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Chapter 695: The God of Death and the Hell Corps

The God of Death had died. To be exact, Rex, in the form of the God of Death, had died. Nevertheless, the God of Death had used his power and was directly involved in the episode. As a result, the story had been changed and the God of Death had to regain his powers and lie low for quite a long time.

However, there was one thing that everyone was certain about. The God of Death held a considerable amount of power and sat in a lofty position among the Absolute Gods. Naturally, the rewards would most definitely be very, very generous.

[You have acquired the?Title: ‘Candidate for the Eight Pillars’.]

(Candidate for the Eight Pillars)

Common Title

Title Effects:

?All of your stats will increase by 7%.

?Eight Pillars’ Protective Barrier

?The Unyielding One

?Double Skill

Description: This is a title that only those that have the talent and power to become the Eight Pillars of the world will have. Having this title in and of itself is already an honor.

Considering Minhyuk’s level, the 7% increase in all stats would bring great synergistic effects and increase in power. There was also the Eight Pillars’ Protective Barrier.

‘It creates a barrier that will defend one of the Eight Pillars unconditionally.’

Minhyuk was actually still clueless about the Eight Pillars. However, considering that Obren and Kronad were a part of it, he thought that there was a high probability that Athenae was also a part of the Eight Pillars.

Excluding the ones that he was familiar with, there were still quite a lot of them that he was not aware of. Whoever they were, they would either be one of the two: his ally or his enemy. Before the time when he had to confront them came, he had to build up his strength. Acquiring these skills would definitely be advantageous to him.

He turned his attention to ‘Double Skill’.

‘Huh? This is quite good.’

The Double Skill was a skill that invoked Minhyuk’s admiration. Although it only had a 1.2% chance of getting triggered, it could double the effect of whatever skill was being used when activated.

For example, the Overlord’s Technique could deal around 3,000~4,000% damage to everyone within a 40~60 meter radius. If Double Skill was activated, it would double that effect. This meant that the Overlord’s Technique would deal around 6,000~8,000% damage to everyone within a 80~120 meter radius.

The 1.2% probability of triggering might be very low, but the power that it could bring was almost a cheat.

‘If it gets activated during a critical situation then…’

The Double Skill would bring about a tremendous effect.

Finally, there was the ‘The Unyielding One’. When playing Athenae, there were times when players would meet great powerhouses and be forced to give in to their momentum and aura. This was something that was done by the system. However, Minhyuk could trigger ‘The Unyielding One’ once every 480 hours and resist that power once without fail.

These were the following notifications that rang in Minhyuk’s ears.

[You have sent the God of Death back to Hell.]

[You have gained 876,500,315 EXP.]

[You have gained 76,413 platinum.]

[You have acquired 2 God of Death’s SP.]

[You have obtained the Ring of Malicious Whispers.]

[You have obtained Vlatnium (4).]

[You have obtained the God of Death’s Book of Disasters.]

[You have obtained the God of Death’s Black Duck.]

[…the Dead’s Land…]

[…the One that Leads the Dead…]

Notifications rang non-stop in his ears as the black energy that spread from the spot where Rex had died hovered around Minhyuk’s body.

[God of Death’s SP is responding to you.]

[God of Death’s SP is special. It can increase the skill level of an Absolute God’s Secret.]

[God of Death’s SP is special. It can increase the level of the skill between 1~3 levels.]

[However, God of Death’s SP will randomly select the two skills that it will increase the level of.]

Minhyuk had obtained some ‘God’s SP’ in the past. God’s SP was a very cheat-like SP that could increase any skill’s level, with the exception of Absolute God’s Secrets.

Athenae was not a game where one could get ‘SP’ just because they leveled up. For them to be able to increase the level of their skills, they had to meet certain conditions or increase the level of their skill proficiency.

Because of that, rankers always wanted to obtain ‘SP’ for themselves. It was not easy to obtain SP. However, even if a player obtained just one SP, it would be able to increase their powers tremendously.

[God of Death’s SP is searching and exploring your body.]

[An unpleasant sense of discord and alienation is spreading in your body.]

“Ugh…” Minhyuk groaned as the unpleasant sense of something sticky and hot passing through and roving around his body spread in him.

[God of Death’s SP has chosen the first skill.]

A faint sense of expectation arose from Minhyuk. He had quite a lot of skills in his arsenal. However, there were quite a few of them that he no longer used. It was a natural phenomenon caused by the players’ increase in level and power.

[The Overlord’s Technique has been chosen!]

[God of Death’s SP has increased the Overlord’s Technique’s level by +2!]

[Skill: Overlord’s Technique’s level has increased to Level 6.]

“…”

It was a pleasant notification to hear. Of course, Minhyuk thought that it would be better if it was increased by three. However, he knew that the thought was far too greedy. The fact that one SP could increase a powerful skill like Overlord’s Technique by two was already incredibly good.

Minhyuk immediately checked the skill.

(Overlord’s Technique)

King’s Authority

Level: 6

Minimum Overlord’s Mana Required: 40

Penalty: None.

Cooldown: 60 hours.

Effects:

?The Overlord’s Fire with an additional 5,000~7,000% attack will strike everyone within a 60~80 meter radius.

?The Overlord’s Fire is a fire that cannot be easily extinguished. Once it attaches to a body, it will deal continuous damage.

?You are an Overlord’s Technique’s user that already has another King Authority. You can just choose one of the two types of mana and set it to use to build up the mana required for the authority.

?Your speed of gathering Overlord’s Mana will increase by 1.3x.

Conditions for Growth: You can develop the King’s Authority by fighting against an enemy that is leagues stronger than you are or fight against an overwhelming number of people in a war. You can also develop it by learning under the tutelage of a strong individual. Your growth will depend on how much you learnt.

‘Come to think of it, it’s been quite a long time since I obtained this skill but I have never increased its level until now.’

It seemed like the reason was because each level up was accompanied by an additional 1,000% attack. That was a tremendous increase in power for one level up.

That was not all. Even its cooldown time that was set at 240 hours before had been drastically reduced to 60 hours. Also, the radius of effect was increased and the speed of gathering the Overlord’s Mana had also increased. Simply put, the powerful Overlord’s Technique could now be used more often.

A man’s greed knew no bounds. Since the first skill that was increased had achieved tremendous results, Minhyuk could not help but expect that the second skill would also give him shocking results.

[God of Death’s SP has chosen the second skill!]

[The Inversing Giddiness has been chosen!]

[God of Death’s SP has increased the Inversing Giddiness’ level by +1!]

[Inversing Giddiness is a skill that originally did not have a level!]

The Food God’s Secret Inversing Giddiness was originally a skill that did not have a level. However, God’s SP could increase a skill’s level even if there was no level or the skill level was already at MAX.

(Inversing Giddiness)

Food God’s Secret

Level: None

Mana Required: 5,000

Cooldown: 144 hours.

Effects:

?Through the skill Inversing Giddiness, you can decrease the stat or skill level increase effect on the person that ate your dishes and received its buff effects. You can decrease it as much as the buff effect they received.

?God’s dishes are special. In the event that they have been subjected to the Inversing Giddiness skill, the effects of the buff and the changes you made will not disappear even if they have been forced to log out as long as it is still within the buff duration. The opponent will have to find a special way to resolve the issue.

?An unknown ability has been added to Inversing Giddiness.

?You can now choose the ones that you want to receive the effects of the Inversing Giddiness from the ones that have eaten your dishes and received your buffs.

Actually, Minhyuk had chosen not to use the skill Inversing Giddiness too much. Even the changes in its effects were not as great as that of Overlord’s Technique. Still, Minhyuk was very satisfied with what he got.

After checking all of the rewards, Minhyuk looked at Pope Kronad, the paladins, priests and saintesses that were approaching him. All of them were looking at both him and Obren with sadness. However, relief was also present in their faces.

“It’s time for us to go to hell.” Kronad smiled as he looked at Minhyuk and Obren. “You both will become legends of the present.”

At that moment, they all began to turn into ashes. The disappearing paladins, priests, saintesses and Kronad kept their gazes at Obren. Before Kronad’s face completely disappeared and burned into ashes, he struggled to open his mouth to say, “Sorry…”

Obren remained silent as he looked at the place where Kronad had disappeared. There was no gratitude for sacrificing themselves for him. After all, they were just paying for their sins. It was what they deserved. Obren decided to focus on the days that he would spend with Minhyuk in the future.

“I’m feeling sleepy.”

“…Go on, take a rest.”

Even though he was unsealed, Obren was doomed to forever live inside the seasoning jar and could only spend time with Minhyuk every once in a while.

Swooosh—

Obren turned into black smoke that was sucked back inside the seasoning jar.

“R, Run!!!”

“A, aaaaaack!”

“Retreat!!!”

Upon Rex’s death, the Hell Corps and the demonic beasts all turned to ashes and disappeared without a trace. As for the mercenaries that were being led by God of Money Henry, they were all rushing to escape from the combined forces of Akhan, Death, and Beyond the Heavens.

Among the fleeing enemies, Genie and the executives of the Beyond the Heavens found two Death Knights.

“…Your Majesty, they are obviously the Luvien Empire’s Sword of the Gods.”

“…”

Minhyuk kept his mouth shut. It was only right that they go after them and condemn them. However, now was not the time. Right now, the kingdom’s soldiers and executives were all exhausted. The enemies were strong. They would incur huge damages once again if they killed those two.

Minhyuk looked at the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. He could see that their outer walls had collapsed, part of their kingdom destroyed by the enemies that had entered through those gaps. There were also the soldiers that could not hide their sadness at the deaths of their comrades, who they were just training with up until yesterday, and the families that were crying at the loss of their sons and daughters.

“Haze. Make sure to properly compensate the bereaved families. Also, prepare the graves for the victims and hold a funeral for their souls.”

“…Yes, Your Majesty.”

Funerals for those that died in war were rarely held. After all, it cost a lot of money. Besides, the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was still at war. Everyone knew who the true enemy was, even though the Luvien Empire had tried to secretly hide their Swords among the many.

However, Haze willingly accepted the order after seeing Minhyuk’s expression. ‘I have never seen such an expression on His Majesty’s face.’

Haze had always wondered about the repercussions if Minhyuk became truly angry. However, the thought alone brought terror to her.

‘Someone that you shouldn’t dare provoke.’?This was what Haze thought of His Majesty Minhyuk.

Minhyuk looked at his people and his soldiers. He addressed them briefly yet with a firm determination in his voice.

“I intend to punish those that have made our Beyond the Heavens suffer like this.”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Beyond the Heavens! Beyond the Heavens! Beyond the Heavens!”

“Long live His Majesty Minhyuk!”

They had fought a tough and desperate battle. But in the end, they were the ones shouting to the world about their victory. Right now, Minhyuk intended to show everyone how Beyond the Heavens treat their enemies.

***

Luvien Empire’s Nerva Sephiroth was a human being. However, he inherited the power of the Battle God and became the Absolute God’s Sword.

After receiving God's power, he was able to call for the other God’s Swords and was even awakening powerful armies and strong soldiers with each of the achievements that he made in this realm. Recently, Nerva Sephiroth had awakened the Sword of the Gods Knight Don, who existed from a long time ago.

Who was Knight Don? The Swords of the Gods had existed for a very long time. Even among those Swords of the Gods, there was an existence that could be said to be their commander. That was Knight Don. Even Nerva Sephiroth had to tread carefully when talking to him.

Don stood atop the outer walls of the Luvien Empire, watching the stars twinkle in the sky above them. That was when he felt a presence from a distance. His expression turned strange when he chased after the presence.

‘What kind of power is this?’

Don had another title, the ‘Knight of All Creation’. He had a special power that allowed him to know what kind of person he was dealing with, just by looking at them.

Right now, there was a brave energy akin to that of a lion that was coming straight towards the Luvien Empire. However, Don did not make a fuss out of it. This was because he was confident in his own power. He just looked at the place where the brave ‘lion’ was coming from.

As he felt the energy, Don thought, ‘This energy must belong to a very powerful man. I’ll make sure to beat that dragon up with my own hands.’

He thought of a righteous man that had a huge and sturdy build. However, the person that showed up in front of him was very, very unexpected. The man had flawless and fair skin, dark hair, big doe-like eyes, sharp jaws and very handsome features. He was wearing a bloody-red armor and a cape on his back that bore the symbol of a fork and knife crossed together.

‘Who is this guy?’?Don thought, his eyes scanning the man in front of him.

[You are trying to figure out the opponent in front of you.]

[The opponent carries a power that can resist your eyes!]

“…?”

Don was quite shocked. This person in front of him could resist his eyes? However, he also found it quite interesting.

[The opponent has given your eyes permission to look!]

[He is in possession of demonic energy on par with the devil.]

[He is in possession of holy power on par with the pope.]

[He is in possession of the power of the Sword God.]

[He is in possession of the power of the Food God.]

[He is in possession of the protection of the Empires’ Ruler…]

[He is in possession…the Elven King…]

[He is in possession…the Dragon King…]

[He is in possession…the Evil God…]

[He is in possession…the First Pope…]

[He is the first human in this world to have achieved and reached the realms of the True God!]

[He might be one of the Eight Pillars!]

“…!”

At that moment, the man walked out from the cover of the darkness, walking past the bushes that separated him from Don and looked at him with a cold gaze..

“I am Beyond the Heavens’ King Minhyuk. I request an audience with His Majesty Nerva Sephiroth.”

This is the appearance of the insignificant, yet outstanding king.