Chapter 146:
The atmosphere suddenly turned tense.
Perhaps it was because I murmured out loud of how interesting things were turning out, Allen’s face turned pale.
“I-interesting? Nea, what do you mean by that?”
Daisy and Zerva shared similar sentiments as Allen.
“Fighting with these monsters are interesting. That’s all I meant.”
I continued on calmly staring at those expressions seeking denial.
“And unfortunately, my memories are yet to return.”
What was spoken was completely the opposite of what I meant......
But that was enough to resolve the anxiety and tenseness of the companions.
“I-is that so? O-of course, committing such a massive one-sided annihilation must be fun indeed.”
After all, humans tend to believe in what they want to believe in.
Or perhaps, the hero of the fallen world already had a peculiar personality like this.
On my way here in the carriage, I tried to understand Neal’s personality.
‘They said that he was a battle crazed lunatic.’
So this should be enough as an answer for them.
I stretched my neck and spoke as if I was tired.
“But I don’t think I can continue fighting today since I’m too tired.”
At that, Zerva nodded with a calm expression.
“......That’s understandable. Even a hero does not have unlimited mana and divine powers after all.”
“So i’ll be resting for the rest of today. It’s not like we are planning on proceeding without resting a single day.”
“......Please do so. We’re near the entrance of the demonic realm anyways, so we should be able to set up camp for the night as soon as we exit.”
“Then it’s decided. Let’s go out.”
To be honest, declaring that you need rest after a single battle was enough to be cursed at.
The ones who reached a level of super human needs to camp out from being tired?
It was the height of profligacy
And since the demonic realm is an enemy territory, if your traces can’t be erased, it’s unwise to retreat.
At least a gesture of attempting the traces should be taken.
Even more so if the holy sword is used to leave traces of divine powers.
But the companions agreed to my suggestion without a care.
“You’re right, we should rest at the beginning of the demonic realm. As Neal said, we should rest for tonight.”
Daisy quietly spoke with a smile which urged the other companions to move quickly.
‘What a relief.’
I thought while looking at that scenery a step away from them.
‘At least I won’t have to kill them here.’
Even considering that demon lord with unknown identity and abilities on top of its underlings.
‘I should be able to kill them all later without a problem.’
Taking care of them can be something for a later occurrence.
With an organized mind, I moved away.
A premonition for a fierce battle, which I haven’t felt in a while, could be felt.
»————- ★ ————-«
As soon as the night fell, I left my tent.
“.......”
After expanding my Aura Sense through the Mana Circuit, I could not feel the presence of my companions.
I quietly left the area towards an unnamed mountain outside of the camp.
It was an average sized mountain, but good enough to be used as a training ground.
“This should be good enough.”
After deciding that I was far enough from the camp, I unsheathed the sword from my waist.
Holy Sword.
The legendary sword said to be only bestowed upon the apostle of Dragon Lord was in my hands.
......Well, appearance-wise, it looked rather inefficient, but its effects were inconceivable.
Starlight, Desire, Punishment.
The three exclusive effects of the holy sword demonstrated an insane amount of power.
And using it in battle further proved just how ridiculous it was.
But this holy sword was like an event limited item that can only be used within the 16th floor.
It would be best to absorb one of the abilities through Sword Sense.
So.......
‘If all goes according to plan, this will become useless later on.’
Now it was time to make a proper choice.
Starlight and Punishment.
I thought hard for a few hours, but neither choice would be the most efficient.
「Activating skill ‘Sword Sense’.」
「You can select an item within the blade category to learn it as a form of a skill.」
I was once again reminded of how greedy humans can be.
「Selection Complete.」
「You have learned the skill ‘Starlight (S-)’.」
If I were to control Starlight with mana, it will create a reaction.
I attempted this a few more times, but the results did not improve.
I’ve put my body through multiple injuries to try more things, but Starlight and mana did not have a good compatibility.
‘What if this doesn’t work?’
I worried that I wasted my Sword Sense for a useless exclusive effect.......
But after a few more tries, I could understand a new fact.
That Starlight did not react to divine powers.
‘So I can’t use mana, but divine powers are okay.......’
It was rather absurd, but I assumed that it was because they both had similar affinity.
With no reactions to hinder me, I was able to create a shell to cover the Starlight.
But because my divine powers were painted black due to my potential of grim reaper, its appearances were rather ominous. At least it didn’t explode.
However, an issue arose.
Pzzzzt─!
The starlight trapped by the shell started to run amok and the intensity of light increased.
And the moment the starlight shone through the black shell.
「Administrator ‘Hero of a Fallen World’ is asking what on earth is this.」
「Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is flabbergasted by the fact that you managed to control an untameable power.」
「Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ is looking brightly towards this acquisition of new technique’.」
Rounds of messages appeared from the administrators.
Disregarding those messages, I concentrated on manipulating the orbs of starlight slowly.
Seeing the wavering of the starlight made me frown.
‘If this explodes, I definitely won’t be safe.’
To think that I could enhance the skill in this way.
I most likely won’t self-destruct with this, but I’ll have to use a few of the items or use up the souls I’ve absorbed previously.
And that’s not something I wanted.
Like opening the can of well shaken soda, I opened a hole from the shell created solely from divine powers.
Towards the direction of the sky so no traces will be left.
And
Crash─!
Followed with the sound of an explosion hitting the eardrums, a Dark light shot through the sky.
The clouds covering the moon were pierced through, and a bright moonlight of a full moon shone down.
Almost as if the darkness itself was dispelled.
»————- ★ ————-«
“.......”
It was beyond my expectations.
I couldn’t find any other words to describe this technique.
Perhaps because the dark divine powers functioned as the shell, the starlight was also affected?
I wasn’t sure, but I was sure that it was rather positive.
After seeing the bright moonlight, I let out a laugh.
“......I guess I don’t have to use the Counter Shield to counterattack anymore.”
It seems that I managed to create a battle ready technique in a while.
If I can recombine this method, then the Light Saber that can only be used with the Counter Shield can be reborn as well.
It was not a prediction but a certainty.
「You got the achievement ‘The Heir of Dragon Lord.’.」
「You’ve acquired the Special Power ‘Dragon Transformation’.」
「Currently, you are unable to obtain the power due to the limits of the special assignment.」
「The powers can be obtained normally after the competition of the trial.」
And I am assuming that the technique that I just did fulfilled some type of condition as I got the achievement of Heir of Dragon Lord.
‘Dragon Transformation?’
And it was satisfactory to get special power as the achievement reward.......
「The Dragon Lord is perceiving challenger Han SungYeun’s existence.」
「The Dragon Lord is widening their eyes at challenger Han SungYeun’s achievement.」
「The Dragon Lord is greatly interested in challenger Han SungYeun.」
Another bothersome entity might’ve been added.
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challenger Han SungYeun.」
“I decline.”
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challenger Han SungYeun.」
“I decli.......”
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challenger Han SungYeun.」
“.......”
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challenger Han SungYeun.」
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challenger Han Sung.......」
「The Dragon Lord is proposing the position of apostle to challe.......」
......The most bothersome entity out of all.
[To be continued.]