Chapter 727 – 727. Cut Off the Dragon’s Head
A timer appeared before my eyes.
This is a timer set up by Oneiroi.
30 minutes after this timer starts, this match will end.
From now on, it’s a race against time.
If you don’t win within 30 minutes, all the effort and hard work you’ve accumulated so far will be in vain.
When I thought that all my efforts were disappearing, my eyes turned white.
If you build up this much narrative, you’ll lose it all with one failure?
That’s crazy.
Even if you die, you must succeed.
Because failure means death.
“Okay, let’s go in.”
We entered the place where the collapsed pantheon was.
In an instant, the body was sucked into the portal, and the Oneiroi began counting the seconds.
In 10 seconds.
This world goes dark.
And the 30-minute countdown will begin.
“Arrive.”
It transferred onto the building of the pantheon.
The pantheon, which must have been brilliant in the past, is now nothing more than a land under a terrible curse.
The remnants of the gods who could not die were crawling on the floor, spewing out negativity, and an unknown other-dimensional horror was crawling over their bodies, letting out screams.
And beyond them, a large dragon is coiled and staring at us.
A continent dyed in golden light.
A large object whose size is difficult to guess.
It wasn’t a size that could be used as an example, such as a soccer field.
Just the size of the head is the size of Jeju Island. It’s impossible to capture everything with your eyes. Even beyond the horizon, everything was the body of the Dragon King.
Even though there is a huge distance between it and us, it is so small that we can barely feel the sense of perspective.
It felt like I could split a planet in half with a single swing of my hand.
That is the Dragon King.
You were waiting for me, wrapped in layers of crazy power called global deterrence.
[I knew it would come. There’s no way it won’t come. Did you put the world to sleep? To kill me? Even if you go into a frenzy, you guys can burn them to death.]
The arrogant Dragon King’s mental waves rang out.
[Okay. Good night. Just a short moment. I will erase you.]
It is the biggest dragon I have ever seen.
Rather, it seemed like it was too big, and the movement would be slow.
It wasn’t at all.
“Tail it!!!!!!”
A shout like Hilde’s scream.
At the same time, the Dragon King’s tail was swung.
Have you ever felt a continent approaching before your eyes?
A big wall is right in front of you.
A short period of time divided by minutes into seconds and then divided in half again.
The Dragon King’s tail was swung at a speed that made it difficult to even react.
Thrill. An overwhelming destructive force came towards us in an instant.
What happens when a tail the size of the Korean Peninsula swings in seconds?
First, everything is swept away by the wind pressure.
Storm? Hurricane?
Everything around was swept away by wind pressure that could not be compared to a natural disaster, and was torn apart by the blades of the wind.
It must be blocked. If you don’t make a move within 1 second, annihilation is inevitable.
Because that guy’s physical attacks touch the power.
It has already gone far beyond what mortals can handle.
Bang-!!!!!
Bleep—-!!!!
My eardrums burst, and my head rang with tinnitus.
It is a disturbance of the senses. I have now established myself here as a spirit. There is no need to be disturbed by the senses of the physical body or incarnate body.
As soon as I realized it, I erased my tinnitus.
Continental-level tentacles rose from all directions and grabbed the Dragon King’s tail, blocking his advance. 1 second. If I hadn’t been able to stop it, we would all have just died.
“Khaaaaa…!!!!”
Hilde sat down, coughing up blood.
Helgen fainted.
Zeke stood still, but he shed bloody tears, perhaps because of a problem with his optic nerve or simply because of the pressure.
It’s just a simple tail slap.
Mortals are dying.
No, I felt like I was going to die too.
[That monster…!]
Before I knew it, the guy had returned his tail to its original position.
As expected, I was just trying to get the result of cutting out the middle process and hitting it with the tail.
If I hadn’t stopped it in the middle, I would have been killed at first sight.
[Destruction. I am destruction. I am your end. Black Death. Black Snake…!!!]
2 minutes and 30 seconds have passed since the global cancer war began.
The Dragon King’s consciousness gradually began to fade.
Soon he will completely lose his senses.
If I can’t kill it, I have to deal with the same planet-destroying physical power as before.
I don’t think I’ll be able to block the tail swipe twice with a clear mind.
“Everyone… Wake up!!!”
Zeke shouted.
I must keep the Dragon King in check.
Sieg, Hilde, and Helgen had to move forward on their own.
I can’t walk for you. Because there’s nothing I can do other than protect them from the Dragon King’s power.
The three people go forward again.
There was no sign of the distance narrowing, but I realized that this distance was a kind of dream tree.
The Dragon King was frightened by the loud voice.
He distorted space because he was afraid that within 30 minutes we would reach him, crush his body and take out his heart.
Because this space distortion was an ancient spell.
It was a puzzle that had to be solved in a magical way.
[We will shorten the distance by forcibly creating and resolving the ordeal! You have to hold on. If you can’t hold on, it’s over!]
The power of the Dragon King will be confined within the framework of trials.
A trial I created arbitrarily, not given by him.
This was some kind of game.
By applying the same game that the management had implemented against players to this situation, the incomprehensible phenomenon was overcome with the same concept as a reward given upon clearing a mission.
It must be difficult to understand what you’re talking about.
[From now on, withstand the dragons created by the Dragon King for 3 minutes.]
It was an ordeal.
A quest given to bridge the nearly infinite distance between us and the Dragon King.
The timer is running.
3 minutes. If I lasted just 3 minutes, I could completely shorten the distance to the Dragon King.
Soon, the dregs of Manshin that were struggling in the filth began to struggle in pain and spread their wings.
Can something like that be called a dragon?
Isn’t this just mocking the remnants that couldn’t die?
It’s a curse. The dragon’s bitter curse dissolved among the dregs of all gods.
Kaaaaa-!!!!
The Dragon King, who soon lost his senses, roared.
The fire it gave off enveloped us, and immediately the Oneiroi extinguished the world’s lights.
Everything really falls asleep.
All the countless intelligent beings in the universe have now fallen asleep and lost their memories of the Dragon King.
However, the dragons created from the filth heap did not sleep. They are flying.
It was a kind of terrible circus, and the Dragon King shot out his breath along with blood among the strangely twisted dragons.
[Only 30 minutes!!! After that, I will burn you all to death!!!!]
Declining existence. Even as he was losing consciousness, he realized that he only had to hold out for 30 minutes.
That’s right. It’s only 30 minutes. If you don’t win the throne, you will be sacrificed to the universe and ruled by that bastard.
‘Can I handle the suppressive power that has doubled by eating the remnants of the Manshin?’
I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t afford it.
It’s too late to stop.
Probability no longer matters.
All that’s left is to hit with all your might.
[Kaaaaa!!!!!]
He twisted the flying dragon king’s breath in the air and threw it to the side.
Thousands of filth dragons floating in the air evaporated, and the temperature began to rise.
The world is shaken by the Dragon King’s rampage.
In an instant, the surrounding landscape was engulfed in flames.
As the temperature began to rise rapidly, the remnants of the gods, who were covered in filth, tore their own flesh and tore off the gods’ skin as if taking off clothes.
Their bodies are on fire.
The remnants of divine blood burned and gave them their final strength.
“Let’s go!!”
“Haaa.”
The Dragon King turned this area into a fiery hell with his incredible control over space.
Flames flicker everywhere. Orange flames engulfed the world.
An explosion occurred in front of my eyes, and body parts flew out.
Nevertheless, Zeke and Hilde proceeded, taking care of the flying dragons.
Two mortals make their way through the enormous heat, which is like the second coming of Muspelheim.
We have to protect them.
[Invalidity. Invalid!]
Everything was invalidated.
Every time Hilde and Zeke’s bodies tried to burn in flames, they nullified all the approaching flames and returned them to nothing.
Even though I block it like this, it still hurts.
I share their pain.
I blocked the Dragon King’s anger with my whole body.
[Wow…]
Since I am God, I have to do this much.
The two of us are rushing towards death to help me.
If you can’t even do this, there’s no point in becoming a god.
“Hilde!! Don’t fall behind and hold on!!!!”
“Quaaa!!!”
Zeke stood in front of Hilde.
Zeke blocks the blowing hot air with his whole body.
“It’s coming!!!!”
Once again, thousands of dragons flew towards us.
Dragons with divine power made from the remnants of abandoned gods.
Things that had divine power, but became nothing more than filth after being remodeled by the Dragon King.
No matter how many times I killed them, they gathered together and crawled back up.
Like a clay doll made of mud. No matter how much you kill, there is no use.
Even the number continued to increase.
It was difficult to move forward.
Because lumps of dirt wrapped in flames are densely packed in every space.
Those with low intelligence but who had lost the fear of death flew in, emitting rays of destruction in all directions.
I wanted to dispose of all that dirt right away, but I don’t have the energy.
Their opponents are Zeke and Hilde.
What I have to stop is the Dragon King who has lost his wit.
[3 minutes passed!!!]
The distance has been shortened.
I caught a glimpse of the large Dragon King’s face. It’s so big that you can’t see it all. At this level, we are incredibly close.
The distance has gotten quite close. Now that we have entered through the infinite wall that can never be broken through, all that remains is for Helgen to destroy the Dragon King’s evil.
It was then.
[It’s a distortion of reality!!!]
From the Dragon King’s mouth, a sense of restraint that had no place to go spewed out.
It soon came rolling in like a wave and was about to hit Hilde and Zeke.
If you get caught by that power, it’s over. I didn’t know how it would be distorted.
“Aaaaah-!!!”
He shouted out loud and stretched out his arms.
It interfered with the force that was trying to wrap and twist Zeke and threw him back towards the flying dragons.
“Kaaaaa!!!!!”
The dragons that were hit directly by the wave of distortion scattered by the Dragon King cried out and fell.
Their shapes were distorted grotesquely, and they instantly shrunk into a single dot and were expelled from reality.
“Crazy.”
They literally banished him from reality.
No one will know where it would have gone except for the person who was thrown out.
There was no way to explain this situation other than that he had completely disappeared from this universe.
I put a protective shield over Helgen and struck off the Dragon King’s curse-like banishment, then immediately stood in front of the group and put my hands together.
It is too foolish to continue to endure the power of the Dragon King and the apocalypse like this.
At least this fire must be extinguished.
‘That guy lit up the flames.’
I will summon frost.
[Share your knowledge.]
Adam’s insight was revealed to its limit.
At that moment, a phenomenon I had never seen before occurred.
A book that appeared before my eyes.
The Book of All Things directly recites the incantation.
What I want is the coordinates of the eight hells.
If my opponent summons inferno, I just have to respond with a blizzard.
[Hehe…]
A huge amount of information poured into my mind.
Divine power has been condensed into the joined hands.
[Open.]
I opened the door.
In an instant, a door was created behind my back and opened.
The entrance to the eight hells opens.
A blizzard erupted like an explosion and began to freeze the heat.
They conflict with each other.
A huge amount of water vapor was created, and one small dimension was covered with fog.
The surrounding area froze in an instant.
The approaching heat was erased, and the buildings of the pantheon exploded in the collision of heat and cold.
The dimension creaked, and all the burning dragons were torn apart by the cold wind.
Most of the ground that could be called land was burned down, but the burned ashes were re-frozen to create a place to stand.
[15 minutes passed.]
15 minutes left. There’s only half left.
Now we have to move forward.
‘The power of existence has decreased significantly.’
After 15 minutes of the world battle, I finally realized that the Dragon King’s momentum had decreased.
‘My power of existence also lowered.’
The biggest variable in this operation is that my existence power will also be lowered, similar to that of the Dragon King.
That would be natural.
In order to turn the Dragon King’s existence into nothingness, everyone is put to sleep and the memories of the Dragon King are covered with a curtain.
I also had to experience those side effects. Because everyone is asleep, my presence also decreases.
The power of existence increases only when there are more intelligent beings in the universe that know me.
If I covered all their eyes, my power of existence also decreased.
Of course, it would be better than the Dragon King who completely covered his existence with a veil.
‘Is reflux starting?’
When I was no longer able to protect myself with my presence, the power contained within my body began to flow back.
I forced it down. The moment I am swept away by the pull of power, I also lose my sense like the Dragon King.
Meanwhile, while I was blocking the Dragon King, Zeke and Hilde were steadily wiping out the dragons.
Without even realizing that they were fighting, the two erased the dragons created from the waste of all gods, as if clearing away trash blocking the path ahead.
“These!!! It’s fake!”
“They are trying to stop us with things that have no real purpose!!!!”
Every time Zeke swung his sword, there was a slight crack in the small dimension where the pantheon was located.
Hilde followed suit and steadily burned the cut down dragons to prevent them from being resurrected.
I guess I can use that soon.
[Tax collection.]
My first punishment.
This is the first time that tax collection has been activated as a true god.
Dragons made from the waste of the pantheon exploded in the air.
A sense of helplessness enveloped me, but the results were clear.
For a moment, the road to the Dragon King’s Rebellion was opened.
