Chapter 76
Chapter 76
Chapter 76 Awakening
The types of missions that constellations can implement in the 10th floor trial of the Testing Floors are predetermined.
It must be an actual event that occurred, and it must be directly or indirectly related to themselves.
Zeus implemented a mission based on what his son Heracles experienced, and Odin also implemented a mission based on what his son Thor experienced.
And the trial that Baal implemented this time?
It was directly based on what she herself had experienced.
"To implement that incident as a mission... Are you mocking us right now?"
Even as Indra said this, unlike the other gods, he was smiling at the corners of his mouth.
Because he was enjoying this current situation.
"Sorry. I suppose it could feel that way. I chose it because I thought this would be most suitable as a mission."
Baal also said she was sorry, but there was no trace of apology on her face.
She was just smiling as if she found the reactions amusing.
In reality, she had chosen it because she thought that situation was suitable as a mission, but naturally, part of the reason was also to deliberately enjoy the gods' reactions.
"You really are a spitting image of yourself from back then."
Zeus was admiring Han Yeong-min's prowess.
The appearance visible through the screen seemed to recreate the time when Baal had single-handedly invaded the Divine Realm in the past.
'No. Is it even more than that?'
Han Yeong-min was more irregular and diverse than Baal, who had simply repeated hitting, destroying, and devouring.
Martial arts, black magic, Spirit Arts, gigantification, and everything else he had built up were dancing in harmony.
His body was solid, and even if you managed to wound him by breaking through it, he would recover instantly.
Thanks to obtaining Odin's Eye, he could even read the flow of divinity, making it difficult to even land attacks.
Despite being a mortal, he was displaying such power, what kind of force would he possess if he became a transcendent?
Just that imagination alone made most transcendents feel a chill down their spines.
That's why they wanted to obtain Han Yeong-min even more.
A transcendent of mortal origin with guaranteed potential.
Among them, a being who might become the strongest, if they made him their apostle, their status among transcendents would inevitably rise greatly.
Especially in this current situation where there wasn't a single transcendent who didn't know about the existence called Han Yeong-min.
"I think so too. I've certainly never met him in person, but how could he resemble me so much?"
Baal smiled as she looked at Han Yeong-min beyond the screen.
His appearance had become incomparably stronger compared to when they met as an avatar on the 2nd floor.
She thought the day when he would become a transcendent like herself and they would cross swords wasn't far away.
'The limitation of lifespan has also disappeared, so that will definitely happen.'
Even if it didn't happen, she would make it happen with her own power.
"This seems to be the first time you've paid this much attention to someone else. Actually, I think this is the first time I've seen you smile except when fighting."
At Agares' words, Baal realized this fact for the first time.
"Did I... do that?"
"Yes. Weren't you originally someone who only saw things other than yourself as either fighting opponents or prey?"
When Vasago added another comment, only then could Baal look back at herself.
'...That's right?'
For the first time, a being had appeared who caught her interest despite being neither a fighting opponent nor prey.
She had lived for eons long enough for mountains and rivers to change hundreds or thousands of times since becoming a transcendent, but this was the first time something like this had happened.
A being who was interesting just to watch?
That's why she wanted to take care of him more.
"That's that, and I won the bet, so I'll take the items as we agreed earlier?"
Baal had grasped Han Yeong-min's tendencies.
Since he could make artifacts with his own hands anyway, he preferred elixirs more.
'Finish quickly and come back. I have a lot to give you.'
As she selected the elixirs that were wagered in the bet one by one, Baal smiled even more deeply.
Imagining how happy he would be when he saw this.
***
The moment I grasped that there was no room for dialogue with the opponent, I focused entirely on combat.
Powerful attacks that seemed capable of killing even a transcendent master in one blow came flying, but I didn't particularly think they were threatening.
Odin's Eye, which could even grasp the flow of divinity.
If I followed the flow of energy, I could predict the trajectory of attacks, so even if I started moving late, I had enough leeway to dodge or block.
Of course, the problem was that there were too many opponents rushing at me.
'But they all seem unfamiliar with combat?'
They were certainly beings with powerful strength, but they all had awkward aspects.
They didn't think about using their power more efficiently and just seemed unable to control their overflowing power?
They seemed like those who were born with powerful strength from the beginning and didn't even make an effort to properly handle it.
Their coordinated attacks were also utterly crude.
"What? Is this all you've got?"
"Such a petty provocation..!"
When I lightly provoked them, the god's avatar right in front of me became angry and threw a spear made of divinity.
It was very fast, but I had already read its trajectory.
I just twisted my neck to dodge it, and another god's avatar behind me got hit instead.
Whether it was efficient for the same divinity to destroy each other, the avatar that received the divine spear was almost about to die.
"No matter how angry you are, suddenly attacking a friend is..."
"That... that's because of you..."
Even though it was already over and they should be thinking about what's next, they lost their composure at such a light comment.
I threw a bone dagger infused with poison, curses, Divine Demon Qi, Hell fire, and Spirit Arts at him.
"Aaaahhh!"
Since his mind was disturbed, he was more greatly affected by the Hell fire and couldn't come to his senses at all due to the various debuffs that entered his body.
I thought about finishing him off, but I couldn't because other gods around were rushing at me.
"What's the point of just having numbers? Isn't there anyone decent?"
"Shut up!"
They got even angrier and attacked more fiercely.
There were too many attacks to block or dodge all of them, but honestly, even taking direct hits wasn't a big problem.
Only small holes would be made in my body, and even those recovered quickly.
And if there was a force remaining in my body that interfered with recovery, I just cut out that part and used Immortality.
It was new know-how I gained from reviewing the fight with the Emperor on the 9th floor.
-If power remains in the body and recovery doesn't work well, can't I just eliminate that part and regenerate it?
It was a very groundbreaking idea, and it actually worked well.
[Everyone in the Pantheon and Pandemonium is shocked.]
"What a truly insane monster... To be able to damage his own body without a moment's hesitation..."
I could understand their shock.
People usually feel resistance to self-harm.
The more fatal and larger that part was, the more severe the resistance had to be.
'But I left all that behind in the tutorial, you guys.'
When I first obtained Immortality in the 1st round tutorial, I prepared to continue fighting in any state through countless self-harm, and who knew it would be so helpful like this.
Indeed, you never know how a person's life will turn out.
They weren't fools either, so the more they fought, the more accustomed they became to handling power and coordinating attacks, but conversely, I was also gaining more from them.
'It's nice to see authorities in full after so long.'
Watching different gods handle divinity in different ways and use authorities was gradually increasing my understanding of authorities themselves.
Thanks to Odin's Eye, I was getting closer to the essence of authorities.
Now it seemed possible to handle two authorities simultaneously like my avatar that appeared on the 6th floor.
And because there were so many targets, it helped a lot in optimizing all the abilities I had gained so far.
Matching with spirits became natural, and I could naturally insert black magic in the middle of actions.
I also hit attacks that couldn't be hit by using gigantification when the opponent was off guard, thinking it wouldn't reach.
When the opponent adapted to the tempo, if I timely used buffs and debuffs to attack, even attacks that could originally be blocked had their defenses easily broken through.
Not losing my own rhythm while scattering my opponent's rhythm.
Just that alone would make the gods facing me feel a wall.
Just as I knocked down all the gods around me and thought the mission was over, I felt a chilling sensation as a very fast hammer flew toward me.
KWANG! CRACK.
Powerful enough to shatter my skin and bones, which had become very hard after obtaining Unbreakable, in one blow.
The hammer rotated and returned to its owner, and this time a very fast and strong arrow flew from behind.
I turned my body to dodge it, but just lightly grazing my side left a large wound that dented inward.
And the owners of the hammer and arrow approached me.
"Your rampage ends here, Baal."
"Father told me to capture you. You definitely look strong, which I like!"
Thor, son of Odin, and Heracles, son of Zeus, gathered in one place.
To subdue the Demon King who had invaded the Divine Realm.
[T/N- Heracles is the same as Hercules]