Chapter 129: The Final War ① ⚪︎
I’ve written this in various places, but just in case, I’ll post it again here.
Regarding Chapters 126 and 127, which received various comments, I have significantly changed their content. If you haven’t read them yet, I would appreciate it if you could read those first.
Also, I’ve left the pre-change versions in my activity report, so please feel free to compare them if you’re interested.
From Momopapa
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Of the Clones that overflowed from the black vortex created by Vritra, the Evil God, the first one that emerged leaped towards me.
“Slow & Heavy!”
I cast the Tier 4 Space-Time Magic “Slow” and the Tier 4 Gravity Magic “Heavy” on the Clone simultaneously.
Just as the Clone’s movements abruptly slowed, Jabberwock slammed into it from the side. Jabberwock’s Attack Power is 3300. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to deal damage, but taking a full-force body blow from Jabberwock, who was not inferior in size, sent the Clone tumbling sideways.
“Thanks! This’ll finish it! Thunder, the Annihilator!”
My Magic Attack Power is 3969. The Clone’s Magic Defense Power is 4444. Numerically, it’s quite tough, but the spell I unleashed was Tier 0 Lightning Magic. In terms of power, it’s undoubtedly the strongest. For some reason, the Clone doesn’t possess Lightning Resistance. If this doesn’t deal damage, it’s probably over for me.
ZUGAAAAAN!
The lightning Tiger I created lunged at the Clone Jabberwock had knocked over. The blast wave blew back the Clones coming from behind, but what happened to the one that took the direct hit?
When the dust cleared, the Clone that appeared wasn’t dead, but it was charred black, its torso nearly torn off, twitching and writhing. Nice! It seems my “Giant Killing” title did some good work here!
“Just a little more!”
Feeling the response, I created another lightning Tiger and sent it charging. Thanks to the other Clones being blown away, the second lightning Tiger struck the dying Clone directly.
(Alright! My level went up!)
As expected of a Level 200 Clone. Defeating just one raised my level by 30 all at once, bringing me to Level 150. My Magic Attack Power also broke 4000, reaching 4146. Now I can defeat these Clones in one hit!
I thanked Jabberwock via Telepathy and had him fall back. Glancing at Vritra, his body was glowing green, and a mass of black light was descending from above his head. That must be the Majin’s soul. I need to somehow raise my level to 200 before that thing possesses Elixia. After that, I’ll have to win about three gambles, but this should be the only thing I can do right now.
I continuously created lightning Tigers, defeating the Clones one after another. The level gains gradually slowed, but I somehow managed to reach Level 200 before the Majin appeared.
Race: Neo-Human
Name: Mist
Rank: SSS
Level: 200 (Evolvable)
HP: 3903/3903
MP: 4556/4556
Attack Power: 4252
Defense Power: 4188
Magic Attack Power: 4896
Magic Defense Power: 4871
Agility: 4022
Skills:
Special Evolution
Language Comprehension
Chant Revocation
Darkvision
Telepathy
Miniaturization
Item Box Lv30
Appraisal Lv30
Status Concealment Lv30
Thought Acceleration Lv30
Life Detection Lv30
Magic Detection Lv30
Hostility Detection Lv30
Danger Detection Lv30
Presence Concealment Lv30
Magic Concealment Lv30
Auto HP Recovery Lv30
Mana Auto-Recovery Lv30
Bewitchment Lv30
Paralyzing Evil Eye Lv30
Swordsmanship Lv17
Light, the Revealer
Fire Magic Lv19
All-Encompassing Water
Wind, the Carver
Earth Total Annihilation
Thunder, the Annihilator
Holy, the Healer
Barrier, the Protector
Space-Time, the Controller
Gravity, the Sealer
Potent Poison Generation Lv30
Paralytic Poison Generation Lv30
Sleep Poison Generation Lv30
Confusion Poison Generation Lv30
Pain Resistance Lv30
Potent Poison Resistance Lv30
Paralysis Resistance Lv30
Sleep Resistance Lv30
Confusion Resistance Lv30
Bewitchment Resistance Lv30
Holy Nullification
Dark Nullification
Light Nullification
Fire Resistance Lv19
Water Nullification
Wind Nullification
Earth Nullification
Lightning Nullification
Miasma Lv30
Harden Lv30
Lightning Cloak Lv30
Titles:
Reincarnator
Skill Collector
Evolver
Giant Killing
Assassin
Kin Slayer
Favored One
Ancient Race
(Alright! I won the first gamble!)
Having reached Level 200, I looked at my status and couldn’t help but make a small fist pump. Yes, the shining words “Evolvable” next to my level.
There’s no way I can beat Vritra like this, but what if I could evolve? I didn’t know if there was anything above Neo-Human, or if 200 was the level cap, but it seems my prediction turned out well.
Now, the question is how to buy time for evolution…
“Full power Barrier!”
With my level up, my Magic Defense Power now exceeded the Clones’ Attack Power. This means a full-power Barrier should be able to buy me some time, even if just for a little while.
I erected a hemispherical Barrier enclosing myself. Then, I crouched down on the spot and began to evolve. Whether this evolution succeeds is the second gamble.
□ Please select an evolution path.
・Fire God
・Water God
・Thunder God
・Earth God
・Wind God
There were five evolution paths. But I didn’t have time to look at the details. Against Vritra’s divine raiment, most elements are almost completely nullified, but unlike me, for some reason, only the Lightning element had Resistance Lv30 instead of nullification.
Perhaps because Vritra was originally a Water element, he couldn’t nullify his weakness, the Lightning element.
In that case, is Thunder God the only option?
Just as I thought that and was about to choose Thunder God, my hand suddenly stopped. It might have been pure coincidence, but I remembered the incident that led to me becoming Moss.
(Surely, it doesn’t scroll, right?)
Although I was in a desperate situation, I pushed my Thought Acceleration to its limits and, just in case, focused my attention below Wind God.
□ Please select an evolution path.
・God of Time and Space
(It scrolls?!)
My trusty Special Evolution, which had never betrayed me before, decided to bare its fangs now?!
However, who would have thought that experience back then would come in handy here! I learn too, you know! …Well, sometimes.
I never thought that experience would be useful in such a life-or-death situation. At this point, I have no choice but to admit it. That goddess foresaw even this!
Jokes aside, this God of Time and Space definitely seems the strongest. Confirming that it didn’t scroll any further, I selected God of Time and Space.
(Please, Barrier, hold!)
As the Clones relentlessly banged Clang! Clang! against the Barrier, I was enveloped in light within it.