Ch.3636. Dragon Lizard

# Dragons have terrible tempers.

It’s because of the strict settings imposed by the game developers.

In the distant past, something about world balance and all sorts of grandiose rhetoric.

Since they were scheduled to appear in the latter part of the game’s story, they would strut around arrogantly as if they were something special.

That’s why I particularly disliked dragons in the game.

During the Constellation of Fangs era, I cowered because of the weight class difference, but the player always wins in the end.

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“Title: Caught this fucking lizard lol

(Photo of dragon corpse trophy)

-This bastard kept coming out and killing me whenever I passed by, but now he’s the one who got it!

└lolol cute

└Must be having a great time lol

└?? What are you talking about

└That’s the loser dragon”

“Title: Are you kidding me? This is supposed to be the weakest one?

-It took me 30 hours to catch it?

└Yeah yeah, this is just the beginning

└Stop being horny and get lost

└Surprisingly, it’s officially the weakest of the weaklings that got kicked out due to hierarchy, true

└The cool dragons are break dancing in their own territories right now

└FYI, the level difference between what you caught and them is almost double lol

└Yeah, that’s the average value”

—

Again.

Dragons have terrible tempers.

The moment they’re pushed aside, they fight their enemies with everything they have, even burning their own lives, because they can’t protect the balance otherwise.

The problem is, even though not all dragons carry such enormous responsibilities, they all share the same terrible temperament.

Yeah, yeah. They’re dragons after all, so that’s understandable.

No? Actually, it wasn’t.

From a player’s perspective, it was hard to find a group of thugs worse than them.

“Lizard mister, I was just trying to have a conversation.”

-Grrrr….!!

“You struck first by sending your minions.”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: …What is this…?”

The collision of the holy sword and dragon breath.

There were a few skirmishes afterward, but no matter how powerful the Constellation forces were as late-game bosses.

They couldn’t match me at this point.

-How dare you, how dare you…!

The Lord of Dragons was bound tightly by the chains I had prepared, his existence constrained in this world by the power of the holy sword “Secratis.”

Normally, he would have abandoned his physical body and attempted an emergency escape, but with the power of a holy sword that defies Providence, things are different.

‘This is convenient, isn’t it?’

“Child of the Lost Star: The power of the holy sword cannot be avoided, even by a dragon constellation.”

Star Child left a satisfied message as if he had directly helped me, when all he did was watch.

“Now let’s have a little talk.”

I approached the muzzle of the massive dragon pinned to the ground.

“Why did you send your minions?”

By “minions,” I meant the dragons that quickly disappeared before the Lord of Dragons could manifest.

The fire dragon, ice dragon, and so on, whose deaths I had confirmed earlier through the status window.

They would have each been formidable in their own territories, but before me, they were all just lizards.

-Because their anger was justified…!

“What anger?”

-Your indifference toward the world, your irresponsibility, and how you took our kin and even abused them!!

Abuse?

What is he talking about?

My head throbs momentarily at this baffling string of words.

“To begin with, the only dragon on our side is Kalisa. So why suddenly…”

As I was speaking, I felt an inexplicable sense of unease.

The Lord of Dragons’ baseless anger from earlier, and the one-sided ganging up.

The only connection between them and me was a single believer, but what could have happened?

“Kalisa.”

-…!

As if confirming my intuition, the Lord of Dragons reacts to the name that left my lips.

-Don’t speak that child’s name with your filthy mouth!

“Why? She’s our believer now.”

The Lord of Dragons trembles and convulses as I say this with a smile.

But it’s a fact.

Kalisa, who used to belong to the dragons, had long since changed her affiliation to our order and worked hard for us.

A hardworking and beautiful believer is always welcome.

-If it weren’t for you, if only you hadn’t existed…!!

“As if.”

I’m sorry, but the reason Kalisa changed orders wasn’t because of my persuasion.

Of course, better welfare conditions played a part, but the more direct reason was the burden of her position.

‘I don’t want to be a guardian.’

Kalisa was the strongest and most beautiful dragon, beloved by the Incarnation of Dragons, but she wanted freedom.

Unlike other dragons who were born free, she was different from birth and had lived under intense scrutiny.

‘Then don’t be one.’

‘….?’

In the game, Kalisa wanted freedom, and I gave her what she wanted.

In reality, Kalisa’s stress levels in our order never exceeded “severe.”

That means most of her stress was alleviated after changing affiliations.

What does this mean?

‘They must have treated her like absolute garbage over there.’

It might be called love and affection, but they kept forcing difficult positions on her even though she didn’t want them.

I put aside the complicated background for a moment and asked about the believer at the center of all this.

“So, where is Kalisa now?”

Based on how the Lord of Dragons has been treating me and the situation so far—

Kalisa hasn’t shown herself anywhere since I went missing.

‘I want to meet her too.’

An actual fan meeting with a believer always makes my heart race.

Who wouldn’t be excited?

Characters you once cherished and built bonds with have come to reality.

-How dare you insult me!!

The Lord of Dragons becomes even more enraged at my innocent question.

“Excuse me?”

-Recently, Kalisa’s faint energy connection was completely severed. You must know what this means!

Severed.

It means her identity can no longer be traced.

If she were dead, there would be a signal indicating that.

It seems too extreme to say she just cut off communication with the Lord of Dragons because she disliked him—

“You cannot approach target ‘Kalisa’!”

On my end too, tracking her whereabouts is blocked.

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: A believer, severing connection with a Constellation…?”

“Child of the Lost Star: That’s impossible.”

As the two Constellations have already commented, there’s no way for a believer to sever the connection by their own power.

If everything were that easy, the world would be a chaotic mess of Constellations trying to exploit believers, and believers trying to exploit Constellations in return.

Once a bond is formed, it cannot be easily broken.

“Hey.”

I called out to the Lord of Dragons, no longer bothering with courtesy.

The great divine dragon raises his guard at my changed demeanor.

“Where is Kalisa right now?”

-If you don’t know, then who—!!

“I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking. Don’t you want to find Kalisa?”

-…!!

I vaguely realized that this was no time for casual greetings.

‘Another Constellation.’

It was highly likely that one of those Constellation bastards was involved this time too.

#

A dragon’s heart is not simply a mass of beating muscle.

It is a primordial energy source connected to the origin of Constellations, and the reason they are differentiated from other species.

What about their bones?

Dragon bones are naturally infused with mana-friendly components, which are also traded for astronomical amounts in black markets.

Blood, eyes, and even their very existence are treasured like precious gems.

No matter how much they shed their past glory and take human form, their intrinsic value remains.

Kalisa was a woman, a dragon, who knew her value very well.

Behind her warm smile, secret calculations were always taking place, and she always moved according to her own value judgments.

She was a dragon worthy of such privilege.

And now.

The reason she was surrendering to the deep darkness, with her body restrained and even abandoning the freedom she so desired.

It clearly proved that her value was now directed not toward herself, but toward someone else.

“…Lord.”

She speaks his name with a hoarse voice.

The Absolute One, the Father God, her patron deity.

The gracious one who saved her from that detestable group and even granted her freedom.

I still hold you in my heart.

I don’t resent you for leaving us.

Just please allow me to grasp even the slightest hope.

Ah, my Lord. My patron deity.

“To reach you, I would—”

And a Constellation watched such a Kalisa.

#

The reason a dragon’s body is treated as a precious treasure.

And a living dragon represents the potential to create new magical possibilities.

“Target is unable to communicate!”

“Target is unable to communicate!”

-….

The Constellation watching her desperately blocked all means for Kalisa to communicate with the outside.

Covering her eyes so she couldn’t see the flow of magical power, restraining her entire body to preemptively block any possibility.

‘Hey. Is this right?’

The Prophet of Fleshless Death asked him, but.

Even an omnipotent Constellation couldn’t know everything.

-The hidden world.

The Constellation’s dream and romance lay in a new world where no one could interfere.

That’s why he planned to exploit the Absolute One’s believer while he was absent.

‘He cannot harm his own believer.’

And that believer is currently wandering in the sweet dream he has arranged.

This was a unique ability of Constellations.

Blurring the boundary between reality and dreams, giving the target rest they can never wake from.

Kalisa, whose body is now restrained, believes she voluntarily gave up her freedom, but the reality is completely different.

Not just freedom, but all of her will.

Now Kalisa will become his satisfied subordinate, unable to recognize her manifested patron deity and will try to harm him.

“Hey. Have you ever been hit by a holy sword?”

The Prophet of Fleshless Death, speaking through a sacrifice’s mouth, pressured the Constellation in the darkness, recalling a terrible experience.

If they don’t find an alternative quickly, both of them will die.

-Would you shut up?

Finally, the irritated Constellation burst the sacrifice’s head.

-Splat!

Blood sprays, and the headless body collapses helplessly.

A deep silence fell.

-Your believer has already fallen.

Believers who enter his dream can never return.

The Constellation’s ability was to implant divine power in the believer’s mind, turning her into a puppet.

No matter how absolute one is, they cannot save a believer affected by their own divine power.

【Eternal Slumberer】

He decided to continue with his plan.

To reach his paradise.