Chapter 170

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on March 1, 2025

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The rankers over level 80 are being wiped out effortlessly.

The Ice Dragon’s wings freeze everything, and its sharp claws cut through any defense.

It’s truly an overwhelming gap.

Yena, suddenly feeling the strength of the World Boss, gritted her teeth and used items and skills related to defense against the cold.

“Ah…”

What a joke!

It’s meaningless.

The extreme cold erases all pathetic warmth.

What’s left in that place is a painfully chilling cold.

That absurd level of 135 makes resistance impossible.

“Focus! We need to land a hit on that World Boss!”

Aldri and the shivering mage members put their hands together to form a magic circle.

Many mages gathered and created a magical formation, unveiling a massive spell in the midst of the snowy mountains.

Single-point explosion.

The layered explosion pierced through the blizzard and struck Sugarado directly.

“Did it hit?!”

“Hey!”

“Oh no…”

Fssss….

It’s unscathed.

To be precise, aside from a slight char mark on its chest, it remained completely fine.

That too disappeared, swept away by the blizzard.

Grrrrrr…

Kwaaaaaah!!!

The mana throughout the entire snowy mountain concentrates in one place.

Everyone, except for one person, collapses, unable to maintain their balance.

The mages suffer from an extreme surge of mana, and the knights tremble, unable to wield their swords.

Concentration of mana.

“Breathe!”

“Dodge!”

“Where the hell do you want me to dodge, you crazy bastard?!”

The breath of the cold enveloped the snowy mountain.

■

The new World Boss, the White Dragon Sugarado, has appeared!

Shock) Aside from a tiny handful of World Boss hunting party, complete annihilation! Urgent countermeasures needed.

Level 135? The connection with Lily is astonishing!

Mention of the threat of continental destruction. Lily says, “We can’t stop it for now.”

The continent is shocked, and the Empire is horrified! What did Lily say to the World Boss?!

Swish!

Gray papers gather in the hands of Dria, the king of Talikal.

The surface of the paper contains several photos and extremely provocative phrases.

A newspaper created by the Outsider users. It was the D&A newspaper.

Normally, it would have gone unnoticed, but today was an exception.

The finance minister lowered his head and said.

“Everyone already seems to know about it. If it’s related to the Outsiders, it’s only natural that it spreads…”

“The fact that the Empire is aware of this is the issue.”

“Yes.”

Even before this newspaper spread, the Empire must have known about it.

No, they surely know.

The Empire is the victor of the continent, and their eyes are everywhere.

They probably finished discussing this situation already and have made plans on how to use it.

The discussion about this situation is probably already over, and plans on how to make use of it have been fully laid out.

The bigger problem is that there are no signs of the situation getting better.

“…Letess.”

If it weren’t for that guy, things wouldn’t have gotten this complicated.

Phew… A sigh fills the king’s office.

Behind him, the Shadow Sword made his appearance.

“Shall we handle it?”

“…No. For now, it’s better for him to be around.”

He’s generously handing out supplies to those coming to hunt him down, as if wanting to live.

But it doesn’t mean much.

“What good does it do to give supplies to a hundred or two hundred ants…”

The supplies that have already been provided are buried in the snowy mountains.

Dria leaned back in his chair, lost in thought for a moment.

Then he opened his eyes.

“Has anyone met Drak?”

“No. Not yet.”

Isn’t this enough to be a crisis for the kingdom’s collapse?

Why hasn’t Drak shown up yet?

And honestly, it’s a question.

‘In front, an unbeatable dragon. Behind, the empire.’

Can we really win just because another masterpiece is created?

“…Tell Lily that I will offer any resources and ask her to definitely handle the hunt.”

“Yes. Understood.”

■

Chuu… Chuu… Chuu…

“It’s soooooo cold!!!!”

Puhah!

Through a sea of snow piled up several times more than usual, a black ponytail emerged.

That figure was Yena, who hurriedly moved to the edge of the snowy mountain just before facing the Breath attack.

Though she used Shadow Leap to escape quickly, she couldn’t completely block the Breath.

Now that she’s out, it’s a mess.

“Whoa. Everyone’s dead.”

There’s not a living soul in sight.

Well, there are a few, but they don’t look human.

“Ugh… It’s cold… Even hellfire candy wouldn’t warm me up, it’s insane.”

She’s really lost her mind.

Yena let out a deep breath and looked up at the sky.

It was already getting dark at night.

Seeing the curtain still intact, it looks like Lady Lily is fine…

Uddddd…

‘This won’t do.’

Yena gave up on her outfit and wrapped herself in a wolf-snowman robe.

Still, her body was exposed quite a lot.

But thanks to the robe, she felt a bit warmer.

“Brothers, where’s Lady Lily?”

[Above]

[At the top]

[And got massacred in one Breath, roflmao]

[Why is Yena wearing clothes?]

[Whoa]

[Why is Yena swimming in the snow?]

[LMAO]

[Seriously, so freaking strong]

[Does 135 even make sense?]

[Wasn’t Griffin like 121 or something, yet he’s 10 levels higher?]

This is higher up!

Can you catch it?

In the meantime, Lily is perfectly fine, what a kill shot lol.

Just Big Lily.

That’s insane, really.

“Normal?”

You’re telling me it took that Breath head-on, and it’s still up there?

Yena looked up at the summit.

The massive aura still felt vivid.

And another… similar presence from the same spot…

“Please tell me you’re not planning to take it down alone.”

[Ay]

[No matter how much of a Lily she is, that’s a bit much]

[Even the die-hard Lily would probably say no to that]

[For real lol]

[Looks like they’re trying to do something with the Hatchling]

[They’re saying something, but I don’t get it]

[For now, let’s retreat lol]

[We need to regroup]

[Yena can’t get hurt… ]

[Go kill the dragon lol]

[If we catch it now, we get good stuff lololol]

“Let’s go then.”

The snowstorm had calmed down a bit, and seeing that Lady Lily was safe, the situation isn’t that bad.

Even if the situation is bad, what more can happen, right?

“Let’s head down.”

“Huh?”

After working so hard to climb up?

■

“Thanks for your hard work.”

“How did you get back up…?”

At the entrance of the snow-covered mountain, Yena was crouching down with a sulking expression, hugging her knees by the warm fire.

It seemed she had run like crazy just to come back up.

In the process, the expenses were one thing, but she had completely drained her stamina and was really exhausted…

The First Damage had eased a bit, but the sharply dropping temperature was still there.

No matter how good a Ranker is, an Assassin unrelated to heat is susceptible to cold.

Tap… tap…

“Urgh…”

“Yeah, yeah.”

I patted the heavily snoozing Hatchling’s head.

Will it take a bit longer?

“So… you couldn’t catch it?”

“I had to maintain the seal. There’s no way I could catch it. Such a shame.”

“…You don’t really seem that upset about it.”

Is that so?

But it’s true that I’m a bit disappointed.

[For real lol]

[If it were the usual Lily, she would’ve caught it right away]

[Hmm]

[Lily must have some plan?]

[What’s the Hatchling trying to do?]

[If she was disappointed, she would have used Annihilation already lol]

[There’s something going on here]

[What’s she planning?]

“What do you think will happen next? The vanguard completely failed.”

“Hmm… World Bosses are usually a series of failures. Except for a few, everyone dies several times before they manage to beat it. It’s practically a war of attrition.”

Users and the Kingdom continue to challenge the World Boss, consuming many lives and resources in the process.

The World Boss is strong enough to defeat them all but gets tired from the continuous battles without recovering.

At first glance, it seems like a fair fight, but for the users, attrition isn’t just attrition.

To them, consumption is not consumption.

Because for the ‘immortal’ user, life is overflowing.

“Usually, it takes about a month at the fastest and can take up to 4-5 months. The reason why it caused chaos when Lady Lily said to wait for three weeks is that if you don’t know when it will end and the start gets delayed, it’s really hopeless.”

“Is the timing issue because of the Empire?”

“Yes.”

The conqueror of the continent, the Empire aims to incite another conquest war.

If the Empire can survive destruction, they’d rather attempt to devour those trying to subdue the World Boss.

“If people are fighting on the Empire’s side, they’ll actually hope the World Boss doesn’t get defeated quickly. The longer it remains undefeated, the more difficult it becomes for the Kingdom.”

“What about you, Miss Yena?”

“Huh?”

“Which side will you stand on? Have you decided?”

As for me, I’m helping Talikal and have business with the Empire, so I probably won’t side with them.

Conversely, Leo, who has received a title from the Empire, will definitely align with them when war breaks out.

But Yena is different.

Though she has negative feelings toward the Kingdom, she isn’t on the Empire’s side either.

Moreover, based on what I’ve seen of Yena so far…

Yena briefly raised her head and then nodded.

“A place where Newtub’s grades come out well?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Newtub’s grades are a major issue.”