Episode 163 [Yggdrasil, Green Wave, Dragon of Death – 3]
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About 30 minutes before Nidhogg, the dragon of death, spreads his wings in the shadow of Yggdrasil…
Lee Hyun-wook and his party arrived near Lake Chad and were facing a huge barrier. .
Hyunwook Lee put his hand into the translucent dome of water that completely covered the western dock of Lake Chad.
Twaaaa——
I pushed my hand hard as the water flowed roughly along the surface of the dome from bottom to top.
“…Did Uncle Harris hit this? And there must be a spirit king in there, right?”
As Park Jun-mo said, Donald Harris seemed to have put up a barrier to hide the existence of the Spirit King.
“Miss, I feel uneasy. I wonder if the whirlwind has subsided since one of the two died…”
Lee Hyun-wook shook his head in response to Kim Se-hee’s concern.
“That won’t be the case. The Spirit King and the World Tree Manager can’t lose that easily.”
If it had been a fight that someone could win, the current cold war relationship would not have continued.
In any case, it seemed like the two giants were facing each other, but the atmosphere couldn’t have been good.
After a while, a small door opened on the surface of the water barrier, and the group entered. Let’s go in…
Twaaaa——
“Ugh, it’s all water here!”
For some reason, there was a sea of water everywhere, and Lake Chad was overflowing, and the water was flowing all the way outside the room. On
one side, I saw Donald Harris sitting on the roots of Yggdrasil that was sticking out.
He looked sideways and saw a tower made of water at the edge of Lake Chad. .
Above them, two figures were standing and having a conversation. They seemed to be the Spirit King’s father and daughter.
And nearby, Friedwen had landed, and Jack and Hannah were sitting on the lamp door.
Both of them had mesmerized expressions. The events that transpired in half a day were still absurd.
“At first glance, I heard that you saved that girl… Is that true?”
“Yes, the Dark Elves kidnapped the daughter for the purpose of using the Spirit King.”
At those words, Donald Harris held his forehead as if he was in pain.
“Ah, I’m going crazy. It’s so outrageous that they have already entered this city…” He
operated his own intelligence network and even predicted the invasion of the Dark Elf Legion. It was Donald Harris who did it. However, he was caught off guard as he couldn’t possibly have been collecting all the information from all directions.
‘He’s going to be in deep trouble because he almost got attacked in his own room.’
If it weren’t for Lee Hyun-wook, he would have suffered a big blow this time… Because he knew that fact, his eyes looking at Lee Hyun-wook softened even more. It seemed like there was a clear trust now. But no matter how much that was said, Lee Hyun-wook’s performance was unrealistic
. Because he had a side, he asked,
“But how did you notice it and stop it like this?”
“This time… I was lucky. I happened to see them.”
Coincidentally, Donald Harris snorted at that nonsense. But there was no time to inquire again, because the water tower on which the Spirit King and Jane were riding was approaching this way. “Here comes the leader of the unlucky mana thieves
. ”
“…Mr. Harris, you haven’t talked to the Spirit King yet, have you?”
The story Lee Hyun-wook told was about entrusting the defense of Yggdrasil to the Spirit King.
“Well, first of all, we just confirmed that they are not enemies, but we haven’t talked about that yet…”
It seemed like his pride was hurt by saying his regrets directly to the Spirit King.
“Mr. Harris, then may I speak to the Spirit King instead?”
“Yes, that’s what I wanted too. “I don’t feel like talking to that guy yet.”
Lee Hyun-wook moved forward, and the water tower completely disappeared, and the Spirit King walked on his own feet.
The first thing that caught my eye was his long hair, flowing with a brilliant light, perhaps platinum-colored.
At first glance , The Spirit King, a handsome man overflowing with a ‘class’ different from that of a human, stood tall in front of Lee Hyeon-wook,
“…I was so distracted earlier that I couldn’t say hello to you, but thank you for saving me.”
First, Jane took a step forward and spoke, and then the Spirit King spoke,
“Thank you for saving my daughter. And I definitely want to repay this favor…”
Yes, the logic of the game was to give a deserved reward for this much favor.
Lee Hyun-wook nodded and planned to say what he wanted straight away without hesitation.
“You know, this time. The culprit behind this is a race called elves. They’re getting ready to hit this place hard. “The plan is to devour the entire sacred tree ecosystem… and that will include the spirit world.”
A glimpse of anger flashed through the Spirit King’s eyes as he listened to Lee Hyun-wook’s words. Those who threatened their land and mocked them are coming again. In other words, there was no need to negotiate at the moment.
“I think so too. And I would be happy if we could help in that fight.”
Like this, the alliance with the Spirit King was formed naturally, perhaps thanks to the villains, without any special request.
“I would really appreciate it if you could do so. But you shouldn’t just be defensive. The scale of the enemy is bigger than you think, and they will not give up after just one or two attacks and will attack you with increasing viciousness.”
Hyunwook Lee turned his head and looked at Donald Harris.
“So what we thought was… we’re going to hit their base first.”
“Hmm… If you’re talking about the Dark Elves’ headquarters, you mean the huge forest on the northern continent?”
Lee Hyun-wook nodded at those words and took a step closer to him.
“Yes, I would like you to lend me a ‘great flood’ that can wipe out that area in one go.”
There was silence for a moment at Lee Hyun-wook’s words. The only sound that could be heard was the roar of waves. The one who
broke the silence was Donald Harris, who was watching from a distance.
“Um, Daehong, what? “What does that mean?”
As an S-class elementalist, he couldn’t help but wonder as information about a spirit he didn’t know came out…
On the other hand, the Spirit King and Jane, who knew what it was, couldn’t hide their somewhat surprised expressions.
“Please lend me the best and worst techniques the Flood Water Spirit can use.”
Flood is literally a catastrophe-level technology that uses an enormous amount of water. It was the ultimate in water elemental art that could only be created when the Water Spirit King led multiple water spirits and joined forces. ‘The defense line built by the human coalition forces in one go
. It completely collapsed and the war was lost.’
In his previous life, the Black Elementalists occupied the spirit world of Lake Chad and forced him to use that technology. The goal was the entire cordon of the human coalition forces established in Israel and Palestine. Lee Hyun-wook used the mountain-like waves that originated from the Mediterranean Sea on the battlefield in Jerusalem. He witnessed it as he escaped:
‘…it was the very moment when the Inferno was victorious by burning the green wave of Plos Louver.’
The flames of the inferno, which silenced the endlessly regenerating green waves, were immediately swallowed up by the real waves.
In that single blow, the majority of the human allied forces were buried, and humanity’s last line of resistance was broken through.
‘This time, we will bring that great disaster back to them. ‘I’ll do it for you.’
However, after Lee Hyeon-wook mentioned the ‘Great Flood’, the Spirit King’s expression seemed to harden.
“Hmm… I wonder how on earth you know of its existence…” They
had a common enemy, but not yet. It was a situation in which their vigilance had not eased.
‘But they must feel awkward when they mentioned their secret weapon…’
In this case, the most suitable excuse was, of course, the transcendental object Laputa. They were
conducting a background investigation through some sneaky means . Rather, he appeals that he has some kind of absolute power:
“I possess the legacy of the Laputa gnomes, and there are various sources of information within it.”
This is a metaphor for the fact that they are not antagonists and can be powerful helpers at the same time.
“Well, gnomes are such an annoying and cunning race, but I never thought they would have such power…”
How are the settings of these name-worthy monsters so entangled? I don’t know if it exists, but it worked for now.
“But… I must say that the conditions for using it… are a bit difficult right now.”
However, King Jeongryeong immediately expressed his disapproval. This wasn’t a rejection, it really seemed like there was a big problem… Lee Hyun-wook smiled and nodded as if he already knew.
“Hmm, is it possible that the Spirit King… has a problem with mana management?”
At Lee Hyun-wook’s question, the Spirit King’s expression couldn’t help but harden even more.
If the information about the previous ‘Great Flood’ was merely a leak of national military secrets,
this ‘mana management problem’ was equivalent to a serious health problem of the head of state.
“…Surely that information was also obtained from Laputa?”
“If that’s true, I can help with that too.”
Like the Dragon King in the rabbit fable, the Spirit King was suffering from some incurable disease.
And finding an elixir to cure the disease was the core scenario of the ‘Spirit King Quest’.
“But this problem… can be solved even if you boil the whole sacred tree and drink it. “It will be difficult to do.”
Donald Harris’ eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch at those words.
“What? What are you boiling and eating now?”
“Hmm, this was just a joke…”
“Damn, even if it was a joke, in front of someone right now.”
Lee Hyun-wook cut off Donald Harris and presented a completely different alternative.
“Now then, how about ‘Dragon Heart’?”
The person who was most surprised by those words was Jane, who made a gasping sound and grabbed her father’s sleeve.
“Huff! “If it’s my father’s dragon heart… then my father’s core…”
Jane said in surprise and covered her mouth without realizing it.
But Lee Hyun-wook knew what to say next.
‘The ingredients of the elixir that will cure the spirit king’s illness. One of them is Dragon Heart.’
The sacred tree indeed contains powerful mana, but the target of the mana it produces is the environment. Most of the mana is consumed to maintain the mana ecosystem by bestowing ‘blessings’ on a wide area. In contrast, the dragon heart has only
one It is a kind of ‘engine’ that grants powerful mana to the body.
“Do you really think you can provide the Dragon Heart?”
“It has to be that way. I am the dragon slayer.”
The Spirit King’s eyes widened, and Jane tugged on her father’s sleeve.
“Father, please… you must not miss this opportunity.”
Now that I think about it, there was a theory that one of the reasons the Spirit King’s daughter went to the human world was to find a way to cure her father’s illness. This also seemed to be somewhat correct, if not accurate.
And it was an offer the Spirit King could never refuse. He closed his eyes and nodded.
“Okay, fine. If you provide me with that great source of mana, I will create a great wave.”
But at that moment, Donald Harris strode forward rather aggressively:
“Damn, I’m sorry we’re having a great time talking, but we’ve run into a big problem.”
He frowned and lifted the barrier covering this place.
“I didn’t know that while I was paying attention to this mess, another thief would come into the house!”
He glared angrily at the eastern city center of Yggdrasil.
“…Huh? What was stolen?”
In response to Lee Hyun-wook’s question, Donald Harris looked up at the eastern sky and muttered softly,
“I was so distracted that I only realized it now… Soon the dragon will break out of the root prison…”
At that moment, an explosion sounded from one side of the city, and a tall building was split in two and scattered.
Qua—de—de—de!
Everyone stood in front of the magnificent sight. I had no choice but to open my mouth and take a step back.
The huge wings of the membrane blocked the light emitted by the leaves of Yggdrasil and cast a shadow.
“Gasp”
“That…”
It was familiar, covered in black scales. It looked like a black dragon.
However, it is a being of a higher rank than the ‘Azi Dahaka’ that was hunted earlier… The name ‘Nidhogg’ looked down at Yggdrasil and smiled strangely.
It was a sight that would make everyone in this city feel frustrated.
Even the manager of the World Tree and the Spirit King were drooling.
It was a being with a powerful ‘power’ that even they could not dare to deal with.
“Damn, it’s completely ruined…”
In the midst of such frustration, only Lee Hyun-wook had a smile of remorse.
“Spirit King, if this happens….”
He said, looking at the Spirit King.
“I think I can procure that dragon heart from where it was produced.”
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Lee Hyun-wook immediately took out a large number of weapons and flew into the sky, surrounding them in all directions.
Soon, Nidhogg glared at this place, as if sensing the power of the ‘Dragon Slayer’ he possessed.
“Now, when I give the signal, you two, please tie its wings. That’s all I ask of you.”
Lee Hyun-wook said to the Spirit King and Donald Harris below through the Mana Messenger,
“And Team Leader Kim, please send mana to me as soon as you contact the saint.”
– But no matter how much you think about Steele, this is not a good thing… This voice was Donald Harris, and he seemed uncharacteristically despondent.
– Even if I joined forces with this guy, I would only be able to tie him up for about 30 seconds at most… Even if I catch him like that, it will be Phase 2 and the whole world will be destroyed .
Wouldn’t there be no answer if it became a ‘unique territory’?
The world couldn’t even imagine that Donald Harris was weak, but the reason he left Yggdrasil and came directly to Ganghwa Island in the first place was that guy Nidhogg.
– …The reason I asked to attack that bastard together is because he couldn’t use his full power as long as he was in the root prison. If he can fly around like that, I can’t deal with him. So he gets stronger and breaks through the root prison. I tried to deal with it somehow before, but I failed.
Nidhogg, who was released from the root prison and regained his full strength, was an overwhelming force.
– Nidhogg, the Arbiter of Death (LV：227)
…Aji Da, level 227 and level 199 It was a whopping 28 levels higher than Haka.
However, Lee Hyun-wook also became stronger than when he faced Aji Dahaka.
‘And now I have three dragon slayers.’
Firstly, Lee Hyun-wook, who achieved the Dragon Slayer ‘achievement’, secondly, his own body
appeared from another dimension and captured Aji Dahaka and became ‘level 2’, and
thirdly, ‘Balmung’ obtained from the hidden stage of the Dragon Labyrinth. So….
‘With these three things, most dragons can feel the force and curl their tails.’
The towering arrogance of that absolute race of dragons comes from its overwhelming power. However, the effect of ‘Dragon Slayer’ applied to Lee Hyun-wook’s body can ‘neutralize’ the dragon’s power. Edward Woods in the distant future said that the
dragon It was said that if you build up a certain amount of Slayers and face the dragon, a ‘negotiation event’ or ‘obedience event’ may occur, which can ‘subjugate’ the dragon. ‘… However, Nidhogg has a side of trust, so rather than negotiate, it is possible to ‘subjugate’ the dragon
. We will break through.’
And Lee Hyun-wook knew very well what that guy believed in, and he planned to target it.
“You’re so blasphemous——!”
Even though it was a good 2km away, Nidhogg’s voice felt like it was penetrating into my ears.
“Why are you such a lowly human? “How can it be possible for such a topic to contain such presumptuous power?”
At that voice, ordinary people in the city center of Yggdrasil would have been dying like ants.
But Lee Hyun-wook didn’t feel anything. Because the dragon slayer was all over his body.
” I will purify this den of blasphemous humans with death——!”
At that moment, the bastard’s mouth widened, and a black ray of light flashed from his throat.
Qua—ah—ah—ah—ah——! A
pillar of black fire. With the same breath, the target was the center of downtown Yggdrasil.
Qua—de—de—de—de——! With
just one breath, a dozen buildings collapsed and an area of hundreds of meters melted.
‘… That kind of damage. It’s unfortunate, but we can’t stop it.’
At the point of attack, unusual amounts of black smoke began to bloom and fill the city. A
black dragon with the power of death. Its breath was both ‘acidic’ and ‘death’ attribute.
Soon, those who could not avoid the smoke Screams began to echo throughout the city.
Kwaaaa——
But at some point, the screams began to degenerate into a vague, dark roar…
Uuuuu——
Lee Hyun-wook flew Hugin and looked around the city center. As expected, everywhere. The undead were rampant.
Clutter-clutter-clutter-
and among them, not only humans, but also monsters such as orcs and trolls were mixed in.
It seemed to be a corpse that was disintegrating in the city after attacking the gate that occurred in this area.
“The land I purified .” My servants have arisen from, and they will plunder your comfortable space.”
Hung ——
With a single flap of the wings, hundreds of meters narrow, and the object quickly becomes larger and clearer. It is
as overwhelming as standing on a railroad track and facing a huge locomotive. An intimidating feeling…
But Lee Hyun-wook did not dodge, but instead flew straight at the guy.
‘Right now, there are a total of three dragon slayers that I can apply to in duplicate.’
2+1+1 cannot always be 4, but it would at least be more than 2. The snout of the thing approaching close by
widened,
and its black throat filled Lee Hyeon-wook’s vision.
‘No matter how much it was a dragon, it felt intimidating. If you don’t feel it and just focus… you can avoid it.’
Lee Hyun-wook closed his eyes and performed acrobatic flight using the heightened senses provided by Hugin to the fullest extent. He
narrowly avoided the giant paws and teeth and swung the large sword towards the nape of the guy’s neck.
Ung—
The key to being a dragon slayer is the power of the dragon . The thick barrier is ignored, as if a lock is being removed.
And so…
Quad Deed——!
The tip of the huge sword cuts through the silky smooth scales, drawing a long scar on that beautiful body
. Okche——” The guy started twisting his body and firing all kinds of magic here and there
, and dozens of magic circles appeared around Lee Hyun-wook and spun around, and all kinds of indistinguishable magic came pouring out.
B——!
“Huh!”
Lee Hyun-wook twisted his body frantically, like a small bird flying in the night sky with firecrackers exploding one after another.
‘As expected, this overwhelming firepower must be suppressed somehow.’
After dodging a barrage of magic, he hit one of the unfinished magic circles with Mowglai.
Then, the magic circle began to flutter and the development of the magic was canceled.
‘It is also neutralized!’
In this way, the power of the Dragon Slayer lies in ‘neutralizing’ the power of the dragon itself.
Lee Hyun-wook manipulated ‘Balmung’ and pierced the magic circles blooming in the area.
Then, the number of magics that Nidhogg successfully cast dropped to less than half. He fell.
“It’s so outrageous that a mere human should touch the noble magic of a dragon—!”
Lee Hyun-wook soared into the air, ascending into the sky farther than Nidhogg, and threw Mowglai.
The target was Nidhogg’s wings. It was the most essential way to catch a flying monster.
“How dare you——!”
Nidhogg descended vertically and turned his body upside down to avoid the Mogley’s pursuit. He
then folded his wings and faced the Mogley head-on to intercept him. A spell was cast for
‘…an unstable posture solely to defend the wings.’
And he was only wary of the ‘Dragon Slayer’. In other words, the gap was clear.
“Now!”
At that moment, two whirlwinds were created in the sky and struck Nidhogg. Just like S-class wind controller Kodo Koshiro did, the dragon was brought down to the ground by the wind.
Kwaa aa aa aa aa aa!
“Did you think you could lower my body to the ground like this?”
However, the power of that whirlwind was not as strong as that of Kodo Kosi, and Nidhogg was stronger than Aji Dahaka.
“So I prepared one more thing.”
At that moment, the ground in the city center of Yggdrasil shook, collapsed in various places, and water burst out. With the power of the Spirit King, he pulled up the entire underground water and shot up a water column, binding the creature’s wings. Quan——! And so, the solution to conquering the dragon was
determined
. The first step, bringing it down to the ground, was successful.
– That’s it! It’s only about 30 seconds, Steele! Hurry up and kill him!
But…
「Hahaha! Okay, I praise you for making this body fall! So, can you kill me?”
But strangely enough, Nidhogg was so calm even though he was pinned to the ground. ”
Come here, you mere human soaked in great blood, can you harm this body?”
Rather, it seemed as if he was trying to draw me in. Isn’t this a provocation whose intentions are unknown?
Even if it is a dragon, it is not wary of the dragon slayer in its fallen state?
‘The reason is because I am confident that the dragon that controls death will never die.’
– What are you doing, Steele? Don’t you know that now is the only golden opportunity?
Donald Harris’ mournful voice is heard in his ears.
But Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t planning on taking this golden opportunity.
Then, Kim Se-hee’s voice sounded in his ear. A real signal of opportunity was heard.
– Chick 1, the boss is going with the saintess!
The moment Lee Hyun-wook heard that voice, he turned around and started flying somewhere.
“……Huh?”
I wanted to see that scene. Hog also couldn’t hide his surprise. Then he chuckled.
“He was smarter than I thought. I can’t believe he chose to run away now hahaha!”
“Okay, he’ll run away hard, so try to catch him somewhere.”
Lee Hyun-wook muttered that and entered the lamp door of Friedwen, which was flying in front of him.
Inside were Kim Se-hee, Park Jun-mo, Emilia Müller, and Peter Clarke.
“…You need to purify the Lich’s Life Vessel? “Is that real?”
Emilia Müller came closer and asked that with an incomprehensible expression.
Lich means a wizard who deals with death. And one of the special characteristics of that tribe was that they could only die if they destroyed the ‘Life Vessel’, a vessel containing their life force.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“…Where is Richie?”
“There it is.”
What Hyunwook Lee pointed to was none other than the black dragon Nidhogg.
Come to think of it, that being had a strong odor of death.
“Ah… then what about the Life Vessel?”
“I’m going to find it now. Now Maru, get ready to close the hole!”
“Yes, I’m on standby!”
“Right now, go into the root prison through the hole in the ground where it came out!”
The moment Prydwen entered the hole in the ground, Nidhogg flew up in a huff.
