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Chapter 601
KUKUKUGUGUGU!
Harvey Draker felt like his entire body was being crushed under the immense pressure of power emanating from Zeke.
'Zeke Draker... what on earth happened to you?'
He had thought Zeke would be stronger than before since he had taken the arrogant savior's soul.
But the power now emanating from Zeke was beyond imagination. It felt like facing a constellation, surpassing even ancient beings like the Nephilim.
Harvey Draker raised his dragon scales and shouted toward Zeke.
"Zeke Draker! No matter how much you struggle, the finale will proceed as planned!"
Zeke smirked at his words and said.
"That finale nonsense. I'm sick of it now. Whoever built the stage, I'll just destroy it all."
Simultaneously, Zeke swung his sword toward Harvey Draker.
WHOOOOSH!
It was a simple sword strike, but the power within it was far from light.
KUGUGUGU!
Harvey Draker extended his arms forward and concentrated magical power to create a protective barrier.
KWAKWAKWAKWABOOM!
His protective barrier collided with Zeke's sword strike.
"KUGH!"
Harvey Draker swallowed hard as the impact penetrated the barrier and seeped into his body.
He gritted his teeth and activated dragon speech toward Zeke.
"Die!"
It was the most powerful dragon speech Harvey Draker could use.
But then something strange happened.
"COUGH!"
Harvey Draker suddenly coughed and spat blue blood from his mouth.
"KAHAK!"
His dragon scales fell off in clusters, his body split open, and blood flowed down.
Harvey Draker ultimately failed to maintain his dragon-person form and reverted to human form, falling from midair to the ground.
KWAKWAKWABOOM!
Fallen Harvey Draker rolled on the floor, unable to control his body properly.
'What suddenly…?'
Before he could gather his thoughts, Zeke had already approached and pointed Leviathan at Harvey Draker's neck.
He spoke to Harvey Draker.
"Using such a powerful command against someone stronger than yourself when you don't even know how to use dragon speech properly. I don't know if you're stupid or brave."
Zeke, who possessed the hearts of Bahamut and Elder Dragon, could also use dragon speech. But he had gained divinity beyond that, enabling him to use the realm of divine language.
When dragon speech was used against Zeke, the command was reflected back onto Harvey Draker himself.
"T-that can't be."
Harvey Draker knew there was a backfire effect when dragon speech failed, returning to oneself.
But for that to happen, there needed to be an insurmountable gap between the subjects.
Harvey Draker never thought such a large gap existed between himself and Zeke Draker.
The sharp blade of Leviathan in Zeke's hand touched Harvey Draker's neck.
He said to Harvey Draker.
"I thought you'd crawl back into your burrow like a mole to recover from being half-dead. You made an unexpected choice."
Zeke's blade increasingly dug into Harvey Draker's neck.
"Harvey Draker. Taking the Draker surname and joining hands with Arthur Draker. How should I interpret this?"
Harvey Draker observed Zeke's attitude while looking for an opportunity to escape.
Then something shot up from the ground.
CHWARAAARARAK!
It was Solomon's chains. They sprang up vigorously and wrapped around Harvey Draker's hands and feet.
"KUGH!"
Harvey Draker, instantly caught by chains tightly binding his limbs, struggled violently.
Zeke shook his head watching Harvey Draker.
"Resistance is futile. I received an interesting title in the demon realm. You cannot escape me with your power."
The Guide of Fair Pain.
No being could match Zeke when it came to inflicting pain.
PAZIZIZIZIK-
Weak electricity flowed from Solomon's chains into Harvey Draker's body.
"KUUUUGH!"
Though the current was weak, it brought tremendous pain to Harvey Draker who had suffered severe internal injuries from the dragon speech backfire.
Zeke said to Harvey Draker.
"Arthur Draker sent the Black Corps here. Did he come here himself?"
Despite his pain, Harvey Draker kept his mouth firmly shut at Zeke's question.
Zeke shook his head.
"You seem to have strongendurance . Fine, that's more convenient for me too."
He increased the intensity of the current.
PAZIZIZIZIZIK!
"KUUUUUGH!"
Harvey Draker's groans echoed throughout the stone chamber.
Zeke spoke to Harvey Draker who was somehow enduring the pain.
"Ordinary pain won't work, I see."
He quietly approached Harvey Draker.
Then, a red blood eye appeared on Zeke's forehead.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
Light emanating from the blood eye was sucked into Harvey Draker's dragon eye.
Soon, the Blood King's power attempted to attack from multiple angles to penetrate Harvey Draker's solid mental barrier.
While under attack from the blood eye, Harvey Draker glared at Zeke and shouted.
"Useless! This level of power cannot penetrate my mind!"
Zeke ignored Harvey Draker's words and slowly extended his hand.
SRURURURU!
Following his gesture, shadows crept and flowed into Harvey Draker's shadow.
Harvey Draker was startled seeing Zeke's shadow flowing into his own.
"What are you trying to do now?!"
Zeke coldly smiled at the panicking Harvey Draker.
"Since the blood eye alone is insufficient, I'm trying various methods. Why, are you afraid?"
From above, the power of the blood eye, and from below, the power of shadows settled into Harvey Draker, digging in to target his soul body.
Harvey Draker tried to block Zeke's attack by gripping his mental barrier more firmly.
But even for a Nephilim with dragon power, it was beyond his ability to block the authority of Zeke who had gained divinity.
JIIIIIING!
Harvey Draker felt his mental barrier gradually crumbling.
He bit down hard on his molars and struggled.
"KAAAAK! I will not fall this easily! Zeke Drakeeeer!"
As he shouted in desperation, his body began to transform.
KUDUDUDUDUDUK!
Harvey Draker's body swelled, beginning to change not into a half-dragon but a true dragon.
KUEOOOOOOO!
A dragon's roar burst from Harvey Draker's mouth.
Huge wings sprouted from his back, his neck elongated, and a tail emerged.
However, the transformed Harvey Draker resembled not an ordinary dragon but the demon dragon seen in the demon realm.
Zeke sensed the power of an outer being from Harvey Draker who had transformed into a monstrous dragon.
'Is he using an outer being’s power to transform into a dragon's true form?'
Having completed his transformation, Harvey Draker shook off Zeke's power digging into his mind and spread his two pairs of wings, roaring loudly.
KAAAAAAK!
The space-splitting roar shook the entire stone chamber.
Though smaller than an ordinary dragon, the power felt was beyond that of a holy dragon.
Zeke calmly raised Leviathan and aimed at Harvey Draker who had transformed into a monstrous dragon.
Then the monster dragon approached Zeke and struck down with its massive tail from above.
KWAAANG!
The solid stone floor completely shattered upon impact with the tail, fragments flying everywhere.
Zeke stepped back, changed direction in midair, and took a dragon-slaying stance.
WOOOOONG!
A sword sound rang from Leviathan.
When Zeke swung his sword, a crescent sword strike flew toward Harvey Draker who had transformed into a monster dragon.
SHUSHUSHUSHUSHUK!
The sharp crescent aimed for the monster dragon's neck.
Then a translucent barrier appeared before the monster dragon.
KIIIIIING!
The barrier successfully defended against Zeke's fierce sword strike.
As the sword strike dissipated in midair, the monster dragon immediately opened its mouth wide toward Zeke.
KUGUGUGUGU!
A huge mass of magical power gathered at the monster dragon's mouth, then compressed magical power was fired toward Zeke.
JUAAAANG!
The blazing magical cannon fired in a long stream, engulfing Zeke and his surroundings.
Seeing the magical cannon flying at high speed, Zeke raised his Shadow Armor to defend.
JIIIING!
Surprisingly, the monster dragon's magical cannon penetrated the Shadow Armor.
Zeke quickly retreated, donned Hersion, and formed a barrier.
KWAKWAKWAKWABOOM!
The monster dragon's magical cannon exploded on the barrier Zeke deployed.
KUGUGUGUGUGUGU!
Stone chamber fragments turned to dust and scattered around.
The monster dragon spread its wings wide, remaining vigilant amidst the dust cloud.
Soon, its will echoed clearly throughout the stone chamber.
【Zeke Draker, come out. Today I will thoroughly crush you who has ruined everything.】
Though transformed into a monster dragon, Harvey Draker maintained clear consciousness.
Then Zeke, wearing Hersion, walked out from the dust cloud.
Though the surface was scorched by the magical cannon, he had offset most of it and appeared nearly unharmed.
Seeing this, Harvey Draker bared his teeth.
【If I leave you any longer, I truly don't know what will happen. So I'll end this completely today.】
Hearing those words, Zeke raised Leviathan and took a dragon-slaying stance.
"You took the words right out of my mouth."
Zeke's aura changed from before as he took his stance.
WOOOOOONG!
As the Astral Sword unfolded, the area of Zeke's consciousness gradually expanded around him.
Zeke realized that the Astral Sword could produce effects similar to the unique barriers of constellations, and he was combining this with his authority to use it.
KUGUUUUUNG!
When Zeke's Astral Sword domain reached where Harvey Draker was, he frowned and raised the energy of the Outer Beings.
PAJIIIIIIIIZIK!
As the energy of Zeke's Astral Sword clashed with Harvey Draker's Outer Being energy, dimensional cracks began to occur.
Although neither of them was subject to karma's sanctions since they had both transcended the causality of the phenomenal world, the dimension itself became unstable, causing aftershocks.
Zeke gradually stepped forward and unleashed an Infinite Sword Technique imbued with the authority of the Mind Sword toward Harvey Draker.
Infinite Sword Technique Secret form
Second Form
Giant Dragon Slash
JIIIIIIIING!
Zeke's sword strike, imbued with the authority of the Mind Sword, flew toward Harvey Draker through the dimensional boundary without sound or trace.
KUGUUUUUNG!
Harvey Draker, who had been rejecting Zeke's domain with the power of the Outer Beings, sensed his Mind Sword and spread his wings to take flight.
WHOOOOOONG!
Then, using dragon speech and Outer Beings power, he activated not only barriers but also all kinds of magic everywhere.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!
Ice storms, flame storms, lightning, and heavy defensive barriers were deployed simultaneously.
JIIIIIIIING!
However, such things could not block the Mind Sword.
The sword strike cut through the source of magic and flew straight toward the dragon heart that Harvey Draker possessed.
Harvey Draker realized that at this rate, his heart would be inevitably split by Zeke's sword strike.
[KRAAAAAAGH!]
He struggled desperately and completely exploded the Outer Beings power he had obtained through baptism.
Then the monster dragon's body surface swelled up, and black tentacles sprouted from within.
KURRRRRRRRRK!
The black tentacles sprayed something like black ink toward Zeke's Mind Sword strike.
KUDDDDD!
Those black ink-like substances gathered together and soon began to move on their own.
Then surprisingly, they began to devour the Mind Sword strike.
KUDDDDD!
The unknown element that had devoured the Mind Sword, which cuts through essence in the dimensional boundary, grew even larger than before.
Zeke's expression changed as he watched this.
'That is...?'
Something completely different from both authority and Outer Beings power.
Zeke recalled an authority similar to that black substance that Harvey Draker had spat out.
'The authority of Devour...'
It was an authority obtained after absorbing the Evil God Ajitahaka before, one that could swallow anything.
'Does Harvey Draker possess the authority of Devour?'
More precisely, it felt different from the authority of Devour, but it was difficult to guess its true identity as it had a similar power.
Like black ink spreading in water, that alien power began to spread and gradually approach Zeke.
KUDDDDDK!
The moment anything touched the ink-like substance, it was devoured, leaving no trace to be found.
Zeke tried to activate Chaos Energy toward that substance of unknown identity.
But then a voice came from behind Zeke.
"Zeke Draker."
When he turned around, the Leader with his body completely broken spoke to him.
"I know what that thing is."