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Published at 4th of February 2022 09:51:03 AM


Chapter 21

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Chapter 21. Five Dragon Generals’ Betrayal

Five Dragon General’s Betrayal.

That battle seems to be recorded as such in the history books.

Well, it’s mostly right.

Even though it was for the sake of Dragon God-sama, it was still a betrayal.

Without doubt, it was betrayal.

However, there was one big mistake.

Specifically, only Four Dragon Generals participated.

Because I didn’t fight in it.

Someone needed to clean up afterwards.

When Dragon God-sama and the Five Dragon Generals fight.

Some among us would die.

Perhaps all of us.

That would decapitate Dragon World’s entire leadership.

Who would lead the dragon warriors, kill the demonic beasts, research the arts, or assist Dragon God-sama then..?

Thus, I was asked to stand down.

A vital, but shameful role.

Why would I feel ashamed?

You don’t know?

The Five Dragon Generals disobeyed Dragon God-sama’s orders.

The only punishment for that was our destruction, until not even a claw or fang remained.

Leaving aside whether we succeed in preventing Dragon God-sama from invading the Human World, our betrayal was an undeniable fact.

Even if everyone survived, punishment would be unavoidable.

Only death could make up for it.

Yet I alone escaped responsibility.

Even though I didn’t participate in the fight, I already disobeyed and plotted against Dragon God-sama.

Yet, I alone would keep my position among the Dragon Generals.

Nothing was more shameful than this.

Even for the future of Dragon World, it was an inexcusable act.

But as the most junior member.

I accepted my role.

By the way, we didn’t begin the fight immediately.

Dragon God-sama and the Five Dragon Generals.

If we fought, we could easily have wiped out a mountain or two.

Preparations must be made for the battle.

Stop Dragon God-sama.

Easier said than done.

A few punches and kicks, restrain and lock him up somewhere.

Do you think it would be that easy?

The power required to resist Dragon God-sama could wipe mountains off the map.

Of course, no structure could lock Dragon God-sama in place outside of an appropriately large magic circle.

It’s like babies challenging an adult.

You may not have interacted with babies much, but even when sick or injured, it’s hard to lose to a baby that could barely crawl.

There was such a power gap between Dragon God-sama and the Dragon Generals.

That's why four Dragon Generals worked together to confront Dragon God-sama seriously.

The same tactic that defeated the Demon Kings.

No, even more power was needed.

Preparations took a fair bit of time.

Dragon God-sama agreed to wait.

You may think it’s strange, perhaps Dragon God-sama wanted to give the Five Dragon Generals a chance to hand over responsibilities and evacuate the Dragon Race.

Whatever the reason, he waited.

Maybe Dragon God-sama couldn’t win by himself in Human World, or perhaps he was waiting for Dragon Generals to reconsider after a while?

I don’t know.

While the other Dragon Generals prepped, I was by Dragon God-sama’s side, helping him evacuate the population of Kayose to elsewhere.

I didn’t know where exactly the fight would take place either, but Kayose was the center of our world.

The possibility for collateral damage was high.

I spent the days leading the evacuation effort.

Everyone was troubled.

Nobody would believe that four of the Five Dragon Generals would revolt against Dragon God-sama.

Some people even said they want to stand and fight with Dragon God-sama.

But Dragon God-sama quieted those voices and stopped them.

Ordinary Dragon Race wouldn’t have a chance in a fight between Dragon God-sama and the Five Dragon Generals.

Dragon God-sama must have wanted to avoid any unnecessary casualties.

After the evacuation was complete, I went back to Dragon God-sama.

As well as showing my continued loyalty, it was also a quiet check to prevent him from abruptly taking off to Human World.

He remained silent in his thoughts.

Dragon God-sama didn’t talk with me, nor act in any way dangerous, only quietly pondering about something..

At any moment, it felt as if he would ignore me and abruptly head toward the Human World.

I could only imagine what he thought about at that moment.

But Dragon God-sama was wise.

Perhaps at that moment, he already peered through the fog to understand the mastermind and his true motives.

Or perhaps, he already predicted the worst case scenario.

Anyways, the day had finally come.

I received the word from the Dragon Generals that the preparations were complete.

Upon receiving the news, Dragon God-sama looked at me.

"What are you going to do?"

"I will fight alongside Dragon God-sama."

I felt the weight of duty.

Inheriting the will of the Five Dragon Generals, not leaving Dragon God-sama alone.

As the last of the Five Dragon Generals, I shall carry on their legacies...

"..."

Dragon God-sama stared at me for a while, then slowly shook his head.

"I won't allow you to fight."

"!"

My first reaction was to protest and ask why must I stand by?

“Just in case, go protect my son.”

Instead, Dragon God-sama gave me such an important task.

Protecting the son of Dragon God-sama.

Dragon God-sama must have thought that even the strongest Dragon Warriors could not protect him right now.

If you think about it, perhaps Dragon God-sama feared that even his child may become a target, while he was preoccupied.

“Don’t let any harm come to him.”

“Yes!”

Back then, I didn’t realize how important of a mission protecting that child was.

I thought of him as Lunaria-sama’s legacy, being entrusted by Dragon God-sama what he treasured the most in the world.

That’s what I was protecting.. I thought.

Thus, I rode Saleyakt and evacuated far away with the child.

Soon after… Kayose disappeared.

Long-range bombardment from Maxwell’s Dragon Gate Artillery wiped Kayose from the map.

Beams of light sped through the air and landed Kayose.

They struck all at the same time and formed a ball of light, and just like that an entire mountain was erased from existence.

The highest peak in Dragon World.

The most historic city.

I was shocked.

I wasn’t sure how the Five Dragon Generals would fight.

I never thought such a historic and well-defended city would be so wantonly destroyed.

I really thought for a moment that the Dragon Generals had betrayed Dragon God-sama.

But with a little thought, I understood their thought process.

It goes without saying that the Five Dragon Generals did not intend to kill Dragon God-sama.

They simply wanted to stop him.

Force Dragon God-sama to remain in Dragon World instead of leaving for Human World.

If Kayose was destroyed, it needed to be rebuilt.

A great deal of effort and time to return our people back to their regular lives.

If this reminded Dragon God-sama that “Dragon World must be prioritized over the Human World,” then regardless of the outcome of the battle, it’s a victory for the Five Dragon Generals.

Perhaps a bit of trickery…

But the Five Dragon Generals were already prepared in case of failure.

The fight would be futile, if after defeating them, Dragon God-sama went to Human World anyways.

When the debris and smoke cleared from Kayose’s destruction.

Only a single existence remained.

Dragon God-sama.

He was wholly unscathed.

It was too far to see his expression, but he’s clearly looking toward the source of the light.

Beyond the light of sight.

Something huge emerged through the clouds.

A giant mass of rock covered in dragon scales.

Its surface was covered in purple wires attached to iron stakes.

A floating rocky mass common in the Heaven World.

A nucleus of concentrated magic energy, its movement powered by layers of magic circles.

It’s covered in dragon scales and outfitted with magic turrets of demonic origin, a full-fledged fortress.

Its name?

It didn’t have a name.

Ah.. if I should give it a name.

Chaos Breaker.

I would call it that.

Because that scene and that moment of Kayose’s destruction was forever seared into my eyelids.

Next.

Four large beings, as well forty-four small beings were onboard the fortress.

The four Rebellious Dragon Generals, and the familiars they summoned.

Spirit Summoning developed during the war with the demons.

Dragon Race was reputed to be powerful, but not known for delicate or versatile works.

Spirit Summoning was a technique to overcome that weakness.

These were created to counter Dragon God-sama, each with unique abilities, more powerful than those used during the war.

When they identified Dragon God-sama, they flew around the fortress in formation.

However, Dragon God-sama already made his move before they’re fully deployed.

Slowly raising his hand, he pointed a fingertip toward the fortress.

At that moment, something invisible emitted from his fingertip and flew toward the fortress.

An overwhelming torrent of power.

Even a Dragon General would be in serious trouble if they got caught in it.

But before it arrived on target, the fortress distorted.

A huge field of distortion.

That torrent of power was deflected by the field into a distant mountain, erasing it.

The combined forces of forty-four spirits blocked Dragon God-sama’s attack.

Dragon God-sama fired off one torrent after another.

However, the spirits’ distortion fields parried each of them.

Didn’t you think it was too easy a way to counter Dragon God-sama?

I thought so too.

No matter how weakened by his previous battles with the other gods.

Forty-four spirits shouldn't be able to prevent his attacks.

But that stalemate didn’t last.

As the fortress approached, the light of the spirits began to diminish.

Just a step short.

No, it’s not fair to call it a misstep…

Anyways, by the time the fortress made contact with Dragon God-sama, the spirits lost their power and disappeared, one after another.

The distortion field disappeared as well, leaving the fortress exposed.

Even though it was vulnerable, it was still covered in hard dragon scales.

Slowly, Dragon God-sama pulled a sword from his waist.

A sword forged by the Five Dragon General, Mad Dragon King Chaos.

A genuine God’s Sword that could withstood the power of Dragon God-sama.

Dragon God-sama stood posed with the sword.

A cut.

I had witnessed the power of gods many times.

But it was always against other gods.

Other gods were always capable of withstanding those strikes.

But this slash from Dragon God-sama seemed to distort the world.

Everything felt out of place.

In fact, everything was carved in halves.

The sky, the cloud, the dragons flying off in the distance, the ever approaching fortress.

All sliced in two.

What are dragon scales against a god?

What’s the point of defenses on a wooden stump?

The huge fortress was split in half. The upper half, losing power, fell toward the sky.

Its lower half remained floating. Its core probably survived the attack.

The Dragon Generals landed on the falling masses.

Then quickly took off.

Their appearances were very different from what I remembered.

Their physiques were about three times larger than they should be.

So thickly covered in scales that even their face was tightly covered.

Their nose and mouth sticking out, with horns grew from back for the head, looking almost dragon-like.

The demons had developed a mysterious technique to transform the body with magic.

Dragon Race evolved it further.

Transforming the body to a more primitive form and gaining an explosive amount of power.

In exchange, the user’s lifespan was greatly diminished.

The transformed four carried unfamiliar weapons as well.

A spear.

The Dragon Generals were all armed with god spears created by Chaos.

Normally, Dragon Generals do not use weapons.

But not when the opponent was Dragon God-sama himself.

Without a weapon, you can’t even scratch him.

The four flew with tremendous speed, dancing around Dragon God-sama.

They probably intended for close combat all along.

Both the fortress and spirits were made to counter Dragon God-sama’s long-range attacks.

Physical strength raised with arcane techniques, attacks strengthened by God Spear, as well as all the techniques devised in the demon war to weaken Dragon God-sama.

Concentrating all the wisdom and knowledge of the Dragon Generals in order to hurt god.

The Dragon Generals launched a terrible onslaught.

Every attack, shockwaves rang, lights flared, and the whole Dragon World trembled.

The onslaught of General Goryu was terrible.

Each subtle move, a shock wave ran, a flash of light burst, and the whole dragon world trembled.

Its collateral damage destroyed mountains, killed entire flocks of dragons, even tens of thousands of Dragon Race got caught up in it

The Dragon Generals gained the power to hurt god.

But only the possibility of.

Because even with that power, it wasn’t enough to overwhelm Dragon God-sama.

One-on-one, it wouldn’t be a fight at all, but with all four of them they barely made a match.

Barely.

Just barely.

Even though they’re inferior, the power of the Five Dragon Generals managed to reach Dragon God-sama.

The power to reach god.

Even if it’s just barely, they arrived.

They proved that the efforts of man could even reach the gods.

That proof was why I… no, let’s put that aside.

In any case, Dragon God-sama and the Dragon General battled for a long time.

The Dragon God-sama who was near death and full of wounds.

The Dragon Generals who finally reached the realm of gods.

The battles between those five continued ceaselessly.

I was always watching.

I thought it was my duty to witness it.

The battle continues for days.

Maybe it wasn’t for that long.

A fight between gods could last for years.

Only a few days.

Yes, six days.

The Dragon Generals probably intended for the battle to be decided quickly.

Probably.

No matter how much they prepared, how much their powers have developed.

If it became a war of endurance, they had no chance of victory.

So they wanted it to be decided quickly.

Maximum offensive, for that one-in-ten-thousand shot at victory.

One shot.

Out of ten-thousand.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t that shot.

The seventh day.

The light and shock of the battle subsided.

The battle was decided on the fortress that was carved into two.

I approached the fortress to witness the outcome of battle.

I witnessed a dreadful sight.

Four men and women collapsed on the ground.

Goes without saying that they were the Dragon Generals.

They were all on the edge of death.

Szilard lost his left arm, half his face burned.

Chaos without an eye and a large hole on his belly.

Maxwell’s claws were all smashed, his wings torn, on his knees.

Dora-sama had it the worst.

Her right arm and lower body were both gone, she’s barely clinging on.

A complete victory for Dragon God-sama.

But there was something strange.

There was an extra arm growing from Dragon God-sama’s chest.

Szilard or Dora-sama’s lost arm?

No.

There were no scales on that arm.

A flesh-colored, featureless arm.

Surrounded by fog, difficult to recognize.

Everyone, including Dragon God-sama, was looking at the arm stunned.

To be precise, the owner of that arm.

Behind him, the god that struck landed a deadly blow against Dragon God-sama.

"Human God..."

Human God had punched through Dragon God-sama’s chest, grabbing his divine jewel.





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