Chapter 134
[‘Destroyer Cygnus’ is a ‘Supreme-rank Divine Beast’.]
[The life and soul of ‘Destroyer Cygnus’ is refined into a ‘Nest’.]
[More offerings are required to resurrect the God of Offerings.]
The Sacrifice System activated.
Cygnus’s waves began rapidly weakening.
【This power…?】
Cygnus muttered, still unable to comprehend.
Something had invaded him.
He knew it was being offered to the God of Offerings, but he couldn’t understand beyond that.
Even though their souls were connected, this was likely why Cygnus had been unable to see the entirety of Park Chan-woo clearly.
Soon, his body and soul flowed into Park Chan-woo.
Into the Holy Grail of the Sealed God in his head.
【Ah…】
And then he realized.
The countless talents felt from Park Chan-woo.
Those impossible powers—where they flowed from.
This was the source.
The Holy Grail of the Sealed God.
Because of the abominable beings inside it.
No, not merely abominable.
Cygnus trembled in fear.
Even as his consciousness faded, he could clearly feel their presence.
Beings far beyond him, each one a predator of dimensions, supreme entities!
The kind only born of the Great Fractures—why were they gathered in the Grail?
‘What in the world is this God of Offerings…’
He didn’t know.
And he didn’t want to know.
One thing was certain.
【This place… I cannot enter here?】
Cygnus could not enter.
Not even Destroyer Cygnus, who bore the name of ruin and was the terror of demons.
Even though he had slain hundreds of lords, massacred hundreds of thousands of demons.
It was not enough.
His existence was utterly insufficient.
He had no role here.
He was not needed.
Meaningless.
【…Take care of my child.】
All he could do was pray.
Park Chan-woo.
That he would raise his child well.
Though he was a “world error,” he was different from the others.
The other errors sought only to collapse the world.
But ironically, Park Chan-woo sought to protect it.
To save humanity, to preserve his world.
If he held to that will, perhaps the Great Fracture would not occur.
…And besides.
He had seen it clearly.
【You are the Archmage, acknowledged by that terrifying monster Sephiro.】
He had seen the moment.
Of the Twelve Species, the apex dragon race.
At their summit, the one said to have erased the Master of the Void.
It sounded like rumor, but if it was that “Transcendent Dragon,” it was possible.
He had no limits.
So Cygnus entrusted his child, the offspring of Sanctuary.
Because if Sephiro had recognized him, Sanctuary would as well.
【I entrust…】
Thus Cygnus was torn apart in the world of nothingness, in the domain of Level 0.
Countless beings had perished unable to cross this wall of lament.
Many had been sacrificed, but only the rarest could pass.
Only “errors as powerful as the world itself” recognized by the God of Offerings could enter.
At last Cygnus’s consciousness vanished from the void.
Merged with those that failed to pass the wall, it was lost completely.
—
At the same time.
Dragon God Sephiro tilted his head.
“…Was I mistaken?”
The presence of Cygnus, its very existence, had suddenly vanished.
As if it had evaporated.
Or perhaps it had been a misunderstanding from the start.
Maybe another Divine Beast had appeared.
But.
“Strange.”
Sephiro never mistook.
If even he had, it was proof that something beyond ordinary comprehension was happening.
Yes.
Strange things were happening in succession.
‘Recently, the Mystery Codex updated with another treasure.’
A belt bearing the name of “Baal.”
And it wasn’t long since the ultimate relic, the Star of Arrogance, had been added.
As if to flaunt it, paraded openly.
As though to provoke other “mystery seekers.”
But the one who had filled the Codex most was Sephiro.
For even him, to see new mysteries remain was astonishing.
‘Discoverer, Archmage.’
The name of the discoverer was the problem.
Sephiro once more opened the Mystery Codex.
[Baal’s Belt (977)]
[Mystery Fame: 10,000]
[Discovery Date: Abyss Era 44,444,424]
[Discoverer: Archmage]
The name at the top.
The 977th mystery, Baal’s Belt.
After the 976th, the ultimate relic Star of Arrogance, not even a year had passed.
And now the Archmage’s name was inscribed again.
This too was strange from Sephiro’s perspective.
He had scoured the Abyss.
There should have been no more mysteries.
If they did appear, it should have been in the distant future.
Yet two had emerged in rapid succession.
And one bore the name of Baal, said to be a beast of the Creators.
…That Baal’s name had been inherited into equipment.
And both found by one calling himself the “Archmage.”
An arrogant one who dared use that title instead of leaving it to him.
The pace was beyond his understanding.
This was the same.
He had felt Cygnus’s presence, then it vanished.
As if it evaporated in a way he could not perceive.
“…Something must be interfering with my perception.”
Sephiro tapped his own head.
Everything was a matter of perception.
As Dragon God, there was nothing in this world he could not know if he desired.
If he had been obstructed, it meant an error, a flaw had occurred.
Something unknown, unknowable.
What could it be?
Sephiro closed his eyes.
Craaaack!
Shrrrip! Shrrriiiip!
His body split and tore into countless pieces.
To identify the cause clearly, he began dissecting himself.
—
Park Chan-woo looked around.
Somehow, he had returned to reality.
Inside the creator Abyss Adora had made.
The dawn was breaking — the third and final day had begun.
“…Ugh.”
His body staggered.
His head throbbed.
Heat rose through his body, and his mouth was parched.
‘I need to sort these memories.’
The memories of Han Min-oh and Cygnus swirled chaotically in his mind.
If left unchecked, they would merge.
He would lose himself.
That was the danger of mixing mana waves.
But he had also learned much.
He could now handle waves more easily. He had confirmed he could seize control of them and offer them to the God of Offerings as sacrifices.
The problem was the backlash.
The jumbled memories left him shaken.
If he lost focus for even a moment, he might forget who he was.
If he had been a dragon race, cursed with eternal memory, it would have been torment.
‘But humans have the blessing of forgetfulness.’
Humans could forget.
They could discard the unneeded, and store only what was necessary.
They were an active, autonomous species when it came to memory.
If that wasn’t a blessing, what was?
“…I am Park Chan-woo.”
He repeated his name.
If he didn’t, he might lose himself.
“I am Park Chan-woo.”
He kept repeating.
Speaking his name aloud.
But suddenly, a doubt surfaced.
Who is Park Chan-woo?
What exactly am I?
Cygnus had called him “Master of the Void.”
Lee Hyuk-soo had called him “Prophet.”
Everyone defined him differently.
Which was his true self?
Where was the beginning of Park Chan-woo’s existence?
When had he first declared he would become a “Archmage”?
—“I’ll personally call you a Archmage. You may boast of it anywhere!”
The beginning was Dragon God Sephiro.
From then, he had walked the path of the Archmage.
A seeker of truth, a Archmage who would surpass Dragon God Sephiro!
That was all that mattered.
Everything else was secondary.
With that perspective, his memories organized more easily.
His mana waves stabilized.
[‘Synchronization Rate’ 0%]
[All ‘synchronizations’ are released.]
Finally, he separated.
From Han Min-oh, from Cygnus.
He shook his head once and looked.
On Han Min-oh’s chest lay a single “Egg of Light.”
It was half-broken, yet empty within.
But the shell still twitched, showing signs of hatching.
He reached out slowly.
When his hand touched—
[First Contact begins.]
[Divine Beast ‘Cygnus’ is hatching!]
[‘Cygnus’ hatches and absorbs all ‘Nests’.]
[Absorption Rate 100%! There can be no more perfect Nest.]
[‘Cygnus’ inherits all the potential of the Nest.]
[The title ‘Destroyer’ is succeeded.]
[The ‘Ultimate Bloodline’ manifests more strongly.]
[The Ultimate Bloodline strengthens independence.]
[‘Cygnus’ does not acknowledge you.]
[It doubts whether you are truly its kin Divine Beast.]
Change was beginning.
From the cracked egg, a black wing burst forth.
But Cygnus did not recognize Park Chan-woo.
The Ultimate Bloodline… likely meant Sanctuary’s bloodline.
He couldn’t fully grasp the name, but he knew from Cygnus’s memories that Sanctuary was the greatest King of the rift.
A noble bloodline indeed.
Then it happened.
[‘Easter Egg (002)’ activates!]
[‘Cygnus’ recognizes you as kin.]
[‘Cygnus’ acknowledges you as parent.]
[The Ultimate Bloodline! Potential of the lineage is shared!]
[The name of ‘Sanctuary,’ the Absolute, has been inherited together.]