Cale quietly observed Raon and the Dragon half-blood.

The Dragon half-blood slowly looked away after sensing his gaze.

As for Raon, he tilted his head in confusion and Cale commented after seeing both of their reactions.

“Then the three of us are the only ones who saw the Dragon Lord's magic.”

The Dragon half-blood flinched.

He barely managed to hide his shock.

“…There were others who saw it?”

The sight that he was able to see because it was light…

All he saw was the existence of light.

Seeing that odd light was what allowed him, after the fact, to recognize the spell and the odd flow of time.

“Yeah. You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it. At least that’s all I know so far.”

The Dragon half-blood's gaze moved past Cale to Raon before quickly looking away after seeing Raon’s dark blue eyes.

“Human, I thought that only the two of us saw it!”

Raon’s voice became a bit brighter.

Before coming to the Black Castle, Cale thought that only the two of them had been able to recognize the Dragon Lord's time magic.

In Raon's case, he really did see the entire thing.

“Hey Dragon half-blood! Did you also suddenly feel time flowing slowly before the light flashed into a giant pillar and an aura flapped its wings? Hmm? Did you see it?”

The Dragon half-blood avoided Raon’s gaze as he answered.

“…Yes. I did.”

He then quickly added on.

“Well, I barely managed to see the form of light and not the spell.”

Raon smiled brightly and shouted.

“Wow! Only the three of us saw it!”

The Dragon half-blood did not respond to that.

Instead, he suddenly stretched out his bone wings.

“I need to go take a look around the nearby forest.”

He then quickly flapped his wings and flew away.

However, he left one final comment as he departed.

‘…If there’s anything you need me to do, just let me know.”

He then flew away.

“No, wai-”

Cale tried to stop the Dragon half-blood but the Dragon half-blood disappeared very quickly.

“Ho.”

Cale sighed.

“I was going to ask him about his name because I saw him, but-”

‘He left without even looking back.’

Cale looked at the now distant black dot with disbelief before looking forward again.

It was because the individual, who had stepped back while they were chatting with the Dragon half-blood, had approached him.

“He seemed to want to let you know.”

It was former Dragon Lord Sheritt.

She had a smile that seemed to be saying that there was something hard to explain.

“None of us managed to see the light. We were simply surprised by the size of the fluctuation.”

She scratched her cheek as if she was embarrassed.

“He sort of paced in front of the entrance of the Black Castle since he learned about it. I think he wanted to say something to you.”

He probably wanted to give Cale the information because he thought that he was the only one to see it.

However, learning that Cale and Raon had seen it as well, and potentially more accurately than he had, made him quickly fly away.

“Mm.”

Sheritt gently smiled instead of sighing. She then extended her hand to pet Raon’s head.

Raon answered with joy.

“The Dragon half-blood is amazing too!”

‘I guess.’

Cale nodded his head.

In some ways, the Dragon half-blood that gave Cale the hardest time until now was this Dragon half-blood.

Of course, Cale was much weaker than now at that time, but… The Dragon half-blood that had been creating light arrows and overloading had been quite strong.

If…

Hypothetically speaking, if the Dragon half-blood had been able to swallow Choi Han's incomplete power of darkness inside of his body and grown fully…

‘He would have been amazing.’

The foundation of his heart had former Lord Sheritt's blood after all.

Cale looked at Sheritt as he spoke.

"That is good news. No matter what, it means that there is one extra person that can scope out the Dragon Lord’s moves.”

“Yes.”

But Sheritt could not smile without worry.

She looked toward Raon.

Raon had left her hand at some point and was getting past the entrance of the Black Castle.

“Rosalyn, Mary! Have you been well? Our human is completely fine right now!”

Cale walked past Sheritt, who was watching Raon chat away with the others, and mumbled in a low voice.

“They will not get hurt.”

“!”

Sheritt's eyes opened wide and she looked toward Cale.

Cale smiled stoically but firmly and walked away.

He had a pretty good idea about what she was thinking.

‘I'm sure she is worried.’

Worried about Raon.

And, whether it was love, hate, or sympathy, worried about the Dragon half-blood.

One Dragon was too young and had not even gone through his second growth phase.

As for the other, despite being called a Bone Dragon, he was just a soul residing in bones. He couldn't even use any of the powers he had once used as a Dragon.

Such individuals were the ones who could clearly see the power of the Dragon Lord, the one who was said to instill fear in the Dragons.

Sheritt probably could not sleep.

That was why he was saying these things to help her relax.

He meant it as well.

‘Raon is still young.’

Telling a kid to fight an adult, the leader of the enemies at that?

No, that was too much. ‘That’s just wrong.

As for the Dragon half-blood-’

Honestly speaking, he was probably the weakest of everybody in the Black Castle.

He was a goner if the bones and his core were destroyed.

‘But seriously, that guy should have at least heard his name. That way, he could have told me if he liked it or not.’

Cale grumbled internally while walking toward the others.

He heard Sheritt's quiet mumbling as he walked.

“I'm also worried about you getting hurt.”

Cale hesitated for a moment but walked without answering.

“Mary, Miss Rosalyn, I need to speak to you.”

He walked into the Black Castle with the others.

Sheritt quietly watched before looking up at the sky. She could see a black dot flying around the Black Castle.

“We cannot see the enemy’s attack.”

She closed her eyes.

Everything was completely dark.

However……

“At least this is not hell.”

Sheritt had already survived for almost a thousand years in hell.

She smiled.

“There are ways to protect even when you cannot see.”

A sword and a shield were different.

A sword could only have meaning if it is swung or stabbed.

However, as long a shield exists, as long as it persists…

“Meaning can be made.”

She opened her eyes to see another Dragon.

“Don’t you agree?”

She asked the figure in front of her.

“Eruhaben. What do you think? Do you think that time is omnipotent?”

Eruhaben chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.

“I'm not sure about that. Maybe it is because I was rejuvenated once, but… I'm not that scared of time, Lord Sheritt.”

"Seeing you like this makes me really believe you are young again. You joke a lot more.”

Eruhaben mischievously shrugged his shoulders again and Sheritt quietly chuckled.

She then addressed the other Dragon coming toward her.

“Mila. If you connect together the shield and fill the area with dust and powder… What do you think will happen?”

Mila gently smiled.

She had a child here too. Her son Dodori was here.

“No matter how much time exists… If there are no gaps in space… The enemies will not be able to do anything.”

She then looked extremely annoyed as she commented.

“Plus, the enemies are Dragons. Dragons should be fighting against Dragons. Isn’t it too much to drag in some other youngsters? At the least, we should be the ones to fuck up the Dragons.”

Eruhaben asked with confusion after hearing her comment.

“Did you get younger too?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Your word choice is fabulous.”

“Ha. Well, I guess my attitude has calmed quite a bit since my younger days.”

“I suppose that is the same for me.”

“That's right. By the way, what did you say the Dragon Lord’s name is?”

“Neo.”

“I will need to remember his name. I'm going to smack him once if I see him.”

“Just once?”

You know what I mean.”

The three eldest Dragons continued to chat with one another. Sheritt’s eyes headed toward the black dot in the sky a few times in the process.

That black dot, the Dragon half-blood, had flown up into the air saying he was going to look at the forest around the Black Castle, but he could not look at it properly.

‘You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it.’

Cale's words echoed in his mind.

‘That means that there are only three people that can go up against the Dragon Lord.’

The Dragon half-blood was aware of the fact that he was at his weakest state right now.

Of course, he was still strong compared to the mages following Rosalyn or the general Tiger warriors.

But they were able to work together.

‘While I am alone.’

That was why the Dragon half-blood believed he was weak when facing enemies.

He would be stronger if Mary was with him, but…

‘There are a lot of enemies.’

Their enemies this time were the numerous Dragons following the Dragon Lord.

There were also the Elves, Dwarves, and humans following them.

“Mm.”

The Dragon half-blood had planned on fighting against the enemies.

It was just going to be someone at his level.

He also did not think that his allies would lose.

“… But-”

If the Dragon Lord slows time down and, forget reacting to it, if most of them couldn't even see it…

The Dragon half-blood thought about Raon and Cale.

“…Then I, the most useless of everybody here-”

He did not say the rest.

He kept his mouth closed and flew around.

However, his wings were flapping with firmer resolve than before.

The Dragon half-blood's sparkling eyes slowly moved to look at something.

It was the direction of the pillar of light.

‘You, me, and Raon. Only the three of us saw it.’

As those words echoed in his mind, some other words burst in as well.

‘Wow! Only the three of us saw it!’

For some odd reason, Raon's comment was unable to leave his mind.

“…Us-”

The Dragon half-blood got shocked at what he subconsciously mumbled and closed his eyes again.

He then looked around to make sure nobody was around.

He then flinched.

The Black Castle.

He could see a white figure looking up at him from the entrance of the castle.

Everybody else had gone inside but she stayed alone to look at him.

Former Lord Sheritt.

The Dragon half-blood avoided her gaze.

He then flew a bit farther away.

Of course, he had no plans of leaving the Black Castle.

A home to return to-

“…No.”

Home.

For some reason, it was hard to use that word.

‘Yeah. Let’s just call it like this.

It’s a place to return to.

The Black Castle is a place to return to, the place I stay in.

That is why I can’t go away from it.’

The Dragon half-blood stayed in the air until the white dot was no longer visible before returning to his spot in the rear garden of the Black Castle.

* * *

Dragon Lord Neo.

He was in his human form.

"Axion did not come.”

He blankly looked up at the sky.

His blank face looked a bit bored.

“I guess this is the end of the Three Saint Dragons.”

He calmly mumbled before looking down at the ground.

Under his feet, at the bottom of the steps…

The Dragons were kneeling.

Nobody dared to look up at him.

“A lot of Dragons have not shown up as well.”

Dragon Lord Neo.

He spoke with a nonchalant look on his face.

“My daughter did not come either.”

Pope Casillia and the bishops were not visible.

“I guess I should stop giving this world any of my attention.”

He got up from his chair.

He left the wide plaza and walked to the inner area behind his chair as he mumbled.

“This world has a bit of time left but it is no longer useful so I guess I should end it now.”

Some of the Dragons flinched but Neo did not see this and just walked.

He walked as if he was drunk.

But it didn’t look like he would fall.

Boom.

The stone door closed behind Neo once he walked inside.

Neo looked at the mirror.

He looked at his young face, which remained the same as ten years ago as if time had frozen, and mumbled.

"Cale Henituse-”

There was no smile on his face.

Small lights flickered in his blank gaze.

"A human that the wanderers and gods focus on. He has the potential to be a god?”

The corners of his lips slightly went up.

His slightly clueless looking face filled with joy.

However, what was visible in his eyes was far from joy. It was something awful and insidious.

* * *

“Mm.”

Cale checked the message from Alberu.

He read the words visible on the mirror.

< The game gave me a new quest. I think I need to discuss it with you. I also think I got some information on the birth of the omnipotent god. Call me when you have time. >

‘Oh.’

Cale thought that he was very smart to leave this task to Alberu and only responded with important news as he was busy.

< Your highness. I have an account now too. I should be able to login after the major update. >

‘I'll tell him later about becoming an NPC.

That will just extend the conversation.

Plus, that is not that important right now.

I'll ask him about the hero later too.’

The top ranker, Ahn Roh Man was by Alberu’s side as well. Plus, Ahn Roh Man should know about the AI that the system is looking for.’

He felt like he needed to use that.

"That’s that-”

Cale turned the mirror off and got up.

He had something to do right now.

Ooooooong—

The young monk statue was shaking.

However, Cale didn’t pay it any attention.

A path made of light behind the statue’s back…

Cale walked up to the person who came through it and extended his hand.

“Long time no see.”

The other person grabbed Cale’s hand and asked.

“Are you Kim Hae-il?”

The Heavenly Demon looked quite amused as he looked at Cale.

A temporary portal was created between the Central Plains and Aipotu, with the Heavenly Demon being the first to come through the portal to Cale.

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