Chapter 30

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"Welcome back, Reisgolo!" I heard a voice before even stepping out of the timeline, a voice reminding me that I had returned to the correct time.

"Sorry, it doesn't feel good to be welcomed by you, Marutan!"

"You remember my name now, that's what matters to you."

"Indeed." I stepped out of the timeline; it is safest for others to stay within it.

I found that the whole world had stopped. Even though I had left the timeline, time did not progress. The birds in the sky, the beasts on land, the fish in the sea, the breath of life, all frozen like pinned specimens. This world had become a living specimen.

Only he and I, two lives independent from the world's timeline, two magnificent energy columns, had stopped between heaven and earth at the moment of eruption.

"This world is saving itself. It has withstood twenty years of the world's power. I am not afraid, but he is." Marutan pointed at the sky, referring to this world.

"The world is not afraid of the release of mere twenty years' worth of energy."

"Of course, he is afraid of you. This world was originally nothing, but you made it concrete, gave it life. He fears you taking it all away." Marutan picked up a small stone, played with it, then threw it at the energy column. The stone disappeared without a trace.

Marutan's point was that releasing twenty years' worth of the world's power was not the problem; the problem was releasing it recklessly, posing a threat to the world itself.

"Let our gamble continue. As long as you accept this energy, time will resume." Marutan sat down cross-legged, calm and composed.

"It seems like I won eighteen years ago."

"Hahaha, very well... let's say you won." Marutan agreed so simply, why?

"Curious? Remember what I said, you are not yet the Reisgolo I have always dreamed of finding. You need more training to return to your original self. In those eighteen years, I left you a gift."

"A gift?"

"Yes, a generous gift. Furthermore, I will gradually infiltrate this world. When I grow tired of playing, I will destroy it and create my own world from nothing. I really dislike this polluted world of yours. Can you become the Reisgolo I desire before that happens? This will be our second gamble."

"Hey, don't bet with me without permission, okay?"

"Are you saying that if you don't agree, this gamble won't take place?"

"Um." This guy is really giving me a headache. I have a feeling that the world he will create is definitely not a good proposal.

"Alright, when do you plan to restore time? I can't wait for the gift."

"It's you who can't wait." I lifted my Dragonbone Greatsword.

"We could actually have a nice conversation. Why do you always have to trouble me?" I suddenly wanted to ask this and asked it seriously.

Marutan still sat cross-legged on the ground, tapping the tough outer skin of the three-headed dragon with his fingers, saying indifferently, "Our relationship has long gone beyond the point of 'having a nice conversation.' You don't need to speculate about my intentions, just know that our enmity has never changed."

"The greater the power, the more inexplicable it becomes."

Then, I inserted my Dragonbone Greatsword into the energy column. As it passed through the column, the world's power began to be absorbed. The expanding energy column began to shrink as it absorbed two-thirds of the power, and time gradually resumed.

Is this world really so afraid of us taking everything away?

"If we hadn't intervened, he would forever be like that little world, a splendid darkness where the light of the stars never connects, until it is consumed by other worlds and becomes just a tiny speck of light within them."

"That little world? So you... are one of the two dragons in that world?"

"I know you couldn't see it at the time, just like how I couldn't see you. But I truly knew of your existence. It was so exciting to have two 'yous' appear at once!"

"You..." My chest was pierced from behind, the blue metal contrasting with the crimson sky of The Demon Realm, giving it an even grimmer appearance.

"Your gift has been delivered."

"Ai... Elena!" It was something I never expected. I couldn't believe that I, the one I trusted the most, was ruthlessly impaled from behind!

Blood flowed rapidly as Elena emerged from the timeline, without mercy removing the blue metal.

Claiming it doesn't hurt is a lie, but the most painful part isn't the body, it's the heart.

"The Magic cast on Elena, after traveling through time, has finally been completed. She is now mine." Marutian appeared in front of Elena and tore apart her collar, biting his tongue and sealing a contract on her chest.

Strangely, I couldn't feel Elena's contract. All the information was cut off!

"Five-style contract! Battle, Dragon Maiden, and let this man intoxicated in romance see the darkness behind this light!" Elena's contract on her chest took on a three-dimensional form, with five additional contracts entwining around the "Dragon Spirit Contract". With her right hand against her chest, she attached the contracts to her hand. Elena toyed with the contracts, changing them at will. She immediately made him understand. Elena used her contract to madly create blue metal, and the sound of machinery came in response. Ever since Elena returned to The Divine Realm, she discovered a change in her use of Magic. Instead of close-quarters attacks with metal, she began constructing metal models and turning them into turrets. The most important part was that she understood how to build internal structures, causing devastating effects with just a small amount of magic power!

"Elena, what are you doing!" Due to my injuries, the timeline disappeared, and all the girls witnessed this scene.

The barrel of the mechanical cannon created by Elena suddenly burst open, and small cannons shot out compressed Magic, continuously suppressing everyone, including the Vampire Queen Perra and the Three-style Contract Lilith. They had no force to resist, not to mention Elena with the "back" contract.

I immediately began self-healing, but the remaining blue metal from Elena posed a great obstacle to wound healing.

"Ai... Elena, what have you done!"

"Hum!" The deafening roar as the main cannon of the mechanical cannon fired. The impact it had was unimaginable. How many Demon Kings could withstand it? Its heat could melt all known metals to humans, but blue metal is still unfamiliar. Even after firing such a powerful blast, it remains unchanged. Its resistance is incredible.

"Whew, it's been so long since I've seen Reisgolo like this."

Facing the Magic cannon, the golden bandages crisscrossing my body blocked it, but it was still a continuous Magic attack.

"You let go?"

I saw Elena's hand, which had been touching the cannon with the contract, move away from its surface. The five additional contracts overlapped, forming a longsword. I felt that the longsword possessed special techniques and spirituality, just like Divine Tools. No, I should say that any object created by Elena possesses these qualities.

"Creator?" Elena held her sword and circled behind the "Sealing Demon Knot". Although the "Sealing Demon Knot" could eliminate the effects of magic, the completed metal mechanism was substantial, at most it would only stop him momentarily. With a little magic, the mechanical cannon could still function.

"Don't look so surprised, this is Elena's ability. The contract is there to help her release it!"

"Ma Ru Tian, what are you doing!" I released the majestic aura of the dragon race, an invisible force field causing Elena to instinctively dodge.

The pain in my heart was like a burning fire. My trembling body needed to do something, to calm down and see what magic Ma Ru Tian had done to Elena. But at this moment, I couldn't. The thought of Ma Ru Tian kissing Elena made me feel disgusted, unable to let go. Elena belonged to me, she belonged to... Yes, Ma Ru Tian was the enemy, from beginning to end. He took Elena away... he took her...

"My next target could be that girl with the Illusion Iris!" Ma Ru Tian said.

"Li Liu!" You want to take them away one by one? I won't compromise...

"Die!" I shouted!

Smack! A dragon hand appeared! With slender fingers clenched into a fist, I punched and shattered the mechanical cannon.

"Oh!" Ma Ru Tian was quite excited.

My left hand transformed into a dragon hand, the wrinkled skin unattractive, but with no need for magic, I could crush the blue metal, ruthlessly snapping Elena's sword in half. The sword's special skill triggered self-destruction, but it caused no harm. This is the power of the dragon body.

Controlling a half-dragon, half-human body is difficult, but I must punch Ma Ru Tian with deep-seated resentment, ensuring that Elena doesn't become his possession!

"Elena!" Elena appeared in front of Ma Ru Tian. Did she want to protect him? My dragon hand stopped in front of her.

"Don't call me, I don't know you." Elena finally spoke.

"Ma Ru Tian!" My anger resonated within the soul of the dragon tomb, a formidable aura that commanded allegiance. But it did not subdue Elena and Ma Ru Tian. Instead, Elena once again pierced my body with the blue metal. I didn't resist, just let her pierce. I cannot find any way to change Elena's current state. What has Ma Ru Tian done? I never noticed before.

"Well, the gift session is over. Your soft-heartedness is a sickness. I'll give Elena to you next time! But you won't be able to take her away anyway." Ma Ru Tian took Elena back to the side of the three-headed dragon and, led by the three-headed dragon, returned to The Divine Realm, leaving behind a continuously wailing dragon tomb and myself lying on the ground - the current me, Black Qin Yang.