Chapter 304
Chapter 304
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 304
Chapter Title: Great Rift (4)
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Opening the door that was closing again.
It wasn't a difficult task.
The Great Rift had already tormented the Abyss countless times.
In the process, Dragon God Sepiro had grasped the related 'system'.
'I have no idea what trick the dying King of Rifts pulled off.'
There was no doubt that the 'Sanctuary' was involved.
Heh!
Sepiro grinned.
On the contrary, he thought the door would be easier to open precisely because the 'Sanctuary' was involved.
Then Sepiro cupped his palms together before spreading them wide to either side.
At that moment.
Weeeeeeng!
Another 'door' appeared.
However, it was unmistakably the door of a Great Rift.
It looked exactly the same, but it was merely a replica created by Sepiro.
"Open."
Thud!
Kiririk.
Kreeeeek!
The door Sepiro had created began to creak open with an unpleasant noise.
Soon, countless 'white hands' emerged from within.
The white hands that appeared grabbed hold of both sides of the real Great Rift door that was closing.
Squeee!
Squeee!
Kreeeak!
As if it would close, yet refusing to.
It shifted back and forth along the edges of the door.
"Not enough output."
As it didn't move as he wished, Sepiro raised his right hand upward.
Then he slashed it downward in a sweeping motion.
Kaaaaak!
Screams echoed from within the fake Great Rift door.
Soon, a colossal 'divine beast' bound by the white hands burst forth from there.
It wasn't anything strange.
Everything inside there was a divine beast.
The powerful divine beasts from the rifts that Sepiro had caged in his own birdcage.
Among them, the largest and strongest specimen.
"I was planning to use it to create a new 'Sanctuary,' but oh well."
Sepiro shrugged.
Rifts were places that piqued Sepiro's interest.
But he couldn't enter the rifts himself.
Feeling stimulated by the thought of places beyond his reach, Sepiro had spent ages experimenting to create a new 'Sanctuary'.
Capturing divine beasts wasn't particularly hard.
They frequently invaded the Abyss, after all.
Slowly, the divine beast moved toward the real 'Great Rift door,' bound in place.
Something inside saw it.
Wooooooo!
And began to emit a strange sound.
"So you want to eat it, huh."
Sepiro's smile deepened.
It was just as he expected.
He didn't know which outer god it was, but the outer gods of the Great Rift devoured divine beasts.
Especially one meant for a 'Sanctuary'—how delicious it must look.
"Come out. I'll give it to you as feed."
Thud!
A massive hand seized the door again.
It began forcing the door open with even greater strength.
Zeeng!
Zeeeng!
Soon, countless magic circles appeared around Sepiro.
Over a thousand of them, each at least 15th circle.
He intended to pour all his power into opening the 'Great Rift'.
However, Sepiro's plan could not come to fruition.
"Stop."
"Dragon Sovereign, Sepiro."
"You have no authority to interfere with the 'Great Rift.'"
"If you tamper with the 'Great Rift,' your dragonkin will be annihilated alongside you."
Sepiro, halting his magic, looked around.
Before he knew it, seven demon gods had revealed themselves around him.
Among the 72 demon gods, those from the faction following the 'Lord of Great Sins' had come personally to prevent the Great Rift from opening.
Sepiro tilted his head.
"You think you can stop me with just you lot?"
The 'Lord of the Void,' one of the Ten Lords, had failed to stop him and perished.
How could mere demon gods block Dragon God Sepiro? That was his question.
The demon gods knew this fact as well.
However.
"The more the 'Abyss' expands, the stronger demons become."
"We possess power on a completely different level from when you annihilated the 'Lord of the Void.'"
"Even you would find it burdensome to face seven demon gods at once."
The demon gods were confident.
After all, that was from long ago, during the Great War era.
Back when countless Abyss territories were destroyed, and demons were losing their power.
The Lord of the Void had been mighty, but it was ancient history.
After the Great War ended, the Abyss began expanding again, allowing demon gods to acquire vastly superior strength.
In other words.
The demon gods of then and now were entirely different beings.
Underestimating them based on past glories would lead to a rude awakening.
Sepiro shrugged.
"If we fight, the 'glitch' will only grow worse. You okay with that?"
A clash between rulers of the Abyss.
That was why innumerable 'Great Rifts' had occurred during the Great War.
The decisive reason they had sealed themselves away afterward.
Especially fighting right in front of a 'Great Rift'—the already massive door could grow even larger.
Yet.
"You'd best stop right now."
The demon gods did not back down.
A resolve even willing to ignite war with the dragonkin.
To this, Sepiro.
"Hm."
Stroked his chin.
They were certainly not opponents he could easily defeat.
He had never faced seven demon gods simultaneously before.
"If that's your stance."
Sepiro nodded.
"Fine, if you leave now, I'll let it slide......"
"One tenth."
"......What?"
"It's been a while since I unleashed this much mana. Make it entertaining."
The Great Rift, which had been closing after the Sanctuary was offered as sacrifice, was now slowly prying open again.
Due to external interference.
Someone was forcefully intervening to reopen the Great Rift.
But Park Chan-woo had no time to worry about that.
Because right now, in front of him.
"......God of Offerings."
A mirror appeared.
It was 'Park Chan-woo's mirror,' the one offered as sacrifice when summoning the Heavenly Demon on the practitioner's mountain.
That same offering, which had triggered an unexpected miracle, had reappeared before his eyes.
And moreover.
Inside the mirror, he could see the form of his 'dead self.'
The deceased God of Offerings.
Naturally, there was no reaction whatsoever.
He had clearly seen the message 'The God of Offerings stirs.'
"What do you want me to do?"
No answer.
Only profound silence.
What he should do.
He had no clue at all.
One thing was certain.
The situation was that urgent.
Park Chan-woo picked up the mirror.
And wandered around, shining it everywhere.
How long had he roamed and swept through the rift's interior?
Something reflected in the mirror that wasn't visible to the naked eye.
Park Chan-woo stared at the elongated object and muttered softly.
"...The Lord's Spear."
The great nine lords.
One of them, the spear wielded by the Lord of Great Sins, was here.
It felt like the world was ending.
As if this was what the apocalypse would be like.
Dagon looked up at the sky.
"......What in the world."
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
Right now, in the territory of the 'Fourth Night.'
Demon gods were clashing with someone.
Dragon God Sepiro.
The great being he had served had finally revealed himself.
But he couldn't comprehend it.
Why was Dragon God Sepiro.
"Trying to open the Great Rift......?"
He seemed intent on opening the Great Rift.
In opposition, the demon gods had gathered to stop him.
However, if it was the Park Chan-woo he knew, he would never open the 'Great Rift.'
Moreover, Dragon God Sepiro looked nothing like Park Chan-woo.
Was it a different 'incarnation'?
No, that wasn't it.
Setting that aside.
"Ah, ah......"
All humans and demons reacted the same way.
Incomprehensible phenomena beyond their concepts were colliding endlessly.
The world split and tore as countless stars plummeted.
"Is that...... magic......?"
The very concept and common sense of magic were shattered.
How could phenomena that encompassed and manipulated the entire world be called 'magic'?
This was truly a battle of gods.
Dragon God Sepiro faced seven demon gods alone.
This must be what 'a different dimension' means.
The tale from ancient times about slaying the 'Lord of the Void' suddenly felt real.
But.
The demon gods' onslaught was no pushover either.
They summoned territories infinitely to evade Sepiro's attacks.
Furthermore, they restricted Sepiro's movements with all sorts of authorities.
At a glance, the demon gods held the advantage.
'What about him......?'
Dagon frantically turned his head.
He couldn't sense his contractor's presence.
With an exclusive contract, he should be able to locate Park Chan-woo anywhere.
Unless he was in a special place like the practitioner's mountain.
Even then, there had been a faint reaction.
But now, Park Chan-woo's presence was approaching zero.
As if he'd evaporated entirely within the Abyss.
...As Adora said, was he inside that 'Great Rift'?
'He's probably already dead.'
No one could survive inside a Great Rift.
No being that entered had ever returned.
Not even great lords or sovereigns of the twelve races dared enter.
"Sepiro......!"
"You bastard......!!"
It was then.
The demon gods suddenly screamed.
Sepiro's magic had bound all seven demon gods before they knew it.
"Not satisfying at all."
Sepiro remarked.
As if he'd been toying with them, pretending to be pushed back until now.
He seemed disappointed that even with the chances given, they couldn't defeat him.
Merely one tenth.
Just a fraction of the transcendent dragon's power.
...And they couldn't handle even that.
With the demon gods bound by magic, Sepiro stood before the 'Great Rift' once more.
"Come forth, my worthy adversary."
Thud!
Thud!
The door creaked open bit by bit.
At this rate, the 'Great Rift' would fully open soon.
That was the moment.
From between the 'door' of the Great Rift.
Whoooosh!
Slash!
A single spear shot out, piercing Sepiro's torso.
"...The Lord's Spear?"
Sepiro tilted his head.
He thought it might be an outer god emerging from the Great Rift, but suddenly the Lord's Spear appeared.
He didn't know who threw it, but it dealt no significant damage.
The Lord's Spear alone couldn't kill him to begin with.
However.
Sepiro soon realized it wasn't launched to deal damage.
"If it's not meant to attack me......"
The Lord's Spear was connected to the massive outer god inside the Great Rift.
The outer god that had been opening the door released its grip and seized the spear's handle.
And then.
"......You're pulling me into the Great Rift?"
Roooooooar!
With a roar, it began yanking Sepiro, impaled on the spear, inward.