Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 292

Chapter 292

Chapter 292 . The Last Member (9)

Overlord increased in power the more health and mana I had as it multiplied my power rather than adding to it .

Even now, the Beast King’s mana was constantly melting into me . Overlord received this mana and amplified it, and the augmented mana dominated the mana I couldn’t yet control and brought it into Peruta Circuit’s flow .

Peruta Circuit drew in the Enigma surrounding my mana and created a whirlpool . This whirlpool served as a shield that could defend against everything and a blade that could cut everything .

“Huu…”

I drew in a quick breath . I felt it every time I used Overlord . During this 5 minute period, I always tried to grasp its true nature . This was an unknown mana . Enigma, a power that rivaled divine power and Sherafina’s power .

Not even Sherafina could have created Overlord . Overlord was created from Skill Synthesis, which came from the artifact Loretta gave me, the Collector’s Pocket Watch . I always knew Collector’s Pocket Watch was a powerful item, but I now knew it wasn’t just a powerful item . No matter how I thought about it, it wasn’t something one should get as a quest reward .

As proof, the mana I wielded now…

[Is that the source of your confidence?]

[Truly mystical . It’s too great a power for a mere human to wield . ]

[No matter how great the power is, in the end, its wielder is a human . That will be the reason for your defeat . ]

If anything, the Fear King really knew how to boast . Having a great power was no use if one’s willpower was broken, but…

“Bluffs won’t work on me!”

The whirlpool intensified, growing bigger by the second . Whispers of the Fear King’s clones were cut apart, and the ones falling to the ground from Gaia Buster’s impact were drawn towards the whirlpool and torn apart . The amplified mana from Overlord was being poured into the whirlpool entirely . At the same time, the whirlpool continuously pulled in the mana forming this world . Enigma’s mana kept increasing ceaselessly .

[Kukuku, a human wants to devour my mana?]

“I said focus on me!”

Hwaya shouted . Surprisingly, the flames surrounding her were starting to look transparent .

“I won’t let you even scratch him!”

[Kuk!?]

The Fear King flinched, shocked by Hwaya’s flames . I immediately took action . Thanks to Gaia Buster and the huge whirlpool, the Fear King’s numerous clones were incapable of doing anything . Now, it was the time to attack his main body .

“Elementals, it’s time to party . ”

[Yay!]

[Whoo, it was worth the wait!]

[I’m number 389,873 on the line . Take good care of me!]

[Uu, today isn’t the rollercoaster, right? Right?]

[Why does he keep coming?]

I didn’t approach him, simply standing in place as I pulled my spear back . When the spear blade grew and reached close to 70 meters, countless number of elementals jumped in . The whirlpool enveloping me naturally moved to the spear and started to spin fiercely .

[Uoooooooo!]

[Uaaaaaaaaa!]

[This must be a soul cleansing!]

Sorry, but that’s not it .

[Aah, I’m transforming . ]

[This is Prince-nim’s power, the power to evolve us!]

[I feel like I got taller!]

Enigma’s mana transformed the elementals’ appearance . Of course, I couldn’t see them as my soul didn’t match their wavelengths, but I could at least see that the light they were giving off were growing brighter as they spun around in the whirlpool of Enigma . Since their strength affected the strength of my skills, this was only beneficial for me .

“Hwaya, restrain him!”

“I don’t plan on stopping there!’

After Hwaya’s confident shout, flames shooting out of her hands greedily devoured atmospheric mana while fiercely charging toward the Fear King . Twisted together like a chain, Hwaya’s flames penetrated the Fear King and held him together . At that moment…

[Good, humans . I will let you have a taste of this Fear King’s power . ]

The fear King’s body, which was being restrained by Hwaya’s chain of flames, suddenly split in half like an omelet cut by a knife . From the endless void, a huge eye of fear opened .

If his existence instilled fear into people and his clones brought this fear into reality, his single eye transformed a person’s every bit of fear into a fear worse than death . In a way, it was like a venomous poison, making one take his own life . It evoked all negative experiences one faced throughout his life and engraved them into his mind . In fact, it even twisted and amplified these experiences . Once one rejected his own existence and refused tolerate it, the only thing left for him was death .

I realized that his eye were a type of Evil Eyes .

“Elemental Tempest!”

I shot my spear at it .

[Uoooooo!]

[Too fierce! Too exciting!]

[Uweeeeeek!]

It was truly a sight to behold . Countless number of elementals shone within the whirlpool of Enigma, making the sky resemble a galaxy in a short time . Enigma also acquiesced its light to the elementals and focused solely on strengthening their powers . To be exact, I made it do so .

The storm of elementals struck the Fear King’s eyes .

[KAAAAAAAAAAK!]

A scream containing all fear and despair rang out . I waited for a moment with my spear still stretched out before changing it back to its original appearance . It was after I confirmed his eye being torn apart . I made a sigh of relief .

“Whew, that was dangerous . ”

I was almost devoured . Though Absolute Soul was defending against his mental attacks, his eye had erased Absolute Soul’s existence for a moment . If I didn’t have Evil Eyes of Petrification, I might not have been able to use Elemental Tempest .

[KUOOOAAAA!]

[How could a human…!?]

“Hwaya, are you okay!?”

I immediately checked for Hwaya’s safety . Since I was in such a state, I expected Hwaya to be worse . However, Hwaya wasn’t listening to me .

“You, die! Die!”

Transparent flames were burning all around her . I wondered how flames could be transparent, but since I was seeing them with my own eyes, I couldn’t deny their existence . She shot transparent fireballs at the Fear King’s single eye, which was untraceably torn apart by my Elemental Tempest . The Fear King shouted .

[Accept fear! Accept the despair of reality that waits you! In the end, you will have to face them all!]

His body, which had been of an indeterminate form, suddenly began to grow arms . These tentacle-like arms flew towards Hwaya and attempted to assault her . They carried tainted mana that seemed capable of instilling the same or even greater fear than looking into his eye . Hwaya scorched these arms and shouted fiercely .

“Shin, I’m going to finish him! Protect me!”

“Got it!”

Rather than submitting on fear, Hwaya used it as fuel to her anger and increased the power of her flames . Her Evil Eyes were surely helping, but I was still surprised by her willpower . She seemed to be rivaling even me who had Absolute Soul . Well, it was likely that my skill was affecting her too…

Looking at her flames, I was certain that she had taken a step into the same realm as Enigma . Perhaps, she might come to freely wield Enigma quicker than me!

“I can’t lose now, can I?’

I murmured silently and raised my spear . With just that movement, the subsided whirlpool rose up again . The whirlpool formed by pure mana began to spin fiercely with my will .

The Five Kings were losers who had no choice but to be satisfied standing in equal positions . If I couldn’t overwhelm them, how was I to fight the Demon Lord or the existence that these kings feared so much? How was I to put an end to this futile competition?

I needed my spear to be sharper . I needed it to have absolute power that could pierce through anything .

“… But I’ll let Hwaya do it here . ”

Hwaya wanted this . I wasn’t so immature as to steal her thunder .

I gathered the huge spinning whirlpool into a single point at the tip of my spear . In the next moment, I lightly thrust my spear .

“Now, show me your true appearance!”

[Ku, kuaaaaaa!]

The Fear King’s tentacles that wouldn’t submit to Hwaya’s flames disappeared without trace . Even the Fear King’s body that didn’t make contact with the whirlpool began to slowly disappear from the outside .

“Good, I could incorporate it a bit . ”

I was content knowing that I could mix a bit of the principle behind the strike I made a while ago . Perhaps, it was thanks to Enigma’s help . But in the end, Enigma was also part of my strength . Once I could control all of these freely, I would have nothing to fear .

[Foolish humans, you truly want to face me!? Kuaaaaaaak!]

While my whirlpool annihilated parts of the Fear King’s body, a giant grotesque creature began to appear in the sky . If the emotion known as fear had a living form, this would be it – grotesque, deformed, and repulsive .

But the Fear King, in the end, was a living creature! It wasn’t an emotion that couldn’t be erased!

“You’re a fake . You can never be fear itself!”

Hwaya shouted curtly and raised her hand . On her palm, an immense amount of mana began to coagulate .

“Even if you are, I’ll burn you up just fine!”

She made a fist, then lightly opened it . Though I couldn’t see anything, I knew this was the strongest attack Hwaya could make . The Fear King’s body burned up from invisible flames . He seemed to have found out there was no going back, as he gave up trying to make us afraid and muttered in vain .

[Ku, kuku… In the end, it turned out like he planned…! Transcendental, a new birth, and… Kuk, kukukuk!]

“Don’t blabber on about ominous things and die!”

[This is what I can give you, a true fear…]

With that, the last wisp of his existence burned out .

We had defeated the Fear King .