Chapter 651: The Battlefield of the Gods

Chapter 651: The Battlefield of the Gods

Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll—

The grotesque and terrifying head of the Corrupted God fell down and rolled on the ground before slowly disappearing.

[You have killed the Corrupted God!]

[You have gained 31,977,413,135 EXP!]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[...leveled up.]

[You have gained 97,413 platinum.]

[You have acquired the Corrupted God’s Eyes.]

[You have acquired the Corrupted God’s Hand Axe.]

[You have acquired the Corrupted God’s Mysterious Bundle.]

[You have acquired the Skill Book: Evil God’s Judgment.]

[You have acquired God’s Mineral Vlad (5).]

[You have acquired the Title: ‘The One that Killed the Corrupted One’.]

Unbelievable notifications kept on ringing in Minhyuk’s ears. His level also increased by as much as six levels after killing the Corrupted God.

‘I even received around 97,000 platinum...?’

The amount of platinum that he received was completely unbelievable. With this amount, one would be able to establish a kingdom right away. On top of that, there were more than 76 legendary ranked artifacts that dropped from the Corrupted God. That was not all that was in store.

‘God rank?’

There was one God-rank artifact, which was none other than...

(The Corrupted Goddess’ Ring)

Rank: God

Requirements: Level 500 or above, the One that has received the true recognition of three or more Gods.

Durability: ∞ / ∞

Special Abilities:

•Total HP and MP volume will increase by 1.2x.

•Natural Mana Recovery Speed will triple.

•Cooldown will be reduced by 30%.

•INT will increase by 200%.

•Passive Skill: Stronger Strikes the More You Hit

•Passive Skill: Corrupted Goddess’ Blessings

•Active Skill: Boom

Description: A ring stolen by the Corrupted Goddess from Athenae’s Storage in the past. After receiving her energy, the ring has transformed into the Corrupted Goddess’ Ring. This is a ring that can only be used by those that are chosen by the Gods.

For accessories, the special abilities attached to the item would usually be significantly weaker than the abilities attached to swords or armor. However, there was one thing that one should not overlook. With ten fingers in total, a player could wear multiple rings. However, there were restrictions. For players that just started, they could only wear one. For those that reached Level 100, they could wear two. For high rankers, they could wear three, and for those that were at a higher level than that, they could wear four.

Of course, the benefits were great. Assuming that someone could only wear five artifacts, rankers that could wear six would be able to display a much stronger power, even more so if it was a God rank item.

‘This is crazy...’ Minhyuk thought in awe. The fact that it could increase his HP and MP by 1.2x was already ridiculous.

The common way to increase one’s HP and MP was to invest in physical STR and WIS whenever a player leveled up. However, even if one invested one stat point to their STR, their HP would only increase by 10. The same was true for MP, one had to invest one stat point to increase their MP by 10. Most of the time, players had no other choice but to supplement the increase by taking various quests or artifacts.

Of course, a ranker’s HP and MP reserves were extremely large. However, anyone would want to have their HP and MP boosted, especially if they were hunting boss mobs. Just by wearing one of the five artifacts on his hand, those stats could be increased by 1.2x.

There was also an increase in natural mana recovery by three times. This meant that close combat players would not need to take mana potion, as long as they used this together with their artifacts. On top of that, there was a 30% cooldown reduction across the board, and a 200% increase in INT.

‘Isn’t this an exclusive item for mages?’

One would certainly think that way if they saw the item. Minhyuk was sure that there would be mages that would be twice as powerful if this artifact was available to them.

Finally, he came to the attached skills.

‘The name ‘Stronger Strikes the More You Hit’ is a bit...’

For a skill that was attached to a God-rank ring, it had quite an absurd name. However, one should not overlook the skill just because of its name. The skill was even more cheat-like than the HP and MP increase effect.

(Stronger Strikes the More You Hit)

Artifact Skill

Rank: None

Level: None

Effects:

•There’s a 2% chance of reducing the cooldown of a random skill once an attack has been launched.

•There’s a 2% chance of increasing the damage of a random skill once an attack has been launched.

“...”

“...”

“...”

What Minhyuk said was the truth. It was because the God-class players had helped him that he was able to kill the Corrupted God. The only one that would be mentioned when talking about the success of this hunt was Minhyuk, and Minhyuk alone. However, with his words, everyone would be remembered.

“Never forget the great power that you have witnessed.”

Yes, with just one sentence from Minhyuk, the viewers began to say...

[That’s right. I thought it was really cool when I saw Alexander avoid the Corrupted God’s attack and attack her right away.]

[What about Death? Even though he’s fighting against the Gods, he still climbed on top of his bone dragon and attacked them.]

[Ali was amazing too. He sent hundreds of magical attacks like they were firecrackers to attack his enemies. He also used his defensive magic to protect his allies.]

[That’s not all. Have you seen God of Buffs Rogal?]

Everyone began to talk. This time, they were not just talking about Minhyuk’s splendid and awe-inspiring fight, but the actions of those that fought alongside him.

[The Food God is strong, that’s an undeniable fact. However, there are also others that have shown that they are on a different level. They are strong and have amazing control.]

[I’m going to watch the video on repeat.]

[Good job. Everyone really did a good job here.]

[It was a battle that I will never forget.]

Alexander could not understand what Minhyuk was doing. He could have monopolized everything and taken the spotlight by himself, yet he was looking out for everyone and even talking gently to them. Did he not have an ounce of greed in his body? No. Minhyuk obviously had greed too.

‘The one that will become a True God...’

Then, Minhyuk said, “Can you hear them?”

Everyone perked their ears up and listened intently to his words.

“Can you hear the applause that everyone from all over the world is giving to you?”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“Can you see it?”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“In the future, many viewers would look back on this intense and awe-inspiring battle that is recorded forever in history.”

“...”

“...”

“...”

That was right. Minhyuk was consoling them.

‘We were terrified and afraid. However, we did it. We were able to overcome our fears. And we will be able to overcome the trials and ordeals that we will face in the future. We are afraid, but we have to move on.’

‘This is just like you...’ Ali thought, looking at Minhyuk with a small smile on his face. Death also grinned and raised his thumbs up at him.

Those that had collapsed on their feet slowly gathered their strength and stood up one by one. Yes. Even though they were left terrified and helpless, they were able to win a huge victory today. Minhyuk stood in front of them, watching them stand up one by one. The viewers that were witnessing this scene felt shivers run down their spine.

Minhyuk knew, ‘Words have power.’

Words were amazing. What Minhyuk did could be considered to be sugarcoating his words. However, they could completely alter his relationship with others. It could even relieve the sadness for some, and become some sort of support to the grieving. Minhyuk might be young, but this was something that he had realized at a very early age after watching his father interact with people.

‘No way. Is he really thinking of splitting the rewards?’

Minhyuk had vowed under his name and his throne. However, some still wondered if he would really do it.

Clap— Clap, clap—

Someone started clapping which prompted the sound of applause ringing across the entire battlefield. As everyone’s representative, Alexander stood up in front of Minhyuk and said, “It was an honor fighting with you today.”

“It’s the same for me.”

At this moment, Minhyuk had received something from the God-class players and the antagonists that was far greater than the rewards from the hunt. It was the trust and confidence that they would gain victory as long as Minhyuk and his comrades were in charge. No amount of money could buy something that valuable.

Then, Alexander grinned and said, “We won’t get everything from you. Take half and we’ll split the remaining half amongst ourselves.”

‘Oh?’

Minhyuk chuckled.

“Please show us the list of the artifacts that you have acquired, Minhyuk.”

“Let’s just give it to the Food God...”

“No. The Food God has taken the initiative to give it to us. He’s already giving it to us and you’re not willing to take it? He said that he. Would. Give. It. To. Us.”

‘Huh? Huuuuuuh? A, Alexander?’

It seemed like Alexander was already quite ahead of Minhyuk in this aspect.