Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 196



Episode 196

A suffocating heat rushes in.

A warning from a sense that far exceeded human limitations came upon me.

Tiring! Tiring! Tiring!

[The Lord of Destruction the king of the bright dragons is watching you.]

[The Lord of Destruction the king of the bright dragons is against you.]

[The Lord of Destruction the king of the bright dragons calls you…]

[Potions and stores cannot be used in the current location and the condition will not be restored even if the level increases.]

A crisis has come to Su-ho so decisively that even a sense of urgency can be felt in the system messages that appear one after another.

‘I didn’t think it would be easy but…’

Suho gritted his teeth and glared at the huge burning mountain that filled his field of vision.

If boiling lava was imbued with life force and took the form of a dragon would it look like this?

That gigantic light dragon that was constantly burning was the main body of the Dragon Lord Antares.

[You’re not afraid. The blood relatives of the guy who dared to taunt me appear in front of me on their own.]

Even though he was just chanting lowly it felt like an enormous amount of pressure was weighing down his entire body.

Antares the dragon.

His father’s true nemesis who has been waging a vicious war with the Shadow Legion for the longest time among all monarchs.

Indeed he possessed overwhelming power even among the monarchs that Suho had encountered so far.

[The Lord of Destruction the king of bright dragons uses ‘Skill: Breath of Destruction.’]

Ku-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!

A waterfall of red-hot flames rained down on Su-ho like a whip.

‘The power of the ruler!’

Suho flew at top speed and dodged the attack.

A flame that erases everything.

An eerie white light narrowly passed above Suho’s head.

Shushak!

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At the same time two swords the horns of Volkan appeared in both of Suho’s hands.

[Use ‘Skill: Storm Slash’.]

썣썄죣죣죣죣!

A fierce storm of blades swirled around and attacked the dragon’s body which was spouting a breath of destruction.

Ka-gag-ka-ga-ga-gag!

[It’s no use! How could a sword made from devil’s horn possibly enter the body of this dragon emperor?]

The Dragon Emperor laughed at Suho and opened his huge maw and roared at Suho.

Kyaaaaa!

[The Lord of Destruction the king of wild dragons uses ‘Skill: Dragon Fear’.]

‘…!’

For a moment Suho felt an indescribable fear at the intangible energy emitted by the Dragon Emperor the ruler of dragons.

Coo coo coo coo coo coo!

The earth howled and the sky shook.

No it was Suho himself who was truly shaking.

Tiring!

[‘Debuff: Fear’ is activated.]

[All abilities are reduced by 50% for 1 minute.]

‘Pfft!’

Overwhelming.

There was no other way to express it other than this.

Suho saw his hands shaking as he held Volkan’s horn.

It was a different level of intimidation than when fighting against Quresha the King of Bugs and the Lord of Plague.

but.

‘So what?’

So what do you mean?

The opponent is a loser who bowed down to his father.

Wouldn’t it be a disgrace to my father’s name to be scared and back away from a guy like that?

‘Hold on.’

Suho strengthened his trembling chin and forced himself to smile baring his teeth.

Sigh.

And barely able to overcome the fear that the dragon fear gave him he opened his mouth.

‘Right now… everyone is watching right?’

There were people who answered that.

[The Fang Lord the king of beasts has his eyes on you.]

[The Lord of Plague the king of bugs is watching you.]

[The Lord of the Cold the King of the Yetis is watching you.]

The eyes of other monarchs who had granted protection to Suho were focused on Suho.

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[Hoo?]

Suho wasn’t the only one who felt those gazes.

Yongje raised his eyes as if he was interested.

Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Suddenly silver powder flew around the guard and illusions of dead monarchs appeared.

The dragon asked with a grin as he looked at them.

[What did they do? You managed to attract other monarchs to your side.]

‘I am… their priest.’

Guardians responded under the protection of the dead monarchs.

[pontiff?]

‘okay. ‘You’ll need a successor to inherit your power anyway right?’

[…A successor to inherit my power?]

The dragon emperor laughed at those words.

As if it were truly laughable.

[I’m sure you’re not telling me to make the idiot you hatched your successor right?]

‘Idiot?’

Something is strange.

Yongje was genuinely laughing at Suho’s proposal.

[It is quite possible to hatch Kamish’s eggs with the magical power of a human.]

But so what?

[Do you really think that you a bastard who has been reduced to someone’s pet are qualified to inherit the power of the ‘Dragon Emperor’?]

…!

Dragon Emperor Antares already knew everything.

The fact that Kamish’s cub which was barely born thanks to Suho has already become Suho’s pet.

That’s why I couldn’t hold back my anger towards Suho even more.

And at the same time I felt an enormous sense of shame at the weakness of the baby dragon which had been reduced to a mere pet like a human as soon as it was born.

Kaduk!

The arrogant dragon emperor’s pride turned into a huge fire and spewed out on Suho.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

[Child of Shadow you will burn and suffer here for eternity!]

Grumble!

At that moment the whole world turned into boiling lava and swallowed Suho.

This is Antares’ territory.

If he wanted to he could cover this entire space with fire.

And there was no way for Suho to escape the fire.

‘Kaaaaaaaaaa…!’

All I could do was scream and writhe in horrible burning pain.

To save him other monarchs hurriedly bestowed protection on him.

[The spiritual body of ‘Pet: Gray’ is strong in the priest’s body.]

Shwaaaagh!

Suho’s hair turned silver and a spiritual wind surrounded him.

[Use ‘Skill: Cold Blizzard’.]

The Lord of Cold created a blizzard to fight against the flames of Antares.

[The Lord of Plague the king of bugs uses ‘Debuff: Paralysis Poison’ to relieve your pain.]

Queresha also tried to protect Suho in his own way.

In any case since Suho was their priest they had to somehow prevent Suho from being burned to death by Antares.

but.

[Get out! These idiots without any self-respect!]

Woe!

At Antares’ roar all the divine protection burned to the point of nothingness.

Antares’ anger was directed not only at Suho but also at other monarchs by his side.

[A being who should reign supreme chooses to submit. You guys are no longer worthy of the name of monarch!]

Crispy!

His fire repelled the wind from the plains and melted even the harshest snowstorm.

The illusions of the monarchs who had helped protect them also dispersed and disappeared like a haze.

‘Ugh…!’

When all help disappeared Su-ho fell into the center of the hellfire pouring down from Antares with his bare body.

Tenacity skills?

The tenacity skill that only increased physical defense was of no use in the current situation.

The HP level was continuously falling towards the bottom.

Even the use of potions was prohibited so it was truly a hopeless situation with not a shred of hope.

however.

…trump.

At some point.

No screams came from Suho’s mouth buried in the hellfire.

[…her?]

At that sight an image appeared in Antares’ eyes.

Trudging. Trudging.

Step by step.

Suho was walking on that inferno slowly approaching Antares.

Of course the pain was still there.

My whole body was so hot that I felt like my heart would stop at any moment.

nevertheless.

‘…There’s nothing you can do.’

It’s a change of plan.

With an extremely stubborn expression Suho gritted his teeth and held back the scream that was about to burst out raising his fist.

‘I’ll kill you first before I die.’

[her?]

The moment when Antares burst into laughter at a truly absurd remark.

[Use ‘Skill: Giant’s Armor’.]

[Use ‘Skill: Rigid Body Technique.’]

Shwaaaaaaaa!

Suho’s body grew bigger as he unleashed his black energy.

and.

Thump-!

Suho’s fist exploded.

Antares’ huge body swayed.

[…?!]

For the first time a look of confusion passed through Antares’ eyes.

But that too for a moment.

Antares laughed.

A truly refreshing look.

[Hahaha… Hahahahahaha!]

He who was riding on a huge dragon in human form touched his forehead and burst into laughter for a long time.

Suho’s heart pounded as he laughed as if his voice was full of mana.

Pop.

Finally the moment his laughter stopped.

Antares looked down at Suho with an arrogant smile his vertically split pupils shining ominously.

[It’s actually fun.]

With an expression as if he had discovered an interesting toy for the first time in a long time.

[Try to make me more amused.]

Quaoooo!

The huge dragon’s maw opened to chew and swallow the toy.

Quagzag!

Suho was eaten in one bite.

‘Keuuuuu….’

Suho barely managed to support himself in the huge maw by spreading his arms and legs.

And finally I succeeded in breaking his fangs with force.

Quack!

[Wow! How dare this scum-!]

‘Throw it away.’

Suho seemed to like the tone of those words and said with a grin.

‘If possible would you please call me Poison Chung?’

Kwasik!

He slashed down the Dragon Emperor’s fang which he had mercilessly broken.

Then numerous deadly poisons contained in that attack exploded at once.

[Use ‘Debuff: Paralysis Poison’.]

[Use ‘Debuff: Kasaka’s Poison’.]

….

[How dare this guy-!]

Poisoning.

Suho struck the roof of the guy’s mouth several times with an extremely cruel expression on his face.

Boom! Quack! Bang bang bang!

[The Lord of Destruction the king of bright dragons uses ‘Skill: Breath of Destruction.’]

…Roaring!

A fierce flame boiled in Antares’ throat.

Then in an instant it was not enough to burn off Suho’s poisonous energy but Suho’s body was also burned to pitch black.

but.

‘He’s not dead yet.’

Quagzag!

[…?!]

Even in that excruciating pain Suho managed to break one more of the bastard’s fangs.

And rather than using the fangs as a weapon to avoid the breath of destruction he chose to jump into its throat.

Sigh!

Then as he pounded his fangs mercilessly the breath of destruction flowing from his throat exploded in the middle.

Kwaaang-!

[Kaaaaaaak!]

Antares struggled shaking his head mercilessly from side to side.

The impact of the breath of destruction exploding inside his body was greater than he could have imagined.

But Suho didn’t stop there he raised his fist and struck down the stuck fangs like nails one after another.

Boom boom boom!

He made a hole in the giant dragon’s neck opened it with both hands and forcibly tore it apart.

Wow!

Antares’ neck was split open as if it had been cut by a sword and dragon blood spurted out like a fountain.

[Kaaaaaaah!]

The sound of Antares’ scream echoing throughout the sky was extremely exhilarating.

But I knew.

The fact is that it is impossible to defeat Antares with just this level of attack.

Suho was also at his limit now.

I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment and my mind was fading away.

That desperate moment.

‘…!’

A thought suddenly occurred to Suho.

‘solvent! ‘I’ll make another suggestion.’

[Kaaaaaaak!]

‘I don’t need a priest anymore.’

Whether Antares listened or not Suho said what he had to say.

‘I will be your successor.’

Stand tall.

[…what?]

Antares who was struggling with anger and pain could not believe his ears.

‘Because Ragnar is my pet he is not qualified to be a dragon emperor? ‘Then what about me?’

If the meaning of ‘Dragon Emperor’ is the king of dragons.

‘I am also the master of the dragon.’

[…!]

okay.

The power of this insanely powerful monarch.

After seeing this in person how could I not be envious of it?

‘I will become the lord of destruction.’