Chapter 155: Breaking the Ninth Wall

At Tron’s words, all the dragons looked at Bakun.

Bakun wore a flustered expression, hesitated, and then replied.

“N-no, that’s not it. Ahem.”

If he spoke up as representative, sparks might fly his way.

Bakun had no intention of making his relationship with Gaon, who had obtained completeness, uncomfortable.

Tron smirked at Bakun’s response and said.

“And it’s not wrong, is it? Returning them to mana’s embrace quickly might be good for them too.”

Having finished speaking, Tron stood up.

“Where are you going?”

As Tron rose, Betanon, the blue clan’s second-in-command, stood as well and asked.

“To watch.”

“Watch?”

“Yeah, it seems like Perbeng and Gaon are about to spar?”

He had seen Perbeng’s expression.

It was clearly the face he made when he wanted to spar.

Moreover, the direction the two were heading was toward the sparring ground.

In other words, the two were definitely going to spar.

“!”

“……!”

“……!”

At Tron’s words, several dragons’ eyes flashed as they stood from their seats.

Perbeng was currently among the top three strongest dragons who hadn’t accepted demonic energy.

Top three in name, but if it came to a fight to the death?

He could be considered the strongest.

And Gaon was a human who had obtained completeness.

In the long history of dragons, only two had ever obtained completeness, making it extraordinarily special.

A spar between those two?

They couldn’t resist.

Tron went outside first, heading to the sparring ground.

And all the blue dragons, including the clan’s second-in-command Betanon, followed behind Tron.

With the blue clan all gone, the remaining dragons began heading to the sparring ground one by one.

“You’re not going?”

White dragon Konikun asked Bakun.

“Mmm…”

Bakun let out a groan and sank into thought.

Just then.

“……!”

“……!”

As if by agreement, the two dragons wore surprised expressions.

It was due to the wave emanating from the sparring ground.

Bakun immediately stood up.

“Let’s go.”

He hadn’t intended to watch.

But the wave changed his mind.

It seemed like just watching the spar could lead to great growth.

“Are you really planning to take it head-on?”

Perbeng, preparing his magic, asked.

“Yes, since you asked to show full power.”

Gaon nodded in response to Perbeng’s question.

“……I see.”

Perbeng nodded and thought.

*I know completeness is incredible, but…….

Perbeng knew well what completeness meant.

Yet to block his magic in such a defenseless state?

Suddenly, a competitive spirit arose.

He wanted to fluster Gaon.

Soon finishing his magic preparations, Perbeng opened his mouth.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

At the same time, numerous magic circles appeared.

Destructive spells imbued with immense power began pouring out from the circles.

Magic circles weren’t all Perbeng had prepared.

Grrrr!

The gravity around where Gaon stood intensified.

Sharp icicles formed in the air above Gaon’s head and began falling.

Intensified gravity, falling icicles, and spells of tremendous destructive power.

Even for a dragon, unless it was leader-level, severe damage was inevitable.

Just then, Gaon waved his hand.

A shield appeared around Gaon.

The icicles struck the shield.

Jjeong! Jjeong! Jjeong!

Not a single icicle pierced the shield.

But Perbeng didn’t mind.

He had known they wouldn’t pierce anyway.

The reason he had the icicles strike first was for the moisture and chill.

As the icicles exploded, the area around the shield was now filled with moisture and chill.

Attribute magic was influenced by the environment.

There were attribute spells that grew stronger in places filled with moisture and chill.

And the second and third spells Perbeng had prepared held such attributes.

Jijijik!

First, chains made of lightning struck.

Jjeojeojeok!

The chains, already possessing strong destructive power, had their power amplified by the chill and moisture, striking the shield.

A louder explosion than when the icicles hit resounded.

It wasn’t just louder.

The shield trembled slightly.

Then the third spell struck.

But the shield’s condition could no longer be checked.

A dust cloud arose, obscuring the shield from view.

Of course, Perbeng didn’t mind and continued sending the prepared spells methodically.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out ceaselessly.

Kwaaaang!

Soon, the final prepared spell struck, and Perbeng stared ahead motionless.

Swaaa!

A wind blew.

The dust cloud dispersed quickly, and Perbeng could see.

Gaon with a calm expression.

And the unbroken shield.

Of course, the shield’s condition wasn’t pristine like at the start.

Scratches were visible in places.

In the end, I couldn’t pierce it.

Just scratches.

That he couldn’t pierce was a fact no one could deny.

I suppose I’d need 11th-Circle magic or breath to pierce it?

Perbeng was 11th Circle.

But he hadn’t used 11th-Circle magic.

The strongest spell among those used was 10th-Circle.

That didn’t mean 10th-Circle magic was weak enough to be ignored.

Even dragons would suffer major wounds from 10th-Circle magic.

That’s how powerful 10th-Circle magic was.

Yet even with 10th-Circle magic, he only managed scratches on the shield.

It seemed he’d need 11th-Circle magic or one of the dragons’ authorities, ‘breath,’ to pierce it.

Of course, even 11th-Circle magic or breath wasn’t certain.

It might end with just more scratches.

Does the presence of completeness make this much difference…….

As Perbeng pondered completeness, Gaon spoke.

“Now, shall I attack? Will you prepare?”

“……What if I don’t prepare?”

Gaon had taken the attack without any preparation.

Perhaps because of that?

Perbeng wanted to try taking it without preparing.

“You might get a bit hurt?”

“Then do it right away.”

If it could kill him, he would have prepared.

But if it was just a bit of hurt, he could take it without preparing, as he had originally wanted.

“Understood. Then.”

Gaon nodded and immediately cast his magic.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Unlike Perbeng, Gaon’s magic wasn’t flashy.

It was incredibly simple.

If completeness hadn’t been infused?

Perbeng would have ignored it.

It would dissipate on its own without piercing his resistance.

But since completeness was infused, he couldn’t ignore it.

Perbeng created a shield and sent counter-magic.

The magics began colliding.

Jjeong! Jjeong! Jjeojeok!

Naturally, Perbeng’s magic dissipated.

Still, it weakened Gaon’s magic meaningfully.

Then the weakened Gaon’s magic began striking Perbeng’s shield.

Jjeojeok…… Jjeok…….

Cracks appeared on the shield with each strike.

“……!”

Perbeng hastily supplied more mana to the shield to prevent it from breaking, thinking.

Even weakened, this much…….

If he hadn’t weakened it?

Even continuously supplying mana, the shield would have broken.

Heh…….

A laugh escaped involuntarily.

Because he now knew the path ahead.

And because such a Gaon was an ally.

Soon, the final spell struck and vanished.

Perbeng removed the shield and said to Gaon.

“Thank you.”

“It was a good experience for me too. And before leaving, I’d like to replenish my energy a bit— is that okay?”

“Of course. I’ll lend you my training ground. No one will come, so no worries.”

“Thank you.”

Gaon expressed gratitude, and Perbeng led the way to the training ground.

On the way, Perbeng asked about future plans.

“After finishing this, what do you plan to do?”

Now, Gaon would return all the dragons who had abandoned mana to mana’s embrace.

What Perbeng was curious about was after that.

He wondered what plans Gaon had.

“First, I plan to completely drive out the Demon World. And whether to cross to the Demon World or not…….”

Gaon trailed off, thought briefly, and answered.

“I’ll think about it then.”

“I see…….”

Perbeng nodded as if understanding.

Then Gaon asked.

“You’ll help, right?”

“Of course.”

Perbeng’s eyes flashed.

Dragons had been given several missions by the creator god Resion.

One of them was guarding the Middle World.

Driving out the Demon World was something that had to be done, even without Gaon’s request.

They arrived at the training ground while conversing, and Perbeng said.

“You can do it here. I’ll go discuss things, so come when you’re done.”

“Yes, see you later.”

Perbeng left, and Gaon put his hand in his pocket.

He pulled out the dragon heart of the silver dragon Mayporin he had killed before coming here.

He had told Perbeng he would replenish energy.

But the real purpose wasn’t replenishing energy.

There was another purpose.

If I absorb it all, will the ninth wall melt on its own?

It was breaking the ninth wall of the Pacheon Mind Method.

Gaon immediately took his position.

He began absorbing the mana in the dragon heart and cultivating the Pacheon Mind Method.

Shortly after.

……As expected.

Gaon smiled brightly.

It was as predicted.

The ninth wall began melting on its own.

Watching the melting ninth wall, Gaon anticipated.

What change would come.

It won’t end with just the Pacheonki barrier strengthening this time?

The special change after the eighth wall melted was only the Pacheonki barrier strengthening.

But this time, it wouldn’t end there.

There would be a special change.

There was no evidence.

It just felt strongly that way.

Shortly after, the wall completely melted and vanished.

In that moment, Gaon knew.

Bone remodeling and marrow cleansing!

The special change from the ninth wall melting was ‘bone remodeling and marrow cleansing.’

Gaon tensed.

The first bone remodeling had brought immense pain.

What about the second?

Would the pain be greater than before?

Or less?

Jjeojeok! Jjeok! Jjeojeok!

Soon, his bones began shattering into pieces.

His blood vessels repeated expansion and contraction.

Like the first bone remodeling, lumps of extreme ‘heat’ appeared throughout his body, emitting heat.

That wasn’t all.

Lumps of extreme ‘cold’ also appeared throughout, emitting cold.

The heat and cold collided, creating even greater pain.

Gaon gritted his teeth.

The pain was incomparable to the first bone remodeling.

Gaon focused on enduring, and shortly after, the heat and cold began vanishing.

The abnormal expansion and contraction of blood vessels returned to normal, and the shattered bones fused solidly.

The bone remodeling ended, and Gaon immediately checked his interior.

“……Huh?”

He couldn’t help but be flustered.

Originally, there was no spare space inside his body.

It was filled with nine circles.

Literally ‘complete.’

But now it wasn’t.

Space had opened up inside his body.

Completeness hadn’t vanished.

Additional space had simply appeared.

……If I do this right,

Gaon thought of the 10th Circle.

I might be able to create it?