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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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Chapter 207
Beneath the imperial palace of the Geysir Empire.
In the place where the resurrection magic circle of the Dragon God was drawn, Kaina stood with her arms crossed.
"Was the fake's resistance stronger than expected?"
She looked down at the magic circle with a dissatisfied expression.
Considering that Caius had been sacrificed, the amount of Aura from the Six Swords absorbed into the magic circle was not as satisfying as she had hoped.
‘With this much, even if the Dragon God was incomplete, he still lost…’
No matter how worthless the sacrifice, Caius, was, and no matter how incomplete the Dragon God had been, he was still a Dragon God.
She had expected him to easily suppress Kaylen.
If not kill him, then at least seize enough of the Six Swords' Aura before being forcibly summoned back.
‘Was the fake always this strong?’
Kaina bit her lip slightly as she recalled Kaylen’s face, identical to Ernstine’s.
If he was a fake, he should have been subdued quietly.
His unnecessary resistance irritated her.
‘Still, it’s not a loss.’
When examined closely, it was more beneficial to use Caius to steal the Six Swords’ Aura rather than directly sacrificing him to the Dragon God's resurrection magic circle.
The only issue was that the amount of Aura stolen was less than expected.
"The body that will serve as the Dragon God's vessel… Melvria should suffice."
With a blissful expression, Kaina caressed the magic circle that filled the underground cavern.
‘Compared to Caius, Melvria, who possesses a living body, is a far better fit for the Dragon God.’
Even without a sacrifice, there was no issue in resurrecting the Dragon God.
However, for a perfect resurrection, it was preferable to sacrifice someone from the Meier bloodline who carried Infinity.
"I need to bring her here."
Once Melvria was secured, the Dragon God's resurrection would enter its final stage.
At that point, her duty would finally come to an end.
And then…
‘I will offer myself to the Dragon God and become his flame.’
For one born as a dwarf, there was no greater honor than to become the Dragon God’s fire.
Kaina’s eyes gleamed wickedly in anticipation of that moment.
Beyond her sight.
From the resurrection magic circle, where Aura had supposedly been absorbed, a faint light flickered for a brief moment before vanishing.
Kaylen slowly opened his closed eyes.
"They're after Melvria."
When the Dragon God's remnants absorbed the Aura of the Six Swords.
Kaylen could have stopped it but chose to let it happen.
‘I had planned to hide my sword within the Dragon God… and I immediately gained useful information.’
It was a method impossible for anyone bound to a human body alone.
But by fully embracing himself as the Six Swords, Kaylen could wield Aura in a far more versatile manner.
Not only could he use it as his eyes and ears.
He could also infiltrate the resurrection magic circle, pretending to merge with it while tearing it apart from the inside.
‘There's not much time left until the Dragon God's resurrection.’
And most importantly, through the Aura within the magic circle, he confirmed that the Dragon God's revival was imminent.
‘No, in truth, the resurrection could happen at any time. It's only lying dormant inside the magic circle to gather a little more Infinity.’
That was why it was pointless to storm into the Geysir Imperial Palace immediately to stop the Dragon God's resurrection.
‘I have no reason to fight until I complete the sword that will slay the Dragon God.’
Not long ago, as he cut down the incomplete Dragon God, the shape of a new Six Sword was beginning to take form.
Now, if he could cut down Infinity just one more time, it seemed the sword would be complete.
‘I’ll have to destroy Melvria’s Hexblade.’
Kaina had yet to locate Melvria, who was in the Spirit Realm.
However, if she made a concerted effort to pinpoint Melvria’s location, she would likely be able to track her through the Hexblade.
To complete his sword, Kaylen resolved to destroy the star of the Hexblade that Melvria possessed.
‘That means I’ll have to go to the Spirit Realm.’
Kaylen sought out Johannes at Myorn’s workshop.
With the crafting of the Divine Water Sword nearing completion, Johannes was too busy to even catch his breath, but he brightened at Kaylen’s visit.
“Phew. I guess I can take a breather now.”
“Is the Divine Sword almost finished?”
“Yeah. By the time you return from the Spirit Realm, it should be done.”
“That’s fast.”
“Violet has been a great help since her awakening. We’re now in the final stages.”
Johannes then cautiously asked,
“By the way, those six broken swords you brought… are you really planning to repair them?”
“Yes. They’re still Divine Swords in their own right. I’ll use whatever I can.”
“But Kaina used those swords to summon the Dragon God. Can you really use them after repairing them?”
“It’s fine.”
Kaylen answered Johannes’ concern with a slight smile.
“As long as they’re swords, I can find a way to use them.”
“Hmm… I see. Then once I finish the Divine Water Sword, I’ll work on repairing those swords next.”
“Sounds good.”
“And about getting to the Spirit Realm… The Fairy Tower has an active magic circle leading there. Should I open a warp gate for you?”
“I’d appreciate that.”
Through the warp gate that Johannes opened, Kaylen arrived at the Fairy Tower.
“Your Majesty…”
“I have business in the Spirit Realm.”
“Ah, understood. I will guide you.”
Following the guidance of the tower elf, Kaylen descended underground and entered the Spirit Realm.
‘The darkness has receded quite a bit.’
The Spirit Realm, once shrouded in pitch-black darkness except for a small central area due to the Spirit of Darkness, had brightened significantly thanks to Melvria’s efforts.
‘Come to think of it, this, too, is just another form of Infinity, only with a different color.’
Kaylen’s eyes gleamed as he gazed at the four massive stars floating in the heart of the Spirit Realm.
‘They’re far stronger than those of the incomplete Dragon God.’
Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.
The Infinity representing the four elemental attributes contained an immeasurable amount of mana.
He hadn’t realized its magnitude when he first saw it.
But after researching Infinity and practicing cutting it, its vastness finally became clear to him.
“Your Majesty, you have arrived.”
Kaylen nodded as he looked at Eldir, who had come to greet him.
“Yes. Eldir, where is Melvria?”
“She is in the north, clearing out the Dark Spirits.”
“Lead the way.”
“Understood.”
As he followed Eldir’s guidance, Kaylen observed the Spirit Realm, now free from darkness.
Aside from them, several elves were gathered in small groups.
“What are they doing?”
“Ah… They are attempting to undergo Spirit Transformation so they can settle in the Spirit Realm, but…”
Eldir trailed off at the end of his sentence.
Among the elves visible, not a single one had successfully undergone Spirit Transformation.
“The results… are as you can see.”
“I see. Do you truly believe the elves can settle here?”
“…I have my doubts. Unless we undergo Spirit Transformation, we still need food to sustain our bodies. But here, there is nothing.”
Though elves possess partial spirit attributes, as long as they have physical bodies in the Material Realm, they require nourishment to survive.
If their Spirit Transformation continued to fail, settling here would ultimately be impossible.
“In that case, there was no real need to clear away the darkness.”
“That is…”
“Ah! Father!”
Before Eldir could answer,
Melvria spotted Kaylen from afar and ran toward him.
“What brings you all the way here?”
She smiled as she gazed at Kaylen, happy to see her father after so long.
Seeing her like that, Kaylen was suddenly reminded of the late Caius.
‘Haa…’
Kaylen closed his eyes for a moment, then spoke to her directly.
“Kaina is after you.”
“…What?”
“Caius came to see me.”
Kaylen told Melvria about what had happened recently.
That Caius had become the medium for summoning the incomplete Dragon God, and now that he was gone, Kaina’s next target was Melvria.
“That can’t be…”
As Melvria listened with a hardened expression, Kaylen spoke in a calm, heavy tone.
“Last time, Kaina couldn’t track you because you were in the Spirit Realm. But as long as you possess Infinity of the Hexblade, they will find a way to locate you.”
“That’s why today, I will destroy it.”
“The star of the Hexblade… Can it really be destroyed?”
“Yes. I couldn’t before, but now, I can.”
At Kaylen’s firm declaration, Melvria looked down at her own body.
The Hexblade that had corrupted her into a Dark Elf.
If destroying it meant she could return to her former self, she would welcome it without hesitation…
“H-However… then what about the Dark Spirits…?”
As Melvria hesitated, looking at the darkness spread across the Spirit Realm, Eldir, who had turned pale, urgently shouted beside her.
“Lia! Don’t worry about that! Your body comes first!”
“Eldir… But settling in the Spirit Realm has always been the elves’ long-cherished wish…”
“We can’t settle here anyway. You know that, don’t you? Not a single elf has succeeded in Spirit Transformation so far. How can we talk about settling?”
“I’ll take care of the Dark Spirits. You don’t need to worry about that.”
“Father will…?”
“Yes. I can absorb them with the Dark Sword.”
…….
“I could have done this from the beginning, but I didn’t because I wanted you to integrate with the elves. But now, it should be fine, right?”
“Yes! It’s fine!”
For Melvria, who had become a Dark Elf, making contributions was necessary to reintegrate into the elven race.
Clearing out the Dark Spirits was an important task for the elves trying to settle in the Spirit Realm.
At first, the elves had been wary of Melvria after her transformation into a Dark Elf, but as they watched her tirelessly eliminate Dark Spirits day and night, their wariness gradually faded.
“Can the Dark Spirits really disappear with the Dark Sword?”
“I’ll show you myself.”
Kaylen drew the Dark Sword.
Ssss—
In an instant, the dark blade expanded and stretched toward the gathering of spirits.
“The spirits… they’re being sucked into the sword.”
Shuuuu—
A vortex formed along the blade’s surface.
Then, the Dark Sword began absorbing all the Dark Spirits that had covered the Spirit Realm.
The suction grew stronger.
“W-Wait, even the spirits in the opposite direction…”
It wasn’t just the area where the blade extended—
Dark Spirits from every direction, east, west, south, and north, all began to converge toward Kaylen’s Dark Sword.
‘His Majesty… has grown even stronger since I last saw him…’
Eldir swallowed hard as he observed the Dark Sword.
Kaylen had already been a warrior on another level before.
But now, he had ascended even higher.
At this level, wasn’t further growth supposed to be impossible?
Eldir, overwhelmed by Kaylen’s display of power, couldn’t even feel a sense of defeat—
He could only watch in awe as the Dark Spirits vanished.
“…Oh.”
And as the darkness was rapidly swept away—
Something hidden within it came into view.
A massive, crimson portal.
It was a shape Eldir was all too familiar with.
“A dungeon portal…”
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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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