Chapter 1986: 1984: Setting the Course

Chapter 1986: Chapter 1984: Setting the Course

Walter calmed down slowly amidst the shock, and simultaneously realized a problem,

“How long has it been since you became a king? Probably less than a month… According to my understanding of becoming a king, it is simply impossible to create such a complete and characteristic world.

This world, similar to a prison, should have existed before you became a king.

The reason might be related to the ‘Land Deed’ unique to the Demon World? There are some other properties that I can’t see.”

“Yes… that’s why it’s relatively ‘special’.”

Walter was well aware this was Han Dong’s privacy and didn’t pursue further questions.

“Go check your power system, it should be at the lower end of this tree… Hmm? You actually have a watchdog here?”

When his sight moved over,

a scarlet figure was clinging to the edge of the World Tree, poking out a dog-like head that was quietly peeping, with a red fur-like aura floating all over its body.

Under the direct gaze of W. Walter, the Count immediately felt a vortex pulling sensation, revealing its true form in the shadows.

“This is the scent of [Nether Blood]~ It seems to have an extra blood attribute mixed in, along with ‘Demon’. It’s a mixed blood life form I’ve never seen before…”

Walter suddenly raised his hand towards the Count, making a motion of rotating his palm.

Crack crack crack~

As a Mythic Body, the Count couldn’t resist at all in front of such an existence… Instantly twisted into a blood sphere, every bone in its body was crushed.

Han Dong was also shocked, but didn’t stop it.

However, twisted into a vortex-like blood sphere, it naturally rotated back into the Count’s shape in no time.

Through this sudden physical tearing and twisting, the Count not only remained unharmed but even felt ‘purified’, as the purity of the mixed blood within its body increased as a result.

“Thank you!”

The Count immediately made a ceremonial bow.

When he raised his head, Walter had already stepped into the World Tree’s interior.

However, at the entrance of the tree hollow extended an arm, beckoning to the Count.

Along with Han Dong’s voice:

“Count, come down with us, you might gain an unexpected opportunity.”

The Count almost barked with excitement at these words.

To receive guidance from an Upper Rank, such an opportunity might only come once in a lifetime.

He directly transformed into a bloodhound more than four meters long, perfectly proportioned, with a flowing canine mane, obediently following beside Han Dong.

During the descent, the Count carefully recalled the purification from the earlier physical contortion, trying to explore a higher purity ‘blood state’.

The Count had a clear definition of his path of fresh blood,

and he knew that this kind of blood purification might likely be the opportunity for him to become a king.

…

It is worth mentioning the Count’s ‘Mythical Puzzle’.

Although the Count’s mythical main body was only [Fresh Blood] and had only one puzzle piece,

due to the extraordinary encounters in his canine life,

this puzzle was divided into three distinctly different parts,

which were integrated into an independent entity with the Demon Book he practiced. The related description is as follows:

“This is an ancient, rotten, yellowed book engraved with hieroglyphs.

A skull formed by Nether Blood is placed on it, with its neck fully fused to the book,

strong and sharp blood swirls within the skull, as if at any moment ready to tear and break the skull to surge out,

a goblet inscribed with ancient demon symbols stands in front of the skull, utilizing capillary blood vessels growing from the oral cavity to siphon special brewed blood wine from the cup, used to suppress the ‘excitement’ within the skull.”

…

As they delved deeper along the passage under the World Tree,

W. Walter was once again amazed by the structure here,

he had never seen such a comprehensive, stable, and unique ‘foundation structure’,

this downward spiral structure was a unique product formed by the ‘Black Whirlpool acting on the Truth Abyss’, while also containing some other elements.

At the same time, he could feel a palpable ‘Royal Breath’, an aura impossible for a Pseudo-King to possess, or what was referred to earlier as ‘Artistic Conception’.

Upon reaching the deepest point,

when his gaze fell on an embryonic throne still in the carving state, Walter finally resolved his confusion.

“I didn’t expect you to be a new king?

Only by witnessing the full view of the ‘Truth Abyss’ during the [Opening the Gate] can you later construct such a perfect world foundation,

the dissonance during the descent now makes sense.

If you had no direct connection to the Black Tower, I would stop at nothing to destroy you… Otherwise, your existence and future development will severely affect the balance of thousands of worlds, even impacting the Black Tower’s foundation.”

Walter eagerly moved to the back of the throne embryo, observing the ‘Mythical Puzzle’ engraved on its surface.

When he observed this flawless masterpiece of a puzzle, Walter couldn’t help but reach out and touch it.

Where his fingers touched, his fingerprints slowly rotated, reading the puzzle’s information.

“‘Trinity’, and the balance is quite remarkable, with barely any flaws… It seems you have a good mentor on S-01.

Since you’ve achieved such a level, I would further recommend you go to the [Fight Club] to increase your purity.

Ah~ I should’ve known better than to take on such a troublesome task~

However, since our deal is completed, I will naturally do my utmost to assist you in reaching a higher level of ‘Trinity’.”

Upon hearing this, Han Dong’s eyes lit up, and he eagerly asked: “How can I achieve it?”

Han Dong considered he had balanced the three puzzle pieces to the utmost, with the three parts having almost no disparity, existing in a perfect balance.

Walter placed his forefinger on the center point of the three mythical puzzles.

“Add ‘Black Whirlpool’ to this position.

Elevate the positioning of the Black Whirlpool from a ‘supporting tool’ to a ‘core tool’,

responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and integrating your triple system.

If you can achieve the ultimate ‘fusion coordination’, the trinity will ascend to a whole new level, and [Qualitative Change] will occur simultaneously.

According to the world configuration within you, without being crowned, you might reach close to the Middle Rank level.

Facing [Goodman] would certainly be far from sufficient, but ‘maneuvering’ and ‘escaping’ might be barely achievable.”

Han Dong promptly kneeled on one knee and said in the most sincere tone:

“I’ll be troubling you for a while, senior!”

“Hmm… how long it will take, or whether it can be achieved before the war breaks out, depends on your own comprehension.”

Walter himself was very interested, wanting to see what kind of talent such a special young person could have in the ‘Black Whirlpool’ aspect.

With the Mythical Scrolls fixed, trying to add a ‘core tool’ within it is by no means easy, let alone perfectly linking the three systems together.

“I will do my utmost to guide you, providing the best conditions and training places.

However,

if during the training I clearly sense you’ve reached a cumbersome bottleneck, unable to progress in the short term,

or if you go astray, affecting the original system, we will immediately stop the guidance on you.

You should then head to the Fight Club.”

“Thank you, senior~ Also… could the Count stay by my side?”

Han Dong stroked the protruding spine on the Count’s back and the comfortable canine mane,

“Stay by your side if you like, it doesn’t matter, as I only provide personal guidance to you. How much this blood entity can learn is up to him.”

“Alright.”

Buzz!

When everyone was extracted from the Prison World, they returned to the deepest part of the Secret Law Association’s [Vortex Heart Secret Room]

Walter directly invoked the power of the letter [W] to deeply modify the current scene.

In an instant,

a ‘Black Whirlpool World’ beyond Han Dong’s comprehension instantly descended, unfolding beneath Han Dong’s feet.

Directly acting at the most fundamental material level, dispersing the most basic rules of time and space.

There was no resistance at all,

the Black Whirlpool power Han Dong currently mastered couldn’t even capture the tip of the iceberg… before completely losing himself, he barely shot a bloodline to connect with the Count.

Like a fisherman lost at sea, encountering a sea tornado that could swallow an aircraft carrier, with no power to resist.

Walter’s voice echoed within the Black Whirlpool:

『This will be your next training place, wait until you adapt before discussing specific training things… If you cannot adapt within a week, you can leave.』