Chapter 246
'.......Huh, wait.'
Yu IlHan forgot about the pain from Echjar's curse and focused on what was happening inside him. Echjar's enormous mana, the curse he was controlling, as well as the mana of Falling down – numerous different types of mana were clashing against each other, somewhere within the frenzy, there was an aura that burned in bright white even amidst all of that.
A dragon's aura – he had felt this early on when he 'bathed' in the Giant Bucket. The special kind of flow that changed his mana from the foundation, little by little, could not be forgotten even if he wanted to.
However, right now, it was reacting again at the moment he tried to enhance Transcendent regeneration with the help of Dragonic blood. Yu IlHan predicted that it was due to Echjar's mana that was being poured into him
[......Dragon? You, you harbor the aura of dragons!]
Echjar also realized that fact. Of course, Yu IlHan couldn't even respond right now. He was busy just thinking about what kind of method he had to use with that aura to help him survive or going further, to control Echjar's mana.
However, the conclusion was simple. If dragon's mana was reacting, then he just needed to make the same environment when it reacted before!
So, what Yu IlHan did, was to summon the Giant Bucket in midair without any hesitation.
[Just what is, an artifact that harbors the essence of dragons...... what!?]
"There we go."
Then, he moved his body very slowly through the blood and sat himself down in the bucket. He even called out Aegis to hold the bucket in midair.
"......IlHan, you."
Echjar's blood naturally enveloped the Giant Bucket as well, and although it was hard to recognize, it wasn't like it was hard to realize that Yu IlHan was bathing in Echjar's blood.
"......"
[......]
[......]
To think he'd start bathing when he could barely move thanks to the curse – seeing a completely unpredictable scene in front of them, both allies and enemies fell into silence. However, like a loner, Yu IlHan didn't mind the gaze of others and focused on himself and the Bucket.
'I can do it. I can do it......!'
He activated Dragonic blood to forcefully change his own blood to closer to that of a dragon's, and used that for Transcendent regeneration. While the blood within his body caused a rejection to Echjar's blood, the Giant Bucket finally started resonating with him!
[Just, what.......!?]
Echjar, who had initially been full of rage at the one that made him fall to a lower existence, questioned what he was doing, rather than continuing to rage.
However, as long as the curse had been activated, he would have a hard time moving, and as he could not cancel the curse as he wished to, and could only watch what Yu IlHan was doing.
"Kkhhhhhh , but this."
While the Giant Bucket and Yu IlHan's blood were synchronizing, the blood containing Echjar's curse, rampaged violently, trying to dissolve Yu IlHan to nothing.
It would be the best if the Giant Bucket could encroach on the dragon's blood as well, but the owner of the blood was still alive! As if to resist the Giant Bucket's aura, it started to affect the Giant Bucket as well. Reddish black smoke was coming off from various parts of the Giant Bucket.
[Master, even though the Giant Bucket is an artifact, his blood is too strong!]
"Right?"
Yu IlHan was also aware of that threat – his Giant Bucket may become unusable! That was why, he took out whatever 5th class magic stones there were in his inventory. – there were four of them. This should be enough!
"If that's so, I'll just upgrade the Giant Bucket right here and now!"
[Master's imagination always exceeds my imagination......]
[Kugh! My curse....... YOU!]
Now that things came to this, he would stop at nothing. This fight was already no longer a fight between Echjar and Yu IlHan, but Yu IlHan against the very concept of dragons.
He smashed down with the 5th class magic stones in his hand and made it clash against the Giant Bucket and activated Mana crafting that was at level 99!
Golden mana colored the world. The mana that all the magic stones had emitted were sucked into the bucket, temporarily pushing Echjar's blood back as well.
[Th, this......!]
"What the hell is IlHan doing?"
[Just what kind of curse resistance allows him such free movement inside such a frightening curse.....?]
Yu IlHan's body resonated with the Giant Bucket and started glowing as well. He had to maintain Falling Down, resist the dragon's curse, and even focus on the upgrade process, so his head felt like it would explode, but he endured. Endured and focused his senses to their limits!
[Kuuugh.]
If his conditions were normal, he would have poured more mana in order to drive Yu IlHan into further straits, but as he had to hold his body from collapsing due to the rapid fall in league, he could not do that. It was quite the deadlock.
"Spiera, what can I do for IlHan......?"
[We cannot do anything, Liera. Just prevent Echjar from doing anything else.]
Focusing on the control of his mana for Mana crafting on the Giant Bucket, while fighting against the curse that tried to dissolve his skin, blood vessels, nerves, muscles and even bones, was something that even higher existences would shudder in the thought of it – he had endured through an unknown amount of time while in that state.
[Kugh!?]
"I did it!"
Now, the golden mana that glowed as if to fill the world with light, even dawned on Yu IlHan's vision as well!
After the flash, an enormous amount of mana was absorbed into the Giant Bucket at once. The magic stones in his hands had long since disappeared, all the mana contained inside them were used in the upgrade of the Giant Bucket.
[Cradle of Miracles was completed.]
A single line of text etched itself onto Yu IlHan's retina. There was no need to read the follow-up texts – Yu IlHan had a complete understanding of this artifact. The only important thing was that this artifact, born during the most dangerous times of Yu IlHan, was of the God rank.
"Good."
Yu IlHan acknowledged that it was his fault for trying to win against an enemy so easily. That was why, and precisely because of that.
"This is the final round."
The Cradle of Miracles and Yu IlHan, the resonance between the two became deeper as time went on. Even the Infernal dragon body, that could not show its light until now, participated in the resonance.
The lump of Echjar's blood that tried to dissolve the Cradle of Miracles, the Infernal dragon body, and Yu IlHan's body, clearly halted this time. Immediately after that, a slight tinge of gold emerged from the depths of the reddish black blood of curses.
Ehcjar finally realized what Yu IlHan was doing.
[......? Nonsensical. Don't tell me you, a mere lower existence, is trying to take over the control of my mana?]
"We won't know if we don't try, no......"
Yu IlHan realized that the blood that seeped into his eyes behind the eyeball, had disappeared from his eyes, and that his transcendent regeneration had recovered his eyesight as well.
The battlefield that he had to rely on his other senses to feel finally entered his eyes.
"IlHan!"
[Yu IlHan......truly amazing!]
Liera and Spiera shouted in joy when they saw Yu IlHan's 'revival' after they were at loss what to do from the moment Yu IlHan attacked the dragon. They could also see the gigantic dragon roaring in the air connected to Yu Ilhan via a path of blood.
Although the dragon was still retaining its form as his mana control was tremendous, but the more Yu IlHan held out against the curse, the worse his state became. Really, it was a curse that would not end unless one side died.
"Seeing as you can't even control your own mana, I think the outcome is obvious!"
[You immediately used my line...]
Disregarding Spiera's grumbles, Yu IlHan accelerated the resonance between himself and the Cradle of Miracles. As the intervals between the resonances became shorter, the dragon's blood also thumped in a manner similar to a heartbeat, and reacted to it. Eventually, the moment Yu IlHan had been waiting for, had arrived. The blood full of curses started being purified!
[This, cannot......!?]
Echjar voiced out in shock. No one in his long lifespan had erased his curse from resisting it head on!
No, it wasn't just that. From the moment the blood was cleansed of the curse, it emitted golden light and resonated with the Cradle of Miracles, and started flowing back to Yu IlHan.
It was a fundamentally different flow compared to when the curse was trying to destroy Yu IlHan's body. The blood containing lifeforce and mana had regenerated the wounds Yu IlHan had and was transforming his mana!
"See?"
Yu IlHan felt that his internal mana was resonating with Echjar's blood and was intermixing. It wasn't that he didn't feel a sense of resistance or rejection, but as Transcendent regeneration recovered his body, the blood was also being changed to suit him. Echjar voiced out his shock.
[Th, this cannot be. I, the King of Dragons, cannot lose to a puny human! There's no way I'd fall to being a foothold for a mere human's growth!]
"I feel like I've grasped the path I should walk on in the future. So I'll say a word of thanks – thanks."
[You have absorbed a portion of the blood and mana of the Dragon of Despair, Echjar, through the Cradle of Miracles. Magic permanently increases by 235. The body has commenced evolving, but the results are minute and does not show on the outside.]
Yu IlHan eventually stood up from the Cradle of Miracles and stored it back into his inventory. His body movements were very light, and was full of vitality.
Right now, who was it that could not move due to the curse? Yu IlHan's mana was steadily being amplified while he absorbed the golden blood, but Echjar's blood was being drained without being able to move. Of course, that would also stop the moment his mana is depleted!
[I, the 13th Battalion Commander of the Destruction Demon Army, Lord Echjar.....!]
And that, would be the moment of his death.
"But I won't let that happen."
It wasn't that Yu IlHan had a change of heart and decided to join the Destruction Demon Army. It's just that he could not bear to watch the dragon's body falling in league anymore. He didn't even know when he could meet and beat another 7th class!
"It should still have a value as a 7th class remains. It's fine. If it's now, it will be fine.....!"
[YOU, YU ILHAAAAAAAAAAN!]
Echjar roared towards Yu IlHan in rage, as he finally realized that Yu IlHan had only seen him as equipment materials until the very end!
However, Yu IlHan completely ignored his roar, and pushed all the mana that was enhanced by the dragon's blood into the tip of his Eight-tailed dragon spear and called the flames inside the domain of Falling Down to one place.
Right now, there was no need to bind that gigantic thing with the soulflame chains. He had bound himself up like a present.
[Is that, the power that Yu IlHan had acquired.....?]
"IlHan.......!"
As long as the curse connected the two, Liera and Spiera could not interfere. Spiera, who had her stage stolen mid-way, looked at the scene absentmindedly, and Liera was gripping on to her spear just in case.
However, Liera's turn would not arrive. With the Eight-tailed dragon spear that raised his attack by 120% against dragonkin, if he could not kill the half-dead dragon, his title as a dragon Slayer would cry.
[Stop!]
Shouted Echjar hurriedly. It was a voice that plead for life.
[Do you know what it means to kill me!?]
"I've heard that around a billion times from your underlings, so don't worry."
Once again, he thought of the trajectory that Spiera had drawn. The amazing trajectory that allowed her to inflict a wound on a 7th class as a 6th class.
He still didn't have the confidence to recreate that. He thought that those clothes weren't a fit for him.
"But if it's something else!"
[Kuoooooooooh!]
He pierced his spear forward with a step forward. Right now, the things he could do were enough to kill the enemy.
Although the things he could imbue into his spear were the sharpness of the sword and the speed of the whip – just those two, there were ten of the same strikes that struck out simultaneously!
[Critical Hit!]
The text that told the fatal strike covered Yu IlHan's retina. Once, from those ten strikes.
From the moment he gave up on learning the Great Comsos-severing Spear, he ironically gained a hint on the path he could walk.
[The skill, Spear of Untraceable Trajectory, has become level 98!]
[You, shall definitely......!]
Echjar, who was still conscious after his head was bisected, muttered with the last bit of willpower.
[You, sh.......!]
The contents that came afterwards were the same – The Destruction Demon Army shall not let you go, or the other Commanders won't go down so easily or other things like that! Yu IlHan nodded his head as if to say that it was unnecessary to warn him.
"I'll take care of everything. Leave everything to me and go on your way."
[I don't think that's something you should say to someone you killed......]
Spiera retorted, but Yu IlHan did not react to that. The moment Echjar died, an absurd amount of experience came in thanks to him holding out for so long despite the fact that he should have fallen to a lower existence long ago, and according to that, he had to focus on receiving all of it.
[You have earned experience.]
[You have earned the record of Lv502(539) Echjar.]
[The ability of the title, Untouchable, becomes stronger. All abilities will increase by 15% every league the opponent is higher than you.]
[You have become level 299. 6 Strength, 4 Agility, 3 Health, 7 Magic gained.]
[You cannot become level 300 without becoming 5th class. All experience earned beforehand will be calculated after you have acquired 5th class.]
Well, then!
Yu IlHan calmed down his excited heart and focused on his retina. The path he had walked on until now was already so hard, but what was necessary to become 5th class? Come at me! I'll take you all on! – was his feelings right now.
"......Huh?"
However, when nothing appeared no matter how long he had waited, Yu IlHan suspected that the Akashic Record was broken or something.
"What the hell? What is this?"
[What is it, Yu IlHan? Is his curse still remaining?]
"IlHan, are you alright!?"
The angel and the former angel flew over to him in fear. Yu IlHan replied with an awkward voice.
"There's no guide to earning 5th class?"
"Oh, that."
Liera smiled brightly while replying, as if she was worried for nothing.
"Because there is no such thing in the first place."
"Wh, at.......?"
If Erta was here, if Erta, who acquired the dao in explaining things simply thanks to Yu IlHan, was here! – she would have said this.
That from 5th class onwards, it was no longer multiple choice.
Author's notes
Now, I find it's nothing new to go over quantity like this.... (cries)
Some of you might have noticed, yes. IlHan met a dragon 5th class as his first higher existence encounter, and encounters stronger monsters after he grows up a bit. Unlike Echjar, who he could beat thanks to various circumstances, other 7th classes are quite hard!
Chapter 247
If he was asked what he preferred between multiple choice questions and writing-type questions, Yu IlHan would definitely answer multiple choice. Not only Yu IlHan, this was a common occurrence in any other Korean youth that have received the cramming education.
But slightly exaggerating, this was the most important moment in Yu IlHan's life, the entry to higher existence! But now, it was a massive essay question!
Yu IlHan checked with Liera with a gloomy face.
"There's no hint? Not even one?"
"If you're looking for a hint, there's one right in front of you."
Liera stabbed her fingers into Spiera's wings. He was about to say something to Liera, but even Spiera seemed to be on business here and only smiled.
[The Heaven's Army is very good, Yu IlHan.]
"......"
They were going about on business against a guy they just betrayed, like nothing had happened. Really, the moment it had anything to do with factions, he didn't want to talk with this woman.
Yu IlHan shook his head and stared at Liera. She only shrugged and put her hands down.
"Even if you look at me with such eyes, if there is any shortcut to becoming a higher existence, it's to join a faction. Didn't I say this before?"
"But I didn't even know there was no advancement mission."
[Yu IlHan, all you need to do is to come to the Heaven's Army. Everything will be solved that way. You shall become a higher existence to acquire eternity and infinite potential, and the Army acquires a talent that could kill a 7th class despite being a 4th class – This is a splendid win-win scenario!]
"That's.......let me think over it carefully."
He had no plans to join the Heaven's Army even if he died, but it seemed that Spiera completely considered him as an ally as he moved in to 'save' her. Well, it would become easier for him to strike her on the back of her head later the more she trusted him, however, it was also the truth that it would burden his conscience more.
Yu IlHan looked at Spiera with an awkward expression, but Spiera continued her business pitch with glistening eyes.
[A new angel is always welcome, Yu IlHan!]
"Fine, I get it."
Even while sighing, Yu IlHan cleaned his spear and put it back inside his armor. Thinking back, the situation wasn't so grim either. Although he did panic a lot when there was no information on how to become a 5th class after receiving guidance all the way from 1st class to 4th, it wasn't like his path of growth was completely blocked.
Just in this battle alone, there were two: his path with the spear as well as the opportunity to transform himself using the Dragon's blood, mana, and the Cradle of Miracles. That was definitely a power that Yu IlHan had to acquire, and that was only possible for him to acquire.
"Then let's head back."
"Yes, the others will be worried sick by now."
[I was worried about what would happen when Echjar appeared, but to think it will be absolved in such an absurd way......]
Spiera muttered out her surprise, and thought that these kind of things happened as everyday occurrence when she was with Yu IlHan, and nodded her head naturally.
[It was just that you were insanely nonsensical.]
"You're insulting me as if it's nothing."
[It was not an insult, did you receive it that way?]
"It was a leading interrogation?"
Instead of replying, Spiera smiled. Yu IlHan also smiled. Then, he activated the Warp skill in order to move to Dareu again.
As he had the record of warping to Dareu once before, and as Echjar had died, the number of magic stones he required this time were a few 3rd and 4th class magic stones. After a brief wait, the three immediately returned to Dareu, where the Heaven's Army camp was located, and also where there was war going on between them and the Destruction Demon Army.
[I cannot feel the presence of Echjar anywhere in this world...... Just what happened to Spiera!?]
[What happened to Yu IlHan, and Liera!?]
[How can they so perfectly conceal themselves from the world? Did Yu IlHan take them with the method he used to come over...... no, even if that were the case, he should not have been able to bring Echjar into his magic!]
At that time, all angels in the scene were in panic.
[We need to report to the higher ups...... a Battalion Commander had moved!]
[But that very same Battalion commander disappeared!]
[But shouldn't we report anyway? Perhaps the scale of this war will become bigger than we think!]
They were surprised when Teraka ambushed them with the army of dragons, and a second time when Spiera killed Teraka with a surprise attack and Yu IlHan wiped the floor with the dragons, and a third time when Echjar had appeared, but since Yu IlHan took all of them and disappeared, even angels, as higher existences, were becoming confused.
Until the moment Yu IlHan's group came back, their chaos did not calm down at all, but the battle between Echjar and Yu IlHan with their lives on the line wasn't that long.
[We've returned.]
[Wh...... Spiera?]
[......Spiera!?]
When Spiera herself showed up in the scene, the angels looked at her while blinking their eyes continuously as if they were poured cold water on their faces. Why, and how? Countless question marks from their gazes struck Spiera's face.
Spiera shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.
[Although it's difficult to explain...... Echjar has died.]
[Did you kill it, Spiera!?]
[It was not me. Explaining things would be long, but the result is that Yu IlHan by my side has killed......]
However, when Spiera turned her head around to the side, she noticed that Yu IlHan and Liera were no longer there. They immediately disappeared to where the others of their group were using the ancient elven magic formation!
[Oh, they're gone.]
[Spiera, where is Yu IlHan?]
[Can you tell me where you were? We require an explanation.]
[......Dammit.]
The angels were still looking at her with confused eyes. Realizing that explaining was her share of work, Spiera swore, but there was no way Yu IlHan would return just because of that.
The alliance of Heaven's Army and Yu IlHan, could finish the first battle with relatively small casualties. It was also a very thankful battle for Yu IlHan as he could acquire both a 7th and a 6th class dragon corpse, and thousands of 4th class magic stones.
Yu IlHan and Liera dumped Spiera amidst the angels and immediately teleported to the others. The 'safest' place that he had sent the two fortresses and the members inside was none other than the frontier camp of the Destruction Demon Army. No, to be exact, the 'former' frontier camp.
"I'm back."
He showed himself in the air for everyone inside the two fortresses to see and told them of his return as if nothing had happened.
"Mr. IlHaaaan!"
Of course, that did not work. Na YuNa, who always wished for his safe return jumped into the air faster than anyone and into Yu IlHan. The speed was akin to a lion jumping onto its prey.
"Eih!"
"No you don't!"
The moment Na YuNa was about to hug Yu IlHan, Liera, who was by his side, immediately rushed forward in attempt to strike her back. However, Na YuNa was already prepared for that, and cast Leytna's protection magic on herself!
"Yap, Ugh!?"
"Sorry, I have an owner already."
"Whoaa!"
While Liera had struck the shield around Na YuNa instead of the person, Na YuNa herself was deflected by Aegis that Yu IlHan had called out. Yu IlHan's guard was meticulous as always.
"Eeeeek!"
However, at that moment, shining light came out of her body. The light was so intense that it could temporarily block Yu IlHan and Liera's vision! Na YuNa's shouts could be heard in the middle.
"Lady Leytnaaaaa!"
"Eeeeeeek!"
"Do you really have to go that far!?"
Just what were these women fighting for!? With such a question, Yu IlHan opened his eyes amidst the light. Na YuNa was already up against his chest.
"Ehehe, I wanted to see you so muuuuch."
"It was just a few minutes though......"
Yu IlHan looked at Na YuNa, who was rubbing her face against his chest like a puppy and laughed awkwardly.
"You weren't worried about me at all, right?"
"I know that you aren't one to die so easily~. Of course, I did worry because you might get hurt!"
"I'm fine so don't worry. You'd be flabbergasted if you hear how I fought...... where do you think you're touching?"
"Kyak."
Na YuNa touched all over his body to look for any injuries, but a superficial wound like that would have long since been regenerated by Transcendent regeneration. He picked her up as she was about to touch 'somewhere', and gave her to Liera. A horrifying punishment immediately befell Na YuNa.
"Kyaaaaaaaaa! Mr. IlHan you idioooooot!"
"Your Majesty, I am glad to see you are safe!"
"We were waiting for master's return."
Leaving Na YuNa behind him, Mirfa and Ericia greeted him. It was as if looking at puppies waiting for their owner's return. Yu IlHan, who became a little proud, stroked their heads alternately, but as he had expected, they rejoiced, also like puppies.
"Is that frightening dragon really dead?"
"Yeah, I killed it for sure. Although it was not a fair fight, at least you wouldn't meet that guy alive again. The Destruction Demon Army also shouldn't have any more wits to participate in this war anymore."
Of course, he couldn't deny the possibility that some kinda monster popped up saying "The 13th has died, so now I, the 12th shall step in!" or whatnot, but Yu IlHan also thought that the balance between the four factions wasn't so easily broken like that.
Even if new members of the Destruction Demon Army came, they would just be scouts that just watches how the battle turns out. Of course, they would also die by Yu IlHan's hands.
"Rather than that."
Yu IlHan turned his mind to his nearly full inventory and spoke to Mirfa.
"A few of the elves learned smithing, right?"
"Yes, there are some who have polished the knowledge Your Majesty has bestowed upon us and has reached quite a high realm of ability."
"Very good, call them all here."
Yu IlHan gathered around ten elven blacksmiths and took out a gigantic corpse in front of them – a 4th class dragon's remains.
"D, dragon."
"The pressure is amazing even after it's dead. I can't believe we hunted such things."
"But His Majesty has killed one that's over a 100 times as big as this."
"Don't tell me he will show us the art of making weapons out of a dragon
Although it was just 50 times instead of 100, Yu IlHan did not bother correcting them. Instead, he told them one other fact.
"You guys will be the ones handling this dragon, not me."
"Us......sir?"
"It, it's impossible! We know better than anyone that our abilities are lacking!"
Dragons were the best materials for blacksmithing, but the level of the smith was just as important.
Would Yu IlHan be the only one who had acquired remains of dragons, and even higher existences? If good materials always resulted in good artifacts, then artifacts at the rank of epic or chaos should be overflowing in this world.
Yu IlHan also knew that very well. In fact, it was precisely why he took out a dragon's corpse.
"I won't expect much, you can just waste them all. But if you train your blacksmithing against a dragon, the things you learn will be quite big as well."
"But, Your Majesty........"
"It's fine."
Yu IlHan made a peaceful smile and spoke to them.
"I still have around 3,298 dragon corpses remaining."
Chapter 248
While the elven blacksmiths busied themselves with dismantling the dragons on the spot, Yu IlHan made most of the elves and the wolfkin to go inside to rest, while leaving a few to be on guard, then he went looking for Yumir.
He was in his room in the Flying fortress, and when Yu IlHan opened the door, Mir slowly walked towards him and hugged Yu IlHan. He looked like a 15 year-old, but his actions were natural even if you take 10 years away.
"Dad."
"Yes."
"Did you kill him?"
"Yes."
"That's good."
"Yes."
The child dragon in Yu IlHan's arms thought about something after hearing the natural reply and asked him.
"How did you kill him?"
"I aimed for the moment he used a large-scale magic that had me in the range and moved to Earth with him. As he had broken the rules of the Destruction Demon Army, he fell to a lower existence, his mana leaked out, and from there, it wasn't that difficult to win against him."
"Hing, I can't do that. I won't be able to win."
Yumir, who understood everything with Yu IlHan's simple explanation, bit his lips and grumbled. Yu IlHan smiled by at the sight of his son struggling, and patted his back.
"Well, of course now. Even I wouldn't be able to win if not for such a cheat."
"But in the end, dad won and the dragon died. Then dad is stronger...... but I'm too weak."
The standard of strength for a dragon was cold-blooded and frightening. However, the words he added made Yu IlHan smile.
"Mir still has a lot of time. You can become plenty stronger in the future."
"Like that dragon?"
"Hm....... You'll need a lot of time, but yes. Definitely."
"But if I don't become stronger right now, I'll only be a burden to dad."
"I don't fight against such guys all the time. And you are already of plenty help to me right now."
"I want to fight with dad though...... Hing, but that dragon is still impossible."
It seemed that Yumir had taken quite a shock after looking at Echjar. In addition, Yu IlHan also thought that Echjar's appearance had not been a good influence on Yumir.
As he had grown shockingly fast until now, it would be fine if he had confidence in his strength now, but such an absurd monster had appeared and snapped his confidence in half! Moreover, it was a dragon species as well! Now, it wouldn't be strange if he thought his powers were nothing in the face of overwhelming might, and lose his will to progress.
Yu IlHan thought about what he could do to cheer him up again, and remembered the reason he looked for Yumir in the first place.
"Dad has brought a lot of dragon mean. You'll become stronger faster if you eat them. I'll give you Teraka and Echjar's meat as well."
"Uuu, I'm always receiving things from dad."
Oh, it seemed like he had completely fallen into self-denial mode. Yu IlHan thought that there was still time to puberty since he was still young despite being big, but perhaps that wasn't it?
As Yu IlHan had no experience rearing a child, he could not judge how to console the current Yumir.
"Uh, eeeei."
However, just as the daddy Yu IlHan was looking for a way out, Yumir cheered himself up. Perhaps due to not being with Yu IlHan since young, he had grown up to be a confident child.
"That's why I'll find something that I can do for dad."
"You're already giving me so much!"
Yu IlHan voiced sorrily to Mir. However, Yumir shook his head and spoke as if he had already decided.
"I'll give you a daughter-in-law!"
"No, I don't need one. You're still too young for marriage...... but who said that to you?"
Mir asked back in shock when Yu IlHan said that he didn't need a daughter-in-law.
"Then just what can I give you?"
"You can just become stronger. With dad. You have to eat meat and train as well."
"Yeah."
Hearing 'stronger', he looked more cheered up than before.
"I'll become strong."
"Yes."
"I'm going to eat a lot and become a lot stronger."
"Yes, yes."
"I'm going to become stronger than that dragon."
"You will."
Good, he had climbed over the big hill. Yu IlHan stroked Yumir's head as he grew relieved. Perhaps because his mind was sorted out, Yumir stroked his own stomach and muttered.
"Dad, I'm hungry."
"Yes, there should be no battle for a while, so let's eat up first."
"Yeah!"
It wasn't just Yumir, Today, he would host a banquet to celebrate the day he acquired a 6th and a 7th class dragon corpse......I mean, to celebrate the first victory of the alliance.
"Good, let's call them all here."
"What about the guys dismantling dragons over there?"
"They'll eat their own dismantled meat."
Yu IlHan, who became busy because he now had to cook all the cooking ingredients that had piled up in his inventory, walked to the kitchen inside the mansion. Yumir also wiped away the last bit of tears on his eyes and followed his back.
The news about the obliteration of the Destruction Demon Army invasion party, and the death of Echjar, the 13th Battalion Commander that came for revenge, rapidly spread to each of the factions.
Everyone in Dareu had felt his descent, and he did not come back after disappearing, so only an idiot would not notice his death.
[The 13th Battalion Commander.......? That dragon died? And in Dareu, a colony of dragons?]
[I'm not sure about 6th classes, but it has been thousands of years since the last 7th class being died.]
[Will there be a large-scale war again? To think such a battle would occur not on the Wall of Chaos, or Earth, but Dareu instead......]
The death of a Battalion Commander was definitely not light. There may be a shift in balance that could possibly bring about further chaos, so not only the Destruction Demon Army, and the other factions didn't really welcome this matter either.
And the most important piece of news in this matter was not the dead Echjar, but the identity of the one that killed him.
[So?]
[Who did it? Which faction do they belong to?]
[That's.]
[Definitely from Heaven's Army. But I don't know who it is.]
The ones that survived the battle after the Destruction Demon Army were obliterated were only angels. Other than the Heaven's Army, it was difficult for the other factions to find proper information. As such, they could only judge with what little clues they had.
[The last he was seen was him attacking the Heaven's Army. Echjar, who was enraged at the death of his successor, went to Dareu, but died just like that...... I do not understand what kind of method was used.]
[It was confirmed that he had teleported through dimensions. A sudden, forceful teleportation that pulls every bit of the surroundings...... this is impossible with just magic alone. There was a skill involved here.]
[The 6th class high angel there was definitely called...... Spiera? She was an angel that was predicted to reach 7th class within the next thousand years. However, it should have been impossible for her......]
[I cannot understand what is happening.]
They stopped their thoughts there. They only put up their guard against the Heaven's Army and forceful dimensional teleportation. As Yu IlHan had expected, the attention and wariness towards him was targeted towards the Heaven's Army instead.
However, the Destruction Demon Army was different. Although all forms of communication was severed from the moment Echjar was dragged off to Earth, the one they clashed against the most was Yu IlHan, and they had collected a lot of amount of information about him.
[Yu IlHan, it's definitely that human. Everyone felt that Echjar had lost his qualifications as a Destruction Demon Army member, right? He made that happen.]
So, it wasn't that difficult for them to find out who and how Echjar was killed.
[That human? The one that Teraka set his eyes on?]
[Teraka was killed by Spiera. That courageous and beautiful angel!]
[Spiera, she's a woman I want to trample on one day. She's as stiff as she is lovely.]
[Everyone shut up, we are talking about Yu IlHan right now.]
Inside a temple so huge that hundreds of pillars exceeding 300m tall had to support the roof, several monsters were giggling unpleasantly around a round table that had a fountain of boiling blood in the middle. Any one of these monsters could destroy several worlds.
[Yu IlHan?]
[I haven't heard of that name before.]
[He's a lower existence.]
[A lower existence? I was called here because of a lower existence? Oooh, very surprising.]
Not many worlds could host all of these frightening monsters.
The name of this world, where everything was gigantic and overwhelming, was Elo Katra. It was a higher world located beyond the Wall of Chaos, where the war between the Heaven's Army and the Destruction Demon Army happened the most frequently, and was also the main headquarters of these predators.
The 'mankind' of this world became extinct long ago as a thick fog containing curse and heat, one that made breathing impossible for any beings lower than 4th class, had covered this world. The weather changed according to the ruler's whims, and so, even the most rigid of plants could not grow and withered easily.
And so, those that were able to endure living in this world were all strong and vicious. The Destruction Demon Army was just the most vicious of the bunch.
And the ones here were those that were not lacking in any way to be among the best of the best. The conference of the Battalion Commanders of the Destruction Demon Army. This was the identity of the frightening meeting. Although not all Battalion commanders had come, this number was still very splendid!
[Is it important that he is a lower existence? Isn't it more important that he killed Echjar!]
From the mouth of the 8th Battalion Commander of the Destruction Demon Army, Zenusva, a breath like magma flowed out. It was a giant bird that was made of pure mana fire.
[A strong pillar of the Destruction Demon Army had disappeared! Are you going to just laugh over his death!]
[Echjar's mana was vicious alright.]
[His curse was even more vicious. But, didn't you say he fell to a lower existence? Isn't it possible for him to die then? Is it something to be so surprised about?]
[What IS surprising, is that a mere lower existence has the power to lower a 7th class Battalion Commander to the same level.]
[That's definitely something we can't overlook.]
The 10th Battalion Commander, Melohinne, nodded her head. It was one of the rare female commanders, and excluding her frozen white skin and a 20m tall stature, she was a very beautiful lady even by human standards.
She continued speaking in agreement to Zenusva.
[Then we can just make him join the Destruction Demon Army.]
[Oh, that's good!]
[What!?]
Zenusva shouted in surprise. However, the majority of the Battalion Commanders in this conference liked her suggestion very much.
[The one that killed a Battalion Commander!?]
[That's precisely why we need to bring him in. Whether it's petty tricks or whatnot, it's the undeniable truth that he killed Echjar, no? I can't wait to see how he grows up in the future. Oh, and I'm also curious about how he looks. Very, very much.]
[Yes, I'm also curious about what his face looks like.]
[But Melohinne, no ordinary size should satisfy you.]
[Fufu, shut up.]
[The one that massacred the Destruction Demon Army so much, as a member...... no.]
Zenusva, who was listening to the opinions of other Battalion Commanders, sighed a little, but still shook its bird head and muttered.
[Is that so? Yes, this was our way of doing things. It seems that my brain has rotten from the long years of peace.]
[I did hear that the Heaven's Army has their eyes on him.]
[We can just tell him what happened with Earth. Then, he will never be able to choose the Heaven's Army. Well, then. Let's hurry while he's still in Dareu. We still can't go to Earth yet after all.]
[Earth? Heaven's Army? Someone explain.]
A charming woman with three pairs of bat wings behind her back, the 3rd Battalion Commander, Helièna, asked and Zenusva palmed its face with a sigh, when the Battalion Commanders that did not know the specifics all closed their eyes. Just with that, the thoughts in Zenusva's head was transferred to them.
[Oh my, quite the interesting man indeed.]
Hearing everything, even Helièna started to take interest in Yu IlHan. Melohinne, who half expected things to come to this, roared at her.
[He's mine.]
[Well, wouldn't he like me more?]
[It doesn't matter who takes him. What's important is the matter about how to bring him to the army.]
[Yes. That's my field of specialty indeed.]
Helièna stuck out her red tongue and licked her upper lips and glistened her eyes charmingly.
[No man can reject me. He might have killed a dragon, but he shouldn't be able to win against the power of the Succubus Queen.]
Yu IlHan was a guy that could reject the full on advances of a 6th class angel blessed by the god of love, and the woman who was blessed by the goddess of beauty, but Helièna was overconfident in her ability and ignored that vital piece of information.
That day, another Battalion Commander headed to Dareu once again.
The war for Dareu had just increased in scale by an entire order of magnitude.
Author's notes
If every kid was like Mir, then Earth in 10 years would have become a planet of war.
The Destruction Demon Army has a mysterious way of thinking. Would Helièna be able to put up her pride as a woman?
I'll say this because I predict a comment like this will appear, but there are no more additional heroines. (T/N: Does that mean Helièna counts?)
Chapter 249
"Hmm."
In the plains where the frontier camp of the Destruction Demon Army was once situated, Yu IlHan, together with his subordinates and the Dragon's Army were having a banquet, when Liera, who was eating wolfkin meat by Yu IlHan's side, suddenly shivered.
"What is it, Liera? Do you......."
"I'm going to slap you if you ask me if I want to go to the toilet."
"....f, feel cold?"
Yu IlHan switched topics while thinking that she definitely had some sort of mind reading skill. Liera grabbed onto one of his hands tightly, perhaps to just skip over his lie, or rather, because something much more grave was about to happen.
"A new woman appeared that's aiming for you. I'm sure about this."
"......Oh, okay."
Yu IlHan wanted to shake Liera's hands off, but she didn't allow that to happen.
"The power of the god of love is speaking to me. I'm absolutely convinced."
"Yes, I believe you. So let go of my hand and eat some more meat."
Of course, he lied. Although he had barely realized that he did have some kind of charm to receive love from two women, he was almost fed up with Liera being overly wary against other women.
However, his thoughts vaporized when Liera opened her mouth again.
"Helièna. 7th class. Succubus. Level 519. 33,985 years old. 3rd Battalion Commander of the Destruction Demon Army. Her main skills are......"
"......What?"
"Charm magic and she possesses these titles......"
Liera muttered for ages like that and when she finally finished she glared at Yu IlHan while panting.
"Did you remember everything?"
"...... Well, yeah, I did, but how do you know so many details about that frightening woman?"
"With the power of the god of love! I found out that such a woman is aiming for you!"
By this point, Yu IlHan couldn't ignore Liera's words so easily. To think she had the ability to find out all the information on the beings of opposite gender that were aiming for him... The power of the god of love was amazing! But why didn't it activate against those of the same gender?
Liera immediately resolved Yu IlHan's question.
"The mechanisms behind this makes it such that I can't find out about those that aim for you physically."
"So it's an ability that seems helpful while it's really not that helpful at all."
The problem lay in the fact that despite the considerable amount of time that had passed since she received the blessing, it was only now that Yu IlHan came to know of that ability. Of course, it did help substantially since the one trying to seduce him was a strong enemy of 7th class!
"Anyway, we've got to retreat. Another 7th class? And a succubus specializing in seduction at that!? This is no time for a banquet. Let's go back to Earth!"
"No."
Yu IlHan slowly shook his head.
"We can't just leave while dumping Erta here. Also, the magic formation will set off an alarm when that woman appears so we don't have to be in such a hurry, this woman aiming for me and that woman actually finding me are different matters altogether....... And perhaps."
"Perhaps?"
Yu IlHan stood up from his seat and took a few steps backwards before touching the ground. The part where his hand was in contact with glowed blue. Naturally, this area was within the magic formation.
"Let's see, you said it was Helièna, right......"
"......What are you trying to do?"
"Although it will be difficult to prepare against a completely unknown enemy, if we have that amount of information, we can do something with the magic formation even if it is a 7th class being."
Of course, killing one was a different matter altogether...... such a though flashed through his mind.
Perhaps true chaos would ensue if he managed to manipulate the current Heaven's Army, and the Garden of Sunset that had relations with Erta?
"Very good. Liera. It's wonderful that we got to know of that woman beforehand. You're the best."
"Wow, you're making a really evil smirk...... so cool."
Besides Liera, who thought that Yu IlHan was cool no matter what he did, Na YuNa showed up. On one hand, she had a massive piece of bone with meat attached to it, and on the other, she had a glass of the fruit wine that Yu IlHan had brewed himself, with crusts of cookies around her lips.
"So there's a woman who dares to seduce our Mr. IlHan?"
"I meant you!"
"Unni, I'm only trying to support him from the side!...... if possible, forever, and if also possible, right by his side?"
"You're the most dangerous, YOU ARE!"
Ignoring the two women that started to quarrel, Yu IlHan entered the information into the magic formation.
Right now, he was saying this easily in order to make the others rest easy, but whatever he did, a 7th class was a frightening enemy. Any amount of preparation was likely to be insufficient.
Although he had won against Echjar due to circumstances and luck, this was vastly different. She was an enemy that differed from the others he had faced before, whether it was her abilities or her race! Moreover, if she was in the Destruction Demon Army, she should have information about Yu IlHan's dimensional teleportation ability. It would be near impossible to use the trick he used against Echjar once again.
The worst part about the Demon Destruction Army was that reasoning did not work against them. They just did whatever they wanted!
'But if there's something fortunate, it's that this is a relatively easy enemy.......'
Through acquiring Echjar's records, he could know the specific stats that he had. And he was about fall into despair thinking all 7th class beings had such high stats but...... from what Liera told him about her, the 7th class succubus called Helièna was very much lacking in stats compared to Echjar. In fact, she was similar to what Liera had been was when she was 6th class.
Perhaps the race of dragons is special, or the race of succubi is lacking, he didn't know, but according to Liera's information, it seemed doable.
'Of course, it does pain me that she is overwhelming in regards to psychological magic, I can't block charms completely with just Higher curse resistance. I was done in by Echjar due to the gap in leagues even though I had mastered Higher curse resistance and acquired immunity to curses as the characteristics of the Hell Bringer class... and 7th class charm should be no different from that, if not worse.'
She had mastered an unspeakably high realm of charm. Who knows how many times she evolved that skill. In any case, a 7th class was a 7th class. Even if she was lacking regards to personal might, she would be able to compensate for it with magic.
Once was enough for him to get beaten up while having faith in his skills. Yu IlHan gritted his teeth and stood up.
"I've done entering the information. Fortunately, she hasn't come to Dareu yet."
"Hm? But there's still something to do?"
"Of course, there's something I have to finish as soon as possible."
It was very fortunate that he got to found out about the enemy beforehand. Thanks to that, he could prepare for it like this.
Yu IlHan sighed lightly and dusted of his knees and retreated far back enough in order to not bother the ones enjoying the banquet. Na YuNa and Liera also followed him.
"I wanted to save it up and give it to myself as a birthday present, but since things came to this, I can't help it."
"A present for yourself...... your thought process is really like a loner. I'll give you a splendid present for your birthday this year! ......But what can't you help?"
"Oh, I think I get it......"
Na YuNa tilted her head and Liera sweated cold sweat. Amidst of that, Yu IlHan checked the surroundings to see if there was enough space and opened his inventory in midair.
The body of a gigantic black dragon showed itself from the inside.
"Wao!"
"It's still absurd even when I see it now. Just how did we kill this guy......?"
While Na YuNa and Liera retreated while sweating cold sweat, Yu IlHan rubbed his cheeks on the head of the dragon's corpse that barely retained its 7th class power.
"Thanks for retaining your power!"
"That's the worst appreciation speech I've seen in my life."
Since a gigantic dragon corpse appeared, there was no way his subordinates would not notice that. However, Yu IlHan just shook his hand, saying it was no big deal, and called out the Cradle of Miracles prior to dismantling it.
"Why did you take that out? Are you going to bathe here or something?"
"I can't just throw away the blood of a 7th class dragon. This thing will collect all the blood and make it more concentrated."
"From when was such a hypertech attached to it!?"
"Here."
Yu IlHan let Liera check the information on the Cradle of Miracles. She hesitated before extending her hand slowly and touching the Cradle of Miracles. A series of magnificent text appeared on her eyes!
[Cradle of Miracles]
[Rank – God]
[Durability – indestructible]
[Options –
1. Purifies and concentrates all materials containing mana.
2. Amplifies the power of the first option by 2 times against dragonkin materials.
3. Stimulates a positive mutation of all materials, but the direction cannot be willed.
4. Amplifies the power of the third option by 2 times against dragonkin materials.
5. Stimulates the evolution of all lifeforms that enter the cradle.
6. Amplifies the power of the fifth option by 3 times against all dragonkin.
7. Can enhance the abilities by consuming dragonkin materials.]
"What, is, this......?"
Liera muttered dumbfoundedly, and Yu IlHan, answered in a bright voice.
"It's our shared bath."
"That's one luxurious bath you have right there...."
At the same time, it was also a key that showed the path he, Yumir and the others would have to walk on in the future. However, it was quite strange that the key was not that related to his innate talents or the thousand years he had lived, but from an unintended crafting process.
Thinking back, this was the biggest miracle Yu IlHan may have encountered. In that sense, the name of this artifact was very suitable. And in the birth of this miracle, Erta's influence was absolute. Although she shouldn't have intended for this...... he was only thankful to her for that – that was what he thought.
"Shared? Kyaa, so embarrassing, but if it's with you, I'm always wil......."
"I never said we'll go in together."
Yu IlHan severed Na Yuna's delusions and ignored Liera who was dumbfoundedly looking at the Cradle of Miracles and proceeded to start work.
By 7th class, even the best of his dismantling knives wouldn't work, so he had to use the Eight-tailed dragon spear to dismantle it.
[Master, I think it's a little late to say this now, but.]
Orochi suddenly spoke to Ilhan just as he enchanted Orochi to the Eight-tailed dragon spear, as even Superhuman strength was not enough.
"What is it?"
[Can't you just erase that thought-soul?]
[Kuoooooooooooooooh! YOUUUUUUUUUUUU! DARE DO THAT TO MY BODYYYYYYYY!]
Of course, Yu IlHan had successfully activated the Death Collector skill and acquired the thought-soul of Echjar. Although he had thrown it somewhere deep since he didn't dare to touch him yet, it seemed that the effect he had on Orochi as the same thought-soul, was quite big. Yu IlHan replied with a bitter smile.
"But that's such a waste, though."
[I'll say this now, but I have no confidence in winning against that guy.]
"It's fine. I'll do something about it soon."
[You think it will be over with just this? I'll EAT YOU ALLLLLLLLLL!]
If it was the immature Yu IlHan of before, he might have become scared because of that, but it wasn't like that now. Being interfered by a mere thought-soul was enough with Reta Kar'iha alone.
Yu IlHan had already mastered various skills related to souls, and had learned the advanced version, Falling Down. A mere fragment of Echjar's soul could not harm Yu IlHan. No matter how much he shouted, the body was dead after all!
"Just you wait. In the future you'll definitely be useful."
[Yu, YU ILHAAAAAAAN!]
He ignored Echjar's shouts and boldly picked up his Eight-tailed dragon spear and struck it right in the center of the head.
This was the beginning of a dismantling that would never happen in this world again (or in all the other worlds... for that matter).
Author's notes
Book 10 is over with this. There's still a lot to go, but please stay with IlHan in the future too!
Chapter 250
The finishing event of the banquet was the dismantling show of a 7th class dragon. While everyone was overwhelmed by the sight of Echjar's remains, Yu IlHan agilely hopped from the head to the tail while stripping the skin perfectly and separated the bones.
Although Echjar had lost a lot of blood while falling down to a lower existence and cursing Yu IlHan, there was still a considerable amount of blood left, and not a single drop was wasted as everything was sucked into the Cradle of Miracles.
The Cradle received all the blood and alternated between rising and falling. Liera realized this was the 'concentration' process that Yu IlHan had mentioned before.
"IlHan, that looks really abnormal...... doesn't it become more dangerous by becoming distilled?"
"It's fine, I'm not giving them to the others."
"So it's dangerous after all!"
Yu IlHan didn't deny that, it didn't have the word 'miracle' in its name for nothing. The moment the Cradle of Miracles received Echjar's blood, it was returning the blood to the original state at a frightening speed. Meaning, the form it had prior to Echjar's falling. There was literally no way it was not dangerous.
"So it really is the Cradle of Miracles."
"Perhaps it will go further than that. Though, there should be a limit......."
Yu IlHan thought – if he just left it there, perhaps he may be able to make a splendid 'Breath'.
"It will become the greatest mana potion of all time."
"Just a mana potion?"
"Of course not."
Dragon's blood was at the apex of all blood of magical lifeforms. Mana recovery wasn't the only result. The Breath that Yu IlHan had drunk all this time had etched themselves into Yu IlHan's records.
Although the incident that awakened the power of dragons was the contract with Yumir, Breath did indeed play a pivotal role in the development of the power..
"So it might be possible for you guys as well. Let's start from a relatively weak 4th class dragon. Drinking wine and bathing, isn't it all good?"
"That sounds really ominous...... well, it should be fine if it's with you, I guess."
Echjar's blood was only a minute portion of the remains. His skin, bones, and muscles were all of the highest quality. The most important aspect was the sheer quantity of them due to the size! There would be enough to equip an entire army and still have some left over.
"But they all have their equipment."
"Please don't tell me you'll make a third levitating fortress."
"I also think I won't need it for the time being."
Although there was an infinite amount of things he wanted to make with this dragon body, there was no time for that right now. In the end, the cleanly dismantled corpse went inside Yu IlHan's inventory again. He only left out a portion of them – his two eyes, heart, and the hardest chunk of scale at the chest.
However, Liera looked at the heart that Yu IlHan was holding with his two hands and asked while tilting her head.
"IlHan, isn't that a DRAGON HEART?"
"Oh what? Yeah, this is the heart. You saw me extract it."
"No, not just any heart."
Liera's two eyes glistened like the milky way galaxy.
"A DRAGON HEART."
"......what?"
Yu IlHan immediately put down the heart and checked. At the moment of extraction, the heart was like any ordinary dragon's heart, squishy and massive, but now that it became separated from the rest of the body, it was reducing in size while the hardness and the brightness was increasing. Of course, the mana inside was transforming as well!
"Whoa."
Yu IlHan exclaimed with a single syllable and proceeded to touch it. It was indeed a DRAGON HEART. The exact same one that was infinitely more precious than a magic stone! This was a 7th class DRAGON HEART, so its worth would definitely be several orders of magnitude higher than a 7th class magic stone.
"Wh, whwhwhwhwhwhwhat do I do with it."
"Cccccc...ccalm down, IlHan."
Even though she was the one who said it, Liera, who noticed the value of it afterwards, also panicked. First, Yu IlHan hurriedly stored it inside his inventory. Even if Lupin appeared here, he wouldn't be able to steal Yu IlHan's DRAGON HEART. Yu IlHan finally heaved a sigh of relief and muttered.
"I did need a source of power for the final stage of my armor that I was designing......"
An item that could fit that role, and was stronger than he had expected, had so suddenly appeared. He didn't even have the confidence to mana craft with this properly! Perhaps mastering the skill will allow him to?
However, while Yu IlHan and Liera were at a loss what to do, the magic formation beneath their feet glowed lightly. Yu IlHan's expression stiffened as if someone had poured cold water over his face.
"That woman's coming."
"What do you mean by coming?"
"The magic formation is restraining her from entering. It won't last long. It looks like I need to hurry."
Although he was slightly excited about the unprecedented treasure of a 7th class DRAGON HEART, this was no time to be like that. He had to make the necessary equipment as soon as possible, in order to commence the operation.
Yu IlHan finished up the banquet that was almost broken up anyway, and made the people board the two respective fortresses. He hesitated a little before declaring.
"Everyone wait on Earth for around 2 hours. When I bring you back to Dareu, it will be the final battle."
Although he was a little sorry for them as they were all prepared for battle, there was no turn for them this time either. This was due to Yu IlHan's lack of foresight, thinking that there would be no 7th class participants. He thought that there was no reason that they couldn't participate since the horror of Echjar had disappeared as well.
"Why do we need to wait 2 hours?"
"Dad, are you going to do something dangerous again?"
Yumir's eyes glistened again. However, Yu IlHan made a bitter smile and shook his head.
"It's nothing like that. It's just....... some affair between a man and a woman."
"You idiot!"
He said something so stupid trying to say it in a roundabout way! And to a little kid too! However, Liera was frustrated that she couldn't deny that. What's more was that Erta also had feelings for Yu IlHan. Of course, the person in question did not know that.
"This will become a really big battle. Everyone prepare and resolve yourselves."
"Understood!"
He gave a glance to Paté, Mirey, Jirl, Ericia and his other subordinates and nodded his head and moved to Earth, and the next moment, he returned to Dareu alone...... or he tried to, when his sleeve was grabbed.
"Let me go with you."
"You need a buff, don't you?"
"I want to go too, dad!"
With a sigh, he looked back at them. They were Liera, Na YuNa, and Yumir.
"Are you confident in your resistance to charm?"
"I've received the blessing of the god of love. Meaning, I won't be affected by any charm while I still love you."
"For me, it's the blessing of the goddess of beauty. There's no one prettier than me so don't worry."
"Dad, I'm immune to all status ailments."
He thought that Liera and Na YuNa may possibly resist the charm, but he blinked his eyes after hearing Yumir's reply.
"Mir, what did you say?"
"I'm immune to all status ailments, dad! It was around 70% when I was born, but after I became 4th class, I got a title saying I'm immune!"
...... Thinking back, he was born with the title 'Birth of Chaos' (T/N: Check chapter 106). The OP title that gave him 70% resistance to all status ailments. He remembered that he gritted his teeth while thinking about the difference in status at birth, but to think that was a foreshadow for this moment... this was a mistake on the part of the foreshadow meister Yu IlHan.
However, Yu IlHan knew very well that immunity didn't mean invincibility.
"But for 7th class being, they can break your immunity. It will be difficult."
"I still have other titles and have around 250% resistance in total!"
There was no gap at all for any status ailment. Yu IlHan had to admit his loss here.
"......Okay, I guess I can't help it. Let's go together."
"Fuu, I'll definitely be of help to dad."
"I'm going to laugh at her after seeing how pretty she is."
"Na YuNa, you have a good life."
As soon as Yu IlHan returned to Dareu with the three of them, he immediately gave a call to Erta. She received the call as if she was waiting for this.
[Yu IlHan, are you alright?]
"Erta, things are progressing a little too fast."
[Hm, this side is the same in that things are progressing 'a little too fast'.]
Erta's words were very carefully said, but Yu IlHan instantly realized what was happening after hearing her words. The Garden of Sunset! He was sure that the they were trying to snatch Erta while the Destruction Demon Army and the Heaven's Army were fighting it out.
Fortunately, she was looking like she was following the will of the Garden of Sunset, and they would not cause any harm to her, but the problem was what was about to occur from now on. He was sure that the instance of an angel transferring to the Garden of Sunset would be very noisy, and it wasn't like the Heaven's Army would not know of that fact.
It would be better if he still had some more time, but not everything went smoothly in life. Yu IlHan immediately took out an anvil and a hammer and checked with her.
"Can you wait 5, no 10 more minutes?"
[10 minutes, that's plenty.]
Good, he could only try now. Echjar's two eyes and the hardest scale, and the blood inside the Cradle of Miracles would allow him to do this!
[You, you're finally touching my body after you split me up to pieces?]
"Shut up."
After silencing Echjar, he dipped the two eyes and the scale in the blood. The Cradle of Miracles immediately resonated with them, and as he had wished to, they quickly regained their former leagues. However, there was no time for any exclamation right now.
"Let's do this quickly......!"
The mana crafting materials were two 5th class magic stones. These were the last 5th class magic stones he had.
Yu IlHan teared up a little but still powdered them and applied them on the hammer before hammering the scale. This was a very difficult process of blacksmithing and mana crafting at the same time! Such a difficult technique was being used to speed up the work process.
"2 minutes passed."
"good."
What Yu IlHan was making was a helmet. The helmet that would cover for his weakness!
Eternal Flame combined with Blaze licked its tongue and melted Echjar's scale just as he had wished to. Yu IlHan cooled the scale with the blood and coated it thinly over the surface, and made a draconic-shaped helmet that fit his size. His speed was frighteningly fast.
Although this was actually a process that required more effort, he couldn't help it right now. Fortunately, the skills he had piled up weren't for nothing and there were no big flaws. Liera checked the time for him.
"5 minutes."
"The next is..."
The core materials for the helmet would be the two eyes. The body part that possessed the most magic power and resistance after the heart. This too, would have been refined slowly and with more effort if he had the time, but not now. He'll just solve it all with mana crafting!
"Hhp!"
Yu IlHan struck down on Echjar's eyes with the hammer covered in 5th class magic stones and immediately started mana crafting; to make it smaller and harder; to process it into the right direction that Yu IlHan wanted!
[Hell Seeker's Demon Eye was completed.]
The completed product were two thin panels that were tens of times smaller than the original. At least on the outside, it went as Yu IlHan had intended to. Considering that this had an independent name like the Destruction mirrors of the Hundred Eyes, its functionality should be splendid as well. However, Yu IlHan was unsure of that name.
'I don't know if I succeeded or not with such a name.'
"8 minutes."
"Ugh."
There was no time for groans either. Yu IlHan placed the two eyes that became the right size for the helmet, onto the frame and struck down with his hammer again. Eternal Flame softly wrapped itself around the helmet.
He was a little unsure about the end product since the work process was rushed, but the next moment, he could rest easy after the helmet and the eyes became one and gave off immense light. That was a light that he could only see when everything went as he wished to.
[Dragoneye of the Avenger was completed.]
[Rank – Chaos]
[Defense – 18,600]
[Durability 1,104,000/1,104,000]
[User restrictions – Magic 800]
[Options –
1. Reflects all status ailments at a 50% rate. However, the probability halves every league difference the enemy is higher than the user.
2. 150% increase in all status ailment resistance.
3. 50% increase in all magic resistance]
The moment the information appeared on his two eyes, he was relieved. At least he had no confidence in making a better helmet than this for quite a while. Meaning, this was a success."
He liked that the functions he wanted were all attached at a decent rate. The defense was also nothing to scoff at since he had made this from the scale of a 7th class dragon, and with magic resistance increase on top of status ailment resistance increase, it could be said that his resistance to charm magic had increased by 200%! Curse resistance and cures immunity wouldn't just play around either, so he was really confident now.
Yu IlHan immediately put on the sharp helmet that had two dragon eyes.
"How is it?"
"It's cool!"
"It's cool."
"It's cool~."
"You girls will probably say I'm cool even if I dance around naked..."
"But you are really cool!"
Wearing the helmet that imitated a dragon's head, it went well with the Infernal dragon body that also imitated the scaly body of a dragon. The aesthetics also was not bad with the black shadow around the gauntlet.
"It's so cool. You're almost like a demon lord!"
"Oh, it's that side......?"
Just one, rather than a hero of justice, he was closer to the pivot of evil. Well, it was fine since no one would be able to find Yu IlHan anyway once the battle started.
Yu IlHan pulled down the visor on the helmet to cover his eyes. The part where Echjar's two eyes were attached to was there......or not! It was a feint and was actually an eye blind. In fact, just wearing the helmet would activate all the options. It was truly a Yu IlHan-like trick.
Anyway, with this, all the preparations he could do were done.
"Well, then. If I still get cursed, you can start calling me the Cursed King."
"That sounds cool for some reason! If you get seduced by that succubus, I'm going to call you fluffylegs. Oh, ten minutes are up." (T/N: I have NO idea what that's supposed to mean googling didn't get me anything)
The moment a new reason he could not be seduced was added, Yu IlHan checked Erta's status and location and activated the formation.
At that moment, the seal from the magic formation was undone and the succubus entered Dareu, while Erta lost her qualifications as an angel and was put through the process of an arch-magic that made her into a member of the Garden of Sunset, just as the Heaven's Army realized that Erta was doing something strange, the Army of Brilliant Light realized that the Destruction Demon Army had sent two 7th classes to Dareu.
This was the rise of the curtain to a period of chaos and calamity.
Author's notes
Start of book 11! Chaos and destruction right from the start.
At first, I thought about how to explain the charm – as a curse or pure magic, but I decided to go with that it has properties of both.