Chapter 266
Chapter 266
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 266
Chapter Title: Zero Soul
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Park Chan-woo stared silently at the messages for a moment, at a loss for words.
The moment he opened his Status Window, all the deferred rewards had updated at once.
It was as if he'd claimed the earnings he hadn't received while on Mount of the Cultivator, but honestly, it was a reward that far exceeded his expectations.
'It must have been treated as a single task handled all at once.'
An incalculable feat.
If he'd received rewards each time he destroyed a Creative Abyss, this wouldn't have happened.
The pumpkins had come rolling in on the vine, but there were still some puzzling aspects.
'...Was the system not updating?'
The Will of Magic Power.
Perhaps because he'd headed to Mount of the Cultivator due to that will he'd encountered in the Tower of the Gods.
But this was the first time something like this had happened.
There was no way to delay the system's settlements.
Moreover, the rewards only appeared after opening the 'Status Window,' which was odd.
Did that mean the five wills in the Tower of the Gods, including the Will of Magic Power, were closely linked to the system?
Or perhaps...
'There was a hypothesis that the system isn't a single completed entity but composed of individual elements connected together.'
We view the Status Window, messages, and so on as one 'system,' but in truth, each one is like a separate world connected by warp gates.
For example, just because the Heavenly Realm and Mount of the Cultivator are connected by warp doesn't make them the same world.
In the same way, things like the 'Status Window,' 'messages,' and 'reward system' might exist in entirely different domains.
It might seem trivial, but it carried profound implications.
If the system wasn't a single tower but multiple towers, then naturally there would be multiple administrators managing those towers.
The fact that the 'reward system' from the outside hadn't functioned properly while he was on Mount of the Cultivator lent weight to that hypothesis.
In short...
'There are areas the system's individual elements can't reach.'
The Abyss is incomplete.
It's not fully connected.
This world, the system—it's endlessly imperfect.
'The system is magic created by someone.'
Isn't that intriguing?
If the system was made by the Creator who forged the Abyss, it should be flawless without a single error.
Then the Creator would be another class of creator, and also a mage.
From this perspective, he might even be able to manipulate absurd miracles like 'reward deferrals' for real.
Park Chan-woo shrugged upon realizing there were 'blind spots' beyond the reach of the system's individual elements.
In that instant...
Just by coming up with the hypothesis, his Intelligence had risen significantly.
Intelligence was one of the hardest stats to raise, governing magic proficiency, resistances, and more.
Any increase was welcome.
'Mental Barrier—similar to mental strength, but one of the abilities not shown in the Status Window stats.'
It protected him from things that interfered with his mind.
He then turned his gaze to the last floating 'Status Window.'
⚔ Total Attack Power:17,004 (9,700+7,302)
🛡️ Total Defense:4,462 (1,460+3,002)
📈 Status:Weakest, Non-Existent, Terminal (373 days), Immune to All Poisons
💥 Overall Penetration:16%
🔪 Physical Penetration:18%
✨ Magic Penetration:15%
🎯 Magic Crit Chance:32%
🔄 Magic Double Cast:25%
⚡ Magic Cast Speed:25%
🔮 Magic Effect:25%
♻ Mana Regen:322%
📈 EXP Gain:175%
🌟 Active Auras:
• Golden Aura (Attack/Defense x2 per Coin count)
• First Step of the Seeker (All stats +1 per 10 Coins, max 50)
🏆 Honor Points:1,380,770 (94th place)
His level hadn't risen much while climbing Mount of the Cultivator, but one change stood out.
'Pure Intelligence has gone up!'
Who would have thought understanding the system could boost pure Intelligence.
An astonishing discovery.
And he wasn't just happy about that.
'My ranking in the exchange has shot up too.'
His Honor had climbed steeply.
The 100 remaining stat points were thanks to completing the three stars of Divine Art Abstinence.
He continued reading down the Status Window.
Class: Heir of the Void (Lv 50)
Usable Magic: Reflection (Legendary Magic, Ancient), Divine Punishment (Lightning Magic, Ancient), Super Regeneration (Passive, Ancient), Dimensional Glacier (Domain Magic, Dimensional), Arhat's Advanced Swordsmanship (None), Gradual Acceleration (Passive, Ancient), Elysion (Holy Spirit Magic, Two Stars), Divine Art Abstinence (Three Achievements), Sword and Divinity as One (Void), Fist and Sword Guard (Void)
Remaining Class Level Points: 0
Nearly everything about his class had changed.
First off, thanks to classing up from Magic Swordsman, he'd become the 'Heir of the Void.'
The question was why 'Void' of all things.
'Master of the Void. One of the Great Twelve Lords, slain by Dragon God Sepiro.'
Divine Beast Cygnus.
The words of the mother who had laid the egg came to mind—not the current Cygnus who inherited that name.
【Stop. If you mix souls further, you won't escape unscathed either, Master of the Void.】
Destroyer Cygnus had mistaken him for the Master of the Void.
He'd called that name multiple times during the soul assimilation.
But the Master of the Void was the 'Great Twelve Lord' who had been annihilated by Sepiro in the ancient Great War long ago.
Afterward, Destroyer Cygnus realized his mistake and spoke again.
【It's still an incomplete power. The power you wield cannot be called that of the true 'Master of the Void.' Ah, I see now.】
【The talents of the Great Twelve Lord, the 'Master of the Void,' have been scattered across the Abyss. You've merely come by that power by chance.】
...or something like that.
Could the Void from back then be the same as this class change?
He hadn't had time to think deeply due to the chaos, but it seemed like something to look into later.
'Sword and Divinity as One and Fist and Sword Guard are marked as Void.'
There was no such thing as 'Void grade' for all ratings.
It was probably an ability inherent to the 'Heir of the Void' class itself.
As the name implied, it allowed inheriting unique techniques from others.
'Techniques unique to the Sword Emperor and Heavenly Demon.'
Was the power of the Heir of the Void class to inherit techniques that couldn't even be imitated?
'Class level up raised most magic grades by one step.'
That was one reason to raise class levels just once.
With dual classes, related magic grades would stagnate if levels were split.
It was why he'd only learned basic magic after switching late from Knight to Mage in the past.
Compared to then, he was growing exponentially stronger now.
Still a ways from the world’s pinnacle, but solid enough to produce results in the 'Racial War.'
The twelve races wouldn't send their mighty warriors against rookie Earthlings, after all.
He nodded and finally checked his inventory list.
List of Possessed Abyss Items:
Whoo.
A whistle escaped him naturally.
His Coin count had nearly doubled to around two thousand.
That was a quantity most creators couldn't even dream of.
'Incredible.'
Prime God Arcana, Adora, Ataraxia.
It was enough to joke that those whose names started with 'A' were the competent ones.
Thanks to them, he'd gotten a windfall of Coins he'd never touched before.
Just pondering what to do with them filled him with happiness.
Now it was time to check the one thing he'd been most curious about.
'...The Question Mark-grade Zero Box.'
A Zero-grade box had been given—truly.
And with a question mark on the grade, no less.
As he held the box gleaming with iridescent light, it shrank to palm size.
Examining the Zero Box from all angles, Park Chan-woo swallowed hard once.
'Zero Boxes can only be obtained at excruciatingly low odds after reaching level 99.'
This wasn't a box he should be able to get yet.
With rewards processed all at once, the task had been recognized beyond normal reward stages.
However, the ability of 'Easter Egg (003)' guaranteed at least one star on any box possessed or obtained.
'Easter Egg (003)' added one star grade to all boxes he had or acquired.
Yet not only was there no star, but a question mark instead.
Was it imbued with a curse or a blessing?
He hoped for the latter.
Cursed boxes did appear occasionally.
Park Chan-woo gulped and opened his mouth.
"Open."
...A completely unexpected reward had popped out.