After Subjugating the Black Dragon

Shwaaaaaa-

It felt like the cold rain was cooling down the heat in my head.

The pure white breath blooming from my lips held a chilling coldness, in contrast to my head that was burning up.

“Heok…”

The moment I pulled out the sword stuck in the Black Dragon’s neck, the Black Dragon’s dropped items popped up in front of my eyes.

The number of items dropped by the Black Dragon was a total of 3.

Two of them were Unique, and the remaining one was a World Item.

That’s right.

The fourth World Item has appeared in Deron.

I swallowed hard and checked the information of the item.

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Strength +720 World

Strength +15%

Physical Attack Power 4500

Two-Handed Sword

Bound on Acquisition

Level Restriction 85

Attack Speed Increased by 15%

Maximum Damage Increased by 50%

35% Additional Damage When Attacking Dragonkin

Black Dragon Effect Appears When Using Dash-Type Skills

[Black Dragon Rush] Skill Usable

[Dragon’s Aura] Skill Usable

Acquire [Black Dragon’s Blessing] Buff Upon Equip

Acquire [Black Flame] Buff Upon Equip

[Black Dragon Rush]

Quickly dash forward with the energy of the Black Dragon.

[Dragon’s Aura]

Create a giant Black Dragon form, strongly pushing away enemies nearby.

Deals no damage.

[Black Dragon’s Blessing]

Damage Taken Reduced by 15%.

Applies 50% Additional Damage Ignoring the Opponent’s Defense When Attacking with Fire Attribute

Applies a Debuff Reducing the Opponent’s Stats by 15% When Attacking with Dark Attribute

[Black Flame]

Changes All Skill Effects to Black.

Adds Fire Attribute to Attack Attribute.

Adds Dark Attribute to Attack Attribute.

The moment I checked the options, saliva started flowing from my mouth.

These were options that made my weapon look pathetic.

I wanted to have it even if I had to give up everything.

But…

I checked my inventory.

All the gold I had was 5,000 gold.

It was an absurdly insufficient amount to aim for a World Item.

The auction started regardless of my circumstances.

The first auction items to be listed were the Unique Accessory dropped by the Black Dragon and an item called [Black Dragon’s Reverse Scale] that I didn’t even know where to use.

It didn’t matter where those items were sold.

My gaze was fixed on the Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame and wouldn’t leave it.

Eventually, time passed and the auction for the Dragonslaying Sword began.

As soon as the auction started, a bid of 10,000 gold came in.

I pursed my lips with a blank expression.

I’m short on money. I remembered splurging the gold I got from selling the Orc Warrior’s Ring.

If I had known this would happen, I would have saved it…

There was nothing to be gained by regretting it now.

I looked at the Dragonslaying Sword fading away with a wistful gaze.

The bidding amount for the Dragonslaying Sword continues to rise. It’s a two-handed sword weapon. Not only warrior-type dealers, but even tanker users jumped into the bidding war to get that weapon.

If job rank is a problem, they can just reset it.

The bidding amount for the Dragonslaying Sword continues to increase.

When the bid exceeded 50,000 gold, a large Wind Walker flew quickly from above the sky.

“Kuwahhh!”

The Wind Walker that landed on the ground opened its mouth wide, letting everyone know who its owner was.

A magician wearing a red robe.

She was Helena.

“Yeona.”

“Huh…?”

After the death of the Black Dragon, the dark clouds were slowly clearing.

The rain falling from the sky had also stopped before I knew it.

I blankly stared at Helena.

She was shining so brightly that I couldn’t look at her properly, with the sunlight shining through the hazy dark clouds behind her.

“Do you need gold?”

I couldn’t readily answer Helena’s question. I know that she possesses a huge amount of gold.

I don’t know how much gold is in her inventory, but she was the one who spent 100,000 gold to get a World Item without batting an eye.

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 70,000 Gold

“I-If I need it…?”

“I’ll lend it to you.”

Helena said that and held out her hand.

“It’s already… already over 70,000 gold… You’re going to lend me that much gold?”

“Yeah.”

“B-But…”

“Time is running out.”

“Ugh…”

“I’ll lend it to you, think of it comfortably. You don’t have to pay me back right away.”

“It’s too expensive…”

“No. Yeona.”

“I, I might not be able to pay you back…”

“No. Yeona can pay me back. You don’t have to give it to me in gold.”

“R-Really?”

“Yeah.”

What on earth is she trying to ask of me?

I looked at Helena and hesitantly held out my hand.

At that moment, Helena took a step forward and firmly grabbed my hand.

[‘Helena’-nim’s Exchange Request]

I always receive help from Helena. Whether it’s reality or the game, that hasn’t changed.

I didn’t like that fact. I only felt burdened and sorry.

“What do you mean by not having to give it to you in gold?”

“Yeona. There’s no time. Just take it and think about it.”

Helena’s words were true.

Even as I’m doing this, the bidding time for the Dragonslaying Sword was rapidly decreasing.

Now there are 10 seconds left.

I quickly received the gold from Helena.

I received it. I received the gold.

Now that it’s come to this, I had no choice but to jump into the auction.

“H-How much…?”

“80,000.”

I nodded at Helena’s words and immediately wrote down the amount.

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 80,000 Gold

The bidding time, which had been about 5 seconds, was extended to 1 minute again.

At that moment, someone immediately followed my bid.

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 81,000 Gold

“H-How much do I put in now?”

The gold that Helena gave me was 150,000 gold.

I didn’t want to use all of this gold if possible.

The farming route to get this gold started to form in my head.

I might have to raise a sub-character to run more raid gold parties.

It was a truly terrible imagination.

“90,000.”

“H-Heok… That much?”

“Knock them out in one go so they can’t follow.”

“U-Uhm…”

I wrote down the bidding amount as Helena said.

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 90,000 Gold

But this time too, they spitefully followed.

The other party’s bidding amount was 91,000 gold. This ahjussi seems to be a rich person too.

I narrowed my eyes and glared at the bidder’s nickname.

[Bloodfiend Shattering Heaven Sword]

“Yeona. 100,000.”

“A-Alright.”

The bidding amount for the Dragonslaying Sword is updated again.

The bid amount was set at 100,000 gold.

The other party didn’t react, probably because this range was also burdensome for them.

So time decreases. As time decreases, my chest also starts to burn.

It’s 100,000 gold. Even though the gold market price has decreased a lot compared to the early days of the open, it was still a burdensome price.

But.

They followed again this time.

100,100 gold.

It was Bloodfiend Shattering Heaven Sword’s bidding amount.

It’s better this way. I grabbed my pounding chest and said to Helena.

“T-There, let’s just give up…”

“150,000. Put it all in.”

“Heok…”

Helena, who cut off my words and answered, was glaring at the air with a nervous look.

She is also looking at the auction progress that is only visible to individuals.

I swallow hard. Really, is it really okay to put in all 150,000 gold?

“Yeona. Hurry. Time is running out.”

“Uhm…”

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 150,000 Gold

It’s such an aggressive bid. It would have looked like a threat to kill them if they followed.

The other party didn’t react. So time flows.

Like the passing time, cold sweat started to flow.

Remaining time 10 seconds.

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[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 160,000 Gold

They followed again.

All the gold I put in as a bid returned to my inventory.

I let out a sigh of relief.

“Hoo…”

“Yeona. Accept the exchange.”

[‘Helena’-nim’s Exchange Request]

I was really thinking of giving up now, but Helena seemed a little different.

Helena, with a scary expression, grabbed my hand tightly and started to pressure me.

“B-But… it’s okay now…”

“Accept it. Don’t give up. Fight back.”

“It’s too expensive…”

“It’s not expensive. You’re the only one who suits that sword.”

Is Helena’s words true?

I swallowed hard and blinked my eyes.

“Yeah. Who else would use it if not Yeona? Isn’t Yeona the strongest among warrior dealers?”

“T-That’s right…!”

“That item is also the strongest. It’s the most powerful weapon among all existing two-handed swords. As far as I know, there’s only one person who suits such a weapon.”

Listening to the story, it really seemed right.

I nodded. After all, that sword is a weapon that suits me. I couldn’t hand over the weapon to some weird concept충.

The strongest sword suits the strongest.

“How much should I bid?”

“200,000.”

“Okay!”

I added the gold that Helena gave me and wrote down the bidding amount.

I felt like I was possessed by something.

Chalkang!

[Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame]

Bidding Amount 200,000 Gold

Was this auction race so shocking?

The guild chat and world chat were becoming very noisy.

There was no reaction from the other party.

So the winning bid starts a 5-second countdown.

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[‘Dragonslaying Sword – Black Flame’ Winning Bid!]

Winning Bid Amount 200,000 Gold

Winner Yeon

A transparent message appeared in front of my eyes, and a huge sword entered the corner of my inventory.

I immediately equipped the item.

Hwareureuk-

Black flames naturally surged from the sword in my hand as if rippling.

The head of the Black Dragon biting hard on the dark sword and the red tassel hanging from the end of the sword handle are impressive.

“Heoeok… Heoeok…”

My breathing becomes heavy. I felt like I would fall in love with the appearance of the sword, which was so cool.

I swing the sword as a test. The jet-black flames scatter into the air as if fading away.

The item effect was not a lie.

The white breath I exhaled, the red blood energy swirling around my body.

Everything had turned black.

All the messy effects were unified.

“Are you that happy?”

“Y-Yeah… I’m so happy…”

“Congratulations.”

“Hee, hehe…”

I wouldn’t have gotten this sword if it wasn’t for Helena.

I shook the sword around and laughed like an idiot.

“I’m really glad.”

“I, I’m going to use some skills for a bit!”

I had confirmed that the effect of the skill had changed, so now it was time to check the important dash-type skills.

I aimed the sword at the air and used the [Dash] skill.

Along with the black energy that started to cover my body, a faint image of the Black Dragon appeared around my body.

“Yahoo!”

The body that was sprinting quickly was like a Black Dragon.

I turned around after the effect of the dash ended.

Helena was standing in the same place as before, showing me a bright smile.

For some reason, it was a smile that seemed to make her feel better than usual.