Rewards

The body of the Wing of the End, Nierniels, lay on the ground. According to game mechanics, players had plenty of time to harvest it.

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Scale ×150"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Blood ×200"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Meat ×280"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Heart ×1"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Crystal ×1"

Momonga used the items in his hands to quickly harvest the various rare materials. The system notifications rang out incessantly in his mind, but he continued his work without the slightest hint of impatience.

Looking at the items constantly filling his inventory, for someone with a strong hoarding habit like him, this was the most satisfying moment.

On the other side, Naiyuan wasn't idle either. While Momonga was responsible for harvesting the dragon's physical materials, he was in charge of collecting and categorizing the various equipment and items that had dropped.

A glance around revealed at least fifty items scattered about. It was to be expected of a hidden World Boss, especially one from the dragon race, which was known for its love of hoarding wealth. The sheer value of the loot was enough to surprise even Naiyuan.

There were two hundred million gold coins alone, along with various Relic-class weapons and armor. Among them were two precious Artifact-class weapons and a Legendary-class blade. One had to understand that Legendary-class items were already considered extremely rare equipment in the game. Artifacts were incredibly difficult to obtain, and World Items—of which there were only 200 in total—were things one could only hope to encounter by chance.

Filled with joy, Naiyuan picked up the three weapons to check their attributes.

A staff, a Dragon Magic Crystal, and a blade.

The staff was named Dragon's Protection. Its overall stats were merely average, but its unique effect was that it accelerated magic chanting. It also came with a Tier 10 spell: Dragon Soul Guard, which granted immunity to one Tier 10 spell or lower. It had a three-day cooldown after each use.

The Dragon Magic Crystal was quite powerful; it could directly summon the Wing of the End, Nierniels, to appear. It possessed all its original attributes, was controlled by the summoner, lasted for half an hour, and could be used once per day.

As for the final blade, Naiyuan fell into deep thought as he looked at it.

"Dragon-Slaying Sword"

"A seemingly ordinary sword. If you provide it with some dragon materials, you might see unexpected results."

There was no further description; the information for this Legendary-class weapon consisted of only that single, short sentence.

With a mind to experiment, Naiyuan reached his hand into mid-air. A pitch-black rift appeared, and as he withdrew his hand, he pulled out a light blue heart pulsating with dense magical power.

"Thunder Dragon Heart: A precious dragon heart with various uses."

This was a material he had obtained from an elite Thunder Dragon he had hunted previously.

He slowly placed the heart onto the sword. When the two touched, nothing miraculous happened, but the color of the heart visibly faded, turning from its original light blue to a lifeless, grayish-white in the blink of an eye.

A progress bar appeared on the sword's weapon panel. As the bar reached its end, the heart had completely turned grayish-white, and cracks began to spread across its surface.

Naiyuan checked the item information for the heart.

"Withered Dragon Heart: A dragon heart drained of its essence. Its value is no different from a weed on the side of the road."

Interesting. Naiyuan looked at the object before him, then immediately opened the attribute panel of the Dragon-Slaying Sword. He wanted to see what kind of marvelous changes would occur after it absorbed a dragon heart.

"Dragon-Slaying Sword"

"A sword that appears ordinary, yet gives off a brand-new feeling. If you provide it with some dragon materials, you might see unexpected gains."

"Dragon Bane: The sharp blade inflicts wounds that refuse to heal, causing the target to enter a Bleeding state. The longer the state persists, the higher the damage becomes."

Compared to its previous panel, this one had gained a powerful effect. Naiyuan felt as if he had obtained an interesting piece of equipment.

He just didn't know where the limits of this weapon lay. If he poured enough dragon-type materials into it, would it evolve into a Divine-tier item, or perhaps something comparable to a World Item?

He stored it in his inventory; now was not the time for experiments. He would handle everything once he returned to the Great Tomb of Nazarick. The dragon materials in the guild treasury were more than enough for him to squander.

For someone like him, who possessed the special class "Dragon Slayer," he had killed every dragon in the game. After all, the ability to permanently increase stats by a small amount was simply too tempting. This resulted in Nazarick potentially lacking anything else, but never dragon materials.

After categorizing the remaining various weapons and items—though some were good, they were dispensable compared to the stock already in Nazarick's treasury—Naiyuan walked toward Momonga. The latter was currently harvesting materials frantically; one could tell he was in a great mood by the happy emotes his character kept emitting.

"How about it, Naiyuan? Did you get any rare equipment or items?"

Sensing his friend's approach, Momonga finished his harvesting. Not a single hair remained on the powerful World Boss; the moment the process ended, it shattered into fragments and vanished from the spot.

"The harvest this time is truly excellent. This dragon crystal is the highest quality one I have ever seen. It will fit perfectly in the Nazarick treasury as a collection piece."

Momonga said with some excitement, holding up a massive crystal that was particularly eye-catching.

"Dragon Lord's Core: A core that can only be produced by the most powerful Dragon Lords of the dragon race. It contains vast amounts of energy, and its value is immeasurable."

After checking the crystal's information via item appraisal, Naiyuan thought of the Dragon-Slaying Sword he had just obtained, and his mind couldn't help but start calculating.

If he were to have it absorb this dragon crystal, what kind of marvelous changes would occur?

Naiyuan became extremely interested, his gaze turning fervent as he looked at the crystal in the other's hand.

Oblivious, Momonga continued talking about his plans to store it in the treasury, completely failing to notice that something was off with Naiyuan.

"Ahem, let's head back to Nazarick first. I actually have something I want to discuss with you."

Interrupting the wild thoughts in his mind, Naiyuan spoke to Momonga. He was already feeling impatient to put his idea into action.

"Fair enough, but what is so important that we have to wait until we're back at the guild to talk about it?"

Momonga nodded, then looked at his friend in front of him with some confusion.

His intuition told him that something was wrong here; there had to be some kind of conspiracy. He knew his friend's personality all too well—every time the other party was about to stir up trouble, he would get a bad premonition.

"I'll tell you once we get back to Nazarick. Relax, do you really think I'd try to harm you?"

Naiyuan patted his chest, speaking with an air of great righteousness.

"Why does that sound so strange coming from you?"

Momonga muttered, grumbling under his breath as he looked at the other man.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Let's go then."

Momonga waved his hand, and a magic circle appeared.

"Teleportation."

With a flash of light, the two vanished from the spot. When they reappeared, they had already arrived at the Throne Room of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

As for the terrain, which had been left in a chaotic mess due to the battle, it instantly restored itself to its original state after the two had left, as if waiting for the arrival of the next challenger.