Chapter 146 | Omni Tales

Today, I will obtain more than 10 legendary items that can be used in reality.

Thump.

With just one step, I left the base camp behind. There was a barrier but it only worked from inside to outside, so there were no problems leaving. In a short time, I surveyed the situation.

‘Hyperion isn’t here. Black Messiah committed suicide and all that remains is the Phantom Dragon.’

Moreover, there weren’t many other miscellaneous mobs remaining. Hundreds of monsters had respawned far away and were running hard towards us, but without any transcendent grade monsters, they were useless even if there were thousands or tens of thousands. A transcendental dragon could clear them with a single spell.

[Seed of Life.]

With the voice of Green Dragon Flower, green light penetrated the ground and instantly grew a tree that rapidly increased its size. Similar to Tree of Life, it absorbed the corpses of monsters along with nearby energy to enhance its life force.

Of course, Repli didn’t passively watch this spectacle. It used Hellfire and Space Distortion to burn down and cut apart the tree!

However, Repli wasn’t facing just one enemy.

Krrrk!

[Graaaaah!]

The right wing of Repli was torn off as ice giants resembling dragons swarmed around him, causing immense damage. With both wings lost, black blood poured out from Repli’s body like a waterfall.

‘No…noooo…!’

I mentally screamed.

‘Repli is going to die!’

I tried to sprint towards them, but it seemed like the battle would end before I could close the distance. I had already consumed five legendary items to fill Hyperion’s sockets!

“Haap!”

I accelerated, yet even then, dozens of gigas were bombarding me with insane firepower, making it difficult to run straight!

Crackkkk!

Ultimately, my choice was throwing.

‘It is best if I finish this myself, but if not possible, even a spoon…!’

I forcefully swung my body, stretching out until my right hand touched my left heel. The muscles strained like a bowstring, emitting an extraordinary sound.

“Login.”

In that state, I transferred to Ardenia while reciting various spells. Of course, there were clear limitations to this approach.

“Ahh, I should have used the Heaven and Earth Sword!”

Among all my attack methods, only the Heaven and Earth Sword possessed the power and rank capable of penetrating a Transcendent’s defenses.

Could I achieve at least the minimum contribution requirement (1% damage) by combining all my strength with a spell formula during a throw?

“Only one way to find out. Log out!”

I returned to Earth and threw Hyperion.

Whooosh!

Hyperion shot like a beam of light. At that moment, Dark Messiah regenerated within its trajectory.

“Dark God’s Great Healing!”

Flash!

As soon as he appeared, a knife effect pierced Dark Messiah’s chest, and dark energy poured forth.

Wooooom!

In an instant, Repli’s body, on the brink of death, was instantly restored. It happened so quickly that even the two dragons beating up Repli couldn’t react. Furthermore, Hyperion, which I had thrown, was still slicing through the air.

Zing!

Hyperion reached Dark Messiah as he continued casting healing spells. Of course, Hyperion couldn’t simply touch him.

Kaga-ak!

Hyperion collided with the shield covering Dark Messiah’s body. At the same time, the chakra formula contained within his sword exploded:

Cold. Light. Wood. Wind. Fire. Earth. Poison. Thunder.

Hyonmun (Wise Gate). Open.

Attribute Attack: Eight-Fold Overlap.

Zzzzang! Clang!

Incredibly, after breaking through dozens of shields, Hyperion lodged itself in Dark Messiah’s neck.

“Huh?”

“Eh?”

“What?”

Flower, who was about to do something; Dark Messiah, with a sword impaled in his throat; and even me, the one who threw Hyperion, were all taken aback.

‘No way, how did it hit? And even penetrate?’

The Dark Messiah’s defense capabilities were truly remarkable, able to withstand multiple ultimate magic attacks from dragons as they struggled on the battlefield, healing Repli and Hyperion. It was impossible for such a creature to be pierced by a mere throw. However, I quickly understood the situation:

‘Timing.’

Just like how monsters in card games are structurally weakest immediately after regeneration, my attack had struck at the precise moment when the Dark Messiah channeled all its power to heal Repli. Despite being a relatively frail priest, it still refused to die outright, given its status as a Transcendent. Instead, it glared at me with furious eyes.

“Oblivious fool! You cannot discern where your interference is unwelcome! Very well! If death is your desire, so be it! Power of Darkness! Die…”

Puk!

Hyperion, which was already halfway embedded in Dark Messiah’s neck, advanced another five centimeters. This was Shadow Twice, the legendary warrior skill.

“Grrr…” Spitting blood, Dark Messiah waved his hand, causing multiple defensive barriers to appear around him. Feeling a sense of impending danger, he desperately summoned layers thick enough to distort space visibly.

However, what he didn’t realize was that just as his card had defied reality’s rules, there were other ‘laws’ capable of bypassing his defenses. With one final forceful thrust, Hyperion pushed forward once more.

Snap!

Dark Messiah’s head was cleanly severed from his body.

“Th-this… can’t be happening…” His voice filled with disbelief echoed from the falling head.

Shuffle!

Dozens of cards cascaded down from the sky.

”…”

Everyone watched this scene blankly. I was also stunned, standing still when something brushed past my ear.

Po-ro-roong!

It was Shadow Crow ‘Shasha’. In the dark environment, he wasn’t easily visible as he flew diligently to snatch up cards.

Kwah-kuhng! Kwaduk!

“Ah, Repli…”

In the midst of all this, Repli couldn’t hold on and was destroyed. I didn’t know whether to cry because I hadn’t obtained anything from hunting Repli or laugh because I achieved 100% contribution points for killing Dark Messiah.

Goo-ooh!

“At last, it has come out.”

After all the transcendent monsters died, three mechanical devices resembling baseball bats appeared in midair. These were monster guidance devices personally created by the game masters! When White Dragon Snow grabbed them and inserted them into gaps in space, cracks appeared in the black sky.

Wooo!

The barrier covering the island disappeared, revealing the twinkling stars above.

Suddenly…

“Everyone, freeze.”

At Flower’s command, everything stopped—not just movement but time itself seemed to halt.

Has…time stopped?

Falling cards, toppling trees, and excitedly running people all froze mid-action. In this suspended moment, Flower spoke:

“[Three of the Five Dragons—Ruby, Sapphire, and Black Jade—are not dead. They merely fell into critical condition, preventing them from participating further in battle.]”

Huh, what is it talking about?

As Jinwoo was baffled by these nonsensical words, certain ‘memories’ flooded his mind. It wasn’t much—a brief scene of the three dragons collapsing as their necks spurted blood instead of having their heads severed by Dark Messiah’s skill was imprinted on him.

“Ha…I really didn’t expect this when I came out to play.”

The huge green dragon overlapped with the body of the black dragon lying on the ground. Then the black dragon’s body became blurred… Suddenly, there was a two-headed dragon standing in its place. It overlapped again with another dragon and gained three heads, then four. Soon, all the bodies disappeared-

Ku-gooong!

When it spread its wings wide, they were magnificent, almost covering the sky. The creature present before me was even larger than the impressive Land Worm.

‘Wow, insane…’

A single dragon, several times bigger than the combined size of the original five dragons, rose majestically. Its appearance alone set it apart from ordinary dragons—it had five heads attached to one body.

It had five heads of different colors and beautifully shining scales on its body. In frozen time, I couldn’t even blink as I screamed internally.

‘Five-Headed Dragon! Chromatic Dragon!’

This existence surpassed the fresh adult dragons, mature worms, and even ancient dragons. It was the Primordial Dragon, the prototype of all chromatic dragons in the macrocosm! Known to have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, it was the highest elder in dragon society. There was no need to say more when he once headed the Noblesse Senate.

‘The Five Dragons… weren’t separate but actually parts of the Chromatic Dragon?’

Then the three dragons hadn’t died either. The Chromatic Dragon couldn’t be killed unless all five heads were destroyed simultaneously.

Paat!

The Five-Headed Dragon disappeared, time returned to its original state and the closed sky opened up again. I stood quietly until Shasha finished collecting items.

“Log in.”

I entered Ardenia.

“Wah.” My legs gave out as I collapsed into the pilot’s seat.

“The Five-Headed Dragon. It is terrible. A middle rank god, perhaps approaching high rank.”

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the greatest elder of the macrocosm, incomparable to Earth’s elder, would be living in the entertainment industry.

“Now that I think about it…it wasn’t really a crisis.”

For a super-class monster who regenerated like eating rice, they were merely a toddler compared to an emperor class being with mid-rank divinity. If Haein, or rather, the Five-Headed Dragon had fought seriously, the battle against Regen would’ve ended within tens of seconds regardless of regeneration.

“Perhaps it is thanks to them that there were no casualties.”

Despite the massive event of Transcendents fighting, none of the Survival Island teams died. Many people were injured and exhausted, but nobody actually died! When I thought about it, the barrier maintained remarkably well, and the teams with insufficient power strangely banded together quickly.

‘Yes. It was strange.’

No matter how high the average level of Zone 34 was, it wasn’t normal not to see a single body amidst a flood of monsters and dragon breath attacks.

“What are you muttering alone?” The landworm’s words shook me back to reality.

“Oh, sorry. Something quite shocking happened.”

‘Yes, these things aren’t important.’

I decided to focus on something crucial: checking my inventory.

“Ah…”

And then I saw it—the golden light brightly illuminating my inventory!

‘It…worked!’

The Dark Messiah had dropped 32 items, and among them, incredibly—incredibly!—there were no less than 18 legendary items. Unfortunately, there were no myth-ranked items, but numerous hero-tier ones were present. It was truly a massive jackpot!

However, there was a problem.

“No, wait just a minute…” My joy turned sour as I picked up one of the items.

[Ooh! Legendary Card!] With an inexplicable sound effect, the card flipped over.

[Groo the One-Eyed Giant]

Category: Minion Limit: Common

Rating: Legendary Cost: 9

Effect: Every turn, size and stats related to size increase by one level.

Flavor Text: I became a dragon slayer! But all I wanted was just to hug them…

At first glance, it looked like a very powerful minion card.

“No…how do you use this thing? Summon One-eyed Giant Gruy!”

I shouted but there was no response.

[Oh-! Legendary Card—!]

The cards were taken out wildly. The types of cards were diverse. Minion cards, spell cards, item cards, etc.

As expected of legendary grade items, they all had fraudulent effects. However, I couldn’t restore any of them from cards to their original state. It was because I didn’t have mana spheres.

‘No way.’

This was a collectible card game (CCG), which meant it was turn-based. In each turn, the number of mana spheres increased from one to ten as you drew cards from your deck, added them to your ‘hand’, and consumed mana to use them. However, this was the system of Dark Star, not Revenge. Despite having numerous legendary cards…they were just empty promises.

“Sigh.”

I laughed incredulously.

“I should’ve captured Repli…”

With a bitter smile, he organized and stored the cards in his inventory. Since they were still legendary items, there might be a use for them someday. Perhaps when buying Nemesis stocks to patch the system or needing a legendary item as a consumable…

For now, Jinwoo had no choice but to believe that would eventually happen.

“Log out.”

Upon returning to Earth, he spotted dozens of airships and hundreds of gigas lined up across the open sky. It appeared the government had mobilized once contact with the film crew was lost due to the dimensional rift closing.

“I guess this is it…” He leaned against some nearby tree debris halfheartedly.

“Oh!” Jinwoo sprang back up immediately.

“It’s attendance time!”

He sprinted towards the base camp. Looking up at the sky, it was already pitch-black night!

In Revenge, attendance checks had to be completed before 5 AM, when the game day reset. Most importantly,

I need to complete my daily quest!

The controversial Survival Island arc was finally coming to an end.