After Regressing, I Gained the Power of the Demonic Dragon - Chapter 29

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Episode 29
Sang Hyuk extended his right hand immediately.
A sharp crack.
His palm made contact with the center of the Heavenly Seat Mark carved into Tokyo Gold Dragon’s chest.
A deep, resonant hum.
Beneath his palm, the mark flared with scalding heat.
[Contact confirmed at the center of the Heavenly Seat Mark.]
[Seal pattern identified matching the first seal on the Demonic Dragon Treasury’s key.]
[Recording seal pattern.]
“……!”
The moment Tokyo Gold Dragon’s eyes widened in shock at Sang Hyuk’s action.
A brilliant flash burst forth.
Gold light erupted from the mark on his chest.
Sang Hyuk retreated without resisting the surging force.
His feet struck the ground with precision.
Sang Hyuk stopped after just two steps.
Tokyo Gold Dragon stumbled backward several more paces, clutching his chest.
“What did you just do?”
“Had to confirm something.”
In that instant.
A soft metallic click.
A tiny sound resonated in Sang Hyuk’s ear alone.
Simultaneously, an inventory window visible only to him unfolded before his eyes.
The Crimson Red Key nestled in its storage slot enlarged dramatically.
A fissure began to spread across one of the black rings encircling the key.
A sharp crack.
The moment the split spread across the entire ring.
A soft thud.
The black ring split cleanly in two and fell away.
[First seal pattern confirmed.]
[First seal on the Demonic Dragon Treasury’s key has been released.]
[The dormant Guide Function awakens.]
[Searching for accessible entrance to the Demonic Dragon Treasury within the current tower.]
Once Sang Hyuk confirmed the matching pattern from the Heavenly Seat Mark, the key’s first seal came undone.
The Treasury’s location wasn’t immediately revealed.
Still, now that the awakened Guide Function had begun its search, another clue would surface soon enough.
[Entrance search in progress]
‘So the Apocalypse Dragon and the Heavenly Seat were connected.’
Sang Hyuk’s eyes narrowed.
He’d never imagined there might be a link between the Dragon and the Heavenly Seat.
Of course, he couldn’t draw any conclusions yet—he needed to gather more pieces of the puzzle first.
Sang Hyuk dismissed the notification and turned his gaze back to Tokyo Gold Dragon.
The man was seething with fury.
His face had flushed a deep crimson.
“How dare you…….”
Tokyo Gold Dragon gripped the mark on his chest.
“To lay your hands on a mark granted by True Dragon?”
A resonant pulse of power.
The Heavenly Seat Mark blazed with blinding gold light.
Two massive golden forelegs materialized, and above them, the colossal head of a dragon rose up.
He had deployed the Gold Dragon Projection at maximum strength.
Fully unfurled, the golden dragon consumed half the narrow gorge.
An overwhelming pressure descended upon the Red Rock Gorge.
Yet standing before it, Sang Hyuk remained unmoved.
‘Nothing changes.’
Whether or not his gold dragon filled this entire gorge, Obliteration would reduce it to nothing.
“Kongo, maintain formation.”
At that moment, Tokyo Gold Dragon issued an order to his three remaining teammates.
“Ryuga and Kagura, keep attacking the other three.”
The three responded without hesitation to their leader’s command.
Thwack—! Boom!
Ryuga’s arrow struck Onel Do Makneunda’s shield.
Kagura’s golden mana bullet exploded across it an instant later.
The impact sent Onel Do Makneunda’s body reeling backward.
Still, he refused to release the fractured shield.
“Sang Hyuk! We’ll hold them here—don’t worry about us, just focus on him!”
Sang Hyuk gave a curt nod in acknowledgment.
At the same moment, Tokyo Gold Dragon thrust both arms forward.
“Crush him.”
A thunderous roar erupted.
The Gold Dragon charged at Sang Hyuk with a ferocious howl.
But Sang Hyuk did not retreat—instead, he surged forward and caught the creature’s right front paw in both hands.
‘Obliteration.’
A sharp, sizzling sound.
There was no exception to the rule.
From the point where his palms made contact, the golden claws and foreleg began to vanish rapidly.
Sang Hyuk drove his body into the widening gap.
The Gold Dragon’s left front paw came crashing down exactly where Sang Hyuk had been standing.
Kaboom!!!
A colossal shockwave erupted as the limb smashed into the earth.
The Gold Dragon’s paws carried immense destructive power.
Yet even amid that crushing force, Sang Hyuk’s stance remained unshaken.
The Collapse Walker’s Boots made all the difference.
‘Obliteration.’
Without hesitation, Sang Hyuk activated Obliteration on the left front paw as well.
A rushing, dissipating sound.
The second foreleg evaporated into nothingness.
A deafening roar.
Now legless, the Gold Dragon opened its maw wide.
Golden flames erupted from the gaping jaws in a torrential inferno.
A thunderous roar—!
The narrow gorge filled with fire as the blaze consumed Sang Hyuk.
“Sang Hyuk!”
A scream tore from Arrow Price Rose Again.
But Sang Hyuk did not falter, even as flames surrounded him—he pressed forward.
The black aura of Obliteration, streaming from his right hand, annihilated the golden flames wherever it touched.
Sang Hyuk burrowed beneath the creature’s jaw, maintaining Obliteration all the while.
A sharp burst of movement.
His body, launched from the ground, rocketed upward beneath the towering head.
His right hand pressed firmly against the Gold Dragon’s lower jaw.
“Obliteration.”
A piercing, shrieking sound—!
The Gold Dragon’s razor fangs and lower jaw disintegrated, consumed by the black aura of Obliteration.
The black energy continued its relentless consumption, swallowing the entire head.
The creature’s roar cut off mid-sound.
The immense form that had filled the gorge scattered into golden dust and vanished.
A gasp escaped from behind Kongo’s barrier.
“He destroyed it all…….”
Ryuga stood frozen, his bow drawn forgotten, staring into empty space.
Kagura too remained motionless, staff still raised in her grip.
What had just disappeared was far more than a single attack.
The core power that had carried Shinryukai to an undefeated record had been annihilated by Sang Hyuk’s hand.
“My Gold Dragon…….”
Tokyo Gold Dragon’s voice trembled.
“What have you done?”
Sang Hyuk offered no reply.
He simply lowered his right hand, still wreathed in black aura.
His teammates, witnessing the sight, could barely contain their shock.
Who could have imagined that the Gold Dragon, forged by the power of the Heavenly Seat, could be unmade so effortlessly?
As they struggled to believe what their own eyes had shown them, a figure came to mind.
“Wait…….”
Arrow Price Rose Again’s eyes widened sharply.
“If it’s an ability that absurd…… could it be the Impossible Seat?”
Hil Cool Dol Asseum stared at Sang Hyuk with a look of shock.
“Was he really the Impossible Seat?”
Tokyo Gold Dragon’s expression twisted.
“The Impossible Seat…….”
Tokyo Gold Dragon had heard the name well enough.
A Korean rookie who’d set the Player Net ablaze even in Japan lately.
Still, he’d harbored contempt in his heart.
No matter how impressive his lower-tier records, he was just a Korean rookie after all.
Not someone to be compared to himself, who bore the mark of the 16th Heavenly Seat, True Dragon.
Not until they fought directly.
But after witnessing how he annihilated the Gold Dragons at will, Tokyo Gold Dragon finally understood.
The Impossible Seat was not merely a player with exceptional lower-tier records.
He was a being wielding power that transcended the bounds of common knowledge.
Tokyo Gold Dragon clenched his teeth and placed his hand on the Heavenly Seat Mark at his chest.
“But it’s not over yet.”
Whooooom!
The Heavenly Seat Mark on his chest blazed with intense golden light once more.
This time, he did not summon the Gold Dragon outward.
Golden claws layered across both his arms, while the remaining gold enveloped his entire body like armor.
He had overlaid the Gold Dragon Projection, previously deployed outward, upon his own flesh.
Compressed magical force churned through his entire body, threatening to overflow.
Crack!
As the compressed power surged forth, the earth beneath his feet split open.
Tokyo Gold Dragon lowered his stance.
His two eyes, now gleaming gold, locked onto Sang Hyuk.
The next instant.
Boom!
Tokyo Gold Dragon kicked off the ground and burrowed toward Sang Hyuk in a single breath.
Whoosh!
A fist wreathed in golden claws hurtled toward Sang Hyuk’s face.
But Sang Hyuk did not dodge—he met it head-on with his right hand shrouded in Obliteration.
Screeeee!
The dark aura enveloping Sang Hyuk’s right hand collided directly with the golden claws.
Though the claws now carried the Gold Dragon’s full power compressed within them—
Obliteration paid it no mind, swiftly unmade the golden claws from their tips.
The moment the last glimmer of gold vanished, the Obliteration wreathing his hand scattered as well.
Yet Sang Hyuk did not withdraw his hand.
Snap!
He seized Tokyo Gold Dragon’s bare fist, now exposed within the dispersing claws.
Kuuuuuuuuum!!!
A shockwave erupted between the colliding fists and palms.
Crimson earth sprayed in all directions, but Sang Hyuk did not yield a single step.
“What……?”
Tokyo Gold Dragon tried to wrench his seized fist free.
But Sang Hyuk’s grip did not budge.
The same Level 20.
Yet Sang Hyuk’s body had grown stronger with each level gained, fortified alongside the Heart of the Apocalypse Dragon.
Even Tokyo Gold Dragon, wrapped in the power of the Heavenly Seat Mark across his entire frame, could not overcome Sang Hyuk through sheer force.
Sang Hyuk seized the moment of Tokyo Gold Dragon’s confusion and twisted the captive fist, pulling him forward.
“Ugh!”
As Tokyo Gold Dragon lost his balance and was dragged in, Sang Hyuk’s knee drove into his solar plexus.
Crack!
“Hack!”
The moment Tokyo Gold Dragon’s torso folded, Sang Hyuk released the fist he’d been holding.
His freed right hand settled against Tokyo Gold Dragon’s back.
“It’s over.”
Screeeeeee!!
The black energy of Obliteration that burst forth from beneath his right hand consumed Tokyo Gold Dragon’s entire body.
Fwoooosh…
Tokyo Gold Dragon scattered into a handful of black sand, dispersing where he stood.
[Tokyo Gold Dragon’s death has been confirmed.]
[Tokyo Gold Dragon is eliminated.]
“Team, team captain!”
“No, no way… This can’t be…”
Kongo, Ryuga, and Kagura all cried out in anguish.
It had always been Tokyo Gold Dragon’s role to strike down opponents who broke through the barrier.
Their enemy would exhaust themselves against Kongo’s barrier and the barrage of ranged attacks, then Tokyo Gold Dragon would finish them with close-quarters combat.
That was Shinryukai’s winning formula.
But this time, the formula had inverted entirely.
Sang Hyuk, whom they’d thought to be their prey, had overwhelmed Tokyo Gold Dragon head-on before erasing him from existence.
Onel Do Makneunda watched the spectacle beyond his fractured shield.
When Sang Hyuk had stepped outside the barrier alone, he’d thought Shinryukai had sprung its trap.
But he was wrong.
The strongest person on this battlefield had been Sang Hyuk from the very beginning.
Arrow Price Rose Again swallowed hard.
“He really was… an Impossible Seat.”
* * *
At the same moment.
Iron Rookie League viewing channel.
Even before the match began, people had been debating the identity of the masked figure.
[Korea/Lv.24] Alarm Three Custom : You’re saying the masked one is hiding their identity AND wearing a black mask? An Impossible Seat this time!
[Korea/Lv.28] Chicken Before the Match : This is the third time today someone’s saying the same thing lol. I won’t believe it until I see them fight.
[Japan/Lv.48] Cherry Blossoms Scattering : Since they’re facing Shinryukai, we’ll know soon enough. If they’re fake, they won’t last long.
[China/Lv.68] Beijing Swordmaster : You can tell from how they move.
Yet judging by the opening moments of the match, the skeptics seemed to have a point.
The Korean Team couldn’t advance a single step against Kongo’s barrier.
The masked player didn’t make much of a move either, staying behind Onel Do Makneunda’s shield.
[Current viewers: 5,033]
[Korea/Lv.28] Chicken Before the Match : Tsk. Not this time either. I’m heading out. Later.
[Korea/Lv.24] Alarm Three Custom : We just started! Wait a little longer!
[Korea/Lv.36] Rule Reader : They’re facing Shinryukai. It’s too early to judge from just the opening exchanges.
[Korea/Lv.28] Chicken Before the Match : Waste of time lol. If they’re real, call me back.
[Current viewers: 4,529]
[Current viewers: 4,281]
People who’d written off the masked figure as yet another imposter began leaving the channel one by one.
Then.
The masked figure, who’d lingered behind the shield the whole time, stepped forward alone.
Tokyo Gold Dragon rushed in as if he’d been waiting for this moment, wrapping the Gold Dragon around his body.
The instant the massive golden claw descended toward the masked one’s head.
Screeeech!
The Gold Dragon’s claw vanished without a trace.
The stream of messages that had been flowing continuously froze all at once.
And just now.
The masked figure had not only erased the fully manifested Gold Dragon head-on, but had also caught Tokyo Gold Dragon’s final attack with a single hand.
Then he scattered Tokyo Gold Dragon’s body into black sand as well, creating Shinryukai’s first elimination.
[Korea/Lv.24] Alarm Three Custom : It’s real!!! This time it’s really an Impossible Seat!
[Korea/Lv.36] Rule Reader : What just happened? Why did the Gold Dragon disappear?
[Japan/Lv.55] Tsukikage : Tokyo Gold Dragon’s Gold Dragon Projection vanished entirely. Is that even a possible ability?
[Korea/Lv.42] Soju in Soup : Wow, what is this? Anything his hand touches turns to dust. Is that the same power that demolished the Decay Guardian in the tutorial??????
[Current viewers: 12,906]
News that an Impossible Seat had appeared in the first Rookie League match spread rapidly across Player Net.
Even those who’d left the channel moments before came rushing back in panic.
[Korea/Lv.28] Chicken Before the Match : What?! It was real???? Why did I leave?!! Can someone who recorded it please upload it!
[Korea/Lv.33] Newbie Guardian : Saw it on Player Net and came running. Is it really true the Gold Dragon was erased?
[Japan/Lv.48] Cherry Blossoms Scattering : The link’s already spreading on the Japan channel. People keep pouring in.
[Current viewers: 19,442]
[Current viewers: 32,817]
[Current Viewers: 51,306]
The Impossible Seat’s first public battle.
That single fact alone was sending the viewer count soaring at a terrifying pace.
And for those who had arrived late, the viewing channel displayed consecutive clips: Tokyo Gold Dragon’s fist being caught in a single hand, and his body scattering into black sand.
[Korea/Lv.33] NewbieGuardian: Tokyo Gold Dragon was pushed back in close combat?
[USA/Lv.61] IronJack: He wasn’t pushed back. He was never a match to begin with.
[China/Lv.68] Beijing Swordsman: Hard to believe he’s only level 20.
[Japan/Lv.31] Gyudon: Tokyo Gold Dragon, marked by the Heavenly Seat, completely overwhelmed like that….
[Korea/Lv.24] ThreeAlarmsCustom: Finally witnessing the Impossible Seat’s battle directly…! Ah! What an honor!!
Those seeing the Impossible Seat’s combat for the first time trembled.
Physical abilities that seemed impossible for the same Lv.20, paired with a power that obliterated everything it touched.
The Impossible Seat’s strength, known only through records, far exceeded even their expectations.
* * *
Red Rock Gorge.
Nothing remained where Tokyo Gold Dragon had stood.
[Korean Team Remaining: 4/4]
[Japanese Team Remaining: 3/4]
Kongo, Ryuga, and Kagura remained motionless for a long moment.
They seemed unable yet to accept that Tokyo Gold Dragon—the one they had trusted most—was the first to be eliminated after being overwhelmingly dominated.
“Formation hold!”
Kongo, the first to snap back to awareness, clenched his teeth and drove his shield into the ground.
Boom!
A golden barrier sealed the gorge once more.
Ryuga and Kagura hurriedly retreated behind it, assuming a combat stance.
But it was different now.
No Gold Dragon Projection to block incoming attacks.
No Tokyo Gold Dragon to handle threats that breached the barrier.
Sang Hyuk moved toward the remaining three.
Onel Do Makneunda hefted his cracked shield.
“What do we do this time?”
Black energy bloomed from Sang Hyuk’s right hand again.
“Wait there. I’ll finish the rest and be right back.”
The right hand that had just annihilated the Gold Dragon turned toward Kongo’s barrier.

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