Regress and Eat

“You mean you can use it? ”

Hibiki's eyes shake very slightly.

Of course. What else could it be?

“Well, let's give it a try. ”

I handed the Mana Potion over to Nate, and he stumbled into position.

‘I've never taken a dragon into my own hands before. ’

Humanity's power is much stronger in the next few years, and so is the active hunting force that is treated as natural disasters that must not be touched now.

The Dragon Mana Core is called the ‘Dragon Heart’ and there are many Mana that are distinguishable from others, which is technically far more valuable than connecting thousands of small cores to create similar outputs.

Why Humanity is so obsessed with hunting mercenaries.

‘Young dragons are precious. Nearly dry by the time Nate was fully operational. On the other hand, it was impossible to make a dragon strong enough to survive without being hunted. ’

In other words, this was a great opportunity.

Whoo-hoo!

Nate's body is sweating like a waterfall.

The most violent Mana reaction I've ever seen.

A red aura emanates from it and envelops the corpse of the dragon.

And...

Rrrrrr!

The mountains begin to shake.

Shhh!

The dragon that covered the entire foothills slowly moves.

“Ah!”

I got elastic without knowing it.

The once-dead dragon returns to the boundary between life and death and raises a fuselage.

It was more like a hypergeological replica of mountain production by accelerating it for millions of years, rather than the movement of life.

Cough!

An elongated neck pierces the sky.

“Undead dragon! ”

It is not a non-dragon-like species I saw in the Eight Dungeons of Siheung.

Made the real dragon undead.

Concepts that existed only in theory.

I had never actually seen it before.

“Phew.”

Nate sweats his way to the limit.

I quickly handed over the potion.

“Half of it. Shock up.”

“Got it.”

His eyes are fixed on the dragon while he sways and moves his neck.

The shiny black scale that covered the whole body did not fall off.

The two horns on the forehead and the angled wings are no different from the appearance of life.

‘The decomposition rate of the body will be slowed from now on. ’

If the tissue is completely decomposed and disappears in the future, there is nothing to worry about.

Like the other monsters I've seen in my past life, I will remain loyal to the bones of an ecosystem.

I asked Nate.

“What do you think? Do you think it's worth it? ”

He nods, not hesitating, to make sure he's still focused on his mind.

Since then, he has moved the dragon as if he were testing a few things.

In a few minutes.

Profit!

Nate said as he watched the dragon spread its wings and fly.

“Got it!”

He cleverly placed his hands on his waist.

“What about Mana Consume? ”

“Looks like I'm falling in more than a little monster control. ”

It's the only way.

We should continue experimenting with how much power we can recreate in our lifetime, and what Mana consumes as a result.

Humans and Orcs became more powerful than Nate's Mana when he was alive.

What about the dragon?

How far will Nate's Manatong go?

“Still, I think it's worth it. · · Huh? ”

Back then.

Nate stares up at the black dragon that covered the sky and shifts slightly.

“What's the matter? ”

He grimaces and puts his hands on his head.

I frowned in agony.

Mana is still here, so she is not exhausted.

If so · · ·.

Something popped into my head.

Oh, really? ’

Nate told me.

“Jin-wook. I think he did something really bad to the people who got here before us. Just look. Such scenes.”

He froze his face as he saw an undead dragon flying in the distant sky.

I think.

‘Another skill has already been unlocked. ’

The sub skill, [The memory of the dead], is a part of the dragon's memory that flowed into him in his life.

‘Much faster than in my previous life. ’

No matter how small the dragon was, Nate would have had the largest memory pack of any creature of any size in his past and present life.

It seemed to be the aftermath of making such a dragon into a family.

Nate shakes his head and mutters, looking into the dragon's memory.

“Maybe · · · they all died. That's enough.”

You're right. There will be no survivors.

“Let's go to his old Rare first. ”

*

At the top of the mountain there was a rare entrance disguised as a dragon's own seal, but it couldn't fool my eyes.

The stone wall flares as it waves, creating an entrance.

[Fluoroscopy] identified the internal structure, and I headed to the first place I used to be in prison.

“Ah!”

The scene that unfolded before my eyes was unbearable.

“Oops!”

Hibiki can't take it, so she runs outside. I hear vomiting outside the door.

Nate, on the other hand, was silently watching the scene unfolding in front of him.

Silently puts everything in two eyes.

The cold fury in his eyes.

I didn't yell at the whale, and I didn't panic with emotions, but I found out I'd been furious ever since he was rescued.

I muttered.

“That's nasty.”

Inside a prison made of clear glass, a human corpse twisted and reassembled in a bizarre shape is hung from a grappling hook like meat from a butcher shop.

The traces left all over my body made me realize that I'd lost my life in agony until I was about to die.

Some bodies have over thirty sutures on their abdomen, all varying degrees of scarring. It means you have been harassing them for a very long time.

“Son of a bitch. ”

The Hunters who entered the dungeon earlier and went up the mountain, encountered the dragons and went missing, said:

‘· · · · · · · You can't deputy the deceased, and be Nate's hand and feet for a long time. ’

Nate's gaze stayed on the remaining incision marks throughout the body for a long time.

I guessed what I was thinking.

It reminds you of the days we had in our bio experiment.

Shhh!

I flew my sword and broke all the magic barriers protecting the shelf.

“Are you going to move him outside? ”

I shook my head.

“All the Orcs tied up by the dragons fled. This mountain is empty now, so we should leave the repairs to the government. Finish the raid and report the situation here. ”

He said, not stopping the sword.

“Instead, let's break all the barriers for those who will come after us. ”

Me and Nate started breaking the artifacts protecting the shelves one by one. Hibiki came to our senses and helped us.

*

The government sent a follow-up to the Dragon's Treasure Depot after taking precautions to ensure a seamless haul.

There were no artifacts for humans to use, but they were full of gems instead. Among them, there was an elemental crystal that did not exist on Earth.

You also see sculptures and other works of art that allow you to glimpse the traces of an unknown civilization, other than jewelry.

‘They must have been swept together when the other dimensions came together to form the middle dimension. ’

And the dragon, according to its habits, is a mid-dimensional stash of these things.

‘There's no hobby of collecting and admiring this, but · ·. ’

There will be no shortage to seduce those who have expanded their consumption area to the treasures of the underwater world because they cannot control their money.

We swept it all away. Some were distributed among the five snakes, and some were stored in Nate's shadow.

Then Nate suddenly asked.

“Jin-wook.”

“Huh?"

“If there is a dungeon brake · · · if this dungeon explodes. ”

“Yes.”

“I hope you were able to make it out to Earth for the purpose you were here for. ”

I think the scene I just saw was still heavy in my heart.

I answered.

“Yes. This dungeon will explode after it has evolved to SS grade. There was a monster called Dragon that was not suitable for a Class S dungeon. ”

Nate thinks about something else and says,

“What we're doing now · · · all to prevent that from happening, right? ”

“Of course.”

What I am working for now, the will has already been fully explained to both of you.

Nate, who was moving around thinking about something, said in a resolved voice that he had come to some conclusion.

“I'll work harder in the future. ”

I laughed bloody.

“It just has to be like this. ”

*

After obtaining all the items for sale through the generator, there was one last homework to be done in this dungeon.

Dungeon cleared.

I scoured the field with a fluoroscope and used [Battlefield Command] skills to telepathically tell Nate and Hibiki where to collect the pieces of text. The process didn't take long, as the three men scattered and I flew to [Stardust Wing] to collect the pieces.

‘The reason that this dungeon has not been targeted so far is because it is intended to be used but also changes the contents of the periodic book, and each time the existing pieces disappear. ’

In other words, if the process of finding treasure increases too much, we have to start all over again.

“Found it again! I told you this was the last time. ”

“Yes."

I received the last piece from Nate.

A metal cube embossed with letters that are not of the earth.

We immediately moved to the altar.

Then, he stopped walking in front of a rectangular metal plate located at the center of the altar.

“That's the book of revelations. ”

At the top of the elongated plate, up and down, there is a groove that is gracefully lined up.

Bedroom!

Use your mind to float all the cubic pieces in the air, then find and stick each one that matches the pattern of the groove.

Immediately.

Whoo-hoo!

Below the first completed line, a new line of lines began to emerge in relief, with strings that did not originally exist.

The whole plate was filled with letters.

At that moment.

System message sounded.

- You satisfied the dungeon's clearance requirements!

-Clear Condition: Combine letters to complete the revelation

- The boundaries of the dungeon are weakened.

Then I get a message that is only visible to me.

-The user's approximate contribution ranking is # 1 (contribution 95%).

- Additional rewards are available for your contribution. Accept?

Nate asked.

“Are we going back to Earth now? ”

“I'll take the Book of Revelations and the reward. ”

I point to the metal plate where the string is completed.

Hibiki looked at it carefully, saying.

“The inscription here doesn't belong on Earth, does it? ”

I nodded.

This is called the Architectural Character in the Revelation.

I don't know what dimension the letters used to exist in the past, but what I do know for sure is that they have a very deep connection to the system.

For example, this text is seen in the means of explicit intervention by the Hunters, such as the Revelation.

“So, should I read it with an emotional scroll? ”

Humanity in this age has not yet fully deciphered the Architectural script.

I need help with a skill or item.

“Usually. ”

But I didn't have to tear the scroll or use [emotion] magic.

[Successor's Eye] naturally did not interpret the unreadable characters.

Then how do I read it?

It's simple

I already know this text.

“The top three lines are simple explanations of information. 191 · · So about 6 months from now, a Class S dungeon will be held and the free period given up to the dungeon brake will be three months from that. The lines underneath are all kind of numbers. In terms of the latitude and longitude of the Earth. ”

Elasticity explodes.

“Oh, can you read that stuff? Jin-wook is really great. ”

Nate looks really impressed.

Hibiki, on the other hand, still couldn't quite figure out what he was thinking.

Peeving!

I took out the handset and converted the figures written in the book of Revelations to Earth.

“The place is London. ”

I kicked my tongue.

“This is how you act. It doesn't appear in the order of time, location, or nearest location. ”

Zec!

I pull out a dagger and dress it in Mana.

And...

You start carving the metal plate surface again.

Shhh!

“What?! ”

The blue sword makes numerous solid lines and crosses over the book of Revelation.

Nate's eyes widen and he doesn't know why he's doing this.

“Jin-wook, why all of a sudden · ·! ”

So after a while.

The surface of the Revelation was completely changed.

Originally, there was a newly engraved string that I engraved, completely carved off the embossed arcade.

Hibiki said.

She may have already sensed my purpose.

“Did you engrave a revelation different from the original one? ”

“Yes.”

I know what the future holds for a Class S dungeon in London.

Since it has been ‘very unstable’ since its opening, it urgently summons top ranking hunters and successfully engages the target before the breaks.

There was no revelation, and since it was just before the advent of Angelica, there was no prophecy, but a disaster that could be averted by the power of humanity.

Meanwhile · · · ·.

“More urgent and intimidating, now that people need to know. ”

It was carved in person, so I could read it, of course, but I tested it to see if it would be accurately communicated to others.

[emotion]

Activates Magic.

Other people used [emotion] magic in the book of Revelation to see what interpretation would appear.

‘Good for you. ’

I remembered the content exactly as I engraved it.

In the coming month, a gate will open from a local Korean city to a Class A dungeon.

And that gate, which appeared to be very unstable, would go straight into the brake without giving it enough time to appear in London for three months.

Humanity called such a dungeon:

"Urgent Dungeon." ’

Then it's time to get rewarded.

“I'll be back in a minute. Don't panic when I'm gone. ”

Immediately thereafter, both Hibiki nodding his head and Nate's curious expression of seeing the additional awarded scene disappeared.

Instead of the altar I was standing on, I saw only the thick texture of darkness.

-Select a reward.

A white star scattered in a dark space.

I looked around quietly at the fragments of light.

‘Too bad. No SSS class. ’

I was disappointed to see that the reward could be targeted to the next level of dungeon difficulty.

Is there a mechanism that I don't know about yet? Rather, there were during the 8 dungeons that were targeted with lower contributions and why they were not here. No way. Simple luck? ’

As I thought about it, I stopped looking at one of the clusters of stars.

‘SS grade skill. ’

Looking closely, I was able to predict its identity.

I'm sorry to hear that.

[Teleport (Rank: SS)]

A skill used by dragons while attempting to flee before dying.

Magic skill cards are given in a mastery format, while some appear in a single-unit spell format.

In the former case, learning [Fire Mastery] skills of a specific rank allows you to use multiple orders like [Fire Ball] or [Flame Field] as packages, so you have a high preference but the power of the order does not exceed a certain category.

On the other hand, the latter spells that do not belong to the Mastery Card are enchantments that are very powerful or have a unique effect to surpass the aforementioned categories.

It's that precious · · ·.

‘It's a pass. ’

I have seen this skill before today with the Dragon.

It's just like I learned in my previous life because I saw scenes written by non-humans.

However, it is inefficient for other colleagues other than me to learn.

Anything else? ’

Then I stayed in one of them.

‘Yeah, that's better. ’

“I'll choose this. ”

A mechanical system message responded to me.

- Award user defined rewards. You've worked hard.

A white star approaches from the black sky, circling around, spraying the powder of light.

What's left after the white glow has been completely soaked in the dark is a little orb that glows amber.

I held it in my hand.