Rewards

The body of Wings of the End—Nienniels lay on the ground. According to the game mechanics, Players had ample time to harvest it.

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Scales ×150"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Blood ×200"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Meat ×280"

"Ding! Obtained material: Heart of the Dragon ×1"

"Ding! Obtained material: Dragon Crystal ×1"

Momonga used the items in his hand to swiftly gather all kinds of rare materials. System notifications kept ringing in his mind, but he tirelessly continued his work.

Watching the items in his inventory steadily increase was the most satisfying thing for someone with such a strong collecting habit.

Naiyuan was not idle either. Momonga was responsible for harvesting materials from the dragon's body, while he collected the dropped equipment and items, sorting them into categories.

A glance around showed at least fifty items scattered nearby. As expected of a hidden World Boss—and a special boss from the Dragon Race, which loved hoarding wealth. Its fortune was so vast that even Naiyuan was somewhat surprised.

There were two hundred million Gold Coins alone, along with various relic-grade weapons and armor. Mixed in were two precious divine artifact-grade weapons and a legendary blade. Legendary-grade equipment was already extremely valuable in the game. Divine artifacts were far too difficult to obtain, while there were only two hundred World Items in total—things one could only hope to encounter by chance.

Naiyuan happily picked up the three weapons and checked their attributes.

A staff, a Dragon Demon Crystal, and a sword.

The staff was called Dragon's Protection. Its overall attributes were merely decent, but it could speed up spell chanting and came with a tenth-tier spell: Dragon Soul Guard. Its effect was to negate one of the opponent's tenth-tier or lower spells. It had a cooldown of three days after one use.

The Dragon Demon Crystal was rather powerful. It could directly summon Wings of the End—Nienniels, retaining all of his original attributes and obeying the summoner's control. It lasted for half an hour and could be used once per day.

As for the final sword, Naiyuan stared at it and fell into thought.

"Dragon-Slaying Sword"

"A seemingly ordinary sword. If you feed it some dragon materials, you may gain unexpected rewards."

There was no lengthy description. That single sentence was all the information this legendary weapon had.

With a trial mentality, Naiyuan reached into the air. A pitch-black rift appeared, and as he pulled back his hand, he drew out a pale blue heart brimming with magical power.

"Thunder Dragon's Heart: A precious dragon heart with many uses."

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

He slowly placed the heart onto the sword. When the two touched, no wondrous reaction occurred, but the heart's color visibly began to fade. Its pale blue color turned lifeless gray-white in the blink of an eye.

A progress bar appeared on the weapon panel for the sword. As it advanced to the end, the heart resting on it had completely turned gray-white, and cracks began spreading across its surface.

Naiyuan opened the heart's item information.

"Depleted Dragon Heart: A dragon heart drained of all its essence. It is worth little more than roadside weeds."

Interesting. Naiyuan looked at the item before him, then opened the Dragon-Slaying Sword's attribute panel again. He wanted to see what wondrous changes would occur after it absorbed a Heart of the Dragon.

"Dragon-Slaying Sword"

"A seemingly ordinary sword, yet it gives off a completely renewed impression. If you feed it some dragon materials, you may gain unexpected rewards."

"Dragon Bane: The sharp blade inflicts wounds that will not heal, causing the target to enter a bleeding state. The longer the state lasts, the higher the damage."

Compared to its previous panel, it now had an impressive additional effect. Naiyuan felt as though he had acquired a rather interesting piece of equipment.

He just did not know where this weapon's limit lay. If he fed it enough Dragon-Class Materials, could it evolve into a divine artifact—or even rival a World Item?

He stored it in his inventory. This was not the time to experiment. Everything could wait until they returned to the Great Tomb of Nazarick. The guild warehouse had more than enough Dragon-Class Materials for him to squander.

As someone with the special class Dragon Slayer, he had killed every dragon in the game. After all, the permanent minor attribute boosts were simply too tempting. As a result, Nazarick could lack anything, but it would never lack Dragon-Class Materials.

He sorted the remaining weapons and items. Although some of them were good, compared with the stockpile in Nazarick's warehouse, they were practically optional.

After organizing everything, Naiyuan walked toward Momonga. The other man was crazily harvesting materials, and the delighted expressions constantly appearing on his character made it obvious that he was in a very good mood.

"Naiyuan, how was it? Did anything rare drop—any equipment or items?"

Sensing his friend's approach, Momonga stopped harvesting as well. Not a single scrap remained on the powerful World Boss's body, and the instant the harvesting ended, it shattered into fragments and vanished from the spot.

"This haul was really great. This Dragon Crystal is the highest-quality one I've ever seen. It can go into Nazarick's warehouse as part of the collection."

Momonga spoke excitedly, the enormous crystal in his hand particularly eye-catching.

"Dragon Lord's Core: A crystal core that only the strongest Dragon Lords of the Dragon Race can produce. It contains immense energy, and its value is immeasurable."

After identifying the crystal and reading its information, Naiyuan thought of the Dragon-Slaying Sword he had just obtained, and he could not help but begin scheming.

If this Dragon Crystal were absorbed, what wondrous changes would occur?

Naiyuan became intensely interested. As he looked at the crystal in Momonga's hand, his gaze turned fiery.

Unaware of anything, Momonga continued talking about placing it in the warehouse for collection, completely failing to notice that something was off with Naiyuan.

"Ahem, let's return to Nazarick first. I happen to have something to discuss with you."

Pushing aside the wild thoughts in his mind, Naiyuan spoke to Momonga. He was already eager to put his idea into action.

"Sure, but what is so important that we have to return to the guild to discuss it?"

Momonga nodded, then looked at his friend with some confusion.

His instincts told him something was wrong. There had to be some scheme behind this. He knew his friend's personality well—whenever Naiyuan was about to stir something up, he always had a bad feeling.

"I'll tell you once we're back in Nazarick. Relax, it's not like I'd harm you."

Naiyuan patted his chest and spoke with perfect righteousness.

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

Momonga looked at him and muttered quietly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Let's go, then."

Momonga waved his hand, and a magic circle appeared.

"Gate."

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

The terrain that had been left in disarray by the battle instantly returned to normal after they left, as though waiting for the next challenger to arrive.