Chapter 169: Chapter 169 - Set (3)
Chapter 169: Set (3)
After the very difficult process of naming was finished, he stepped out from the bustling crowd and moved to an empty area nearby .
Once he checked that no one was around using his Extrasensory Perception, he summoned Nemesis .
Nemesis slowly came to appearance along with dark fog .
A body like the Akasha’s Snake, but the head of a Mythical Beast for sure . He was already bigger than Chirpy .
Before, he had been about 5 meters long, but now, it was closer to 7 .
Who would believe that he had been hatched less than a year ago?
‘Well, he still has a long way to go compared to the dragon god . ’
He thought of the dragon god he saw in the Monkey King’s Palace and met Nemesis’s eyes .
[You seem different seeing you like this, master . ]
Nemesis didn’t hesitate saying the word ‘master’ anymore .
“Because I have to grow as much as you guys grow . ”
[Good . I don’t know about other things, but I like your mindset . ]
Yeon-woo grinned .
Nemesis narrowed his eyes .
[So . Why’d you call me?]
“You should know . ”
[Hm . ]
“You didn’t say anything . How you were reborn . How ancient dragon Kalatus is still living . But I didn’t ask . ”
Yeon-woo thought Nemesis needed to have some time to think, so he waited .
But now, he seemed to be somewhat better now . He seemed to have accepted the life Demonic Dragon Nemesis .
“I hope you can tell me now . ”
After some silence, Nemesis slowly opened his mouth .
[The reason why I was reborn… . . actually, I don’t know if you can call this being reborn . Since I have all my memories . But I died, and am living again . So I guess it is rebirth . It’s not too different from the method that the Legendary Beasts use . ]
Nemesis two eyes sunk deeply .
[I roamed around nothingness all this time . There, I waited and waited for Jeong-woo to come back for me . ]
Nothingness .
The dimension that was known to flow between worlds . And they said anything that went inside there disappeared without a trace .
But he still had his consciousness after all this time?
“How did you think of waiting for him?”
[Because Kalatus said so . ]
“What?”
It was unexpected .
Yeon-woo’s eyes slightly widened .
[Isn’t that weird? From what I know, Kalatus closed his eyes after giving everything he had to Jeong-woo . Also, he even gave me his precious Dragon Heart . We kept his promise, and we even saw him return to mana . ]
Returning to mana was the expression for when a Draconic species met death .
Since they were blessed with mana when they were hatched, they returned to mana after death .
That meant ancient dragon Kalatus had definitely died .
[But when I was surrounded by Cheongwado people without avenging Jeong-woo, I heard Kalatus’s voice . To wait . ]
Nemesis still remembered what Kalatus said that day .
-Wait . That child… . . will come back soon .
Come back .
Nemesis just believed those words and waited . He roamed around nothingness by himself for a long time .
Sometimes, he was overwhelmed with the want to disappear because endless patience was so painful, but every time, he heard Kalatus’s voice .
And he had entered the world again from the call of the same soul as Jeong-woo . When he woke up, he thought he was seeing Jeong-woo .
But it wasn’t .
“So that’s how it was . ”
Yeon-woo was deep in thought for a moment .
So what resurrected Nemesis was the ancient dragon Kalatus . Yeon-woo heard his voice when his dragon body was being awakened, so he knew for sure that he was still living somewhere .
Also, there was something else he grasped .
‘Is Kalatus the reason for… . . Jeong-woo being back at Earth?’
The reason why Yeon-woo came to Korea from Africa was because his brother was found . He had his ID card in his wallet, and in his pockets were pictures and the pocket watch .
After he entered the Tower, he was sometimes curious .
Just who sent his brother to Earth?
The place he closed his eyes was in the House of the old Arthia clan . It definitely wasn’t Earth .
So that meant there was someone who retrieved his brother .
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But he didn’t know who that someone was .
There wasn’t anyone he could point out from the diary, and people like Henova and Galliard didn’t know the location of the Clan House .
But if it was the ancient dragon Kalatus .
All his questions were answered .
And most of all, Kalatus had said he would wait .
Until he came to find him .
Yeon-woo asked Nemesis .
“Where would Kalatus be?”
[Probably where his deathbed was . ]
“Where is that?”
Nemesis answered in a low voice .
[50th floor . The Dragon Temple . ]
“Of course… . . ”
The Dragon Temple on the 50th floor was the place that split rankers and semi rankers . It was the stage that was called a ‘wall . ’
But it had another meaning to Yeon-woo .
It was where his brother had closed his eyes . That was the only place where the portal to transport to the Clan House of Arthia was .
So Yeon-woo had to get to the 50th floor no matter what, and he was working hard to do that .
But a trace of the ancient dragon Kalatus might be there?
‘Definitely . Since Jeong-woo set up the location of the Clan House on the 50th floor longing for Kalatus . ’
It was known that the Clan House of Arthia was destroyed, when it was actually separated into subspace .
“So I have to get there… . . but I’m not in the situation to right now . ”
Even though Yeon-woo had the martial power of a ranker, he was still giving his all on each floor .
You could only do a trial once . The amount of rewards you got depended on how good you did . Getting two numbering skills on the 20th floor was proof of that .
Of course, it was possible to come back and do the stage . Like the Sadhu . But that was just individual training, you didn’t get any rewards for it .
What Yeon-woo needed was an astronomical amount of Karma and the rewards that came with it .
‘And I need to fill the hall of fame with my name . ’
Unlike the beginner’s section until the 10th floor, he was taking his time now .
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But if Kalatus was waiting for him, and his last traces disappeared because he was too slow, it would be disastrous .
However .
[No . You don’t have to worry about that . ]
Nemesis shook his big head .
“Why?”
[Whatever you do, he’ll be sleeping . It’s similar to hibernation, but he can wait until you arrive there . ]
“How do you know that?”
[Did you forget?]
Nemesis lightly snorted and spoke .
[That I’m the alter ego, as well as the apostle of Kalatus?]
Yeon-woo decided on maintaining the speed he was with subjugating floors .
If he made a mistake because he was in a rush, he might do something that couldn’t be turned back .
Getting stronger, and raising the awakening of the dragon body to the 8th step was the most important .
After his questions about Kalatus were answered, he went to go see his teacher, the Martial King .
“Sword Energy? Huh . You seem like a person now . ”
He was the same as ever . He could tell how Yeon-woo had changed with just one look .
Sword Energy . In the terms of the One-horned tribe, it meant Aura Blade .
The eyes of Phante and Edora, who were behind him, turned shocked . Knowing Aura meant that you were at a master level .
This was because they were only just learning Aura now themselves, although they had trained their martial art since they were young .
Phante sighed again, as if asking ‘again?’ and Edora’s eyes shined .
“Also . Mm . ”
He rubbed his chin and looked Yeon-woo up and down . Then, he grinned widely .
“I guess you got something else too, huh?”
Yeon-woo was really speechless now .
[Kyah! Isn’t this basically like a clairvoyant? I only heard about the Martial King, but I didn’t imagine he was like this . Really . ]
[The teacher who made Sword God… . . ]
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Even Shanon and Hanryeong let out exclamations of respect . They seemed to be seeing something Yeon-woo couldn’t .
‘Does he really have the ability to see all things?’
Yeon-woo couldn’t even dream of hiding things any longer . So he sighed, but he thought that this was actually for the better .
He wanted to discuss what he had been through while he was at it already . He felt like he knew the Devil Army’s motive for collecting the Ruyi Bang, but there were still a few things he didn’t get .
Why wasn’t the Devil Army there when he left the dungeon? If their target was the piece of the Ruyi Bang, they should have sealed off the exit .
But wouldn’t the Martial King be able to grasp something?
And Kindred had acted like he knew the Martial King .
So he tried to ask for some advice .
“Don’t . ”
He grinned .
“You do your thing, and I’ll do mine . Trust is important, but you declared independence . And you only come when you don’t know something . ”
He definitely was a clairvoyant .
But Yeon-woo nodded, because he could see his teacher was being benevolent . And he also thought this . That the Martial King was definitely similar to the Monkey King .
So he pushed his thoughts about the Monkey King away . Since he was going to look for the pieces of the Ruyi Bang, he would meet the Devil Army anyway . He could see the reason then .
The Martial King crossed his arms and changed the topic .
“Anyways, so it’s the 21st floor now?”
Phante and Edora turned to look at Yeon-woo again . They had just finished the trial of the11th floor, and he was already so far ahead .
Then, they remembered what the trial of the 21st floor was .
“Yes, sir . ”
The Martial King grinned .
“Then you’ll see me soon, huh?”
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