Treasures of Nifleheim
Kaaaang!
Weed slammed the Dark Spear into the Bone Dragon’s ribs.
Devastating stab!
The Dark Spear was perfectly wedged into the ribs, but the Bone Dragon’s body remained intact.
It remained strong and its appearance was largely unchanged, but at least its health declined slightly.
Weed thrust the Dark Spear again. Just before the attack, he precisely aimed again!
‘I must match my breathing to it. Relax the muscles. Forget everything else. Only one point is shown. Wide. Boundless.’
Kaaaaang!
This time there was an even greater resonance.
Weed wielded the Dark Spear freely in his hand.
‘Till it is destroyed!’
Swinging, chopping, and stabbing.
All attacks can be concentrated onto one location.
Single focal point.
Peoseoseok!
At the end of five attacks, the Bone Dragon’s rib shattered into pieces.
"Keuaaag!"
Bingryong was fighting the Bone Dragon as it screamed in agony.
“You fucking coward! Die!”
The Bone Dragon swung its tail but it was too late, for Weed had already escaped with Wy-3.
“My attack has only just begun.”
Weed boarded the Wyvern and quickly flew off into the black sky.
Bingryong and the Bone Dragon were intertwined in their aerial battle as they dealt attacks at each other.
Still damaged from the prior attack, the Bone Dragon’s shattered rib remained exposed.
Actions already difficult on the ground now required balance in the air, creating a small gap to aim at.
It was time to give the Bone Dragon a nightmare, but it would require amazing control at close range.
But Weed was not confident given the situation.
From the cold winds blowing at the top of Death Valley, the body reached its limitations.
The Undead state allowed him to withstand some cold, but due to the freezing weather, his Strength and Stamina declined rapidly.
The cold also made the Wyverns dizzy, causing them to slip several times already.
If they fell onto the ice ground, their lives could not be guaranteed.
‘Not much remains now though.’
Weed read the movements of the Bone Dragon.
It finally reached its limit after receiving tremendous damage from the expedition and Weed breaking many of the bones in its body. Apparently, the Bone Dragon’s time was coming to an end within moments.
The Wyverns and Geumini chiseled away at the Bone Dragon here and there as well.
“Pesky flies, be gone you bastards!”
The Bone Dragon struggled fiercely from the hits. Nevertheless, the decisive attacks from the Wyverns, Bingryong and Weed did not cease.
Because its body was entangled with Bingryong’s, escape was impossible.
With solemn dignity the Bone Dragon appeared, but the expedition wizards brutally dragged it to the ground. Nonetheless, it actively demonstrated its greatness on the eve of its death.
“Let’s go!”
Weed controlled the Wyvern and landed upon the head of the Bone Dragon.
“Time to finish this.”
It was a rough struggle hitting the Bone Dragon whilst standing on its head. Simultaneously, Weed aimed the Dark Spear exclusively at a single point and attacked in rapid succession!
Kwak! Kwajik! Kwagwagwak!
Hitting the small point successively increased the damage exponentially!
"Keueoeoeo."
The Bone Dragon’s resistance almost disappeared completely. With its health falling below 10%, it became even more difficult to move.
Nevertheless, some time remained until the end of the Bone Dragon.
If it was a normal monster, it would have lost the will to fight immediately, but as one would suspect when dealing with large monsters, particularly named boss monsters of a region, it held on tenaciously.
‘You know, all you’re doing is making me tired.’
With the cold wind blowing, Weed’s stamina rapidly declined as he fought.
Given the variables, if the battle was prolonged, the Bone Dragon might choose self-annihilation.
Weed yelled at the visible body in the air.
“Bingryong, use your breath!”
“Understood master!”
Bingryong took a deep breath and exhaled.
Ice breath that froze everything!
With no place to escape, the Bone Dragon dove towards Bingryong’s feet as the breath was released.
Jjeojeojeojeok!
At that moment, the Bone Dragon’s body was frozen stiff instantly!
In its usual state, it would have warded off the attack to some extent due to its magic resistance, but with its abnormal status, the ice breath literally froze the Bone Dragon’s body.
It was then.
Weed jumped into the air and as he landed, he thrust the spear down with overwhelming force.
The target of the past, the point was hit precisely again.
"Keueoeoeo!"
The crack on the Bone Dragon’s skull spread over an increasingly broad area, all the way down to its tongue when the whole skull shattered into ice debris.
Many message windows flashed through Weed’s head. Some indicated his level had risen. With the Bone Dragon hunt successful, tremendous experience would be acquired. Even with Weed’s current level of over 300, his level should have risen by at least 10, but since he hunted it along with the expedition, the experience was divided and he received a total of 7 levels.
However, there was something even more urgent.
Acquire items!
Weed descended to the ground and ran to the spot where the Bone Dragon crashed.
On top of a hill in Death Valley, items were all over the place.
Some ancient books, a bunch of bones and a shield!
Syasyasyak!
His hands moved rapidly towards the items with battle mentality.
Despite transforming into Origin of the Skeleton, he lacked the strength to acquire items.
“Now, time to find the truth about the Nifleheim Empire.”
Weed finally came down the hill to finish his work.
Slowly.
Crawling like a turtle.
Due to the heavy weight, each step was done with the utmost caution. His legs had to be perfect to compensate for his insufficient strength.
‘With all that suffering, I better get something good.’
Earned income was a case of big business!
When weed arrived at the bottom of the hill, he determined his reward.
“Identification!”
Four types of items were left behind by the Bone Dragon.
Refused to abandon even a single item!
Particularly the ancient shield, an exceptional unique class item. Tremendous defense was extremely helpful in battles.
Because it cannot be repaired, it will be abandoned when durability runs out.
“Given its extremely high durability, I suppose I can use it for a few months at least.”
If it is not used in normal hunting, it can be used for even longer periods of time.
Items that cannot be repaired are difficult to deal with. Every time it is used, your nerves are on edge as its durability decreases.
People look separately for rare items at relatively cheap prices, but given the Ancient Shield’s degree of defense and many options, it could be sold at an expensive value.
“The rotten dragon bones can contribute considerably to blacksmith skills and it can create a lot of necessary equipment to wear or sell.”
Weed made a heartfelt smile as he slowly descended down the hill and entered the cave he saw the Bone Dragon emerge from.
Creepy cave.
A cave made with ice as clear as glass.
“So this is the source of the cold.”
After being sent to the north, it was the first time in a while that Weed encountered such a cold place.
“If this drags on too long, I’ll freeze to death.”
Weed hastened his pace as he walked into the cave. The deeper he entered, the colder it got.
Paintings were drawn on the walls.
Knights of the Nifleheim Empire appeared to be fighting monsters. Vivid scenes depicted knights and wizards attacking their way through hordes of monsters.
The last figure was a blue robed wizard opening a box containing some beads.
Then all the monsters and humans froze.
Looking at the paintings, Weed speculated.
“Is it talking about the final battle of the Nifleheim Empire?”
Not far away at the end of the cave were boxes placed side by side.
Heavy iron boxes.
The inscribed patterns revealed them to be noble Nifleheim Empire treasures.
‘Jackpot.’
Weed stretched out his hand.
Severe tremors sprang up on Weed’s skull bone.
‘No way... they can’t be serious. I don’t think so.’
Weed once again tried to force the box open.
However, it did not go as planned.
Adventurer or thief’s unlocking skill!
It was an essential skill for opening closed doors and boxes. But there was no such skill for Weed.
Cursed with the job of Moonlight Sculptor, there were no skills from the adventurer series.
‘This damn job, it’s so fucking useless!'
Weed struggled to beat the sadness. However, near the boxes was a small paper. Weed read through it.
Events chronicling the last six years of the Nifleheim Empire.
Our Nifleheim Empire was invaded by hordes of monsters.
Northern forests, there is no doubt the monsters descended from the dark forests.
The burning imperial capital collapsed.
Loyal Knights and Soldiers laid down their lives, but it was not enough to handle that many monsters.
Thus, as a last resort, we lead the monsters into the center of the valley.
Serbian Witch’s Broken Beads.
Passed down from generation to generation within the Empire’s Royal Family, the cursed object used to fight monsters.
And finely wrapped inside the paper was a golden key. Weed opened the boxes right away with the key.
The first box contained gold and jewels filled to the brink. The gold sparkled and the jewels dazzled.
‘That’s gotta be at least 150,000 gold.’
No matter how powerful you may be, you cannot overlook treasure.
Weed pocketed all the treasures inside the box without reserve.
In the second box, various materials were gathered.
Ores for blacksmith handling as well as cloth and leather for sewing.
‘Nothing must be left behind.’
The third box contained weapons and armors of the Nipelheim Empire.
Old antique weapons sprinkled with dust. With rusted blades, a terrible performance was sure to follow.
The clothes were also outdated and seemed to crumble when touched.
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