[Infernal Dragon Body]
[Rank – Demigod]
[Defence – 16,500]
[Durability – 2,550,000/2,550,000]
[User restrictions – 120% or more fire attribute resistance]
[Options –
1. 120% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack power.
2. Can freely change the form of the armour at will, and using the armour to attack will convert 75% of the armour's defence into attack power. It is possible to transform it into an absorbed weapon; in that case, 20% of this armour's defence will be added to the weapon's ability.
3. 40% increase in effectiveness for all Physical Combat-category skills.
4. 60% increase in effectiveness for all recovery-category skills.
5. Absorbs and re-analyzes weapons and armour before ejecting them. Currently stored weapons: 2,294,475
6. Endlessly creates fire-attribute mana and stores it. The stored mana can be ejected for offensive purposes, and when using a fire-related ability, the effect will be amplified.]
[One of the miracles made by the Blacksmith that creates myths. This is a masterpiece that all who wield fire would sell their souls to acquire. It is absurd in itself, but the armour still has many uninterpreted engravings. Through the process of absorbing numerous weapons, it is now able to wield the power of those weapons.]
"Liera."
Yu IlHan checked with Liera after he had emptied his weapons inventory and shown her the completed Infernal Dragon Body.
"Is this enough to endure a full-blown strike from you?"
[A single strike, yes.] Liera Judged. Yu IlHan heaved a sigh after hearing that.
"So I can survive one blow."
[Surviving a second blow would be hard. Honestly, it has the second-best ability of all the armour I've seen in my lifetime… but when blocking attacks filled with mana, the physical body's health and magic status are just as important as the armour's defence. The equipment becomes stronger as the wielder grows stronger. You should know this, right?]
"Of course, I possess the record of the god of smithing, after all."
[To elaborate, if I wear this…..]
Liera made a cute smile while speaking nonsense.
[I think I can kill 7th class beings without a hitch.]
"What level are 7th class beings on?"
[Just below God, I guess?]
The weight of the armour in his hands suddenly became heavier! Yu IlHan extended the Infernal Dragon armour towards Liera while shaking.
"Sh, should I lend it to you once?"
[...That's a very tempting offer, but it's no good. My fire attribute resistance is not high enough.]
Liera replied while blushing for some reason. In fact, her heart was pounding, not because of the increase to her abilities that she would get while wearing the armour, but because she would be wearing something that Yu IlHan once wore. Yu IlHan couldn't possibly know that, and nodded while accepting her answer.
"Well, yeah. It's quite demanding..."
[But without that much resistance, you won't be able to endure the heat the armour emits.] User restrictions aren't there for nothing.] (Orochi)
[Boasting when it isn't even your ability.] (Mystic)
[Shut up, building.] (Orochi)
[Building!? You called me a building!?] (Mystic) 1
There was only one restriction on equipping the Infernal Dragon body: fire-attribute resistance. However, the number on it was the problem. Although the Firedragon body, which was enchanted into Orochi before, had a 100% requirement that was quite demanding, after its first growth, it jumped to 120%!
[It's practically an armour made for higher existences. Even 4th-class fire mages would not have such a high fire resistance.]
"I also barely make it."
[Why don't you realize that it's strange that you can 'barely make it'?]
Yu IlHan's fire-attribute resistance and attack power had a fundamental 20% increase due to his class, Blazing Reaper. Then, another 20% from the effects of the blessing of the god of smithing, and another 40% from the effects of the 'Hero of Fire' title!
Without counting minor details, the basic resistance alone amounted to 80%. Since his fire resistance had risen above 50% after levelling his Blaze skill to level 99, his fire attribute resistance was currently about 130%.
[At that point, it's the same as a newborn phoenix, born from fire.]
[So he wasn't aiming for the blessing of the goddess of fire for nothing…] (Mystic)
While everyone was watching, Yu IlHan took off everything he was wearing and ended up nude. When he had been left alone on Earth, he had been short and had a slightly chubby stomach, leaving him with an unsightly body he couldn't show others, but now the story was different.
[Fuu~~…] (Liera)
[Huh? That angel collapsed.] (Mystic)
[She's like that every day, so you don't need to mind.] (Orochi)
191 cm in height, and a perfect 1:7 head-to-body ratio. Moreover, the battle-hardened muscles covering his body were proof of the cruel times he had lived through. Because he had mastered Transcendent regeneration, there was not a single scar on his body; however, the rigidity and mass he had gained through numerous years of training and real-life battles could not be hidden.
Then he proceeded to put on the 'Infernal Dragon Body'. The Infernal Dragon Body was very thin, considering its exceptional abilities and defensive properties. And as the word 'body' in its name implied, it was intended to be worn right beneath the normal layers of clothing.
Although the outer appearance was made from the Iron-armored fire dragon armour, the inside was different. In the process of mixing the perverted demon's flesh and magic stone powder, the magic engineering was already in effect, allowing him to reshape the armour even when it was in direct contact with his body.
The transcendent mana in his armour would also change to fit the new owner's body if the owner ever changed. Though something like that would likely never happen.
"Eternal Flame, you come over too."
Eternal Flame, who had been residing in Ruin Calling all this time, moved into the Infernal dragon body, and the body finally became one with Yu IlHan, almost as if it were starting to breathe.
After confirming another 10% increase in fire-attribute resistance and attack power, Yu IlHan also placed the Ruin Calling inside the armour. Now, he would be able to call out the Ruin Calling in the equipped state whenever he needed to, without delay. Truly, a one-for-all armour.
"Well, then."
[There's still something left?]
"Yup."
Yu IlHan took out the Giant Bucket and filled it with pure dragon blood.
"So I only have around 3 thousand litres of dragon blood left. I should restrain from making Breath now."
[It's like that because you're using them up rapidly, as oil-rich countries do.]
"Isn't there some dragon-rich world somewhere..."
While muttering that, he entered the Giant Bucket. Of course, he was still wearing the Infernal dragon body.
"Fuuuuuu."
Drenching both his body and the armour in dragon blood, Yu IlHan released white flames from the Infernal dragon's body, causing the dragon blood inside the Giant Bucket to glow slightly before it began to boil. The ones watching did not know what he was doing, but Yu IlHan was serious.
[Is that magic engineering too?]
"Yeah."
Before, there was a resonance among the Bucket, the blood within it, and Yu IlHan, but now the Infernal Dragon Body forced its way into the mix. At first, it seemed to wander around aimlessly, but eventually it resonated with the others and began emitting light. This was because Orochi, who had understood Yu IlHan's intentions, was helping.
"Fuuuuuuu."
Every time he let out a deep breath, the dragon blood boiled even more. Every time the Infernal Dragon's body emitted fire and light, the boiling blood was absorbed by it.
[Why is everything master does so flashy?]
[Shut up.]
To elaborate, this was something like tempering; the final tempering process for this armour. It was also a kind of blessing that Yu IlHan could bestow on the armour as a dragon rider.
"Done."
An unknown amount of time had passed. When Yu IlHan opened his eyes after declaring that, there was not a single drop of blood left in the bucket. Everything was sucked into the Infernal Dragon's body.
The armour still shone in a blinding white light, but the red engraving on it emitted an even more mysterious aura than before. Liera asked with glistening eyes.
[God? Did it become God-ranked?]
"Uh, no? This was just a process to make this armour one with me. There should be no immediate effects."
Yu IlHan disappointed Liera and put the bucket away into his inventory. Then he moved his left finger and saw that it was covered by a thin, metallic gauntlet, and was finally sure that his body had fused with the Infernal dragon's body.
"Good, perfect."
This was the second piece of equipment he had made with all his heart, after the flying fortress. It needed to be at least this good. He had used the most precious 5th-class magic stone he possessed, after all! Now, he wouldn't be able to become 4th class immediately even if he acquired the blessing of the goddess of fire. He just made himself unable to.
"That's why, it would have been good if you gave me a magic stone, Mystic."
[It's still not enough to cooperate with you like this after I died!?]
"How long until I meet that guy? I do want to acquire my 4th class before I meet him..."
Yu IlHan ignored Mystic's complaints and muttered to himself as he did the calculations in his head. It was unclear what calculations he was doing, but he looked at Liera, who was flapping her wings. Liera blushed and panicked.
[Wh, what?]
"...I'll make you new armour this time."
[Really?]
Liera's expression brightened. However, Yu IlHan was very conflicted while looking at her. There was no way a higher existence like Liera would need armour in an isolated environment like Earth! So it was normal for her to reject this, or at least be suspicious of it...
'This is an armour that should not be used.'
However, as Liera had vaguely suspected, Yu IlHan was also deep in thought. At the moment of Yu IlHan's danger, he knew that Liera would definitely protect him even if she had to sacrifice herself in the process. However, he was unaware of what emotions would lead her to do that.
Whatever feelings she had towards him, from the moment Liera used her power as a higher existence for something other than self-defence, she would lose her qualifications as a higher existence. That didn't mean just a drop in league. The record that composed her very existence would be sucked out of her, and would put her life in danger.
So, the armour Yu IlHan was about to make now was not to strengthen her, but to protect her. The armour that would protect her from the big crisis of having her qualifications as a higher existence stripped away! Just this showed how grand a thought Yu IlHan was having.
However, since he had made the God-ranked Flying fortress and the Demigod-ranked armour, it was just another challenge. He had no thoughts of failing. He was confident in succeeding too.
[Ehehehehe.]
Liera rejoiced while oblivious of the mental conflict he was facing. Yu IlHan thought about smacking her on the forehead, but seeing her smile, he was drained of energy.
"I'll make it immediately."
[Here, check my size.]
"I already know, so I don't have to."
[Here! Check! My! Size!]
Liera's voice became louder, but her smile became heavier. Yu IlHan predicted that he would be put in a bad situation if he defied her any more, and nodded with a bitter smile.
"Okay, let's check."
[Ufufu.]
Seeing Liera liking it so much, he grew worried that she might have exhibitionist tendencies; the thought-souls that became Yu IlHan's subordinates exchanged voices, inaudible to Liera.
[That angel's a pervert, right?] Mystic asked.
[Yes, she is.] Orochi replied.
Yu IlHan checked Liera's body size with a tape measure. From chest size to waist to thighs to toes to wing bones, everything. Liera blushed in embarrassment soon after.
[Huguuu...]
"Done."
[Al, already? I think you didn't measure properly.]
"I did measure properly."
He would not repeat this process. Yu IlHan clothed the embarrassed, but still disappointed(?), perverted, pitiful angel and started working on the armour. He put his heart and blood into it, to the point that he found it a pity that he had no 5th-class magic stone, and made a light pink metallic armour over 3 days.
[How did this pink colour come about?]
"I mixed high-level monsters' blood and tempered it."
[I don't want to wear it now!]
The form creation, the tempering, and the engraving were all perfect. Yu IlHan, who used the magic stones from high-level 4th-class demons, immediately had Liera wear them after he finished. She tilted his head even as he jumped with joy.
[I don't know all the specs of the armour? What's the fifth option?]
"It's better for you to not know it. If possible, forever."
[Ok.]
Equipped with pink armour and a similarly coloured spear, Liera was beautiful enough to be called the fighting maiden Valkyrie instead of a member of God's envoy. Yu IlHan nodded in satisfaction, and Liera looked very happy.
With this, everything he could do to prepare against the hell dungeon's master was done. However, Mystic, who didn't know she was the one who made Yu IlHan hurry like this, was having a blast killing monsters on Earth with the Flying Fortress.
[So you guys are all trying to kill the master because you're restrained by that strange being, right? It will be happier if you escape that! There, liberation! Liberate! Liberate!]
"You sound like a psycho if you keep repeating the same word, so please restrain yourself."
He couldn't continue smithing forever. To bring back his battle sense after spending almost a week with the hammer and magic stones, Yu IlHan also participated in the hunt.
The Flying fortress that bombarded the ground, and Yu IlHan, who slashed apart the monsters, were concealed in the crowd!
Ruin Calling, which had been enhanced after it was integrated into the Infernal Dragon body, helped him move at speeds comparable to higher existences at any time, and as soon as a monster appeared on Earth, he finished it within 3 minutes, whether it appeared in the sky, the ground, or in the deep sea.
[Critical Hit!]
[Critical Hit!]
"Fuaaaaaah!"
[Kigik!]
[He's a monster!]
[We can't win against him... We can't!]
With a thought, any weapon could appear in his hand, and he could blast them out at the moment he wanted, in the quantity he wanted. It was the same with the ballista that shot giant arrows, and blasting ten pile bunkers at the same time on a giant monster was not even a problem.
And after about 2 more months had passed, the second 5th class, after Mystic, had appeared.
[Ah, this aura... Kyak!] (Mystic)
[Kuhaaaah!]
As it had appeared while Mystic was pouring beams against monsters, the flying fortress was unable to go into concealment.
Perhaps due to Mystic's failure, it went unnoticed by anyone in the horde of monsters and immediately jumped into the air, slamming into the barrier on the flying fortress to prevent it from attacking directly. It wasn't only that.
[Kuhuu... Kill the traitor.]
[Wh, what do I do? Shoot towards the inside!?]
Just by invading the flying fortress, it had prevented the two biggest attacks from the fortress. The physical attack from the flying fortress, and Hundred Eyes.
It wasn't that Hundred Eyes could not attack towards the inside of the barrier, but that it had more losses than gains. Shooting beams at an agile 5th-class would destroy the flying fortress before it could kill it.
"fuu."
However, it was very naïve to think that entering the flying fortress was a good idea simply because Mystic was defeated that way. Yu IlHan was not only the creator of the flying fortress but also the being who could fight it by himself! Its biggest mistake was to use the surprise attack on the fortress and not on him!
From its initial appearance to its invasion of the flying fortress took less than one second. During that one second, Yu IlHan unfolded Ruin Calling and layered Leaps several times to return to the flying fortress, took out the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and charged against the 5th class that started destroying the flying fortress.
[Everything other than Earth, destroy!]
[Kyaaaaak!] (Mystic)
Unlike Mystic, which experienced a delay in consciousness after birth, this 5th class was immediately consumed by its destructive tendencies and began destroying the flying fortress! It was unaware of Yu IlHan's concealment. The fight was over at this point.
Before, higher existences were beings that Yu IlHan wouldn't be sure to win against even if he struck first with a surprise attack, but that was before he crafted the Infernal Dragon body.
He made the armour by sacrificing the biggest criterion for advancing to 4th class. High defence was obvious, and it was natural for him to acquire the same level, or even a higher level of destructive power, even if he had to forgo his 4th class with this!
And the result was beyond Yu IlHan's expectations. With Ruin Calling and the armour equipped together, he had a 70% increase in physical combat power and 130% in fire-attribute attack! And with the title 'Untouchable', which increased his abilities by 20% against beings in leagues higher than his...
Afraid of 5th class? Please don't joke. Right now, he has the confidence to take them on head-on.
[Kuhaaaaaaaaaaaaa...…kahak!?]
Eternal Flame and Blaze were focused on the tip of the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and Dragonic blood enhanced it. It took less than an instant. Immediately after that, Yu IlHan pierced the spear into its heart!
[Critical Hit!]
"Fuu."
[Kak, Kuhak...]
Yu IlHan pulled the spear out of its heart. Spear of Untraceable Trajectory had made a total of 8 holes in its heart, so it gave up trying to circulate blood.
However, that didn't mean that the battle was over. To a higher existence, a heart was just another organ. Not something that governed life.
[I....Kill you.]
"That'll be difficult."
The thing is, Yu IlHan also knew that.
[Kergh...Kahk.]
Unlike Mystic with the perfectly feminine body, this one had a horrifying appearance that looked like it was half a man and half a wolf. The moment it tried to extend a foot towards Yu IlHan.
The lower body, which had tried to move forward, separated from the upper body, which slid backward and fell. The completely burnt cross-section revealed that it was Yu IlHan who did that.
[The Earth shall...…. you.]
It could not continue any further. At the time the upper and lower bodies were bisected, its head was also split in half. Yu IlHan had succeeded in striking ten times, with a mixture of stabs and slashes.
The Spear of Untraceable Trajectory really pushed Yu IlHan's concealment ability to its limits. Maximizing the efficiency of surprise attacks, and more.
[You have earned experience.]
[The skill Spear of Untraceable Trajectory has reached level 93.]
[You have mastered the skill, Deathgod. The skill's duration increases to 3 hours, and the maximum ability enhancement becomes 100%. It is possible to fuse-evolve once the evolution conditions are set.]
"Good."
Yu IlHan muttered in a low voice, as if killing a higher being were nothing to him now.
"Not long left until my 4th class."