Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 266

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 266

Bloodflower Serpent (6)

[Galcheon (Thirst for Heaven)]

A divine authority gifted by Brithra, the leader of 【Daeva】 and an ancient dragon, for his temporary apostle.

In past wars against the gods, Brithra forcibly blocked the sky and waterways, slowly drying up the entire world including the gods, while conversely boasting even greater power himself.

Where he exists, droughts and volcanoes constantly occur without end.

-Type: Divine Authority. Ultimate Skill. Area Attack.

-Origin: Mythology ‘Rigveda’

[‘Divine Authority: Galcheon’ begins to activate!]

[Synchronized with Pātāla’s Three Steps. Massive energy drain occurs in the force field where lightning patterns have spread.]

[Electric power increases proportionally to absorbed energy!]

Bzzzzzzt!!

The moment Galcheon activated, the air flow within Lee Hyeon’s domain, already filled with lightning bolts shooting toward the sky, completely changed.

The blue sky became murky and the clouds seemed to dry up before cracking.

The battlefield’s background gradually faded, giving the feeling of turning black and white.

Sure enough.

[Massive dehydration symptoms occur! The opponent’s health, mana, stamina, and natural energy recovery have been completely blocked.]

[Potion and recovery skill effects have been reduced to 60% or below.]

[Additional consumption costs may occur when using skills.]

Kwakwakwakwakwa-

Lee Hyeon relentlessly pressed the Bloodflower Serpent.

As part of its head shattered and it raised its head screaming, he dug deeper to destroy it, and destroy it again…

There was no chance of physical exhaustion.

The blood and pain that the Bloodflower Serpent shed were all absorbed by the dry air, providing Lee Hyeon with new vitality.

The stronger the opponent became,

Or the greater their numbers, the proportionally stronger he became – this was the main effect of [Galcheon].

Moreover,

[The solar eclipse of Ilwolhangshik synchronizes, intensifying the yang energy!]

[Synchronizing with Chendogaebui Ure Seum (EX), beginning to exhale ‘dry breath’!]

The natural synchronization between divine authorities rolled like a snowball, creating even greater effects.

[Brithra is extremely pleased with your overwhelming prowess!]

[Brithra feels great satisfaction that his gift is at the center of all abilities.]

[Brithra says this is power that comes from experience and wisdom, that it’s on a different dimension from other authorities…]

…

Brithra seemed to enjoy Lee Hyeon’s performance, as many messages appeared.

[【Sahŭn】’s narrative quietly watches Brithra’s authority with sparkling eyes.]

[Brithra puts strength into his shoulders, saying this is the greatness of ancient dragons.]

[【Sahŭn】’s narrative looks at Brithra with admiring eyes.]

[Brithra’s shoulders fill with strength.]

[【Sahŭn】’s narrative calls out to Brithra with respectful eyes!]

[Brithra clears his throat with an “Ahem” while stroking his non-existent beard!]

「Kraaaak!!」

While Brithra was busy showing off, the Bloodflower Serpent was experiencing painful humiliation on the contrary.

Each time Dueokshin’s molars exploded, the lightning scars carved into its flesh never ended there.

Gyeong (Internal Force).

The martial arts principles that Lee Hyeon had absorbed from Feng Jinghao were also contained within.

The internal force that penetrated the body through the Internal Energy Insertion Technique mixed with lightning to become a new technique called Lightning Fist,

Wildly stirring through blood vessels and organs, not only greatly inflicting internal injuries but also leaving deep curse incantation curses.

Furthermore,

[Seven Seals are activating. Currently activated up to the 3rd seal, fixing magic power, health, and stamina.]

The Seven Seals, seemingly learned from Raphael, were placing invisible shackles on the Bloodflower Serpent.

And,

Chwareureureuk!

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!!

The Yeo-ui Swae that shot up through the ground again wedged firmly into the wounds.

This was on a different dimension from the restraints that had been pressuring the Bloodflower Serpent just moments before.

If before it was simply blocking movement, now it was a technique to seal existence itself.

Or rather, a technique for absorption.

[The rank begins to crumble!]

「Just…!」

The creature’s body began to scatter bit by bit. Noise kept interfering, making its outline appear blurry.

[The incomplete narrative scatters. Existence becomes blurred.]

「I haven’t been forcing myself to endure until now just to collapse from something like this…!!」

But the Bloodflower Serpent’s pitiful screams didn’t reach Lee Hyeon at all.

His mental world was already focused elsewhere.

The Bloodflower Serpent and Moon Su-chan.

It was the past history of the two father and son.

[Past information that composed the lingering thoughts is being replayed!]

* * *

The Bloodflower Serpent did not know his real name.

He had simply existed there from the beginning. Even the name ‘Bloodflower’ was just a nickname that had been attached at some point.

No, there was one thing he knew about himself.

Outside the World.

Only that he had been ‘cut’ and sent from another outer universe with a completely different environment from this place.

No other information was given beyond that.

However,

The Bloodflower Serpent didn’t particularly care much about such points.

He had been living quite well and entertainingly without knowing who he was.

“Ple, please…! Let me live… Aaaahhh!”

『What a foolish human. What reason would I have to do that for you?』

There were too many humans in this world who could serve as his playthings.

He could plant illusions to make them live lives different from reality, or plant delusions to drive them mad.

Sometimes he would even live their lives in their place, then devour everyone around them before ending it.

One day, while enjoying himself in such ways.

The Bloodflower Serpent met a ‘mate’ and laid many ‘eggs.’

The problem was… he had absolutely no memory of this happening.

『Should I incubate these?』

Looking at the mountain of eggs piled up in the cave, the Bloodflower Serpent clicked his tongue.

One day he opened his eyes to find them full of eggs, and felt a strong instinct that he needed to take care of and raise them.

If he had possessed normal thinking, he would have first doubted whether these were really his eggs,

But the Bloodflower Serpent ‘knew’ that these were all offspring that carried his genes.

And he didn’t doubt it.

He too had suddenly been born into this world one day, and hadn’t he been toying with humans as he pleased?

So it wouldn’t be strange if there was a higher existence that was toying with him for entertainment.

His way of thinking and common sense were different from humans to begin with.

『Can’t be helped. But where am I supposed to get food to raise all these guys?』

Of course, having a different thought system didn’t mean the basic living systems of a creature were different too.

The Bloodflower Serpent devoted himself to incubating the dozens of eggs. And to provide nutrients, he indiscriminately dragged in humans.

If he had previously used his bewitching eyes to create playthings, now he was using them for his offspring.

Dungeon Break.

It was the beginning of the terrible disaster that would be recorded in today’s history as the 【Night of Blood Flowers】.

[Playback is speeding up.]

『Hmm?』

That day too was not much different from usual.

The Bloodflower Serpent had piled up rotting corpses around the nest so the eggs could properly absorb nutrients.

The eggs were growing bigger day by day.

What had initially been only the size of a human head was now mostly well over 1 meter.

Some had even reached 2 meters, making him expect they might hatch soon…

An egg he happened to discover in a back corner was unusually small.

Maybe 30 centimeters at most?

Of course, that was still an enormous size, but compared to the other eggs it was too small and weak.

Even the patterns on the shell surface were too faint.

It seemed that being too far in the corner, he hadn’t properly checked it, so nutrients hadn’t been supplied properly to this area.

In fact, the other eggs around it were almost dried up and dead.

This one seemed to have barely managed to survive…

『It’ll die soon.』

Tsk!

The Bloodflower Serpent clicked his tongue lightly.

Once hatching began, the offspring would fight each other fiercely.

There were humans as food, but when there was prey full of nutrients even closer, there was no need to refuse it, right?

In the end, only 1 or 2 that remained at the end could barely grow to adulthood.

So such small eggs usually became nothing more than snacks for their siblings even before hatching.

Though he might feel sad as a father.

The Bloodflower Serpent accepted this as the ‘natural’ course of events this time too.

So it was much better to pay attention to the other offspring instead.

The Bloodflower Serpent withdrew his attention from the small egg.

[Playback is speeding up more.]

The offspring began hatching one or two at a time.

The sight of creatures several meters in size tangling with each other while unable to even open their eyes properly was simply disgusting.

Cannibalism.

Fratricide had already begun.

Crunch.

Crack.

Terrible sounds echoed,

But the Bloodflower Serpent just watched them quietly without blinking an eye.

At most, if any offspring accidentally left the nest, he would put them back, and if fights weren’t proceeding properly, he would readjust their positions.

Sometimes when they all seemed hungry or tired, he would throw in humans in large quantities to refresh the atmosphere.

『Surprisingly resilient. Should I say it’s lucky? Or unlucky.』

But there was one thing that particularly caught the Bloodflower Serpent’s eye.

In one corner.

That egg that was smallest in size and might hatch at any time was there.

The egg he thought would be devoured by its siblings immediately was surprisingly lasting long.

It seemed to be because there were no other awakened siblings around it.

Thanks to that, that egg had started to occupy the Bloodflower Serpent’s attention at some point.

But the egg’s size was still just small.

He didn’t know when it would hatch, and even if it did hatch, it would definitely be the ‘youngest.’

So the fate of being eaten by siblings who had already grown up wouldn’t change.

The youngest only had that much value to them.

However,

『…』

The Bloodflower Serpent stared at that egg for a while, then brought some straw and rebar to secretly cover the area around it.

And he put in a couple of recently dead corpses as nutrients.

Though the Bloodflower Serpent had been moving according to instinct until now, for the first time he moved as his heart directed.

He didn’t know why he suddenly felt that way.

Maybe it was a sudden whim,

But he just wanted to do it.

『I’m curious what kind of guy will emerge.』

With that thought, the Bloodflower Serpent withdrew his attention from the youngest.

[Playback has reached the final point.]

“So you’re the one called Bloodflower. You look as wicked as I heard.”

One day when the offspring had almost all hatched and he was trying to procure more nutrients.

The Bloodflower Serpent had gone out for a trip and discovered his nest collapsed into ashes.

Grrrrr…

Above the pile of corpses that seemed to have been his offspring.

A Great Tiger with a massive body and dozens of Vampire Ghosts stood upright.

At their center, a lady was waiting for him with a long bamboo pipe in her mouth.

White mourning clothes with a Phoenix Hairpin carelessly stuck in her hair.

Sharpness was hidden in her decadent yet languid eyes.

The Bloodflower Serpent instinctively knew this time too.

That human was,

‘Different.’

This was on a completely different level from the humans he had encountered before.

There had been many humans who had attacked him while boasting about being Hunters or Rankers, but they had all ended up as food for his offspring.

But calling this human a “human” was almost laughable.

She was merely wearing human skin.

『You.』

That thing was not human.

『You also came from a place similar to mine.』

She was a god.

A god that couldn’t be explained by conventional concepts.

However, if there was a difference,

“A mere monster, a lowly thing without even the awareness of who it is, dares to try to match this body. How truly ridiculous I have become.”

The Bloodflower Serpent did not know the that comprised itself, but the human before its eyes seemed to know her own well.

Whoooosh-

The Lady exhaled smoke in a long stream.

White mist spread in billowing clouds, covering the collapsed cave.

“Enough with the nonsense, I shall now send you back to where you came from. Be exorcised, evil spirit.”

The Lady slowly rose from her seat. Her eyes gleaming through the white mist were terrifyingly sharp.

The Bloodflower Serpent bristled its scales.

It sensed its own death.

At that moment, what came to mind was…

‘Youngest Brother.’

The Bloodflower Serpent spewed forth a thick crimson mist to counter the white fog.

‘I tried to hide it, but I wonder if it wasn’t discovered. If it wasn’t discovered… would he be able to awaken?’

And then…

Flaaash-

A god.

The existence who would soon be called the Mountain God,

Mo Jeong-gyeon violently kicked off the ground.

As if pronouncing the death sentence of the Bloodflower Serpent.

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