Transcendent Warrior With A Dimensional Shifting Inventory 89
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Fwoosh-
The Asura Dragon breathed fire at Minhyuk.
The dragon’s flames were on a different level from the flames that other beasts breathed out.
Even with the armor made of Volcanic Lizard leather and a magic barrier, it was hard to block it properly.
The intense heat dug into his whole body and he felt unbearable pain.
Groan-
A groan escaped Minhyuk’s mouth.
Still, thanks to Charon’s potion pouch, he avoided a dangerous situation.
Recovery potions were continuously administered into his body, and the wounds caused by the flames healed in an instant.
Swoosh-
Minhyuk retreated at full speed to escape the flames.
Rattle-
At the same time, he fired a Gatling gun at the dragon.
Ting-
Ting-ting-
The bullets fired by Minhyuk bounced off the dragon’s skin without piercing it.
Originally, the bullets made of star metal were weaker than the dragon’s bones, but they could inflict wounds on its skin.
However, the dragon had used a magic scroll to spread a protective barrier that reduced the physical attack power of its opponents above its skin.
But he had already confirmed that the barrier of the bastard was not perfect.
The barrier could be broken through by an attack power of a certain intensity.
When he used Gaon to shoot an arrow from the Great Bow at the bastard, he was able to break through its barrier.
However, the bullets of the Gatling gun had a fast muzzle velocity (the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the firearm), but their mass was too small.
‘The kinetic energy is insufficient.’
The bullets of the Gatling gun did not have enough physical force to penetrate the dragon’s protective barrier.
So I had to change weapons.
There were other firearms in the refrigerator besides the Gatling gun.
He had given Valin the blueprints for various modern firearms and had him make various guns.
Among them was one with a 30mm caliber.
In modern weapon systems, if the caliber is 20mm or more, it is classified as a cannon, not a gun.
Clang-
Minhyuk loaded the machine cannon (an automatic continuous-fire firearm with a caliber of 20mm or more that operates on the same principle as a machine gun).
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The shells were fired in succession with a thunderous roar.
Compared to the Gatling gun, the rate of fire was much lower.
However, the power of each shot was incomparably stronger.
The recoil of the machine cannon was so great that even Minhyuk, with his superhuman strength, could not hold and shoot it.
‘I used to.’
But not now.
Because he could use magic to increase his strength.
Bam-
A faint light emanated from Minhyuk’s whole body.
A spell that consumes magic power to amplify strength.
This technique was also something he had learned from Northrop.
Bang-
The shell exploded as it collided with the dragon’s protective barrier.
The shell contained gunpowder and a bead made of dragon bone.
It was not as powerful as the high-explosive bomb that had killed Saltus the Wyvern, but it was still deadly.
Bang-
Bang- Bang-
Unable to withstand the might of the shells, the dragon’s protective barrier shattered.
*Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!*
Minhyuk continued to fire.
As the protective barrier was destroyed, the shell fragments pierced the dragon’s hide and damaged its bones.
*Boom!*
Some shells exploded after burrowing deep inside the dragon’s body.
*Kyaaack!*
The dragon thrashed around in intense pain as its internal organs were severely damaged.
*Poof!*
The Akara dragon hastily used recovery magic to heal its wounds.
[How!?]
The dragon couldn’t understand it at all.
Minhyuk had become a completely different being since their last encounter.
How had he gotten so strong in such a short amount of time?
[Just what is your special ability?]
If he continued to develop his abilities at this rate, even the Red Dragon and the Grand Duchess of the Sky wouldn’t be able to handle him in the future.
This was a major crisis that came once in several thousand years.
Anyway, right now, escaping his own crisis was more important than worrying about the future of his race.
*Flutter flutter*
The dragon retreated backward.
*Swoosh*
And desperately tried to fly out of range of Minhyuk’s cannons.
‘Where do you think you’re going!’
Minhyuk started chasing the dragon, unlike before.
Farther than the range of the flames it breathed, but closer than the range of the machine gun he was firing.
As the Magic Tower’s magic worked, the 8th floor, which had been scorched, was restored.
The portal connecting to the top floor also reappeared.
After a while,
Someone came out of the portal.
Minhyuk, who had moved to the top floor, returned.
It was to confirm with his own two eyes that the Akara Dragon had disappeared after self-destructing.
‘It’s real.’
Swish-
Minhyuk moved to the top floor again through the portal.
The owner of the Magic Tower was standing there.
Looking up at his face, which was 20 meters tall, Minhyuk asked.
“Why did you help me?”
“I saved your life, shouldn’t you say thank you first?”
“I don’t think you saved me out of goodwill, so I’m asking.”
The owner of the Magic Tower smiled and replied.
“As expected, you’re quick-witted as well as capable. That’s right, I saved you for my own sake. I made a deal with Vanak.”
Vanak, it was the first time Minhyuk had heard the Akara Dragon’s name.
“What kind of deal?”
“I made a deal to receive something very precious from Vanak if you came up to the top floor alive. Poor Vanak, he would never have thought that I would help you.”
“What did you decide to take from him? He blew himself up, leaving nothing behind.”
“A dragon’s heart, blood, bones, hide... There’s nothing of a dragon’s flesh that I’d discard. But that’s not what I wanted.”
“So what did you decide to take?”
“I am under no obligation to tell you that.”
“Fine, if you don’t want to talk.”
Minhyuk didn’t ask the Master of the Magic Tower any more about the deal between Akara’s Dragon and her.
Instead, he asked for the reward for successfully climbing the Magic Tower.
“You said you’d give me a treasure if I reached the top.”
“Indeed.”
The Master of the Magic Tower handed Minhyuk a necklace.
The pendant glowed with a mysterious light.
“Is this the treasure?”
“It is a treasure that cannot be compared to 10,000 other magical tools.”
Information about the necklace appeared before Minhyuk’s eyes.
– A legendary magical tool of unknown origin.
– It can be used to travel to a specific space-time.
The message’s description alone wasn’t enough to tell him exactly how the necklace worked.
“Where exactly can I go using this?”
“It would be better to experience it firsthand rather than hear about it a hundred times. Try infusing the necklace’s jewel with your mana.”
Minhyuk poured his mana into the pendant as the Master of the Magic Tower instructed.
BAM-
With a blinding flash, Minhyuk was transported to a place he had never expected.
‘Where is this?’
ROAR-
He was in the middle of a bustling town square.
However, the way the people here were dressed was quite different from the people of Asdel and Melbeck.
They all wore hoods on their heads and carried staffs in their hands.
Minhyuk walked around the square, looking at the buildings around it.
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There were rows of shops selling and repairing various magical tools.
Minhyuk asked an old man passing by him,
“Where is this?”
“Huh, have you been drinking in the middle of the day? Where is this? This is the Magic Tower Square in Silphir.”
He turned around and saw the Magic Tower standing tall.
Originally, this place should have been a snowy field.
After all, the area around the Magic Tower had been a frozen land long before the Great Flood.
But now, the climate was warm.
Trees and flowers were growing around the Magic Tower.
In addition, the entrance to the Magic Tower was wide open.
‘What the heck happened?’
Whoosh-
Minhyuk decided to go inside the Magic Tower for now.
The scenery inside the Magic Tower was completely different from before.
Magic tool shops were densely packed inside the Magic Tower as well.
Ah!
A giant standing near the entrance caught Minhyuk’s eye.
It was the Magic Tower Master.
He approached him and asked.
“What exactly is going on here?”
The Magic Tower Master smiled broadly and replied.
“If there’s any magic tool you need among the ones sold here, you can buy them and take them back to your original timeline.”