Hero? I'm just here to borrow power!

At the same time, thousands of near-Earth orbit satellites belonging to human civilization, which were orbiting the Earth, were all derailed from their intended orbits due to some unknown but powerful gravitational influence. They fell into the atmosphere like a meteor shower and then burned up completely.

The scene resembled the fragments of the golden palace belonging to the heroes in the myth of Ragnarok, which ultimately collapsed and fell.

Amidst the deafening roar of the constantly breaking geological strata, there was also a sound that transcended the limits of human hearing, as ancient and grand as a whale song.

The whale's song caused the Greenland ice sheet to collapse at a terrifying speed of over three meters per second, while a seventh new continent was forcibly raised from the seabed of the Arctic Ocean.

At the same time, all the dormant dragon ruins in the world were forcibly opened.

All of this is because a colossal Nibelungen, far larger than any hybrid could have imagined, covering the entire Arctic Circle, is slowly emerging from the world's pole.

This is the prelude to the Black King's resurgence.

It was he who had just awakened from his slumber, and with only his biological instincts, he was enough to usher in the end of an era.

The end of the world has come.

Many people have believed in doomsday theories.

They believe that one day, the world will inevitably come to an end, just as every life is a grand journey toward death, the world is also a one-way road that has been moving toward its end since its birth, with no turning back.

But no one expected that this day would come so quickly and so suddenly.

Faced with the immense crisis of global collapse, both individual human beings and human civilization as a whole appear so insignificant.

No country or organization is prepared to face a truly world-destroying crisis.

In that instant, humanity worldwide was plunged into fear and chaos by this sudden, massive global catastrophe.

For the Japanese, who had just experienced the White King Rebellion, the situation was even more tragic.

They had only just awakened from the beautiful yet false illusion created for them by the White King, and before they could even take stock of their losses or mourn the dead, they were about to face an impending apocalypse.

In Japan, that area, which was originally the location of Mount Fuji, is now a wasteland and ruins.

About half an hour after Xia Mi, Erii, and Bai Ye gathered together, the aftermath of the disaster had already reached this place.

A powerful earthquake, a massive tsunami flowing back from Sagami Bay, and a volcano erupting again from a crack in the earth's crust...

But these are merely the symptoms of the disaster.

As beings of monarchical caliber, Bai Ye and Xia Mi could clearly "see" the elemental turbulence in the air that had become incredibly violent.

The four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire throughout the world have now been completely mobilized by an ancient and great being.

And that supreme throne, which commands all the elements of the world, is located in that distant, cold, far north.

No further words are needed.

There is only one being in this world, from ancient times to the present, capable of triggering such a terrifying crisis.

Ragnarok has arrived.

Black Moon Tide: Chapter 158 Savior

Since the White King was ultimately defeated by Bai Ye herself, the backup plan that Kassel College had prepared to deal with her was ultimately not needed.

However, faced with this ultimate crisis that could drag the entire human civilization into the abyss of destruction, Kassel College had no choice but to make public the existence of the dragons and the final video recording of the awakening of the gods that they obtained at their secret observation station in northern Norway to all governments still in operation around the world.

Although revealing the existence of dragons at this point is clearly too late, it is still better to do so now than to let all of humanity remain unaware of the reasons for their extermination after the complete annihilation of human civilization.

The sudden global geological disaster brought many countries to a complete standstill. However, some countries still possessed their strengths. After the information about the dragons was made public and the culprit of this global disaster was identified, some countries still attempted a final counterattack against the supreme Black King, Nidhogg.

Almost all conventional artificial satellites built with human technology were destroyed the moment the Black King awoke by the powerful gravitational field generated by his awakening.

However, the satellite network of Kassel College is the only exception, because it contains alchemical technology from the ruins of the Bronze and Fire King.

The true source of that technology was the Black King himself.

The moment the Black King awoke, they were regarded as his legacy by that ancient will and were spared the indiscriminate, destructive force field attack.

Kassel College has opened up the licenses for all of its alchemical satellites to the world.

Now, by using these remaining "eyes" for precise positioning, intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying various types of warheads are slowly and powerfully rising from the solidly built silos hidden deep underground in Asia, Europe, and North America.

They broke through the already chaotic atmosphere and entered the cold, desolate space on their predetermined trajectories.

Then, trailing a long, comet-like, fiery tail, it roared back into the atmosphere, launching a saturation tactical attack on the polar region where the Black King was located.

In the following 24 hours, more than a thousand intercontinental ballistic missiles were detonated in turn in the Arctic air, on glaciers, and in the already boiling seawater.

Faced with the immense terror of humanity's impending extinction, all international treaties restricting the use of strategic weapons have ceased to be effective and have become mere empty words.

The successive explosions of thousands of missiles have almost completely flattened the ice sheet and the ocean currents beneath it in the area where the Black King appeared.

The Black King has been asleep for far too many years.

In the long span of six epochs since his absence, humanity has become vastly different.

Gazing at the satellite surveillance footage of the polar region completely engulfed in the flames of the nuclear explosion, everyone in the tactical command room of Kassel College held their breath, thinking the same thing in their minds.

In ancient times, those world-destroying powers were a privilege reserved exclusively for the gods.

Humanity now possesses sharp fangs capable of actively tearing at this ancient deity.

Even the powerful, almost immortal White King would be severely injured and have his flesh and blood disintegrate when faced with Bai Ye's illusory sword attack, which was equivalent to twenty times the power of the "Tsar Bomba".

Now, this newly resurrected Black King has already withstood a concentrated attack from over a thousand intercontinental ballistic missiles launched by human civilization.

Under such a terrifying attack, even if humanity cannot completely destroy the Black King, it can at least severely damage it... right?

The strategic weapons stockpiled by human civilization are ultimately limited.

After the first and most intense round of bombing ended, the incessant and deafening roar of explosions in the polar region finally gradually subsided.

At this moment, the whole world is engulfed in a massive disaster, and only the satellite network of Kassel College is still operational.

All the countries and organizations still in operation around the world, and all the surviving humans, are anxiously watching the polar regions, or rather, the situation of the Black King, through the remaining satellite surveillance footage.

However, what ultimately appeared before the eyes of everyone in the world was...

In that endless core area of ​​missile explosions and nuclear radiation, enough to completely vaporize any life and even distort light.

Nidhogg, the Black King, with his unimaginably enormous figure, finally emerged slowly from the thick, ink-like smoke.

Unscathed.

Beneath the satellite's monitoring footage lay a colossal body stretching for tens or even hundreds of kilometers... a body so enormous that it defies accurate description in any known language.

He was unlike any ancient dragon ever depicted by humankind; he was more like a giant fish, composed of the deepest darkness, that held up the entire sky.

If it weren't for his two rows of enormous, awe-inspiring, star-like burning golden dragon eyes, there wouldn't be any other feature that could prove he was a dragon.

His body was like a living, breathing, pitch-black continent.

What's the point of bombarding the land with missiles when you're facing a living, breathing continent?

This is overwhelming, absolute despair.

This is the final proof of Ragnarok's relentless and heavy march.

Under the satellite's surveillance footage, all of humanity who witnessed this scene, whether heads of state in bunkers or civilians huddled in the ruins, fell into complete silence.

That was an enemy that humans simply could not contend with.

It was a planetary-level life form that was constantly devouring everything around it, growing larger and larger.

Before him, all human beings are as insignificant as dust.

How can dust possibly defeat a planet?

However, within that satellite surveillance footage that represented absolute despair...

Just when everyone in the world was plunged into a deathly silence and utter despair.

But a tiny speck of dust, as white as snow, appeared.

His body was covered by a hideous suit of armor called Fafnir, made of countless silver scales.

He gripped tightly in his hand the fantastical greatsword named Bamruk, which had once slain the evil dragon.

He stood alone before this unimaginable behemoth, a symbol of end and destruction.

Unleash the magic!

True Ether Fully Activated!

At a time when all of humanity had fallen into despair, he wielded the illusory sword that shimmered with the light of twilight and charged toward the behemoth that represented eternal despair.

The twilight-colored sword energy once again coiled around the massive sword blade.

Then, the entire Arctic sky seemed to be submerged in a magnificent sunset.

The illusory sword beam, powerful enough to tear a huge wound in the stratosphere, was unleashed by Bai Ye once again.

However, at this moment, facing the Black King Nidhogg, whose form resembled an endless mountain range of giant fish, the sword light that had once slain the White King seemed so insignificant.

The Black King at this moment is now a completely different level of life form from the White King who was defeated by White Night.

However, something unbelievable happened.

The Black King remained unmoved even under the saturation bombardment of thousands of top-tier strategic nuclear weapons, comparable in power to the Tsar Bomba.

At this moment, under the seemingly insignificant attack of Bai Ye's illusionary sword, it actually let out a roar filled with pain.

Because even though he was in the form of a giant fish, not a dragon.

But when facing the Black King Nidhogg, the "Dragon Special Attack" engraved in Bamluk still works!

Black Moon Tide: Chapter 159 Overwhelming Despair

While in Japan, Byakuya, after connecting to the only remaining surveillance satellite network of Kassel College using the Sheki-Hachika's artificial intelligence named "Kaguya-hime," witnessed the saturation bombing that took place on the other side of the world.

He then came to a conclusion.

The energy is too dispersed.

Although he did not personally face the awakened god, he, possessing the body of a dragon king, was still able to glimpse the Black King's body size, which was completely beyond the measure of common sense, simply through the distorted and blurry satellite images.

His body was already over a hundred kilometers long, and his incredibly wide, jet-black back, which was only visible above the boiling water, looked like a huge island, or a small continent.

However, the energy generated by a missile explosion is too dispersed when facing a monster of this size.

Major powers around the world did indeed confirm the blurry shape of the Black King using satellite imagery shared by the Kassel Institute.

The thousands of intercontinental ballistic missiles they launched were primarily targeted at the Black King's "head" region.

But that's far from enough.

Because Nidhogg the Black King is unlike any enemy that humans, or even dragons, have ever encountered.

Its massive body, as large as a continent, could not be shaken by an explosion occurring outside its body.

If the terrifying energy contained in those thousands of missiles—enough to flatten the Earth's surface—could be completely fused into a devastating strike, it might still be able to threaten the Black King, which resembles a giant fish.

But that's clearly impossible now.

that's the truth.

After the metal storm, consisting of thousands of missiles, lasted for a full twenty-four hours, ended, Nidhogg, the Black King, slowly emerged from the smoke and radiation, barely reacting to any attack.

Those explosions, so frenzied they could vaporize mountains, couldn't even leave a scratch on his massive, dark body covered in bluish-black bone armor.

This is overwhelming despair.

Even the few remaining major powers in the world today are still able to launch a second or even a third round of missile attacks despite extremely severe global natural disasters.

But if you can't even hurt the other party, what's the point of such a counterattack?

Just as this last remaining major human power was about to completely give up, preparing to silently witness, under the cold surveillance satellite images, how human civilization would ultimately perish.

Byakuya's figure descended upon the Arctic using the data-transfer ability of "Kamen Rider Chronos"!

Wielding the fantastical greatsword Bamruk, his first strike was a self-immolation, an all-out attack without reservation.

Within his dragon heart, which beat wildly like a perpetual motion machine, the immense energy known as "True Ether," or perhaps "Magic," was nearly inexhaustible.

He completely ignored the intense pain, the kind that could melt steel in an instant, the burning pain of magic, and unleashed the illusionary sword in his hand with all his might.

The glow of dusk suddenly shone brightly.

In that instant, the entire sky above the Arctic Circle seemed to be dragged into a belated, grand, and magnificent twilight.

The sword light that had once slain the White King now tore through the Black King's seemingly eternal and indestructible bluish-black shell.

On his massive, continent-like body, a scar was left—the first scar etched by human retaliation!

Although he had been dormant for six ages, he had been reborn for another six ages in the embryo of the planet.