Dungeon Hunter Chapter 226:

Chapter 226: God (1)

It signalled the beginning of the contest . Upa’s death was a great opportunity for the other grand dukes . It was a perfect opportunity to reinforce their weakened troops and gain Upa’s achievements .

I moved faster than anyone else .

I swept through Upa’s dungeon with Maxium .

If I took it over then I would have problems managing it, but I wasn’t in the position to worry about that right now . It was better to have a poorly managed dungeon than to have Ariel or Pandemonium occupy it .

The three remaining grand dukes fought over the dungeons belonging to Upa’s faction .

The humans also started some major movements . They also seemed to know about Upa’s absence . They succeeded in preparing the Awakened and conquering one of the dungeons .

The dungeon cores . . . they were a very useful energy source for humans . And the fact that one dungeon disappeared meant that new heroes could possibly appear . Dungeons were overflowing with products that humans could use .

But I didn’t really care about the activities of the humans . I wanted to prevent the remaining grand dukes from absorbing Upa’s dungeons . If humans destroyed the dungeons then it would also benefit me .

I stirred up the Awakened in Korea . The girin selected Edward Windsor as the king and he led them to conquer the dungeons . The titles and buffs given to Edward Windsor after he became the king made him humanity’s strongest Awakened .

Korea was safer than any other country in the world . Monster waves didn’t happen often and they could steadily gain resources from the dungeon . Once Edward started his career, many foreign refugees came to Korea .

Humans truly gained hope . The most inspiring place was Korea . Korea was recovering and growing remarkably quickly .

And I . . . I was doing my best to pressure Pandemonium .

From Africa to Asia, these places were Pandemonium’s main stage . Most of his demons were there and his army was like a solid wall .

With strong bonds and superior intelligence, they weaved a spider web from Africa to Asia .

While Ariel Diablo of North America and Upa Bullenon of South America were fighting, Pandemonium was able to accumulate his power .

Once the fight between Upa and Ariel was over, he would rise as a new power .

But that was a story of the past .

He suffered huge losses at Greenwich Observatory . The loss was half of his original army .

Upa was dead and Ariel’s damage wasn’t that great . In the aftermath of Hope, Pandemonium was the one who suffered the most damage .

And Africa was the place where one of Pandemonium’s most powerful vassals, Duke Beilla was stationed .

He was one of the demons who didn’t participate in the meeting at Greenwich Observatory . He had been in charge of support from the rear .

Of course, Duke Beilla was one of Pandemonium’s strongest followers .

 

“My Dungeon Master . ”

Egypt . It was a wide, open land where the wind was blowing .

Chrisley knelt down and waited for my next command .

I moved my gaze .

There were 100,000 creatures lined up in an orderly manner .

It was the result of using my points and achievement points .

Originally I had two to three times as many creatures, but the rest were at the dungeons or assigned to Maxim . Occupying Upa’s dungeons was also important .

Besides Chrisley, there was a three metre tall human with a bald head .

‘An evolved homunculus . ’

Gaparam finally received a clue after studying Gustarte . After examining the flesh of a god, Gaparam’s skills in the field of life increased by several times . The result of his work was strong enough to chew on the strongest high class creature .

Although mass production wasn’t possible due to materials and time, he added a considerable amount of force to my army .

I moved my gaze back to Chrisley .

"The preparations?”

"It is done . ”

I nodded .

If Chrisley said it was done then it would be .

My crimson cloak waved around me . Then I walked through the creatures .

Kung .  Kung .  Kung .

Words weren’t necessary .

Chrisley and the 100,000 creatures quietly followed behind me .

 

The successive victories continued . Pandemonium was on the defensive . Ariel also put pressure on Pandemonium so it was inevitable .

At this point, I controlled half of Pandemonium’s dungeons . My army increased by more than 200,000 to reach 280,000 and many of them were advanced creatures .

I now had room to breathe . I rearranged the army and dealt with issues that had been postponed .

After a long time, I returned to the Korean dungeon and took out five pieces from my magic bag .

They were the pieces that Chrisley, Tashmal, Hash, Yoo Eun-hye and Edward brought out from the advanced training room . They were divided like a puzzle .

I joined the pieces of the puzzle together .

-The Piece of Balance, Piece of Enlightenment, Piece of Growth, Piece of Faith and Piece of Valour have been combined . -The interpretation . . .

 

-The five pieces mean five types of balance . -The interpretation . . .

 

-The pieces have combined and transformed into one seed . -‘Seed of Creation’ has been acquired . The Seed of Creation is a necessary item to qualify as a true ‘god . ’ The species born from this seed will belong to the owner of the seed . The creator is their **** and has the responsibility to lead them .

 

I touched my jaw .

‘The Seed of Creation . ’

It was an unexpected result . I was convinced .

This was an item that the Hell Monarch deliberately hid .

After he was resurrected as a god, he had been thinking of creating his own species .

Thus, he had a plan to be reborn as a true **** .

I smiled thinly . It might seem useless, but it was an item necessary to become a **** . This was the first time I had seen something like this .

‘Tree of Origin . ’

At that moment, I thought of the Tree of Origin . I had gone there hoping to be qualified . I wanted to test myself against my shadow and make myself perfect .

Perfection!

What was perfection?

It was often said that only a **** was perfect .

Then did the Tree of Origin want me to become a god?

I stood up . I was curious to see how the Tree of Origin would react to the Seed of Creation .

Tree of Origin .

A huge tree situated in the centre of the dungeon with long roots stretching out .

I walked near it . Then the stems wrapped around me like it had been waiting . I accepted the stems without any hostility and was sucked into the Tree of Origin’s inner consciousness .

A dark space .

A small light appeared .

The light soon looked like me .

"It has been a while . "

I recalled the bitter memories of my confrontations with the shadow hunters, but shook them off .

The clone in front of me was just an illusion created by the Tree of Origin .

It was a virtual image that was different from the main body .

It was something I didn’t know about before now .

That shadow was the Tree of Origin itself!

"You have realized . ”

"Is this the world of your consciousness?”

“That’s right . This is the closest place to the origin . ”

The man who looked exactly like me spoke without hesitation . I didn’t scold the Tree of Origin and asked .

“Do you know what this is?”

I pulled out the Seed of Creation . The seed was about the size of a palm and kind of looked like a human fetus .

"It is one of the items that acts as a god’s qualification . ”

Indeed .

The Tree of Origin seemed to know what it was .

"Then I might become a **** now . ”

The Tree of Origin shook his head .

“No . To become a **** . . . your divinity is lacking to become a **** . You are at a weak level . And there is a way to fill it up . ”

"Fill it up?”

I was confused . Divinity wasn’t something that could be easily gained . But the Tree of Origin spoke like I could fill it up .

The Tree of Origin opened his mouth with a smile .

“Don’t you possess an intermediate god?”

“Gustarte . . . ”

I muttered .

I succeeded in capturing Gustarte .

Thanks to that, Chrisley’s skills advanced and Gaparam completed his homunculus . But that was all .

"He is a **** who has already entered the hands of a mortal once . Divinity is easy to lose but difficult to gain . Once lost, it is rare that the person would wake up . You can wake up the god’s will once again with the Moon Arrow, but what will happen to the **** who has lost his direction?”

His opinion was different from 0001’s who I met in the Reverse World . 0001 said that the Moon Arrow would fix the man . Yet the Tree of Origin said it was already too late .

"You seem to know a lot . ”

“Nothingness is a place where those who failed to become gods go . And the origin . . . those who lose their divinity are sent there . Gustarte’s soul is already halfway to the origin . ”

The Tree of Origin told me something that I hadn’t known .

But I still had a question .

"Who are you?"

"The administrator of the origin . All the Trees of Origin are controlled by me . I have to lead the former gods here and create new **** candidates . And I am now watching the birth of a new **** . ”

Tree of Origin .

No, the administrator of the origin didn’t hide anything . He spoke honestly .

A **** . The Tree of Origin said that I could become one .

My eyes narrowed .

"So I should absorb Gustarte?”

The administrator of the source slightly bowed his head .

"This is all according to the gods’ will . ”

He was acting like I was already a **** .

If I earned the divinity and used the Seed of Creation, I could become a true **** .

It certainly was an enticing offer .

If I became a **** then I could easily become the demon king . It wouldn’t be hard to defeat both Ariel and Pandemonium .

But that wasn’t all I thought about .

"Don’t I have to die to become a god?”

The administrator of the origin laughed .

“That’s right . Once possessing divinity and having the appropriate qualifications, death is required to become a **** . ”

"It sounds like you are telling me to die . ”

“It is worth becoming a **** . It is much more valuable than being a demong king . ”

"I understand your thoughts . ”

I was curious to some extent .

I closed my eyes and opened them again . My connection to the origin was disconnected and I returned to reality .