The Final Boss Has Returned - Episode 105
[Draha, short for Lord Drakan hi~]
[Lord Drakan. Heuk-u is here again today. Thank you for going live. Loyalty! Loyalty! Loyalty!]
['Teuk1deunggeup Heuk-u' donated 100,000 KRW.]
The stream began with ordinary greeting chats.
But the moment Yujin appeared, the chat before my eyes descended into utter chaos.
[Yujin?]
[Holy crap, is that really Yujin?]
[Did you say Yujin?]
[Wow, it's really him lol it's the real Yujin lololol]
[I came because I heard Yujin was in this room.]
[Surprise collab is insane lolol]
The number of viewers increased exponentially, and donation messages flashed like crazy.
Nonchalantly, I fiddled with the Arde Live settings and shared the chatroom with Yujin as I spoke.
"Today, I'm planning a joint dungeon raid with him for the first time in a while."
[Well, Drakan hasn't run dungeons in a while]
[All you ever want to do is war lolol]
[Are you finally doing content other than war?]
[Dungeon run!]
[Does this mean we can see the rage control from the Troll Dungeon again?]
The moment I spoke, countless messages poured out again.
I quickly skimmed the chat list.
Perhaps because that Yujin had appeared, the majority of the messages were questions directed at him.
Starting from why we were collaborating to when we had prepared for the dungeon raid and why his comrades hadn't come along!
And Yujin smiled and answered those questions earnestly and kindly.
"Ah, yes, that's right. Today, I've decided to do a dungeon raid with Lord Drakan. Ah, you're asking where my other comrades went? I just decided to try it with Lord Drakan this time. Moreover, since it's a 2-person restricted dungeon, even if I brought my comrades, we couldn't all enter together."
[Are you asking because you don't know? lol Yujin Harem Master catfight shut up shut up!!]
[Don't spread unconfirmed rumors. I have the PDF.]
[What rumors lol everyone who matters already knows lol]
[The manager has blocked 'NaeireunNadoHaremwang's chat.]
Despite the messages openly referencing the widely spread rumors, Yujin's face remained the same, only his smile becoming slightly awkward.
"Since you found the dungeon we're running today, you introduce it too."
"Understood. Lord Drakan."
[They get along pretty well?]
[Weren't they at each other's throats in the previous game? I heard they were mortal enemies lolol]
[Meanwhile Drakan absolutely never stops speaking casually lolol his stubbornness is insane lol]
[Who else would speak casually if not Lord Drakan? lolol]
[Yujin's comrades, you little shit!]
[Wow, but when did they get so close? lolol]
[Right, please stop fighting. Don't they get along well?]
[But I don't want to? I don't want to? Yujin, you foamy bastard lolol]
[Foamy? What about your Drakan?]
As if it were amazing that Yujin and I got along, the chat window was filled with nothing but that, and soon Yujin began the briefing as I had ordered.
"The dungeon that Lord Drakan and I will be raiding today is called the Abandoned Temple."
The Abandoned Temple was an S-rank dungeon with a recommended level of 380 or higher.
With a party limit on top of that, the difficulty would normally be no joke.
Yes, normally.
While listening to Yujin's voice as he shared the dungeon information window and briefed us on the dungeon, I looked at the chatroom.
[If it's a 2-person restriction dungeon, isn't the difficulty high?]
[Seeing the details, it looks like no joke;;]
[It's not even an SSS-rank dungeon, it's only S-rank, and Yujin is here too, so why would it be dangerous? lolol]
[True, it seems more comfortable and cozy than my bedroom bed]
[Looks like we're riding the Drakan bus properly today~]
[We're departing, hold on tight lolol]
Just as I thought, there was no tension in the chatroom at all.
Well, it would have been stranger to be tense with that Yujin here.
"Then, we will enter the dungeon."
Hearing Yujin's words, I stood by his side, and together we stepped into the whirling dimensional rift, the dungeon gate.
* * *
The moment my foot touched the gate.
A sensation as if wrapping around my entire body flashed past, and before I knew it, Yujin and I were in a dark temple corridor.
The corridor was dark overall, but glow-in-the-dark beads were embedded in the walls, casting a faint light.
"It's a bit brighter now."
Well, that too had been rendered meaningless thanks to the brilliant golden aura wrapped around Yujin's holy sword.
[lolol look at the aura lantern lolol]
[Usefulness itself.......]
[Golden aura, fucking stylish; I wish my aura color was golden too.]
A daring sight, using aura as a lantern!
I looked at such a Yujin and summoned Lich Dice.
"Summon Lich Dice."
[You called, Lord Apostle.]
Before my call even ended, the air distorted and a single lich draped in a black robe appeared.
It was my summon, Dice.
[Ugh lolol look at him calling a summon in a 2-person restriction lolol]
[Cowardly lolol you should fight fair and square head-on lolol]
[Talking about fair and square lol stomp content is fun too, what are you saying lol]
[True, bullying content is more fun these days lol]
The moment I summoned Dice, fierce reactions flowed through the chat window.
Watching the clash between opinions saying we should win fair and square in a proper fight and that stomp streams are fun too, I quietly summoned one more summon.
"Summon Vampire King."
[Vampire King Nosferatu answers your call.]
Along with that, a notification window floated before my eyes.
Bzzt.
The crimson ring on my finger vibrated as a black rift formed in the air, and soon, pale mist flowed out, gradually taking on a human form.
"Vampire King Nosferatu greets the Lord."
"Rise."
Nosferatu the Vampire King, speaking to me with utmost courtesy while kneeling on one knee!
[Uh, isn't this a bit much? lol]
[Even the Vampire King is out, ah lol this is next-level cringe lolol]
[The lineup is insane lololol]
[Rest in peace for the monsters.]
Ignoring the endlessly rampaging chat, I looked at Nosferatu and spoke.
"Can you use Bat Summon?"
"Yes."
"Then start with dungeon reconnaissance."
"I accept your command."
Upon receiving my order, Nosferatu chanted a spell, and soon several bats were summoned in the air and took flight.
*Flap flap!*
In the silent corridor, the bats flew like drones.
"Let's move once the recon is finished."
"Understood. How should we position?"
Position!
Normally, in a standard dungeon raid, a tanker and melee DPS should stand front, ranged DPS in the middle, and a healer in the back.
But with the greatest combat strength known as top rankers, positions didn't really mean much.
"You be healer and tank, I'll be melee DPS, Vampire King will be the guide, and Dice will be ranged DPS. That should do."
"Understood."
At my words, Yujin nodded his head.
And not long after, the bats I had sent returned, and Nosferatu closed his eyes briefly before opening them and chanting a spell.
Then, crimson mana flowed from his body and took shape in the air.
It was the dungeon's schematic.
"I have completed mapping the dungeon's structure. I was unable to enter the area that appears to be the boss room, but this much is sufficient. The dungeon is single-floor, but the structure is complex. However, with this map, we can break through to the boss room via the shortest route."
As Nosferatu gestured, a stream of crimson mana penetrated the schematic and marked the route leading to the large room that appeared to be the boss room.
[Wow lolol map hack lolol]
[Ah Vampire King, manners please;]
[Red cheat map lololol]
Though the chat in front of me was still rising without end, I ignored it and asked.
"What about the monsters that appear?"
"They were a type I had not seen before. They are humanoid, but twisted monsters with tentacles sprouting everywhere, barely retaining any human form."
At my words, Nosferatu snapped his fingers, and the crimson mana likewise materialized the monsters' forms.
Humanoid monsters with tentacles sprouting everywhere!
And I had seen these monsters before.
'As expected, is this a dungeon related to those "Great" whatever bastards from before?'
The Dark Elf Kingdom!
They were the ones who had occupied its capital, shouting about whether they were the "Great One" or "Providence."
The force behind the Great Cataclysm.
A fragment of the core story running through this game had appeared.
The Lycanthrope quest itself was virtually proof of the existence of other-world content that might exist, and since it was intertwined with the Great Cataclysm, I had thought this might appear; it seemed my prediction had hit the mark.
While I was thinking about the monsters and the dungeon like that.
Yujin looked at me and said knowingly.
"This is the monster that appeared in the video Lord Drakan uploaded before."
"You saw that?"
"Of course. I watch every video Lord Drakan uploads without fail. I subscribed and liked them too."
I nodded at Yujin's words.
Well, I had also subscribed to that bastard's channel to analyze him, diligently clicking dislike while watching every single video, so it wasn't exactly a strange thing.
From the beginning, I was his potential enemy, and since Verda was still keeping me in check, it was only natural that he watched my videos.
"I see. Make sure to leave comments next time too."
"Understood."
[He told him to leave comments too lololol]
[lolol isn't this actually talk show content rather than a dungeon raid?]
[Their chemistry is unnecessarily good]
[No, but why did they even fight? Aren't they the ones who were dying to kill each other in the previous game? lol]
"Thank you for saying we have good chemistry. Ah, it's not a talk show. This is indeed a dungeon raid stream."
As messages asking if this wasn't a talk show rather than a dungeon raid flowed through the chatroom, Yujin reacted to the rising chats and laughed.
I looked at such a Yujin, smirked, and spoke to Nosferatu, who was still standing courteously before me.
"Nosferatu."
"Speak, Lord."
"Take the lead. Guide us to the boss room."
"I shall receive thy command."
Nosferatu courteously answered my words and immediately began to take the lead, and I, Yujin, and Dice followed behind him.
Right at that moment.
*Kihiiiiik!*
A shriek echoed from beyond the darkness-shrouded corridor.
It was a monster.
Three humanoid monsters with twisted bodies and sprouting tentacles appeared from the darkness.
"How dare insignificant things obstruct the Lord's procession."
Seeing that, Nosferatu's face contorted.
*Shring.*
A sword with a striking crimson blade was already in his hand.
"Pay for that sin with death! Lowly scum!"
As Nosferatu swung his sword, the monsters' heads flew through the air.
They were dead.
From the corpses of the dead monsters, crimson energy flowed out and was absorbed into Nosferatu's body.
It seemed he was sucking blood.
"It tastes rotten."
As if he had witnessed something unpalatable, Nosferatu let out a sigh.
"Let us go, Lord."
I smiled at Nosferatu's words.
As expected, one well-raised summon was worth ten comrades, and it seemed this dungeon would be a comfortable ride too.
And so, following behind Nosferatu, I headed deeper into the dungeon with Yujin.