Chapter 178
Chapter 178 - The End of the Wait (1)
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Reygus was taken aback .
‘What the hell is this?’
He had never seen this place before . He had no idea why he was here . He had no memories that could give context to what he was seeing .
‘Did someone manipulate my mind?’
Could someone who could do that to him really exist?
Soon, he decided to give up on such train of thought . He hated thinking about complicated thoughts .
If he found something he didn’t like, he would just smash it .
Gee-eee-eek, ggee-eee-eek…… .
Rain was falling hard outside, and the old door swayed back and forth in the dark room . It produced a harsh sound to the ears .
Reygus could see through the darkness as if it was daytime . The sight in front of his eyes was horrifying .
The humans, who had been alive and talking only moments before, had turned into gruesome corpses . None of the corpses were whole, and an incredible amount of blood had painted the interior of the building .
“Ha-ah, ahhhhhhh…… . ”
In the midst of this scene, a girl was collapsed on the ground . She was letting out a tortured moan . Reygus had approached her before he knew it, and at the same time, he realized one thing .
‘Is this a dream?’
He wasn’t there . His body wasn’t present . He could only watch the scene from a certain point of view .
Was he under the influence of a magic that caused hallucination? Or maybe he was having a bad dream?
“Haaaah, ahhhhhk…… . ”
The girl continued to be in pain . Reygus realized that the girl was dying . She was the only one alive in this horrible scene, but that distinction would become useless soon . Her body wouldn't’ be able to survive its mangled state .
“…I was a step too late . So this is the reason why I regained consciousness . ”
At that moment, he suddenly heard a calm voice .
Reygus flinched in surprise . It wasn’t, because he hadn’t been able to sense the owner of the voice approaching them . This person hadn’t tried to hide his presence, so Reygus was able to hear his approaching footsteps in the hallway .
The part that made Reygus surprised was the voice itself .
‘Atein?’
It was the voice of a man that he couldn’t forget even in a dream .
Soon, the man revealed himself . He was camouflaged as a human . His horns, ears and Dragon Demon Stone was hidden with magic . However, Reygus recognized him . His long black hair looked as if it was made out of jade . His eyes had a far away look, and his face was blank . The man was Atein .
“Who……?”
The girl gasped in pain as she asked the question . She raised her head from the ground, and her pupils weren’t focused .
Atein spoke .
“We’ve met a long time ago . I’m Atein . ”
“The Dragon Demon King…… . ”
“That is what they call me now . ”
“…how……?”
It was unclear as to what the girl was asking . However, Atein immediately understood what she was asking .
“I heard what happened to your tribe . Afterwards, I set up a detection magic to capture the moment you awakened . ”
“Did you perhap put this over the entire continent……?”
“That’s right . ”
“Ah-ha-ha . You really are an absurd person… . . . ”
“I hear that quite often . ”
Atein spoke indifferently . He had a vacant look, so he didn’t reveal any of his emotions . It was hard to guess what he was thinking .
Atein spoke .
“Still, it is fortunate that my technique wasn’t a complete failure . If you died before I found you in your awakened state, even I would not have been able to find you afterwards . ”
“Why……?”
“It is, because I need you . ”
Atein brought up a finger infused with his magical energy . He pressed his finger against her forehead, and she spoke her name . It was a name she hadn’t known in this life . He spoke her true name .
“Kayalia . ”
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<…mmmm?>
Reygus raised his head in surprise .
When Atein called out Kayalia’s name, his consciousness was brought back to the present . He realized he was walking down the cold corridor of the Dragon Demon palace .
“What’s wrong?”
An old Dragon Demon was walking next to him . It was Chanes, who had been Reygus’ lieutenant during the Dragon Demon war . Reygus raised his hand, and he covered his face . There was only his skull there .
<How long have I been out?>
“You were walking with me?”
Chanes had no idea what Reygus was talking about .
Reygus spoke in a baffled manner .
<It seems I was daydreaming . >
“Daydreaming?”
<It seems something like that can happen even with this body . That is why… . . >
In mid-sentence, his surrounding became dark . The change made him suspicious as to whether he was having another dream, but he became confident that this incident was occurring in reality .
<I bet Chanes will be bewildered . >
-He can be bewildered for all I care .
Kayalia’s ghost-like figure appeared in front of him . She had copied the Vitan’s Maze to separate Reygus into a secluded space .
<You are very mean . What was that, Kayalia?>
-Oppa peeked into my dream . You violated a girl’s privacy . You are a pervert .
<That isn’t fair . I had no desire to do that . >
-It doesn’t matter if it was intentional or not . In such a situation, you have to shut up and apologize .
<I feel extremely wronged by the accusation, but I’ll do as you say . I’m sorry . >
There wasn’t a hint of sincerity in his apology, so Kayalia snorted .
-All right . We both have roots in the Great Darkness, and since I’m staying close to oppa, it seems we became connected like this .
<I see . So that was you memory?>
-Correct .
<It was the memory of you meeting the king . However, you were… . . >
She hadn’t been a Dragon Demon . She had been dying as a human girl . In Reygus’ opinion, she hadn’t been disguising herself with magic . She really had the body of a human .
-I was human .
<How?>
-Until the king came looking for me, I lived as a human .
<…I’m having a hard time understanding this . >
-You already know what kind of being I am .
<You were the head of your clan until you became engaged to the king . You used a secret technique to continue your existence from you past life . This secret technique was crucial in developing the technique that revived Almarick and me . >
Kayalia’s tribe were unsociable . They created their society in a perilous land, and they had lived for a thousand years in a closed society .
The tribe was started by a 1st generation Dragon Demon, and the Dragon Demon had created the secret art of Transmigration . One could live beyond their allotted lifespan . This magic made them practically immortal . Kayalia had been worshipped as the goddess of this tribe . This was Kayalia’s identity .
When she felt her life nearing its end, she performed a ritual to be reborn as her own descendant . However, it was hard to differentiate which descendant she was transmigrated into . It required time and opportunity for her to awaken from her transmigration .
-Even if the secret technique could allow me to pursue immortality, it wasn’t perfect .
After several transmigration, small problems started to pop up .
There were omissions to her memories, or she had some mental problem . There was a time when a curse made her suffer from ill health . It shortened her lifespan… . . .
-The soul is influenced by the body more so than people think . If one is reborn as a new existence several dozen times over the long years, the quality of the original soul degrades .
Small breakdowns starts to happen, and crucial problem starts to occur .
<What kind of problem?>
- I became two people .
<Mmm?>
-I was supposed to awaken as a single entity, but I was awakened in two people .
She awakened within siblings, who were identical .
It was Kayalia and her twin brother Kaydika .
The divinity the tribe had absolutely believed in started to break down at that point .
-The tribe was divided into those that advocated for me, and those that advocated for Kaydika . Both sides fought each other . Moreover, Kaydika and I loved each other, but at the same time, we hated each other .
Before the awakening, Kayalia and Kaydika were twins that had boundless love for each other . However, after the awakening, their hatred for each other became boundless .
It wasn’t the influence of the other people around them . Her soul had been split into two, and the two siblings were in pain when they realized that their own uniqueness was undermined by each other’s presence .
-We knew it by instinct . The only way to escape this torment was to kill the other . There could be only one .
The tribe broke into two, and they fought . It spurred a codestruction .
-Before my last moment came, I started the ritual for transmigration . However, it was unstable . I didn’t have the luxury to prepare the whole ritual .
She had lived for a very long time through transmigration, but her existence came to an end with Kayalia and Kaydika .
That was what everyone had thought .
However, Atein was of a different mind .
-The king knew my ritual was incomplete, but he thought there was a possibility of it succeeding .
This was why he had done something ridiculous . He placed a detection magic over the entire continent . It would alert him the moment I awakened again . He had done this while he was conducting a war against the whole world .
Kayalia had been unaware of his efforts . She had lived her life after being transmigrated into a human girl .
-I was treated with contempt as a cursed child . In the end… . .
A bitter smile appeared on her lips .
She had died at the hands of the humans she had trusted .
After she was transmigrated into a human, she had lived an unassuming life . She lived in a city where there was an institution that trained magicians . The magicians were very closed in terms of teaching their secret techniques . However, they had no choice, but to open themselves when an enemy of humanity had appeared . They couldn't discriminate in their teachings when faced with the threat of the Dragon Demon king’s army .
However, the war continued to deteriorate, and the magicians had nowhere to run away . Their city was put under siege .
Since the city had many magicians, they were able to mount a fierce defense, and they planned on holding out for the day when they would get rescued… . . However, in several days time, their enemies poisoned the lake . The city was sealed up, and the only source of water was the lake . This drove the residents of the city into despair .
They had thought the city was safe . When this flimsy belief was destroyed, it dawned on them that their deaths were imminent . The humans lost all sense of reason .
The teenage magicians, who had studied under the same teacher as her, subdued and violated her . She had been someone with no background . It was horrendous, but their actions served as a catalyst that had awakened her .
<Mmmm…… . >
Reygus felt awkward, so he scratched at his helmeted head . Then he realized his gesture was meaningless, so he awkwardly asked his next question .
<You met the king when you were about to lose your life as a human . What happened afterwards?>
He didn’t know how he should console her, so he chose to ignore the whole thing . At Reygus question, Kayalia let out a laugh .
-Pfft! .
<What’s so funny?>
-It just is . As expected, oppa is cute .
<Mmmm…… . >
When Reygus first met Kayalia, she was already a Dragon Demon girl .
If she had died and transmigrated during that time period, the timeline didn’t match . Moreover, she had been at the brink of death, so she couldn’t have made preparations for her ritual .
-The king had made preparations a long time ago in an attempt to persuade me .
<If it’s the king, he would be able to do it . Is there really a secret technique that allows a human to be made into a Dragon Demon?>
-No . Such a technique doesn’t exist . At the very least, it doesn’t exist as far as I know .
<So how did he do it?>
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