Chapter 1754 Aftermath
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Drake always imagined Pandemonium being a merciless and ruthless man, and perhaps he was indeed one, but right now he could have easily finished him off.
Yet the only thing he showed him was respect. Apparently he hated Oberon, so he was so pleased about his death that his view of Drake became better.
And perhaps out of this happiness he felt, he decided to not jump on his back and attack him with lethal force.
Drake had already recovered his strength and energies right now, but in that window, made up of a couple of second, he was exposed.
He had unleashed all his strength to defeat this powerful new soul clone of Oberon, so it was only natural he would grow weaker after that, needing to cool down and all.
His transformation using Orochi"s Divine Ability brought this drawback, where after the transformation, he would feel exhausted for several seconds, perhaps even a whole minute.
Drake quickly realized that despite how strong it was, this was not an ability he had to use deliberately…
Nonetheless, and above all, he won.
Not only thanks to him and his strength, but his friends and family all were a large part of his victory.
He felt that even Pandemonium"s respect for him was increased after doing that.
"Hahhh… Man, I"m tired."
He slowly calmed down and stood up, before he was rained by a series of notifications, both from his System and also from the Trial itself.
First, words made of flames emerged before him, as he suddenly saw twenty treasure chests appear in front of him, sitting over the burned dirt right below him.
"This is…?"
[Congratulations! You have slain a partic.i.p.ant of the Second Trial and taken their treasure completely!]
[You"ve received 20 Different Treasures!]
"Oh, the Treasures that b.a.s.t.a.r.d had, they"re mine now…" he smiled. "Right, isn"t that nice?"
Honestly, despite how difficult and almost impossible it felt to fight Oberon, the eventual victory brought a large amount of gains!
And the twenty treasures he gained was just the beginning. Not only did he absorb his divine powers and copied his Unique Skill, although in a weaker form, but he also gained a lot of EXP from killing him.
And above all, he ate his body and what remained of his soul, his body felt much stronger too, as if he had eaten half of him using Divinity Absorption first and then finished his meal after he killed and ate him through the Sin of Gluttony.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have defeated [Oberon"s Void Soul Clone (Rank 10+)] x1, [Abyssal Voidlings (Rank 9 ~ 10)] x63, and [Divine Monsters (Rank 10)] x400+!]
[You earned a tremendous quant.i.ty of EXP!]
[Level Up!]
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[Your Cla.s.s Level has increased from Level 27 to Level 64/100!]
[All your Stats have increased. You gained Stat Points and Skill Points.]
[You have devoured a powerful Divine Soul containing the Element of the Void.]
[Energies have been absorbed and transformed successfully.]
[You gained +30.000.000 Ascendancy Law Essence.]
[All your Stats have increased by +3.000.000!]
[You gained the [Main Divinity: Abyssal Void Soul (SSS)]!]
[You gained the Divine Ability: [Absolute Blade of the Void: Ginnungagap (SSS)]!]
The Essene flowed through his body, as he grew stronger with each Level and bonuses. At the same time, he felt a deeper connection with the void as his soul began to be enhanced and refined by its darkness.
And above all, he obtained a new Divine Ability!
"It summons that sword he used to cut through anything?!" Drake was shocked, but when he tried to use the Divine Ability, he noticed something. "Ah."
The blade wasn"t that enormous though, and it was composed of compressed void energies, it was roughly three meters right now.
"How did he make it larger though?"
As he wondered, suddenly, his Weapons sighed in relief.
"Ugh, you really pushed us to our limits there…" groaned Uller.
"Please be more… mindful of us, master…" sighed Skadi.
"A-Ah! My bad, I"m sorry, I just couldn"t stop and…" Drake quickly, began healing them. "I"ll heal you guys. Thanks for helping me."
"Ouch, when I agreed to become your weapon I never agreed to be treated this harshly! Also don"t you fight too many powerful foes? Can"t you take a break for once in a while?" the trident Ariel complained.
"Hah! I"ve only known war since my creation, you complain too much," the hammer Hephaestus groaned.
"Sorry, but there"s n.o.body else that can help me more than you guys… I mean, you"re literally weapons," Drake muttered.
"Right… I guess so!"
Ariel didn"t really like being a weapon, apparently.
"That b.a.s.t.a.r.d was powerful…" suddenly, a pink fox appeared by Drake"s side. "Drake, he didn"t left any little surprise inside of you right? Maybe a soul parasite? Let me check you." Belle began to check his soul.
"Hahhh… That was indeed an intense battle," said Rose. "I do feel stronger as well… Like, did I level up as well?"
"Yes. Strong." Gabriel appeared by Drake"s side; the small mechanical angel seemed to agree.
"Gyuuh!" And then Ashlock, the large demonic tree quickly appeared too, agreeing as well.
"Seems like you guys also got the new System, so you can Level up," Drake explained. "You were already probably a.s.signed a Cla.s.s and got new Skills and Stats… But it seems like that didn"t work for the weapons, do you feel any stronger?"
"No…" Uller complained. "This is unfair."
"Why do we not get to level up?!" Skadi wondered.
"Hmm, perhaps it has to do with us technically not being living beings? We"re weapons with souls after all," explained Ariel.
"Either way, I don"t really care much," Hephaestus didn"t seem to mind.
"Hmm, Andromeda, can something be done about this?" Drake wondered.
"I"ve checked this and yes, it can be done, if we use some more essence, it is possible to upgrade weapons using the System, directly turning them into a new type of weapon altogether!" she said. "For that you"ll need use your acc.u.mulated essence and increase your Ascendancy Law Rank."
"I see…" Drake nodded. "Then-"
"Drakeeeee!"
"Papaaaa!"
But Drake was quickly startled, as his family came running to his side.
He"ll have to do this later, it seemed.
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