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Chapter 574: Throne Match (5)

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“...You were the best.”

Those were the words Valhalla spoke in a grave voice at the moment Resil scattered into ash.

At the time, Valhalla’s total HP was being displayed on screens around the world.

It stood at a staggering 83%.

Then had Valhalla’s remark been mockery?

No.

Valhalla had meant it sincerely, and everyone in the world knew why.

  • Let me ask this question. What if Resil had competed not in a one-on-one PvP match, but in an event like hunting as many boss monsters as possible?
  • Or what if the arena had been huge, instead of small like this?
  • Those sixty-odd dragons would have torn into the boss monsters without pause, and Dragon’s Breath would have melted them down at high speed. Faster than Valhalla could have.
  • And if the arena had been huge, Resil, as the summoner, would have known that if the summoner died, the created dragons would be dispelled, so he would have opened as much distance as possible.
  • In other words, if this hadn’t been one-on-one PvP, Resil would have performed even better.
  • Who could have imagined it? That Resil would perform the way he did?
  • No one in the world knew he would decorate the first match so brilliantly with such an enjoyable, exciting bout.
  • People watch the World Championship to see idols with unrivaled strength, like Valhalla, but we must not forget that there is another reason as well.
  • They also watch because they want to see the uniqueness of users who have grown through their own power, their own path, and their own class.
  • Considering that, Resil did more than enough. No, he was magnificent enough to make rankers all over the world tense and make the people of the world applaud him.The viewers acknowledged it too.
  • I expected Resil to just get beaten down by Valhalla, but nope. Holy crap.
  • The sight of him fighting with sixty dragons is definitely going down as a highlight.
  • Is there even another summoner-type user as strong as Resil in the first place?
  • I don’t think I’ll forget the sight of Resil, who I thought was doomed to lose, creating sixty dragons and standing against him.“Waaaaaaaaah!”

    “Resil! Resil! Resil!”

    That was why.

    Why the whole world was shouting Resil’s name more than Valhalla’s.

    Resil also began taking over portal sites across the world.

  • Resil.
  • Dragon Monarch.
  • Valhalla.
  • Nine Swords.Valhalla was clearly being recorded lower than Resil.

    “You were amazing, Resil.”

    “I had no idea you were hiding such incredible power.”

    “As expected of Resil. I knew you could do it.”

    After logging out, Lee Taeha could see the guild members of the nation of Hyun acknowledging him.

    Of course, Hyunsoo was among them as well, and Nell quietly approached and said,

    “Thanks to your performance just now, Taeha, the group’s stock prices have risen sharply. Also, midway through the match, quite a few high-level users famous around the world for controlling dragons expressed interest in migrating to the nation of Hyun. More than four hundred of them.”

    The value of users who could control dragons was high.

    They might not be comparable to users who could be called high-rankers, but simply by controlling one or two Level 500 dragons, the power they possessed was beyond imagination.

    “Considering that there aren’t even three thousand users in all of Ares who can control dragons, this number is truly extraordinary.”

    Taeha could not process it.

    “Why...?”

    No matter how well he had performed, this was an astonishing event.

    And he could not believe that, for the first time, he had produced something that would be a major help to the nation of Hyun.

    However.

    [User Dragon Captain has applied to migrate to the nation of Hyun.]

    [User Dragon Warrior has applied to migrate to the nation of Hyun.]

    [User Little Dragon’s Mom has applied to migrate to the nation of Hyun...]

    Hyunsoo proved it by showing him the migration requests on his phone, which was linked to Ares.

    “It’s only natural that those who control dragons would want to stand with the Dragon Monarch.”

    “...”

    Because Taeha had kept his power hidden, he had not known its exact value.

    And this was a far greater ripple effect than even the people of the nation of Hyun had imagined.

    About four hundred dragon-controlling users and Dragon Monarch Resil.

    The sight of Taeha, who would gain command authority over all of them, commanding those dragons and dominating the battlefield would truly be astounding.

    “I’ve had a good idea.”

    Hyunsoo came up with a clever plan upon seeing that more than four hundred summoners capable of controlling dragons were gathering around Resil.

    “I’m thinking of founding the first corps of the nation of Hyun, made up of dragon summoners. Once the corps is established, other users who weren’t interested will start paying attention too, and we’ll be able to gather even more dragon-controlling users.”

    Hyunsoo looked at Resil and smiled.

    “I want you to serve as its commander-in-chief. In other words, Taeha, you’ll become the corps commander there.”

    “That is a good idea.”

    “I agree as well.”

    “Me too.”

    He would lead and command an entire corps.

    Taeha’s heart swelled, and Hyunsoo asked,

    “Will you become the corps commander who leads the dragons?”

    “Of course.”

    As Taeha smiled with confidence, Hyunsoo smiled back.

    After thinking for a moment, Hyein said,

    “In that case, the newly launched corps in the nation of Hyun will need a representative name. I think Taeha, as the corps commander, should name it.”

    A name for the corps?

    Taeha pondered it carefully for quite a while.

    In a way, this was one of the nation of Hyun’s great first steps.

    It was the first case of an early member of the nation of Hyun forming an independent force of his own within the nation.

    And the name mattered.

    Because this was the launch of the first corps belonging to the nation of Hyun, it would draw enormous attention from around the world.

    “I’ve decided.”

    After careful thought, Taeha made his decision.

    *****

    For a very long time,

    there had been many people who wanted to meet dragons, and a great number of them had rejoiced when the world of Ares opened and their wish became something that could come true.

    Most of them, when they advanced from the ordinary summoner route to higher levels, chose the class “Dragon Summoner” and came to control dragons.

    There were fewer than three thousand Dragon Summoners in Ares.

    Information was limited, and to resolve that risk, those who controlled dragons naturally formed a group.

    At first, they were active in a group chat called “Dragon Lovers Club,” and when someone said they might as well form a guild, the guild “Dragon Lovers Club” was born.

    Dragon Lovers Club.

    The guild had begun with one hundred Dragon Summoners, and before anyone knew it, it had come to command a total of six hundred Dragon Summoners.

    Furthermore,

    there were no fewer than nine members of Dragon Lovers Club who controlled Legendary dragons, and the unofficial No. 1 summoner ranker who knew Dragon Lovers Club’s true identity had said this:

    ‘Among summoner guilds, Dragon Lovers Club probably boasts the strongest combat power.’

    It was no exaggeration.

    The very fact that roughly six hundred people who controlled dragons—a race whose ordinary members alone reached semi-boss-class—had formed a group was astonishing.

    And that enormous guild called Dragon Lovers Club was facing a drastic change because of the World Championship.

    Dragon Lovers Club’s guild master, “Dragon Captain.”

    A Level 530 high-ranker and the strongest among them, who controlled two Legendary dragons.

    Even Dragon Captain realized how hollow his own existence was before Resil, the Dragon Monarch.

    Watching Resil on the monitor, fighting Valhalla while creating sixty-odd dragons alone, he became certain.

    [Dragon Captain: An absolute king has appeared.]

    Not a single guild member denied it.

    [Dragon Captain: The Dragon Monarch will become a guide for dragons, and if we stand with him, we will be able to undertake all kinds of quests. I asked my dragon, and it says the thousand-year dragon he controls knows a path that can help us control more dragon individuals.]

    [Little Dragon’s Mom: ...Really?]

    [Dragon Warrior: Incredible.]

    Dragon Summoners wanted to control more dragons.

    The monsters summoners could control were not unlimited. They had to expand their slots or secure methods to add more dragons through quests and other means.

    [Dragon Captain: I believe standing with the Dragon Monarch is the way for us to grow greater and show the world the greatness of dragons. What do you all think about going to the nation of Hyun together? To those who cannot join us, I am truly sorry.]

    Dragon Captain.

    He was someone who had led Dragon Lovers Club from its earliest days.

    Powerful figures throughout Ares, including the Parion Empire, had secretly tried to recruit Dragon Captain and obtain the group called Dragon Lovers Club, but all had failed.

    Because he had a firm conviction that he did not want to stand with people who knew nothing about dragons.

    That was why the members of Dragon Lovers Club respected Dragon Captain’s decision.

    Of course.

    [Blue-Eyed Red Dragon: I’m sorry. I don’t want to belong to the nation of Hyun.]

    [Die, Dragon, Die: I think it’s dangerous because we could end up antagonizing the Parion Empire. I refuse.]

    [White Tiger Dragon: It’s been fun, guild master. ^^]

    Those who did not feel the same left.

    And so, the members of Dragon Lovers Club applied to migrate to the nation of Hyun.

    A little while later,

    Dragon Captain came bearing good news.

    [Dragon Captain: The nation of Hyun says it will create a new corps. We, the members of Dragon Lovers Club, will lead that corps, and they say its corps commander will be Resil, the Dragon Monarch!]

    [Little Dragon’s Mom: That’s really wonderful, isn’t it?]

    [Dragon Warrior: Just imagining four hundred dragons soaring through the sky under the Dragon Monarch’s command makes my heart swell.]

    [Bastia: And to think we’ll belong to the very first corps created by the nation of Hyun. It’s nothing short of an honor.]

    [Dragon Captain: They say Resil will also name our 1st Corps. Since it will be the name of the first corps launched in the nation of Hyun, I’m looking forward to it.]

    In truth, the people here had disliked the name Dragon Lovers Club for a long time.

    It suited a group chat name, but now that they had become a guild, it did not seem appropriate.

    [Dragon Captain: A great change is coming. They say the corps will be founded soon. We’ll be able to see the changed name there as well.]

    [Dragon Warrior: Ooooh... I’m looking forward to it!]

    [Little Dragon’s Mom: I hope it’s a cool name. The name of this 1st Corps will go down in history forever!]

    The four hundred Dragon Summoners.

    The strongest figures who held firm positions in the summoner world were filled with admiration, and soon, just as Dragon Captain had said, the corps was founded.

    [The 1st Corps has been founded in the nation of Hyun.]

    [The founded corps has a total of 409 members and is composed of summoners who control dragons.]

    [The corps commander is Dragon Monarch Resil.]

    [Corps Commander Resil sets the name of the 1st Corps by his authority as corps commander!!]

    [The name of the 1st Corps is Dragon-Dragon and Friends!]

    [All members of the 1st Corps now belong to Dragon-Dragon and Friends!]

    [Dragon Captain: ...?]

    [Dragon Warrior: ...?]

    [Little Dragon’s Mom: ???]

    [Bastia: ???]

    The four hundred-odd Dragon Summoners either kept sending question marks or fell silent.

    [Dragon Captain: Dragon Lovers Club would have been better...]

    [Little Dragon’s Mom: ...]

    [Bastia: ...]

    And so, amid everyone’s sorrow, the 1st Corps, “Dragon-Dragon and Friends,” was launched into the world.

    *****

    The Throne Match.

    After the heated battle between Valhalla and Resil,

    most of the following matches failed to create major issues because the first bout had been too impactful.

    However.

    “We won!”

    “Our advance to the next round is confirmed!”

    The winners and losers were clearly decided, and viewers began to drift away from the World Championship broadcast.

    People naturally waited for matches between special and famous figures, so battles between ordinary competitors did not interest them.

    Then,

    when the next match bracket appeared, the viewer ratings that had been falling began to rise exponentially.

    The matchup responsible for raising those ratings was—

  • It’s Hyunsoo versus Lorander!Hyunsoo, who had been sitting in the waiting room, rose to his feet.

    In truth, it had been a very long time since Hyunsoo had officially fought other users.

    And there were still many opinions saying that in PvP events, Hyunsoo did not reach the level of high-rankers.

  • Players, please enter!Shall we go?

    As Hyunsoo entered the capsule, his fighting spirit began to boil at the prospect of a match against another user after so long.

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