The ruined world (1)
Tyrant Dragon Tyronax.
That vicious being, who caused trouble whenever he got the chance due to his dirty personality, was a symbol of fear and a disaster itself in this world.
Its enormous size is reminiscent of a mountain peak, and it has two pairs of huge wings to match, as well as sharp horns and thorns sprouting from various parts of its body, including its head.
The overwhelming physical force from its mass could easily crush anyone it encountered, and its physical abilities, such as its senses and reaction speed, were beyond compare, despite its seemingly dull size.
The scales on its entire body were made of the hardest material in the world, and its immense vitality and resistance were beyond even guessing.
Even the wounds suffered while dealing with that being cannot be healed by any means…
It is not surprising that so many warriors have tried to defeat the tyrannical dragon for the sake of world peace and have fallen in vain.
If the intelligence level wasn’t that of a slightly smart beast, the challenge itself would have been impossible in the first place.
A predator that literally sits at the top of the ecosystem.
And that tyrannical dragon Tyronax is now…
Kuuung— Kwarrung!
He was lying on the ridge with his whole body covered in wounds, causing a huge landslide.
[Kuaaaaaa——!]
The tyrannical dragon, which had emerged from the collapsed mound of earth, roared harshly.
A cry filled with emotions such as anger, pain, irritation, and frustration.
[Huh? Can you endure this? As expected from a notorious guy, he’s different from the others. He’ll be a great material. I thought this world was a dud, but I guess I’ll be satisfied with this.]
But when Hans faced him, he could sense another emotion within him.
A vivid fear that cannot be hidden even by wild ferocity.
[Kuuuuu, stay still. I will make you more free. Your compatriots will come first and wait for you, so you won’t be lonely.]
A blazing black sun rose from his one raised hand.
An artificial sun that spreads darkness, as opposed to the real sun that spreads light into the world.
As the energy spread out in all directions, all living things within the sphere of influence withered away in an instant.
And right after that.
Kwaaaaang——!
A huge earthquake shook the ground in the area, accompanied by a black pillar of fire that rose high into the sky.
A tremendous amount of destructive power, enough to evaporate an entire mountain.
The resulting earthquake shook distant cities, but Hans, who was already preoccupied with the sturdy creatures before his eyes, had no time to pay attention to them.
[Can you still breathe after taking this? Indeed···.]
He nodded slowly, his eyes sparkling.
I was excited to see what kind of masterpiece would be born if I turned that monstrous body, which was a specialty of this dimension, into an undead.
[Koooooo——!]
[Kyaaaaah——!]
At that moment, two huge dragon skulls emerged from the shadow of the tyrannical dragon struggling below and bit into its neck at once.
Three giant bodies suddenly tangled together and roll around on the floor.
It didn’t end there.
[You must hunt without causing as much damage as possible.]
[I’m almost dead. I can finish this soon.]
The Immortal Army officers who appeared next began to attach themselves to the Tyrant Dragon’s body one by one.
To kill him cleanly and definitely and make him one of their comrades.
Unlike the dragons of other dimensions, they were like irrational beasts, so there was no need to feel pangs of conscience.
From what I gathered through Olivia, they were just bombs that caused trouble everywhere.
‘I haven’t had any income for a while, so I should at least take care of something like this. I’ll also make Harley take care of herself for the first time in a while.’
Quite some time has passed since I left Devore.
In the meantime, Hans had passed through two more dimensions and arrived at the fourth, Milleria, but since the first time, he had not found any evidence that could be suspected of being a trace of the Heavenly Circumstances.
Compared to the previous worlds that were on the brink of world destruction, they could only face trivial, ordinary troubles like this tyrannical dragon.
‘Well, if you think about it, this isn’t a closed dimension yet. I visited here first because there was something suspicious while analyzing the memories.’
Looking at the circumstances, it seemed like this time too, I had made a mistake.
It wasn’t strange, since the probability of memory loss during the process of breaking through the mental barrier was extremely high for those who had reached the level of a transcendent being.
Of course, this situation wasn’t that bad.
Rather, it would have been more difficult if there had been arrangements made by the leader of the Bancheonhoe wherever he went.
Just finding out that the bastard’s influence wasn’t all that great was a bit of a harvest in its own right.
‘Still, it’s a bit disappointing that I’m going on a business trip to gather information and then end up wasting my time.’
It was a decision made based on the rational judgment that more traces would remain in a place where operations were still in progress than in a world where everything had already ended.
It seemed that in order to achieve the goal, the next destination would have to be somewhere with a higher probability.
‘Now that I think about it, there was one closed dimension left. Based on the information in my collected memories, there was a very high probability that there had been external intervention here···.’
While Hans was lost in thought.
Woohoo—
A subtle vibration came from within his arms.
He glanced at his subordinates who were dismantling the Tyrant Dragon Tyronax and collecting the spoils, then took something out of his bosom.
Woohoo—
Something that reacts more violently when you come out.
It was a pendant with a single ornament at the end of a thin chain made of a rare metal.
Of course, the jewelry Hans was carrying was by no means an ordinary item.
[Oh my, I still haven’t come to my senses.]
Hans lifted the pendant and held it in front of his eye sockets, shaking his head with a small sigh.
A trinket hanging from the end of a chain with a glaring gaze—looking straight into the grotesquely shaped eyeball.
Phagejijik—
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A pitch-black lightning flashed at his fingertips.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he put his finger to the moving eyeball and burned it.
The eyeballs kept twitching and twitching in an attempt to escape his grasp, but of course it was only a pointless resistance.
‘That’s amazing. Even though your old self has already been completely crushed, you still resist to the end. Is it because of the residual thoughts remaining in your true body?’
It was indeed a being of such high rank that it could be called a great devil.
It must have been the strong attachment to life that he let out at the last moment that made him like this.
‘I benefited greatly from it, too. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have been able to create such a thing.’
Hans nodded contentedly, holding the pendant in his hand, which had now become quiet again.
Wasn’t it all thanks to this special item that he was able to use the power of the ‘Infinite Demon’ on McCarthy?
He is a necromancer and the pinnacle of black magic.
If you have the materials and conditions, it is not that difficult to make a ‘demon-possessed weapon’ by using all the mysteries such as necromancy, demon contracts, and magical tool making.
‘Of course, if several coincidences had not been on my side, it would have been impossible to create something with such power.’
No matter what, the Infinite Demon was also a being that had ascended to the level of a demigod.
Considering the situation in Devore, where there were no beings that could be called gods, unlike in normal dimensions, perhaps because the gods had evil tendencies, it would be reasonable to assume that the demons, each in charge of a ‘concept’, were in a position similar to gods.
Unless it was a normal deteriorated version, it wouldn’t be easy to create an item that contained that much power without any loss.
‘If I hadn’t gotten my hands on the true body of a demon that was in a kind of brain-dead state, not completely dead even after being sentenced to death… I wouldn’t have thought of using it.’
Even after going through all the processes to complete the product, it was still under a huge load and it was not possible to make more than one.
Even Hans can only maintain this one thing, so what more is there to say?
‘Even if I wanted to make more, I can’t because I don’t have the ingredients.’
However, since I have gained know-how through this work, I will be able to proceed more easily if a similar situation arises in the future.
The first time was purely by accident, but once you succeed, the second time tends to be easier.
If we had studied more in the process, the problem of only being able to use one might have been improved.
‘If that happens.’
As Hans was looking into the pendant.
[Your Majesty… All arrangements have been completed…]
[hmm.]
Hans looked around calmly at the voice he heard nearby.
The surrounding scenery where he had been had already changed to the point where it was impossible to find his original appearance.
What more can you say when, aside from the fact that everything was in shambles, where there used to be a large mountain, there was only a deep pit left?
‘···As time passes and the rain piles up, that place will become a lake too. It was a bit stuffy because it was so densely packed with mountains, so wouldn’t it be perfect if there was just one open lake?’
Of course, Hans didn’t really care.
They shamelessly rationalize themselves and turn a blind eye to the brutal destruction of nature.
‘Then let’s move on. I’ve gathered enough material to use for the last Tyrant Dragon.’
No matter how harmful it may be, a foreigner cannot exterminate it at will.
In a situation where I had enough to be moderately satisfied, killing more was just a waste of time.
And so the visitor from the other world disappeared as quietly as he had come.
The next destination, which had been set in advance, was a world that had been judged to be a closed dimension long ago, like Devore—.
With ‘Koshiyasu’.
***
After the stranger left.
The strange events that occurred in the forbidden area became known to the world only after a long time had passed.
Because the tyrant dragon Tyronax’s notoriety was so high, no one tried to approach it even when they saw the pillar of fire and earthquake, which were clearly abnormal situations.
What people were able to realize, albeit belatedly, was that for a long time, there was an unheard of lake that had not been recorded in any records, sitting right where the mountain had once been.
The fact that not only the Tyrant Dragon but also several notorious dragon species disappeared at once.
And that story was passed down to later generations as a legend and mystery of Milleria.
With the name ‘Dragon Lake’.
***
[···Huh?]
The moment you cross the dimensional gate.
The first emotion Hans felt was confusion.
‘What is this place?’
For a moment, I thought to myself that maybe I had come to the wrong place.
It had to be that way.
Because everything about this place was so different from the memories of the dimension he originally wanted to go to.
The Kosiyas dimension was a dimension that belonged to the so-called ‘civilized world’.
A world where science and technology were at a similar level to Earth, but with the development of magical engineering, things that would be called over-technology by Earth standards have become closely embedded in everyday life.
But the sight I see now is…
[···This world is already dead.]
To simply say it was a ruin was not enough.
The ground was filled with broken concrete debris and all sorts of scrap metal, and huge cracks with no visible bottom were gaping like a drought-stricken rice field.
Although it was definitely land, it was in fact no different from an island.
‘The magma is also cooling.’
He shook his head as he confirmed the bottom of the crack through the “Eyes of the Abyss.”
And then he flew straight up into the sky and took in the whole world.
‘The sea level is too low. And everything has rotted away.’
The sea, the cradle of life, had that shape, so there could not have been any living creatures there.
Instead of thin oxygen, the atmosphere is filled with toxic substances, direct radiation, and the planet is losing warmth and cooling down.
Hans used his special ability to sense the living to the fullest extent, but he only confirmed once again that not only plants and animals, but even microorganisms including bacteria had been completely wiped out.
[I can’t feel any energy in the space.]
It was so serious that it brought to mind the mysterious wasteland of Earth… no, it was much worse than that.
Perhaps because he had squeezed out what was there instead of what was not there to begin with, the world he saw was miserably dried up and distorted.
Even though the entire world is dying, how can you not feel even the ‘breath of death’?
Hans’ body, which had been flying quickly and scanning the ground, stopped in midair.
Then he slowly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
‘This world is already over.’
The sky was shattered, broken, and completely shattered.
What existed beyond that was not the universe.
Nothingness.
A space of literal nothingness was swallowing up this entire ruined world.
‘There is no possibility of saving this world. Well, to begin with, no one survived.’
This place was nothing more or less than a ‘ruined world’.
Now, that will be the only word that describes this place, Kosiyas.
Then suddenly he was able to realize one thing.
The fact that the system message that always appeared whenever I entered another world wasn’t displayed just now.
‘Have the Lord God, the administrator of the world, and the Akasha system, which encompasses all dimensions, already abandoned this world?’
He quickly cut through the air again and began scanning the entire world.
It must have been the Bancheonhoeju who made this place like this.
I had to do anything to get even a small clue to my original goal.
Because I don’t know when I’ll be able to come to a world like this again.
Then at one moment.
His body, which had been spreading his energy as widely as possible, stopped.
[This is···.]
I checked again and it was correct.
A sense of vitality, however faint.
Besides, this reaction is definitely···.
‘Human? Humans are still alive in this situation? How?’
It didn’t matter to me since I was already dead, but even the Awakened who were protected by the system wouldn’t be able to last long if they came here.
But in this worst situation, there is a being that survives till the end…
Hans’ body shot out like lightning.
To where the sole survivor of this ruined world is.
