novelraw Chapter 407
Chapter 407
Chapter 407
3.
The Embris Party, confronting the shadow human exuding the power of destruction, seemed to have already fought for a long time, as considerable traces remained on the surrounding ground and walls.
The walls were significantly cracked, and craters had formed all over the floor.
Traces of a quite fierce battle.
However, the Embris Party was facing the shadow human without any major injuries.
At the appearance of Embris and her team members who didn't seem particularly tense, the shadow human kicked the ground while raising its fist as if quite displeased.
As the guy moved, Embris stepped forward first, blocked its path, and began to spew out a giant wave of blood.
Kwaaaaaa———!!!
Even if the shadow human spewed the energy of destruction and shattered the massive, tidal-wave-like current to pieces, it had no choice but to be pushed back by the subsequently rushing waves.
At that moment, the blood coagulated in an instant, and the moment the dark red blood turned like a ruby.
The blood surrounding the shadow human jutted out like awls and pierced the shadow human all at once.
Pubububububuk!!!
The shadow human, pierced to the point of becoming rags in an instant.
However, the guy scattered the energy of destruction again.
It gradually recovered like the form of a shadow.
Of course, seeing the energy of destruction gradually fade the more it did so, Embris's eyes shone.
She judged that the guy would die once that energy was completely exhausted.
On the other hand, the viewers watching couldn't hide their surprise.
-Wow crazy what is this?????
-I thought they would be weak since they are at the lowest floor here……
-That's not it at all;;;;
-No, they're freaking strong???
-I feel like they wouldn't be lacking even if they went head-to-head with the 1st-string of other Ranker-level guilds……
-Plus their skill power is insane;;;;
-That boss mob looks practically Hidden Raid Boss level too……
Because they were the Embris Party, which had the lowest ranking among the backup teams.
They were being slightly ignored, but.
Now, that wasn't the case either.
Since they were now on the same floor as Kyou's Party.
Embris also knew that, so she launched attacks towards the shadow human even faster.
Because Embris's three party members were also her vassals, they similarly controlled the blood Embris had created to launch attacks together.
With its energy of destruction gradually decreasing, the shadow human tried to make a final struggle.
However, a giant dark red wave swept over the guy once again, and as it turned the entire cavity into a sea of blood, the text stating the floor was cleared soon appeared.
“It was harder than expected.”
“We did spend some time.”
“It is a strong enemy indeed.”
“It definitely gets a bit hard starting from the 90th floor.”
Unlike Seonghyun's worries, they cleared it easier than expected.
Of course, from the Embris Party's perspective, it was harder than expected.
Anyway, seeing them clear it, the viewers had no choice but to pour out praises.
-Kya we won!!!!!
-This is it!!!!
-The finish was clean too!!!!
-They're really strong, are they really a backup team???
-If they went somewhere else, all three parties would unconditionally be 1st-strings ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-Real, they're freaking strong.
Although the viewers said so.
In fact, true to the evaluations, it was a fact that Embris's control was somewhat lacking compared to Luna or Kyou, who were other Almighty rank jobs.
If ranked, Luna was the strongest, followed by Kyou, and then Embris. However, the balance of the team members matched well.
The place with the weakest team members was the Luna team, followed by the Embris team.
But the teamwork of the Luna team and the Embris team was considerable, and Kyou's team, which could be called the strongest team if looking at each member individually, had zero teamwork.
In a way, the balance among the teams was almost perfect.
Because of that, it also played a part in allowing the Luna team to push ahead quite quickly.
“Anyway, we'll try to pursue quickly. We're on the same floor as Kyou's team now. It's a one-floor difference with Team Leader Luna's side.”
“Let's hurry.”
“Hurry! Hurry!”
“Let's go!”
Overflowing with motivation, everyone went down like that.
4.
The power of destruction scattered and pressured Seonghyun, but.
Seonghyun dodged it all too lightly and instead used the power of darkness and the red moon to pressure the power of destruction.
Even though the black shadow human showed obvious signs of faltering, the guy fiercely resisted until the very end.
Kwaaaaa———!
As a giant energy stormed, Seonghyun thought it was indeed worth fighting.
Recalling the concern he had previously, he subtly checked the ranking.
[Abyss Ranking]
[1st Place - Michael Party : 95th Floor]
[2nd Place - Demon King Backup Team 1 Luna Party : 92nd Floor]
[Joint 3rd Place - Demon King Backup Team 2 Kyou Party : 91st Floor]
[Joint 3rd Place - Demon King Backup Team 3 Embris Party : 91st Floor]
‘Everyone came up.’
Seeing that everyone had broken through the 90th floor contrary to his concerns, Seonghyun chuckled, and the black shadow human aimed for that very brief opening and rushed in.
The appearance of the guy rushing in with the energy of destruction flickering was truly like an evil spirit, and Seonghyun lightly shot out the beam of the red moon while looking at such a guy.
Pisyung.
The red beam that flew at the speed of light flew straight towards the guy, and the guy shattered that beam to pieces with the power of destruction.
Normally, it wouldn't have been possible to destroy light, but.
It was entirely possible with the power of destruction the guy possessed.
The moment the beam shattered and red light spewed out like that, the surroundings went dark in an instant.
Darkness wrapped around the black shadow human.
Fundamentally, it might have looked similar to the black shadow human, but it was qualitatively different.
The moment the pure darkness itself gained physical force, the darkness gradually began to shrink in size, and the black shadow human was trapped in that darkness and started struggling.
It was using the power of destruction, but the darkness absorbed everything so that nothing could escape, and even the destruction was contained and absorbed into the darkness, rendering it completely useless.
Because the power of destruction was weaker than the power of darkness, it couldn't escape.
Kwajik!
The guy was compressed small inside the shrinking darkness as it was and literally vanished.
Seonghyun also consumed a quite large amount of mana, but he didn't think much of it since he still had a lot of mana left anyway.
Watching such Seonghyun, the Michael Party members as well as the viewers were looking at him as if it was absurd.
Seonghyun had clearly been fighting moderately as they reached the 90th floor, but.
He suddenly suppressed it in an instant like a reversal.
It was understandably absurd.
“Wow…… you were actually hiding your strength…….”
“How…… can he get stronger from there?”
“T-Tell me about it.”
The Michael team, which had now become mere reaction dolls.
And the viewers.
-Wow……
-No, was that just a skill right now???
-Are all Monarchs that strong???
-Wow;;; No, the backup teams were so strong that I wondered how strong the Demon King was. The rankings say it all as expected……
-It's a speed that the backup teams inevitably find hard to keep up with……
-No but if he's that strong, what does the backup team even backup?
-Huh? You're right???
-Hael-ham, why did you become a reaction doll over there T_T
-He really doesn't have anything else to do lmao
-Agreed
Although everyone laughed and talked about Michael like that.
Everyone wasn't unaware that Michael was also a person of considerable skill.
But what could they do?
From the backup teams to Seonghyun, every single one of them was a monster, so there was no comparison at all.
Even the Michael Party was a level or two below Longfeng, Hwawol, and Elzahar of the Luna team, which was considered the weakest among the backup teams.
The contrast couldn't help but be even starker.
Of course, the Michael team didn't refute that.
Nor did they feel jealous.
No, jealousy or inferiority complex requires being somewhat on the same dimension; they didn't get uglily jealous looking at people this far out of their dimension.
“Anyway, since we handled this place too, shall we go down now?”
“S-Sounds good.”
“Huuu, I'm nervous.”
“T-Tell me about it.”
As everyone, including Michael, said so.
Seonghyun smiled subtly.
Then.
“Come to think of it, since things change every 5 floors, it's the 96th floor now so it might change again.”
At Seonghyun's words, the Michael team also nodded their heads.
Because this Abyss had always been like that.
Wasn't it like that during the abyss theme before too.
Because of that, their tension was clearly evident.
Of course, the viewers started teasing them watching that.
-No lmao Why are you guys nervous.
-xD You aren't doing anything.
-Guess they are nervous about what kind of reaction they should do this time.
-lmfao That's it xD
-No lmfao Michael is a skilled person who doesn't fall behind anywhere, but here he's just kneeling.
-lolololol Agreed.
“Hey! Do you think you guys would be any different!?”
“Th-That's right!”
“E-Exactly!”
While the Michael team was having such a back-and-forth banter with the viewers.
A few viewers bit the topic Seonghyun threw out.
-But really, what is the next floor?
-The first one that came out was a force feeling like gravity or attraction, and the next was destruction, so I can't get a feel for it at all.
-It's so different that I really don't know. lmao
-I wonder what's next.
Perhaps quite curious, the viewers were typing in the chat like that.
Of course, Seonghyun already knew, but.
He didn't say it in advance.
Was there a need to say more when they could just go down and see anyway.
Because of that, he didn't say more and just chatted moderately while going down.
“I hope the next boss has a more interesting concept.”
“An interesting concept?”
“Umm.”
At Michael's question, Seonghyun realized he hadn't explained it and told them lightly.
“The bosses we fought just now, unlike other bosses, are the type to use a single concept contained in mana like a Monarch-type skill.”
“Ah. Is that so?”
“D-Definitely?”
“I don't think we've seen such cases with other bosses.”
“Not all Hidden Raid Bosses handle energy like a Monarch-type, so we should consider this place a bit special.”
At Seonghyun's explanation, the viewers also nodded their heads and listened.
Just when everyone was reacting as if they finally understood a bit.
Arriving at the 96th floor, Seonghyun's brow furrowed faintly.
And.
“Wh-What is this!?”
“Th-There was something like this!?”
“I-In the Abyss!?”
All three Michael team members, who had been active in the Abyss the longest, were surprised.