THE DRAGON CHAIN EMPEROR

Chp 21: Master's Sacrifice

Time passed and the night had come, but River had not yet come to the Master's place to undergo training.

"It's weird .. It's not usually River reneging on his promise" said the Master.

Raymond was also worried, he didn't want anything bad to happen to his new friend.

"I've got a device that can detect a person's whereabouts, we might be able to see River's state" Raymond suggested.

"What else are you waiting for, bring your tools quickly."

"Wait a minute."

Raymond returns to the ancient ruins where he kept all his magic.

Right now Raymond had no Undead troops at all as all of them had already been killed by River before, so there was no one he could command for now.

A little while later Raymond returned with the tool he meant, the shape of the tool was round with blue light in the middle.

"I think you'd rather use it" Raymond said, giving Master his tools.

"You can just imagine River and it will show its existence through a map" Raymond continued.

Master nodded, he closed his eyes and immediately imagined River to find his whereabouts.

'May you be in good condition.' His mind is full of hope.

The magic tool shone brightly and formed a transparent display that showed a map and a blue dot that was a marker of River's existence.

"I-This, isn't this a map of the inner monster forest!? How did he get to that place!?" master said in panic.

"The light is beginning to dim, which means his life energy is starting to thin."

"What!?"

"We must hurry up!" shouted Raymond.

The master nodded, he then took out his main sword which he had not used for many years and sheathed it on his waist.

It was a pitch-black sword with beautiful carvings decorating it, moreover it let out an extremely dense death swamp, regardless of how many lives were lost to it.

Raymond also took out some of his magic tools that were useful for combat like the same magic crystals as River's and many other magic tools.

"Come on!"

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The two of them darted out quickly in the middle of that extremely dense forest of monsters.

A few Ranked-B-up monsters appeared to impede their path, but all of those monsters instantly died before the Master even pulled out his sword.

They are both like machines of destruction that bring death to any living thing they encounter.

Until not long after, they finally arrived at the place where River's whereabouts were detected before.

"What the hell is this place?"

Raymond rounded his Undead eyes when he saw the harvester at that place.

It was a scene of the forest territory being shattered apart with dozens of corpses of the horrifying dead terrestrial Dragons and irregularly crushed limbs.

The place was also flowed by a river of blood coming from the corpses of the terrestrial Dragons, making the place more akin to a place of slaughter.

"Is all this River?" ask Raymond.

"I can feel the traces of the sword technique of the dark god from the corpse of that terrestrial Dragon .. It is most likely that River is the culprit." replied the Master.

"I knew he had talent with the sword technique of the dark god, but this was completely beyond my expectations." Raymond said.

"Stop talking and move."

The two of them walked through the sea of dead bodies of the terrestrial Dragon. Every time they walked, a splash of blood would be heard on their feet, making the atmosphere even more gripping.

Shortly thereafter they finally discovered the existence of River lying on a pile of dead bodies of land Dragons covered in blood.

""river!""

They came straight to the River.

"This ... how could he be injured this badly!?" the Master said with concern.

River had lost both his right hand and one leg, and severe injuries filled his entire body even as his heart rate weakened.

An immense anger rose in the minds of Master and Raymond, at first glance there was a desire to annihilate the entire land Dragon race even the Dragon race in that world.

It was not impossible for a Master who possessed strength equal to or even exceeded the strength of a Demon King.

But what was even more important now was to save River's life as the blood coming out of his body began to blacken.

"The side effect of the sword technique of the dark god has been this severe ... How many times did he actually use that technique?" said Master looking at River's blackened blood.

"I have a magic tool that can cure any disease, it can definitely cure River-"

"No Raymond, this is not a disease, this is the curse of the sword technique of the dark god that even gods cannot cure." said Master cut Raymond's words.

Raymond was surprised.

"That-That's impossible! Then how do we save him? There's no way we're just gonna watch his death!"

Raymond felt desperate, he did not want to lose his first friend after hundreds of years.

The master was also speechless and could only stare at the face of River who was still losing his consciousness, but a moment later River coughed out black blood.

"River, don't move first, your wounds are very severe but we will definitely heal you as soon as possible."

The master said with great worry, telling River to remain silent in his place.

River suddenly held the Master's hand with great effort.

"River....."

"Master ... don't waste your time on me." River said softly.

"Eh? Whatchu mean? Of course as your Master I will save you, how can that be called a waste of time?"

Master was confused by River's attitude as he looked at her with my eyes full of sadness.

River moved his lips again to speak softly, "I've given up on my life and him, I can't help it anymore, I can't help it, this pain in my heart is so much that I can't take it anymore .. So I give up."

Master started to shed his tears.

"Why did you give up so easily like this? Isn't your determination to be strong already beyond all your pain and sorrow? So why are you giving up now!?"

Now that River had completely given up on his life, there was no longer any determination to survive and become as strong as before.

He had actually been immersed in the misery and despair that he had been enduring all this time....

"Hey! Why didn't you answer me? Quickly answer my words you stupid disciple!"

Master was very worried to see River who suddenly fell silent and started to slowly close his eyes.

"...... His heartbeat, it's stopped...."

Raymond dropped himself to his knees in front of River who had already breathed his last.

If Raymond could cry then he would definitely cry like a little baby, but he could only bow his head silently lamenting River's death.

"No no no no this is impossible, he can't possibly die like this!"

The master shouted in disbelief.

He felt like he had failed as a master for having let his only disciple die before his eyes.

He did realize about River's misery and despair, all the things that happened in his life had also been Master's knowledge.

Master felt guilty for doing nothing to River's misery and instead trained him harder, hoping that the tribulation disappeared as he practiced.

But he forgot the fact that River was just an ordinary teenager, River was not a perfect human like himself, so Master felt guilty about it.

'If I can make amends for this, then I am willing to do anything even if it should sacrifice my life.' Inner Master desperately.

Simultaneously the Master suddenly rounded his eyes, as if realizing something.

"The sword technique of the god of darkness is a unique sword technique, the technique is elastic and can be applied in any medium.." murmured Master.

Raymond was a little confused to hear the Master suddenly muttering strangely.

"That's right, maybe if I transfer my power to River, then he can come back to life!" the Master shouted with great expectation.

"Whatchu mean? Do you really want to sacrifice yourself?" ask Raymond.

"This is the only way I think about it, the sword technique of the dark god is not just any sword technique, it was directly revealed by the God of darkness before the chaos Era" said the Master.

Raymond rounded his eyes.

"You mean the Dark God Arshadow Sizraes the traitorous God? Isn't that taboo to the world? We will become enemies of the 5 Supreme Entities!"

"I know that, actually all this time I was hiding from the pursuit of the 5 Supreme Entities because only I had the direct power of the Dark God, but I would do anything for my disciples!" the Master said seriously.

Raymond still couldn't take it.

"But if you do that then wouldn't River be the target of the 5 Supreme Entities? It's much worse than death!" raymond shouted against Master's decision.

"What do you know about death? Just so you know people who have the power of a traitorous God will receive the cruelest punishment in a level 9 Hell, even if River is an innocent good person, but he would still get that punishment without the reincarnation wheel at all! Do you want that to happen to her!?"

Raymond stood up and held the collar of Master's shirt roughly.

"Then why would you pass down that terrible technique to him if you knew the consequences!" yelled Raymond in front of Master's face.

"You will never understand my decision." replied the Master seriously.

Raymond fell silent, as did Master, they only stared at him for a few minutes with serious facial expressions.

And not long after, Raymond finally took off Master's collar.

"Do whatever you want." Raymond said.

Having gained the freedom of action, the Master regained his place and touched River's chest and prepared to move his powers.

But before that he turned his head first towards Raymond.

"Maybe my existence will vanish from this world after using that magic, so I want you to take care of River after my departure."

"......"

Raymond did not reply, but the Master knew that he would agree. After that Master returned to focusing on River.

「God's Magic: God's Destiny Reverser!」

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

...𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒, 𝑉𝑜𝑡𝑒, 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑘 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝒉𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑦𝑎...

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