Darkblade in my hand pulsed with a fierce purple aura, its energy like a beast long caged and finally unleashed. Truth was, after the game’s level 85 patch, Darkblade had become little more than a toy, so it just lay quietly in my inventory.
[Human!! You’ve earned the right to face me!]
The Dragon Deity’s voice boomed down at me, dripping with overbearing majesty.
Staring up at the towering dragon now standing before me, fear gripped my heart. From where I stood, I could clearly see every steel-hard scale beneath his neck. I’d daydreamed about heroically slaying mighty monsters, but actually facing one? Anyone would tremble.
[You cannot defeat me!!! I sense your power!!! Yet! You lack one fatal thing!!!]
Could the Dragon Deity read my mind??? Max-level gear aside, mentally I was just an ordinary office worker.
[You can’t beat me without breasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
The Dragon Deity roared skyward.
Sorry! I take back my earlier thoughts—tension vanished instantly. So much for a divine being; inside, he was just a perverted freak.
Flames swirled in the Dragon Deity’s massive maw. I steeled myself, ready to fight.
[Take this!!!!!!]
His fire-filled jaws blasted a sun-like fireball straight at me. Its scorching heat hit me before the ball even arrived.
I couldn’t dodge! If I moved, it’d crush Tia and Aerin behind me. Time was short—I raised Darkblade high.
[Shadow Flash Triple Kill]
A swing sent three giant purple sword auras spiraling toward the fireball. On impact, it split into three pieces and exploded violently.
Before I could react, something yanked me skyward.
[Haha!!! Foolish human!! Feel the fear now!!!]
The Dragon Deity dragged me upward like a rollercoaster ride. Up and down blurred together. After the dizziness, I felt him fling me out.
Weightlessness hit hard. If this kept up, I’d plummet from the labyrinth tower’s peak and shatter on the ground.
I needed a plan. Wait—what if my decorative in-game wings actually worked???
I twitched my shoulders. The wings flapped! I beat all four downward hard.
Instantly, I stopped falling and hovered. Flap right to drift left; flap left to drift right. Got it. I shot back toward the tower top.
[Oh~~~ Humans can fly now? How far have you come in 1500 years!?]
The Dragon Deity had landed, staring at me in shock.
[You perverted weirdo!! My turn now!]
Annoyed, I shouted my counter. Ghostly swords flickered into existence around me.
[Ultimate Ghost Sword Art - Storm Style]
They solidified into forty-six icy blades—twenty-three swirling midair, twenty-three rooted in the ground—trapping the Dragon Deity.
[Take this!!!!]
I charged, but not at him—at one of the swords. Its aura merged into Darkblade. I slashed the Dragon Deity’s neck, momentum carrying me to the next sword. I absorbed its power, Darkblade growing sharper. Slash his ankle. Repeat. Each merge amplified Darkblade’s might. Forty-five slashes in under ten seconds. I stopped at the last sword. Darkblade glowed golden.
[The final blow!? Show me your best!!!]
[As you wish!!!]
I swung. All forty-six auras erupted at once, roaring like they’d split the sky. The Dragon Deity braced, taking the full hit. It didn’t cleave him—it hurled him off the tower. He strained to bat the auras away.
[Unbelievable!! Unbelievable!! Human!! Who are you?! Earn the right to tell me your name!!]
Exhausted but fierce, he demanded an answer.
[Pupil!]
I replied truthfully.
[So? Pupil!! I’ll remember it!! Your name will haunt my mind after you die!!]
Dark clouds gathered as he spoke. Lightning crackled, converging above his raised wings into a giant sphere.
Whoa!! A lightning Spirit Bomb? I knew—if it hit, dodging wouldn’t save this city. It’d vanish.
[Witness the Dragon Deity’s storm-commanding might!!!!!!]
[BOOM!!!!!]
A meteorite smashed into his face, twisting it sideways.
[BOOM!!] [BOOM!!] [BOOM!!]
Three more struck. Even his power couldn’t withstand that impact. The lightning sphere fizzled out weakly. Our perverted Dragon Deity lost consciousness, plummeting earthward.
[............]
Ah!! I forgot!!
Kain’s Star Armor (six pieces)
Special attribute: 20% chance to summon a meteorite on attack.
