The Final Boss Has Returned 117

Chapter 117

“Haa……”

Drakan roughly caught his breath as he stabbed the Iron Blood Executor, smeared with purple bodily fluids, into the floor of the boss room.

A series of notification windows popped up in front of him.

[You have defeated the boss monster, Swarm Lord, of the dungeon ‘Last Ruins’.]

The content of the notification window announced the defeat of the Swarm Lord!

That’s right.

Drakan, along with the Blood King and the Wolf King, had finally succeeded in conquering the dungeon’s boss monster.

Gazing at the disappearing corpse of the Swarm Lord, Drakan briefly recalled the battle.

Swarm Lord.

The boss monster of this dungeon, impressive with its large brain and somewhat comical appearance, possessed quite a powerful hidden strength.

Its physical attacks from its tentacles, as well as its debuff attacks using psychic waves, were quite threatening, but the Swarm Lord’s misfortune was that its opponents were Drakan, the Wolf King, and the Blood King!

Not just one, but two Over-Ranker level combatants, and with Drakan, whose physical prowess was second to none, joining the fray, all of the Swarm Lord’s patterns were deciphered, and in the end, it could only meet its demise.

However, that didn’t mean Drakan had easily defeated the Swarm Lord, as his own health was significantly depleted.

Drakan took out a potion from his inventory and drank it. On either side of him stood the Wolf King and the Blood King, covered in the purple bodily fluids that had splattered from the Swarm Lord’s body.

[Calculating contribution rate……]

[Contribution rate calculation complete.]

[Dungeon ‘Last Ruins’ Contribution Rate Ranking]

[1st Place: Drakan 100.00%]

[Congratulations! You have conquered the dungeon ‘Last Ruins’ with an overwhelming contribution rate!]

An overwhelming contribution rate!

[Never underestimate Drakan-nim again. LOL]

[Eugene’s fans are silent. LOL]

[Eugene’s fans hastily running away……]

[Honestly, I’m seeing Drakan in a new light;]

[Drakan’s form is still alive.]

[King Drakan]

[Shining Drakan]

[‘DrakanLoveYou-nim’ has donated 150,000 KRW.]

[‘SpecialGradeBlackCow-nim’ has donated 200,000 KRW.]

Unwavering support and chat messages poured in from users who witnessed Drakan’s performance in the boss battle!

Seeing this, Drakan smiled and glanced at the loot left behind by the now-vanished Swarm Lord’s corpse.

[Highest Grade Dimensional Stone]

[Grade: Hero]

[Classification: Material]

[Durability: 10,000/10,000]

[A mysterious ore containing dimensional energy within. It is an essential material for creating Dimensional Gates.]

‘As expected, it drops a Dimensional Stone.’

Drakan’s eyes gleamed coldly as he confirmed the item information of the Dimensional Stone.

Dimensional Stone!

The item that was practically the culprit behind sending Drakan and Eugene to this other world!

That item had once again fallen into Drakan’s hands.

“Contractor, please place the Dimensional Stone on the altar.”

The voice of Wolf King Robo reached Drakan’s ears as he held the shining Dimensional Stone in his right hand.

Wolf King Robo.

Having spent over a decade researching the records and documents left by the ancient inhabitants in order to return to his homeland, he had a rough understanding of the function and operation method of the Last Ruins.

“Alright.”

Holding the Dimensional Stone, Drakan ascended towards the stone altar located behind where the boss monster had been, atop the stairs.

Step by step.

Drakan’s footsteps echoed unusually loudly in the silent boss room.

Finally reaching the altar, Drakan placed the Dimensional Stone he held in his hand onto it.

At that moment.

The Dimensional Stone placed on the altar vibrated subtly, and a brilliant light surged upwards.

[The altar of the Last Ruins and the Dimensional Stone are resonating with each other.]

[The Last Ruins is absorbing the Dimensional Stone.]

Notification windows appeared before Drakan’s eyes!

Simultaneously, the Dimensional Stone placed on the altar transformed into light, then began to condense into a small sphere of light.

[Greetings, unregistered user. I am ‘Noah’, the management personality of the special-grade dimensional facility ‘Exodus’.]

An extremely mechanical voice!

Noah, the management personality of the Last Ruins, Exodus, had awakened.

Every time Noah’s cold voice, in the form of a sphere of light, echoed, the ball of light flickered.

[Currently, there are no registered users.]

[Reviewing records left by unregistered users in the ruins.]

[Identified as a hostile entity to the ‘Hive Mind’. Would you like to register as a user?]

“Yes.”

[Initiating user registration process.]

[Please place both hands on the altar.]

Following the instructions of management personality Noah, Drakan placed both hands on the altar, and immediately a brilliant light climbed up his wrists and enveloped his entire body.

[User registration complete.]

[Warning! The facility’s contamination level is critical.]

[Purification is required to utilize the facility.]

[Do you authorize the contamination purification process?]

After completing the user registration, Drakan, upon hearing Noah’s voice, recalled that the quest objective was to purify the ruins and nodded.

“Authorize.”

[Authorization complete.]

[Initiating contamination purification process.]

Right at that moment, as Drakan’s authorization was granted.

A dazzling blue light erupted from the altar, engulfing not only the boss room but the entire ruins, and further extending to the surrounding land.

Fwoosh!

Waves of light poured out from the ruins!

The scene of the blue waves of light blanketing the contaminated land and the monsters collapsing and dying as if they had been hit with an anesthetic upon being struck by the waves of light was almost divine.

[DDD Isn’t this totally like a movie?]

[Hul, the visuals are crazy;;]

[Wow, this quest is also legendary.]

A spectacle that even the viewers watching were impressed by!

Eugene, who was fighting against the enemy forces alongside the Lycansropes and the Undead, also witnessed the scene of the waves of light approaching and bestowing death upon the monsters, and carefully sheathed his holy sword, which he had been swinging tirelessly.

“You succeeded.”

A small voice escaped Eugene’s lips.

He had instinctively guessed it.

Drakan!

The fact that he had succeeded in conquering the dungeon.

‘I believed in you, Drakan-nim.’

Eugene closed and opened his eyes, gazing at the ruins, from which waves of light were still emanating.

He had trusted Drakan and sent him to the dungeon, and Drakan had lived up to his trust and splendidly conquered the dungeon.

Eugene smiled as if moved by this fact.

While Eugene was taking a break outside.

In the boss room, at the heart of the ruins, a quest completion message popped up in front of Drakan.

[Purification of the Last Ruins ‘Exodus’ is complete.]

[Quest ‘Return to Ard World’ completed.]

[Level up.]

[All stats increased by 134.]

Dismissing the level-up message, Drakan asked management personality Noah a question.

“Hey.”

[Yes, user.]

“When can this purification function be used again?”

Purification!

The miraculous function that had cleanly wiped out the enemy forces, which had been giving them so much trouble, with just a single wave of light!

Now that the main enemy of Phase 2, Broken World, was practically confirmed to be the Hive Mind’s forces, it was a fact that anyone could predict, even without Drakan bringing up his veteran experience, that being able to freely use this ‘purification’ skill would be a great help in conquering the future phases.

[It can be used again after exactly 3 years.]

3 years in game time, 1 year in real time!

1 year was more than enough time for Phase 2 to be completely over, so Drakan smacked his lips.

‘Well, from a balance perspective, there’s no way they would allow such a cheat function to be used easily.’

Drakan immediately understood Noah’s answer.

This was because such cheat functions often had a one-time use setting.

In this case, it wasn’t a one-time use, but a 3-year cooldown was practically the same as a one-time use.

Nevertheless, the reason Drakan asked this question was because of a possible chance.

“Can the Dimensional Gate be opened right now?”

Drakan’s second question popped out.

Dimensional Gate!

The means to return to Ard World and the ultimate goal of conquering this dungeon!

The main point had finally come out of Drakan’s mouth.

In response to Drakan’s question, management personality Noah flickered and began to answer.

[If you are referring to the large-scale Dimensional Gate function for migration, it is currently available. Please specify the desired dimensional coordinates.]

“Dimensional coordinates?”

[If you do not know the dimensional coordinates, you can place an object related to the desired dimension on the altar.]

Following management personality Noah’s further explanation, Drakan took out the Tainted Moonstone Necklace from his inventory and placed it on the altar.

Fwoosh!

A blue light emanating from the altar enveloped the Tainted Moonstone Necklace.

[Analyzing item.]

[Item analysis complete. Dimensional coordinates identified.]

[Activating large-scale Dimensional Gate function.]

[A large-scale Dimensional Gate has been generated on the 1st floor above ground.]

Noah’s stiff voice continuously reached Drakan’s ears!

Realizing that the Dimensional Gate had been generated on the 1st floor above ground through those words, Drakan whispered to Eugene and then left the boss room with the Blood King and the Wolf King.

Ard World!

The passage to return to their original world had finally opened.

▄ ▄ ▄

1st floor above ground of the ruins ‘Exodus’.

Inside the vast space, reminiscent of a Greek temple, with giant pillars lined up supporting the stone roof, a single stable swirling black sphere, several times larger than the unstable Dimensional Gate they had seen that day, floated in mid-air.

“So this is the Dimensional Gate.”

Dimensional Gate.

I muttered in a low voice as I looked at it.

It hadn’t been long since I came to this other world, but it felt like more than a year had passed.

“Drakan-nim. You’ve worked hard.”

Eugene’s voice reached my ears.

I looked at Eugene and took out the loot from my inventory.

“Dungeon loot. This is your share. Take it.”

Even though it was loot, it would be useless for someone of Eugene’s level, but that’s why I had to share it even more.

Of course, it wasn’t because I was grateful for the fact that Eugene had led the troops and defended the outside while I was conquering the dungeon.

Public opinion!

It was to gain the favor of the users.

‘If I end this collaboration stream after monopolizing the loot like this, the users will praise Eugene, who blocked the enemies outside without any reward, and criticize me, who monopolized the loot alone despite conquering the dungeon thanks to Eugene’s tanking.’

If I were Verda, I would definitely use this good bait to manipulate the Infinite Eugene Church and try to tarnish my reputation.

By framing me as the selfish and ungrateful Drakan who ignored Eugene’s help and monopolized the rewards.

To prevent that, and as a price for not losing the initiative in the upcoming flow of public opinion, handing over a few useless loot items was a cheap price to pay.

With that thought, I handed the items to Eugene, and as I expected, he shook his head and said:

“Thank you for your words, but I did not contribute to the dungeon raid. Therefore, I cannot accept these items. The loot belongs solely to Drakan-nim.”

To Eugene, who uttered the exact expected answer, I shoved the bundle of items into his arms and said:

“Who was it that drew the attention of the enemy forces outside so I could focus on the raid? If you think about it that way, you also contributed to the dungeon raid, so stop with the useless nonsense and just take it.”

He needs to accept it so I don’t get criticized for being selfish.

I swallowed those words and smiled, and Eugene awkwardly smiled and accepted the bundle of items I offered.

“I will gratefully accept it.”

Yes, that’s how it should be.

Smiling like that, I left Eugene behind and approached the Dimensional Gate.

Now, it was time to return to Ard World.