Chapter 109
Chapter 109
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 108
Chapter Title: If It's Short... 1.5 Tons Will Do...
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"If it's short... I'll be satisfied with about 1.5 tons..."
"......"
The newly hired Mythic-grade pet.
Had a very expensive body.
"Die!"
While we were talking, Celestial Church forces climbed onto the Landworm's body. Even with hundreds of humans visibly scurrying across its frame, the Landworm didn't seem to care in the slightest.
"No, 1.5 tons! Is that! 'About'! The way to express an amount?!"
I swung the Rabbit's Foot Hammer with every word.
My grip tightened instinctively.
Now even the pet was demanding money—how could my strength not surge?
[Critical Hit!]
I smashed the head of a charging Holy Knight with the Rabbit's Foot Hammer, and the knight's shattered skull sent his body sliding down the Landworm's torso.
He wasn't even Elite-grade, but a Hero-grade monster on the level of a Sword Master was far too light an opponent for me now.
"Faster! Tighten defenses and close in!"
"What kind of speed is...!"
I could see the Celestial Soldiers panicking. Yet despite the spreading fear, their charge didn't slow one bit.
A massive monster appearing out of nowhere. A powerhouse standing atop it.
They showed no fear at all. Or if they did, it wasn't enough to hinder their movements.
Maybe it was just that our outfits didn't scream "terrifying."
"Their morale is impressive, at least."
[Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!]
I hammered the heads of the charging foes like a game of whack-a-mole with the Rabbit's Foot Hammer.
They seemed to be aiming for openings, but thanks to the Blindness Immunity from the Lord of Light Ring, I wasn't afflicted by any status effects and handled them effortlessly.
'No, but still... it won't listen?'
My plan to wipe them out with the Mythic-grade pet's active skill had fallen through.
'Is it because I'm not a Transcendent? But my Mythic-grade class and guardian spirit work fine—why only the pet?'
It seemed the issue was its independent intelligence.
"Jumping around a bit and it's this expensive?!"
Even as I grumbled, an idea surfaced.
'Should I just pour in gold?'
Ardenia's gold was over 90% pure—practically bullion.
Whether because medievaland was too lawless for fiat currency or because Ardenia's base game Revenge was structured that way, gold was easy enough to obtain.
Especially now, when my gold was overflowing.
But I shook my head soon after.
'No matter how much gold I have, 1.5 tons is wasteful.'
I'd even cleared out my stockpiled gold summoning that shop NPC.
It was building up again, sure, but burning 1.5 tons on a single skill? Unacceptable.
Of course, if I were facing an unstoppable foe and desperately needed the Landworm's strike, that'd be different.
'Still, this is too extravagant.'
No real merit for me, unequipped in combat gear and loaded with luck items.
Still, I asked one more time.
"Can't you just do it for free?"
[No...... Annoying......]
"......"
It was absurd no matter how I looked at it. I'd understand confusion or hostility, but finding me annoying?
'At least take comfort that it's not completely useless?'
The Landworm's colossal form erupting in the center of the Celestial army shattered their slowly forming encirclement.
Holy Knights and Celestial Soldiers charged up its scales, only to be picked off one by one before my Rabbit's Foot Hammer.
And the Landworm had one more trick.
[Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!]
Holy Knights and Celestial Soldiers with dented helmets slid off the scales and plummeted to the ground.
And then.
Pshh!
Items burst forth.
[Ink Infused with Mana (Rare)]. [Ink Infused with Mana (Heroic)]. [Belt of Conviction (Rare)]. [Sect Gauntlets (Fine)]. [Steel Sword (Common)]......
Items rained down like a storm. The ink bottles especially flew far, teetering on the edge of shattering.
Pop!
The Landworm's auto-loot activated. Unlike pet skills, it worked without the beast's awareness.
In the end, I made my decision.
"Fine, whatever. Not a big deal—I'll handle it myself."
[That's...... a lot...... though......]
"Worrying about nothing."
As I chatted with the Landworm, attacks came again. Edward, who hadn't budged from his elephant perch, finally stood and unleashed light.
Flash!
I dodged the beam from Edward without issue. It was swift, but with my combat sense, hitting me was impossible.
[Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!]
I crushed the heads of enemies climbing the Landworm's body, growing accustomed to my increasingly enhanced physique. The Landworm's antics had thrown me off briefly, but this was a test of my combat prowess from the start.
The results were clear.
'This is... a real monster.'
My senses were so sharp that even with eyes closed, I perceived the entire space around me.
Incoming sword strikes felt like slow motion, and I battered foes and leaped about without losing balance.
[Critical Hit!]
One Holy Knight raised a white barrier, but the Rabbit's Foot Hammer shattered it effortlessly and caved in his skull.
"Puuuuh!!!"
The Heaven-Human Demonic Beast. The killer elephant roared and charged.
I thrust out the Rabbit's Foot Hammer.
"Quiet down!"
Boom!!
[Critical Hit!]
The result was gruesome.
Crunch! Splatter!
The elephant's head was sucked straight into its body. It became an elephant-with-no-head, its torso bursting from the pressure as guts spilled out.
And since this wasn't a monster but a demonic beast, the blood and flesh wouldn't vanish over time.
"Ah! Should've hit sideways. Then at least just the head would've flown off."
An unexpected catastrophe, but the outcome wasn't bad.
"Decent damage, surprisingly."
The Rabbit's Foot Hammer was equipment any class could wield. Stat-wise, it had zero added damage—purely a gag item.
In Revenge, high-level players used it only for farming items from low-level mobs. But now was different.
I had the power to smash city gates with a wooden stick.
'Plus, as a Legendary item, it's made of orichalcum.'
No risk of it breaking, no matter how hard I swung.
[Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!][Critical Hit!]
I cracked the heads of charging enemies. I targeted heads openly, yet none blocked.
'Slow. Too slow.'
The speed gap was immense. By the time they swung once, I could've swung the Rabbit's Foot twenty times for real.
With such a speed disparity, evasion and defense were impossible.
The attack power gap was worse. Even with protective magic or heavy armor, no one survived a single blow. The unbuffed Rabbit's Foot delivered devastating force.
'Stats... are straight-up broken.'
Even without fully adapting to this body, the firepower was insane.
And that wasn't all.
"Keep pressing! He'll tire eventually!"
"Shout cheers! Grab his ankles! Knock him down!"
I fluttered about amid their yells.
'I've always excelled in prolonged fights.'
With login/logout, I could rest between Earth and Ardenia. As long as they couldn't crush me instantly, I could outlast any numbers.
A blatantly unfair cheat ability...
But now, it felt pointless.
'Huh. I just... don't get tired?'
With stamina over 600 points, even short-burst tactics barely dented it.
Bang!
I leaped from the Landworm, charging Edward. He raised ornate orbs, firing beams wildly, but I brushed them aside and closed in effortlessly.
"He's targeting His Holiness!"
"Block him!"
Shouts erupted everywhere, but the Celestial Church's strongest force was Edward himself.
If he couldn't block, who could?
Kuuu—boom!
I planted my foot. True Qi exploded, enveloping my body.
An extreme amplification of power alone via a warped energy circulation method, but this insane body endured the strain effortlessly.
No need for login or logout.
"Here I go."
Land Breaker.
Crack!
[Critical Hit!]
In a flash, the Rabbit's Foot had struck Edward's head. A straight, no-frills attack.
But so fast Edward couldn't react.
Strength over 800 points delivered otherworldly speed.
The muscle contraction and release ruptured the surrounding air.
Crack!
Edward's body flew like a baseball off a bat, sweeping dozens of soldiers. I caught my breath lightly.
"As expected of a special boss."
I muttered in admiration.
"Doesn't die in one hit."
Flash!
Edward's body glowed brilliantly. He sprang up.
"You! Infidel who'll burn in hellfire..."
But that instant.
Crack!
A brutal sound echoed from Edward's head, and he collapsed again.
"Ah, right. You have this skill."
I opened my skill window.
[Shadow Twice (Legendary)(Passive)]
On critical hit, guaranteed hit, max damage, counter, or status ailment success (stun, blind, silence, burn, slow, etc.), deals the same damage again after 1 second.
Then, after 3 more seconds, double that damage hits again.
Yes.
I'd mastered all Legendary skills.
They'd felt useless so far because enemies died in one hit.
Shiiiing!
Flash!
"Ooh... still not dead."
Edward's body blazed with light.
Every healing skill activating.
Worthy of players calling him a light cockroach for his tenacity.
"You! Th—!"
"Three seconds again."
Crack!
The final blow landed. Legendary passives were vicious. Plus Legendary Aura and Immortal Soul effects—the total damage was beyond even my guess.
Incredibly, Edward rose again... but unlike before, he looked drained of rage.
"Cough! Ack! Bluuuugh!"
Edward vomited blood. His rolled-back eyes refocused, scanning warily for unseen attacks.
Proof even a fanatic with anger issues fears a hammer to the skull.
Flash! Flash! Shiiiing!
Lights burst from him. Now I saw—he was loaded with items.
'Monsters don't drop items on monsters... but he'll find a way.'
Thud.
I kicked off the Landworm's scale lightly and landed. Then gauged the distance to the flashing light afar.
"Hmm... will that reach from here to there?"
"Attack! Don't give him a breather!"
"Form ranks!"
"Buy time for His Holiness to recover!!!"
The legion surged toward me on the ground. Density like a holiday outlet mall!
But instead of dodging, I activated two max-stacked skills and stomped.
Boom!
Ominous skill effects bloomed across my body. Then I channeled inner energy throughout.
Land Breaker.
Land Breaker's effect locked my body firmly.
One might question why a single move has that, but anyone who's seen giants with monstrous strength get flung by their own swings knows it's natural.
A third of Land Breaker's manual is dedicated to anchoring the body. Essential for 100% strength utilization.
Pop!
Excessive damage pulped the nearest Celestial Soldier's head.
[Celestial Sword - Hundred Man Slash (百人斬)]
[Sword that Cleaves Heaven and Earth]
And then.
The world froze.
"......Whoa."
Celestial Sword Hundred Man Slash, on successful damage to a foe post-activation, applies that damage to up to 100 nearby entities.
One neck sliced, and 100 heads roll.
Cheat enough on its own.
But... when infused with the Mythic job skill Sword that Cleaves Heaven and Earth, it gets worse.
Yes.
Sword that Cleaves Heaven and Earth transfers excess damage killing a foe to another within 10 meters... and this chains across 100 monsters simultaneously.
To the next, to the next...
If damage depletes leaving a sliver of HP?
Hundred Man Slash's split cleaves finish it and propagate elsewhere.
All in.
A near-instantaneous chain.
To an onlooker, it'd look like the entire army collapsed at once.
[Wh...... oa...... that's...... something......]
Even the Landworm seemed impressed.
Rumble!
Crash!
The screaming tens of thousands on the battlefield lost their heads and fell. Silence blanketed the chaos.
Yes.
One strike...
Annihilated over tens of thousands.
[Inventory weight exceeds 75%!]
[Inventory weight over 75%—movement speed reduced!]
[Inventory weight exceeds 100%!]
[Inventory weight over 100%—movement extremely slowed, stamina, HP, mana slowly drain!]
Rattle-rattle-rattle!
Falling items overwhelmed my meager inventory. Auto-loot pulled them, but they piled up without entering, raining on my head.
I hurried away, but they tracked me relentlessly.
Rattle!
Crash!
I kept moving. They kept pouring.
The sudden downpour lasted ages without letting up.