The Final Boss Has Returned 141

Chapter 141

The Broken World was a land of opportunity.

A vast landmass rivaling the size of Ard World, the ruins of an alien race slumbering within, and high-level monsters that respawned endlessly!

The Broken World was a land that had everything high-ranking users could want.

However, it wasn’t just the high-ranking users who were interested in the Broken World.

Light users were also very interested.

It was only natural for them to be interested in the end-game content of the game they enjoyed.

[ (Exclusive) Alien Ruins Excavation Site Captured!]

[ (Live) Plant Raid Live]

Ard Live streamers were already endlessly creating Broken World-related content to meet the demands of these users.

From alien ruins to plant raids!

Users were starting to want new content after having the Broken World’s content squeezed dry.

[No new content?]

[Raiding ruins every day lol It’s all the same now lol]

[I heard they already found the Hive Mind’s location; why aren’t they raiding it?]

Therefore, users were more eager than anyone else for the Primeval Plateau raid.

The Hive Mind!

It was only natural for the current Ard Saga Second users to desire to see the final boss raid of the Broken World.

However, contrary to the users’ wishes, the four factions that had divided the Broken World into four were not budging in front of the Primeval Plateau.

[What are they all doing?]

[Seriously lol Eugene has the most power, why is he just standing still? lol]

[Seriously, Five Eyes’ power could have already swept through it lol They’re scared. Scared?]

[Ah, the sucker is here again;; How do you explain your Dark Alliance being still?]

[We’re waiting for Drakan-nim, okay? lol It’s disgusting to compare us when the Yoo-jin-tards aren’t even at full power, right?]

And among those four factions, the ones being talked about the most were Hero Eugene and Five Eyes.

Eugene!

As long as he carried the reputation of being a top-ranked player and the banner of Five Eyes, the strongest force in Ard World, it was only natural that the users’ attention would be focused on him the most.

The moment the users’ opinions were moving in an unusual direction.

[Breaking news…… Drakan…… returns from the sky……]

[Hul, is it real?]

[He’s going to the Broken World?]

Drakan!

News spread that he had descended from the floating castle and was heading towards the Broken World, and soon after, information began to circulate that Eugene and Drakan were negotiating in the Broken World.

[Negotiation?]

[Are they going to collab again this time?]

[Oh, are they finally progressing the story?]

Thus, the attention of countless users who had been watching the phase progression of the Broken World was once again focused on Eugene and Drakan.

The negotiation that many users were looking forward to.

The place Drakan chose for this was the Dark Alliance’s base camp.

Base Camp.

What had started as a palisade and tents had now become a proper earthen fortress with buildings, and the meeting between the two factions was taking place in a stone building at the heart of the camp.

“It’s been a while, Drakan-nim. Have you been well?”

The first to enter the spacious conference room was Eugene.

Eugene, with a handsome face and a bright smile, approached Drakan first, extended his right hand, and offered a handshake.

Drakan looked at Eugene and smiled faintly.

It was a smile of joy at seeing the generous sucker arrive.

“Of course. Have you been well?”

Apart from that, the fact that he had to ask him back about his well-being in response to his greeting was a little annoying, but Drakan wasn’t foolish enough to carelessly express his emotions in front of everyone.

“Yes, I have.”

“Let’s sit down first.”

When Drakan spoke after hearing Eugene’s words, Verda and Argen, who had come to participate in the negotiation with Eugene, also sat down.

Drakan, too, sat down with Ignis and Shin Ha-yeon on either side of him, and quietly looked at Argen, who was sitting next to Eugene.

Argen.

He had a bad history with him, but they were quite acquainted.

If Verda was Eugene’s brain, Argen could be called his kingmaker.

It was Argen of the Breaker Guild who had declared his support for Eugene in the early days when he began to make a name for himself and started to systematically support him through the guild’s organizational power.

‘Verda and Argen, he sent quite a tricky lineup.’

Drakan’s gaze swept over the three of them.

Eugene was a sucker, but Verda and Argen were not easy opponents.

Just as Drakan was thinking about Verda and Argen and contemplating his counter-strategy.

“So, what do you want?”

Verda spoke in a cold voice.

Her gaze was fixed directly on Drakan.

What Drakan wanted, that was what Verda was most curious about.

“The Hive Mind raid, or the transfer of the Mythical grade material item that will be rewarded from this Broken World quest.”

Drakan said, looking at Eugene while ignoring Verda’s gaze.

“That’s my top priority.”

Mythical grade material item!

The atmosphere cooled down as its existence was finally mentioned.

Of course, it was closer to asking for the right to own the item if it appeared in the future, rather than the item they currently possessed, but the destructive power of a Mythical grade item was no joke, so Verda and Argen couldn’t help but be shaken.

“Are you kidding me right now?”

It was Sword Emperor Argen who broke the ominous silence.

Forget Legendary grade items, he’s asking for a Mythical grade item!

This was no different from a robber without a knife.

However, the perpetrator of this outrage was calmly smiling amidst the cold atmosphere.

“I’m not asking for the items you currently possess, and I’m only taking one out of the many rewards you’ll get in the future, isn’t that cheap enough?”

Drakan spoke in a leisurely voice, and just as Argen was about to say something in response.

Verda opened her mouth before Argen and spoke to Drakan.

“There are still two more factions besides you. Just make a negotiation offer to them.”

Drakan laughed at Verda’s words.

The other two factions.

Xiongmao eSports and Simseong Iron Stars.

He had already anticipated that she would mention them, but Drakan didn’t care much.

That was because it was clear that they would have already made a negotiation attempt if they had intended to.

The goal of the two factions was to maintain the status quo at minimum, and a solo raid at maximum.

The Eight Guilds!

The goal of the three guilds, excluding Five Eyes, was the same.

That was to ultimately aim for hegemony in Ard World!

Even Simseong Iron Stars, which was created to target Drakan, JDG, and Jeil E&M, had the ultimate goal of gaining hegemony after eliminating Drakan.

Of course, the three guilds weren’t openly advocating for a challenge to hegemony.

Even Drakan and JDG, who were the most active in challenging hegemony, didn’t mention anything related to it in official settings, so that spoke for itself.

However, that didn’t mean their ambition had died.

They were just holding their breath and biding their time because Five Eyes’ power was so overwhelming.

In such a situation, the Valley of Origins and the Primeval Plateau had appeared, which were clearly minefields that could force the enemy to bleed.

From the perspective of the three guilds, they had to push Five Eyes into the minefield to diminish their towering power.

The fundamental cause of the strange silence lay right there.

So, in this situation, Verda mentioning the two factions was just a bluff.

“Well, try it if you want. If they cooperate, that is.”

Verda’s face hardened at Drakan’s words.

She had needlessly spoken up and gained nothing.

‘As expected, it doesn’t work.’

It was as she had expected, but that made it even more despairing.

This was because they had no cards to play.

As he had said, there was no chance that the other guilds would cooperate with Five Eyes.

In other words, there was no other way but to join hands with Drakan for now.

It was a dead end.

‘The right to transfer the Mythical grade material item, is that worth it?’

Verda’s mind raced.

Joining hands with Drakan was already a given.

There was no other way.

Then, she had to calculate whether Drakan’s offer was a loss or a gain.

What Drakan wanted was the right to transfer the Mythical grade material item that would be rewarded from the Hive Mind raid or the Broken World quest.

In other words, he was asking for a guarantee of a future item.

‘There’s a chance that a Mythical grade material item might not appear in the Hive Mind raid or the Broken World quest, but that probability is extremely low.’

Mythical grade.

It was certainly the highest grade item in Ard World, which was difficult to even see, but that didn’t mean it didn’t exist.

Moreover, both the Broken World quest and the Hive Mind raid had a high probability of yielding a Mythical grade item!

From that perspective, it was no different from saying that they had to unconditionally give a future item to Drakan.

However, in return, being able to utilize the power of the Dark Alliance was appealing.

For convenience, they treated Drakan and the other two guilds as equals, but in terms of actual power, Drakan, who was receiving the buff of the Dark Alliance faction, was stronger than the other two guilds combined.

‘A Mythical grade item, that’s not too much of a price to pay.’

After finishing her calculations in her head, Verda spoke.

“Drakan-nim’s opinion makes sense.”

Drakan’s smile deepened at her words.

Verda.

In the end, she had lost to Drakan once again.

Of course, in the current situation, it was more accurate to say that she was trapped in a dead end from the beginning rather than being defeated, but in any case, Drakan smiled at the fact that Verda had lost again.

On the other hand, Verda felt humiliated.

But she didn’t show it.

Eugene.

The one she loved had chosen to cooperate with other factions to reduce the sacrifices of the users.

Protecting the path Eugene walked and walking alongside him.

That was the way Verda had lived her life so far.

“……We will transfer the rights to the Mythical grade material item we obtain from future Broken World-related quests or the Hive Mind raid.”

“Eugene, do you agree?”

Drakan asked Eugene, suppressing the rising laughter of joy after hearing Verda’s words.

Eugene nodded and smiled at Drakan’s question.

“Yes, I agree. I can easily give you that much.”

A bright smile finally spread across Drakan’s face after hearing Eugene’s answer.

Eugene.

Even after meeting him again, he was still the very definition of a generous giver.

Thinking so, Drakan looked at Argen, who had a sour expression on his face, and Verda, who didn’t look too happy either, and then at Eugene, who was cluelessly smiling alone, and slowly spoke.

Having secured the top priority condition, it was now time to state the second condition.