Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation - Chapter 312 : Chapter 312
Chapter 312. You Are an Official Disciple of the Twin Dragon Sect (1)
The problem had arisen in the first place because of the imbalance of two destroyers for one world.
So, if there was one more world to destroy, wouldn’t the problem be solved?
In the history of Murim, it was recorded that the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon fought a duel on the same day and at the same time, resulting in mutual destruction.
But the truth was not that.
The two had simultaneously shed the shackles of their mortal bodies and returned to their true essences.
And the two had simultaneously waged a war against the Celestial Realm.
***
“The Celestial Realm?”
-…I am still speaking.
“No, but was that a real thing?”
-You crossed dimensions through death and have lived in this world where the existence of gods has been proven. Besides….
The White Tiger pointed at itself with its claw and said.
-What do you think we are?
“Ah….”
That’s right.
He had gotten so used to them that he had forgotten, but they were also beings who existed in the realm of mythology in the world Patrick originally came from.
He just hadn’t felt the reality of it as he was beating up beings who were no different from figures of imagination right in front of his eyes.
“Go on.”
The Blood Demon and the Heavenly Demon.
The Celestial Realm lacked the power to stop the two who had shed their human bodies and returned to their true essences.
And, in the first place, from the perspective of the Celestial Realm, the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon were not evil.
Just as fire is not defined as evil for burning people to death, the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon were simply beings who existed as such.
Beings who herald the end of the world.
They were beings whose positions were different from theirs, but they could not be judged as good or evil.
And because of that….
-There was room for negotiation.
The White Tiger let out a deep sigh and continued.
The Celestial Realm proposed a negotiation to the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon.
Stop the war and be true to their essences.
If they did so, they would open a path to another world.
The Celestial Realm already knew what the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon were after.
In fact, the current situation where two destroyers were born in one world was a serious error that the Celestial Realm had to correct.
Thus, the realistic situation and their mutual interests aligned.
And so, one destroyer crossed the dimensional wall and came to the Continent of Pangemonia.
The Heavenly Demon.
The king of all demons.
He had come to fulfill his role of destroying the world.
Yupinel and Kalaron, the gods who ruled Pangemonia, were greatly angered.
From their perspective, the Heavenly Demon was a thorough impurity.
He was nothing more than an invader who had come to destroy their world.
Kalaron’s anger, in particular, was extreme.
Originally, it was his role to bring the trial of destruction when this world became turbid and its lifespan was over.
He could never coexist with the Heavenly Demon, who nonchalantly encroached on his domain.
A fierce war, unrecorded in human history, broke out.
The Heavenly Demon waged war by creating followers in this world, in addition to the retainers he had brought with him across the world’s wall.
Dark Priests.
Those who would later be called Black Mages were born in this way.
Yupinel and Kalaron also created powerful guardians called dragons to counter this, and the long and fierce war eventually ended in the Heavenly Demon’s defeat.
The Heavenly Demon was pierced by Yupinel’s spear and sealed in the abyss of the world, and the retainers the Heavenly Demon brought with him were taken in by Kalaron, who was in charge of the same domain of destruction.
***
“Wait, wait….”
Patrick, who was listening to the explanation, interrupted.
There was something he wanted to clarify here.
“You just said Kalaron took in the Heavenly Demon’s retainers, right?”
-…That is correct.
“Don’t tell me?”
-…It is us.
The White Tiger spoke with a reluctant expression.
And the other Four Calamities were also diligently avoiding Patrick’s gaze.
Patrick looked at the Four Calamities and spoke in disbelief.
“You guys were originally the Heavenly Demon’s retainers?”
At that, the Vermilion Bird spoke with a displeased expression.
-How could that be? I was the guardian of the south and the king of all birds.
“Then why were you being the Heavenly Demon’s lackey?”
Now they weren’t even retainers, but lackeys.
At those words, the Vermilion Bird mumbled and couldn’t answer.
While the other Four Calamities hesitated, the Black Tortoise spoke as if resigned.
-We volunteered.
“Huh?”
-When the Heavenly Demon crossed the world’s wall to come here, we volunteered to become his retainers.
“…But why?”
He couldn’t understand.
Weren’t these guys revered as divine beasts in the Central Plains and doing quite well for themselves?
So what were they lacking that they would bow their heads to the Heavenly Demon and cross the world’s wall?
And for the wicked purpose of invasion, no less.
To that Patrick, the White Tiger said.
-If the Heavenly Demon destroys this world and resets it, then a vacuum will be created in the axis of order in this world.
“…Don’t tell me you guys?”
-We coveted it.
“Haaaah…?”
-You may not know, but for a being who has reached a divine seat, a higher divine rank is worth striving for, even if it takes eons. So….
A look of blatant contempt appeared on Patrick’s face.
“You wrap it up in nice-sounding words like ‘divine rank,’ but… in the end, you agreed to an invasion because you coveted someone else’s position, right?”
-…….
“And after getting your asses kicked, Kalaron took you in?”
-Well… um, yes, for now, that’s correct.
“For now or whatever, shouldn’t you be grateful to Kalaron in this situation?”
-…….
“He accepted the surrender of invaders and even employed them.”
-…….
“You striped cat bastard. You were cursing Kalaron like crazy before.”
-No, that was….
“It was just what you deserved, wasn’t it? Anyone can see that you guys were in the wrong.”
-…….
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, that Kalaron fellow, they call him the god of chaos and destruction, but his essence is as much of a sucker as my Master or father. If it were me, I would have killed them all.”
The truth hurts.
It seemed to hurt more than being hit by the Radiant Dragon Twelve Sword Forms.
-Can… I continue?
“Go on for now.”
The White Tiger difficultly continued speaking.
***
Kalaron set one condition when he took them in.
Although the Heavenly Demon was sealed, it is impossible to seal a being with divinity forever.
Above all, keeping the Heavenly Demon in this world would only cause the world’s rift to grow larger.
Therefore, someday, the Heavenly Demon must be completely eliminated to normalize the world.
So he said.
But there is a problem.
No matter how much the Four Calamities are beings with divinity, the Heavenly Demon is stronger.
The Four Calamities, who had expended much of their power in the war and were barely maintaining their divinity, could never defeat the Heavenly Demon.
Kalaron and Yupinel also knew this fact.
Therefore, the two formally reported this problem to the higher gods above and asked for a solution.
***
“Higher gods? Such a thing exists?”
At Patrick’s question, the Azure Dragon nodded and said.
-We do not know everything either. But there are lower divinities that constitute the world, and there are higher divinities that manage that world. It is the domain of creator gods like Yupinel and Kalaron.
“Then, what’s above that?”
-We do not know.
Why so confident?
As Patrick frowned, the Azure Dragon said.
-We do not know everything either. In the first place, what we know is up to the domain of the managers who constitute the creation and destruction of the world.
“……”
-We know that higher divinities exist, but we do not know what kind of beings they are. Our divine rank is too low to know that.
“So… you guys are like local magistrates in terms of administration, and Yupinel and Kalaron are like lords managing a province.”
-You… could see it that way….
“And the lords got into a fight, and when they couldn’t solve the problem themselves, they tattled to a high official in the central government?”
-…If you put it in an easy-to-understand analogy, then yes.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, they say that wherever people (?) live, it’s all the same….”
He thought that whether it was gods or humans, the affairs of the world were pretty much the same everywhere.
“So? What did the god who is a high-ranking official in the central government say?”
-He said he would give us a chance to correct the problem.
“What kind of chance?”
-He said he would one day send a human who could cross the world’s wall and turn the Heavenly Demon to nothingness.
“…Could that be?”
-Kalaron called him the man of prophecy.
Ah, right, that was me.
I was wondering why they called me the man of prophecy, and that was it.
They wanted me to kill the Heavenly Demon.
“Hahahaha.”
-It is a relief that you have realized your destiny…. Where are you going?
“Ah. Sorry, I left something at home. Well then, see you next time.”
And the Four Calamities hurriedly blocked Patrick, who was trying to sneak out.
-Where do you think you’re going?
“I told you I’m going home.”
-You have to face the Outer God. Don’t you understand?
“I’m running because I understand, you bastards!”
The Outer God.
In other words, the Heavenly Demon.
Patrick knew well what kind of being that was.
A being called the worst disaster in Murim, along with the Blood Demon.
Every single one of the demonic practitioners of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult he left behind was a monster that surpassed the leaders of the Nine Sects One Gang.
In fact, when such demonic practitioners came out into the world and caused trouble, the orthodox and unorthodox factions would unite to drive them out somehow.
But not just those demonic practitioners, but to fight and defeat the Heavenly Demon itself?
And according to the story, the existence called the Heavenly Demon has power comparable to a great divinity?
What, fight and defeat that?
“You make it sound so easy.”
Right now, Patrick felt like quitting everything.
But….
-What will you do if you quit?
“Not my problem, is it?”
-If the Heavenly Demon is left like this, the world’s rift will grow even larger. Then, in the end, the world itself might collapse.
“…When is that?”
-At most, there are only about 2,000 years left.
Uh… there’s a lot of time left.
“Goodbye. I’ll be on my way then….”
-I said don’t go!
“Let go! Won’t you let go? Ugh! I swear!”
A moment later.
After a chaotic scene unfolded, the Azure Dragon, who had somehow succeeded in catching Patrick, spoke in a drained voice.
-It’s not like we don’t know the power of the Outer God.
“……”
-But do you really think we would ask you to fight the Outer God right away without any preparation?
At the Azure Dragon’s words, Patrick’s ears perked up a little.
It seemed like an insurmountable problem, so he was just going to ignore it.
But….
“You have a way?”
This changes things.
At Patrick’s words, the Azure Dragon said.
-In terms of martial strength alone, the difference between the Heavenly Demon and you is not great. The fact that you defeated us is proof of that.
“Oh? Really?”
What?
The Heavenly Demon known in history was a monster who wiped out 100,000 Imperial Guards by himself and defeated the entire Shaolin Temple alone.
Wasn’t he a monster that dozens of masters of the State of Harmony couldn’t even last a single move against?
Were the records of Murim exaggerated?
To Patrick who was thinking that, the Azure Dragon said.
-The difference is the presence or absence of divinity.
“…What’s that?”
-No matter how much you polish your martial arts and become strong, you are just an ordinary human.
“……”
-And an ordinary mortal can never harm a being with divinity.
“What’s that? Isn’t that a total cheat?”
-It cannot be helped. This is the law of the world.
“……”
It was absurd.
But if he thought about it….
‘Come to think of it….’
In the old Murim, they said that the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon were simply unbeatable.
It is recorded that even when dozens of masters of the State of Harmony attacked together, not a single hair on the Heavenly Demon or the Blood Demon was harmed.
Until now, he had thought it was an exaggeration, but if it’s true, as they say, because of the difference between an ordinary human without divinity and a being who has reached a divine rank….
‘The story adds up.’
Patrick let out a sigh and said.
“So what do you want me to do?”
-The point is simple. If you also possess divinity, you can fight the Heavenly Demon on equal terms.
“Are you telling me to shave my head now, practice Buddhism, and become a Buddha?”
-Would that work?
“Huh?”
-No, it’s nothing. Ahem, anyway, there’s no need for that.
The Azure Dragon hurriedly changed the subject.
And then continued to speak….
-You already possess divinity.
“Huh? Really?”
-That’s right. Otherwise, how could you have attacked us? We are also beings of divine rank who possess divinity.
“You don’t look that great….”
-…….
-…….
At Patrick’s words, all Four Calamities were hurt.
But Patrick paid no mind and said.
“Well now…. I’ve done many good deeds and accumulated enough virtue to be called a great master. Still, I didn’t know I lived virtuously enough to possess divinity.”
Patrick praised himself greatly.
But….
-What are you talking about?
-Are you going to talk nonsense?
-Listen seriously.
-Do you have a conscience?
The Azure Dragon and the other Four Calamities refuted with expressions that said it was out of the question.
“Huh? I’m not?”
-It is not that easy to accumulate divinity through good deeds and ascend to a divine rank.
And at least for you, it’s absolutely impossible.
He didn’t bother saying the last part.
Instead, the Azure Dragon pointed to Patrick’s chest area and said.
-Do you have any idea what’s inside there?
“Inside here….”
Patrick touched his own chest.
What’s inside here is….
“My firm pecs?”
-…….
“My heart?”
-…….
“My pure and virtuous conscience?”
-…….
This bastard is a lost cause.
The White Tiger kindly told Patrick, who showed no possibility of realizing it himself.
-Did the World Tree not leave a seed in you?
“……? Ah, that?”
-That’s right. You, who carry the seed of the World Tree, are already a being who has accumulated divinity.
“I’d forgotten about it.”
Seeing Patrick scratching his cheek as he spoke, the Four Calamities genuinely pitied the World Tree.
She must have bet everything she had on this man, but the man himself had forgotten about it.
-Ahem, anyway, you are already half-god, half-human.
“Ahem!”
Happy? Are you happy?
-Of course, it may still be insufficient to compete with the Outer God. But we are the ones who can fill that gap.
“What are you going to do?”
-Since you are also from the Central Plains, you would know that we originally guarded the four directions as divine beasts, each protecting our own constellation.
“Did you?”
-…….
“What? Am I some Taoist who reads scriptures? Why would I know that?”
What did they expect?
Let’s just accept it.
-Anyway, we each command our own constellations. We each commanded the seven constellations of the four directions and were the masters of the twenty-eight constellations of the sky.
“Is that a good thing?”
At that, the Vermilion Bird shouted in frustration.
-What kind of question is that? To command a constellation is to enjoy the protection of that constellation.
“Really?”
-Each and every one of them is a noble power that anyone who has ascended to a divine rank cannot help but covet. The protection of a constellation is power, honor, and authority itself.
After listening to the Vermilion Bird’s passionate speech, Patrick nodded and said.
“So, even if you’re a low-level local magistrate, the number of commands you can issue or the number of soldiers under you increases?”
-Well… that’s… that….
“Am I wrong?”
-…….
It was more or less correct.
It was correct, but….
-Do you have to use that analogy for everything?
“What, you got a problem?”
The Black Tortoise, who had been silent all this time, finally retorted.
Well….
“As long as the analogy is easy to understand, that’s all that matters.”
It had no effect, though.
The Four Calamities let out a sigh, and Patrick said.
“So, you’re saying you’ll give me that constellation thing you have? Just like the World Tree gave me its seed?”
-That is correct.
-Compared to our prime, we have exhausted most of the power of our constellations. But if we all combine our power and channel the constellations to you, we will be able to find a sufficient chance of victory against the Heavenly Demon.
“I see…. So that’s why.”
Hearing the story, he could understand why they had been so cautious in designating Patrick as the man of prophecy until now.
To defeat the Heavenly Demon, they had to transfer their divinity.
But from what he heard, it seemed that this protection of the constellations was a consumable resource.
That’s why they said they had declined compared to their prime.
So….
“You only had one chance.”
If Patrick received the protection of the constellations and then was defeated by the Heavenly Demon, their fate would also be destruction.
They had to bet their fate on a single gamble.
“I understand the general situation.”
-…….
“So? When will you give me that protection of the constellations? And how should I fight the Heavenly Demon after that?”
At Patrick’s words, the White Tiger’s face lit up as it spoke.
-Are you saying you will do it?
“If it’s something I can’t do, I have no choice but not to do it, but….”
Patrick shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“If I see a possibility, I can’t just stand by.”
It was the moment Patrick declared he would fight the Heavenly Demon.
