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Chapter 575: Battle of the Thrones (Bottom)

[You have participated in the Battle of the Thrones!]

[Each country’s king would have 1.5x more power than usual.]

[All of your stats and skill damage will increase by 50%. Your skill cooldown will decrease by 50%.]

[You participated three days after the start of the Battle of the Thrones. You will receive a penalty. All of your stats and skill damage will decrease by 15%.]

[You have received a penalty! Your skill cooldown will increase by 15%!]

These were the penalty notifications that rang in Minhyuk’s ears the moment he joined the Battle of the Thrones. He was definitely stronger than usual, but he also received a little less special privilege compared to the other kings. For top rankers, a 15% debuff was a huge penalty. For players that had maintained their original stats, they might even be able to deal with two or three players whose powers had decreased by 15%. Because of that, everyone firmly believed that any percentage decrease in a top ranker’s stats would be a huge blow to their power.

The sight of Minhyuk walking toward the enemies as the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom got covered in steel armor was like a scene from the movies. However, everyone thought that it was a reckless and foolish move.

[Right now, the Food God has received a 15% decrease in power as a penalty. On the other hand, the other kings have received the full extent of the special privilege. No matter how strong the Food God is, it’s absolutely ridiculous for him to think that he can fight against 27 kings who are 15% more powerful than him.]

[That’s not all. There are also 200,000 strong troops behind those kings. He definitely will not last long.]

Food God Minhyuk might last a tad bit longer compared to other rankers since he had his amazing passive reflection and his Slaughterer’s Armor. But the problem was the number of enemies. The kings were also aware of this. They just clicked their tongues at how stupid Minhyuk’s decision was.

‘He shouldn’t have come.’

‘Right here and now, the Food God will record the most disastrous death and defeat in the history of Athenae.’

‘If we defeat him, someone that stood at the peak, today, it will be the first shot that will signal the destruction of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom.’

Minhyuk slowly stepped on the bridge and walked toward his enemies. As he continued to move forward, his pace began to increase.

“Don’t think of slacking off!”

“Prepare to attack!!!”

However, no matter how ridiculously overpowered the Food God was, he was just one single existence. Minhyuk, seeing the vigilance in his enemies’ eyes, stomped on the bridge as hard as he could and triggered ‘Like the Wind’ to quickly narrow the distance between him and the enemies. Then, he jumped in the skies and used ‘Like the Wind’ once again.

Dash, dash, dash, dash, dash—

In just a blink, Minhyuk arrived above the kings as he promptly used ‘Like the Wind’ once more. As he passed above them, one of Master Archer Miao’s arrows flew after him. However, before the arrow could make contact, a red and translucent shield was created by the Slaughterer’s Armor and blocked it.

Clang—

The kings looked at the place where Minhyuk was running to. It was where the 200,000 troops were located.

“…?!”

“…?!”

The kings were shocked. What was he doing? Was he a moth to a flame? Was he running there to jump in the pit on his own? No. Of course not. Alexander thought that it was not the case at all.

“Don’t tell me…”

Alexander frowned at the sight. The moment Minhyuk jumped in the middle of the 200,000 troops, the kings received a restriction. They were not allowed to use their AOE skills anymore. This was because Athenae’s AOE skills did not distinguish between friend or foe, so it was something that should be used away from allies. An AOE skill would kill plenty of players.

And Minhyuk, who jumped in the middle of the large army, was subjected to countless amounts of damage.

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash—

Players with various classes bombarded him with their strongest attack skill and put heavy pressure on him. Just like that, Minhyuk’s HP dropped at a rapid pace. Asura’s Shield popped out to protect him but there was obviously a limit to how much the shield could stop.

Minhyuk looked at his rapidly falling HP, as characters began to appear on the blade of his Continent Destroyer’s Sword. The word that appeared on the blade of his sword was none other than ‘Explosion’.

[You have activated Explosion Mode.]

[In Explosion mode, you will have a 40% chance of triggering bolts of lightning with 2,500% additional attack and 1,400% additional damage in a ten meter radius for every basic attack you launch.]

[There is a 15% chance of your enemy falling into a four second stunned state after getting struck by Explosion.]

Along with that, another notification rang.

[Your HP has dropped below 30%!]

Unlike his overwhelming momentum earlier, he looked quite a bit ragged as it got harder and harder to endure the onslaught of attacks from countless rankers. However, when Minhyuk struck at one of the players that tried to block his path…

Rumbleeeeeee—

Baaaaaaaaang!

A bloody lightning bolt fell down from the sky and inflicted 2,500% damage to the player. But it did not end there. The lightning bolt extended to a radius of ten meters and struck more than a hundred players in one go.

“Keuhaaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaaaaack!”

“Kghk, aaaaaaack!”

Then, beads of blood floated from their bodies that flew and got absorbed into Minhyuk’s own.

[Slaughterer’s Absorption.]

[You have a 3% chance that you will be able to convert 50% of the damage that you have dealt to your opponents into HP.]

[You have recovered 3,734 HP.]

[You have triggered the 0.7% chance of recovering your mental power and stamina. Your mental power and stamina has been restored.]

[You have a 3% chance that you will be…]

Since Minhyuk was able to inflict damage to dozens of his enemies, the amount of HP that he recovered had increased. In an instant, his HP had recovered to 60%.

Baaaaaaaaaaaang—

Another activation of the skill and his HP had returned to 100%. Meanwhile, the kings, who were watching Minhyuk trigger his skill as he dug deeper into their army, were all shocked.

“What, what the hell…”

“Isn’t, isn’t that the Absolute God’s Secret…?”

The sealing of Minhyuk’s Absolute God’s Secret was known to the world through a live broadcast. The kings felt relieved to know that the skill had been sealed. Especially after witnessing how the Secret was a complete and utter cheat in that video. But now, Minhyuk’s Absolute God’s Secret was actually unsealed and wreaking havoc amongst their troops.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—

The players around Minhyuk did not die so easily with just one swing of his sword. This was because they were rankers. But Food God Minhyuk’s AGI was very high. He could wield his sword ten times in just two seconds. And in every four swings out of the ten swings, an explosion would be triggered. In every two seconds, dozens of players would turn to ash and disappear. And…

[Your Overlord’s Mana has increased by 0.8%.]

[Your Overlord’s Mana has increased by 1.2%.]

[Your Overlord’s Mana has increased by 1.4%.]

…there was still this. Simply put, the more Minhyuk fought against powerful enemies, or even against large numbers of enemies, his Overlord’s Mana would increase.

In just a few minutes, Minhyuk was able to dig deep into the large army, killing almost 1,300 rankers at the same time. The kings immediately chased after Minhyuk. Then…

“Sword Catastrophe.”

Alexander, the one known as the strongest ranker in the world, swung his sword loaded with tremendous power toward Minhyuk. The moment Minhyuk raised his sword to block the attack, the Sword Catastrophe with an 8,000% additional damage struck him.

“Kghhhhhk!”

Minhyuk’s body flew back from the impact of the attack. Seeing this, the kings hurriedly prepared their attacks to inflict more damage. Unbeknownst to them, there was another reason why Minhyuk dared to lead them into this. And he was about to show them that right now.

“Summon Hanwoo.”

“Mooooooooooooo!”

A cow suddenly appeared in front of Minhyuk, who was now rolling back after flying back a few meters. At the same time, the single attacks that the kings prepared earlier had been shot toward Minhyuk while Hanwoo grew bigger from five, to ten, to twenty, to twenty-five, to thirty until he reached forty meters.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The attacks that the kings shot out were all blocked by Hanwoo’s colossal body. The more shocking part here was the fact that Hanwoo did not really receive much damage despite taking all their attack skills. But they had to remember that Hanwoo was a monster that had single-handedly trampled on 80,000 tankers in an instant.

“Everyone, dod…!”

But before those words could end, Minhyuk, who was barely able to stop himself from rolling further, called out, “Hanwoo.”

“Moooooooooo!!!”

The Bull Demon King looked at his master. He was very furious to see those people make his master collapse like that. Then, Minhyuk said, “Charge.”

[Charge.]

[Hanwoo’s speed will double the moment he charges in a straight line. Everything that collided with him in his charge would receive double the damage.]

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

It was literally a disaster. The forty-meter-tall Hanwoo easily trampled on the countless rankers beneath him with his gigantic hooves. From the moment he started his charge, all of the rankers blocking his path got swept away, flying back from the impact of the collision. On top of that, Hanwoo’s speed in this long and straight bridge had doubled. The 200,000-strong troops and rankers that blocked the bridge were all swept away, akin to Moses’ miracle when he opened a path in the Red Sea.

“Keuaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaack!”

“Dodge! Come on, dodge!”

“It’s too fast! Ugh!”

Hanwoo’s basic speed was already fast enough to catch up with Minhyuk, who was at his fastest. What more if his speed was doubled? In a blink, more than 40,000 rankers had died and turned to ashes.

Minhyuk smiled silently, his body shaking slightly as he stood up from the ground. Then, Hanwoo was sucked back inside the Summoning Room. Hanwoo originally could grow only up to thirty meters using his skill ‘Body Enlargement’. It was possible for him to grow up to 50 meters. However, once his body grew 50 meters, his summoning would be released after one minute.

The kings, who were now boiling in anger, charged at Minhyuk. But Minhyuk dug into the army once again. While running as if he was escaping from his pursuers, Minhyuk killed more than 1,000 rankers once again. The kings did not give up their chase and were slowly creeping up from behind him.

“Exploding Shot.”

Baaaaaaaaaang—

Master Archer Miao sent an arrow toward Minhyuk’s back that exploded with an additional 4,000% attack. Kentaro dashed forward and cut down Minhyuk with his Cutting Hay skill.

Fwooosh—

Blood spurted out of Minhyuk’s body as his HP fell below 50%. Then, Alexander’s sword fell down like a meteorite and struck Minhyuk.

“Sword of Destruction.”

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

Minhyuk vomited a mouthful of blood as his body got embedded deep into the ground. But just when the other rankers were about to attack him…

Like the Wind.?

Minhyuk stumbled forward, triggering his skill to evade their attacks. As Calauhel watched Minhyuk stagger forward, he shouted furiously, “You will face your defeat here! South Korea will be trampled by us!”

That seemed to be an undeniable reality soon.

“A prideful and moronic bastard! Do you think you can sit on the Supreme Throne by doing this?!!!”

Yes. The kings applauded South Korea and Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s tactics here. However, they still had a lot of hidden trump cards under their sleeves. No matter what happened, South Korea’s fall here would be inevitable.

Sadly, this was a fact that both Minhyuk and the other Korean rankers knew. They knew that they would never be able to sit on the Supreme Throne. But did that mean that they have to give up that quickly? No. That was absolutely impossible.

A 200,000-strong army? Yes, the enemies had not called in all of their troops yet. If they truly called in for all of their troops, then their total would reach almost a million. If the enemies really launched an all-out attack, then the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom and the entire South Korean troops would disappear without a trace.

However, for someone that already knew that they would lose, it would be more stupid to just give up and stop trying. This was Minhyuk’s reason. This was his motivation and driving force.

Then, Minhyuk took out a parchment and tore it apart. This parchment was one of the items that he had received in the ‘Battle of the Thrones’ as a special privilege and it could increase the skill abilities by 1.5x. It was a very valuable item and only one parchment had been released. It even made Minhyuk wonder if he would be able to get more in the future.

[The Overlord’s Mana has reached 100%!]

“Summon Beanie.”

“Oiiiiiiiink!”

“Overlord’s Technique.”

[The Overlord’s Fire, with an additional 3,000%~4,000% attack, will attack everyone within a 40~60 meter radius.]

[The Overlord’s Fire is a fire that will not be extinguished so easily. If the fire licks and touches a body, it will continue to deal damage to that individual.]

[The power of the parchment is now in effect. The skill’s effect has become 1.5x stronger.]

A huge wave of fire appeared, crackling fiercely and licking the ground to devour the huge army and the kings in Minhyuk’s path. Right after Minhyuk cast the skill, another Overlord’s Technique was unleashed from Beanie’s small kitchen knife, moving to devour the world.

Just like they said, our South Korea will be defeated. However, even if we are going to be defeated, those that fought together with me today will be legends.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!!

Shwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!!