Chapter 499

Chapter 499

‘I-Impossible!’ Siegfried couldn't believe that he was poisoned. He had extremely high resistance to poison, so most poisons wouldn't affect him at all. In fact, he was a source of radioactive energy, which meant that he would definitely not be affected by poison.

So how come he ended up getting poisoned after just clashing with them?

This was proof that the venom possessed by Hennessy’s Apparitions was extremely–no, at the pinnacle of all poison, and the fact that he was poisoned even though they did not hit him was already more than enough proof.

“Insignificant creature.”

“You cannot stop my resurrection.”

“My poison will disintegrate you.”

“Die! Insect!”

Hennesy’s Apparitions sensed that Siegfried was poisoned and picked up the pace of their attacks. The combined attacks of the towering apparitions, which stood two meters tall, were ferocious, and they landed blow after blow on Siegfried.

“Ack!” Siegfried screamed after receiving a ton of physical damage. He had been pushed into a corner on top of being poisoned, but the fire in his eyes remained strong.

‘I have to end this in an instant.’

The only thing on his mind right now was to swiftly end this fight with Hennessy’s Apparitions.

Woooong!

He gathered his mana and placed a white field around him.

Flash!

A blinding light flashed from the field, completely enveloping Hennessy’s Apparitions. It was Siegfried’s most powerful crowd control skill, Absolute Zero.

‘I have to end this right now...’ Siegfried clenched his +13 Horse Fly tightly.

Whoosh!

Then, Siegfried jumped into the air and slammed his +13 Horse Fly into the ground.

Rumble!

Splitting Heaven and Earth unleashed its fury not only on Hennessy’s Apparitions but also on Hennessy’s Cocoon situated atop the Sun Pyramid, but...

“You dare...”

“Is that your last stand?”

“You will not die a peaceful death.”

“What an annoying frost this is...”

Shockingly, Hennessy’s Apparitions didn't die despite getting hit by Splitting Heaven and Earth. In fact, even Absolute Zero couldn't seem to freeze them either.

Other enemies would have already been frozen solid by Absolute Zero and the following impact from Splitting Heaven and Earth would have smashed them to smithereens, but these monsters remained alive.

Of course, Siegfried’s combo wasn't completely useless against them.

C-Crack...!

Their frozen joints would crack whenever they took a step forward, but that was about the extent of damage the combo had done to them.

Hennessy’s Apparitions soon regained their mobility and attacked Siegfried once again.

The Level 300 monsters lived up to their levels by not only surviving the Absolute Zero and Splitting Heaven and Earth combo but also going after Siegfried and driving him to a corner right after the combo.

While Siegfried was busy fighting against the four apparitions...

Badump! Badump! Badump!

The cocoon pulsated even faster as its hatching time drew nearer.

[Hennessy]

[Status: Hatching]

[Time Remaining: 6 minutes, 51 seconds...]

Every second counted...

‘It’s not going to be easy fighting against all four of them. I need to shake them off somehow and destroy that cocoon first,’ Siegfried thought before activating his title, Pesky Brat, and dashing as fast as he could away from the apparitions.

Shwoong!

He ran so fast that he started running along the walls of the Sun Pyramid even though the slope was nearly seventy degrees steep.

“This little rat!”

“Catch him!”

“Stop right there!”

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

Hennessy’s Apparitions chased after Siegfried as he ran on the pyramid walls.

‘I need to shake them off and isolate the cocoon with Grand Duel. Then, I’ll throw everything I got at it. Death’s Touch, Quick Draw, and finish it with Torrential Flower Rain.’ Siegfried formulated a plan in his head while running along the walls of the pyramid.

The monsters chasing after him would no longer be an issue if he managed to use Grand Duel on the cocoon, right?

‘Almost there!’ Siegfried ran as fast as he could toward the top of the pyramid where Hennessy was located.

‘I can almost use Grand Duel just a bit–’

It was then.

“You shall not pass.”

“Next customer!” Siegfried shouted and used Grand Duel once again.

Thirty seconds later...

Krwaaaang!

The Barrier of Victory crumbled, and Siegfried reappeared. The corpse of one of the apparitions was on the ground, and it had been split into two by Quick Draw.

“Next!” Siegfried shouted once again while munching on another Mutated Three-Legged Octopus.

Krwaaaang!

Siegfried repeated this process several times.

“Next!”

The third apparition was shredded to death by Torrential Flower Rain just like the first one.

“Next!”

The fourth apparition was struck to death by Leonid’s ultimate skill, Blackhole Strike.

“Next!”

The fifth apparition was grappled to death by another one of Leonid’s ultimate skills, Cyclone Slam.

“Welcome!”

The sixth customer had its head disintegrated by the Energy Buster from the Great Champion’s Belt.

Six out of the eight Hennessy’s Apparitions were finally dead...

‘Not yet!’

However, Siegfried didn't stop there. He chewed on another Mutated Three-Legged Octopus and used Grand Duel to kill the remaining two Hennessy’s Apparitions.

Thus, he managed to kill all eight of Hennessy’s Apparitions, showing the terror of the Debuff Master. Yes, he'd gain additional stat and skill points due to his Hidden Class, but what truly made him scary was the efficiency of his skills in combat which could only be described as insane.

On top of that, he had also learned skills from Weapons Master Shakiro, Sword Emperor Betelgeuse, and Grappling Master Leonid. All of these made it possible for him to defeat Level 300 monsters.

However, Siegfried didn't have time to relish in his victory, as he had to rush to the top of the Sun Pyramid.

[Hennesy’s Cocoon]

[Status: Hatching]

[Time Remaining: 59 seconds...]

There was less than a minute left, and he had to destroy the cocoon within a minute.

***

‘I’ll start with Splitting Heaven and Earth.’

Siegfried used his skill at the grotesque-looking pulsating cocoon.

Rumble!

But...

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[HP: ??????????]

The cocoon practically received no damage just like a while ago.

“Why the hell is this thing so tough?!” Siegfried screamed out of frustration and used Quick Draw on the cocoon.

Sukeok!

The Sword Emperor’s secret technique cut the cocoon but...

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[HP: ??????????]

It still received practically no damage.

“I can deal damage to it, but its HP is not reducing...?” Siegfried was baffled by what was happening. He was certain that the damage counter appeared just now, but the cocoon’s HP didn't reduce even by a sliver.

‘Defense...? No, this has nothing to do with defense. This thing is just loaded with HP!’ Siegfried realized that the cocoon wasn't actually tough; it was just a bullet sponge.

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[Status: Hatching]

[Time Remaining: 30 seconds...]

There were only thirty seconds remaining before Hennessy's awakening.

‘N-Nooo!’ Siegfried raised his +13 Horse Fly and focused all of his debuff fields around the cocoon in preparation to use his two ultimate skills. He knew that only Death’s Touch and Torrential Flower Rain was his best bet to destroy the cocoon.

‘I’ll use Grand Duel first before...’ Siegfried planned to use Grand Duel to maximize the amount of damage he could deal within the remaining thirty seconds. Thus, he prepared to use Grand Duel and unleash all of his strength at the cocoon but...

Shwiiiiik! Puuuk!

An arrow flew out of nowhere and pierced the cocoon and...

Kabooooom!

A powerful explosion erupted and devoured the cocoon.

‘What was that?!’ Siegfried hurriedly looked toward where the arrow had come from.

1. I know Grand Duel's description only says HP, but the author wrote Mana and Stamina as well in this chapter. ☜