novelraw Chapter 492
Chapter 492
Now that he knew the right answer, it was Su-ho’s time.
In other words, showtime.
Su-ho kept talking.
“Judging by the way you look, I guess I’m right. If System security is the problem, keep your mouth shut and listen. I don’t need an answer. You don’t have to react to anything I say. You can’t anyway, right?”
- .......
“Pathetic bastard. You can’t even answer me, and you’re talking about noble and great? Anyway, if I pick up where I left off...... you’ve done nothing but swear at me from start to finish, and you even called me a mongrel bastard, and then all of a sudden you bring up a way for me to become a true dragon and say you’ll make me the strongest player. That means you probably want something through me. You can’t say what it is. But for some reason, I think it’s revenge on the System. Isn’t it?”
Su-ho slowly lifted the corner of his mouth as he said it.
“I’m already the strongest player. Of course, that standard is the standard of the world I live in, so for now I don’t need to get greedy for rapid growth to the point of becoming a true dragon.”
- But...!
“Shh. Don’t say anything. I don’t want to hear it. And putting greed for growth aside, I have no intention of becoming the strongest player through the method you told me. If that method is becoming a true dragon, then all the more so. You know why? Your world—including you—already lost to the System, so why would I inherit the power of losers and fight again? Isn’t that the stupidest thing you can do? What am I supposed to do with a move that already doesn’t work?”
You...!!
In an instant, Omega’s eyes widened and power poured out.
But Su-ho stood straight in place and took his power head-on.
It didn’t really hurt or anything.
It was weaker than even ruler-class Fear.
He was probably controlling his strength.
Su-ho said, still keeping his smile.
“Still, don’t worry. Even if you don’t go out of your way to make me the strongest player, I already plan on challenging the System.”
- What?
“Why? Did you think I’m doing this crap because it’s fun?”
Su-ho’s smiling expression turned sneering.
“I’m curious too. What is this bastard called the System, that it suddenly barged into my world and flipped my whole life upside down? So if you want something, don’t talk like that—take a more polite attitude and actually ask. ‘Noble dragon’ my ass—if you lost to the System in the end.”
- .......
At Su-ho’s words, spoken like he was spitting them out, Omega ended up shutting his mouth.
No, he couldn’t open it in the first place.
He didn’t know how Su-ho knew all of his circumstances, but everything Su-ho said was correct.
He talked about nobility and superiority, but in truth, he was nothing more than a defeated soldier who’d lost to the System.
And the human he’d looked down on that much had ended up passing every test he set and entered this place.
Su-ho stared at Omega for a while, then continued.
“So, there’s nothing else you need, right? The Dragon Egg fully hatched, the fifth authority of Dragon Blood got unlocked, and I don’t need a true dragon’s power.”
- ......Th—
“What?”
- There is. Something I have to say.
“What is it?”
- That’s...
Omega fidgeted.
Su-ho just watched.
But he kept fidgeting.
Ah, this bastard.
If you’ve got something to say, spit it out already—why are you fidgeting like that?
Su-ho said irritably.
“Hey, if you’ve got something to say, say it already. Is time rotting away? Sure, you’re stuck here for a living, so you’ve got time rotting out your ass, but I don’t. If you don’t say it in five seconds, I’m leaving. Five... four... three...”
- I’ll say it! I’ll say it, so just wait a moment!
“Why would I? When have you ever shown me consideration?”
- That’s true, but... I’ve never spoken like this before, that’s why.
“So what? Is that a reason? What, you think I was born with perfect manners? The more I listen to you, the more ridiculous this gets. I’m not telling you to cast some ultra-high-tier magic. All I said was talk with a little courtesy, and you can’t even do that—how the hell have you lived your whole life that a guy who’s supposedly a Lord can’t say this one thing and ends up fidgeting like a scared goblin bastard? Be honest. You’re not the Dragon Lord—you’re a lizard wannabe, aren’t you?”
- Enough! Enough! Stop mocking me! It’d be better to cast ultra-high-tier magic—do you really think someone who’s lived like this his whole life can suddenly speak the way you demand overnight?
“Then if it bothers you, don’t do it. If you can’t do it anyway, why are you telling me to wait?”
- Hoo... Fine. I’ll stop.
“What?”
- Either way, you’ll meet me again someday. So let’s talk again then.
“W-What?”
- I said we’ll talk again then. With how I feel right now, I don’t think I can do anything.
“No, wait. Weren’t you the one in a hurry? Can you really give up that easily?”
At that, Omega furrowed his brow.
- I can.
“How can you?”
- I hate to admit it, but like you said, the one who’s desperate is me. But I don’t think you can solve everything for me right now. And you’re vicious enough to match that mouth you use to mock people, so you’ll definitely survive. It’s always the lowly ones whose lives are stubbornly tough. So I’ll look forward to the next time.
“Oh, sure?”
Look at this bastard.
Yeah, my life is mine to make tough, but hearing it put like that pisses me off endlessly.
Wiiing—
A portal opened behind Su-ho.
It was an exit portal leading outside.
Omega gestured with his eyes toward the exit portal and said.
- Go. Deeper conversation is next time. And please, when we meet next, raise your class a bit. Right now you’re lowly beyond belief.
“Ah, you really know how to make your words pretty to the very end. Go eat shit. I swear, no matter what it is, I’m never granting your request.”
- Do as you like.
After answering, Omega turned his back.
Then his figure slid away and vanished, and Su-ho had no choice but to suppress his boiling blood pressure as he stared at the spot where Omega disappeared.
“Damn lizard wannabe bastard.”
Thump-thump, he took the exit portal.
His vision flickered, and the scenery around him changed.
It was the inside of the Subspace House where he’d been before he was forcibly kidnapped.
“Ah, this is driving me insane.”
The more he thought about it, the hotter he got.
Are all dragons like this?
I put up with him because he was the type to give me power—if he weren’t, I wouldn’t have even dealt with him.
'......Still, he was right at the end.'
What Omega said was true, too.
Even if I accepted power from him right now, I couldn’t fulfill all the revenge he was aiming for.
That was why he was looking to the next time.
Like he said, I’d survive stubbornly.
And on top of that, I still have no intention of taking true dragon power from him.
'I don’t know how strong a dragon’s power is, but I can’t throw away what I already have.'
Because the foundation of my power lies in swordsmanship more than bloodline abilities like Dragon Blood.
Shaking his head, Su-ho checked the information on the Dragon Blood trait.
[ Dragon Blood ]
Grade : S+
# The bloodline of a great dragon.
# Even if the one who has Dragon Blood wasn’t born a dragon, depending on their efforts, they can enjoy the power a dragon possesses.
# Lv.1 - Dragon Blood : Pressure(S), Dragon Mind(S).
# Lv.2 - Dragon Armor : Dragonkin(S), Dragon Skin(S).
# Lv.3 - Dragon Grow : Dragon Bone(S), Dragon Body(S), Dragon Sense(S).
# Lv.4 - Dragon Egg : Dragon Egg(S)
# Lv.5 - Hatchling : Quarter Blood(S), Dragon Mode(S).
# Lv.6 - [ ??? ] : Locked.
└ Unlock conditions
① Reach level 400.
② Unknown.
......
Part of the unlock conditions for the sixth authority was revealed too.
The first unlock ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) condition was reaching level 400.
'Are all the authorities of the New Blood trait in 100-level increments?'
At this point, it felt like it could be.
First, Su-ho checked the information for Quarter Blood.
[ Quarter Blood ]
Grade : S
# One of the possessed abilities of Hatchling, the fifth authority of Dragon Blood that has been released.
# Hatchling is what you call a baby dragon that has just been born, and until it becomes an adult dragon, that title is unified as Hatchling.
# The holder of Dragon Blood is merely a holder of a bloodline, not a real dragon. But by becoming Hatchling, they have inherited the true blood of the dragon race.
# By inheriting the true blood of the dragon race, all Dragon Blood traits have been strengthened another step.
# By inheriting the true blood of the dragon race, the blood has taken on the nature of the dragon race.
“Oh?”
At the information for Quarter Blood, Su-ho’s lips puckered.
Up to now, it had said he was just a trait holder, but now it was guiding him that he had inherited the true blood of the dragon race.
And it said the blood itself had taken on the nature of the dragon race.
'If that’s the case.......'
No way I’m not checking that.
Su-ho immediately activated a skill.
[ Blood Armory is activated. ]
Shwaaaak!
As the skill activated, a blood sword was gripped in his hand.
Holding the blood sword, Su-ho smiled.
'It’s real.'
He could feel it.
That the blood sword had been strengthened another step.
In a way, it was only natural.
No matter how he sucked other beings’ blood and stored it in the Great Blood Jade to use, the moment it entered the Great Blood Jade, all that blood became my blood anyway.
After reverse-summoning the blood sword, Su-ho checked the other Dragon Blood traits too.
Sure enough.
Because of Quarter Blood’s effects, all of them had been strengthened another step.
Next, Su-ho checked the information for Dragon Mode.
[ Dragon Mode ]
Grade : S
# One of the possessed abilities of Hatchling, the fifth authority of Dragon Blood that has been released.
# Hatchling is what you call a baby dragon that has just been born, and until it becomes an adult dragon, that title is unified as Hatchling.
# The holder of Dragon Blood is merely a holder of a bloodline, not a real dragon. But by becoming Hatchling, they have inherited the true blood of the dragon race.
# Therefore, because they have become a true member of the dragon race, from now on transformation into dragon form has become possible. However, since the possessed blood is only Quarter Blood, transformation into a complete dragon form is impossible, and only some parts among the existing body can be dragonized.
# While Dragon Mode is maintained, the use of certain skills and items may be restricted.
# If all possessed mana is exhausted, Dragon Mode is deactivated.
“Oh?”
Su-ho’s eyes sparkled as he read Dragon Mode’s information.
And that was because he’d already been sure even before checking Dragon Mode’s information.
Maybe Dragon Mode was a skill that let him transform into a dragon.
But just as he expected, it really was a transformation into a dragon?
'Even if it’s only Quarter Blood so there are limits to physical transformation...!'
Still, it was a transformation into a dragon.
Seeing is believing.
Without hesitation, Su-ho used the skill right away.
[ Dragon Mode is activated. ]