adbindia Chapter 545
Chapter 545
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat point. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat point. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat point. ]
......
A stream of notifications popped up.
When he counted them, his level had risen by as many as five.
[ By accomplishing a great achievement, the system gifts you 10 bonus stat points. ]
He had even received 10 bonus stat points just for defeating Typhon alone.
When Su-ho brushed them aside with a glance, he saw other system notifications that had been hidden behind them.
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Diamond Cut is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Diamond Cut grows even stronger. ]
They were about the enhanced Diamond Cut.
He had swung the Black Sword, but without even realizing it, Diamond Cut had activated on its own.
A common occurrence.
When an ordinary slash was delivered with force, Diamond Cut had a habit of activating almost by default.
It was then.
[ You have learned Shadow Slash (S). ]
He had acquired a new skill.
All of a sudden?
He immediately checked the information.
[ Shadow Slash ]
Rank: S
# Guiyeong Spear, having obtained the power of the Shadow Divine Beast King, has become capable of transforming into various forms, including a sword.
# When Guiyeong Spear is merged with the Shadow Divine Beast King and takes the form of a sword, Guiyeong Spear can trigger the effects of Shadow Pierce (S), Shadow Restraint (S), and Shadow Bleed (S) through slashing attacks.
After reading the information, Su-ho smiled.
Put simply, Shadow Slash was a skill that allowed Guiyeong Spear, when it was in sword form instead of spear form, to trigger through slashes the same effects it had originally possessed.
'A kind of passive, huh.'
Very reassuring.
Originally, he had never had to worry about weapons thanks to Blood Armory, but ever since he had suddenly obtained the Gigantification skill, securing a proper weapon had become difficult. Thanks to Hollow Jack, that problem had been neatly resolved.
'Of course, if I had reached the realm of the Formless Sword, I wouldn’t have needed Jack’s help either.'
But that was still a very distant story.
Su-ho immediately released Gigantification and shrank his body back down.
“Hihihing!”
As his size rapidly decreased, Cheolma burst out and caught Su-ho as he fell through the air.
A slight dizziness came over him.
Gigantification consumed such an enormous amount of energy that the longer it was maintained, the more severe the fatigue became.
'Still, at least it doesn’t come with any direct risk.'
When Su-ho, having barely managed to get himself upright, looked down below, Typhon’s body, split in two, was sprawled there tangled up in the Red Gaia it had spewed out.
But those pools of lava weren’t disappearing?
If they didn’t disappear, that might be a bit of a problem......
No, let’s not worry about it.
This is a virtual space opened for an event anyway, right?
At that moment, Jack spoke to him.
- What should we do about the rest of them?
- The rest of them?
He wondered what Jack meant, but Jack was talking about the Gigantes.
Amazingly, even after their leader had been taken down, the Gigantes showed no sign of retreating or fleeing.
On the contrary, they were resisting to the very end.
“Do not fall back!!”
“Don’t be afraid!!”
“Mother will watch over us!!”
For a second, it looked like watching the Sambyeolcho.
Just then.
Kwarrrrrrrng!!
A massive bolt of lightning fell over them.
At the same time, an enormous wave began sweeping over the lava-filled land of Phlegrae.
It was the power of Zeus and Poseidon.
“Come on, now it’s our turn.”
Zeus’s shout.
Starting with that, the Olympian gods joined the fight again and began driving back the remnants.
That was a relief.
I was just wondering whether I’d seriously have to take care of those bastards too, but it looks like they do have at least some conscience.
'Yeah, sure, I may be the hero of prophecy who’s supposed to lead the Gigantomachy to victory, but that doesn’t mean I’m in a position where I have to handle everything from one to ten myself, does it?'
Thanks to that, Su-ho went to a place untouched by the lava, sat down, and began Un-Gi-Jo-Sik.
He had used up far too much energy while facing Typhon in giant mode.
Not long after he began concentrating, Jack cautiously asked,
- Master.
“Why?”
- What are you going to do about Typhon’s shadow?
“Typhon’s shadow?”
Ah! Come to think of it, he hadn’t thought about that.
Umbra had said that Shadow Divine Beasts were summoned from the shadows of the strong, hadn’t he?
Su-ho asked,
“You’re asking about Divine Beast summoning, right?”
- That’s right.
“So I guess Shadow Divine Beasts can be pulled even from corpses. But didn’t you say the success rate on that was really low?”
- It is. That’s why my recommendation is to store the shadow itself for now and summon it later.
“You can do that? But you’ve always handled things on your own just fine, so why are you asking all of a sudden?”
- Because there are other options.
“Other options?”
- Shadows are usually used in several different ways. You can use them as enhancement material for the Black Army, or as a sacrifice for Divine Beast summoning, or else absorb the shadow itself to raise your stats.
“I can raise my stats?”
- That’s one of the reasons shadow magic is so powerful. And of course, needless to say, you can only choose one of those options.
“How much do the stats go up? No, what stat goes up?”
- Naturally, Spirit Energy goes up. I can’t tell you by how much. But in terms of efficiency, it works best when the shadow’s rank is higher than your own.
At the mention of Spirit Energy, Su-ho’s eyes widened.
Because if his Spirit Energy stat went up, for Su-ho that was the same as saying his True Demon stat would go up.
But efficiency was the problem.
He was saying the absorption efficiency was better when the shadow’s rank was higher than his own.
'If I’m thinking about Divine Beast summoning, I should postpone it until later, but if we’re talking only about stat absorption efficiency, then absorbing it right now is the correct choice.......'
After thinking it over, Su-ho asked,
“What do you recommend?”
- Anything is fine. In the end, Shadow Divine Beasts are affected by their master’s power and the shadows their master possesses anyway.
Advice that wasn’t very helpful.
After thinking for a moment, Su-ho chose storage.
“Then store it for now. Later, depending on the situation, I’ll either summon it or absorb it.”
- Understood.
“Ah, wait a second before that.”
The shadow was important, but there was something even more important that needed to be done first.
Su-ho rode Cheolma over toward Typhon and came to a stop atop Typhon’s corpse.
Then he stretched out a hand toward Typhon.
[ Bloody Hand is activated. ]
The bastard’s blood was absorbed.
There was no way he could let an opportunity this good slip by.
Shadow or no shadow, he had originally grown stronger through the blood of his targets.
[ You may copy one of the target’s abilities. ]
Good.
A list of Typhon’s skills rose up in front of Su-ho’s eyes.
But as he looked through the skill list, he couldn’t help admiring it.
'Wow...... no wonder it was the final boss of the Gigantomachy.'
Every single skill was flashy and powerful.
Red Gaia was a perfect example.
Maybe that was why.
As he looked through the bastard’s skill list, he felt strangely puffed up with pride.
'Doesn’t this mean I killed a guy like this in one shot?'
But then a thought suddenly occurred to him.
'Could it be that Typhon actually wasn’t as strong as I thought?'
But that didn’t fit either, considering he had gained as many as five levels after killing it.
The situation refused to line up neatly in his head, and the mismatch was giving him a headache, but he decided not to think about it anymore.
After a brief moment of consideration, Su-ho chose a skill, and also absorbed some of Typhon’s blood.
When it came to the blood in the Great Blood Jade, the more the better.
“That’s enough. Now.”
- Understood.
The moment he signaled that he was done, Jack raised a hand.
Then black energy began swirling, and as if slowly devouring it, started swallowing up Typhon’s massive corpse.
“So it wasn’t just absorbing the shadow?”
- A shadow can only exist if there is a target. A shadow alone cannot exist in perfect isolation.
“But you exist.”
- I’m a bit of a different case...... Ugh, never mind. I’ll collect the shadows of the Gigantes too on my own.
“Yeah, I’m counting on you.”
Su-ho let out a low chuckle and stepped back.
Then he settled down in another suitable spot and began Un-Gi-Jo-Sik again.
After quite some time had passed like that, the sound of cheers began to ring out from far away.
“It’s over!!”
“We killed them all!!”
“We won!!”
The source of the cheers was news of victory.
The cry of victory that had begun in the distance soon became a wave of cheers that shook the whole of Phlegrae.
The lava derived from Red Gaia had also all hardened completely and stabilized.
Only then, at the cheers of the gods, did Su-ho rise from his seat and head toward Zeus.
“My son!”
Seeing Su-ho, Zeus greeted him warmly.
His body was covered in the blood of the Gigantes, and yet separate from that, Zeus’s face was so bright that it was oddly grotesque.
Of course, Su-ho did not care in the slightest.
“You worked hard.”
“No, what do you mean worked hard? You’re the one who worked harder. You accomplished something truly magnificent. Thanks to you, we were able to win the war.”
Zeus’s benevolent smile.
At the same time, countless Olympian gods crowded around Su-ho and Zeus.
“Thank you, Hercules!”
“It’s all thanks to you!”
“Because of you, we were able to win the Gigantomachy!”
“You are our hero!”
“You’re the best, Hercules!”
The blessings of the gods.
At their sincere gratitude, a surge of elation washed over Su-ho.
It was then.
“Hercules.”
Someone walked forward through the gods.
It was Hera.
“He...... no, Aunt.”
He had almost called her Hera.
At the word aunt, Hera let out a faint laugh.
“That’s right. I’m your aunt. I was sorry for what happened before. Even knowing I shouldn’t have acted that way, there was nothing I could do. I hope broad-minded you can understand.”
Those were not empty words.
She was sincere.
And because of that, he could understand how she felt too.
Because, due to the prophecy of the Gigantomachy, Zeus had gone around cheating with countless women, saying he had to create a human hero.
What woman could possibly endure a husband like that in her right mind?
Su-ho nodded.
“Yes, I understand. I understand completely.”
“Yes, thank you for understanding. And...... thank you sincerely for saving Olympus from the Gigantes. If you don’t mind, may I hug you just once?”
After offering her thanks, Hera opened her arms.
So that she would not feel awkward, Su-ho gave her a light hug.
“Hurray!”
“Hurray for Hercules!”
“Hurray for Hercules, the hero of Olympus!”
At the two of them embracing, the Olympian gods shouted their cheers.
Zeus too looked on warmly at their embrace, as if countless emotions were crossing through him.
Seeing that sight, Poseidon poked Zeus in the side.
“Now you won’t be able to cheat anymore.”
“Be quiet, elder brother.”
Everything was going smoothly.
The war was over.
Then a system notification rose up.
[ The Gigantomachy has concluded. ]
[ You have magnificently carved out the Hero’s Destiny. ]
[ The quest has been completed. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat point. ]
[ You have accomplished an extraordinary achievement that no other player has ever managed. ]
[ The system acknowledges your supreme achievement and gifts you 20 bonus stat points. ]
At last, the trait quest had been completed.
It was then.
[ Conditions have been met. ]
[ The third special quest has been generated. ]