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The taming was only temporary.

Ditrinir tried to resist Ethan again fiercely.

However, due to the fatal wound from Ethan’s Swordsmanship 4th Form, he couldn’t move.

Of course, even if Ditrinir resisted, Ethan wasn’t one to be pushed back.

Ethan had enough strength left to deal with Ditrinir.

He hadn’t even used any defensive techniques other than Moonlight Defense yet.

Ethan sighed as he looked at the fallen Ditrinir.

‘I neutralized Ditrinir with minimal damage.’

The techniques of the New World were certainly amazing.

If he had faced this ill-tempered black dragon in MePan, he would have had to endure quite a bit of damage.

‘He’s inferior compared to the Fire Dragon King I met when I became a descendant of Moonforce.’

While Ditrinir was certainly one of the powerful monsters appearing in MePan, he was below average compared to other dragons.

‘I’m catching Ditrinir for the first time right now, after all.’

Rather than catching Ditrinir with his meager rewards, it would be more efficient to work a little harder and catch a higher-level dragon.

‘Still, confirming that I can catch a dragon with ease is a gain in itself.’

Ethan looked down at the fallen Ditrinir.

“Damn you, human…”

Ditrinir lay there, ruminating on his humiliation. It wasn’t a wound that would allow it to get up easily.

“Kill me! I don’t need your pathetic mercy!”

Ditrinir shouted in the face of death.

However, Ethan never intended to kill Ditrinir in the first place.

“I’ve already tamed you, why would I kill you?”

“W-What!?”

Ethan grinned.

-Your proficiency increases significantly!

-The Beast Taming skill has advanced!

-The proficiency of Beast Taming has exceeded a certain threshold.

-A new technique is added to Beast Taming.

-You can now use a whip with Beast Taming.

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [Legendary Dragon Tamer] achievement.

-You have gained ‘5’ likes!

‘The proficiency rose quite a bit. Well, I tamed a top-tier beast, a dragon, so of course it should rise this much.’

Beast Taming upgraded a level, allowing the use of a whip.

‘Is it a real whip?’

Ethan immediately tried using Beast Taming.

Whoosh-.

Soon, a whip appeared in Ethan’s hand.

It was a real whip made of mana.

-When hitting with the beast whip and giving rewards, its effect is amplified.

“Oh ho.”

It was a whip solely for taming, without attack power.

Ethan hit Ditrinir with the whip.

-Ditrinir’s training level slightly increases.

“Oh, so I can increase the training level of tamed monsters with the whip.”

“What is this! Kill me honorably!”

“I told you I have no intention of killing you?”

“How dare you… Do you think I would submit to a mere human?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

This Beast Taming skill was just newly learned. He didn’t think he could properly tame a dragon yet.

The important thing was just one:

‘Clearing the quest.’

The most important thing was how to obtain the Elixir of Life that Ditrinir possessed.

“I’ve come for the Elixir of Life you have, Ditrinir.”

“…How do you know about that?”

Ditrinir looked at Ethan with surprised eyes when he mentioned the Elixir of Life.

There were numerous treasures in Ditrinir’s lair.

Among them, the Elixir of Life wasn’t that special an item.

What adventurers and knights who claimed to be dragon slayers wanted were shiny treasures and legendary armor and weapons.

“You want just that Elixir of Life, not the numerous treasures I have?”

Aside from how he knew, Ditrinir couldn’t understand why he wanted that.

“Yeah, I’m more sickly than I look.”

“Nonsense!”

Sickly? Then what does that make Ditrinir who fell to the sword of this sickly person?

“I’ll let you go if you give me the Elixir of Life.”

“…”

After pondering for a moment, Ditrinir nodded.

“Fine, I’ll give it to you. But my body is in this state…”

Ditrinir exercised his last bit of pride.

“I’ll heal you.”

“You can heal me?”

“I caused the wounds. I can heal them faster than most healing magic.”

“Impossible. You have such sword skills and healing abilities too? That’s impossible!”

Ditrinir knew well how deep his current wounds were.

That’s why he felt such great humiliation at his current defeat.

If Ethan had wanted to, he could have killed Ditrinir with that one strike. It ended like this only because Ethan controlled his strength.

To have such sword skills, and healing abilities on top of that?

“Humans are beings that don’t live for hundreds of years. Because you live short lives, you burn your lives like candles. Despite that, only a few can have outstanding abilities.”

Ditrinir raised his painful body.

“Even among those few, not many can have such great abilities in multiple areas. If there were such a person, they would be extremely rare even in your human history.”

“I’m one of those extremely rare ones.”

Ethan said. Then he created needles.

“The area is quite wide. And it’s not even human.”

But there’s no disease that can’t be cured with decoction and acupuncture.

Ethan immediately identified Ditrinir’s constitution using Yi Je-ma’s Sasang medicine.

After identifying the constitution, he made a suitable decoction, and simultaneously started inserting needles.

Puck-! Puck-! Puck-!

Basically, dragons have very tough and hard skin.

Ordinary attacks can’t even make a scratch. In other words, needles wouldn’t go in easily either.

“This is a new challenge.”

And this was a new challenge for Ethan as well.

“Hup.”

Ethan added the subtlety of Counter-Radiance on top of Monsters’ Calamity.

If he put too much force, the needles would break unable to withstand the power of Counter-Radiance, and if he put too little force, they would break without piercing Ditrinir’s skin, so he had to adjust well in between.

Puck-!

“!”

As Ethan accurately inserted the needle, Ditrinir’s eyes widened in surprise.

“It worked.”

After inserting needles in the desired spots in succession, Ethan gestured to Ditrinir.

“Lie down.”

Ditrinir frowned with displeasure and lay down low. Then he swallowed the decoction Ethan poured into his mouth in one gulp.

“This can’t be.”

As soon as he drank it, Ditrinir froze in place, feeling something bubbling.

“The wounds…”

The wounds were healing.

The fact that the effect was so immediate meant that the decoction Ethan had just given wasn’t an ordinary potion.

“It’s not over yet.”

-Hua Tuo’s Surgical Treatment Technique.

Ethan frowned slightly after opening the inside of the wound area.

There was a large black lump next to the wound Ethan had inflicted.

“You, you have a disease other than the wound?”

“Me, having a disease? That’s impossible.”

Ethan silently inserted his hand. Then he pulled out a black lump.

“This seems quite old.”

“Could it be… from the battle at Hoperon Valley?”

Ditrinir groaned, seemingly having a suspicion.

“I’ll get rid of it.”

-The proficiency of Hua Tuo’s Surgical Treatment Technique increases!

As Ethan proceeded to treat that disease as well, Ditrinir’s expression, which had been distorted with displeasure, softened considerably.

“Has my body ever felt this light?”

It was a sensation Ditrinir had never felt before. Ditrinir spread his wings wide and flew up into the sky.

“Amazing. Truly amazing!”

And after circling once, he landed lightly.

Thud-.

“Excellent skills. Truly excellent, human. No, what is your name?”

“Ethan Whiskers.”

“I acknowledge you, Ethan Whiskers. You truly are one of those extremely rare humans.”

Then he bowed his head deeply.

‘It feels like I gave the disease and then the cure. But I even cured an additional disease that was already there, so well.’

“By the way, what is that in your body?”

Ditrinir’s expression hardened.

“I told you I’m sickly.”

“…”

Only then could Ditrinir understand Ethan’s skills. He could also clearly understand why he wanted the Elixir of Life.

“Seeing that you can’t cure it with those outstanding skills, it must be the work of someone at least at the level of the King of Curses. It’s a miracle that you’re alive with such a terrible curse. Alright, fine. I’ll give you the Elixir of Life you wanted right away.”

***

“How is it!”

It was a dazzlingly brilliant lair that could make one’s eyes spin.

At a glance, an enormous amount of treasures was strewn about on the ground.

Especially eye-catching were the colorful gems.

“Ethan Whiskers, I understand how great you are. I would refuse if it were about taming, but I can give you anything as a reward for defeating me and as thanks for curing my disease! Look at these treasures!”

Ditrinir glanced at Ethan.

Over a long time, the number of humans who had made it this far could be counted on one hand.

The humans who had made it here after arduous adventures and life-or-death struggles were all captivated by greed at the sight of these dazzling treasures.

And the end was always the same.

The humans consumed by greed tried to take all the treasures and ended up dying by Ditrinir’s sharp claws.

Ditrinir thought that even Ethan would show greed in front of those treasures.

After all, isn’t that what humans are?

“…”

However, not a hint of greed could be seen in Ethan’s eyes.

“You can take anything you want.”

“I don’t need it.”

When Ethan flatly refused, Ditrinir asked incomprehensibly.

“Are you not tempted by those treasures?”

“I have a lot of money, Ditrinir.”

“…”

No matter how much money one has, surely human greed would be endless.

Ditrinir thought that Ethan was indeed not an ordinary human.

“An ordinary human couldn’t have defeated me. Alright, fine.”

At Ditrinir’s eye signal, the treasures began to shake. Then, a glass bottle emerged from among them with a whoosh.

It was a beautiful glass bottle. Not only was the design of the bottle extraordinary, but the bright red liquid inside also boasted a brilliant color.

“Oh.”

It was such a vivid red that it would certainly be treated as a high-grade dye if handled in a Dyeing Workshop.

“That is the Elixir of Life. Take it. I don’t know if it will help cure that disease inside you.”

Ditrinir glimpsed the abyss seated inside Ethan. The fundamental power of Extinction that was eating away at Ethan.

That’s why he couldn’t think that even the Elixir of Life could cure that disease.

“Still, it should be better than now if you drink it.”

As soon as Ethan received the Elixir of Life, notifications began to appear.

-You have perfectly cleared the quest!

-It’s an overwhelming achievement!

-You obtained the Elixir of Life in an unusual way!

-The reward is enhanced!

-A heroic reward will be given!

-Your fame increases!

‘As expected.’

It was as Ethan had predicted. Simply obtaining the Elixir of Life wasn’t the right answer. Ethan smiled contentedly at the flood of notifications.

The Surviving as Ethan Whiskers quest had many aspects that stimulated one’s desire for challenge.

‘As expected, obtaining it in a different way was the right answer.’

This reward was also an enhanced heroic reward.

‘I’m very curious about what the reward will be.’

-Please finish the quest.

The finishing of the quest was drinking the Elixir of Life.

Ethan drank the Elixir of Life without hesitation.

Gulp gulp.

“Ugh.”

As soon as he drank the elixir in one go, Ethan’s body started to react.

“Urgh.”

It was pain unlike anything he had ever experienced before. Ethan clutched his stomach and curled up like a shrimp right there.

“Ethan Whiskers!”

Ditrinir cried out with surprised eyes.

Rumble-.

It felt like lightning was striking inside his body.

-Survival probability decreases!

-Survival probability decreases!

‘No. My mind is… because of the pain…’

Ethan’s body shook violently from the pain that threatened to make him lose consciousness.

‘If I lose consciousness, it’s over! I’ll really die!’

Ethan endured, slowly sat down, and breathed slowly.

How much time had passed? Gradually the pain subsided, and then as if the earlier pain had been a lie, it disappeared completely and vitality began to course through his entire body.

-The power of life takes root in you intact.

-The decreased survival probability has returned to normal.

-Survival probability increases!

“Ethan Whiskers, your body…”

At Ditrinir’s words, Ethan examined his own body.

-You have awakened!

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