"Pleased to meet you, Lord Chaos Dragon... no, the first and last wielder of the Grail. I am Cao Cao, and I lead the Hero Faction, however lacking it may be."
In front of me, a man leading a group of dozens bowed politely.
It was an incomparably brazen entrance.
Appearing in my territory without permission, leading an army of this size—it was tantamount to an explicit declaration of war.
"First and last... You know even that much? Your intelligence gathering is good."
"Without even information, weak humans cannot stand against other races. Knowledge is the only sword humanity can wield."
The man named Cao Cao didn't lose his relaxed smile.
His eyes were evaluating and analyzing me.
"That aside, walking in openly like this... you have guts. Did you breakthrough all my guardians to get here?"
"Haha, of course not. Your guardians are beings that even the Satans of the Underworld fear. If we faced them head-on, we would already be ashes. We merely borrowed a path for a moment thanks to a comrade who manipulates space."
"Coming from Lord Chaos Dragon, that is the highest praise."
"How is that praise? It just means your head is empty."
The lineup of guys standing behind him was quite impressive.
It seems the entire Hero Faction executive team came, and for some reason, even Walburga, the witch who possesses the Holy Cross, is here.
"Hehh~ So that's the rumored Chaos Dragon~! He looks more ordinary than I thought?"
Walburga giggled as she looked at me with amusement.
Come to think of it, all the Holy Relics are gathered here.
Cao Cao's Holy Spear (True Longinus), Walburga's Holy Cross (Incinerate Anthem), and my Grail (Sephiroth Graal).
If I get them all, could I obtain the power of the God of the Bible?
It's a very intriguing thought.
I wonder what it would taste like if I devoured all of them.
Setting aside high-tier and low-tier, there are 4 Longinus right in front of my eyes.
Besides that, I saw several rare Sacred Gears among the underlings brought along in the back.
I feel greedy for the first time in a while.
Since they're the Hero Faction, most of their main force probably can use Balance Breaker.
It seems they judged they needed to deploy this much to catch me.
"Amusing."
Crack...! Cr-r-rack...!
I no longer felt the need to maintain my human form.
With the sound of flesh and bone twisting, my body transformed into a massive dragon of chaos.
"Grrrrrrrr... Are you ready, brats..."
My voice was no longer human.
It sounded like the abyss itself resonating.
"Oh my, oh my... You have no intention of solving this through dialogue? Actually, we came to offer you a recruitment proposal."
Cao Cao didn't lose his smile despite my intimidating presence.
"Recruitment... I see. Because I was human?"
"That is correct. You are a legendary existence who fought against God and Satans with a human body. To us, you are practically an idol."
"Idol... I don't think I'm that kind of existence. Besides, I'm already an existence that abandoned humanity."
"It was an era of war. It must have been an unavoidable choice for survival. We can understand and accept everything about you."
"You talk well. But I refuse. I have no intention of playing along with your house play."
"But think about it. The tyranny of other races! Devils forcibly use Evil Pieces on humans with Sacred Gears to make them servants, Fallen Angels hunt those with Sacred Gears, and Angels brand innocent humans as heretics. And yet, now that their own survival is at risk, isn't it funny that they make peace treaties for their own selfish reasons?"
"That is true. But that doesn't become a reason for me to help you, does it?"
"Didn't you go through the same thing! Isn't that why you became like that, unable to live a normal life just because you possessed a Sacred Gear! Is having a Sacred Gear a sin? We didn't even have a choice. Just because of something we accidentally possessed at birth, must we lose everything? Must humans suffer this injustice without any resistance?"
"Certainly, from my perspective, your words are correct. I was also a victim of Sacred Gear hunting, and it's not like I don't understand your position. But I carried out my revenge myself, and it's almost complete now. I have no desire to break the peace particularly."
"......"
"And if you're going to say that, there seem to be those among your subordinates in the back who were made comrades through brainwashing, so isn't it too strange for you to say such things? So I won't join you."
"That is truly regrettable... Then we will have to take you by force!"
Simultaneously with the end of Cao Cao's words, the Hero Faction and magicians released their energy in unison and charged at me.
At that moment─.
"To point weapons in front of Master's throne. How impious, insects."
Hwaryeong, appearing by my side unnoticed, recited coldly.
<Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!>
At the sound of Boost bursting out 10 times in an instant, Cao Cao's face hardened for the first time.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOM───!
What spewed from Hwaryeong's mouth was not simple fire.
A crimson torrent of destruction that seemed to burn space itself spread out as if to devour everything.
"Georg!"
"Got it!"
At Cao Cao's shout, Georg immediately activated Dimension Lost.
Purple mist wrapped around Hwaryeong's breath and diverted it into the Dimensional Gap.
But no matter how high-tier a Longinus it is, blocking everything in that split second was impossible.
"Aaaaaaargh!"
"S-Save meeeee!"
"It's hoooooot!"
The underlings outside the range of Dimension Lost evaporated without even being able to scream properly.
"This power is...! The Red Dragon Emperor...!? How do you possess that power?!"
Cao Cao shouted in a shocked voice.
"I see. You investigated me, but you didn't know about my subordinates. Information was lacking, Hero Faction."
"Cao Cao, that power just now clearly far exceeded Satan-Class...! She's not a simple Red Dragon Emperor!"
"You don't need to tell me, Georg."
At that moment, the Hero Faction, no, every being present sensed death.
Because...
"How dare... How dare how dare how dare how dare──!! Lowly human trash... defiling the great Master's land, Master's time, Master's air?!"
Uh... Hwaryeong is pissed.
And usually, when Hwaryeong is that pissed...
"I'll kill you... I'll kill you all...! I will tear every single insect bothering Master to death without leaving a trace...!"
It means Sera has lost her mind too.
<Half Dimension!!!>
As Sera's authority activated, space screamed and began to compress by half.
"What?! This is the White Dragon Emperor's power?! Not just the Red Dragon Emperor, but the White Dragon Emperor too?!"
"Impossible! Why is there an existence with the power of both Heavenly Dragons?!"
Hmm... They're going to die even without me fighting...
"Master, leave this to us. We'll kill them all."
"Please leave it to us, Master. We will clean up these insects spotless."
Wow... Scary.
"Uh... Uh, sure. Fighting?"
As soon as my permission was given, Hwaryeong and Sera charged toward the Hero Faction executives at tremendous speed.
Crimson flashes and white flashes intersected, and a banquet of hell began.
"Everyone, defensive posi...!"
KABOOOOOOOM───!!
Cao Cao's command couldn't be finished.
"Ah, those guys. Suddenly I feel damn sorry for them."
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