Pick Me Up!

Chapter 226: Mission Type: Complex (6) (1)

The enemies appeared relentlessly.

There wasn’t a trace of rationality left in those who were once human.

The soldiers, repeating screams and groans, surged towards the statue of the goddess like a tide.

“Five on the left!”

Sssk.

Bifrost’s blade cut through both steel and flesh alike.

It sliced through everything it touched.

Not being able to see was an absolute handicap.

Yet, even in the pitch-black darkness, I could clearly see the ones charging at me.

Ridigion had said it.

If you stack countless drills and real combat, eventually, you’ll see what you couldn’t see before.

‘Ridiculous.’

It seems I’ve completely transcended human limits.

My brain was converting sounds and smells into visuals and projecting them onto my retina.

This wasn’t a skill.

It was simply the result of accumulated training and experience.

Of course, I couldn’t fully exhibit my combat power as usual.

The same went for the other members.

However, they didn’t retreat even an inch while fighting the enemies.

[The Right Eye Devouring the Earth]

My senses tangled again.

As the darkness lifted before my eyes,

There were countless corpses scattered across the sandy floor of the arena.

“……”

Kishasha, who had been fighting Kiadni, turned to look at me and whispered something.

Only her lips moved, no sound was heard.

‘Let’s go.’

It seemed Kishasha couldn’t see either.

I swapped places with Kishasha.

‘Now it’s me and Velkist.’

Both were types who mixed strength and technique appropriately.

The balance wasn’t bad.

‘Your arm doesn’t seem to be in good condition.’

I read Velkist’s lip movements.

Beyond that, a bleeding Beast King was charging with a clenched fist.

‘I’ll go forward.’

A soundless world.

Velkist’s sword and the Beast King’s fist clashed once more.

I ducked low as if to crawl, and sprang forward, aiming at his gaps.

[The Holy Power of the Statue of the Goddess rises to 62%!]

[The Blessing of Radiance is granted!]

[Buff applies to the entire deep chaos zone!]

[Buff applied – All stats of heroes increase by 10%]

The Holy Power rose again.

[Monster Wave!]

[Round 7.]

[Corrupted Human Soldier Lv.53] X 53

[Corrupted Human Knight Lv.61] X 11

The number of enemies increased with time, but they all turned into corpses and lay on the ground.

‘A boss fight where we can’t use skills and engravings.’

This mission was testing the heroes.

Whether they had neglected their body and weapon masteries by relying only on skills and engravings.

Moreover, it was testing if they could match the synergy with their party members under periodic sensory restrictions. Naturally, I was confident in this aspect.

By the time several cycles had passed,

[The Holy Power of the Statue of the Goddess rises to 82%!]

[The Blessing of Radiance is enhanced!]

[Buff applies to the entire deep chaos zone!]

[Buff applied – All stats of heroes increase by 20%]

Finally, the Holy Power surpassed 80%.

“Hahaha! Magnificent!”

The scarred Beast King laughed loudly as he looked at us.

His disheveled hair was wild, and his steel-like muscles were marked with wounds.

In contrast, we had some minor injuries, but they weren’t severe.

‘What tremendous recovery power.’

I shook my right hand.

It had broken when I wrongly blocked Kiadni’s punch, but after drinking a potion and waiting, it was reattached.

Now, I felt no pain at all.

‘Have I really transcended human limits?’

Even without the influence of the Black Dragon Blood, it was like this.

I gripped the sword with my right hand again.

“Is that all? This fight is getting boring.”

Velkist jeered at the Beast King.

Kiadni clenched his fist and stepped forward.

“I was thinking the same! Left eye or right hand, such petty tricks are boring, aren’t they?”

“I’m tired of listening to your whining. Even your talk of liberation is nonsense!”

“Shut up!”

Bang!

Kiadni thrust his fist into the air.

An invisible shockwave surged, and the saintess who had appeared moved aside.

Kiadni looked back at the prince sitting behind.

“Prince! I’ll do it my way now. Don’t interfere!”

「Liane, release the magical eye.」

The prince’s lips moved.

「Let him fight as he wishes.」

The saintess hesitated for a moment, then waved her hand.

The pair of eyes burning in the arena’s sky disappeared.

Only then did the strange aura swirling around my body vanish, and my senses returned.

“Why are they fighting among themselves?”

Jenna whispered in my ear.

“How would I know? It’s good for us, though.”

I chuckled.

[Monster Wave!]

[Round 8.]

[Corrupted Human Soldier Lv.53] X 75

[Corrupted Human Knight Lv.61] X 13

Vrrmm.

The black dimensional gate on the wall shook, and soldiers and knights sprang out.

The eighth monster wave had begun.

‘The eyes have been released…’

I looked at my left arm.

Crackle. A streak of dark red lightning jumped up.

The Black Dragon Blood was back.

“Graaaah!”

A soldier, his eyes shining, rushed at me.

“Get out of the way, grunts!”

Ahead of the soldiers, the Beast King moved like lightning.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of shockwaves and explosions like dynamite bursting out followed.

Shortly, red remnants that looked like human flesh rained down all over the arena.

Liane glanced at Kiadni and turned away.

Soon, the saintess’s body was engulfed in darkness and scattered.

「…….」

Afterwards, the prince sitting on the throne also disappeared.

Left in the arena was the Beast King, massacring soldiers indiscriminately.

Boom!

He crushed the black knights emerging from the dimensional gate.

[The Holy Power of the Statue of the Goddess has reached 90%!]

[The Blessing of Radiance is enhanced!]

[The permanent debuff in the deep chaos zone has been lifted!]

[Buff applied – All stats of heroes increase by 25%]

Sizzle.

The Beast King’s muscles expanded to their limits, twitched.

Hot steam rose from his skin.

“Hero? Monster? Mission? What a joke all this is!”

“……”

“I just want to fight without regrets until the end!”

Rip!

The Beast King tore apart the last remaining soldier and looked at us.

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