Chapter 308 First Battle
Meanwhile, Dante had realized that he had been tricked. In the end, after the six months or less of what he had predicted would take him to reach S Rank Quantum Entanglement, it turned out that he had only completed around 35% of it.
In truth, it should have been obvious from the start. The gap between the A rank and the S rank was a huge divide for all superpowers. Dante knew this, but for some reason, he assumed that it should be different for him based on having higher stats and the Cosmic Tree. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
The reason why his prediction had been wrong was that he lightly tested it and felt that, using the same effort to sort cables that he did during the C-A rank, it should be six months for the S rank, which was true on paper.
However, the problem manifested itself in the fact that the remaining cords were actively resisting him now. It required way more effort on average to move them than before, and the longer time Dante spent on it, the stronger the resistance became.
This led to his current frustration as he opened his eyes, spreading his spirit sense out of the ship to realize that they had long slowed down, landing on a nearby landing pad.
Ricky came to his door and gently knocked, informing
Dante that they had arrived at their destination. Dante saw all this and sighed to release his irritation before slapping his face and walking out normally.
Ricky led Dante out of the ship through the steps and brought him into a small but functional base that surrounded a black spire that poked into the sky. A simple scan with his spirit sense told Dante that apart from the base AIs and various androids/robots that managed the area, there was no other sentient presence here.
"This is our Titan Wave base, named after the territory itself. Like most others, it's currently remotely manned through A1, and we've left it this way because it's surrounded by unclaimed territories on all sides, so we don't have to worry about incursions," Ricky explained to Dante dutifully.
He manifested a holographic map on a command table and showed Dante where they were on it. "All around us to the north, northeast, south, southwest, southeast, and east are unclaimed territories. Which one would you like to start with, sir?"
Dante's eyes roved the specific territories, and he received information from the network about the territories, at least what the Eternal Universe had scouted so far using technology.
He perused the information and made a quick decision. "Let's head east. I want to try a few experiments and see how things will work."
"As for you, you should stay here and coordinate with me," Dante stated as he glanced at Ricky meaningfully.
6th-Rank Spell: Flowing Water Shield!
6th-Rank Spell: Extreme Barkskin Armor!
6th-Rank Spell: Flaming Fists!
Suddenly, there was an Earth Golem about the size of a suburban house that rose from the ground and formed up in front of Dante. A shield made of water formed around its body like a ring, ebbing and flowing with its own intent. Vines emerged on the golem's rough rocky skin and wove into a tapestry that made it almost transform into the visage ofa forest shambler. Finally, its rocky fists were coated with searing hot flames, almost melting the rock and making it viscous.
With just four 6th-rank spells, Dante had created an elite fighter that knew not fear, could not be harmed by mental or soul attacks, had elite magical and physical defenses, and a very potent attack ability.
Any 9th-rank mage could do this, but not nearly as powerfully as Dante. Each spell would need to be prepared beforehand and cast one by one, unlike Dante who just did it all on the fly simultaneously.
Dante stood back and watched with interest as the neighing horses became extremely violent and charged at him. Immediately, his golem's single red eye on its head flashed with a bright light as it came to life and charged forward, meeting the attack of the muscular horse-like creature head-on.
A fist collided with a head, causing a loud thumping sound to occur. The effect was that the golem was pushed back a few meters, but its target was sentflying with a cracked skull, the flames latching onto its skin and beginning to wreak havoc.
It thrashed about on the ground in its death throes, shrieking loudly. The other horses did not pause their charge, though, rather seeming to be stimulated by the suffering of their peer as they split up to charge at both the golem and at Dante.
"Oh?" Dante muttered as he casually dodged a high-speed charge from one of the horse creatures that would have trampled any normal being to meat paste.
He casually reached out faster than any being here could follow and patted the back of this speeding creature, causing it to light up in blackish-red flames that consumed its entire body.
It did not even have time to slow down or scream before its entire form was turned to ash, disappearing from this world forever. Dante casually stomped and created a ring of hellfire around his body that stretched on for about a kilometer in all directions.
This had two effects. The first was that the immediate area around him suddenly became devoid of monsters as they were all turned into ash on contact, only releasing one last cry of shock before exiting the game called life.
The second was that incoming beasts that aimed to dismember him hit the flame barrier and disintegrated on touch, causing the fire to flicker with glee for a split second as it feasted on lives and souls................................
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