Chapter 424
Chapter 424
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 424
Chapter Title: Racial War (63)
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Luck, harmony, honor, endurance.
And.
'Insight.'
Park Chan-woo gazed down at the fifth egg faintly glowing in his palm.
That made five.
He still had no idea how many more Easter Eggs lay ahead or where this path ultimately led.
But he was steadily gathering the Creator's traces, one by one in order.
In the past, Han Shin had obtained the 5th Easter Egg.
The guy had claimed the crown himself in the 'Crown of the Weakest King' and thrashed about to escape the attacks of powerhouses constantly trying to kill him.
After nearly dying hundreds of times, he finally reached the last gateway and obtained it.
That miraculous feat had manifested as an Easter Egg.
But that Easter Egg was now in his own hand.
'The fifth Easter Egg, obtainable only after closing an overwhelming gap and reaching the end.'
Insight, huh.
I wonder what it shows.
Park Chan-woo focused on his new power.
Then the world began to look different.
He turned his head to look at his comrades who still hadn't awakened from their Lucid Dreams.
...I can see it.
Lee Hyuk-soo's status window.
Not just seeing it, but even the precise status.
This was a far superior authority to Han Shin's 'Heavenly Eye.'
Through the Lucid Dream, it seemed Lee Hyuk-soo was rapidly gaining enlightenment and leveling up.
This time, he looked at Han Shin.
Beyond the status windows, down to the possibilities hidden deep in their souls and the paths they would take.
Everything was crystal clear.
This was the power of 'Insight.'
Finally, Park Chan-woo looked at Zero, who stood waiting by the door for him.
Then, a vast amount of information unlike anything before flooded into his mind.
Zero was visible too.
He couldn't grasp detailed levels or stats, but still.
The fact that he could see its 'status' was what mattered.
After all, this Easter Egg granted the 'possibility' to pierce through essence, intent, and weaknesses.
'What determines it?'
He pondered for a moment.
It didn't seem to be simply weak or strong.
He could see detailed stats for Lee Hyuk-soo and Han Shin, but not for Adora or Zero.
Beings not fully bound by the Abyss system or outside its framework.
Their info was masked with question marks.
Then what raised that 'possibility' to pierce through everything?
'As expected.'
This was another evolving Easter Egg.
The more traces he gathered, the stronger the insight became.
If five gave him this field of vision, how far could he see with more?
Park Chan-woo suddenly had a chilling thought.
It might not stop at just 'seeing.'
Piercing essence meant grasping weaknesses and cores.
'What was the Creator's intent? Putting insight last.'
Luck, harmony, honor, endurance.
And finally, eyes that pierced all.
It felt like the final key to face the true enemy after all preparations.
Beyond mere racial harmony.
Like a provision to protect peace.
Knock knock.
It was then.
Someone knocked on the cabin door.
"It's Darkan. May I come in?"
It was the Sloth Dragon Darkan.
"Come in."
As Park Chan-woo gave short permission, the door opened, and the massive Darkan cautiously entered.
He was momentarily speechless at the sight before him.
The cabin interior was wrapped in an eerie silence.
Lee Hyuk-soo, Han Shin, Adora, and humanity's warriors sat motionless, as if asleep.
But from their bodies flowed auras incomparably stronger and deeper than before.
Like butterflies awaiting metamorphosis in cocoons, they were undergoing the final stage of explosive growth.
"Th-this is..."
Darkan looked at them with astonished eyes.
But what seized his gaze even more strongly was the one figure standing quietly in the corner of the cabin.
"...!!"
Zero.
Darkan's pupils shook violently.
The exact same appearance as the first entity.
But facing it up close, the sense of incongruity surpassed imagination.
Clearly the same existence, yet the essence felt within was utterly different.
He knew, but seeing it this close was all the more awe-inspiring.
Zero turned his head to look at Darkan.
His eyes held no emotion whatsoever.
"A face I feel like I've seen somewhere before."
"I am Darkan, patriarch of the Sloth Tribe. Could you possibly be..."
"I am no longer Sepiro. I am Zero."
Zero cut him off.
That single statement struck Darkan's mind like lightning.
'Sepiro?'
Even more shocking was that he had changed his own name.
A dragon's name and language held primal power.
Changing it by his own will meant redefining his very existence.
While Darkan was lost in confusion, Zero recalled.
"The things your Sloth Tribe researched weren't bad. Especially the primordial core you made this time—it was quite useful."
"Wh-what an honor."
"I remember reviewing and discarding related data before. Looks like you didn't give up and advanced it with nuclear fission tech."
"Y-yes!"
Darkan's eyes widened.
That fact was a top secret known only to a handful of Sloth Tribe elders and Dragon God Sepiro.
Thousands of years ago, they had presented their nuclear fission tech to the Dragon God, but it was ruthlessly discarded for inefficiency.
This was information no one but Sepiro could know.
Darkan was convinced.
Appearance and name changed, but this was undoubtedly Dragon God Sepiro.
He didn't know how Park Chan-woo had turned him into this 'Zero.'
"Keep going. Your tech has potential."
At Zero's dry encouragement, Darkan trembled with emotion.
This was the moment the Sloth Tribe's lifelong-ignored research finally received recognition.
"Then...!"
Darkan mustered courage and took a step forward.
"Please allow me and my Sloth Tribe to join the journey of these two great ones!"
He bowed his head sincerely.
The possibilities shown by Park Chan-woo and the acknowledgment from the former Sepiro—Zero.
With these two, the Sloth Tribe's long-cherished wish might come true.
And he voiced his greatest question.
"And... if it's not too rude, could you explain this current phenomenon? Why has the Dragon God become two...?"
Zero's gaze turned to Darkan.
A moment later, Zero spoke.
"Simple. The current Sepiro out there? He's my 'error.'"
"...Pardon?"
Darkan doubted his ears.
The Dragon God conquering the great rift and commanding the entire Abyss was an error?
Then this one before him was real, and the one playing Dragon God now was fake?
It was a shock that uprooted common sense and faith.
Ignoring Darkan's turmoil, Zero continued mechanically.
"I am Zero, a new existence born solely with my essence of 'logic' and 'calculation.' And he was born with all my 'illogical elements.'"
Zero pointed to the darkness outside the window.
"Curiosity, whimsy, anger, mercy, sacrifice—all that I couldn't comprehend or calculate. Every 'error' of the existence called Sepiro flowed into that guy. The result is the one out there now, calling himself the Dragon God."
The heart of the transcendent entity.
Because the most crucial core handling all logical structures had returned with Park Chan-woo.
The current Sepiro had become a lump of 'errors.'
His already severe whimsy worsened, moving only by interest and amusement.
Thus.
"The Dragon God will be decided by the side you desire."
At Zero's abrupt words, Darkan snapped to attention.
"Pardon? What do you..."
"The patriarch can change."
Zero's voice remained emotionless, but the content was revolutionary.
"In the end, what matters is divinity and faith. The current Sepiro's foundation is shaking. A new Dragon God will be born where your dragon tribe's faith points."
Darkan's heart pounded fiercely.
Choosing the patriarch with their own hands?
Then the answer was clear.
Not the rampaging emotional lump, but the true essence of Sepiro with reason and logic.
He must become Dragon God again.
But Zero ignored Darkan's fervent gaze.
He showed no intention of becoming Dragon God.
Instead, Zero looked at Park Chan-woo.
"Of course, I'm already bound to this guy, so if you want to revere me as Dragon God, just follow him."
"...!!!"