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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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Chapter 229
The capital of the Geysir Empire.
The city that was once the Dragon God’s stronghold had become a completely scorched and desolate ruin.
The flames that seemed as if they would burn forever had vanished at some point, leaving the land of the former capital blackened and charred, with only darkened earth remaining.
The Celestial Demon God surveyed the capital and raised his guard.
‘He concentrated his power……’
After having his strength broken by Kaylen in both the southern and eastern regions, The Dragon God, who had engulfed the entire territory of Geysir in flames, had drawn all of his remaining power into the capital.
As a result, in the center of the capital sat a massive dragon with folded wings—something straight out of mythology.
That was the Dragon God’s true divine form.
The Celestial Demon God paused in thought.
The Dragon God was attempting to bring about a short-term decisive battle by gathering all his strength.
Was there any need to play along with that?
This thought came from the tremendous power the Dragon God still held before him.
‘Even after losing so much power… he’s stronger than I expected.’
Although his power had been greatly diminished by Kaylen’s Starfall, Now that he had gathered his strength, even the Celestial Demon God, who had once been confident in victory, felt the pressure.
Back when they fought one-on-one without Kaylen, The Celestial Demon God had been slightly pushed back in his great battle against the Dragon God.
So now, he decided to postpone settling things.
‘……Right. There’s no need to force it.’
Before Kaylen entered the picture, the Celestial Demon God had tried to weaken the Dragon God and finish him quickly, But now the situation had changed.
With Kaylen wielding the sword that was practically the Dragon God’s nemesis, It was safer to slowly apply pressure while waiting for Kaylen to recover.
‘There may still be variables, though.’
If Kaylen, who had gone to the moon, failed to fully recover, then this current opportunity might be wasted.
However, the chance that Kaylen—now transformed into one of the moon's people—would simply die was slim.
‘Here, the best course is to not fall for the Dragon God’s provocation and gradually apply pressure.’
Having made that judgment, the Celestial Demon God slowly took control of the land the Dragon God had abandoned, While watching him gather his strength.
And the Dragon God realized it quickly.
‘Celestial Demon God. He’s trying to buy time.’
He had thought that, with his power weakened by Kaylen’s Starfall, the Celestial Demon God would charge in immediately.
But he was being incredibly cautious.
Even though the difference in power still gave the Celestial Demon God a higher chance of victory, He wasn’t obsessed with a short-term win—he was aiming for a more certain method.
‘This is troublesome.’
After receiving the knowledge of the Six Sword Divine Slayer from Kaylen, The Dragon God had been confident that he could surely suppress the Celestial Demon God.
Of course, the one he could suppress was the Celestial Demon God residing on this planet— It wouldn’t affect the one on the moon…
Even so, driving him off this planet alone held great significance.
‘He must be drawn here.’
The ever-cautious Celestial Demon God.
Simple provocations would be meaningless against him.
A one-dimensional taunt would likely be ignored entirely.
In that case—
He would need to strike at the most fatal weakness.
[You alien petty god… No, should I call you the god of the moon? The reason you’re merely watching from the sidelines… is it because you’re conscious of Kaylen, who’s on the moon?]
[……]
The moment the Dragon God mentioned the moon— The Celestial Demon God, who had been silently surrounding the area, suddenly released an intense surge of pressure.
[I thought you were a solar deity who wielded the power of light… But it turns out you’ve been hiding on the moon.]
[……I was too hasty.]
Was it a mistake to send Kaylen to the moon so quickly?
No—even if the distance was that great, For the Dragon God’s flames that had burned his body to send a signal all the way there.
Would be impossible unless he had been prepared for it in advance.
‘Was he already suspicious of the connection between me and the moon?’
Since when did he notice?
He never even imagined that Kaylen might have told him,
So he couldn’t identify where things had gone wrong.
However, there was one thing he did understand.
‘I must break his strength here.’
This planet and the moon— From size to the mana each celestial body held, This planet was far superior.
And yet—
The reason the Celestial Demon God had remained such a massive threat here
Was precisely because his base of operations had remained hidden.
But now that it was revealed he came from the moon, They would certainly try to extend their reach there. He had to be stopped here and now.
[As you wish. I’ll kill you now, Dragon.]
Once the decision to fight was made,
He acted without delay.
Rumble—
As the Celestial Demon God resolved himself and drew up his full power,
Heaven and earth began to tremble at once.
[A god commands: From now on, law shall vanish.]
Law.
The “law” he spoke of was not some man-made set of societal rules.
It was the foundational natural laws that upheld the world:
The sky remaining above.
The earth holding beneath.
Fire burning.
Water flowing…
All these fundamental principles of nature were shaken under the Celestial Demon God’s authority.
This was the pinnacle among the arts of defying the heavens—Reverse-Heaven.
[This is……]
The core of the Dragon God, Infinity—founded upon the mana of the planet—also trembled violently.
Unlike Star Annihilation, which cuts down the entire planet itself,
The Celestial Demon God’s power twisted and overturned the laws of the world,
Preventing Infinity from operating properly.
Compared to Kaylen’s sword, it was a highly inefficient method...
[Kugh……]
But it was enough to shake the Dragon God.
The massive dragon, ablaze in crimson light—its scales
Began to disintegrate one by one and vanish.
Its right wing, once holding fire, had already turned to water and drenched the ground.
The horns that once shone with golden brilliance
Had dulled into a muddy earthen color.
The great dragon was slowly being dismantled
By the Celestial Demon God who proclaimed Lawlessness.
Yet, watching this, he felt no ease.
‘It shouldn’t be falling apart this easily.’
The full power the Dragon God had gathered
Couldn’t possibly be weak enough to vanish without resistance like this.
Surely, he had a counterattack hidden somewhere.
The Celestial Demon God observed him with the utmost caution.
‘There.’
At the center of the disintegrating great dragon—
Near the dragon’s heart, the Infinity remained intact,
Unaffected by the Celestial Demon God’s technique of reversing the heavens.
‘I’ll dismantle it with everything I have.’
The blackened earth began to float up into the sky.
The clear blue clouds now supported the ground.
Heaven and earth reversed.
The chaos reached its peak.
Infinity, which had been drawing mana infinitely in a stable world,
Couldn’t withstand the abrupt change—
And the infinite mana near the dragon’s heart gradually began to break down.
If he could subdue the heart, victory would be within reach.
Ssshhhhhh—
The Dragon God’s body was completely gone.
All that remained now was the massive heart of the dragon.
Without any real resistance, in less than an hour,
The Celestial Demon God had reached this point.
Yet he hesitated to touch it.
‘……Without a doubt, there’s a counterattack prepared.’
There must be a reason the Dragon God had gathered power
Without resisting the state of Lawlessness.
Before dismantling the heart—
He needed to prepare with all his might.
The Celestial Demon God drew forth all the light mana he had gathered as a heavenly deity,
And the dark mana he had accumulated while ruling over the demonic realm.
Saaa-aaah-aaah-iii—
As the Celestial Demon God’s full power was released,
The ground radiated brilliant light.
And the sky, which had once lifted the floating earth, was now veiled in darkness.
Light and darkness had swapped positions,
Accelerating the reversed state of the world.
Crack—
A single fracture ran across the dragon’s heart,
Which shone like a golden star.
Craack. Craack.
And in an instant, the cracks multiplied—
Breaking it down to the point where its original shape could no longer be recognized.
‘Is it over...’
The Celestial Demon God felt a slight sense of relief after even the dragon’s heart had been dismantled.
“...Let’s finish this. False god.”
From within the shattered heart of the dragon,
The Dragon God, in the form of Ernstine, stood—
With both the Six Sword Path and the Six Demon Path summoned.
[That form is...!]
Ernstine, the one who could be called the Dragon God's former host.
He had discarded the sword and taken up the Six Demon Path—
Becoming the true Dragon God.
And yet, why now—
Why was he summoning the Six Sword Path as well?
The Celestial Demon God had assumed he must’ve kept one last move hidden,
But he hadn’t expected the Six Sword Path to appear here.
‘...Even so, nothing changes.’
The tide of battle was already overwhelmingly in the Celestial Demon God’s favor.
The great dragon had been fully dismantled.
Returning to a former host, now barely the size of a fingernail compared to a dragon—
There was nothing he could do.
The simultaneous emergence of the Six Sword Path and Six Demon Path was bothersome,
But if he just used his full strength and crushed him as he was now, it would be over.
‘Let’s kill him now.’
Just as the Celestial Demon God drew forth all his power to crush Ernstine’s body—
Chiiiiiik—!
Stars from the Six Demon Path embedded themselves into the Six Sword Path.
“I never thought I’d wield a sword again.”
The Dragon God let out a bitter smile—
But activated the Six Sword Path with greater skill than anyone else.
Six Sword Path
Six Swords
Godslayer
Six Sword Path—Godslayer.
The sword Ernstine forged unconsciously over a thousand years,
While resurrected as an undead and serving the Celestial God who revived him—
Born from the deep grudge he harbored in his heart.
It was, in truth, an incomplete sword.
‘As an undead, Ernstine never fully understood the true identity of the Celestial Demon God.’
And so, his sword—Godslayer—
Was mostly effective against the Celestial God, who wielded the power of light,
Rather than the Celestial Demon God, who possessed both heavenly and demonic powers.
But this was within the range of what the Dragon God could compensate for.
With the combination of the Six Swords and the Six Demon Path—
Godslayer could now slay not only light, but also demonic power.
[No...!]
Just as the Dragon God had once been unable to counter the Lawlessness unleashed by the Celestial Demon God,
Now, the Celestial Demon God was helpless before Godslayer.
As the six swords extended outward in all directions—
The Celestial Demon God’s mana vanished entirely,
No longer responding to his control.
The darkness that had loomed in the sky dispersed.
The light that had radiated heat from the earth like a sun vanished in an instant.
The Celestial Demon God finally understood why the Dragon God had endured until the very moment the dragon's body completely vanished.
‘I purposely made him gather all his strength...!’
The Celestial Demon God did not let his guard down.
The power he had amassed became his downfall here.
No matter how much he gathered—
He could not resist this Six Sword Godslayer.
This sword, like Kaylen's sword, which cleaved through stars,
Was a complete counter to the Celestial Demon God, just like Destruction.
However.
[...I will not admit defeat this time.]
Even as his power waned, there was no hesitation in the Celestial Demon God’s voice.
[But soon... I will return.]
The Dragon God, as it was vanishing, heard the calm voice of the Celestial Demon God and smirked.
‘This is the second flaw of Godslayer...
No matter how much I defeated the Celestial Demon God of this planet, I could not deal any real damage to the essence of the moon.
That’s why, even as he’s vanishing, he’s boasting about returning.’
In contrast, I—
The Dragon God looked at his hand.
The moment the dragon's heart disappeared, The infinite power came to an end.
At that moment, when the Six Sword Godslayer and the Six Demon Path were combined,
Death was inevitable.
“Please finish it. Six Swords.”
With those words, The Dragon God’s body vanished like smoke.
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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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