My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 111
#111
Hunting the Gwangryong (3)
Just when I started digging into the Gwangryong’s body.
Harley realized that this task was much more difficult than expected.
Not being able to breathe for a long time was no problem for him, but this hostile space itself was a huge challenge.
Knock knock!
He withstood the pressure of the muscles that were squeezing him from all directions and moved steadily forward, moving his mouth without stopping.
If you stop eating even for a moment, it will just be pushed out.
‘I knew that suppressing regenerative power wasn’t enough, but isn’t this a bit too much?’
The recovery speed was extremely slow in the area where Harley bit directly, creating a gap, but the situation was different in other areas.
As it becomes difficult to directly regenerate the damaged area, it is trying to fill the empty space by proliferating the healthy area like a cancer cell and pushing it out.
This was possible because it was a light dragon that could no longer be considered an ordinary living creature.
Of course, the speed was slower than normal regeneration, so I was able to advance little by little by eating flesh through ‘Gluttony’… but
‘Common sense, does it make sense to inflate and change the body at will like this? Where are the laws of physics? The laws of physics!’
Harley grumbled inwardly and continued to dig into the hole with his large mouth and jagged teeth, which he had modified at will.
His body, which was over 3 meters long, was also compressed to the maximum to make the digging process easier.
The moment when he was moving his body diligently, letting out shameless dissatisfaction.
Kugugoong—!
For an unknown number of times, shock waves shook his body.
The high-density magic wave directly expressed from the light dragon’s body is imbued with strong murderous intent and is trying to crush Harley’s whole body.
Pop! Pop!
The situation was different from when I endured it outside before.
This time, the source was in all directions surrounding him, and the distance was not simply close.
The terrible pressure that was applied indiscriminately to the point of necrosis, not only to the target but also to the surrounding space, was enough to reduce him to a handful of blood.
Harley’s determination to exclude intruders at all costs
leads Harley… to attack the enemy!
I just used my mouth hard to recover my body.
‘You know it’s no use. ‘He’s also persistent.’
Although the attack was much stronger than what he experienced outside, the level of damage he suffered was not much different from then.
In other words, it is a minor injury that can be fully recovered.
The cause of his changed appearance was precisely his skin.
‘The light dragon’s scales are more effective than I thought. ‘The resistance to magic power is beyond imagination.’
His mutated mouth and hook-like claws were the same as before, but in addition, dark red scales covered his entire body.
I can’t even call myself a human anymore.
Thanks to consuming a large amount of scales before entering, they were more complete than when they were first made.
‘If it weren’t for this, I really wouldn’t have lasted long and had to give up.’
Thanks to the dramatic increase in defense due to the scales of the light dragon, I was able to get this far with minor damage such as shattered bones, bursting blood vessels, and crushing internal organs.
Without it, the recovery speed would not have been able to keep up with the speed of destruction, and I would have had no choice but to cancel the summoning in a near-dead state.
‘not now but.’
Not only has the efficiency of ‘Gluttony’ increased, allowing energy to be supplied more quickly, but more importantly, it has now been possible to directly absorb its ‘regenerative power’.
If only I had dragon meat, a top-quality health food, I could easily get rid of this level of injury!
As Harley moved his jaw vigorously, his body, which had been broken due to prolonged exposure to hostile magic, quickly recovered.
How many times has destruction and rebirth been repeated like that?
It has finally reached a certain critical point.
《The entity’s resilience has exceeded its limits. The skill “Regeneration” evolves into the skill “Super Regeneration.”
After constantly robbing the Light Dragon of its ‘regenerative power’, Harley’s regenerative power has finally grown one level.
‘Oh—okay. ‘I expected this to happen, but finally!’
The effects of “super regeneration” could be felt immediately.
The flesh was still tightening from all directions and the magic wave continued to the point where it felt desperate.
His body recovered much faster than before, which immediately led to an increase in work efficiency.
Kwaduk—kwaduk!
It’s a shame that I can’t express my joy with a bright smile because I’m so busy eating.
And the good things didn’t end there—.
‘…We’ve finally arrived!’
Harley was finally able to face it.
Excited! Excited!
The wildly pulsating ‘Heart of the Gwangryong’.
In fact, it only took a long time because of the guy’s desperate interference, and the distance he traveled was not that long.
It took less than 10 minutes.
‘That one.’
Harley looked at the dragon’s heart as big as her upper body… more precisely, at the crystal fused to one side of it and emitting a soft red light.
That is the source of the dragon’s power and a precious item that is even called the best magic stone.
It was a dragon heart.
But…
‘I had a rough guess, but I guess I can’t use that as a medium.’
In fact, it was not clear what to do with the Dragon Heart.
Although the scale is tilted toward using Harley for her growth, isn’t the new avatar that will be created through it also very attractive?
But when he met him in person and saw it with his own eyes, he knew right away.
‘…The skill is not responding. Is it really a problem that I am contaminated by the madness of the abyss?’
This Light Dragon’s Dragon Heart cannot be used as a sacrifice for “Customization.”
‘The magic inside has become completely intertwined with madness and deteriorated. Rather than a dragon heart, this should be seen as the essence of a completely different… independent ‘monster of madness’.’
Moreover, for some reason, the madness that pervaded his entire body was connected, as if roots had spread around it.
It was a much more advanced method that I had never seen before with the monsters I had encountered so far.
‘…Is it really possible to centrally control the madness of the entire body through the heart?’
Should I call it a dragon?
Even while being consumed by madness, he came up with his own means to use it efficiently.
Unlike monsters that just spread their bodies like fog, this method would be able to channel the madness into the right place.
‘Oh, this looks quite useful, doesn’t it?’
And that wasn’t bad news for Harley either.
Isn’t it all going to be yours anyway?
Smiling viciously, Harley crawled towards the heart and slowly stretched out her hand.
Thump—! Thump—!
As if sensing a crisis, my heart began to beat even more violently.
At the same time, terrible magic and madness mixed together and erupted like a storm.
“Hahaha! Angtal, you’re so picky! Be quiet and become one with this body!”
Heedless of the stress on his body, he opened his mouth wide and took a bite of the deteriorated dragon heart.
And at the same time.
The ‘madness’ that had spread throughout the entire body of the light dragon Heratos…
was slowly torn away as if by ‘Gluttony’.
***
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Gwangryong’s body, which had been struggling while recovering from the fatal wound to his neck, stopped in an instant and fell to the floor.
There was no need to say why.
It was only natural, since Harley had invaded the guy’s body and was eating his heart.
Because his original vitality was strong, he did not die immediately, but his life was already like a lamp in the wind.
And next to the disabled light dragon.
“Hoo… What if this is now?”
Heinz suddenly appeared without a sound, his eyes shining as he looked at the writhing creature.
The madness contained in its body was being controlled by connecting to its heart, and now Harley was sucking it out through it.
Like digging up a sweet potato stem… no, like slurping down long noodles.
Sigh!
When Heinz’s hand swung lightly, the neck of Gwangryong, who was lying down without being able to resist, was cut, and blood splattered out again.
My defenses were noticeably weaker than before, and the wounds were deeper than I thought.
“The regenerative power… has also decreased. “That’s quite a bit.”
But that wasn’t what mattered now.
There was an issue that needed to be checked urgently.
Heinz carefully put dragon blood on his outstretched fingertip and then brought it to his mouth.
“hmm.”
And after a while, a satisfied smile slowly formed on his lips.
Satisfied with the ultimate dragon blood, long fangs were already sticking out from the corners of his mouth.
‘I need a connection with Harley, but that’s not a big deal.’
The purified blood that Heinz drank contained the meticulous care of Harley, who was controlling the madness at the heart.
The blood going to the neck wound was filtered several times to provide as clean blood as possible.
Of course, even with such efforts, it was impossible to completely eliminate the madness, but…
“Tsk.”
He may not have known if he was completely mad like the first time, but for Heinz, who had already surpassed true blood, this was nothing more than an impurity that could be easily filtered out.
[Ah… ah—!]
At that time, the voices of everyone dying resounded low.
Dragon Heratos, now free from madness, took a deep breath and moved only his eyes to look around.
[Why did I… and that the Immortal King was resurrected…? And what about you guys…]
The dragon kept rambling as if he was confused about the current situation, as if he hadn’t lost his memories while he was consumed by madness.
Heinz sank his teeth into the wound on the nape of his neck without answering the last question before the flame of life went out.
‘It’s been a while since I’ve had enough to eat.’
I had already used up a lot of the blood I had saved, so I was planning on eating my fill.
Because as far as blood was concerned, physical limitations had no meaning to him.
[Ah… the immortal king… is back again. What should we do with this world now…]
Heratos, who was muttering to himself, gradually quieted down.
I felt sorry for him as he faced death, but he still had no intention of answering.
‘If you use your mouth for no reason, information may leak out without you knowing, so it’s better to keep your mouth shut.’
You might not know.
It’s possible for someone thought to be dead to be resurrected in another body, reincarnated, or return to the past.
[…Immortal King….]
While thinking about such things, Heratos’ gaze fell on Hans, who was floating in the sky and quietly looking down.
The red dragon, which had been looking at him with complex emotions…
… passed away quietly with its eyes still staring at Hans.
‘Are you worried about the Immortal King? It looks like you have a lot of resentment.’
When I first encountered Hans, it was not something I couldn’t understand, considering the relationship between immortal kings and dragons in the past.
‘But this time, the Immortal King has no intention of destroying the world, so may he rest in peace.’
Rather, I want you to know that we are working hard to protect the world.
If he hadn’t been here this time, wouldn’t Gwangryong have grown into another disaster on the continent?
[Hehehe, the bones are really weak, probably due to the effects of insanity. This would be good material.]
So don’t be too upset if I use some of your bones.
‘Ah, and there’s blood, horns, and scales…’
Anyway, I’ll use it for good things, so he’ll fully understand.
***
“Whoa—.”
Harley curled up with her eyes closed.
His whole body became hot and white steam was constantly coming out.
Muscles swelled and swelled at will, and the sound of bones twisting and flesh tearing continued to be heard.
It was completely different from the evolution we had done so far.
Even if he had simply accepted the dragon’s genes, it would have been a huge burden on his body, but it was only natural since he had completely absorbed the madness taken from the light dragon.
It far exceeded the amount that had increased by killing the Twin Head Ogre and tried to devour Harley just as it did when it engulfed the dragon.
‘There are so many that it’s hard to control. … I guess I’ll have to use the method engraved on the Dragon Heart.’
He weaved together the madness that filled his body, strand by strand.
Just as the light dragon spread roots throughout the body to control madness, Harley carefully laid out a circuit in her body for the madness to pass through.
And finally.
《The species value of the object has been changed to ‘Yongin (Hybrid)’. Acquire the special skill 「Heart of the Light Dragon」》
《The entity grows by meeting the conditions. The skill “Jewel Eye: Telekinesis” evolves into the special skill “Jewel Eye: Coercion.”》 《
The entity has achieved enlightenment by achieving the conditions. Acquire the special skill “Insanity Control.” 》
Grump! Ttuk!
Shhh!
The evolution of the body that has already been experienced several times.
In response to that change, the quality of the elements that make up Harley, such as muscles and bones… or rather, the level itself, has risen sharply.
“ha-.”
When he slowly opened his eyes, red and green eye lights burst out of the darkness, illuminating the surroundings.
The pupils of the two sharply split vertical eyes quietly looked at their surroundings.
The place where the dragon that lived for a long time died.
Inside the dragon’s body, a new dragon finally opened its eyes.