st was erased out of existence, along with Ares' soul fragnt that was supposed to be immortal... The hole he was standing in was erased along with him. In its place now stood a crater....or a gorge? After all, it was seven ters deep, five ters wide and more than twenty tres long.
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A few monts earlier, as Muku was gathering energy...
[Anomaly detected...]
[Anomaly identified to be Deity Slaying Art engraved onto Mithril by unknown Law...]
[Individual doesn't et requirents to learn complete Art...]
[Individual ets criteria to learn First Form...]
[Acquiring related knowledge...]
[Knowledge acquired...]
Prompt after prompt rang out in Muku's head. He almost lost control of the energy he was gathering while trying to make sense of what was happening. How could he not be a bit distracted when another hidden power pops up? So what if he was the protagonist, shouldn't there be a limit to the power-ups!? And why is it not categorised as a "Spell" but an "Art" instead? Well, that's another story for another day, he had sothing to do...
The mont Muku put his thoughts aside, happened to be the mont he gathered enough power. The grey energy that obscured what he was creating also cleared up as it was drawn in by the creation.
Then it beca clear to everyone present, including Muku himself who had never seen it. Even the first ti he created it, he felt like sothing was guiding him. This was also the case with the initial idea he got of creating Mithril in the first place.
It was a grey sword. A sword so beautiful that even a person who hates swords would agree. It was so beautiful that Muku almost couldn't bear to attack with it. Three ters long, five inches wide with unknown characters engraved on it that Muku couldn't read them. Sothing in him told him that he wasn't yet worthy to know the aning, his strength was too weak. The seven-inch hilt also had so engravings on it, which he again couldn't make sense of.
"Finally done... Deity Slaying Art! First Form: Glimpse Of The End!" Muku, who had finally managed to free himself from the sword's seduction, scread out.
Unlike the usual tis were the sword would fly out and hit the enemy. The ti, the sword didn't move, it just floated in front of Muku while pointing in Ares' direction. The mont he called out the technique's na, a grey energy was shot out of the blade, and it flew toward Ares at a speed similar to the Union spell. Its strength is the sa as well.
But unlike the union spell, the grey sword light wasn't mitigated by Ares' red energy. It hit him with all its force. On top of it, the feature that scared Ares most activated.
The sword didn't just erase the body, but it erased Ares' soul fragnt as well which was supposed to be immortal. Which wasn't possible with any other ability.
Well, three other energies could do it. But those with the first one wouldn't act against him. While those with the second one were extinct and he would make sure it stayed that way.
As for the third...it was basically a myth at that point, even more so than Mithril. That absolute power, it better not appear again or all will be dood with no way out.
But what really made "Mithril Energy" stand out was how it was born from hate. It wasn't supposed to be part of the list, and it initially wasn't. But the creator sohow made it work due to sheer hatred. And the pain the victim felt while getting killed by it was the most intense out of all the energies there.
The point is that Ares' fragnt didn't die a painless death. It made sense that he would scream before being hit. As for st, his soul has long been consud by Ares and his body was just a husk, so he didn't feel much. Well, other than when his soul was eaten, that is.
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"Woah!!" Elsa, who had been chillin' in the background since the beginning, couldn't help but exclaim in amazent. Even her sowhat reserved personality couldn't hold her back. Then again she was still a little girl after all.
Even Audrey, who biasedly thought Muku was the strongest in the world, was amazed. His bloodline power wouldn't shock her if it was the cause of such a feat. This, on the other hand, was different; how did he pull such a thing off?? She then cald herself down by thinking that it only made sense for her master to be impressive. A proud and smug expression quickly appeared on her face. It was as if she was the one who used the attack.
Beside her, Chloe was also amazed. She wondered if that was the real difference between a Pseudo-Legendary Class and a true Legendary Class. If so, then the gap was way too big!! How were they supposed to compete??
As for Muku, he was just standing there, also awed by his own power. He couldn't even talk...which might be linked to how weak he felt after the attack that sucked him dry. He finally realised not only was his mana required to make the sword, but it was also required to keep it in existence. Which he thought was sothing only Rank Ones went through. But the sword proved him wrong.
The mont the attack was released, it faded away. The little ti he summoned it was enough to suck him dry, it even left his body a little thinner than before. Which was a testant to the large amount of energy the sword needed. What he found interesting, though, was how the energy it shot out didn't seem to be mana. And how it scared the arrogant Ares so much. After all, he was still in the dark about the history of everything.
[Congratulations for being the first modern humans to kill a Beast Progenitor! (Tiny fragnt)...]
[Although it was a negligible part of his soul. Managing to kill it is a comndable task!...]
[All participants will be awarded enough KP to reach 70% as a reward!...]
While everyone was stuck in their own thoughts. Prompts that almost shocked the life out of them sounded. One has to know that none of them other than Muku had even reached 20%! Now they were getting rewarded with 70%??
They didn't even know that such a thing was possible. But it was a welcod and pleasant surprise. Luckily, all of them participated, or soone might have died from sheer jealousy. After all, it would have taken them ages to reach such a high percentage!
The greedy Jade couldn't help but secretly wish that another Progenitor Soul fragnt would show up. The reward clouded her mind, completely forgetting how it could have gone badly and soone could have died. Fortunately for her, she didn't say it out loud, or she might have gotten a beating from the others. After all, in her current state, she couldn't run away.
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"What a strong attack" After a while of silence. Chloe finally couldn't take it and spoke up.
"Yeah...thanks?" Muku replied, not too sure what to say to such a thing.
"But why didn't you use your telekinesis or bloodline power from start to finish? Wouldn't that have made the battle easier?" Chloe then proceeded to ask a question that had been on her mind for a while.
"Oh, that... I tried both actually. But for so reason, my Telekinesis would get cancelled out the mont it touched st's body. Likely sothing to do with Ares' intense ntal power. As for my bloodline ability...the unreliable thing didn't even activate. I couldn't even sense it until Ares was killed for so reason," Muku explained with a wry smile, which turned resentful at the end. How could he not be resentful when his trump card failed when he needed it most?
What he didn't know, though, was that his bloodline actually saved him from getting into deeper trouble. Using Mithril might have made him Ares' enemy, but if he had used his bloodline's power...he would have beco the enemy of all the progenitors and they'd hunt him down till his death. After all, the history of the bloodline was just too great. It wasn't sothing they were willing to let soone have...not again.
But that was sothing he would find out in the future. In the present, he was resentful and that's all that mattered.
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In a desolate and unknown area...
A humongous golden ape that seed to reach beyond the heavens could be seen with its eyes closed. Energy waves are strong enough to instantly kill even a Rank Ten beast radiating from its body.
Suddenly its eyes sprang open, exposing golden pupils full of anger. On its lip, a little trail of blood could be seen flowing out. A few drops dropped to the ground below and destroyed it, sinking into the ground until they couldn't be seen.
"MORTAL... I WILL MAKE YOU PAY" the large ape spoke in a calm voice. Yet it bood so loudly it shook the ground all around it. But the voice was familiar to Muku. For it was Ares' voice. And the body so large it could scare anyone who saw it to death was also Ares' real body.
If Muku had seen it before going against Ares, he likely wouldn't have gone against him. After all, who would dare go against such a thing and claim to be sane?
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