Dragon Tribulation of All Realms

Chapter 201 - The Ending is Decided
That dragon.

That dragon from another world, whose identity is unknown.

Only now did Wu Chen truly confirm its existence and realize that it was hidden deep within this dream.

Even though he didn't know much and couldn't understand all the causes and consequences, he was certain that as long as he could find a way to deal with the dragon, all the unexpected situations that occurred, both inside and outside the dream, would vanish in a very short time.

but--

—What have I been doing all this for?
He took a step, but his steps didn't lead to the palace of kings at the center of the deep wind helmet. He felt there was a place he should go, a place connected to the identity he had acquired in the previous dream.

Shattered shield.

Even going back a thousand years, the location of the Shattered Shield family's ancestral home remained unchanged. Both its structure and layout were identical to the building Wu Chen had encountered in the surface dream.

He soon arrived at the mansion of Shattered Shield.

He stood in the shadows, his gaze fixed on the interior of the mansion—the interior showed signs of life, but no trace of the undead. Their numbers and strength were roughly equivalent to a few small cats or dogs, essentially rendering them incapable of combat.

There was no young master named Dust. Nor were there any vampire-turned-maids or butlers.

Wu Chen silently entered the old mansion, whose layout and furnishings were very familiar to him. He walked through the corridor and into the main hall. Several elderly servants were slowly cleaning the main house, while the weapons and armor decorations in the main hall remained in their original positions.

He reached out, his fingertips brushing against one of the longswords—a style commonly used by ancient Nord heroes, showing signs of recent use, indicating that the mansion's recent owner possessed a certain level of martial prowess.

"In this era, the owner of this house was Hiro Shattered Shield, a rather excellent warrior, who was a member of the Ebon Heart Pact from a very early age. In the correct history, he died on the battlefield of Cyrodiil a month ago. A distant relative of his will inherit his surname and move into this mansion in six months."

A familiar voice rang.

The voice was characterized by its heroic spirit and unyielding nature, clear and firm—the speaker had long golden hair and emerald eyes. His appearance was as familiar and beautiful as Wu Chen had imagined.

Leimei, the noblewoman whose surname Wu Chen never had a chance to ask in the dream of the previous level, is here.

Her aura was pure and simple, without even a trace of vampire evil. However, there was no doubt that she had a very close connection with Ramaya, the Bloodlight Matriarch.

Wu Chen turned his head and glanced at her—now, standing here were two humans. Both of them were breathing warm, moist air.

“Miss Lemère.” He nodded slightly to the suddenly appearing guide, who returned the greeting.

"It wasn't a coincidence that I acquired the identity of 'Shieldbreaker,' was it?"

“Yes.” The blonde girl admitted it directly. “Ramaye actually knows a lot about the outside world. She can see through the dreams of all the weak creatures in Windhelm—although she is powerless to interfere, the overall situation of history is always in her eyes. So, when you used the back door of the external seal to infiltrate, I slightly adjusted your identity. I made you the Shattered Shield.”

"Did you do this?" — Not Ramaya?
"I did it." — Not Ramaya. Wu Chen nodded. The rather abrupt surname 'Shattered Shield' was actually a significant reminder. Because he wasn't the kind of person who believed in coincidences, and that was precisely why he was standing here at this moment.

"...What are you?" Wu Chen pursed his lips and took a soft breath. "What do you want?"

“I am Ramaya.” Lemma raised her hand and gently pressed it to her chest. “The Ramaya of another possibility. I am the possibility that she didn’t become a vampire. Because in that possibility, I resisted to the very end.”

"As far as I know, the daughter of Cold Harbor has no freedom of choice—what transformed Ramaya was a drop of demon blood left behind by the demon after his violence, seeping into her brow. And in this process, whether Ramaya resists or accepts it is meaningless."

“It makes sense.” Leme shook his head. “The reason the demon tormented and transformed Ramaya was because it wanted to possess Ramaya’s soul in this way. This would prove that it had taken away the power to control souls from the god of death, ‘Akai’. This means it has won over Akai, but in other words, if Akai had not lost, then even if it left behind a thousand drops of blood, it could only create a monster, not take away a soul.”

Lemère let out a soft breath and a sigh.

"Ramaye could have lived and died as an ordinary person. But in pain and torment, Ramaya chose to succumb and give up. And when she gave up on herself, Akai gave up on her as well. So, she became the world's first vampire. And after that, everything she did only increased the influence of the demon god."

Ramaya was granted the ability that her power would increase with the number of her offspring. Whether out of greed or loneliness, from the moment she first created her descendants from this land, the Demon God Morag Bal had already achieved complete victory.

Wu Chen's eyes narrowed.

"Ramaye is already the possession of the demon god; she can no longer resist. You don't even exist..."

His gazing eyes widened slightly. An unimaginable truth appeared before Wu Chen's eyes.

Leme could not exist.

Because everything about Ramaya was now under the control of Morag Bal—she was severely wounded and slumbered in a sealed dreamscape without even a physical body. She simply couldn't, and was incapable of, carving out a fragment of her soul representing regret, even betrayal, from the depths of her heart as a separate entity. Because when the demon god controlled her, all variables were completely eradicated.

Not everyone can become Mirak.

At least not Ramaya, who was just an ordinary noblewoman at the beginning.

Lemère shouldn't exist, yet she undeniably exists. And that can only mean one thing.

Something similar to the connection between Manny Mark and the necromancer Moon.

The coexistence of the undead god Witch Moon and the human Manny Mark simply created a new branch in the timeline, rather than overlapping or merging it.

And this means...

"Is Dragon Break... over?"

(End of this chapter)