Chapter 7
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Defeated: 1000/1000
Reward: Titanite shard
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That was definitely not as easy as Issei thought it would be. If it wasn't for his damage reduction and the level damage reduction, he would have been cooked. Not only did they have magic to enhance their bodies to take less damage, but they were able to think of plans somewhat cohesively in beating him. If it wasn't for his brute raw strength being able to one shot each and every single enemy in the area, he wouldn't be alive right now.
How many times did he level up? Only four times. From what Issei had thought is that since he was defeating the same enemy over and over again, the system registered the enemy as not being a threat which required exponentially more experience points from the same enemy to level up.
Now, onto the thing that he wanted to know, what was this titanite? It was quite surprising to only see that as a reward when he had to do a very tedious task to obtain it.
"I wonder... Is this an upgrade material?"
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Titanite shard
Details: A rare and powerful mineral that the very gods used to make their weapons. If sufficient amount is applied to any weapon, that weapon will become more powerful and deadlier.
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Holy shit! He guessed it right!
Opening his menu screen, Issei saw an arrow pointing towards a new icon that had unlocked having a pickaxe and a blueprint as the picture. Clicking on it, Issei was met with his three weapons being there and his armor. Seeing his Great Sword, covered in a blue color in the inventory box, he clicked on it immediately.
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Welcome to the upgrading station
Here, you will be able to upgrade all equipment depending on how many upgrade materials you have
First upgrade will be free
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Upon that message being thrown away, Issei was met with another screen.
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Great Sword --> Great Sword (+1)
Attributes: +10 STR --> +11 STR
Cost: 1 Titanite
Proceed with action: Yes/No
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Clicking on the Yes button immediately, Issei was excited to know that his favorite weapon was already becoming more powerful. Now, he was going to be on the lookout for these materials. Closing his screen, Issei began walking quietly through the hallways.
Once arriving at the end of the hallway, Issei busted the door open to see stairs in front of him. Walking up them, Issei entered a beautiful red room filled with pictures of the outside world. Windows scattered all around in patterns showing the outside world filled with snow. Issei was assuming that he entered the castle... There was a large dining table that was oval shaped that covered the entire middle of the room.
Walking around the table, he found a door that led to the main hallway of the castle. Exploring a little bit, Issei began opening each door... to find nothing. However, that was when he noticed the end of the hallway glowing up with a sapphire blue color. Walking towards the area, Issei walked into the throne room. Sitting in the middle of the room was a king... Being similar to the others in the area with crystalized humanoid structure, the difference was that this king was as large as the golem. Sitting up, the king announced himself.
"Wondering mortal... What purpose do you have here in my castle?"
Staying silent for a second after hearing the chilling tone of the king, Issei responded, "I'm here to roam the castle... To defeat the man in charge."
Standing up to his full behemoth height, Issei came to notice that this king was wielding a sword similar in size to his. "For countless years I have suffered... Will you be the one to show me my light, my guiding moonlight?"
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Warning: Boss battle incoming
Name: Everlasting King
Race: Crystal Golem
Level: 18
HP: 2500/2500
MP: 500/500
STR: 23
AGL: 18
END: 50
INT:20
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They were neck on neck with each other's level... Just that the king had easily more than double his health points. It's one of those moments... isn't it...
The boss will just have way more health points than the player...
Positioning himself properly, Issei noticed that this was the first enemy to have nearly matching speed with him. Without giving the king any seconds, Issei rushed straight towards the king, swinging his massive blade in hopes of colliding with the king... However, it proved null when the king simply side stepped his attempt and back handed Issei with the butt of his blade.
Sending Issei flying back, Issei gripped his blade and used it to stop his momentum. Landing on the ground, Issei was given no time to think as the king was already in front of him. Activating Tank, Issei quickly met with the king's blade and was able to deflect the king away. His raw strength was easily leagues above the kings.
"Shit..." The king still didn't give Issei any seconds to recover as the king came reeling in with his massive sword ready to slice him in half.
Letting go of his sword, Issei ducked. Catching the king off guard with letting his weapon go, Issei slammed his fist straight into the chest of the king, sending the king spiraling straight into the majestic ceiling filled with everlasting blue aura. Shattering the ceiling above, Issei retrieved his weapon and continued being on guard.
His speed and strength exceeded the kings, but his experience was nothing. The king came back down with blade in hand and crashed the blade on top of Issei's. As Issei thought he could do the same thing as before, the king twisted the blade in his favor, sliding off Issei's blade and landing on the ground in front of Issei. Before Issei could react, he felt a huge pain in his stomach...
Looking down, he saw the kings blade piercing straight through his torso.
Coughing out blood, Issei backed away while trying to defend himself from the upcoming onslaught from the king. Each piercing swing was aiming to disarm him, but Issei held strong... Swing after swing, Issei used his massive sword to block the blow...
Trying to maintain distance, the pressure the king was applying was unfathomable. Every step he took back, two steps the king took forward.
He needed an opening... There was nothing that he could do... The king was being... too much.
Closing his eyes... Issei knew that he was going to lose. He didn't know how to fight properly... Here he was thinking that he could win against a king just because his stats exceeded his opponents...
Why... why did he felt so hopeless?
Why did it anger him?
Opening his eyes, he looked into the soulless eyes of the king. He wasn't going to admit defeat... No... He couldn't...
"Would you die for me?"
Ah... No wonder... He felt so hopeless, and the anger was building in him...
He already felt like this before... No... Never again will he feel this...
*STAB*
The king had stabbed him again, but this time in the stomach while Issei was deep in thought trying to defend himself. That was when Issei had enough... Using pure brute strength, when the king swung again recklessly, Issei swung his blade from side to side, parrying the king's sword and catching him off guard.
"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!" Issei, with pure anger boiling within him, swung the blade as fast as he could, meeting with the king's blade.
What neither the king nor Issei knew was that the strength difference of a couple points was already enough to pale the other opponent's strength...
*SHATTER*
Issei destroyed the king's blade with pure strength and continued trajectory. Piercing straight through the right arm of the king with his strength, Issei slammed the end of his blade straight onto the right lag of the king. Destroying the entire flooring, causing a huge quake to occur, shaking the entire castle, Issei watched as the right leg of the king shattered upon the huge blow.
If he was going to win...
He would force himself to win.
The king backed away, but Issei appeared right in front of him. The king was able to form another sword and swing with Issei, missing Issei's blade and stabbing him again. The king was expecting for Issei to reel back in pain, but he was met with an angered roar before Issei collided his blade right into the body of the king. Cracking the entire armor that the king was wearing, Issei watched as the king backed away more.
"If strength is all you want! Then I will give you strength you won't be able to handle!" The king formed a massive, colossal hammer that easily dwarfed Issei. However, that didn't make Issei falter one bit.
Rushing straight at the king, Issei leaped straight into the air, with all his might and anger, Issei spun in the air with his Great Sword in hand and, upon contacting the hammer with his Great Sword, Issei shattered the hammer and sliced straight through and right onto the king. The blow from Issei's attack shattered the king immediately...
Breaking the flooring again and causing for the floor to collapse leading him into the floor beneath, Issei watched as he calmed down...
Maybe pure strength is all that he needed.
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New Skill Unlocked: Lion's Claw
Level 1
Details: The skill allows for the user to have ultra hyper armor to pierce straight through nearly all attacks depending on how much more strength the user has compared to the opponent. Will allow for the blow, upon contact, to deal 35% more damage.
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Well, he learned a new skill that suits his way of fighting...
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Quest Completed: Defeat the Dungeon of the Kings
Reward: Choice of changing race to Iron Golem
Level Up x 2
Details: After defeating so many little, medium, and even king-sized golems, you will be given the option to change to the same race, but in the iron pathway.
Benefits: Every endurance point will now give 100 HP rather than 50 HP. Strength will increase by 1.5 for every level up rather than 1 plus from now on an additional 10% passive damage reduction.
Drawbacks: Every Intelligence point will now give 10 MP rather than 25 MP. Agility will only grow by .5 each level up rather than 1 from now on.
Will you proceed with this change: Yes/No
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Seeing the benefits, Issei knew that this was working with his current build. Clicking on yes, Issei met with his body beginning to morph. Growing, his muscles began growing more while his shirt ripped apart. His jeans that he wore began ripping from the bottom to the point where he saw his jeans turn into shorts. Standing at a staggering six-in-a-half feet tall, Issei looked towards his new stats.
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Name: Issei Hyoudou
Race: Iron Golem
Level: 20
HP: 265/2900
MP: 120/220
STR: 29 (+11)
AGL: 25 (-2)
END: 26 (+3)
INT: 22
Bonus: 20% Damage Reduction
Skills: Tank
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Issei felt... so much stronger now. He felt like a monster now... He was feeling so... monstrous that it made him feel so good. Smirking deviously, he felt like he could take her on...