Chapter 189

Chapter 189: Fight with Oneself (1)

The gathering of the angels and manifestation of the sacred zone had some influence on the demons . Ariel and Upa stopped their war for a while . Maxium’s fight with a gorgon was also disrupted before resuming again .

Pandemonium . . . he rallied his power and tried to determine the movements of the angels . He had discovered Martin’s death . It was like gunpowder on the brink of exploding .

“My Dungeon Master . The Trees of Life and Death have grown normally . ”

Chrisley returned to the dungeon .

She came to see me to report on her mission .

I stood motionless near the Tree of Origin as I watched it . I didn’t answer but Chrisley just nonchalantly continued .

"The emergence frequency of Awakened has more than doubled and their growth rate is quite fast . Roy and Rose’s positions are stable . . . there are several candidates for a king . ”

“Hrmm . ”

I took out Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword . Then I wielded the two swords with my eyes closed . I was listening to Chrisley . I just wasn’t greatly interested .

It was what I had been expecting .

"The girin has named seven people as candidates . Two of the humans are Yoo Eun-hye and Edward . The decisive battle will take place on the sacred day with the biggest moon . ”

"Will all the humans agree with the outcome of the battle?

“Yes . I’m afraid . . . ”

“I will observe it . ”

If the Saviour emerged then it would feel more auspicious . Roy and Rose might be able to move the humans with greater force . My appearance was needed .

I moved Wrath as I made a decision .

Hwik!

Wrath quickly split through the air but I shook my head .

‘Strange . ’

I had gone to the Tree of Origin several times to fight against myself . My clone appeared and I used my skills and swordsmanship, yet I always lost .

The clone’s stats weren’t higher . . . and I lost most of my memories of the fight every time . It was like some type of ‘cognition . ’

My memories were scattered . After a few challenges, I tried to remember the feeling with my swords .

In addition, one of my pure stats rose after recalling those memories . Strength increased by one . This was a surprising result .

‘I would need a few months to raise a pure stat by one point using ordinary methods . If one increased in less than 10 days . . . the possibilities are enough . ’

I decided that it was suitable for growing quickly, so I focused more on my fights against the clone .

The person certainly had the same stats and skills as me . However, he seemed to use my power more flexibly than I did .

I tried to make some preparations based on my memories but it was difficult to prepare for the ‘unknown . ’

“My Dungeon Master . Are you troubled about something?”

“Have you ever fought with yourself?”

“With myself . . . ”

Chrisley thought about it with a serious expression .

“Recently . . . there was a similar fight in the training room . ”

"Tell me . ”

The advanced training room .

Time flowed differently for Chrisley inside the training room .

"I heard a voice in my head the moment I entered . It said ‘only those who are more complete can leave here . ’ And . . . I didn’t know that the flow of time was different, so I trained hard to get out as quickly as possible . ”

Her eyes were complicated . It seemed like she didn’t like to be reminded of that time . I didn’t say anything and Chrisley was forced to go on .

"One day, a few days . . . after 100 days, I realized that I could utilize some skills more properly . However, the door didn’t open because I was far from completion . I felt some heartbreak and memories of my past emerged . I was trapped by the sickness of the heart for over 100 days . ”

Chrisley was a dark elf who was rarely shaken . I could hardly imagine that she became so sick of heart that it lasted for more than 100 days .

"However, that sickness opened up another path . I saw the weaknesses in my past . After that, I was able to grow stronger and leave the training room . ”

"How did you get over the sickness?”

"That . . . "

Chrisley sneaked a glance at me before looking away again .

“ . . . I don’t know . It is hard to say exactly what it was . ”

My brows furrowed as I squeezed Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword .

In short, her weak parts were highlighted and she was able to strengthen herself by resolving those weaknesses .

I worried about it .

‘My weak parts?'

Sickness of the heart was caused by weakness . I had been worried and distressed but never sick to the heart . If so, I needed to think about my weaknesses .

But . . . I didn’t have much to say about my weaknesses . Arrogance and high self-esteem were essential elements to me . I had succeeded based on this confidence .

A clear desire to get everything was required to become the devil . I couldn’t allow these things to grab my ankles . No matter how important, it wasn’t more important than my dream .

“My Dungeon Master . Is that the answer?”

"You have given me an idea . Thank you . ”

I nodded and continued thinking .

Weaknesses . Me weaknesses .

The weak parts of me?

My pure abilities were low but that wasn’t a weakness in itself . My skills were also highly rated so that couldn’t be the weakness .

‘I will have to think about it . ’

It was a completely different direction that I would have never thought about .

I had just been worrying about a lack of swordsmanship .

I closed my eyes and thought deeply .

It was the 31st challenge .

The Tree of Origin encircled me and I appeared in a world of illusion, with my clone facing me .

"It is getting tiresome . ”

Although it was my face, I was getting tired after seeing it for 30 consecutive times .

I took out Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword .

My clone also brought out Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword .

"I'm not tired . "

The clone spoke .

"You can talk?”

I had no memory of this . However, I didn’t remember much of the last 30 times so he might have spoken .

Yet the answer was surprising .

“This is the first time . I wanted to say that I’m not tired . ”

“The first time?”

“You can ask me questions . But you will just forget my answers . Anyway, the result will be the same!”

Hwaaak!

The clone’s swords were surrounded by a dark aura .

It was the manifestation of Dark Sword .

He also ignited Pride’s flames and rushed towards me .

'As expected . ’

This was a pattern that had been repeated many times already . I combined the sparse memories and grasped some of the clone’s movements .

Kang!

I returned the same attack .

Anyway, his power and stats were exactly the same as mine .

There was a power struggle for a few minutes .

"You look exactly like me and have the same abilities, yet you are obviously different . A fake . It is obvious if I look closely . "

"Is it because I am better?”

The clone sneered . I didn’t react and remained silent .

"The mannerisms and personality . . . everything except the outside appearance is different . Are you really my clone?”

Aside from his movements, I could infer things from his habits and personality . As a result, I concluded that he was a different person from me . I was cynical but not pessimistic . I didn’t always laugh at others .

However, the clone’s eyes were always filled with ridicule .

“I am me . Nobody else but me . ”

Huaaah!

Many cracks appeared in the space .

It was because he focused his magic power on Wrath .

Kuaaaaang!

"Today I will take one of your ‘childhood memories . ’ The ‘nightmare’ . . . huhu, you might not know it yourself but there is always a trauma! Completeness is the same as discarding the incomplete parts . ”

My head was hit a few times .

A strong pain . I searched through my memories but the fight with the clone was still vague .

‘I can only remember that he spoke . ’

It was an approximate dialogue . But there was a question mark about whether he had spoken before .

'Another one . The way he used his magic power . ’

I recalled one of the scenes of the battle .

In the final scene, he had let out a burst of magic power . Wrath was used as the focus and it resulted in a new cohesion with Dark Sword .

-Agility has risen by one .

I nodded . Simply remembering it raised my stats like this . It didn’t happen every time, but it was still a quick development .

Over the 30 attempts, my pure stats had risen by three points . If this continued then I would be able to fill up all the remaining potential in a few years at most .

It would be faster if I could try more than once a day, but it was impossible to move the Tree of Origin . I could only fight the clone once a day .

Either way .

"I should challenge again tomorrow . "

It wasn’t a pleasant experience . The opponent was still me after all .

I left with the thought of winning .

The 50th attempt .

As soon as I arrived, I faced my clone with a smile .

"Do you remember the battle? Or maybe a memory from your previous life? You look just like a twitching cockroach . ”

"That will soon be your appearance . ”

“Huhu! That's funny . That is only if you win . ”

The 60th time .

“Nobility! A title only given to powerful demons . But unlike you, I am strong without such titles . ”

“What do you want to say?”

“It is funny how you are hanging onto something so meaningless . ”

"You are talking nonsense . ”

The 70th time . . .

"Why do you come back? Do you want to change the results?”

“You are asking something obvious . I will be the devil . ”

"So you made a promise with the gods in order to return? Are you seeking strength by killing yourself? Funny, funny . . . ”