The Final Boss Has Returned 14

Chapter 14

The Drakan in the video said that and immediately brought up the information window of the dungeon gate right in front of him.

[Troll’s Temple]

[Grade: C+]

[Appropriate Level: 100~120]

[The ruins of an ancient civilization occupied by trolls. The past of this once glorious temple is only fragmentarily shown by the old and damaged giant statues.]

[This temple, where countless people cried out for God, has now become a haven for hideous and violent troll hordes. Beware of their sharp spears. If you’re not careful, you might be buried next to those who sleep in this temple……]

Troll’s Temple.

The information window of the famous dungeon visited by users who have just shed their newbie status, with an appropriate level of 100 or higher, was now floating in the video.

[Troll’s Temple?]

[Is he saying he’s going to run that at level 12?]

[With that kind of equipment?]

In Ard Saga Second, levels are not as important as they were in the previous game.

However, that only meant they weren’t absolutely crucial, not that levels were completely useless.

No matter how legendary Drakan’s Legacy weapon was, or how many points he had to freely buy experience coupons, running a dungeon with an appropriate level of 100 at level 12 was nothing short of suicide.

Especially in Second, a hardcore game where a character only has one life, unlike the previous game where you could try again after dying several times!

It was something you couldn’t do unless you were truly crazy.

[From now on, I’ll clearly prove it in front of you. My skills.]

Drakan smiled coldly as he looked at the gate, and the users who watched the entire video that followed were absolutely blown away.

[King God Emperor Next Generation Drakan >>> That Hero Play]

[Kya lol I thought he was going to have a brain fart on broadcast, but he turned it into art]

[Fact) Legacy is just OP. Even a passing newbie would do this if given a Legendary Legacy]

[Don’t compare it to your pathetic standards. Speedrunning like this isn’t something just anyone can do]

[Seriously lol Do you think it’s easy to run to the boss room without getting hit once?]

[Those who have fought trolls will know this, but these guys communicate surprisingly fast and form包围网quickly; to break through like that, you need both situational judgment and spatial analysis skills]

[Bullshit lol Trolls just get shredded with one hit, what kind of grandiose stuff is needed to break through that]

[Idiot, look at Drakan’s level. It’s meaningful because he succeeded at that low level]

[Didn’t Eugene also succeed in a more difficult dungeon run at a low level? Didn’t you see him run the Stone Gargoyle Cave?]

[That’s because Eugene is a scaredy-cat full party guy, solo and full party are worlds apart]

[He would never run a dungeon like that, ignoring all the mobs lol It’s just boring. He’s popular because he’s strong, but in terms of fun, Drakan wins hands down. Agree?]

Drakan.

He had truly conquered the Troll’s Temple perfectly with a level 12 character.

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Drakan’s video that caused a stir on the internet.

The aftermath of this sensational video finally reached beyond the internet and Ard World, to the Lightwing Guild, where the top-ranked player Eugene belonged.

The Lightwing Guild House in the capital of the Holy Kingdom of Lightness.

A heavy silence hung between the five guild members, including Eugene, gathered in the conference room.

“Hey. Did you see the video Drakan uploaded?”

The one who broke the silence was the large, muscular man sitting to the right of Eugene, his real-life best friend, MuscleMan.

“Yeah.”

Eugene nodded silently at MuscleMan’s words.

Drakan’s dungeon raid video.

Of course, Eugene had also seen the video that had instantly become a hot issue on the internet.

“I saw it, but is there a problem?”

Eugene spoke in an innocent voice, looking at his guild members sitting with serious expressions.

MuscleMan sighed softly at Eugene’s excessive innocence.

He always thought so, but his best friend was too insensitive, naive, and unaware of the ways of the world.

Of course, that was part of his charm, and it was true that many fans were enthusiastic about his kind nature, but sometimes MuscleMan found it incredibly frustrating.

“No, it’s just……”

“Let me explain.”

Just as MuscleMan was about to answer Eugene’s question, a cold voice cut him off.

It was Verda, the silver-haired witch who was Eugene’s colleague and the brains of the guild.

“Drakan has signed an exclusive contract with Jeil E&M.”

Verda began to explain slowly, looking at Eugene.

“And Shin Ha-yeon, the de facto ruler of Jeil E&M, doesn’t think highly of our Lightwing Guild.”

“I know that.”

Eugene nodded at Verda’s words.

Jeil E&M’s Shin Ha-yeon!

The memory of meeting her when Second was just released was still vivid in his mind.

“Shin Ha-yeon’s goal remains the same. She wants to possess the future of Ard Saga.”

Verda continued her explanation calmly.

“And Eugene-nim, you refused her offer.”

“Because I couldn’t entrust the future of Ard World, the future of the users, to such a person.”

“But Shin Ha-yeon hasn’t given up her ambition. Signing an exclusive contract with Drakan is proof of that.”

Eugene’s face hardened slightly as he listened to Verda’s words.

He wasn’t so stupid as to not understand the implications after all this explanation.

Shin Ha-yeon is joining hands with Drakan to once again pursue her ambition.

That was the hidden meaning in Verda’s explanation, and realizing that, Eugene muttered in a regretful voice.

“If I had accepted the Doctor’s offer back then……”

After defeating the Final Boss of the previous game, the Harbinger of the End Apocalypse, and unifying the continent under the name of the Lightwing Guild to see the ending.

Eugene was invited to the headquarters of Miracle Entertainment and had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Kim Hong-gi one-on-one.

Dr. Kim Hong-gi.

The unprecedented genius who single-handedly designed and created Ard World, a perfect virtual reality that was practically another world!

In their first meeting, Dr. Kim revealed a surprising truth.

He was suffering from an incurable disease, and although he was using all the latest treatments to prolong his life, he only had about 10 years left to live.

And he confided that if Eugene, who had seen the ending of the game, wished, he would hand over Miracle Entertainment, the operating company of Ard Saga, to him.

But the foolish Eugene of that time refused Dr. Kim’s offer, saying he wanted to remain a user, not the owner of Miracle Entertainment.

“……This wouldn’t have happened.”

Eugene knew.

That Ard Saga Second wasn’t just a sequel to Ard Saga, and that the ending reward wasn’t just 100 billion won!

Ard Saga Second was another attempt by the terminally ill Dr. Kim to choose a successor to inherit Miracle Entertainment and Ard World, following the previous game!

It was a competition for succession!

Knowing the truth behind it, Eugene had to refuse Shin Ha-yeon’s offer.

He believed that if the ambitious third-generation chaebol heiress got her hands on Ard World, the pure form of Ard World, shaped by the users, would no longer be seen.

That was the reason why Eugene was desperately holding onto his position as the top-ranked player in Ard Saga Second.

If he saw the ending this time, Eugene planned to inherit the position of the owner of Miracle Entertainment from Dr. Kim.

To protect the pure user’s world and the other world that was Ard World from the hands of countless hyenas, including Shin Ha-yeon, and keep it as beautiful as it was.

Of course, it was a kind of arrogance and self-righteousness to think that only he was qualified to inherit Miracle Entertainment and protect Ard World, to be the successor of Dr. Kim Hong-gi.

But Eugene, intoxicated by idealism and a sense of mission, hadn’t realized that yet.

Anyway, only Dr. Kim, Eugene, and the five members of the Lightwing Guild knew that the real ending reward of Ard Saga was the inheritance of Miracle Entertainment.

Thanks to Dr. Kim’s firm request to Eugene to keep it a secret, Eugene and his colleagues had kept the secret until now.

“Don’t blame yourself too much, Eugene-nim. The choice you made back then wasn’t wrong.”

Verda’s voice was laced with tender emotion as she saw Eugene’s regretful expression.

A rare look of concern appeared on her usually expressionless face.

Just then.

“Let’s kill him. Drakan.”

A chilling voice flowed from the mouth of Sharp, the elf archer sitting next to Verda.

Everyone’s eyes turned to her at her remark.

“If we kill him, it’s over, right? Unlike the old days, there’s no resurrection. Besides, isn’t Drakan a Legacy character? If we kill him, his Legacy will disappear, and he won’t be able to use his power.”

“That’s not possible.”

Eugene replied with a firm expression at Sharp’s words.

“He hasn’t broken his promise yet.”

Eugene said with a serious expression.

As he said, Drakan hadn’t broken his promise yet and hadn’t committed any wrongdoing.

All Drakan had done was upload a video of himself running a dungeon and sign an exclusive contract with Jeil E&M.

Eugene couldn’t punish Drakan just for that.

“If I kill him for such a reason, what’s the difference between the old Guild Alliance and me?”