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The nomads who followed me into the city were amazed to see the city on the move.

“It’s the perfect place to live for nomadism!”

“This huge land itself is like a spirit!”

The nomads were greatly impressed by the fact that the city itself was moving, and far from being dissatisfied, they even felt satisfied about living here in the future.

Nomads joining cities without opposition.

Due to Lagrande’s wise decision, they were treated equally with the wild city dwellers, unlike the living city dwellers.

First of all, I have enough strength to fight all the warriors in the city.

Of course, there are no explicit classes in my city.

It’s just closer to the internal discrimination between citizens and the rules established by Yagapatu to manage humans.

Anyway, the nomads’ entry into the city went smoothly, and Yagapatu was unable to say anything because he was outgunned.

And Lagrande, the head of the nomads, had a meeting with me.

” Heavenly Demon Spirit, are there any rules I must follow in this city? ”

-There are three things. Listening to Jaun, the spirit of this city. And taking time to pray for myself. Lastly, it is a regular offering of prayers.

The energy donated by the existing city residents was being consumed by Zaun and Craft, not me.

Thanks to this, even those who are at B-level level are getting close to A-level level.

“It may be a little difficult to talk about spirits… The spirits we have have already been contracted to be shared by nomadic spirits.”

-You can follow Jaun’s words when it comes to matters related to energy and the lives of you nomads. It will be arranged in a different price.

“Okay. But… there is one thing you need to know, Cheonmaryeong.”

Lagrande paused for a moment and spoke.

“The reason why our descendants of the northern heroes came down near the Giant’s Mountains is because Fimbulvetr recovered from the wounds suffered by the sky during the terrible winter up there and began his activities again.”

ㅡFimbulvetr? Are you referring to the Ice Age called the Great Loa?

I know this because I lived in this world for several months and either scared spirits to receive information or absorbed memories from a human tribe using Babel.

There are currently four great loa alive on this continent.

Sky, mountain range, dragon, ice age.

The pinnacle of this world, equivalent to S class.

“That’s right. It is also called that. Anyway, the winter is waking up and a harsh winter is coming to the North. And now that the winter has awakened again, they will compete with the sky and try to devour each other’s territory. This city must quickly evacuate to the east or west.”

ㅡHmm.

Ice age and sky.

If two people fight and one side loses, isn’t it okay for me to take over and have a good time?

No, according to the legend that I heard after absorbing the tribes that lived near the Giant’s Mountain on the way to the west, when the Ice Age was fatally wounded by Sky and fled to the north, the mountain range established the Giant’s Mountain to keep Sky in check.

Maybe it will be a three-way battle between the sky, the mountains, and winter.

I was considering joining this fight, but decided to evacuate the city first.

In the past, when I hunted an A-class Loa, the aftermath wave hit the city.

If you fight an S-class great Loa here for no reason, the city will be destroyed, and even if you win, you can continue fighting with other great Loa.

-I understand for now. Don’t worry about the city. There are also ways to strengthen the city. And speaking of compensating you for killing my warrior…

“Ah! The essence passed down to the descendants of our northern heroes is winter and rebirth…”

-I like the essence of humanity.

“!!!”

Lagrande is shocked by my remarks.

I thought, smiling at him.

If there was a hero of the North, wouldn’t his descendants have the essence that was left over when he died?

Even otherwise, if a tribe of 3,000 people continued for several hundred years, it is extremely likely that a hero would have been born in the generation within those hundreds of years.

“Dear Heavenly Demon… A hero must not feast on the essence of humans like himself. Humans eating humans means taboo and will inevitably lead to destruction…”

Ah! There may be a misunderstanding, but I have never consumed purified water.

“That’s why heroes can’t drink essence…”

ㅡThis means that there is no integer in the first place.

“Yes? Are you sure?”

When I nodded, Lagrande looked like he couldn’t believe it.

“That… is something that cannot be done with your own strength…!!”

-Do you now understand the meaning of my name, Heavenly Demon, Heavenly Demon?

Lagrande was in a state of chaos-like confusion at my words.

Suddenly, a realization flashed across his face, and he looked surprised and asked a question.

“What level did you raise Seed to?”

-It will be completely different from what you imagine.

Because it wasn’t there in the first place.

Despite my inner feelings, Lagrande has an expression of admiration.

“You follow the Sephiroth, shunning vice and being so close to virtue. We, the Northern Hero, descendants of Ragnar Lodbrok, will gladly follow the Heavenly Demon Spirit!”

‘You were completely wrong.’

Vice and virtue.

A concept that followed from the original Sephiroth of Earth.

You can roughly think of it as a characteristic obtained by developing Sephiroth.

Diligence or sloth, greed or silence.

Literally a virtue and a vice.

According to Balung’s memories seen through psychometry, the concept is a little different in this world, so it seems that you have to stay away from the vices corresponding to Sephira and get closer to the virtues to speed up your training.

Anyway, Lagrande mistakenly thought I was a great person and at the same time actively cooperated with me, and I finally obtained the essence I desperately wanted.

“This is the essence of humanity.”

It is also the essence of Ragnar Lodebroke, who is called the hero of the North.

It is the essence left behind by a hero strong enough to defeat Loa, who was randomly capturing humans and squeezing their vital energy like livestock, and to unite the humans scattered in the north to create the current nomadic system.

As measured by the essence’s magic eye, it is A grade.

There is probably no human essence better than this in this world.

And then the time to choose came again for me.

“Eat this or not?”

Originally, the plan was to randomly collect human essence and absorb it to make it S-class, but it seems that that was taboo.

I heard from Lagrande that as soon as he goes crazy, a human-shaped tumor forms inside his body.

I understood that it seemed like it symbolized the human taboo of cannibalism.

It might be different to absorb essence as essence, but I didn’t bother to try it.

“Starting at level A?”

Hmm…

After much deliberation, I decided to try making dragon essence.

Even if you choose human essence… you might need dragon essence.

After putting off making my choice again, I had a busy day.

First, we checked how the descendants of the northern heroes led the spirit army.

“How do you deal with spirits? It is treated as a connection that occurs in the process of exchanging vital energy with a spirit raised through a contract with a blood relative. All of those spirits took spirits that were weaker than humans at first and raised them.”

-Contract? But aren’t contracts binding?

For some reason, the original spirits also valued the act of contract and tried to keep it, but they did not necessarily risk their lives to keep it.

I know this because there was a case where the wind spirit who made a contract to bring me information did not return and ran away.

“Haha. That’s usually the case. However, if a contract is made in front of a stone statue of a star that has been passed down to our blood descendants, it will be binding.

-A stone statue of a star? …I wonder what that is.

“Ah, Cheonmaryeong, you are also interested? Then would you like to take a look?”

I was guided by Lagrande’s son and went to see the star statue myself.

It was an object similar to a globe, with the land carved directly into a round sphere of stone.

Two continents and two great oceans.

-There was such a thing as another continent.

This is not strange considering that there were six continents on Earth.

It’s just that the continents here are completely opposite to each other, so it’s not a distance that even the wind spirits can come and go.

I took it positively.

I wonder if all the humans on this continent combined would be 10 million or not.

Later, if I take people from other continents under my wing, the population will increase a bit.

ㅡHmm?

As I looked around the globe depicting this world, I came across a phrase.

‘hmm…’

I carefully checked this globe with my essential magical eyes and extra senses.

And what I found out was that this globe was just an ordinary object.

In this case, only one assumption is valid.

This is a means of mediating existence, just as people call my divine name, the Heavenly Demon.

To put it simply, this object itself is nothing like the language, sounds, and words that signify the word Cheonma.

The enforceability of a contract is, like my divine name, an ability possessed by the object to which this object points.

ㅡIt’s a star…

Does that mean it has binding power on spirits?

If you think about it, all the spirits on the planet could be seen as belonging to the stars.

So, there is nothing strange about giving binding force to enforce a contract.

‘So, like the possibility seen in Loa’s essence, is this star actually a spirit?’

I saw the underworld as the magical eye of essence.

Of course, even my own magical eye, which possesses the supernatural power of clairvoyance or remote viewing, cannot see the inner core of a star beyond thousands of kilometers.

I don’t know if it’s at Oracle’s level.

As I stood there in silence, Lagrande’s son asked carefully.

“Um… did you see something in this statue?”

–No, there is nothing special about this statue itself. What is important is the shape and name of the star.

“Yes? Is that possible? This is truly an incredibly magical treasure…”

-Have the spirit create a stone sculpture of the same shape as this one. It will have the same effect as this.

I gave Lagrande’s son a cursory answer and returned to the residence.

As I said, Lagrande’s son copied the star statue and it had the same effect.

And this statue quickly spread throughout the city.

Anyway, after that happened, I poured energy into Jaun, ground the essences to create civilization spirits, and then absorbed the essence of the civilization spirits into Jaun.

Jaun grew to Class A thanks to my utmost sincerity.

Thanks to its growth to Class A, the diameter of the city doubled, limited telekinetic powers were created within the city, and the city’s movement speed became faster.

And my essence’s magical eye was able to confirm that civilization arose from the potential of Zaun.

ㅡHmph. Why can’t I grow in my concepts even if I become an A-level student?

“That’s right… the original concept of a city is at the A-level level. I was forced to become B-level through Jinsik.”

-You said that Craft will grow soon…

That’s because he was originally at B-level level.

I worked hard to comfort Jaun.

“…Instead, you become stronger when you become S-class. The S class will also become faster. Now, I’ll give you a gift to commemorate becoming A-level.”

I took out the essence of C-class civilization that I had stored away in subspace and fed it to Jaun like candy.

Originally, I was planning on using it to do chores in another universe…

ㅡAh. Gulp – delicious!

“Yes. Enjoy your meal.”

Jaun swallowed the essence with a gulp.

I waited for Jaun to finish drinking the essence and then got to the point.

“Jaun, what essence did you receive from Lagrande in exchange for ten years of energy?”

Ugh? for a moment…

The essence was delivered to me by floating across the room with a force similar to telekinesis.

The essence of regeneration.

It’s a B-level essence, but with this, I’m one step closer to the dragon.

ㅡWow. But what about Yagapattu?

“Why is she doing that again?”

– Make a contract with me using the star statue you created this time. It was said that humans and spirits should set rules for each other.

I frowned at those words.

Yagapatu was working on a renovation project.

You’re trying to trick Jaun without me knowing.

As nomads are flowing into the city and their power is decreasing, the solution is to bring in Zaun.

“Insolent bastard. You are urging my command.”

Originally, I was going to make Lagrande and Agapatu the city’s most powerful people and have them keep each other in check.

Yagapattu crossed the line.

“Jaun! You and Kraft never contract with anyone. And Yagapatu ordered the artificial spirit of the night to clean it up.”

ㅡWow. But why don’t me and Dad sign a contract? Now the warriors are making contracts with their weapons.

“You cannot leave the leash to something external, such as a star.”

The binding force created by the star may be interfered with by the star.

All you really have to believe in is your own strength.

ㅡOong. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

“Leaving it to others is not domination. Even though I’m saying this, I don’t rule because management is a hassle. Anyway, don’t make the core spirits of the city you control contract with others.”

Wow!

I stroked Jaun and thought about the future.

‘First… I have to make the dragon’s essence first. ‘I got regeneration, so it’ll be soon.’

And as time passes,

Yagapatu mysteriously disappeared, and Lagrande became the leader of the humans and took control of the city.

The corruption known as Yagapatu disappeared and the order of the city was reorganized by the nomads and the strongman called Lagrande. Thanks to this, discrimination against residents of the City of Life disappeared and positive feelings about the city increased.

And the most decisive change.

As nomads joined the city, the supply of purified water collected from outside increased nearly tenfold.

This is because the existing nomads’ fast movement speed through the spirits and the nomads’ spirits easily detect and capture the same spirits.

And the massive influx of essence gave birth to the spirits of a vast civilization.

In addition, through a contract through a duplicate star statue, it is easy to control the spirits.

Thanks to this, each person has almost ten civilization spirits.

House, clothes, dishes, tools, dishes, pottery, bed, oven, cleaning, cart.

Here, there are several types of pottery and clothes, and there are cases where spirits with special needs such as house or cooking are missing or lacking, but these ten types of spirits have become basic assets possessed by almost everyone.

After seeing that, I was convinced that this city had achieved a proper civilization.

Spirit civilization.

If you look at the individual’s standard of living, it was as good as modern times.

No, in some ways, it is like autonomous artificial intelligence robots assisting our lives, so in some ways it may surpass modern times.

And to raise the level of civilization further, specialized knowledge will be needed.

I called Lagrande and told him about the need for knowledge and study.

“Do you mean knowledge? Oh, are you talking about martial arts, how to make medicine, metallurgy to make weapons, the ecology of spirits, and stories of our ancestors?”

-There is that, but what I want is a slightly different field.

I spoke of not just +, -, numbers, but at least ×, ÷ mathematics, gravity, astronomy, cells and bacteria, the science of the human body, and knowledge of the growth of spirits.

“Math and science? There’s nothing wrong with basic math, but… gravity? Germs?”

Lagrande seemed to have a hard time understanding, so I spent nearly an hour explaining it to him.

-Do you understand? Astronomy is related to the calendar, cells are the basic composition of life, and bacteria are the cause of all diseases. Please refer to this paper for details. What is really important is the creation and evolution of new civilization spirits.

I read it with my own magical eye and passed on the evolutionary tree of the spirits that I had discovered through several months of experimentation.

This was the key from the beginning.

In any case, all the civilization that city residents enjoy today came from spirits.

As the spirit develops, the level of civilization it contains will increase.

Additionally, I ordered Lagrande to create a new spirit, such as a bed.

“I understand Cheonmaryeong’s instructions. Rather… how did Yagapatu go missing?”

-Unfortunately…he died while plotting a rebellion against the city spirit. He died while foolishly trying to force him into a contract that was close to a master-slave relationship.

I said with a regretful expression.

It’s half true and half false, but it’s not that wrong.

“It must be true if it is what Cheonmaryeong said. You are truly a fool.”

Lagrande believes what I say without a doubt.

In this way, with my connivance, Lagrande became a ruler close to a king and led the humans of the city.

And I, too, have achieved the fruition of my long pursuit, the goal that brought me to this world.

“Kuuuh!!!”

Ah! Life is just around the corner…

The spirit of a giant deer that meets death by my hand.

Fimbulvetr, the spirit of the Ice Age awakened, and life in the northern part of the continent began to move south at once to avoid the harsher cold.

Thanks to this, nearly 5,000 additional humans joined my city and countless spirit beasts were captured.

Thanks to this, the Dragon’s Essence was completed within a month after the Northern Hero’s descendants joined.

Wild, a fusion of the characteristics of all animal species and nature.

The essence that was born this way looked like a heart.

Essence that pulsates on its own and symbolizes the pinnacle of life.

This is also the second S-class water purifier I have acquired.

“It’s so beautiful and brilliant!”

I held the heart of essence shining like a jewel and looked into it with my essence’s magical eye.

And the possibilities I saw.

“Nothing… nothing?”

No possibility at all.

Same case with human essence.

And these were the only two integers that had no possibility.

What this meant was that one of my predictions was correct.

“Humans… are like dragons?”

The law of the dragon that is omnipresent throughout the universe.

And humans exist in every universe I have entered.

Perhaps, I didn’t know that humans, like the dragon’s laws, had their own laws.

The illusion of Sephiroth, Adam Kadmon, may be a force belonging to human law.

“Dragons and humans… A law omnipresent in the entire universe…”

Could it be that the one who created humans and placed them in all universes, and the one who put Adam Kadmon in the power of Sephiroth, is the one who created and governs the laws of that universe?

Is a transcendent being who wields fate and recreates Earth’s history and mythology in another universe related to human laws?

While I was continuing to worry,

I felt a huge presence approaching.

The presence of a huge life that is perceived not only through the extra senses but also through the sixth sense.

I moved my gaze towards the sky and recognized the owner of that presence.

A sky island created by the spirit of the sky for the dragon that was defeated by the mountain range.

As the Ice Age awakens again, the hiding place of Sky Island, which had been waiting in the northern part of the continent to assist Sky, is shattered.

The dragon broke out of its nest in the sky and flew towards me.

Surprisingly, the dragon’s nest existed nearby.

–You feeble being, hand over your essence to me.

At first glance, the body looks like a mountain.

To be precise, it is more appropriate to call it a Western dragon rather than an Oriental dragon.

The dragon looked down at me, clad in the pinnacle of life and with the dignity of a dragon.

Did you recognize the essence of the dragon and run to it?

–Lizard, think about it if I give you your essence.

I stored the dragon’s essence in subspace and took out my sword.

The city has already reached the area between the northern and western parts of the continent.

And in order to complete the essence of the dragon that was just around the corner, I searched far and wide to hunt for the spirit tree, and as a result, this location was far from the city.

The aftereffects of the battle will be significantly reduced, and with the city’s own defense and the artificial spirit’s defense, there is room for room as long as an S-class attack does not hit directly.

It sounds like you can fight with all your might.

There are two dragon essences…

Will we become stronger if we combine them?

-You foolish human being. I have already burned down your brilliant civilizations of Dane and Svea, and have eaten a million humans over the course of over 100,000 years. Are you relieved that the essence is hidden beyond space? If I kill you and search for a hundred years with great effort, I can retrieve the essence. My mercy is only this once, so think carefully.

100 years is a lot.

I listened to the dragon’s long speech and came up with only one answer.

ㅡThe words are too long. I am a scary person. You can retrieve your hidden essence. So give it to me. It’s a long story that could be summarized in three lines like this.

As soon as I finished speaking, I ran towards him.

-I will fill my stomach with human heroes again.

As the dragon speaks, its wings spread wide.

And countless lightning and prominences formed on the dragon’s skin.

-Do you know that? You are the 65th hero to challenge me.

What should I do?

To begin with, I’m not even the hero people here talk about.

I decided that I had narrowed the distance enough, so I cast the Heavenly Magic Sword and cut him down.