Absolute Dweller-Chapter 249

The frozen sea.

The fierce blizzard raging above it.

As with most beings over level 80, the Ice Dragon also exuded a divine aura.

A chilling, pure white cold radiated from its entire body.

Even when it passed by briefly before, I had felt it, but this one was different.

As evidence of that…

‘The sea inside the domain is freezing.’

The transparent barrier had not been breached.

Whooosh!

[An unauthorized subject is attempting to enter.]

The transparent barrier protecting the domain was still intact and effectively preventing the Ice Dragon from passing through.

Thud-thud-thud—

The shards of ice swirling around the Ice Dragon couldn’t pierce the transparent barrier either.

However.

Crack—

The divine cold emanating from the Ice Dragon couldn’t be fully stopped.

The coldness leaking from the Ice Dragon was penetrating the domain, and the sea inside was freezing in real-time.

‘This is the first time this has happened.’

By the way, the Ice Dragon was one of the 39 divinities that Ari had identified.

It was an A-rank divinity, one of only three with that classification, and it was originally located in Guangzhou, China.

But now, it had suddenly appeared here.

Beeeep— Beeeep—

[Warning. Warning.]

[Anomalous phenomenon detected at 100km southwest of Jeju Island, at coordinates 32N 124E. Rapid temperature drop detected.]

Ari had belatedly warned me of the danger.

“It’s too late.”

It was a bit odd.

Out of the 39 candidate locations, excluding the ones that had already been conquered, Ari was monitoring 32 of them in real-time.

If something as massive as the Ice Dragon had moved, Ari couldn’t have missed it.

Considering the speed it passed over Seoul, I should have gotten a report hours before it arrived.

So, I asked Ari.

“Is there any change in Guangzhou?”

[No changes detected so far.]

“Really?”

[The sudden temperature drop in Jeju Island is very similar to the anomaly that occurred in Guangzhou. Could it be that the divinity from Guangzhou appeared where the anomaly started?]

“Right.”

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It seemed Ari hadn’t been slacking off on monitoring.

“Can you pull up satellite images?”

[Yes.]

The TV in the living room turned on, and a live satellite feed appeared.

Looking from above, a white spot had formed next to Jeju Island.

Instead of a long line connecting Guangzhou to Jeju, there was a single point, indicating that it had appeared suddenly at that location.

‘It appeared suddenly.’

There were several possibilities.

It could have teleported, or it might have been moving unnoticed until it revealed itself.

Either way, it didn’t matter.

‘It wasn’t a mistake after all.’

The Ice Dragon seemed to have something to discuss with me.

‘Dongdaemun opening.’

At the edge of my domain, I opened Dongdaemun to face the Ice Dragon directly.

Zziing—

Beyond the open door, I could see the ice-cold eyes of the Ice Dragon, like shards of ice.

I faced it calmly and spoke.

[It’s a pleasure to meet you.]

The creature, which had been watching me intently, suddenly shifted its demeanor.

‘You are the one. The foolish being hastening the destruction.’

[What?]

‘Die.’

It was an unmistakable intent to kill.

The gaze filled with murderous intent pressed against the transparent barrier.

Crack—

In that instant, the transparent barrier bulged as if distorted, and cracks appeared.

‘What?’

Immediately after, the head of the Ice Dragon approached.

Boom—!

The transparent barrier, which had perfectly blocked everything until now, shattered.

Shatter-shatter-shatter—

The shards fell like a fragile glass window, and I was momentarily stunned, unable to do anything.

Crack—

The cold air from the Ice Dragon seeped through Dongdaemun and froze ice flowers on my skin before I could close it.

‘!!!’

Clang!

I managed to close the Dongdaemun just in time.

‘What the hell?’

For a moment, everything felt confusing.

The transparent barrier was breached?

It was an unimaginable result.

It didn’t feel real.

It was like I was dreaming.

But.

‘Insane.’

The landscape visible through the eye of an absolute being told me that everything I had just faced was real.

Crack—

The massive Ice Dragon’s body was squeezing through into my domain.

Behind it, the transparent barrier, now torn open, fluttered in the wind.

One hopeful thing was that it had fully entered my domain.

[An antagonistic entity has been detected within the domain of the Absolute Being.]

[Elimination in progress.]

However.

Whoooosh!

The ice shards, now being pushed with even greater force, had become more powerful, but the Dragon’s head had not yet been destroyed.

‘This is madness!’

When the Ice Dragon arrived, I had remained calm because I trusted the system.

[The Invisible Hand of the Absolute Being Lv. Max]

The Invisible Hand, which had reached max level at level 5.

I had planned to use this power to draw the dragon into my domain if necessary.

Anyone showing hostility within my domain would have their head eliminated by the system.

But.

‘The system’s power isn’t working?’

The Ice Dragon was clearly harboring hostile intentions.

[An antagonistic entity has been detected within the domain of the Absolute Being.]

[Elimination in progress.]

And yet, it was still intact.

Messages continued to appear, but every time, the ice storm only intensified a little.

‘...Wait.’

The increasing strength of the blizzard centered on the Ice Dragon meant that the energy it was emitting was becoming more intense.

In reality, it had been emitting an enormous amount of divine power in all directions since earlier.

‘This isn’t just to show off its power.’

Rather.

‘It’s expelling energy out of necessity.’

In short.

[An antagonistic entity has been detected within the domain of the Absolute Being.]

[Elimination in progress.]

Whoooosh!

In resistance to the powerful system's force.

‘The system’s power is getting through.’

The proof was that, despite the Ice Dragon’s stronger energy, the area of frozen sea was still less than 10%.

‘It’s struggling too.’

It also couldn’t fly.

The fact that it was walking across the frozen sea, wings folded, showed that it was exerting itself.

‘Then…’

This was an opportunity.

‘I’m not sure why it’s trying to kill me.’

One thing was clear.

That thing was my enemy.

And there didn’t seem to be any room for improving our relationship through conversation.

‘Let’s end it here.’

Once I decided to fight, I actually felt more at ease.

‘First things first.’

I prepared to fight seriously.

I retrieved all the Eyes of the Absolute Being that had been deployed to support the rescue team.

Except for the one focused on the Ice Dragon, hundreds of Eyes of the Absolute Being vanished.

With the nerves that had been scattered across hundreds of Eyes now focused in one place, things that I couldn’t see before became clear.

The black energy swirling, seemingly set on devouring the Ice Dragon, clashed with the white, frosty wind storm opposing it.

The two forces were fiercely colliding.

‘For now, let’s do a light test. Summon.’

The card I played was the Death Knight.

But not just any Death Knight.

It was a specially enhanced one, a Level 10 Death Knight, and most importantly—

‘I gave it an indestructible option.’

A unique grade option.

It could be applied to all items purchased from the shop.

As a result, a Death Knight with the indestructible option was born.

Zziing—

Death Knights began appearing all over the Ice Dragon’s body.

A total of 23.

All of them were indestructible Death Knights with the indestructible option.

‘Enhance.’

Whoosh—

23 black flames flared up across the Ice Dragon’s white body.

And then.

Boom—!

The Death Knights’ sword energy began slashing through the Ice Dragon.

And then.

‘Invisible Hand.’

Dozens of Invisible Hands emerged from thin air and began to press down on the Ice Dragon.

I infused the black energy into the now-enlarged Invisible Hands, wrapping around the Ice Dragon.

Whoosh!

It was as if hundreds of flaming black snakes were coiling around the Ice Dragon.

Rustle!

Simultaneously, the Death Knights’ sword energy relentlessly made scratches on its body.

However.

Whoooosh—!

The cold energy gushing from the Ice Dragon swept through everything, freezing the surroundings.

The bones of the reinforced Death Knights froze, and the Invisible Hands, once burning with black energy, instantly froze as well.

Crash!

Everything that had frozen shattered with the movement of the Ice Dragon.

The good news was that all the Death Knights had the indestructible option.

‘They’re all fine.’

I moved them to the warehouse and summoned them again on the Dragon’s body.

Boom—!

The sword energy swept across its body again, but it seemed like it didn’t do much damage.

‘The level difference is too great.’

Even though they were enhanced, each with unique skills and the indestructible option, the Death Knights were only level 50.

‘It’s more of a nuisance than anything else.’

The Ice Dragon didn’t care about the Death Knights rampaging around.

In reality, it took no damage at all.

Even though the Death Knights’ sword energy dug deeply into its body, after just a few seconds, the wounds disappeared as though nothing had happened.

‘No matter how weak they’ve become, the gap in power can’t be ignored.’

It seemed like I needed a powerful strike.

‘Until I’m ready…’

[Would you like to summon an Immortal Specter (Lv. 81)?]

[Yes / No]

‘Summon.’

[444,444,444 won will be consumed.]

A pitiful skull appeared before the Ice Dragon.

Compared to the massive size of the Ice Dragon, the little skull was no match.

However.

‘Enhance.’

It, too, was a being that dealt with divine powers.

Whoooosh—!

A black energy that seemed to devour everything spread out widely.

Crack—

The two forces were clashing violently.

Crack—!

In terms of sheer force, the cold energy of the Ice Dragon was clearly superior.

But the domain of the Immortal Specter wasn’t something to be taken lightly.

Especially.

‘This is my domain.’

My domain, with the "Household Decree" skill applied.

The endless black energy spread around, breaking the Ice Dragon’s momentum and, in contrast, empowering the Immortal Specter.

Eeeeeeeek!

The pitiful skull cried out.

With that, the skull transformed.

It swelled with explosive energy, and every joint in its body began to grow larger.

The spine, in particular, grew out into long, numerous segments.

That long spine eventually took the shape of a giant dragon several dozen meters long.

Whoosh—!

The black skeletal dragon climbed up the Ice Dragon’s forepaw.

Boom—!

It slashed through the icy claws, piercing through the cold energy.

Crash!

It seemed that this time, the Ice Dragon didn’t just ignore the attack.

It opened its mouth wide and shot out a breath.

Boom—!

Just before the white light engulfed the skeletal dragon.

‘Teleport.’

Whoosh—

The massive body instantly teleported, moving above the Ice Dragon’s head.

‘Invisible Hand.’

This was my domain, where the Household Decree had been applied.

With all the supportive powers focused, the Ice Dragon had no choice but to suffer.

After about 4 minutes, when the Immortal Specter could be summoned again.

‘This should be enough.’

The warm-up was over.

‘Iron Ball Storage.’

The warehouse, now at level 7, could handle up to 300 tons of mass.

The weight of the iron balls was 100 tons each.

Through enhancements, the shock absorbed by the balls was turned into explosive power, making them no different from nuclear bombs.

‘Summon.’

It was summoned before the Ice Dragon’s face.

Flash—

A bright flash erupted.

Boom—!

A massive explosion devoured everything.