Chapter 116 Rewards

In the first place, there was a reason why I was that confident, even though I was not overwhelmingly strong enough to explore this dungeon right now.

Because I had acquired a cheat artifact that would allow me to charge recklessly anywhere.

'Guardian Angel.'

An artifact that was once said to be given to the chosen one of the Primordial Goddess ???? by herself as a reward for his efforts.

'An item that saves the person's life regardless of any type of attack on the cooldown of 1 year.'

An item that breaks the boundaries of life and death.

An overpowered item that had a lot of nerfs in the game just because players who enjoyed playing PVP were complaining, and they had every right to do that.

Because it was such a broken item, that would counter every type of sneak attack, allowing mages to have full-focused attack power builds.

When I took the challenge blindly, there was a calculated aim from my side.

<Ding! The mana around the environment is clashing.>

<Ding! The mana is changing its property.>

Now, let me ask you something.

What is the direction that the universe takes?

The answer is simple.

It is the direction of destruction.

Entropy.

The universe will go in the direction of everything being simple.

And this is still the case, even in such a fantasy world.

When a huge amount of violent mana clashes, something would appear there.

Something pure.

The essence that mana comes from.

'Aether.'

The thing that would make me reach higher grades.

<Ding! Aether is detected around the environment.>

<Host's core is absorbing the-!>

'Turn the notifications down.'

<Understood.>

There was no need for the system to state the obvious that I could feel on my own.

Now, to explain how this happened, we must turn back in time for a second.

There were quite a lot of details I realized while reviewing the events that happened in the game while I was playing.

And one of them is right here.

Since the thing we call Aether was something that had almost never been mentioned in the game, I was on my own to realize that when two violent mana clashed, Aether would appear.

Realizing that fact, I devised a simple plan to create Aether, making my core awaken at a very stronger rate than before.

However, there was one thing that I needed to consider.

How could I survive the clash of such strong attacks?

And the answer came not long after.....

Now, here I am, absorbing the Aether around....

In a lotus position, not minding anything around me happening while twitching from time to time.

'It has been a while since I had sensed mana, huh? It feels so good that I feel weird.....'

To describe this feeling, it feels like when you do the deed after a whole November of waiting....

Although, it still can't be compared to that....

Just like that, Callius lost the sense of time with his core absorbing everything around like a vortex just as he did his first time, not knowing he was causing such a scene again....

*******

<Ding! Host's Seal over his core is released.>

I was awoken out of my stopper by a notice that came from the system in my head.

"Finally....."

At the same time, feeling every bit of magical veins around my body, I mumbled.

"It really had been a long time."

Standing up, I started observing the environment around me.

If I wanted to describe the scene before me, I would say pure chaos.

Because this is literally the only thing that could define the destruction happening before my eyes.

Everything is crumbling...

Those buildings that could still be perceived as buildings when I entered are now just a bunch of dust.... Nothing more than that....

That huge ceiling that was hard to see even with my All Seeing Eye now was nowhere to be found.

Those stars that once shone with a brilliant light were no more, the only thing remaining in the sky being darkness.

'That was to be expected. This place had already lost the power supply here.'

Remembering what I did before absorbing all the Aether around, I thought.

For those who are asking, why did this dungeon have yet to throw me out.... It is because I needed to obtain the legacy left here to leave this place.

In the game, that worked like that, so it should be like this here too.

'Now, let me reclaim my rewards here.'

Thinking that, I started walking towards the thing that was shining bright in the midst of this destruction.

A metal that with bright white color.....

'A metal that conducts the magic best.'

'Divine Ore.'

And near that, a book with its pages blank.....

'Grimoire.'

A book that was one of the most valuable things for a mage.

A book that contained all the experiences, the research of a mage's lifetime.

And at the end, a tear of crimson crystal.

An item that was one of the most broken things out there and the reason why I was here.

'Philosopher's Stone.'

An item that was made by the sacrifices of countless warriors.

An item that made the Magician Xenon go crazy.

A taboo item that should never exist in this world.

'This is the legacy of the king that once ruled the world, huh?'

"It's ironic that now it is just a loot for me. No matter how strong you are, in the end, you are nothing but a thing to deform against time, huh?"

Mumbling like that, I grabbed the book with my [All Seeing Eyes] focused on it.

"Chronicles of Xerxes.... Kingdom of Truth."

Reading the title of the book that was written by the mana of King Xenon, I mumbled.

Putting it into my space ring, I turned my attention to the bright white orb.

'Now, let's make my Nihil become a real weapon for a magic swordsman like me.'

Putting the ore on top of my sword pitch-black sword, I started the process that I have seen in the game...