Chapter 632
Thud!
Pat-pat….
Dust and dirt poured down from everywhere.
The completely collapsed Great Temple of Woonkran was unrecognizable from its former beautiful self.
“Damn it. I wouldn’t want to do that twice.”
Jinhyuk grumbled as he got up from the pile of dirt.
His whole body felt heavy, like a waterlogged cotton ball.
“Are you okay, Master?”
Undine widened her eyes.
Seeing her diligently healing him with water made his heart flutter a little.
“Yeah. I survived thanks to you.”
The spirit beasts he summoned the moment Downfall struck the ground.
In particular, Gnome, the earth spirit, played a crucial role in his survival by creating space within the debris.
If he had remained in the epicenter, he wouldn’t have survived, no matter how tough his body was.
‘Even if I survived, I would have been trapped here forever.’
He might have had to live as a human fossil until someone excavated him.
Either way, it was far from the retirement life he had hoped for.
“Can you find a way out?”
“It’s too easy for the earth spirit.”
“I can feel a faint breeze, so it must be this way!”
“Master, but I was the one who healed you. Me!”
“Everyone, be quiet. My head hurts.”
The spirit beasts, who had finally gotten a breath of fresh air, were excited and raised their voices.
Except for one.
“My life has been completely turned upside down because of a single meal.”
Haeteis, who had been guarding this place, had lost his entire home.
And to top it off, he was forced to join a group of thugs.
But it was too late to despair.
Now they were completely in the same boat.
“Shall we get out of here?”
Jinhyuk took a breath and checked his condition.
Fortunately, there was no significant strain, considering he had used all his power.
But right then.
Thud, thud, thud!
The ground shook once again.
It wasn’t an aftershock.
He could feel a murderous aura filled with magic power from far away.
“That stubborn bastard. He’s still okay even after being buried in there.”
He didn’t know what he had eaten to make him so strong. At this point, he thought it might be better to copy him than to have the original.
If he ran away without any countermeasures, he would be caught up with quickly.
Then….
Magic power flickered at Jinhyuk’s fingertips.
“Master. I don’t know what you’re doing, but we need to hurry.”
Gnome trembled with fear, sensing Unknown approaching every moment.
He agreed that they needed to get out of here at this opportunity.
Jinhyuk nodded and moved.
The other spirit beasts followed Jinhyuk.
Except for one.
“Huh?”
Except for Undine.
“Why, why is this happening? Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong?”
Undine groaned and tried to move forward.
But, for some reason, her body wouldn’t budge.
It couldn’t.
Her legs, frozen by Glacial Sculpting, were perfectly connected to the earth.
In that moment of realization.
Undine saw it.
Her master going in the opposite direction.
And the smile on his face as well.
“Alright, let’s hurry. We have a long way to go.”
Jinhyuk climbed onto Gnome’s back and diligently plowed through the pile of dirt.
***
A dramatic truce.
Thanks to Vishnu directly telling them what had happened inside the Great Temple of Woonkran, all wars stopped.
As they realized who the real enemy was, the reason to fight each other disappeared.
“Still, we survived thanks to you.”
“Hoo.”
Deep sighs came from everywhere.
They had been in a near-annihilation situation, but they were able to survive at the last moment.
But the relief was only temporary. An even bigger concern came.
The conference hall where the chief gods gathered.
In a heavy atmosphere, a serious conversation continued.
“……It moved from the 50th floor, is that right?”
“It’s getting more troublesome.”
“We just suffered too much damage from the war. Are you saying we have to fight an even bigger enemy to stop the Covenant?”
The deities representing each mythology were deeply troubled.
“I understand that this is a difficult situation. I know that everyone has used up to their limits until just now.”
Jinhyuk slowly opened his mouth.
Of course, he understood everyone’s difficulties.
But.
“That doesn’t mean we can avoid it.”
A monster that had been unable to move due to the huge shackles of the system had been released.
Naturally, it would trample on the lower floors at will for its eternal domination.
Focusing on disobedient and annoying forces.
And.
‘Most of the people here would fall under that criteria.’
Except for the dragons, who were at best slaves to the ancient beings, the rest were just annoying troublemakers.
The problem was.
Jinhyuk’s gaze turned to those inside the conference hall.
‘Getting these guys to collude is not going to be easy….’
Leaving aside Eden and the Demon Realm.
The atmosphere between the Celestial Order and the remaining forces, who had been killing each other until just now, was ominous.
Especially Asura and the demonic beasts, who had completely dropped out of this meeting.
Nevertheless, there was some agreement that all forces should join forces once again to stop the Covenant.
“Now that the big picture has been decided, let’s take a break for about half a day.”
“Yes. I think we need to reorganize.”
Odin and Chronos suggested taking a break from the long meeting.
“We agree too.”
Vishnu and Brahma also nodded.
That’s how they got their own time.
Jinhyuk, who was left alone, called all the members together.
To be exact, he summoned everyone except for the missing Undine and those who had left for each floor.
‘I wonder if I have about 30 minutes.’
Jinhyuk checked the time and headed to an empty lot.
During his free time, he had to prepare a few things for the upcoming battle.
The first thing to do…
Ting!
Jinhyuk activated his personal status window.
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Name: Kang Jinhyuk
Gender: Male
Level: 318
Strength 119 Agility 131 Stamina 198 Magic Power 728 Gap 100 Luck 10 Adaptive 78 Spiritual Power 357.56
Available Stat Points: 15
Available Coins: 53,678,935
Job: Ruler of Runes
Unique Holy Spear: The content of the Unique Holy Spear is too large and has been switched to ‘Fold’.
Unique Ability: The content of the Unique Ability is too large and has been switched to ‘Fold’.
Skills: The content of the Skills is too large and has been switched to ‘Fold’.
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He gained 5 levels in this battle.
It was a bit disappointing considering the various activities he had done.
‘The amount of required experience has definitely become ridiculously high.’
Still, seeing the stats gradually increasing made him smile naturally.
Leveling up was the most certain and accurate result of his efforts.
[Strength increases from 119 → 125.]
[Agility increases from 131 → 140.]
6 points to Strength and 9 points to Agility.
He adjusted the balance to become closer to an all-rounder.
Jinhyuk closed the status window and took a deep breath.
The next thing to do was the really important thing.
Jinhyuk grabbed the golden orb he had received from Vishnu.
[The special holy relic ‘Sanctified Reliquary’ is opened!]
[You can now enter the warehouse where the Celestial Order’ holy relics are stored.]
Woo-oong!
A huge gate appeared in front of Jinhyuk’s eyes.
He had to get ‘that’ here.
Within 30 minutes.
Jinhyuk stepped into the gate.
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The scenery changed completely as the light flickered.
Flash.
Everything was dyed in gold.
The huge space full of enormous amounts of gold and magic stones was bigger and more magnificent than any treasure vault he had ever seen.
As befitting the dignity of a long-established mythology, the amount of holy relics stored here and there was also unusual.
From the origins of the weapons favored by each chief god. To those that even the chief gods found difficult to handle and kept in storage.
The number and types alone easily exceeded several hundred.
‘To think I can only choose one out of these… it’s heartbreaking.’
He even thought that it would have been better to smash the Celestial Order and monopolize everything in here.
Jinhyuk licked his lips and quickly moved his feet.
The most important and necessary thing among these was quite deep inside.
Crackle…!
Patzut!
As the distance to the holy relic narrowed, a tingling magic power brushed against his skin along with blue sparks.
At the same time, the copied aura of the ‘Thunder God’ resonated with the holy relic, creating even stronger sparks.
“Found it!”
Jinhyuk exclaimed softly.
Chief God ‘Indra’s Spear’ – Vajra.
What was in front of him was not the imitation that Indra was currently using, but the origin made of pure lightning itself.
Because it required such enormous magic power, and even the imitation was absurdly strong, the spear had been stored here….
That was a mistake.
It was like giving an opportunity to a thief like him.
If Indra found out about this, he would be quite upset.
But what could he do?
Vishnu, one of the supreme chief gods, had promised in the name of the Celestial Order.
[You have acquired the holy relic ‘Vajra’!]
Attack Power: 235,000
Durability: 50,000 / 50,000
Description: Enhances lightning-type abilities by 20% and allows you to imbue weapons with lightning attributes. A special effect is added that doubles attack power when throwing.
The shining spear was wrapped in his hand.
Jinhyuk slowly synchronized the electricity with the magic power in his body.
The reason he chose Vajra among these many holy relics was not simply to use a spear.
He already possessed the higher-ranking ‘Frost Spirit’s Spear’, and if he was going to throw it, he had the fraudulent means of Zeus’s ‘Astrape’.
Chuck!
Jinhyuk took out Barnard and Crimson Lotus, which he already had.
‘I need to split Vajra’s Spear and strengthen the two swords.’
A new weapon.
In order to fight against the ancient beings, he had to obtain a purple-grade dagger.
And the one who could make that possible was coming here from far away.
Orun, sweating profusely and carrying a hammer on his back, flashed through Jinhyuk’s mind.
“After all, whether it’s reality or the Tower, rank is everything. If you don’t want to get fired, you have to follow without complaint. Isn’t that right, Goguma?”
At Jinhyuk’s question, Goguma next to him sparkled his bright yellow eyes.
“Mogiii!”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Jinhyuk stroked Goguma’s head.
With all his love and affection.
‘Vajra isn’t bad… but it would be a bit disappointing to go out with just this.’
Vishnu had clearly said to choose only one holy relic.
That sentence didn’t include what to do with the magic stones.
Considering the upcoming fight with the ancient dragons, he couldn’t miss this opportunity to fully stock up Goguma’s magic power.
“Eat as much as you want. It’s on me, so you can eat as much as you want for 20 minutes.”
“Mogiii!”
Goguma jumped into the pile of top-quality magic stones.