The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player-Chapter 273: Dragon Subjugation (2)
And that wasn’t all.
[Devourer Rune stacks reached 100!]
[Bonus effect: Strength and body size increased by 10%.]
His height, originally 180 cm, now approached 2 meters.
A glance at his status screen showed that his Strength stat had also increased by 10%.
‘I’ve grown a bit taller, but it’s not inconvenient.’
He was no longer a below-average-height adult.
Since his physical changes applied to reality as well, his real height, once 165 cm, had likely exceeded 180 cm.
Yet he felt no particular emotion about it.
The real gain here was the stat increase.
At that moment, a mercenary at the front pointed ahead.
“Captain! We found it! The cave where the evil Black Dragon resides!”
“All right. Everyone, proceed with caution!”
With 21 NPCs in tow, Ryu Min stepped inside.
And a notification appeared.
[You have entered the Black Dragon’s Lair.]
[The overwhelming stench of death constricts your lungs.]
[Penalty: All stats reduced by 25%.]
A massive penalty.
But to Ryu Min, it didn’t matter.
‘Even with reduced stats, the dragon will still die in one hit.’
The mercenaries illuminated the cave with magic as they carefully advanced in a single file.
‘They should hurry up. There’s no need to walk this slowly.’
Contrary to their concerns, nothing appeared near the entrance.
They had to go deeper before encountering any enemies.
The dragon’s gatekeepers.
Sure enough, after walking for quite a while, a thunderous roar echoed through the cavern.
“KRUOOOHHH!”
“Hiiik! It… it appeared!”
Dark Ogres.
Monsters twice as strong as regular Ogres, which were already considered among the strongest land monsters.
Technically, they were boss-level creatures.
But compared to the real boss of this place, they were nothing more than gatekeepers.
“Everyone, attack!”
“WAAAAAHHH!”
All 21 mercenaries charged at a single Dark Ogre.
To be fair, they were skilled—after all, they were a dragon subjugation team.
‘If they were players, they’d be around level 60?’
But even at that level, they didn’t stand a chance.
At best, they could only stall the Dark Ogre’s movements.
‘In the end, I have to step in.’
Ryu Min’s involvement would make things much easier.
“KRUOO—KUGH!”
Even with a 25% stat reduction, Ryu Min’s stats were still in the hundreds of thousands.
On top of that, thanks to the Yin-Yang Rune, his damage output was doubled.
A single normal attack, enhanced by magic damage, was enough to finish off a Dark Ogre.
[Dark Ogre defeated!]
[Title effect: EXP increased by 1.5x.]
[Devourer Rune effect: EXP and gold increased by 2x.]
[Devourer Rune: Gained 10 stacks and 2 stat points.]
[Total Devourer stacks: 110]
[EXP +0.95%]
[Gold +40,000]
[Additional Gold +20,000]
[Current Kill Count: 21/100]
[Slaughter Rune effect: All stats +21%]
[100m radius: 5 enemies detected.]
[One-vs-Hundred Rune effect: All stats +5%]
There were four more Dark Ogres nearby.
After quickly dealing with them, Ryu Min finally arrived before the Black Dragon.
“T-that… that’s…!”
“T-the Dragon of Death…!”
A massive cavern.
A space where light could not reach—pure darkness.
And from within that darkness, two glowing red eyes, sharp as a serpent’s, gleamed.
[Foolish humans, your guts must be spilling out of your bodies with fear. How dare you trespass into my domain?]
The Black Dragon’s voice resonated directly into their minds.
It seemed to communicate in the same manner as angels—transmitting its thoughts via telepathic waves.
‘Well, not that I care.’
Ryu Min, alone, stepped forward with his scythe in hand.
The mercenaries, who had been trembling in fear, stared blankly at his back.
[I am the Death Dragon, Karsainox. Now that you have intruded into my domain, you should abandon all hope of leaving alive—]
The dragon suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Its gaze lowered.
A mere human, standing less than a speck in size compared to its 20-meter-long body, was fearlessly standing right before it.
“Since my stats are reduced, I should use a skill to ensure a clean kill.”
Speaking in an eerily calm voice, as if he were facing nothing more than an insect.
It was laughable.
[Such an insignificant worm, not even worth the Ogres I crushed beneath my claws, dares to—]
But before the dragon could finish its words, it noticed something.
A powerful energy gathering at the tip of Ryu Min’s scythe.
The force was unlike anything it had encountered before.
For the first time, the dragon felt a hint of fear.
Because the energy was far beyond its comprehension.
“Judgment of the Heavens.”
The pitch-black cave was suddenly flooded with an explosion of radiant light.
A technique once wielded by Raguel, the 5th-ranking Archangel.
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Two massive beams of light slashed through the darkness in an X-shape.
BOOOOOOM!
“UAAAAARGHHH!”
“K-KUHHH!”
The cave trembled violently as if an earthquake had struck.
The mercenaries were utterly shaken.
But what came after was even more shocking.
“T-the… the dragon…?”
“It’s… gone…?”
“Where did it go…?”
The massive chamber, which had been filled with the dragon’s enormous body, was now empty.
No corpse.
No blood.
Nothing remained.
The Black Dragon had been completely obliterated by that single attack.
[Black Dragon Karsainox has been defeated!]
[Title effect: EXP increased by 1.5x.]
[Devourer Rune effect: EXP and gold increased by 2x.]
[Devourer Rune: Gained 100 stacks and 20 stat points.]
[Total Devourer stacks: 250]
[EXP +9.52%]
[Gold +400,000]
[Additional Gold +200,000]
[Current Kill Count: 26/100]
[Slaughter Rune effect: All stats +26%]
[‘Condensed Aether’ acquired.]
[‘Dragon Scale’ acquired.]
[‘Dragon Horn’ acquired.]
[‘Dragon Tooth’ acquired.]
[‘Blueprint: Aura of Death’ acquired.]
[You are the first player to slay a dragon.]
[Title ‘Dragon Slayer’ acquired.]
[First-time Dragon Kill Reward: ‘Dragonslayer’s Necklace’ obtained.]
[First-time Dragon Kill Reward: ‘Rune of Memory’ obtained.]
[The acquired runes have been automatically inscribed into your body!]
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