Chapter 107
Chapter 107
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 107
Chapter Title: Fungal Colossus Annihilation
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Floating Island's forest.
A horde of fungal beasts poured in.
They rampaged through the woods, all charging toward a single spot.
To eliminate the one who had slain the fungi scattered across the forest, they lost their reason and gathered in one place.
'Quite the turnout.'
Leyzon spun his staff idly as he eyed the surging fungal beasts.
Even he couldn't handle a number like this.
The moment he prepared to expend one Fierce Poison Blood Sphere to deal with them...
Splat!
Something burst from the forest with a sharp crack.
Leyzon shifted his gaze and spotted Hanok racing through the trees.
Hanok leaped from trunk to trunk with incredible speed, bouncing like a rabbit on some bizarre elasticity.
Shrrrrk!
In that instant, a one-handed spear extended from his grasp.
A steel chain crafted by Haron dangled from its tip.
Hanok had once fought a chain wielder.
From that experience, he devised this new technique.
He swung the steel chain in his hand with all his might.
Shrrrrrrk!
The one-handed spear, soaring through the air via the chain, struck the fungal beasts.
Pop! Boom!
Fungal beasts lacked durability.
Every one the spear touched exploded on impact.
Hanok freely pulled and whipped the chain.
Through his helmet slits, his amber eyes gleamed in a chain of fierce glints.
Alone, Hanok utterly annihilated the fungal beasts approaching Leyzon.
'Reliable guy.'
Whoever raised this warrior did a fine job.
He was rock-solid.
'Good.'
Leyzon flashed a toothy grin.
He'd leave the fungal beasts to Hanok.
Instead...
Thud!
Leyzon focused on battling the Mycelium Colossus.
Sizzle―
The Fierce Poison Blood Spheres that had devoured the fungi hissed as they burned.
A total of twelve Fierce Poison Blood Spheres floated in the sky.
Amplified poison filled their interiors.
Their power was visibly extraordinary.
As Leyzon had grown, the spheres' performance had steadily improved.
But there was a drawback.
'Still, they've gotten too heavy.'
As the Fierce Poison Blood Spheres gained power, their weight increased accordingly.
As a result, Dragon Scales [Special] alone lacked the force to launch them effectively.
The heavy orbs drifted slowly through the sky, unsuitable for intercepting foes.
'And the stronger they get, the more I risk getting caught in the blast.'
So Leyzon needed a way to reliably bombard his enemies.
That's why...
He had acquired a new skill this time.
Leyzon slammed the Staff of Abundance into the ground.
'Alright then.'
Let's get started.
Trees began sprouting at Leyzon's feet.
The special effect of Indestructible Life.
Primordial Life.
It generated vegetation beneath the caster.
On top of that.
"Fortress Creation [C]."
He activated the skill gained from Pauli's evolution.
The trees sprouted by Primordial Life began to morph.
But Primordial Life alone had limits in shaping forms.
"Repair [Special]."
So Leyzon activated yet another skill here.
Repair, obtained through Eden's undead evolution.
Repair restored equipment durability.
But there was more.
A trait known only to veterans.
'Repair resets items to their initial state upon activation.'
In other words, if you activate an item's unique trait and then use Repair, the item reverts to an unused state despite having triggered it.
'A trick limited to certain gear, but...'
Indestructible Life was one such exploitable item.
Meaning...
Rumble rumble rumble!
Every Repair activation allowed Leyzon to trigger Primordial Life once more.
The trees formed by activated Fortress Creation became timber.
At the same time, ‘Charge’ triggered.
Leyzon's mana rapidly drained to execute Fortress Creation more precisely and grandly.
"Insect Undead Production [C]."
He compensated for the mana shortage with another skill.
A venomous insect undead appeared on Leyzon's arm.
Crunch!
The insect undead bit into Leyzon's arm.
Its poison burrowed deep into his body.
Poisonous Constitution [C] and Poison Recovery [B] activated simultaneously, restoring mana.
Indestructible Life's HP recovery effect kicked in too.
Leyzon's mana began regenerating infinitely.
Every piece of gear and skill at his disposal.
He utilized them without omission.
Creak! Grind!
Trees extended straight ahead, forming a long barrel.
A sturdy base supported it below.
Once the wood's transformation finished...
What emerged was none other than a cannon.
The optimal form for launching shells.
A chilling smile crept across Leyzon's lips.
His eyes flashed amid the mana storm.
A strange excitement bubbled up.
"Dragon Scales [Special]."
Leyzon summoned a Fierce Poison Blood Sphere from the sky.
He shoved it into the cannon's muzzle.
"Shadow Fortress [C], Darkness Descent [C], Morale Burst [C], Attribute Fusion [Special]."
Shadows formed before the muzzle, compressing the Fierce Poison Blood Sphere.
The sphere writhed violently inside the barrel.
"Curse Engraving [C]."
Curse marks etched onto Leyzon's body.
Typically debuffs, but in this moment, Curse Engraving amplified his magic power.
The surrounding air churned as if reversing flow.
The fungal beasts, retaining animal instincts, began retreating.
Thud!
Before long, the Mycelium Colossus loomed right before him.
Leyzon aimed his staff at it.
Yearning blazed in his eyes.
"This is the Abyss, prepared with all my might."
Crackle!
Black sparks erupted from the cannon.
The muzzle opened simultaneously.
"Make it spectacular."
Kwaaaaaaaaang!
The fully charged attribute magic, Abyss, tore through the sky with ferocious speed.
Unlike its previous sluggish flight, this Abyss surged ahead.
It rocketed toward the Mycelium Colossus.
The instant it arrived...
Leyzon's staff glowed.
"Fierce Poison Cataclysm [A]."
With Abundance's activation, condensed light burst from the Fierce Poison Blood Sphere.
Earth-shaking vibrations assaulted the area.
An explosion that devoured even sound swept the heavens.
Trees toppled away from the blast's force.
Fungal beasts flattened themselves on the ground, unable to move.
High above, where clouds had been obliterated...
The Mycelium Colossus stood with its upper body hollowed out.
Engulfed in the explosion, it had vanished fungi and all.
Astounding power.
Yet Leyzon's brow twitched faintly.
Far off.
Something sprouted from the leg remnants of the Mycelium Colossus.
As long as mycelium remained, the Colossus could regenerate.
"Kying!"
"Keeeng!"
Thus, it began summoning surrounding fungal kin.
The recovered fungal beasts rushed to the Colossus.
Fungal beasts from all directions merged, reforming the Mycelium Colossus once more.
As long as mycelium persisted, the Colossus was immortal.
This was why it reigned as leader.
But Leyzon couldn't care less.
He twirled his staff.
Another Fierce Poison Blood Sphere dropped into the cannon.
"How thoughtful."
Another sphere entered the barrel.
A ferocious grin spread across Leyzon's face.
"Making another target for itself."
He couldn't rely on safe artillery forever.
So rapid fire was next on the agenda.
"If it keeps regenerating..."
He'd blast it until every last fungus was gone.
Leyzon's staff blazed with light once more.
The perfect opponent to test the cannon's limits.
He'd fire until it couldn't recover.
The moment Leyzon resolved to rapid-fire...
Hanok pounded frantically on the tree shadow amid beasts heading for the Colossus.
"S-Syria-nim! Stiffness Immunity's on cooldown! Can't do it twice!"
Meanwhile, Hanok screamed for Syria.
Thanks to his invincibility skill, Stiffness Immunity [Special], Hanok endured the first wave.
But twice or thrice? Even he couldn't handle it.
Syria agreed, swallowing him into the shadow.
"Hiiing!"
Hanok tumbled into the shadow.
He rubbed his sore butt from the fall.
"Grng."
Then Haron poked his head from Hanok's gauntlet.
Hanok sighed in relief, petting Haron's head.
Lifting his gaze, he saw three undead huddled together.
All watching over Leyzon.
"...Master Leyzon said he's only at 10 Ascensions, right?"
Pauli asked blankly.
The Abyss Leyzon unleashed was powerful enough to stun even Pauli.
And now, Leyzon was firing it repeatedly.
"That spell feels beyond hero-tier."
Syria clicked her tongue.
"Pauli, what you took was even stronger than that."
Leyzon empowered by Undead Fusion was far stronger than now.
Thus, the Abyss Pauli endured back then dwarfed this one in scale.
Pauli's jaw dropped.
"...Could Master Leyzon be planning to blow up the world?"
Eden and Syria exchanged glances at Pauli's question.
Even they didn't know Leyzon's full intentions.
Simply...
"If Master Leyzon says so."
"We do it."
As Leyzon's undead, they followed faithfully.
Pauli was no different.
"Hm. After Master Leyzon blows up the world, I should prepare to build a new castle."
He nodded, envisioning a castle for Leyzon.
The Vampire Bat Queen wore a sinister sneer.
The Plague Lord let out a chilling laugh.
The Moving Black Fortress twitched its inky tendrils.
Only Hanok, the sole sane one here, thought:
'...Bro, at this rate, the world's gonna end.'
Worrying for the world.
Boom―
After Leyzon's Abyss struck several times, not a single fungus remained, Colossus included.
Leyzon had utterly eradicated the fungi from Floating Island.
Leyzon flew leisurely on his Bone Broom.
Upon reaching the Colossus's former site, he dismounted.
Shadows surged forth immediately.
Syria, Pauli, Eden, and Hanok emerged.
"Leyzon-nim!"
Syria, who had obediently stayed put per orders not to intervene on Floating Island, threw herself at him.
Leyzon gently stroked her head.
Meanwhile, Hanok approached the Colossus site with Eden.
"L-Leyzon-nim, there's a gem here!"
Leyzon, summoned, headed there with Syria and Pauli.
True to Hanok's word, a massive gem lay there.
"Pauli, mind shattering that for me?"
"Y-Yeah, smash it?"
Hanok was stunned at the idea of breaking such a huge gem.
"Yeah. What I need's inside."
Leyzon glanced at Pauli, who nodded.
"Understood. I'll smash it right away."
Pauli landed atop the gem.
He placed his hand on it.
Vrrrreeee!
His hand morphed into a drill, grinding the gem.
Crack!
Moments later, the gem split in two.
A trove of materials spilled out.
Green slime pelts, high lord furs, millennia tree sap, and more.
Rare materials scarce even on Floating Island.
The Mycelium Colossus guarded these treasures.
For Floating Island was, in truth, a dungeon crafted by design.
"Whoa."
Hanok gasped unwittingly.
Even to a layman like him, they looked priceless.
But Leyzon prized something else above all.
Amid the materials.
One in particular.
A glass key.
Leyzon picked it up, smiling.
"Found it."
One of the four great dungeons: Heavenly Realm.
This was the key to reach it.