Guild Wars

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Countless Uncommon, Dozens of Rare and even a few hidden Epic Treasure Chests awaited.
Thanks to his knowledge from the past timeline, he knew that it also hid a lot of Rare and above materials with a very small chance of encountering non-respawning Legendary ones.  

The currency drops were mostly silver with a few chances for gold and even an extremely small chance for platinum, depending on the monster killed.  

Items and equipment drops were also either Uncommon, Rare or – rarely – Epic.  

Such a bountiful land.
What a sweet haven.
Imagine how great it would be to conquer such a place and loot it dry.
Which guild wouldn ’t have become a Divine Guild in their past life? 

Haha, what a joke! Do you think those items were laid down for your benefit?  

In the game called Boundless, the rules were simple.  

Great reward = Great effort. 

These nerfs to all players and NPCs was just the beginning.  

Draco entered the Field Zone with Hikari, which consisted of large plains with many pocket forests here and there.
There were a few water bodies as well, and the air was extremely clean.  

Anything that resided here would definitely be fresh and high quality.
This held true for the items or materials, as well as the organisms here. 

As such, Draco swiftly kicked away a Giant Spider that leaped out at them from a bush nearby.
The monster tumbled away painfully, but managed to regain its feet(s) and hissed.  

Hikari was naturally terrified by this.
She had never been attacked or assaulted by anything in her life, so to see a monster try to harm her shocked her greatly. 

Draco saw this and nodded.
What he would do today would definitely rub any good-natured onlooker wrong, but he had never been interested in gathering good-natured people around him anyway. 

Draco didn ’t bother to dual wield.
He just took out the Dragorugio blade and rushed at the Giant Spider with a sudden burst of speed.  

”Sword Skill 12: Piercing Gale! ” 

Draco used one of his first-ever created Sword Skills, which was a mixture of using unique footwork and the Body of Godliness to maximize his speed.
This allowed him to shoot forth in a straight line like an arrow. 

The Dragorugio blade was held in front of him, the tip aimed right for the eyes of the Giant Spider.  

However, despite Draco ’s power, it was not so easy to gain an advantage when he was nerfed so strongly whereas it was buffed so greatly. 

｢Name: Giant Spider – Private Rank monster 

Level: 38 

HP: 1100/1100｣ 

For a Private Rank Monster, it was quite powerful.
Its health was high and it was quick, as well as potent. 

Draco was facing intense level suppression since he was only level 25 and now 30% of his stats were gone.
Even though he was utilizing Control, he was facing a clear and annoying disadvantage.  

This didn ’t mean that this trash Private Rank monster could contend with him.
It only meant that it took slightly longer than it should to destroy it.  

Draco ’s Sword Skill missed as the Giant Spider jumped to the side with the typical quick reflexes of its race, but Draco sneered.  

He just shifted his muscles, as well as the applicable force, and carried his thrusting momentum into a sudden sweep.  

-1500! 

The Giant Spider was bisected easily and it fell to the side limply.
Draco received around 21% experience while Hikari got 145%.
For the first time in her life, she leveled up.  

Draco was happy to discover that she had received the experience from him killing enemies.
He had been worried that she would have to accumulate it like all healers by healing others over and over again.  

He assumed that this must be a hidden bonus of their Dragobond passive. 

Yet, there was no joy on her face.
Instead, she gripped the sides of her goddess dress with a tense expression.
She looked like she really disliked seeing something die and this was what Draco had been waiting for.  

He swung his sword lightly and let the mucus of the Giant Spider slash off the blade.  

He then sheathed the weapon and walked up to Hikari, right up to her front.
Despite her earlier thinking that she wanted to stare at his amazing form all her life, she found herself avoiding meeting his gaze.  

”Look at me. ” 

Hikari bit her lips and her hands trembled. Nevertheless, she didn ’t follow his instructions. 

”Look at me, Hikari. ” 

Hikari ’s whole body shook and her eyes began to moisten, but still no sign of her listening to him.  

”Hikari. ” 

Draco ’s voice became authoritative and his usual human kindness was gone.
It was replaced by the potent and commanding tone of a Black Dragon who was speaking to his White Dragon mate.  

”Look.
At.
Me. ” 

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn ’t resist.
She raised her head and gazed right back into the pulsing red eyes of Draco, as if behind them lay a realm of infinite pleasure and bliss. 

Draco ’s eyes became slits as and his black aura emerged and pressed onto Hikari. Hikari ’s white aura also emerged and mingled with the black aura in a submissive way.  

”In this world, there are three types of people.
The first are your allies and loved ones.
Me, Eva, Roma and all the members of Umbra fall into this category.
No matter what you do or what happens to you, we will be by your side and have your back. ” 

”Remember that always. ” 

Hikari ’s moist eyes began to leak tears as her lips trembled.
With a shaky voice, she replied.
”Yes, I will. ” 

Draco nodded and continued.
”The next group are neutral parties. They won ’t have any special feelings towards you; therefore, you should treat them in the same manner in which they treat you. ” 

”If they talk to you with respect, you respect them back.
However, if it ’s with disdain or chagrin, you should never hesitate to treat them the same way. ” 

Draco ’s black aura roiled as he said: ”No one is allowed to suppress my White Dragon in any way.
Whether it be verbal or mental, you must always be on top.
Do not treat everyone the way you treat me currently. ” 

Hikari nodded lightly and spoke with a slightly firmer tone.
”Yes, I understand. ” 

Draco calmed his aura and paused for a second to gaze at Hikari seriously.
Then his eyes sharpened as he spoke the most important of her first lessons for the day.  

”The final group are your enemies.
For whatever reason, they have threatened harm to you or your loved ones.
Are you going to stand there and watch the people you care about die? Again? ” 

Hikari ’s face lost color and her lips became slightly blue.
Her breathing became raspy as Draco brought up her greatest trauma and the scar in her heart in order to drill home what her parents failed to instill into her.  

”I…I… ” 

Hikari had never once hated Sigurd even though she had witnessed him slaughter her family.
She never sought revenge and only lamented the loss of her family.  

Yet now, when Draco came under attack by the Giant Spider, she had looked away with disgust and a bit of anger. 

However, Hikari ’s mind was cast back to the horrifying scene of her brothers, sisters and mother pierced and cut down by that horrible Dragonlance while her father brought her away. 

The face of Sigurd had never been her focus in her memories, instead, she had concentrated on the pain-filled expression of her dying family.  

However, the image in her mind shifted and became brighter.
Her family ’s visages were no longer full of pain and fear, but defiance and pride.
They held back Sigurd in order for their precious little sister to escape.  

There was no regret or pain in their eyes, only fighting intent. Hikari ’s mother smiled at her daughter gently as the spear ran through her, her blood coating the lance.  

There was only gentleness and love in her dimming eyes.  

Hikari saw all this.
Her memories, which had become clouded over the centuries due to sleep and fear, cleared up. 

She was able to see the expressions and emotions of her loved ones that she thought she had forgotten became crystal clear.  

Hikari also saw Sigurd, a handsome young man with white hair and green eyes.
He laughed playfully as he killed her family and even sneered at her father who took her away.  

Hikari had always believed that Sigurd must have some reason to kill the Dragons.
Perhaps his family had been wiped out by a Dragon? 

But that was impossible.  

First off, Dragons had very little contact with other races.
They were too arrogant to bully the weak and only fought the strong.  

Who had the time to genocide some random bloke ’s clan? 

No.  

Sigurd killed Dragons for one reason.  

”Hahaha! Your blood and bodies will serve as the perfect nourishment for my new spear! With every Dragon I kill, I become stronger! I shall soon become a True God! ” 

His sonorous yet power-mad voice reverberated in her mind.  

Memories she had repressed and misremembered due to intense trauma corrected themselves inside her mind.   

Sigurd had never killed the Dragons because he was a hero, like in the tales.
He had only killed Dragons because his new weapon was able to absorb their Source Origin and upgrade himself as a True God.  

Whether he succeeded or not, Hikari had no idea.  

At that moment where her memories had freed themselves and shown her the truth, a feeling welled up in Hikari.  

It was indignation.  

’Why? Why did my family have to die? What did we ever do? ’ 

Then it evolved into anger.  

’We lived our lives in peace! Our creations and Aether Crystals benefited the many races! The Ancient Dragon City even admitted outsiders to be groomed into Half-Gods or higher.
’ 

And then finally, Hikari felt it.
A horrendous emotion every sapient being with enough maturity dealt with at one point in their lives.  

Hatred.  

Hikari felt pure hatred for the first time in her life.  

’He should die! He has to die! ’ 

’I…I… ’