Chapter 1052 — Book 2: Chapter 250: Lunacy, Worship. And the Way (12)
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– I know, he usually bleeds or faints!
The Fire of Destruction rattled off on the Super Rock's comment, but Cale completely ignored them once again.
Instead, he thought about the situations where he had used his powers in the past.
‘I fought quite a bit in Xiaolen.’
He was on the front lines a couple times.
Even in the Central Plains-
‘I guess I did fight.’
However, Cale realized where his powers had been focused on until now.
Through Xiaolen and the Central Plains, Cale's focus had been to purify or stop dead mana.
As for when he used the most strength-
‘When the ocean tried to destroy Hainan.’
The large tsunami that came toward the Blood Cult and the entire island upon their suppression of the Blood Cult because of the Purple Bloods’ scheme…
Cale had to use quite a bit of power to stop that.
Of course, that was what allowed him to gain the seed of Aipotu’s World Tree.
‘…I guess I haven't had a proper fight?’
He felt like he was fighting quite often in the front lines during their fight against the White Star.
Lately, he seemed to frequently be in the rear, and, even when he was in the vanguard, he didn’t do much of the fighting.
– Hahahaha!
Cale listened to the Sky Eating Water’s clear voice as he started walking.
Cisco.
A Dragon who was supposedly in the middle of the pack among the ten Dragon gods…
The Dragon with the most numerous battle experiences who had Fighting as her attribute.
Those were the reasons Cale set Cisco as the basis.
‘They said that the Dragons of this world are stronger than regular Dragons.’
Rasheel had received significant injuries while fighting against Kendall, the lowest ranking of the ten Dragon gods.
He had fought alongside Rasheel a couple times until now but this was the first time he had seen him so injured.
Of course, he won.
‘But it was a victory with severe injuries.’
As someone who liked overwhelming victories, Cale kept thinking every so often that such victories would be difficult in Aipotu against the Purple Bloods.
Mm.’
He suddenly thought of team leader Sui Khan and Choi Jung Soo's faces.
‘Tsk.’
He clicked his tongue internally.
The two of them had to openly do anything in Aipotu so far.
Part of it was because they were tasked with trivial things, but…
‘Wanderers. And the God of War. They got busier once those two existences appeared.’
They would also get even busier from here on.
They were the only ones, aside from the God of Death, who could dig into the situation in the Divine World.
“Ugh-”
Cale stopped walking.
He then looked down.
Baaaaang!
Bang!
The eight white snake chains plummeted deep into the ground.
Boom!
Cisco was bound within them.
“Ugggh-!”
Her body went down to the ground.
To be more accurate, it got slammed into the ground.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
The water chains were binding her limbs, dragging her down to the ground to bury most of her body.
Cale watched it all happen below him.
However, Cisco had yet to realize that.
She could not pay any attention to it.
Ruuuumble-
Her strength had not decreased yet.
She was still capable of continuing.
However, it was hard to breathe.
The chains that ripped apart her domain and infiltrated inside did not break no matter how many times she punched them and tried to destroy them.
‘This-’
It resembled the water power that someone she knew used.
‘That bastard who created a tsunami even greater than one found in nature!
The Dragon who currently rules the seas!’
The guardian of the seas now that the Whales are gone…
The Dragon Lord…
He was seen as a higher existence than the ten Dragon gods. However, there were three Dragon gods who were called the rulers beneath the Dragon Lord.
One over the seas, one over the land, as for the other-
“!”
Cisco suddenly felt a cold aura and looked up.
She could see a large chain heading toward her.
This eighth chain was coming the slowest toward her, as if telling her to stop thinking about useless things.
“Fuck!”
Cisco twisted her whole body to use every ounce of strength she had left.
However, her domain did not get larger.
In fact, it got smaller.
Ruuuumble—-
Instead, it was condensed and compressed.
It was only enough to cover her body now.
Rumble-
“Huuuuuu.”
She could breathe a bit now.
And…
Craaaaaaack-
The chains touching her skin were getting a bit weaker.
‘It works!’
If it was at this level, it was possible!
‘I'll use this opening to run away!’
She was going to get out of this Cale person’s domain.
Fighting. Running away did not suit her attribute, but Cisco had no qualms about it.
Because-
‘Running away is obvious.’
Through the time she spent fighting, she was able to survive because she was good at running away.
That made her different from Kendall.
Fighting and Victory were different.
Of course, she did not have many reasons to run away since the cataclysmic period.
No, she had no reason to run away.
There had been no enemies strong enough to make that happen.
The ten Dragon gods… They were not allowed to kill each other.
That was a rule set by the Dragon Lord.
Aside from them, there was nobody strong enough to make her run. Even if they were out there, she couldn't find them. They were all hiding.
That was why it had been a long time since she thought of running away.
It was at that moment.
“Do I need to do a bit more?”
She heard a relaxed voice.
And…
Chhhhhhhhhhhh-
The chains became stronger.
Cisco, who had been slammed on the ground, swung her arm as strong as she could toward the chain approaching her.
Baaaaang!
There was a loud explosion.
Bang, bang bang!
Explosions happened continuously without stopping.
However, Cisco started frowning.
“Shit!
Fuck!”
No matter how much she attacked without resting…
‘It's totally fine!’
The chain had gotten stronger than before.
Cisco subconsciously turned toward the voice she had just heard.
Cale.
The human was looking down at her.
There were no emotions visible in his eyes. She was used to such a gaze.
‘Ah.’
Cisco knew the meaning behind that gaze.
When she was assessing someone's strength…
She had the same gaze.
‘No.’
Maybe this human's gaze was colder and more emotionless.
It helped her realize something.
‘This human is too relaxed right now.’
That meant that he was not using his full strength.
He was still able to relax.
‘He’s relaxing quite a bit too!’
The immense aura coming out of him… She had not even seen the identity of this power that was encroaching on her domain. If he used such an aura for an actual attack-
‘I'm going to die.’
No, maybe beyond her own death-
‘…He might even be able to fight against the Dragon Lord-’
This human might have the qualifications to fight against an existence above the Dragon gods, the Dragon Lord.
She made eye contact with Cale.
“Oh.”
Cale gasped in admiration.
“I like that gaze of yours.”
His eyes clouded over.
Although she was his enemy, he could see that Cisco was fully aware of the fact that she was going to lose. Nonetheless, her gaze was firm.
This was the gaze of someone who would not crumble despite being defeated.
All sorts of emotions appeared on her face after hearing Cale’s comment.
Anger, emptiness, admiration, despair…
So many emotions flashed through her face that it was almost impossible to believe that she had been stoic earlier. However, only one emotion remained in the end.
Jealousy.
Cisco was jealous of Cale. She opened her mouth as the chains continued to bind her.
“So annoying.”
It could not be helped.
She could not see Cale anymore.
The large chain that had been coming toward her…
The chain that had been moving the slowest toward her now moved extremely quickly.
Bang!
It then smacked her on the back of her head.
“Ugh!”
She then lost consciousness.
Actually, that wasn’t all.
Boom!
It smacked her so hard that her whole head became embedded in the ground.
Yes, it became embedded in the completely frozen ground.
The impact was so strong that the whole area shook.
‘Mm.’
Cale held back a groan.
He had been thinking about knocking her out, but…
– I guess Dragon heads are made of rocks? I thought it would break but it only got embedded.
He thought to himself while listening to the Sky Eating Water’s vicious voice.
‘I guess I really got much stronger than I thought?’
That was the reason he was unable to control his strength properly and ended up embedding Cisco's head and body into the ground.
Cale felt a bit embarrassed and scratched his cheek while looking down at Cisco.
The large eight chains had seeped into the ground and disappeared.
It wet the ground and turned it muddy, with Cisco still buried within it.
“Ho.”
Archie, who watched this from a distance, gasped.
He wasn’t the only one. Everybody who saw what Cale had created could not hide the blank expressions on their faces.
The members who were prepared by the ice wall ready for battle were especially affected.
‘…Our Commander-nim was the one who defeated the White Star and stopped the advent of a god.’
They thought about Cale’s achievements that they had forgotten, no, had not thought about for a bit because they had been so busy.
“Hoo hoo.”
Archie flinched and turned his head before his eyes opened wide.
Clopeh Sekka. That crazy bastard was smiling. He was holding a video communication device in his hands.
Archie was about to say something but gave up on the idea.
‘They are all crazy.’
Archie just blankly stood there. He had run out because he thought that his liege, Witira, was angry, only to find Cale, who slammed a Dragon into the ground with overbearing dominance despite not even being angry.
‘Can we just easily catch them all like this?’
As Archie had such a thought on his mind…
Baaaaaang-
He heard another explosion.
“!”
Archie looked away from Cale.
It was headed to a closer spot.
This was a spot where the snow and dust mixed together to explode.
‘Over there?!’
It was where their allies, other than Cale, were intermixed with the enemies.
It was the spot where the ancient Dragon had been fighting the Dragon half-blood.
Flap.
Something large cut through the dust cloud.
– Human!
Cale was looking at it as well.
“…What the hell?”
He subconsciously commented before his jaw dropped.
Flap, flap.
Something large cut through the dust and snow to shoot up into the air.
Yes, that-
“Dr
It was a Dragon.
Cale had never seen such a large Dragon in his life.
Even an ancient Dragon like Eruhaben was smaller than this Dragon.
This dark brown Dragon was swift, unexpected of his size.
However, that large Dragon’s eyes were bruised black and blue.
He could tell this Dragon’s identity based on that black eye.
“That Dragon-”
No, this Dragon half-blood-
“The Third bishop?”
Cale was confused when he heard Raon’s voice.
– Human, human!
Raon approached him as he spoke.
– That Dragon half-blood suddenly polymorphed!
Cale had never seen a Dragon half-blood turn into a Dragon until now.
Now that he thought about it, the Dragon half-blood in the Black Castle had been in human form before he turned into a Bone Dragon.
– Human! Goldie gramps told me something!
He heard the ancient Dragon's voice after Raon said something else.
– He said that a Dragon half-blood cannot become such a large adult Dragon! Especially taking the full appearance of a Dragon! That’s what he said!
– Cale, this Dragon half-blood is a bit peculiar. He has no attribute but his body is greater than that of an adult Dragon.
Just as he realized that…
“Hmm?”
He made eye contact with the Dragon with the bruised eye.
Had he been mistaken?
– Human! I'm going!
– Shit.
However, it had not been a mistake.
The Dragon half-blood, who had been bulky even in his human form, was flying toward Cale with his large Dragon body.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
The flap of his wings caused the wind to gust.
His body was so large that he quickly arrived in front of Cale.
He then opened his mouth.
He was looking right at Cale.
– Cale.
He heard the ancient Dragon’s voice.
– It’s a Dragon's Breath. He should be able to use Dragon's Breath because his body is larger than that of an adult Dragon.
‘Ah.’
Cale realized the reason this Dragon half-blood was strong despite not having an attribute.
Dragon's Breath.
This was one of a Dragon's strongest attacks.
– I'm sure he is trying to save the Dragon you captured. He is probably thinking about running away with that Dragon while attacking you.
Paat!
A bright light flashed next to Cale.
“I’ll stop him.”
The ancient Dragon instantly arrived next to him.
White gold light gathered around him.
“Human, I'm doing it too!”
The invisible Raon had black mana around him as he approached as well.
The young Dragon and the rejuvenated Dragon were both feeling rushed.
“Mm.”
However, Cale’s expression was very subdued.
As Eruhaben flinched at that relaxed expression…
“…Why do you have such a look on your face?”
Cale opened his mouth, sounding baffled.
“Are you sure he is trying to use Dragon's Breath?”
He was looking at the Dragon half-blood's face. The large Dragon was flying toward Cale with his mouth open.
However, he didn't look like he was trying to use Dragon's Breath.
His open mouth…
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
He let out a loud shout.
Raon opened his mouth.
“Hmm?”
The young Dragon tilted his head.
As the ancient Dragon flinched…
Boom!
The large Dragon quickly landed in front of Cale.
Such a large body landing on the ground shook the ground so much that Cale almost lost his balance.
“Human, I’ll hold you steady!”
The invisible Raon’s two front paws held Cale’s arm.
However, Cale could not react to what Raon said.
‘What the hell?
What the hell is this Dragon half-blood doing?’
Cale's jaw dropped.
Boom!
The large Dragon half-blood slammed his head on the ground.
He then curled up his body.
This Dragon half-blood with the black eye looked as if he was kneeling as he shouted.
“I'm going to betray them!”
‘Hmm?’
“I, Hons. I wish to be on your side!”
Cale hesitated for a bit before responding to the imposing declaration.
“…Cisco is under you.”
Cisco, who was buried in the mud… The large Dragon half-blood had landed on top of her as well as the ground around her.
“!”
The large Dragon half-blood's bruised eye started shaking.
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