situation changed drastically when Horus, who was based in Beijing, took over the consciousness.
The strange letters carved all over the altar slowly glowed and drew the surrounding energy towards the center.
‘Then shall we get started for real?’
A golden light burst from Horus’ eyes.
A huge amount of knowledge that had been accumulated over time was released and woven together to form a huge system.
A complex technique that combines the mysteries of numerous worlds, including sorcery and magic.
A huge magic circle floating in the sky and an altar on the ground were connected.
Whioooo—
Kurururung—
A storm swept across the land and an earthquake shook the earth.
The “Lord of All Things” controlled the energy swirling around, the “Seeker of Mystery” refined and processed it, and the “Resister of Providence” blocked minor variables in advance.
A huge energy moved, passing through the bodies of those sitting on the chairs and connecting with the body of the Karma Jiangshi—the Heavenly Demon—placed in the center of the altar.
A heavenly horse that sucks up karma from all directions through connections like straws.
All of the dragon children except Jegal Hye-mi fainted at the same time from the flow of that enormous energy, but even she was barely able to hold on and was unable to think of anything else.
‘Since most of the burden of consciousness has been distributed elsewhere, it won’t be too much of a strain on the body. This is the altar for that.’
Damn!
Thin cracks began to appear here and there on the sturdy altar.
Horus, who was presiding over the ceremony, frowned slightly at the heavy pressure weighing down his body and looked at the condition of the Heavenly Horse, the medium that absorbed karma.
And then the moment I decided that it was time.
He shot all of that work down through a pre-prepared passage.
Towards the remains of Tam, the offering just below this altar.
Wiggle wiggle—
A massive body that absorbs the karma injected into it while causing constant convulsions.
[Kekekeke— As expected of a greedy guy, he devours everything well. That was an excellent choice.]
Hans, who was assisting with the ceremony underground, nodded with satisfaction.
To begin with, Tam is a monster whose very existence is specialized in eating things.
Even if the body was already dead, it was the best sacrifice that could contain energy more than anything else.
[Great. If we’ve come this far, it’s pretty much over.]
The extinct dragon ‘Tam’ who set foot on the divine realm.
And through the ritual, the arrangements of the Lord are fully contained within it.
The joint work between the study abroad group Gold Dragon and the other world invasion specialist Demon King is nearing its final stages.
Paaaaah—
Tam’s massive body was engulfed in light and disintegrated into pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a huge pillar of light rose from the underground, through the altar, and up to the sky.
An overwhelming and majestic sight that can be observed from any distance, even from the ends of this continent.
Everyone looked at it with bewildered eyes.
Jegal Hye-mi, who was barely holding onto her senses, the masters who were anxiously waiting outside the altar, the organizations that were busy reorganizing their forces in various places, and the people who were worried about their next meal after the long chaos.
I just stared blankly at the sky with my mouth open.
While shedding tears without knowing why.
After a short while like that.
When the light that had slowly started to fade disappeared completely.
All the avatars in the Ganghwan world could feel it intuitively.
The fate that covered this world, the cause and effect that was tangled like a thread, the future that was running towards the end.
Right now, in an instant, we are faced with a cataclysmic change.
[Horus! Success! Balance…!]
[Wow! I really did it! Now···!]
[Is this really possible? I never thought it would be like this···.]
[Thank you for your hard work···.]
At the same time, the loud voices of the dragons reached Horus.
Those at the Yongsinjeon also immediately grasped the situation.
‘Okay.’
I never worried that this was a temporary phenomenon or that there might be any side effects.
Because the most certain proof that the ritual had been completed properly was right before his eyes.
《Achievement achieved! The world that was losing balance and collapsing was restored.》
《As a reward for successfully normalizing one dimension, you are granted the special privilege “Savior”. All restrictions occurring in the second dimension are ignored.》
《You have achieved great things and made a great impact on the world. Your karma will increase significantly.》
It’s not an ‘achievement’ that has been achieved quite a bit so far.
It was the first ‘feat’ achieved other than crossing dimensions.
***
Inside the other side of the world adjacent to Earth.
Throb—
The body of Han In-yeong, who had been frozen like a stone statue while sitting cross-legged, began to move.
Once, twice… cramps that gradually become stronger as time passes.
As the stimulation continued for a while, his eyelids, which had been as unresponsive as if dead, began to slowly open.
“This is···.”
The monk Byeoncheonhoeju, who had been immersed in his inner self and cultivating his divinity without realizing the passage of time, immediately opened his eyes and grasped the situation.
If there was a response like this, it would definitely not be a trivial matter.
It wasn’t that difficult to figure out the cause.
“Is it Gang Hwan-gye again?”
A dimension where, not long ago, one of the apostles representing his divinity, Cheonma, died.
It had been quite irritating when the person in charge of supplying divinity in the colony suddenly died, but this time a problem arose that was concerning in a slightly different way.
“···how?”
A major change was taking place in the causal flow connected to oneself.
The dimension that was so thoroughly destroyed that it could never be restored is slowly being restored to its original state.
It wasn’t a problem that ended simply with the death of the CEO.
‘Did God intervene? No, there must be a limit to what God can do. Even Kang Hwan-gye was a hands-off type.’
The God of one dimension was so enormous that it was nearly impossible to fine-tune the problems that arose within it.
It might be better to just tear it all down and rebuild it, but it’s not something that can be done by luck to normalize a dimension that’s riddled with problems everywhere…
‘I thought I had completely ruined it. I guess I missed something.’
All God can do is throw out a little possibility and wait for the creatures to figure it out.
I had taken that into account and written down the numbers in advance, but now that I look back, it seems like it wasn’t enough.
‘I’ve been feeling uneasy since Cheonma died.’
It seemed like a great hero had been born somewhere in that dimension.
It has the potential to be so strong that it can even distort causality that was already close to certain.
“Tsk, there’s nothing we can do about what’s in the past.”
It was unexpected, but there was nothing he could do about it right away.
Since Ganghwan-gye is already a place that has been turned into a place that can be eaten up, forcing yourself to go through it again will only result in venting your anger.
It was much more profitable to explore a new dimension than to revisit a place where you couldn’t even find the original.
“···Yeah, I guess it’s time to start moving again.”
In a quiet space, isolated from the world.
The giant, who had been sleeping quietly for a while, began to rise again.
To prey on another world to satisfy their hunger.
***
“Good. Very good.”
I nodded contentedly, holding a beer and a chicken leg in each hand.
It has always been the law that labor should be fairly compensated.
Isn’t the time to check it the moment that all workers are most looking forward to?
In particular, the settlement immediately after completing a large-scale project like this was bound to be even more anticipated.
“Then let’s go somewhere···.”
The last time I checked, it was when I swallowed up the main headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Sect and strengthened the 『Dimensional Barrier Relief』 with 6 million points.
At that time, I had a hard time buying 『Growth Potion (7 days)』 for a while because I had completely lost everything···.
『Karma held – 9,510,657』
“···Karma is copied···.”
What I see now is a feast of numbers overflowing as if they had never reached the bottom.
