Chapter 76 – (Bone) Dragon Slaying! I can hack what now?!

Chapter 76 – (Bone) Dragon Slaying! I can hack what now?!

After having a peaceful breakfast, Gerhart left Ariyana and Stella with Bertrand, taking the others to the dungeon. Stella needed common sense, and Ariyana must study.

Meanwhile, Gerhart wanted to raise the others to A-rank while he continued conquering deeper floors with Havre and Qold.

Hope, To-Meri, Calvin, and Ray would continue from the 41st floor. Meanwhile, he would continue from the 51st floor, their target being the 55th floor.

From the 51st floor, the enemies started becoming mixed. There were skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and abominations. And, of course, there were evolved undead, including Death Knights, Liches, Banshees, Wights, Vampire Zombies, Ghouls, Seven-Headed Abominations, and more.

While the evolved type proved somewhat challenging to Qold, they were still no match for Gerhart and Havre. It was especially so for Gerhart, who could block and kill them with his bare body. Because of this, Gerhart triggered two Attraction Circle traps he found on the 52nd and 54th floors, earning him a wave of points that helped complete his level.

While absorbing most of the Magic Stones, Gerhart and the two women reached the safe zone before the 55th-floor boss room. Next to it, Gerhart saw three individuals resting, two male and one female. Once they saw them, they spoke in Nehanian among themselves.

"Oh? Three youngsters this deep? How rare." One of the men, a ginger archer with a balding scalp, raised his thin eyebrow and scratched his thick mustache.

"Seems like the kingdom might see the rise of several S-ranks." A silver-haired knight oiling his sword commented.

"I don't remember seeing their faces. They are not from this kingdom, I believe. Likely those rumored Youvamorians." A mature-looking beauty in blue mage clothes said.

The other two nodded and stopped commenting.

By this time, Gerhart examined them.

"Elite Archer, Elite Knight, and Elite Water Magician, each with two additional perfect talents and several complementary Advanced and Intermediate talents. Not bad. But that woman is 60?! Looks can deceive." Gerhart thought.

Without much saying, the three of them were regular humans, not even the weakest Noble Human, and couldn't evolve their talents. And this made Gerhart ask himself a curious question.

"Are the materials so scarce? Why is it so difficult to evolve?" Gerhart asked himself.

If they evolved, they could improve their stats and talents and live longer, thus achieving more in life. Why wasn't there an alchemist or something to concoct evolution elixirs for them?

Of course, asking them like this here would be rude, so he refrained from doing so and looked toward the Boss Room, which was open and empty, meaning the boss was available.

"Do you speak Youvamorian?" Gerhart asked them.

"I do, young man." The woman answered with a light smile. "What do you wish to ask?"

"Are you reserving the boss? We are in a hurry and want to continue." Gerhart said.

"You are free to take it. We old guys are farming on this floor." The woman jokingly replied.

"Okay, thank you." Gerhart nodded and walked without stopping to the boss's room.

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As the three veterans watched the door close, they couldn't help but look at each other.

"They want to clear the dungeon today, don't they?" The archer couldn't help but say.

"Seems like it. Do you think those three evolved?" The knight asked.

"Perhaps. I am unsure about those two women, but that man gave me a weird feeling." The woman frowned.

"You too? I thought I was hallucinating. I almost thought I was looking at the king." The knight said with a skeptical look.

"Why would such a young Noble Human come to the Nehan Kingdom? It is just a small pond with few resources and few dangers. That man seems like the scion of a major clan accompanied by his two concubines. Why come here?" The archer asked.

"Curiosity killed the cat." The woman smiled.

"Well, I get that. If those young apprentices you bedded knew your age, then-" The archer blabbered before he suddenly felt a chill.

"What did you say? Care to repeat that?" The woman kindly smiled, a chilly air emanating from her body.

"... Sorry..." The archer lowered his head.

The knight just shook his head as he continued oiling his sword.

Creak*

The door suddenly opened, surprising them.

"Hah!? It was barely two minutes, right?" The archer blinked and ran to check, seeing the muscular man and two beauties picking their spoils. "Oh, wow. They did clear it in two minutes."

"Are they that strong?!" The female magician was equally as surprised.

"I was wrong. Those three are already S-rank." The knight lamented.

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Gerhart, Qold, and Havre continued conquering the dungeon, soon reaching the 60th floor after triggering 15 more Attraction Circle traps, of which 10 were on the 60th floor.

As for why? Of course, that is to farm energy and level up!

"GRAA!!"

"ROAR!"

"Shh*"

"GYAU!"

BAM* CRUNCH* SLAM*

"HAHAHAHA!!!" Gerhart loudly laughed as he beat hundreds of undead.

SpoilerStrength: SVitality: SEndurance: SAgility: ADexterity: APerception: AInstincts: AIntelligence: AAura: AMagic: A[collapse]Spoiler(+)Perfect: Tough Skull, Strong Teeth, Strong Jaw, Powerful Tail, Tough Bones, Tough Claws, Undead Recovery.Unique: Adamantine Defense, Herculean Strength, Magic Resistant Body, Mental Immunity, Bone Healing, Dragon Terror(Pseudo), Undead King.[collapse]

But then, it felt its skull becoming tight as pain ran through its head.

Crack* Crack* Crack*

"N-No way! It wants to crush my head?!" The thought sent sheer terror into the Bone Dragon's soul fire.

A rodent-like human wanted to crush its head?! With its bare hands?!

"GYAO!!!" "As if I would let you!" Enraged, Chuthayr roared and tried clawing at Gerhart's back.

Creak* Creak*

Although it managed to tear the clothes on his back to shreds, its claws only left shallow scratches on Gerhart's back, which healed in the blink of an eye. It tried smashing against the dungeon walls, but Gerhart was too resilient.

However, Gerhart was dissatisfied with the time it took to crush the skull, so he used his new talent.

"BERSERK!" Gerhart mentally roared as his muscles and veins suddenly bulged, his skin turning crimson red.

"ROAR!!!!" Feeling a burst of strength and a sanity-consuming madness engulfing his mind, Gerhart's constriction on the Dragon's skull amplified.

"GYAO!!!" "No Way- to die like this— CRUNCH*."

With a tragic death cry followed by a sickening crunch, the Dragon's skull shattered, its soul flames dying.

The four undead, still fighting Havre and Qold, couldn't help but shiver as they saw the Final Boss meet such a tragic end. Even Havre and Qold stopped fighting, stunned at the scene.

"Shh*" Gerhart breathed hot steam from his gritted teeth, and his eyes flashed red with insanity.

However, he also felt a counteracting force balancing it. It was his Mental Immunity working its wonders.

"I think I can control it. Or, at least, direct it." Gerhart thought as he glanced at his next target, the fat Abomination.

BOOM* BAM* SPLAT*

The Abomination, renowned for being a literal meat tank, was smashed into meatpaste on the wall in a moment with a shoulder tackle. Without stopping, Gerhart switched his target to the Lich protected by magical barriers.

BOOM* SHATTER* CRUNCH*

Gerhart tore through the magical defenses, shattering the Lich inside with another body tackle.

"Phew*" Gerhart breathed out again, his body cooling down as he felt slightly drained.

He looked at Havre, Qold, the Undead Knight, and the Banshee.

"Go ahead and fight. Tell me if you need help." Gerhart said and rested on the side.

"Yes, my lord!"

"Yes, master!"

The two women readily replied and continued fighting the two despairing undead.

"What are we?! Training dummies?!" The two undead retorted as they fought the two women.

But without the Dragon Terror and their ally, the two undead quickly lost ground before dying.

As the final opponent died, the monsters became loot. The Bone Dragon, in particular, dropped a helmet and two dozen Magic Stones.

This helmet had the shape of a dragon on it.

"A helmet?" Gerhart raised an eyebrow and appraised it.

{Equipment - Chuthayr's Skull Helmet(S): Chuthayr's Skull is its most formidable bone! It is super tough, has self-recovery, and can emit Dragon Terror(Pseudo).}

Gerhart's mouth twitched. "I just crushed your skull, and you give me a helmet as tough as your skull? Are you mocking me?"

This item was likely the most valuable drop from Chuthayr and could fetch over 10,000 Silver Coins. However, Gerhart didn't find much use for it, so he figured he would give it to Calvin.

While thinking about that, a golden light shined from the ground as a golden chest appeared. At the same time, an obelisk emerged at the end of the room. That Obelisk would send those who cleared the dungeon back to the first floor. There was no teleportation obelisk to the 60th floor, needing to start from the 56th floor again.

"My lord! We cleared the dungeon!" Havre happily said.

"Master, here is a spare shirt and pants," Qold said, taking some spare clothes from their bag. Although she called them clothes, they were equipment drops from monsters.

With Gerhart's fighting style, it was inevitable his clothes would get ruined after fighting, so he needed spare clothes. Gerhart wasted his spare clothes and put on the equipment dropped after slaughtering thousands of monsters and opening chests.

In particular, what Qold gave were leather pants from the Abomination and a cloak from the Banshee.

"Ah, thanks." Gerhart smiled, tore off his rags, and put on the clothes.

After he finished, Gerhart went to the chest and rubbed his hands together. "Let's see what I will get."

He then opened the chest and found-

"What the? A monocle?" Gerhart raised an eyebrow and gently picked it up.

{Wonderous Item - Appraisal Monocle: Can be used to cast Appraise Status on others. Use Count: 1,000.}

"I don't know if I am lucky or unlucky," Gerhart said with twitching lips.

Appraisal Monocle was a valuable item that could gauge the potential of others without the relevant talent! With a use count of 1,000 times, it had a market value of 100,000 Silver Coins, 100 Silver Coins for each use. The item's value came from finding hidden Late Bloomers or appraising suspicious individuals without risking the valuable life of Status Appraisers.

Such an item would only drop from 50th-floor dungeon boss treasure boxes and above, and the chance of it dropping was slim. And even then, the version on the 50th floor was an item with 50 uses, not 1,000.

Since there was high demand and low supply, it would get sold when he put it on the counter, given the market price.

"Eh, forget it. I will treat it as getting some money." Gerhart shrugged and carefully pocketed it.

With that done, the trio headed to the Obelisk.

When Gerhart placed his hand on it, he suddenly received an unexpected notification.

Detected Tier-6 Self-Automated Resource Extraction Core.Scanning- Success! No active administrator was detected.Hack Controlling Rights?Cost: 1,000,000.

"Oh... shit."