Chapter 33

Chapter 33 – Chapter 4: Awakening #8

The sky was ablaze .

It was neither day nor night and there was an enormous presence under the red sky .

It was a black dragon .

Instead of scales, steel and rocks covered its body . Red and yellow lava was flowing endlessly along the cracks in the steel and rocks .

The wyrm Enkidu .

A great dragon that had been born in lava .

In front of him, In-gong was only a small presence . It was impossible for him to even see all of Enkidu’s body .

Enkidu was on top of the Jishuka Mountains and the steel and rocks made him seem like one with the mountains .

At the feet of the Great Enkidu, there were a number of dwarf treasure keepers . Behind them, paying homage in their own way, there were the swamp mammoths and many varieties of powerful chimeras

They all had the same mission:

Protect the Great Enkidu .

They formed a barrier between the Demon World and Human World .

Enkidu opened his mouth slowly and his voice resonated through the Jishuka Mountains . The sound was so loud that In-gong reflexively blocked his ears . Then out of nowhere, he was swept away by lava .

"Heok!”

In-gong sat up and almost vomited . His whole body was drenched in sweat like he had fallen into water .

In-gong continued to breathe rapidly . He could hear his heart pounding wildly .

It was a dream . Whether it was a fantasy or something else, it wasn’t reality .

A black dragon – it was probably the wyrm, Enkidu .

In Knight Saga, he had been one of the six elder dragons that were said to have the power of a god .

He wasn’t in the Demon World anymore . He had only mentioned in Knight Saga and never appeared directly . So, he may already be dead .

In-gong covered his face with both hands and took a deep breath . He seemed to be calm .

"Okay . "

In-gong muttered, removed his hands and got up . Then he saw Carack who wasn’t moving . However, he wasn’t dead . He had simply lost consciousness .

“Carack! Carack!”

In-gong called out Carack’s name while shaking him wildly . Then he hit Carack’s cheek a few times .

“Uh . . . uh . . . ”

Just like In-gong, he finally regained consciousness . In-gong sighed with relief then stepped forward again when he saw the other side .

“Caitlin noona! Are you okay? Wake up!”

In-gong cautiously held Caitlin’s upper body, which had fallen on the altar, and called her name repeatedly . He shook her shoulders a few times before she reacted like Carack .

“Oh . . . Shutra?”

Her voice sounded like someone who had just woken up from a deep sleep .

"Do you feel okay?”

“Uh . . . Yes . ”

Caitlin nodded before sitting up . In-gong didn’t question Caitlin anymore and looked around . As expected, everyone around the altar was in a collapsed state .

"Caitlin noona, I will wake up Felicia noona . ”

“Eung, yes . ”

Caitlin responded while pressing her hand to her temple like she was dizzy . In-gong stepped over Carack’s legs and approached Felicia .

“Noona, Felicia noona!”

He knew it wasn’t a dangerous condition after experiencing it twice already . Therefore, In-gong just lightly tapped Felicia’s cheek . Her response was much faster than Caitlin’s .

"Heok!"

Felicia sat up and took a deep breath . Just like In-gong, she was covered in sweat .

“Are you okay?”

"Uh, I’m okay . Yes, yes . There is something I need to check . I have to check it . ”

At first, she sounded sleepy but her voice and eyes became clear by the end .

Felicia grabbed In-gong’s arm and asked,

"Shutra, did you see Enkidu? A huge black dragon covered in lava?!”

"Uh, I saw him . ”

After In-gong replied, Felicia turned and asked Caitlin who was waking Seira up .

“Caitlin, you?”

"I saw him . ”

"Me too . ”

The last to answer was Carack . Felicia made a bright expression and shook her fist .

"Okay, no problem . It is the same as the records . I was a little surprised because it was more abrupt than I expected, but it is just the procedure . Now, I just need to use the anvil . ”

It was like Felicia was talking to herself, not anyone else .

Felicia got up slowly from where she was sitting . In-gong turned to Felicia and asked,

"Then, is it all over now?”

“Yes, I can control the anvil . Don’t you believe in Noona?”

Felicia replied playfully as she stood up using her recovered strength .

In the meantime, Caitlin and Carack had woken up Seira, Delia and Katuin . When In-gong asked, all three of them had seen Enkidu .

Felicia walked over to the anvil and placed both hands on it .

"Everybody hold on to something! I will be using the anvil now!”

In-gong grabbed the dwarf statue nearby, while the others also held onto a dwarf statue or a portion of the altar .

After confirming that everyone was in place, Felicia poured magic power directly into the anvil . At this time, not only the anvil, but the whole room started shaking . The altar rose up slowly as the ceiling split apart and light poured in .

“Light? Perhaps?”

Seira frowned at the sudden sunlight and exclaimed .

It was late at night when the party had entered the room . Even if the ceiling split open, it should be moonlight streaming in, not sunlight .

However, the sunlight was real . In-gong checked the clock next to the mini-map and was shocked .

‘Oh, my god . It has been 12 hours?’

In the meantime, the altar continued to ascend and rose through the ceiling .

Despite the blue light coming from the altar and the strong wings, Felicia continued chanting a spell with both hands on the anvil . Usually, it wouldn’t be hard, but now, sweat was pouring along her forehead and neck .

However, the result was clear . Light emerged from the discs around the altar .

"The expedition!”

Carack shouted with amazement . Each window of light showed the expedition army fighting the Red Lightning tribe . It was like he was watching an internet broadcast .

Just like yesterday, the expedition army was struggling . The swamp mammoths nestled among the Red Lightning tribe launched their powerful magic and the lizardmen devastated the orcs .

They seemed to be watching the battlefield from the viewpoint of the swamp mammoths .

In-gong’s party had to use them somehow . In-gong looked hurriedly at Felicia while Caitlin screamed,

“Felicia unni!”

“Royal Princess!”

Delia and Katuin shrieked .

The state of Felicia, who was controlling the base, wasn’t normal . Her whole body was trembling and blood was coming from her nose and ears . Despite that, Felicia couldn’t take her hands off the anvil . It seemed like the anvil was stealing her magic power, rather than it being injected .

“We have to control the anvil! Help the Royal Princess!”

Delia shouted towards In-gong and Caitlin before putting her hands on the anvil along with Katuin . However, the same thing happened to Delia and Katuin .

As Delia and Katuin’s magic power was devoured by the anvil, more light and wind appeared . Caitlin and In-gong didn’t hesitate to reach out towards the anvil .

Caitlin and In-gong’s hands touched it at the same time . . .

And his consciousness became connected to something else . In-gong could feel Felicia, Caitlin and everyone else through the anvil before he started screaming .

It felt like all the magic power in his body was being torn out . A fierce swirl of magic power shredded In-gong’s consciousness .

"Prince!”

Carack shouted loudly as blood poured from In-gong’s nose and ears, but In-gong didn’t hear it .

In-gong’s spirit was in the anvil . Felicia and Caitlin screamed from the swirling magic power, while Delia and Katuin had already lost consciousness and didn’t make a sound .

The magic power of the wyrm Enkidu .

His test to see if there were any unauthorized people!

It was overwhelming . It was a huge force that couldn’t be resisted . So, it was natural that Felicia couldn’t control it alone .

However, In-gong wasn’t broken . Despite being torn by the swirl of magic power, he roared and took one step forward .

It was because a voice he heard from the depths of his soul sustained him .

The golden-crowned female with white hair . Her one red eye and one blue eye shone as she spoke,

‘Conquest!’

In-gong roared once again . Despite the pained screams of Caitlin and Felicia, they hadn’t collapsed . In-gong gathered their magic power and willpower, and poured them into the centre of the whirlpool .

Conquest .

It was the right to rule . The power of a king to conquer and subjugate!

The swirl of magic power scattered at once . Enkidu’s magic power released In-gong from the altar .

"Prince! Prince!”

He heard Carack’s voice . In-gong’s eyes opened and he saw Caitlin and Felicia gasping . Delia and Katuin were still unconscious .

Felicia leaned against the anvil and stood up . She hadn’t lost consciousness, so she knew what In-gong had done . With a bitter smile, she chanted the last spell .

A hammer was paired with the anvil .

A hammer made of Enkidu’s magic power appeared in In-gong’s hands .

In-gong glanced at Felicia who nodded .

“Do it . ”

Enkidu’s magic power told him what to do .

Conquest didn’t stay still either .

It whispered to In-gong about how to conquer, dominate and use the Thunder Light Anvil .

First of all, he had to dominate the swamp mammoths .

In-gong struck the anvil with a hammer made of magic power .