Chapter 329: Iphi Draconus

Wil wouldn't have been disappointed even if Min would reject the party invitation. After all, it isn't his love life that wasn't on the line.

However, Wil told everyone that an expert will soon arrive and with Min being late, he felt humiliated. So, he was angry at Min.

So, when Min arrived right before they were leaving, Wil didn't welcome with a smile either. "You are late, Mr. Chu."

"Eh?" Min was taken aback while the twins were surprised to see him, especially Jiwon. "Min-Oppa, what are you doing here?"

Before Min replied to her, Wil opened his mouth, "I invited him. He also plays the game."

As his expression appeared cold, Jiwon and the others wondered whether Wil doesn't like him or something.

Meanwhile, Min said, "Faced a trouble with the vehicle on the way."

Wil shrugged his shoulders, "well, it doesn't matter. It's late and we are leaving either way. You can go and mingle with fellow guild members."

He then turned around and spoke to everyone, "This is the expert I said earlier. He was late. But anyway, let's welcome Chu Yong-Min, or you might know by his in-game name, Death King."

"Good luck." Patting his shoulder, Wil left the restaurant. Aster, Silver, and the twins also followed him, leaving behind a stupefied Min while the other gamers are murmuring amongst each other.

"Dammit…" Looking at Wil's back, Xia Fu, on the other hand, was frustrated because not only she wasn't able to verify her suspicions but also got reprimanded by her boss.

"Fine, if I can't ask Mr. Chairman, then, I'll confirm it with the guild leader himself. But to do that, I need to get into his good books. That will only happen if I achieve something extraordinary." As a girl with an overconfident and obsessive personality, she didn't leave the matter alone.

No matter what, she was determined to find out the truth.

The next day;

After having a peaceful sleep, Wil logged into the game, next morning.

*Welcome to War Online*

A number of notifications continued to ring in his head. He quickly put them into silent mode and then looked at them.

Some of them are congratulatory messages from friends while the others are from guilds that seemed to be disbanded.

Wil shrugged his shoulders and cleared the notifications before sending a reply to people like Starlight, Akiko, Kiyumi, and Evie.

Closing the screen, he proceeds to use the King's medallion and teleport to the wild zone.

After confirming that he was alone, he summons the Crimson Gourd before letting out the prisoner.

The dragon girl once again appeared before him upon getting freed.

"You…" She pointed her finger as her body shook, "You are the one that imprisoned me."

"Relax, I'm not an enemy." Wil tried to reassure her. "After all, we belong to the same family. I won't harm you."

However, as one would expect, the girl was angered in return. "How dare you spout such nonsense after imprisoning me in that dark cell…"

She quickly dashed towards him at a speed that even Wil wasn't able to react. Claws generated from her hand as she scratched his chest.

"-3,263,675"

But, the result was minute damage. Only 0.01% of his HP was deducted.

Even though Iphi Draconus is a mythic-grade beast, she was still a level-300 monster with 13 billion HP and 4 billion attack power. With 99% damage reduction and 700 million of defense, the outcome is obvious.

"Okay, will you calm down and listen to what I have to say?" Wil asked her.

The dragon girl attacked him once again, taking out 3 million HP. After attacking for ten times or so, her rage increased to the limit and she conjured a fiery red fireball in her palms.

Wil was calm and collected. He didn't move an inch from the spot and allowed the fireball to hit him. "Oh!"

To his surprise, instead of causing heavy damage, it instead took away 2% of his Health every second for 10 seconds.

Iphi appeared satisfied to see 20% of his life force was taken away. She no longer felt that he was invincible.

Right then, Wil continued to spoke, "Heal." "Heal." "Heal." "Heal" 

Instantly, he was covered with golden light and every time he activated the healing skill, more than 14 billion of his HP was recovered.

Within a few seconds, he was back to full health once again while stunning the girl.

"You… What are you…" For the first time, she felt fear. Upon realizing that there's no hope of defeating him, her rage quickly disappeared and was replaced with fear.

Staring at the girl, Wil said, "No matter how much you try, you can't defeat me. Now, you only have two options. Either answer my question or rot in that dark cell forever. But, before making the choice, let me assure you something."

"Activate, Dragon mode."

Wil transformed suddenly into a giant fiery red dragon and startled the girl once again.

*Ding! Your attack is increased by 100%

*Ding! Your defense is increased by 100%

*Ding! Your movement and flying speed is increased by 100%

*Ding!  Your HP is increased by 200%

*Ding! Elementalist's Skills are temporarily unavailable.

"You… You are a full-grown dragon!" She was taken aback to see a fellow dragon before her. "How is your bloodline so pure?"

Iphi was shocked not only because her capturer is a fellow clan member, but also because of his pure red scales. Of all the dragons at her home, only selected individuals of the royal family were of red dragons.

Originally, every person of the royal lineage was born as a red dragon but the dragon king's marriage with humans and elves gave birth to an impure dragon bloodline like green and silver among the royal family members.

However, at the same time, it also benefited the clan. Unlike the dragons which will gain humanoid form after becoming level-300, these hybrid dragons were able to get such form right from birth while gaining their full dragon form when they become adults.

Getting the impure bloodline from the runaway princess Averil, Wil was also a silver-greenish dragon, at first. Changing his race to Neo hybrid removed the impurities and let him mutate into a red dragon.

The only thing that still surprised him is the availability of further mutation. He wondered what comes after when the red dragon is the ruler of Dragon Island. The answer (materials) can only be found there.

This is why it is important for him to get the coordinates. 

*Ding! Race effect activated. Iphi Draconus turns from hostile to friendly. Attacking a friendly will turn it into hostile once again.

"What do you want?" As expected, as soon as Wil revealed the dragon mode, as a fellow dragon, Iphi calmed down, despite being shocked.

"I want to visit the Dragon King to give him a message from Averil." He stated his intentions of visiting Dragon Island.

If a native or a player would have seen it, they would have shocked to see a beast is speaking in human language.

However, for Iphi, it is nothing of a surprise as her father and grandfather can do the same.

What was unexpected for her is the name of the runaway princess. "Aunt Averil?"