Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 228

Chapter 228

Chapter 228 . Overlord (8)

The temperature rose as we got closer to the volcano, and the earth melted from the unnaturally high temperature . As Ina, Hwaya, and I were fine as we had methods to deal with heat, Ye-Eun seemed to be holding on barely with just her monstrous willpower, and Daisy didn’t seem to be doing any better .

“Hot… Clothes off…”

“Don’t, Daisy . You’ll hurt my eyes . ”

“Kang Shin, rude man . My body, pretty decent . ”

No, I meant that Hwaya would poke my eyes… But Hwaya would really poke my eyes out if I said that, so I stayed silent . Hwaya spoke out in my place .

“Daisy, the reason I like you is that we don’t growl at each other about Shin . Don’t try to make an enemy out of me . ”

“…? Not sure, what you mean . ”

“Good . ”

Suddenly, the surrounding heat became more intense, and an ominous smoke was spewing out of the volcano .

[Hero, it’s him . The king is inside the volcanic crater . ]

“Got it . Guys, it’s time . It’s good that you’re easing your tension, but that’s enough joking around . ”

“Shin, I’m not joking . This is more important than this so-called Lava King . ”

“Well I’m sorry, but us surviving is much more important to me . ”

“Y-Yeah… I got it . ”

Hwaya’s face reddened and she turned away . I might have been a bit harsh, but I didn’t regret it .

We were getting closer to the crater . The atmospheric mana vibrated, the earth tremored, and an overwhelming pressure descended on us . I stuck out my tongue and licked my lips . Even though I knew my life was at risk, my heart trembled in excitement as it always does before fighting a powerful opponent . Exhilaration dominated over fear . Even I thought I was a bit perverted .

“Huu…”

I took a slow breath and calmed myself . Although I asked Ye-Eun to call Duca to fight, I planned on fighting the Lava King without the help of Peruta .

If I used Deific Manifestation and couldn’t defeat the Lava King, I would be leaving myself open to attack . More importantly, Peruta couldn’t use my class-specific skills and skills within the Collector’s Pocket Watch . Unless Peruta came in his real body, he was far weaker than me when I used Overlord . That was how much I’d grown .

Though, that also meant that I was much weaker without class-specific skills and the pocket watch’s skills .

“Daddy, I can’t use Deific Manifestation . ”

“Hm? Did it fail?”

“Un . So I can’t use it . ”

“That’s okay, Ina’s strong even without it . ”

“Un!”

The others also took out their weapons and raised their spirits as they checked their health and mana . The moment we arrived at the mouth of the volcano, Lotte suddenly shouted .

[It’s erupting!]

Lotte immediately turned her body and flew away . At the same time, a colossal heatwave swept over us . I poured mana into my eyes to withstand the light and heat, and when I checked the surroundings, a giant tree of lava was sprouting up . Dear god…!

“This isn’t ordinary lava . It’s an overwhelming lump of mana…!”

[Kuhahaha! Why have you come all this way? You have killed all of my subordinates . You are the first to have ever done so! Kuhahaha!]

A hearty laugh of a man rang out . Shockingly, the lava that erupted as if to cover the skies didn’t fall and were gathering in one point . Then, easily absorbing all of its mana, he appeared .

Elegant red scales covered his giant body, and two crooked horns rose above his head . He had yellow reptilian eyes, a long and thick tail, and a pair of bat-like wings that stretched out towards the sky .

Simply put, he was a dragon, a giant dragon that easily reached 150 meters in length .

[The ‘Lava King’ Grand Raid commences! You met one of the enemies aiming for the world’s power! The dungeon’s power is not fully effective against a world’s enemy . The Grand Raid system exists to give what little support it can to explorers who are fighting against the world’s enemies . The Lord’s blessing converges on your party . As a result, the enemy can only ignore up to 30% of your party members’ skills and levels!]

[Absolute Soul nullifies a part of the enemy’s power . Your skills and levels will be 90% effective against the enemy!]

[Remember that you will not be able to bring out your items’ and skills’ full power . We wish you luck! You will receive a huge reward if you defeat the Lava King!]

[Why have you come to disturb my sleep? Until ‘he’ arrives, I planned to simply sleep, but you lot have ruined it . Now there are no more monsters to serve as materials for my army, so now I’ll have to relocate too . ]

“Don’t worry, I’ll make it so that you don’t have to . ”

Even as I felt his overwhelming existence, I smiled with effort and retorted . Inside my head, I was busy flicking the abacus beads and calculating his league . He seemed to be level 90 at the very least, and he could even ignore everyone’s skills and levels . Isn’t that too much!? I was thankful that I had learned Absolute Soul .

However, his scale armor and the endless pit of mana in his body could only make me sigh . He seemed to have reached the limit in both physical and magical defense . It was likely… that he possessed the so-called EX ranked power, or one that was only a step below it .

[Mm, as expected of a Hero . You can carry such a large strength in that tiny human body . Tsk, really, killing you would be such a waste . If only you weren’t a Hero, I would have taken you in as my subordinate . ]

“Sorry, but I have no plans to bathe in lava . ”

[Kuhaha! I like your character too! Truly a waste!]

His giant eyes were solely focused on me as if the others weren’t worthy of even talking to him . At that moment…

“Kana, might melt… I’ll use Deific Manifestation . ”

“Deific Manifestation!”

Daisy and Ye-Eun both used Deific Manifestation . Ye-Eun’s master, Duca, was the first to descend . The moment she opened her eyes, she saw the giant dragon and screamed .

“Whoa, what’s this!? It’s so strong! Is this the world’s enemy?”

“No, he’s the one right under him . ”

“Oh, Dear! We meet again . We must be fated!”

Hwaya silently ignited a fireball above her palm . Someone else then smacked Duca’s head . Surprisingly, it was Daisy!

“You! Duca! To think I have to see you even after death, I’m appalled . ”

“Oh, Hecate!? What are you doing here?”

“My disciple called me . Focus on that giant turd, would you!?”

Daisy’s master and Duca knew each other!? I wasn’t the only one shocked . The Lava King also seemed shocked .

[You two are… gods! I can smell the stench of gods!]

“I’m surprised you noticed us . ”

Daisy’s master, Hecate, snorted as she talked back to the Lava King . Then, she approached me and whispered .

“Child, you have Zeus’ power . Can you use it?”

“N-No, not yet… Do you know Zeus?”

“Oh, how unfortunate . Also, how could I not know Zeus? I’m Hecate after all . ”

I had no clue what she meant . I told myself to look into it later .

“You must have heard from Daisy, but we have to defeat him! Please help us!”

“Of course . Duca, follow me . ”

“I want to play with Dear a bit more… Chet . ”

With Hecate’s power, undead monsters began to appear in the air . Although they were monsters Daisy normally controlled, they seemed to be blessed with a special power . Duca also seemed to have received Hecate’s power as she floated in the air while grumbling .

[Kuku, this is getting exciting! I didn’t think you’d be hiding this much power! Kuhaha! Kuhahha… Die!]

This sly bastard! The Lava King suddenly sent a fireball towards us in the middle of laughing . Because of its incredible speed, I was about to use Divine Speed, but Lotte quickly turned around with a sneer and dodged it . Meanwhile, Hwaya and Ina both flew up into the air .

However, what Hwaya did as she flew up shocked me . The flames she shot out from her hands was gently enveloping the flames shot out by the Lava King . She could receive his flames head on! Hwaya spoke as she made a provocative smile .

“Your flames sure are tasty . ”

[Hm? A human? A human that can wield flames so freely… Who are you? Truly an interesting bunch! Kuhaha!]

He shot out more flames . This time, the flames didn’t just come from him . The volcano also erupted and spewed out a lava that was filled with mana . It then broke into dozens and rained down on us .

“Shin, I can’t block them all!”

“Don’t worry about the ones coming my way!”

[Kuaaaaaaa!]

The moment the words left my mouth, Lotte breathed out golden flames from mouth . Her flames clashed with eight streams of flames flying towards us before swallowing them and disappearing .

What the others did weren’t so different . Ina’s ice froze the lava, and Duca easily evaded the attacks coming her way . As for Hecate, she swung the whip in her hand, and a blue barrier appeared around her and the elite squadron of undead monster, protecting them .

[Good, good! It would be boring if it was so easy! Kuhaha!]

The Lava King only laughed even though his attacks were blocked . It could only mean that he hadn’t used his full strength . Immediately afterwards, the surrounding temperature shot up once more to the point that average ability users would be burned to death just by being in this space .

[But to pick a fight with me with just this much strength, truly foolish!]

Giant fireballs appeared in the air . Their pure and oppressive essence of fire blazed as they danced . Ina frowned and held her arms out, creating numerous crystals of ice . However, even Ina couldn’t completely cancel out the fireballs .

“It’s too hot . I hate sweating . ”

[Kuhaha! A little kid with such an overwhelming magic power! It seems I might have come knocking on death’s door! Kuhahahaha, life should always be blazing! In front of this king, set your lives ablaze!]

[Foolish brute, you’re destined to burn yourself to death!]

Although the voice was undoubtedly Daisy’s, Hecate’s voice gave it a mystical silvery feeling . Hecate swung her whip, and the undead monsters charged towards the flame dragon . They all dodged the oncoming fireballs as they each attacked the flame dragon .

[Kuhaha! Dead beings injuring this Lava King, truly interesting!]

The Lava King exploded with an enormous amount of mana . Even with protective barriers surrounding them, half of the undead monsters were instantly annihilated . Hecate made an annoyed growl and swung her whip, strengthened the undead monsters again . However, the Lava King seemed to have only just begun . He flapped his wings once and the undead monsters were all pushed back . Then, he immediately charged towards us .

[I’ll annihilate everything! You will pay the price for looking down on me! Kuhaha!]

“As if!”

Duca shouted and instantly disappeared from my sight . Immediately afterwards, the Lava King stopped charging . Shockingly, a streak of blood shot out from his neck . Duca had successfully injured him!

“Ku, this guy is too big! It feels like I only poured a bucket of water in a sandy beach!”

[Kuhuhu, it’s been awhile since I’ve felt pain!]

His howl shook the earth and raised the surrounding temperature once more . I was dumbfounded . With just his existence and his overwhelming mana, he was trying to steam us to death!

[This is what is known as ‘absolute’! Absolute Fire!]

The volcano erupted once again . Shockingly, he jumped into the lava, and when he reemerged, the wound on his neck was gone .

[Tiny human, how will you extinguish an inextinguishable flame? As long as fire exists in this world, I will never die! That is why I, Lava King, reign as a king!]

“You’re too noisy, you damned lizard!”

Hwaya shouted and reached out with her hands . A part of the lava being absorbed by the Lava King changed direction and flowed into Hwaya . She threw her Cyclops Lord’s Golden Eye into the air and shouted .

“Eit, everyone get ready to attack! Golden Pupils, curse him!”

Eh? Cyclops Lord’s Golden Eye had another effect? While I stood shocked, the Golden Eye fiercely rotated, seemingly compressing its power . Then, in an instant, it shot out a beam of light toward the flame dragon . The result could only be described as shocking . When the Lava King was hit by the golden laser, the Golden Eye that shattered!

[Kuaaaa! That one hurt quite a lot! Impressive, impressive!]

“I lost an Epic grade item, so it better have! What are you all doing!? Attack him!”

I didn’t know how big of an attack that was, but since it could deal that much pain to the Lava King who could ignore a portion of items’ effects, it was understandable that the Golden Eye shattered . I turned my eyes away from Hwaya who seemed to be on the verge of tears and tightened the grip on my spear .

“Lotte, sorry, we’ll have to fight separately . ”

[I can’t injure him alone . Hero should do what Hero needs to do . ]

Lotte’s fierce wingbeat smashed away the heatwave . I gave her a grin and jumped off her back . The Lava King then shouted .

[Oh? You’re fighting me yourself? Outstanding! Truly a blaze!]

“Sorry, but I’m no blaze!”

[Then what are you!? Kuhaha!]

“I’m an Overlord!!!!”

In that instant, I became a giant covered in black armor .

[You used Overlord! While the skill is active, your HP and MP triples, and all stats double! When attacking the enemy, you have 10% chance to afflict a random highest rank status effect . When attacked by an enemy, you have 20% chance to afflict a random highest rank status effect . ]

Through my body, the power of an absolute destroyer had descended on Earth!