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"Whoa, it really has been a long time."

[You became level 99 ten days ago, so it indeed was a long time.]

Yu IlHan had started hunting dragonkin from lower leveled ones first. He had reached dragonkin over level 170 starting from those that were just over 100 and looked like a giant komodo lizard.

As such, the quantity of experience he gained also increased gradually, but even despite that, it was an achievement to keep level 99 for ten days. This just meant that the experience to level up to 100, or to be exact, to do the 3rd class advancement quest, the experience needed was unimaginably vast.

Yu IlHan now became to thank the connection with other worlds. If he couldn't enter Dareu, then he would have suffered through a truly long time before his 3rd class advancement.

"I wonder how the others are doing."

[Well, they should be going for quantity rather than quality.]

He prayed once for Kang MiRae and the other friends who would be returning the former peace, and as always, he asked for Erta's opinion of the suggested classes.

[Reaper looks like it just enhances the Rookie Reaper's traits as it is. It will probably be the easiest among the three.]

"Okay, pass."

[God's Hammer looks like a unique job related to smithing. It also seems like it's related to the God of Smithing's interest in you. There will definitely be enough merit to throw away all the records you have piled up until now.]

"Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Pass."

Yu IlHan rejected even the 2nd option after a little bit of thought. In regards to the blessing of the God of Smithing, he judged that he wouldn't regret it even if he chose God's Hammer as his job, but it would definitely be lacking in the aspect of battle. It also wouldn't be harmonious with Yu IlHan's best ability, concealment.

Decisively, blacksmiths can be chosen as a sub-class. Even if he couldn't, Yu IlHan had the confidence to make good equipment using his own skills. So, he rejected it.

[So that's one now.]

Blazing Reaper. The word 'blaze' implied things such as flames and brilliant flashes. Maybe due to it being spelled starting with the same letter B as Blurred Lancer, Yu IlHan remembered some painful thoughts, but he shook it off.

It wasn't that there wasn't an ominous meaning within the word Blazing, but this time, Yu IlHan's achievements and records were too clear.

"Are the battles I'm doing quite influential to the choices?"

[It isn't just that. Not to mention Eternal Flame, wouldn't your armor and the Orochi spear influence it too?]

Yu IlHan was a man who had a lot to do with fire. He hammered away on metal for several hundred years in front of fire, and he also had experience in working with the Eternal Flame. This was probably the result of an explosion in the records he had piled up until now.

[I predict that the reason why Clan Master Kang MiRae of the Lightning God Clan has an overwhelming ability compared to her level is because she has unique jobs specializing in a single attribute. Blazing Reaper is the same. I will say this with conviction now, but I think you need to become the Blazing Reaper.]

"Thanks for the wholehearted advice there."

[However.]

Erta's voice turned serious.

[The quest would be of an accordingly absurd high level to the strong powers the class possesses. Do you have the resolve, Yu IlHan?]

"To hell with resolve"

Yu IlHan laughed and pointed towards his surroundings.

"Say that again after looking at the world I'm in."

Saying that, he chose Blazing Reaper without hesitation. As if it was all ready beforehand, green text started appearing on Yu IlHan's retina.

[The one that uses a specially strong fire even amongst deathgods that lead everything to its doom, the Blazing Reaper. If you can prove your abilities, the heat of hell shall accompany you. However, to bring hell upon the land, you must prove yourself worthy.]

[A time attack quest activates. You have to complete the following conditions within 4 weeks from now.]

[Killing 3rd class 0/10,000]

[Killing 4th class 0/1,000]

[You will fail to advance to Blazing Reaper if you fail the time attack quest, and you may select another class at that time.]

"Good, I expected that much."

Muttered Yu IlHan with a refreshing voice.

Of course, this is a 3rd class quest. It's natural to expect to kill a thousand 4th class!

[...Really?]

"Of course."

Even in an RPG where the GM is a lunatic, these kind of conditions wouldn't appear, but this is reality so it's all reasonable! Well, it sure is comforting that he wasn't required to instakill them with a surprise attack, isn't it!

Fuck!

"So, what's time attack?"

[The recording of achievements are complex. If you clear an arcade game with a single coin, that's an amazing achievement in itself, but if someone clears it twice as fast as you, also with a single coin, then who's more amazing? This quest is probably one that judges your ability based on how many enemies you can send to hell in a fixed period of time. I think it's quite suited to a deathgod's trial.]

"You…explain things in an easier to understand fashion nowadays."

He praised Erta and sighed.

These conditions were hard even when done slowly, but clearing it within just 4 weeks… was really, an insurmountable task.

However, what can be done about it? This quest wasn't something someone else gave him in order to tease him, but the shortcut that the Akashic Record suggested him in order for him to win over the brightest potential within the possibilities he had shown until now.

It didn't matter even if he didn't do the quest. The quest would automatically fail after 4 weeks, and replacing the potential of a Blazing Reaper would be the easier paths, a normal Reaper or a God's Hammer.

However,such shameful methods weren't to Yu IlHan's liking.

The sense of achievement would be bigger as the given tasks are harder.

Yu IlHan thought back to the time when he instakilled the Troll Boss, and the time when he defeated the Orochi after a long battle. He assured himself that he would be able to win over such a moment again.

He silently took out a bloodrink cheer pack and bit on it – he planned to replace sleep using reset energy. Although, it was questionable whether his stock of bloodrink would last until he cleared Dareu.

"Let's go hunt. We're going non-stop this time. Reta!"

[I understand. I will immediately...]

Reta's voice became fainter. Even though she just had to activate the magic formation, she was somehow hesitating.

"What's the problem?"

[N, no, This can't be possible. There's no way...]

"Stop making me irritated and speak."

At Yu IlHan's urging, Reta replied in the most confused voice since the meeting.

[I, I think there are...elf survivors.]

Momentarily, thousands of scenarios occurred in Yu IlHan's head, before disappearing. He calmly adjusted and reconfirmed with Reta.

"You couldn't feel them until now, but why so suddenly?"

[Although I did tell you that I can see everything that has a foot on this continent, in practice, it's impossible to simultaneously read the information of all life forms.]

"Yes."

It was natural once he thought about it. Yu IlHan resented himself for thinking that it was possible just because Reta told him so, and asked.

"So, how do you read it?"

[You set a target. For example, dragonkin, and 3rd class, like that. After acquiring information like that, I would select the position you would move to, and at this time, I'd analyze all the surrounding environment.]

"Aha."

A reasonable method.

[Now too. I just found the closest dragonkin den, and I was analyzing all information on the surroundings. However...]

"There were elves."

[Yes.]

Reta's voice was trembling. She also should have found it hard to believe that there were survivors. Yu IlHan could also feel the depth of her emotions.

"Erta, how did this come about? You said they were extinct."

[You wouldn't believe me even if I said that the management angel of this world confirmed the extinction before leaving, would you? Yes. I also don't know.]

Yu IlHan sighed. Now that he had a quest he had to finish in 4 weeks, he really had no room to think about other things but...

"You want to confirm it, right?"

[...Yes.]

Yu IlHan could only laugh at her honest answer.

Since this was an important matter, Yu IlHan also wanted to help her if it was for a little bit. Wasn't it all thanks to Reta that he could hunt dragons so quickly?

"Let's go there then. However, this will be the only time. Even if there are other survivors, I will only help you after the quest is over."

[I thank you even with just that. Then we shall move right away. There are at least 30 3rd class dragonkin so please be prepared to fight.]

Even though she knew that there was no way Yu IlHan's concealment would be seen through, Reta warned him just in case he made a mistake before activating the formation. The formation transferred them without a single moment of delay.

It was a dark, stuffy cave.

"It's a cavern again. Hah, they sure like caves. This is a bad battle environment for them too."

[Well, would they have calculated your ambushes?]

Sighed Erta.

Monstrous concealment ability, and a just as OP combination of bloodrink, Transcendent Regeneration, and Superhuman Strength allowed Yu IlHan to have an absurd continuous battle power, which was currently obliterating the dragonkin of Dareu continent.

Their naive thought of thinking that there was no way a single human would attack their abode, was leading to their extinction.

[Caves are the best places to store treasures. Moreover, most dragonkin are huge and cannot live in human or elven habitats.]

[Dragonkin are mostly lazy. You should know since you've hunted them until now, but unless someone ticks them off, they enjoy lying down.]

Upon Reta's explanation after Erta's, Yu IlHan nodded his head. They were lazy things that did nothing but lie down, but their desire for power also was overflowing, and were called disasters once people met them.

Well, Yu IlHan himself had hunted over 20 thousand of them, so he knew that much.

The record that was earned after hunting a monster was, despite not being an information made of readable text, it was something that changed Yu IlHan's soul from its roots. A record that's engraved not in the brain but on the body itself. The contact of Akashic Record was like that.

'I think it's also the first time I'm killing so many monsters of one kind.'

Was it due to that? Yu IlHan could naturally understand about dragonkin while moving.

It was reasonable to become used to them when killing many of the same species. Even though there was no change to his status after becoming level 99, Yu IlHan's hunting speed gradually became faster.

There was something that he didn't understand precisely because he now understood more about dragonkin.

However, it wouldn't make a difference even if he spoke about it anyway, so he just buried it in a corner of his heart; believing that his suspicion would be cleared sometime after he cleared Dareu.

[Krrrrrrrraaaaaaaa]

[Krrrrrr]

There really were a lot of dragonkin, like what Reta said. Moreover, their levels also neared 180. Not only that, they had the biggest and hardest bodies amongst the dragonkin he had seen until now, so even with Yu IlHan's Black bone giant spear, it looked difficult for him to kill them in single strikes.

Just that,

[How lazy they seem. They seem to be the stereotype of dragonkin.]

[Well, they're doomed to never advance to 4th class if they're like that.]

Like what Erta and Reta said, they were stiff still in their places. He wondered why there were elf survivors near such a dangerous place, but he now realized right away.

Not only did they not have to worry about the approach of other monsters af there was a considerably strong monster nearby, those 'considerably strong' monsters were those that slept 24/7!

"Well, at this point, I feel kinda sorry for killing them."

However, even while saying that Yu IlHan was gripping his spear tightly. Monsters were in the end, dangerous existences. Just because a tiger was sleeping didn't mean that one could become friends with them.

Yu IlHan violently moved his body. The Purple Flame burning on his spear roared as if to grill those sleeping dragonkin immediately as the spear pierced a head in an instant!

[Kyaaaaaak!]

"Damn."

He felt like he could instakill them with a critical hit, but too bad. Yu IlHan poured a lot of Purple Flame into the body using his spear and jumped into the air.

Meanwhile, the dragonkin who just woke up due to the roars of its colleague were lifting their bodies, but their slowness was like they were having a marathon with a sloth!

[Kirrrrrrrk]

[Khrr... Huuuumaaaaaaannnn...?]

[Whhhhyyyyy iiiiisssssh onnnnnnnnnnne iiiiiiiiin Daaareeeuuuuuuuu....?]

So they can speak! Well, 'speak' but not a human language but a language of dragons, but since Yu IlHan had a max level language skill, they were naturally translated in his ears.

However, that was even more painful for him. Even old men playing poker wouldn't speak so slow!

Listening to them pissed him off! Even though the information might be important, but he didn't even want to listen now!

[Invaaaaaaaaaasssszzzzionnnnnnnn allllllllreaaaaaaaaaaaaadyyyyyyyyy…..?]

[Thhhhhheeeeeee Loooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrdddddddssssszzzzz...!]

Speaking suspicious things, the dragonkin completely lifted their bodies up. At that time, Yu IlHan decided.

"Ah, forget it. I'll just kill you and listen from 4th class ones later."

[Khhhh! Khhha!]

The dragon ambushed by Yu IlHan in the beginning tried to do something about him while flapping its wings and scraping its front claws, but this cavern maybe suited for the dragons to sleep, but wasn't suitable for a fight. So, it met its death after Yu IlHan's continuous strikes.

It had no health to endure with since Yu IlHan continuously struck with critical hits while voiding all of its attacks.

[You have earned 65,938,984 experience.]

[You have earned the record of Lv 181 Lesser Dragon.]

"Finally, a dragon in the name."

[The flow of mana doesn't seem normal. Some of the remaining lesser dragons may use magic. Please be careful!]

Yu IlHan wordlessly nodded to Erta's words. There were many dragonkin that he had fought that used magic until now, so he was naturally prepared for it.

All dragonkin over 3rd class had a wonder in their body in one form or another, and they mostly manifested through magic.

Magic related to sensing, magic that attacked directly with fire, water or rocks, magic that threw processed mana, all the way through to magic that directly caused anomalies in Yu IlHan's body by creating negative energy from mana.

However, Yu IlHan's method of counteraction was the same for all of them. First, he somehow distracted the enemy in order to enter concealment, before recovering completely and doing a surprise attack to kill.

It wasn't that much different this time.

[Khaaaa? The innnnnntrrruuuuuudddderrrrrrr...?]

[Cannnnnnnnnnn't seeeeeeeeeeee....]

After realizing that they couldn't move around easily in the cavern, the Lesser Dragons all prepared their mana to attack with magic, but they tilted their head after noticing that the enemy's presence had disappeared.

5 seconds had passed after Yu IlHan killed the first Lesser Dragon.

[Concealing yourself in 5 seconds in front of the enemy...]

[Don't say it. It's more frustrating.]

There was one thing that they didn't know yet.

LIke how the high concentration of mana of Dareu strengthened the dragonkin, it also strengthened Yu IlHan, and concealment was still a target of the enhancement.

Yu IlHan leapt with concealment that was a level stronger. His two eyes were directed towards the Lesser Dragons that were looking around the surroundings.

11 minutes, was the time it took for him to clear things up.

Author's notes

Damn, quantity overflow again...

There's no plot twist this time. However, heheheh(blatant smile)

You can imagine sloth's speech in Zootopia when those lesser dragons are speakiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggg...

Translator's notes

Will I ever catch up…

Translator: Chamber

Proofreader: Koukouseidesu

After finishing off all the dragonkin within the cavern, Yu IlHan collected their dead bodies and checked on his injuries.

No matter how great his concealment was, it was impossible to finish off all of them without an injury, as seen by the fact that his cheeks were slightly burnt and his shoulders had frost on them.

"I have a fire-specialized armor, so should I make an ice one next? I will swap them according to the situation."`

There was no need to be bent on making high ranked equipments. In the future, Yu IlHan's enemies would have their own attributes, so if he could prepare several equipments that specialized in each attribute, then what would he fear!

[It sounds like you're getting spec'ed up for a raid.]

"*ehem*"

Flinching at Erta's sharp comment, he still managed to calmly treated his injuries. Of course, these were all at a level that could be solved with bloodrink and transcendent regeneration. This was the reason why Yu IlHan could achieve easy victories against 3rd classes even without rest.

"I think I really need to do something with the dragon's blood later. It will definitely become something damned good, perhaps better than the bloodrink from troll's blood."

[Well the effect may be damned good, but your life may be doomed.]

"Well, I just need to raise my extreme poison resistance."

Yu IlHan Erta had their normal, idiotic banter and was resting from the battle fatigue, when Reta, the observer sighed a little.

[If I had abilities like yours, then it wouldn't just have been a dream to save Dareu.]

Reta's voice contained deep resentment and regret at her own lack of ability.

Yu IlHan wondered what he should tell her. You've never been alone for a thousand years so shut up – and retort? Or console her?

Judging that they were both wrong, Yu IlHan just licked his lips. Although the counterpart made a mistake in words, retorting about it meant that he would be making the same mistake.

Instead, he said this.

"We've cleaned this part up, so let's go meet the elf survivors. It's the hope you've found."

[...Yes. Let's do that. Thank you.]

Reta's voice contained a hint of hope again. This was perhaps the first time Yu IlHan had chosen the correct choice of words, as he never ever chosen a correct option even in games due to his lack of interaction with other people. This was a milestone of growth that would have been impossible without Lita or Erta.

They left the cavern and charged throughout the wide mountains. Did everything become like this after continuous Great Cataclysms? Dareu had a bigger everything than Earth. Higher mountains, bigger trees, and even bigger flowers.

"Interestingly, there are no monsters around here."

[Although they may be nothing to you, the aura of 3rd class dragonkin are supposed to be frightening. To the point that it would be impossible for non-intelligent monsters to resist.]

Yu IlHan had no tracking ability, but since Reta could find exactly where the elves were hiding, he ran in a straight line without the need to side track. At one moment, Yu IlHan also succeeded in sensing the presences of the elves on his own.

"Mm?"

"What is it"

That was also when he heard voices. The place where the elves were hiding became clear. They had dug out nearby trees and lived inside them. The number was 13, and they were all skin and bones.

"No, I thought the alarm magic trembled for a moment."

"But it's not broken. Dragons would never use such a soft method."

It wasn't that they had perfectly sensed Yu IlHan's presence, but their magic seemed to have registered a moment of unfamiliarity. Realizing again that magic wasn't to be looked down upon, Yu IlHan dropped himself in the middle of the trees.

"I can't feel anything. Save up energy rather than speaking. There's still time until the ones who went out to hunt food to come back."

"Shit, how much longer do we have to live like this?"

Seeing how they didn't notice Yu IlHan even though he was right in front of them, it seemed like the alarm magic only amounted to that much.

Since something may go wrong, Yu IlHan first checked their danger levels, and confirmed that they were all below level 50 or just above, before releasing his concealment.

In fact, he felt quite proud being able to dispel his own concealment, but he didn't show it on the outside. Erta would tease him if he did.

"What!?"

"I, it's a human!"

"Humans should all have died. Isn't it a dragon's transformation?"

All 13 elves in that area instantly went into panic. The elves hiding within the trees all rushed out and attempted to escape without the slightest hesitation.

It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel bad for them, but unlike his impression, Yu IlHan moved ruthlessly. He caught each one of them and smacked them before throwing them to one side.

"I will finish you without pain if you stay still!"

"*Hiccup!"

[That's a complete villain's line!]

Nodding at Erta's comment, Yu IlHan changed his line.

"Oh, you're right. Then. It will be over in a flash so just close your eyes. *creepy laugh*"

[That's even worse! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you!]

"You realized that now?"

Yu IlHan moved busily even under Erta's scolding after she realized his intentions. No matter how much the elves struggled, they were dancing on the top of Yu IlHan's palm, so it took only 18 seconds for the situation to clear up.

The elves that were thrown against the tree cried tears of sadness as if they had lost all hope, while looking straight at Yu IlHan. The scene was strangely… erotic.

Even though there were more men than women here, how come he thought of an ominous scene in an ominous anime…(T/N: *cough* boku *cough* no *cough* pico *cough). Yu IlHan cursed himself for thinking that it was worth coming here just for this scene, but perhaps due to his higher curse resistance, nothing happened.

"Wh, who are you!"

"Is this the legendary polymorph? D, damned dragons...!"

"Ki, kill us! We will never leak the positions of our colleagues!"

Even though he had done nothing other than just making them stay put, he ended up learning that there were others. Yu IlHan seriously considered becoming a detective, and spoke to them.

"It's up to you to believe it, but I am a human that's hunting dragonkin in Dareu continent after my interests coincided with that of Reta Kar'iha."

"Reta Kar'iha!? The last hero of the continent..."

"You really are human?"

Their eyes all widened. There was no way they could obediently believe in Yu IlHan's words after their lifestyle until now.

"No, we can't believe you. You're a dragon!"

"The ones that made Reta Kar'iha like that are also you dragons! We will never believe in you!"

"Okay, then don't. Though, I did have something to ask, it's fine since I confirmed that there are intelligent species surviving.

Yu IlHan' turned around to leave. Due to his clean entrance and a clean exit, the elves instead became confused.

"Didn't you come here because you wanted something!?"

"Don't tell me you're planning to kill us all at the same time when our colleagues come back!"

"It will never go your way!"

Even though Yu IlHan had spoken nothing, they revealed everything about themselves.

When he really tried to leave without doing anything, the elves instead became confused and grabbed him.

"W, wait! If you really aren't a dragon but a human, then I want to hear your reason in coming here!"

"Heh!"

Just as planned.

[It's not that you're doing something bad, but how can you have such an evil smile…]

[Splendid communication skills.]

Vaguely listening to Reta's praises that didn't suit her personality, Yu IlHan turned around towards the elves. It was good that his helmet prevented the elves from seeing his expression.

"I got a request from Reta Kar'iha. She thought that she was the last elf, but now that there are survivors here, she was wondering why it is so."

"How can a human..."

"Reta Kar'iha is dead. How can she...?"

"Through some methods, I'm accompanying her thoughts. Do I have to prove this? Would it be enough proof if I show you that the magic formation the empire created is controlled by me?"

There was no better proof. With Reta's light test, the elves all instantly acknowledged Yu IlHan in their hearts. They knew very well about Reta Kar'iha, their last hero.

"We couldn't help her because we were too weak. It really is a sad thing."

"But we were scared of death. We could only hide like what they..."

"So, how are you all alive?"

Yu IlHan asked them again. Even though he thought that there was a huge secret involved, one of the elves gave an answer without hesitation.

"The people that called themselves 'the Garden of Sunset' hid us, saying that our world is not fated to end yet..."

What the… what was that childish name that sounded like a common guild name in a game he played in elementary school? Yu IlHan became confused, but Erta seemed like she had an inkling.

[The Garden of Sunset is a group of higher existences that claim that they have the power to read the future, and do mysterious things. Well, they don't openly oppose us like the Destruction Demon Army and the Army of Brilliant LIght, but they move around in such a strange fashion to the point that we'd rather have them openly oppose us.]

"Hmm, so it's like a cult."

[This matter is the same. Like how they are Transcenders, it would be difficult for them to directly influence a lower world, so they should have contacted the exceptional ones.]

"Thanks. You're really the best, Ertawagon."

At that point, Yu IlHan was becoming more and more unsettled.

The reason was very simple.

Like what Erta said just now, the ones 'belonging' to the Garden of Sunset must be lower existences, but not elves, yet strong enough to the point that higher existences chose to contact them. However, as far as he knew, there was only one kind that fit the criteria near here.

Well, until a moment ago, it did.

"So, it was a dragonkin that hid you here?"

The ones that brought the elves to ruin was definitely dragonkin. However, if there was anyone that could protect the elves away from their sight? That also cannot be anyone but the dragonkin.

"Yes. The tens of dragonkin that live near here! They said that they are under orders of Garden of Sunset and helped us hide."

"Oooh! So it really was like that!"

They're doomed!

"I knew it felt a little off to kill them!"

[And here, you killed them ruthlessly too.]

Of course, he had no regrets. If he had to check for ally or enemy for every monster he met, then he would be the first one to die. Moreover, there was no way he could have imagined that dragonkin were protecting the elves.

He wasn't trying to give himself indulgence. From long before Earth met its Great Cataclysm, Yu IlHan had long since set his resolve on living selfishly. From the moment he was left on Earth with just Lita.

It was just that he became slightly worried that other things may interfere his smooth sailing situation.

"Won't I end up going against those Garden of Sunset guys at this rate?"

[They cannot touch you directly. No, they said they could read the future, so they perhaps already knew that the dragonkin will be killed by you. There's nothing for you to worry about. It will just be a pain for us.]

"Then that's fine."

Yu IlHan shrugged his shoulders. Now that he had massacred the ones belonging to the Garden of Sunset, there was no way he could know what they were up to, nor did he care about it.

The only objective Yu IlHan had when coming over to Dareu was to obliterate the dragonkin! There was no need for him to take interest in other matters. He just had to fulfill his original objective.

"Then just keep hiding here."

"Wh, what about you?"

"Well, I have no intentions in leaking where you live, so don't worry. Oh, but if you tell anyone that you saw me, then I'll definitely kill you."

"*Hiccup!*"

Yu IlHan answered the elves and turned back before asking Reta if it was fine now.

Reta said she was satisfied.

[Even if it's to let them live in peace, we need to kill all the remaining dragonkin. Please help, Yu IlHan-nim.]

"Leave it to me.

Although he was a rookie, wasn't it Yu IlHan's field of expertise as a deathgod?

Reta acquired more motivation after learning that there were still members of her own race left. Yu IlHan left once again with her and Erta, who was facepalming while thinking about what the Garden of Sunset was up to again.

Even though he had predicted that he would be facing 4th class dragons before he managed to finish the 3rd class dragonkin off, regardless of whether Yu IlHan was obliterating dragonkin or not, or whether he was simply walking around the continent, the dragonkin in Dareu did not notice Yu IlHan's hunt.

Nothing happened to the formation either. The journey was smooth to the point that Yu IlHan was slightly disappointed.

17 days had passed.

Yu IlHan had finished killing 10 thousand 3rd class that the class advancement quest required him to, and he finally resolved to go against the 4th class dragonkin.

Author's notes

Pervert Yu IlHan who now becomes disappointed if the journey is without plot twists.

Pervert Yu IlHan who now has a higher level of communication ability thanks to the accompaniment(?) of the angels.

Just as planned – the origin of evil smiles.

The higher existence organisations mentioned until now are the Destruction Demon Army, Army of Brilliant Light, Garden of Sunset, and lastly, the Heaven's Army.

Many readers worry about getting experience and the difference in level between MC and people of Earth. It's very natural for you to think so. IlHan is so monstrous. BUUT! You should realize from the experience patterns, but it's not that higher levels give you loads of experience. That is also why it's harder to level up as you become higher levels.

For example, a level 176 dragonkin give you less than 60 million exp, but a level 109 troll boss gave 8 million. In other words, You'd have killed a lv 176 dragonkin if you killed 7~8 troll bosses. Moreover, as seen from the story, IlHan started hunting from dragonkin that were just above 100, no? In other words, he didn't earn that much experience. Now it's different though!! 4th classes give 100 millions minimum!

Translator's notes

Transcenders – higher existences.

(Think saints/deities in CD)

Translator: Chamber

Proofreader: Koukouseidesu

Translation changes: spearmanship – spear master, etc)

"So I have to kill 1000 of them in 11 days now, huh. I've got soooooo much time."

[Why don't you just cry honestly?]

Leaving room for some unforeseen circumstances, he had to kill about 100 per day. Thinking back on the battle against the Orochi, he felt blinded just by wondering how he would go about doing this.

Reta consoled the Yu IlHan who was losing energy even before the fight.

[The Orochi could be said to be much stronger compared to its level. Its Purple Flame was even more so. However, the dragons in Dareu aren't like that. 800 of them are just over lv 200, and 100 of them are only around lv 210.]

"That's very heartening. By the way, what about the rest?"

[The rest are all above level 220. ...There are many that are stronger than the Orochi.]

For someone like Yu IlHan who had decided to exterminate all the dragonkin, this number made him laugh.

No matter how much record he had piled up inside his body in order to fight dragons, would it even be possible to kill those frightening creatures like swatting flies?

Against those that would bring hell upon Earth even if a single one was called to Earth?

"Well, I can only try to find out."

Yu IlHan steeled his heart before sighing and stood up.

Starting from 3rd class was literally a superhuman's realm.

Countless people hit a wall while advancing to 3rd class, but once they did go over that wall, they would be respected as a part of the country's battle power. If getting 3rd class was easy, then the meaning and the glory of attaining it would also dissipate.

Of course, Yu IlHan was currently doing an especially cruel quest even amongst 3rd class advancement quests, but he decided to not think about it. This had appeared since he had achieved so many things until now, who could he blame?

"Well, let's start from the lowest levelled ones."

Yu IlHan requested Reta for the formation's activation and took out two 3rd class magic stones. This was because the number of 2nd class magic stones and 3rd class ones were beginning to equalize.

He had to leave some 2nd class magic stones behind in order to make higher ranked weapons for Vanguard, or so he was his reasoning when he decided to use 3rd class magic stones.

[You will be able to do it. If it's the one I, Reta Kar'iha, have chosen. Definitely.]

Declared Reta in a firm tone. Her words somehow gave Yu IlHan some energy.

He didn't realize because he was in a cave, but it was currently midday. Sunlight was shining down across the entire expanse of Dareu, soft winds were blowing, and the trees that grew there were swaying gently in the wind accompanied by the sounds of rustling leaves; all in all, it gave off a fantastical vibe. (PR:Fantasy-ical)

[Mmmmm?]

Just as Yu IlHan was admiring the scenery from where he was transferred to, a voice could be heard.

It was none other than a dragonkin, and a dragon that had acquired 4th class. Yu IlHan looked around to find it, and found out he had no need to.

[I thought I sensed mana ripples. Did I perhaps mistake it?]

That was because the size of its body was big enough to cover half of the landscape in his view. The figure was literally like a dragon ripped straight off a story book.

A lizard's head, coupled with frighteningly sharp teeth in its mouth. The scales that covered its huge body shone red under the sun, while the bat-like wings that seemed…..underdeveloped for flight was neatly folded up behind its back.

Everything that made up the dragonkin's body had a large amount of mana dwelling in it. Yu IlHan was just beginning to comprehend the method of control over that energy, but the 4th class dragonkin was controlling mana as naturally as it was breathing.

Thanks to that, it could activate magic whenever it wanted to. In other words, it was always on guard and this was probably the true form of the race of magic.

Although it might be superior in terms of physical strength, it was impossible for the Orochi to do that. It only shot out its boiling energy out as magic bullets, and it was just happened that they were absurdly strong.

The dragon in front of him had a bigger body than 3rd class dragonkin, but was overwhelmingly smaller when compared to the Orochi. Well, by the 4th class, many things end up changing even with just a single level.

He couldn't even imagine how strong 5th class would be, if 4th classes were like this! But the most important thing now was to fight the dragon in front of him.

As expected of a dragon, it had even read a trace of the magic formation's activation. Even though it should have been meticulously hidden thanks to Yu IlHan's concealment ability!

[Hmm, there are no changes.]

However, it was, as expected, impossible for it to see through Yu IlHan's concealment. After confirming, the dragon laid its body on the land again.

Having overwhelmingly strong ability in and of itself, was a weakness. That was because of the increasing arrogance due to knowing one's own power. The same went for the dragon in front of him.

Even after sensing a ripple in mana, when it couldn't find any changes to its surroundings, it just went 'okay let's go back to sleep' and closed its eyes. That kind of thought process and action was insufficient to survive against a stronger enemy.

Like now.

[Will you be alright with just that!?]

Just as Yu IlHan was approaching it, Erta checked with him in shock. He was only holding a single spear in his hand.

[You've even prepared tools for hunting them!]

"I need to kill 100 of those things a day. I'll never make it if I have to install them every time."

Tools referred to harpoons, landmines and other installable tools, and was made by him when he was making other equipment in preparation to go to Dareu, after he had recreated the Heavenly Cloud Gathering Sword. They were made with the many bones of the Orochi, and the newtype Giant's Rubber Band made from its muscles and tendons.

Their common point was their definitive binding power and pre-preparation. If he had to rely on them from those just over level 200, then he was sure that he would fail the mission. What Yu IlHan needed now was speed.

Yu IlHan charged towards the dragon that looked like it had fallen asleep. As he was already activating Superhuman Strength skill with the use of mana, his muscles were expanding to its limits within the armor.

Not just that, Angels' Support was stably increasing his abilities by 30%, and the dragonslayer title he had acquired after killing the Orochi increased all of his abilities by 10% against dragonkin.

As he was doing a surprise attack, all abilities of the deathgod were in effect, and the Black Bone Giant Spear in his hand was a dragon-killing-specialized weapon.

Yes, Yu IlHan was riddled with special buffs at the moment.

In this Abandoned World, when doing a surprise attack, and although only in effect when going up against dragonkin, his specs were miraculously, not inferior to a 4th class.

His passive skills were perfect as well. His Spear Mastery, Concealment, and most other battle skills were at max level. In that regard, he could be said to be superior to other 4th class beings.

Then, there was only one problem left, which was the active skills. No matter how good his specs were, what good would it be without a strong strike?

As he knew that, he chose the weight transfer of the Cross Bag.

Never had Yu IlHan grabbed a blacksmith's hammer in Dareu continent. As such, the tens of thousands of dragonkin he had killed until now were all still within his Cross bag.

Its weight was truly horrifying, and so, would give an amount of tremendous damage whether the opponent had a tough body, or could wield mana well. Cross Bag could be said to be Yu IlHan's strongest weapon.

When he approached closer, Yu IlHan jumped to his heart's content. As if being rewarded for all the fights he did in the stuffy caves, he jumped hundreds of meters in an instant!

[The skill, Leap, has become Lv 38.]

Perhaps the Akashic Record understood his stifling feelings, as the skill level increased refreshingly. The Leap skill generated an additional leap in mid-air when it was level 20, so he wondered what kind of changes there would be when it became level 40.

Expectations were expectations, and his attack began.

Yu IlHan gripped his spear tight with his left arm and posed himself in mid-air to draw back his spear fully, before shooting right at the moment the dragon moved around its body. Of course, the moment his spear left his hand, he didn't forget to transfer the weight of the Cross Bag to the spear.

The beautiful straight line that Kang MiRae and Na YuNa absent-mindedly watched last time occurred again, but this time, with much more destructive power.

The Black bone giant spear that left Yu IlHan's hand shot towards the ground as if it was going back to the place it was supposed to be, and hit exactly the head of the dragon that was just about to fall asleep!

Of course, tens of thin membranes shot out from the skin before the attack landed, but the spear weighing tens of thousands of tons destroyed everything and embedded itself deeply into the head. Purple Flame invaded through the wound too! This was an attack that Yu IlHan would never want to have to deal with.

[Critical HIt!]

[Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!]

Its screams were music to his ears, but he would be struck down if he kept listening to it. This dragon was different from the all-brawns Orochi. It was a true 4th class grown with time!

So, Yu IlHan moved immediately. The moment he confirmed that the attack had succeeded, he used Re-leap to kick off the air and leave that place. Immediately after that, a beam of light pierced through where he was.

[I don't know who you are, but since you've enraged me you...!]

However, the dragon couldn't speak anymore. That was because Yu IlHan had used Re-leap to charge towards it in frontal assault. Yu IlHan's shooting body did not have a less beautiful trajectory compared to his spear.

[…will die!]

Noticing the situation quite fast, it shot out several magic that looked like beams of light. Thanks to Yu IlHan doing a frontal assault, the trajectory of magic that it had produced could also only be simple. It was all according to Yu IlHan's wishes.

Using the remote collection feature of his Cross Bag, Yu IlHan called out several sturdy shields. They were unique ranked shields made from Orochi's bones and coated with its skin, and was the tool that he had spent the most effort on.

Thousands of the same item, too!

"This is the fortress of iron, the Iron Fortress!"

[I can feel the dark darkness force from it!] (T/N: Erta's being sarcastic here)

The beam crashed head on with the shield. The first was pierced easily, and the second held out for a little before being pierced, but that was it. Yu IlHan was outside the effective range of the magic.

[You have a strange ability despite being human!]

"Ah, you're loud. Would it kill you to fight with your mouth closed?"

Not remembering the embarrassing line he just said, Yu IlHan grumbled. However, before the dragon could use the next magic, Yu IlHan had already arrived at its head and was holding the spear embedded on it.

"Haaaaap!"

Of course, weight transfer was dispelled. Yu IlHan pulled out the spear and struck the wound with a stronger force.

[Critical Hit!]

[Khwaaaaaaak!]

It seemed painful as it rampaged around while breathing out fire. However, as he was strengthened after his battle with the Orochi, Yu IlHan didn't even flinch.

The problem was that, tens of magic formations emitting light was created in the air and started to surround Yu IlHan.

A phenomenon only a dragon could cause because they learned high magic over a long period of time that humans cannot use!

With the magic formations that looked like they would shoot out all sorts of magic at any moment, Yu IlHan ended up laughing. Then, he sucked on the bloodrink to heal the aftereffects of the Superhuman Strength skill.

"Well, then, do you think you can injure me before you die?"

[How dare you! Are you looking down on me even though you are a trivial creature that has not stepped out the bounds of human!]

Yu IlHan didn't even wait for it to finish and pierced its head with his spear again. He was only able to pierce the scales and the skin because of the help of the weight transfer. It would take ages to attack other places.

As such, there was only one method he used to fight against dragonkin – to strike where it hurt!

[You're full of yourself. Explode with your ambitions and die!]

"Who's saying it to who?"

Magic bombardment began. It was time to experiment the remote collection technique that Yu IlHan had practiced until now! The problem was that it had to be done at the same time as attacking the dragon.

[Kuooooooooh!]

Yu Ilhan felt like his head was splitting. He put several shields in succession in the directions he felt mana from, and he evaded the attacks that he couldn't block without moving and attack at the same time.

In some way, this was the same as the Orochi fight, but what was different was that this dragon's attacks came from all directions without rest.

Oh, there was one other important thing.

It was weaker than the Orochi by a large amount.

[Critical Hit!]

[Kuhaaak!]

After Yu IlHan struck out his spear with all his might, the dragon couldn't keep the pain in and screamed when the magic formation dissipated at once.

Huge amount of mana could not take form and dissipated, so it made a mana storm within the winds, but Yu IlHan firmly endured and struck the wound he opened up, yet again.

[Khhk, you, you bastard...!]

"Shut up, I don't wanna hear excuses after all that!"

In fact, this was to make it unable to do throw another foreshadow.

Yu IlHan chattered while striking several times with his spear to destroy the brain. These actions were fruitful, as in the end, it couldn't attack Yu IlHan anymore and had to collapse back down again.

This was the moment when Earth's dropout Yu IlHan had degraded a 4th class dragon into mere prey.

[You have earned 391,993,013 experience.]

[You have earned the record of Lv 200 Dragon.]

[You collect the life force of Dragon through the ability of Death Collector.]

After he confirmed that it had finally died, Yu IlHan collapsed on top of its body. Although he could fortunately kill it in a shorter time than the Orochi, it was still insufficient in his opinion. He had to confront stronger ones from now!

[Yu IlHan, are you alright?]

[Truly...Amazing. You take actions as if you don't fear death.]

"It's the opposite. I move because I don't want to die."

Replying to Erta and Reta, Yu IlHan had a little rest before starting to sort out the situation. Collection of his spoils of war was one thing, but before that, he had to clean up the things he had taken out using remote collection.

"Let's see. That's 72 shields ruined."

He felt bitter. Although he could use it again as he had repairing materials, but he couldn't help

the durability going down every time he did so. Of course, wasting time was a bonus.

"I only have a thousand shields. This won't do."

Yu IlHan had to kill 1000 dragons within the time limit. If he wasn't planning to settle down and fix his stuff for every 10 dragons he killed, he had to learn to hunt dragons faster, and more safely.

[Why don't you try using the corpses of other dragonkin like you did when you fought the Orochi?]

"They should be reasonably big. It's not that there aren't any I can use, but I can't waste my shields just because of that."

Sighing, he extended his hands towards the dragon's corpse. Now that he knew that he couldn't fight this way, he was planning to make something that would accelerate his battle speed using the 4th class dragon's body in front of him.

If he acquired a 4th class magic stone, then he really might be able to speed up his batt...

There was one.

[A 4th class magic stone!]

[Aah, to think I'd see a 4th class magic stone with my two eyes.]

They were both surprised since Erta knew Yu IlHan's current level, and Reta had never killed a 4th class dragon in her life.

However, would their surprise be more than Yu IlHan? His mind was in a mess because of all the text that appeared on his retina the moment he grabbed the magic stone.

[Killing 3rd class monsters with a single piercing strike 300/300]

[Killing 3rd class monsters with a single slashing strike 300/300]

[3rd class magic stone 100/100]

[4th class magic stone 1/1]

[The conditions to evolve Spear Mastery has been fulfilled. Will you evolve it?]

A hook came in from somewhere he didn't expect it to.

Yu IlHan thought that he may just be able to complete this mission.

Author's notes

(Untranslatable Chuunibyou line, that says 'From the western west, a windy wind blows with a deathly death'.)

Explode with your ambitions and die – A parody of 'Drown in your ideals and die' said by a certain bro. (T/N: Thankfully, this is quite known in the west as well, look it up, and you'd find Fate series)

The evolution criteria for spear mastery came out in the very beginning. Recently, when the spear mastery's evolution criteria became easier, Yu IlHan thought 'I'd have to kill a 4th class anyway', but that was his mistake! No, I will explain it in today's chapter! It's not that I forgot! Really!

Translator's notes

Happy birthday to me~~♪, happy birthday to me~~♪.

Happy birthday to myself~~~~♪♪♪♪, happy birthday to me~~♪♪

(So sad, singing myself a happy birthday song)

Today is chamber's birthday wooooo-lets wish him a happy birthday~~ koukouseidesu

Translator: Chamber

Proofreader: Koukouseidesu

(Translation changes: Close combat -> Physical Combat, this would be 'taijutsu' in JP)

Yu IlHan had stopped caring about evolving the skill since some time ago. Why? Because he had thought that it would be ages until he could evolve them.

Whether it was the Spear Mastery or the Sword Mastery, he vaguely thought that he had to kill thousands of 4th class monsters.

As such, he did not consider skill evolution in his short-term planning, and was only planning to use what he had to solve this problem.

[Killing 3rd class monsters with a single piercing strike 300/300]

[Killing 3rd class monsters with a single slashing strike 300/300]

[3rd class magic stones 100/100]

[4th class magic stone 1/1]

However, that wasn't it. The evolution criteria for Spear Mastery couldn't have been easier than this. Now that he thought about each of these conditions that popped up since they were fulfilled, he remembered the time when he saw the evolution criteria for Spear Mastery when he just evolved the Resting skill.

Yes. There was the very same text at that time as well. (T/N: Sorry if the translation is inconsistent). Although there was a difference in number due to the conditions becoming easier, there was no fundamental change in its contents.

"Hah."

Yu IlHan finally understood what happened to him.

At that time, he shrugged saying those conditions were impossible, and decided to forget about it. And then, he modified, in his heart, those criteria into frightening beings that could never be done!

Like how the fox decided that the grapes were sour just because it couldn't get to it! (T/N: Aesop fables)

Killing a 3rd class monster with a single strike. With a pierce, with a slash. Both of these were piss easy for Yu IlHan right now, and he had come this far without even being conscious of the conditions.

The evolution for Spear Mastery hadn't proceeded yet only because he was lacking a 4th class magic stone.

[What is it, Yu IlHan?]

"Nah, I'm just wondering about whether I should exclaim at my own foolishness or be thankful for this wonderfully timed notice."

Yes, let's think about it positively. This was the first time he had acquired a 4th class magic stone anyway. Even if he was conscious of the conditions, he couldn't have evolved the conditions any earlier.

Considering his mistake, the payback was too little to the point of having no damage.

However, this shouldn't continue from now on. It was a sin to not be conscious and not to use the things he had on his hands.

What if something went wrong and he couldn't evolve his spear mastery? What if he couldn't advance to Blazing Reaper because of that? What if he met his death due to that? Yu IlHan wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

To think he, who had put so much effort in order to survive, wasn't even aware of his own belongings!

'Good, now it's fine.'

Taking a deep breath, Yu IlHan calmed himself down. He was relieved that the problem was dug out before the situation became worse, and resolved that something like this would never happen again.

[I also didn't know. Evolving martial arts really doesn't happen that often. And most angels use magic too...]

"I don't have any intentions on blaming you, Erta. I know that you're helping me with all you've got."

[Th, that's not entirely true either.]

[Evolving martial arts… My weapon mastery was only 71 when I died. Truly an amazing talent.]

Erta's consolation and Reta's out-of-timing nagging was as usual, but now really wasn't the time he wanted to listen to them. What he needed now wasn't people to flatter him.

Yu IlHan first looked back to all the skills he could evolve right now.

"There are none at the moment."

His maxed out skills were: Spear Mastery, Blunt Weapon Mastery, Physical Combat Mastery, Sword Mastery, Shooting, Throwing, Dismantling, Blacksmithing, and Language.

Amongst these, excluding ones that cannot be evolved any more, and excluding Spear Mastery which is about to go through evolution, there was Blunt Weapon Mastery, Physical Combat Mastery, Sword Mastery, Throwing, and Language. There was only one amongst these that didn't take a lot of time, which was Throwing.

[Killing 2nd class monsters using a throw 100,000/100,000]

[Killing 3rd class monsters using a throw 10,000/10,000]

[Killing 3rd class monsters using a single throw 100/100]

[Killing 4th class monsters using a throw 1/5]

[3rd class magic stones 400/400]

[4th class magic stones 1/2]

"What the hell, it's even harder than Spear Mastery?"

[That's because Throwing skill is more of a support martial arts skill rather than a martial arts skill. Due to that characteristic, it can't evolve alone but has to fusion evolve, which is why the evolution criteria are harder than most other skills.]

That was true. The other skills were just 'evolution's, but only the Throwing skill had the words 'fusion evolution' written on it. Fusion? What other skill would it fuse with? He was very curious but he endured for now. He would be able to see it soon anyway.

[What's more shocking is that you fulfilled most of those conditions.]

"Well, I did use the atlatl to death in Japan."

Moreover, wasn't it a throw that he used to kill the Orochi?

Since he had to use a magic stone for the evolution of Spear Mastery, to evolve Throwing, he had to kill an additional 4 4th class monsters with a throw, and acquire 2 more 4th class magic stones.

If it was in the past, he would have shook his head saying it was nonsense, but for the current Yu IlHan, who was in a world full of dragons, it wasn't so much of a nonsense.

"Well, then."

He looked forward to evolving the Throwing skill a little, but first came Spear Mastery. Yu IlHan confirmed that he had fulfilled all the criteria for evolving Spear Mastery, before taking in short, deep breaths and wishing that he wanted to evolve his Spear Mastery.

At that moment, 100 3rd class magic stone and a 4th class magic stone in his possession all came out and started emitting light. It was a brilliant light to the point that he was worried that nearby dragons may find him!

No matter how trained his physical body was, he couldn't even see properly within that blinding light.

"Erta, is this going well?"

[I'm not of a martial faction, so it's the first time I'm seeing an evolution of martial arts related skills! It would be better if Lita was here!]

[Aaaaah. It's really an absurd scene.]

These two girls really didn't help out at all! – thought Yu Ilhan in his heart and waited for the light to dissipate. However, the light didn't decrease at all, but instead, increased until it devoured the world.

No, it was more correct to say that it had not devoured the world, but Yu IlHan himself.

While Yu IlHan was thinking those things, green text appeared on his retina.

[Pioneering a path of a unique skill as a lower existence. The Akashic Record has realized it as the fastest record. You have acquired the title 'The Quickest'. Training speed of all skills increase by 10%, and experience earned increases by 10%]

[A unique skill is created from all the records of the human, Yu IlHan.]

[The mastery of the related skill has reached Max. The classification of the skill increases to become an even higher ranked skill.]

[The class of your records are exceptionally higher compared to your level. The skill's growth accelerates.]

[All records are absorbed. The skill, Spear Master, evolves.]

Although the Akashic Record couldn't read all of Yu IlHan's life, his records and achievements were subliming into a definite reward. The texts related to skill evolution were a proof of that.

Yu IlHan successfully remembered.

The days he swung his spear and trained his body while waiting for 'tomorrow'.

The days where he charged across the world in order to acquire new wisdom and techniques.

Lita's smile, and the days he did his best to catch up to her level of martial arts.

The days where he endured and endured and gritted his teeth trying to endure even more.

Just as he was trying to understand the meaning of the words that flashed in his head, all the light was sucked into Yu IlHan's body.

At the same time, the power and records he knew, but couldn't connect, sublimed into one and struck his mind.

[You have learned the skill, Spear of Undrawable Trajectory.]

[You have fulfilled one of the conditions to acquire a 5th class. The acquiring difficulty of 5th class becomes lower.]

Even though the light had dissipated and he was on the plains, Yu IlHan still had his eyes closed.

Erta and Reta only watched over him in worry, since they didn't know what had happened to him, Yu IlHan himself wasn't even conscious of the fact that the light had dissipated, as he was accepting the skill that was engraved onto his body, soul and mind.

He already had experience in evolving skills. Resting skill into Transcendent Regeneration, and Concealment into Deathgod. Both were exceptional skills, but they weren't so difficult to comprehend.

However, martial arts were different. This wasn't something that was like a switch, which used 0 and 1 as on and off. He could understand how it happened and how it should be implemented, as it was a result of his own records, understanding and accepting were different concepts.

Even wearing clothes that fit one's body may feel a little off at first. There was a need for some time to become used to it.

[Yu, Yu IlHan. Are you alright?]

[I think, I feel a wondrous aura.]

"..."

Still with his eyes closed, Yu IlHan picked up his spear. Then, he started swinging it. There was neither form nor formulae to his spear techniques, so there was no set trajectory to the spear he was swinging.

And that, was the most important. That, was the path his martial arts had to take, and was also the core of Yu IlHan's existence.

1, 2, 4 hours had passed since Yu IlHan started swinging his spear.

Even though he still had to kill 999 more 4th class monsters, he was spending 4 hours doing something. Erta worried that he may fail the quest at this rate, but Yu IlHan didn't seem to notice the flow in time, as he kept swinging his spear.

[If I knew this would happen, then I should have made him open the barrier before evolving the skill...]

[I also want to enter next time.]

Reta carefully asked when Erta spoke. Erta also thought up of one thing when she said that.

In the barrier made by the Hourglass of Eternity, a god-ranked artifact, only existences with the permission from the owner, Yu IlHan, could enter.

Yu IlHan had subconsciously took Erta and the Eternal Flame into the barrier, and the majority of the thoughts that talked to him could not enter the barrier. It was because they were recognized as a separate existence, regardless of permission.

Perhaps due to that vague recognition, the majority of the thoughts that were silent while the barrier was opening couldn't enter, unlike the ones who were being loud all the time, like the Orochi. Reta, was one of those victims.

Yu IlHan found it curious that although the life force was with him, the thoughts were treated as a separate existence, but that was it. Since there was nothing he could do with those life force, or thoughts 'yet', it wasn't something he gave much meaning to.

[Ah, Yu IlHan?]

[Yu IlHan-nim?]

At that time, Yu IlHan suddenly stopped his actions. Erta and Reta hurriedly talked to him, but Yu IlHan picked up his spear again as if he didn't listen to them.

However, this time it was different, as he aimed at a nearby tree rather than swinging in mid-air.

'I think I got it now.'

He hadn't swung around his spear meaninglessly. He had tuned his clothes in order to adapt to the clothes quickly. Although he had to spend 4 hours, if he could succeed this strike he was doing now, that much time would become meaningless.

Yu IlHan moved. He held up his spear neither fast nor slow,

and at that moment, the tree was cut apart diagonally and fell down.

[The skill, Spear of Undrawable Trajectory, has become level 3.]

[...Huh?]

It seemed it was true when it said that the skill growth would accelerate – thought Yu IlHan while nodding. Meanwhile, the only higher existence here, Erta, tilted her head.

[I couldn't recognize your swinging motion.]

[Me neither.]

Just what had happened just now? – Erta had such an expression. To her, Yu IlHan replied while retracting his spear, and with a satisfied face.

"It's that kind of skill."

[...]

[...]

Swinging the spear, but swinging so that the trajectory couldn't be seen. The ones to get struck by it would not be able to know when, or how it was swung. No one would not fear the attack that distorted even cause and effect.

This was a skill only Yu IlHan could learn and implement, as he had reached the maximum in both concealment and the spear, along with other martial arts skills, which allowed him to bring out all the destructive power within the human body. Although it looked like a single skill, it wasn't one.

Of course, he couldn't implement such a high ranked skill with his body alone, so he had used up a lot of mana. It was using this much just cutting trees, so he may even run out if it was used to slash dragons.

To use it normally, he would have to mix it within his normal strike, but at this rate, he would have to worry about his mana rather than his level of techniques.

For Yu IlHan, whose only active skills were Concealment and Superhuman Strength until today, this was a big damage. He didn't mind his magic stat being lower than his other stats, but it seemed like he had to focus on his magic stat's growth.

[This really is.]

While Yu IlHan was pondering on the pros and cons of his skill, Erta absent-mindedly spoke in shock.

[A skill that's like you.]

"Hey, don't say it."

And here, he wanted to exclaim at his own level of power! She just had to say it!

[Now you've concealed even your skills, how pitiful...]

"Shaddap!"

He didn't want this kind of scene! He wanted his allies to exclaim at his new, wondrous, and powerful skill!

Meanwhile, his ally who could make the reaction he wanted, wasn't saying anything due to the shock after seeing the severed tree.

Thinking that she was a million times better than Erta who was consoling? or laughing? at him. Yu IlHan took out some 3rd class magic stones and a flask from his Cross Bag. This was the mana potion he had acquired after killing the 4th class mage, Dakié Von Illastra.

He opened the lid to the flask and sipped a little of the potion. As expected of a potion made for a 4th class, Yu IlHan's mana filled up easily with just that. With that, a single potion would allow Yu IlHan to refill his mana at least 40 times.

He didn't know whether to rejoice at the potion's performance, or to despair at his little mana capacity, but there was one sure thing.

"Let's go, Reta. We'll be doing things faster now."

[Yes!]

Despite not possessing a physical body, Reta felt her heart quickening. It was probably due to her expectations rising.

She activated the magic formation in joy, and without fail, a dragon that just entered 4th class, was sleeping.

Yu IlHan charged like the last time, and the time he took to hunt was halved. The more he got used to his spear, the more record of dragons he earned, the speed became faster.

Since 800 of the 4th class dragons were just over 200, they had around the same power.

Finally, doomsday was arriving upon the rulers of Dareu, the dragons.

Thanks to a single loner!

Author's notes

Both this and the previous chapters are overflowing in quantity, but I couldn't cut it mid way due to the story progression, so I just give up. Please do consider that it won't always be this way T^T

Although many should have predicted from Reta's line, the maximum numerical level of all skills are 99, and at 100, it will be Max level. In other words, 100 is the max.

Whenever I make a higher ranked skill, I ponder a lot. Previously, I had no such worries, but when I made a too profound skill and it became a little strange to use them in battle… However, readers, the main character this time will suffer with his body no matter what happens! Please be rest assured!

Even his skill is a loner now

Finally, the climax of all his fights! The already fast speed will become even faster!

Translator's notes

There's one thing that many people are confused about.

People COULD NOT DIE when they were sent to other worlds for 10 years before the first GC. I'm thinking that even suicide isn't possible. I'm also thinking that pregnant women were pregnant for 10 years. It's like how MC was, the cells do not age, but they are still active.

Yesterday.

[You've got 4 e-mails]

-Oh? That's rare.

*Checks e-mail to find out they are all from paypal*

-Let's see, 25, 25, 25, 70… wut? I got 145 USD for EER? What the hell? Is this my birthday? Wait, it is…

Are you trying to kill me on my birthday? dammit…

PR: Keep them coming! muahahaha more eer = good!

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Translator: Chamber

Proofreader: Koukouseidesu

Spear of Undrawable Trajectory was a unique martial art and a higher-ranked art, so it harbored a fundamentally strong power, but was still quite distant from active skills which brought out enormous destructive power in a single strike.

This skill would give unexpected damage to the enemy by hiding a single strike within numerous trajectories; it didn't end with just learning the skill, and required intensive training and a battle of wits with the enemy!

"You didn't see this coming!"

[Kuaaaaaaak!]

Also, if he used it well, it was a splendid psychological attack that could make the enemies go mad during battle.

[I'll kill you!]

A dragon, which received a near-fatal injury to the point that its brain was exposed after being hit by a traceless spear strike on the back of its head, hurriedly flapped its wings while retreating and set up many magic formations.

[Even though I blocked all your attacks! Eeek! I don't have the time to play with you any more! Die!]

However, what made Spear of Undrawable Trajectory even more vicious was that it was truly perfect when it met his concealment.

The dragon, even though it had poured its magic out in the direction he 'sensed' Yu IlHan, could not notice that Yu IlHan had appeared from above, and was attacking his head!

"Where are you slashing? That's an after image!"

[Critical Hit!]

[Kuaaaaaaa! I didn't slash though!]

Invisible and unfollowable attacks were already plenty scary, but to top it all off, even the attacker may disappear sometimes.

No matter which one it focused on, it would lose the flow of battle the moment it lost even one of them, so the combination of the Spear of Undrawable Trajectory and Concealment could be said to be a miracle.

[Khk, Krrrrr!]

Focusing on the spear, it would lose sight of the wielder, and focusing on the wielder, it would be struck from the back. No one would be able to understand this dragon's feelings.

And the ones that could say those feelings had all died. Like now.

[You have earned 405,183,039 experience.]

[The skill, Spear of Undrawable Trajectory, has become level 11.]

[The skill, Superhuman Strength, has become level 40. The duration of the skill increases.]

Yu IlHan drew back his spear and landed before panting. Behind him, a powerless dragon corpse fell down from the air with a thud.

2 days had passed after Yu IlHan had evolved his spear mastery. He finally judged that he became used to using it in battle.

"Fuu, I somehow was able to kill it in 3 minutes."

No matter how great the conditions were, nobody would have expected that there would come a day when a 2nd class would be able to kill a 4th class dragon within 3 minutes.

Starting from 'the loner that deceived God's eyes', Yu IlHan had reset all the records that were there.

[That's strange. Even though you won brilliantly, why do I have the urge to hit you on the head?] (Erta)

"That's because you're too emotional."

Replied Yu IlHan, and searched through the dragon's corpse, but a 4th class magic stone didn't come out.

He remembered that the drop rate of magic stones was around 17%, but thinking about it now, it was definitely a lie.

Even though he had killed around 300 within the last two days, he had only acquired 7 magic stones. And here they said the drop rate would increase as the class becomes higher!

[It is true that the probability of magic stones appearing becomes higher as the class becomes higher, since more mana will be stored on the body. However, Yu IlHan, dragons are a race that can use mana better than any other. Of course, there's a lower chance of magic stones agglomerating within the body instead.] (Erta)

"Instead?"

[Mana flows everywhere in their body, so their body itself is a good material for artifacts. Also, the ever-famous Dragon HEART are treated as one of the best even amongst magic stones.]

Dragon HEART! Yu IlHan's heart started pounding after he remembered talking about magic stones with Erta a while back.

"Then do you mean that all the 4th class dragons I killed have the best magic stones?"

[Of course not. They are rarely seen even amongst 5th class dragonkin. Dragon HEARTs are even rarer than magic stones, since the hearts of dragons have to undergo a special evolution through the use of mana. If you want to acquire a Dragon HEART from a 4th class dragon, you would really have to be lucky.] (Erta)

"Ao, really. Don't make a person's heart flutter and mention it beforehand!"

[You're the cutest when you're frustrated like that!] (Erta)

She learnt all the wrong things while hanging out with Lita! – grumbled Yu IlHan.

"Let's go to the next place. I got used to the spear, so I should go for the next one."

[What?]

"Evolving Throwing."

There was no end to Yu IlHan's desire to become strong. Of course, all of this was happening with the simple objective of 'surviving', but his endless driving force was worth praising.

It was impossible currently to kill dragons through just Throwing. However, fortunately, there was no absurd condition of instakilling them through Throwing, so he only had to finish them off through it.

In fact, Yu IlHan wanted to fulfill most other requirements for evolving other skills while he had the ability to kill 4th class here in Dareu, but Throwing was the only thing he came up with.

Physical Combat, Blunt Weapon Mastery, and Sword Mastery all had conditions that requied him to kill 3rd class in a single strike in a specific move of that Mastery, which made Yu IlHan despair.

"Well, I'll just do it against the remaining dragonkin after I finish the mission."

[Just take everything, huh.]

Since he only had to do the final strike with a Throw, the evolution criteria was fulfilled quickly.

He just had to run back and throw when the dragons seemed like they would die.

There were times when the dragon died first since he was out of time, but after around 30 minutes, he could splendidly fulfill the requirements.

[Killing 2nd class monsters using a throw 100,000/100,000]

[Killing 3rd class monsters using a throw 10,000/10,000]

[Killing 3rd class monsters using a single throw 100/100]

[Killing 4th class monsters using a throw 5/5]

[3rd class magic stones 400/400]

[4th class magic stones 2/2]

[The conditions to fuse-evolve the skill, Throwing, have been fulfilled. Will you evolve the skill?]

"Yes. Let me have an easier life too!"

Yu IlHan evolved Throwing without hesitation. Immediately, a slightly different text appeared on his retina from before.

[Fusion evolution requires a max level of a sub skill. You can use the skill, Shooting, as a sub skill. Will you fuse-evolve the skills, Throwing and Shooting?]

Yu IlHan finally understood what Erta said before after that text appeared. He also learned why twice as many 4th class magic stones were used too.

Well, he was fusing two maxed out skills, so it was obvious he'd need two!

Shooting skill was awakened when he used firearms before, and the skill level was of course, max. Since there was no possibility for evolution, he just kept it there, but something like this had happened. Yu IlHan could only be delighted.

He proceeded the skill evolution without hesitation, and immediately, brilliant light and a strange feeling enveloped him. This was an awakening that was half-way between when Resting evolved and when Spear Mastery evolved.

However, the evolution was splendid as well.

[You have learned the skill, Absolute Accuracy; range, accuracy and power dramatically increases when shooting or throwing, and increases as the skill increases in level. You can use a large quantity of mana to unconditionally hit a target.]

It was not really unexpected. He vaguely thought that shooting and throwing raised to the extreme would end up as something like this. However, it wasn't that he wasn't surprised.

The effects of the skill, both passive and active, was too strong for him to accept normally.

"Gungnir!?"

[I was wondering why you didn't say that at first.]

A feeling of omnipotence filled up Yu IlHan's whole body. To think he'd be able to act out a miracle that was from an artifact in myths! How could he not be happy?

[It's not invincible. You do know that Odin from Norse mythology with the sure-hit spear, Gungnir, was done in by the Fenrir, right?] (Erta)

"That calms me down a little."

Fortunately, he didn't end up throwing spears for four hours in order to adapt to the spear. This skill was characteristically different to the unique skill, Spear of Undrawable Trajectory, and since his battles started with him throwing the spear, he had plenty of chances to adapt during battles.

In that progress, Yu IlHan became sad that he couldn't actively use Absolute Accuracy, due to the lack of mana, but just evolving to a higher ranked skill showed splendid performance. It was even more splendid when it was harmonized with Concealment and Spear Mastery.

Having become stronger, Yu IlHan started hunting the dragons even faster, and after a week, he had annihilated most of the dragons that were just over level 200.

[Killing 3rd class 10,000/10,000]

[Killing 4th class 816/1,000]

And that was also the point when Yu IlHan's existence was discovered by the dragons.

It wasn't through the magic formation, but because it became known that the dragons were almost annihilated by him.

[To think that the continent's magic formation is still active!]

[Who are you! Where were you hiding until now only to appear now!]

Yu IlHan was scared stiff by the group of dragons that came at him and ran. One of the dragons looked very painful with red blood shooting out from its head, but if he stopped, he would become the same.

"Even though there was only one! Do these guys use instantaneous movement or something!?"

[Well, if they're 4th class, why not? Even so, it's not as OP as the magic formation. You can do it!] Erta)

Erta, who became drunk in Yu IlHan's power and the actions until now, was saying optimistic stuff even now, but Reta, who didn't have a good experience against the dragons, shouted in fear.

[I will initiate the formation right now! First let's move to where the dragons don't exi...] (Reta)

"No, we can't run now!"

Yu IlHan was one that shook his head in such situations where any other people would want to run away!

"These guys will start grouping up if I wait for a while. I need to kill as many as possible before it becomes out of hand."

[Probably.]

He didn't know about 3rd class ones, but 4th class dragons mostly lived alone in a vast expanse of land.

Anybody would. They had acquired near-absolute power, and killed everything that originally lived in that place, to their heart's content. So why would it ever want to live together with its kin, who had similar levels of strength?

This was the reason why Yu IlHan was able to kill 4th class dragons smoothly until now, and was also the reason why no rumors had spread throughout the continent.

However, now that his existence was revealed. A man who possessed a power that could threaten dragons was hunting their own race while using a magic formation that allowed him to go anywhere within Dareu. Which idiot would still choose to be alone and die?

The dragons were gradually gathering up. The ones that weren't moving were those that hadn't heard about the news, or those that were still confident in defeating him by itself.

And their common point was that it was easy to kill them

"Let's go immediately. To the one that lives as far away from here as possible!"

[Yes!] (Reta)

As she knew the seriousness of the situation, Reta also hurried up. Yu IlHan waved his hand at the two dragons that were staring at him when he was transferred.

When they failed to catch Yu IlHan by a small margin, they roared in anger.

[Kroaaaaaaaaa!]

[I will turn you to ashes!]

They turned the place where Yu IlHan was into ruins, but not to mention injuring Yu IlHan, they couldn't even damage the formation. And they knew that fact very well.

The magic formation over Dareu continent was like that. Rather than material, it was more spiritual, and unless the master of the formation dispelled the formation or gathered it up in one place, it wouldn't disappear. There was no way the magic formation would still be intact otherwise.

[…..Splendid escape. It really is a damned but good magic formation.]

[The idiots of our race who could not see through the situation would be done in by him.]

But what was this? The two dragons that were left in the place where Yu IlHan had disappeared, showed calmness as if all their rage until now was a lie.

[That time is really coming.]

[Keke, you think so too?]

Their following words included a content that would make Erta shocked.

[The revelation from Destruction Demon Army was correct. A connection with another world… Isn't that a truly cool thing? More prey, more growth of the world. And reaching the heavens! I will also be able to become a part of them.]

Yes. There weren't only Garden of Sunset-affiliated dragons in Dareu. Truly damned, but there were dragons affiliated to Destruction Demon Army, who were currently having a battle against the angels in the Wall of Chaos!

Moreover, unlike the Garden of Sunset, whose objective was mysterious, these things had a clear objective. Destruction, Preying and Growth!

At this point, it was clear that Destruction Demon Army was involved in the destruction of Dareu. The unnatural growth of the dragons and their movements could be explained.

Of course, Yu IlHan and Erta had no way of knowing this.

[Higher existences, eh. Truly a sweet word.]

[Keke, I will be the first one to acquire their qualifications. However, we need to focus on killing that slippery eel now]

Slippery eel, Yu IlHan. They poured out all their attack, intending to kill him, but Yu IlHan splendidly survived and ran away.

It was nice that he raised some flags, but that was it. If they let him as he is, then the number of their own race that could go over to another world would decrease. There was a need to 'capture' him before that.

[We need to gather up. Kill the slippery eel, and prepare to meet the changes.]

[Let's hurry. Our kin has started to gather.]

The dragons flapped their wings and used movement magic. To capture Yu IlHan, they started moving in order to group up with their kin that had the same intentions as them.

Yu IlHan didn't know of this, and only moved in order to kill as many dragons as possible in the limited time.

"Huff, huff."

[Yu IlHan, are you alright?] (Erta)

"No I'm not. Reta, move, quickly."

2 days were left until he had to complete the mission. Since he was trying to kill the lone dragons, his hunting speed had decreased considerably.

[We will move right away. There might be a magic trap so please be careful!] (Reta)

"It's alright, even traps won't notice me."

Only 43 were left until he completed his mission. If he endured a little more, he could even level up with the piled up experience. Yu IlHan's motivation was now the thought that he may be able to survive this mess if he somehow did that.

"Quickly."

[Understood.] (Reta)

He urged Reta while sucking on the bloodrink, and she immediately activated the formation.

[Sir representative of Heaven's Army. We need to talk.]

"..."

[...]

[...]

And found a sleeping, golden-scaled dragon, with a strange sign in front.

Author's notes

I'll tell you this now, but the only reason MC can fight 4th class dragons is because Angel's Support that activates in Abandoned Worlds, + dragon-hunter weapons!

Gungnir is the main weapon of the highest God of Norse Mythology, Odin. It was said that it would pierce the heart once thrown. However, it's a question that Odin with such a strong weapon, died without a single kill in Ragnarok…

Destruction Demon Army is the name of the transcender group that is fighting against the Heaven's Army. Was it a coincidence that he had come into contact with dragonkin in Dareu? Anyway, the reason why dragonkin were rampaging in Dareu was because of Destruction Demon Army!

What's the identity of the golden-scaled dragon!? (T/N: God dammit, I knew I shouldn't have spoiled…)

Translator's notes

Suggestions for name changes for 'Spear of Undrawable Trajectory'

The raws are '그려지지않는 궤적의 창술'.

Which is literally translated to 'Spear Technique of Undrawable Trajectory', but I omitted 'technique' since 'spear' can imply 'spear technique'. The word '그려지지 않는' literally means undrawable, but can imply 'untraceable', or 'unable to be followed'.

Spear of Undrawable Trajectory (original)

Spear Technique of Undrawable Trajectory (added 'technique', more literal translation)

Spear of Untraceable Trajectory.

Spear of Unfollowable Trajectory.

Spear of Undrawable Path

Spear Technique of Undrawable Path

Spear of Untraceable Path

Spear of Unfollowable Path

Other suggestions (e.g. invisible dragon spear, traceless spear, etc)

Fuck no, I'm not gonna romanize it.

Answer in commenz pleaz! It'd be nice if you reply to comments that have the same answer as you… Easier to count that way

Also, I thought it was quite obvious who was speaking… I mean, Reta refers to MC with '-nim'.

Translator: Chamber

Proofreader: Koukouseidesu