A Veteran in a Dead Game - Chapter 197



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197. Harmful mixing ritual (3)

“Ugh!”

Sarah swung her arm with all her might. The sword she held in her hand struck with a large trajectory, slicing through the tidal wave blocking her path.

“Whew! That’s it!”

Sarah swung her sword and placed it pleasantly on my shoulder. Then she smiled, “Huh?” with an arrogant expression, as if she were looking down on the wave she had just cut down.

Then he looked around and took various poses. Rather than making practical moves, he seemed to be simply showing off.

with a splash!

In the midst of all this, Mael suddenly revealed his upper body through the water behind Sarah.

“Phew! Ow, I can’t breathe.”

“Eww! This is surprising. What, you were here first?”

With an embarrassed expression, Sera took the sword off her shoulder. Mael nodded at her.

“There’s no need to be embarrassed. Splitting a giant wave with human strength is quite a feat. You can even get a little drunk and feel the weight.”

“Oh, no. That’s not it…”

“When I was young, I used to think of signature poses and lines. I even practiced a serious expression in preparation for appearing on TV. Hmm.”

Sarah, who was biting her lip, grumbled in a small voice.

“Are you kidding me?”

“Of course I’m joking.”

“…….”

“Are you just going to tease me? I’m going to spread rumors.”

When Mael imitated the posture and expression Sera had made earlier, Sera almost had a seizure.

“Kwaaah! Don’t do that!”

Mael laughed, as if he was teasing his nephew. Sera, who was glancing at Mael, changed the subject.

“But why on earth did Uncle Mael disappear?”

“I was wondering if there was something at the bottom of the sea.”

Should he really be called a researcher with a keen inquisitive mind?

Mael seemed to have been exploring the ocean even in the midst of all that chaos. That’s why he appeared like this, completely soaked in a sea of ​​milk.

“Did you find something?”

“No. I just knew that it was 3,688 meters deep. The bottom was completely flat, and it wasn’t even decorated very well.”

Mael shrugged his shoulders and strode towards the entrance of the ritual of mixing the harmful substances.

“Well, let’s stop small talk and get out of the way.”

“What about Mr. Kind?”

“That guy hates waiting. He should have left a long time ago.”

However, Sera still couldn’t readily follow Mael. She hesitated and quietly looked in the distance.

There, Devas and Asuras were still waging war. Kyle would still be in that gap.

“Is that guy really okay to be alone?”

The boss battle of the upcoming Harmful Mixing event. Kyle declared that he would fight the final battle alone. That was the only way to receive the full reward.

“For an event this grand, the boss difficulty is likely to be considerable.”

“Hey, you worry so much.”

Mael glanced back and answered.

“Did that Kyle guy ever do anything stupid?”

“that…”

“There were times when the calculations were slightly off during the process, but the results were never distorted. This time, he must have already done all the calculations.”

Since it was true, Sarah had no choice but to accept it.

Things didn’t always go as Kyle expected. There were many unexpected events.

No, it’s actually rare for things to go as smoothly as Kyle hoped.

But no matter how things played out, Kyle never deviated too far from the ending he ultimately wanted.

The reason the Regeneration Society accepts Kyle as an external advisor and trusts him is because of such results.

“That’s true.”

Sarah followed Mael, chuckling.

“By the way, this is the first time I’ve seen you worry so much about someone other than the Chairman. It seems like you were quite impressed by that guy Kyle, right?”

Sarah couldn’t answer. It wasn’t because she was particularly taken aback by Mael’s question or because she had nothing to say.

This was because the scenery she saw immediately after leaving the event venue where the ritual of mixing harmful substances was taking place was completely unexpected.

“Huh?!”

The streetlights and neon signs of the Ark City, even the entire skyscrapers and roads, rise up and move slowly.

Those things that were dislodged were reassembled and taken apart again in real time, as if playing with blocks of a city.

“…Um, the city reorganization was scheduled for today?”

Sarah didn’t know what was going on, because the less people knew about how the Ark Dungeon worked, the better.

Sarah was not yet thirty, and she had joined the rebirth group when the ark was already somewhat completed. So it was natural that she did not know what the scene before her eyes meant.

“crazy.”

However, Mael, who had been involved in the design of the Ark from the beginning, was different. He was astonished when he immediately grasped the meaning of the scenery unfolding before his eyes.

“That’s a layout for conquering dungeons!”

Someone was trying to finish off the ark.

*

As chaos began to break out outside, Kyle was looking at the calm sea that had become calm as if the waves had never crashed.

‘Is this Asura’s victory?’

Now, the few remaining Asuras can be seen flying in circles around one point.

This is the place where none other than Amrita will appear.

Kyle, who confirmed that the time had come, reached out to the fourth reward box that he had been putting off.

The island was already almost submerged, and now the bottom of the box was submerged. If we were to delay any longer, the box would never be opened.

Of course, Kyle would never make such a mistake.

Click.

The seedlings in the box were small enough to be planted in a small flower pot, but they were anything but ordinary.

Because it had a geometric shape where no single branch obscured the other branches from any angle.

‘Kalpavriksha.’

A tree that grants wishes.

Of course, it is not a genie of a lamp that grants any wish. It only grants small wishes that are suitable for the tree’s small size.

‘In the game, it worked by giving you a few choices.’

How would that work in reality? I wondered, but it wasn’t time to try it out.

Kyle, who had collected Kalpavriksha using his storage box skill, turned his attention to where the Asuras were gathered.

The center of the place where the few Asuras were hovering began to boil and foam.

The bubbles piled up and piled up, and in an instant, their size grew so large that they seemed to reach the sky.

And so, the moment finally came when the bubble stopped growing.

“Kyaaaaah!”

“Krrrrr!”

The remaining Asuras all began to move towards the bubble. The bubble pillar accepted all the Asuras that rushed towards it.

‘All the members of the regeneration group have left.’

Kyle, who had been observing the surroundings, moved forward while adjusting the Galatine in his right hand and the blender in his left hand.

‘Amrita is given according to the number of people. The efficacy is also divided accordingly.’

If the members of the Regeneration Society had still remained at the site of the ritual of mixing the harmful substances, each of the four would have received amrita with a quarter of its potency.

However, to prevent such a situation, Kyle sent the other members of the regeneration group out and remained alone.

Srrrrrrrr-!!

Soon, a huge column of bubbles began to converge at one point. The transparent bubbles overlapped again and again, increasing in density.

And at the end, the bubbles formed a human-like shape.

Her skin turns bright red, her face splits into three, her arms split up into six, and finally, an elegant robe wraps itself around her body.

Pot-

A blaze of light burst out behind the bastard. The light gathered together to form a halo.

And so, finally, a being was born.

The six paths of Asura.

It slowly raised its arms. With that movement, the arms of the Devas and Asuras that had sunk beneath the ocean of milk began to rise.

A very gruesome sight, with arms holding weapons, bones crushed, muscles torn, and skin burned.

And the blade tips of all those weapons were aimed at Kyle. Immediately after, they all started to rush towards Kyle.

Attacks came from the front, back, left, right, and overhead. Sometimes they even shot up from the milky sea beneath Kyle’s feet, aiming for his feet.

It was as if all-out attacks were coming at Kyle, centered around him. All of those attacks had the power to cut through even iron plates like tofu, and were moving at speeds that surpassed the speed of sound.

If I were to be swept away by those countless arms, not a single piece of my body would be able to maintain its original shape.

‘The six paths of Asura are strong enemies.’

Of course. It’s a boss that was originally designed to be defeated by multiple, very powerful users.

However, the reason Kyle decided to face that powerful enemy alone was because he had sufficient means to respond.

Flutter!

A sheet of papyrus unfolded in Kyle’s hand. This was the means to defeat me, the Six Paths Asura.

The Book of the Lion.

One of the items found in the warehouse after dealing with the former commander of the Empire’s legions, Parth Shet, it was a rare and special item that Kyle had noticed along with the Golden Cauldron.

The effect was simple: extract the skills of the dead and store them.

Hwaruk.

A small flame appeared above Kyle’s right index finger. The skill that Kyle had saved in the Book of the Dead had been activated.

2nd rank skill, false appearance.

The legacy left behind by Part Shet. Even once strengthened, its firepower is truly amazing.

Kyle knew the extent of its firepower. It was only natural. At the time of the engagement, Kyle was the one who directly confronted the image of the Phoenix, which was threatening to destroy the entire empire.

‘There’s no need to consume all of this.’

Hwaruruk-

The small flame that had been lit a moment ago seemed to be wriggling.

Kwaaaaah-!!

It exploded and engulfed the surrounding area.

The flames that decorated the air as if the tree’s growth had been accelerated tens of thousands of times, instantly burning everything that was flying towards Kyle.

“Grrr!”

The Asura of the Six Paths approaches, breaking through the flames and heat that have risen up using his arms as firewood.

Baaang-!

He swung his arm in a large motion and threw a circular blade.

Baaaaaang!

It was a throwing weapon called a chakram.

The speed at which the Chakram flew was ridiculously fast, but Kyle could clearly see the shape of the weapon flying towards him.

Kyle, who was already able to perceive his surroundings by dividing time with his high level of concentration, was a natural result of his body vision improving dramatically while consuming Gongcheong Oil.

Blink.

Kyle’s body seemed to blink, then in an instant changed position and got out of the chakrams’ path.

Ts …

The chakram passes through where Kyle was, splitting the fire and the sea. As if a miracle had occurred, the sea splits into hundreds of meters.

Immediately afterwards, the Six Paths Asura charged towards Kyle.

The six arms of the Six Paths of Asura are closing in. If I stay still like this, my body will be torn to pieces in an instant.

Fit-

Kyle’s response to that was succinct.

He raised his right hand, extending his index finger as if he were shooting a gun with his finger. What hung on the tip of his finger was a flame the size of a fingernail that had first been lit in the shape of a bird.

Immediately afterwards, Kyle flicked his fingers, and the tiny spark shot out like a bullet.

Of course, Asura of the Six Paths did not accept it straight away. The halo behind the bastard flashed briefly, and then the bastard’s flight path changed.

But at the same time.

Choaaa-

From the milky sea beneath the feet of the Six Paths Asura, Kyle’s shadow clone soared up and grabbed the Six Paths Asura’s ankles.

For this moment, I had created a shadow clone in advance and put it into a dive.

“Whoa!”

The Six Paths Asura slammed his heel down on the body of his shadow clone in anger. Kyle’s shadow clone sank to the bottom of the water as if it was sinking.

The time that the clone gave me was only a moment, but it was enough.

The moment when the small flame shot by Kyle reaches Asura’s chest.

Kuoooooooo-!

A strong crater was formed.

A sight that seemed like a tiny sun had set for a moment on the pure white milky sea.

The milk that makes up the pure white sea evaporates as if it skips the middle process, and the atmosphere is pushed out as if it is being crushed.

The arms of Deva and Asura, which had been half-burned and scattered everywhere, were shattered into pieces and scattered in all directions, creating a scene that seemed to spray bright red liquid.

The flaming bullets introduced by Part Schet.

Kyle recreated the powerful blow that brought to mind the nuclear explosions of a time when civilization still existed.

Of course, its power and range were significantly inferior to that of Part Shet. Even at the most generous assessment, it would be only 20% less than the destructive power at the time.

However, this was not because Kyle lacked skill, but because of a difference in preparation. Didn’t Part Shet even create a special weapon for those flame bullets?

However, this level of power was more than enough.

“Woooooo!”

The entire skin of the Six Paths Asura was burned to the point of being carbonized. His eyes were boiling with heat, and his blackened muscles were falling off his bones with a thud.

Even in the midst of all this, Asura the Six Paths raised his weapon and roared. Still doing so amidst the flames swirling around everywhere, he looked like a demon from the fiery hell.

It was a scene where I couldn’t understand how it was possible to move at all.

However, there was no particular need to understand it.

Level 5 skill, Wound Explosion.

A skill that bursts the injured area.

This is a six-way Asura who has suffered serious injuries all over his body. Since there is no part of his body that is uninjured, even down to the extremities, his entire body is effectively a target for wound explosions.

In an instant, Asura’s body distorted, his muscles tore apart, and blood poured out.

with a plop!

There was no scream. The six paths of Asura simply sank powerlessly into the bottom of the sea, like falling leaves.

“…Phew.”

Kyle took a moment to catch his breath and thought back to the flame bullet he had used earlier.

‘Good.’

The art of compressing and recompressing fire, preparing it, and then shooting it out.

In the game, you can’t use fake shapes like this. Rather, you could say that it’s a usage that’s possible because it’s real.

‘There is still more fire stored in the Book of the Dead.’

I guess I could use a few more rounds of flame bullets.

The Asura from earlier was a perfect target to test those flame bullets on, as he was fast and sturdy enough.

If it can render the Six Paths Asura on the brink of death with a single blow, it means it can also inflict fatal damage on Mines and high-ranking vampires.

‘It’s a pity for nothing.’

If only he could have cooperated with Part Shet, the original owner of this figurine, he would have been a truly solid ally.

Now, it’s just a meaningless regret.

Slap.

Collecting his thoughts, Kyle stepped onto the surface of the Milky Sea and approached the place where the Six Paths of Asura had sunk.

The surroundings were quiet. Everything that had been causing a commotion until then had disappeared.

Even the islands that were visible here and there had all sunk, leaving only the vast milky sea. Since there were no waves, it looked like a landscape of endless white plains.

In such a landscape, only two things stood out.

Kyle, and the bronze bottle that rose from the spot where the Six Paths Asura had sunk.

‘Amrita.’

Among the hundreds and dozens of types of elixirs, this one is so excellent that it can be counted on one hand. It finally fell into Kyle’s hands.

Kyle poured the amrita into his mouth without hesitation.