The Birth of the Black Death God (Remake)
Ch. 38

Draco moved around swinging his tail. With his swift movements, his tail could block all the fireballs that were pointing at him.

He blew up all the fireballs Xi used to attack him when all the fireballs were still floating in the air.

After the explosion, Draco looked back at Xi. This time his eyes were sharper, looking down.

Xi who saw that just kept quiet while responding with a thin smile.

SRING!

A very fast sword. The sword coated with Mana is added with a skill that is used when attacking, it decides Draco's hard tail.

“Good work Airis, it is not wrong to entrust this task to you.”

Airis sheathed her sword back after a moment she cut Draco's tail off.

The mana that coats his sword while disappearing leaves the sword that starts entering its sheath.

“Thank you sir for trusting me.”

This was part of a plan put together by Xi before facing the dungeon boss.

Although there was no information about the previous dungeon boss, before they entered the dungeon, but thanks to the observation and browsing of the surrounding area on the second floor, Xi found a footprint on the floor.

A large footprint that can be deduced is the footprints of the dungeon boss.

This was reinforced by the absence of other monsters on the second floor other than the dungeon boss.

The monsters on the first floor could not climb up to the second floor however they could, there was no reason for them (Frocs) to climb up the floor.

Wh-wh-what for? Of course there isn't. Frocs, whose intelligence was low, couldn't possibly have the thought of climbing the floor.

If they go up, they will die immediately. Because Draco does not like the existence of other creatures in his area of power.

Instead, there is a reason why Airis can cut Draco's steel-hard tail.

First, it was caused by the mana lining his sword. Which would strengthen and sharpen his sword.

Second, it was because the skill used provided a penetrating ability that ignored the enemy's defenses.

And lastly, the sword that Airis used was not an ordinary sword. It was rather a 'Rare tier' item that Xi gave to Airis.

The sword Xi obtained from the ghaca system was available on the system.

It does require a lot of effort and gold the system Xi uses to get it.

However, how much gold Xi spent to get it, the result was worth it because the sword was so sharp. Because of the sharpness of the sword, it was able to cut as thick as 4 centimeters with a perfect diameter.

“Now the lizard no longer has a tail to attack, but do not let my guard down I do not know if he still has other abilities or not... Considering he is the boss of the dungeon, he should have a trump card to save his life.”

“Understood! I will remember it!”

As a dungeon boss the ability possessed by Draco was certainly not predictable. Moreover, of all the records, only the two of them reached the second floor and are still alive today.

Even the adventurers before them who reached the second floor, had all died. So there was no information whatsoever regarding the second floor of the dungeon.

There hasn't been much magic that Xi has learned, and Xi has mastered it. At his current level, level 24. Xi has been able to use tier three magic that should be able to help him in this fight.

However, he has not had time to learn it because of the process is quite long. Not only reading, but Xi also needs to understand how advanced magic works.

After receiving Airis' attack, Draco who had healed his wound with the [Regeneration] skill had healed his severed tail.

However, its detached tail was unable to reconnect, even with regeneration, its tail did not grow anymore.

It's like a chameleon. Which is when the tail breaks because it feels threatened or something. Then until whenever the tail will not grow again.

This is what Draco is experiencing right now. And this made him angry that someone had cut off his precious tail.

Draco was about to fly to the ceiling, but he abandoned his intentions. Because of its narrow place, and again the low ceiling, even if he flew freely, those people were still able to reach it.

It's very confusing for him. He really has been cornered.

Seeing Xi advancing step by step, and his every step accompanied by the appearance of darkness made it seem like death was about to uproot his soul.

Draco who felt in danger was very afraid. The exit has been blocked. And there was no room for him to escape.

The only way to survive is to kill Xi and Airis who are his threats.

Desperate, Draco moved his entire body and darted swiftly towards Xi.

Now that he really doesn't know what to do, Draco can only attack Xi in desperation.

Hands turned silvery and Xi raised his hands.

This was the only martial art he learned at the moment. Certainly not from a book, but seeing it directly from a veteran adventurer.

[Iron Skin] abilities that increased one's strength and defense drastically.

This martial arts ability is a basic ability that is usually possessed by adventurers, especially those who play as Fighters, Warriors, and Tanks.

In response to Draco's attack, Xi tried to restrain him with [Iron Skin].

“His speed slows down? It seems like the poison that has spread and decreased his ability, with this speed, should this be enough to hold him.”

From the very beginning when facing Draco, the most troublesome part of Draco was his free-flying ability.

And another ability that is very troublesome is Draco's speed is very fast so that the ordinary eye is unable to follow his movements.

Draco who was affected by the Demon Snake poison that spread throughout his body, the poison had weakened the nerves of Draco's body, thus making all his pure abilities decrease.

Welcoming Draco's arrival, Xi endured Draco's tight collision with his two layered hands [Iron Skin]. While holding Draco's thrust with both feet.

Even after he used [Iron Skin], Draco was still able to push him back a few centimeters from where he was standing.

‘Even after the nerve cells in his body were weakened by the poison, he still has this much power.’ Xi broke out into a sweat to hold him back. ‘If he was in normal condition, I would have already fallen even by him... And the worst part is, I'm going to have severe bone injuries... But-but

“Now is the time to end yourself!” His eyes were wide open with a bright red light. Xi grasped, squeezing the hard skin of Draco's face to make Draco unable to move anymore and with Xi holding back his movements, it was impossible for him to escape.

Airis leaped high, in the air she spun smoothly without mistake, landing on Draco's head smoothly, and simultaneously she plunged her sword.

[Successfully defeated the Dungeon Boss, Draco]

[You get 30,000 Gold and 30,000 Exp]

[You Level up]

[Xi, Level :25]

[Airis, Level :20]

[The reward from the completion of the Dungeon has been sent to your inventory]

[Dungeon completion reward, all Stat increased 2]

“Quite impressive. I'm leveling up... Not only that, the most important part is that all our stat increased by two points. It's very nice.”

After the message appeared, Xi immediately opened his inventory to see what gifts he got.

[Mana Stone-High, Draco Eye's 2, Rune Stone]

[Stone-High Mana: A stone derived from the body of a monster that holds a lot of pure Mana inside. The higher the level, the more Mana it contained.]

[Draco Eye's: Draco's pair of eyes, has the ability [Night Vision] which can help the sense of sight to see more clearly at night or in a dark place]

[Rune Stone: A stone inscribed with a rune letter on it that holds skills belonging to dead or defeated creatures.

Destroy the Rune Stone to obtain one of the random skills]

“One of the Draco Skills huh? Hmmm..” Xi thought. He should use it now.

There was not much he knew about the Draco skill except for the skill that could make opponents freeze up because of [Fear].

Xi glanced at Airis who was near Draco's corpse. It appears that he is observing the dead Draco.

I don't know what his goal is, but seeing him hold Draco's rough skin, it seems he's attracted to Draco's thick, non-perishable skin.

It was not as hard as Demon Snake's skin, but Draco's skin was really very thick. A sword slash or dagger might not be able to pierce through it.

And if Draco's skin is used to coat the armor, it will certainly add armor resistance so that the armor is not easily damaged.

Xi called Airis and asked him to come closer. “Airis, come..” Airis looked over and nodded. The same came when his master called him. “This is for you.” Xi gave the Rune Stone he got to Airis.

“Waa... What is this sir?” Airis looked confused and did not know what it was. It looked like an ordinary stone, but with strange letters that he did not know.

“You don't know it?”

“No... This is the first time I've seen this. Is this something good?”

Xi couldn't believe it. How could Airis not know? Isn't Rune Stone a common thing?

Leveling up, and gaining skills while hunting was common in this world. But why didn't he know?

Xi was confused. Airis had already reached level 5 from the beginning when he bought it, and the skill he possessed was an innate skill.

It was only natural why he did not know what a Rune Stone was. Although this was not his first time hunting monsters, but this was his first time obtaining a Rune Stone.

“Yes... That's something nice no... That's something very valuable. Maybe even people will fight over it when they see it.”

Lifting one eyebrow “Until the fight over people?” it's not clear that it's something very valuable. Everyone obviously wanted it.

“Yes, I don't want to explain at length, which obviously just saved one of the skills of this monster.”

“Hah? Boss monster skill? Isn't that too precious sir? How about- |Xi interrupts.

“Stop talking and just destroy it. I don't need it, I can still get other skills elsewhere. And for now you need it, you have to get stronger so you can help me in the future.”

After listening to Xi's explanation, Airis understood.

He is not strong enough to achieve the goals Xi wants. No. gabe... We are both not strong enough! We need to grow stronger to achieve our goals.

Xi's face shriveled sourly. He seemed unhappy when he remembered it.

However, Xi was still able to control his emotions, and suppress the anger that was in his heart.

For now there is nothing we can do but to keep going and strengthen ourselves with each level of improvement from us.

I also need a great partner, who can be trusted to guard my back.

Just relying on the dark forces, I don't think that's enough to achieve my goal.