The Second Partner (1)
Alejandro crashed onto the ground as his blood spilled all over the ground, creating a pool of crimson fluids.
He had a deep, gaping wound on his chest. It was a canyon that displayed his internal organs for all to see.
He had no chance of survival.
The life in the middle-aged man’s eyes gradually faded.
“Lord, I don’t want to die… In a place like this…”
After a while, his breathing stopped.
At the same time, he disappeared from this world.
The only thing left was the twin blades he had and the clothes he was wearing.
Ryu Han-bin watched the Earthling’s death with a bitter expression.
‘I killed him.’
He wanted to capture Alejandro to get more information out of him.
However, he had no other choice. The situation became a race against time.
‘I couldn’t control my strength.’
However, it was easier said than done since, for 20 years, he fought against Demon Dogs without holding back.
He overdid it out of fear of letting Alejandro escape.
He didn’t feel guilt since their enemy had nothing but bad intentions for them, but he couldn’t help but regret not getting what he wanted.
“Well, there’s no changing the outcome now.”
There were more than just two Earthlings in this world anyway. He knew he was going to get another opportunity to gather information sooner or later.
Han-bin turned away from the scene, vowing to increase his control over his power in the future.
“I wonder if Artis is okay.”
* * *
The red Dragon rose from the ground as he gritted his teeth.
“Ah, that jerk, he just threw me without any warning.”
It was fortunate that he wasn’t hurt.
In his Dragon form, Artis easily withstood the strength of the impact even though he was thrown far too high into the air than he was comfortable with.
Ryu Han-bin also knew that, so he threw Artis without any doubt.
“Hey, Han-bin! You seem to be getting too arrogant!”
“All thanks to your teachings. Didn’t you tell me to be a great Valtara warrior?”
“… Tsk.”
With his mouth pouting, Artis released his dragon form.
Paaats!
He immediately went to his backpack to find another robe. He had torn apart two robes in a single battle.
“I wish there’s an indestructible robe out there.”
Finally covered in clothes, Artis began to carefully investigate the items Alejandro left behind.
Among the torn and tattered clothes, he found a familiar emblem.
“He was a Great Earth member, as I thought.”
Artis clicked his tongue.
“I can’t doubt it at this point. Great Earth is still alive and doing well.”
They decided to hand over the emblem to the Highten Mages Guild.
Doing so would alert the authorities of their continued existence, and unlike when they fought the Lich, they couldn’t think of any problem arising since they didn’t leave any evidence like Dragon Blood. Han-bin’s level problem had been solved as well.
“The high-level members of the guild will take care of the investigation.”
He also took Alejandro’s twin blades.
“These weapons were quite powerful during the fight.”
Artis looked at the swords, surveying every inch of them.
Han-bin could only sigh in return.
“They’re definitely convenient weapons, but their level requirement is too high.”
“What are their terms of use?”
“Level 65.”
“Can you still use it, though?”
Taking the twin blades from Artis, Ryu Han-bin swung the duo without any issue.
The level requirement only suppressed him from using their abilities, not the swords themselves.
And even without their abilities, they were still quite masterly crafted weapons. They could still be useful to him.
“I can’t feel any energy from it. My guess is its effects only appear when someone who meets the level requirements wields it.”
None of its abilities or unique ability could be activated by Ryu Han-bin.
Regardless, his black greatsword was still leagues better than the twin blades anyway.
“Even with their magic effects, I’d still rather use my weapon right now.”
Even after hitting the twin blades at their fullest potential, Ryu Han-bin’s greatsword remained unchipped.
Artis was dumbfounded.
“What the hell is that sword made out of?”
It was neither a Magic Tool nor an Artifact.
It was just extremely durable. It had no other features.
That was why not even measurement Magic could identify it.
“Is it stronger than level 65 Artifacts?”
Han-bin scratched his head.
“It’s made out of the leg bones of a giant Demon Dog.”
Thinking back, it took him days before he could properly turn the bones into a full-fledged sword, even with his tremendous strength.
To put it into perspective, his power was enough to rip and damage Artifacts off of someone’s body with his bare hands.
“I couldn’t sharpen them with stones, so I had to use the bones against each other.”
Artis was blown away.
“Is that harder than a Dragon Bone?”
“Are the Dragon Bones that hard?”
“Do you think humans are making a fuss about hunting Dragons? My bones, which are still not mature, are harder than steel.”
Anyway, this double sword was not that useless.
“Let’s sell it.”
“Where? It will be a huge trouble if we sell these items at Highten.”
The only place where they could sell such a high-level weapon was at the Four Major Stations.
“Damn, that means no money for us.”
Han-bin had no choice but to take the twin blades until they’ve reached the aforementioned city.
“We’ll have our chance to sell it later.”
He also looked at the other Artifacts.
Han-bin’s aggressiveness permanently damaged Alejandro’s armor and pants, but the rest was intact.
Artis burst in joy after examining the items.
“Like the Aliens who aimed at the Goddesses, all the Artifacts he possessed are high-tier.”
There was no need to mention the Unique Item.
The so-called “healing items” were all level-70 Artifacts.
Regardless of how great they were, Han-bin thought they didn’t matter, though.
Ryu Han-bin couldn’t use them even if he wanted to.
“This is such a stupid game. Looting items should be fun.”
Still, he suggested not to sell any of the healing items.
“We can’t use them right now, but they’ll be useful once you reach level 70, Artis.”
While they were looting the remaining items, Ryu Han-bin’s eyes suddenly shone brightly.
“Huh? We can use this right away.”
It was a small pouch Alejandro was wearing throughout the entire battle.
[Space Compression Pouch (Artifact)
Function: Compresses items and safely stores them.
Terms of use Lv. 40. Number of uses: 21/40 times a day.”
“We’re lucky. Space Pouches can only be obtained at the center of the continent.”
Artis took the pouch with delight.
He then opened up it up to check if there was anything inside.
“Not much.”
There were only rations, miscellaneous household items such as knives, and a few books.
Han-bin giggled while looking at the booklet.
“Was reading his hobby? That’s a bit surprising considering he didn’t look the part.”
He could understand why, however. In a world without TVs or computers, people’s only way to keep themselves entertained was through books.
As he was flipping through the booklet to see if anything was interesting in it, Artis’s face suddenly hardened.
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