Five months later.
Hidden undercurrents that were brewing around the Stellars rift, at last, turned into a horrifying whirlpool, visible to everyone.
The gods hostile toward Zick moved openly, making dibs on the worlds ruled by him. Their movement was swift and precise, they had planned extensively for this moment.
However, what they found reaching the world were dragonmans. It had already been sold by Zick, he would rather do this, than let other gods benefit.
In reality, Zick had benefited a lot by selling off all this world, they did not hold much importance to him anyway.
Not only one world, but every other world was also in the same condition. Making these gods, with high expectations, angry to no end.
Nearly a hundred gods were participating in this raid.
Fights like this were mostly ignored by the higher-ups of the dark faction. Because, in the end, many of these benefits would be delivered to them.
Usurping other gods' worlds, came with a prize to be paid — that was the rule of the dark faction. There was no need to send help when the person in question did not even ask any.
On the other hand, the gods from the light faction are not allowed to take even a piece of benefit back. This rule was the main reason both faction members did not work together often.
All of the gods attacking Zick's subsidiary worlds, moved to the place he was in. It was towards the dream world.
Forces gathered around this world, making out an imposing sight.
There was a certain man who had a blazing appearance, looking forward with killing intent.
'Hmph, this time you won't be able to escape, Zick.' The sun god looked at the world before him.
Two other great gods stood side by side beside the sun god. One was the death god, while another robed person was a god with a space element in his divinity. Known as the god of wormholes, Uerek.
The sun god was set on killing Zick here, he would not fall for the same trick twice.
The sun god's eyes looked around the world briefly, before smiling.
There was no sun around this world. Clearly showing that Zick had predicted his arrival here.
Slowly, Zick could be seen flying out of the world and stopping at a safe distance from them. He had his usual indifferent expression, not at all nervous in this situation.
Zick turned to Velveric with a calm face.
'Sun god...He is the biggest hurdle right now.'
The sun god, Velveric, was aware of Zick's status as a dragon slayer. The only reason it was still a secret was for their safety. He and the others had hidden the dragon's existence.
The dragon clan would not leave them alone once this fact was found out.
'So, all of you must die for me to live a peaceful life.' Killing intent filled Zick's eyes.
Leaving aside the great gods, Zick's eyes scanned the other gods who were present in the Igmorous world in the past. These gods must die no matter the cost.
As Zick locked on to the enemy he needed to kill, Three figures moved toward the army of the gods, they were unafraid and even gave off an arrogant atmosphere.
These three figures were dragonman, having great god-level strength, and they all gave out terrifying presence, making the gods shudder with cold sweat.
Dragons were feared both in the light and dark factions.
Any new Dragon god was always levels above new gods, they could even be said to be invincible from the beginning of their races' history.
And now, such formidable beings were standing before them.
Total silence.
A voice flowed into the dark space.
"You vermins who have entered the territory of our brethren, don't expect to leave this place with your lives."
The cold was like a frozen river, directly hitting the back of the gods who came here to kill Zick.
They were all not idiots, they understood what was going on almost immediately.
Zick's menacing eyes reached them.
He had personally requested the dragon clan to keep his recruitment a secret, until this fight at least. The Dragon clan was understanding, they agreed without further questioning.
Though not all of the dragons in this clan were friendly to each other, at least they treated each other with respect. Zick's status was upgraded to a main apprentice. And he would become an elder in the great god rank.
'Those dragonmans will take care of the three great gods. I only need to concentrate on the gods before me.' Zick briefly glanced at the sun god, who was creating distance from the gods to fight without holding back.
'I have not gone out for a very long time, Let's see my progress.' Zick looked at the gods before him with killing intent, many were already showing signs of wanting to retreat, but he had no intention to let that happen.
Black scales began appearing all around Zick's body at once. His body inclined forward slightly, as his clothes tore apart in an instant.
A flash of light directly collided with Zick's chest, creating a small explosion.
A god who was able to regain his bearing resolutely attacked Zick.
"Hmm?" The expression of the god who attacked Zick became pale as he looked at the result of his attack just now.
Zick stood there still transforming into a dragon, there was not even a scratch at the place where the flash hit just now.
As his body began growing in size, a thin line of black flame flowed out of his mouth.
"E-Everyone retreat at once!!" The gods all took the brunt of the dragon fear, Zick's intimidating figure made them choose to run right away.
Many lost confidence seeing the three great gods, who they put their hope on, struggling to fight the dragonman.
"Fools! What are you afraid of?! He is just one, we can defeat him easily if we attack at once!" The god of fairness said.
"Are you stupid?! It doesn't have anything to do with defeating him anymore! If we harm a member of the dragon clan, only destruction awaits us!!"
At that instant, suddenly the dragon breath enveloped them, killing many instantly. The breath attack moved, hitting almost all the gods who had gathered in this place.
Only a few survived, who had activated their innate soul ability, which was known as core attack, in the god rank.
The soul abilities are trump card-like skills to begin with, once the soul fuses with quasi-divinity, it enters a different league altogether.
The gods who had defensive core skills were the main survivors.
Zick's fully transformed into a dragon, and his form was a little different than before. His dragon body grew a little in size and had sharper horns. A menacing presence was being released by him too.
'Quite a lot of them survived surprisingly.' Zick could see around 30 gods before.
The result of the prior breath attack was easy to deduce. Zick was already near the peak of the god rank, while many of these gods were not even at mid-stage. Not to remind you about the boost he receives from his dragon status.
Finding a familiar god, Zick's eyes flashed with bright light.
Devastation took over the gods, who were looking at the result of Zick's single attack.
"Attack, we must attack, there is no way out of here. I would rather die while fighting than die like a coward."
The gods talked between each other and readied to attack.
"Hmph, dream on." Zick moved at that instant, he directly headed to the god who knew his dragon slayer status, the wealth god.
Zick's huge wing turned into a black flame, accelerating his speed dozens of times.
Before the wealth god knew it, a wide-open maw appeared in his sight, the maw closed, tearing him into two pieces.
This action jolted the other gods, causing them all to attack with their trump cards at once.
Core skill — Star falling like rain!
Blood gauge!
Wailing horse!
Different kinds of core skills moved toward Zick, wanting to destroy him to pieces. The gods all imagined the outcome of their attacks with expectations.
However, the image they envision never came to reality. Black miasma appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Zick.
The moment their attack touched this miasma, it vanished, turning into the miasma.
A particular attack, in the form of a shockwave, was able to shake it a little, but that's all.
'A god with the power of sound?' Zick looked at the one who caused it.
The god with the power of sound was in an immensely disadvantageous position in space. Their attack gets very weakened while using it here, where it was not possible to create noise.
But it clearly did not seem to apply to this god. He was able to get past this disadvantage through extensive research and experimentation.
Using a method, scientifically known as — fluctuating electromagnetic waves.
The gods could not control their expressions anymore, exposing a horrified look.
'Let's return their attack back to them.' Zick willed the black miasma, and at once multiple lances formed around him.