Chapter 250 - A Turbulent World (6) (1/2)

-Someday, I want to climb to the top of the Tower. Where even the gods and demons can’t reach. Aren’t you curious about what’s there?

-So Jeong-woo…….

-If you’re in my way, I might throw you away. You know me, right? Stay with me until the end.

Vieira Dune had said it as if it were a joke, but when his brother got in her way, she turned her back on him, just as she said she would. That was how great her obsession with climbing to the top was.

His brother had asked again and again why she was obsessed with getting to the top.

He didn’t understand her hate for Allforone and the Summer Queen on the 77th and 76th floor.

However, even when asked those questions, Vieira Dune just smiled, and she never replied.

Vieira Dune was always like that.

If there was something going on, she just smiled, and no one could know what she was thinking. His brother was afraid of her sometimes because of that, but he thought her love, at the very least, was real. His Draconic Eyes told him that it was real as well. And then he was stabbed by a sword.

Anyhow, no one knew where her obsession for the top came from.

The moment that Yeon-woo absorbed Vieira Dune with Bathory’s Vampiric Sword, he realized that she achieved her wish.

The person he had absorbed was definitely Vieira Dune. However, it was only an empty shell. It was only the shedding she had left behind. Remnants. Or a trace.

The ‘real’ Vieira Dune had been absent from the lower world, for a long time at that.

Through her connected channel with Mother Earth, Vieira Dune had raised her Ego Data little by little.

Body Transfer and Mind Plunder. If these two powers were used appropriately, she could copy Ego Data however much she wanted. Using this as the foundation, Vieira had slowly swallowed Mother Earth, like a virus that secretly crept onto a computer and swallowed the hardware.

Of course, in front of the great being of Mother Earth, Vieira Dune was only a small existence. No matter how much she grew, a sandcastle would easily crumble in front of a large wave.

But still, if the sandcastle grew infinitely and became firm, and if Vieira Dune’s Ego Data continued to invade Mother Earth’s? And if it controlled the godly world? Then, could she sweep everything away?

Mind Control wasn’t just something that was applied to your opponents. It could be used on gods and even yourself.

Vieira Dune’s infinite mind became united, and it eventually succeeded in swallowing Mother Earth.

Of course, there were other things that helped with this.

‘The Philosopher’s Stone and the Dragon Heart. Even the Soulstone.’

Vieira Dune had only left the basic Philosopher’s Stone behind with the Walpurgisnacht. She had already completed most of it. And on top of this, she had something else.

It was clear that she had taken half of Jeong-woo’s Dragon Heart and used it.

‘So that was the reason why she stabbed him in the back.’

His brother’s Dragon Heart was actually something inherited from the ancient dragon Kalatus. If things had gone smoothly, as Kalatus intended, there might’ve been the resurrection of a new Draconic species.

He might’ve been trying for a new supernatural ability for the Draconic species after they fell to the lower world from the fight with the gods and demons.

At first, Yeon-woo just thought it was so she could have a magic power source, but looking back at it now, he realized she had been planning to swallow Mother Earth from back then.

She probably used the Soulstone in the same way. Luciel was someone the gods and demons were afraid of as well. If it was a Soulstone with pieces of such an existence, it would’ve been extremely helpful in raising her level.

And with the Dragon Heart, Philosopher’s Stone, and even Luciel’s Soulstone, Vieira Dune was able to use the infinite amount of magic power to back up her huge consciousness.

She had become an apostle that swallowed up her master. It was a crazy idea that no one would’ve thought about.

Also, it was possible because Mother Earth was a ‘concept’ and didn’t have a specific identity.

And the reason why the channel with the Mother Earth had been cut off.

It was simple.

When Vieira Dune invaded Mother Earth, she didn’t have time to think about other things.

But even though he guessed up to this point, he didn’t believe it. There was no case in which a player had taken the throne of a god after the Tower was created. There wasn’t even anyone who knew how to use holiness; people only guessed that Allforone was close.

Vieira Dune probably hadn’t completed synchronization with Mother Earth yet.

Even if she was the controller, there would be defined limits if her level was too low. Raising her limits would most likely require a lot of time.

Showing herself like this was a great loss for her.

But there was one reason she still showed up.

It was probably because she wanted to see Yeon-woo, the person who was behind all this.

“Is the air above as good as you thought it would be?”

『It’s great. It’s air that mere mortals won’t ever know.』

Was it because she was the combination of countless different Ego Data? Her voice sounded like thousands of people were speaking at the same time. It was loud, and it continued to ring out.

“Sure. I’m sure you like it. Since you got it by throwing everyone you knew away.”

The destruction of the Walpurgisnacht was basically a result of the betrayal of their leader and the god they served.

But she didn’t seem to care. Actually, Yeon-woo didn’t expect her to. She was someone who wouldn’t blink an eye to sacrifice others for what she wanted.

『I only came down to warn you.』

Yeon-woo felt the ringing in the air. He felt cold. His dragon scales stood up, but his eyes were calm.

“Warn me?”

『Yes. To warn you. I don’t have any wish to become involved with you brothers. I don’t have any regrets of my life from the lower world..』

“…….”

『So don’t pay any attention to me. The ‘Vieira Dune’ in the lower world is already dead, no? Your revenge is over. Don’t be annoying.』

She sounded bored. It was an annoyed tone of voice, like she considered Yeon-woo a little fly that was bothering her. Yeon-woo was flabbergasted. Her attitude of having a one-woman show was unbelievable.

He was also a bit annoyed at his brother for not being able to see people as they were.

To Vieira Dune, Cha Jeong-woo was nothing more than a memory. He was only a stepping stool for her to go higher. She kicked away any emotions she felt just to become a god.

She threw away her body, her heart, and her memories. Jeong-woo’s life was only a plaything.

Crunch—