Chapter 129
Among the six hunters, refreshingly venomous words burst from Vladimir, who stood at the forefront.
“Are you Dragonkin all like this? We help you when you’re getting your ass kicked by the Great Demon Dragon, and now you ‘compromise’ by promising to kill us without pain? Wow. How do you even come up with ideas like that? Truly amazing.”
He spat on the ground next to him, swaggering.
“…Vladimir. What are you planning to do?”
“Hm, this dragon… doesn’t seem like the type who’ll listen to reason…”
Olena and the others looked uneasy.
But Vladimir kept going.
“Seriously, fascinating. Hey, you overgrown lizard! Let me ask something. Are Dragonkin just an inherently selfish race that doesn’t know gratitude? Or are you just old and senile? Honestly, I hope it’s the latter.”
Whoosh!
He swung his staff provocatively.
Next to him—
“I sense impure intentions in the dragon’s aura. Do you think my spear, which has judged countless murderers, cannot administer judgment upon a dragon?”
Zhang Wei stepped forward, radiating fierce killing intent.
Swish! Chwaaaa!
Below them, Olena kept the water platform steady.
– Hmm.
Aranvalon frowned at the six hunters.
It was the look of someone stunned by pure absurdity.
– Surely you don’t think you can oppose me with such pitiful power? Even injured, do you believe you can stand against a dragon?
Energy surged ominously from his body.
– And saying I lack gratitude? Ridiculous. Do you feel gratitude toward a passing insect that happens to help you win a fight?
“Yeah, I do.”
Vladimir snorted.
“Why shouldn’t I feel gratitude toward an insect? Especially one I can communicate with? You Dragonkin really think you’re the only ones who matter, huh? No sensitivity. No potential.”
His verbal barrage didn’t stop.
The dragon had already declared he would kill them, so what was there to fear?
He would attack regardless.
– Shut up!
Aranvalon’s eyes blazed, but Vladimir didn’t budge.
“Besides, you still don’t get it, do you? Your Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and that Great Demon Dragon before you—both died because of us. What makes you think you’ll be any different?”
– I refuse to listen to this any longer.
Kugurung!
Aranvalon spread his wings wide.
– I was going to kill you painlessly. But I’ve changed my mind. I’ll make sure you—the one with the big mouth—can’t even die when you want to!
His killing intent spiked sharply.
A brown magic circle formed in the air.
“Damn it! Everyone, brace yourselves!”
“Prepare for impact!”
The hunters crouched, raising shields and skills.
Then—
Thud! Thwack! Thwack!
A strange sound echoed from below.
Something utterly unfitting for the moment.
The sound of dragon hide ripping.
– …?
“……!”
Aranvalon stopped.
The team froze and looked down.
Thwack! Thwuck! Thwack!
Soon, a small weapon tip and one human arm burst through the hide—
Followed by a fountain of bright red blood.
– What is that…?
Aranvalon fell silent.
He thought there were only six left.
He thought the last one was dead—
But he was inside?
‘Ah… so that’s what happened.’
Now it made sense.
Why the Great Demon Dragon had suddenly howled in pain.
Why it recklessly took Aranvalon’s attacks head-on.
‘It was that human.’
No doubt.
Thwack! Pwuck!
The figure carved an opening wider with frantic hacking.
Then, gripping the hide with both hands—
He wrenched himself out with a hoarse grunt.
“Keck—ke-eck—keck! Haa… haa…!”
He was drenched in sweat and blood.
“Haa… haa! I thought I was going to suffocate. Damn dragon… why is your body so damn big?”
He complained between heavy breaths.
“Hoon? Hoon!”
“Team leader!”
“My friend! You survived after all!”
The team cheered in relief.
“Hoo… hoo…”
The young man looked up—
Right at Aranvalon.
“Hey, Mr. Aranvalon?”
The dragon stared back, golden eyes narrowing.
Unexpected.
Despite everything, the human’s body was almost clean—
And his eyes shone with fierce vitality.
“I heard everything while crawling out. You shouldn’t have fought without me. I’m disappointed.”
He smiled.
—
“Hoo… hoo…”
Thump, thump!
His heart pounded violently.
His muscles screamed from exertion.
He could have climbed out slowly—
But he rushed because he was listening to Aranvalon’s conversation with the team.
‘Yeah.’
It was better this way.
If Aranvalon had been polite, he might’ve hesitated.
This way—
He could fight guilt-free.
‘Either way…’
He wasn’t going to walk away.
His real target wasn’t the Great Demon Dragon.
It was Aranvalon.
The Greed Dragon was his prey.
– You…
Aranvalon growled.
– You must be the leader of those humans. Then everything ends once I kill you.
The dragon focused all of his energy on him.
But the human didn’t flinch.
He wasn’t the same as before.
He remembered the moment he stabbed the Great Demon Dragon’s heart—
While the world shook around him.
Then—
Kugung!
[Ding!]
[You have processed the ‘Great Demon Dragon’.]
A notification.
Finally, confirmation he had killed the dragon.
Then—
[You have successfully hunted a ‘Dragon’ with maximum contribution.]
[You have achieved a great feat.]
Another achievement reward—only the second in his life.
[Reward has arrived!]
[Congratulations!]
[You have acquired the skill, ‘Bone Dragon’ (S-Rank).] (T/N: Hoooollyyyyyyyy FFFFFF)
If the first achievement reward had been the S-Rank ‘Staff of the Fire Dragon’ for clearing the “unmeasurable” stage—
This time, he received the skill [Bone Dragon].
Before he could inspect it fully—
[You have achieved a hidden condition!]
[This is a hidden condition exclusive to ‘Unique Ability: Cursed Necromancer’!]
[Condition: Dragon Slayer!]
– Great achievements are required to increase the rank of your unique ability!
– Process the ‘Dragonkin’ that exist in the world!
He involuntarily cursed.
This was the same message he always saw when ranking up.
What unique ability in the world required slaying dragons just to advance?
[Congratulations!]
[Your rank has grown to S-Rank!] (T/N: LETTSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)
Well.
Now he understood.
The hidden requirement was simply the ‘Probability’ system showing its influence.
He’d finally accumulated enough to reach S-Rank.
[Rewards for rank change have arrived!]
The best reward came first:
[Energy is replenished!]
[Energy: 1,220/1,220]
His entire energy pool returned.
His wounds healed.
His fatigue evaporated.
His body felt ‘reborn’.
Next—
[The rank of the skill, ‘Skeleton Knight Summon’ (A-Rank) is upgraded!]
[The skill changes to ‘Skeleton Lord Summon’ (S-Rank)!]
Skeleton Lord.
Amusingly, it matched his old title.
[Skill: Skeleton Lord Summon]
[Rank: S]
[Effect 1: Summons a Skeleton Lord by consuming 10 Energy. Up to 10 can be summoned.]
[Effect 2: Each skeleton can be named.]
[Effect 3: Each skeleton’s Energy is increased by 500.]
[Effect 4: Each skeleton can summon 10 Skeletons one rank lower.]
“Ah, Master… I can feel power overflowing.”
“My lord, at this level… I think I can exert about 50% of my prime strength.”
Sunny and Eldrin—now absolute beings—had grown tremendously.
Almost ten times stronger than before.
Their once-faint presences now blazed like beacons.
And—
[A new main weapon for the skeleton is set!]
[Corresponding Skeleton: ‘Bone Eight’]
[The skeleton will now respond to your command!]
Even Bone Eight had awakened.
If he had time, he’d sit and examine all the changes.
But—
“……”
No time.
Olena’s magic had long dissipated.
He was suffocating earlier.
And he didn’t know what danger the others were in outside.
So he shoved the messages aside and forced his way out.
“Hoo.”
Returning to the present—
He stared silently at Aranvalon radiating murderous aura.
“Sunny.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Swish!
Sunny appeared on his right, exuding crushing pressure.
“Eldrin.”
“Yes, Master.”
Eldrin appeared on his left.
“You two. Can you take that down?”
“What’s there to fear from a dragon who’s injured and can’t even use 10% of his strength?”
“No problem.”
Swish!
They were now Skeleton Lords.
They summoned their subordinates.
Kugugugugu!
Skeletons began to multiply—
Enormous in number.
A single Lord could summon:
– 10 A-Rank Skeleton Knights
– 100 B-Rank Great Skeletons
– 1,000 C-Rank Balanced Skeletons
Thus, Sunny alone could field:
1 (himself)
– 10
– 100
– 1,000
= 1,111 skeletons
Excluding Dmir outside,
there were:
Bone One
Sunny
Eldrin
Bone Four
Bone Five
Bone Seven
And Bone Eight
Seven Skeleton Lords.
Before long—
7,777 skeletons armed with weapons stood on the platform.
Bone Eight wore gauntlets—likely a martial class like James once had. (T/N: OOoooohh. A berserker-type skeleton! Nice. I thought it was gonna be an assassin type this time)
‘Anyway…’
Thousands of troops standing at attention for him—
Spectacular.
“Crazy…”
“That’s amazing…”
“Is that… a skeleton legion?”
“Is this… the Skeleton King?”
Even the hunters were stunned.
But—
– Hmph!
Aranvalon was not impressed.
– Presumptuous insects…! Do you dare challenge me with numbers?! No matter how many you bring, insects are still insects!
He sneered.
Of course he would.
This was still nowhere near enough to intimidate a dragon.
“Just wait.”
Because he was about to show them something far more interesting.
Whoosh!
His arm lifted the staff lightly.
Light burst forth.
[Using the skill, ‘Bone Dragon’ (S-Rank).]
[Consuming 100 Energy.]
He aimed the power—
At the corpse of the Great Demon Dragon.
(T/N: Is this what I think he is doing? Oh mannnnnnn, that’s going to be OP!!!)
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