Chapter 226
‘Wow, jackpot.’
Lloyd’s eyes widened.
An unexpected message popped up before him.
He reread it, barely believing it.
‘The Bone Dragon is on the verge of death? Barely alive? So its Mana is almost depleted, and because of that, the conditions for using my Undead Domination Skill are temporarily met?’
A thought flashed through his mind.
He opened the skill window at once and pulled up the details for Undead Domination.
Ding-dong.
[Skill Name: Undead Domination]
[Stage: Beginner Lv. 1]
[You can dominate a certain number of Undead soldiers. The Undead soldiers who accept your domination will provide loyalty and selfless diligence that transcends even death.]
[Types of Undead soldiers that can be dominated: Zombie, Skeleton]
[Number of Undead soldiers that can be dominated: 200]
[Number of Undead soldiers currently dominated: 200]
[RP required for the next level up: 50]
[RP currently held: 2,632]
‘Hmm. The description clearly says I can only dominate Zombies and Skeletons. But it’s saying I can dominate the Bone Dragon? Then does that mean…’
Probably because the Bone Dragon was on the verge of death—literally clinging to life—it had temporarily dropped to the level of a Zombie or Skeleton.
That was why Undead Domination’s conditions were being met.
If so, there was no time to hesitate.
‘Whatever the reason, it’s possible. I’d be an idiot to miss this chance.’
‘Pick up the coin that’s lying right in front of you.’
‘Passing by the free sample corner at the supermarket is a loss.’
‘The more coupons you collect, the better.’
It was a little pathetic, sure, but that mindset was how he’d survived back in South Korea as Kim Suho.
Lloyd moved immediately.
He activated Undead Domination and fixed his gaze on the Bone Dragon’s remains, chopped into thousands of pieces.
But….
Ding-dong.
[Attempt to use Undead Domination Skill failed.]
[Error Code: 00A1, Quota Exceeded]
[There is no spare space to dominate and accept a new Undead entity. Dismiss some of the Undead entities you are currently dominating, or increase the quota of Undead soldiers that can be dominated.]
‘Damn it. What a basic mistake.’
He’d been too hasty.
Lloyd snapped to his senses and opened the Undead Domination window even faster.
‘I got so fixated on the big prize that I forgot the fundamentals. I can’t do that. Reflect, Lloyd. Reflect.’
He invested RP.
The result came immediately.
[Skill Level Up!]
[Skill Name: Undead Domination]
[Stage: Beginner Lv. 2]
[Types of Undead soldiers that can be dominated: Zombie, Skeleton]
[Number of Undead soldiers that can be dominated: 210]
[Number of Undead soldiers currently dominated: 200]
[RP required for the next level up: 70]
[RP currently held: 2,582]
‘Good.’
Quota secured.
His gaze snapped back to the Bone Dragon.
Conviction and greed burning in his eyes, he activated Undead Domination again.
This time, it responded properly.
Ding-dong.
[Undead Domination Skill is being attempted.]
[The designated entity, the remains of the Bone dragon, has begun to react to the skill.]
[1,962 out of 1,963 pieces of remains have been absorbed by the skill.]
[1 out of 1,963 pieces is resisting the skill.]
‘Hmm?’
Lloyd’s eyebrow twitched.
Javier had cut the Bone Dragon into over 1,900 pieces.
Most of it was being absorbed without issue, but one fragment alone was resisting.
‘What is that?’
If he wasted time, the attempt could fail.
The Bone Dragon’s Mana could recover on its own, even a little, and then it would rise above the Zombie-or-Skeleton threshold.
‘Then the success condition disappears.’
Cold sweat slid down Lloyd’s neck.
This was his chance to make a Bone Dragon his subordinate.
If he let it slip, it would be like cooking ramen, pulling kimchi from the fridge, setting out cold rice to eat with it—then dropping the pot at the last second and spilling everything.
‘That can’t happen.’
His eyes sharpened.
Just then, a new message popped up.
[Would you like to retrieve the detailed information of the one piece resisting the skill?]
[YES / NO]
‘Of course, yes!’
[Retrieving detailed information.]
Ding-dong.
With a crisp notification sound, information poured in.
Lloyd’s eyes moved rapidly, like an office worker checking their monthly credit card statement.
[The part of the Bone dragon’s bone currently resisting the Undead Domination Skill has been identified as the Parietal Bone.]
[Scan results have detected a soul parasitizing the Bone dragon’s Parietal Bone.]
[The parasitic soul is resisting the Undead Domination Skill.]
[To view information about the parasitic soul, please select ‘Here’.]
He selected it without hesitation.
The identity of the soul parasitizing the Bone Dragon’s parietal bone—resisting Undead Domination—was revealed.
Ding-dong.
[Parasitic Soul]
[Real Name: Targa]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 47 years old]
[Occupation: Black Wizard]
[Height: 173cm]
[Weight: 61kg]
[Other Notable Features: Low blood pressure, nervous indigestion, receding hairline, prefers salty food, tends to pour sauce, unmarried, no dating experience, ambitious, leader of a Black magic organization, died at the hands of Queen Alicia Termina Magentano while promoting various national subversion projects.]
“……”
Ah.
So the leader of the Black Wizards was in here.
As the information scrolled past, Lloyd finally understood.
‘This was a Trojan horse.’
He recalled what he’d heard from Her Majesty the Queen about the subjugation of the Black Wizard remnants.
They’d raided the Black Wizards before they could respond.
They’d taken them down far more easily than expected.
And at the end, Her Majesty the Queen had beheaded the leader of the Black Wizards.
But Her Majesty the Queen must have missed one thing.
‘This Black Wizard transferred his soul into the dragon bone at the moment of his death.’
Like a Trojan horse.
Just as the Achaean allied forces hid elite soldiers inside a massive wooden horse and offered it to Troy, this man—driven to the brink—hid his soul inside the dragon bone.
‘So that’s why he was so obsessed with me.’
He remembered the Bone Dragon’s rampage earlier.
It had chased him with abnormal persistence, as if it wouldn’t let him go no matter what.
He’d wondered why.
Now it made sense.
‘He must’ve thought Namaran was the one who tackled him. Tsk. These types are all the same—always blaming others for their own mistakes.’
Lloyd’s gaze settled, calmer now, as he read the next message.
Ding-dong.
[Identification of the soul parasitizing the parietal bone has been completed.]
[The identified parasitic soul can be removed according to your will.]
[Would you like to remove it?]
[YES / NO]
‘Of course, yes.’
There was no reason to hesitate.
Lloyd nodded immediately.
At that moment, a faint, urgent cry rang out from the parietal bone fragment.
– W-wait a minute!
‘Hmm?’
Just hearing it, it sounded like a stubborn, slippery old man.
It had to be Targa, leader of the Black Wizards.
His panicked voice continued.
– Wait! Don’t do this! Listen to me!
‘Excuse me? What?’
– Yes, give me a chance!
‘A chance?’
Lloyd snorted without even realizing it.
He mocked the man who was begging so desperately.
‘Why are you asking me for a chance?’
– …What?
‘Are you going to get career counseling from King Yama?’
– W-wait
Click.
He selected YES without hesitation.
Then, with a refreshing whoosh—like flushing a toilet—Targa’s scream faded away.
A satisfying message followed.
[The soul of Black Wizard Targa parasitizing the Bone dragon’s Parietal Bone has been extinguished.]
[All 1,963 pieces of the Bone dragon’s broken bones are responding to your Undead Domination Skill.]
[The Undead Domination Skill has been successfully applied.]
[The Bone dragon is now yours.]
‘Yes, this is it!’
Success.
He clenched his fist.
He could now use the Bone Dragon freely.
There was still one step left, though.
Recovery.
Fortunately, Lloyd didn’t have to do much for that.
[The damaged Bone dragon is attempting to self-regenerate its body according to the [Undying] attribute.]
[Internal Mana is slowly recovering.]
[The cut bone fragments are returning to their places.]
Crack, crack!
The Bone Dragon’s remains—shattered by Javier’s sword—stirred across the ground.
Like the Asrahan Heart Technique, it drew Mana from its surroundings little by little.
In doing so, it pulled itself out of its near-death state.
It fitted the severed pieces together on its own.
Bit by bit, it regained its shape.
Of course, Lloyd still had to stop Javier in the meantime.
Javier saw the remains moving.
His hand tightened on his sword.
“Wait, stop! That’s mine now.”
“…Are you saying that belongs to Lloyd?”
“Yeah.”
Javier’s eyes flicked between Lloyd and the Bone Dragon, sword still in hand.
Curiosity and bewilderment rose in his gaze.
Lloyd hurriedly wet his lips.
“You might not have heard it, but that Bone Dragon just spoke to me in my head.”
“What did it say, exactly?”
“It said it wants to become the youngest member of the Bone Corps. A newbie.”
“……”
“You sliced it up so badly it was on the verge of death, so it surrendered.”
“Is that really true?”
“Of course. Look closely.”
Lloyd raised one hand and gave the Bone Dragon a thumbs-up.
Some of the regenerating bone fragments reacted immediately, forming the shape of Lloyd’s thumb.
“See?”
“……”
“I’ll explain the details later. For now, let’s focus on this guy’s recovery. Got it?”
“……I understand.”
Javier was left speechless.
The Bone Dragon had been rampaging just moments ago.
And even after he’d smashed it with his own hands, Lloyd had subdued it—and folded it into the Bone Corps.
He couldn’t believe it, even after hearing it.
No, even while watching it with his own eyes, it didn’t feel real.
‘But it’s an undeniable fact.’
He could tell just by looking back and forth between Lloyd and the Bone Dragon.
The Bone Dragon’s body restored itself in an instant—cut bones attaching, separated pieces locking together.
And that Bone Dragon was obediently bowing its head toward Lloyd.
What was the secret?
He had no idea.
Curiosity, awe, and questions swirled together in Javier’s eyes as he stared at Lloyd.
Meanwhile, Lloyd focused on the Bone Dragon’s recovery process.
‘Good. Recovery’s going smoothly.’
He checked whether anything had been put together wrong.
Whether any fragments were missing.
Like inspecting the pork belly he’d chosen with absolute conviction at the supermarket.
Like scrutinizing potato chunks he’d picked after long deliberation.
Like suspecting the bread over there might be just a bit bigger.
Lloyd’s eyes gleamed sharper than ever.
[The Bone dragon’s body has been completely restored.]
[A new personality has been created in the reborn Bone dragon’s body.]
[The new personality is like a blank slate.]
[From now on, for 1 minute, the words you convey will have a great impact on the Bone dragon’s new personality.]
The moment he saw it, Lloyd understood.
This was the final—and most important—step to welcoming the Bone Dragon as his subordinate.
Realizing that, he racked his brain and loaded a bold statement into his mind.
Then he fired it.
‘I am Lloyd Frontera. Your absolute master, and the most respectable and trustworthy being in the world. Also, you are a proud member of the Bone Corps that I own. You are an excavator, a crane, and a perfect construction machine in every way—dig when I tell you to dig, and dig when I tell you to dig. So labor is always fun. Overtime is really happy. Safety first. Long live Lloyd. If you understand, fire a finger heart.’
He delivered the thought while staring straight at the Bone Dragon.
The Bone Dragon reacted at once.
Rumble…!
It raised its body.
It spread its massive wings.
Then it lifted a huge forefoot toward Lloyd—extremely politely—and fired a finger heart.
At the same time, a refreshing message filled his vision.
Ding-dong.
[The attempt to Undead Dominate the Bone dragon has been successfully completed.]
[From now on, the Bone dragon will become your faithful worker and will diligently carry out all your orders.]
[The Undead Domination Skill’s domination list has been updated.]
[Number of Undead soldiers that can be dominated: 210]
[Number of Undead soldiers currently dominated: 201 (↑1)]
‘Nice. Super special nice!’
It was official.
The huge, unbelievable Bone Dragon had become his subordinate.
Lloyd practically wanted to dance.
But then—
Another message popped up, completely unexpected.
Ding-dong.
[Mana Heart Skill Option ④: Half-Human Half-Dragon is activated.]
[The soul of a dragon in the vicinity has begun to show interest in you.]
‘Huh?’
What now?
‘The soul of a dragon is interested in me?’
Bewilderment crossed Lloyd’s face.
The next moment, from the Bone Dragon—still holding up a finger heart—a voice only Lloyd could hear came through.
My name is… Ancient Dragon Enticus… the original owner of this skeleton that is now yours… If you listen to my request… I swear I will inform the Dragon King of your good deeds… Please… help me…
Lirigzon Gashi
Thank you !
Hello!
I was very happy to find this novel translated here (first time on this website) – but I can see it’s only from chapter 260?
Are the rest of the chapters translated elsewhere? Or are you considering translating them as well but later?
Thank you for what you’ve shared so far!
Hi! Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciated it 🙂
Yes, dont worry. I will be working on the earlier chapters once we completed the whole novel. We have about 40 chapters left more or less.
Thank you for the translate, But if you plan to add chapters before 260 I would be grateful
Don’t worry! I will. Once we finish the novel, I will upload the earlier chapters.
Thank you😍
Hi! Wanted to say thank you for your(person/team?)for translating, really appreciate it. You(singular/plural?) are the only one(s) I found that did proper translation for this series that is not paywalled like hell. I also wanted to ask what are the usual dates you release translations? Thank you very much for your work
Are you translating it yourself or is it a machine translation? Since I will be translating it into Turkish with Google Translate to read, it will be very complicated if it is a machine translation.
im using AI to translate it then I proofread once done to make sure the flow of the story is still there
Hi, really appreciate your guys work. Do not want to sound needy, but wanted to ask. How soon will you guys finish the series, now that I am so close to the end my blood is boiling to read the rest!
5 more weeks and we are through! we only have 26 chapters left from the raw material.
what happened to chapter 93 and beyond?
i started the translation of this novel from chapter 260 (mermaid arc) because that was the current arc in the manhwa at that time and finished it till the last chapter which is chapter 408. what you are seeing now are the updates from chapter 1 to the current chapter. i am consistently uploading chapters 2x a week every tuesdays and thursdays. we will eventually get there in time, dont worry!