Episode 200
200. Episode 200
‘Here is… … .’
Before answering, Se-Woon looked around briefly.
In the pitch-black space where there was nothing but darkness, lava was seething like the lava lake seen at the bottom of a volcano.
No, the surroundings weren’t completely dark. There were faint cracks here and there, like broken glass.
And above all, the one who called Seun.
There was a snow dragon, a snow dragon, sitting unrealistically and majestically on top of a lava lake.
‘Are you the owner of Dragon Heart?’
When I received the Dragon Heart from Seolryong of Seolsan, I had already heard about its true identity. The previous Seolryong who struggled to avoid the encroachment of the Outer and eventually met his death.
The snow dragon in front of my eyes was clearly the remnant of the snow dragon that remained in Dragon Heart.
– How dare you disturb my rest and fill this place with filthy lava and such.
Indeed, a dragon.
Even though it was just a remnant, there was an incredible sense of intimidation in that voice.
It was an overwhelming sense of fear, even without the dragon’s fear roar.
Any normal creature would have knelt down and bowed their head before Seolryong just by hearing those words.
If he even screamed, my heart would burst right away.
However, Seun was not there.
– The stigmata consume the dragon’s fear.
– The stigmata are strengthened by the overwhelming fear of existence.
– The fear is preyed upon and the Blood Wolf’s nickname is strengthened.
A wolf-shaped stigmata glowing red on the back of the right hand.
The overwhelming fear only served to increase Seun’s strength.
Stigmata, who had recently shown no intention of devouring even the slightest fear, could not possibly miss out on the sweet prey of dragon fear.
Within the stigmata, fear was rapidly rising, turning into divinity.
– Doing something like that. How dare you covet my power.
The lava lake where the snow dragon was nestled shook violently.
Even though the attributes were replaced, the way Seolryong handled lava was quite strange. No, it was even more mysterious.
But now was not the time to just sit back and admire it.
– Are you ready to pay the price for your greed?
Crunch!
The lava from the lake erupted violently.
Its scale, its delicacy, its power, everything about it seemed incomparably more powerful than the Living Lava attacks we had encountered in the volcano.
There was no such thing as a square.
Lava was pouring down from all sides, including the floor and overhead.
Even the metaphor of a tidal wave was too much of a stretch. This space itself seemed to be rising into a sea of lava.
‘Mana doesn’t move.’
The same goes for my internal energy. I can’t feel any energy inside my body.
Meanwhile, the surrounding lava was rising rapidly and reaching right in front of Seun’s nose. If he stayed still like this, his entire body would melt away without a trace.
Immediately after that, Se-Woon exhaled lightly and raised his right hand.
Just a simple hand gesture that doesn’t even show the energy of internal energy, let alone mana.
Just that.
Gulp-
The lava stopped moving.
As if the world had stopped, the water level slowly decreased in time with Se-un’s hand movements.
‘Anyway, this is a world of imagination.’
It was natural that I couldn’t feel the mana or internal energy.
Because the self here was just existing in the imagination… … it was close to the soul itself.
It was not a place where the circle and danjeon planted in the body could be involved.
‘It must be a place created by the overlap of my image and the image of the dragon sleeping in the dragon’s heart.’
If so, the answer is simple.
This is Seolryong’s imaginary world, but it is also Seun’s imaginary world. So Seun can also interfere in this world.
Just by concentrating my mind, I was able to control the lava.
– He was a man who knew how to manipulate images. Even so, he couldn’t overcome the dragon’s will.
Knock knock!
The receding lava is once again gathering strength.
The reason was exactly what Seol-ryong had just said.
Although Se-un’s mental strength is outstanding, his opponent is a dragon.
Of course, the actual will of the dragon could not be perfectly revealed to the remnants remaining in Dragon Heart, but even so, the will of the dragon was strong.
To a degree that humans cannot overcome no matter how hard they try.
‘This is not the time for a war of nerves.’
Even as he concentrated and pushed away the lava, Seun’s mind was drawn to the wall of darkness in the distance.
A crack so fine that it is hard to see with the naked eye. Perhaps the crack in Dragon Heart is affecting the spiritual world.
And now, as the lava filled the surrounding area, the cracks were spreading faintly.
If things continue like this, even if Se-un holds on, the Dragon Heart will break.
So, Se-Woon gave up on any more secret meetings and showed his true strength.
– The stigmata react to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.
Hwaaaat!
The stigmata began to shine in earnest.
Mana and internal energy could not be used, but the stigmata were engraved not on the body but on the soul itself.
Divinity, too, was not a mere physical force, but a force that came from the soul itself.
– Why can humans use divinity? In the imaginary world, the power of the constellations cannot be borrowed… …!
For the first time, Seol-ryong started to panic.
As he said, no gaze of any constellation was felt here, not even Mammon, Beelzebub, or Leviathan.
Naturally, the power of the constellations could not be used either.
However, Seun’s stigmata did not belong to anyone else.
It is the power of the board itself that has swallowed up and taken away the board’s value, but there is no longer any trace of the board.
That is why it could be used even in this place that was completely separated from the world.
Gulp!
The lava surrounding Seun quickly retreated.
Seun’s mental power, possessed of divinity, had already surpassed that of a human and surpassed that of Seolryong.
‘Even if it’s not a real dragon, I can definitely overcome the will of the remnants.’
Moreover, thanks to absorbing the fear of the first Seolryong, Seun’s divinity was now more relaxed than ever.
Soon after, all the surrounding lava retreated and returned to its original location.
In the middle of it all, Seol-ryong, who looked flustered, soon revealed his anger and shouted at Se-un.
– You killed my daughter with that power! My daughter who suffered for eternity resisting the power of an external enemy!
‘Was it like that?’
At first, I thought the source of the hostility was the Dragon Heart’s attribute that had disturbed its peace.
But, listening to what he said now, it seems that wasn’t the real problem. Seol-ryong now thinks that Se-un killed his daughter and stole his dragon heart.
Se-Woon, who understood the situation, calmly opened his mouth while letting the light of the stigmata subside.
“Your daughter is safe.”
– ……what?
“Outer. I destroyed the ‘outer’ you speak of.”
– … … That’s impossible. Even I have failed at something, something I have risked my life to achieve.
“But, I can.”
For a moment, their eyes met.
But this alone wasn’t enough to convince him.
Cheeeeek!
The divinity burned hotly.
Transcending the limitations of the imaginary world, he reached out his right hand toward reality.
As it was an act that broke the original rules, its divinity was instantly reduced to the floor.
Seolryong’s hostility remained, but he did not take any action, as if he was just going to watch for the time being.
Se-Woon, who had finally escaped the cracks of reality, was holding a shining white accessory in his right hand.
– that……!
“If this is the case, then it should be enough evidence.”
Its true identity was the reverse scale obtained from the Seolryong of Seolsan Mountain.
It is not a pitch-black scale that was forcibly obtained by killing a dragon, but a token that the dragon gives to those it recognizes. No, to its benefactors.
Seun invested most of his divinity to bring about this.
Because it was impossible to persuade the angry Seolryong with words.
If this was the case, it would be more perfect evidence than any explanation and would convince Seolryong.
– Indeed… … my daughter has escaped from the erosion.
Seolryong raised his head.
Transparent tears flowed down between the dazzlingly beautiful pure white scales.
– That was my regret even after death. It was my regret that I could not end the curse even with death, and ended up passing it on to my daughter… … .
The hostility has completely disappeared.
From the pitch-black ceiling, fiery red snow fell in fluttering patterns.
Red eyes? It was an absurd sight, but it seemed to be a phenomenon that occurred when the power of the Snow Dragon was converted to the fire attribute.
– Really… … Thank you. Thanks to you, I don’t think I’ll have any more regrets. And I should reward you for letting go of my resentment.
Seolryong’s attitude changed completely.
The image of him unleashing a barrage of attacks as soon as he saw them came to mind, but Se-Woon didn’t show it.
From the perspective of the remnants in Dragon Heart, it was a situation that could easily have been misunderstood.
Although he wasn’t someone who could be explained to, Se-woon had no intention of sticking his tongue out at him since he had entered the world of imagination and was unable to explain himself.
– Your purpose is… …to absorb my power, the power of the Dragon Heart.
“That’s right.”
– What you want is not the property of water. No, since you already have the property of water, you replaced my power with a new power.
“you’re right.”
This is the imaginary world. Seol-ryong could not observe Se-un’s body, but he perfectly saw through his thoughts and goals.
Seol-ryong, who had been looking up at the empty space where red snow was falling with his eyes closed for a moment, soon lowered his head and looked at Se-un.
– I understand. Although it is a weak power that cannot be compared to my original power, I will transfer all of this to you.
Slurp-
The lava in the lake slowly stirred.
It was a movement that was clearly different from when he attacked Seun.
It surrounded Seun with red snow falling from the air, breaking into small pieces like snow.
I felt the hot energy of fire and the cold energy of ice at the same time.
The power that was dormant in Dragon Heart is escaping the imaginary world through Seun’s soul and being absorbed into Seun’s body.
– And also… … .
It wasn’t just snow and lava.
Seolryong’s body began to melt away and then was absorbed into Seun’s body.
The remnants of the dragon were absorbed, and I felt an overwhelming sense of fulfillment. It wasn’t just a feeling of being filled with magical power, but a feeling of being filled with the soul.
If I let my concentration drop even a little, I felt like my soul would burst.
However, Se-Woon knew that this was Seol-Ryong’s gift.
Soon, the imaginary world where only darkness and lava existed was shattered into pieces and the imaginary world itself was absorbed into Seun.
Originally, half of the world was Seun’s imaginary world, but the other half was Seolryong’s imaginary world.
This meant that he was absorbing the dragon’s will.
– I will become your ‘enlightenment’ myself.
The energy of yin and yang that fills the soul.
With that overwhelming sense of fulfillment, Seun’s will returned to reality.
fantasy,
