Nidhogg’s body, blackened from spewing breath, began to shine with a dark luster, its flames extinguished.
The sight of its massive form turning black in an instant was a spectacle of a different kind.
The pitch-black ink color was so dark it even took on a faint blue hue.
“This is…!” Ramang, sensitive to magic power, immediately noticed Nidhogg’s change and shouted.
“No way!”
“What’s going on?” Balak, less attuned to magic than Ramang, asked, not understanding Nidhogg’s transformation or Ramang’s exclamation.
“Its nature has changed!”
“Huh?”
“The nature of its magic power! Its structure has changed!” The structure of magic power, as mentioned before, was unique, like a human’s DNA.
Yggdrasil had analyzed Nidhogg’s magic structure to create a countermeasure.
And Lee Ro-woon had temporarily twisted Nidhogg’s magic structure to break through it again.
“That was just a moment ago…”
“It’s different from that!” What Lee Ro-woon had done was merely damaging or altering a part of the structure. That was also something that belonged to the divine realm.
-Master.
Like Nidhogg’s voice, which had become heavier.
“It means it has become a completely different being!” It meant that Nidhogg had become a completely different being from before.
“……!” It was like Ramang suddenly turning into an Orc. The fact that such a transformation, transcending species, was possible, and that it happened in an instant, was something that could not be expressed in words.
“If something like this is possible…!” Balak finally understood Ramang’s words and said.
“Can’t we use breath in this state?” If the structure of the breath had changed, wouldn’t it be able to regain its destructive power?
“No,” Lee Ro-woon answered.
*Whoosh!* Nidhogg was standing still in the air. Although Lee Ro-woon had ordered it to charge, Nidhogg was quietly staying in place, letting the arrows fly into its body.
*Thud, thud.* The barrier seemed to have been removed. All the arrows were flying in and hitting it, but Nidhogg did not cry out in pain like before.
“This state is not only difficult to maintain, but I haven’t even tried using breath yet.” Transformation. Until now, Nidhogg had been maximizing its magic power with the sacred fire of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and…
-Blood Demon Divine Art.
The power of the Blood Demon Divine Art. But the current Nidhogg was different.
‘External observation of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.’ That is, a state where materialization was maximized. It contained all that energy in its bones and surrounded its body. The current Nidhogg.
“Now…” It had become a missile that moved according to its will, and even more than that.
“Go and crash into it.” When Lee Ro-woon’s command fell again.
*Whoosh!* Ramang and Balak’s heads began to tilt back.
*Whirr!* A gale that seemed to tear their bodies apart.
“Aaaah!” With Lee Ro-woon’s help, they barely managed to keep their balance, clinging to Nidhogg’s body, unable to even breathe properly.
Nidhogg, who had been floating quietly above the clouds.
It.
“Prepare for impact.” It took only a few seconds to get close to Yggdrasil’s body.
The barrier and shield that Lee Ro-woon had deployed. In the following moment.
*KWAH-BANG!* Nidhogg’s body, which had become a spear, collided with Yggdrasil, creating a roar. Lee Ro-woon had tried to protect them by deploying a barrier and shield, but dozens of shields had already been broken, and the barrier was tattered.
Balak and Ramang twisted their bodies and vomited blood from the impact that had squeezed through the gaps.
“Ugh, ugh…” What they heard when they barely regained their senses was.
*Crack!* A part of the massive Yggdrasil was breaking and collapsing.
“I… insane…” Who would have thought that such a thing was possible?
“Good job.” At Lee Ro-woon’s voice, Nidhogg’s body, which had been embedded, began to glow brightly.
*Thud.* Lee Ro-woon naturally stepped onto the ground, and Balak and Ramang fell as if they were plummeting. In front of them, Nidhogg, who had become small, was quietly clinging to Lee Ro-woon’s shoulder. A small, ink-colored dragon.
-Call me Gungnir, Master.
Even its tone had completely changed, and Lee Ro-woon clicked his tongue and looked ahead.
“Huff. Huff.” Balak and Ramang, who had finally recovered a little, stood up.
“Prepare.”
They thought that one big task was over, but.
“Yes…?”
“Where do you think this is?” It wasn’t over. The place where Nidhogg had crashed open the entrance was inside Yggdrasil.
“Didn’t you see it before?” And in the scene that Balak and Ramang had seen before.
*Tatatat!* Like a swarm of black ants, the corrupted ones were guarding Yggdrasil. The Dark Elves, who had been unable to approach Nidhogg flying in the sky, were finally rushing towards Lee Ro-woon’s group.
“Hah!” Balak and Ramang quickly took a battle stance.
*Thud.* It was the moment when Lee Ro-woon stomped his foot and slammed it onto the floor of Yggdrasil. The Dark Elves were rushing in quickly. The Dark Elves with arrows, throwing daggers, and wielding swords.
*Thud thud thud thud thud!* They fell, riddled with holes from the red beads that flew in quickly.
“……” Silence fell on the surroundings, which had been noisy with the footsteps of the Dark Elves just a moment ago. Lee Ro-woon had not told Balak and Ramang to prepare to fight the Dark Elves.
“Move quickly.” He meant to prepare to leave this place and move quickly.
*Tatatat!* The Dark Elves, who were surging in like waves.
*KWAH-BANG!* They could not block Lee Ro-woon’s path.
* * *
‘Blood Demon Divine Art.’ The Blood Demon Divine Art, which had already reached its peak.
‘Heavenly Demon Divine Art.’ The Heavenly Demon Divine Art had also reached its peak. Through this.
‘Divine Demon Art.’ It had been a long time since he had completed the parts of the Martial King, whether it was called Blood Heaven Divine Art or Divine Demon Art. Originally, the Martial King’s teacher, Shin Yeo-wool, had only taught the Blood Demon Divine Art and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art as vessels to contain and create the whole. She had never specifically told Lee Ro-woon about the Blood Heaven Divine Art or the Divine Demon Art that the Martial King had actually used. However, Lee Ro-woon had realized it himself and was able to use it.
‘Ring of the Emperor.’ The Sword King teacher had passed on the position of Emperor of Einheart and everything else to him. The Ring of the Emperor was the ability to stand at the pinnacle of all circles, to become the emperor of all magic power, to look down on everything and trample it. If the Martial King’s idea was to make a human being a god, the Sword King was the one who tried to become one with nature and bind the whole world together. And.
‘Reached its peak.’ The Ring of the Emperor had also reached its peak. Now, seven rings were spinning fiercely in Lee Ro-woon’s chest. Unlike Einheart’s circle theory, which saw nine or ten as completion, Lee Ro-woon knew that these seven rings were the completed form of the emperor. And Lee Ro-woon’s body had evolved to match this. Already…
-He is a demigod. It could be said that Lee Ro-woon had regained the realm of a demigod. Lee Ro-woon, who could connect and use the human body and nature as one. Lastly.
‘The Demon King’s Magic Essence.’ The magic essence given by the Demon King teacher. This was ambiguous to call it a teaching. Magic and knowledge, and other things could be called teachings, but this magic essence.
-To be precise… As the Demon King teacher said.
-This magic essence called Lucifer cannot be taught in any form. It was authority, qualification, and existence. The Demon King had given it to Lee Ro-woon. However, since it did not exist in any form or knowledge, it could not be learned.
-You can only wait and hope that it will settle and become one with you. The only thing you can do is provide food for its completion, and it was impossible to train in any way. If there was one way, it was to receive the loyalty of the beings of Gehenna and awaken them by engraving their existence. Therefore, the completion of the Demon King’s magic essence, Lucifer, was said to be distant. The reason for telling this story is.
*Squeeze.* Even now, without completing Lucifer, the Demon King’s magic essence.
“Cough! Cough!” There were almost no beings that could block Lee Ro-woon’s path. He already knew. That there would be no one who could block his path in his returned home, Earth.
*KWAH-BANG!* He already knew. That even in this ruined world.
“The guardians…” They would not be able to block his path. The children of Elk, the special ones among the Elves, were connected to Elk, their god, or the World Tree, and could borrow their power. They had stepped into the realm of transcendence just by being connected, and had become beings who could use some divine power.
-Rattle. Like Ralak, the leader of the Elves. And as mentioned before, there were such beings among the corrupted ones. Those who were connected to the corrupted World Tree and used their power.
*Crack!* They were screaming and dying under Lee Ro-woon’s feet. The breaking skulls and scattered flesh. The blood flowing like a stream was just like a dream. The six guardians that Lee Ro-woon, who was moving forward, faced. It seemed as if they were fighting Lee Ro-woon, but.
“Is this the end?” In the end, they all fell and surrendered their bodies to Lee Ro-woon in less than a few minutes.
“……” Balak and Ramang kept their mouths shut. But they did not lose their mission. Especially Ramang.
“Yes.” He said, reminding himself that he was in charge of guiding the way. From the moment they stepped on the body of Yggdrasil.
*Whoosh!* Ramang was more connected to this corrupted World Tree, and he could clearly see the situation unfolding in Yggdrasil.
“The guardians are finished.” The trap that the corrupted ones had prepared to target Lee Ro-woon had been broken. Now.
“They’ll come in droves like dogs.” They would rush to stop Lee Ro-woon, knowing that they could not win, becoming suicide squads, having lost all hope.
*KWAH-BANG!* The inside of Yggdrasil was collapsing. Through the gaps, the corrupted ones appeared and swung their daggers.
*Bang!* They exploded without even reaching Lee Ro-woon.
*KWAH-BANG!* Even as dozens of Dark Elves were hit by blood spheres and became tangled pieces of flesh, they did not know what it meant to give up and rushed in. This was not their will. No, in the first place, there was no such thing as will. The parasites of the ruined world were only thinking and moving to eliminate all intruders according to the will of the host.
“How many are there?” Lee Ro-woon asked.
“I can’t count…” Ramang answered.
“I can’t count them.”
“They’re trying to tie us down.” Even now, Yggdrasil was being corrupted every moment. And in conjunction with that, Elk, the god of the Elves who was protecting Yggdrasil, was also being corrupted. Their goal was simple.
-To buy time until Elk is completely corrupted. When the accelerating corruption was completed.
“That seems a bit annoying.” Elk would become the god of the corrupted ones and attack Lee Ro-woon.
“We…” Balak said, biting his lip.
“We will buy time.” It meant that Lee Ro-woon should move forward. Balak and Ramang were planning to give up their lives to open the way for Lee Ro-woon. And.
“Why would you do that?” Lee Ro-woon asked back as if he didn’t understand.