At Last, I Did It
Lune Eclipse, clutching a handful of bones, rummaged through the treasures of the black dragons without a shred of hesitation.
He dug through every item he could find until, at last, he uncovered a broken suit of armor infused with the aura of darkness and death.
“This is it!”Cracked Dullahan Armor (Sealed) (Sealed)
– Remains of a knight who fought valiantly in the war.
– A creature that displayed terrifying killing power during the dragon and demon war.
– It earned the title “Reaper of the Battlefield.”
– A Gold Dragon Elder sealed it away to ensure it would never awaken again.
“If it’s a Gold Dragon Elder… then it must be Christina.”
Lune had no doubt after experiencing the case of Heukmi.
This armor would surely produce the best results.
He set the bones of the deceased beside the cracked Dullahan armor he had found.
Then, a faint vibration began.
“Ahhh…”
The bones and the armor resonated with each other, shaking.
“Yes… I knew you’d suit me well.”
Lune smiled inwardly with dark amusement.
And in the next instant, his gaze turned to Baekya.
More precisely, to the feathers of Baekya.
“The soul of the deceased must have been scenting her.”
Though still a hatchling, Baekya was a phoenix.
The eternal fire and life force contained in her feathers.
It would make an excellent energy source for the “Resurrection” authority.
“Baekya.”
“Pyi?”
The bird, whose intention Lune could not fathom, suddenly stiffened its feathers.
“You… have been shedding feathers lately, haven’t you?”
Lune approached with a sly smile, fingers wiggling as he drew near.
“Heukmi, catch Baekya.”
“Yes!”
Lune’s eyes turned ice-cold.
“Piyaaak!”
And countless feathers scattered into the air.
A short while later.
“……What a scared little bird.”
“Uhm, but just now, Master Rune’s face was really scary!”
Heukmi hugged the trembling Baekya, stroking her with a worried expression.
The once-pristine feathers were now noticeably missing, leaving Baekya with hollow eyes and a weak, trembling “Piiroorororo…”
“……I was just trying to groom her.”
Lune felt a chill run down his spine and turned his head away.
It was only normal for feathers to fall out during the molting season.
He had simply been plucking the ones that came out when he scratched.
Yet the innocent hatchling had taken his expression at face value and panicked.
“I really wanted to collect more…”
It was no longer his duty to pluck any further.
Her neck was already so thin that a glance would show the skin.
Instead, a mountain of vibrant phoenix feathers had accumulated beside Lune.
“I have work to do here. So the two of you play outside.”
“Yes!”
“Piiro… piiroororo…”
Lune left the comforting words to Heukmi and gathered the armor fragments and bones together.
“I’ll add my own scales as fuel…”
Back in his true form, Lune gently pulled out one of his scales.
Everything was ready.
“From now on, I will run only for one final, great success.”
Flash!
Lune began to use the Resurrection authority.
It failed.
He had failed countless times before, and failure was scheduled for countless more attempts.
“Just once… just once!”
Flash! Flash! Flash!
Each burst of the enhanced Resurrection light caused one phoenix feather to shrink.
Though he had started with firm resolve, when only a handful remained, Lune felt his heart burning.
“Please! Revive!”
“Kyuuu!”
Flash!
The entire Black Room and even Christina’s Lair began to shake violently.
Boom!
“……”
Death was born.
The shockwave that would have exterminated all nearby life forms except the black dragon clan slammed into Lune’s entire body.
Waaaar!
Swish!
Lune barely opened his eyes and witnessed the transformation taking place before him.
Among the floating bones of the deceased, a phoenix feather settled.
Then, black dragon hatchling scales overlapped with it.
The perfectly placed materials were engraved with the words of the Resurrection authority.
A notification appeared in Lune’s mind.
– With a very low probability, your ‘Achievement’ stat will receive a bonus!
– With a very low probability, the Necromancer talent will activate!
– With an extremely low probability, your ‘Word of Power’ will be greatly amplified!
Soon, the cracked armor began to wrap around the bones, filling the inside with dark death.
Lune felt overwhelming emotion well up.
“Kyuuu!”
“I finally did it!”
His forelegs strengthened on their own.
The results of a month spent secretly working on the ground in front of Christina were finally manifesting before his eyes.
Lune’s chest swelled with pride.
Now, an abyssal death was being born in the darkness.
The Reaper who cuts souls.
The shadow that spreads overwhelming fear!
The headless death knight was a forbidden monster born solely to reject the living.
With all the curses and power held in the black mana stones around him, nothing remained nearby.
A window opened before Lune’s eyes and information appeared.
LT__strong>Name: Death Knight Dullahan
– His name as a deceased man was forgotten.
– Race: Undead & Spirit
– Birth conditions: When a powerful death knight’s armor and a soul of deep hatred are successfully fused, a very low probability of birth occurs.
– A knight of the spirits that follow darkness.
※ Special Notes:
– With a very low probability, he possesses the feathers of a phoenix and obtains a seed of emotion.
– His personality changes according to his growth experience.
– Bound to Lune Eclipse (Lune Eclipse)
– Servant status complete.
– Personality: Loyal, melancholic
▲ Beware of howling ▲
“Why is his status always like this?”
As Lune was about to read the explanation of Dullahan carefully again,
Boom!
A powerful pressure and brilliant sunlight flooded the entire area.
[Dirty demon brat!]
The blinding light prevented Lune from looking up.
However, the figure above was unmistakably clear.
“Kyuuu!”
[Christina?]
Lune called out in surprise.
Golden armor and helmet.
Christina appeared holding a massive spear.
She glared at the filthy intruder who had violated her lair.
[How dare a lackey of the Demon King trespass on my domain!]
Her anger was immense as she pointed the spear at the Dullahan that had emerged from the center of her lair.
At that moment, the mana piercing through the entire lair began to move, triggering the ancient Word of Power magic.
A sign of the explosive power accompanying the Gold Dragon Elder’s fury.
Lune’s spine prickled with the instinct that a crisis was approaching.
“Kyuu, kyuuu!”
[No! Christina! I had failed more than a hundred times and finally managed to revive him!]
Lune desperately sent a telepathic message as he pulled Dullahan tightly into his embrace.
[“Revived”…?]
A cold gaze turned toward Lune.
Lune’s body tensed involuntarily, the sheer aura of Christina making him shiver.
But he could not lose a servant he had only just obtained, no matter what.
[Lune, did you say you revived him?]
[Yes. I revived this guy.]
Christina’s golden eyebrows twitched. She remained silent for a moment, then looked at them both seriously.
[……Explain.]
The strict voice Lune had never heard before.
Lune hesitated, then began to explain in detail how he had obtained the bones of the deceased.
At that moment, furious Christina scolded him with a rigid voice.
[Is that what you call explaining? I told you not to enter dangerous places!]
[It wasn’t a dangerous place. The Abandoned Mine Dungeon is basically a mineral dungeon, and the monsters there were ones the dwarves could easily handle. But a hidden dungeon just happened to spawn…]
[Hidden dungeon? Lune!]
“Kyuu…”
Lune shrank his shoulders in surprise at the call, tucking his head like a scolded puppy.
Yet Christina, still furious, showed no intention of forgiving him.
By now, Lune was sweating cold sweat.
‘This… I have no choice but to beg for my life.’
[Sorry. I was wrong.]
Thud!
Lune immediately dropped to his knees and shouted.
He had revived a knight of the Demon King even after sealing him away, and he had violated the warning not to enter dangerous places.
Christina’s anger was justified, and Lune had secretly sneaked in, so he was indeed at fault.
At that moment.
Clang!
Dullahan, who had been watching Lune, knelt beside him as well.
“Why this one…?”
Dullahan, who had carefully placed both hands on the armor’s knees, bowed his upper body as if apologizing.
His posture looked somehow melancholic.
“……”
Christina, seeing the two of them, bit her lip.
The armor, helmet, and spear all melted transparently into the light.
The weapons vanished completely. She descended from the air and stood before Lune and Dullahan.
“Haah, Lune.”
Lune closed his eyes tightly and opened them again at the deep sigh.
Although the pressure was much reduced, the piercing gaze remained.
“Yes, I understand. But that doesn’t mean I’ll forgive you.”
“……Kyuu…”
“One year of house arrest. This is already me being very merciful.”
Lune, sneaking glances, let out a long sigh and nodded.
‘Well, this is nothing.’
Deciding he would behave obediently for a while, Lune glanced back at Dullahan.
The dark green soul flickered like snow and secretly turned toward Lune.
When their gazes met, Lune secretly smirked, hiding it from Christina.
The specter knight could not smile, but he merely blinked green silently.
“Fortunately, he seems to have loyalty. But in a lair filled with the power of light, your new servant cannot move freely. What do you plan to do?”
Lune folded his arms and answered the question.
“Kyuu.”
[He will stay in the Black Room for now.]
Leaving personal feelings aside, Lune could not allow the knight of the Demon King to wander freely through Christina’s lair.
From the perspective of a dragon who had once fought a great war against demons, it felt like allowing the son of a mortal enemy to roam about.
An act that could never be tolerated.
But the Black Room was the only place in Christina’s lair filled with dense darkness mana.
It was also the place containing the treasures of the black dragons and remaining black mana stones.
Having a knight to guard it was truly a good thing.
In this place overflowing with darkness, Dullahan would fit perfectly.
Christina nodded, deeming the answer appropriate, and relaxed her arms.
“Yes, that’s a good idea. Since he is your vassal, you can summon him when needed.”
She continued to frown and looked at Dullahan.
“Lune, for the sake of precaution, I would like you to check if it is safe to leave him here. Is that acceptable?”
[Yes. Do that.]
A faint light appeared in Christina’s blue eyes.