The Final Boss Has Returned 152

Chapter 152

“Drakan-nim.”

A voice cautiously calling his name reached Drakan’s ears as he was smiling, reminiscing about his grand plan of rebellion.

Drakan turned his head to look at the owner of the voice.

Drakan.

It was none other than Eugene who had called him.

“An item dropped from the Hive Mind’s corpse.”

Eugene’s words brought Drakan back to his senses.

Drakan.

The reason he participated in this damn raid.

It was to obtain a Mythical grade material item, the key to completing the Aerial Mobile Fortress.

Of course, if Drakan’s prediction was correct, and considering the horrifying difficulty of the Hive Mind raid, a Mythical grade material item should have definitely dropped. However, due to the possibility of a one-in-a-million chance, Drakan couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Drakan’s gaze shifted to the spot where the giant heart had been just moments ago.

Shining items were revealing their presence there.

Items that looked extraordinary at a glance!

“Confirm loot.”

Looking at the sight, Drakan immediately brought up the loot list window.

And finally, Drakan was able to find the item he desired so much.

[Hive Mind’s Essence]

[Grade: Mythical]

[Durability: Infinite]

[Classification: Material]

A bead formed by the gathering of powerful essence left behind as the Conquest Lord Hive Mind, who had ascended halfway to the level of a Transcendent Being, met its demise. A fragment of the powerful unifying will that the Hive Mind possessed in its lifetime resides within.

[Item Effects]

[All Stats +600]

[Skill Power +100%]

[Complete Immunity to Mental Skills]

[Debuff Resistance +100%]

[Mana Regeneration +500%]

[Mana Recovery Speed +300%]

[The effects of this item are applied simply by having it in your inventory.]

[Can be processed into equipment items.]

Looking at the Hive Mind’s Essence, which possessed truly thrilling item effects despite still being just a material, befitting a Mythical grade item, Drakan calmed his trembling heart inwardly.

‘The effects are beyond imagination.’

Mythical grade items were items that even Drakan, who had experienced everything there was to experience in the previous game, had rarely seen in person.

This was because the saying that it was a grade you couldn’t buy even with money wasn’t an exaggeration.

‘The options are so good that it would be a waste to use it for the quest.’

That was how much Drakan valued the item effects of the ‘Hive Mind’s Essence’.

The effects were so great that it seemed a waste to use them for the Legacy Quest.

Not only the stat increase, but the option to simultaneously increase mana recovery speed and regeneration rate was phenomenal.

With options like these, he wouldn’t have to worry about running out of mana just by having it in his possession.

But the most important options of the Hive Mind’s Essence were the complete immunity to mental skills and the 100% increase in debuff resistance.

The fact that these two options appeared together meant that the moment he possessed this item, he would be completely free from CC skills like stun, blind, slow, and bind.

Considering the undeniable importance of CC skills in actual combat, this was no different from having a significant competitive advantage and being able to force one-sided trades in both PvP and PvE.

The most important thing was that the Hive Mind’s Essence was, after all, a material item.

‘Considering that the options get even better when a material item is processed into equipment, if I make equipment with this….’

If the options of the unprocessed raw stone were this good, the options of the finished equipment would surely be beyond imagination.

Of course, as great as the effects of the Mythical grade material item were, in order to fully bring out the performance of this Mythical grade material item, he had to find an item crafter with the appropriate crafting skills.

If he carelessly entrusted the Essence to blacksmiths or enchanters with low crafting skill proficiency, it could lead to a situation worse than not crafting the equipment at all.

This applied not only to Mythical grade but also to Legendary grade material items.

High-grade material items had designated production-class users or NPCs who could handle them.

Therefore, for ordinary users who couldn’t find such master or grandmaster-level crafters, even if they obtained a Legendary grade material item, it was more profitable to sell it and turn it into money.

Of course, that was the case for Legendary grade, and Mythical grade was a bit different.

Mythical grade would definitely show performance beyond the effort of searching for a crafter and investing a huge amount of money to process it into equipment items.

Moreover, Drakan also possessed the power of Jeil E&M, so unlike ordinary users, he didn’t need to struggle to find master-level crafters.

Of course, the Aerial Mobile Fortress Voltaha, which could be created through this item, also possessed exceptional performance and overwhelming potential to completely change the war paradigm of the Ard World, but the value of the Mythical grade material item was just as great.

So how could he not feel regretful!

‘But I don’t have a choice.’

Drakan licked his lips.

Drakan.

He was the kind of person who would catch two rabbits and make rabbit stew if given the chance, but this time, he didn’t have the option to catch both rabbits.

The Legacy Quest!

In order to reach the ranks of EX grade like Eugene, he had to complete that quest, so Drakan practically had only one choice.

Knowing that excessive greed was a shortcut to disaster, Drakan let go of his lingering attachment to the item.

“Now is the time for item distribution.”

Just as Drakan was having these thoughts about the item effects of the Hive Mind’s Essence.

Argen clapped his hands and drew everyone’s attention.

At the same time, the chat window went wild.

[Time for distribution lol]

[Item distribution let’s go!]

[Really curious what items dropped;]

[It’s the final boss item of the phase, so it must be endgame gear, right?]

Hive Mind!

As it was the loot dropped by the death of a big shot, the final boss of Phase 2, it was only natural that the public’s attention would be focused on it.

Argen glanced at the reactions in the chat window and said.

“Let’s start with Eugene-nim, who took first place, to choose an item.”

The loot distribution method for this Hive Mind raid party was, as previously agreed upon, differential distribution based on contribution.

Naturally, the person with the highest contribution had the right to choose the loot first and to choose more items based on their share.

Hearing Argen’s words, Eugene spoke calmly.

“As I promised Drakan-nim earlier, I will yield my turn and my 5% share.”

However, contrary to his calm tone, the content of his words was shocking, to say the least.

Not only yielding his turn, but also transferring his share!

At Eugene’s words, which were like a tree that gives without reservation, the chat window began to blaze.

[Wow, look at Eugene-nim’s generosity;]

[Eugene, showing mercy even to his former enemy…… You are a textbook…….]

[Eugene’s hypocrisy is disgusting;]

[Really, the act of kindness is sickening;]

[This isn’t kindness, it’s being a sucker]

[Are you happy that your leader is being taken advantage of?]

[Hey, what’s so kind about this; They said they promised beforehand. It’s 100% a deal between the two lol]

[Was this what Drakan and Eugene were negotiating about last time?]

[Anyway, the Infinite Eugene Church people are unreasonable, everything is thanks to Eugene-nim lol They’re complete fanatics;]

The Infinite Eugene Church praising Eugene’s good deeds and the black cows mocking Eugene for being a sucker were clashing!

However, the chat window wasn’t just filled with users from both extremes, and among the neutral users, some focused on Eugene’s words “previous promise” and speculated that there might have been some kind of deal between the two, while others connected the words “previous negotiation” and “promise.”

‘Drakan, was this what you gained from the negotiation back then?’

‘You were aiming for this from the beginning.’

And upon hearing Eugene’s words, the gazes of Sword Emperor Wu Jing, Axe King Paul, and Assassination King Layla turned towards Eugene and Drakan.

Drakan.

It was already a well-known fact that he had negotiated with Eugene regarding the strategy for the Valley of Origins.

However, not many users knew what kind of compensation was exchanged between them during the negotiation.

And now, the three of them finally realized the compensation that was exchanged during the negotiation.

Priority in distribution and transfer of contribution share.

They realized that this was likely the right that Drakan had secured from Eugene.

To begin with, reaching the position of Over-Ranker required not only game skills but also political sense, so it was only natural for them to notice this fact.

Of course, Drakan also realized that the three of them had figured out the ‘compensation’ of the negotiation, but it wasn’t something he particularly cared about.

Anyway, ignoring the gazes of the three, a translucent notification window appeared in front of Drakan, who was looking at the chat.

[User ‘Eugene’ wants to transfer 5% of his contribution share and the loot distribution priority to you.]

[Would you like to accept the transfer?]

Looking at the formal procedure of confirming once again whether he would receive the item distribution as Eugene had said, Drakan spoke in a flat voice.

“Accept.”

[You have received 5% of the contribution share from user ‘Eugene’.]

[You have received the loot distribution priority from user ‘Eugene’.]

As soon as he received the loot distribution priority, Drakan immediately touched the ‘Hive Mind’s Essence’ in the loot list.

[Would you like to acquire the Hive Mind’s Essence by consuming 10% of your contribution share?]

The Hive Mind’s Essence, befitting a Mythical grade item, required a whopping 10% of his contribution share!

Looking at the notification window, Drakan said without hesitation.

“Acquire.”

[You have acquired the Hive Mind’s Essence.]

[Please check your inventory.]

Drakan confirmed the message and opened his inventory to take out the Hive Mind’s Essence.

As soon as the Hive Mind’s Essence came out of the inventory, it emitted a colorful light and floated into the air.

The appearance of the Hive Mind’s Essence, which had a shape like an orb created by a magician, caused the chat room to go wild.

[Is the first loot unboxing of the Hive Mind up?]

[Wow, the effects are crazy;;]

[What kind of item is this?]

[Looks like a material item?]

[Is it an equipment item?]

[Is it an accessory?]

[It’s obviously a material item, what are you all talking about?]

[lol The experts have arrived lol]

[Your baseless assumptions are amazing, right?]

The users were excited about the unboxing of the first loot from the Hive Mind raid.

It was because it was an item that looked extraordinary, even though they didn’t know what it was.

Drakan smiled as he watched the users’ reactions.

Finally, it was time to go and finish the Legacy Quest.