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Chapter 482: Third Life (4)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"… It's been a long time."

"You're right."

Eres and Kiriel looked at the red moon floating in the sky.

It has already been three years.

The day when the white moon tried to kill everyone, glowing as if it would burst.

The shock of the battle resonated all over the zone centered from the moon, and then the moon suddenly disappeared with everyone inside.

'… What happened?'

Eres recalled the last moment.

It was Taehee's voice, who had released them, that was stuck in the white moon before speaking.

<… Hurry and leave.>

From those words, Eres asked as they left the ark of what she would do now.

From Eres's words, Taehee answered with a sad smile.

With those last words, she jumped in the ark before disappearing completely with the white moon together with Hansoo, the Neropas, and their entire race.

Thinking up to this point, Eres asked Kiriel.

They had gotten so close over time, so she didn't hesitate.

"Was he really that great?"

There was only one name that she heard when she had woken up.

Hansoo, Hansoo, Hansoo.

Kang Hansoo.

Hearing it, she thought that he was some person that had ascended with a cheat key.

There were dozens of achievements that he completed that could be called legendary if a person was able to do one of those.

In reality, after the disappearance of the ark, Kiriel collected her memories with the verbal rumors from others and wrote a book based on major events, yet it was still a very thick volume.

From Eres's words, Kiriel nodded.

"It's true. He truly… truly was amazing.

But Kiriel slowly cut back on her words.

It was hard to continue these words.

'He was amazing… So why isn't he returning.'

She wanted to see him lead them in front of them without hesitation.

If he was going to disappear without saying a single word, she would have forcefully held onto his face and converse with him lots.

She thought she would be able to say a lot of what she had in mind when the fight was finally over.

'Hurry and come. It's hard… for us.'

With a deep breath, Kiriel got up from her seat and corrected her posture.

It was almost time for them to move.

"Here they come. Let's get ready."

"… Sure."

Rooooooooooooooooooar!

Eres got up from her seat, looking up at the sky that began to rip open.

Then, she shouted loudly in a strong voice, which one would never think such tone and volume would burst out of that slender body with that weak-looking face.

"They're coming! Ready!"

The moment those words were shouted…

Booooooooooooooooooom!

All the Adventurers, who had a military presence around them, breathed out and emanated their battle spirits as they raised their spears.

There were hundreds of millions of humans behind the two.

It was no exaggeration to say that it was a grand spectacle to see the rows of humans that lined up behind them to no end in sight like a desert composed of black sand.

All of their bodies were surrounded by dark armors and were armed with three types of equipment.

The shining golden light in their spears began to spread out and roar like lightning throughout the masses of people that could literally not be counted.

Seeing this, Eres loudly shouted, "Fire!"

The moment Eres's cry swept the whole play…

Booooooooooooooooom!

The rain of lightning began to soar through the sky from the ground. They were aimed to destroy the sky, or rather destroy and rip apart the alien species that were invading through the ripped sky.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!

The black rhinoceroses, which tore through the air, exhaled blue liquids from their mouths.

Like waterfalls, huge blue waves poured down from the sky onto the ground.

At the same time…

Boooooooom!

The thunder and the waterfalls collided, causing a large explosive roar.

Between the heavy noise and light that exploded between the sky and the ground…

Ruuuuuuuuuumble!

Kangtae, who jumped into the sky without hesitation, cut through a rhinoceros without hesitation and roared loudly.

"Kill them all! Defend them! If you don't think you can stop them, use your bodies!"

"You bastard… To say such ignorant words…!"

They were led by John Stone and Kangtae.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!

Kaaaaaaaaaaaak!

The whole black desert began to turn into a battlefield.

Humanity.

A race that temporarily won the final battle against the Neropas in the Otherlands and had been incorporated into the Abyss.

It had been the third year of the Abyss trip.

And… amidst the constant struggles against the various races in the Abyss…

One part of the Abyss, the Black Desert, was literally being destroyed by a grand war of two races.

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Ruuuuuuuuumble!

Hansoo looked at Clementine in front of him.

To be exact… He was staring inside Noah.

"I didn't expect it to take three years," Hansoo muttered.

It was true.

He truly thought that it would end soon.

He had underestimated too much of these guys' potential.

'These guys… Transcendence was just a part of their civilization.

However, the one that had a look of disbelief was not Hansoo but Noah.

"Kuhuh… This is truly unbelievable."

Noah, who was lying on the ground while vomiting out blood, dryly laughed as he looked at Hansoo before looking around the surroundings.

There were tens of thousands of ships broken into two and embedded on the ground.

The surface of the planet was devastated and dented, as if hundreds of meteorites had fallen onto this place.

The satellite city did not have a single building that maintained a normal shape.

Even the great war weapons, the Nelkipas, were slowly dying on the ground with painful groans.

All of these were what their civilization used to boast about.

And… all of the great civilizations that their planet possessed…

'For us to lose…'

Noah looked dispirited seeing all of these being destroyed.

Suddenly, this was created as a battleground of God.

He despised the God that had dragged him in here.

Maybe he was confined for a thousand years for this moment.

If He was going to side with him, He should have killed him sooner then making this happen.

However, the moment he saw the battleground made by God, Noah realized immediately.

God never favored him.

This was the planet that used to be the motherhood of their most prosperous days.

Although it had now stopped operating, their civilization, weapons and their origins had remained in that place.

He couldn't forget the overwhelming emotion that he felt when he first arrived at the planet, looking at the metal planet that still maintained its magnificent shape.

In addition, He even pulled a guy named Hansoo outside the Ark and was thrown somewhere on the planet.

Therefore, everyone who was worried initially was filled with confidence.

Even if he might be strong, he was only one person.

God decided that they had achieved half their purpose and released the curse, immediately acting and awakening their own people.

A vast number of their dormant relatives woke up and filled the ark.

No, not only that, but it also spread throughout the planet and began waking up the sleeping civilization and its weapons.

The Red Jades that laid dormant in their hands began to operate once more, spreading out that brilliant red light.

They might be less adept than Noah, but the destructive power was comparable to that of atomic weapons as they rose without hesitation and began to look around the entire planet.

As if they were determined to unleash all of the desires they had dreamt of while sleeping, they roamed around Auropaea without hesitation and began to wake the others.

The most revered people of the older generations.

Even Noah was overwhelmed by the touching site, so what would it have been for the others?

At this point, there was full of hope that their old territory and regime, which had been spread out and dispersed in space and across dimensions, could be restored once more.

They were not worried of the immediate war at all.

The opponent… was Kang Hansoo, and there were only a few humans who could not get out of the Ark.

It was a battle that no one could see as remotely balanced.

However… They soon came to realize.

The power of their civilization that they regained that was truly fair, and the balanced penalty that God had gifted them including the home ground advantage all began to be destroyed one by one.

Of course, if they were to fight head-to-head, they would win… But there's no way he would do that.

He chose the battlefield arbitrarily, and fought where he wanted to fight and when he wanted to fight.

However, this could not be used as an excuse.

It could be said that he fought as he wanted, but he had to fight thousands to tens of thousands of times just to win against them.

Among them, just once…

If they had won only once, the victory would have been theirs.

But the result… was what they were seeing now.

The civilization that they had boasted had been completely ruined.

The whole satellite city, which was floating in the sky, was burned to the ground.

The tens of thousands of people of their own colony that they had sent up to live were all slaughtered.

The heads of the Nelkipas burst into the ground from the hammer he wielded, and the sea of Exinium, which covered the seas of the surface, was now completely dried up.

They were all burned by his hands.

The pure-white sea had disappeared, and all that remained were gray clouds made of ash.

It covered the entire surface of their beautiful planet.

'Well… Is that better?'

Noah, who was dying, smiled despondently.

Maybe it was better.

Their beautiful planet was now no more.

Now, this was only the site of the defeated, trampled upon by the victor.

If those gray clouds that float in the sky hide their defeat… It wouldn't be bad to keep others from seeing this.

Concluding his final thought, Noah quietly closed his eyes.

Noah, no, the land where Clementine's body remained, one woman walked over.

As soon as Taehee stroked Clementine's body, a small blue sphere popped out from the inside.

Looking at the sphere, Taehee, who looked sad, held the sphere in her hands carefully before looking at Hansoo.

"Go."

Rumble!

The victor and loser of the battle against Noah had gracefully ended.

Hansoo, seeing the dimension entrance door that had brought him to this place originally, looked at Taehee and spoke, "Let's go together. I'll try to convince the others."

From those words, Taehee shook her head.

At those words, Taehee shook her head.

"It's fine. At least I need to guard him at the end."

Hansoo, seeing Taehee, was stroking the fading blue sphere next to Clementine's body. While sitting down, he nodded and said, "You worked hard."

From those words, Taehee smiled.

"As for you."

With that short conversation being the last…

Rumble!

The entire planet, Auropaoea, began to fall.

The remaining battlefield, which was not worth, was now starting to be scrapped.

On top of the trembling earth, Taehee carefully stroked Clementine's face and stroked the blue sphere in her hand.

Looking at the soul of Clementine with no consciousness or spirit, she recollected Clementine's final letter.

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Thinking of Clementine, Taehee smiled sadly.

'Yes. You… succeeded twice.'

Clementine might not know… But Taehee knew.

She heard from Hansoo.

In his second life, he had destroyed the ark.

In his third life, he had killed Noah.

He couldn't deny that he was a bad man.

However… He was a hero to her.

Clementine had fought for them.

'Thank you. Now rest. I'll… rest as well.'

In the collapsing planet, slowly stroking the blue soul, Taehee closed her eyes quietly.

Chapter 483: Angel (1)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

Ruuuuuumble!

The air ripped open in the dark space.

Hansoo walked out from it and looked around.

'… Where is this?'

It was a space of pure whiteness.

It was not the Violet Zone or the Abyss before he had left.

There were several furniture in the vast space.

Chairs.

Tables.

And… TV.

Jijiiiiiiiiiiiik!

Various scenes were flowing out of the constantly changing channels on the TV.

There were also images of various species living in peace.

He also saw a civil war where there was a race constantly at war.

He also saw a race nearing extinction after crossing a line.

In front of him, there was a couch.

Tick!

Tick!

"Eh… It's no fun."

There was a being that was constantly changing channels with the remote control on the TV.

The scenes on the TV looked peaceful by sight alone, yet the being was pressing the remote agitatedly, changing channels.

He was fixed onto the channel with popcorn next to him as if he was interested in seeing slaughter and killing to the point where he frowned.

Of course, this didn't last long.

As the being fixed onto the channel, the screen inside began to flow faster and faster.

As if time was flowing thousands to tens of thousands faster, the time on the TV quickly went by, and there were hundreds of millions of fights that occurred within, but it quickly ended.

When the world collapsed and the fight ended, the being let go of the remote control. It was then that he finally turned his head and looked at Hansoo.

"Huh? You're here?"

"…"

Seeing the Being raise from his place, Hansoo gulped.

He looked to be an extremely ordinary person, but he didn't know.

He could not figure out anything, nor be able to deduce anything.

He could not discern whether he was a man or a woman, a creature or a human.

Simply, there was one piece of information that was constantly being injected into his head as if to persuade him.

It was to recognize that he was a human male.

Although he was not able to know anything, he was clearly able to understand what the Being in front of him was.

"God…"

"Oh, yeah. It's your first time seeing me after only seeing the fairies, right?"

The man, who got up from the sofa, sat down in the chair next to him and smiled at Hansoo.

Once the man swung his finger, something popped up from the floor in the form of a chair.

"Sit down."

It was then…

Booooooooooooooom!

Hansoo, who walked near the chair, swung his hammer emanating lightning.

Booooooooooooooooooooom!

It had split ships, the Nelkipas, and had destroyed the satellite city.

The hammer that had more destructive power than a meteorite hit the man's head and roared.

However, that was all.

Ruuuuuuuuuuuumble!

If it were to strike properly, it could make the entire satellite city turn into ashes.

This would certainly be the result against a man.

This would include the TV, sofa, and even the chair that the man was sitting on.

The man, who was hit on the head, stared at Hansoo before laughing with a pleasant look.

"Ahahahahaha! What a funny guy."

The man, who lifted the teacup next to him with the hammer on his head, sipped the tea in his hand with an expression of amusement.

Hansoo, who was looking at such a man, sat down on the intact chair and withdrew his hammer.

"Why? Aren't you attacking more?"

From His words, Hansoo shrugged.

"You're enjoying these kinds of stuff, so I don't want to entertain you more."

He wanted to see his distorted expression once.

Perhaps, he wanted to hear this once from his mouth when he met God.

But, as expected, it was too much.

The man smiled at Hansoo.

"You're quite a funny guy. It was worth it sending you back to the past and raising you."

From the man's words, Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

"Why? It shouldn't be too hard to make someone like me."

From those words, the man shook his head.

"No. It's truly difficult."

When God had made the world, he wanted to see conflict.

However, it was not fun to watch a fight if he could predict what would happen from what he had created.

This was why he wanted to look at battles and violent conflicts that were flowing so far that even he could not predict whether it was the weak or the strong, or the bad and the good mixed together.

Therefore, he gave three things to the creatures he created.

First, the free will to choose between fighting and growing.

Second, a reason to prepare for the future to help survive and grow.

And lastly, emotion to drive men into struggle, hatred, and battle even when it was not needed.

Of course, after planting these three things, the world began to revolve violently without God needing to interfere.

Of course, if he looked at one world, it might be a bit boring, but if he made and dispersed billions to hundreds of billions of worlds, there would be no time to be bored.

It was then that God realized what the most entertaining fight would be.

Literally, it was boring to watch a fight between the strong.

No, to be exact, he was not pleased with the expressions of the defeated.

Those looks that implied that it couldn't be helped since they had lost to someone stronger.

He didn't like that.

He wanted to see the expression where the defeated was shocked at how this situation had come to be.

He wanted to see the expressions of the strong when the weak that the men had deemed as bugs step over them.

He wanted to see the weak struggle desperately to grow and become strong to defeat those above them.

But, that was truly not easy.

The laws of the world were more strict than he thought.

The races that he had set as strong were too strong, while the races that he had set as weak were too weak.

It was no wonder that it was impossible for a weak species to grow faster than a strong one if they were allowed to grow under the same conditions in the first place.

It was ambiguous for him to intervene either for his own entertainment since that kind of situation was rarely created.

"In that kind of situation… You succeeded."

Hansoo might not know who he was…

But he was a rare case to see even in the vast Abyss.

Born to mankind that was on the weakest axis of the intellectual races, he had smashed the greatest demons and dragons that he had created in the grand, peerless Abyss.

The moment dragons were born, they were born with fusion-capable organs in their bodies that allowed them to break through a new height with every 100 years of age and possess a level of strength incomparable from before.

When they were over 500 years old, they would attain the energy to fuse and conduct materials of the human civilization and be able to survive for 10,000 years without eating anything.

With dragon scales that could endure the heat of the sun, they were so strong they could easily destroy a planet.

However, for them to be destroyed in a mere 70 years…

No matter how significant Transcendence was, there wouldn't be a guy like him, nor there would be a guy like him going forth.

"You are the creature that I deem most perfect from what I've seen so far."

It was not that his personality, goals, motivation, or abilities were perfect.

Those kinds of qualities did not matter at all.

Whether his goal was to kill all humans or possess God's power in his body, the most important thing was the result.

He was the lottery ticket that had won the greatest jackpot he ever created.

Within the shortest time, he had gone from the weakest to the strongest.

He even returned back to the past, and the result was as expected.

A guy who already had such quick progression had now pedaled at a pace greater than before. It had only been six to seven years since he returned to the past.

Despite that, he had become strong enough to destroy a single civilization that was prosperous and powerful beyond imagination.

"Well… You roughly know, don't you? You have the right to become an angel."

His words were greeted with a heavy nod.

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Transcendence.

It was a seed born with the potential to transcend walls.

However, this was slightly different from the truth.

Transcendence… It was the Administrator's seed that he had planted personally.

It was impressively strong, and if it grew brilliantly, it was the angel's seed that would eventually return to him.

It would be too boring if he intervened personally.

However, if he didn't intervene at all, it would also be boring.

Why? A fight was more suitable if it was unpredictable and tense.

If he intervened personally, it would be too perfect and boring, yet it would be too unpredictable for the world. The seed lives in if he did not intervene at all.

Therefore, wouldn't it be comfortable if he made creatures that worked in his stead?

They were sufficiently powerful to twist and overcome a world by themselves.

They might be strong, but they were not perfect, so the world that they touched would be a little unpredictable?

So, what do those guys need?

Diversity.

Therefore, God carefully produced and scattered seeds in each world so that these angels would grow up in the world and have various purposes, motives, personalities, duties, families and loved ones.

Angels born with such diversity would shake the world in various ways that suit their character and purpose.

If such guys were able to handle the world in their own different ways and carry out his orders, the fights would become more intense and fun.

"It was fun because the guy in charge of your world was also entertaining.

If he was truly fair, he should not have favored Hansoo.

However, the guy, after returning to the past, had emotions and loved ones. He became strong in that state and had received the right to become an Administrator.

Within his authority, he favored Hansoo and made sure to take care of him.

'Oh. Maybe not. Maybe he intervened since he was on his mind.'

Mumbling inwardly, the smiling God looked at Hansoo.

"You have succeeded in getting a perfect assessment."

He deserved to be an angel.

Before the Abyss opened, the seed of Transcendence must be sowed before entering the Abyss.

The guy of the past had failed.

He might have been stronger than the current one, but he was strong enough to get into the Abyss.

However, he succeeded this time.

Though he had fought tooth and nail by invading the Abyss, he was not yet ready to enter that place yet.

In order for that to happen, the seed must be fully sowed.

Just like how the owners of Dragon Essence Blade, Nurmaha and the Pandemic Blade were, 1-Star, 2-Star, etc. were all transcendent walls that were stepping stones for the sowing of the seed.

The guy had broken all the walls and succeeded, qualifying as an Administrator.

Normally, he would be an Agel right away.

But, God smiled and spoke, "I gave everyone free will, and that is no exception to those that had become Administrators."

God, who put down his tea in his hand, spoke looking at Hansoo, "I'll give you a choice. Whether you will be an angel… or to live on as a human being."

God had an amused expression.

Chapter 484: Angel (2)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

Hansoo asked back from God's words, "What's good about being an angel?"

God smiled from that question.

"Your heart will be very relaxed."

Wasn't that natural.

No matter how strong one was, the Abyss was a neighborhood where one could not be comfortable.

This was a neighborhood that he had created for that purpose.

Even if he was strong, there was always a chance that one would see someone that was just as strong as him, albeit stronger.

This was why he could not let his guard down for a moment.

He had to constantly fight and struggle to become strong.

However, if one were to become an angel under his control, the story would be different.

There would be no scenario where he would end up as the victim.

No matter how strong a creature was, he or she wouldn't touch the Administrator that he had raised so arduously, and their responsibilities and tasks would be different to begin with.

The beings that he made into angels would not be operating in the Abyss but in the modern world.

The reason why he created them was to shake up and incite conflict in the worlds that were living in peace, making them fight and struggle for survival.

The Abyss was already operating in such a state, so there was no reason to assign angels in it.

Rather than a victim, he could live on as a perpetrator.

So, Nurmaha and the owner of Pandemic Blade, who had some fairly obscure tastes, chose to be Administrators.

On the other hand, the owner of the Dragon Essence Blade and the guy that was born with the seed Mad Demon had not chosen the road to become Administrators since there were many things that they hadn't done yet.

Recollecting those four, God had a sour expression.

'He had made them in order for them to be unpredictable, yet it was too easy to predict their choices.'

To be honest, he was somewhat predictable compared to the guy in front of him.

If one looked at what he had shown him in the first place, that would be the correct answer, and this was what made God sour.

What were Angel Seeds and Transcendence?

In simple terms, they were his alter egos.

If other creatures were toys that were made out of clay, then they were masterpieces that were mangled and made out of his own flesh.

Since he created them out of his own flesh and nails, there was only one in each world.

Otherwise, he could just create and put hundreds of millions of Transcendence in each world.

No matter how low the probability was, if the number of cases increased, one would win eventually.

However, there was only one reason why he collected Administrators and angels born through such low probabilities while waiting the years of hard work to bear fruit.

It was not easy to make one's self.

As much as one's own flesh was in it, he could not be compared to other creatures.

Ducks and swans might not be able to distinguish themselves from each other when they were young, but just as there was a huge difference between them when they grew up, even if they were mixed together and grew up in the same world, they would be vastly different later on.

It had to be.

They were like his own children.

Naturally, they had infinite potential that could not be compared to normal creatures.

It was the same with dragons and demons.

The dragons and demons were well made, but there was a limit.

However, there was no limit or ceiling to those that were his own.

Just like how parents could not force their children, it was also possible for children to whine at parents.

That could be seen from just a moment ago when Hansoo had struck him in the head.

He thought it was possible since he had courage… But what if he wasn't an Administrator.

As soon as he had seen him, he would be groveling and crawling on the floor.

It was not a matter of whether he overlooked the situation or not.

It was a question of origin and birth, not of strength.

Ordinary creatures couldn't even lift their heads in front of him, including the creatures, demons, and dragons deep in the Abyss.

He was able to strike his head since he was the Administrator.

This was why despite being extremely strict and harsh on the seeds of the Administrators, he had always looked at them with a heart of expectation.

Though they might have been born as children with clear purposes, he had thought that with his own flesh, they could emerge beyond his expectations as they were mixed in their births with his own flesh and his own self, which was why he had looked at them affectionately.

However, that affection was now shifting toward disappointment.

They lived on as an Administrator in peace with God's seed.

Or, they abandon his seed and live free and intensely.

If those that he had raised to grow up in such diversity were divided into two different paths, no matter if it was himself, he could not help but be disappointed.

'My expectations were too great.'

God clicked his tongue.

It was wrong for him to expect too much just because he had made them with his own flesh.

Of course, he didn't have much complaints to those that have descended below and shook the Abyss, or to those that incite conflict in the modern worlds.

"What will you choose?"

Hansoo answered briefly, looking at the God who asked with sunken eyes.

"I will go down."

"… I see."

As expected…

If he became an Administrator, he couldn't be involved with the guys below.

It would have been more of a twist if he, who had returned from the future into the past for his comrades, to abandon his loved ones and friends and remain as an Administrator.

'Come to think of it… What are his comrades doing?'

God turned the channel on the TV.

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Boooooooooooooom!

"Eeeeeeeeeeek…!"

Sofia, who was pouring out her skills without hesitation, was swearing.

She had swiftly made her way through the world with her Library trait.

In addition, since other humans were fond of her trait, she was one of the leaders that were currently leading humanity and had received many skills through apprenticeship under Keldian.

She was the only apprentice so to speak.

However, it was tough.

After creating a small sun through her fingertips, Sofia threw it straight into the air.

These powerful skills that were incomparable to her past self were all skills that were instructed to her by Keldian, including this current simple one.

However, it was only their third year in the Abyss.

Their opponents were powerful races that had trained and wandered around the Abyss for thousands of years.

Riiiiiiiiiip!

The air suddenly ripped open as a head began to push outward.

The dragons that were flying around were neither small nor big.

They were over 100 meters in size per dragon.

However, the head that had just ripped open the air was entirely different.

Each tooth in its mouth was over 100 meters long. Naturally, the size of its head was large enough to be counted in kilometers.

Booooooooooooooooooooooom!

Sofia, who fired her spell, caused the surrounding area to turn into ashes.

Ssssssssssssssssssssssss!

The beast that was ripping through the air, as if they were suffering, opened its big mouth and screamed in agony but that was all.

With his front leg now coming forth, it glared down at Sofia who had caused scratches on its front leg.

'Ahh…'

Eyes dyed in red.

Inside, there were great waves of bloodlust and seething hate.

Sofia, who retreated back with a petrified expression, looked at Keldian beside her and briefly spoke, "Is that the Boss?"

From those words, Sofia quickly activated her Trait to discern whether or not it was the leader of that race.

Soon…

"… I'm right. That is the Primitive Dragon of their species."

Primitive Dragon.

The dragon species were quite diverse.

The dragon species in front of her to the other dragons deep in the Abyss, they were all subspecies of dragons.

However, all dragon races had something in common.

Primitive Dragon.

It was the first of its kind, the Mother of its species, who give birth to dragons that belonged to its classified species.

They were dragon species that could exist because it could lay eggs since it had no gender, so it was guaranteed to live near eternity.

Therefore, to completely destroy a dragon species, one needed to capture and kill the Primitive Dragon, or else that race would continue to live on.

From those words, Keldian grabbed onto his sphere.

"Then… We need to kill that guy."

'It wasn't easy.'

Rooooooooooooooooooooooooar!

The dragon that had now fully ripped open the air and emerged out, was now tens of kilometers in length with large scales.

It wasn't the size that was the problem.

It was literally the unimaginable difference in strength.

When Keldian swallowed, looking at the immense aura all over his body…

Ruuuuuuuuuuumble!

The blue aura that was fluttering all over its body transformed to lightning before striking all around.

When Keldian saw this, he clenched his teeth and shouted loudly, "Everyone, get into formation and block it with your energy shields."

If they were to try and defend against this individually, it was certain that they would be wiped out.

Everyone gathered their strength and mana to configure one large mana shield.

At the same time…

Boooooooooooooooom!

The translucent golden shield above their heads was pushing down on to those below in the black desert, pressuring the shield down onto some of their heads.

Papapapapang!

"Arghhhhh…"

"Ahhhhhhhhk!"

Hearing the groans and screams as they continued struggling to maintain the shield with their mana, Keldian clenched his teeth.

It wasn't a new sight, yet it continued to make his heart ache.

'Until when… do they have to wander around the Abyss like this?'

Compared to the Otherworlds, that place was a gentleman's world compared to here.

As one rose in strength, so did the difficulty and vice versa.

It must have affected the other races as well.

With dimensions folding and space compressing, the result had become like this.

They fought and fought again.

Although they were fighting with their lives for now, there have been more days where they fought for their lives within the past three years than days where they didn't.

That evidence was the number of people that remained.

The number of humans that started out in billions was almost halved in just three years.

If it weren't for the World Tree and other Legacies that they brought before coming here, their numbers would have decreased even more.

What would they do if they survived in this battle?

In three years, their numbers were halved.

The strength of their enemies was overwhelming.

They had to win dozens and hundreds of fights with a 50-50 win rate.

If they were to lose just once, they would be destroyed and wiped out. They were literally stuck in a high-risk game.

It was then…

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!

'… What else is coming out now?'

The air ripped as something else prepared to come out.

Seeing this, Keldian had a look of despair and closed his eyes.

If something else were to come out, then there was really no hope.

It was then…

"Huhuhuh?'

"Uh?!"

'…?'

At the sound of people's surprise, Keldian opened his eyes.

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"Ahahahahaha! What a truly crazy bastard!"

God looked at the TV screen with a look of excitement.

Inside the TV…

Above the battle against the Black Blue Jade Dragons and the human race in the Black Desert, the sky was torn as the presence of three wings of pure white, which symbolized God, descended from that place.

The sword that was exposed in that black atmosphere of the Abyss became black as its thirteen wings were dyed black instantly as well.

'Crazy bastard.'

The Being who called himself God stared at the TV, unable to take his eyes off of it.

Chapter 485: Species (1)

Rumble!

The sky was torn and an angel descended.

Everyone who had an enraptured look at the majestic scene soon faltered back.

The presence of the white-colored wings, which seemed to purify them just by looking at them, began to rapidly blacken.

The change was even faster when it was originally white.

In an instant, the energy of the being from above with its blackened wings began to gradually become stronger.

This was not an air that calmed the hearts.

The air and energy was power to shake everyone's heart, more than sufficient to sweep the entire place as the aura stretched out from the black angel.

Rooooooooooooooooar!

The Primitive Dragon that saw the black angel from above cried roughly.

It instinctively knew that existence was dimensions different from themselves.

It was an existence more noble than any of its own kind with their noble roots.

It… was a being from God.

The moment it reached this thought…

Roooooooooooooooar!

Hailing a voice full of fear, the Primitive Dragon tore up the space in the air as it tried to retreat.

It's hard to kill someone like that, and even if you do, you shouldn't dare to kill.

It was a precious being created by God.

It was not confident of bearing the consequences.

The moment the Primitive Dragon was about to disappear as it tore the space apart.

A playful tone could be heard by the Primitive Dragon.

No, it didn't simply reach the ears of the dragon.

It could be heard by the entire species of the Black Blue Jade Dragons and the humans that were fighting them.

It resonated down in the Underground of the Abyss where the devils lived in the depths, and even the tribes that lived in the shallowest parts of the Abyss, his message was transmitted throughout, and everyone who received this message knew that this God.

The God that had made them… and the one that teased them.

Then, they heard an additional voice.

The moment the Primitive Dragon heard the words of God, he was relieved.

Although God made them fight amongst one another, but at least he didn't lie.

That meant that it didn't matter if it fought him right now.

However, why would he try fighting this man who was emanating such an ominous aura from a glance alone.

There was no need to embrace this risk and fight.

Growl!

The Primitive Dragon slowly ripped the air open as it relayed a message to its children and kind.

Retreat.

It was then…

From that shocking message, the retreating Primitive Dragon paused for a moment.

You could absorb all of its energy?

That meant… they have the right to become an angel as well.

This means that they have the right and power to overturn and perpetrate the entire modern worlds after leaving the Abyss.

No, even if that weren't to occur, the strength and shard that was within him was enormous.

It was God's shard which was endless in potential.

That meant that they could overcome their potential and be infinitely stronger.

Although the Abyss was made for that purpose, this was way beyond that state.

In simpler terms, they could become stronger and grow beyond the other dragon species.

Roar!

The eyes of the Primitive Dragon glistened with greed.

Then, with that glare of the Primitive Dragon aimed at Hansoo, God's voice was heard by him.

From God's words, Hansoo nodded.

He was prepared to begin with.

'It now starts.'

Hansoo recollected the suggestion that he had come up with God.

"I will kill you."

From that ridiculous suggestion, God had a look of disbelief.

"You don't think I can kill myself, do you?"

If he thought the reason why He was bored and couldn't stand boredom, which was why He had made this world, then he was really mistaken.

To begin with, even if he stood still, there was nothing that was really boring.

It was just that he was trying so hard to get a bigger stimulus which was why he went to such lengths.

A variety of stimuli in a diverse everyday life.

He had done countless things over the years.

He had polymorphed into a normal person of some hybrid-dragon breed and had travelled the world.

He had also destroyed countless worlds as well.

Although each had their own different enjoyments, what was most entertaining was when all the creatures thought and fought against one another, which was why he had made this decision.

From those words, Hansoo laughed.

"You've only spectated, but don't you have any thought of fighting?"

"…"

From those words, God was about to retort as if to say that he had not done that.

Until now, He had done countless things.

However, He soon realized what the guy meant by fighting.

'Hmm…'

God was deep in thought for a moment.

God was curious at how stimulating the experience of battle would be which He had never done before.

It was as if He had opened tens of thousands of boxes and believed that He had opened all of them, but there was that one remaining box that hadn't been opened yet.

What if what was inside the box was something better and greater than what He had thought was best?

Then, His remaining eternity would be more bountiful even if the gift box that He opened would brin ruin to him.

Therefore, in God's head, two options went back and forth on a scale.

He was curious about continuing to watch fights and battles for the rest of eternity or the curiosity of experiencing a new stimulus He had never had before.

If the latter option was more entertaining, then he had no reason to choose the first option.

God, who had reached to this point, grinned.

"You're… truly a crazy guy."

The latter option meant that He could die.

Ordinary creatures were typical creations that he could erase and be done with it.

However, the guy in front of him, regardless of what he had done or what he was, had his own shard.

If he had reached that height, then even if he regretted his choice, it would be too late. However… it was attractive.

Surprisingly, there was only one that that entered His mind.Read more chapter on NovelFull

If He can't enjoy to the fullest, then it wouldn't be too bad to be erased either.

God, who thought of this, opened his mouth towards Hansoo.

"I cannot wait long. So… I'll push you as hard as I can."

'Just this.'

Booooooooooooooooooom!

The thunder was directed to him by the Primitive Dragon. Hansoo clenched Mjolnir in his first.

Boooooooooooooooooooom!

He struck the mouth of the Primitive Dragon hard.

Kuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

The large Primitive Dragon cried and screamed in pain.

Rooooooooooooooar!

Seeing the Primitive Dragon bounce back, Hansoo chuckled.

It would be nice if this was the end, but it wasn't.

Riiiiiiiiiiip!

Rip!

There was a gathering of Primitive Dragons.

No, to be exact, there were Primitive Dragons around him.

There were hundreds of large heads that were pushing through the torn space.

Some looked like demons, and other looked like snakes.

Some were huge enough to cover entire planes, while others had thunder clouds around their heads.

There were all sorts of different races with various characteristics.

However, they had two common traits.

First, they were extremely strong.

Second, they did not hide their greed for him.

'I did miss you guys.'

Hansoo looked below his feet.

There were familiar and unfamiliar faces.

There was Eres that was blankly staring at the sky.

There was Keldian who had a look of disbelief.

There was Kangtae who didn't know what was going on, but was fighting first to think later.

Then, he saw quite a few familiar faces by the site.

There were longing faces of Kiriel and Mihee who were looking at him.

There were also Del Marcus and John Stone who was looking at him as if there wasn't anyone crazier than him.

Old familiar and new familiar faces shook the heart of Hansoo.

This made him reconsider whether or not he should have simply made the choice of living as a human.

With them at his side, it wouldn't have been bad to keep fighting in the Abyss.

However, Hansoo shook this head.

'I will end all restraints… completely.'

Hansoo who concluded his thoughts, opened his thirteen pairs of wings and formed his stance.

It was time for him to leave.

At the same time…

Riiiiiiiiiip!

A door to a new dimension created by the power of the thirteen pairs of wings was formed.

With the upcoming battle just ahead, his comrades wouldn't be able to handle the aftershocks.

He had come here in the first place to say goodbye.

Hansoo, who took a step forward to the dimensional door, relayed a message to those that were staring at him from before.

With those final words, Hansoo walked into the hollow crack of the dimensional door.

Soon…

Ruuuumble!

Boom!

Countless shockwaves erupted as dozens of hastily closing hollow cracks appeared as if they would not dare let him go.

Soon, all the cracks were closed.

Now, they were the only ones left in the Black Desert.

Kiriel and the others had blank expressions from Hansoo's final remark.

"This is the story of the Black Angel."

"… is that true?"

"Well. I'm not sure. It's been more than a thousand years ago.

The child pouted at Grandma's words.

"But, isn't he a bad guy? He seems like a fallen angel."

To rebel against God, it wouldn't be inappropriate to call it corruption and not black.

From those words, Grandma quietly laughed.

"Well. If God was not a nice being… don't you think the fallen angel would be on the side of justice?"

"Mmm…"

The child, who was hesitating at the words, soon grabbed his complicated head and shouted.

"Ah! I'll be back from the zoo!"

"Alright. Be careful!"

"I'm no child!"

At the same time…

Papapat!

A blue circle was drawn underneath the child's feet before quickly swallowing the child's body.

Seeing this child like this, the woman smiled gently and walked towards the window.

Although she was called Grandma, she was so young and beautiful to look like one.

The woman muttered as she stared at the large white structure that was floating in the air.

'By the way… what's the sudden mention of a zoo? Trying to see Barmamunt?'

Well…

The guys in the zoo had the worst personalities, so it was quite a sight to behold.

The woman laughed as she recollected about Barmamunt.

Chapter 486: Species (2)

"Mmm… Nice."

A white structure.

Minsoo muttered at the sight of the huge white moon, which was modelled after they had defeated a certain species.

No matter how many times he saw it, it was always beautiful and wonderful.

There were 27 white moons that brightened the darkness of the world and created barriers for humanity.

It was not just used to set up homes, it also provided light and energy to humans.

This large interior was made to provide all humans a paradise.

Of course, it wasn't being used like this.

Eres, the First President, had left those words.

Although, she was now retired.

In any case, the paradise-making functions might have been closed, there was still one function in this white moon that was originally an ark that was configured well.

This was the zoo.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…

Roar!

Inside the large expanded space, in the corridor that stretched over 100 meters in length, there were various species inside the transparent rooms.

Over tens of thousands of different species that were located on each floor of the Abyss were in these enclosed spaces.

There was the incinerator operated by the Red Jades that was flowing 24 hours a day in preparation for any sudden emergency.

In simpler terms, a strict defense was applied to the various species trapped inside in the rooms.

Now that mankind had conquered most of the Abyss, some say that the treatment of these species was too cruel, but those comments never came to effect.

Keldian, the 2nd President, had always shouted loudly.

It was for the people to see and stay alert.

It was actually called a zoo, but the name of this place was written as a Dangerous Species Archive.

"Mmm…"

Walking around the noisy corridor, Minsoo looked at the species on the left side of the hallway.

Roooooar!

In the vast space that stretched several kilometers long, huge black-scaled dragons were flying inside.

They were scratching each other's backs and taking a bath peacefully in the artificial sea. The babies that were in the lake were so cute that the female tourists who were walking next to him couldn't take their eyes off of them.

"Cute…"

"Can't we somehow catch them and raise them at home?"

From this, Minsoo thought.

'They're that cute…. But they've done such things before?'

Minsoo looked at the description in front of the sheltered space.

[Black Blue Jade Dragons]

Residence: Second Floor of the Abyss

Captured Date: Aa. 28-35

Current number of surviving species: 115

Casualties: Deaths: 11,130,921. Injured…

A race that was successfully suppressed with the sudden death of the Primitive Dragon. Their unique traits are their scales that are similarly compared to K3.

"Wow…"

Minsoo frowned.

The death toll was in the tens of millions.

This was the number of humans that were killed in the species war against these guys.

However, they were the weaker ones.

'I better go further inside.'

The moment Minsoo decided…

Papapapapat!

A transportation device that operates in all areas of humanity's residential area carried Minsoo's body toward somewhere.

The destination was the zoo. No, it was the seventh floor of the Dangerous Species Archives.

It was a place much deeper than now.

And… It was a place where mankind was able to subdue these species at war only recently in 100 years ago.

'Actually, it doesn't really affect me.'

Minsoo, who couldn't believe there was such a violent war until 100 years ago, shrugged.

A hundred years might seem short in a way, but it was in fact a long time.

Apparently, there was a war here in Korea, which was his origin, according to the yearbook of the Aa calendar based on the entry of humanity into the Abyss and the Otherworld.

Most people did not understand the war, even though it was only 50 years before they had shifted over to the Abyss.

Not to mention 100 years.

'Still…. It's quite fun watching.'

Minsoo, who began to walk on the seventh floor, muttered.

In fact, no matter how hard one shout to the guys above, one couldn't reach them by sound.

Even himself, who had been born less than 15 years ago, would be able to subdue all 115 of the Black Blue Jade Dragons.

There was only one reason why he came here.

It gave him the chills.

Roooooooooooooar!

"Ugh… Whenever I come here, I don't feel so good," walking in the hallway that was dimly lit, Minsoo muttered.

Unlike the noisy place upstairs, there were a few people on this side of the floor since no one really likes the feeling of the darkness.

There was also a reason why this place was dark.

Unlike upstairs where the species were isolated and neglected, down here, every single creature was bound to a powerful gravitational field.

The powerful prison that was created by overlapping gravitational fields in the dimensional space absorbed light in the surroundings.

It was then…

"Eek!"

Minsoo panicked at the voice coming from the dark and stepped back.

As Minsoo focused on his eyes, he began to see the appearance of the opponent coming out from the dark.

There was a human-like object floating in the air with hundreds of layers of tightly-knit black membranes wrapped around its body.

It was clear that it was not human.

A human would neither be 10 meters tall nor have horns on their heads.

Minsoo, who saw Barmamunt, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why didn't you reveal some of your presence."

Barmamunt mumbled bitterly, looking at the prison surrounding his body.

"Damned bastards. To make something like this…" Barmamunt muttered.

Though he was speaking in a nonchalant manner, it was certain that this thing was unbelievable.

A single movement blocked their movements.

'Keldian. Kiriel. Sofia. For them to make such a toy like this…'

Looking at Barmamunt with a curious expression, Minsoo asked, "Well… I wanted to ask, but are you really that strong?"

Barmamunt snorted from those words.

"Wow. From your own mouth…"

<…>

Minsoo silenced Barmamunt as he read the writing that was underneath him.

[13 Demons – Barmamunt]

Residence: Seventh Floor of the Abyss

Captured Date: Aa. 931

Current number of surviving species: 1.

Casualties: Deaths: 15. Injured: 191.

'… He doesn't seem all that much.'

Even if he were to count all surviving numbers of the Black Blue Jade Dragons, the number was still lower than that.

Furthermore, though the Black Blue Jade Dragons at times showed fierce tempers when they were angry, as he watched Barmamunt constantly over the years, he had never shown his angry side before.

The feeling was more mutual in the context of a next-door neighbor.

He was grumpy, but he always gave him advice on how to get stronger.

Barmamunt asked Minsoo.

Minsoo nodded.

"It's crazy! It's like an ultimate move!"

His power increased significantly when he mixed his mana techniques with the power that Barmamunt taught him. Even his teacher was surprised and asked where he had learned it.

Of course, this was a secret that was shared between himself and Barmamunt.

'I… will become stronger.'

He would become stronger so that no one could look down on him.

Barmamunt smiled and spoke to Minsoo.

Minsoo's heart went compassionate after seeing Barmamunt like this.

'He is a bit pitiful…'

All of the creatures on the Seventh Floor were all separated and isolated.

In addition, he was indebted to Barmamunt.

Minsoo, who was wondering if there was any way to repay him, asked, "Is there nothing you're curious about?"

Barmamunt shrugged at his question.

"Ah! If it's just that…"

He would have no intention of bringing him the information to unlock the sealed prison, but this much was possible.

"But, he must be really lonely," Minsoo, who was mumbling to himself, looked at Barmamunt and began to talk extensively.

—

"I'm late now! I'll be going!"

Seeing Barmamunt like this, Minsoo smiled.

"I'll come again!"

At the end of that remark, Minsoo disappeared through the quantum transmission.

Soon…

In the hall all alone, Barmamunt grinned.

Since he now knew everything he was curious about… And his preparations were almost complete as well…

Kiiiiiiiiiiing!

After touching the gravitational field of the dimension that had locked him in, Barmamunt looked at the panel in front of him.

Creature, Barmamunt.

Injured… 191 people.

Barmamunt smiled coldly in the dark.

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There were 27 arks that enclosed the human residential area.

Among them, there were key facilities.

Ark 1 was to observe the external dimensions and prepare for threats.

Inside, there were hundreds of people busily moving around, observing the blue screen.

It was then…

One jumped up from his seat and shouted with a look of disbelief.

"The Sealed Realm is about to collapse…"

From those words, one man at the top of the control room wearing an eye patch shrugged his eyebrows.

"The Sealed Realm?"

Sealed Realm.

It was a huge dimension where all kinds of monsters gathered.

Tales, the 8th President that was in charge, wriggled his eyebrows.

'… Unbelievable.'

Tales was a man competent enough to be a chief.

Of course, he was fully knowledgeable about the state and history of the Abyss.

To be honest, mankind should have lost the war.

The abyss was full of unending forces and strong species before mankind had intruded.

However, there was only one reason why they had managed to overcome the seven-floored Abyss.

It was because all of the monsters and elites crawled into the dimension that was called the Sealed Realm.

It was a dimension that did not allow any external observation, external interference, or anything else in large part to the dimension rebound coefficient.

Therefore, five of the 27 arks were used exclusively to measure the condition of the Sealed Realm.

If what was inside were to be released… It would become a disaster.

'What the hell is going on? Miss Eres is sleeping as we speak.'

Tales, who clenched his fist, opened his mouth quietly.

"Enter the third stage of security. Move cautiously so as not to alert the citizens.

"… Yes. I understand."

Soon…

The interior of the arks began to get busy starting from Ark 1.

Chapter 487: Species (3)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"Hah!"

As soon as Minsoo's fist struck the practice sphere in front of him…

Booooooooooom!

There was a roar from the practice sphere.

At the same time, the practice spheres made of Exinium were crumpled and scattered across the floor. It was a destructive power beyond the belief of a 15-year old. However, Minsoo, who was the one that caused this result, looked dissatisfied.

'Not enough. Not enough.'

The adults always praised him, saying that no one at his age could achieve that much, saying that none of his peers could be compared to him.

However, Minsoo was dissatisfied with that.

He didn't care about him being the strongest in his age group. He was only 15.

He didn't necessarily want to say this, but there were a lot of humans who were nearly a thousand years old. Those that were older than him were greater than the stars in the sky, and those that were stronger than him were as bountiful as the sand on the beach.

This was why Minsoo was not satisfied with the compliments of being the strongest among his peers.

His goal that he wanted was to become the best in the world.

'Whew. Cheer up.'

Minsoo, who organized his thoughts, once again concentrated his energy throughout his entire body. The Red Dragon Jade, located inside his body, provided enormous energy and helped form mana and coagulate power.

This power intertwined with the power taught by Barmamunt with the techniques that he had learned from Grandma allowed his growth to become quicker.

'Let's go…!'

Minsoo clenched his teeth while looking at the regenerated lump of Exinium.

This time, he was determined to destroy it so that it could not regenerate.

It was then…

"Hmm… It's not here?"

"Huh?!"

Suddenly hearing a voice, Minsoo subconsciously lost his concentration.

'Oh shit… no!'

Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

The blue sphere that was in his hand was exploding loudly, causing Minsoo to be taken aback.

This blue sphere was not a stable mana technique that was taught by his great grandmother.

He arbitrarily boosted his destructive power by combining his own power.

Of course, the destructiveness was great, but it resulted in making it less stable.

'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek…!'

Pajijijiiiiiik!

Minsoo clenched his teeth and used all of his human strength to try and suppress the sphere.

If this were to explode, it would cause a great mess.

The current residential area might have protection, but this explosion would at least cause his whole house including the houses up and below theirs to be all swept away.

However, this was in vain.

The blue sphere, mixed with the power of Barmamaunt, caused his control to collapse at an outrageous rate as it continued to grow larger.

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!

At the same time, a hand popped out behind Minsoo and grabbed the blue sphere.

Seeing this, Minsoo subconsciously shouted with a pale face.

"Nooo!"

Whoever grabbed the sphere was probably unaware of what would happen.

If that person grabbed it like that, it would explode.

However, it was already too late.

Pajajajajak!

Looking at the blue sphere protruding in the person's hand, it caused Minsoo to close his eyes tightly.

It was then that his life passed through his memories like a film.

Training, training, and more training.

'Ahh… It was a short life. Seriously. If I knew this would happen, I would have tried dating…'

However, one second and two seconds passed, yet there was no explosion.

When Minsoo had a look of confusion…

"You can open your eyes."

He heard an unfamiliar voice from above.

When Minsoo opened his eyes to the voice, the man he had seen for the first time, who was slowly cooling his blue sphere with his hands, descended below.

'… Who is he?'

When Minsoo made a puzzled look toward the man he had never seen before…

"Isn't this Eres' house?"

"… Who are you to be looking for my great-grandmother?"

Minsoo unknowingly spat out a question.

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"… You're an old friend?"

"Yup."

Minsoo looked at him with a look of disbelief.

His great-grandmother was over 1,000 years old. To be exact, she was 1047 years old. But, for him to be an old friend of his great-grandmother…

'I know all the friends of my great-grandmother…'

No, to begin with, there was no one that did not know of his great-grandmother's friends.

All of them were recorded in the history books.

There was not a single person who lived in that era that was not included in the history books, not to mention famous people like Keldian, the second President, Kiriel, John Stone, and even Del Marcus.

Even if they did not try and memorize their names for testing, they were often reprocessed as original creations, so there was not a single person that did not know of his name.

"If you tell me, I'll tell her. What is your name?"

"Tell her it's Kang Hansoo."

He had never heard of his name before.

Minsoo's doubts grew bigger.

'And… You don't even have a registration number.'

Minsoo had a look of shock.

If he didn't have a registration number, it was one or the other.

A foreign species or a criminal.

It was a presence that should be reported immediately.

However, there was one reason why Minsoo did not consider reporting him.

'… I don't think I should do that.'

He was plain and inconspicuous.

His failure to recognize his presence proved when he suddenly heard the man's voice from behind.

However, seeing him in front, it was different.

There was a strange sense of oppression that weighed down on him.

To express this feeling in a simple sentence…

'… I don't think I should oppose this man.'

To be honest, even having that thought caused him to be stricken in fear.

He should not even think of trying to cause harm to this man at all.

After concluding his thoughts, Minsoo had a look of shock.

'Unbelievable. It's not like he's God.'

He had sometimes seen his great-grandmother's comrade, Kiriel.

Kiriel had said that she would definitely rank among the top ten of the human race, but even he had never felt this way in front of her.

'… I must be mistaken. There's no way.'

Seeing Minsoo like this, the man calmly opened his mouth.

"Eres is sleeping?"

"Yes, sir."

His great-grandmother, who he had never seen before, had been asleep for 100 years.

He did not know why.

'Well. She is old.'

For beginners, he knew that age was nothing more than a number, but for some reason, he also thought that this might be the case.

At Minsoo's response, the man asked another question again, "Do you know where her other friends are at?"

"… My great-grandmother's friend?"

From those words, the man nodded.

"There's just one person that I can go find."

There was just one warrior who had lived for more than a thousand years that shared the history that mankind was written about in the Abyss.

Some had died in the middle of fighting, and others got sick and retired.

Others supported humanity by fulfilling their duties in order to support humanity based on their individual strengths.

Of course, those sleeping like his great-grandmother were excluded.

They might be said to be sleeping, but they were more like quarantined in a very secure dimensional space that was preserving and helping them recover.

Therefore, there was only one person that he could go find.

"I will guide you."

It wouldn't take long to go there since they could just use teleportation.

However, Minsoo, who was trying to activate the quantum transmitter, realized that the man did not have a registration number.

'… It's going to be a mess.'.

Though the man would be able to teleport together with him if it was known that he was an unregistrant?

Security would definitely rush and arrest this man.

He didn't know why, but Minsoo felt that such a situation should never happen.

When Minsoo was hurrying along, the man quietly opened his mouth.

"You can walk. I want to take my time to take a look around."

"… Okay."

Minsoo, who nodded at the man's words, began to walk before suddenly being curious about something. So, he looked back and asked, "But, for what matters are you trying to meet the person for?"

From those words, the man smiled.

"I wasn't able to properly say my farewells."

'Well… The place is quite nice.'

Hansoo smiled gently as he looked at the human empire that was built around him.

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Ark 1 was in a state of turmoil.Read more chapter on NovelFull

"… Sealed Realm. It is completely destroyed."

Looking at the distorted and defeated face of the deputy director, the observers swallowed their saliva.

The surrounding barriers were being smashed and crushed by the collapsing debris.

They could not imagine how powerful the beings in that vessel were.

Tales, who had a heavy look from the words of the observers, slowly opened his mouth.

"… Is there no intel from the inside?"

"It is impossible to observe."

One of the observers opened his mouth with a look of misery.

They tried to look inside by all means with what they had. Whether it was ranged observation to unmanned machines, they all failed.

Whatever the realm ate, it did not spit back whether it was light, sound, or machine.

They would at least have some hope if there was some kind of information that could be retrieved from attempting this, but since nothing came out, they could not do anything.

The last resort was people.

However… who would raise their hand and volunteer to enter that place?

When the control center in the ark entered a state of silence, Tales opened his mouth.

"Are there no presences that have left the place?"

"There are no observations of such presences for now."

Tales, who heard the intel until now, opened his mouth calmly.

Return all the spare troops now defending both the interior and exterior walls and direct them to the Sealed Realm."

"… You mean both the securities that are defending the residential area and the borders?"

When Tales nodded at those words, the deputy spoke with a worried look, "… The war has not yet finished. That would definitely cause problems."

Literally, they won and had dominated the Abyss.

However, this meant that they have trampled upon the other species, not eating and melting them.

If any of the opposition forces were to rebel and resist the current forces and release the seven floors of alien species that were defeated and hidden deep inside the dimension, including the dangerous species that were sealed in the prison-like places, there would be countless of places where the opposition would overwhelm them beyond their numbers if they were to send out their troops.

From those words, Tales spoke briefly, "Even if you put all of them together… The ones inside are more dangerous, aren't they?"

"… Yes, that is so."

"Then quickly move. Also, if we fail to get any additional reconnaissance for the next two days, we will set up a scouting team that will enter the realm.

"… Understood."

Soon…

The 27 Arks and the troops and sentries in all the seven-floored zones inhabited by mankind began to get busy.

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"It's here. This is where Kiriel lives."

"Oh."

Looking at the enormous tower, Hansoo gave a brief exclamation.

Chapter 488: Species (4)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

A grand tower.

The reason why Kiriel spent her own money to make a 229-story grand tower was that she really wanted to try something she had read in the manhwa prior.

On each floor, there was an elite.

The challengers had the right to challenge the elites of each floor.

If they win, they would have the right to occupy that floor and accept new challengers.

At the top was where Kiriel herself lived.

"… Well, there hasn't been a challenger for the last year, so it's quite boring," Kiriel muttered.

I think the reason for this cause was because she thought that the guy that attacked her was too cocky and had smashed him down.

'But, how come there's not a single person that could defeat her?'

As soon as Kiriel stretched and tried to lie on the bed…

"Kiriel! I've come!"

On the 229th floor, from the garden outside, Kiriel shook her head from the loud cry.

'What a reckless guy.'

To call her Kiriel, there would only be people that could be counted with her fingers that could call her that way.

Of course, this was even more certain considering how a little kid called her out.

"He must have come again with the excuse of wanting to duel. But, I did tell him to come through the entrance."

Seeing this, it was clear that he found it bothersome to ascend starting from the 1st floor and had come up.

Kiriel, shaking her head, decided to play with the little boy.

He definitely had talent.

Seeing how he always looked at her with eyes full of motivation and passion, it was a bit burdensome, but that much she could tolerate because he was Eres's great-grandson.

As she walked toward the door, Kiriel opened it and shouted.

"Kid. Next time, come from the 1st floor…"

However, at that moment, Kiriel had a look of disbelief."

"Long time no see."

"Huh… Huh? Uh? Huh?"

Looking at the man standing next to Minsoo, Kiriel looked dumbfounded.

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"Go downstairs and play. Sir John Stone will play with you well."

"Ah, fuu…."

From Kiriel's words, Minsoo was full of complaints as he walked down.

If not, he felt that he would have truly been thrown out of the tower.

No, he felt that he should not intervene between the two.

'… He must really be a friend.'

Thus, once Minsoo disappeared toward the 228th floor…

Kiriel returned to the reception room and sat in front of Hansoo.

She still couldn't believe this reality.

After a long silence, Kiriel slowly opened her mouth.

"… What have you been up to?"

There were lots of things she wanted to ask, but she couldn't think of anything else to ask first.

From those words, Hansoo chuckled and answered, "Well, I've been doing what I always have done."

"Ah…"

When he said that, Kiriel had an expression that she had needlessly asked that question.

At least, Kiriel and the rest of humanity had no more major battles 100 years ago when Barmamunt and the rest of the demons were finally captured.

However, Hansoo was different.

Kiriel knew that Hansoo was somewhere in the Sealed Realm.

It was the Abyss's second dimension, created by a collection of all kinds of demons.

"Is… the fight over?"

From those words, Hansoo shook his head.

"There's still one."

"…?"

"I just stopped by to say hello."

"… There's always something I don't understand."

Hansoo, who smiled at Kiriel's small sigh, opened his mouth with a look of curiosity.

"But, it seems everyone is unaware of my name?"

He didn't want to say this, but it wasn't strange to see what he had done in front of a history book. In terms of history, what he did was close to myths.

But, once he had arrived here, there was no mention of himself at all.

No, he couldn't even find a trace at all as if they had destroyed records about him.

From those words, Kiriel nodded.

"Everyone agreed to stay quiet about you."

"… Why?"

Kiriel laughed bitterly and mumbled from the single word.

"Everyone… had been relying on you too much."

That day…

When Hansoo tore through the sky and descended with an angel's wings, humans thought they were now being saved.

Everyone could not help but think like that since they were on the verge of being destroyed by the large Primitive Dragon.

However, Hansoo, who suddenly appeared, had disappeared even quicker.

Those thirteen angel wings had been dyed black in an instant and Hansoo had disappeared into another dimension.

"But… did you know? Despite that, none of them gave up on you?"

Kiriel laughed.

After Hansoo had disappeared, it wasn't like it had reached a peaceful era.

The mighty monsters might have gone away, but their opponent, alien species that were terrifying to even look at, continued to rush at them.

It took more than a decade for them to completely subdue the Black Blue Jade Dragons that had lost their leader in the Primitive Dragon.

There were over tens of millions of deaths, and several times of that were the numbers of those injured. Those kinds of species continued to rush at them.

10 years, 20 years, 30 years…

While they were fighting like that, in their hearts, they had hopeful thoughts.

And just like they thought, their expectations were cruelly betrayed.

Every time they faced a species, they fought so hard that they were prepared for annihilation.

Whenever they contended with a species, they wished thousands to tens of thousands of times that Hansoo might appear once more.

When their war against another species was about to end, it was then that they realized that empty hopes were worse than despair.

Humans got more tired whenever their expectations were betrayed in difficult situations. What was worse was that despite this, they could not get angry or forget.

How could they be angry or forget when Hansoo had made a decision for them, knowing what kind of harsh environment he was in.

This was why they had decided to at least not instill hope to the younger generations that would be born later.

This was why they had decided to slowly erase Hansoo's existence from the history books, records, and even orally.

The first 100 years or so, the stories were passed down orally, but even 1000 years was a very long time.

"Well… It seemed that it had been adapted into a fairy tale of a fallen angel and was spread throughout.

"Fallen angel…"

Kiriel, who saw Hansoo like this, quickly changed the subject.

"Let's stop talking about boring stuff… Shall we talk about events that are more amusing?"

The moment she saw Hansoo, she instinctively realized.

No, she knew the moment he said he had one fight left that he would leave again.

The time to laugh and talk like this… It wouldn't be long.

'But… she couldn't talk like this.'

It had been 1000 years since they had last seen each other.

In that timespan… Neither lived in peace.

They both fought and struggled to survive.

If she wanted to tell a bad story, there would be no end to the night.

But, a good story was different.

With that much, she would be able to sufficiently tell him everything before he left.

'It's likely that I have more to tell you.'

Kiriel chuckled.

What was there to hear from a man who had fought for a thousand years.

'I've smashed some guy's head, I've beat down some demons…'

She didn't want to hear anything like that.

'I can do it myself.'

Mumbling quietly in her mind, Kiriel slowly opened her mouth to storytell the night away.

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"Eres and Kangtae married?"

"Yes. Why are you so surprised?"

"Mmm…"

"From what I knew… Keldian liked Eres," Hansoo who was mumbling soon shook his head.

It was a thousand years.

In that time span, whatever happened, it wouldn't be strange.

"What about Keldian?"

"He married Sofia. He was criticized a lot for marrying his student."

From those words, Hansoo chuckled.

'Well, it seems that everyone has been settling down.'

"What about you?"

From those words, Kiriel pointed to a frame on the wall.

[Congratulations! 1000 year anniversary of being single!]

There was a picture of John Stone beat up hard by Kiriel.

"…?"

When Hansoo looked at her with a puzzled look, Kiriel shrugged.

"I like someone stronger than me."

Hansoo laughed.

"There should at least be ten, right?"

It was known that Eres, Kangtae, and Keldian were all stronger than Kiriel.

There would also be a few with specialties and talents that could be stronger than Kiriel.

But, Kiriel shook her head.

"They're all sleeping."

"They're sleeping?"

From those words, Kiriel had a bitter expression.

"Since this topic has surfaced, let's go see them. Over there… You could see them all at once."

100 years ago, the War of Demons and Humans.

As most citizens knew, the war ended in a really bland manner.

The battle was not set in the territory of mankind, but since they were the ones that invaded first, the war took place in the territory of the Demon tribe.

Under the guise of keeping other races and tribes in check, only very strong warriors, at least 800 years old, were deployed in the War of Demons and Humans.

With the few numbers that were mobilized for the war, perhaps it was the smallest number ever fought by mankind.

It was quietly executed, and the war did not last even a year, so it was nicknamed the .

It meant that the war shed the least amount of blood.

However… reality was a bit different.

Humans had lost more than 80 percent of combat weapons that they had accumulated in secret.

The weapons and arms that were managed in the dark under the control of Sofia and Keldian, each of which was so powerful that it was feared by the citizens that sought safety, were all lost.

And… among those, Eres was included.

'Well, she didn't die…'

"Come this way."

Kiriel rose from her seat and led Hansoo.

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"Ha… You've talked for a long time."

'Don't tell me… They have a strange relationship, do they?'

With a look of jealousy, Minsoo looked at the floor above before lying back down.

'Nothing's coming out.'

Kang Hansoo.

No matter how much he searched, there were no results.

It was a complete mystery.

Then, suddenly, a good idea came into Minsoo's head.

'If it's Barmamunt… Maybe he knows something about the man?'

Concluding his thoughts, Minsoo immediately activated the quantum transmission and teleported to the zoo.

Jijijijiiiiiiik!

The teleportation was instantaneous.

Minsoo, who was at the tower, moved to the basement of the seventh floor of the ark.

However, the moment the teleportation was completed, Minsoo realized that something was awry.

"Huk!… Juhuk!"

Minsoo, who had teleported over, was suffocating.

It wasn't a level of ominous aura.

The whole place was filled with black mana, and in the middle, he was able to see Barmamunt who was not bothering to hide his presence.

Minsoo, who was on the floor, saw Barmamunt and muttered, "He's… he's still locked inside."

It was fine for now.

As long as he used quantum transmission, he could escape and transmit the truth.

It was then…

There was a voice mixed with laughter and teasing from Barmamunt.

"Uh… Uhuh!"

Power Diet.

The Power Diet that was delivered by Barmamunt to Minsoo wriggled inside his body.

"Uh… Uh."

All the white spots in Minsoo's eyes began to dye black.

Chapter 489: Species (5)

Translator: Ares

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhk…"

Rumble!

Crack!

A groan came out of Minsoo's mouth, whose eyes were blackening.

He struggled to fight against the power that was swallowing his body somehow, but it was useless.

The Power Diet that he had learned from Barmamunt literally blew up like a balloon and was eating up his entire nervous system.

His hands and feet dragged Minsoo's body forward.

Looking at his body, which gradually went closer to the black sphere that locked Barmamunt, Minsoo who was in despair, quickly gathered himself and shouted at Barmamunt.

"You… You! Even if you get out of there, what do you think would happen?! We let you live since you looked pitiful, but you're trying to do this? You're going to die this time!"

From those words, Barmamunt laughed.

"I'm going to die?"

Minsoo shouted loudly at Barmamunt's words, "Yes! Do you know how much progress we've made while you were locked up? You'll probably die as soon as you get out!"

Minsoo gritted his teeth and shouted.

The Bloodless War that occurred a 1000 years ago.

In 100 years, even the mountains would change.

Naturally, there had been many changes in mankind as well.

He lived for only 15 years, but he was amazed by the world and society that changed day by day.

But, if it was 100 years.

He looked confident thinking about this.

As soon as he came out, he would be burned to ashes by the power of the army.

From those words, Barmamunt had an amused expression.

"Eres was very considerate of you it seems. Well… Some things are easier to live without knowing."

"…?"

"Eres can't sleep because these stupid people are of their own descent. Well, it's natural that there would be stupid ones under a stupid girl."

From Barmamunt talking in a belittling tone, Minsoo roared.

"Don't say that! Eres spared you since she felt sorry for you, and you're saying this!"

From those words, Barmamunt's corners of his lips went up to its limits.

"Eres spared me because she felt pitiful… Who told you that?!"

Barmamunt laughed as he looked at the dimensional gravity fields opening up.

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Ruuuuuuuumble!

The 27th Ark.

It was the most recently built ark, armed with the latest technology.

Once upon a time, there were hundreds of coffins that were in place where Noah's people were asleep in the deepest part of the ark.

The number was not much compared to the past. However, everyone at the top knew that those that were sleeping here were more than half of humanity's power.

"… This was what happened to them when we fought Barmamunt and the others."

There was only one reason why the War of the Humans and Demons was called the Bloodless War.

They were afraid that the casualties would be too great if they took the troops that were in the lower echelon.

Therefore, they had gathered all of their weapons and tamed beasts, employing strong, elite warriors to invade them.

And that judgment… was right and wrong.

'Mmm…'

Kiriel, recalling that time, swallowed her saliva.

The strength was unimaginable.

If they had brought warriors and soldiers that were average and below, everyone would have been swept away and killed like autumn waves.

However, it was also true that it was overwhelming without their help as well.

Therefore, Tales, who was the current President that overlooked the army, had requested for reinforcements after seeing the strength of Barmamunt and the other demons although Eres refused.

She then mobilized most of the remaining people including Keldian to use self-sacrificing spells in exchange for giving up their time near eternity as payment.

It was a huge sacrifice spell that overpowered all those that existed on the 7th floor. Thanks to them, those who were deployed to the seventh zone was able to overpower the demon tribes and go up.

"Although it was still too much to kill them."

Recollecting about Barmamunt and the others locked up in the Ark, Kiriel slowly approached the coffins while muttering.

Eres was seen asleep as if she was dead in the coffin.

Her beauty and strength were still the same, but she was asleep since she invoked the spell in exchange for the remaining time of her own.

Lined up, there was Kangtae, Keldian, Mihee, and the others all sleeping, frozen in time.

'…'

Kiriel, who remained silent for a while, looked back at Hansoo.

"… I know you missed them a lot. But, I'm sorry this happened."

No one knew, but Kiriel heard roughly that Hansoo's ties with them had let him return from the future and choose to engage in this path of hardships and solitude.

This was why he had chosen to subdue the Seven-colored Zones alone in the Otherworld and decided to fight the Neropa alone for three years.

Therefore, he chose a path full of hardships and suffering, which required him to fight against all sorts of demons and species for a thousand years.

"I'm a bit jealous," Kiriel muttered while looking at Eres.

Someone could fight for someone for a thousand years.

A path that was difficult to walk in for a year, he had traversed that path for 1000 years.

From those words, Hansoo shook his head.

"I did not come to see Eres."

"… Yes?"

At that moment…

Boooooooooooooooooooom!

A large explosion roared outside the ark.

"…!"

When Kiriel was in a state of shock…

Kiriel heard an urgent voice through her personal line.

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Ruuuuuuuumble!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhk!"

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!"

The three arks that were used as zoos had large holes.

TIT was a single blow.

However, Noah had a large hole that was penetrated deep.

Jijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!

Jijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!

The bodies of the screaming people began to be forcibly transmitted.

This meant that a first-degree emergency has been summoned.

The people were immediately dispersed and summoned to other arks regardless of their individual roles.

At the same time…

Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Each ark that could contain over 1 billion people had activated mass teleportation.

It was a first-degree emergency.

This meant that the entire residential area could be destroyed.

Of course, citizens with low combat abilities would be automatically transmitted to the arks.

However, at that moment…

Boooooooooooooooooooooom!

Along with a great roar, black clouds rushed out from the 3 arks.

At the same time…

[… Teleportation failed.]

[The Dimensional field is unstable! Cancel the leap.]

[Convert the remaining energy into a protective barrier!]

Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

Hundreds of panels emerged one after another inside the ark in front of people's eyes.

The words were very lengthy, but to summarize it, there was one key topic.

It meant that they had failed to escape.

"What the heck?!"

Seeing this, their faces went pale.

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Barmamunt was able to hear the screams all around him.

Hundreds of millions of voices could not evade the ears of Barmamunt.

That was the kind of existence he was.

It was not because he had stopped them from escaping because he wanted to listen to their screams.

Ruuuuuuuuuumble!

With one kick that shook the dimension, Barmamunt looked to his side.

To be exact, he looked at the boy that was staring at him with eyes full of hate.

"How is this? Do you think that they are better than 100 years ago? In my eyes… No."

It was better 100 years ago.

Back then, every human being was aware of extraterrestrial beings as clear hostile threats and never stopped training themselves to fight them.

Yet, 100 years later, although they said they were citizens, it wasn't like they were powerless since they possessed power like this child.

Like the boy had said, considering individual strength, they might be better today than they were 100 years ago.

However, for them to cause such a ruckus from this much interruption of broken peace…

"Peace in the Abyss. What nonsense," Barmamunt muttered.

He didn't know when the Abyss had changed like this.

The Abyss was a place that was always full of fighting that occurred at any time.

In fact, God had made it like this for that purpose.

But, seeing how these guys were emphasizing on peace, Barmamunt watched them as if they were strange creatures.

"Well, that's quite new. This was why you guys made zoos like these."

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!

Kwooooooooooooooooo!

Seeing the guys starting to cry, Barmamunt laughed.

From Barmamunt's strike, the energy of the Red Jades inside Noah had been destroyed.

Naturally, it meant that the energies that had confined the alien species had all shut down as well.

Ruumble!

Boom!

The alien species roared as they continued to destroy and crawl out from their confines.

The windows were destroyed, and the hallways were collapsing.

Even though there was no energy supply, compared to the original model of the Ark, these arks had durable structures that were incomparably stronger, yet they crumbled so helplessly.

Even the Black Blue Jade Dragons, which Minsoo had mentioned were cute, were crawling out of the structures, crushing anything in their sight, without hesitation.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

However, their disturbance was not long.

"Be quiet, you bastards."

Barmamunt's heavy voice resonated throughout the area.

At that moment…

Grrr…..

The alien species that were full of anger and were on the verge of smashing everything down lowered themselves, shivering from the overwhelming mana and energy that were pressuring them.

Barmamunt, seeing this, had a satisfied expression.

'Well, they're not as good as the guys under me before, but…'

With a bit more, it would be enough to save him some face.

Ruuuuuuuuumble!

Barmamunt, laughing at the countless species that gathered under him, spoke, relaying his message through the system he ate, "Nice to meet you all. Especially… The child named Tales. I heard you're the President? I think you ran away peeing then."

Barmamunt looked in the air and smiled.

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"… I'm going to faint."

Tales looked dispirited as he saw Barmamunt greeting him.

How did all of this happen when all of their troops were dispatched out.

'No, in a way, isn't it a good thing that they're all out there?'

The security director looked at Tales with an incomprehensible look and spoke, "… Don't we just have to capture him?"

From those words, Tales shook his head.

It hadn't even been 100 years since that young warrior was born.

Thanks to that, he didn't have to go through the War of the Humans and Demons.

This was why he didn't know the situation.

The present situation was more desperate than that.

At the time, Eres and the other weapons were all preserved.

However, except for Kiriel, the rest were damaged and now asleep.

He had been trying to repair the damage for the last 100 years, but… less than 10 percent of the damages incurred at the time had regenerated.

For those who didn't know the situation, that 10 percent might seem to be a great improvement.

But, even with all their power, they could only seal him away, not to mention the current situation.

Clenching his teeth, Tales brought up the transmitter and shouted.

"What do you mean?! What are you…!"

When Tales was about to scream, someone unusual caught Tales's eyes.

'… Who is that?'

Tales frowned, seeing the man next to Kiriel.

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"You came to see me?"

From those words, Hansoo nodded.