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Dragon Maken War - Chapter 178




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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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