## Chapter 1189 – Dwarf Kingdom Magna-Glatt

I immediately examined the altar.

The World Tree’s crystal ball was still emitting a brilliant light. The fragment of god was probably dormant inside the altar. What form would it take? A Valkyrie? Or a weapon? Or perhaps some other object?

There were many possibilities.

It was a rather vague concept.
There wouldn’t be a fixed form.

But whatever it was, it wouldn’t be something I couldn’t handle in my current state. At most, it was just a fragment. It might strengthen my power a little, but it wouldn’t threaten me.

A Valkyrie?

Come out here, you bitch.

I’m going to absorb you all… No. That sounds a bit weird? Anyway. Valkyries or Archangels, come out. I’ll make you all kneel.

Anyway, I reached out and touched the altar, trying to feel its power.

ㅡ…

Am I supposed to feel something?

I focused for a moment, but I couldn’t feel anything clearly. There was nothing particularly special.

“…Don’t you feel any kind of power?”
“I’m not sure.”

It wasn’t certain.

Judging by how intensely the crystal ball was reacting, it seemed like something was there… But was it not the kind of power I could feel? The World Tree could feel it, but I couldn’t? That was certainly possible.

“I don’t feel anything definite.”
“Hmm… It seems like the seal is very strong.”
“That seems likely. Let’s dismantle this altar first.”

We immediately began dismantling the altar.

Just nicely and carefully. Dismantling it cleanly without breaking anything strange. Since there were professional mages and powerful warriors, carrying out the work wasn’t too difficult. The dismantling work progressed smoothly.

Soon, we were able to dismantle the entire altar.

And from within it.

“This is?”

Something square and solid came out.

ㅡCube.

It was very cold, and it was a cube made of some unknown metal. Not a fun cube to twist and match colors, just a square cube.

There was something in this.

I felt it strongly.

“It’s really suspicious, isn’t it? Putting something like this inside the altar. It’s not something you’d do in your right mind… It seems like this is what we’re looking for.”

Karin said, stroking her chin. Everyone agreed with her, and I nodded as well. There was no way they would have put something like this inside the altar for no reason.

“I don’t feel anything, though.”
“Yeah. I don’t feel anything either.”

Winia and Claudia said, stroking the cube.

Certainly.

I still didn’t feel anything.

“But the crystal ball is reacting.”

As Ari said, the crystal ball was emitting green rays like crazy. And it was directed at this cube. First, we decided to put it in a box because it was distracting, and we moved the cube to a suitable place.

“It’s quite big.”

It was quite large.

Specifically, it was about 70cm wide, 70cm long, and 70cm high.

“I was worried that something like a Valkyrie would come out… But seeing it inside this cube, it doesn’t seem like it’s a combat-oriented object.”

No fight?

I was being careful, but I felt a little let down.

“Maybe it contains something like the ashes of a god!”
“Excuse me, Ms. Succubus Hilde? That’s blasphemy.”
“It’s okay! This doesn’t even qualify as blasphemy! Right, Katt-nim!”
“Yeah! That much is okay!”

Anyway, what could be inside this?

Some kind of weapon?

“Anyway, we’ll know when we open it. Let’s open it first.”
“Let’s open it quickly.”

ㅡSwish.

At Liztina’s words, Karin drew her beloved sword.

“Should I split it in half first?”
“Wait, Karin! Wait! You can’t do that! You have to carefully cut from the end first! The thing inside might be damaged!”
“I know.”

With a playful expression, Karin put her beloved sword back in and took out a dagger from her chest again, infusing the blade with refined sword energy.

“Then I’ll do that.”

And.

ㅡTss.

She began to carefully grind away the corner of the cube. At first, cautiously. As if to see if it could be disassembled or not.

“…”

Karin’s hands moved delicately, and we watched it with bated breath.

But.

“Huh? Hey.”
“What is it, sis?”
“This isn’t working well.”
“What?”

ㅡSwish.

Karin withdrew her dagger.

There wasn’t a single scratch on the cube.

“There’s no… scratch?”

When Winia said that, Karin nodded. Everyone expressed surprise at her words. Our Karin-noona couldn’t damage it?

“Karin can’t cut it?”

Claudia also looked at Karin and asked.

“Uh… well. I mean. It feels a little different from being hard. Wait a minute.”

Karin, who had drawn her beloved sword again, raised her sword aura, and then strongly stabbed the corner of the cube with extreme concentration.

ㅡKwaang!

A resounding boom.

I could properly feel what kind of power was contained in that. Even I would be in trouble if I got hit by something like that head-on.

But the cube was fine.

“Wow. My pride is really hurt right now. This isn’t working?”

Karin said with a frown.

This.

It wasn’t because of the power.

“No, noona. It seems like you can’t open this with ordinary power.”
“That’s right. It seems… you can only open it by using the power of a god, or by using some tool related to a god.”
“Yes, that’s it.”

Risha’s words were correct.

“Perhaps some god in the Idol War era used his own fragment to directly seal it. Since it’s such a thing, you can’t destroy it with ordinary power.”
“Hmm… Is that so? Then, husband?”

I raised my hand.

“Wait. You said it was sealed.”
“…There might be something inside. I didn’t think so just now, but seeing such a strong seal… it would be good to be careful.”

At my words, Risha nodded with a serious face.

“Seal… Katt. If it’s sealed, there’s a high probability that’s the case. Maybe something like a Valkyrie will pop out.”
“I think so too.”

I understood everything.

“Hey, Blackie? Isn’t that dangerous?”
“Hmph, dangerous? We’re all here.”

Liztina turned her head with a confident expression.

“If it’s dangerous even with this much power, what should we say…”
“There’s a word for that, ‘screwed’.”
“Hilde, you’ve learned too much slang.”
“Liz-nim too!”
“I’m not!”

Anyway, with this much power right now, what is there to worry about? In fact, this much force exceeded the highest level of the kingdom.

“Winia. Think about the people here right now.”
“That’s true.”
“Let’s open it soon. If anything comes out, we can just smash it.”

In the first place, something coming out might just be our speculation.

ㅡWhirr.

I immediately deployed divine power and wrapped my hand in pure white flames. As expected, I felt immense power. It was when I touched the cube in that state.

ㅡZzzzz.

A strange white pattern was created on the surface of the cube, and I began to feel some kind of power. As expected. It was reacting to divine power.

“Ooh…”

Exclamations burst out from everywhere.

“Pouring in power.”

Let’s just pour in my power.

ㅡCrack!

The strange white pattern cracked.

ㅡCrackle!

The cube split along the grain of the pattern.

“Lehu!”

I focused to the extreme and examined the inside.

What was inside. It was something that I couldn’t clearly explain. It was shining brilliantly, and it was also showing off immense power. I could feel it instinctively. That was the fragment of god.

Without hesitation, I stuck my hand into the cube.

And.

“Grasping.”

ㅡSqueeze.

Without removing the pure white flames burning in my hand, I pulled it out as if grabbing the heart of prey.

ㅡTteudeuk!

Then, it really came out like a heart. It had several blood vessels attached to it, but they weren’t real blood vessels, but rather strings made of brilliant white glowing character strings.

A mysterious feeling. The character strings moving like ribbons captivated my eyes.

“Th, that’s…!”
“Heok!”

Everyone covered their mouths with their hands and looked at me and what was in my hand.

ㅡSpinning!

The extracted character strings began to rotate like a film winding… No. What the hell is this? The moment I saw the rotating character strings.

I was able to realize a strange fact.

“…!”

Those character strings.

Can I read them?

I was clearly seeing them for the first time and didn’t know what they were, but strangely, it felt like I could read them. Then I should try reading them. The moment I immediately deployed the Cheonma Rapid Reading Technique and focused on it.

ㅡHwaaaak!!

The character strings scattered.

“U, mommy!!!”

The `fragment` that was caught in my grasp scattered. At the same time. The scattered energy floated around my hand and reacted to my flames, beginning to flow into it.

Now is the most important time!

The flowing power melts into my body…!

I deploy extreme concentration! The fragment of god was now being absorbed into me! Without extinguishing the flames, I filtered the power entering my body and made it my own.

ㅡPurely refined divine power.

Pure white flames burning from within.

It was clear that they were increasing.

“Keuk…!”

At the same time, an unknown kind of pain enveloped my entire body. I was so painful that I was about to scream, but instead, I used my mana and residual divine power to suppress it. The pain came from the newly flowing power.

A kind of rejection?

“I’ll make you submit!!!”

I will never forgive you!!!

“Kkyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”

The moment I overwhelmed the new power while screaming…!

ㅡWhirr!!!

Pure white flames erupted from my entire body. But it wasn’t hot. Likewise, it wasn’t warm either. It was just my power being manifested!

“Hehehe, you little bastard.”

The pain disappeared.

“You’re no match for me, you punk.”

I had truly and perfectly overwhelmed the new power. With that, I clearly realized that my power had become even stronger.

You’re like a pushover.

Did you refuse to come in because you were the power of another god? Of course, that doesn’t work on this Kim Katt.

“Katt…?”
“Ah, Claudia.”
“What was that just now…?”
“I felt a rejection from the absorbed power for a moment. But I properly subdued it.”
“Katt!”

Claudia called my name loudly and hugged me. I quietly hugged her waist. She probably happy more than I am right now.

To get such extreme power in my hands.

“Hey, hey. Anyway, what exactly does it feel like?”
“Quickly! Please tell me quickly!”

What does it feel like?

I checked my body again.

“Well… First of all, my power has become stronger. I think I’ll know more details when I use it.”

The maximum power and output have increased. That means I can perform stronger and faster attacks. Not to mention the increase in defense.

Maybe.

Just like melting the mana in the body to strengthen bones, muscles, blood vessels, and skin to create a superhuman body. I might be able to make my body more perfect with divine power. With the current amount of power remaining, it would be enough.

Once I get back, I’ll have to train to handle this power for a while.

Since the power has grown a little more, I need to get used to it to handle it perfectly. There’s a lot to do. After settling down with that combat power, I’ll go to Shurdick.

After absorbing the fragment of god there.

It wouldn’t be bad to seriously chase after the Lich.

“More than that, Blackie? When are you going to turn off the fire on your body?”
“This white fire?”

I can turn it off now.

The moment I thought that.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!”

A familiar scream was heard.
It was coming from Viggarr on my waist.

“Ah, this bastard!!”

ㅡPaat!

As soon as I extinguished the flames, Andro cried out as if in despair.

“Wh, what was that power just now…! What on earth is it!!! Terrible pain!! An extreme flame that would burn even my questions!!!”
“Shut up, you bastard!”

This useless bastard can’t handle divine power!!

“It’s the power of God, the power of God! Don’t worry, it’s gone now!”
“The power of God…!”

I immediately shut Andro up.