Chapter 123: Dragons Resting Ground (6)

What?

His eyes, full of astonishment, looked at Ohjin.

You are the husband of the Queen of Leeches?

Thats right.

Cheon Doyoons expression stiffened.

A certain bit information he had heard from his son not too long ago crossed his mind.

-The Queen of Leeches is showing interest in the Lightning Wolf.

He couldnt imagine that her interest in him wasnt as a prey but as a man.

That crazy woman?

Cheon Doyoon sharply exclaimed at Ohjin.

Unwavering eyes, steady breathing, and calm lips shaped straight.

Cheon Doyoons face roughly and violently distorted.

Hes not lying.

Cheon Doyoon was called the King and commanded thousands of subordinates. He had exceptionally sharp eyes that could distinguish if one was lying or not from just their expression and body language.

His intuition that was built up through a long time told him:

The young man in front of you is telling you the truth without the slightest bit of lies.

It was impossible for him to be lying from the start since the Lightning Wolf knows Isabellas identity.

The fact that Isabella was hiding her identity more thoroughly than anyone else was well-known within the Black Star Organization. Nothing other than them being in a close relationship could come to mind since he knew her identity.

Holholhol! Being the mate of that bloodthirsty witch I really do pity you.

Pity? Do you know how well Isabella takes care of me?

Her taking good care of him was the truth.

Holholhol! How long do you think thatll last? The moment the witch loses interest, youll just become one of her meals.

Youve been talking quite a lot. So are you going to kill me or not?

Cheon Doyoons expression hardened.

If the Lightning Wolf was the husband of the Queen of Leeches like he said, he couldnt carelessly lay his hands on him.

Holholhol. Youll die once the witch loses interest anyways, so therell be no need for me to kill you myself.

You sure do ramble a lot for a bastard who got cold feet.

Well, whatever. So is that the Dragons Heart?

Ohjin looked at the blue sphere grasped in Cheon Doyoons hand.

It was translucent and shone like looking at a massive blue diamond. He could feel an enormous amount of mana prickling his skin from the sphere that was around the size of an apple.

Its extremely small for something called the Dragons Heart.

The size of the heart was small enough to call it the Dragons Snot. Naturally, only its size was smallthe amount of mana itself was abundant enough to call it a heart.

Are you interested in the Dragons Heart?

Would I have come to the dungeon if I wasnt?

Holholhol! That does make sense. However I cannot hand over the Dragons Heart to you.

Cheon Doyoons eyes glimmered with greed while stroking the blue jewel in his hand.

Alright. You can have it.

After nodding his head, Ohjin turned around without hesitation.

?

Cheon Doyoon was surprised because of Ohjins attitude which was too nonchalant; it felt suspicious rather than easy-going.

Didnt you come to the dungeon for the Dragons Heart?

I did.

But youre giving up without any regrets?

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Why? Were you going to break a bit of it for me if I didnt give up?

Ohjin chuckled.

Being unable to obtain the Dragons Heart after getting that far was definitely unfortunate, but it didnt mean he could forcefully take the Dragons heart out of Cheon Doyoons hands.

Even if I abuse Isabellas existence, he wont hand over the Dragons Heart as long as he doesnt have a loose screw.

Obtaining the Dragons Heart had already failed from the moment Cheon Doyoon arrived first. Simply being able to save his life by using Isabella was a relief and something he had to be thankful for.

It is a shame, but giving up here is the right move.

He couldnt fight Cheon Doyoon when he didnt have Vega and one of his arms wouldnt move.

Holholhol. It seems that youre still smart enough to know your place.

Cheon Doyoon stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction.

After putting the precious Dragons Heart into his pocket, he turned around.

Go and convey this to the Queen of Leeches.

He glared at Ohjin with cold eyes.

If you keep acting against the will of the Black Stars, youll get shredded to pieces by that person.

Does that mean theres someone controlling Cheon Doyoon from behind the scenes?

Flutter!

Cheon Doyoons body turned into black feathers and disappeared.

-Ring!

[The clear condition for the Dragons Resting Ground has been met!]

[A reward will be given to the Awakener who has met the clear condition!]

[The dungeons entrance will close after 72 hours.]

A blue message appeared in front of his eyes.

Needless to say, as it wasnt Ohjin but Cheon Doyoon who met the clear condition, he wasnt granted a reward.

72 hours

There was a lot of time left until the gate closed. Ohjin leaned on the caves wall made of blue crystals and became lost in thought.

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Indeed. Theres definitely a connection between the Pseudo Star Cult and the Black Star Organization.

According to the information obtained from Lee Shinhyuks memories, the group looking for the star relic hidden in Mt. Baekdu was the Pseudo Star Cult. However, the group he ran into inside the dungeon wasnt the Pseudo Star Cult, but the Black Organization.

The two groups had too many similarities to think that the future changing was all that happened.

Lets say the Black Star Organization changes their name to the Pseudo Star Cult in the future

The time frame that the incident occurred in the present and the world of the 1st Round in Lee Shinyuks memories didnt coincide.

Theyre looking for the star relic before they even changed their name.

There was no way to find out when they decided to change their name from the Black Star Organization to the Pseudo Star Cult, but at least in the present, they were operating under the name Black Star Organization.

When did things start to go off course?

There were a lot of possibilities he could think of.

Yujin and Arshad Khans death Killing Cheon Woosung, who wouldve been alive for at least two more years...

Absorbing the star relic that was supposed to be obtained by the Black Star Organization and eliminating the monster dormant under Seoul Station

Once he laid out each action he took until then, the number of possibilities was uncountable with the butterfly effects and influence he had on the future.

Then does that mean I cant completely trust Lee Shinhyuks memories now?

With the future turning its course, it wouldnt be strange if an incident completely different from Lee Shinhyuks memories of the 1st Round happened.

Although Ill be able to grasp the situation

He couldnt act like it was certain information like before.

Fuu.

Ohjin predicted that such a predicament would come after killing Lee Shinhyuk and taking his place as a Regressor, but now that the time had actually come, he felt like he was lost and without a map.

There was a chance he would have to act as a Regressor with nothing but his own strength from then on.

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Well, it cant be helped.

If there was going to be no difference from the 1st Round, there was no reason for the Heaven-defying Star to exist in the first place.

Lets start by going to check if Ha-eun is safe.

He had confirmed Vega catching Ha-eun mid-fallshe shouldnt have been injured that badly.

Then

Ohjin pushed his back off of the wall.

Crawl

Hm?

Without him even realizing, black clouds emerged from his back and stuck to the caves wall. Black clouds connected Ohjins back to the wall like it was stretched melted cheese.

What?

It was Ohjins first time seeing the Black Heavens clouds going out of his body on their own.

Ohjin turned around and slowly extended his hand out to the wall made of blue crystals.

Rumble!

The Black Heavens clouds came out of his hand and stuck to the wall.

Thats right.

As if they had discovered an appetizing prey

Greedily

Ravenously

They stuck tight to the blue crystal and wiggled as if licking the wall.

This is

Ohjins eyes narrowed.

The message that flashed by his eyes crossed his mind.

Stories say dragons confine their heart in mana and turn it into a crystal at the densest area of a dragon vein before they return to nature.

The densest area of a dragon vein

Ohjin tilted his head up and looked around.

A massive cavity that was hundreds of meters wide.

The blue crystals that stuck to the wall without a gap.

Wait

Ohjins eyes widened.

With his hands on the wall, he focused his mind.

Rumbleeee!!

Like spilling black ink on white paper, the Black Heavens clouds started to cover the wall covered in blue crystals. The clouds that spread out wide started to absorb the mana contained inside the crystals.

Holy crap.

Ohjins mouth gaped.

Even if it was the Black Heaven, he didnt think it would be able to absorb the dragon vein itself.

R-R-R-R-RUMBLEEEE!!!!

Like a collapsing dam

Like the built-up water of a river pouring down

A frightening amount of mana flowed into his body.

Kugh!

Ohjin groaned out of pain.

The expression too much wasnt enough to explain the problem.

Damn it!

It was on a different league compared to when he absorbed the mana of the apprehended Black Star Organization members. A monstrous amount of mana rode through the Black Heaven and flowed into his body.

Perhaps even more mana than what was inside the Dragons Heart Cheon Doyoon took away.

Stop! S-Stop entering my body!

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Ohjin chewed his lips and barely held onto his gradually fading consciousness.

As if blowing air into a balloon at its limit, the mana churning inside his body felt like it was about to explode. Little by little, he pushed the mana outside of his body.

That much cant be absorbed!!!!!

Arghhhhhhhh!!!!

He desperately tried to withdraw the Black Heaven, but the clouds continued feasting on the dragon vein like a starving beast chewing up raw meat.

Calm down. You fucks!

Ohjin ground his teeth while glaring at the Black Heavens clouds.

As if they could actually understand his words, the speed of the absorption slowed down very slightly.

Now!

Ohjins eyes shone.

Uaaaaaaaaah!!!!

He roared out and withdrew the Black Heaven that was absorbing mana from the dragon vein back into his body.

Rumbleeeeeee!!

The Black Heaven sucked out as much mana of the dragon vein as it could and returned to Ohjins body.

-Ring!

[You have achieved part of the conditions required for Heaven Unfolding!]

[ , ]

With the message that a part of the conditions was met, ineligible letters started to twist and distort.

Bzzzz

The letters were spread out as if there was a static malfunction, and they gradually started to find their original places like they were puzzle pieces.

[ ]

The letters formed a single sentence, though he was still unable to read what it meant.

The letters they changed.

Ohjin narrowed his eyes and stared at the unidentifiable message.

Before he was able to think deeper about the meaning behind the sentence

-Ring!

[You have successfully absorbed the mana of the Dragon Vein.]

[Warning!]

[The amount of mana you have absorbed is too immense!]

[The dragon veins mana will be limited according to the Black Heavens awakening stage.]

After informing him that the dragon veins mana would be limited, the mana churning inside his body was sucked somewhere else and disappeared.

Huff! Huff!

Ohjin clutched his left chest and breathed out rough breaths.

Fuck

He looked around with a bewildered expression.

As if a light switch was flipped off, the blue crystals that covered the massive cavity werent shining any longer.

I actually devoured the dragon vein whole.

Ohjin looked down at his body in disbelief.

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[The clear condition for the Dragons Resting Ground has been met!]

[A reward will be given to the Awakener who has met the clear condition!]

[The dungeons entrance will close after 72 hours.]

Hmm.

While looking at the message in front of her eyes, the blond-haired woman crossed her arms with an uninterested expression.

Indeed, its as I thought.

Isabella picked up a round tablet that was on the dungeons ground.

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The shape of a snake was engraved on the palm-sized medallion.

So the one controlling the Owls from behind was that person.

She stared at the tablet in her hand with killing intent glimmering in her eyes.