Chapter 270: Victory (3) (1/2)
Terms used in this episode:
Executor Sword – This is a reference to a myth-rank equipment called Jin Myung Hwang’s Conduct Sword in the MMORPG, Lineage 2. This sword is known to be expensive because of its long and complicated crafting process, to the point that it became a term in other games (in Korea) for any sword or equipment that is extremely hard to craft.
Even a well-behaved cat would first head to the fireplace – a proverb similar to ‘A fair face may hide a foul heart’. It means that even if a person looks and acts good, they may still do or think of something bad.
There were no specific regulations prohibiting members from dating or marriage in the Guardians of the Holy Cross.
Therefore, there were many married people who had children like Carmen, and there were many members who were interested in dating like Manuel.
“Fufu.”
“Huhuhu.”
Carmen and Manuel silently laughed as they faced Jude lying on the bed with disheveled clothes yet had a rather shameless look, and Cordelia who was sitting on a chair by the bed but had even more disheveled clothes as she slightly avoided their gaze.
‘Their clothes are a mess.’
‘Lady Cordelia has some marks on her neck and clavicle.’
Manuel and Carmen only spoke to themselves as they studied the other side’s gaze and facial expressions.
Cordelia wiggled her fingers as she turned away her blushing face, while the brazen Jude stretched out his hand and grasped Cordelia’s hand.
‘Lady Cordelia is flustered.’
‘But her facial expression says that she likes it.’
A shy but somehow joyful – no, a proud expression.
She looked very cute with her head down as she slightly turned her gaze to look at Jude, and then turned her eyes again at their clasped hands before giggling.
‘We have to hurry and get out of here.’
‘We have to finish this quickly.’
Carmen and Manuel thought the same despite not exchanging glances, so the two proceeded with their topic.
“This is the statement that General Kamael told us to deliver.”
Manuel handed over some documents to Jude who was sitting on the bed.
The documents contained information on the distribution of Malekith’s corpse which was the biggest loot from the battle, and also included the transportation and storage costs.
‘Hmm, as expected. This statement is very much like Kamael.’
Kamael had an upright personality, so the loot was distributed accurately according to one’s contribution.
He also attached the calculation formula and the basis for how he calculated one’s contributions.
‘We have the biggest share.’
Individually, Landius had the largest share, but the two had the biggest share when combined.
Moreover, Jude and Cordelia’s shares were not significantly smaller than that of Landius in the first place.
If Landius had 10, Jude and Cordelia had 9 each.
‘As expected of Kamael.’
He included in one’s contributions not only the battle with Malekith himself, but also the process that led to this battle.
As a result, the shares of Jude and Cordelia naturally grew.
‘We dealt the last hit.’
Jude passed the documents to Cordelia who was looking at him with curious eyes and a happy smile, and sent her a magic.
[We also have the largest stake in the Dragon Heart.]
[Really?]
[Yes, really. It’s written on the last page.]
At Jude’s words, Cordelia quickly turned to the last page, and her smile grew bigger as if a flower had bloomed.
[It’s real.]
The Dragon Heart of an Ancient Dragon.
It was not in perfect condition. The Dragon Heart had been exposed to the destructive power that came from Ascalon, so it broke and shattered into pieces.
But still, it was the Dragon Heart of an Ancient Dragon.
Each piece was like a powerful magic weapon that had tremendous power.
[Hehe, hehehe.]
What will I do with this?
What shall I make with these pieces?
Cordelia couldn’t stop smiling as she imagined it. Because this was reality now.
[Hurray for reality. Reality is the best.]
If this was a game, if this was Legend of Heroes 2, the loot one could get from defeating Malekith was quite few.
Something like that.
But that was not the case in reality.
All of Malekith’s corpse could be taken.
[Even after getting a full set, it seems like we can form an army wearing dragon equipment from the remaining loot.]
Cordelia smiled and spoke via magic, and Jude nodded right away.
[That’s right. In the game, one had to work with guilds in order to get at least two myth-rank dragon equipment.]
[Yes, that’s why I like it.]
Cordelia couldn’t control her excitement as she even trembled.
Myth-rank dragon equipment.
Those could only be made from the parts of an Ancient Dragon, so they were the most expensive items among the crafted items.
‘It was the so-called Executor Sword in Legend of Heroes.’
Malekith was the only Ancient Dragon to have appeared directly in Legend of Heroes 2.
Therefore, it was impossible to craft a myth-rank dragon equipment in single-player mode.
‘Because it’s not something you only collect once.’
However, it was not easy to craft it even if one played in multi-player mode.
Malekith received various adjustments in multi-player mode, and he was a raid boss that was difficult to defeat even with a guild full of rotten waters who were fully prepared. The drop rate for materials was also ruthless no matter how many times one defeated Malekith, just like in single-player mode.
‘It’s something that a huge guild can only decide to craft as it also takes a year to make.’
Therefore, even Outboxer009 and Yellow Storm, who were the most rotten among the rotten waters, had only known of its existence, but never actually owned any myth-rank dragon equipment.
‘But this is reality now.’
We defeated Malekith only once and got its full body.
How many times would we have to defeat Malekith in order to get this amount from the game?
100 times?
200 times?
[Hehehe.]
[Fufufu.]
Jude and Cordelia exchanged dark smiles as they rejoiced once more.
Even if it was not myth-rank equipment, it seemed like they could do a lot with the amount they would receive.
‘We’re going to have a lot of money.’
The parts of an Ancient Dragon was pretty much the final boss in terms of scarcity.
Even one small scale was expensive.
[Are we going to be really rich?]
[We won’t be just rich as we’ll be as rich as conglomerates… no, maybe we’ll even be as rich as oil magnates?]
[Ha. I’m so happy. It makes me very, very happy.]
Money can’t buy happiness?
Not true. Those who lack money can be happy.
Cordelia was so happy that she trembled, and Jude turned to Carmen and Manuel before saying.
“Thank you very much. Please relay our gratitude to Kamael-nim too.”
“We will. And… as stated in the statement, it will take a considerable amount of time to transport Malekith and the Dragonflights’ corpses from the island to the mainland. We estimate it to be at least seven days.”
“Yes, we understand that it will take time.”
In fact, it would only take three days if all the 7 southern families stepped forward, but Kamael did not trust the 7 southern families.
The reason why they were able to lead the 7 southern families was because of the common enemy named Malekith, and of Carlos’ legacy, Dragon Sword Ascalon.
Now that Malekith was defeated, it was impossible to completely trust the 7 southern families.
‘It may take time, but the most reliable method is…to call the knights from the Guardians to deal with it from start to finish.’
Jude nodded again before he impulsively pinched the cheek of Cordelia who was still imagining happy thoughts, and then he turned to Carmen and Manuel who were quick-witted enough to not drag it any longer.
“Then, we’ll be on our way. I hope you two have a great time.”
A great time.
Carmen snickered as she quickly left with Manuel, and Jude applauded in his mind the two for their quick-wittedness.
“Jude.”
“Yes, Cordelia.”
Cordelia giggled and crawled back onto the bed instead of continuing to talk. She lied next to Jude and closed her eyes, snuggling into his arms.
Their heartbeats and body temperature.
Their smell that tickled the tip of their noses.
Jude kissed Cordelia’s head before he stretched out his hand and hugged Cordelia by the shoulder. He slowly closed his eyes, feeling Cordelia’s warmth and softness.
‘It feels really nice.’
Just lying like this.