Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 249

Chapter 249

Chapter 249 . What Happened Twice Will… (9)

As soon as I realized that the Gaze skill was deactivated, I took out a bottle of Elixir . After drinking about half the bottle, I asked Sharana to bring Lotte to me to have her drink the rest . Even as we were getting emergency treatments, messages continued to flow in .

[Amazing! You completely killed one of the enemies threatening the world alone! You reaped the Hermit King's soul with the reaper's scythe . With the king's soul in possession, all lightning type monsters that invade Earth will have their abilities reduced by 10%! This is a monumental achievement! In addition, you can retrieve the remaining magic power in the Hermit King's body and soul, and turn it into your own . ]

[If you receive the Hermit King's power, the Hermit King's corpse will disappear and you will not get any reward for the raid completion . If you destroy the Hermit King's soul, you will obtain the Hermit King's corpse and receive appropriate rewards from the dungeon . What will you do?]

[You obtained the title, 'Ruler of Lightning'! Your affinity to lightning increases greatly . The ability to govern the lightning element has been newly created . Even without mana, you can withdraw lightning from nature and wield it . ]

[You obtained 30 stat points and 10 skill points for completing a Grand Raid . ]

I thought this would happen . From what I can tell, something like this happened when the reaper's scythe dealt the final blow . Retrieving the Hermit King's power? I pondered over the message .

[Dear Husband! Are you okay?]

"Yeah, I'm fine and so is Lotte! Plene, you can stop singing now!"

[Un!]

When I looked back at my companions, a message window popped up as if to demand my answer .

[What will you do? If you do not decide quickly, the king's soul will be extinguished . ]

In truth, I wasn't sure what to do . With its transformation undone, I could see the giant corpse of an electric ray suspended underwater . It was much smaller than when the Hermit King first appeared .

Right, his secret wasn't anything grand . He just had the ability to become extremely big or extremely small . There was one more aspect to this ability .

What made his ability so scary was that he could shrink his presence as if he didn't exist or enlarge it as if he was a terrifying enemy . Furthermore, regardless of what size he was, his true strength didn't change . When he condensed his enormous lightning power into the size of a flea and attacked with a terrifying speed, even Enigma couldn't defend against it . It was a power fitting of the name Hermit King .

The question was how I noticed him . It was thanks to chaos flames . No matter how small he became, the chaos flames burning inside his eye didn't disappear . How could I not know where my ability was located? I had seen through everything .

However, if he noticed that I had discovered his secret, I would have lost my chance to counterattack perfectly . To attack him in the perfect time, I pretended not to see him and ended up with holes in my body .

Thanks to this, I could accurately time when he would charge towards me, and I gave him the strongest attack I could make . If that wasn't enough, I planned to use Sky God's Rage for the finishing blow, but it was thankfully unnecessary . Trishula's effect and the reaper's scythe had activated with a critical hit .

[What will you do?]

"… Hu . "

The decision was entirely up to me . If I took his corpse and the raid reward, hm… Daisy would receive another powerful undead and I would probably receive a Legend grade item . However, I was more interested in a power that would become mine entirely . Even if that power was an ability to transform or an ability to hide my presence, that would have its own use . Moreover, the fact that message noona was asking me in the first place suggested that…

"I'll take the power . "

When I gave my answer, the Hermit King's corpse began to shrunk . I watched with a blank expression until the corpse disappeared completely . In the end, only a blue energy was left floating . It then slowly approached me and was absorbed into me .

[Dear Husband!]

Licorice and Plene, who was approaching me with a relieved look, sped up in shock when they saw what was happening . However, I was already in no situation to explain them the situation . The moment the blue energy was absorbed into me, it resonated with Peruta Circuit and was surging through my body at a terrifying speed .

[You can choose between two titles . The first is 'Hermit King', and you will be granted the Hermit King's Unique ability, 'World Trickery . ' With this skill, you will be able to freely change your body's size, form, and presence while maintaining your full strength . ]

[The second is offering your title, 'Rule of Lightning', to obtain a new title, 'Lightning God' With this title, your affinity and dominance over lightning will reach a pinnacle, allowing you to freely create and wield lightning at your desire . You will also not take any damage from lightning below the EX rank, and you can even wield your enemy's lightning as if it was your own . ]

"Of course it's Lightning God! Are you kidding me!?"

How are those two even comparable!? I shouted as if someone was listening . Immediately afterwards, the blue energy in my body transformed into a dazzling golden color . It immediately transformed into a powerful lightning and went berserk as if to burn me alive .

[Master, there's so much energy! This is… Master's…!]

"Huaaaaaaaaa!"

Unable to endure the shock, I screamed, echoing underwater . This was like when I obtained a god's power… No, my body was transforming even more than when I obtained a god's power!

[You obtained the title, 'Lightning God' . Your affinity and dominance over lightning has reached the pinnacle . You can wield all lightning under EX rank as if it was your own, and you will not be injured by them . ]

[Congratulations! You met one of the conditions to advance to the next realm!]

How long did it take before that message rang out? I had no way of knowing . When I became conscious, Licorice, Lotte, and Plene were hugging me in a competition of some sort .

[Dear Husband, Dear Husband!]

[Hero, don't die!]

[Snap out, Shin!]

Ruyue and Sharana were also floating around me with worried looks . However, as Peika was in my body the whole time, she didn't seem too worried . I flicked the girls' foreheads and made them back off .

"I'm fine . Stop trying to take off my armor and get back . "

[But I have to check your body! You might be hurt!]

Feeling doubtful at Licorice's choice of words, I notified them that I was at my absolute best condition . Then, I flicked Licorice's forehead one more time . I suddenly became curious if it was Licorice's buff that allowed me to obtain the title of Lightning God . After all, it was thanks to her buff that I obtained the Ruler of Lightning title .

Thus, I changed my mind and pat her head . Although it didn't really work as we were underwater, she seemed to have understood my feelings as her face brightened . She suddenly asked .

[Can I unclothe you?]

"Stop when you're ahead, please . "

As a test, I ignited lightning with my left hand . It was done without using Peika's power . Despite us being underwater, golden lightning danced on my palm naturally . I felt an indescribable sense of pleasure .

[Dear Husband… I see, if you obtained a power of this level, it makes sense that you fainted . How is it? Can you handle it?]

"Of course . I feel like…"

I threw the lightning towards the bottom of the Mariana Trench . That single bolt of lightning didn't lose even the slightest strength as it descended endlessly . Soon, the light it was giving off disappeared and a powerful explosion was felt .

"I can even kill the remaining three kings alone . "

Before we entered the SSS rank Event Dungeon underneath, I notified the rest of the guild members that I took care of the king and that we didn't need any backup . Some breathed sighs of relief, some cursed, and some laughed as if it was only natural . Leon's trust in me was too big!

[Nothing less from the guild master . My heart dropped for a second though . ]

[Was the king weak?]

"He said he was the weakest . "

[How can he stop us from running away? That's cheating!]

[If all kings are like that, we'll have to be extra careful . You said he hid his presence so he couldn't be discovered?]

I nodded at Hwaya's question (though she couldn't see me), and answered .

"It was a strange technique that only the Hermit King could do . The other kings shouldn't be able to do it . I'm certain so you don't need to worry . The other kings can't hide their presence . Their overwhelmingly powerful presence, that is . "

[Yeah, the Lava King was like that, but…]

[Corpse… What about… the beautiful, tough… corpse?]

"There is no such thing . "

[Ah… Kang Shin, I hate you . ]

Daisy seemed angry I couldn't acquire the corpse, but I would have made the same choice even if I went back in time . I made a bitter smile and consoled her .

"I'm sure Antarctica has powerful monsters too . I'll find a strong one for you . "

[Pinky promise…]

"Yeah, yeah . "

At that moment, Yua made a surprising report .

[Oppa, the egg hatched!]

"Really!?"

I was sad I couldn't be there to witness it .

[It's a really cute baby dinosaur!]

"What did you name it?"

Feeling uneasy, I couldn't help but ask . Yua gave a hearty response .

[The name is Doo—]1

"If you didn't name him yet, what about 'Ruth'!?"

I cut her off and shouted . Yua corrected me .

[It's a she . Plus, I already named her . ]

"You named a girl Doo— No, nevermind . How about Luna?"

[Oh, that's a pretty name, Oppa! Then I'll call her Luna from now!]

Just like that, I made a better future for both Yua and Luna . I had yelled whatever name that came to my mind, but naming a flame dragon's baby Luna… My naming sense…

[I'm happy Oppa named her, huhu . ]

"I'm happy that Yua's happy . Mostly in the sense of copyright laws . "

[I agree with that, but you two brother and sister need to make some distance . ]

[I'm already so far from him! You want me to get even farther! I hate Hwaya Unni!]

[See! In the first place, that's the wrong response! Yua, this Unni will introduce you to a nice boy . How about it?]

[No! I'm going to live with Oppa for the rest of my life! I hate Unni!]

It seemed I had sparked another trouble . As I was scared of both Hwaya and Yua, I decided to ignore them both . Then, I charged straight into the SSS rank dungeon .

Two weeks later, on the 32nd day after leaving Korea, I completely cleaned up the Pacific Ocean and the Oceania and headed to the Antarctic Ocean . Including the stat points from defeating the Hermit King, I had gained 55 bonus stat points . While the Chaotic Spear was at 84% growth .