Book 14 Chapter 40

Episode 44

If a space of death is superimposed over another, is there any word to describe that phenomenon other than 'catastrophe' (災殃)?

Let's explain it simply with an illustration.

After drawing a landscape painting, what if you leave the people and objects as they are but change only the landscape to hell?

This magic was precisely like that.

The world suddenly transformed into a swamp. Into a swamp of the abyss that corrupts both spirit and flesh. This was, in fact, the ultimate geometric magic.

"Ugh, Ughaaaaah…!"

The time it took for the approximately 2,000 human troops heading to the battlefield to be annihilated was only 30 seconds.

The remaining 1,000 would have met the same fate had it not been for the power of Pyras, the 'Red True Dragon'.

The primordial flame in the form of a dragon and the resurrected ancient darkness stood facing each other.

"Hmph, fingers, huh…"

The darkness spoke. That darkness was named Zernix, the ancient Archmage.

「Ba ka ro Shak!」

A roar of flame unleashed by the dragon.

Beneath dark blue hair, fluttering in that fierce wind, a grotesque eyepatch emitted an evil presence.

The seven eyeballs embossed on the eyepatch creepily blinked their eyelids as if alive.

"I wish I had such fingers, like you True Dragons."

True Dragons are avatars of the Divine Dragon. Only five True Dragons exist in each legion.

The differentiating factor between True Dragons and Wyverns, which make up the majority of the Dragon Legion, is not just their immense size.

While a Wyvern's forelegs are attached to its wings as clawed hands, a True Dragon's wings and two forelegs have different tissue, allowing them to stand majestically.

"Just as Wyverns and True Dragons are clearly distinguished by those fingers, I believe if I had those fingers, I could be completely distinguished as [the strongest]."

Pyras, one of the Red True Dragons, spewed a breath of flame across the horizon and roared.

「Did your twisted desires and greed not cease even after your body died, so you returned as a specter? You truly are a product of the Abyss, the Father of Corruption.」

The flames, incinerating everything in their path, could not breach the eternity (永劫) that flickered around Zernix's body.

What on earth was that?

As if it were dividing the space where Zernix stood and the space beyond into different dimensions…

"Hey, Master True Dragon. You've lived so long, it seems you've developed dementia. I am a product of Ryuken, the Fifth Archmage. Honestly, in this world, do you think there's anyone more transparent than this [Strongest Mage], Zernix?"

「Shut up!」

"I want to reign, I want to win, I want to dominate! That is the true essence of humanity! Everyone, whether great or small, dreams of power. This means that the craving for power is their very nature!"

Again, the primordial flame and the ancient darkness clashed, and a transcendent shockwave raged with the force to shatter dimensions.