[Congratulations on your heroic deed… You received the title 'First to complete SSS Tier quest two times'. You gain 4 bonus stats and 40% bonus EXp.]
[It looks like you are very greedy. You received the title 'First to complete SSS tier quest alone'. You gain 5 bonus stats and 50% bonus EXP.]
[Amazing work. You received the title 'First to complete SS tier quest alone'. You receive 3 bonus stat and 30% bonus EXP.]
[Glory to the great Dragon Slayer! You are the first player to receive the title 'Bone Dragon Slayer'. You gain 3 bonus stats and 30% bonus EXP.]
[Looks like the goddess of luck is on your side. You receive the title 'First to successfully combine P-tier 4 slot skill combination'. You gain 2 bonus stats and 20% bonus EXP.]
[We are at awe from the power of your single strike. You gain the title 'Achieved highest single damage in the server'. You gain 2 bonus stats and 20% bonus EXP.]
I had received 6 new ones just in titles alone. The bonus stat points that it promised were given to me one by one, as my EXP bar quickly filled up faster than I could see.
[Your level has increased.] [Your level has increased.]
A fearsome amount of EXP was given to me as I saw myself leveling up twice, which would have taken a whole day to get even once if I were to kill random monsters all day.
[Your level has increased.]
[Congratulations. You received the title 'First to reach level 900'. You gain bonus stat 1 and 10% bonus EXP.]
To think that I had not only caught up to all the EXP that I had been lax in acquiring for being out of it for a month, but even going leaps and bounds over it was unbelievable.
Of course, the fact that I received 20 bonus stats was even more amazing than the fact that I leveled up 5 times. It meant that considering that you gain 1 stat point every time you level up, I had effectively leveled up 20 times in a row.
[StoneHenge teleportation circle limitation will be automatically unlocked in 5 minutes.]
A global announcement rang out again. Why do I feel as if this is bothering quite a lot of people?
It's true that seeing a global announcement while you are hunting is extremely annoying. It breaks your concentration and makes you lose your timing as well. I actually nearly died once while I was hunting back on the USA server due to numerous global announcements popping up.
"Great work, human girl."
Hearing depreciatory remarks coming from behind, I furrowed my brow and stared at the arrogant artificial intelligence. I am not sure who programmed this personality, but the dragon's arrogant and self-righteous personality was way too perfectly done.
"And now that it's all done, you don't need anything else, right?" I said to him,
I meant that now he should just go away as well. Since you should be as kind to the person as much as they're kind to you, so I spoke like he could, urging him to go away.
"
Don't be so arrogant, puny human… But you did take a load of my troubles off of me, so I will be generous and ignore your impudence."
Hearing that, I suddenly felt like just going up there and fighting this dragon, but I was barely able to hold myself back with the very small amount of patience I still had after thinking about the nearly empty amount of potions.
Therefore to make sure I do not burst out in anger, I didn't reply to him at all.
As I kept my mouth shut, the Dragon continued its speech.
"Although it's quite demeaning on my side, let's exchange names. My name is 'Chromesche'"
As expected of an expertly crafted AI, their problem-solving skills were way too natural.
This dragon was basically an intelligent lifeform in its way of thinking and acting.
Even I, who should be immune from being surprised by now, couldn't help but be surprised at the world of Blue Sky.
"Artoria."
Although I was amazed by the AI, it didn't mean that I liked this Dragon, so I kept my answer short.
[As you have exchanged names, your relationship level with Dragon race NPC has increased. You received the title 'First to communicate with the Dragon race'. You receive Bonus Stat +1 and 10% Bonus EXP.]
Yet another system message popped up. Earning titles seems real easy now. Considering that in the last 5 years I religiously played Blue Sky in my original body yet very rarely ever gained a title, it felt surreal to me.
"Relationship level, huh…"
Although the title is pretty great, I was more interested in the 'relationship level'. This was a very big deal. Although there are many ways to increase relationship level with Human race NPCs through a number of quests, the Dragon race relationship level on the other hand easily decreased being enemies due to the fact that many quests usually lead to that outcome.
However, with me establishing a relationship with a Dragon, my relationship level with Dragon race has now turned from enemies to neutral. It means that as long as I do not attack first, Dragons will not attack me on sight.
In other words, as long as I don't go around saying I'm a dragon slayer or anything, I won't need to worry about being killed by them out of nowhere.
If I work on this further, I may be able to receive quests from Dragons as well in the future.
"'Artoria', huh… Though it is the name of a lowly human wench, I will be generous and etch that name into my mind. However, there is one thing you should concede to me before that, is there not?"
He may be kindly asking to concede, but it was more like a threat as he looked down at me, ready to use his dragon breath on me whenever he wished. The more I deal with this kind of dragon, the harder it is for me to promise that I won't ever take up killing dragons in the future.
"Though spoils of battle go to the victor, this Bone Dragon was close to me in the past, and therefore wishes to go back to the natural world, which is always the wish for us dragons as well. Therefore you, give the ownership of this Bone Dragon's remains to me!"
"You…"
I barely held myself back from calling it a bastard, and didn't care whatsoever about the relationship with the Dragon race anymore. I've worked hard for this!
I felt sad, but I couldn't go against the Dragon's wishes at this point.
I promise you that I'll grind your bones and heart in the future…
"… You can have it."
"Wise choice. Take this as a reward for your decision and be thankful for it."
The dragon brought something out of alternate space and tossed it to me. I carefully caught the object while concerned that the Dragon may be using this gift as a way to distract me and land a blow while I'm distracted.
[Crimson Circlet (Dragon Bone)
Ancient Tier
Magic Defense +30%
HP +10%
MP +10%
All Stats +5
Able to retain set equipment bonus even after changing headwear]
Even just considering the 5th effect of retaining the bonus after changing headwear, it's already an amazing item. The other special effects it gave were also all great options, which made it worth the title of Ancient tier item.
If you were to judge it by its value, it's more expensive than a dragon heart. I unequipped the Valkyrie helm that hindered my vision and changed it to the circlet.
In the meantime, the dragon took the dragon's heart and bones, and flew high up into the air with its gigantic body. Although it did give me a powerful item, I haven't completely gotten over my hatred for them, so I vowed to take revenge in the future.
"I'll see you again in the future, human."
And the dragon deactivated its anti-magic field before quickly using instant teleport to disappear from view.
Does it know that the next time it sees me that I'm going to destroy him? I gazed at the empty space that once occupied a gigantic dragon for a while before changing my gaze to the extra loot that the Bone Dragon left behind.
Although I had the best loot from the kill taken from me by that dragon, the other drops were still a 'Raid Boss' tier monster drop, so I couldn't help but be interested in what it dropped.
Most of the loot that it dropped were just bundles of gold. Even though it isn't a small amount, I couldn't really call it a great treasure as it's simply money and nothing else. And then there were a few rare gems here and there. They were mostly rubies, sapphire and diamonds, very expensive ones as well. These weren't bad to get as they were often pretty well-valued by merchants and crafters who needed them for luxury and high-end equipment crafting.
However, the equipment I found as a dropped loot was extremely disappointing.
"What? Just a single staff?"
Since the staff was sealed by magic, its true appearance was concealed and ended up looking like a plain old twig on the ground, causing my disappointment to grow bigger than ever before.
I decided to give into that wager and pulled out a scroll to apply it to the staff.
Ding!
With a cheerful sound effect, the equipment revealed its identity.
[Merlin's Staff (Star Stone)
Legend tier
(England Unique item)
Growth item. Depending on the character's level and intelligence stat, its attack power increases.
Casting speed +30%
Magic Defense +20%
Intelligence +50
Luck +20
MP +20%
Fire element attack +60%]
"O… Oh my god!!"