Epic Of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

Chapter 2379: Clash Of Venerables II [15]

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"This could have worked, we could have helped you protect humanity, we never intended to ever destroy it, Deus, this was all inside of your mind... let go of your fears, and rest in peace. Humanity will be in good hands, we will not forget about them, I promise. I will protect them with all I have and ensure their safety and prosperity."

Drake's voice echoed through Deus' mind, as he finally, finally understood that Drake...

Was a really nice guy, and that was about it.

He was just... a nice guy.

He had no grand plans, he had no big ego, or anything of the sort.

He was just a guy, trying to protect his family, his friends...

And trying to protect this damned world, because he lived on it.

"I see... thank you... I... was... mistaken..."

Deus smiled lightly, disappearing, as his small, weakened soul moved somewhere else into the Afterlife.

"Oberon... he is... he's... the one that brought the gods... to their demise..."

"What?"

Drake heard Deus' last words, imbued into the fragments of Ascendancy Law he absorbed.

But what he said didn't make any sense.

Oberon wasn't even born back then!

So how?

"He's... not who you think... he is...! Please... please... I beg you... protect... protect my people..."

"I will."

Drake closed his eyes, as Deus' last will disappeared, and Drake sighed.

He really wished things shouldn't have come to this.

But Deus and Fortune were clearly just mad.

Perhaps because of their age, or their power, or a series of other things.

They never listened to reason, until the moment they died.

"It's done..."

Drake sighed, and everyone else sighed in exhaustion as well, the gigantic dragon avatar disappeared at the same time as they sighed, floating in midair.

Drake looked into the giant black castle above, and then down below, noticing two key points in this place that he had yet to take care of.

Oda's castle.

And Oberon's Domain.

He also felt Chris team was very close to Oberon, it was dangerous.

Whatever they were doing there, he had to go rescue them.

And that was his priority.

"Everyone, I know you're all tired! But we don't have time to rest, please, let's move! Benladra, help me out," Drake said.

"Okay!" Benladra nodded, as she combined her powers with her father, healing everyone's exhaustion by at least 50%.

"Everyone, I need your help, Oberon is about to revive, Chris' team is missing! And I have a really bad feeling, let's hurry!" Drake roared, as everyone cheered, hearing his words without questioning him.

"OOOOHHHH!"

As they roared, he felt truly like a leader, smiling and rushing forward, his Aura encompassing everyone with ease.

He felt so much stronger now, and even more as his Ascension already began within his Divine Realm.

Indeed, the skies within his Divine Realm trembled, as materials, divinities, and divine abilities were being offered to forge himself his last Ascendancy Law Rings.

Drake knew he could secure more materials if he waited longer, but he didn't want to risk his chances, he decided to use what he had right now, which was already plenty, and forged his last Ascendancy Law Rings, because he was sure he wouldn't have enough resources or time based on what was coming.

He decided to take advantage of his Divine Realm's Time Dilation, which had been increased even more as he leveled up to take his time creating it, glancing at the storm of ascendancy law essence being created within an enormous, empty area in the middle of the outer space area of his divine realm.

There, several Venerable Treasures glowed, many of them were the gifts that the Venerables had given to him, such as Augustus' stones and diamonds, Skadi's frost trees and icy mountains, and Belle's dream clouds and nightmare miasma seas.

The treasures, of all sorts of bright colors, shone brightly as they spun within the spiraling storm, Drake's Ascendancy Law Rings surged within the storm, as his three main cores manifested, hungry for more resources, asking for much more than ever before.

Way more than Drake had expected, actually, as his Treasure Core appeared, it quickly devoured all the Venerable Treasures Drake offered, and it wasn't even satisfied yet.

"Not yet?!" Drake complained.

"Drake I told you that it would be incredibly hard even with everything we've gathered!" Andromeda said. "No Venerable has ever grown this powerful so quickly, they took thousands of years to slowly rise where you are right now."

"I see, I understand that Andromeda," Drake nodded.

"It's mostly thanks to the power of Gluttony combined with the System that you've been able to grow this fast, and also because of the foes you've fought, which were so strong," Andromeda said. "Thanks to these things, you were able to absorb tremendous quantities of energy and resources that it would take someone at your caliber thousands of years to gather naturally."

"I know, I know Andromeda," Drake nodded. "But even then, I think it should be possible... to forge three, right?"

"Three?! Wait, you want to have ten like Deus?!" Andromeda asked.

"I want to have a hundred if I could! As many as I could! But I mean, it should be doable, its... realistic, right?" Drake asked.

"We can try..." Andromeda nodded. "But what else should we offer? We've given away everything we've been gifted by now."

"There's still these," Drake looked into the skies.

There were three pocket realms floating in midair, although half of their mass and resources were destroyed, they were mostly still overflowing with essence and many rich materials.

The first of these pocket realms was Susanoo's Heavenly Realm, his own innate Soul Realm similar to a Divine Realm, a land devoid of life, mostly of mountains, rich metals to create swords, and various types of trees with magical fruits and hot springs near volcanoes.

The second and third were both quite similar, resembling endless white and golden heavens with several stars above the skies and glass-like floor, with nothing much on the surface, but plentiful of mystical materials in the clouds and stars.

These were the Fragmented Divine Realms of Fortune and Deus, although only around 45-50% of their original mass remained after such brutal battles, Drake was able to salvage a lot.

All three of these pocket realms each one had at least a few dozen highly valuable and high ranking Venerable-level treasures, although Susanoo's "divine treasures" were called "Heavenly Treasures" instead, overflowing with the Essence of Heaven and Earth instead of Ascendancy Law Essence.

But thanks to the System and Gluttony, Drake could absorb and transform this energy anyway, so it was all perfectly usable for him.

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