I had expected that the Black Dragon God and the White Dragon God would fight.
What mattered here was finding the Fragment before either of them won.
‘I arrived just in the nick of time.’
Panting for breath, the White Dragon God and Black Dragon God were glaring at each other.
The immense spiritual energy they possessed.
If one of them won and absorbed the other’s spiritual energy, it would have been hard for me to take them down at my current level.
But.
If they were both exhausted without either having won, then I had a decent chance.
The two, locked in a stare, prepared their final blows. I couldn’t just let them annihilate each other like this—because only by killing the opponent could one absorb that spiritual energy.
I leaped across space and appeared between them.
“Dragon Lord?”
The White Dragon God, with long silver-white hair, frowned at me.
Then the Black Dragon God, with short black hair, ground his teeth.
“What the hell are you talking about, you crazy bastard? The Lord is dead…”
The Black Dragon God’s eyes went wide as he looked at me.
His agitation quickly faded, and he narrowed his eyes, radiating killing intent.
“Who are you?”
“The Grim Reaper? I’ve come to take you both to the afterlife.”
“…You’re that bastard.”
The White Dragon God’s gaze turned icy cold.
I smiled at him and drew upon the spiritual energy I had received from the Lord.
Originally, when I came to the Divine Realm, I would have had to maintain a minuscule form and gather spiritual energy over a long time. But thanks to the power of the Lord’s Fragment, I could skip that process.
Woong!
A power similar to mana but more destructive.
Using the spiritual energy swirling through my entire body, I cast a technique usable in the Divine Realm.
“Let’s kill that one first.”
“For once, I agree with you.”
The Black Dragon God and White Dragon God, who had been gathering their spiritual energy, launched an attack at me.
Orbs tinged with white and black light flew toward me.
I extended both hands and deployed opposing energies—black against the white light, white against the black.
I neutralized the spiritual energy techniques they had fired.
Kagagagang!
The opposing energies met and canceled each other out. Their attacks vanished into thin air.
I managed to block them with only a slight trembling in my arms.
“Huff… huff.”
“Damn it! Of all times, you had to show up now.”
The White Dragon God and Black Dragon God, having nearly exhausted their spiritual energy, grumbled and then kicked off the ground, charging at me.
Not spiritual energy, but martial arts.
They hadn’t just trained their spiritual energy—they had also honed their bodies, so their movements were extraordinary.
Swish!
Kwang!
The space where their fist landed burst apart.
Shockwaves exploded where their feet struck.
But their movements were far too slow.
With insufficient spiritual energy, they couldn’t amplify their physical capabilities. To my eyes, which were filled with abundant spiritual energy, every move was readable.
I twisted my body dexterously, deflecting their attacks and making them strike each other.
“Kugh! Why don’t you attack properly?!”
“You’re the one interfering by butting in!”
Black and white were beings that could never mix.
Not only had the two never joined forces, but their hearts were also out of sync. If either one landed a critical strike on me,
they would only think of seizing my spiritual energy at that moment.
That was plainly visible in how they acted.
The moment they killed me and absorbed my spiritual energy, they could also finish off the other.
So they had no choice but to attack while eyeing each other warily.
That was why these two could never defeat me.
Swish!
I dodged the White Dragon God’s punch and slipped into his guard.
I reached out and placed my palm on his chest.
In an instant, I gathered spiritual energy, sent it to my palm, and detonated the power.
Kwaang!
As the condensed spiritual energy exploded, the White Dragon God flew backward, tearing through the air.
Kwagagagang!
He smashed through all the trees behind him, his chest blown open, and his head drooped.
Sensing an energy coming from behind, I ducked and evaded the Black Dragon God’s attack. Lowering my stance, I hooked his leg.
I shook his center of gravity and thrust out my fist.
He urgently crossed his arms, but my heavy punch shattered them.
With the sound of bones breaking, his arms went limp.
I spun my body and delivered a roundhouse kick with rotational force.
Theock!
It landed squarely on his face.
The Black Dragon God’s neck twisted, and he crashed into the ground. I gathered spiritual energy to form a blade and plunged it straight into his heart.
Puk!
Through the blade, the spiritual energy the Black Dragon God possessed flowed into my body.
Passeusseus.
The Black Dragon God’s body, losing its spiritual energy, slowly withered. His size shrank, transforming into the form of an animal.
Once I had absorbed all his spiritual energy, he vanished completely from this world, as if he had never existed.
At the same time, a surge of abundant spiritual energy overflowed inside me.
‘I’ll stabilize it after dealing with the White Dragon God too.’
I turned around and looked at where the White Dragon God had fallen. In that split second, he must have escaped—I couldn’t see him.
Pssst.
I smirked and used spiritual energy to track his location.
He must have used all his remaining spiritual energy to leap across space.
I detected the White Dragon God’s presence a short distance away.
Using spiritual energy, I took a step.
The moment my foot touched the ground, the scenery around me changed.
Standing still, I saw the White Dragon God running toward me. When he spotted me, he tried to turn around.
I formed a blade of spiritual energy and threw it.
Swaeaeaeaek!
Puk!
It pierced straight through his heart.
At the same time, the spiritual energy the White Dragon God possessed flowed into my body.
“Ah… no! Everything I gathered…”
“Yeah. I’ll put it to good use.”
Despair crept into the eyes of the White Dragon God as he slowly withered.
Death—something they had never once imagined.
Even in the moment they betrayed the Lord, they probably only thought of arriving in this Divine Realm and climbing higher.
“Kieeeeek!”
Reduced to a mere beast, the White Dragon God let out an eerie scream and dissolved.
Woong!
The spiritual energy from the Black Dragon God and White Dragon God began to rampantly stir inside my body.
If I didn’t stabilize it quickly, the hard-won spiritual energy would vanish.
I looked around, found a suitable cave, and entered. I cast a spell at the entrance to prevent anyone from entering.
A small cavity barely enough for me to stand.
I sat down inside and closed my eyes.
I began the process of merging the two rampaging energies with my original spiritual energy.
Black and white could not mix.
But black and white need each other.
Light exists because there is darkness, and darkness exists because there is light.
Other Dragon Gods could not handle this power, but a Gold Dragon, which encompasses all attributes, could.
The knowledge and power the Lord had taught me.
Within them was also the method to unite the power of black and white.
Following my memories, I raised my own spiritual energy and moved the spiritual energy from the Black Dragon God and White Dragon God.
Amidst fierce resistance, they gradually fused.
If I made a mistake, my body would not withstand the strain and would explode. Yet, I had to complete this task.
The Five Element Dragon Gods I would face in the future were even stronger.
To take them down, I needed to perfectly control this spiritual energy.
I didn’t know how long it would take.
Without rushing, I focused my mind.
—
Golden Magic Tower Korea Branch.
Yoo Seolha was handling work in the Tower Master’s office at the top of the tower.
– Confirming the stability of the dimensional gate between the Therapis Dimension and here.
– Passing the Dimensional Trade Act.
– Matters regarding the management and operation of the Golden Magic Tower Therapis Branch.
– Confirming the Red Dragon God’s headquarters. Preparing for war.
The White Dragon War against the apostles of the White Dragon God.
Ten years had passed since then.
Earth had connected to other dimensions and developed rapidly, with the number of apostles increasing dramatically, forming a massive force.
Furthermore, the Gold Dragon Tribe had settled on Earth, effectively making Earth a hub for multiple dimensions.
The newly transformed Earth had a clear mission.
The Red Dragon God,
Ice Dragon God,
Earth Dragon God,
Wind Dragon God,
Thunder Dragon God.
The headquarters where these five Dragon Gods and their apostles resided.
The goal was to find that dimension and wage war against their forces.
The Ice Dragon God’s headquarters had already been found.
Through two wars, they had succeeded in sweeping away all of the Ice Dragon God’s apostles.
And from those who searched across dimensions, the coordinates of the Red Dragon God’s apostles’ headquarters had been pinpointed.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen those faces.”
Yoo Seolha stood up from her seat and used Teleport.
She moved to the Sky Island, where the Gold Dragon Tribe resided and served as the Operation Command.
Entering the tall Operation Command building, she saw familiar faces.
Those who were once Successors of the Lord.
Now they worked as High Apostles.
“Long time no see?”
“The coordinates for the Red Dragon God have arrived.”
“Is that so? We’ll need to gather all the agents who were dispatched. Go on in first—I have some things to take care of.”
Yoo Seolha nodded lightly and entered the command room.
Inside the command room, a massive hologram displayed magic-implemented multi-dimensions.
In front of it stood Bidel, the Commander-in-Chief.
“Commander-in-Chief, the coordinates have arrived.”
Yoo Seolha marked one coordinate on the multiverse map.
“This is the Red Dragon God’s headquarters.”
“I was getting bored anyway. Perfect timing. I’ll go ahead and loosen up a bit. Send the kids right after.”
Bidel chuckled lightly, looked at the marked coordinate, and used mana.
Flash!
Bidel vanished from the command room.
She was the only being in this world who could freely cross dimensions.
That’s why she could move around unrestricted like that.
Yoo Seolha, as if used to it, sat in the Commander-in-Chief’s seat and began handling the tasks Bidel should have done.
She gathered the personnel dispatched outside.
She organized a Regular Formation Unit composed of those who could fight advantageously against the Red Dragon God’s apostles.
The First Regular Army would be ready within an hour.
To have them join Bidel immediately, a dimensional gate needed to be prepared.
Yoo Seolha moved to the dimensional gate on the outskirts of the Operation Command.
Earth’s scientific technology combined with the dragons’ magic.
A Dimensional Gate created from these two elements.
“We will begin coordinate fixation now. Everyone, prepare.”
At Yoo Seolha’s command, the mages waiting at the gate raised their mana and accessed the gate management system.
Yoo Seolha set the coordinates while looking at the messages appearing on the system.
It wasn’t a simple matter of inputting coordinates and opening the gate to move freely.
Without properly verifying stability,
parts of the body could disappear while crossing dimensions, or one could end up in a different location—various problems could arise.
Precise coordinates and a correspondingly sophisticated system were necessary.
Yoo Seolha personally set the coordinates and configured the gate, ensuring there was not even a single microscopic error.
After finishing all the work, exactly one hour had passed.
Sweat pouring down her, Yoo Seolha turned around to find the First Regular Army, composed of Guardians and apostles, was already gathered.
These were individuals with abilities related to ice and water.
“Open the dimensional gate.”
At Yoo Seolha’s command, the mages channeled mana to activate the gate.
Wuuuuuung!
The semicircular gate rotated, sending sparks flying in all directions. As immense power spread and condensed, a massive gate was formed.
A spiral portal resembling a black hole.
The First Regular Army crossed through the portal, their faces solemn but slightly excited.