Chapter 147
Chapter 147
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 146
Chapter Title: Chromatic Dragon Revealed
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Today, I’m going to pull at least ten legendary items usable even in reality.
Thud.
With a single step, I leave the base camp behind. There was a barrier up, but since it was one-way from outside to inside, there were no issues.
I quickly glanced around to assess the situation.
‘Hyperion’s gone. Black Messiah suicided, and all that’s left is the phantom dragon.’
The miscellaneous mobs were mostly cleared out too. Hundreds of respawned monsters were charging from afar, but without transcendent-grade ones, even thousands or tens of thousands meant nothing.
A dragon at the transcendent level could wipe them with one spell.
[Seed of Life.]
Along with Green Dragon Flower’s voice, green light burrowed into the ground, and a flower tree sprouted instantly, growing massive.
Just like the Tree of Corpses, it absorbed the monsters’ corpses and surrounding death energy, cultivating the polar opposite—life force.
Boom! Crunch!
Of course, Replie didn’t just watch. Hell Fire and spatial rifts scorched and sliced the flower tree!
But the enemy it faced wasn’t just Flower.
Crunch!
[Graaaah!]
Replie’s right wing tore off. Ice giants in dragon shapes appeared like phantoms, clinging to Replie’s body and ripping it apart.
Black blood poured from wingless Replie like a waterfall.
‘No... no way...!’
I screamed inwardly.
‘Replie’s going to die!’
I kicked off the ground and charged, but the fight seemed like it’d end before I closed the distance. I’d socketed five Legend +9 pieces into Hyperion!
“Hah!”
I accelerated. Dozens of gigases were firing madly, making a straight run tough!
Crunch!
In the end, I chose to throw.
‘It’s best if I finish it, but if not, at least get a spoon in...!’
I twisted my body so my right hand touched my left heel. An ominous sound echoed from my bowstring-taut muscles.
“Login.”
In that state, I shifted to Ardania and chanted all sorts of spells.
Of course, there were clear limits even so.
“Ah, should’ve used Heaven-Earth Sword!”
Among my attacks, only Heaven-Earth Sword had the power and caliber to pierce a transcendent’s defenses.
Even with full power and spells in a throw, could I hit the raid minimum contribution (1% damage)?
“Gotta try. Logout!”
Back to Earth. I hurled Hyperion.
Pew!
It shot like a beam of light.
And right then.
Dark Messiah respawned in its path.
“Dark God’s Mass Heal!”
Flash!
The moment it appeared and shouted, an effect like a sword stabbing its chest triggered, unleashing dark energy.
Whooo!
Replie, on the brink of death, recovered in an instant.
It all happened in a literal blink.
Dark Messiah’s heal was so fast that the two dragons beating Replie didn’t react.
My thrown Hyperion was still slicing through the air.
Clang!
Hyperion reached Dark Messiah mid-heal. Of course, it couldn’t just hit.
Kagak!
It collided with the shield enveloping Dark Messiah’s body.
The chakra spells loaded in the blade exploded simultaneously.
Cold. Light. Wood. Wind. Fire. Earth. Poison. Lightning.
Wise Gate. Open.
Attribute Attack. Eightfold Stack.
Crack-crack-crack! Thunk!
Pathetically.
Shattering dozens of shield layers, Hyperion lodged in Dark Messiah’s neck.
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
“What?”
Flower, about to act; Dark Messiah, sword in neck; even me, who threw it... we were all stunned.
‘No way it hits? And penetrates?’
Dark Messiah’s defenses were insane—it shrugged off ultimate spells from dragons trying to kill it while it flitted around healing Replie and Hyperion.
No way a mere throw pierced it.
But I grasped it quick.
‘Timing.’
Like a card game monster weakest right after respawn, my attack hit exactly when it poured everything into healing Replie.
But even a squishy priest transcendent didn’t just die. Instead, it glared at me with rage-filled eyes.
“You ignorant scum, meddling where you don’t belong! Fine! If death’s your wish, I’ll grant it! Power of Darkness! Dea...”
Thunk!
Hyperion, half-buried in its neck, advanced 5 cm.
Warrior Legend skill, Shadow Twice.
“Gurgle...?”
Spewing bloody foam, Dark Messiah waved its hand, summoning layered barriers. Desperation thickened them, warping space visibly.
But it didn’t know. Like its cards ignored real rules, other ‘rules’ ignored its defenses too.
Finally, Hyperion surged forward once more.
Ding!
Dark Messiah’s head flew.
“Such... impudence...”
Disbelief spilled from the falling head.
Clatter!
Dozens of cards rained from the sky.
“......”
“......”
“......”
Everyone stared blankly. Something whooshed past my ear as I stood dumbfounded.
Poof!
Shadow magpie Shasha, hard to spot in the dark, flitted grabbing cards.
Boom! Crunch!
“Ah, Replie...”
Amid it, Replie finally shattered. Should I cry for no spoon in Replie kill, or laugh for 100% Dark Messiah contrib? No clue.
Whooo!
“Finally.”
With transcendent monsters dead, three bat-like machines appeared in the air.
Monster lures made by the game master!
White Dragon Snow grabbed them, stuffing into a spatial rift. Cracks split the black sky.
Whooo!
The island-shrouding veil vanished, revealing twinkling stars beyond.
Then.
[Everyone, stop.]
With Flower’s voice, everything froze. Not just halting motion.
‘Time... stopped?’
Falling cards, toppling tree, jumping people—all ceased.
In stopped time, Flower spoke.
[Three of Five Dragons—Ruby, Sapphire, Black Jade—didn’t die. Just downed, out of the fight.]
‘What nonsense?’
Stunned by the random claim.
Some ‘memory’ flooded my mind.
Not much volume. Dark Messiah’s technique: instead of heads severed, three dragons collapsing from neck wounds.
“Ha... came for fun, saw it all.”
The massive Green Dragon merged with downed Black Dragon’s corpse.
Black blurred...
Now a two-headed dragon stood. Merged with next, three heads. Then four.
Soon all corpses gone—
Boom!
Wings unfurled, majestic enough to blot the sky. Bigger than my jaw-dropping Landworm.
‘Holy shit...’
Several times larger than all five dragons combined, one colossal dragon rose.
Unlike normal dragons, it had five heads on one body.
Five differently colored heads, rainbow scales gleaming beautifully.
In frozen time, I screamed silently, eyes unblinking.
‘Five-Headed Dragon! Chromatic Dragon!’
Beyond young dragons, mature worms, even ancients.
The primordial dragon, archetype of all chromatic dragons in the great cosmos!
Known to have lived hundreds of thousands of years, dragon society’s top elder. Once Noblesse Elder Council head—what more to say?
‘The Five Dragons... weren’t separate. It was a Chromatic Dragon?’
Then the three weren’t dead. Chromatic Dragons don’t die unless all five heads destroyed simultaneously.
Flash!
Five-Headed Dragon vanished; time resumed, sky reopened. I stood still till Shasha finished item pickup.
“Login.”
To Ardania.
“Ugh.”
Legs gave out; slumped in cockpit.
“A Five-Headed Dragon. Terrifying. Mid-tier god, nearing high-tier god, they say.”
Never imagined the cosmos’s top elder, incomparable to Earth geezers, in showbiz.
“Now I see... no real crisis.”
Respawning transcendent monsters? Just kids to an emperor-class with mid-god dignity.
If she—the Chromatic Dragon—fought seriously, respawns or not, fight over in seconds.
“Maybe zero casualties thanks to them.”
Insane transcendent battle in [Survival Island], yet no team deaths.
Many injured, exhausted dropouts, but zero dead!
Barriers held perfectly; low-power teams grouped eerily fast.
‘Yeah, it was weird.’
Even with 34th Earth’s high average, monster waves and dragon breaths—no corpses? Not normal.
[What’re you muttering alone?]
“Ah, sorry. Shocking stuff.”
Shook head at Landworm’s words, refocused.
‘Yeah, not important.’
Focused on the key.
Checked inventory.
“Ah...”
And I saw.
Gold light illuminating it!
‘It worked!’
Dark Messiah drops: 32 items. Shockingly, 18 legends! No mythics, but heroics too.
Jackpot of jackpots!
But a problem.
“No, wait...”
Joy turned sour as I grabbed one.
[Ooh—! Legendary card—!]
Mystery sound; card flipped.
[One-Eyed Giant Grui]
Type: Minion Restriction: Common
Grade: Legend Cost: 9
Effect: Size and size-related stats rise 1 level each turn.
Flavor Text: Became a dragon slayer! Just wanted a hug...
Seemed powerhouse minion.
“But... how to use? Summon One-Eyed Giant Grui!”
Shouted—no reaction.
[Ooh—! Legendary card—!]
[Ooh—! Legendary card—!]
[Ooh—! Legendary card—!]
[Ooh—! Legendary card—!]
Pulled cards wildly. Varied: minions, spells, items.
Legendary-grade: all busted effects.
But none reverted to original form.
No mana crystals.
‘Damn.’
Collectible card game—CCG—is turn-based.
Mana crystals grow 1 to 10 per turn; draw from deck to ‘hand,’ spend mana.
That’s [Dark Star] system, not [Revenge].
Legends in hand... useless as pictures.
“Ha.”
Absurd laugh.
“Should’ve targeted Replie...”
Bitter smile; stowed cards. Legends might use someday.
Buy Nemesis stock, patch system.
Or as consumables...
Had to believe that.
“Logout.”
Back to Earth; dozens of airships, hundreds gigases beyond open sky.
Gov mobilized after comms blackout, space cut.
“About done...”
Leaned on nearby wood scraps.
“Ah!”
Jumped up.
“Attendance!”
Raced to base camp. Sky pitch black!
Had to check in before [Revenge] date reset at 5 AM.
Above all.
‘Daily quest time!’
The tumultuous Survival Island ended.