Chapter 842 – 842. A Tyrant For You
I held back on fully recovering. Just like with the dragon, a new enemy might suddenly appear. If that enemy appeared, I planned to lure them into a false sense of security and then strike with a full recovery. And a full recovery was insurance for what I had to do in the future.
I lowered my head and once again confirmed that Utemo was dead. In his hand, he held the warhammer, Galatine. Even though its owner was dead, it was still shining.
I reached out for Galatine. Even if I didn’t use it, it was valuable as a collectible. This was my trophy.
A terrible heat was felt on my hand that touched Galatine. I was startled and pulled away from Galatine.
“Is it rejecting me… You insolent thing. I’ll have the soldiers collect it later.”
I turned my back on Galatine and headed towards the dragon’s corpse. The three meteor swords that had pierced the dragon’s body had already disappeared. Of course, that didn’t mean the frozen dragon’s corpse had melted.
‘This size means it’s an ancient dragon. In any fantasy world, a dragon’s corpse is a treasure in itself.’
This world was a romance fantasy world. Like other fantasy worlds, the dragon’s heart would be a treasure like no other.
Thud, thud.
As I was walking towards the dragon’s corpse, I quickly turned my body around. I had sensed the flow of mana.
There was a woman next to Utemo’s corpse.
She was a beauty with long purple hair and a gloomy atmosphere. She was wearing a thin black dress, which revealed her voluptuous figure. My eyes met her golden eyes. Her eyes curved gently.
“Hehehe. Congratulations on your victory, Your Majesty. I never thought you would be able to fight and kill both the earth dragon and the mountain king at the same time. I don’t know how far your power goes…”
“Morgana, you… How dare you appear before me.”
I threw Arondight at her. Raydos, the divine beast of Arondight, appeared.
“Don’t kill her.”
The giant wolf opened its mouth, aiming for Morgana’s legs. Morgana waved her hand. A powerful shockwave sent Raydos flying to the side.
‘Should I step in?’
I took a step towards Morgana. Morgana bent her upper body to pick up Galatine, which had fallen on the floor. My eyes were drawn to her voluptuous cleavage. A bright red nipple was visible between her white breasts. It was hard to believe that she was a woman who had experienced childbirth twice, her figure was so outstanding.
Sizzle.
Smoke came from Morgana’s hand holding Galatine. It was Galatine rejecting an evil being. Although not to the same extent as me, it was rejecting Morgana as an evil being.
Morgana smiled seductively and said.
“See you later, Emperor. Enjoy your current power. I don’t know how long you’ll be able to hold that position.”
Morgana disappeared with Galatine. She must have used space-time magic.
‘Space-time magic in this world has limitations. If I estimate Morgana’s power to be similar to that of a great witch, she’s probably within 100km.’
100km was too wide. It was already too late to go looking for Morgana now.
Morgana had taken Galatine, but it wasn’t a problem. It had just become a little troublesome. I would become stronger than I was now.
I climbed onto the dragon’s corpse.
‘As expected of a dragon. Even though it’s dead, I can feel mana in its corpse. The area where I feel particularly strong mana must be where the heart is.’
There was nothing to throw away from a dragon. I would use everything I needed, such as its skin, teeth, meat, blood, heart, and bones.
‘Is it here?’
I used telekinesis to grab Arondight, which was lying on the ground. An aura blade formed on the blade. I cut open the dragon’s chest area and looked for the heart.
As expected of a body of enormous size, the heart was also huge.
‘The heart is bigger than my body. It would take me months to eat all of this.’
I pondered while looking at the dragon’s heart, then stabbed the sword into the heart. I could feel a powerful mana from inside the heart.
And finally, I found it. The dragon’s core.
It was a small, bright red gem about the size of my thumb. I could feel enormous mana and life force from this small bead. Without hesitation, I swallowed the dragon’s core.
An intense power exploded inside my body.
-Foolish emperor blinded by greed! Your greed has brought about your death!
The dragon’s voice echoed in my head. Immediately after, the dragon’s core and my heart merged. A huge mana tore through my body, shattering my brain.
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
This was probably the dragon’s last trick. If my power had been intact, I would have been able to forcibly calm it down and digest the dragon’s power, but I was severely exhausted now. I couldn’t handle the dragon’s core.
The dead dragon would be very happy if it knew.
But I had a trump card left.
[Using Full Recovery.]
I got up. My left shoulder, which had been shattered by Utemo’s attack, had returned to normal, and my fatigue had completely disappeared.
And I had completely absorbed the dragon’s core.
Every time my heart beat, power overflowed.
‘With this, I’ve become stronger. I probably won’t get tired easily. What’s serious now is Stormbreaker.’
Stormbreaker had a self-repair function. It had been severely damaged this time, so it would take months to complete the repair.
‘Next, I was going to conquer the barbarians and giants in the north, or take over the elven kingdom in the south and make all the female elves my sex toys… I guess I’ll have to rest until Stormbreaker is repaired.’
I thought about Morgana. The fact that the Toltos Kingdom was able to prepare for such a thorough invasion was probably because Morgana was working behind the scenes. I had a feeling.
‘Anyway, this will put other countries on high alert. Now that the dragon is dead, other dragons will also become hostile to the empire…’
I wasn’t afraid at all.
Rather, I hoped that other dragons would appear soon. That way, I could plunder their hearts and become stronger.
‘And the Earth Goddess. That damn bitch has started to interfere with me.’
I had to find a way to kill a god.
No, I had to find a way to capture and defile the goddess.
I would definitely defile the Earth Goddess.
[You have killed an ancient dragon and taken its power.]
[You have acquired 1,000,000 Tyrant Points!]
[You have conquered the Dwarf Kingdom of Toltos.]
[You have acquired 8,500,000 Tyrant Points!]
[Current Tyrant Points – 25,089,412]
***
Linda Valentine opened her eyes in bed.
She slowly looked around, then covered her eyes with both hands.
“Ah… I still can’t go back…”
She muttered gloomily.
Originally, she wasn’t Linda Valentine. A week ago, she suddenly opened her eyes and became ‘Linda Valentine,’ the protagonist of a romance fantasy novel. No, it was ambiguous to even call it a romance fantasy. Most romance fantasies end with a happy ending, but the novel she had read, ‘Everyone’s Lady Valentine,’ ended with a bad ending where the protagonist died.
‘It’s not just dying, but dying miserably after being used by everyone…’
She was used and abandoned by the male lead candidates. That was why the title of the novel was Everyone’s Lady Valentine.
Yoon Ji-young. She was a university student studying to become a teacher, and she thought that this was a dream. That’s why she had been blankly lying in bed for a week, desperately hoping to return to her original world. But it didn’t work.
‘……I don’t want to die after being used by other people like the original protagonist.’
She hadn’t been completely blank for a week. She had been organizing information in her head while recalling the original story.
‘I need power to avoid being used.’
Having read the original novel, she immediately thought of a way to gain power. The secret room in the basement of the Valentine mansion. She could make a contract with an ancient spirit there. Fortunately, Linda Valentine, the heroine of the novel, had an excellent affinity for spirits. This was because the ancestors of the Valentine family were elves.
‘Let’s secretly go to the basement tonight.’
Linda sat on the edge of the bed and looked in the mirror.
There was a pale-faced beauty. Her gorgeous blonde hair and amber eyes were so beautiful that they were admirable, but her pale complexion diminished her charm.
‘My face is so pretty that it can’t even be compared to my previous life. Even with this face, she’s only used and abandoned by men… I’m never going to live like the original protagonist.’
Linda waited for the maid who would come soon and decided what she had to do in the future.
The first was a contract with an ancient spirit.
If she had the power of an ancient spirit, she wouldn’t be ignored anywhere. In particular, the heroine in the novel was a sickly person, so the power of the spirit was essential. If she made a contract with a spirit, her body would become healthy.
The second was the Valentine family’s debt.
The creditor of the Valentine family, Baron Vermer Skelrog, was a ruthless merchant who would do anything for money.
‘In the early part of the novel, the heroine is swayed by him and does illegal things. That causes problems later, so I have to pay off the debt first.’
The third was improving her relationship with Leila Valentine.
She had to improve her relationship with Leila, Linda’s older sister. Leila would later sell Linda, who she didn’t have a good relationship with, to a baron’s family.
‘I have to resolve the discord… or make it so that Leila can’t do anything.’
The fourth was a deal with the tyrant, Eugene Bellacrose.
In the novel, Eugene Bellacrose reigns over the empire as a tyrant and uses Linda Valentine to purge the nobles. She had to avoid that situation at all costs.
‘I’m going to appease Eugene Bellacrose. If I use the information from the original story… it’s dangerous, but it’s possible. If I make the most dangerous Eugene Bellacrose my ally… I can live peacefully without worrying about death.’
Linda believed in the information from the original novel. There was a lot of information that the emperor would covet, such as the ruins hidden in the eastern plains, the treasure under a certain baron’s lake, and the power struggle of the marquis family that would happen in the future.
‘I can do it.’
Linda made a resolution while looking at the unfamiliar face in the mirror.
Knock, knock, knock.
“Miss! It’s Mary. Are you awake?”
“Yes. Come in.”
Elsa, Linda’s personal maid, came in. In her hands, she held a basin of warm water.
“You woke up before I woke you up today. What’s the matter?”
“I woke up quickly. But Elsa… you seem to be in a good mood?”
“Of course, I’m in a good mood. I just heard the news that the empire has won again.”
Linda’s eyes widened. As far as she knew, even though there were several civil wars in the novel, they were not called victories for the empire. A victory for the empire meant that they had fought and won a war against a force outside the empire.
“…Victory? What do you mean?”
“Miss? Why are you suddenly like this? The empire was at war with the Toltos Kingdom, wasn’t it?”
“…The Toltos Kingdom, you mean the kingdom of the dwarves…?”
“Yes. That’s right. This time, His Majesty the Emperor captured and killed the mountain king and the dragon of Toltos. It was said to be an ancient dragon that had lived for over 3,000 years… His Majesty the Emperor is really not a human, but a god. There’s a rumor that His Majesty the Emperor is the hidden son of the Heavenly God… Seeing that he killed a dragon, isn’t it true?”
“The empire is at war with another country… Th, that’s impossible. And, no matter how much of an emperor he is, there’s no way he could kill a dragon alone… D, don’t joke around, Elsa.”
“I’m not joking. This time, the empire conquered the Toltos Kingdom. All the people of the Toltos Kingdom have become slaves of the empire, just like the Twin-Winged people of the Harmel Kingdom.”
“The Harmel Kingdom?”
“Why do you keep doing this? Everyone knows the story of how His Majesty the Emperor single-handedly defeated the 300,000 troops of the Harmel Kingdom that invaded the empire, and had his general conquer the Harmel Kingdom.”
“……”
Linda’s eyes shook. It was completely different from what she knew. The empire was not in a position to wage war in its current state. The emperor was too busy just organizing the internal affairs. There would be a war, but that was a story from a few years later, and the opponent was neither the Harmel Kingdom nor the Toltos Kingdom.
“Elsa. What is the name of His Majesty the Emperor?”
“It’s His Majesty Emperor Eugene Bellacrose. You’ve been lying in bed for seven days… Has your illness gotten worse? Should I call a doctor?”
“…Eugene Bellacrose. A man with black hair and black eyes, right?”
“I haven’t seen him myself, but that’s what I’ve heard. Oh, why don’t you ask Miss Leila? Miss Leila meets His Majesty the Emperor at the Imperial Palace regularly, so she’ll know more about His Majesty the Emperor.”
“My sister meets him…?”
It was different.
Her name and appearance were the same as the heroine in the novel, but the contents of the novel were different. She felt her mouth dry with confusion.
