Scarlet red door ced with bd gold engravings and topaz fmes burning ever so calmly by the door frames. In a fiery ndscape riddled with veins upon veins and pools upon pools of va, they were doors one would call the entrao hell.
Top it off with the charred grounds, the erupting geysers from time to time, and the suffog eerie atmosphere about the pce. Just the mere sight of the humongous doors is more than enough to make one feel humbled.
"Ahh... How intimidating..." ［Grey］
Even Grey who would now qualify for the top ten stro in the world couldn't help but feel intimidated just by standing in front of it. His hands were trembling on their own, his whole body instinctively warning him to abandon thought of tinuing and run away immediately.
A couple weeks had passed since Grey reached Camity-Css, and it was now the estimated st day of the Labyrinth. Taking such a possibility into at, he headed aloo the deepest depths and towards the boss room, Poris sent back to where Yuna and the others were.
It has been several minutes since he arrived at the end of the Labyrinth and he was still frozen, his eyes locked on the doors before him, hesitation sprouting in his heart along with his instinctive impulses.
He hasn't eveered the room yet but his life has already started fshing before his eyes. His past life, his current life, all the adventures he did, and Yuna. It was as if he was actually dying. A wry smile stered on his face.
"Yeah... Let's stop thinking of such thoughts already..." ［Grey］
Well, even if he wao run, he would still o do such things in the near future. There was no use esg. It was better to have himself get familiar with sutense pressure.
Grey, are you free right now? ［Yuna］
Just as Grey was steeling his resolve, a familiar beautiful voice came ringing inside his head. It was her than his beloved Yuna who he dearly misses.
Yeah, I'm free. Why? ［Grey］
Umm... You see... I heard from Poris that you'll be fighting the boss today... Is that true? ［Yuna］
It was only telepathy, but Grey could clearly feel the shakiness in Yuna's words. She tried to hide but having known her for three years already, Grey could easily tell what she was feeling. Her worry was clear as day.
Grey purposely hasn't told her his pns since he knew she would worry. It pletely slipped his mind that Yuna was also Poris' Master. Even if he asked him not to tell her, the tter would have no choice but answer holy. He was a little stumped.
Well, yeah... But don't worry, I promise I'll retreat immediately as soon as it gets dangerous. You t on my word. ［Grey］
I see... That's good to hear... ［Yuna］
Or so she said, but there were still traces of ay evident ihoughts. Not only that, there was also disappoi and helplessness from her inability to help Grey. A thought which kept revolving inside her mind.
Well, it's not like Grey couldn't uand her feelings as he too would feel such emotions if Yuo decide to do something dangerous. Now, he is even more determio get back safe and hug her tightly afterwards.
Right, by the way, how is everyone doing? ［Grey］
Oh, we're doing fine. Julius and Amelia's are doing much better than before. And Vega is still causing mischief every time she gets the ce to. ［Yuna］
A me guess, Kentaurus is encing her again, isn't he? ［Grey］
Fufufu! That's right. They're currently being scolded by Poris and Sirius right now. It seems like it won't be finished anytime soon. ［Yuna］
For several mio e, Grey and Yuna chatted ever so peacefully, ughing and giggling from time to time. It was as if they were just having a normal phone call, save for the fact that they were litera a hellish enviro,
It was so peaceful that Grey had pletely fotten about the intimidation he felt, feeling much braver aermihan before. Talking to Yuna really was a remedy like no other.
Oh, it seems like I o help out again... ［Yuna］
Hahaha, let's tinue our talk ime then. ［Grey］
Un! Good luck! ［Yuna］
The (telepathic) call has ended and now, it was time frey to face reality once again. His heart now was steeled, ready to plunge himself to the depths of hell and brawl with the monster behind the doorsー Or so he thought.
Right, Grey, I fot to tell you something. ［Yuna］
But it hasn't even been a minute sihe call ended yet Yuna decided to call him once again. An a whily made Grey curious as to what she had fotten,
Hm? What is it? ［Grey］
Grey asked but there was no answer from the other side. Yuna was taking her sweet time, leaving Grey's head be filled with question marks, the sounds of va bubbling and fmes crag in the background.
I miss you... e back safely to me, okay? ［Yuna］
The burning fmes and flowing va was loud, but Grey could clearly hear Yuna's voice eg inside his mind. A strange sense of happiness and calm surging in his heart as those words kept ing again and again.
Grey couldn't see Yuna's face as they are right now, but he knows full well that her expressions oher side are. A bright red face, feverish cheeks, and lonely blue eyes. Just imagining it, Grey's lips could help but arto a sweet little smile.
Yes, ma'am. Your wish is my and. ［Grey］
Th-Then! I'll be going now! Bye! ［Yuna］
Panid embarrassment evident in her words, Yuna quickly ehe call and headed back to what she was doing, face clearly now as red as a ripe tomato. Grey could only chuckle with how adorable his girlfriend is.
The call done and rey shifted his eyes back to the giant doors once again, his heart fueled by determination highest it ever has been, like a raging storm ready to y waste upon the world.
Grey ched his fist tightly, equipping the divine gaus. The winds then started te wildly yet calmly at the same time the moment Grey activated Authority, his body fueled with domineering strength. He hasn't just been sg the past month, after all.
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[Salferine]
[Name] Grey Silverdrake
[Race] Human
[Sex] Male
[Age] 18
[Status] Healthy
[Mana Capacity] 6,825 [Mana Quality] S
[bat Power] 17,579 [Threat Level] Camity
[Attribute] Wind [Magic Proficy] Superior (90%)
[Css] Brawler [on Proficy] Superior (90%)
[Physical Enha] 91%
[Ability] Divine Eyes (Divine)
Divine Mind (Divine)
Subspace (Divine)
Wind Magic - Bellowing Heavens
Brawling Arts - Spectral Echoes
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He was no lohe same person he was a month ago. With his current strength, the Skeleton Tyrant from before is no longer a threat. A man who stand proudly at the highest peaks of the world.
His resolve steeled with the toughest of determination, Grey pced his hand towards the doors, letting his mana flow towards it. A loud thunk, k, and creak eg soon after as the doors opened on their own.
A nd of death and fire. Such was the se revealed behind the massive doors. All sides and ers of the room were filled with scorg va, glowing red and amber, even hotter than the surface of the sun.
And in the middle of the room was a single being, sitting quietly, eyes closed, and not moving even a single inch. It was like a giant, lifeless boulder standing out ever so spicuously in the spacious room which could only be described as "Hell".
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[Monster]
[Species] Vul Destroyer
[Status] Healthy
[Type] Elemental
[Ability] ...
[Mana Capacity] 142.551 [Mana Quality] S
[bat Power] 49,633 [Threat Level] Disaster
[Attribute] Fire
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Well, if the room was "Hell", then that being could be called the "Demon Lord" which could y ruin upon any try, no matter how big or small, without much effort. A walking disaster as one might call it.
With authority at "triple" and his equipment, Grey could fidently fight toe to toe against oppos 5 times strohan himself, but what was before him was much, much stronger, more than 20 times to be exact. The battle hasn't even started, but he could already tell it is going to be difficult.
Clop k Creak
The moment Grey stepped foot ihe room, the doors started to close on their own, a loud creak resounding as the ground rumbled. Soon enough, Grey was left in a closed space aloh the monster in the middle.
The doors closed pletely, another rumble quaked throughout the whole room. In the moment, the being which looked lifeless just a moment ago now started to move ever so slowly, standing taller and taller with the passing of time.
Geysers erupting violently, fountains of va bursting out from the ground, va dripping from the ceiling, and fmes dev the ground from time to time. Such fiery only ehe moment the Vul Destroyer's eye glowed red.
"That would have made a good cutse..." ［Grey］
The calm didn't st long. As soon as the boss awakehe room was in turmoil once again, ead every step the Vul Destroyer took sent tremors throughout the whole room, rains of fire sh the whole room.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
Following the tremors, boulders of molten rocks peppered the ground like a shower of burnieors, explosions resounding in the air endlessly. Each boulder was hurled violently at breakneck speeds, able to destroy vilges in a fsh.
"Haap!" ［Grey］
The chaos only grew and tinued as Grey danced around the room, evading each boulder ing his way, and crushing those which ot be evaded with his fists and the wind, littering the ground with rocks and fmes.
"Whoops!" ［Grey］
Grey couldn't just pay attention to the barrage aloher. As with each ce it gets, its hands a rushed towards the ground, aiming to crush him in a single go, tremors spreading ead every siime.
The Vul Destroyer's arms crashed towards the ground, leaving its mark. But in that moment, Grey quickly used its arm as a foothold, arriving towards its face swiftly, all the while defleg the rain of molten rocks.
??Pinpoint Tempest: Deathpierce!?? ［Grey］
Grey's fist perfectly ected towards the Vul Destroyer's face, shock spreading all throughout its body. There was a boom, not just eg o twice over, atack eg soon after.
It was not because Grey attacked again, but rather, because of the enlighte he reached with brawling, "Spectral Echoes". An ability whids arike on the enemy after Grey's attack successfully ects as if the attack "echoed".
Two booms resounded clearly but the enemy was only moved a couple inches. Not even a sed ter, the enemy us ter. A swift hand darting trey's dire, but there was no pani Grey's face, only a little smile.
Soon, a resonant sound echoed in the air as the Vul Destroyer closed its hands, produg a force which could crush any object. But the moment it ope, Grey was o be seen as if he vanished into thin air.
??Southern Wind: Notus!?? ［Grey］
It turs head the moment it heard Grey's voice, but it was already too te. What greeted its eyes were her than a spear of wind, striking its face gracefully, leaving cracks behind as va spurted out of it like blood.
"Sorry, were you looking for me?" ［Grey］
A voice echoed from a couple hundred meters away and Grey was there. It was as if he just disappeared and then reappeared at another location, teleportation one might say. Well, that's because it's trueー sort of.
With Grey reag Camity-Css, he also unlocked the fourth effects of his Divine abilities. For "Divine Eyes" he unlocked "Eyes of Destiny" which could see the past and future. And for "Subspace", he unlocked "Gate" which allows him to open portals towards pces he knows of.
It may only be a couple seds into the future, but "Eyes of Destiny" was enough to see the enemies' ter-attack. And in that couple seds, after nding a hit, Grey immediately opened a Gate to jump towards a spot in his line of sight in an instant.
FWOOSSSHHHHH
??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］
There was no time to rest. As soon as the Vul Destroyer ascertained where Grey was, a breath of golden fmes quickly came rushing towards the tter's dire. In exge, Grey also released a torrent of his own.
The Vul Destroyer tried to strike down the spears which came flying towards it with its fiery breath, but no sounds of impact could be heardー or rather, the impacts only resounded much ter than anticipated.
Grey had once again opened gates, but this time, not for himself. Before the breath of fire could csh with the spears, he immediately had them pass through gates which ected to the ones he just created behind the enemy. A number of explosions then rang as the enemy's back eppered with spears of wind.
As for the breath of fire, it was dispersed by another set of gates, not leaving a single scrat Grey. It was then that Grey once again realized how cheat-like Divine abilities were. A wry smile was on his face.
RUMMBLLLLEEEE
In rage, the Vul Destroyer stomped one of its feet towards the ground. The very moment, spikes of molten rock emerged throughout the whole room, from the ground, to the walls, and even the ceiling.
But such a ge in terrain wasn't a problem frey who possessed a much smaller and muimble body. He easily created temporary ptforms of his own usih magid pced them atop the topaz-colored spikes
??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］
Aorrent of wind spears came darting towards the Vul Destroyer at breakneck speeds, but just a couple seds after, another set of portals opened in front of them.
Caution in its eyes, the Vul Destroyer stomped one of its feet once again, a wall of fire and va emerging behind it, ag like a shield. It has already learnt its lesson and won't fall for such tricks again.
Unfortunately, it was still too naive. Not a sie opened from behind it, rather, they opened from both sides. The Vul Destroyer was once again peppered with a torrent of wind spears. Grey had already seen what it would do.
And whilst it was still preoccupied by the barrage of wind spears, a single spear of violent wind formed by Grey's hands, one purely made for destru, getting more and more violent the more winds it sucked in.
??Southern Wind: Notus!?? ［Grey］
The spear was released towards the enemy at speeds surpassing that of sound's many times ofer, but the enemy's rea was no joke. As soon as it saw Grey cast another spell, it instinctively felt danger and coated itself with a tough armor of fmes and molten rock.
BOOOOOMMMMMM
A loud impact ruptured the sound barrier in a single moment, clouds of dust and ash swirling across the spacious room as va gushed forth aggressively. Soon, bursts of scorg winds and wild shockwaves rampaged throughout the room, the aftermath of destru.
"Tsk! Tough bastard!" ［Grey］
Unfortunately frey, no matter how much power he poured throughout the spear, it was still not enough to close the gap betweehe only thing his attack did was leave a couple rge cracks, not damaging the Vul Destroyer's body.
In fact, it has always been like that throughout the whole battle. While Grey leaves rge numbers of cracks with his attacks, in the end, they are still cracks and not fatal damages. Not to mention that the enemy slowly regees over time, the rate he is chipping down its health was very slow if anything.
"Haa!" ［Grey］
The winds roared furiously along with Grey's cry and the air particles started to dance wildly, creating more and more powerful implosions and shockwaves with the passing of time. Chaos desded upon the room as matter kept disiing.
But even with the use of "Bellowing Heavens", all Grey could do was slowly chip away its armor. The attack which could easily destroy the dungeon walls was all but futile resistaowards the monster before him. All it did was waste Grey's mana.
RUMMBBBLLLEEEEEE
As soon as the attacks stopped, the Vul Destroyer didn't waste any more time and started moving once again. It sent aremor towards the ground, fountains of va f as eruptions took pce all over the pce.
Not only did the eruptiorict Grey's movement, it also filled the floor with flowing va , rising higher and higher with each passing sed, dev the room like a starving sea of fmes.
"Tsk! ing son of a b*tch..." ［Grey］
The more va rose, the less pces Grey could use as a foothold. And while it's true that he could just simpleu make his own ptform to stand on, it would mean he'll waste mana. To top it all off, the va will keep rising so it would only be a temporary measure. Even time has turned on him.
??Eastern Wind: Eurus!?? ［Grey］
The winds roared once more, everything in front was swept away. Be it the rising va, the raging fmes, or the Vul Destroyer, they were all pushed back by the raging winds. At the same time, the va was also cooled down, providing a path frey.
??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］
Hundreds upon hundreds of spears came rushing towards the enemy's body as Grey ran along the path he made. This time, he didn't use any gates and simply rained down a violent barrage towards it.
A series of explosi out at regur intervals as the spears hit solid objects. Some were struck down, some missed, and some hit the joints. The releorrent tinued all the while Grey cooled down the rising va to make a path for him.
But just as the enemy's vision was clouded with the mad cascade of spears, Grey suddenly disappeared from where he previously was. The moment the enemy realized where he was, it was already far too te.
??Pinpoint Tempest: Deathpierce!?? ［Grey］
Quick as lightning, Grey's heavy fist struck the enemy's head once again, slugging it hard with his drill-like attack. It didn't do much damage, but it was enough to make it falter and lose its bance for a moment.
??Phantom Caliber: Omega!?? ［Grey］
Not wasting the opportunity, Grey propelled himself towards the enemy's chest area with the use of wind magidi another heavy strike. Another boom soon resounded as "Spectral Echoes" took effect,
But not a single crack could be seen. Well, it's only to be expected... After all, the nature of the attack was to destroy everything from the inside. Grey's target was the Vul Destroyer's core hidden deep is body.
The enemy didn't just stay still. As soon as it regained ba quickly tried to catch Grey once again. Unfortunately for it, Grey was far too fast, quickly esg with the use of gates.
??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］
As soon as he nded, Grey once again released another volley of attacks towards the enemy, not giving it any time to rest nee, nding another punch the moment it got distracted by the spells.
It has bee a battle of attrition. Whether the Vul Destrets destroyed rey runs out of mana, such was the deg oute on their seemingly endless battle over the va-filled ndscape.
Spears... Fists... Spears... Fists... Spears... Fists..
Such a cycle tinued for several mio e as Grey slowly whittled down the enemy's health, keeping in mind that a single mistake could put him in dahe battle tinued as sutil, all of the sudden, the enemy stopped moving.
??Southern Wind: Notus!?? ［Grey］
Grey didn't waste the d shot a single, destructive strike towards the enemy, a loud boom eg afterwards as debris and clouds of dust and ash covered the view. But rather than rge cracks, what was revealed soon after was a much more shog sight.
Thud Thud Thud Thud
A series of heavy sounds soon echoed as soon as clouds of dust and ash started to clear out. Not only did the Vul Destroyer remove its heavy armor, it also shed a lot of mass, leaving behind a much smaller and lighter form.
The enemy has yet to move, but with Grey's "Eyes of Destiny", he saw a future he must avoid at all cost. All cells in his body screamed from danger, his heart beating wildly as the oppo looked at him in the eyes.
??Barrier!?? ［Grey］
There was no time to think. As soon as Grey erected a barrier, the enemy quickly moved from where it previously was. Though it still possessed a rge body pared, it was inparably much faster than before, appearing before his eyes in just a mere fra of a sed.
The Vul Destroyer pulled back its arms then released a heavy pun a small time frame, striking Grey at inhumane speeds. There was no need for discussion. The moments its fist struck Grey, e barrier broke, the sound of shattering gss eg clearly in the air.
Fortunately, though the barrier didn't st long, it was enough to buy him some time to escape his predit. He quickly opened a gate and translocated himself towards the opposite of the room, chills running down his spine.
"Haha... How troublesome..." ［Grey］
A wry ugh reverberating in the air, Grey once again looked the enemy in the eyes. It was already hard enough as it was dealing with it when it was still moving slowly. Now that it has bee faster, he could no loread as lightly as before.
Speed, power, stamina, and mana. No matter where he looked at it, Grey was clearly behind in all aspects, and by a rge margin at that. The risks are now much higher than before, doom surrounding him at all ers.
Only a dry smile was afloat Grey's face as he greeted the emissary of death and fmes before him. The end is drawing near.
CHAPTER 194 END
