Chapter 279 - Fragment Of The Golden Crown

Chapter 279: Fragment of the Golden Crown

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

It was definitely Kongie. The only difference between the Kongie now and the Kongie in the mural was the golden crown and the sword that mural Kongie was wearing.

Then, another picture began to be painted. Minhyuk watched with bated breath as the colors moved. A black current seeped and imprinted itself into the painting.

When the painting was finished, Minhyuk couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

“Dragon......?”

The painting was clearly a dragon. However, the dragon in the painting looked different from Britney, Destiny and Ambacca who were with his father. Dragons were the greatest existence in this world! And Kongie with his golden crown was staring at such a dragon.

Then, the notifications rang.

[You, the master, have taken the Incarnation of Gluttony as your pet.]

[You have met the conditions for reading the Quest: Incarnation of Gluttony’s Golden Crown Fragment.]

[You can view the video of the birth of the Incarnation of Gluttony (1).]

[If you do not wish to view the video, you can just say ‘I refuse’.]

Minhyuk was also curious about Kongie who looked like a baby piggy. Minhyuk already knew that Kongie was the Incarnation of Gluttony.

‘Well, just in case......’

Perhaps there was something delicious hidden in Kongie’s secret since the word “Gluttony” was attached to him. And he was also very curious about Kongie’s existence.

“Accept.”

[You have accepted to view the video.]

[Your character becomes ‘invincible’ while watching this video.]

Minhyuk’s soul flew out of his body as a bright light wrapped around him. The shell of his character fell down into a deep sleep. Then, Minhyuk’s soul disappeared into the light.

***

[Around 500 years ago, chaos began to engulf the world as continents waged war against each other.]

When the light faded and Minhyuk opened his eyes, the first thing that greeted him were bloody red words imprinted on a white background.

[There were more than ten continents that existed all over the world. The war had killed countless people including the people of the Asgan Continent, Foricon Continent, Carbia Continent, Vale Continent, and Bielei Continent. The cause of this war was none other than the ‘Empires’ Ferocious Guardians’.]

There were also guardians in the two Empires in the Asgan Continent where Minhyuk’s local server was located. The guardians of the Eivelis Empire were the Minotaur and the Phoenix. And as far as he knew, the Cordis Empire’s guardian was the Wyvern.

[The guardians once lived together in ‘Utopia’. One day, the guardian of the Rontley Empire, the Griffin, suddenly attacked the other guardians. The attack resulted in the death of the guardian of the Archden Empire, the Black Leopard.]

‘Hmm......’

Minhyuk’s head shook in thought.

There was a huge difference between the guardians and the regular monsters. For example, the Phoenix. The Phoenix was the guardian deity of the Eivelis Empire but the Phoenix that was classified as a guardian and a regular phoenix were completely different from each other. First of all, the guardian Phoenix known as the ‘Empire’s Guardian’, was stronger than regular phoenixes thanks to their special privileges. In other words, those that were classified as guardians would be considered as Emperors and Kings of their own races.

But the Griffin killed the other guardian?

This was definitely not a simple matter over guardianship. Such a huge commotion would also bring forth conflicts between Empires.

Then, the words started to appear again.

[But the disaster did not end there. The guardian of the Iron Empire, the Dark Bear, suddenly became violent as it started to attack the other guardians too. One after the other, the guardians began to become violent and ferocious. As a result, the Empires became enraged as they began to cross other continents. They used all means possible including ships and magic. This was the reason why the ‘Continental War’ began.]

Minhyuk kept on listening to the explanation. According to the explanation, the war between the Empires escalated and led to the war between continents. And in the midst of that war, Great Mage Moldoron announced one fact.

[The guardians must have been under a very powerful brainwashing spell so they started a fight.]

The guardians basically had incredibly high magical defenses. In addition, the utopia was a place where lower or moderately high magic could not fully express its power. Many had wondered about who had expressed such a magic.

However, even if they knew this, there was no end in sight from the continental war that had already broken out. Eventually, the war began to spread in the entire world as the divine beasts started to battle against each other. A lot of blood was spilled as countless people died.

And towards the end of the war, the video finally changed.

“The divine beasts and the people are dying. This must be stopped.”

A man suddenly appeared when the screen changed. The man was wearing a helmet in the shape of a wolf while a gigantic white wolf stood beside him.

Then, the man’s information suddenly appeared in Minhyuk’s head.

[The Envoy of Incarnation. Baroque.]

‘The Envoy of Incarnation?’

Minhyuk, who was watching him in soul form, could easily guess that he was the ‘Envoy of Incarnation’ of the past. In other words, he was the original owner of Kaistra’s job class.

Then, someone came in. It was a man with dragon tattoos all over his body.

‘Is he the one similar to dad?’

This was the thought that passed through his head when he saw the dragon tattoos that were littered all over the man’s body.

Then, the man’s information also appeared in his head.

[Dragon Monarch. Barnacle.]

The screen suddenly froze in that part. Then, the notifications rang.

[The video of the birth of the Incarnation of Gluttony (1) has ended.]

[You can now check the Incarnation of Gluttony’s Diary (1) ‘Who am I?’.]

[The quest will be triggered once you read the diary’s first entry.]

Minhyuk tilted his head in thought as a torn diary appeared in front of him. Then, he started to read the contents of the diary.

[ Who am I? This is the question that I asked as soon as I was born in this world.

There was only one being around me. That was ‘Athenae’. Athenae told me that I can either bring disaster or peace to this world. Then, he pushed me inside this cold and dark coffin.

Back then, I thought that it was not that frustrating. Because God Athenae said that this coffin was my one and only world and he even put a lot of things in there for me.

1 year later, 3 years later, 5 years later. I always ate something delicious there. I felt happy since I like to eat delicious food. I thought that it would be nice if I could always eat something delicious like this over time.

But one day, I suddenly cried.

I don’t know why I cried. All I know is that tears kept on flowing.

Who am I?

Why am I alone here?

So a few decades passed like that.

There was also a book there so I found out things while reading that book. It seems like there’s this thing called friends in the world. There’s also a thing called family. I finally realized that no one really exists alone in this world.

The loneliness in me grew bigger.

Then, one day, I heard unidentified voices. Those voices began to cut off the big chain outside. The door that left me all alone in the world suddenly opened.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that those unidentified voices were creatures with long arms, legs, two eyes and little fur. They were even holding something in their hands.

Ah, are these the humans that I saw in the book?

There’s also a hairy creature and creatures that are long with long mustaches.

I felt so glad to see them. The corners of my mouth couldn’t help but curl up the moment I saw them.

Today, for the first time in my life, I learned how to smile.]

That was where the diary entry ‘Who am I?’ ended.

Then, a bright light burst out of the page.

Flash―

Minhyuk’s body was once again surrounded by light as he got sucked back into his character.

After watching the video and reading the diary, Minhyuk was lost for words.

He knew what loneliness was.

I did not wish nor want this. I did not want to have a disease called bulimia. I didn’t even do anything bad. I was just unlucky being born with this disease. I even cursed the world. This world that took everything away from me and left me all alone.

Minhyuk knew this feeling more than anybody else so his heart was deeply moved.

Then......

Kongie left the summoning room on his own as he tilted his head and looked up at Minhyuk.

“Oink?”

Kongie felt confused when Minhyuk remained silent.

Even though he called Kongie his ‘emergency ration’ every day, it was just more of a joke. Who would eat someone who protected him? Besides, Kongie had already become someone special to him since they have been together for so long.

Kongie was even trying to make him feel relaxed by wiggling his butt and picking his nose in front of him. But Minhyuk couldn’t laugh so easily after seeing what was written in Kongie’s diary.

Then, Kongie jumped on his shoulder as he pressed his paws and nose on his cheeks.

“......Huh?”

“Oink!!”

When Minhyuk turned his head to look at him, he saw Kongie smiling happily just like he did in the video.

***

Notes

[Black Dragon’s Royal Class] Previously, I think I used Dragon Lord for his class. But looking at it, it seems like it’s more of Dragon Monarch so I’m going to use this moving forward.

[만년한철] Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron. Basically 한철 (hancheol) is a metal that’s the strongest among all of the metals. It’s like 3 levels higher than steel. It’s called Cold Iron in western texts and the best among them is the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron.

TL’s corner!!!

Noooo! I teared up at the end. Kongie deserves all the love. Huhuhuhu.

PR’s corner!

I was going to make an Avatar reference about how all the guardians were living in harmony, and then everything changed when the Griffin attacked, but then Kongie’s diary...my heart...

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