Chapter 167
Chapter 167
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 167
Chapter Title: Zombie Trio (2)
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# 167
The moment Rokan confirmed Polten raising a horde of Skeleton Knights after Mitti and Hamel had drawn their attention, he released his stealth and blocked the path of the charging Crimson Crusaders.
The enemies rushed in, each emanating a ferocious aura. Rokan flashed a savage grin and shouted as if making a declaration.
“Gale Incarnation!”
Whooooosh!
A gale arose. Amid the razor-sharp, storm-like winds, golden and crimson energies intertwined and surged out, all sucked into Rokan's body in a single breath.
Crack! Crunch!
His body transformed along with it.
The core of the master skill Gale Incarnation, the 'Giantification' skill, activated, swelling Rokan's frame to make him resemble a giant evoking the legendary Titan race.
Flash!
A burst of radiant light followed. Towering defensive barriers etched into city walls, along with countless enhancement, fortification, and amplification skills, melted into his bones, flesh, and blood, granting him immense power.
“Kraaaah!”
Finally, pure madness erupted.
The waves of frenzy amplified by Berserk swept through the surroundings.
The roar of madness and contagion of frenzy activated simultaneously, drastically lowering the Crimson Crusaders' combat prowess.
“B Bombardment!”
Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Rokan casually hurled his hand axe as a greeting. But it was no longer mere thrown weaponry.
With destructive force rivaling siege engines, it shattered the Crimson Crusaders' momentum.
“Jump!”
He then leaped toward them first. The height was on another level. His tremendous muscular strength produced an extraordinary leap, but Rokan had also restructured his skills using the Creation skill and extra combination slots from his 'First Class Master' title.
The 'Jump' he'd just used was one such created skill. It allowed him to soar even higher.
But that wasn't the end.
“Kai!”
At the peak of his jump, Rokan summoned Kai and grabbed its ankle for another boost upward.
Screeech!
Rokan's enlarged body was too heavy for Kai to bear easily, but thanks to the 'Empathy' ability, Kai had also grown tougher. It couldn't pull Rokan up, but it could hold for a moment.
“Jump!”
Using that brief hang time, Rokan leaped again.
With no footing, it wasn't as powerful as before, but he still climbed considerably higher.
And then.
“Crimson Meteor!”
The combination skill activated.
Rokan plummeted from the air, accelerating toward the ground. Like a blazing red meteor, he crushed the Crimson Crusaders.
KABOOOM!
Giantified Rokan was large enough to flatten three or more Crimson Crusaders at once.
But direct impact wasn't all. The Crimson Meteor combination skill included potent magical destructive power.
The strike created a 15-meter crater, annihilating everything within.
“Aura!”
It was a truly staggering sight, but Rokan had no time to admire the devastation he'd wrought. He was about to unleash even greater havoc!
At Rokan's shout, immense mana surged along his axe. An advanced mana concentration technique, one step beyond Force, overlaid the 'Sealed Gale Battle Axe' now usable at master level.
It was the moment his new main weapon made its debut.
[Sealed Gale Chain Battle Axe][Epic+]
A Battle Axe of sealed gales whose power is sealed. Material and creator unknown.
-Attack Power: 4,000
-Durability: 10,000 / 10,000
-All [Berserker] class skill attack powers increased by 800%
-Attack power increased by 80% when using [Berserk]
-[Berserk] reusable once per day, ignoring cooldown
-[Gale Slash] usable three times per day
-[Gale Slash] power and range increased
-Equip Requirement: Level 300
Insane. The options were utterly insane.
Its already cheat-like stats combined with the ruin-sealing chains to become even more broken.
All Berserker skills' attack power boosted eightfold, and another 80% on top during Berserk.
These effects stacked with his existing title bonuses and applied even to the master skill Gale Incarnation infused with Berserk.
He was benefiting from this mad enhancement right now.
To obtain this absurd item, he'd deliberately destroyed his cherished Wrath King's Axe, but it was worth every bit.
“Wheel Wind!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoooosh!
Wheel Wind, once ineffective against master-level foes, was different now.
The Sealed Gale Chain Battle Axe alone would have made his attacks penetrate, but he was in Gale Incarnation state.
All stats tripled, and with added enhancements to Wheel Wind via recombinations, its power had surged beyond what Crimson Crusaders could block.
‘They're dropping like flies!’
Rokan was overwhelmingly stronger, but the Crimson Crusaders were no pushovers.
He couldn't one-shot them like trash mobs. Yet they weren't strong enough to halt Wheel Wind either.
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Dozens of Crimson Crusaders fell or were flung back with every rotation. Their dents and cracks confirmed the massive damage.
“Hraaaah!”
Shattering and crumbling on contact was routine, but the Crimson Crusaders didn't retreat.
Chrono had already ordered them to capture Rokan dead or alive, so they threw themselves into the frenzy without fear of sacrifice.
“Rapid Acceleration!”
Rokan's eyes gleamed as he triggered another newly created skill.
Rapid Acceleration! Built on Haste with layered movement acceleration skills, it boosted both his movement and attack speed as the name implied.
Wheel Wind's spin speed more than doubled.
Sway. Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Adding vertical sway made it utterly unapproachable. No room to charge in.
“Crimson Knight's Sword!”
In that situation, they had one option.
Break through with raw power!
Not one, but hundreds simultaneously unleashed master skills.
‘Tch.’
Rokan dominated in stats, but master skills were another story.
His stat-boosted recomposed Wheel Wind was formidable, but master skills' inherent power was no joke.
It strained Wheel Wind's operation. He maintained it with rapid spins and immense strength, but using allies as shields, they pushed through incompletely stopped.
“Hmph!”
Realizing this, Rokan instantly recovered his weapon, exhaled sharply, and activated another recomposed combination skill.
“Chain of Annihilation!”
Where Wheel Wind swept all directions, Chain of Annihilation focused its range for amplified power.
A new combination using the whip master skill Storm Whip, magic master skill Fearful Storm, fighter expert skills like Stacked Punch and Frenzy, supplemented by Berserker skills.
One might think combining only master skills was best, but considering concept and effect, piling high-damage skills wasn't always optimal.
Proof unfolded before his eyes.
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
A violent force and recoil even power-type users couldn't sustain. But it lived up to its name.
Annihilation.
The Crimson Crusaders charging head-on into Rokan's chain-whipping frenzy were utterly smashed.
Not just hit dozens of times in an instant, but stacking damage from that insane destructive power overwhelmed their metal frames.
“Kill—him—!”
But that was just some. Over 600 remained, undaunted by comrades' deaths, charging with full force.
“Moths to a flame.”
Normally, he'd pale from the burden of such a big move, but Rokan was under Berserk's effect.
Infinite health and mana.
Emboldened by that special effect, he reignited his fighting spirit.
“Whiiistle!”
A short whistle summoned a horse across space. The Heavenly Bone Horse, spurred by Cashman's stimulus.
Fleeing? No chance.
He activated yet another new combination skill.
A buff skill incorporating Tamer master skill Evolution, shamanic master skill Transcendence, holy master skill Wish, and Berserk.
“Rider of Legends!”
Neigh!
Energy from Rokan's hand enveloped it, transforming the Heavenly Bone Horse's form.
Blood-red skin and mane. Unflinching eyes braving a million foes. Stats upgraded by potent enhancements.
Empathy would've been ideal, but even without, it was superb.
“Go, Red Hare.”
Cringeworthy line, but fitting if seen. And true.
[The Black Warhorse transcends via 'Rider of Legends' effect.]
[Temporarily evolves into 'Red Hare', a transcendent warhorse mount.]
Infused with transcendence, evolution, and the caster's will, it became the true Red Hare.
Larger than a grown man. Rokan mounted before the Crimson Crusaders closed in.
“Go. Rampaging Chariot!”
Unleashing his new charge skill, he charged them even more ferociously.
KABOOM!
Gale Incarnation enlarged not just Rokan but the Sealed Gale Battle Axe proportionally.
Axes weren't ideal for mounted combat, but overwhelming power and size outdid even a sky-piercer, sweeping incoming Crimson Crusaders.
Clang!
Targeting Rokan in full Gale Incarnation was suicide. So they aimed for Red Hare, but that was tough too.
‘Not a chance.’
Rampaging Chariot's effects and legendary power made Red Hare's charge and defense formidable, but while Rokan swung the axe, the chains autonomously deflected lethal strikes.
Thus, the Crimson Crusaders suffered one-sided losses.
A straight path opened where Rokan advanced, leaving only their wreckage behind.
Neigh!
Red Hare twisted and leaped just as it nearly pierced their ranks.
BOOM!
A fierce explosion erupted where it'd charged. Red Hare had sensed a Red Guard's attack and dodged first.
‘Held up well, though.’
A quick scan: Mitti, Hamel, and Polten still lived.
One fed up with their persistence despite every trick and bloodbaths had assessed Rokan and the Crimson Crusaders, intervening.
“Kraaaah!”
Facing it, Rokan roared savagely again. The madness roar slowed the pursuing Crimson Crusaders.
“Heh heh! That was fun this time. See you in an hour!”
Leaving the subtly tense foes behind, he retreated into the distance.