Chapter 204: Chapter 204 - Grand Demon Duke Agares (4)
Chapter 204 – Grand Demon Duke Agares (4)
[You are in a state of confusion . ]
[The ‘Cold Blooded’ trait has been activated for an unknown reason . ]
[The ‘Cold Blooded’ trait has been activated for an unknown reason . ]
His heart started to beat like crazy . His breathing became faster . He completely blanked . He couldn’t register anything .
The diary definitely said nothing about his brother having a child . The only person that his brother had loved in the tower was Vieira Dune, and after he was betrayed by his lover, he never gave his heart to anyone .
However, there was someone who tried to heal his brother’s heart .
‘Ananta . ’
Ananta had one-sidedly liked his brother for a long time . As the only Dragon Human in the Tower, she had always been lonely, and had been extremely happy to see someone of the same species as her .
His brother had also been close to her, according to Kalatus’s wishes . However, unlike Ananta’s romantic feelings, his were strictly platonic .
When Ananta realized that she couldn’t get his brother’s heart, she had secretly left .
And the last time she appeared was when his brother had been staying alone in the clan house .
The only conversation they had at the same time was about how they fared during all that time .
However, Ananta seemed like she wanted to tell his brother something . But his brother had been cold to Ananta, after all the betrayal he had been through, and Ananta left without saying anything .
After saying something unclear .
-I’ll do whatever I can do to protect…
Was she talking about Sesha that time?
‘Now that I think about it… . . Ananta seemed to be pretty badly injured . And it was like she was being chased by something . What was it?’
Brahm’s vestige continued to conjure images in Yeon-woo’s head .
Ananta, who left a newborn baby in Brahm’s arms . At Brahm’s question, asking if it was even her child, Ananta had shouted that it was a child born from her heart .
And when Yeon-woo reached Brahm’s thoughts, he was able to know all the secrets that had been hidden .
Like he was actually Brahm, all the vestiges flashed through his head .
… . . It was a mistake . A mistake that I made joking around with a dragon when I played around because I was so sick of a god’s responsibilities . I was sorry to the child, but I couldn’t acknowledge it as my child… . .
… . . I heard from somewhere that the child grew up well . I pretended that I didn’t know about her, but I still thought it was a relief… . .
… . . I heard that the child liked another Dragon Human . Is it Cha Jeong-woo, that child? I thought that the world was quite small since he was someone I taught alchemy to… . .
… . . I heard that she died coldly by herself somewhere . And I was able to realize . Everything that I considered to be foolish emotions were actually everything to me . I regretted my past decisions . I cursed my wrong choices . I wanted to see the child she left behind… . .
… . . She brought a newborn baby . She called me “Father” for the first time and entrusted the child to me . It was the child of Cha Jeong-woo and Vieira Dune… . .
… . . Vieira Dune had hidden the fact she had a child from Cha Jeong-woo . My child coincidentally found out about it, and ran away with the child . And she really raised her like her own . The baby’s name was ‘Sesha . ’ It meant ‘remnant . ’ It probably meant that it was something Cha Jeong-woo left behind… . .
… . . I heard that she was fighting with the witches somewhere . Cha Jeong-woo was also fighting a war with the other clans… . .
… . . But I couldn’t help my child at all . The child my child gave me . I had to protect Sesha… . .
Brahm’s vestiges were all colored with regret .
Yeon-woo was able to understand everything now .
‘I see . So that’s what happened . ’
The reason why Brahm hadn’t helped his brother . At first, he thought it was because of Brahm’s indifferent personality, but that wasn’t the case . It was to protect Sesha .
That was also the reason why Ananta had wordlessly left his brother . It was to protect Sesha from the witches . At the time, Sesha was about to be experimented on by the Walpurgisnacht, and Ananta had barely been able to save her .
But she couldn’t save Sesha from everything, so Sesha always had to suffer her illness .
Was Ananta fighting a war with Walpurgisnacht somewhere in the Tower now?
Brahm had to spend all that time not being able to help despite knowing everything .
And now, to pay for his sins to his brother and Ananta, he tried to heal Sesha .
Even though everything about this tragedy had stemmed from one person, Brahm was blaming himself for what happened .
‘Vieira Dune! You… . . !’
Fire burned in Yeon-woo’s eyes . His head was filled with a boiling rage for her .
Then .
[Get a grip, master, you bastard!]
He heard Shanon’s rough voice in his head . Yeon-woo quickly snapped to attention .
[Don’t you have to have your head on properly in times like these! Do you want to die?]
Yeon-woo bit his lower lip . Shanon was right . He needed to get a grip .
He folded his anger towards Vieira Dune . He also had to bury his grief for Brahm .
Since he knew the truth, he had to focus on one thing now .
The reason why Agares had manifested was simple . It was to take the only trace of his brother that was left in this Tower .
He had to stop that at the very least .
‘Even if I couldn’t protect Jeong-woo… . . ’
At least Sesha .
At least his niece .
‘I’ll save you . ’
His Magic Circuit spun powerfully to grow his wings of fire . The Devil’s Blessing that had just begun to be absorbed in him reacted to the Demon Studies .
And soon enough, he was able to arrive where Brahm and Agares were .
[So this was it . What you prepared all that time . Sorry, but I can’t make your wish come true . ]
Agares smiled wickedly under the binds of the Divine Iron from the sealing circle, and exploded his strength .
Kwang!
Tens of black wings spread out, easily breaking the chains . Small pieces of the Divine Iron flicked out .
Normally, they should’ve activated properly, but as the barrier of the Illusionary World had collapsed, it seemed like the power of the sealing circle had weakened as well .
Brahm vomited blood and fell forward . The Book of Mercury in his hand was crumbling .
“No… . . !”
But he forced his hand out like he wouldn’t lose Agares . Divine Iron came out again, but it just helplessly clanked against Agares’s barrier .
[What a nuisance . ]
Then, Agares lightly shook his hand to completely break the remaining sealing circle and transmutation circle .
Brahm hugged his body with his arms and landed headfirst into the ground . Because his internal organs were all damaged, blood continued to pour out . The small amount of the lifeforce he had left had begun to end .
And this time, Agares spread his hand out in the other direction . As he did, something started to float into the air from the middle of the empty field, locked in a round bubble .
“Brahm! Brahm!”
Sesha was sobbing, slamming against the walls of the bubble . Galliard quickly ran after her, but he was blown away after being pushed by an invisible force .
[So this is it . What that guy left behind . It’s not completely to my liking, but it’ll be a good trophy . ]
Along with a movement of Agares’s hand, vines of darkness wrapped around the bubble and pulled it towards him .
Agares licked his lips with his red tongue, slowly opening his mouth . As he did, his violent-looking teeth gleamed in the air . He seemed to want to swallow her up at once .
Sesha bawled . She wasn’t scared of being eaten by Agares . However, seeing Brahm call out her name while vomiting blood and Galliard somehow try to lift himself up caused her chest to tighten .
It made her think of her ‘mom’ from a long time ago . Sesha had an abnormally good memory, so she still remembered back to when she was a baby .
In a strange dark place, faces she didn’t know continued to mutter incomprehensible words while stabbing her with knives . Sesha just cried, scared of them .
And the person who saved her was her mom . Her mom had saved her from those people, and she never lost her smile .
-Sesha, Sesha . You look like your dad, so you look prettiest when you smile . So don’t cry, and smile .
What her mom said was still engraved deep inside her heart .
So she always made an effort to smile . At first, it was hard, but from some time, it became easier . That was why she liked it, and she was happy .
Since Brahm was always happy when she smiled, she liked it even more .
But Brahm was injured now . She wanted to help him somehow, but she was powerless .
It was the same with her mom . Her mom got hurt trying to protect her . Like back then . Her mom’s face overlapped with Brham’s .
Sesha desperately hoped that someone would help her .
It would be nice if she had a dad, but she didn’t .
Instead, she thought of someone who was like a father figure to her .
Agares was now in the process of swallowing her . Sesha tightly shut her eyes .
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‘Cain!’
Then, in the dark world, a stream of light suddenly appeared . A red light emanated heat, cutting Agares’s right hand . Sesha helplessly fell to the ground .
Then, she was hugged by something . A hard chest . It was a warm chest . Sesha lifted her head with tears in her eyes .
There, the face she was hoping for was there . No, to be exact, it was a mask . It looked as scary as a devil, but the eyes behind the mask were so warm .
“… . . Cain?’
Yeon-woo used Blink several times, and he quietly placed her down, still hugging her . The heat flared up, messing up his hair .
Then, he kneeled, adjusting his height to match Sesha’s .
Click—
He slowly took off his mask .
Suddenly, Sesha’s eyes started to shake after seeing Yeon-woo’s face . It was a face she had never seen before but it was still familiar to her .
It was the face in the stories her mom told her before bedtime .
“Dad… . . ?”
Sesha called for Yeon-woo in a trembling voice .
Yeon-woo just wordlessly pulled Sesha to him .
Promising himself that he would never lose her, over and over again .
“Dad? Is it really you?”
Sesha tightly grabbed Yeon-woo’s sleeve . Her thin hands were slightly shaking .
Sometimes, she thought to herself .
What did her dad look like?
Her mom always had a smile when she spoke about her dad . She said that he was the most wonderful, kind, and selfless person in the world . And she had said that he had a lot of laughter .
So Sesha always tried to imagine her dad . It would’ve been nice if he read her stories to her at bedtime . It would be nice if he cooked her tasty snacks . It would’ve been nice if he played hide and seek with her, and gave her piggyback rides .
And when Yeon-woo had first arrived, Sesha thought that her wish upon a star to send her a dad, someone like her mom had told her about, had come true .
At first, he was scary because he had that strange mask on, but he was the same Dragon Human as her, and he always played with her . He even made her tasty snacks and became her conversation partner .
It was the same dad that she came up with in her imagination . So before she slept, she always clasped her hands together to thank the stars .
But .
It seemed like the stars had really granted her wish .
It was her dad .
It was the face that her mom had told her about . Unlike what she said about his wide smiles, he had a faint smile, and had sad eyes, but it was her dad .
“Uaaang!”
Sesha buried her face in Yeon-woo’s chest and sobbed . As if asking him why he came now . She and her mom had been so hurt . And Brahm and Galliard had had such a hard time . But she was so grateful she met her dad like this .
Yeon-woo just silently patted Sesha’s back . Telling her not to worry . That he wouldn’t ever make her cry again .
Then, he quietly blew in his warm magic power to put her to sleep . She was exhausted from the day’s events . He needed to let her rest .
“Rebecca . ”
[Got it . ]
Rebecca silently appeared behind Yeon-woo and disappeared with Sesha . It was to take her as far away from here as she could .
Then, Yeon-woo slowly stood up to look where Agares was . He didn’t wear the mask . At this point, it meant nothing .
“You… . . ?”
Brahm barely lifted himself, panting . His entire body was crumbling because of the loss of his holiness and holy power, but he couldn’t take his eyes off of Yeon-woo . His eyes were shaking, like he couldn’t believe what he saw .
Yeon-woo just silently stretched out his hand in Brahm’s direction and activated the rune magic engraved in his bones .
“Heal . Recovery . ”
It was nothing more than a simple emergency treatment, but Brahm’s condition quickly recovered . But Brahm’s eyes were still focused on Yeon-woo .
“I’ll tell you the details later . ”
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Brahm just nodded his head, knowing nothing else could be done . And he was able to realize belatedly that although his face was the same, Yeon-woo wasn’t Cha Jeong-woo .
His skills, attitude, personality, and strength were all different .
And it was the same for Galliard, who forced himself up . After he observed Yeon-woo with Fairy Eyes, he seemed to have somewhat realized what happened .
Yeon-woo pulled Vigrid out, and raised Aegis, glaring at Agares . He was looking at Yeon-woo with a small smile, like he was amused .
As Yeon-woo’s shadow stretched out, Shanon and Hanryeong also appeared, holding their swords . Boo flew up high in the air, and began to create his undead army . The Monster Army steadily got up as well .
His Dragon’s Territory was already sturdily set up . However, the influence of Agares on the 23rd floor was too strong .
[Shit . I’ll be damned . How am we supposed to deal with that thing?]
[A demon is really a demon I see . ]
Shanon and Hanryeong gripped their weapons even tighter looking at the gigantic Agares . Hanryeong especially hardened his resolve .
Even a high ranker couldn’t easily touch gods or demons, and Agares, who was one of the highest beings, was someone he couldn’t easily approach even back in his old days .
And Yeon-woo was feeling that same pressure as well .
On the 16th floor, he had confronted the god Urd, but Urd, who had felt like a colossal sun back at that time, couldn’t even be compared to Agares right now .
Yeon-woo wanted to kneel from the pressure that was pressing down at his shoulders .
However, Yeon-woo didn’t plan on bowing his head here .
[Extrasensory Perception – Synchronization]
Yeon-woo wanted to be released from the pressure by imitating someone . He used the same skills that of Kindred that he saw in Brahm’s vestige pieces .
He thought of the shedding of the Monkey King he saw in the Monkey King’s dungeon .
Suddenly, strength started to grow from somewhere within him and pushed away the pressure .
[You are being released from the strong pressure of a demon . Your calmness is being maintained through the ‘Cold Blooded’ trait . ]
[You’ve gained a strong resistance to mental attacks . ]
He met his niece that he didn’t even know he had . A trace of Jeong-woo was there . He had to protect it however he could .
Were Yeon-woo’s thoughts relayed to them? The monsters that had been shaking from Agares’s pressure began to regain their reason and moaned . He could feel that they were filled with the will to fight as soon as he gave the orders .
At that moment, something flashed in Agares’s eyes .
The monsters and undeads were technically more closer to demons . Since they were from the darkness property, they shouldn’t have been able to easily stand against him, but to think that they were able to show their enmity so blatantly .
Was that how strong Yeon-woo’s mentality was? Or were his artifacts outstanding? Or was it both?
Well, whatever it was, it didn’t matter . Agares smirked and looked at Yeon-woo . This was the only other person that he wanted to see as much as Sesha .
[So . I guess brothers are brothers . Amusing . Seeing you myself is different than seeing you from above . Very different . ]
Yeon-woo didn’t say anything . It was most important to understand what Agares was scheming right now .
[How about a response? I don’t like talking by myself . ]
Only then did Yeon-woo open his mouth .
“What do you want?”
[From what I saw, you seem to be pretty smart . Don’t you already know?]
“You probably want me and Sesha . ”
[Right . ]
Agares’s mouth opened . His severed right hand had already regenerated, and he was stroking his chin with it . His sharp canines were visible for anyone to see .
[A long time ago, your brother humiliated me . I want to be compensated for that . ]
Darkness started to swirl around Agares .
[But threatening a small fish while being a Grand Duke won’t be looked nicely upon, so I’ll give you a chance . You and the Dragon Human . I’ll forgive just by taking one of you . ]
The darkness intruded on Yeon-woo’s territory and warped around his Monster Army . It was soft, but threatening, like it would swallow him any second .
[It’s not a bad deal for you . You want power? I’ll give it to you . The condition is the same that I offered your brother . It’s a power that can shake the tower . Isn’t it tempting?]
Lunacy was shining in Agares’s eyes .
He had a crazed personality that had to get what he wanted . But the Grand Duke was also someone who became easily bored after getting it . Anyone who was exposed to that lunacy would turn crazy .
But that was why the darkness around Yeon-woo was so seductive .
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It was whispering sweet nothings in his ear that this would be his if he wanted . It was the same as his brother’s case .
It really was an intense obsession . The demon was being ridiculous, doing things to get someone who had already died .
Yeon-woo knew as well .
If he grabbed Agares’s hand, he could gain the power that he had wanted all this time .
[Is this not enough? Then give up your niece as a sacrifice . If you do that, I’ll give you a reward that is worth as much, no, that’s much more precious than her . ]
Even in the urgent situation when his brother was about to die, he had refused Agares’s temptation .
The reason?
It was simple .
To be bound to a demon meant that you would lose yourself . You would lose all your free will, and become someone completely different . His brother had refused that, and the same went for Yeon-woo .
That was why the answer was rejection .
“And if I don’t want to?”
Agares’s androgynous face crumpled . A powerful demonic energy shifted around him . The darkness around Yeon-woo bared its teeth, like it would swallow him any moment .
[You don’t know your place!]
Agares, who had been rejected by Jeong-woo, and now Yeon-woo, extended his hand to swallow him .
To forcefully bind someone, he had to touch their soul, so it wasn’t fun . That was why he hadn’t used that method, but since it had turned out like this, there was nothing else he could do .
Hwihwihwi!
The darkness spread to wrap around all of Yeon-woo and the Monster Army . Agares planned on trapping Yeon-woo in the darkness . Then, his soul would naturally be absorbed .
Agares could feel the monsters jumping around inside, but it didn’t do much to him . This darkness was pretty much a part of Agares . It wasn’t a strength that just a player could easily fight off .
But for some reason, Agares felt uncomfortable .
The Yeon-woo he had seen from the 98th floor wasn’t something to simply lose like this .
Unlike Jeong-woo, Yeon-woo never lost his cool . Even in front of beings that were much stronger than him, he never backed down, and he was someone who always played the field to his advantage .
That was how it had been during the war between the Red Dragon and Cheonghwado, and when he had fucked the god Urd over . Wasn’t that also how he got the inheritance of the Monkey King?
And such a person was being defeated so easily? It was obvious that a player couldn’t fight a demon, but it was strange that there was no resistance .
Suddenly, Agares straightened his back .
It was something that he had never felt after becoming a Grand Duke . When had he felt this? He remembered it was when he fought with the dead Dragon King, Lord Kalatus . He had almost been erased from the face of this world, so he couldn’t forget about it .
But it was the same feeling as back then .
A being that didn’t fall short of him was trying to appear from the sky .
Then .
The land that Yeon-woo was stepping on started to float the transmutation circle up again .
And the darkness around Yeon-woo was forcefully pushed back .
Pang—
The red sky suddenly split, and a bright light shone on Yeon-woo .
Under it, Yeon-woo slowly opened his eyes . His wide open Draconic eyes were sparking with gold light, like they were the Golden Gaze of Fiery Eyes .
Then, multiple shapes and rune letters from the transmutation circle broke, climbing up to the sky .
And—
Kookookoo—
Like how an iron door had burst up from the ground to summon Agares, this time, a gigantic iron door came from the sky .
It was a holy iron door with images of all kinds of angels and spirits .
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