99 The Final Chapter
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[A legendary knight has been born.]
[Every knight in the world will look up and praise her.]
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[You have discovered a strong person of this era.]
Looking at Lexus that he has just looked down on, Astaroth was greatly astonished. It was because he knew the identity of the man with a purple-red aura.
'Hero King!'
The legend of Sword Saint and Hero King Muller having sealed several great demons was famous and he was one of those great demons. The Hero King and Sword Saint Muller, Legendary Blacksmith Pagma, Demon Slayer Alex, and Rebecca's daughters were the greatest enemies for the great demons.
'Even if he used to be a Sword Saint, he's not at Muller's level so I'm confident in beating him but to think that he's also the Hero King...'
Astaroth became displeased and frustrated about this. In that moment, Lexus's attention was focused on a single thing. Hundreds of sword energies with intenseness that evaporated the water moisture in the surroundings, poured down from the sky and quickly gathered in Lexus's sword.
'I don't even need a second or a minute. A single moment is more than enough!'
Astaroth's irritated expression suddenly stiffened.
"This power!"
Astaroth could feel it instinctively. The human in front is also the 'nemesis' of the great demons.
Demon Slayer. An existence that could destroy hell. Unlike Muller who defeated the great demons that descended to earth, the Demon Slayer in the past came to hell and hunted Great Demons. The being that devastated hell.
"Legendary Blacksmith Pagma and Undefeated King Madra, Legendary Great Magician Braham, Sword Saint, Demon Slayer and even all the legends of the past on the same being?"
Unlike earlier, Astaroth now took Lexus seriously so he immediately used the foresight which allows him to gather information for his favor, befitting a great demon. Thanks to this— from the viewpoint of a great demon...
'This is the worst scenario!'
The legends that could threaten the great demons— the frequency who reached this high level was historically low. It was normally one person per era. Yet on this day, a single human with the strength of all of the nine legends emerged.
As Astaroth was feeling fear towards Lexus, the sword struck him with Lexus inflating the muscles of his right arm that was holding the sword.
Sixth form, World Rupture.
The air around the area sank heavily. It was as if he alone existed in the world. He showed an overwhelming presence and focused the attention of those around him to himself.
Suddenly, the clear blue sky immediately turned into night along with a loud roar. It was the aftermath of a huge shadow covering the sky and the ground.
' Dr…! A…! …Gon!? '
A transcendent species- an absolute creature that the setting in Satisfy said 'it is designed to be impossible to hunt'. It was absurd for it to even appear.
The sword energy with supreme power stretched out vertically. The powerful blow from the young Undefeated King fearlessly facing a weakened great demon cut through all the space of heavens and earth as it struck the great demon's body.
The stupefied expression of the great demon immediately twisted in scream of agony.
[Critical!]
[You have dealt a critical blow.]
[The title effect of 'One Who Met the Martial God' has increased the critical hit damage.]
[Ultimate Martial Art has been triggered!]
Lexus's ultimate move caused Astaroth to fall into a stunned state. However, Lexus's ultimate move didn't end there.
[...!]
[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Your powerful sword has split the world!]
[It is a remarkable achievement!]
[The title 'World Splitter' has been earned as a reward for the achievement!]
Paaaat!
At that moment. The strike penetrated Astaroth and headed outside the earth, mountain, sea, and sky. All things that existed in the path of the sword energy were split in half.
The sky was turbulent. The atmospheric fluctuations spread like a storm and the upper clouds sank. The rapidly blowing lower clouds were as big as the illusion of the black dragon that appeared and disappeared a while ago.
Lexus has just shown everyone in the empire what it means to be the strongest.
[The legend of the distant past, 'the Sword Saint' has been reproduced. Undefeated King Lexus has cut the world!]
[The strongest swordsmanship is fighting against the world.]
[The earth's gods have used their power. Everything split in half is restored.]
This phrase appeared in front of all players connected to Satisfy.
Kurururu!
The group shook for a while and all players on the continent doubted the reality.
"The world..."
"It split apart?"
The strongest legendary class, Sword Saint. In the first place, World Rupture is a swordsmanship designed to kill a million enemies and cut everything in its path.
Suddenly its trajectory twisted. It resembled a windmill. It rotated, targeted the area, and started to devastate it.
A swordsmanship designed to kill a million enemies and cut everything that stands in its way—there was no way that the sword trajectory could be limited to one. The number of sword trajectories made by World Rupture was almost infinite.
[Sixth Form: World Rupture]
[A sword strike with the greatest momentum that recreates the power of the raging dragons and can cut the world itself. Deliver the strongest attack by cutting all enemies that exist in the path.
* A strike of a deadly sword to execute the enemy and reap many lives that deals 1,000,000% physical attack and magic power.
* If the target's status is low, then there is a 99% chance of instantly killing the target and an additional 0.1% chance of absolute death when hit by the attack regardless of the status.
* If the target is not killed instantly, the target will be unable to recover, all stats are reduced by 20%, all speeds are reduced by 50% and all skills are sealed for 30 seconds.
* If the designated target is a god, dragon or great demon, their combat-related abilities will decrease.
* If you hit the target within 30 seconds, an unconditional critical hit will be applied! The critical damage applied will be 10 times higher.
★ You will gain the attention of the dragons, gods and great demons when using this skill.
Skill Resource Consumption: 50% of the maximum mana, 50% of the maximum sword energy.
Skill Cooldown Time: 5 hours.]
Undefeated King's Swordsmanship had six standard forms in total, with the first form said to be the foundation for all the other forms.
With World Rupture being the strongest in all of the forms. The last style was based on the sword dance 'Dragon - Nevartan', the one million army swordsmanship from the Undefeated King's Swordsmanship and the ultimate skill of the Sword Saint, the Space Sword from the Matchless Swordsmanship.
Although the swordsmanship only had six forms, it was actually very scary. Then, what made it scary? It was the effect that increases the damage dealt to the next enemy if a target dies!
Let's say the World Rupture for example. The strongest attack skill that can cut the world. If the skill had one million percent attack damage, it was increased by 100% by killing a target in its path, the damage dealt to the next target will rise to another million.
Then it will rise again by 100% after killing the target. What if the skill killed millions in its path? How much damage do you think will increase?
What is this?
Wasn't this above Muller?
A myth, myth, myth...
With the myth rated swordsmanship, Lexus exceeded a legend at this moment.
[You have succeeded in sealing the weakened great demon, Astaroth.]
[1st place raid compensation is acquired.]
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[Martial God Zeratul has descended.]
[Zeratul has denied the martial arts you have accumulated.]
[Your armed might has become insignificant. All stats, including character level, skills level, and magic level will be reduced by 50%.]
[You have resisted.]
[All passive skills and combat-related title functions are sealed.]
[You have resisted.]
[The power of all active skills and magic will be reduced by 50%.]
[You have resisted.]
[Martial God Zeratul has established a temporary sanctuary. The freedom of most beings, except the followers of the martial god, are oppressed.]
[You have resisted.]
The martial god—if discussing the absolutes, this was naturally the first being to be considered. There was a powerful echo in Zeratul's name.
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"You want to fight me human, when you're not even a half god?"
Zeratul refers to the race that transcends humanity and approaches being a god.
"Sorry to disappoint you old man, I'm not interested to become a half god nor I desire to be a god like you."
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"A half-god is better than a transcendent but a transcendent's potential is greater."
A half-god was the springboard to becoming a god. If the first class advancement was a half-god then the second class advancement was a god. Yet the potential of a transcendent was better than a half-god?
"It is because it is a transcendent, not a god, that can kill a god."
Gods were close to a concept. They existed in worship and didn't disappear unless forgotten. It was safe to say that there was no physical way to kill them or a god couldn't be killed by physical means. Though this didn't mean that they were invincible.
[You are the first human to permanently kill a god.]
[The title, 'God Killer' has been obtained.]
God Killer—one of the final evolutionary forms of a transcendent. At this moment, Lexus made an accomplishment that wasn't lacking compared to the gods.
A world that had been repeated infinitely for eternity—throughout all those times and worlds, like Hayate, who was the only person who killed a dragon by himself, Lexus became the only person who permanently killed a god.
[God Killer]
[You are the 'absolute' being who killed a god.
Your transcendence will reach the maximum and all attack power is doubled.]
Absolute status is an extremely high status that goes beyond the status of Transcendence. It can be gained by accumulating Transcendence to the max level. Concepts that symbolize the person will come together to create the Absolute status. Of course, depending on what unique concepts symbolize the person, different abilities suitable for those concepts will be gained.
Though it is above Transcendence, one can also gain the status without reaching its max level. Killing Gods or Dragons can be enough to immediately elevate one to an Absolute. One would gain the additional concepts of Dragon Slayer or God Killer from such feats.
However, there's only one Dragon Slayer in history and that was the dragon killer - Dragon Slayer Hayate but also, there's no God Killer that appeared before.
Normally, only fellow gods or dragons can kill a god. If a god would kill another god, it would only result in the defeated god to weaken but, resurrection is still possible. That's why gods didn't fear death.
However it was different if they were killed by a mortal transcendent. It was because, the death in a transcendent's hand would result in their permanent death and creating the birth of the absolute— god killer.
Of course, the gods never considered the possibility that this was possible. It was because transcendent beings are weaker and lesser beings than them. Especially, no human could ever threaten even the weakest of the gods. Not even the legends whose capabilities are the best of humans.
However, their common sense was shattered at this moment. It was because, Martial God Zeratul has been slain in the grasp of a human transcendent— the new born God Killer.
[A fragment of the Absolute has started to vaguely appear...]
[...!]
[...!!]
Flash! Just then, a brilliant light rose from Lexus. Rumble! As evidence of the Lexus's great achievements and accumulated status, a tremendous amount of energy rippled through the surrounding from his exuviation process. The surroundings could not withstand the shockwave, causing the ground to collapse.
"What is this…!"
The people who watched the battle between Lexus and Zeratul looked at Lexus with astonished expressions. As Lexus's formidable aura expanded in all directions, it covered the entire West Continent and threatened to envelop the entire world.
[Your status is so high that it is difficult to put you in the category of transcendents. To you, transcendents are nothing more than beings under your feet.]
[You have punished an arrogant god while you have saved countless lives and preserved human dignity.]
[Your legends are becoming stronger.]
[Exuviation is progressing quickly. 12,13… 16%…]
Then, the legends Lexus has achieved are projected in everyone's mind. The fragments of the Absolute gathered.
[The Legend of the White Reaper.]
The first scene that appeared was when he destroyed more than 100,000 players after he obtained his first two legendary classes. Strictly speaking, his narratives originally started from there.
[The Legend of the Person Who has reached the Absolute Truth of Battle Gear.]
Followed by when he created one of this world holy artifact, the Black Bracelet that allowed Lexus to be feared by everyone as it allowed him to summon the strongest Death Legion.
The third legend, fourth legends, and so on continuously appeared in the mind of every being.
[The Legend of the Ruler of Fire.]
Then, the next legend appeared. It was when Lexus obtained perfect dominion over fire after obtaining the heart of a fire dragon.
[The gods are shocked that you have already accumulated several legendary stories that some of them can't accomplish!]
Confusion spreads among the gods. They were startled that a human had already gone beyond what humans should be able to achieve.
[The Legend of the Dragon Contractor and the Dragon Knight.]
It was at this moment that not just the gods were startled. The transcendents around Lexus were also filled with disbelief. There's only one thing that came into their mind when they heard the word "Dragon"— absolute beings who could destroy hundreds of thousands of human beings just by breathing.
[The Legend of the Hero King.]
Then, all of Lexus legends continued and every single legend made everyone become utterly speechless.
[Exuviation is in progress. 89%, 90%, 91%…96%.]
[The divine domain of fight has been strengthened and now covers all the divine powers of fight in the entire world.]
[The concept of 'fight' is in your grasp!]
[The divine domain of death has been strengthened and now covers all the divine powers of death in the entire world.]
[The concept of 'death' is in your grasp!]
[The divine domain of...]
[The concept of....]
Lexus had achieved the highest status possible as a mortal, and he possessed four domains to strengthen. This was because the number of achievements required to turn into a legend was also exorbitant.
Followed by the awakening… Crackle, crackle! Thanks to that, Lexus's body was changing with every given minute. The terrible pain that resulted from that process was extreme, but he did not grimace in the slightest bit.
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[The transformation is complete.]
[Final percentage: 180.1%]
[A new Absolute has been born.]
[Your title 'Glimpsed the Myths' has responded to your high status.]
[The title 'Glimpsed the Myths' has changed to 'Ultimate Myth.']
Myth, the realm of many types of gods. Just as there were beings who were gods from the moment they were born, there were those who were worshiped by humans and reborn as gods, or beings who proclaimed themselves to be gods.
Lexus was different. He didn't become a god after being worshiped, nor did he proclaim himself a god. He was simply strong. The sword he wielded exerted a power comparable and even killed a god so he was given the title that should only belong to the gods.
At that moment, Lexus finished his exuviation. Whoosh! A tremendous pressure descended from the sky and pushed down on the bodies of all beings in the world. It was evidence and a medal for defeating the martial god. The God Killer who killed a god with a human body and rose to an Absolute.
[The godly society, "Asgard" has received a strong shock!]
[The godly society, "Asgard" has been thrown into a state of panic from the overwhelming pressure because of the birth of the new absolute!]
[All the demons are terrified that the demon slayer has become an absolute and now extremely fears you.]
[The dragons have awakened from their slumber as they perceived the dragon knight had ascended as an absolute being.]
[There are too many unique concepts that symbolize you.]
[This is an achievement that won't be forgotten even if the world is destroyed many times.]
Lexus had just become an absolute however, this was enough for him to suppress and overwhelm all those around him with his power. It felt as if no one but him had existed in the world. He was a disaster that engulfed both mortals and transcendents.
It was out of his expectation to become an absolute but he had already reached a much higher and stronger level than he himself had been aware of. His exuviation was greater than most beings' transcendence, and this unexpected amount of power made his spirit develop too steeply and suddenly.
Even Lexus couldn't stop it, and he'd inadvertently entered the stage above transcendence. He instinctively knew where he ended up: the absolute level.
"Anyway, that's why supremely talented people like me have to face so many problems."
Undefeated King Lexus and many of his titles—he had received the evaluation that he became the strongest human being and now, no one can deny it.
[You now belong to the category of an Absolute.]
[Your class will be upgraded to the Only One, Undefeated Monarch. You have inherited all existing class attributes and skills.]
[Undefeated Monarch]
Rating: Only One
[The absolute sovereign who had never been defeated. You are eligible to be hailed as the strongest and the greatest supreme ruler of all!]
[The title 'One Who Became a Myth' will be changed to 'One Who Became an Absolute.']
[Damage that leads to death will fix your health at 1 point and you are immortal for 60 seconds. You will be immune to all damage during this time. Cooldown Time: 10 hours.]
Lexus didn't know how to feel. From the realm of myths, he directly ascended to the superior level, the absolute.
[You will create the 'Realm of the Absolute' during battle.]
[Realm of the Absolute]
[You have absolute power over all beings with a lower hierarchy than you.]
He sighed. This was also the reason why he didn't bother accumulating deity stats or divinity as he has no intention to become a god to begin with. If he had followed Greed's path in the novel and become a god, Lexus would lose the qualifications to become the god killer as a god can never achieve this title even if they kill a fellow god.
It's because if he can't become the God Killer, it would take much longer to become an absolute compared to what was currently happening.
[The only one class effect has tripled your health, mana, and sword energy. There is no limit on your resources, except for health.]
[The special resource, 'Fighting Energy,' is always maintained at the maximum.]
[The will of the Absolute becomes the law of the world. Your actions are skills.]
[The Absolute's common power, 'Designate Skill,' is created.]
[Designate Skill]
[You can designate specific actions as skills and save them.
It means you can reproduce your best moments whenever you want.
* There is no limit on the number of times it can be used.]
Lexus was filled with admiration. It was because the rewards of becoming an absolute were enormous. It even felt like he was wearing a cheat key.
'I was satisfied just becoming an Absolute, but now that I am getting these rewards...'
In the future, resource management would no longer be necessary. Mana and sword energy could be used indefinitely and fighting energy, which had a great impact on combat power, was always kept at the maximum.
A pale energy rose from Lexus's fingertips. If Hayate has the energy of the dragon slayer that is very deadly to the dragons, Lexus now possesses the energy of the god killer which can permanently kill a god.
A chill went down the gods' spine. It was because the magic power, fighting energy and sword energy surrounding him seemed to bounce like lightning and started to glow pure white.
A god's face paled and he muttered, "This... it is dangerous."
The power to imprint death on one's mind—the identity of the power that made even a god, a transcendent being, be filled with fear was the energy of a God Killer.
The force created to only kill a god. The human before them had been reborn as something that had never existed before.
[The Undefeated Monarch watches your struggle with amusement.]
