The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 287

-First, it would be best to introduce myself.

At the Silver Dragon's words, Cheon Yuhwa wore a serious expression, thinking that some important words might come out, while Lee Shin wore a bored expression, wishing it would just tell him about the incarnation of the Heavenly Killing Star it had mentioned earlier.

And Irhegue, a fanatical dragon enthusiast, looked at the Silver Dragon with sparkling eyes.

-Ah, before that, there's one thing I want to ask.

The Silver Dragon said, looking back and forth between Lee Shin and Irhegue.

-Seeing as you've approached the resistance, it seems you're planning to move in a direction hostile to the church, right?

"Yes, that's right."

Cheon Yuhwa stepped forward and said, on behalf of Lee Shin who was quiet, having no particular interest in the topic of conversation.

-In that case, do you also know that there is one Gold Dragon in the church?

"Yes, I've heard of it."

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the Silver Dragon nodded slightly.

-Then the explanation will be quick.

-I am the Silver Dragon, Muel, the one and only family of the Gold Dragon, Sernia, who symbolizes the church.

"Yes?"

"What did you say?"

At Muel's sudden words, even Lee Shin, who had been indifferent, joined the conversation with a surprised face.

"No, but if you're the Gold Dragon's family, that means..."

-Yes, it means I am also one of God's children.

Grin-

-Unlike that guy, I was abandoned by God, though.

At Muel's unexpected words, the two busily rolled their heads with their own thoughts.

Watching them, Muel said.

-The hero of Gaia and the incarnation of the Heavenly Killing Star. Do you know what kind of treatment dragons receive in this world, and why they receive such treatment?

"I know."

Cheon Yuhwa didn't know, but Lee Shin knew because he had heard various things from Mio and Rwen.

"The dragons, whose pride had grown, rebelled against God, and God, in his anger, chased all dragons except one out of this world, right?"

-Kukukuk.

Muel laughed quietly at Lee Shin's words.

"What? Did I say something strange?"

-Kukuk, I didn't laugh because you said something strange. It's just that hearing your words suddenly brought back an old memory, so a little laugh came out.

Muel, who had said that, said with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up.

-What you said is accurate, but that is actually false, a lie far from the truth.

"False information?"

-Yes, it means it's a record someone created by distorting the truth.

Muel looked at the two with calm eyes.

-What do you think? Can you guess who distorted that great truth?

"Before guessing, if it's possible to do such a thing, only one person comes to mind."

At Lee Shin's words, Cheon Yuhwa also nodded slightly and said.

"God distorted the truth and spread it... Is that it?"

God, the one and only being who has existed from the beginning and has the power to interfere in all events.

That was the answer to the question the two had thought of.

-That's right. The culprit who distorted the truth and spread the false truth, that is God.

"What did he do that for?"

-For his own position.

Muel said with his eyes slightly closed, as if recalling the distant past.

-In the past, the dragons who ruled this world were not exiled from this world. On the contrary, they left this world of their own will.

"Left... Where did they go?"

-Well, I'm not sure exactly, as I can only guess that it's some place in the universe.

At the suddenly enlarged scale, Cheon Yuhwa wore a troubled expression, Lee Shin smiled slyly as if it were interesting, and Irhegue's eyes shone as he spun his tail like a windmill.

Just then, Cheon Yuhwa felt a sense of unease in Muel's words and tilted her head slightly.

According to Muel, all the dragons of the past had left this world for another planet by some means.

'Then why are Sernia and Muel still on this planet?'

That question came to Cheon Yuhwa's mind, but she hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to phrase the question.

"But if all the dragons of this world left, why are you and that guy still here? Were you abandoned by your own kind?"

But Lee Shin had no such worries.

-My lord!

Cheon Yuhwa, who heard Lee Shin's question, looked at him with eyes that said 'what should I do with this guy', and Irhegue, indignant, hit Lee Shin's head with a full-power tail swing.

Lee Shin protected his head with internal energy and looked at Muel.

-At that time, I was just a hatchling who had just been born from an egg and came into the world, so I don't know for sure, but it's probably like that. That guy and I were born as immature dragons.

"Immature?"

-Yes, in human terms, you could say we were deformed or premature.

"Haha..."

At those words, Cheon Yuhwa wore a look of disbelief.

Even now, the difference in power between the two and Muel was so great that comparison was meaningless.

But when he described himself as a premature baby, her head felt a little strange.

-The place of transcendence that you reach by honing your power, the dragon is one of the few creatures that is born with that place guaranteed from birth.

There was no need for training.

Dragons were beings that gradually approached the position of a transcendent just by living.

-But that guy and I are not. I don't know why, but our names were not in the place of transcendence.

Having said that much, Muel stopped talking and looked somewhere as if staring, then turned his eyes back to the two.

-The story has strayed a little.

Muel went back in the story and returned to the original topic.

-The dragons abandoned this world and left. In other words, it also means that this world was abandoned by the dragons. And that came across as very insulting to him, the god of this world.

"Hmm, it's certainly a story that could chip away at God's position if it spread."

"So he hid the truth and instead spread the word that he had chased the dragons out of the world."

-That's right. And it was a pretty good method. He could excuse the current situation and at the same time, solidify his own position.

Muel nodded calmly at their words.

-Although our existence, which could be called an error in that story, existed, God supplemented his words by including us in the story as well.

"So you became God's adopted children?"

-Yes, that's right. If that guy was gold, I was silver; if that guy was the sun, I was the moon. God tried to use us both as symbols for himself.

At Muel's words, Lee Shin thought for a moment and then said.

"He used you as proof that he had chased out the dragons and at the same time, strengthened his position by giving you symbols? It's certainly not a bad... Ah! What, why did you hit me?"

"Shut up, you clueless fool."

Cheon Yuhwa, who had stopped Lee Shin's words with a punch, clicked her tongue quietly, and Irhegue, who had somehow moved from Lee Shin's head to Cheon Yuhwa's, looked at him and sneered as if he deserved it.

Muel looked at them, let out a small laugh, and said.

-That guy is right. To him, we must have been useful tools. Since we were wing-torn dragons who couldn't go to the place of transcendence, we wouldn't have been able to covet his position.

Having said that much, Muel clicked his tongue quietly once more.

-Tsk, I've strayed from the original topic again. Well, I don't know what you're thinking now, but at that time, we were on pretty good terms.

"Seeing your current appearance, that's hard to believe."

-I suppose so. But it's true. That guy called God 'father' and would even pretend to die if he was told to, he followed him that much. And I, though not to that extent, was living in that fence, satisfied in my own way.

At that, Cheon Yuhwa hesitated slightly and then asked.

"But why did it become like this now?"

-To put it simply, it must be the karma for trying to leave his embrace.

Muel's voice became serious, as if this was the main part of the story.

-God loved this world. But that love was not a love for an equal entity. To use an analogy, it was similar to the love a gardener has for the trees in his garden.

And even the two of them were no exception.

Muel told them that fact not with words, but with his eyes.

-And then one day, he thought. That he wanted to make his world a more beautiful and wonderful place.

Muel said, looking at the two.

-And so, he chose to absorb other worlds into his own.

Grip-

"Just, just because he wanted to make the world in his hands more abundant and beautiful, he started attacking other worlds?"

At Muel's words, Cheon Yuhwa clenched her fists and revealed the anger within her without hiding it.

The faces of the people who had suffered, whom she had seen before her eyes until now, came to her mind.

"Just... just for something like that, he did this... Ack!"

As Cheon Yuhwa was thus consumed by anger and spewed out her energy, Lee Shin sighed and hit her on the head with his fist.

It was the exact same place where he had been hit by Cheon Yuhwa a moment ago.

"Get a grip, you fool. What are you doing, grabbing the wrong guy?"

Lee Shin, having said that, looked at Muel and asked.

"So you're here because you opposed that god's opinion?"

-No, that's not it.

Muel looked at Lee Shin, who had stopped Cheon Yuhwa, with a strange expression and said.

-To be honest, I knew he was trying to eat other worlds, but I didn't have any particular thoughts about it. To me, humans were not a very important factor to consider.

Muel knew that his words could scratch Cheon Yuhwa's nerves, but he said it calmly.

-I didn't pay attention to such things and didn't interfere, I just tried to escape from God's hands.

"Hoo... Why?"

Cheon Yuhwa said, regaining her composure with a single breath.

-It was obvious that he, mad with love, would not be satisfied with just one world, and that if we stayed as we were, we would truly be reduced to his ornaments.

"You were smart."

-I was, a little.

Muel said with a small laugh at Lee Shin's words.

-Feeling that, I went to that guy Sernia and told him. Let's ask God for freedom. And that guy...

Muel lifted the wings that were wrapped around his body.

At that, the huge scar left on his body, which had been hidden by the wings, was revealed to the two.

-After telling God that I was trying to leave them, he attacked me according to God's command.

"Why? You said God thought of you as ornaments in a closet."

-For that guy, that was enough.

Muel said, lowering his wings again.

-I told you. He's a guy who would even pretend to die if he was told to. That's how precious the existence of God, his father, was to him. So much so that he would abandon everything else.

Muel said so and laughed quietly.

-And so, the result is as you see it now. I ran away from that guy and somehow survived, and that guy is in this world as the one and only son of God. And God is busy decorating his garden by absorbing other worlds.

"Alright, I understand up to there."

Lee Shin nodded and looked at Muel.

"But why are you suddenly talking about that?"

-Hero of Gaia and incarnation of the Heavenly Killing Star, I have a favor to ask of you two.

Muel said so and smiled brightly, as if he had been waiting for just those words.

(End of Chapter)