Ch-186. **The One Who Must Be Served**
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Issera furrowed his brows.
He sensed that a new “Dragon Vein” had formed in the region where the troops had been withdrawn per Basara’s instruction.
Then did that mean Basara was wrong?
Issera shook his head.
*“No—this one has appeared entirely anew.”*
He also felt that his power had weakened further.
A Dragon Vein and a Dragon God functioned like suppressors designed to weaken “beings who disrupt balance.”
For example, they drastically lowered the attribute values of the demons invading Pangaenia.
That was why Issera intended to deal with the Dragon God first and foremost.
Yet even before locating the existing Dragon God, a new Dragon God was preparing to be born.
*“For a brief moment, I was connected to the consciousness of the newly conceived Dragon God. The Dragon Vein containing the Dragon God is definite.”*
At first, he thought only a Dragon Vein had appeared.
Sometimes, when the Dragon Gods wanted to weaken or deceive invaders, only the Dragon Vein would manifest.
But moments ago, he had clearly felt the consciousness of a conceived Dragon God.
Issera—he too was a being born from a Dragon God.
*“And it doesn’t seem like an ordinary Dragon God either.”*
This one was not a normal Dragon God.
Like himself—like Basara—this was clearly a mutant.
Even in the brief connection, he could be sure of it.
*“…I can’t leave that alone.”*
Allowing a Dragon God to be born was out of the question.
Once the Dragon Vein completed and the new Dragon God emerged, the demons’ combat power would noticeably weaken.
And if that Dragon God was a mutant, the situation would become even more troublesome.
An invasion that he believed could never fail might end in failure.
They had yet to locate the existing Dragon God—allowing this one to complete was unthinkable.
*Seven days until the Dragon Vein completes and the Dragon God is born.*
If the exposed Dragon Vein wasn’t destroyed within those seven days, the Dragon God would awaken and apply an additional weakening effect.
Dragon Gods were natural enemies to invaders.
And determining the “strike condition” of a mutant Dragon God would be exponentially more difficult.
Just like with himself.
Issera could modify his own “condition,” but there was a weakness.
Once modified, the condition would remain fixed for a certain period—and during that time, he would suffer far greater vulnerability to it.
*“…Until I have fully grasped Earth’s combat power, I cannot allow my condition to be exposed.”*
Like when he was defeated by Wilhelm.
That monstrous bastard he never wanted to remember again.
Who could have imagined anyone would discover his condition: *“He must be attacked when all buffs drop below five seconds.”*
And the moment his condition was exposed, Issera was killed instantly, without being able to do anything else.
And who was to say there wasn’t another Wilhelm somewhere on Earth.
He would not go out himself until everything was certain.
Having sorted his thoughts, Issera commanded the legion.
“Attention, all soldiers. From this moment on, we prevent the completion of the Dragon Vein.”
A total mobilization order.
The will was absolute—under no circumstance could a new Dragon God be allowed to be born.
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The problem was time.
Seven days until the Blood Queen became a complete “Dragon God.”
If the externally exposed Dragon Vein wasn’t protected, the Dragon God could not be completed.
*“Issera will desperately try to stop the completion of the Dragon Vein.”*
His actions were predictable as if laid bare.
He would do anything to sabotage the process.
But the problem was that **I couldn’t leave the inside of the Dragon Vein.**
*“The Queen is absorbing both the Dragon Vein and my energy simultaneously.”*
If I left the Dragon Vein, the absorption would cease.
And without me, the Dragon God’s birth would suffer massive disruption.
*“…What do I do.”*
The message to guard the Dragon Vein had already been delivered to everyone.
But could humanity really endure seven days without me?
Even with the demons further weakened, to be frank, the Daarkstar-led alliance didn’t inspire much confidence.
And it was impossible to relay my intent to anyone.
To enter the Dragon Vein from the outside required the permission of the Dragon God—but the Dragon God wasn’t complete yet.
*“…There might be a way.”*
I sensed a faint possibility.
**Divine Oration.**
A power capable of conveying will beyond space—perhaps that might succeed.
To whom, and with what message, should I leave Divine Oration?
After a brief contemplation, I opened my mouth.
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The moment he read the message that a Dragon Vein had manifested in Korea, Park Tae-woo’s heart began pounding like mad.
*A Dragon Vein in Korea!*
At first, he thought it was good news.
But he soon realized it marked the beginning of tragedy.
Because he had become aware that **all demonic forces were mobilizing toward Korea.**
*“Ahh… Lord above. Why burden us with such a trial!”*
Park Tae-woo—the warrior representing Korea—despaired.
The Alliance too had issued a full mobilization order toward Korea, which might be considered fortunate, but Korea itself had now become the greatest battlefield.
Whether they won or lost, the aftermath would be catastrophic.
*“What remains is ruin. All of Korea will be shattered.”*
When war ends, the land becomes wasteland.
Nothing would remain.
Countless lives would fall, every building would turn to rubble, and Korea would walk the road of collapse.
And yet there was nothing he could change.
Park Tae-woo—he was one of the weakest among the Alliance.
It was in that despair that he set foot in Korea.
“You are…?”
Someone quietly approached him.
A clean-cut foreigner.
And when Park Tae-woo heard his introduction, his mind snapped wide awake.
“…Hudson, you said? W-wait, Hudson as in the right hand of the Fifth Pillar in the Labyrinth City? You’re a player?!”
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Originally, the Queen of the Bloodspawn possessed neither knowledge nor wisdom.
She had existed with nothing but instinct—the desire to preserve her species.
Born from the yearning for the proliferation of the Bloodspawn, such a condition was only natural.
No thinking, no doubt—only instinct.
That had been the fate of the hastily created Bloodspawn Queen.
*Transcendence. Surpassing limits to reach beyond.*
But due to the “Core of Transcendent Evolution,” the Bloodspawn Queen gained **consciousness** for the first time.
The moment awareness was born, she found her own form strange.
A massive, thick body.
A cumbersome form that barely moved.
*“I must serve the King. Not like this.”*
In this form, she could not serve the King.
She had to change—surpass the limits imposed upon her.
And once the will was forged, her form began changing immediately.
Like a humanoid, she grew two legs, gained physical symmetry, and from her back formed bone structures akin to wings.
This form was the result of thinking about her “master.”
The King of the Bloodspawn.
He had appeared in human form.
Not only her appearance changed—her mind and thoughts began to deepen, like a human’s.
—*The roots of the World Tree.*
But it did not end there.
The moment transformation finished, she began absorbing knowledge regarding the “truth” contained within the roots of the World Tree.
*The root is the beginning. The origin and all things.*
Her consciousness widened further.
Her knowledge deepened. In her eyes dwelled mysterious profundity.
The primordial tree—the roots of the World Tree contained the truth of the universe.
She was no longer merely the Bloodspawn Queen who followed instinct.
*“I want to know more. I want to become stronger. Desire. Hunger. These were never part of me before.”*
A dramatic transformation.
But not an unwelcome one.
*“My growth shall be the growth of all Bloodspawn.”*
She was Queen—Sovereign.
The one who ruled countless Bloodspawn.
If she grew, naturally, the Bloodspawn would grow.
However, it still was not finished.
—*The Broken Egg of Celestial.*
An enormous shell whose contents could not be guessed.
Though cracked, it was mystical.
It radiated powerful divinity.
Even with her newly awakened perception of truth, she could not fully discern its value.
*“This is a cocoon.”*
Yet she understood its purpose.
Though broken, the massive energy of gestation remained.
With that power, she could evolve into an even higher existence.
Slowly, the Blade Queen walked into the egg.
And at that moment—
*—!!!*
The world expanded.
She felt all consciousness connect at once.
Beginning with the minds of the Bloodspawn around her, then outward—she sensed the insects and grass outside the Dragon Vein, countless humans and demons, and even beings on the opposite side of the world—**as though they were her own selves.**
As if she had become **a god.**
*“…A long time ago, a god was conceived and born from this egg.”*
Then she understood.
This egg once carried a god.
She did not know which god—but she inherited a fragment of that energy.
And then, the Dragon Vein bestowed upon her the “burden of the Dragon God.”
The Dragon Vein itself became a kind of “Tower.”
The Tower—the place where a divine rank resides, and the Tower itself is the *divine* rank.
*“But I am not a god.”*
If she became a pure Dragon God, she would be unable to leave the Dragon Vein unless in special cases.
But what she wished was to **assist the one she must serve with her own hands.**
Had she not changed even her form for that purpose?
Above all—she could *not* become a god.
*“There is only one god for me—only the one I must serve.”*
Randolph.
If there exists a god, only he is god.
Therefore she could not be the god.
Moreover, she was still insufficient to become a complete divine rank.
Her rank had soared steeply due to various materials, but that was all.
If she forced herself to become a Dragon God in this state—could she truly call herself a real god?
With her awakened understanding, the Blade Queen could declare firmly:
No. She would be a half-finished being.
She would not be able to fulfill the burden properly.
At that moment—
《“The Perfect Golden Scale” raises the rank of “Blade Queen.”》
《“The Perfect Golden Scale” raises the rank of “Blade Queen.”》
《“The Perfect Golden Scale” raises the rank of “Blade Queen.”》
…Ah.
What was this?
This was glory. Memory. The past.
Like the remnants of ancient, radiant beings.
Though most of it had been shattered into fragments, the Perfect Golden Scale was like a masterpiece that contained *everything* they had left behind.
A treasure among treasures—capable of filling every “void” simply by its use.
And that treasure had been offered so freely.
*“If this is the will of the King…”*
The Queen’s body trembled minutely in ecstasy.
There was no one but Randolph who could bestow such immense grace.
It was the King’s will—he wished the incomplete to be made more complete; he wished for her to become even more perfect.
If the King—if the God desired it, then a loyal servant must obey.
The Blade Queen no longer harbored doubt.
《The level cap of “Blade Queen” is raised from 13 to 16.》
《The attributes of “Blade Queen” increase dramatically.》
《The same effect is granted to the entire legion of the “Blade Queen.”》
《The number of Bloodspawn the “Blade Queen” can command increases to 1,000,000.》
《“The Broken Egg of Celestial” has exhausted all energy.》
《“The Broken Egg of Celestial” transforms into “Bloodspawn Hatchery.”》
《Special Bloodspawn are more likely to be born in the “Bloodspawn Hatchery.”》
《The “Bloodspawn Hatchery” can generate up to 2,000 eggs per day.》
《The hatching time of eggs generated in the “Bloodspawn Hatchery” is reduced by 20%.》
《The “Blade Queen” has acquired the burden of “Dragon God – Devotee.”》
《“Dragon God – Devotee” is connected to the one worshipped—“Randolph.”》
《“Dragon God – Devotee” receives damage only when “Randolph” is attacked. Immune to all other attacks.》
《“Dragon God – Devotee” may leave the Dragon Vein and move according to the command of the one she reveres.》
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He really become a God who brood god