The Divine Twilight's Return

Chapter 163: Star, Level 50 (2)

[The Celestial ‘Calamity Tiger’ glares at the Boss Monster ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’!]

[The Celestial ‘A Good Season to Hunt’ unconsciously drops her jaw!]

[The Celestial ‘World-Encircling Serpent’ bristles up his scales and stays on guard, saying that is why you should not be friends with beings born from abysses.]

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[The Celestial ‘Cetus’ freaks out.]

[The Celestial ‘Taurus’ curses the being that gave such a creature to a mortal.]

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[The Celestial ‘A Good Season to Hunt’ looks at her mother, wanting to have that Dragon.]

[The Celestial ‘Primordial Evil Dragon’ looks at her daughter with contempt and asks if her daughter really believes that is possible when even she cannot tell the Dragon’s full potential.]

[The Celestial ‘A Good Season to Hunt’ tenaciously asks her mother to get one.]

[The Celestial ‘Primordial Evil Dragon’ uses her little toe to subdue her daughter, who is throwing a tantrum as she hops around.]

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[The Society <Horoscope> is watching you.]

[The Society <Purple Star Astrology> is watching you.]

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[The Celestial ‘Big Sick Bug’ looks at your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ with fear!]

‘What just happened?’ Chang-Sun wondered. Even he was baffled.

Cadmus' miracle was too strange for Chang-Sun, who had been really tense since he thought he and his subordinates could all get killed here.

‘A Dragon that eats a star,’?Chang-Sun thought.

To be more accurate, Cadmus swallowed a <Starlight>, and this ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ was just the shadow of the Celestial. However, it was still amazing, considering that served as evidence that Cadmus would be able to ‘eat’ more kinds of ‘food’ as it grew up.

‘Is that why it could eat up the artifacts like ordinary food?’?Chang-Sun tilted his head.

The strong artifacts usually had the <Myths> of a deity or a hero, so Chang-Sun could understand why Cadmus very much enjoyed the [Winter King’s Treasures]. It was only natural for the prideful Celestials to feel alerted upon meeting a ‘natural enemy’. Moreover…

‘[Inauspicious Heart] is progressing quite fast.’?Chang-Sun observed.

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ is eating up the scattered Eon Wind, quickly developing the ‘Inauspicious Heart’!]

[Current progress: 26.9%]

The [Inauspicious Heart]’s completion progressed by over five percent in a blink.

「Master.」

“…?” Chang-Sun turned his head to look at Jin, who was smacking his lips with mixed emotions.

「If I do anything wrong, tell me and I’ll fix it immediately.」

Chang-Sun momentarily wondered why Jin said that, but he soon realized why.?

‘Jin is bound to react that way since Changgwis, Biwis, and Baks originated from a <Starlight> as well.’

It would be a big problem if Cadmus thought of Jin and his other subordinates as treats. The thought made Chang-Sun chuckle a bit, making Jin, who was serious, mad.

「It’s not funny!」

“Don’t worry. I refuse to lose my subordinates after all that trouble I had to go through.” Chang-Sun continued to chuckle.

「That’s a relief.」

Jin just shrugged after hearing Chang-Sun’s answer, still feeling nervous. He looked at Cadmus as he bit on his lower lip.

Kiyoo!

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ flies toward its prey, not wanting to lose a tasty treat!]

Meanwhile, Cadmus chased after the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ as it howled.

『No! Don’t come near me!』

The ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ was so frightened that she chaotically swung her [Eon Wind Whip] to get away from Cadmus, but each time she did, the Dragon just adorably opened up its mouth and ate up the wind created by [Eon Wind Whip]. She also threw [Wind Feathers] and [Piercing-Wind Dance] to get rid of Cadmus, but they all just ended up inside its stomach, unable to even hurt it.

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ has activated the Skill ‘Dragon Breath’!]

Boom―! Boom! Boom―!

Cadmus repeatedly unleashed [Dragon Breath]—no, lumps of fire mixed with <Darkness>—and hit the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’, constantly destroying her body. The problem was that the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ couldn’t recover the part of her that had been hit with Cadmus’ [Dragon Breath].

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ has used <Darkness> to attack the Divinity of the Boss Monster ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’!]

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ has infected the Divinity of the Boss Monster ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’!]

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Even without Chang-Sun’s help, Cadmus was skillfully hunting down the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’ No, it would be more accurate to say it was playing with the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ like a cat toying with a mouse before eating it. Chang-Sun couldn’t help but wonder if Cadmus was truly strong, but he shook his head in the end.

‘No, although Cadmus’ potential is greater than most Celestials, it’s still a newborn, so it can’t overpower a divine being yet.’ Chang-Sun narrowed his eyes. ‘It’s dominating over the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ because its mana attribute is <Darkness>.’

Darkness always swallowed light, and dark matter also often just swallowed starlight. Maybe that was what was going on between Cadmus and the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’

[Current progress: 42.6%]

‘I wish it would keep going up.’?Chang-Sun couldn’t help cheering Cadmus because the more it ate up the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter,’ the further the [Inasupicious Heart] developed.

Chang-Sun could also finish decrypting the [Fifth Cryptical Book of Hsan] once the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ had been killed. Doing so would be a great achievement, considering he hadn’t even completed the decryption process of [Fourth Cryptical Book of Hsan] yet.

『No! Go away! Get lost! I have to… I have to go back to Mireille…!』

The ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ desperately shouted as she looked at Cadmus, who was tenaciously chasing after her. Thinking it would be really dangerous if she stayed here, she spread her wings and tried to flee.

“Well, I can’t let her do that. Jin.” Chang-Sun turned his head in Jin’s direction.

「Hehe! I know she’s just a shadow of the Celestial, but I didn’t think I would be able to hunt such a Celestial this early. What are you all doing? Let’s go!」Jin looked back at the ghost army and shouted.

Using his reins, Jin commanded his horse to charge forward, causing his Ghost Devil Horse to neigh. The twenty ghost soldiers instructed their horses to do the same as they separated into two groups, trying to surround the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ from the front and back.

“Open [King’s Treasury].” Chang-Sun pulled out his [White Magpie Bow] and lightly stomped. A red portal opened up under him, sending various weapons up one by one.

[The ‘King’s Treasury’ has been opened!]

[Revealing all stored weapons.]

A dagger, a double-edged longsword, a very long staff that looked like a flagpole, a spear, a variety of polearms… All of them were the former Yeti Kings’ weapons, which the Winter King had given to Chang-Sun. Well, Chang-Sun had tossed many of the weapons he got as rewards from numerous Dungeons into the [Winter King’s Treasures] because they didn’t seem useful.

Dozens—no, hundreds of weapons appeared with their tips pointed toward the ground, allowing Chang-Sun to easily pull them out. Although Cadmus had eaten almost half of them in an attempt to fill up its stomach, there were still a lot of weapons left in the [King’s Treasury], evidencing just how many weapons were in it when it was given to Chang-Sun. In fact, considering the number of weapons inside it, only a few had actually shown up. Chang-Sun pulled out a moderately long rapier and nocked it on [White Magpie Bow] like an arrow.

[Equipped the ‘Snowfield Rapier.’]

‘It’s a shame to use it like this, but…’?Chang-Sun thought.

[The Authority ‘Perfect Marksmanship’ has been activated, marking the target area!]

Closing one eye, Chang-Sun pointed the rapier at the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ as he tightly pulled the bowstring, which required tremendous power to pull. The bow bent so much that it looked like it was going to break any second, but the [White Magpie Bow] remained intact thanks to the [Frost Monarch’s Breath].

‘... I need a weapon that is as good as this so I can imbue <Darkness> into it.’

Chang-Sun quietly mumbled, “Bestow.”

The fingers that Chang-Sun was using to pull the bowstring bled, and his blood seeped into the rapier. The rapier flashed red for a moment, then turned navy blue.

[The Skill ‘Blood Toxin’ has been activated, strengthening the toxin!]

[The Skill ‘Stigma’ has been activated, imbuing the toxin with <Darkness>!]

The rapier underwent even more changes.

[The Skill ‘Greater Rune Creation’ has been activated, creating ‘Enhancement’ and ‘Explosion’ runes!]

[The Skill ‘Greater Rune Engraving’ has been activated, engraving runes into the ‘Snowfield Rapier’!]

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[Intermediate Rune Creation] and [Intermediate Rune Engraving] still required the user to use a tool to create and engrave runes, but they no longer did once they have upgraded further.

Runes were ideogram letters in the end, so the ‘definition’ was what was important. A great Rune Master could make runes function as letters just by drawing a line in the air, although there was a high possibility the runes wouldn’t work properly.

That was why Chang-Sun used a slightly different method to create and engrave runes: the [Blood Manipulation Technique]. In the past, he used his fingers and blood to draw runes that lasted temporarily, but he now ‘moved’ his blood to draw runes.

“What? You want me to teach you this? You little rascal. Why don’t you just take everything I have and leave me on the streets? Gosh, I can’t believe how confidently you ask for all my secret techniques.”

Chang-Sun learned the technique from Gramps, after whom Cadmus was named.

‘I finally got to use this,’?Chang-Sun bitterly thought.

[Blood Manipulation Technique], which could be considered Gramps’ signature skill, wasn’t just about controlling blood to create runes. It could also be used as a medium to enchant. Hence, Chang-Sun could use [Blood Toxin] and the divinity from [Stigma] to upgrade ordinary arrows to weapons that were as strong as relics.

Woosh!

The rapier turned into an arrow with an ominous navy-blue fire gleam.

[The rapier is transforming.]

[The rapier has turned into the ‘Exorcising Arrow’!]

Chang-Sun pointed the rapier at the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’

[The Authority ‘Perfect Marksmanship’ is ensuring the ‘Exorcising Arrow’ hits your target!]

The moment Chang-Sun let the arrow go…

Schwing―!

Boom!

An earsplitting explosion echoed throughout the Dungeon as the arrow put a gigantic hole in the wing of the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’ Navy-blue fire spread everywhere.

『Arggh! Urggh!』

The ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ screamed in pain, but Chang-Sun wasn’t done. Using the weapons left in the [King’s Treasury], Chang-Sun repeatedly fired arrows using the [White Magpie Bow].

Boom―! Boom, boom―!

Rumble, rumble…!

Her other wing, chest, stomach, waist… Chang-Sun riddled her with holes as her shriek continued for quite some time.

『How dare you! How dare you!!!!』

Unable to believe a mortal had driven her into a corner, she frantically swung the [Eon Wind Whip] at Chang-Sun.

Whirl, boom―!

However, she missed Chang-Sun’s head. The [Eon Wind Whip] ended up hitting the ground instead.

「No, you aren’t!」

Jin Prezia and the ghost soldiers flew at the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ at the same time. Using its handmade vine net, the Elfin Root restricted the movement of the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’ At the same time, Jin violently struck her with the [Frost King’s Greatsword] to freeze her using [Frozen Realm].

Crack―!

『Let me go! Let…!』

The ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ writhed to get out of the vine net somehow.

[<Darkness> has been imbued into ‘Tiamat’s Snaggletooth’!]

[Your Subordinate ‘Cadmus’ has activated the Skill ‘Dragon Breath’!]

Chang-Sun noticed the stamina of the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter, who was acting spiteful, had greatly decreased. Hence, he swung [Tiamat’s Snaggletooth] toward her neck, the weakness his [Viper Eyes] were showing.

After fully unlocking [Stigma], Chang-Sun mixed <Darkness> into his attack, creating a black demonic energy storm that lived up to the weapon’s name ‘Tiamat’s Snaggletooth.’ Moreover, Cadmus also used [Dragon Breath] again. Unable to withstand the onslaught anymore, the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ finally got completely destroyed.

Boom, boom―!

Rumble!

The explosion completely muffled the scream of the ‘Wind-Hating Daughter.’ What remained of her frozen body got completely obliterated, leaving no trace behind except the flame sparks jumping around all over the place. Black ashes powerlessly dropped to the ground together with the residual <Starlight>.

Kiyooo!

Cadmus flapped its little wings and quickly flew toward the <Starlight> to devour everything.

[Unlocked a grand achievement!]

“Starlight Acquired.”

Reward: Additional Divinity. Enhancement of the Skill ‘Stigma.’ Complete ‘Exposition.’

[The ‘Inauspicious Heart’ is quickly developing!]

[51, 52, 53…… 69%.]

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[The Boss Monster ‘Wind-Hating Daughter’ has died!]

[Biggest Contributor: Lee Chang-Sun.]

[You have made an achievement that no one was able to accomplish.]

[50,000,000 Karma has been accumulated.]

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[The Celestial ‘Calamity Tiger’ viciously laughs.]

[The Celestial ‘Big Sick Bug’ screams in disbelief.]

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[More Celestials have started to show deep interest in you.]

[In total, 32 Celestials have expressed their determination to make you their apostle.]

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[As a reward, you have acquired the Attribute ‘Eon Wind.’]

[You have acquired two of the Three Eons. You can now combine Eon Fire and Eon Wind.]

[Your Eon Fire has become stronger!]

[Your Eon Fire has become stronger!]

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[Your Jigwi characteristic has gotten stronger.]

[The Title ‘Jigwi Incarnation’ has evolved to the Title ‘Jigwi Demon Incarnation’ ]

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[Additional rewards will be given in accordance with your contribution to completing the Dungeon Quest.]

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[You have successfully decrypted and finished reading the ‘Fifth Cryptical Book of Hsan’!]

[You have learned a secret of the ‘Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan.’]

[You have acquired a <Starlight>.]

[The new type of Divinity has been added to the Skill ‘Stigma.’]

[Skill level has increased.]

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[You have partially peeked at the secret of the bygone primordial era.]

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[Level up.]

[Level up.]…

[You have reached Level 50.]

[You have received your second class acquisition quest.]