Episode 278
EPISODE.139
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“Two—.”
Spitting out the pooled blood in his mouth, Russell wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
He fixed the spear in his hand and grabbed it.
Roaring-.
The battle that took place within himself was at a level that could never be said to be easy even with empty words.
The dragon made of light was agile unlike its gigantic size, and had physical power to match.
No, it’s not just physical strength.
In the middle, he even counterattacked using his divinity, but each time, Russell’s attack was in vain.
‘The only thing that can definitely cause damage… is the decisive battle.’
Perhaps it is because Russell’s decisive weapon contains the same divinity as the Dragon of Light.
Besides, he wasn’t the only one to find out.
Every time he used a decisive battle, he used him to inflict damage, and his size was decreasing little by little.
It was probably because part of the divinity he possessed was being taken away by the decisive battle.
‘It’s not a very improbable speculation.’
As you guessed, the dragon’s true identity was its own divine mass.
Wouldn’t it be natural for consumption to decrease? The problem is, though, that you can’t be sure whether it’s going to come first for you to use your strength or for him to give up and obey.
‘Perhaps it’s not to lose the divinity, but it’s getting worse.’
As evidence of that, maintaining a decisive battle was becoming more and more difficult.
It’s not simply because it consumes a lot of mana, it’s because the divinity that forms the source is not properly supplied.
‘tug-of-war.’
Russell defined the current situation as such.
Whether it’s first to get tired or to be robbed of its divinity.
A tug-of-war that must be fought over divinity.
Krrrrrrr-.
Although it has shrunk a little compared to before, the guy of a menacing size still lets out a dragon sound.
“Are you sure you’ll take it easy?”
The moment when Russell, who raised his speculation as if in response, spurred on his toes!
──────────── Boom!
A shock wave exploded in an ellipse, and a loud bang rang out half a beat later.
Russell’s new model, which had become a red thunderbolt itself, swung a spear at the back of the dragon at once.
Roaring-.
What followed after that was a fierce and lasting battle with no end in sight.
A fight between the dragon who wants to steal and rob, and the dragon who wants to defeat it before that.
How long did the skirmish last?
hours, dozens of hours, days.
As the battle continued, forgetting even the flow of time, it was Russell who became the victor in the skirmish.
Quadduk!
The moment the pyrotechnic spear pierces the back of its head, chains of flame emanate from all directions, restraining its body.
A bondage device that transformed the cage of the Guryong Shinhwajo in the decisive battle!
Cheer up-!
The guy struggled at random as the chain of flames strangled his body.
Cra la la la-!
Twisting and rolling around, he tried to drop Russell.
However, despite this, Russell did not break the chains. Rather, he only supported his body by gripping the hilt of the spearhead, which was the center of it, even more tightly.
‘Kuk-!’
Every time he shakes the giant, the whole space shakes as if it is about to collapse.
It felt like I was barely able to mount a wild horse with only one rein on it. No, I’d rather be a wild horse.
Because this was a dragon with a bigger size than a mountain!
And finally thump-.
With a heavy reverberation, the dragon’s gigantic body curled downward.
He seemed to be out of breath as if he had exhausted all his strength. The size of the dragon was also reduced to two-thirds compared to the beginning.
“Huh. Heo-eok-.”
After confirming that there was no more movement, Russell let go of the spearhead he was holding.
The figure of the grip bursting, oozing, and blood seeping into the eyes.
It’s not as good as the sword master, but it’s a body that has been trained in its own way.
In spite of adding a wizard body and magic power to it, it was such a wound.
It was a part that proved how much Russell gritted his teeth and endured.
It was then.
Anger-!
The large body of the fallen dragon was enveloped in light.
“…!”
The size of the dragon rapidly decreases, and the light that formed the dragon’s body begins to flow into Russell’s inner body, wrapping around his entire body.
Anger-.
The sensation of unprecedented force washing away the entire mana load of the body.
It was not a part that had been used until now… It was divinity as a complete solvent.
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“Cool-.”
With a dry cough, Russell slowly opened his eyes. The blurred clock gradually finds its place and the senses of the body begin to awaken.
The feel of the sand along the back, the cool wind blowing, and the sky that looks white beyond the blue.
Strange… no. quite familiar.
“…”
Anyway, the sky he had seen once was the sky of the divine realm.
“…Are you awake?”
Russell murmured weakly, and an answer came right next to him.
“huh. The complete subjugation of divinity. congratulations. descendant.”
“Seonjo-sama….”
When he turned his head, Kim Hyeon-seong was sitting in his seat, resting his chin on his chin and looking at himself.
“So how do you feel?”
“How do you feel…?”
“It feels like I got the divinity of the solvent.”
“well.”
Even though I was mentally exhausted, I felt a surge of energy running through my body.
Unprecedented brisk force was circulating all over the body.
This power, different from magical power, must be divinity.
Its size and quantity are almost comparable to the amount of magical power it originally possessed.
‘hmm?’
It wasn’t just that that changed. A ninth circle had arisen above the eight circle.
“The fact that it was supposed to go up was stopped due to the collision of magical power and divinity… It is only natural that it become the 9th circle.”
Kim Hyun-seong shrugged as if it was not a big deal, but Russell did not.
Unlike the 9th circle, it is also called transcendence.
It is a stage that anyone who walks the path of a wizard would hope for.
Even that has been cut off since the age of mythology… It’s a state where you can barely see it even in a dream.
Such a stage was the 9th circle.
But I never thought I would be in the 9th circle. It was different from the vaguely felt divinity.
“Transcendence.”
Russell murmured and stretched out his hand toward the sky.
He clenched his fist tightly.
“Uh…”
It wasn’t until after that a shaky voice was heard.
“I don’t intend to light candles, but strictly speaking, you are a little different from ordinary Transcendentalists.”
Scratching his head like a habit, Kim Hyun-seong muttered, and Russell opened his eyes in surprise.
I was worried that maybe I hadn’t reached full transcendence yet or something like that.
“It’s not like half-and-half stuff… but it’s a bit special anyway.”
“What do you mean by special?”
“You are a transcendental person, but unlike ordinary transcendentalists, you have divinity in your body, right?”
Therefore, rather than simply expressing a transcendental being, it is a demigod.
Or, it is more correct to say that he is a half-god or a human god.
Kim Hyun-seong explained it like that.
“Time…”
“…?”
“How much time has passed?”
In terms of experience, it felt like it took several days to fight the dragon of light.
At Russell’s question, Kim Hyun-seong spread out one hand.
“Has it been five days…?”
“no.”
Russell’s face hardened at the answer that followed. If it’s not five days, is it five hours?
But something was strange.
No matter how much time inside flows differently than outside, I heard that five hours is too short.
“Five months.”
“—!”
I thought that a lot of time had passed, but I never thought that much had passed.
If I add a little exaggeration, wouldn’t it be almost half a year?
Russell, eyes wide, forced himself to rise.
Is it because I haven’t moved my body properly for five months?
Or is it because the mental fatigue is still evident?
It’s probably the latter, but it wasn’t the time to be like this anyway.
A cultist who wore the skin of an emperor.
Vlad Draculea.
The cursed cry he left at the end was floating around in my head like a ghost.
—If it’s just one small win, I’ll give it to you. Starting today, I will be reborn as a completely different being!
In addition to that, even the presence of a foreign god that split the sky and appeared in the material world.
—You evil spirit! Your apostle is right here!
evil god.
Its divine name is unknown, but the title itself was ominous.
In addition, his body was incomparably larger than the foreign press he encountered in the spirit realm.
It was clear that he would probably boast a different level of strength as much as his weight class.
‘Even that little foreign correspondent was enough to destroy the spirit world by himself…’
If he descends properly, it is clear that this material world will come to an end with it.
five months after that.
Even if there was a problem, it was time for it to happen right away.
“This is not the time to be like this.”
Kim Hyun-sung pressed Russell’s shoulder as he forced himself to stand up.
“are you okay.”
“…?”
“You didn’t think that the time in the divine world and the time in the material world would flow equally, right?”
“That means…”
Russell blurted out his words, and Kim Hyun-seong wiggled his fingers as if counting something.
“About five days here is about a day in the human world, right?”
Five days is a day.
In other words, the time in the human world had just passed about a month.
It’s still not short, but it doesn’t seem as long as before. Would the material world have been fine during that time?
Kim Hyun-seong applauded as if he would not give Russell a chance to think about it.
“Now then, since you seem to have had enough rest, let’s move on to the next step.”
“The next step… you mean?”
“okay. You said it earlier. I’ll teach you how to handle divinity. Now that you have awakened the divinity in your body, shouldn’t you know how to use it?”
After saying that, Kim Hyun-seong got up from his seat and brushed off the sand dust from his clothes.
“As expected, there is no such thing as practical training. did you tell me last time? I have prepared a present for you.”
He then shouted, looking back at the doors around the Colosseum in Einherjar.
“come in!”
Along with that, the sound of footsteps echoed beyond the iron gate.
Jeopah jebuk jebuk-.
Footsteps heard in off-beat.
Not one or two, but at least dozens or more.
Hearing those footsteps, Kim Hyun-seong said with a happy face.
“I have gathered the gods of this world to train you.”
Before entering Einherjar.
This is exactly what Thor asked for.
Olympus and Asgard.
And all the way to Erin.
The gods of each divine world were flocking to the inside of Einherjar.
Jerk-jerk-.
dragon-swallowed wizard
