Chapter 285: The night is not frightening (6)

- Human! Don't ignore my words!

Despite Raon's protests, Cale continued to ignore him and slowly turned his head to the other side.

Ssshhh.

Maren, hearing Raon's agitated breathing, paused for a moment before carefully extending a paw to console him.

"Hm?"

The Dragon Maren avoided Raon's gaze as she murmured, "The Blue Wolf will protect him, so your dad will be fine."

Raon stopped.

"No, our Human is not my dad!"

"Ah, really?"

Maren scratched her cheek with a puzzled expression. "I thought he was your dad."

"T-The Human is the Human, and I, I am a Dragon."

"So what? Is that a problem?"

"No, it's not."

"Right?"

Eruhaben, who was listening to the conversation of the two young Dragons, shook his head in disbelief before silently observing Cale Henituse, who was still crouched down.

'This guy...'

He seems like he's about to do something.

Anyone who knew Cale Henituse well enough would be more worried about him than about the two Gods facing each other in this tense situation. After all, Cale Henituse was the type who wouldn't just try to thread a needle on a cliff but would make the entire cliff collapse into dust.

'What is he going to do now?'

The God of Chaos and the Blue Wolf. And Cale.

While Eruhaben pondered, Cale stuck close to Lock's back.

A blue light. Under the influence of this divine Blue Wolf, the Dominating Aura didn't back down. Which meant Cale didn't either.

"!"

Lock shivered and clenched his fists tightly.

'The Young Master is trusting me!'

Had this moment arrived?

I can really be the protector now! No, I almost am! Lock's heart filled with excitement. His determination strengthened.

A moment ago.

- The God of Chaos must be stopped.

Hearing these words from the Blue Wolf and seeing Cale in agony, Lock instinctively stood in front of Cale. Although he was scared of the God of Chaos's black eyes, he didn't feel fear.

'Because the Blue Wolf is with me.'

Those black eyes and the unsettling gaze they sent seemed distant to Lock. All thanks to the Blue Wolf protecting him.

The blue flames in his eyes. The gray wall beyond didn't scare him at all.

"..."

"..."

The eyes on the gray wall and the young wolf wrapped in flames stared at each other. But in that stillness, neither could speak.

Ssssss~

A strange wave in the air began to dominate the sky.

Gulp.

Cale swallowed hard and slightly peeked his head from behind Lock to look at the gray wall. Fortunately, the black eyes weren't looking at him. Only at the young wolf.

- Cale, look!

The Dominating Aura spoke excitedly.

'Why is this guy so excited if he was terrified a moment ago?'

- You're excited too.

He had no answer to that.

The dozens of eyes on the gray wall. The gaze of those black eyes. It was something far beyond the Dominating Aura. But being able to imitate that even at an insignificant level?

'It will be very helpful in the future.'

Fighting against the Five-Colored Blood Hunters and others. It would be very useful.

First, he would think about the true capabilities and possibilities of the Dominating Aura's transformation.

'Could you do something with that now?'

- No. I need to observe a bit more. I need to understand what energy is in those eyes and what that gray wall is, to use it my way.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Cale's heart beat loudly.

- I'm excited.

As the Dominating Aura said, he was excited.

- Let's learn this and use it our way! Then we can face the God of Balance someday. Ah, but the God of Chaos seems to be an entity strong enough to face the God of Balance. Just looking at him makes me want to kneel! Hahaha!

‘Shut up and focus!’

- Ah, alright, alright.

- Hehe.

The Dominating Aura laughed grimly.

- Let's deceive everyone with our aura! Let's be the strongest! Hahaha! I can grow too! Hahaha!

This lunatic.

Cale sighed but slowly peeked his head more from behind Lock to observe the gray wall.

'Hmm.'

Cale swallowed hard.

Ssss~

Nothing was visible. There was no wind. But clearly, the air around was changing.

Buzzz~

Eruhaben instinctively raised a shield. Maren and Raon also responded with magic, creating their own shields.

- Can't feel it.

But Cale decided to peek his head beyond the shield.

"You-"

"Wait a moment."

He raised a hand in response to Eruhaben's question. Lock looked at him and then stepped forward to protect him.

"Wait a moment."

Cale made Lock step back and emerged from the shield.

- You feel it too, right?

An invisible wave in the air. But now Cale was starting to see it. Unconsciously, he murmured.

"Ah… I see it."

He didn't see it with his eyes. He felt it with his body. The energy behind Cale, from the Blue Wolf, and the energy from the gray wall. The essence of the air was changing. Then.

"Human, do you see it too?"

Cale, surprised, turned his head. Raon was already by his side, sticking to his back.

"I see it too! The blue energy and the gray energy are clashing! They're trying to devour each other! Is that correct?"

Wow. What's with this guy?

Cale was speechless.

- Wow. We don't feel it that clearly.

Cale looked at Eruhaben, Choi Han, and Maren. They all shook their heads. They couldn't see what was happening.

Therefore, Cale could only say one thing to Raon.

"I don't see as much as you do. You're really amazing."

Raon's wings fluttered with joy.

"Watch carefully."

Cale's expression hardened and Raon also got serious, observing around him attentively.

Swoosh~

The wind blew.

"...!"

"!"

Cale and Raon opened their eyes wide.

The eyes on the gray wall.

"It flows towards chaos."

The black pupils appeared in white eyes of the gray wall.

- Ugh!

"Ack!"

Cale and the Dominating Aura were paralyzed by a sensation of such intense fear that they could barely breathe.

A vast gray energy rose from the wall.

"Ah, ah-"

Epley trembled and prayed fervently.

"---! --!"

The Black Mage couldn't even speak.

The gray energy moved like a giant wave. Epley was the first to be hit.

"Please, have mercy---!"

She was swallowed by the wave and disappeared.

"Ah, ah-"

Next was the Black Mage. With eyes not yet completely tainted, he looked towards the Blue Wolf. Cale met his gaze.

"Ah, ah-"

His eyes said he didn't want to go. He didn't want to be swallowed by that wave. He shook his head from side to side.

"......"

Cale couldn't say anything as he watched him.

The Black Mage's wings, the wings that once belonged to the Dragon Maren, now tainted black, had a different intent.

Flap, Flap.

The wings fluttered with joy as they gave themselves to the wave. And the Black Mage was also swallowed.

- A little more!

Cale didn't lower his head this time as he listened to the Dominating Aura's anxious voice.

He directly observed the dozens of black eyes beyond the gray wave.

Swoosh~

The wind blew. It was a blue wind. The reason Cale didn't lower his head was thanks to the young wolf, who stood tall in front of the wave. The blue wind that enveloped him.

Swoosh~

The wind roared.

Awoooo---

Grrr---

The sound of the beasts echoed from below. But it was more reverent than instinctual.

Swoosh~

The blue wind surrounded the young wolf. The fire and wind united seemed capable of burning the wave.

The young wolf opened his mouth.

"Watch closely."

Who was he talking to? Cale didn't wonder.

Swoosh~

The fiery blue gust. Among them, the wolf began to change. His small body grew larger. And he began to take human form.

Lock's fur was silver, but his was a bright blue, like the sky. His huge body surpassed Lock's.

The Blue Wolf.

A god born in the world of Aipotu, the God of the Beast People. The moment he appeared; a gray wave covered him. Cale understood what the Blue Wolf wanted to show Lock.

"Roar!"

The Blue Wolf let out a beastly roar. His fist extended forward, and a gust of blue fire shot from it, creating a path. Then, the Blue Wolf extended both arms. The fire gust spread to both sides following his hands. Like arrows, his energy began to cut the tide. Moreover, his body and energy prevented the tide from touching those behind him. Thanks to this, Cale could see the gray tide brushing against his and his companions' shield.

The gray wave.

The moment his eyes caught what that wave contained...

Flash!

A pair of black eyes appeared within the wave.

"!"

Cale understood.

Dozens of pairs of eyes on the gray wall. That was not the full extent of the God of Chaos's gaze. The entire gray wave was filled with his gazes.

'Child, come here.'

The eyes whispered to Cale. They weren't authoritative or terrifying like before. Instead, they sounded quite sweet.

'In here, you can be whatever you want.'

Thump, thump~

Cale's heart pounded. He didn't know why, but he suspected. It was probably because of the power the God of Chaos mentioned, which made his voice sound so sweet. But...

'This is madness.'

Cale couldn't hear anything else. Everything seemed to be trapped in those black eyes. At that moment...

Something black headed towards those eyes.

"Don't touch our Human!"

A black, robust body stood in front of Cale.

"I will destroy even the gods!"

It was Raon.

Crack!

The black mana Raon launched pierced through the black eyes.

"Ho."

The black eyes reformed and expressed admiration. The Blue Wolf stopped and looked towards Raon, who unknowingly shouted.

"I will destroy anyone who touches our Human and our family! I am terrifying when I get angry!"

Cale sighed seeing Raon speaking so proudly while flapping his wings. Anyway, thanks to that, he regained his composure.

'Ah, I must be careful.'

Cale pretended to be calm, but he felt a chill inside. The God of Chaos. Facing this god was still dangerous for Cale.

"How dare you."

The Blue Wolf, furious, clenched his fist again. Giving a slight stomp, he launched upwards and then punched down with his fist.

Boom!

His fist hit the gray wave.

Crash!

The gust of blue fire covered the gray wave and began to tear it apart, like pieces of cloth in the mouth of a beast. The fire gust spread like a voracious fire, tearing everything in its path.

And the wave stopped growing.

The gray wall stopped generating waves.

"I must settle with this."

The eyes on the gray wall spoke, and one by one, the black irises disappeared. When only one pair of black eyes remained...

"…"

Cale was speechless.

'What is this?'

The fire gust had expelled the gray wave, and the space along the watermark was distorted. It seemed as if space-time had twisted. It looked like a scar.

Blink~

The black eyes closed and slowly opened, repeating the process. It seemed like they were about to fall asleep. Cale alternated his gaze between the eyes and the scar in the air.

"Haah."

He could see the Blue Wolf panting heavily. Although he was still standing, his back was visibly trembling. The black eyes opened one last time and then slowly closed.

"In the end, Chaos will always come. That is the law and the rule."

And the black eyes closed.

The gray wall, with no more gazes, turned to dust and disappeared into the air. Nothing remained there. Neither Epley's magic circle, nor Epley, nor the Black Mage. Only the scar in the air, the result of it all, was proof that the God of Chaos had appeared.

"Blue Wolf-nim!"

Lock ran forward alarmed.

"Haah, haah."

The Blue Wolf's body shrank. He soon became a young wolf.

"Haah, haah."

But he couldn't maintain that form for long. Unable to hold his shape, he turned into a flame. And the flame grew smaller.

"Blue Wolf-nim!"

Lock extended both hands. The blue flame, now the size of a candle flame, was received by Lock's hands.

- Did you watch closely?

The Blue Wolf's voice was no longer heard.

"Yes, I saw it!"

Lock responded but stopped at the next voice.

"Yes, I saw it."

It was Cale. Lock was surprised.

'Wasn't I the only one hearing Blue Wolf-nim? Was the Young Master also hearing him?'

Lock looked towards Cale. And he widened his eyes at what he saw him doing.

"Human, it's dangerous!"

"No. It's not dangerous."

Cale touched with his hand the strange scar in the air, as if it were a distorted space-time.

- Now I understand.

A voice filled with the Dominating Aura was heard.

- This is a primordial fear. Additionally, it is a primordial attraction.

- It is Chaos because everything is contained within it.

- It is primordial because it is what can dominate humans the most.

- The essence of the beginning. Chaos is a mixture of all that.

The voice of the Dominating Aura spoke excitedly.

- If I learn like that young Dragon, I can do it too! Wait. I will create a new power. Hahaha!

Cale smiled. He had gained a small profit. Although, at that moment, neither Cale nor the Dominating Aura could realize the great gain they had obtained.

- …

The blue flame watched Cale as it burned. The God of Hope. The God of Balance. The God of Chaos. Three of the five ancient gods were interested in this Human and wondered what outcome the future chaos would bring.

But Cale didn't feel those gazes. He took out the Mirror that the God of Death had given him.

Uuung-

The Sacred Object still vibrated strongly and contained dozens of messages.

"Haah."

Cale sighed as he read the urgent message from the God of Death.

<Hey, hey! The World of the Gods is in chaos right now!>

<The God of Chaos has split the World of the Gods in two! Crazy!>

<The God of Balance is freaking out, and her hair is a mess! That's a bit funny!>

<...Is the Blue Wolf with you?>

<I suddenly feel his Divinity.>

<Oh! No, the Divinity has decreased again!>

<Hey, please bring the Blue Wolf to Aipotu, okay?>

<We can make a new Sacred Object.>

<And build a new bright Divine Temple too.>

<Hey, but where did the God of Chaos go?>

Cale turned off the Mirror's screen after reading the noisy and useless messages. Then he lowered his head.

The numerous Beast People and humans who had returned were looking at him.

- Cale, fortunately your body wasn't shattered.

He ignored Super Rock's words.

- It doesn't look like you'll pass out.

He also ignored those words.

And he wiped the blood from his mouth without paying much attention.

- Since you've overexerted yourself, it's normal to bleed a little.

He hadn't coughed up blood. It's just that the blood kept flowing from the corner of his mouth without stopping. The blood he couldn't wipe fell in drops.

The White Snake looked at the drops of dark red blood falling and she simply looked at the people standing in the sky.

When Cale looked at them from above, they also looked at him and his group.

'After finishing here, I must go immediately to where the Dragon God of Earth is.'

Cale thought of saving the World Tree and traveling to where the Three-Star Dragon was. Although he ignored the gazes he received.

'Why doesn't the blood stop?'

The blood kept flowing. Cale's gaze moved slightly.

He couldn't ignore the gazes. Raon and Choi Han were staring at him intently. This time, Cale spoke confidently.

"I didn't pass out or cough up blood!"

- For now.

He ignored Super Rock's words.

- If you don't rest, you will soon.

He also ignored that.

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Thank you for reading!

[Author – Yu Ryeo Han]

[Translator – Anowa]

[Proofreader – Rai_Mayank]