— Volume 10, Chapter 18
243. The fourth return. Earth (10)
“Hmm.”
Minerva waves her arms at a giant monster like a giant. The wind blows in a storm.
Whoa!
The giant lowers his arm. The storm that has arisen is trampled upon and bursts forth.
Minerva dodges the attack by spurring her feet.
Whoops!
The earth explodes. A tidal wave of vomit is scattered in all directions.
“It is strong.”
[Are you okay?]
“It’s okay. are you okay. Even if it’s strong, it’s not enough to worry about.”
Whoops!
The monster’s arms move.
Wind rises just by being swung. Minerva stamps her feet.
Faaaaang!
The wind shot like a cannonball and hit the monster’s arm.
At the same time as the wind breaks, the arm bounces off. Barkaza clapped his hands at the monster whose posture was disturbed.
Kiyiing!
Iridescent streaks shoot at the monster. The monster poses and opens its mouth.
Cuckoo!
A beast-like howl spread. The rainbow colors are swallowed up by shouts and disappear.
Minerva and Barkaza. An enemy that cannot be easily defeated even if the two fight.
It was also the best in class A. Minerva grumbled and lifted herself up into the sky.
“The owner is too. How much are you hated?”
[What do you plan to do? Dear King.]
“Well.”
Minerva narrowed her eyes.
The monster was strong.
Not only was it simply physically powerful, but it also had its own character. It was close to impossible to knock it down easily.
“If I draw all my strength, I can somehow put it into a dying state… but then I’ll be reverse summoned.”
Minerva is the spirit king. In terms of physical strength, it is much stronger than Taishan today.
But now that he was summoned by Taishan, his power was weaker than Taishan’s. Compared to the monster, it was not significantly superior.
Moreover, Minerva descended here as a spirit god. It was because Beatrice acted as an agent for the power needed to descend.
And that power was not permanent, but consumed. The more you use your power, the less time you can stay here.
“Let’s take it slow for now.”
The monster lowers its arm. The resulting wind spreads in all directions.
Minerva snapped a finger.
Controls the wind created by the monster’s movement. Squeeze and rotate to gather just below the arms.
And it explodes right before it touches you.
Whoops!
The monster bounces off.
She is the spirit king of the wind. The wind itself was hers.
Instead of using his own power, he blew the monster away by controlling only the wind generated by the monster’s power.
“Even if we overcome it, nothing will change, right?”
[That’s right. The leading role is different.]
Barkaza clapped his hands. Monsters running towards them
are beaten by iridescent stems.
“Then let’s enjoy this situation. Bullying the damn thing. What a pleasure.”
Minerva grinned and raised her hand. A small storm gathered there.
The situation of the players in Seoul was quite bad.
Most of the monsters they are dealing with are C-class. or the lowest in class B. Considering that even hard mode players can barely overcome D-class, victory was virtually impossible.
But they didn’t break.
Hwiyeon Kim shouted while brandishing her weapon.
“Shield Station! from now on! Hard players fall back!”
People move in perfect order under her direction. Easy and normal players stand in front of the monsters, while hard players step back to catch their breath
.
Damn it!
“Cuck!”
“Ugh!”
Izzy and Normal Play, who stepped forward, vomited blood.
But he didn’t die. Hwiyeon Kim quickly shouted.
“Hard mode player. Forward again!”
After falling back and recovering their physical strength with the potion, they move forward again. Lee Ji and the normal player staggered away
from behind.
Seo Jang-san, who fends off the monsters, murmurs.
“It’s also a good way.”
Easy and normal mode players were of no use.
It might be the first time, but the gap between them and hard mode was huge. Even dozens of them couldn’t defeat a single hard mode.
In the case of monsters, things were even worse. It was difficult for Izzy and Normal to provide meaningful help in battle.
So, Kim Hwi-yeon completely changed her method.
They were protected by the system. No matter how big the attack was, as long as there was stamina left, he did not die.
Of course, under normal circumstances, he would not be able to withstand a C-class attack and die in one blow.
But now, Taesan was using alchemy to cover the realm.
A realm where monsters become weak and people become strong. It also included stamina and defense.
In addition, most of Izzy and Normal gave up their attack power and stats, and were wrapped in equipment with high defense power.
It was close, but it was able to withstand one attack.
So I use Easy and Normal mode as a defense.
When the hard mods are tired or run out of stamina and need to use a potion, they step forward and face the monster’s attack. And the hard mode recovered in the meantime moves forward again.
“You realized too. They are
of no use. All we can use is our shield.”
“no.”
Kim Hwi-yeon denied Seo Jang-san’s words.
“Everyone has their own role. They fully understood and accepted it.”
She didn’t force it. The shield role was a very dangerous job. He didn’t die all at once, but the risk was great enough.
So I told them to decide freely, and Izzy and the majority of normals accepted
.
They wanted to help out of their own will. That was the difference from Seojangsan’s method.
Kaaang!
Lee Tae-yeon walks among the monsters. she waves her sword
[You have activated Shedding.]
The moment the monsters’ attacks touch the sword, they are shed.
she powers her feet
[You activated a strong attack.]
Kaga-Gaga-Gang!
Timing the attack. Blitz is triggered several times to push the monsters away.
Junhyeok Kang was similar. He also used his ability sword and black magic to move between monsters and knock them down one by one.
Both are definitely strong.
After accumulating experience, he was now able to defeat even C-class.
But there were hundreds of monsters.
they started pushing. Potions are not infinite and mana is scarce.
But they did not give up hope.
“Hold on, everyone!”
Kim Hwi-yeon desperately shouted.
“We can win!”
Quadduk.
Taesan tramples on the monster’s head.
My head is crushed.
Take a step forward and look down.
Hundreds of monsters were attacking Taishan.
“Have a lot.”
A cold chill runs through Taesan’s fingertips.
[You activated Frozen World.]
Damn it!
Extreme cold spreads in all directions. The monsters that were rushing at me freeze and break apart all at once.
[You activated a starlight arrow.]
A light like the sun is embodied in Taesan’s hand. Pull it straight and shoot at the monsters that rush at you.
Whoops!
Light bursts in the dark.
Hundreds of monsters disappear in an instant.
Monsters are no big deal. At best, from C grade to B grade. Occasionally, you can see the lowest rank in Class A, but not all of them pose a threat to Taesan.
I wave my arms at the monsters that are charging at me.
[You activated the embers of disaster.]
The flames exploded.
The prominence that erased everything wiped out the monsters.
But the darkness did not change anything.
Neither light like the sun nor the flames that destroy the world could dispel this darkness.
[You activated Apostleization [Mixed Spirit].]
[You activated the King’s Bowl.]
Suddenly!
Power descends on Taesan. The power that is difficult to control is made into Taesan’s by synchronizing with the ring.
[You activated the perfect fairy wings.]
Wings form on Taesan.
Taesan flapped its wings.
[You activated Acceleration.]
Leap the body upward. Reaching the ceiling with the speed that reached the limit, gathering all the spirit and power at the tip of the sword.
Kaaaang!
Then it bounces off.
Taishan flapped his wings to regain his balance.
[43 damage to monster 10.]
Although the damage went in, it was meaningless.
It was natural. No matter how much the current Taishan gathered strength, it could not reach the power of the previous life. The power to protect the inside of the monster is intact at the S-class level. There was no way he could deliver a meaningful blow.
‘I don’t know if there is an essence hit or an absolute judgment.’
Essence strikes can be obtained only when the mastery of grasping the essence is raised, and the situation itself has not yet come to obtain an absolute judgment.
Taesan put his hands on the floor.
In the endless darkness, I felt an irresistible force.
And that power was slowly waning.
This monster exists only to capture Taesan. Since all the power necessary for maintenance has been turned inside, it will slowly die over time.
Perhaps after a week, Taesan
will be able to come out without any problems.
If there was a problem, it was that the outside couldn’t hold out until then.
There are Minerva and Barkaza, but Goshin also knew that fact. There was no way I wouldn’t have been prepared for it.
“I aim for the people around me, not myself. You did a good job on your head.”
Taesan clenches his fist. Concentrate your mind, maintain your ego, and manifest darkness.
[You activated Black.]
Chilhok is released in all directions.
The darkness of the monster collides with the darkness and begins to distort. The thicker darkness swallows the weaker darkness.
damn
The inside of the monster begins to crack.
[Ohhh?]
cried the ghost. But at some point, the darkness that I was going through was cut off.
Taesan frowned.
“Not enough.”
It’s not that the rank is lacking. The black color he had belonged to the old god. There is no reason to be pushed by an S-class monster.
It’s just that he wasn’t capable of handling black.
It was an uncontrollable force that only scattered in all directions, so it was not enough to open the passage.
[What are you going to do?]
“I have to look for more.”
Taesan moved.
“Cuck!”
Hard mode players who couldn’t withstand the swarming monster attacks are knocked out. Kim Hwi-yeon, who belatedly moved to rescue him, but realized that he was already dead, gritting his teeth and shouting.
“Easy and normal mode! from now on!”
“Mr. Hwiyeon.”
Someone grabs her by the shoulder. He was the man in charge of normal mode
.
Seeing his flustered expression, Kim Hwi-yeon realized.
she bit her lip.
“…Hard modes with plenty of room! Please come forward!”
Izzy and Normal mode players ran out of stamina. He had somehow endured with potions, but that was over.
All that was left was to survive with only hard mode players.
And that was close to impossible.
“Aagh!”
“profit!”
People fall one by one.
Izzy and normal players who were worse off also stepped forward. However, since they had no stamina in the first place, they could not properly serve as a shield.
Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok could withstand it, but the two of them were doing their best to stop the B-class monster.
The monster that swallowed the mountain was there without wavering.
The monsters kept coming out.
And people fell.
The situation was the worst, but the fighting spirit did not disappear from people’s faces.
“Hold on!”
they shout have faith
“Taesan-nim is watching over us!”
Even in a situation where they were risking their lives and dying, they did not lose their faith in Taishan.
Rather, it became stronger. They believed in Taesan and continued fighting.
That belief went on and on.
[The proficiency of divine power has risen by 1%.]
“Hmm?”
Taesan, who was running to find the end of space, hesitated.
As the proficiency of divine power increased, a strange sensation swept over his body.
Something higher than just strength dwelled in the body. I asked in a surprised tone if the ghost felt it too.
[You suddenly changed something?]
“I feel it too.”
Kwajik.
While crushing the monster, Taesan opened the skill window.
[Divine power]
[Proficiency level: 40%]
[Divine power. Originally, it had no meaning, but it became sacred through the gathering of many people’s beliefs. It’s a very small and weak divinity, but it’s clearly the power of faith.]
The mastery reached 40%.
The content has changed accordingly.
The content that people’s beliefs gathered and became a divinity.
Taesan raised his hand.
Keying.
A light arose there.
small and weak light. It shook as if it would go out when blown like a candle, but it clearly lit up the darkness.
Taishan had seen this power somewhere before.
It was the Demon God who handled this power.
the ghost muttered stupidly.
[…divinity? for a moment. Really?]
“Is it faith?”
Korean people believed him. Literally everyone was a horse.
As a result, the divine power has increased little by little.
Now, it seems that the faith has gathered enough to have divinity.
[Oh oh-ho… Do you think you can handle it?]
Tae-san focused his mind on the stuttering ghost’s words.
I tried to handle the divinity and make it dwell in the body.
But the light did not move. It was shaking like the first time and was on Taesan’s hand.
The ghost, who had barely managed to control his embarrassment, sorted it out.
[Expedients and elevation of spirit. and people’s beliefs. Did they gain divinity over and over again… It’s a case I haven’t even heard of. Considering your idiosyncrasies, it doesn’t seem impossible. But
it seems you can’t handle it.]
Divinity only existed in Taesan and didn’t move. He felt something lofty that he could not move with his will.
[I had it, but it doesn’t seem to mean much. okay. That makes sense.]
The ghost let out a sigh of relief. If a mortal had not only gained divinity and dealt with it, he would not have been able to accept even a ghost that had entered the depths.
However, Taesan
stared blankly at the light.
tiny little light.
But the light was clearly driving out the darkness. Neither the embers of disaster nor the arrows of starlight could do it.
[Uh…You can’t believe it.]
“The reason I can’t deal with this is because I lack my personality and strength.”
I tried to put it in the ring, but the ring was also refused as if it could not be accepted.
That is impossible.
Then what if it wasn’t his power?
Would it be possible if it was the power of a transcendental being that he had only received but could not handle properly yet?
[You activated Black.]
The shadow swallowed the light.
Level up with skill
