Chapter 325

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But ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Drago de Lord paid no heed and concentrated on absorbing the energy dwelling in the Dragon Heart.

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Lord ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍wanted to reclaim the existence force of every god.

The Emperor longed to take the existence force of every human with the potential for transcendence.

Drago was no different.

"I will take the strength of every dragon left in the world."

It was a world where merely being known to carry dragon blood made one prey.

Remaining at the Emperor's side was a sufficiently worthwhile choice in terms of using information as well.

He had encountered countless members of his kind.

There were pure-blooded dragons, halves and quarters, and mongrels who were not even that.

[Are you absorbing the mana accumulated in Dragon Hearts?]

[You, too, will never die a good death.]

Words uttered as ancient dragons, spending their last years in lairs hidden beneath layers of illusion magic, died.

[Ha…… Hahaha……. You call yourself the Dragon Lord? I cannot acknowledge……]

Words spoken by a half-blood working as a human mage.

"S-save me……!! I am closer to human than dragon……"

Words begged by a quarter after Drago discovered his identity, before death.

Regardless of the thickness of their blood, he took their hearts.

Just as all gods' Authorities converged upon Lord, the power of every dragon converged upon the Dragon Lord.

That was his true ability as the one who would exist as the sole dragon.

[You contain every sort of trait in one body.]

[How are you any different from a mongrel?]

It was not pleasant even for him to meet those who had been born as a ruling species yet lived powerless lives.

Their memories flowed in along with the karma accumulated in their Dragon Hearts, but none of them had gained a power other than mana.

He spent most of his time in the Imperial Castle in Magic Towers.

"Gods are not perfect beings simply because they are gods."

"Heh heh heh. Are you interested in curses?"

The White Duke and Black Duke had opposing dispositions, but by human standards, both were outstanding mages.

Through research spanning generations, Drago confirmed that the two Magic Tower masters had also surpassed the human standard.

While assisting their experiments, he analyzed gods' Authorities and the Anomaly's curses.

'What if I took this power for myself?'

What if he could accept the Anomaly's curses after mana and divine power?

"It is not a good idea."

"……"

The Emperor, who had noticed his thoughts, answered first.

"Gods' Authorities and the Anomaly's curses are opposing powers."

For the Authority of Haki, there was a corresponding Curse of Haki.

That meant the Anomaly's curses could weaken gods' Authorities.

"But have you not laid hands on all of them?"

The mana of nature. Gods' Authorities. The Anomaly's curses.

Now he knew that the Emperor was even fusing the evil energy symbolizing monsters into his body.

"Do you think I cannot do the same?"

"A dragon is a dragon."

The Emperor mocked his self-righteous nature.

"I told you I would not take orders."

"I will not stop you if you wish to do it. Implanting the Anomaly's curses is more painful than you brothers think."

The Emperor shrugged and stated it with certainty.

When Drago went straight to see the Black Duke, he was welcomed with that man's characteristic gloomy smile.

"Heh heh heh. So you wish to implant the Curse of Haki."

"Are you not the one who manages the Anomaly's curses, not the Emperor?"

"That is not wrong. But……"

The Black Duke's sinister eyes ran over Drago's body.

It was the gaze of someone considering an interesting test subject.

"Insolent bastard."

Rumble—

The Black Duke retreated at the Haki leaking out.

"My, calm yourself. The curse dwelling in the Magic Tower is awakening."

His attitude was so absurd that Drago nearly laughed in disbelief: even in the face of Drago's Haki, he worried first for the safety of his experiment.

"Mages are that sort."

"I asked whether it was possible."

"Yes. Implanting the Curse of Haki in your body and observing the reaction is not a bad idea. If it succeeds, you will probably be able to accept other curses as well. But."

The Black Duke pointed his slender index finger at Drago's heart.

"The moment you accept a curse, the powers you possess will change in nature."

"……"

"In other words, you will no longer be able to take dragons' hearts as you did before."

The moment he took the Anomaly's power, he would become a being different from what he had been.

Just as the Emperor had.

"I became that way as well. You will be no different."

The Anomaly's power changed the nature of those who possessed it.

"Are there not still dragons hidden in the world?"

The Black Duke said that if Drago meant to accept it, it would be better to do so after taking the hearts of every dragon in the world, not now.

Thus, accepting the Anomaly's curses was postponed.

Not long after, the Emperor came to him.

"I hear there is a mutant dragon created by Neptune."

Neptune, the God of the Sea.

He was a High-ranking God who counted the kingdoms called the Current Nations as believers.

"It is probably a Demigod."

Demigods.

Those who survived after receiving a god's power and had the potential to become complete gods.

They, too, belonged to the category of Demigods.

It would be better than the heart of some mediocre ancient dragon.

"The Temple of the Sea is in the Current Nations, is it not?"

"It lies along the ocean, so exchange with it is difficult."

The climate was poor for sailing, and the mana in the atmosphere was too unstable to use Warp Gates.

Humans would never learn that the Emperor had manipulated all of it through Magic Towers.

In any case, it was irrelevant to Drago.

"If you plan to fly there in your true body, give it up. It is too soon to reveal your identity that way."

"How many times must I tell you? I take orders from no one."

"……"

The Emperor fell silent for a moment.

He had reincarnated into a new body and was resting to stabilize himself.

Having achieved the realm of 9-Star with mana, divine power, and the power of the Anomaly, he would immediately run wild if even one of them went awry.

It could be called a side effect of handling presumptuous power without possessing a Dragon Heart.

"It would not be difficult to crush you as you are now."

"Do you want to?"

"……"

Lord's divine power engraved in their bodies did not welcome a battle between them.

The Authority of Haki that Lord had bestowed upon him was proof that he had been chosen, but also a shackle.

He had learned this while participating in the White Duke's experiments on Authorities.

Regardless, he had no reason to listen to the Emperor.

If he stormed the Temple of the Sea and took the Demigod dragon, his Presence would become more perfect.

Later, he would clash once again with this arrogant human who believed himself the only special choice.

"It is not an order. There is surer prey than revealing yourself at the Temple of the Sea."

"Surer prey?"

"Cornelia has hatched a dragon egg."

"……"

It differed from those he had tracked so far.

"It was an object a master of the Empire's Magic Tower had researched long ago."

It was the egg of a Mixed Dragon he had discovered while tracking dragons.

"Two hundred years ago, Diana Cornelia stole it."

"Who was the dragon's mother?"

"A Green Dragon more than five hundred years old. The father was a Black Dragon of about a thousand, I believe."

"A Mixed Dragon."

A naturally born Mixed Dragon, not one created and assigned a mission as he was.

If that was true, it would give him a much greater sense of fulfillment than any of those he had met so far.

"It seems the egg did not hatch easily because of that."

"What of its parents?"

"They were hunted. Their corpses belong to a Magic Tower and are being researched."

"I see."

He was beginning to understand why the Black Duke took interest in his body.

In any case, what mattered was that there was one more dragon's karma he could take.

The karma a dragon that had not even lived fifty years could accumulate might not be remarkable.

Still, the fact that its heart would make his incompleteness even slightly more complete was meaningful enough.

"It will be faster to pursue the dragon Cornelia revived than Neptune's Demigod guarded by Styx."

The Emperor continued as though finalizing the matter.

"The Holy Nation's present power was built solely from traces of gods."

"It sounds as though even the strength of your vaunted Empire cannot easily keep them in check."

It was a sarcastic remark about the Emperor's past attitude of behaving as though he reigned over every human.

The Emperor did not care.

"The more tempting the fruit, the more rotten its inside is."

Rather.

"Beings who can raise the Presence of those like us are rare. It will be suitable practice in restraint, waiting until it ripens."

He was reproaching Drago for his habit of taking Presence on the spot the instant he found it.

"Do not cross the line, Heinrich. I have not yet acknowledged you."

"I will take it to heart, brother born with a great mission."

"Disgusting bastard."

Despite his words, he swallowed the new bait the Emperor had thrown him.

When the Great War ended and the Formula was completed at last, it was a fixed future that he would have taken the power of every dragon.

Then it would be better to deal first with the easier one to track.

It did not take long to learn that the Mixed Dragon's name was Hazard.

There were two reasons he did not hunt him immediately.

First, Hazard belonged to Killian Eurasia, the reincarnated body of the Godslayer.

Second, they were synchronized with the Violet Magic Tower and ready to resist at any time.

It was troublesome.

Each human was primitive, but a Magic Tower was a construction that could wield the strength of thousands or tens of thousands through Formulae.

He knew because he had participated in the Black Magic Tower's and White Magic Tower's research.

If he acted rashly, he would be the one hunted.

The Monster Lord alone proved that.

Special blood flowed in Eurasia.

If Heinrich was blessed by Lord, Eurasia was a family accompanied by the Godslayer's protection.

He remembered the Emperor's words.

Waiting until the fruit ripened.

Was it not as though he had foreseen the present situation and spoken of it?

He did not charge in out of stubbornness.

He, too, watched by using the human civilization called Magic Towers.

Even when the Black Duke brought out a Black Dragon that was the product of his research and it was cut down by Simon Eurasia, Drago synchronized with the Magic Tower and watched it happen.

The danger rating of Eurasia rose yet further.

When the White Duke approached Charles Cornelia to seize the Violet Magic Tower, he instead brought about the awakening of its successor.

It was after that that Killian Eurasia was engraved as the Violet Magic Tower's guardian.

"Eurasia's blood is special."

There was no room for doubt. Eurasia received the Godslayer's protection.

[The dragon's heart remembers……]

The voice seemed to be gradually growing clearer.

Just as he tried to recall what it meant.

[All of you are trying to dance in Lord's palm.]

He heard the Monster Lord's voice.

His human appearance was only a polymorph; his true body was no different from a Chimera made by combining the bodies of every sort of monster.

That was why Drago called him a mongrel.

Within the reversed time, he had become a puppet moving according to the Emperor's intentions.

A being who, despite losing to Eurasia several times, reincarnated and rose again time after time.

"I acknowledge your obsession, at least."

[Drago de Lord. At this rate, the Emperor will play you.]

When the Great War ended, the gap between Heinrich and them would grow even wider.

The Emperor would reach the Presence of Transcendence with high probability.

After that.

[He will try to absorb us.]

"……"

[Memories of mana are intermingling.]

[Traces of divine power are fusing.]

[The curse dwelling in the heart raises its head.]

"……"

With a sense of familiarity.

Drago raised his head.

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