I got into school for nothing-Chapter 347
I got into school for nothing (347)
Lesson 68. Those Who Wish for the True Dragon's Revival - 3
“Dragon Fang Soldiers...? That airship?”
“My heavens, that truly is the Authority of a True Dragon.”
“A True Dragon? Are True Dragons still alive? No—it's their legacy!”
Ban Yuwon had only just made contact with them, but conversely, that meant the organization's existence had been perfectly hidden until then.
The Tower, too, had been wary of them, and more than that, it had strived to conceal the fact that True Dragons were buried within it.
So, why did they choose to officially reveal themselves now?
Well, of course, it's because this moment, with all the important figures of the Ten Great Families gathered in one place, is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.
The moment Ban Yuwon recognized the identity of the enemies attacking the terminal, he released the Codeword that had been dominating the area.
The traitors, freed from their restraints—especially the Fides Family Head—immediately stomped their feet and charged at Ban Yuwon, but before they could, Rucell, with her ears and tail revealed, blocked their path.
Sparks crackled from her extended claws, dazzling the giant before her.
“Please, don't make light of Master's forgiveness.”
“You wouldn't say you don't know why the Commander let you go, would you?”
Heukseol, who had appeared behind the Family Head at some point, also thrust her clawed hand toward his neck, whispering menacingly.
Though their appearances were a perfect contrast of pink and jet-black, the Fides Family Head couldn't help but break into a cold sweat at the terrifyingly similar speed of their movements and their wild bloodlust.
To think he'd raised ‘vassals’ of this caliber in just a few years, from absolutely nothing...!
“Honestly, I don't particularly have a desire to dominate you all. I didn't create you, so I don't need you.”
Ban Yuwon examined Clarent, which he held in one hand, nodding, then drew Requiem from the back of his hand and overlaid it on Clarent.
Watching Requiem melt smoothly like butter and perfectly merge with Clarent, the Family Heads of the Ten Great Families all let out groans of surprise as if on cue.
To think he was already wielding a divine sword that other families had handled for thousands of years as freely as his own limbs!
Even someone completely unfamiliar with the Tower Lord or such things would have no choice but to acknowledge Ban Yuwon's authority to suppress and dominate Clarent.
“Whether you believe it or not is your choice, but if you intend to antagonize me, then I'll truly strike back, so you should handle yourselves accordingly. Tsk, I originally planned to use a more reliable method, but if it comes to this, then I have no choice.”
Even out of spite, once this situation is resolved, it seems I'll need to gather reliable allies and declare an alliance.
From the looks of it, I might even be able to draw in Prominence, Ortima, Selene, and if things go well, Clio Hecate and Fridwen.
That would already be a majority.
‘Yes, this has worked out quite well.’
Now, all that's left is to deal with those guys.
Perhaps it was the Ortima Family's doing, but the glass wall that had filled the entire front of the hall vanished as if washed away, and a fierce wind blew in.
The ground below was already a battlefield, overrun by the Dragon Fang Soldiers who had infiltrated earlier and the soldiers of each of the Ten Great Families.
The source of the earlier rumble that shook the hotel was their battle cruiser, a vessel with sharp, pointed thorns at its front, which had crashed straight into the ground.
Dragon Fang Soldiers were pouring out of it.
What's more, looking at the sky, a fleet of incomparable scale was advancing.
With space torn open, their immense killing intent and elevated presence were vividly transmitted.
Perhaps—a being no less powerful than a True Dragon might be within that fleet.
“Tsk...!”
Despite his displeased expression, the first to step forward was the Amore Family Head, one of the Ten Great Families ruling the S-1 Dimension.
—Vwooom—
She astonishingly wielded psychokinesis, displaying a power far stronger than even Cantone, the most powerful psychic Ban Yuwon knew.
Perhaps Cantone's roots lay with the Amore Family.
Perhaps a distant relative, a branch family not even acknowledged, having spread out due to some mistake by the family and never properly managed.
How long must he have trained to rise from such a position to a full professor at the Academy?
As Ban Yuwon quietly pondered, he began to feel that Cantone, who had squandered such an immense position due to misguided love and overweening ambition, burning out in the process, was even more foolish, so he quickly stopped thinking about it.
“It's Amore! The Family Head herself is stepping forward!”
Amore's psychokinesis released power in every conceivable direction, and seeing the heads of the Dragon Fang Soldiers, who had been pressing the Ten Great Families' soldiers, simultaneously explode, left everyone utterly astonished.
However, the Amore Family Head, who had just burst the Dragon Fang Soldiers, frowned.
“Why are they so light? These aren't real Dragon Fang Soldiers, they're just golems... Could it be Melodia?”
“The Dragon Fang Soldiers our family aims for are not such low-grade objects.”
Despite being in a position to be scrutinized in the current situation, as a family that once served the True Dragons, the Melodia Family Head's expression was utterly relaxed.
“If I had invested in them, I would not have allowed them to waste Dragon Fang Soldiers like this.”
“Hmph!”
The Amore Family Head scoffed, glaring at the suspicious expression, then glowered at the others in the hall.
“What are you all doing? Are you just going to stand there and watch those specters of the past tarnish the name of the Ten Great Families?”
“I...”
The Fides Family Head, who had been merely gnashing his teeth even after escaping Rucell and Heukseol's pressure, drew his sword and glanced at Ban Yuwon, who was staring into the void, then closed and opened his eyes tightly.
No matter how much of an eyesore Ban Yuwon was, he knew he had to focus on more important matters as long as he couldn't kill him right then.
“Damn it, those cursed mongrels... Hmph.”
Immediately after, he let out a roar mixed with the sounds of various creatures.
Strangely, that roar, which had no effect on the individuals inside the hall, rapidly boosted the fighting spirit of those belonging to the Fides Family, compelling them all to leap out through the open window.
“Wipe them all out!”
The Fides Family Head, who had commanded once more in a rough voice, stopped himself from rushing out and turned to Ban Yuwon, his eyes filled with wildness.
“You, one day I will certainly... ”
“[In a battlefield where one stands with the Master, there shall be no defeat.]”
Just as he was about to continue, Ban Yuwon's Codeword was activated.
Not only the Fides Family Head, who was facing him, but also all the individuals from the Ten Great Families present, excluding Melodia—yes, everyone felt new mana activating within their bodies.
As the Fides Family Head stood there with a blank expression, having felt a power awaken within him that he hadn't known since birth, Ban Yuwon pointed out the window as if to ask, "What are you doing not going out?"
“Keugh...!”
Ultimately, he turned and rushed out, feigning ignorance of the humiliation, defeat, and slowly rising elation he felt.
Even if it wasn't for the others, those beasts running wild without discretion needed a thorough lesson in who was truly superior.
Having seen through him instantly and delivered appropriate 'education,' even if this gathering were to disperse, as long as he remembered this moment, he wouldn't dare challenge Ban Yuwon first.
“Then, let's go out too. Those of you who wish to speak with me after we deal with them can do so later.”
Ban Yuwon lightly clapped his hands, bringing order to the assembly of individuals who were easily hundreds of years older than him. He met the eyes of those he expected to align with him, one by one, and finally...
He turned his gaze to the members of the Clarent family, who were looking utterly dejected.
“And from now on, I will personally manage you.”
“What did you say?”
The Sword King, who had lost his right arm, snapped his head up.
If looks could kill, wouldn't Ban Yuwon have been torn to pieces at that moment?
Unfortunately, Ban Yuwon had a Constellation with the Authority to dominate death attached to him.
As a blazing white cross appeared in the center of Ban Yuwon's golden eyes, the Sword King flinched in surprise and bowed his head.
“If you want to live forgetting the past, that's none of my business; I'm not actually interested. But if you provoke someone who's minding their own business by baring your fangs first and try to kill them, you must take responsibility. If you insist on debating the past, I'll simply recall that past and respond in kind.”
“Do you think that just because the Family Head died, Clarent is finished? The Family Head's kin on Clarent's homeworld will not tolerate your arrogant—.”
“Therefore, [you are mine again.]”
Ban Yuwon declared.
This time, he drastically narrowed the target and applied his Codeword.
This also served as a show of force against the other Ten Great Families who still harbored killing intent toward him.
If they could kill him, it wouldn't matter, but if they couldn't, it would simply mean the return of the past subjugation they so detested, a fact he was making clear.
Of course, this power didn't directly affect the mind, but it was capable of completely seizing control of the physical body.
As had been proven time and again in the past, Codeword was a power influenced by causality.
Because it was Clarent who had betrayed him and even tried to stab him, the Codeword was amplified beyond measure, forcing all living members of Clarent to kneel before Ban Yuwon.
“If you don't understand, I'll tell you again and again.”
Ban Yuwon declared, taking a sip of blood wine that maximized mana recovery by affixing a Talisman imbued with Won-gi to its bottle.
“You are no longer rulers who govern families and dimensions, but slaves. Now that you know your place, go and fight.”
“Kkuek... Ggureuk...!”
The Sword King, who had no right arm, nodded, shedding tears of blood.
Feeling a pang of pity at the sight, Ban Yuwon suddenly placed his hand on the Sword King's empty shoulder.
As it happened, the concept of his right arm, which had burned away and vanished, was still firmly in Ban Yuwon's grasp.
Now, all he had to do was re-imbue it and create a new arm.
For Ban Yuwon, who had performed countless acts of creation, this much could now be done with his eyes closed.
“Huh!”
“...?!”
Those who had been trembling at the sight of Clarent being thoroughly toyed with by Ban Yuwon's causality-proving Codeword, once again witnessed an unbelievable miracle and were aghast.
The terrifying aspect of the Prominence family's flame was that, although it fell short of Zenon's Authority of Annihilation, it could incinerate the very sprouts of life, making regeneration impossible.
Moreover, if struck directly by the flame of Ban Yumi, the Prominence Family Head who possessed the Unquenchable Flame, even other Family Heads would have suffered wounds they couldn't guarantee recovery from.
Yet, he was making the vanished arm grow back completely.
Even the Sword King set aside his humiliation and simply looked astonished by his Authority.
“I've seen enough wonders for a lifetime today.”
The composed Fridwen Family Head shook his head and murmured.
He wasn't idle either.
He had long since gathered the full might of his family, renowned for its defensive capabilities, to block the dragon fleet surging from the sky, and when it was reinforced by Ban Yuwon's Codeword, its efficiency increased to an unbelievable degree.
‘It truly seems my ancestor was indeed a vassal to that man's ancestor.’
It was a perplexing matter.
Seeing Clarent, a powerful family among the Ten Great Families, so utterly brought to its knees, antagonism was clearly out of the question. The important matter was how to relate to that individual moving forward.
Suddenly, the acting Ortima Family Head, the only one smiling in the room, caught his eye.
Now that he thought about it, wasn't the Ortima heir clinging to Ban Yuwon?
Even if they weren't planning to make Ban Yuwon the heir's husband, they must have been thinking of having his child to further strengthen the Ortima Family's Authority.
It was comical, yet also a wise move.
‘The rumor about stealing the ancestor's seed must not be false. Ha, how truly amusing.’
In any case, even the reinforced shield was slowly reaching its limit.
The first wave that had swept over the ground was somehow being dealt with as the main forces of the Ten Great Families fully engaged, but.
Soon, the main dragon force would descend.
One couldn't know for certain, but if they were bold enough to invade where the Family Heads of the Ten Great Families were gathered, their reserve power must not be insignificant.
‘Should I observe first and then choose?’
Though it seemed there would be no disappointment.
The Fridwen Family Head thought so, and then raised his voice, shouting,
“They're coming!”
CRASH.
The barrier in the air exhausted its power and collapsed.
A violent storm of mana swept over the asteroid region.
This time, the ‘real’ Dragon Fang Soldiers finally revealed themselves.
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