Chapter 856 – 856. A Tyrant For You
“Fall, Meteor Sword.”
A gigantic meteor sword appeared from the sky and fell towards the dragon. The colossal sword, over 300 meters long, was enveloped in a blue lightning.
The horrified dragons stopped inhaling and flapped their wings to evade the sword.
“Meaningless.”
The five meteor swords stopped just before hitting the ground. Then, their tips flew towards the dragons. They were being controlled by telekinesis.
The dragons scattered in all directions. Each of the five swords chased after a single dragon. The swords were faster, but the dragons used magic effectively to block or evade them.
At that moment, a massive tree trunk shot up from Mailord Island and grabbed the five meteor swords.
“The Earth Mother… always interfering.”
I used my telekinesis more strongly. My head throbbed slightly, but it didn’t matter. The meteor swords shook off the tree trunk and simultaneously targeted one dragon. The dragon struggled using magic, but it couldn’t block all five meteor swords.
The dragon’s chilling scream reached even here. The dragon fell into the sea.
‘It’s better to focus on one at a time. Four left.’
One of the four dragons, enraged, flew towards me.
‘Were they close? Maybe it was a female.’
I frowned, about to move the meteor swords. The dragon was flying too low. If I moved a large sword like a meteor sword carelessly, my legs would be hit.
Moreover, soldiers who touched the dragon’s body were crushed or fell into the sea.
“Morgana, what happens if my legs break?”
“They won’t break from most attacks. They can withstand the power of a dragon.”
“Meteor swords are more than a dragon.”
“…The entire leg won’t break. If a part breaks, we can repair it with magic. However… it will take some time.”
“Tch. I should avoid breaking my legs as much as possible.”
I sent the meteor swords up into the sky. To prevent the other dragons from interfering.
“Your Majesty! A dragon is coming straight at us!”
“General. I am aware. Unlike before, you’ve only grown more worried.”
“Even if the Imperial Army is annihilated, if His Majesty the Emperor is safe, the Empire will shine forever! Please, preserve your imperial body!”
“Heh. In the end, it’s for the Empire. You don’t need to worry about my body. My body is… stronger than a dragon.”
The dragon, which had flown right in front of me, paused. I had temporarily stopped it using telekinesis. However, it wouldn’t be held for long. Living beings have a greater resistance to telekinesis than objects, and a creature like a dragon would only be stopped for 1-2 seconds at most.
But now, those 1-2 seconds were enough.
In one second, I donned the Stormbreaker armor, and in the second, I threw a punch at the dragon.
Kwaaaang!
With a powerful shockwave, the dragon’s body flew into the sky. I threw the Stormbreaker, which I had changed back into a spear, at the dragon. The Stormbreaker, imbued with an aura blade and lightning, grew in size as it flew through the air. It was one of the Stormbreaker’s abilities, to increase its size depending on the owner’s capabilities.
The giant spear pierced the dragon’s head precisely.
The dragon’s head shattered, staining the sea black.
“Two down.”
I felt a gaze.
Millions of imperial soldiers were looking at me. Their gazes were filled with awe.
“Lizards cannot stop the Empire. For I am here. Trust in me and advance, soldiers.”
“Waaaaaaaah!”
After I uttered those plausible words, the soldiers’ morale soared. The invigorated soldiers began to advance even faster.
I manipulated the meteor swords. One dragon, surrounded by five swords, was pierced and killed.
‘Three down.’
The remaining two changed their strategy. They landed on the bridge and began rampaging to destroy the bridge and the Imperial Army. Soldiers were dying from the dragons’ magic.
“They’ve started to move cunningly. Or rather, should I call it a compromise?”
I leisurely flew towards the dragons. If the soldiers died, it would actually benefit me. The soldiers would die following my orders, so my tyrant score would increase little by little.
-Emperor! I won’t die just like that!
-Even if it costs our lives!
The dragons charged like dinosaurs, not using magic. They knew that magic didn’t work on me. Sharp claws that could cut through steel and tails that could break hills flew at me.
“Weak. They should have at least come with the power of an ancient dragon.”
I didn’t even need to wear armor.
I fought the two dragons with my fists and feet.
-Kuaaaaaaaak!
-Fearful! You are a disaster itself!
I personally beat the two dragons to death and took out their cores.
‘The effect is minimal compared to when I ate one for the first time.’
I ate the cores of the other three dead dragons as well. It was too precious to give to someone else.
The effect was similarly small. Compared to an ancient dragon’s core, it was about 1%. I ate five, so it was a total of 5%.
Come to think of it, it wasn’t a bad gain.
•••
The Imperial Army stopped at the end of the bridge.
Because someone was standing at the end of the bridge. It was a man. A man with long black hair and a fancy robe. He looked to be in his mid-20s, but the pressure emanating from him was enough to stop the Imperial Army.
I flew in front of him. I saw the two horns on his head. They didn’t feel like demon horns, as I could sense natural mana from him.
“Are you a dragon?”
“…Yes. My name is Galimoros Dertion. I am a Dragon Lord.”
“A Dragon Lord. You’re far too late. Did you look down on me?”
“I did not. I was merely respecting their will. I respect you as well, Emperor.”
His deep blue eyes stared at me intently. This guy was clearly different from the other dragons. He was somehow detached.
“You came to greet me because you have something to say. Since you came in human form, I’ll listen to your story.”
“Emperor, you have already unified the continent.”
“Except for Mailord. Stop with the petty wordplay.”
“The Earth Mother and the Queen of Mailord have decided to leave the world. Mailord will disappear from history. Emperor, you have unified the continent. I praise your great achievement.”
I chuckled. What Kalimoros was saying was ultimately one thing. Be satisfied here and go back.
I clenched my fist and threw it at Kalimoros. The fist stopped right in front of his nose. He didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.
“I will violate the Earth Mother. The elven queen will lick my asshole with her fresh tongue, and all the female elves will become pregnant with my seed.”
“…I don’t understand. Why don’t you stop? Why can’t you be satisfied?”
“How can I be satisfied when I haven’t obtained everything?”
“…I see. You are far more greedy and foolish than I thought. I don’t know why the heavens are silent, but they have confirmed your choice, and now my choice has been made.”
Blue mana surged around Kalimoros. I drew Arondight from my waist.
‘A moment.’
For a moment, the world slowed down, and Arondight accelerated, aiming precisely for his neck.
But just before Arondight’s blade touched his neck, he and I disappeared.
I frowned as I fell to the ground and looked around. Blue sky, empty land.
“Where is this? Something… something is different.”
I glared at Kalimoros in front of me. He had already returned to his true dragon form, not his human form. His size was similar to the ancient dragons I had killed.
-Dragon Lair. This is another world, my domain.
In other words, this was a world for him. I clicked my tongue. I belatedly realized that the mana of this world was hostile to me.
-Meteor.
The blue sky turned red.
Hundreds of meteorites burning with flames were falling to the ground.
“…Magic? By the way, you’re stupid because you have a reptile head. Do you think you’ll be fine with those meteorites?”
-It’s not magic, it’s a dragon word. It’s a power that only a Dragon Lord can use, and those with the power of dragon words are not affected by dragon words.
There was time before the meteorites hit the ground. I launched an aura blade slash at him. Kalimoros moved to the side to evade. No, it seemed he moved using telekinesis, not by moving.
‘The important thing is that he dodged. Just because he’s in this world doesn’t mean he’s invincible.’
My attacks work. If they didn’t, he would have avoided my attacks from the beginning.
-Freeze.
My body froze. I resisted the dragon word with mana and the power of the Holy Grail. It was said to be a power, not magic, but the blessing of the lake reacted to the dragon word.
‘Dragon words are a power related to magic.’
I roughly understood. I donned the Stormbreaker armor and ran towards Kalimoros.
-Rise.
Stone pillars rose. I ignored them and swung my sword at Kalimoros. An aura blade over 10 meters long flew.
-Weaken.
The size of the aura blade shrank to 3 meters. The aura blade cut through his scales.
‘Weaken, not disappear. Indeed. Dragon words aren’t omnipotent.’
Meteorites fell to the ground. I focused on defense. At my current level, I could withstand a meteorite impact.
And I withstood the meteorites. The ground around me was full of crater marks. My body was a bit stiff.
-Earth, wind, fire, water, lightning, steel, kill my enemy.
All sorts of things tried to kill me.
I gave up on dodging. If I focused on dodging, I would never reach Kalimoros. I endured all the attacks and targeted Kalimoros.
-Aura Blade.
Kalimoros swung his tail. His tail had turned into an aura blade.
‘I can’t ignore this.’
I parried his aura blade with my aura blade. Kalimoros faltered. His movements were very awkward. It was obvious that he had never experienced close combat. I stepped into the air and aimed for his neck. Kalimoros avoided the attack with space movement. The location where he reappeared was on the ground.
“Meteor Sword.”
Ten giant meteor swords targeted Kalimoros.
-Meteor Sword.
His dragon word recreated ten meteor swords. Meteor swords collided with meteor swords. His meteor swords shattered, and three meteor swords pierced Kalimoros’s body. One of them pierced Kalimoros’s chest. It was a fatal wound.
-Indeed. Is it the difference in will?
“The result is out. You cannot defeat me.”
-It’s not surprising. You are stronger than me. I knew it.
“If I kill you, I can escape this world.”
I wasn’t worried about being trapped here. If this place became my prison, Kalimoros wouldn’t try to kill me.
-Unfortunately, that’s true. But, it’s not over yet.
“It’s over.”
I raised my sword. I compressed the aura blade to split his head in one go.
-Emperor. Can’t you see? Destruction has come for you.
“Destruction is for you… huh?”
There were the dead everywhere.
The dead.
That was the only way to describe them. They filled the sky and the ground. They were entering me. I felt my body grow cold and swung my sword. The slash deeply cut Kalimoros’s chest. In the process, the dead touched the slash, but they seemed unaffected and kept clinging to me.
“What are these? They’re unpleasant.”
-It’s the hatred and obsession of those who died because of you. You will be destroyed by their resentment. …But why are you okay?
Even now, the dead were entering my body. It felt like at least millions of the dead had entered.
Yes. They were only entering my body.
-That is your original sin. Aren’t you afraid of that sin? That sin will eat away at your mind?
“You’re just spouting nonsense.”
I summoned a meteor sword and stabbed it into Kalimoros’s chest.
-…I don’t understand. That many of the dead hate you. Your soul should have already been annihilated. Even if you were of divine rank, you shouldn’t be able to withstand it….
Kalimoros’s eyes widened. It wasn’t from the shock of death, but it seemed he had widened his eyes to observe me.
-…The dead are not eating away at you, but rather, the dead are disappearing as soon as they touch your soul. It’s an alien soul. Could it be that you are… a god from another world?
“I am human.”
-…….
Kalimoros died, and I returned to the original world.
