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Chapter 600
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
Harvey Draker wrapped himself in dragon scales and lunged at the leader with sharp claws extended.
An aura similar to an Aura Blade emanated from all ten claws.
He swung his claws down toward the leader.
CHWAAAAAAAK!
The leader created a barrier by raising his staff against the attack.
Instantly, a quadruple barrier formed, blocking Harvey Draker's attack.
But the attack didn't end there.
Harvey Draker's body left an afterimage as he disappeared, then reappeared beyond the barrier the leader had created and uttered a dragon word.
"Fall (暴落)!"
A massive force could be felt violently pressing down on the leader.
However, when the leader raised his staff above his head and released energy, amazingly, the power of Harvey Draker's dragon word completely dissipated.
Harvey Draker gritted his teeth when he saw the leader neutralize his dragon speech .
'He won't go down easily.'
Suddenly, his body split into multiple copies that rushed at the leader from all directions.
All four Harvey Drakers seemed real, displaying sharp claws and emitting powerful combat energy.
But again, the leader remained unperturbed, calmly lowering his staff to tap the floor.
Immediately, iridescent crystals shot up from the floor, enveloping the leader's body.
The reflections in the crystals revealed Harvey Draker's duplicates, which turned into black shadows and dispersed.
The leader aimed his staff at the remaining real Harvey Draker and concentrated his magical power.
PZZZZZZZZZT!
Plasma lightning shot from his staff and wrapped around Harvey Draker's body.
PZZZZZZZZZT!
Despite being enveloped by plasma lightning, Harvey Draker didn't stop and charged toward the leader.
He shattered all the crystals blocking his path to the leader with his claws.
KRRRRRRRR!
The Leader tried to retreat through the shattered crystal fragments.
But Harvey Draker moved faster.
Dragon scales rose from his body and shot toward the leader like throwing daggers.
PAPAPAPAPAPAK!
Hundreds of dragon scales infused with fighting spirit poured out from close range.
The leader quickly created a barrier with his staff, but it was useless.
The dragon scales penetrated the barrier and pierced through the leader's body.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The leader's robe, penetrated by countless dragon scales, was instantly shredded.
Harvey Draker didn't stop there and activated another dragon speech.
"Explode (爆破)!"
Following his command, the dragon scales embedded around them exploded.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
As the dragon scales exploded, the surrounding crystal fragments triggered a chain reaction, causing colorful plasma flames to erupt in all directions.
Harvey Draker gazed at the flames rising to the ceiling with flickering eyes.
Then the leader slowly walked out from within the flames.
CHIIIIIIIK!
The plasma flames clinging to the leader's body dissipated with a hiss of steam.
However, as his robe burned away completely, the leader's face was revealed.
Harvey Draker furrowed his brow at the sight.
'That is...'
Surprisingly, the revealed leader was not human.
KIRIRIRIK!
It was an automaton made of spherical gears and magic circuits.
Though its face was modeled after the Great Sage of the past, it couldn't essentially be considered the Great Sage.
Seeing the leader revealed as an automaton, Harvey Draker's expression suggested he had somewhat anticipated this.
'A homunculus created in the image of the Great Sage.'
It seemed the Great Sage, anticipating his sacrifice to seal the Demon King's soul in the Book of the Dead, had left traces of himself in the physical world.
Just as he had created the Hero King's homunculus, he made an automaton in his own image and imbued it with parts of his memory and soul, as well as the mission to protect the mortal realm.
With the Great Sage's sacrifice, the Demon King was sealed in the Book of the Dead, and peace returned to the continent.
But thinking the Demon King could resurrect anytime, the Great Sage had placed this homunculus, which continued his will to protect the mortal realm.
Looking at the Great Sage's homunculus, Harvey Draker said:
"The arrogance of thinking only you could protect the mortal realm has created a stubborn ghost like you."
The Great Sage's homunculus pointed his staff at Harvey Draker.
"Nothing can stand before the sacred mission."
Harvey Draker mocked his words.
"Sacred mission. I wonder if what you've been doing truly holds such noble value."
TSUTSUTSU!
A robe regenerated, covering the leader's body again.
Striking the floor with his staff, he said to Harvey Draker:
"According to the sacred will, I shall break the wheel of fate and save the mortal realm."
WOOOOONG!
A magic circle rose from the stone chamber floor, glowing around the spot where the leader struck with his staff.
From the magic circle, knights of ancient Chronos were summoned.
The Chronos knights, equipped with magic-engraved Hersion armor, aimed their swords at Harvey Draker with valiant energy.
Seeing this, Harvey Draker's dragon eyes flashed.
"Do you think I would fear the ghosts of long-vanished Chronos?"
KUGUGUGU!
Enormous energy burst out from his body.
Simultaneously, Harvey Draker's appearance began to transform.
KUDUDUDUDUDU!
His body enlarged and became covered in hard dragon scales.
Dragon wings sprouted from his back, and his face transformed into that of a dragon.
Harvey Draker, now a legendary dragon kin with human form but dragon appearance, rose into the air.
He opened his mouth wide toward the Chronos knights summoned by the leader.
GOOOOOOO!
Magic far more massive than the earlier attack against the leader compressed in his mouth.
As the compressed magic gathered into a spherical form, Harvey Draker roared toward the leader and the Chronos knights.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
A magic blast fired with powerful vibrations strong enough to blow away the entire chamber.
The leader raised his staff toward the approaching dragon roar.
A hexagonal barrier formed, blocking the dragon's roar.
ZIIIIIIING!
A strange sound echoed as the barrier collided with the magic blast.
While the leader blocked the magic blast, the Chronos knights rushed toward Harvey Draker.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The Chronos knights charged toward the airborne Harvey Draker and began firing magic at him while wielding their swords.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
Attack spells engraved on their armor and swords flew at Harvey Draker from all directions.
Harvey Draker, busy firing his magic blast, seemed defenseless against their magical attacks.
But then the space around Harvey Draker rippled, and black holes appeared.
KRAAAAAAAA!
External beast species poured out from within the holes.
The external beasts blocked the magic being fired by the Chronos knights with their bodies while falling from the air.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
More than ten external beasts dropped where the knights were gathered.
The knights instinctively rushed toward the beasts.
The beasts raised their tentacles and completely enveloped the Chronos knights.
CHWARALARARAK!
The knights entangled in tentacles couldn't escape and lost their form, disappearing into particles of light.
The external beasts absorbed the scattered light particles from the destroyed spirit bodies with their tentacles.
KURRRRRRK!
After absorbing the knights' spirit bodies, the external beasts either grew larger or multiplied by splitting.
As the number of knights decreased, the external beasts grew stronger, extending tentacles in all directions to attack the knights and absorb their power.
KUGUGUGUGU!
The leader, blocking the dragon's roar with his barrier, realized the number of summoned knights was rapidly decreasing.
Simultaneously, he was gradually being pushed back, and fine cracks were forming in his barrier.
Harvey Draker shouted at the leader,
"Foolish one! It's useless! Your power cannot contain me!"
His dragon roar pushed against the leader with even greater force.
Larger cracks formed in the hexagonal barrier.
PZZZZZZZZZT!
As the cracks gradually widened, the leader's hand holding the staff began to tremble.
KWADUDUDUDUDU!
At that moment, with a thunderous noise, Harvey Draker's magic blast leaked through the barrier.
"This is the eeeeend!"
With Harvey Draker's roar, the barrier finally shattered.
PACHIIIIING!
The dragon's roar shattered the barrier into pieces, charging straight at the leader and completely engulfing him.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
A massive explosion occurred where the leader had been, completely devastating the surroundings.
KURRRRRRRNG!
Vibrations strong enough to collapse the stone chamber echoed.
As the dust cloud settled, the fallen leader was revealed in a deeply gouged pit.
TUDUK! TUDUDUK!
The leader lay embedded in the pit with his robe torn, body bent in various places, and one arm and leg blown off.
He tried somehow to raise his body, but with incomplete limbs, he couldn't stand.
Harvey Draker, hovering in the air, approached the pit and looked down at the broken leader.
"You look terrible."
The broken leader's body rattled, making his appearance even more ridiculous.
Harvey Draker said to him,
"I already knew the Book of the Dead was elsewhere."
The leader's eyes changed at Harvey Draker's words.
KWADUDUK!
As his twisted body rotated, the leader soon regained control of his movements.
Seeing this, Harvey Draker revealed a cold gaze.
"You hide behind noble intentions, but your actions are no different from those of villains."
The leader looked up at him and said,
"You tied me down here and went to find the Book of the Dead and the Black Star?"
"Yes. They should have secured the Book of the Dead and Black Star by now. My role was to keep you occupied here."
The leader thought he was buying time by keeping Harvey Draker here, but the reality was the opposite.
Light beamed from the leader's eyes as his broken hand tried to grasp the staff and stand up.
Just then, Harvey Draker raised his finger and fired a thin magic blast.
PASASAK!
The magic blast completely shattered the leader's rattling arm, causing it to drop to the floor still holding the staff.
The leader looked at his shattered arm with an expressionless face, unsure what to do, continuing to rattle helplessly.
Seeing this, Harvey Draker furrowed his brow and said,
"The mortal realm no longer needs ghosts from bygone eras. A new world for the new humanity will soon arise."
Harvey Draker raised his hand toward the leader.
"Now die."
KUGGGGGGG!
Enormous magical power gathered in his hand again.
The leader, unable to move his body at will, couldn't avoid Harvey Draker's attack.
Soon, a compressed powerful magic sphere formed in front of Harvey Draker's hand.
He muttered while looking at the leader,
"Vanish without a trace."
With these words, the magic sphere shot forcefully from Harvey Draker's hand toward the leader.
KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!
The magic sphere descended at high speed, seemingly about to completely crush the leader's body.
The leader's body began to get pulverized as it was drawn into the magic sphere.
SHUSHUSHUSHUSHUK!
Suddenly, shadows surged up from the floor and wrapped around the leader's body.
Simultaneously, a powerful sword strike split the magic sphere in half and flew toward Harvey Draker behind it.
SHEEEEEK!
Harvey Draker tried urgently to block the sword strike, but was too late.
CHWAAAAAAAK!
The sword wound extended from his shoulder to his side.
"KUGH!"
As the tough dragon scales split, blue blood flowed from within.
Harvey Draker retreated in the air and looked down at where the leader was.
He glared at the one who had delivered the sword strike, furrowing his brow.
"Zeke Draker."
Zeke, standing before the shadow-wrapped leader with Leviathan raised, said to Harvey Draker,
"Good to see you again, High Priest."
KUGUGUGUGU!
Powerful energy surged from Zeke's body as shadows rippled chaotically beneath his feet.
Taking a step toward Harvey Draker, he muttered,
"This time, I'll make sure I kill you."