Book 2: Chapter 420: Confront and Defend (7)

<Confront and Defend (7)>

The first thing that Cale saw as he opened his eyes in shock was…

[Sub quest: ‘Conversation with the system’ has opened]

[Requesting a conversation!]

It was a half-transparent window and Raon’s extremely puffy eyes.

“Mm.”

As Cale subconsciously groaned…

– Cale. You’re still holding the knife in your hand.

Cale heard the Super Rock’s voice and then felt the weight on the hands that were on his stomach.

– Your skin is still grey.

Cale looked down to look at his body.

He couldn’t see everything because he was laying down, but his two hands that were on top of the blanket were clearly grey.

But it was different from Choi Jung Gun’s case.

‘My veins aren’t bulging or anything.’

It was just his skin that was grey.

– You can also let go of the knife.

The Super Rock was right.

– Sniff sniff.

The Sound of the Wind sniffed around and interjected.

– It still smells like the divine item of the God of Chaos, but it is different from before.

Cale put some strength into his hands.

Fidget.

He really could let go of the knife at any moment.

The divine item was quiet now.

“H, human!”

He heard Raon’s shaky voice at that moment.

Peek.

Cale looked at Raon and flinched.

“!”

Raon’s round eyes were slowly starting to tear up.

“Human! Are you still in pain because of that knife? Is that knife not letting go? Should I destroy the God of Chaos? Or should I destroy that knife first?”

Raon looked ready to destroy the knife at any moment.

His eyes were burning up with passion.

“No!”

Cale urgently opened his mouth.

“Ugh!”

He then groaned.

His throat was dry from suddenly talking after three days and it hurt.

“Human!”

Raon’s face became urgent and Cale urgently shouted again because he thought Raon would destroy something.

“I’m hungry!”

“!”

Raon’s already round eyes opened even wider.

“Oh.”

Raon’s face lit up a bit.

Our human saying he was hungry meant that he was getting better.

“Hehe.”

Raon slowly pulled out an apple pie from his spatial dimension.

Cale opened his mouth.

Raon placed a piece of apple pie into Cale’s mouth as if it was the obvious thing to do.

“…….”

Cale started to chew on the apple pie now dangling on his mouth.

“Human, but are you sure you are not hurting anymore? Your skin is still grey! I think you were polluted by chaos!”

Chew chew.

“Ah, right! You can’t talk right now! I can wait.”

Chew chew.

Cale finished eating the apple pie.

He really had been hungry.

– I’m full.

The glutton priestess was saying that she was still full.

– I haven’t digested yet.

Cale flinched.

‘You’re digesting too?’

When he faced the Saint of the God of Chaos’ power in the past at Aipotu…

The Dominating Aura and the Sky Eating Water had absorbed a portion of the power of chaos and Cale had to faint for them to digest it.

Of course, he had been unconscious for three days already.

Nonetheless-

‘She’s still not done digesting?

What the hell did this glutton priestess eat?’

43 rituals.

The power that had been gathered for the advent of the God of Chaos…

The glutton had eaten the water coming out from the divine item carrying all of that power.

– Yeah. I think it will take over half a year to digest it.

‘…Oh.’

Cale just decided to stop thinking about how the glutton will change.

The Indestructible Shield.

It was the power that Cale used the most and the first power he gained.

That power had grown a lot since the beginning, but he could not fathom how it would grow stronger from here.

“Human, do you want some more?”

Munch munch.

Cale looked at Raon, who was pushing the apple pie carefully so that crumbs would not fall from his mouth, and nodded his head.

‘It’s delicious.’

Apple pie.

‘Is it only delicious when you eat it after fainting?’

– You must be crazy.

He pretended not to hear the Super Rock’s lamentation.

“Ha. Unbelievable.”

Flinch.

He heard Eruhaben’s voice.

‘Eruhaben-nim is here too?’

Cale felt a bit embarrassed but decided to be shameless.

His gaze moved toward the direction of the sound.

Step step.

Eruhaben was walking over.

He had been helping Raon look after Alberu and Cale.

“Hold on.”

Cale stopped Raon from putting another piece of apple pie in his mouth and asked the ancient Dragon.

“What about his highness?”

“He’s okay.”

Eruhaben helped Cale sit up.

Cale looked to the side.

“Alberu’s condition is all normal right now. I think he fainted from exhaustion but he’s much better now. However, he is not waking up.”

Waking up seemed normal based on his condition, but Alberu was still not waking up.

Just as Eruhaben and Raon looked concerned, Cale said something else.

“I met the God of Death in my dream.”

The ancient Dragon’s eyes clouded over as soon as Cale said that.

His gaze turned toward Cale.

“Then Alberu-”

“He may be meeting with the Sun God.”

“Mm.”

Eruhaben nodded his head at this plausible hypothesis.

“We will wait a bit longer for now.”

“Yes, Eruhaben-nim.”

Cale nodded his head but pitifully looked at Alberu.

‘…It’s going to be no joke if he’s been unconscious for three days.’

Alberu had logged out every so often to contact the Roan Kingdom from Earth 3. Cale had used the mirror to send messages to Alberu’s video communication device.

It was to take care of business.

He was certain that the others informed the top executives of the Roan Kingdom about the crown prince being unconscious, but… No, they may not have been able to inform them.

Either way…

‘…He will have a lot to do when he wakes up……’

Crown prince Alberu…

His situation was a bit pitiful.

As Cale had that thought…

“Human! This is the first time the crown prince has fainted like this! Why are you looking at him with such a pitying gaze? You’re much worse than the crown prince! Reflect on your actions!”

Cale could not say anything to Raon’s scolding.

He had nothing to say since he chose to faint this time.

“…….”

Eruhaben silently looked at Cale before sighing and shaking his head.

“Cale. Are you sure your body is okay?”

“Mm.”

Cale looked down at his hands.

Grey.

“Yes, Eruhaben-nim. I’m fine and I think there is a way to restore it to normal as well.”

He looked up at the sky.

A half-transparent window.

[Sub quest: ‘Conversation with the system’ has opened]

A quest to just have a chat.

The only special part was that the conversation was with the system.

However, this was normal for Cale.

“One second please. I’m going to go chat with the system.”

Raon and Eruhaben nodded their heads.

Eruhaben sat on a chair between Alberu and Cale while Raon rubbed his face on Cale’s thigh.

[Yes/No]

As Cale selected ‘yes’ to the conversation request…

Chhhhh-

An oddly squished conversation window popped up.

The screen was as red as the Red Hand.

[$^@^& It’s been a while.]

However, a more stable conversation than before was possible.

Chhhhh–

‘Mm.’

The noise bothering Cale’s ears was the same, but…

This made Cale think that a long conversation was not possible and made him speak up about what he wanted.

“Can you deal with my grey skin and change the attribute of the divine item to ‘nothing’?”

He openly demanded it.

“I don’t care if it is through a quest or as a reward… Just take care of these things please.”

Take care of it.

He was telling the system to do something.

He had prevented the advent of the God of Chaos.

The system should be giving him a reward for that.

[!@*#%]

But the system looked like it had something to say.

[@#%All, been expo@%^sed.]

“Hmm?”

Cale flinched.

“All exposed?”

‘What was exposed?

Were there things to be exposed?’

As Cale looked confused…

Flinch.

Eruhaben flinched.

Cale noticed it and his back became cold.

[!*($%)5 I will fulfill your requests#%&*]

At least the system was agreeing to do as he asked.

[@#$% However, it is only possible as a quest @#$% If I do it as a reward, I may be found out !#%]

“Found out? You?”

Flinch.

This time, Raon severely flinched.

‘What is going on?

What is up with these Dragons?’

Cale suddenly became anxious.

‘Now that I think about it, where is this place?’

He should have asked that first, but there had been so many other things he had to know first that it was delayed.

[@#$% Will you help out #$^% with my request too?]

[@#% If you don’t, I @%^ danger]

Chhhhh–

The noise was getting stronger.

It meant that the conversation would end soon.

Cale found this to be odd.

Based on the fact that the conversation was better than last time, the system’s authority seemed to have increased. However, for some odd reason, it was being more careful.

‘It seems scared about someone watching it-’

Cale’s gaze started to sink.

“Yeah. I’ll help you.”

Cale agreed.

[Thanks ㅠㅠ]

The system window said one last thank you and disappeared.

[A quest has been triggered!]

[A quest has been triggered!]

[A quest has been triggered!]

Three quests popped up one after the other.

[Sub quest : Let’s earn the ‘Purification of Chaos’ skill!]

[Sub quest : Let’s change the divine item’s attribute to ‘nothing’!]

Two quests related to Cale’s skin and the divine item.

[Sub quest : Protect the ‘system’ from the Transparent ©!]

‘Huh?’

Cale felt like he knew the reason behind the chill he felt as soon as he saw the last quest.

“…Eruhaben-nim. What has happened in the last three days? And where is this place?”

Cale was looking at the ancient Dragon and the new quests that he had not been able to pay attention to a quest he already had.

Cale had yet to finish a quest.

[*The aftershock of the Birth Ceremony is exploding rapidly!]

[*The legend is being created beyond just New World to all of Earth 3!]

[*The determination of reward is being extended!]

Eden Miru’s Birth Ceremony quest that had achieved a 300% completion rate…

But that quest’s completion rate calculation had changed again.

[*The legend of the birth ceremony is showing signs of making new changes.]

[*An even greater legend is developing and the legend of the Birth Ceremony seems like it will end up being incorporated within it.]

[*If that happens, the completion rate will be calculated based on the larger legend as the background.]

[Completion rate : 412%]

At that time, all sorts of hypotheses were filling the New World Community.

One post popped up.

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What if the things happening around New World are all to kick out the God of Chaos?

Maybe what happened last time in the Seventh Evil, the birth of the Light Dragon was the same?

And the guy who received the quest in the Western Empire said something about the Kingdom of Darkness, didn’t he?

And the baby Dragon-nim said the Kingdom of Darkness.

But the Kingdom of Darkness and the Eight Evils… They all seem to be on the ‘evil’ side? Is there something there?

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[Completion rate : 415%]

The completion rate was continuing to rise.

But Cale had not been able to check this.

Instead, Eruhaben and Raon handed him a few video recording devices.

“…What is this for?”

Cale suddenly felt unsettled and openly showed that emotion as he looked at Eruhaben.

“Mm.”

Eruhaben gave a short response.

“First, our fight was broadcasted.”

‘Huh?’

“Thankfully, we managed to hide the system.”

‘Ah?’

“It’s a mess right now.”

‘Hmm?’

“Just take a look.”

The video recording devices in front of Cale were items used in New World by users to broadcast their footage. The footage recorded in these items were able to be taken outside.

Raw footage lasting a couple of hours…

“The last one was not broadcasted. We managed to capture the punks recording it.”

Eruhaben commented.

Raon then added on.

“Human, I’m sorry! The users that went down the gorge with us broadcasted everything!”

‘Ah.

Those guys.’

Cale thought about the two users he ignored in the middle of the fight.

“Just so you know, those guys are with us right now.”

Eruhaben motioned to Cale.

“Hurry up and take a look.”

For some reason, Cale felt like he didn’t want to see this footage.

But his hand naturally moved toward the video recording devices.

“The last one is the footage from after you fainted.”

Cale’s gaze headed toward Eruhaben.

“You’ll be able to understand everything about the current situation.”

Cale immediately picked the orb up after hearing that.

He then played the footage.

* * *

“Human!”

The fainting Cale.

Raon and the Heavenly Demon were the ones to grab him.

“…It’s okay now.”

The Heavenly Demon confirmed that the knife in Cale’s hand had lost its power before placing his hand on Cale.

However-

‘How severe.’

Cale’s body was still grey.

His complexion showed no color at all either.

‘Excessive blood loss.’

He had lost so much blood that it was almost a miracle that he was still alive.

He placed a hand by Cale’s heart but thankfully the heart was beating well.

It still seemed to be a dangerous situation.

In addition-

‘The crown prince.’

Alberu Crossman.

He was still groaning, unable to wake up.

Ooooooooong-

It was different from the rumbling Sun Sword.

Furthermore.

“The situation is not good either.”

Honestly speaking, the situation was serious.

The Heavenly Demon stood on top of the boulder and looked around.

The Holy Land was gone and the grey forest had taken its place.

Thankfully, Rosalyn, Gashan, and everybody else had come close to the boulder.

They also had allies from the Church of the Sun God.

‘But most are in bad condition.’

Choi Han and Raon.

They were fine because they were less affected by the power of the God of Chaos, but the rest were not in good condition.

Peek.

This was especially true for Rosalyn, who was bleeding out of her mouth while being supported by Gashan.

‘The allies are an issue, but…’

The enemies were also an issue.

Surrounding the boulder that the allies were on… These people were still alive.

‘Enemies.’

Countless number of believers.

The top executives of the church.

Even the wanderers.

They were all alive.

‘We don’t need to pay any attention to the church.’

The eye of the God of Chaos that appeared upon the death of the Saint…

The top executives of the church who had looked into that eye were still not back to their senses.

This was the same for the believers.

These people, who basically came back from the dead, were blankly looking at Cale and the grey forest.

‘The problem is-’

There was only one problem.

“Wanderers.”

He heard the ancient Dragon’s voice.

This Dragon was somehow persisting through everything.

But both the ancient Dragon and the Heavenly Demon were not in normal conditions.

Clang!

Someone stood in front of them.

“Choi Han.”

“Leave it to me and run away.”

Choi Han looked toward the two wanderers.

Cho and Ryun.

They were not looking at Choi Han.

Only one person.

The unconscious Cale Henituse.

They were looking at him.

Ryun was looking at him with a piercing gaze.

She heard a voice in her ear.

“Will you fight?”

The voice reached her ear despite coming from someone quite far away.

The black-haired black-eyed swordsman was pointing his sword at her.

“…….”

Ryun did not answer.

She whispered to Cho.

“The Third Emperor will be here soon.”

The Five Colors Bloods.

Only three wanderers within this organization had Five-Colors Grade unique powers.

Although he was the lowest of the three, someone with a Five-Colors Grade unique power would arrive here by the time the sun comes up.

“…….”

Ryun lowered her hand instead of answering.

Craaaaaaack-

As cold air slowly gathered around her hand and ice appeared…

“…….”

“…….”

Since teleportation was not possible here, Choi Han and the others gathered with Cale and Alberu in the middle and released their powers.

Of course, they were ready to escape using flight magic at any moment.

– Rosalyn. You run away.

Eruhaben’s voice reached Rosalyn’s ear.

– Take care of Cale and Alberu.

– Raon will go with you too so you should be able to move the sacrifices as well.

‘Damn it.’

Rosalyn bit down on her lips.

She was quite injured despite not doing much in the earlier battle.

As someone who did not even have an aura that would soon turn into a unique power, it had been difficult for her to persist through that mess.

Gashan and Rosalyn…

The two of them would be in the worst condition after Alberu and Cale.

And-

‘It should be hard for him too.’

Eruhaben should be struggling right now as well.

He did not have a unique power either.

But he was still holding on.

It was because he was someone who put a lot of weight on the fact that he was Dragon.

As Eruhaben, Choi Han, and the Heavenly Demon stood toward the wanderers…

‘Fuck!’

Rosalyn clenched her eyes shut before opening them back.

She didn’t say anything stupid like, ‘I’ll fight with you.’

Ooooo–

She channeled the rest of her remaining mana.

Escape.

She would at least do that properly.

She raised her head.

It was still the night of the new moon.

But there was no more grey.

The night sky was clear.

She needed to escape up there.

“!”

She flinched at that moment.

“Ah.”

She then smiled.

“!”

“……!”

She was not the only one.

All of the strong individuals on the battlefield flinched and looked up.

The gorge.

The Cliff of Death.

There were numerous gazes looking down the gorge.

They were not the people who had been sacrifices.

They were gazes from all sorts of creatures.

Rosalyn started to speak.

“They are the residents of the Devil’s Boundary.”

She had wandered through the Devil’s Boundary with Alberu.

She looked toward a spot on top of the gorge.

“The Dark Elves have come.”

There was a reason she and Alberu had visited the Devil’s Boundary.

It was because of a quest that Alberu had.

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Main Quest 1 [Become the first ever Dark Elf Emperor!] In Progress

– Quest Chain Sub Quest 5 [Receive the approval of the Witch of the Jungle.] In Progress

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The Witch of the Jungle.

She was a Dark Elf.

Alberu and Rosalyn had met the Dark Elves of the Devil’s Boundary.

Rosalyn looked toward the unconscious Alberu.

“Well, at least they are our allies.”

Numerous Dark Elves were looking down the gorge.

They were all looking at Alberu.

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Translator’s Comments

I mean… do I blame anybody for looking at cuteberu?

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