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"Tsk."
Cale clicked his tongue.
Just as the shield was about to collide with the Water Dragon's body.
Kwaaaah-!
Scales made of water. The part that was going to touch the shield instantly transformed into liquid, lunging towards Cale.
Kuaaaah-!
The Water Dragon kept screaming that they couldn't defeat him.
That they couldn't hurt him.
That he was the water.
That that shield would never leave a mark on his body.
The Third Emperor's Dragon King.
His master had told him: "That's why you are a great dragon. An invincible dragon."
Kuaaaah-!
Even if he was momentarily trapped by the Elder Dragon, the traitor Wanderer Ryeon, and the magic net...
He was a dragon that could not be defeated.
No, a dragon that could not be hurt.
"This is bad!"
The Wanderer Ryeon's altered voice was heard.
Sss—sss—
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't freeze the dragon's entire enormous body at once.
At most, she managed to freeze parts to prevent him from transforming his entire body into water and escaping.
Even so, the Water Dragon recognized her.
Impressive.
She had managed to freeze part of his body, even if only for an instant.
And he recognized something else.
The Elder Dragon.
Something he said was true.
He was the ocean.
A dragon, but also the ocean.
By possessing both, he could be a great being.
But he had forgotten, obsessing only over one aspect.
He should have listened to the old dragon's advice.
Kuaaaah-!
The enlightened dragon roared without containing his energy.
'No!'
And the Wanderer Ryeon panicked.
If the Water Dragon escaped from the Elder Dragon's suppression and the black net...
If he turned into water and got out of this trap...
'My usefulness—?'
She wouldn't be able to prove her worth.
That couldn't happen.
Cho and Ryeon.
The two siblings were Wanderers who, by combining their powers, reached the Five Colors level.
A case where opposites complemented each other to unleash greater strength.
But now, alone, Ryeon could not defeat the Third Emperor's Water Dragon, a Five Colors level entity.
'This cannot be—'
Ryeon's face paled.
Jjeok—
The dragon's scales froze even faster.
Although only superficially, the speed was incomparable.
Ryeon's Unique Power, which grew to the Five Colors level alongside her brother.
She didn't yet know that this meant that her ability had the potential to reach that level.
In her desperation, a voice reached her ears.
"It seems I was mistaken."
It was Cale.
Ryeon looked up.
Cale licked his lips.
—Thirsty.
Like someone in front of a delicious delicacy.
Cale had not trapped this creature to hurt or attack it.
To eat it.
No, to drink it.
Cale pressed the shield against the watery part of the dragon.
—Kuaaaah—!
The Water Dragon's eyes widened.
What was this?
What had just happened?
A chill paralyzed his body.
He couldn't even think.
In that instant, he understood what was happening.
—Glup.
The shield began to drink the water.
—Tsk.
The Glutton Priestess was very thirsty.
Salty, but it was the water she craved.
Water that would relieve her indigestion from the chaos.
Kuaaaah—!!
The dragon screamed.
Even though it had only been a sip.
That small drink filled him with terror.
He's devouring me.
Me, a great dragon, the ocean itself!
That understanding terrified him more than anything.
At the same time, he understood.
'It's him!'
This bastard ate a fragment of his incarnation, a small Water Dragon!
The dragon sent his thoughts to his master, filled with despair and fury.
'Master, it's him!'
This is the culprit!
The dragon twisted his trapped body, turning his head.
Thud.
There, on his scales, clinging grotesquely, was the redhead.
'Master, it's him!'
That bastard had put the shield against his scales.
He tried to turn into water, but water is tangible.
Unless it disperses like rain or seeps into the earth...
It could be touched, grabbed.
Sss—!
Frozen scales.
Even if it was a minuscule area...
"......"
If Ryeon saw Cale's position and froze the exact point...
That was enough.
The scales, only the icy surface.
The tip of the shield brushed against that water.
Kuaaaah—!
The dragon struggled fiercely.
Kwak!
The Elder Dragon held him down, and the black net tightened.
Their goal was not to defeat or hurt him.
Only to immobilize him.
That was what the ancestral dragon and the young dragon could achieve.
—Glup!
The Glutton Priestess began to drink.
The Water Dragon, who had crossed mountains carrying rain, underground waters...
Cale wasn't drinking everything.
—Refreshing!
The natural water that the Priestess sought.
The ocean.
She drank greedily.
Nature with enough strength to cleanse the chaos.
What she had been waiting for.
—Glup, glup—
He drank without pause.
"Huu—"
Cale smiled.
Kuaaaah—!
The dragon shook.
"Ugh!"
The Elder Dragon groaned, straining himself.
"Eurk!"
Ryeon wasn't just touching the dragon—she was clinging to him using her power.
—I'm still holding on!
Ooong— oong—!
Raon released more black mana, holding the net.
Meanwhile...
—One down.
Sky Eating Water reported.
—Glup, glup, glup—
The Glutton Priestess kept drinking.
Ooong— ooo—!
The gray shield regained its silver color.
Cale couldn't contain himself.
"Ha, hahaha—"
He laughed unintentionally.
—Human, the dragon's eyes rolled back!
As Raon said, his pupils were spinning.
Kuaaaah—!
The dragon roared with never-before-seen fury, writhing.
This was different.
He had lost another fragment.
No, he had been eaten!
"Kuhk!"
Ryeon was thrown away by the force.
Splash—!
The dragon transformed his entire body into water, except for his face.
"Ugh!"
The Elder Dragon couldn't hold on.
Defeat crossed Eruhaben's face.
He couldn't resist any longer.
Kwaaaah—!
The dragon's body turned into a furious whirlpool.
If they weren't careful, Eruhaben would be trapped.
It wasn't just any whirlpool—it was the ocean itself.
A huge whirlwind like a mountain.
Being in its center would be like sinking into the depths.
—Ah!
Raon also panicked.
Splash—!
The whirlpool enveloped the net.
It swallowed even the black net, growing as it absorbed rain, underground waters...
And in the center was Cale.
—Human!
Raon called him, and when Eruhaben was going to rescue him...
"!"
"......"
The dragons were able to step back.
"Haha, hahaha—!"
Because Cale kept laughing.
Even though he was being dragged into the watery center, he laughed happily.
He seemed delighted.
Raon and Eruhaben hadn't seen that expression in a long time—and they knew what happened when he showed it.
The Elder Dragon took Ryeon, stunned, back.
"Ah!"
She reacted.
"Aren't we saving him?"
"Don't you see him laughing?"
At Eruhaben's words, Ryeon couldn't argue.
Cale, laughing.
He seemed genuinely happy.
Kuaaaah—!
Even though the whirlpool touched the sky...
Even though his body was that whirlwind, observing its power...
Kuaaaah—!
His fury turned into a scream of terror.
—Glup, glup—
—Two. Three in total.
"Keuje—"
—Glup, glup—
—One more. Four.
"Jeje—!"
Cale was in a good mood for the first time in a long time.
He clung to the shield, resisting.
His body was shaken, dizzy...
But it didn't matter.
'I'll drink everything!'
The shield, excited, drank even more eagerly.
And Cale felt it.
Sky Eating Water.
By containing aquatic power, the sensation was clear.
This enormous whirlpool.
The power of the ocean was decreasing.
It only grew because of the rain.
Its core was shrinking.
—Refreshing. Glup.
The Glutton Priestess's voice sounded satisfied.
—Cale. It is being digested.
As Super Rock said, Cale's body was improving.
Although there was still contamination from the chaos...
Thanks to the Glutton Priestess's improvement, Cale was recovering.
He felt light for the first time in years.
Was it possible?
"Hahaha—!"
Even though he was shaken, soaked, beaten...
"Hahahaha!"
He laughed with euphoria.
Then, a calm voice arrived.
—The ocean is also water.
Words from Sky Eating Water.
A strange light shone in Cale's eyes.
Not only the Glutton Priestess—she had also understood something.
Kuaaaah—!
—Five.
—The shield won't last much longer.
Cale stopped laughing.
'This is the last one.'
Just one more.
The shield wouldn't need to drink after.
Cale watched the silver shield, waiting for the moment.
—One more!
When Sky Eating Water gave the signal...
Cale pulled the shield.
'It's over!'
Now the shield was silver, with leaf patterns.
The essence of chaos, forged in 43 rituals.
The Pope's chaos. The chaos of the wind.
Having absorbed so much chaos...
And now, the Water Dragon's ocean.
It was natural for the shield to grow.
The question was how.
'I'll see it soon.'
Cale pulled the shield again.
"?"
And he froze.
He pulled again.
"??"
The shield didn't move.
Kwaaaah—!
The center of the whirlpool.
Even though he was shaken, Cale didn't let go of the shield.
"?"
He noticed that the silver thread was entangled in his hand, impossible to release.
It wasn't Cale who was clinging—it was the shield.
But that wasn't the problem.
"Eh?"
The shield didn't budge.
"Eh, eh?"
This shouldn't be happening.
—Glup, glup.
The Glutton Priestess kept drinking.
More than necessary.
"What's wrong?"
Cale panicked.
—...Tss.
Super Rock too.
—Glup. Glup.
The Glutton Priestess spoke with difficulty.
—Glup, n-no... I can't stop...! Too rich...! Glup!
Cale's face paled.
Don't tell me...?
—Second indigestion……!
Super Rock finished the thought. Cale closed his eyes.
'Damn it!'
Everything was going too well.
Damn it all!
—It will eat the whole dragon!
Super Rock spoke quickly, in panic.
—Glutton Priestess, stop! Cale will suffer indigestion for months!
Then, the Cheapskate Fire of Destruction intervened:
—Hey, won't a dragon be engraved on the shield next to the heart?
Ah.
Cale groaned.
The Indestructible Shield, the Priestess, had consumed the Vitality of the Heart of the Elder.
Suddenly, an idea.
Unique Powers.
Weren't they like Ancient Powers?
Was the Glutton Priestess devouring this Unique Power as she did with the Ancient Powers?
Cale lowered his head.
The silver shield.
—Trees grow by drinking water.
Sky Eating Water spoke calmly.
—If the Vitality of the Heart was for protection, a tree ready to grow drinks water to bloom.
She remained serene.
—But this one died from eating too much. That is, it could die from eating.
Wait, then...
Cale understood.
—That is, you could end up like that.
Damn it!
Kuaaaah—!
The dragon screamed.
Both paled.
"Hey!"
But Cale had something to say.
"It's just water!"
Even the sea is water!
"Are you going to stay there?"
Sky Eating Water responded:
—The water that overflows a glass, spills.
So?
—The water that exceeds your capacity, will come out of your body.
Eh?
—You will vomit the excess, don't worry. I will help.
What?
Vomit?
And you will help me?
Cale's eyes trembled.
Meanwhile...
Kuaaaah—!
The dragon screamed.
—Two left.
—The shield will fall soon.
Cale had drunk almost everything, only the head remained.
'I don't want to vomit!'
His face turned white.
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"Uaaah—!"
The Third Emperor's Dragon King roared as he saw what happened through his Water Dragon.
How dare this bastard swallow his power!
Ignoring the Demon King who followed him, he ran towards Cale, with bloodshot eyes.
Now, the Demon King didn't matter.
And the Demon King...
"I've never seen him so furious."
...watched with interest, pretending to chase him.
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—Glup.
Finally.
—I can't drink anymore.
The Glutton Priestess stopped.
"......"
Cale lowered his head.
His stomach burned.
Real indigestion.
"......"
He looked up with effort.
Kua... ah...
There, the dragon's head watched the whirlpool reduced to rain.
—It's not over. There's one left.
As Sky Eating Water said, he couldn't drink everything.
He didn't swallow the entire Five Colors level ocean.
Kua... aah...
Drop.
The weak dragon cried.
Drop. Drop.
The whirlpool dissipated.
Without the strength to continue.
Splash—!
Only the sound of rain remained.
Cale saw the dragon fall.
Kua... aah...
A dragon without a body is not a dragon.
Now it was a small snake.
Cale felt somewhat guilty.
"I—"
He tried to apologize.
"Urp!"
But his stomach churned. He felt like he would vomit. He couldn't speak. Opening his mouth would be dangerous.
And then...
"Bastard!"
The Dragon King appeared, crossing the mountain.
He no longer looked like an immortal.
His white hair and beard were disheveled, his clothes dirty.
Bloodshot eyes, his whole body trembled.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!"
His eyes had rolled back.
—Human, the Dragon King has gone crazy!
As Raon said, he had lost his mind.
"Urp."
But Cale couldn't speak.
If he opened his mouth, he would vomit in front of the Dragon King.
—I will help you expel it soon. You will be clean.
With those calm words, Cale paled even more.
'...This is a disaster!'
That was his conclusion.
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