Episode 274
EPISODE.137
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“There are many things I want to say, but shall we go together?”
There was an unknown power in the man’s words.
Was it attracted to that power?
Russell’s footsteps involuntarily begin to follow the man.
thud thud-.
Amidst the heavy silence, the footsteps of the two resounded out of sync in the corridor.
Meanwhile, Russell moved his gaze.
He raised his head and looked at the back of the man walking in front of him.
It was definitely the first time I saw this face, but strangely, it didn’t feel unfamiliar.
‘Because awkward and unfamiliar—don’t necessarily mean the same thing.’
A friend I met after 10 or 20 years. A familiarity that could only be felt from a friend like that.
This familiarity may not be due to the fact that they have the same black hair and that they have a face that looks quite similar to hers.
There must be another reason.
While Russell was thinking that way, the man opened his mouth.
“How old are you now?”
A question that seemed quite cheerful whether it was to break the silence and awkwardness.
The question that started like that soon reaches the question of trivial things.
“What about your family?”
“Is there anyone you like?”
It was a question that, at first glance, could feel like a pry into his private life.
It was a question that could be rude depending on the person. Nevertheless, Russell did not feel offended by the questions.
On the contrary, I felt a sense of familiarity.
It feels like an old laughing adult is taking care of your well-being.
She still couldn’t understand why she felt the same way about the man in front of her.
It was then.
Jerk-jerk-.
Someone’s figure overlapped behind the man who had walked ahead.
It was a remnant of a memory that passed by very briefly, and it was part of an illusion that I saw at some point.
A man covered in blood all over his body and clad in armor, walking across giants.
The back of the man holding the Brahmastra in one hand and wielding it overlaps with the man in front of him.
“You can’t…?!”
Russell’s eyes brightened with surprise, and at the same time the man stopped walking.
chuck-.
“Ummm…”
he said, scratching his cheek lightly.
“I know there are many things I want to ask and many questions about, but can we go inside and talk?”
As he said, the two of them had already reached the end of the corridor.
‘Is it a door?’
What he could see over the man’s shoulder was a huge door blocking the corridor.
It is not an ordinary door, but a protruding door with dozens of dragons embossed on it.
What those dragons are looking at…
‘…a mountain?’
A mountain towering toward the sky and a temple carved on it. The man reached out his hand while checking the somewhat meaningful shape of the door.
smart-.
“Go in.”
He spoke as if there was someone on the other side, and pushed the door without even listening to an answer.
Less buzz-.
The heavy door opened at once, and the fire!
The wind, full of the smell of grass and flowers, ruffled Russell’s hair.
There were several windows open beyond the door, through which the outside wind was coming in.
Flutter Flutter -.
The translucent veil that hung down the window fluttered randomly.
The wind felt clearer and fresher than any wind he had ever felt, but Russell didn’t care about the wind.
couldn’t care
“mother?”
A chair in the middle of the room between the open windows. It was because of a woman sitting on it.
Because the image of a woman wearing a black dress and long black hair matched Russell’s mother in his memory.
Within a moment, Russell narrowed his eyes.
‘no. It’s not my mother.’
The woman looked just like his mother, but she was not his mother.
Not only was he much younger than his mother, but there was also an unknown aura running through his body.
In addition to that, the appearance of the horns that started at the front of the head and grew long toward the back.
If you look at the appearance of the horn, it is rather more similar to yourself and others when you use Yonghwa.
It was then.
fresh-.
The woman who was sitting in the pure white chair with a soft smile turned her head.
The moment our eyes met, I felt as if I had thrown myself into a deep lake, and the woman opened her mouth.
“I may look a lot alike, but I am not your mother. child.”
It was a voice as clear as the wind blowing, but with an unknown power.
Russell, guessing the identity of the woman from the voice, opened his mouth slightly.
“The Dragon God King…”
The first Dragon Emperor before himself.
“You got it right.”
She nods as if she’s right. and-.
“Another world savior.”
“It’s true, but no matter how many times you hear it, it’s an embarrassing nickname. What is the savior of this world? The savior of the other world.”
The black-haired man stuck out his mouth and grumbled.
“It’s not bad, but you hate it so much every time.”
As if the woman was accustomed to the man’s behavior, Russell opened his mouth with a small smile and staring at the two men.
“How did this happen? And…”
“You want to ask where is this again?”
As he said, he must have been fighting a cultist wearing the skin of an emperor. When he suddenly woke up, he found himself in an unknown place with his wounds completely gone.
“This is the Pantheon. It is a world inhabited by all the gods.”
It was the female dragon king who answered Russell’s words.
“If you speak the language of your world, it would be about the divine world.”
“New World!”
At the word “New World,” Russell was startled and shouted.
The age of the old myth is over.
Where have all the gods who used to walk this land disappeared? The question about him has been one of the unsolved problems so far.
Some say they left the material world and went to a completely different world, while others said they went up to the divine world.
But I would have thought that the divine realm was real.
Swoop-.
When she gets up from her seat, she gestures, and the veil that covers the window is pulled back, revealing the scenery beyond.
Anger-.
What was visible from the leftmost window was a spear that pierced the clouds and towered toward the sky.
“That place is Olympus. It is where the Olympian gods reside.”
What can be seen through the window located in the second center is a huge ash tree climbing towards the sky.
A huge lump of earth was lifted from the top of the tree.
The branches and leaves of trees are supporting the land mass so that it does not fall down.
“The name of that tree is Yggdrasil, the world tree, and the one on top of it is Asgard.”
The last remaining thing outside the third window was an island.
A waterfall constantly flows from an island floating in the air and falls down…
“The name of the third island you see is Erin. It is where the clan of Goddess Dana resides.”
Then she tapped the floor with the tip of her toe.
“And this place where you are now is the Dragon God Realm. The divine realm is divided into four realms like this.”
Olympus Asgard Erin.
I don’t know about the dragon gods world, but Russell also confirmed the names of the other three several times in old books.
‘It was a real land…’
You can’t deny that it’s fake.
Powerful divinity flowed from every breath and gesture of the woman who was explaining.
Each time, the divinity of the Dragon Lord dwelling inside him shook.
It seemed as if he was responding to him.
Russell, who was surprised but calmed the commotion for a while, asked.
“The divine realm… But why am I in the divine realm?”
“That is because your consciousness has left the body and reached the divine realm.”
“Consciousness leaves the body…does that mean I am dead?”
“No way.”
The Dragon King quietly shook his head.
“It’s just about time.”
“at the time?”
“okay.”
She nodded.
“When you take off your human womb and enter the transcendental world, when you are reborn as a demigod.”
* * *
“The divinity that was connected to you first started with me and this one.”
Saying that, the Dragon God King pointed at himself and the savior of the other world alternately with his fingertips.
“Starting with me and this tooth, it was passed down to you through my son and grandson… and then your mother.”
Her mother, whom she had only known as a commoner, was in fact the lineage of the Dragon King and the savior of the other world.
That’s what she’s saying now.
“Are you calmer than you think?”
“Because I thought it might be.”
“Why?”
The man’s other world savior tilted his head and asked with interest.
“Facing the Dragon’s Heart at the Rubrium Museum—”
“…?”
“My mother’s mementos reacted to the dragon’s heart. And this black hair that I inherited from my mother and you who I saw in the vision…”
At this point, Russell hesitated for a moment.
“I’ve been doing it ever since the hair color matched…”
It was because I started questioning whether the choice of the word ‘you’ was correct for those who might be his ancestors.
In any case, besides that, and so on.
There were quite a few moments where I could have doubts.
“Hmm…”
The savior of the other world nodded, adding an indecision to whether Russell’s reasoning was positive or negative.
“But does that have anything to do with why I am here?”
“Everything has a relationship.”
The Dragon King spoke again.
“The reason why you’re blocked from reaching the 9th circle right now and the reason why you were able to enter this place in that state. Both are due to divinity as solvents.”
“…?”
“Divinity is a power that is similar to, but different from, magical power. However, since the size of the divinity has grown too large, there is no way the magic power will stabilize.”
Having said that, the Dragon King sat down and crossed his legs.
“So we called you. To teach you how to handle divinity. So that your imperfections disappear and you awaken as a perfect solvent.”
* * *
“You can go back, but that doesn’t mean you can wake up.”
“Just because your consciousness returns doesn’t mean that your body, in which magic and divinity are uneasily coexisting, will not be stable.”
After hearing that far, Russell realized that he had no more options.
It could be said that living here is essential to awakening the body.
A male savior who looks exactly like himself.
Russell asked as he walked after the man who introduced himself as Kim Hyun-seong.
“Time… how long will it take? Ancestor.”
Because the last curse he poured on me felt somehow ominous.
“well.”
At Russell’s words, he scratched his cheek like a habit.
“It will depend on how quickly you learn. And…”
After passing through the corridor and arriving at a large space, he secretly looked at Russell and continued.
“Before I teach you how to handle divinity, I must apologize to you.”
“…?”
“Vlad Dracoulea.”
This is the real name of the cultist you have to fight. Having said that, he opened his mouth with a very apologetic look.
“And… it’s also the shit I packed.”
With a sigh he started talking.
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