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Chapter 46
Chapter 46: The Undying You and Me
(Baird, in the end, a dragon slayer of an era still died at the hands of the dragon race... This is your destiny. What a tragic fate.)
“Hiss... Huff... Hiss... Huff...”
Baird, his body broken and ruined, lay on the charred earth, his gaze unfocused. Because his lungs had been pierced by a sharp claw, his breathing sounded like a leaking bellows, and it was slowly growing weaker.
Not far away, the bone dragon’s limbs were broken, and its skeleton hung loosely as it wriggled across the ground.
W̌ е̃ bń о̂ v̌ еl̊ Еn u m̊а
It would not rest until death, crawling persistently in Baird’s direction, its body scraping up tons of mud.
The other intact dragon was far more agile. That phantom circled Baird, chattering and mocking him endlessly, as if it wanted to personally witness Baird’s final end.
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Baird ignored the phantom. He had already felt death calling to him. With every breath, bloody foam spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Alistair, Alistair...
Hearing that he was still calling that woman’s name in his heart, the dragon phantom curled around Baird and lay down, revealing an expression of boredom.
It had tormented Baird for decades and witnessed scenery far more wonderful and interesting than what it had seen while alive.
Е n ú m̂ a
Now, one man and one dragon had both reached the time to depart.
The dragon raised its head and looked at the sky. Sensing that the life in its arms was about to fade away, it spoke words of comfort for the first time. (Do not worry. You will see her. Death is not the end. At the end of everything, your souls will meet again.)
Is that so?
Then that is good. That is good...
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Baird finally responded to the dragon. His vision gradually blurred, and with a faint smile, he stopped breathing under the gentle caress of the wind.
The dragon fell silent. Its encounter with Baird truly had been a dull one.
Ėnú m̊ ā
The dragon race basically did not need to eat. They had long lifespans, spent most of their time sleeping, and lived peaceful lives without contending with the world.
Back then, it had only been a young dragon of one thousand two hundred years. It had merely heard its kin speak of how brutal the races created by the goddess were, and how they had seized the dragon race’s habitats.
Among them, the dwarves were especially hateful.
If humans only expanded their territory across the continent and seized land, then dwarves would truly hunt the dragon race specifically to obtain sturdy raw materials.
The dragon had been young and hot-blooded at the time. After hearing the story, it immediately planned to teach the dwarves a lesson, so it spread its wings, flew across the vast sea, and arrived on another continent.
But how could it have ever seen dwarves and humans before? It could not distinguish the difference between the two at all.
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So, after casually finding a town and wreaking havoc there, it encountered two young powerhouses and also learned that what it had destroyed just now was a human town.
That battle shook heaven and earth. The young woman died, and it also died beneath Baird’s sword.
There was nothing to resent. If anyone was to resent someone, it should have been Baird resenting it.
It was not the kind of dragon that refused to admit its mistakes. Wrong was wrong. It had caused slaughter, and it had met the ending of death. It believed this was the punishment it deserved.
Nor was it a dragon that feared death. It had stayed by Baird’s side simply because it was interested in humans.
The human world was complex and interesting. The happiest day for it had been when a group of people in gorgeous clothes pulled Baird aside and wanted to marry their daughter to him.
Е.nǔ m а̂_.і.d̊
In the end, Baird refused and was slapped more than a dozen times on the spot.
Truly, humans were far more interesting than dragons. Here, there were powerhouses in another sense. They could freely bully a mighty existence like Baird.
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From then on, it followed Baird as he wandered everywhere. The once-dazzling radiance of the Dragon Slayer faded. Baird grew older year by year, and he missed that young woman more and more with each passing year.
Every time Baird murmured that woman’s name, it liked to come out and harass him. In truth... it had merely hoped that he would not be so sad.
Rather than missing someone who would never return, it was better to curse at a dragon he could see and hear.
After all, at the end of everything, they would meet again.
Е̊ nu m a
When that time came, as a dragon willing to take responsibility, it would definitely let them beat and curse it without the slightest complaint.
Its reminiscence of the past ended, and it was time to take Baird’s soul away. The dragon phantom stood up, only to suddenly discover that the broken bone dragon had already arrived before Baird’s corpse.
The man was already cold. What was it still coming for?
The dragon did not pay attention to this interruption. Now, it only needed to wait for Baird’s soul to appear, then carry him soaring into the sky and let him experience the feeling of riding on a dragon’s back back to “heaven.”
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A golden phantom slowly floated up from the aged body. He was still as young as before. In fact, the dragon seriously suspected that the appearance of every living being’s soul would remain at the moment when their material body stopped developing.
However, what was even more dazzling than the golden light was a purple-black dark glow inside the bone dragon’s mouth.
Е ǹ ů.m̈ à . id̊
What was that?
The dragon suddenly sensed a source of Mana that made even the depths of its soul tremble in fear. That was not simple undead magic. It was more like a kind of twisted pollution!
What exactly were humans researching? Were they trying to destroy this world? How could they allow something like this to exist in the world?!
The dragon grew more and more panicked. Fortunately, they were about to leave. As the old saying went, after I die, who cares if floods drown the world? Right now, it only needed to...
Crack, crack.
The bone dragon’s teeth shattered one after another. The dragon looked up and was shocked to discover that the bone dragon had already begun gnawing on that purple-black magic crystal.
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The magic crystal was incomparably solid. The bone dragon trembled violently like a mad creature as it tore and bit at it. Even cracks had begun to appear on its skull, but it could do nothing to the magic crystal.
Just as the dragon let out a breath of relief, a crack on the magic crystal appeared before its eyes.
That crack seemed to have been pierced open by a sharp sword, which made the dragon involuntarily recall the sword strike Baird had thrust into the bone dragon’s forehead.
Uh, it could not be such a coincidence, could it...
The instant its teeth caught the crack, Baird’s soul finally completed its separation.
But everything was too late. The bone dragon’s skull and the magic crystal shattered with a thunderous crash. Countless streams of distorted Mana swiftly surged toward Baird’s soul and began to contaminate it.
Е_n ùm̂_а
The dragon lunged out fiercely and swallowed Baird’s soul into its belly in one bite.
It could not affect the real world. The only thing it could do was bear all of this in Baird’s place.
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The Mana contamination devoured the dragon’s soul. Like an endless torrent, it began to spin, finally turning into a golden-black spirit body and sinking into Baird’s corpse...
The mutation began.
Beneath the battlefield ruins in the rain, beside an enormous dragon skeleton, a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened.
[Warning, Host, warning.]
Én̄ům̃ а
(Warning about what?)
[This System does not have enough authority. This System only knows that a major event has occurred. Host, please stay alert. Perhaps a powerful calamity is being born.]
[Host, do you not feel anything? Has your prediction failed?]
(I do not feel anything... And even if a calamity has occurred, what can my current body do?)
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Oswald sighed. Just how much more trouble was this damned change in the timeline going to bring?
[Do not worry, Host. This is merely the painful transitional period before becoming a villain. As the saying goes, turning evil makes you three times stronger, while being redeemed makes you thirty percent weaker. This System believes you will definitely succeed in mastering this power.]
Ẅ е b̃.n̆ovе̌ ĺ Ën ů m a
Villain... turning evil...
[Host’s current skeletal mutation is irreversible, but it has a tremendous strengthening effect on Host’s body. If Host can suppress the undead magic inside your body and restore the vitality of your bodily functions, combined with this System’s protection of Host’s soul, this System believes Host will definitely become an even stronger existence.]
(System, I suspect you are setting me up, but I have no evidence.)
[You are not allowed to suspect this System.]
(I am not saying you are bad to me. It is just that one of us is not a person of destiny, and the other is not an omnipotent golden finger. We cannot do certain things just to become stronger... Ahem, you understand.)
[...]
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[In any case, you are not allowed to suspect this System.]
(Sorry.)
[Me too.]
What???
Oswald sighed again. Unfortunately, the System had already stopped paying attention to him. Who knew where it had gone visiting again?
The System was just like that. At most, it hid some little thoughts, but its goal was always for his own good.
Е̌nŭ m̌ а
However, suppressing undead magic?
Oswald clenched his fist tightly. He did indeed feel somewhat urgent. It was like the heart of a pilot who had flown a fighter jet and could no longer feel the slightest ripple on a roller coaster.
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Even though his current physical functions were still stronger than those of ordinary people, he still hoped to return to his peak condition.
After thinking it over, Oswald still felt that they needed to conduct an expert consultation.
“Eileen, please invite Sister Janice to the Ducal Estate.”
After the rain, the air in Ice City was fresh. Once the sun came out, the puddles on the ground gradually disappeared.
Е̊ ṅ ŭm.а . i̊ d̆
Thanks to the sewer system, the people of Ice City had actually come to like rainy days. A heavy rain washed the ground clean, and even walking on such roads made people feel much more refreshed.
In the afternoon, Oswald made a rare visit to the garden.
He discovered that when people spent too long calculating every little expense in life, they would slowly lose their ability to perceive the beautiful things in life.
For example, the blooming flowers before his eyes right now were not some vibrant and beautiful life force. They were strings of warm numbers.
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“Duke, do you like admiring flowers? This flower is called...”
“Mm. I am calculating how much these plants would sell for altogether.”
W ѐ bn̊о v̂е l̊ Е n ūm а̌
Oswald answered casually, only to blankly meet Sister Janice’s smile that did not reach her eyes.
“Ahem. Forgive me, Sister. My mind is a little unclear today.”
“No matter. Duke, did you call me here because there is something uncomfortable about your body?” Sister Janice observed Oswald’s complexion, then added, “Other than your head.”
Oswald smiled awkwardly. He had come to the garden purely because he felt that seeing a doctor in the office was too formal and thought a private conversation might be more relaxed here.
The two walked to the rain pavilion in the garden. Eileen had already prepared tea to receive them. However, the sight of a personal maid taking a seat first was probably something that could only be seen in the Northern Ducal Estate.
“In truth, it is still the same old problem.” Oswald invited Sister Janice to sit and bent down to pour tea for both her and Eileen.
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“I simply wanted to ask you, Sister, about when you said before that you had a way to suppress the undead magic inside my body. I wonder...”
“Duke, please rest assured. This matter is simple to explain.” Sister Janice spread open her palm, and a stream of green Mana emerged. Almost without needing any guidance, that Mana drilled into Oswald’s body and disappeared without a trace.
“In principle, goddess magic and undead magic can cancel each other out. It was only after estimating the strength of the Duke’s body that I thought of this solution.”
“And magic stones can absorb magic particles in space and continuously produce Mana. As long as we can engrave a magic circle onto a magic stone and convert the Mana into goddess magic, we can continuously suppress the undead magic inside the Duke’s body.”
Eileen placed her hands together on her knees, narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked softly, “Can the Duke’s body really withstand the conflict produced by the two kinds of Mana?”
“It can. However, in order to achieve the best effect, I suggest embedding the magic stone inside the Duke’s body.” Sister Janice’s expression was serious, without the slightest hint of joking. She herself was also a stern person.
Е n ùm a
Oswald, who was stroking his chin in thought: ???
Very well, more body modification. I suppose having one more stone is nothing much. At least it will be lively...
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“Where exactly would it be placed?” Eileen’s lashes trembled slightly as she hurriedly asked.
“The spine!”
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