I Became the Descendant of My Favorite Character

Chapter 194 : The Fallen One (5)

The berserk sword energy Tayon spewed out.

The Demonic Energy spewing from the black-dyed crescent moon vibrated the atmosphere of Myeolji.

But Hike stopped the ruthless sword energy with a single word of Dragon Speech.

– Stop.

I also had my attack blocked by her Dragon Speech during a spar with Hike.

Threads that were blocked in the air no matter how much Intent I added or how much I poured everything I had.

The pressure that made it seem like no attack would reach no matter what means were used.

Would Tayon be feeling such emotions too?

‘Or is he in a state where he cannot even feel such emotions.’

It would be impossible to examine even Tayon's mind right now.

I bowed to Hike.

“Thank you, Lady Hike. Thanks to you, we were able to reduce the damage.”

“The number of Expedition members has decreased a lot.”

“If we were hit by Lord Tayon's sword energy, it would have decreased even more than now.”

I looked around at the Expedition members and continued speaking.

“Still, we are strong. We can purify all of Myeolji and cut the Demon King's throat.”

Hike also nodded.

It was certain that the Expedition suffered a lot of damage from this battle with the Fallen Ones.

It was difficult to choose the method of advancing in a single file anymore.

The number of Expedition members capable of combat was insufficient for that.

But it was true that we also inflicted a great blow to the enemies.

Those guys wouldn't be able to exercise a quantity offensive like before either.

“By the way, is there a way to cure Lord Tayon? Is it possible with Dragon Speech?”

“No, curing Tayon with Dragon Speech is impossible.”

Indeed, no matter how great the power is, spitting out a few syllables wouldn't be able to drive away even the Demon King's Demonic Energy.

If that were possible, the Demon King wouldn't have been able to expand his influence like now.

“Then the way to turn Lord Tayon back to before is…….”

“You have to do it.”

“Pardon? Me?”

“Yes, the only one who can cure Tayon is Adjak and you, his descendant.”

Can I cure Tayon?

I knew that the legacy inherited from Adjak was not just the Dragon Heart.

The power itself to drive away Demonic Energy is Adjak's legacy. However, the energy felt from Tayon, who became a Fallen One, was heterogeneous.

It was because the Mana Tayon originally possessed and the Demonic Energy were completely mixed together.

It would have been fine if it were a situation where Demonic Energy and Mana were not combined…….

I also had a chimney-like desire to cure Tayon and turn him back to his previous appearance.

‘But the method…….’

At that moment, Kiyot suddenly knelt.

“……Polarin, I beg you. Bring Lord Tayon back.”

Sierin and Blaze were the same.

“Please! Is there no way?”

“Lord Tayon is my benefactor. I beg you. Polarin.”

Then other Expedition members also started pleading to me.

“Expedition Leader, please help Tayon!”

Pasion shouted with a resonant voice.

“Eueueuk euuu…….”

Balua also squeezed out a voice that wouldn't come out and shouted.

“Please take care of Lord Tayon!”

“Expedition Leader!”

Eventually, all the Expedition members were kneeling before me.

Even the Archduke, who I thought would never kneel before anyone.

I could not turn away from their desperate requests.

“……Everyone, please stand up. I will definitely accomplish it.”

To separate the Demonic Energy from Tayon's Mana, I walked toward Tayon who had stopped due to the Dragon Speech.

And I looked up at Tayon.

Originally, Tayon's height was on the taller side even for a human of the continent.

Even when I first met him, I used to look up like this.

After the Heart Predation, as the Dragon Heart stabilized and I went through a growth period, I came to be able to look at Tayon from the same height.

But our gazes came to cross like this once again.

A black giant whose face I could view only by lifting my head for a while.

‘Let's match our eye levels again.’

I spoke inwardly while looking at Tayon's eyes where only the whites were visible.

I had to return the light to Tayon's eyes again.

That was something only I could do.

I spread my wings and floated my body, then placed my hand on the heart of Tayon who was harboring massive Demonic Energy.

However, driving away Demonic Energy was a task possible only with high concentration even usually. It was not easy to inject my energy into Tayon's body while moving my wings.

At that moment, Kiyot, who was watching me, approached.

“Polarin, step on my shoulders.”

Kiyot didn't reach the size of Tayon who turned into a giant, but he was much bulkier than others.

If I climb on his shoulders, I would be able to fully concentrate on driving away the Demonic Energy.

I nodded and placed my foot on Kiyot's shoulder.

Kiyot wrapped my ankles firmly with both hands.

Then Keldric, Everchen, Sierin, and Blaze surrounded Kiyot and supported his body.

“It will be cold but endure it.”

Eidon used ice magic to wrap my ankles and Kiyot's hands.

My ankles were cold, but I felt more firmly fixed.

However, Labella came to the side and dissuaded Eidon.

“You cannot. Even if it is Lord Polarin, he will get frostbite.”

“Is there any other good way?”

“Of course.”

Labella had Eidon withdraw the magic and cast gravity magic.

My feet and Kiyot's shoulders stuck together like magnets.

When others were also looking for whether there was anything they could do to help, Hike waved her hand.

“Everyone get out. I will fix him so he doesn't shake.”

At Hike's words, the mages who were arguing flinched and backed off.

I also stepped down from Kiyot's shoulders.

Hike, who watched the series of commotion, smirked.

“You are doing all sorts of things.”

Hike's laughter spread gently among the Expedition members too, and eventually I ended up smiling as well.

A skit that occurred behind the solemn atmosphere where all Expedition members knelt and raised their voices to shout.

After laughing at something trivial, it seemed the tension relaxed a little.

I made eye contact with Hike. Hike nodded once and recited Dragon Speech.

– Float. Without shaking. Silently.

Soon I started floating gently.

My body stopped exactly at the appropriate position for me to place my hand on Tayon's chest.

Huu…….

I let out a deep breath.

Hike's Dragon Speech bound my body firmly in the air so I could stand without shaking.

I placed my hand on Tayon's chest.

Tayon's skin was rough and bumpy.

It was a heterogeneous texture that could never be felt from human skin.

The bizarre phenomenon happening inside his body was also transmitted as it was.

I placed my hand on the chest, but the heartbeat was not felt.

Instead, a fierce storm raging inside the body was transmitted vividly.

As if a fierce battle was taking place, fluctuating energies were colliding without rest.

Although the two energies were mixed, it was not difficult to distinguish them.

Because both Tayon's Mana and the Demon King's Demonic Energy were familiar to me.

Vrummmm──.

I concentrated my mind and infused Mana into Tayon's body.

White light spewed out from my hand, and tremendous heat was generated where the hand touched.

Sizzle…….

Tremendous pain rushed in with a burning sensation.

Tayon's body, which had become a Fallen One, was fiercely rejecting my hand infusing Mana.

But I didn't stop.

I couldn't stop even with the pain of my hand burning.

In a situation where two energies were mixed, I couldn't come up with a method to extract only the Demon King's energy within a short time.

Therefore, there is only one way.

To encourage Tayon's energy which is resisting the Demon King's Demonic Energy even in this situation. It is just continuing to infuse my Mana.

‘This is the only thing I can do. Please answer.’

I continued to infuse Mana while looking at Tayon's pupil which was dyed completely black.

The skin of my palm was scorched and blackened.

The Expedition members watching that scene groaned, perhaps out of worry.

But I concentrated on Tayon without being shaken by any element.

Was it because of high concentration?

I fell into the illusion that only Tayon and I remained in the world.

The desolate scenery of Myeolji, the corpses of Demon Beastkin scattered around, the Expedition members, and even the pain in my palm.

I was engulfed in the feeling that only Tayon's eyes and I remained in the world while everything else disappeared.

‘Done.’

And finally I was able to succeed in infiltrating Mana into Tayon's body.

The situation inside Tayon's body felt vividly as if I could grasp it in my hand.

My Mana, Tayon's Mana, the Demon King's Origin Demonic Energy.

The three energies collided fiercely.

Even originally, a storm was rising inside Tayon's body as Tayon's Mana and the Demonic Energy clashed. Into the middle of that battlefield, even my Demonic Energy participated.

I continued to push Mana in.

My Mana was resisting fiercely, but it was being encroached by the Demon King's Demonic Energy little by little.

I added Intent to the infiltrated Mana.

To help Tayon's Mana, to fight against the Demonic Energy, I added such a desperate heart.

Snap─.

A heterogeneous sound came from Tayon's chest.

Nevertheless, what I had to do was just to infuse Mana while maintaining concentration.

Rip── Snap.

Sounds like something ripping continued, and the state of immersion broke.

What entered my eyes then was the scene of ruthless Demonic Energy spewing out from Tayon's body.

The Demonic Energy soared out from Tayon's body and swallowed me and Tayon.

Holy Power erupted from my body.

Absolute Defense unfolded, and God's Avatar, Radiance, and all techniques of the Three Divine Artifacts were activated.

But I concentrated on continuing to push Mana in without caring about the changes surrounding me.

Thump! Thump!

I didn't know when I was immersed, but the Dragon Heart was howling intensely.

‘……Mana will be depleted soon.’

I realized the fact that most of the Mana the Dragon Heart harbored was running out.

It was something I was experiencing for the first time after Heart Predation.

Although I had done the work of emptying the Dragon Heart's Mana countless times as training, I had never entered a state of complete exhaustion.

If it goes on like this, I will fall into a state of Mana exhaustion.

But the Demonic Energy inside Tayon's body also didn't have much left.

So I couldn't stop. Now the Demonic Energy swallowed me and Tayon so even Tayon's eyes were not visible.

But Tayon's heartbeat was transmitted faintly through my palm.

I pushed Mana in until the end, and pushed it in again.

– Polarin! Just a little more strength…….

– Quickly infuse Heal…….

– Wall of Light…….

The clamor of the Expedition members was heard.

Paladins and priests were adding Holy Power, and voices of Expedition members cheering for me were heard.

Thud──.

When the sound of the fiercely fluctuating heartbeat beat slowly for the last time and tried to stop, a ray of light was seen in the darkness swallowed by Demonic Energy.