186: Chapter 186 Killing the Dragon King

Two hours later.

Except for the last individual, all unfinished Mimics that had entered the various passages were dead.

Fu Hao had been terrified that the last Mimic would also perish, but fortunately, that did not happen. After some time, he confirmed on the map that the final Mimic had finally reached the location where Dragon King was.

Strangely, even though the Mimic was right in front of him, Dragon King did not kill it. Fu Hao guessed that perhaps Dragon King was curious about how the Mimic had found the place, or perhaps he was interested in the Mimic itself.

He did not dwell on the specific reason but stepped forward first—although the straight-line distance from the giant cavern to Dragon King's location was only about 10 kilometers, the length of the passages was much longer. Flight artifacts or Golden Dragon could not be used in the narrow passages, so they had to set off as soon as possible.

It wasn't just because time was precious, but also because no one could say for sure what Dragon King would do. If he suddenly used Teleportation to leave, the group would have wasted their efforts. Fortunately, Dragon King remained in place, making Fu Hao's worry redundant.

"We're here."

Walking out of the long cavern, they were met with a giant cavern similar in scale to the starting point. In the center of the cavern stood the unfinished Mimic sent earlier, alone, along with the current Dragon King of the Dragon Domain and leader of the Black Dragon race—Dragon King.

"... Hmm?"

Fu Hao, approaching Dragon King, suddenly stopped, sensing the cold aura lingering around him. Although this aura was different from the Demonic Energy of the Demon World, it felt very familiar to Fu Hao—it was extremely similar in color and form to the aura of the curse Dragon King had placed on Mei's mother, Leia.

"Could the principle of that curse be similar to the Demon King's curse?"

Watching Dragon King groaning in pain, Fu Hao speculated on the principle of the curse. The Growth Curse that Philip had placed on him, as well as the Inner World curse he obtained after becoming the Demon King of the Inner World, both had powerful effects, but the price was that both the caster and the recipient of the curse would bear it together. Judging from the current situation, the curse Dragon King placed on Leia was likely a similar mechanism.

When he met Dragon King in The Original World, he was fine, which meant the curse had a specific cycle. And the fact that Dragon King was staying alone in such a remote place during the Dragon Assembly further confirmed this speculation.

Regardless, one thing was certain: the current Dragon King was definitely not in a normal state. He hadn't originally intended to make an enemy of the Dragon King, but the situation had already turned.

"Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Fu Hao gave the order and summoned Golden Dragon. Even in a weakened state, the Dragon King was still the Dragon King; his HP and resistance alone could not be underestimated. With the duration of the curse effect unknown, they had to kill him as quickly as possible.

"I'll go in first with debuffs!"

Before the battle officially began, Chaos took the lead. As a Debuff Master, he dumped every debuff he could cast onto Dragon King.

Although "Debuff Master" could not unconditionally apply debuffs to all targets, it went exceptionally smoothly against the abnormal Dragon King. For Chaos, who had just changed classes to Debuff Master, applying debuffs to a Dragon King-level dragon should have been difficult, but it was incredibly easy at this moment.

After stacking all debuffs such as damage amplification, defense reduction, skill disable, level reduction, attribute weakening, and item disable, Chaos gave the attack signal: "Now!"

The other players responded by unleashing their strongest skills that had already been charged, and Golden Dragon also unleashed its strongest magic other than Golden Breath—Thunder Magic.

The skill storm created by the seven players and one Summoned Beast was unimaginably powerful, slamming fiercely into Dragon King's body. There was no way any human could survive an attack of this intensity.

But they were facing a Dragon King. The group finished their first round of skills and immediately prepared for follow-up attacks. Although Fu Hao didn't give a specific order, everyone knew this battle had to be resolved quickly, so their movements were exceptionally agile.

But the next second, they had to stop—the dense system notifications popping up before their eyes left everyone stunned.

[Dragon King has been killed.]

[Achieved "Slay Adult Dragon" achievement.]

[Obtained title "Dragon Slayer".]

[First kill of a Transcendence-level existence.]

[Obtained Transcendence qualification.]

[Dragon race leader · Dragon King has been killed.]

[Obtained the opportunity to change race to "Dragonkin".]

[Rewards will be distributed differentially based on team settings and monster kill contribution ranking.]

[1st Chaos's Chaos]

[2nd Leonhardt]

[3rd Fu Hao]

[4th Fu Haos Eternal Fan]

[5th Rachel]

[6th Shana]

[7th Teo]

[Achieved 3rd place in contribution ranking. Obtained 20% of kill rewards. Items that cannot be distributed will be assigned probability based on contribution ranking, and ownership will be decided by drawing.]

[Obtained Dragon King's Dragon Heart Fragment × 118.]

[Obtained Dragon King's Wing Fragment × 204.]

...

"... Eh?"

The group, seeing the content of the notifications, let out dull sounds in unison. Who could have imagined that Dragon King, as a potential final boss of "otherworld", would perish after a single round of attacks?

This was a miracle woven from multiple factors: Dragon King was far more weakened by the curse than expected; Chaos's debuff effects were extraordinarily powerful; Fu Hao had accumulated massive attributes by looting skills via the Vampirism skill and killing Demon Kings; even Leonhardt's attacks were stronger than Fu Hao's... The stacking of these variables created this scene.

"He died so easily, I even suspected if he was the real Dragon King... But looking at the title and items, he is indeed the Dragon King."

"And a super strong one at that."

After confirming the effects of the new title and the items dropped by Dragon King, the group truly felt that they had just killed the final boss-level dragon of "otherworld".

But Fu Hao's excitement point was different from the others. Although he was pushed to third place in contribution by Chaos and Leonhardt, thanks to the 777% drop rate bonus brought by the luckiest title in the game, he received the largest quantity of rewards. But he had no interest in titles and rewards—because something more important was right in front of him.

"Resurrection."

Fu Hao activated the Death Overlord's exclusive skill "Resurrection" on Dragon King's corpse. The next second, Dragon King, who had been lying on the ground groaning due to the curse, stood up abruptly, his eyes free of pain.

"The curse... seems to have disappeared."

Fortunately, the curse did not return along with the Resurrection.

"He's actually more energetic than when he was alive?" Chaos murmured, looking at the resurrected Dragon King.

Just as he said, under the effect of the +10 Resurrection skill, Dragon King did not regenerate in the form of a skeleton or corpse, but restored his complete appearance from before his death.

More importantly, he retained all his memories, the only difference being his absolute loyalty to Fu Hao, and power even greater than when he was alive.

"Dragon King, can you take us to Shuer's tomb?"

"Of course, Master."

Facing Fu Hao's inquiry, Dragon King agreed respectfully. In The Original World, having been forcibly turned into Fu Hao's Summoned Beast by Shuer, he would never have been this submissive—this was all the effect of the Death Overlord class and Skill Enhancement.

"Good. Let's set off now."

Fu Hao gathered his companions who were still studying the titles and items, activated the +10 Teleportation Gem, teleported to the location closest to Shuer's tomb, and then rode Golden Dragon straight to the destination. Although riding Dragon King was faster, letting a Dragon King carry a human was easy to arouse the suspicion of other dragons, so they had to choose Golden Dragon.

"It's Lord Dragon King!"

"Is that... a Golden Dragon next to him?"

"Who is that? Didn't the Golden Dragon race go extinct after the previous generation's Dragon King?"

"Wait, is it carrying a human on its back?"

Dragons were naturally curious, like creatures proficient in magic. Discovering the Dragon King and the Golden Dragon, groups of dragons flew over to block their path.

"Lord Dragon King, aren't you in seclusion researching?"

"What exactly is that Golden Dragon next to you..."

"To dare to carry a human, what a decline in morals! Who are you? State your name!"

Hundreds of dragons surrounded them, and Fu Hao couldn't help but feel nervous, but he couldn't intervene and could only watch Dragon King handle it.

"I will explain the details at the assembly, everyone move aside."

"You are going to attend the assembly?"

"Yes. We will discuss everything at the assembly, get lost."

As soon as Dragon King finished speaking, he gave a look to the members of the Black Dragon race among the dragons that had gathered around.

He was not only the Dragon King but also the leader of the Black Dragon race. Other dragons might let curiosity override their loyalty to the Dragon King, but the Black Dragon race definitely would not dare.

"This is Lord Dragon King's order! Everyone disperse!"

"Those who disobey will be treated as traitors!"

The Black Dragons, who made up a significant portion of the surrounding dragons, responded immediately, and the other dragons had no choice but to land back on the ground under the pressure.

No matter how curious a dragon was, they were afraid of angering the Dragon King and inviting execution—since the Dragon King promised to reveal everything at the assembly, insisting on asking now was undoubtedly asking for trouble.