Boundless Necromancer

Chapter 166: Great Tree Labyrinth (5) ————-«

Sorcery is not fit for battles.

It can’t destroy the grounds nor part the seas.

Even magic, categorized similarly to sorcery, is more developed towards academics.

Thus produced more attack based techniques compared to sorcery.

But sorcery had nothing.

Shakya Bevi, born of the slums from India acquired the unique attribute of [Favor of Sorcery] right after becoming a hunter…….

But no one recognized her talent.

Or rather, there was no way for them to know it.

However, Shakya managed to become a top ranked hunter with just sorcery alone.

After all,

She was a genius.

With [Favor of Sorcery], she quickly learned the advantages of sorcery.

‘Sorcery uses a medium to exert a powerful ability.’

The only downside was that sorcery couldn’t do much without a medium…….

But on the other hand, as long as a medium existed, it could exert a very powerful force.

That was sorcery.

So she was confident that she’d win this battle.

「Cigarette Containing the Clouds of Thunder God」

「Rank : A+」

「Number of Uses : [11/11]」

「A cigarette containing a part of clouds created by the thunder god.」

「it’s comprised of a total of 11 items and appropriate to be used as a medium to hold mana.」

「When the cigarette is lit, half of total mana will be consumed to accumulate in a different cigarette.」

「when smoking the cigarette with accumulated mana, the expelled mana will increase in strength by 1.8%.」

This was an item Shakya got as a reward for clearing the 15th floor.

The total of 11 cigarettes can be used by using up 10 of the items……..

To accumulate all the mana into the last single cigarette.

It was the most fitting item for sorcerers…….

‘It feels a bit wasteful, but this much should guarantee the death of Han Sungyeun.’

Thus confirmed the confidence of Shakya Devi of achieving victory.

「Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > has invaded a portion of a real space.」

The sorcery area was one of the ultimate moves of Shakya.

At the cost of using an A+ ranked item and overwhelming amount of mana, death of the opponent would be certain.

After all…….

「Sorcery Output of Shakya Devi within Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > increases by 400%.」

「Defense of Shakya Devi within Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > increases by 400%.」

「Senses of Shakya Devi within Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > increases by 400%.」

Shakya Devi’s stats would increase exponentially within this < Fog Dimension >.

Of course, this would be unbeknownst to the opponent.

Since this sorcery area had been designed like that.

‘I’ll finish this before he finds out.’

Shakya resisted the sense of omnipotence and broke off the bracelet on her wrist.

Snap.

「Requirements met.」

「Activating the exclusive effect ‘Peg of Curse’ of Bracelet of Disastrous Luck(B+).」

The exclusive effect of the bracelet was activated through the destruction of the bracelet and…….

「Activating the power ‘Spell Enhancement’.」

「The exclusive effect ‘Peg of Curse’ of Bracelet of Disastrous Luck(B+) is reinforced into ‘Peg of Devil’.」

And after reinforcing it with sorcery spells…….

「Activating the power ‘Sorcery of Detection’.」

「All sorcery will detect and follow challenger Han SungYeun until it meets its target.」

Tracking feature was sprinkled on top to prevent escape.

The single strike enhanced with 400% sorcery output with the buff of < Fog Dimension > was…….

Rumble……!

Hovering mid air formed into a black peg, to quickly shot out towards its target.

But…….

Slash─!

“Huh?”

The black peg got cleanly sliced in half before it could reach him.

As if the single attack that Shakya invested everything in was nothing of importance.

“What on earth……!?”

Shakya was distressed at that, but it didn’t last long.

Fwoosh!

A golden tornado surrounded Han Sungyeun to create a halo behind him.

[ You can’t even block Mind’s Blade……? ]

And…….

[ You will kill me? Where did your confidence even come from? ]

In that brief moment, Shakya felt a flash of reverence and despair.

“No way…….”

The golden halo behind his back was not the end.

“That can’t be human……”

Level of spirit.

The quality of the soul itself was different.

Just from sight alone was blinding the mind, and despair of natural disasters washed over.

‘That’s almost like…….’

This situation was far beyond what she could handle.

‘An actual god……?!’

This was almost like a small mantis attempting to defeat a storm.

‘N, no. That’s impossible. I can’t win against that…. I have to run…….’

She finally accepted her fear to attempt an escape, but…….

[ We both want to get this over with……. ]

It was too late.

[ So let’s end it, shall we? ]

「Using divine power < Death >.」

Slash─!

Shakya Devi’s sight darkened in blood red.

»————- ★ ————-«

「You have absorbed the soul of challenger ‘Shakya Devi’.」

「 Proficiency increased by 7%」

The battle with Shakya ended with no complication.

「Time over」

「Deactivating the divine power ‘State of Divinity’.」

I thought that she was a strong opponent with that title of Great Sorcerer…….

But the one hit that she attempted to use every power she had, was too weak and lousy.

‘It broke with just Mind’s Blade, so its strength was far below my expectations.’

At this rate, one thing was for sure.

“So I must be the strongest within the Earth dimension then…….”

This was not ego.

Just a simple truth with slightly bitter aftertaste.

The truth that I was the strongest on Earth gave me discomfort rather than joy.

I briefly thought that Kim Seunghoon or Oh Choonsuk might be different…… but I shook my head.

‘I doubt it.’

Kim Seunghoon was strong.

He had a history as the top ranking hunter from Korea…….

And had a violent one hit one kill fighting technique using lightning.

But that was the extent of it.

I wasn’t sure of how strong he got, but unless he also got divine powers, he could not be at my level.

And that was the same for Oh Choonsuk as well.

He had enough potential to reach a similar level as David Taylor…….

But even David Taylor was just an average challenger despite his fame of being an excellent magician.

Even if he managed to achieve great powers, without divine powers, there would be a boundary that he couldn’t surpass.

Of course, it’d be a different story if he was selected as a candidate by the tower, but that seemed unlikely as well.

After all…….

‘It’s difficult to get selected as a candidate in the first place, and Earth has no divine entities either.’

To be specific, I was getting close to becoming a divine entity, but…….

I was not a complete divine being just yet nor could I share divine powers to other disciples.

“The Earth dimension will be lacking compared to others.”

In a fight without divine powers, Earth dimensions would prove to be a worthy opponent.

After all, they were excellent at navigating through skills and powers within the system in the first place.

However, dimensions like Ares and even Murim that’s pretty closed off, used divine powers.

Unless they could use divine powers, they’d hit their limit soon.

“…….”

I was slightly concerned for the future of Earth, but I shook off that thought.

I was in no position to be worrying about others.

‘I could get killed by a god tomorrow so who am I to be worrying about others…….?’

Climbing the tower has always been a choice to make.

Even if you can’t continue climbing due to being limited by divine powers, other paths still existed.어차피 탑을 오르는 것은 선택지일 뿐이다.

‘You could get chosen by gods of different dimensions or become a candidate. There’s always ways.’

The ones who are destined to continue their ascent will create their own path, so there was no need to worry.

「Permanently increasing your stats using the souls in captivity. 」

「Strength increased by 14.」

「Agility increased by 10.」

「Stamina increased by 11.」

「Mana increased by 9.」

「Tenacity increased by 7.」

I absorbed all the souls in my possession first.

After combining the souls of the Heavenly Demon Cheon Yoosul and challenger Shakya Devi, my stats increased drastically.

‘I guess no new skills…….’

There were no skills to be extracted from the souls but it didn’t disappoint me too much.

Skills that Shakya had wouldn’t do much for me in the first place…….

And none of the skills that the Heavenly Demon Cheon Yoosul had attracted me enough.

Then a message appeared in the corner of my eyes.

「The Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > is shutting down due to the death of the user.」

……I should first recover Shakya’s items before this < Fog Dimension > shuts down completely.

‘Items within this sorcery area could disappear just like when the Magic Area shuts down.’

Just in case items would disappear along the area, I analyzed all the items that Shakya Devi had.

And…….

‘Now these are interesting.’

Managed to find a few items that seemed useful.

「Sorcery Assisting Bracelet」

「Rank : A+」

「Sorcery Output +57%」

「Sorcery Output Speed +67%」

「An assistive bracelet created by Shakya Devi, the strongest sorcerer of Earth dimension.」

「It has excellent durability from being created by a special power and ability to buff sorcery output which is highly priced by all sorcerers.」

「Marble that Consumes Despair」

「Rank : A+」

「A marble crafted by a certain demon by imbuing a mana sensitive ore with a vengeful spirit.」

「When in contact with uncleanliness, its exclusive effect ‘Consumption of Demonic Energy’ is activated.」

「Negative emotions are absorbed to enhance wrongful abilities.」

「The more negative energy it absorbs, the stronger its durability gets.」

Sorcery Assisting Bracelet and Marble that Consumes Despair.

Both of these items were one of the highest ranked items that Shakya had.

‘I didn’t expect her to create an item herself…….’

Well, it’s not like it was uncommon practice.

I had no talent nor found joy in crafting items…….

But those with good aptitude for it crafted and used items themselves.

She most likely created her own item since she used an uncommon ability called sorcery.

But it meant that it was useless to me since I didn’t use sorcery.

“I guess it can’t be helped.”

The conclusion was that this item had absolutely no use for me and it was just an item with excellent durability.

So…….

Slash!

「The Sky Breaking Sword managed to break what’s difficult to break to rank up to S-(3,817/25,000).」

Useless items were excellent sacrifices for the sky breaking sword.

「Activating the exclusive effect ‘Tribute’ of the item ‘Seal of Tribute (SS-)’.」

「You can choose to make an offering among the [Talent], [Ability], [Treasure] that you possess.」

I was planning on exchanging miscellaneous items into divine powers.

「You’ve selected [Treasure] as an offering to god.」

「Select a [Treasure] to offer.」

It would’ve done nothing for Steel Eat, so it was more efficient to use it to increase divine powers.

「You’ve received 11 offerings from yourself.」

「Converting the items into divinity to accumulate in the heart.」

And…….

「Power ‘Divinity(B+)’is ranking up to ‘Divinity(A-)’.」

The power divinity finally leveled up to increase the amount of divine powers within the heart.

「Power ‘Divinity(A-)’ can now enhance powers.」

It was said back when my divinity increased into a B+ rank that conviction and faith would be affected…….

‘So now even powers can be enhanced by divinity?’

With it ranked up, even powers could be enhanced using divinity now.

「Strongly activating the power ‘Calm’.」

So I used it to test it out, and its effects were immediate.

“…….”

My mind was instantaneously silenced to increase my concentration.

It felt as if I would never be affected by mind attacking skills and my emotions no longer controlled me.

With Calm enhanced as such, I was looking forward to just how much my other powers will grow.

‘No wonder it took so long for divinity to reach A-’

Having such a cheat-like skill was the reason why the power ranked up so slowly.

「Activating True Blood Demon Sword(A-)’s exclusive skill ‘Blood Eat’.」

「Item’s rank raises to A+ (8,917/9,200) from absorbing challenger ‘Shakya Devi’s blood.」

After using blood eat with blood demon sword, a change occurred in space.

「Sorcery Area < Fog Dimension > is completely shutting down.」

Rumble─!

After wrapping up the power enhancements, the fog filled space shook violently…….

And all the remains of battle within the fog dimension disappeared to return back to the real space.

“I guess I’ll leave now…….”

I was held back with an unexpected fight, but it didn’t disturb my schedule that much.

I continued on to meet up with the rest of my team.

Tap!

Maps were not needed to lead me to the destination.

After all…….

‘She told me to meet up at the place near the Great Tree Labyrinth.’

I looked at the overwhelming size of the great tree and smiled.

‘How exciting.’

How far can I go with every ability locked?

That question sent butterflies in my stomach.

And…….

「You’ve entered the labyrinth participation area」

「Team is formed after entering the invite code.」

「The team can enter the Great Tree Labyrinth with a total number of 4 members.」

This question of mine will soon be answered.

[To be continued.]