ăCha Jeong-woo.ăAllforone narrowed his eyes, looking at Cha Jeong-wooâs vestige body in front of him.
Cha Jeong-woo couldnât properly see Allforoneâs face because of the light, but he could guess as to what kind of expression he was making.
ăFragile child, move. This place isnât somewhere where you should be.ăAllforoneâs voice was firm, but there was a certain affection to it. With Thousand Li Eyes, Allforone could see all the events in the Tower from where he was. He knew how difficult a path Cha Jeong-woo had walked and the pain he felt after repeating the same dream over and over again. He didnât want to hurt Cha Jeong-woo, if possible.
Although Cha Jeong-wooâs vestige body was nothing more than a ghost who refused to follow the laws of nature, Allforone knew how futile the attempt was, so he didnât feel the need to stop him. That vestige body would disappear after today, anyway. Forcibly maintaining that kind of body meant Cha Jeong-woo was continuing to use the limited vestiges.
ăYouâre the same as you were in the past, Vivasvat, speaking that bullshit.ăHowever, Cha Jeong-woo thought Allforoneâs gaze was pathetic. There had been a time when he once admired him and wanted to unravel his secrets to become like him. Now, he realized that he had just been pulled toward an illusion of Allforone, and that it was all fake.
No. Now, Alllforone was technically Cha Jeong-wooâs enemy. He put Kronos, who jumped into the Tower to save his child, through trials, and he put Yeon-woo, who wanted to find his little brother, through hardships. He was the enemy who split up a family that wanted nothing more than peace.
Furthermore, there were countless beings like the Vampiric Lord who werenât able to return to their family and had spent ages waiting. No matter how great Allforoneâs ideals were, or how great his purpose was, he couldnât be left alone any longer.
Of course, Jeong-woo knew he couldnât defeat Allforone. He had made several attempts to exuviate in a few of his dreams. Since he would eventually be surrounded by traitors no matter what he did, he tried to gain divinity in an attempt to escape them. But he had failed every time. Once, he was so frustrated that he even fought a war against Allforone, but he had been horribly defeated. He wasnât in his original condition right now, so if he stepped up, heâd most definitely be defeated again.
ăSo, please stop with that bullshit. Itâs annoying. Mirne!ă
ăIâve been waiting for you to call me.ă
Cha Jeong-woo decided to face Allforone head-on, and Nemesis immediately responded to his shout, appearing in the sky and disappearing within emptiness again.
Whoosh! âDreamsâ expanded. A dark glittering aurora covered the world of Allforone and octagonal shapes began to click together. It was the Illusory Barrier Cha Jeong-woo and Nemesis often materialized together, called Dream World. It was the ultimate skill that quickly took care of Jeong-wooâs opponent and worked in harmony with his Perfect Adaptability.
But Allforone just tilted his head.ăYou must know this canât do anything.ăWhen Allforone took a step forward, the expansion of Dream World stopped, and his second step forward already cracked its surface. Using such skills was a waste of strength in the seventy-seventh floor, which was nearly Allforoneâs holy territory.
ăI know. But I need this for me to step forward in the slightest.ăCha Jeong-woo simply smirked.
ăAre youâŠ?ăAllforone halted his steps.
ăYou. You hate exuviation and transcendence, donât you? You talk bullshit about how itâs going against the laws of nature and whatnot, but youâre just telling people not to act up. You want worms to continue to live like worms⊠Hearing someone born with a diamond spoon like you saying that just makes me wanna barf.ă
Swish! For a moment, Cha Jeong-wooâs transparent vestige body became focused, as if he had gained a real body. Although it was only for a short while, he had restored the peak of his strength from when he was living through Dream World. His soul was matured enough to attempt exuviation.
ăSo Iâll do the thing you hate right now. I bet no one did something like this with you right in front of them.ăAs soon as he was done talking, intense whirlwinds spun around Jeong-woo and lights flashed behind him to push away the light from Allforone.
Through exuviation, Cha Jeong-woo was attempting to escape the unstable vestige body and become whole. In that moment, he was divine. He already had more than enough achievements for them to become legends. He repeated many trials in his dreams, and he gained achievements through them. They had become a firm castle that wouldnât come breaking down. He was confident he didnât lack anything compared to any other divine being.
ăI failed in my dreams, but things are gonna be different from now.ăCha Jeong-wooâs determination to stand against Allforone alone became his identity and established his ability, and he had already obtained holiness after becoming Yeon-wooâs familiar.
Divine status, legends, divine ability, holiness, and divine spirit⊠When the five conditions that were required to become a god were met, Cha Jeong-wooâs vestige body was able to âbreak outâ of its shell and have a complete body.
[The data of the deleted player âCha Jeong-wooâ has been restored!]
[Through exuviation, âCha Jeong-wooâsâ status has been changed to âDemigod!â]
[The spring of time blesses you.]
[The spring of death blesses you.]
[An unidentifiable power cheers for you.]
[Exuviation is in progress!]
The real fight was about to begin. Crash!
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It was a world where everything was destroyed. It had been a place where the legends of Kronos existed, but now, only void filled its place.
[The âSpring of Timeâ has paused.]
[The âSpring of Timeâ has paused.]
System messages continued to pop up. Under normal circumstances, they shouldâve been gone too, but the fact that messages were continuing to appear meant the system was still working.
[Error.]
[Error.]
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[The source of the error is being searched for.]
[The output was incorrect.]
[The output is being fixed.]
[Not âallâ of Kronosâ legends were destroyed.]
[It has been confirmed that the countdown still exists.]
[The current remaining time is two minutes, six seconds, and four milliseconds.]
[A very small part of Kronosâ legends has survived and is attempting to restore itself.]
[It has failed.]
[It has failed.]
[The damage to the data is too severe for restoration. There isnât enough energy to attempt restoration.]
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[An unidentifiable power attempts to hack the console system. An attempt to restore the data is made.]
[Kronosâ paused legends begin to play again.]
Tick. Tock. The sound of needles moving began to ring out again.
[The âSpring of Timeâ is moving at a very slow speed!]
Whoosh! The collapsed world began to squirm. Broken pieces found their places one by one and started to be fixed.
Just as how Yeon-woo destroyed his legends and reassembled them to finish Yin Spirit, Kronosâ legends were being newly organized. The broken parts were connected, and the damaged parts were fixed. The fragmented parts were reshaped and put back into their positions⊠Kronosâ legends were not only restored, but they were becoming strengthened from what they had been.
[An unidentifiable power is restoring the spring of the clock.]
[The destroyed thirteenth cogwheel has been exchanged.]
[The damaged twenty-first cogwheelâs cog has been fixed.]
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[The 1,921th cogwheel has successfully been fixed.]
[All the needles of the clock have been fixed.]
[The speed of the needles slowly increases.]
[The time limit has increased.]
[It is applied to the countdown.]
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It wasnât easy to restore the broken legends. If something went wrong, they could all be damaged. That was why Gaiaâs Curse had been an object of fear to countless gods. The balance of the legends couldnât be fully restored if they were broken.
Even the leader of the Day, Uranus, and the king of gods, Kronos, hadnât been free from Gaiaâs Curse. The Martial King, who had reached âemperorâ status, had faced it as well.
However, Yeon-woo was released from Gaiaâs Curse with Hadesâ help, and he had gained resistance to it. He had even reassembled his legends and changed the properties of his body with Yin Spirit. He had opened his own heart with a scalpel without being under anesthesia, and he was done recovering from it.
Thus, it wasnât that difficult for Yeon-woo to fix Kronosâ heart as well. Since he already had experience, he was faster at it too. At the time, he hadnât had any consciousness, but he was fully aware now. He even had the great legends of âawaking the Black King and gaining the title of being his shadow,â so anything was possible.
[The minute hand has been restored.]
His domain began to function normally.
[The hour hand has been restored.]
All the parts that Kronos didnât think Yeon-woo could fix because they were too damaged were fixed as well.
[The domains are activating.]
[The domains are complete. The lost functions of the spring have been fully recovered.]
[An unidentifiable power forcibly activates the springs. Fuel is input.]
[The needles of the clock spin.]
[The minute hand spins.]
[The hour hand spins.]
[The spring of time is functioning normally!]
[The âSmall Wheelâ begins to roll again.]
[The overload is ignored.]
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[The spring of death and the spring of time are connected for maximum efficiency!]
The two springs were finally connected after being separated for so long. The two domains resonated together, as if happy to see each other.
[The owner of the legends, âKronos,â has been restored.]
[Resurrection is taking place!]
[A new line is added to the legends of âKronos.â Self Resuscitation!â]