Chapter 199
Chapter 199
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 199
Chapter Title: 59. Blue (3)5
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Adventurers pursued many things.
“Whatever their goals, one thing never changes: they need more Circles.”
But everyone was obsessed with Circles.
That was why adventurers had gone wild over the appearance of the Mystic Gate.
The fastest way to level up Circles was to consume as many magic stones matching their level as possible.
However, the higher the Circle, the harder it was to find magic stones of the desired level—or more precisely, the monsters that dropped them.
“In the past, leveling up Circles was incredibly tough.”
The monsters of the Maple World didn’t gather by level. Weak ones, strong ones—all mingled together to form one ecosystem.
You could head to Sleepywood Forest to hunt mushrooms and run into a Junior Balrog.
“Until the Mystic Gate appeared.”
In contrast, Mystic Gates contained only monsters matching their level, making magic stone supply ridiculously easy.
Naturally, the number and caliber of adventurers soared beyond anything in history.
“Of course, even after the Mystic Gate appeared, 6th Circle adventurers are still extremely rare.”
So 6th Circle adventurers were treated as extraordinary even in the Mystic Gate era.
Naturally, they were even more so before.
Before the Mystic Gate, spotting a 6th Circle adventurer was next to impossible.
“6th Circle skills were even rarer.”
Skills used by 6th Circle adventurers thus became the stuff of legends in people’s mouths.
It wasn’t empty metaphor.
Each 6th Circle skill had its own legendary tale.
The story of how the mages’ master, Heinz, used the 6th Circle magic Freezing Breath to instantly freeze and kill a Junior Balrog emerging from Sleepywood Forest.
The story of how Captain Kairin wiped out 10,000 Orange Mushrooms in just ten minutes with the 6th Circle skill Rapid Fire.
Every skill had legendary anecdotes.
And that skill had one too.
“Chain Lightning.”
The 6th Circle lightning magic Chain Lightning had its own legendary tale.
The anecdote of some nameless mage using Chain Lightning once to take down a thousand Junior Nekis.
But that wasn’t the only one.
Chain Lightning had multiple tales. And they all shared one thing in common.
They all involved taking down hundreds of monsters in one go!
That was the hallmark of Chain Lightning.
Once cast, a single bolt of lightning fired out.
The moment it hit its target, it split into two.
Then? Four.
After that? Eight.
In other words, if conditions were right, it could strike hundreds of monsters in an instant.
And its power was immense.
Lightning magic was inherently so devastating that it defied comparison to other spells.
No wonder legendary tales arose.
Pajijijik!
The Chain Lightning El Pam just used was a spell of that magnitude.
And it wasn’t just anyone—it was El Pam.
He held all the fragments of Astrafe. Meaning its power was nearly double what other mages could muster!
Kreururur!
Before that might, even Centaurus with their not-insignificant magic resistance frothed at the mouth and collapsed.
But it didn’t end there.
On El Pam’s finger was that ring.
Zeus’s Ring, which allowed mastery over lightning!
With Zeus’s Ring, El Pam wielded Chain Lightning perfectly.
Normally, Chain Lightning jumped only to nearby targets around the shocked one, but El Pam’s range was incomparably longer.
30 meters!
It affected monsters 30 meters away.
Practically no distance limit.
In short, El Pam’s Chain Lightning wasn’t a chain—it was a net.
A massive net that could snag every visible monster with a single cast!
Pajijik!
Before such an existence as El Pam, even those ferocious Centaurus couldn’t let out a proper scream.
And El Pam’s companions, watching it all, couldn’t even voice proper awe.
“My god.”
El Pam had always shown amazing feats, but this scene was on another level entirely.
Beyond common sense? That was putting it mildly.
“The boss is...?”
Now it was at a level where even seeing it didn’t make sense.
A level where trying to make sense of it was pointless.
Dududu!
“Chain Lightning.”
Before El Pam’s performance, his companions effectively had nothing to do.
“We’re just extras.”
Nothing at all.
Using his companions as mere backdrop, El Pam began hunting every Centaurus he encountered—Black, Red, Blue, all of them—with Chain Lightning.
That was when it happened.
Hiiing!
A Centaurus cry echoed from afar.
“This is?”
Hearing it, everyone in El Pam’s party instantly realized.
“It’s different!”
That this cry was clearly distinct from those of Black, Blue, or Red Centaurus.
‘Boss monster!’
And that if another Centaurus appeared here, it had to be a boss monster.
“Over there.”
That’s when Miner, with the sharpest eyes, shouted.
“It’s gold.”
Gold Centaurus!
“Such a thing exists?”
It was a first for El Pam’s companions.
Not good.
Seeing it for the first time meant no intel—no clue how monstrous it truly was.
One thing they knew.
“A Blue-grade boss monster, so it’s no ordinary foe.”
Whatever they imagined, it would be stronger.
For El Pam’s party, the alert level spiked.
Naturally, his companions—who’d been standing idly by like extras—snapped into combat readiness.
“Boss!”
When facing an unknown monster, priority one was gathering info.
“Dibo and I will handle it!”
Dibo and Kiri prepared to probe for that info.
“I’ll draw its attention.”
At the same time, Ralph and Miner moved.
That was when it happened.
“Everyone.”
El Pam spoke to his companions.
“Fall back.”
Without question or hesitation, his companions retreated.
‘Retreat here, huh.’
They figured El Pam meant to avoid the fight.
Reasonable thinking.
No need to clash head-on with an unknown monster.
They could clear the surrounding packs first, then deal with it.
“Huh?”
But that notion shattered in an instant for El Pam’s party.
“Boss!”
As everyone fled, El Pam alone faced the approaching Gold Centaurus without retreating.
No mistake.
Not forgetting to flee out of fear or anything.
It was intent.
Intent to take on that Gold Centaurus right now.
‘Insane!’
Sure, El Pam had shown outlandish feats, but this was madness.
Not just any monster—a boss monster!
Moreover, the Chain Lightning he’d shown excelled against hordes.
Against a boss, Chain Lightning was powerful, but not lethal.
Fight with his other spells then?
They were potent, sure.
Hiiing!
But against the charging Gold Centaurus, they clearly fell short somewhere.
And against monsters like Gold Centaurus, even a split-second shortfall meant death.
“Boss!”
In this moment ripe for worry, El Pam’s fleeing party naturally halted and turned back.
They moved to assist El Pam.
That’s when they heard it.
“Blizzard.”
El Pam—he had cast the 6th Circle ice magic Blizzard.
‘He even has Blizzard?’
Blizzard.
A spell summoning spear-like ice shards from the sky, naturally laden with multiple legendary tales.
Its power was tremendous.
Ice chunks plummeting from above—that alone was insane.
And not mere chunks, but spear-shaped, each potent enough to instantly kill average monsters.
More than enough to stun any onlooker.
‘How many 6th Circle spells does he have?’
For El Pam’s party, the sheer number of 6th Circle magic items he possessed was staggering.
They were rare to acquire, but it was like he’d anticipated reaching 6th Circle.
‘No, wait—Blizzard’s an AoE spell?’
But soon, El Pam’s party realized Blizzard, like Chain Lightning, wasn’t suited to take down the newly appeared Gold Centaurus.
Blizzard was devastating, sure.
Enough to wipe hundreds or thousands in one go.
But from the target’s view, surviving just one—or at most three or four—ice spears was all it took.
A Gold Centaurus could tank four, even six or seven, no problem.
Of course, El Pam knew that.
So there was a reason he’d cast Blizzard anyway.
‘Huh?’
And his companions quickly grasped that reason too.
“The ice is moving!”
The falling Blizzard spears began altering their trajectories.
Toward one spot.
Hiiing!
Dozens of ice spears shifted toward the Gold Centaurus.
El Pam had begun manipulating them with telekinesis.
Impossible.
Dozens of spears, each far more powerful than a Cold Beam skill, homing in on a single foe?
The resulting power was beyond comparison to any spell.
Puhot!
Thus, El Pam’s Blizzard spears instantly engulfed the Gold Centaurus’s body.
In a flash.
The Gold Centaurus became a porcupine in an instant, screaming as it did.
Hiiing!
Naturally, before that assault, the Gold Centaurus collapsed without a proper death cry.
Puhot!
The final remaining Blizzard spear pierced the fallen Gold Centaurus’s head.
Silence followed.
El Pam’s party was no exception.
No one uttered awe or感想 before that sight.
Just speechless expressions.
To such companions, El Pam said.
“The hunt is over.”
No one questioned it.
In the face of this absurdity, opening one’s mouth would’ve been the weird thing.
At the same time, all felt it.
Something off.
The El Pam they knew was a great adventurer, a strong one—but not one who displayed strength and ruthlessness like this.
He always pursued maximum efficiency.
For him to put on such an excessive show meant there had to be a reason.
And that reason soon became clear to all.
“Now we find the exit and leave this place.”
El Pam said.
“After that, El Pam’s party disbands.”
Meaning today’s Blue-grade Mystic Gate conquest was El Pam’s party’s final one.