I Start with 13 Hidden Traits Chapter-47

Ch-47

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“Make sure to identify and report every movement of the Rankers in real time.”

“Yes, Master.”

“We must be the first to pinpoint the location where the ‘King of Dimensional Rifts’ appeared. Killing one king is better than wasting time killing a bunch of small rift monsters.”

“I’ll keep that in mind, Master.”

The warriors began moving in flawless coordination.

Meanwhile, the Master rubbed at the deep crease between his brows that refused to loosen.

‘Someone is progressing the raid in a place I can’t see.’

The forces he had spread across the world were not just warriors.

There were countless other groups cooperating with him.

Even the U.S. government was one of them.

Information from all around the world was being fed into his eyes and ears in real time.

But not a single report mentioned monsters emerging through dimensional rifts.

Unless someone unknown, in some unknown place, was pushing the raid ahead…

‘I must find them.’

He **could not** afford to let this opportunity slip away.

The perfect chance he had been sharpening himself for years to seize—the chance to become the protagonist.

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Gracia tilted his head while standing on the rooftop railing of Lotte Tower in Jamsil.

“How strange.”

A rift had clearly opened in the sky.

On the ground below, Korean soldiers and players were fully prepared for an invasion.

But just when the clash should have begun, the invaders never came.

‘The progression rate is rising fast. That means someone is advancing the raid.’

But who?

For a moment, Phantom crossed his mind, but that was impossible.

Even if Phantom had incredible talent, he hadn’t even been a player for half a year.

No matter how extraordinary, there were limits to how much one could grow in that short a time.

‘I thought the Hydragon’s master would appear when the invasion began.’

The reason Gracia was still in Korea.

To find the player who possessed the Hydragon’s soul.

That player had appeared during the last two invasions, so he had been sure he’d show up again once the rift opened.

The rift had indeed appeared—but the invasion wasn’t happening.

Swoooosh!

Dozens of swords floated around Gracia.

“If I poke it, I should get a reaction.”

Muttering softly, Gracia fired the swords toward the rift one by one.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Rumble!

But none of the swords passed through.

The moment they touched the rift, they bounced off.

Even when he grouped the swords together and fired them as a single barrage, the result was the same.

‘An indestructible warp, huh. I guess it won’t disappear until the raid is complete.’

If it didn’t budge even under this much force, that meant it had an “indestructible” option.

Of course, even indestructible objects could be broken—with something like the Hammer of the Destroyer.
But wasting that on a single warp gate would be absurd.

《‘King of Dimensional Rifts’ has died.》

“……What?”

Even Gracia, who rarely reacted to anything, froze in shock.

The King of Dimensional Rifts had suddenly died.

There was no time to even figure out where or how.

《‘King of the Dead, Ahram’ is resurrecting.》

《Entering Phase 2.》

《Progression: 20.5%》

“…….”

A resurrection pattern, huh.

He let out a slow breath. If the raid had suddenly been cleared outright, that would’ve been a nightmare.

Meanwhile, progression had passed 20%.

‘Ahram?’

Ahram…

It seemed the boss only revealed its true self after dying once.

The name sounded familiar.

‘Right. Ahram was the gatekeeper of the First Hell of the Demon Realm.’

He hadn’t participated in the Great Expedition, but he knew its details intimately.

The King of Dimensional Rifts was Ahram?

Did they not clear it properly back then?

‘Knight King Wilhelm sacrificed soldiers to push through. He got greedy trying to kill the Demon King without finishing the raid properly and ruined everything.’

And now the gatekeeper of the Demon Realm was alive and trying to invade Earth.

Meaning Wilhelm hadn’t truly killed Ahram.

The Great Expedition had ultimately failed, and now the Demon Realm and the Demon King were targeting Earth.

‘Tch. I knew I should’ve been the one to kill the Demon King.’

The reason Gracia hadn’t joined the expedition was simple.

‘……I had to consume a star.’

He had been in the middle of transcending.

He succeeded, gained immense power, and now—

He was confident he could even defeat Wilhelm.

And of course, kill the Demon King Wilhelm had failed to kill.

‘All I need is the Hydragon’s soul to complete the Unique-grade sword.’

Once he found that, everything would be complete.

He already had one Unique-grade sword. If he obtained the matching pair, he would be invincible.

No one in Pangaenia or on Earth would be able to oppose him.

Even if Wilhelm returned from the dead.

But—

There was one thing he couldn’t understand.

《Progression: 24.1%》

“……A bug?”

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Was this what it felt like to lie on a luxurious bed?

In team games, when your teammates carry everything for you, people say you “rode a bus.”

It was exactly like that.

Right now, I wasn’t on a bus—
I was aboard a stable, high-speed jet.

GROOOAAAAAR!

Ahram screamed.

The Giant of ruin had charged across the battlefield and crushed him instantly.

He died pathetically, but Ahram resurrected.

‘Phase 2.’

The second phase of the resurrection pattern.

Ahram, wielding a sword infused with star-power, became even stronger upon revival.

―I…… am…… immortal……!

KUAHAHAANG!!

A black shockwave burst out as Ahram roared, pushing the Giant of ruin back.

His massive greatsword spewed ominous black flames, causing even the Star Guardians to tense.

‘I can’t just stand around.’

This was the main quest, after all.

‘Rewards are based on contribution ranking.’

But I was the only player here.

Even minimal contribution would guarantee me first place once the raid ended.

To get that small contribution, I needed to participate at least a bit.

I raised my hand as Ahram roared triumphantly.

CRACK!

The ominous black flame—its “Mystic”—vanished instantly.

―……! The power…… bestowed upon me…… by the Destroyer……!

Ahram panicked.

With the black flames that blocked approach gone, the Giant of ruin went berserk again.

Each swing of his club shattered the terrain as Ahram was flattened repeatedly.

《‘King of the Dead, Ahram’ has died.》

《‘Hybrid Amalgam Ahram’ is resurrecting.》

《Entering Phase 3.》

Resurrected twice, Ahram began absorbing hybrids.

Tens of thousands were sucked into him, regenerating his body and forming an enormous shield.

BOOM!

The shield was so sturdy that it blocked even the Giant of ruin’s massive club.

―Kahahaha! All of you…… sink…… into the abyss!

The Giant of ruin furiously hammered the shield.

The Star Guardians and four pillars easily crushed the swamp hybrids.

It was a spectacular sight—but the White King simply watched with folded arms.

“Why are you only watching, caw?”

“I promised I would only spectate as ‘myself.’”

What a ridiculous guy.

Even in this situation, he was really just spectating.

Conversely, the four pillars were moving busily.

They were actively trying to eradicate Ahram and the hybrids appearing beneath Cramdel.

The White King asked:

“Then why don’t *you* get more involved? It would end much faster if you did.”

“I said I would only destroy Myths, caw.”

“……So you were only destroying Myths.”

The White King let out a booming laugh.

The moment corpse crow destroyed the “First Wall,” he began believing that some—if not all—of his bluff was real.

A Unique-grade Myth.

Destroying one meant he could bend rules.

“It’s almost over.”

The White King watched the Giant of ruin and Ahram.

Though Ahram had created an impregnable shield, it was only delaying the inevitable against the Giant.

―You monstrous thing……!

Just like the saying “even the toughest tree falls after ten swings,”
cracks began forming under the relentless blows.

It was almost pitiful to watch.

《‘Hybrid Amalgam Ahram’ has died.》

《‘Black Star Ahram’ is resurrecting.》

《Entering Phase 4.》

Already Phase 4.

The progression immediately surpassed 60%.

As Phase 4 began, the power of the Black Star fully engulfed Ahram.

“Hm……”

The White King let out a low sound.

The moment Ahram absorbed the Black Star he held, his entire body erupted with mana.

“Dangerous.”

Everyone sensed the threat.

Ahram’s mana was terrifying.

The White King turned around without hesitation. He drew his claws, slicing open a hole in the field that had become the “Swamp of the Dead.”

A single swing of his claw could cut anything.

The four pillars gathered around him.

The only one near Ahram now was the Giant of ruin .

“You come as well.”

The White King spoke casually to me.

We were the same “side” now, so we were to leave together.

I looked toward the distant Star Guardians and asked:

“You’re leaving the other Star Guardians and the Giant of ruin behind, caw?”

“We have no choice. When he explodes, this space itself will collapse.”

If we didn’t escape, we would die.

Even the White King sensed imminent danger—meaning the upcoming explosion was monstrous.

But the Star Guardians and the Giant of ruin were too far away.

And if even the White King retreated, everything left behind would be annihilated.

‘His danger detection is divine.’

The White King’s ability to detect danger was unmatched.

He could move as if seeing the future.

If he was retreating, then the Star Guardians and the Giant of ruin were guaranteed to be erased.

‘Dramut, Andasar……’

The problem was that among them were Dramut’s and Andasar’s heads.

Dramut was one of the few Star Guardians friendly toward humans.

If he wasn’t, even if I had become the Star’s master, he wouldn’t have listened so well.

And Andasar’s head was essential—for Andrew the priest.

“Are you planning to stay? That doesn’t seem wise.”

“I’ll block that explosion, caw.”

“……You’ll block a star’s explosion?”

His skeptical eyes said: *How could you stop the Black Star’s explosion?*

It wasn’t something one could block by brute force.

Regardless, I slowly pulled out a single strand of hair.

《Using ‘Hair of the Nameless Constellation.’》

A reward from clearing Main Quest 5, “Obtain a Myth”—personally offered by the Constellations, a choice of one hundred gifts.

Among them, I chose this hair.

‘The only Constellation who offered a piece of their body.’

Not a tool—a body part.

Even if it was just a strand of hair, it had to hold special meaning.

And my choice had been correct.

Golden band—

‘I cannot permit this.’

The Giant of ruin could not tolerate the being that had dyed a star black.

Nor could any Star Guardian present.

Even if it wasn’t their own star, the star itself was a symbol of the Goddess.

They could not stand by and watch someone taint that symbol with evil.

‘He must be eradicated.’

Not even dust should remain.

The Giant of ruin willingly confronted Ahram.

He would never allow a servant of demon king to corrupt a star.

But Ahram continued to resurrect.

At last, after three resurrections, he absorbed even the power of the Black Star.

“How dare you…!”

The Giant of ruin unleashed everything he had.

But Ahram, now fused with the Black Star, sought only to annihilate his enemies.

―All of you…… die……!

Self-destruction.

He intended to explode together with the star and erase everything forever.

Terrifying mana surged around him.

Like a black hole, it pulled everything inward as it prepared to detonate.

Neither the Giant of ruin nor the Star Guardians had anticipated this.

If he exploded together with the Black Star, the entire space would collapse.

It was too late to escape. The pull was too strong.

At this rate, over a dozen Star Guardians would die at once—
which would destabilize the remaining stars as well.

“I won’t let that happen!”

The Giant of ruin wrapped his arms around Ahram.

He intended to use his resistance and skills to minimize the damage.

“Giant of ruin !”

“You intend to sacrifice yourself?!”

“You fool!”

The Star Guardians cried out in shock.

ZUUUAAAAAHHH—!

Even then, the mana of Ahram and the Black Star continued to expand explosively.

It was too late.

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