Only I Level Up: Ragnarok Episode 198
Hurrruk!
“… …Suho!”
[Keeeeeek! Your Majesty!]
Time, which had stopped, started moving again.
In an instant, Suho was thrown back into reality and saw people running towards him, worried about him.
Grandpa and Ber.
Including the others, even Ammit was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
It had to be that way.
Suddenly, a red flame boiled up all over Suho’s body.
As it turned out, it wasn’t just an illusion seen by Suho’s eyes, but a real flame caused by Antares.
Hurrruk!
“Ugh!”
Suho collapsed on the spot with tremendous pain.
The flames covering his body soon turned to smoke and cooled down, but Suho’s HP was still on the verge of death.
But this was reality, so there was a way to fix it.
“… … Status recovery, accepted!”
Flash!
Suho’s condition, which had been on the verge of death, instantly recovered as if he had leveled up.
“Suho! Are you okay?”
“Haa… … . Yes, it’s okay.”
Suho sat up with Seong Il-hwan’s support and cleared his chest.
‘It was a good thing I left the daily quest rewards unused.’
It was really close.
The aftereffects of the recent body-shaming training had been alleviated with bandages and potions, so the rewards were still there.
“Isn’t it too much these days?”
“No. I just… … met with the dragon.”
[Keeeek?! Have you come to meet the Dragon Emperor?! Potion! Drink more potions!]
“Ah, it’s okay now.”
Berga was startled and circled Suho’s body to check on him.
On the other hand, Arsha had already run away as soon as she heard the word solvent.
Ammit stared at Suho’s figure with interest.
That’s a total beggar.
Even though his stamina had been restored, the clothes Suho was wearing had been burned by the dragon’s flames and turned into rags.
Ammit laughed, showing his teeth.
[Kruk. If you had met the dead Dragon Emperor in person, it would be a stroke of luck that you came back alive. So, did the Dragon Emperor obediently tell you the location of the World Tree?]
“Ah, the World Tree… … .”
Suho smiled bitterly and recalled what his father had said in the world of the dragon.
-Suho, I can tell you the location of the World Tree. But the way to get there won’t be easy.
It wasn’t just Antares who wandered through the dimensional rift while fighting a war, but Sung Jin-woo as well.
But even though he knew the location of the World Tree, he couldn’t just rashly teach Suho the shortcut.
-But if you stand in front of the World Tree at your current level, it will only be dangerous. So for now, build up your strength first.
In the past, Sung Jin-woo had obtained a ‘Fragment of the World Tree’ as spoils of war while hunting Volcan in the Demon Castle.
However, it was entirely a result of the system’s arrangement, and it is not something that applies to Suho now.
In the end, Suho had to find the real World Tree, not a fragment of the World Tree, on his own.
-Antares will tell you the rest.
With those words, Sung Jin-woo touched the system and created a new quest for Soo-ho.
… … That’s it.
Suho looked up and saw the quest window floating in front of him.
[The previous quest has arrived.]
[Would you like to accept the previous quest?] (Y/N)
gulp.
The guardian’s horn rang.
Yes or No kept blinking before my eyes.
My heart pounded to the beat of his drum.
How could it not be so?
The job quest that you never expected to see in your life has finally appeared.
That process was also a result that he had sought out and achieved on his own.
‘accept.’
Tiring!
[You have accepted the previous quest.]
As soon as he decided to accept the quest, a quest window suddenly opened up in his field of vision.
[Previous Quest: Dragon Emperor’s Trial-1]
Antares, the king of dragons and lord of destruction, laughs at your weakness.
If your weak body were to accept the power of the dragon, it would burn to a handful of ash.
Meet the minimum qualifications to become a Solvent Successor.
-Goal: Reach the required level 99.
‘Level 99.’
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Suho seemed to know how this standard was set.
It was the ‘dream’ he had during his adolescence.
At that time, he had been fighting endless battles with his father’s shadow army, including Ber, and was leveling up.
‘Thinking back now, I guess we all fought while looking out for each other a little.’
But at the time, the road was so difficult and full of fierce battles that they didn’t even realize that they were looking out for them.
Mountain after mountain.
The highest level he had reached after following a long path across the plains, creating a mountain of corpses from countless giants and dragons.
[Level: 99]
That was the end.
After that, no matter how many fights he went through and how much more skill he gained in controlling his power, he could never advance to the next stage.
As if there were no 100 levels.
So at that time, I simply thought level 99 was the end.
‘… … If not that?’
Suho realized.
‘Could that really be my limit?’
under.
Suho smiled, showing his teeth, feeling his competitive spirit boiling over.
‘Okay, let’s start from here, okay?’
That was when.
“Beep?”
At this moment, the small lizard that was still sitting quietly in Suho’s hand made a sound.
Ragnar.
A baby dragon that had just hatched from an egg was staring at its guardian with its round eyes blinking with a blank expression.
“… … He told me to ask the dragon about the rest.”
“Whoa?”
Suho grabbed Ragna’s small body and met his eyes.
The contract between Sung Jin-woo and Antares.
It was a condition set out in place of making Suho the successor to the dragon, and it was also an essential procedure for that.
In order for there to be a successor to inherit the power, a ‘priest’ is naturally needed to carry out the procedure.
Yes.
If Suho is the successor of the Dragon Emperor, Ragna becomes the priest.
“Open your eyes, Antares.”
“Beep?”
As soon as Suho’s words fell, a great spirit took hold of Ragna’s small body.
Hwaaaaah!
[The spirit of ‘Antares’ is infused into the priest’s body.]
Moment.
Ragnar’s eyes, which had been rolling with a stupid expression, deepened.
His gaze stared blankly into space and he muttered softly.
“… … What an unfamiliar ceiling.”
When I opened my eyes, it was an unfamiliar ceiling.
Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.
The sound of a heart beating wildly deep inside a small body.
I felt the noble blood flow freely through the blood vessels of my body to that rhythm.
and.
Phew-ha.
First breath.
I took a deep breath, my chest puffed out, and the fresh air seeped into my lungs.
Yes.
All of these were evidence.
‘Oh, I see.’
Only then did ‘he’ realize.
I was sure.
That he truly came back to life.
“Hehehehe… … . Hehahahaha!”
‘Antares’ burst into laughter with pure joy.
“Haha! I’m back! This dragon has overcome death and returned from the sea of the afterlife! Hahahahahahaha!”
… … !
Everyone in the Shadow Dungeon trembled at the dragon’s aura contained in that mad laughter.
“Huh! This power… …!”
Seong Il-hwan instinctively resolved to draw out the power of the crack, even if it meant taking risks.
[Hey, solvent?!]
Even Ammit became nervous and reached the point where he could control gravity to its fullest extent.
Kugugugugugugugugugu… … !
[Keeeeeeeek!]
Ber, who had fought countless wars against the Legions of Destruction led by the Dragon Emperor long ago, reacted more violently than anyone else.
[My lord! Let go of that hand! I will protect you!]
Antares was more than pleased with their response.
“Hehehe. Yes, be in awe and fear like that.”
Who you are.
The ‘first monarch’ and ‘strongest monarch’ born from the darkness of the beginning.
A king who reigns over all dragons, a being symbolizing fear and destruction.
All who knew him called him ‘Dragon Emperor’ with utmost respect and reverence.
“The luggage is the solvent Antares.”
… … !
Everyone except Suho prepared for the final battle at the declaration that finally came out of Antares’ mouth.
But there is only one reason why I can’t just release my power towards him.
Because he was now in Suho’s hands.
But that was only for a moment.
Antares broke free from the guardian’s grasp and jumped down.
And then he slowly rose from his seat, took his first great step as a monarch who had overcome death and returned from the sea of the afterlife.
Ah, sir!
“Hehehe. As expected from Kamish’s hatchling, you have a useful body.”
Antares couldn’t hide his satisfied expression even as he flailed his short legs.
Dragon’s Second Life.
Unless you are a great being like yourself, which dragon in the world can walk so skillfully right out of the egg?
In fact, the principle is simple.
Spread your little wings wide and find your balance.
Supporting the body with the tail to prevent falling backwards.
Sweet sweet sweet sweet.
Of course, I still lacked muscle strength, so just standing on my own two feet made my legs shake incessantly.
“This much is easy to do if you use magic power.”
Antares skillfully drew magical power from Ragnar’s heart.
And then again with force.
Ah-jang! Ah-jang!
“Hahahahaha! You see? How fun! Who would have thought that I would live a second life in the body of a newborn hatchling!”
Antares shuddered with great anticipation.
In his previous life, he had already reached a state of supreme perfection that no one else could dare to reach.
The power was at such an extreme that it could no longer grow.
But with all that experience and talent, they were given another chance to grow from the hatchling stage!
This is literally the second time I’ve been born again!
But then it happened.
“Hahahahahahaha! … … Beep?”
Antares’s eyes, which had been smiling with a lively aura all around, suddenly became dull.
Tiring.
[Ragnar’s magic power has been depleted.]
[The spirit of ‘Antares’ that resided in the priest’s body leaves.]
“Beep? Beep?”
Ragna tilted his head with an expression that said he had no idea what was going on.
Then, suddenly, he realized that there were so many people surrounding him and emitting an enormous amount of speculation, and he flinched.
And like a newborn baby, he burst into tears.
“Eww!”
“… … .”
[… … ]
and.
No one said anything.
Hmm.
It seems like something amazing just happened in an instant.
Suho hugged Ragna, who was crying loudly without saying anything, and patted his back.
… … Well, I thought I should at least try to comfort the crying child.
Pat, pat… … .
“Beep… … .”
Only then does Ragna feel relieved and close his eyes, falling asleep.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief at the sight of that uselessly cute appearance.
From that distant world, someone’s grievance was heard towards Suho.
[The King of the Mad Dragons, the Lord of Destruction, is furious and says this is a fraud.]
[The King of the Mad Dragons, the Lord of Destruction, ponders over ways to increase Ragna’s mana supply.]
[The King of the Mad Dragons, the Lord of Destruction, talks about Ragnar’s parenting methods… … .]
