705 – 8. Last Words (79)
The Dragon King’s life was a strange one.
He was a child born with the temperament of a dragon. He stood out from his childhood, and it was said that no one could fool his eyes, which were imbued with the power of a dragon.
But perhaps it was because he was afraid of talent that went beyond the limits.
Her mother strangled the girl and left, and from then on the princess was always alone.
A life where no one can trust.
That’s why we constantly doubt and deny. It would have been a life no different from hell in itself, but God never gives down trials just once.
The girl lost both her eyes.
It happened when I was a student at the academy. How could the criminal imagine the pain of having an eye removed without even anesthesia?
The guard knight barely escaped with his life at the cost of one of his arms. However, this literally only saved ‘lives’.
In an instant, the girl’s world lost its shine.
The nightmare of that day tormented the princess every night, and the slightest touch would startle her, causing her to scream or sit down and shiver.
Unable to bear it, the girl ran away from home.
“I was planning on dying.”
This was the truth that the princess confessed one day, when the two of them were sitting face to face.
“But she didn’t die in the end.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, I was hungry.”
At first glance, it was an incomprehensible statement. Nevertheless, my lord was just smiling mysteriously, as always.
“Cold, hungry… I fell down a few times in a world where I couldn’t see a single light. “It wasn’t until I held her sore limbs that I realized.”
At this time, I think I felt a strange feeling.
In the world, the ‘Dragon King’ was no different from an iron man. A cool-headed strategist who neither sheds blood nor tears and never allows defeat, and is humanity’s last hope.
But every time I see this woman, I inadvertently imagine a poor girl.
She was left alone, crying, sobbing, wanting to die, but she fell to the ground several times, got hurt, and ended up whimpering without being able to cry or moan.
Is it really a superhuman?
She said, “I thought she was already rolling out her slush underneath her, but that wasn’t the case. Once I got into that situation, I wanted to fill my stomach and sleep in a warm place. Isn’t it funny? “She said she was going to die.”
“It deserves it.”
“So, I suddenly became curious.”
When I look at the face of a woman vaguely immersed in the past, I think of her heart again.
A warm heart that is clearly made of blood and flesh.
“The world I haven’t seen… “I thought there was no answer anymore, but maybe there might be a way for me to get there.”
“So how many years did that ‘running away from home’ last?”
“There was no place I hadn’t been to. From the slums to the mansions of nobles… “The sacred relics I brought from the Imperial Palace to hide my identity were of great help.”
And the end of wandering.
The woman who was once a girl became a master and she returned.
After the Sword Duke, it was the moment when the continental imperial family produced masters from generation to generation.
The subjects of the empire clapped and rejoiced at her great achievement. Praise and praise rang out continuously for days.
That was probably the right response.
That’s amazing, how was that possible?
It might be the right attitude to express respect by sighing and repeatedly bowing your head.
“Wasn’t it difficult?”
The woman’s hand, which was leisurely holding a teacup, stops at my question.
“It must have felt like I was literally thrown into the world with nothing… “I’m sorry if I was rude.”
“No. Are you okay.”
The woman simply dismissed my apology and added again.
“It’s just that it’s the first time someone has asked me that in front of me…” hehehehe, it’s fun.”
“Well, if you were in a bad mood…….”
“Sir Ian.”
Come to think of it, they say the Dragon King never speaks twice.
Was it rude to confirm the meaning again? However, I felt a gentle warmth in the voice of the woman calling me.
Instead of lowering her head, I stared at her woman’s closed eyelids without her saying a word.
“Death is a decision that requires such determination. So, think again.”
Is it an illusion?
I had a hallucination of the woman’s eyes, long gone, staring silently at me.
“Do I really need to learn my vision?”
‘The eyes of all things’.
The Dragon King’s vision that sees through all the good and evil, truth and falsehood, and beauty and shame.
Of course, it was not a power that a person like me, who had no knowledge of magic, could use. Even if you learn it, your brain will melt to a pulp the moment you achieve proper performance.
Nevertheless, it was necessary.
To be unreasonably greedy, not wanting to lose anything anymore.
“Yes, please.”
“Then…” ….”
It was then.
The woman’s lips, which were sighing softly, drew a playful line.
“Come visit me when you really want to die.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll let you know then. However, your life is mine… “I can’t tell you without permission.”
Hmm, he tapped the table with his index finger as if he was lost in thought for a while.
“If you pass my ‘test,’ I will pass it on to you.”
“No, that’s…” ….”
“If you don’t, it’s a vision you won’t be able to learn anyway.”
The woman put conditions on my request like that.
In reality, it was nothing short of a rejection. The ‘Test of the Dragon’, who can pass something like that?
As I let out a small sigh, the princess spoke to me again.
“It’s probably hard to die.”
As if whispering her secret.
“Actually, I’m a bit obsessed.”
I had to keenly feel the meaning of those words.
*
With a bang, the flat earth rises with an explosion.
My body floated up onto the rock, which rose up and down one after another like a staircase. It was because while I was running, I was helplessly hit by a blow that came out of nowhere.
It is inevitable that you will not be able to move freely once you are in the air.
When I opened my eyes and managed to look straight ahead, I saw a pillar that had appeared, tearing through the magic circle, approaching.
There was no time to burst out laughing.
Once again, my body is thrown away with the sound of leather popping.
In the end, I tried to bounce off the impact with the sword circle vision, but it was impossible with my current body. On the contrary, due to the repulsive force, it flew away, smashing the rock pillars that formed a row like dominoes one after another, making a bang, bang, bang noise.
I feel a heavy pain in my back, and a strangled scream comes out of my mouth along with blood.
Soon, we look up at the sky while staying stuck in the rock pillar.
“…… Under.”
I couldn’t hold back my empty laughter.
Everyone would feel the same way if they suddenly encountered the shadow of a meteorite blocking the sun.
Are you planning on destroying every inch of the area?
In the end, I chewed my lips and forced my paralyzed, unmoving arm.
And the next moment.
Boom!
A dull shock wave spreads out, creating a sandstorm. Clum, clum. The sound of rock pillars slowly crumbling hit my eardrums like a swarm of bees.
Crack, a crack appeared in the massive rock mass.
That was just the beginning. Because only a split second was needed for the meteorite, which was divided into pieces, to explode.
The stones that have been converted into countless fragments are scattered as rain of rocks.
Secret Season Sword Soul (劍魂).
It was the result of the explosion of the extreme power of a sword that could infinitely split all objects in the area.
But the price was considerable.
Among the stone fragments falling like heavy rain, my knees immediately buckle as I barely land on the ground.
I feel like my brain is on fire.
“Wow! Off… Ugh, ahhhhh!”
The sensation of the entire optic nerve covering the eyeball being engulfed in extreme heat, the pain of completely melting the brain, was not the type of pain that a human being could endure.
Even I have been trained to resist torture.
I suddenly realized that my vision was red. It was evidence that blood was flowing from the eyes instead of tears.
I only briefly encountered the ‘eyes of all creation.’ The moment I saw something geometric that came to mind in place of those empty eyes, my brain began to overload with images I didn’t know what they were.
This is the ‘Test of the Dragon’.
It was one of the biggest difficulties that was not allowed to pass. The pain was so extreme that I couldn’t stay sane.
In reality, the person in charge of this ordeal was calm.
“You survived.”
Once again, as if it was unexpected.
“Do you want to live?”
The woman asked me. As if that question were the only clue to solving all difficult problems.
“Then, follow my will even now.”
I tried hard to resist the urge to stab my eyes out at any moment, and forced open my trembling eyelids. It’s blurry, but I can see the woman looking down at me.
Kill me.
I feel like I’m going to die from the pain, and I’m wondering if this is going too far.
The brain, unable to withstand the intense pain, smacks its lips as it pleases. But in the end, the voice that comes out of my mouth is…
“…… Majesty.”
Stuttering, I let out a moaning tone.
“Boo, di…” Huh… aaah!”
The woman no longer physically abused me.
Instead, she simply lifted her finger and lifted me into the air. My head is forcibly fixed and looks into her womanly eyes.
Shape, world, truth.
Everything.
It feels like my brain is about to explode from the tidal wave of information. I could see a future where the brain and skull would explode like firecrackers and turn into soggy lumps of flesh.
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Even as the screams became more intense, the woman did not stop making eye contact with me.
“Still?”
“I, off, ha…” aaah!”
“Don’t you still want to live? So why are you enduring this pain?”
This is truly a question.
The woman’s right eye approaches me closely. Her eyes are magnified alone in her broken vision.
The unity of shapes that cannot be described in words hits the mind directly.
“It’s a contradiction, Sir Ian…” Why? “I thought I understood the truth of the whole world, so why are you the only mystery to me?”
The screams that were coming out gradually faded away.
Evil, evil. The blood was bubbling, except for the occasional sound like a seizure. A clear sign that death is approaching.
Conscience was gradually fading.
“Why can’t I predict what’s ahead of you?”
But the view is clear.
Eyes, eyes were looking at me.
“Why can’t I break your will?”
It’s normal for your eyes to gradually turn over.
I was staring into the eyes, unable to even breathe properly.
Why on earth?
“Why on earth?”
Me, why?
“Why do I feel anxious when I stand in front of you? I’m still so anxious that I feel like I’m going crazy! I would be able to do everything I want! Omniscience means omnipotence!”
To this extent.
“Is there a reason why we have to do this? No, I swear! Sir Ian… please!”
I am, obviously.
“I must be an almighty dragon…… !”
There was a memory that suddenly emerged through my fading consciousness.
A conversation I had with a commoner girl in front of a bonfire one night.
‘…… ‘You’re stupid.’
Letting out her weary sigh, the woman spoke to me.
‘Why do you do such a foolish thing? I told you, you’ll die… I mean this sincerely. Now, forget about war and humanity, and just take care of your health so that you can survive the rest of your life.’
I guess so.
It was very clear that my body had already reached its limit. Since I wasn’t a child, I already had a good sense of what my body was like to the point where I hated it.
Nevertheless, what was the reason I couldn’t give up?
‘Because I don’t want to lose anything anymore.’
Ah, yes.
She told me again.
‘If the time comes to abandon me again… Throw it away without hesitation. ‘Don’t do anything strange.’
‘Why?’
‘If you tell me to do it, just do it.’
At that time, what did I answer?
Consciousness gradually emerges. Before I knew it, there was a princess standing in front of me with a face that I couldn’t tell if she was crying or angry.
I see the pupils.
“This is your last chance.”
I felt like I finally understood.
It was agitation disguised as cruelty.
“Stop, just say you will do what I want.”
A causeless laugh hits my uvula.
I could only hear a gurgling sound due to the blood still boiling in my throat, which was completely rested.
I finally understood.
The geometric shape that seemed like an eternal mystery is gradually being solved. A little less complicated, a little simpler.
Dismantle, dismantle, dismantle.
At the end, there is one remaining solid line. The end of the road I followed endlessly.
I thought I knew.
Because I had all the visions of the world stuck in my mind, I managed to figure it out.
The end of the line touches the end.
This is a circle.
It was a figure of perfection.
Now it is clear. What did I say to Emma back then?
Heh, I just burst out laughing.
“…… Nope.”
The princess’s eyes widened at the sudden informal speech.
The restraints that were constricting my body are loosened. I didn’t know how to solve it. I just thought it was supposed to be that way, and it actually happened.
Nevertheless, it was clear that the woman’s power was superior to mine, but she was now embarrassed by the sudden situation.
Paak, and do it.
The tip of the knife that splits the air, spattering blood, comes to rest in front of the woman’s uvula.