The Final Boss Has Returned 184

Chapter 184

“Dark Chains.”

Seven of the ten swords flying toward Drakan were bound by black chains that erupted from the ground, stopping them in their tracks.

Now only three remained.

Seeing the three different swords, each emanating a blue aura, flying towards him from different directions, Drakan raised his sword.

He could see it.

The optimal trajectory to defend against Sword Emperor Argen’s swords.

For Drakan, who had experienced countless practice sessions and real battles in both the game and reality, possessing physical abilities that had reached the pinnacle, this was easier than lying down and eating a rice cake.

Smirk.

A smile spread across Drakan’s lips.

“Berserk Sword.”

Kwa-gwang!

The aura flickering on the Iron Blood Executor exploded.

With that, the three swords bounced off in different directions with a slight delay between each.

The face of the Sword Emperor, who was hovering in the air through the Legendary grade skill ‘Sword Flight,’ contorted.

Sword Control.

One of the Legendary grade skills obtained during the Formless Sword quest.

Drakan had easily countered that skill, which allowed the simultaneous control and flight of ten Legendary grade swords in the air.

Of course, the Sword Emperor had thought that since it was a light attack, it wouldn’t inflict much damage, but he had believed it would be enough for a feint.

However, Drakan surpassed his expectations and ended the feint attack without any effective hits.

“For such a flashy entrance, there’s no substance. Is it because you’re an empty wagon?”

Drakan looked up at the Sword Emperor and taunted him mercilessly.

His taunt made the Sword Emperor’s hands tremble.

Eugene and Drakan!

The rage stemming from the inferiority complex towards the two users who stood at the apex in the past was boiling over in the Sword Emperor’s heart.

“Your arrogant demeanor will also end today.”

“Ah, well, do as you please. Imagination is free. By the way, it’s a pain in the neck looking up at you. Can’t you come down and fight?”

At Drakan’s words, the Sword Emperor, instead of answering, waved his right hand, and the ten swords flew back into the sky, returning to his side.

Seeing this, black wings sprouted from Drakan’s back.

Wings of Darkness.

It was a contract skill imparted by the Dark God and the only flight skill Drakan possessed.

“Are you scared? If you’re scared, I’ll go up.”

Seeing Drakan, the Sword Emperor pressed his temples, suppressing the boiling rage within him.

Drakan.

He was never an easy opponent.

He couldn’t defeat him in an agitated state.

Moreover, considering his skill set, it was much more advantageous to fight him on the ground than in the air.

Thinking this, Argen landed on the ground using Sword Flight.

Seeing this, Drakan said to Sharp,

“Stay out. I’ll take care of this.”

“Understood.”

Sharp’s figure disappeared into Drakan’s shadow as soon as she heard his words.

After confirming Sharp’s disappearance, Drakan raised the Iron Blood Executor and said,

“Come at me.”

At Drakan’s words, Argen laughed.

“Yielding the first move, still arrogant as ever.”

“You’re the arrogant one.”

Drakan’s gaze turned to Argen.

“To think that just because we’ve reached the same rank, you and I are on the same level, what else would that be but arrogance?”

A smile appeared on Drakan’s lips.

It was a clear mockery.

The moment he saw that, sparks flew from Argen’s eyes.

From the World Revolution until now.

He had always lived as the second-best.

Even earning the humiliating nickname ‘Strongest in the Human Realm.’

No matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he struggled, he was always second, unable to surpass Eugene’s name.

However, after Drakan’s appearance, even the nickname ‘Strongest in the Human Realm’ was stolen by him.

After Drakan reached the same rank as Eugene, there was no need for further explanation.

The public was saying that Drakan was the only user who could be compared to Eugene.

There was no place for Argen there.

And Argen couldn’t stand it.

That’s why he searched for the Mythical grade quest, conquered it, and finally reached the ranks of EX.

But now, the Drakan in front of him was denying all his efforts.

“Ha, hahahaha, hahahahahaha……”

A hollow laugh escaped Argen’s lips.

And with that, the thread of reason snapped in his mind.

Argen’s hands trembled.

He raised his trembling right hand.

“Formless Sword.”

Argen quietly chanted the skill activation phrase.

Woooooooooooong!

Along with it, a brilliant light appeared in the air and began to take a concrete shape.

It was a sword made of light.

Sword in Hand, Sword in Heart.

The ultimate realm reached by only a handful of the strongest swordsmen and knights in the history of Ard World.

The end of nothingness and the destination of the sword, the Mythical grade skill.

The Formless Sword finally revealed itself in Argen’s right hand.

Urrrrrrrrrr!

The moment the Formless Sword in his right hand vibrated, Argen kicked off the ground and leaped forward.

Along with him, the ten swords circling around him shot forward, cutting through the air and pressing in on Drakan from different directions.

“Ten Thousand Swords Heaven and Earth!”

Argen chanted the skill activation phrase as if in a frenzy.

Ten Thousand Swords Heaven and Earth.

Sword Emperor Argen’s ultimate skill before obtaining the Formless Sword.

His skill, which was said to cover the heavens and earth with ten thousand swords, revealed itself.

Wooong!

The ten swords floating in the air began to divide.

One into two, two into four, four into eight, eight into twelve.

The swords, endlessly dividing, began to densely fill Drakan’s vision, surging towards him like a tsunami.

It was a wave of swords.

Looking at the scene, Drakan said,

“World of Steel.”

Kwarrrrrrrrr!

As soon as Drakan finished speaking, dark red storm clouds began to gather in the sky.

Along with it, the ground around Drakan began to be dyed dark red.

“Iron Blood Army.”

As Drakan’s second skill activated, knights clad in black armor rapidly rose from the dyed ground, taking shape.

Looking at the endlessly rising Iron Blood Knights, Drakan smiled.

[We answer your call, My Lord.]

“Block that.”

[Understood, My Lord.]

At Drakan’s gesture, the Iron Blood Knights shouted.

[All forces, charge!]

[For My Lord!]

[For the Iron Blood Alliance!]

The Iron Blood Knights, transcending life and death, obedient only to the Steel Monarch, charged towards the wave of ten thousand swords.

Kwa-gwang!

As the two different waves collided, a massive shockwave swept the surroundings.

Watching the Iron Blood Army fight against the wave of ten thousand swords, Drakan used another skill.

Urrrrrrrrrr!

Thunder roared from the dark red sky, and red sparks began to strike the ground.

Steel Rain.

Drakan’s area-of-effect skill, amplified by the World of Steel buff, began to strike the ground with even greater power.

Deafening explosions echoed continuously.

Drakan blinked amidst the spectacle.

‘He’s coming.’

From afar, a particularly large explosion was approaching.

Sword Emperor Argen.

He was approaching like a bulldozer, obliterating everything in his path with the Formless Sword.

“Drakan!!!”

Looking at Argen, who was approaching while shouting his name, Drakan raised the Iron Blood Executor and used Iron Blood Avatar.

The moment his entire body was covered in dark red aura armor, Drakan quietly muttered,

“Overlord’s Sword.”

Overlord’s Sword.

As soon as Drakan’s only Mythical grade skill activated, dark red aura began to condense on the Iron Blood Executor, and the resulting shockwave began to distort the surrounding space.

“Die!!”

The moment Argen’s shout crossed the battlefield.

The moment the two Mythical grade skills, Formless Sword and Overlord’s Sword, clashed.

Kwa-gwang!

An explosion roared, the ground shook, and the sky trembled.

In the midst of the duel where dark red aura and blue aura intertwined, Drakan exchanged blows with Argen’s Formless Sword, wielding the Iron Blood Executor manifested by the Overlord’s Sword.

Flash!

Every time they exchanged blows, light exploded and shockwaves erupted, devastating the surroundings, but Drakan remained unfazed by the environment.

Drakan was focused on his opponent’s movements.

The Sword Emperor’s signature skills, Sword Control and Ten Thousand Swords Heaven and Earth, were already neutralized by Steel Rain and Iron Blood Army.

The only sword the Sword Emperor held in his hand was the Formless Sword.

The trajectory the Formless Sword left in the air was clearly visible in Drakan’s vision.

Argen’s swordsmanship, his movements, his breathing, everything about him was visible to Drakan.

Smirk.

A smile spread across Drakan’s lips.

“Sword Emperor.”

Drakan raised his sword.

“What a crude sword, unworthy of the name.”

The moment he finished speaking.

The Iron Blood Executor precisely exploited a gap in Argen’s swordsmanship and struck his torso.

Flash!

Light exploded.

Simultaneously, the Sword Emperor’s body was flung into the air.

At that moment, Drakan kicked off the ground and soared into the sky.

The Wings of Darkness, still active, assisted Drakan’s flight, drawing black trails.

Soaring into the sky, Drakan struck the Sword Emperor’s chest with the Overlord’s Sword while he was still suspended in the air.

Kwa-gwang!

With an explosion, the Sword Emperor’s body plummeted towards the ground.

“Iron Blood Chains.”

The Iron Blood Chains that Drakan unleashed bound the Sword Emperor’s entire body, but the Sword Emperor gritted his teeth and instantly broke free.

It happened in a split second.

But for Drakan, that ‘split second’ was enough.

Drakan aimed the Iron Blood Executor at the Sword Emperor.

Fwoosh!

With a deflating sound, the Wings of Darkness on Drakan’s back disappeared.

The moment his flight skill vanished, Drakan plummeted to the ground, accurately plunging the Iron Blood Executor he held into the Sword Emperor’s neck.

“Gahk!”

The Sword Emperor’s vision gradually turned red as his neck was pierced by the Iron Blood Executor.

[Warning! Health is below 10%!]

Argen gritted his teeth, looking at the notification window that appeared before him.

Is it really over like this?

“I……”

It can’t end like this.

No, Argen couldn’t accept this situation itself.

I am EX rank.

I cleared the Mythical grade quest and finally reached the same level as Eugene and Drakan, those damn humans.

I am no longer the Strongest in the Human Realm, nor the second-best.

Eugene, Drakan, no one can stop me now.

Now I’m a proud member of Troika, the final victor of Phase 3, and the person who will become the CEO of Miracle Entertainment!

So here, I can’t stop like this……

But Argen’s thoughts couldn’t continue any further.

“Berserk Sword.”

Drakan’s death sentence flowed from his lips.

Kwa-gwang!

An explosion erupted, and Argen’s vision turned gray.

Along with it, a notification window appeared before Argen’s eyes.

[You have died.]

[Disconnecting.]

It was a notification announcing the end of the character called Sword Emperor Argen.