Chapter 320
Chapter 320
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 320
Chapter Title: Sepiro (6)
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Baal's sword, Baal's belt, and Baal's shoes.
With all three pieces of equipment gathered, the authority of 'Descent' became available.
But Baal was a beast who never listened from the start.
Even after borrowing his power countless times through Absolute One, he was never easy to handle.
He was one of the four beasts created by the Creator.
A ferocious god who bowed to no one.
Kroooaaarrrgh!
Larger than most holy dragons.
The beast descended, radiating overwhelming intimidation and divine power.
"That thing..."
"One of the Creator's beasts?"
The dragons watched Baal intently, their tension palpable.
Bahamut's eyes gleamed with interest.
The other dragons might not know, but they were well aware of the 'Creator's beasts'.
'As expected, they recognize it.'
Park Chan-woo smiled inwardly.
Didn't the 'Master of the Cradle' prove it on the mountain of ascetics?
-It is one of the primordial four beasts. No matter how much you struggle, once it starts feeding, it's over. The things inside you aren't truly yours either, so in the end, Baal will awaken.
The divine black goat that left Park Chan-woo's mirror had declared Baal one of the 'primordial four beasts'.
Even after wielding Baal's power repeatedly since then...
Now he knew.
It had all been the wrong approach.
In the end, Baal was a beast.
The king of beasts that slaughtered humans and devoured everything.
'Not a request—a command. I will tame you.'
It was time to establish the hierarchy.
Until now, Baal had viewed Park Chan-woo as beneath him.
But the Heavenly Demon had taught him.
How to handle beasts.
When that guy went berserk, wielding even the magic sealed in Sepiro's heart in an instant, Baal had surprisingly gone quiet.
In other words...
'Kneel. Or I'll shatter you.'
No need for the sword, belt, or shoes.
Power that doesn't obey isn't power.
Submit or shatter and vanish.
Those were Baal's only two choices.
-......
The massive beast, Baal, looked down at Park Chan-woo.
Reading his intense will, Baal soon...
Thud!
...plopped down beside Park Chan-woo.
Amazement filled the dragons' gazes.
Even the Seven Holy Dragons and Bahamut reacted slightly.
...These were dragons who wielded primordial magic.
Naturally, they would know about the 'primordial beasts' as well.
Monsters that commanded the magic of the origin sun illuminating the entire Abyss—the primordial sun—along with the moon, wind, sea, earth, lightning, and souls.
Beings he'd only heard of in stories, ones even he was seeing for the first time.
Based on records from countless races' literature and the tomes he'd read in the 'Magic Tower', they were the very foundation of magic.
And...
'There were rumors that Bahamut might be one of the four beasts.'
That one of the four beasts created by the Creator could be Bahamut.
It was just a hypothesis.
Nothing confirmed.
But where there's smoke, there's fire.
There had to be some connection.
Park Chan-woo continued his act as 'Sepiro'.
"I will tame all four beasts created by the Creator and reach the true ultimate."
"...Taming the four beasts leads to the ultimate... Is that why you created a 'fragment'?"
It was then.
Diar, the leader of the Lightfolk, asked.
Questioning the link between the ultimate and the four beasts.
A thoroughly distrustful attitude.
It meant this alone wasn't enough to prove he was 'Sepiro'.
But Park Chan-woo was certain.
"Find all four beasts, and it becomes possible."
"...I've heard rumors. But nothing concrete on what the four beasts even are."
"One of them is in the 'Rift'."
"......!"
Diar's eyes widened at the sudden revelation.
The Rift.
An uncharted world.
A place even dragons hadn't explored.
If one of the four beasts was in the Rift, it was impossible to retrieve anyway.
"Hah, but only divine beasts can enter the Rift..."
"I can enter."
"......!!!"
Their reactions intensified in disbelief.
Had Sepiro finally conquered even the Rift?
Entering it was on another level from capturing divine beasts.
It meant twisting the world's rules.
And in truth, Park Chan-woo could do it.
The Rift's king, Sanctuary, had sacrificed himself to block the great rift.
To crown a new king, he would soon head to the Rift with Signus.
And he was convinced one of the 'four beasts' was there.
"By reaching the Rift, I will make the Rift's king into Sanctuary, the god of divine beasts. That very being is one of the 'Creator's four beasts'."
He knew it upon facing Sanctuary.
That entity was the Creator's masterpiece.
The concept of Sanctuary itself was one of the four beasts.
At the same time, the dragons thought:
'So that's why he made the fragment?'
'Sepiro said even he couldn't reach the Rift.'
'Ah, now it makes sense.'
'He really conquered the Rift!'
'This must be Sepiro's fragment.'
'Only he could do the impossible.'
Was the reason Sepiro made the fragment to reach the 'Rift'?
Only divine beasts could enter the Rift.
If a non-divine beast entered, it would cease to exist.
Even Sepiro, dragons, or other races had avoided the Rift.
"Signus."
Riiip!
The sky tore open.
Something shredded the dragons' barriers.
Everyone frowned and looked up, but soon realized what it was.
"A divine beast?"
"...Big one."
They muttered briefly as Signus descended from the sky.
An adult divine beast was about dragon-sized.
But larger ones were common.
There were divine beasts that swallowed entire creation Abysses whole.
That was why divine beasts were seen as the Abyss's 'calamities'.
They could tear through the Abyss's barriers at will.
Yet Signus had already grown larger than an adult holy dragon.
After devouring countless creation Abysses with Adora, and strangely bulking up even more when 'Sanctuary' sacrificed itself...
He must have inherited Sanctuary's power.
Soon, Signus carefully landed beside Park Chan-woo.
In a breathtakingly beautiful form with azure eyes.
「You called for me, Father.」
"......!"
"......!!"
The dragons gasped at Signus's form of address.
A divine beast calling someone Father?
Divine beasts belonged to the Rift from birth.
They knew exactly who they were and how to act.
They never used such a title for non-divine beasts.
They assimilated with their essence.
They recognized souls.
Yet this one called Sepiro—a dragon, not even kin—Father.
'Is this possible?'
'Divine beasts never follow other races!'
Divine beasts didn't follow other species.
Not even under force or domination.
The previous Sepiro had a hobby of capturing divine beasts, but they never obeyed him.
They never yielded.
Of course, this was thanks to the power of 'Easter Egg (002)'.
Easter Egg (002): Brings harmony among 'species'.
Harmony of species.
Fostering unity between races and making them recognize each other as the same species.
This alone proved he could enter the 'Rift'.
"I will enthrone Signus as 'Sanctuary'."
"Sanctuary...!"
It meant making him the master of the Rift.
Everyone knew of Sanctuary.
The king of the Rift who suppressed great rifts, lord of divine beasts.
Many saw divine beasts as the 'thirteenth race'.
Some even as the 'first race'.
They were that powerful, transcendent monsters, present in the Abyss since its dawn—earlier than any race or demons.
If Sepiro ruled the Rift, it would surpass the incomprehensible.
"Furthermore, I proclaim."
"......?"
The dragons tilted their heads.
Showing Baal and Signus was already enough reason for the fragment.
What more was there to proclaim?
Park Chan-woo declared with authority.
"I will establish a new 'Throne' here."
That was the moment.
This was it.
A power akin to the authority gained with Signus's birth.
Used when a divine beast ascends to 'Sanctuary'.
That power had descended upon Park Chan-woo as well.
He had never used the 'Throne' acquisition right until now.
But now, to claim the Dragon God Throne.
No—more precisely...
'Ascend to the pinnacle of the species.'
To rise to the top of dragonkind.
Park Chan-woo activated the one-time right without hesitation.
Moreover, with 'Sanctuary' sacrificed as an offering, this power had been further strengthened.
Whoooosh!
Mana unleashed.
The mana emanating from Sepiro's heart instantly filled the entire Dragon God Temple.
And not just that.
This wasn't some false qualification forged by the Black Witch.
It was true authority forcibly granting qualifications.
In this place where all dragons were gathered.
"Ah......!"
"M-My heart!"
The dragons began to feel it.
All dragons reacted amid the mana vortex.
The language unique to dragons, etched in their hearts, throbbed.
What Park Chan-woo had just said was akin to the Dragon God Tongue.
Not ordinary dragon tongue, but the words that ruled all dragons.
The absolute 'Sanctuary' trait imposed compulsion on every dragon.
Combined with 'Easter Egg (002)'s power, Park Chan-woo was now recognized by all as a 'dragon'.
No, not just any 'dragon'—the Dragon God itself.
That instant.