203. Ancient Godhead (5)
<Crash>.
One of the divine powers used by the god of despair, fall, and madness… … .
This divine authority <fall> had the power to cause a temporary loss of abilities.
From what I’ve seen so far, it probably targets an ability whose use has been observed, temporarily destroying that ability itself.
‘It’s definitely a great ability like a cheat.’
Admitted.
The <fall> used by the god of despair, fall, and madness was enormous.
However, if you ask if the divine authority <fall> is flawless, that is not the case either.
Abilities that have not been used cannot be targeted for loss with <Fall>. … .
As it turned out, I realized that there was no way to block this divine power.
<Blessing of those who do not fall>.
This special buff obtained from the myth <The Warrior of Reversal> created resistance to <Fall>.
Of course, even with this, you won’t be able to completely resist the divine authority <fall>… … .
At least some restrictions in movement are gone.
Having resistance means that the <fall> won’t helplessly dissipate the ability.
Now he can use the skills he had kept without being able to use them.
「The skill ‘Starlight Star Light’ is strongly activated.」
Paaa… … !
A sphere of light created in the air furiously inflates divinity within it.
and.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—
Then, as soon as he removed the outer shell of the holy light, the divine light immediately exploded.
Kazijijik!
The grains of sand rushing in as if they were about to pierce the body, and the typhoon carrying thunderbolts disappeared at once.
Even without leaving a trace.
「I survived the despair, fall and the power of the god of madness twice.」
Therefore, an extinction judgment was made and half of the clear conditions were met.
‘nice.’
In fact, considering that one turn left as the last resistance can be endured without any conditions, it is now one turn left.
but… … .
[ Mortal… … . do stupid things… … . doing… … , Goa… … . ]
The opponent also knows that my goal is not to win completely, so the difficulty will be different from before.
Jijik.
The voice with noise now reached a level where one’s mental strength was cut into pieces just by listening to it.
Do I have to say that listening to the prophecies makes me feel like bugs are crawling in my head?
Not a very good feeling.
[Something like you… … . the top… … . It won’t give you the desired ending… … . ]
In response, I immediately applied divinity to my body to get rid of that unpleasant feeling.
[That power… … . also… … . Rather than a mortal like you… … . What is given to me will be right… … . ]
However, unlike before, it did not lead to an overt attack, so the attack extinction decision did not appear.
[I’ll make your cheeky struggles stop soon… … . ]
After that, the god of despair, fall, and madness immediately caused a change.
「The skill ‘Star Light’ is temporarily lost due to the divinity <fall>.”
「Resist the skill disappearance with the special buff <Blessing of the one who does not fall>.」
Of course, the countermeasures against <fall> were already prepared, so they were not as helpless as before.
But that was only for a moment.
「Divinity <Fall> releases exclusive authority #A-9871[Blind Gaze] from disappearing state.」
All of a sudden, the exclusive privileges lost in the first place through <Crash> were restored.
‘What trick is this again?’
The god of despair, fall and madness was still hostile to me.
Declaration of abandonment?
It wasn’t like that, but now I could understand it to mean that the battle phase had changed.
In fact, the guess was right the next moment, as if it wasn’t wrong.
「Divine <fall> consumes the specified number of falls in excess and penetrates the resistance.」
「The skill ‘Star Light’ is temporarily lost due to the divinity <fall>.”
By exceeding the specified number of falls, the Holy Light was forcibly sealed.
I gnashed my teeth at him.
‘… … I heard that the <Divine protection of the one who does not fall> is not an absolute resistance, so did that mean this case?’
understood.
The resistance against the divine authority <fall> was only resistance.
Therefore, if you invest in Light Disappearance exceeding the specified number of <Fall>, the resistance will be broken.
To put it more simply, it was like this.
A stone that cannot be broken with 10 hits is broken by increasing the number of hits with 100 hits.
As the blows increase, the stone’s wonderful durability will wear out and break.
‘I never thought something like this would be possible.’
The use of overlapping divine powers.
It was to the point where I wanted to stick my tongue out in an unexpected situation.
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But there was an income.
“After all, even the divine authority <fall> has a limit on the specified number… … .”
Maybe this battle isn’t as unfavorable as I thought.
***
「Exclusive authority #A-9871[Blind line of sight] is activated.」
「All deities and administrators’ gazes are blocked at once.」
For now, I re-activated the gaze blocking authority that was canceled in the disappearance state.
Soon, the pressure of the gaze from the god of despair, fall, and madness lessened.
The pressure from the eyes of the opponent was not a little, so it had a meaningful effect.
However, the subsequent offensive was not easy to say that it had benefited this much.
「By the divinity <Despair>, all willpower that is touched by the attack imbued with the divinity is severed.」
「Due to the divinity <Madness>, all the will to be touched by the attack imbued with the divinity is eroded.」
<Despair> and <Insanity>.
It was the act of invoking divine powers that had not been actively used until now.
They didn’t even attack with natural disasters through planetary erosion now.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa… … !
Hundreds of tentacles stretched out in unison from the black clouds that settled in the sky.
Looking at that, I quickly turned my thoughts around.
‘Are cutting and erosion the essence of divine authority?’
<Despair> cuts the will, <Madness> erodes the will.
I knew the essence.
However, there is still insufficient information to know the applications and results.
He had already thought of how to deal with the <fall>.
‘I need to find out more information.’
For now, it will be important to lay the foundation for a one-step turnaround, even if it means taking risks… … .
It was his intention to earn as much time as possible with the swordsmanship he had accumulated while climbing the tower.
Swoop.
Calming my mind, I gently swung my twin swords and reached down.
“… … .”
What is contained in the two swords in my hands is the softness that has been trained to the limit.
It reminds me of the Changcheon Secret Sword, which Namgung-hyeok, the Changcheon Sword Dragon, showed off.
Perhaps the formula for the secret sword of the Changcheon was created with the thought of a valiant sword that traverses the Changcheon.
But that would not be enough to shed the power of a god.
I had to get rid of the will itself and calm my will to the level of being assimilated into nature.
「The labyrinth achievement ‘Rare’ has been achieved.」
「You will get +4 labyrinth points.」
The moment the image completely subsides.
Quatzitsu—!
The black tentacles shot from above collided with the twin swords, releasing black divinity as if inflating.
But all that divinity flows gently from the sword.
The will that dwells in the sword subsides before I know it, and neither the cutting of the will by <despair> nor the erosion of the will by <madness> occurs.
It was worth it.
Because the will embedded in the sword is almost non-existent.
He surprised me.
‘Originally, I didn’t think I would be able to stop it this well… … .’
He thought he might get seriously injured by the crazy idea of using twin swords to evade attacks.
But it wasn’t.
In a situation driven to the limit, the skill of the sword had grown to an extent that surprised me.
And that too fast to make sense.
—… … Like this madman Do you get enlightenment in this situation? Even non-partisan long-time writers will give up and go.
Is this growth brought on by genius?
I don’t know, but whatever the cause of the growth, I didn’t think it mattered much.
Anyway, even this small skill growth is not enough to deal with the god of despair, fall, and madness.
Moving my sword gently, I glanced up at the dark clouds in the sky.
An unpleasant assemblage of divinities with countless eyeballs attached to them.
and.
「Exclusive authority #K-1547[View information] is activated.」
I used the permission to read the information I received from Yongshin.
“Only a small amount of information can be viewed for beings of a higher rank than the user.”
Of course, the information was read against a high-ranking godhead, so it didn’t show its original value.
It could be said that the information reading, which was attempted like a gamble, was successful, and that it benefited more than expected.
“The God of Despair, Fall and Madness”
「This is the first candidate selected by the tower.」
「Currently, she is not classified as a challenger and has kept the ■■■ she received from the tower.」
“It is an ancient deity in which three of the originally existing deities were overlapped with a deity.”
「He is very greedy for the ■■■ of the current challenger Han Seong-yoon.”
I then narrowed my eyes after reading all the system messages generated by browsing the information.
‘It’s the first candidate selected by the tower… … ?’
I would never have thought that the god of despair, fall, and madness was a deity from a challenger.
A shocking fact.
But it was difficult to react to it.
Currently, I am swinging the sword, and this is a task that should not be distracted.
As I was taking care of him, the information window suddenly disappeared.
「Dedicated authority #K-1547[Information View] prevents you from seeing the information of high-ranking opponents for a long time.」
「Exclusive permission #K-1547[View information] is forcibly stopped and a cooldown of 10 minutes is created.」
Because of forcibly reading the information of a high-ranking opponent, a cooldown was created following the suspension of the use of authority.
But I read all the important information.
The god of despair, fall, and madness is the ‘first candidate’ selected by the tower… … .
Even the fact that this deity has the ability to absorb the deity and divinity of other deities.
‘I know enough information.’
Now that he had acquired most of the information he wanted, it was time to make a bet.
The odds were simple.
「The skill ‘Pacheon 破天’ is activated.」
「The limit on what can be broken disappears.」
To bring out the weakness of the divine power <fall> to the fullest.
That was the best strategy to break through this situation.
Quadruped—!
The dark tentacles were pushed back as the power of the heavens dwelled in the twin swords that shed black tentacles.
In a state that was slightly scratched by the broken cloth.
‘Isn’t it judged that it endured the power of God to the extent that it scratched?’
The god of despair, fall, and madness immediately reaped the black tentacles and continued to prophesy as if annoyed.
[Top… … . Have you given me something like this again? … . A power that can’t be handled anyway… … . ]
and.
[Given it to the hands of a mortal… … . Such a toy-like power… … . I can rule out anything… … . ]
After those words, the divinity amplification that had previously been lost in <Crash> returned and Pacheon disappeared.
「Divinity <Fall> releases <Engraving Skill: Divinity Amplification (B+)> from disappearing state.”
「Divine <fall> consumes the specified number of falls in excess and penetrates the resistance.」
「Due to the divinity <fall>, the skill ‘Death Heaven’ is temporarily lost.”
I smiled at him.
“I knew it would come out like this.”
This was the biggest problem with <Crash>.
「Activate the <Engraving Skill: Divine Amplification (B+)> of the True Blood Demon Sword.」
Right after amplifying the divinity in the body.
Chi profit… … !
I burned the rushing black tentacles with my divinity and flew high into the air.
To a black cloud with countless eyeballs sprouting.
[No way… … . ]
In response, the god of despair, fall, and madness immediately activated <fall> as if he was pitiful, but… … .
‘As expected, it goes like this.’
「The divinity <fall> releases the skill ‘Starlight Starlight’ from disappearing state.”
「Divine <fall> consumes the specified number of falls in excess and penetrates the resistance.」
「<Imprint Skill: Divine Amplification (B+)> is temporarily lost due to Divinity <Fall>.”
This was exactly what I was aiming for.
「The skill ‘Starlight Star Light’ is strongly activated.」
Kwakwagwagwang… … !
The dark red divine light pushes away the black tentacles at once like a flash battle, dealing some damage.
Of course, the Divine Authority <Fall> was activated immediately, but even this fell within the expected range.
‘Even if the holy light disappears, Pacheon will come back like this.’
As soon as he swung Pacheon around the twin swords, the black tentacles were driven to the point of being completely cut off.
[This damn mortal… … . ]
「Due to the divinity <fall>, the skill ‘Death Heaven’ is temporarily lost.”
Frightened by that fact, the god of despair, fall, and madness immediately sealed Pacheon… … .
「Divinity <Fall> releases <Engraving Skill: Divinity Amplification (B+)> from disappearing state.”
In return, I’m sure Divinity Amplification also came back to me.
Paaa!
The moment when the black tentacles began to melt due to divine amplification.
The god of despair, fall and madness uttered an angry voice.
[Being bothered by the mortal subject… … ! How far do you think you can go with a useless expedient? … ! ]
Now this Godhead is also understood.
The fact that the current situation has become very unfavorable to him.
‘No matter how much I use <Crash>, now the abilities return in order, so there is no point in using divine powers.’
Even if the ability is lost due to the stacking of divine power, another ability is returned due to the excess value… … .
Whether it’s Divine Amplification, Holy Light, or Destruction, I’ll have one of them.
‘It seems that the number of targets that can be designated with <Crash> is already limited, but then the battle is already over.’
Therefore, it can be seen that the meaning of <Crash> has faded.
However, the god of despair, fall, and madness soon mumbled a prophecy like a whisper.
[ … … okay. mortal I’ll play along with you a little bit. ]
The anger seemed to have subsided, but in reality it wasn’t at all.
[In return, I will take your soul in exchange for play. ]
I laughed and replied to that noisey voice.
“However much.”
***
A battle in which the same process was repeated occurred.
Skills disappear and return hundreds of times due to the divine authority <fall>… … .
Indeed, in the midst of the repeated battles with the godheads, which were difficult and troublesome, I began to be pushed back more and more.
It was worth it.
While that other side is classified as an ancient deity, I am not even a proper deity.
‘Perhaps the god of despair, fall and madness wants me to die of exhaustion.’
Know.
Even if you go this far and turn <fall> into a virtually meaningless power.
The disadvantage in this battle is that I am alone from start to finish and there is no way to kill the enemy.
But my victory condition is not to kill that ancient deity.
‘The condition for clearing the final layer of the labyrinth is to withstand the godhead’s attack 4 times.’
And the counting of endurance is based on the complete dissipation of the power used by the god of despair, fall, and madness.
in other words… … .
In any case, if you succeed in extinguishing the power of the god of despair, fall, and madness, you can fill the count one more time.
And I was also thinking about how to fill that first episode.
「The skill ‘Pacheon 破天’ is activated.」
「The limit on what can be broken disappears.」
The moment I got the Pacheon skill that made it possible to destroy anything by pouring magic into it.
「The power of ‘sword blaze 劍炎之境’ is strong.」
I activated the power of sword flame that I had saved without using it until now.
and.
「The exclusive effect of the power skill skill ‘Soul Source Demonic Sword’, ‘Doubling’ is activated.」
「Consumes divine power to increase the power of Power Skills [4] times.」
Most of the divine power in the body was gathered and the power contained in the sword was multiplied several times.
At the same time, I swung my sword at the black tentacles pouring down on me, and a clean result followed.
Kwaji Jijik… … !!
“I survived 3 times from despair, fall, and the power of the god of madness.”
All of the black tentacles could not withstand the sword attack and perished as they were horribly cut.
Did it bother me that I was close to the level clear condition?
[It’s not like, a mortal… … ! I mean, let go of that power… … ! ]
The god of despair, fall, and madness let out a sound close to noise filled with fury.
“The god of despair, fall, and madness has paid a huge amount of holy power to the tower.”
「God of despair, fall, and madness acquires the right to use limited myths.」
Then, as if it were the final phase, I activated Shinhwa.
「The wave of predation created by Shinhwa’s <Greed> engulfs challenger Han Seong-yoon.」
Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Black waves pour like a waterfall from the sky as if to swallow the world.
I could understand it by looking at it.
“This is unstoppable.”
I don’t know what function the myth of Tom is, but one thing is certain.
That means getting out of it is impossible.
But there was no reason to avoid it.
That would be too… … .
Kwaaang!
「The skill ‘Last Resistance’ is activated.」
“The fatal wound inflicted on you is nullified.”
「All senses are temporarily amplified and all skills are compensated.」
「A cooldown of one week is given to that skill.」
After all, I didn’t dodge the last attack, and I tried to endure it with the last resistance.
‘It’s finally over.’
As the final resistance, the black wave itself created by Shinhwa <Greed> was nullified and disappeared, and the message I wanted came to mind.
“I survived 4 times from despair, fall and the power of the god of madness.”
as soon as… … .
「Condition satisfied.」
「The 10th floor of the giant tree labyrinth, clearing the [end dimension] will give you a reward for clearing the labyrinth.”
“Congratulations… … !”
「You have cleared the Lunatic difficulty first among all the challengers in the Giant Tree Labyrinth.」
“As a clear reward, ‘Returner’s Worn Watch (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
It was the message to clear the final layer of the labyrinth.
Looking at the system messages that keep popping up… … .
Once again, I realized that I had really cleared the final level of the labyrinth.
However, there was no time to relax and think about the clearing.
[Top… … ! iced coffee… … ! my oldest friend… … ! Why are you abandoning me… … ! ]
It was worth it.
Because the god of despair, fall, and madness was howling without being able to hide his resentment.
[Give me a chance! If I had that mortal power… … ! There will be no mistakes like before! ]
But the sighting was only for a moment.
「After clearing the final layer of the labyrinth, challenger Han Seong-yoon will return to Earth.」
The light enveloped her whole body, blocking her vision, and soon she felt a feeling of floating that she had never experienced before.
‘It’s going back to Earth.’
After clearing the final layer of the labyrinth, you will now return to your original position with the end of the event.
It took a long time, but the thought of clearing the labyrinth and returning like this didn’t make me feel too bad.
and… … .
“… … .”
I smiled as I watched the last message float through my blurry vision.
‘I never thought this would be created as soon as I clear the labyrinth.’
「Newly gathered tales have accumulated enough to create a myth.」
「Calculation of myths based on actual results and Shinto beliefs.」
at las… … .
“The myth <Possibility of Transcendence> has been completed.”
A new myth was created.
