Undying Warlord

Dilan’s strength had increased a lot but he was still not done.

He had to increase his strength even further to make sure that he would be able to overcome the third Night Invasion while procuring all the Essence Points he needed in order to pay the transfer fee for both the Miraculous Flower of Opportunity and the Artifact of Traction.

It was necessary to sacrifice something and to give his all to achieve this. Dilan understood that very well, which was also the reason why he ended up using his special trait [Bearer of Pain] once again.

Lifeforce equivalent to 300 Units of his Health was drained from him and converted to 150 Units of mana, replenishing almost everything he had used up before.

After this equivalent exchange, Dilan was left with only a bit more than 40 Health units. This was not a lot and he would die in two minutes because the unsealed Cursed Dagger drained 20 Health units from the wielder every minute.

Fortunately, Nial’s natural regeneration was extremely high now that [Bracing Pain] augmented all of his stats by 50%. Dilan was also in possession of [Ultra Regeneration], the semi-fused Origin ability that enhanced his already high regeneration even further.

With his Health stat gaining a 50% augmentation from [Bracing Pain], Dilan’s Health stats crossed 600 Units. Together with his Origin ability, this was more than enough to regenerate more than 20 Units of Health every minute.

Thus, the Cursed Dagger’s effect was outbalanced and Dilan was given the opportunity to fight in a somewhat unhindered manner.

Meanwhile, both his Strength and Agility were extremely close to reaching the threshold of 800 Units without the need to use another ability.

However, as [Thunder Step] was still activated, Dilan’s Agility kept increasing, breaking the threshold his body was supposed to be able to endure.

It was only fortunate that Dilan was not in possession of the Hyel Destructo Armor set. The set bonus he obtained from wearing it included a 15% increase in his physique, which was something Dilan noted for the first time.

He felt pressured by the high stats but it was not unbearable. The pain he felt due to his Lifeforce being drained was much higher.

But everything would be worth it at the end of the day! That was something Dilan was sure of and it allowed him to give his all to leave the abandoned island after he got everything he wanted!

“Endure and Overcome! You can do it!” Dilan told himself as he took a deep breath before he dashed over the abandoned island, targeting the strongest monsters first.

Numerous monsters were trying their best to approach the mountain in the center of the abandoned island and hesitantly crawl towards it but only Tier-4 monsters and the strongest Tier-3 monsters truly dared to advance without a trace of hesitation.

However, this recklessness was what cost them their lives. Dilan had been waiting for this opportunity and he quickly tore apart the Tier-4 King Crab and the giant Tier-4 Crocodile.

He didn’t have any time to waste in showing mercy to anyone. It was more important to kill and advance. His speed was terrifying and the two Tier-4 monsters had barely been able to detect Dilan when he had already activated Master of Gravity.

Instead of using [Short-distance traveling] from his Boots of Hyel Space, Dilan decreased the gravitational force that weighed on him.

It was barely enough to pull him to the ground but too little to restrict his movement speed in any way.

Dilan was not sure how much his speed increased after he had used [Master of Gravity] but he was certain that not a single Tier-4 monster in or around the abandoned island even came close to being comparable to his current speed.

For the following 60 seconds, Dilan turned into a true flash because only the purple electricity currents were left as evidence of him having been everywhere around the abandoned island.

After killing the two Tier-4 monsters much more easily than he could have ever wished for, Dilan ended up creating a massacre. He was still adjusting to his terrifyingly high stats but one could clearly notice that he was getting more comfortable being much faster and stronger than ever before. Sadly, there was no one around him to pay any attention to that but he did not mind it.

The death and destruction his every motion caused were terrifying and it caused a bright smile to emerge on Dilan’s face.

There might not be many monsters that caused him to actually feel as if he was in danger when residing on the abandoned island but he was pretty sure that today and the last two days had been the best days of his life.

If he had been a little bit worried at the beginning of the advancement mission, his current condition was the exact opposite. Dilan didn’t even feel like he was challenging himself by choosing the mission with the highest difficulty because it felt like everything was going according to his plan….because that was pretty much exactly what was going on.

However, Dilan didn’t dislike this. He gave his utmost efforts to adapt and overcome all issues on the abandoned island and the final result was something he welcomed.

Even if he wouldn’t be able to get his hands on the Artifact of Traction or the Miraculous Flower of Opportunity, the Cursed Dagger Xealtron and the Hyel Destructo Armor set were already more than enough for Dilan to be satisfied.

At least, that would have been the case beforehand.

Dilan was getting greedier the longer he felt the terrifying power surging through his body. The strength he felt right now was not something he wanted to miss out on in the future, the moment he left the abandoned island, to be precise.

He was not ready to give up on that, which was even more reason for him to give his all.

For the last two days, Dilan rarely thought about the Undying Group or anyone else outside the abandoned island, and it was an oddly reassuring feeling.

He was not sure if he could explain it properly but if someone were to ask him what was going on within him but Dilan could clearly feel that the abyss-difficulty advancement mission was something tailor-made for him, and not someone else.

Dilan could tell that the abandoned island was the place where he was supposed to grow and become stronger. It was his choice whether he wanted to run away and hide, or brave all the dangers head-on.

Both would allow him to grow stronger because he would meet the criteria to complete the advancement mission, but running away would hinder him from growing more than the advancement of his occupation from Tier-1 to Tier-2.

As for fighting, it allowed him to gain Essence Points and collect treasures he would never be able to find on Milarn.

It was already unlikely to find a Tier-4 existence on Milarn because only some anomalies existed on Milarn.

As for Tier-3 or higher Tiered existences, Dilan had yet to come across many.

The Red Dragon was definitely a powerful Tier-4 existence but that was already it. Dilan was pretty sure that he could defeat it in the near future and he looked forward to that.

It was time for him to start fighting instead of sitting back and nurturing some Undying Group.

After all, his strength was more than enough to do everything by himself.

Only now did Dilan realize that it may not even be necessary for him to always stay by the Undying Group’s side and protect them. If he were to focus on himself, he may as well become strong enough to do everything he wanted whenever he wanted.