Chapter 1055 — Book 2: Chapter 253: Chaos plus chaos (2)
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Cale peeked at the turned off video communication device before nonchalantly addressing Hons.
“You've explained it well?”
Hons nodded his head.
“Yeah.”
Hons, who was usually a man of few words, had acted as Cale had ordered.
“I told them that I would work as a spy.”
Cale had told him to tell them the truth. Well, the truth about everything except one thing.
‘Casillia.’
‘Cisco-nim lost to a human.’
‘…What did you just say?’
That made the Pope fall into a severe state of chaos.
‘The Inquisitors have been captured as well. Oh, there are over five Dragons here.’
The only lie he had told her…
‘I've told them that I wish to be on their side. I will sneak information and send it to you.’
The fact that he would act as a spy for the Pope was the lie.
The truth was actually the opposite.
“Then you know that you need to do a good job sneaking information from them to give to me, right?”
“I know.”
Cale subconsciously patted Hons on the shoulder for being very good at answering each question, which was something he did not expect based on Hons’ large figure.
Pat pat.
‘!’
He then got shocked.
‘It's like a rock.’
Hons’ body was very firm.
It was almost like a rock.
Peek. Cale looked at Hons’ hands that were holding the video communication device. They were honestly the size of pot lids.
‘I'll probably die if I get hit by that?
Eruhaben-nim pummeled a guy like this so hard dust was flying?’
The ancient Dragon had bruised this rock-like skin.
‘He truly is a vicious Dragon.’
There was a reason that Rasheel lowered his head to Eruhaben.
Cale had already figured out what kind of position Rasheel held among the Dragons.
“Can you go meet her right away?”
Cale shook his head.
“No. I need to go meet with the foundation of this world first.”
He needed to first meet with the foundation of this world in order to set the direction for his next course of action.
‘Most importantly, I need to figure out how to turn the aura of the world around so that it is no longer only advantageous for the Dragons.’
Cale looked toward Hons.
His physical appearance gave off a significant amount of pressure. Furthermore, he was quite the important figure since he was third among the ten Bishops under the Pope. ⱤΑŊồBΕ𝘴
‘He said he was the son of the First Star Dragon?’
There were a total of three stars.
The First Star of the three was the God of Domination. Hons was his child.
‘…But why do I have such an iffy feeling?
This guy-
Is it okay to send him back to the Church alone?’
Cale’s face slowly turned unsettled.
‘I'm not worried about him betraying me.
It’s just that…
He just looks a bit dumb.’
Hons, the way he looked with his black eye…
The way he sat on Cisco while saying that he would betray them…
Cale contemplated for a bit before opening his mouth again.
“I'll send three people from our side with you when you go to the church.”
“…Okay.”
Hons was silent for a moment before agreeing.
‘I'm sure he can’t trust me.’
He understood why Cale wouldn’t trust him and needed to put some people to keep an eye on him.
“Who should I go with? I would like to return as quickly as possible to organize the situation.”
Hons, who knew there wasn't much time, did not want to waste any of it.
“Mm.”
Cale contemplated for a bit before opening his mouth.
"Two sword masters and one Dragon. That’s okay, right?”
Choi Han flinched after hearing that.
Hons didn’t care as he answered Cale.
“That’s fine. It will be easier to convince the Pope if a Dragon is with me.”
“Yeah. I'll send some people to you soon.”
Hons nodded his head before exiting the reception room.
“Cale-nim. Who will be going with him?”
Cale calmly answered Choi Han’s question that came as soon as Hons left.
“Clopeh Sekka, Hannah, Rasheel-nim.”
“…….”
Cale added an explanation for the silent Choi Han.
“They need someone like Clopeh Sekka, who is skilled in politics, to handle the Pope. Hannah knows the most out of all of us about the structure of a church. As for Rasheel-nim, he is injured but at least one Dragon needs to go with them to threaten them or for any emergency evacuations.”
‘What a perfect combination.’
Cale nodded his head.
‘These are the times I need Raon to play along.’
Cale thought about Raon, whom he had sent out for a bit with On and Hong.
He heard a quiet mumbling at that moment.
“…How destructive……”
‘Hmm?’
Cale's gaze turned toward the direction of the sound. Choi Jung Soo smiled as if he didn't say anything.
"What is it?”
“…Why are you smiling like that?”
“Just because?”
Cale ignored the cheekily shrugging Choi Jung Soo and spoke to Sui Khan.
“Team leader-nim, if you are going toward the Jungle, this Dragon-nim over he-”
“It's Chope.”
“Yes sir. What do you think about going with Chope-nim?”
Sui Khan calmly nodded his head.
“Mila-nim should go with you as well.”
“…Mila-nim as well?”
The team leader questioned it for a moment before agreeing with it.
He could guess as to what Cale was thinking.
‘He doesn’t trust him.’
Cale did not trust this Dragon that could see the past.
It was understandable from Cale’s point of view.
‘That Maxillienne or whatever told him to meet this Dragon to get his help.’
Maxillienne was the Dragon who left a heavy burden for a young Dragon like Raon.
Trust a Dragon like that?
Trust a Dragon mentioned by that Dragon?
‘Of course not.’
Cale had no intentions of easily trusting any Dragon from Aipotu. Of course, he did have a positive opinion about this Dragon named Chope.
‘He bled while mentioning the God of War-.’
He needed to show at least a minimal level of trust toward someone who gave them information while sacrificing his own health.
“Chope-nim, will that be okay?”
Chope immediately nodded his head.
“Yeah. That’s fine. I don't know the location of the Temple of the God of Chaos, but I know the approximate area. We should be able to quickly find it if we go around that area.”
“Yes sir. Please send us the coordinates as soon as you find the temple.”
The team leader looked at Cale as Chope nodded in agreement.
Cale started to smile.
“I'll come with Choi Jung Soo and Choi Han.”
“I guess that is something we all need to know.”
The team to go find Choi Jung Gun was set. Once the team leader left with Chope…
Cale went to meet the White Snake.
“Cale-nim. Should I go too?”
“Yeah. You, me, and Raon. That’s the party I'm thinking about.”
Click.
Cale heard voices as soon as he opened the door.
“Human, you’re here?”
“My poison got stronger, nya! I can just put them to sleep, nya!”
“Hong. This is not the time for that.”
He heard Raon, Hong, and On's voices.
“Grrrrrrr-!”
The growl of an animal filled the room.
Clang clang.
The Wolf tribe leader was still in her berserk state, twisting her body while tied to a chair.
The White Snake was seated in front of her with her arms crossed, quietly watching.
"Again.”
“Yes ma’am.”
An extremely tense Lock answered before extending his hand out.
Pat pat.
He then petted the berserk Wolf tribe leader's head.
"Whimper, whimper.”
The Wolf tribe leader soon calmed down.
No, she was scared.
The White Snake looked at Lock and spoke calmly.
“You are definitely higher on the hierarchy in this tribe leader’s eyes. Since she sees you that way, you are the only one who can calm her down.”
Cale interjected into their conversation.
“Then does the tribe leader need to remain berserk like this, ma’am?”
“No.”
The White Snake shook her head.
“The berserk transformation should release on its own soon once she uses up all of her energy.”
That made Cale think about when Lock first went berserk.
Inside the House of Henituse’s capital estate basement training ground…
Lock had lost his sense of reason and entered his first berserk transformation.
Rosalyn and Choi Han were the ones who helped deal with it.
“However, being like this would not allow her to use up her energy and the frustration will turn her even more violent.”
Lock chimed in.
“T, then I will help the tribe leader-nim use up all of her energy!”
Just as Choi Han and Rosalyn had done for him…
Lock wanted to help the tribe leader as well.
‘She looks young.’
She was currently in a berserk state, but Lock knew that this tribe leader was a little girl who was younger than him.
‘I'll be the one to help this time!’
If the tribe leader manages to successfully complete this berserk transformation, she will be able to do it without turning violent like this next time.
“I will help as well.”
Gashan showed his willingness to help as well.
“I think a similar family of Beast person going against her will help her be injured as little as possible.”
Wiesha agreed but still sighed. She looked quite concerned.
“How disappointing. Her berserk transformation ended up as a failure in the end.”
“Excuse me?”
Lock became confused while Gashan immediately responded.
“On the other hand, isn’t this almost a success?’
He showed his respect to the White Snake before continuing.
“The Wolf tribe has not been able to properly go berserk. But she was able to go through a proper berserk transformation, and although she lost her sense of reason because this is her first transformation, she will be able to do it properly from now on. This is actually a good thing.”
Although nobody in the Wolf tribe could handle their tribe leader in her berserk state…
There were lots of individuals here who could do so.
That meant that it was more accurate to see the tribe leader's berserk transformation as a success.
‘Also, if her berserk transformation is at this level-’
If a young girl was showing such a large physique and strong attack strength, she would be a magnificent warrior fitting her title of tribe leader the next time she went berserk.
‘I think Lock and this girl can help each other grow.’
Lock and this young girl…
They were both individuals leading their tribes.
Even if it was only subconscious, they should feel some similarities.
"…What are you talking about?”
The White Snake sounded confused.
“If you lose your sense of reason when you first go berserk, you will always do so whenever you go berserk. But you said it will be better next time? That’s impossible.”
‘Hmm?’
Cale realized something odd about what the White Snake said. Lock, Gashan, and Witira felt the same way.
“Hmm?”
“Huh?”
Witira and Gashan looked at the White Snake in confusion.
“Meeeeeow.”
Hong meowed before responding.
“That’s not true, nya! Lock hyung was like this during his first berserk transformation but he was calm from the second one on, nya!”
“Hmm?”
It was the White Snake's turn to be confused.
She looked toward Lock and Gashan.
“Hem, ahem.”
Gashan let out some fake coughs before answering the question that was visible in her eyes.
“Hong is correct. Even if we lose our sense of reason during our first berserk transformation, we are able to maintain it from the next time forward.”
“…That is possible?”
All of the Beast people in here finally realized the reason behind why they could not understand each other.
Berserk transformation.
The fundamental method of going berserk was different in Aipotu than Cale’s world.
The White Snake realized this and started to speak again.
“‘Blue Wolf.”
The existence the Beast people treated as a god…
"The god we served gifted us a sense of reason. He was the reason we did not fall to our instincts even after going berserk.”
Cale looked at Lock.
The way Lock was listened attentively with a serious look on his face made him look quite mature, although he himself probably didn’t know it.
"That is why we need to pray to the Blue Wolf. The problem is that we are unable to do so.”
Wiesha shook her head.
“We tried to go berserk while maintaining our sense of reason. That is the reason we have been unable to fully go berserk and ended up in such weird states.”
A Wolf elder sighed before muttering something.
“It would have been okay if we had even one divine item left.”
“A divine item?”
Wiesha answered Lock's question.
“An item to help us reach the Blue Wolf. However, they were destroyed.”
Grind.
Wiesha's gaze turned vicious as she clenched her teeth.
“The Dragon Lord and the First Star, Ryan, destroyed all three divine items.”
The First Star, Ryan.
He was Hons’ biological father and one of the top three Dragons among the ten Dragon gods.
He was the one in the top position of the ten.
“Hmph.”
Wiesha snorted before continuing in a sharp voice.
“That bastard Ryan is called the King of the Beasts but he is just mimicking the Blue Wolf-nim. He is a wicked bastard.”
The King of the Beasts.
Cale thought about the explanation of the Dragon with the attribute of Domination.
It was information that King Dennis had given him.
< All of the animals in this world, especially the wild beasts, treat Ryan like a king. The wild beasts have become his loyal vassals and are willing to give their lives for him. >
Ryan, the Dragon with the attribute of Domination…
He was like a god or Emperor to the wild beasts in this world.
“…There would have been a place for us if even one divine item managed to survive.”
The Wolf Elder spoke in a sorrowful voice. Wiesha responded back.
“I'm not sure about that. There is a place where quite a lot of predatory animal Beast people live?”
“Excuse me? What do you mean?”
The old man asked in shock while Wiesha's face turned cold.
"The Church and the Dragons are persecuting the Beast people and pushing them to their deaths, but… It is a different story if they chose to become subservient to Ryan.”
There was no way the King of Beasts would let the beasts go.
"Based on what I heard, a portion of the predatory animal Beast people have submitted to him and are living in his castle.”
"…Submitted?”
Wiesha looked at Lock, who did not even realize he said something.
“Yeah. They live as slaves.”
Slaves.
That word made the Wolf Elder clench his head.
Lock closed his mouth.
Cale could see the fluctuation in Lock’s eyes.
His sky-like blue eyes were shaking quite a bit.
They resembled blue flames.
The hottest of flames.
“If I was a bit stronger-”
Wiesha grinded her teeth as she spoke before clenching her eyes shut.
“Well, even if I was strong enough to save them, I would not be able to look after them.”
She did not have the capacity to take them in.
Maybe continuing to live, despite being slaves, was important.
Wiesha could not say that part out loud.
“How do you know about that?”
Witira asked the question.
The White Snake turned to look at Cale. Cale realized the meaning behind her gaze and asked.
“The foundation of this world. Is it related to getting there?’
“His lair. No, Ryan’s castle is located in the most lush forest in this world. That is where the path to the foundation of this world exists.”
Cale felt Lock's gaze on him and looked back at Lock.
He then asked.
“Lock. Do you want to go with me?”
“…….”
Lock hesitated for a moment before nodding his head.
“Yes sir. I want to go with you.”
Cale calculated things in his mind at that time.
‘One of the Inquisitors sent an Earth Elemental toward the Third Star.’
< The Third Star, Axion, the God of Earth, is the strongest of the three stars. >
< The First Star, Ryan, gives off the feel of the Dragon Lord’s trusted subordinate while Axion is the Dragon Lord's sword. >
Cale recalled that information before continuing to think.
‘I was thinking about taking care of one, maybe two of the Three Stars before the Dragon Lord gets back anyway.’
Cale spoke in a relaxed voice.
“Okay. Let’s go together.”
It was at that moment.
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—!”
The tribe leader growled again.
She made eye contact with Cale.
“Grrrrrr!”
The tribe leader, who had been quiet in front of Lock, growled fiercely and bared her fangs in front of Cale.
– Human, she must know that you are weak!
‘…She is indeed a bit vicious.’
Cale was a bit scared. He spoke sternly to Lock.
“Let’s quiet her down first.”
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