Chapter 768 – Guardian of the Dungeon
Seongil knew all too well how absurd it was to kill a dragon because he had previously killed the red dragon Kasarak’Tarun, a difficult enemy in the Throne of the Cursed world. Because of that, he was more curious about the wizard who was handling this great achievement without incident. Suddenly, intense fire pours down at the entrance of the dungeon, and the owner of the building appears.
“…Bone dragon?”
As a classic game made before the destruction of the dungeon guardian game, the event consisted of only text. That game event materializes into reality, and Seong-il, who actually sees the character that appeared, makes a shocked expression at the identity of the character he could not have imagined.
The appearance of existence in front of the eyes that has no choice but to do that. The blue flames in the eyes and the exterior made of dragon bones looked like a kind of bone dragon to anyone.
‘Did the original dragon show such a strong presence…? Kasarak’I think he’s stronger than Tarun?’
Even though he is a former apostle, he feels that the dragon in front of him is stronger than the dragon that reached its peak in the world of the cursed throne.
『Ah, you thought I was just a bone dragon, so you looked at me like that?』
The dragon in front of him smiles as if he is having fun, probably realizing what Seong-il is thinking.
『Apostle, have you ever seen a dragon?』
“Yes. I actually killed him, but…”
『Ohh…Was it a young dragon?』
The Bone Dragon could also vaguely feel that the apostle in front of him was quite powerful, but Seong-il used the magic hiding technique he had recently become accustomed to using almost passively every moment to thoroughly hide his presence, so the Bone Dragon was strong. He couldn’t guess exactly, so when he heard that he killed the dragon, he put on a very interesting expression.
“Ah, how did that happen… In the past… So should I say we fought when we were still kids?”
In terms of the absolute timeline, it wasn’t long since he killed Kasarak’Tarun, but aside from that, Seong-il, who had gone through countless incidents in a short period of time after that, became incomparably stronger, so Seong-il was dumbfounded. Blurred, trying to explain the situation.
‘As far as I know, the stronger the playable character is, the more rewards this character gives me…’
Therefore, Seong-il had no intention of being looked down upon by the dragon in front of him. He decides to show his true face to the dragon in front of him, and instead of answering, he draws out his inner strength and then spreads the light around him.
『Hoo…』
Surprisingly, when the great warrior in front of him creates an intense illusion that is indistinguishable from reality with just one gesture without casting a spell, Adallan and even the Bone Dragon look at the scene, revealing a feeling of surprise.
As the fantasy unfolds, the visible dragon and the warrior fight to the death. In the battle, a party composed of several races joined together, but their skills were not so great, so in fact, the young warrior in front of them was beating the adult red dragon with overwhelming power alone.
“Amazing. In fact, killing an adult red dragon by himself. Even he seems to have entered his prime.”
“Ah, I suffered quite a bit. At that time, I was also a ‘kid’…”
Seong-il speaks in front of the dragon as if to show off that he was much weaker than he is now. And the dragon, who saw that Sung-il’s bluffing was not working, asked Seong-il straight-forward with a very curious look.
『Oh… If you catch a Red Dragon in its heyday and describe yourself as a ‘kid’ then… How strong have you become now?』
Fortunately, when the dragon acted as he intended, Seong-il decided to show off his ability without hesitation in order to draw and eat the sweetest water as much as possible in the event with him.
He first removes the concealment field of telekinesis and empathy that surrounds his body, and then unsparingly reveals all his inner strength around him. Then, a mighty presence spread around. The expression of necromancer Adalan, who looked at Seongil without thinking about that feeling, turned into astonishment.
Whether he does it or not, Seong-il’s only interest is in the Bone Dragon, so Seong-Il completely ignores Adalan’s reaction and uses the Jeongcheonjingyeong to show off all kinds of powers as if he were taking a test in front of the Bone Dragon.
As the magical powers and physical laws around them began to change at random, according to Seongil’s will, thanks to the power of sympathy with Jeong Cheon-jin, even the Bone Dragon, who had lived for a long time, was amazed at this great sight seeing it for the first time.
『Even a dragon that has devoted itself to magic for a long time has the power to express it to the maximum, so how can it be done with willpower…?』
As the Bone Dragon said, even the dragon, which can be called the pinnacle of magical creatures, had to spit out ‘words’ mixed with magical powers in order to carry out its will in the world, but Seong-il did not even have such a thing, and let his thoughts affect the laws of the world. Dragons are truly amazing.
‘Strictly speaking, I’m in the middle of reciting Jeongcheonjingyeong in my heart…’
However, since he had no intention of correcting the opponent’s misunderstanding of his skills as more than necessary, Seong-il thoroughly ignored his self-talk and showed off his powers in front of the dragon.
『The power of the soul…!!』
Interestingly, among Seongil’s powers, the dragon shows more interest in Jeong Cheonjinkyung’s ability to manipulate reality than his alter ego. Although he was puzzled by this fact, Seong-il did his best to showcase (?) In front of the dragon without revealing anything in particular.
“You are truly amazing, Daejeon. As expected, the answer to the great warrior appointed by the moon himself.”
Seong-il felt that the words coming out of the dragon’s mouth were not lip service, but genuine admiration, and his shoulders shrugged. In the meantime, the Bone Dragon starts introducing himself to Seong-il in a more friendly tone than before.
『The great warrior mistook me for the dragon he saw. Right?』
“Ah yes.”
Seongil remembers that the Bone Dragon in the game was just a dragon-shaped monster that flew in the sky and spewed naturalized fire from its mouth. I could vaguely feel it.
『Strictly speaking… I am not a Bone Dragon. It’s a being called a Dracolich.”
“…Dracolich?”
Seong-il naturally recalls the cursed world of Game of Thrones at the words of the dragon in front of him. There, it was explained that the Dracolich, which appeared vaguely as a setting, was a being that a very small number of dragons abandoned their bodies to transcend death and became a lich. Naturally, as the strongest magical creature turned into a lich, it became magically stronger than before, so the dracolich used to be considered one of the worst monsters.
‘…Wasn’t it a monster that could eat even the half of the body?’
Of course, as the world of the Guardian of the Dungeon and the World of the Cursed Game of Thrones are different, the dracolich here may not be as strong as there, but it was never weak, so Seong-il looks a little nervous.
“Oh! Judging from the reaction, it seems that you know something about the Dracolich?』
“…Roughly? I’ve only heard rumors.”
As if the opponent had read his feelings, Seong-il tried to confirm the truth by reciting the information he had gained while playing the world of the cursed throne honestly.
“…In general, dragons have a very long lifespan, and since they value the laws of nature very much, it is thought that they will die easily when their lifespan is over.”
“Right.”
“…But why?”
It was a question that could have been rude if it were rude, but the Dracolich was quite pleased with the great battle in front of him. Even if he were in his position, he would have asked questions out of curiosity, so he obediently answered Seong-il’s words.
『I was a black dragon who served the god of the moon in the past. He was an apostle.”
“…!!”
Surprisingly, when he heard that the Dracolich in front of him was not just the head of the necromancer group, but one of the old apostles, Seong-il looked really surprised. As if his reaction was fully understood, the Dracolich calmly begins to explain his past.
『At that time… What! Even then I was a necromancer…But I wasn’t a dracolich. It was just a dragon with a deeper interest in the realm of death.”
“You’re unusual. I know that normal dragons don’t pay that much attention to death.”
“Well…? Who was the person I served in the first place? What are His powers and domains? Also, considering what position I was in, is there anything strange about it?”
“But…”
It would have been unusual for a normal dragon to be curious about the boundary between life and death. Seongil is a dragon, but if he is a follower of a god who governs darkness, souls, and death. If it was also an apostle of that god, then you realize that it is not particularly strange that dragons indulge in death and souls.
