Chapter 546: Emperor, Dawn (1)

Chapter 546: Emperor, Dawn (1)

The gnosis about Chang-Sun was trembling in Odin’s [Foretelling Eye], Odin gaped as a shiver ran down his spine.

[Unable to analyze the target!]

[Unable to analyze the target!]

[Unable to...!]

...

[The target is under restricted access.]

[Due to overuse, your ‘Foretelling Eye’ has been weakened.]

[The target is using the Channeling of your ‘Foretelling Eye’ to send in his energy!]

‘Impossible...!’ Odin quickly pulled up his mind barrier after instinctively sensing the external influence invading his mind.

However, Chang-Sun dismantled the barrier with ease and got into Odin’s mind, tying him up with invisible chains. Odin’s magic? Authorities? Divine power? None of them worked. In fact, Odin could not even use his Divine Authorities, which were supposed to be stronger than those three things combined, as if he was tied up in Divine Steel chains.

‘Divine Steel composition formula...!’ Odin finally realized what Chang-Sun was doing.

Odin had tried to trap Chang-Sun in a magic spell that he had infused with Divine Steel's composition formula. However, Chang-Sun had not only done the same to Odin, but also upgraded the technique and planted it inside Odin himself. In this way, Chang-Sun could restrict a soul itself, rather than merely physically incarcerating a person in a certain place the way Odin had done.

‘How did he get such an idea?’

It was a very simple outside-the-box idea, but it could not be more effective. Of course, the whole idea was only possible because Chang-Sun understood Divine Steel’s composition formula and had the ability to make modifications.

‘An Emperor.’

Right at that moment, Odin became furious as he thought of the position he had desperately wanted but could not get.

‘Why... Why is it you, not me...?!’

Chang-Sun reached out to Odin. Even though it was his imagination, Odin felt as if he was about to be crushed in Chang-Sun’s grip, so he screamed endlessly. It was silent due to the Divine Steel within him, but he kept on screaming.

Odin had wanted to reach greater heights, so as not to repeat the same tragedy his beloved teacher had gone through or die meaninglessly after a betrayal again.The only reason he was trying to become free and establish standing of his own was to see the one thing he had been hoping to see...!

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“Yes, Teacher?”

“Can you see the sunset over there?”

“Yes, I can.”

“How does it look?”

“It’s pretty!”

“That is right. Sunset is very pretty. Then what do you think is beyond the sunset?”

“Hmm...! I’m not sure. Do you know the answer, Teacher?”

Nemea seemed to be at a loss, not knowing what to do like a father who was meeting his baby for the first time. When he met Ye-Eun’s eyes, she nodded, urging him to hold Peter.

Gulp.

Nemea swallowed down his saliva and then reached out for Peter, who miraculously stopped crying and beamed at him. Recognizing his father, Peter grabbed Nemea’s index finger with his small hand. Nemea flinched and tried to pull his finger away, but Peter pulled it harder, not letting his father go. Of course, there was a limit to how strong a baby could be, but Nemea could never win against Peter.

Right at this moment, Nemea’s entire focus was on his baby boy.

“Try holding him.” Ye-Eun gestured at Nemea.

Nemea blankly took Peter into his arms as if he was bewitched. When Peter giggled in joy, a faint smile finally spread across Nemea’s face.

Drip! Drip!

Big teardrops crawled down Nemea’s cheeks, so Peter tilted his head in confusion. His father, whom he had met in a while, was smiling, but his eyes were tearful. Thinking his father was playing pranks again, Peter smiled again, and Nemea held his son in his arms even more tightly.

‘I missed you so much, my son. You were here. Thank you, my baby. Thank you for staying alive...’

With that thought, Nemea disintegrated into dust. At that moment, Ye-Eun saw the light of <Dawn> from Chang-Sun shining down on Nemea’s back. Like a believer who received salvation from divine light from the sky, Nemea looked almost holy as he shed tears with a baby in his arms.

Ye-Eun watched them and caught Peter, who started falling after Nemea disappeared. Peter was beaming at Ye-Eun; although she was unsure why he was so happy, she smiled together with him in the end because his smile resembled Nemea’s.

Ye-Eun slowly turned her head and saw Yog-Sothoth watching them through a wide gap. It seemed that he was also smiling for some reason.

All Your. Long. Wanderings. Over.

Ye-Eun bowed slightly. Yog-Sothoth’s remark kept ringing in her ears, and the thought that their wanderings were finally coming to an end made her smile. She no longer had to say her goodbyes and could stay together with her family until the end. At the end of that train of thought, Ye-Eun was suddenly reminded of something, so she asked, “Where is Sun now?”

After the light of salvation that enveloped Nemea had disappeared, both Chang-Sun and Nemea had suddenly vanished. Ye-Eun did not think Chang-Sun had gone very far, but she couldn’t see him.

Your. Lover. Meeting. Your. Brother.

Ye-Eun’s eyes widened. “My brother?”

Yes. To. Finish.

Ye-Eun tilted her head in confusion.

You. Need. Blessing. For. Your. Marriage.

Ye-Eun’s face reddened a bit after Yog-Sothoth’s mischievous remark. Yog-Sothoth had previously been solemn and strict, but Ye-Eun got the impression that he was having fun right now.

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[You have entered the 'Changgong Library'!]

Chang-Sun opened his eyes again and saw <Deus Ex Machina>, who was looking at him with disapproving eyes.

“I sent you to save my sister, not start a family drama.”[1]

A family drama? After belatedly understanding what <Deus Ex Machina> meant, Chang-Sun chuckled dumbfoundedly. <Deus Ex Machina> seemed to be talking about how Chang-Sun and Ye-Eun had a baby even before their marriage

1. The raw is ‘그새 사고를 쳐서 와?’ The expression is often used for a premarital pregnancy. People have become more open-minded, but premarital pregnancies traditionally haven’t been perceived well in Korea. ☜