Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 1245

Chapter 1245

Dragonkin King Hadon was nailed to the ground with a spear embedded in his body, and the rest of the Allied Races were all left in a panic when they heard the Battle God’s Voice.

One of the commentators said…

[Uh… This is quite difficult for us to believe. According to the notification window that Minhyuk had shown us, he and his vassals are around 30% weaker, right?]

Another commentator piped up, obviously in denial as well.

[This does not make any sense. From what we confirmed the other day, his power is already beyond… common sense…]

The commentator trailed off. He tried to deny it. After all, as both a human and a player, he believed that Minhyuk had already proven his strength and power as a Battle God. Just like any other person, he thought it would be worthy of applause if Minhyuk achieved that level of growth after the battle with Helenia.

Yet somehow, he was announcing that he was actually 30% weaker than normal?

Boom–!

A loud sound erupted as if a bomb had exploded and kicked up a huge cloud of dust.

[All of the Battle God’s penalties have been removed.]

The people still standing on the walls looked at Minhyuk with their mouths wide open. Then, another huge cloud of dust appeared not far from them.

Bang–!

Everyone turned to look at the same time. There, they saw Brod, who the Orc King was pressuring earlier, had raised his sword and stopped his opponent’s great sword.

Clang–!

This time, the one who was pushed back was not him but the Orc King. Sent sliding far away by the collision, the Orc King recovered and looked at Brod in shock.

Bang–!

Another cloud of dust appeared. In that place was Rundalk, who had been bitten by the Werewolf King earlier and was now holding onto his opponent’s upper and lower jaws with his bare hands.

“Should I break this trap of yours?”

Crack, crack, crack–!

The mind-numbing and chilling sound that rang in their ears made everyone realize that the words written in the sky were true.

Minhyuk slowly approached the panicking Reikan and said, “So, the Emperor of Races is like this.”

“...?!”

“You just became a bit stronger, but you think you’re already above all races and have won. What a foolish man.”

Minhyuk returned the words that Reikan had told him a few moments earlier. Reikan’s eyes turned bloodshot after being mocked so openly. A few moments earlier, he was the one who had completely trashed Minhyuk.

‘How dare he?!’ Furious, Reikan raised his claws and immediately attacked him.

Ring!

[The Sudden Quest: Overwhelming Reikan. Proving Your Qualifications as the True Battle God has been created.]

According to the contents of the quest, Minhyuk had to reduce Reikan’s HP by 10% in ten seconds. If successfully cleared, he would receive a +1 increase in all five basic stats as a reward.

Until now, Minhyuk’s sword had not left a scratch on Reikan’s tough skin. Even with the activation of Destruction, he still failed to leave any marks. It was mainly because the amount of damage that Minhyuk could deal was significantly lower than the speed at which Reikan’s body regenerated and recovered.

Minhyuk’s sword continuously collided with Reikan’s claws.

Meanwhile, the commentators were all shouting in excitement.

[The Battle God’s speed has dramatically increased!]

[According to the notification window, the weight of the Absolute God’s Pockets was determined by his achievements, stats, skills, level, and many other factors.]

[The things he built and achieved had restricted him and his speed. It made it so he could not catch up with Reikan before. But now? He’s already on par with him in terms of speed.]

Bang–!

At that moment, Minhyuk finally landed a successful attack. Even Destruction was triggered and left a huge amount of pressure on Reikan.

“This is… Keuhaaaaaack?!” Reikan shrieked, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The force of Minhyuk’s attack was now different. It was no longer like before, where he struggled to keep up with the speed of Reikan’s regeneration and recovery. While he was still in disbelief at the power that went beyond common sense, Minhyuk had already held two swords in his hands.

Slash, slash, slash–!

Minhyuk moved swiftly, his attacks pushing Reikan back and leaving him unable to react.

[You have completed the

[Your five basic stats have increased by +1.]

Ring!

[The Sudden Quest: Reikan’s Downfall. Proving Your Overwhelming Power as the Battle God has been created.]

According to the contents of the quests, the rewards would remain the same. However, he had to reduce Reikan’s total HP by 20%.

The word Crazy appeared on the blade of Minhyuk’s sword.

Bang, bang, bang–!

The quest was completed in three seconds.

[Your five basic stats have increased by +1.]

Ring!

[The Sudden Quest: Reikan’s Fury. The Battle God Suppressing Reikan has been created.]

The rewards remained the same. This time, the quest would be cleared if he could decrease Reikan’s HP by 50%.

“Sword of Carnage.”

Minhyuk swung his sword and hacked Reikan a dozen times. When he passed by Reikan’s figure, the man’s eyes were already rolling to the back of his head.

[You have completed the Sudden Quest: Reikan’s Fury. The Battle God Suppressing Reikan.]

[Your five basic stats have increased by +1.]

[You have completed three Sudden Quests in such a short amount of time.]

[You have acquired additional rewards. Your five basic stats have increased by +1.]

Reikan, with blood all over his body, looked around. He saw that the kings of the other races could not overcome or even oppose the vassals of the Battle God. As he continued to look around, he realized something else.

“Gulp–”

There was a pair of dice glowing with a black and golden light floating behind Minhyuk. At this moment, Reikan realized he made a huge mistake by using the Berserk Howl earlier.

Using the Berserk Howl restricted him from using any other Howls. The Allied Races had considered the Beyond the Heavens Empire and prepared the Howl to counter and terminate the buffs they would receive from the dishes. Alas, that was no longer the case right now. In Reikan’s eyes, the presence of Minhyuk, whose buffed dishes were no longer restricted, was akin to a mountain.

Now that the buffed dishes could be used fully, Minhyuk quickly used his skills. Minhyuk had increased his stats by 32% with the help of the effects of the Overlapping Delight. Alas, both dice only rolled 1, which meant that the duration of the buff effects was only one minute, and his skills and abilities would only increase by 1.3x.

Reikan turned to look at the kings of the races with an unreadable expression. Reikan’s eyes were filled with both love and anguish as he stared at the already overpowered kings and the surviving troops of the Allied Races behind them.

“...”

Anyone who saw the look in Reikan’s eyes could tell that he genuinely cared for his people.

‘If they can join them, then…’

Reikan already knew that his defeat was inevitable.

“Awooooooooo!” Reikan roared.

Each race also roared alongside him, their faces filled with despair.

“Awoooooooo!”

“Awoooooooooooo!”

“Chwiiiiiiik! Chwiiiiiiiik!”

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

Their roars did not have any strength. They were nothing but roars that echoed their sadness and despair.

At that moment, Reikan’s muscles started to bulge and grow. When Minhyuk saw Reikan’s eyes turn red, he suddenly felt slightly nervous.

‘Reikan’s high level is partly due to his outstanding power but it seemed like it was mostly because he possessed such a great propagation skill.’

In fact, Emperor of Races Reikan’s actual level was only around Level 850.

[Beast’s Miracle.]

[Reikan’s HP and MP are restored to 100%.]

[He can no longer regenerate and heal naturally.]

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Reikan burns a portion of his vitality.]

[Reikan’s level has increased by 67.]

At that moment, Reikan suddenly disappeared from his view.

Shwaaaaaa–

[Your HP has dropped below 84%.]

A cut appeared on Minhyuk’s chest and blood began to spurt out. He hurriedly triggered Absolute Defense as he watched Reikan leap to the sky like a wolf and unleash attacks from all sides. The power that Reikan was displaying now was beyond imagination. So, Minhyuk wanted to use the ten-second duration of the Absolute Defense and kill him. However, it was not that easy.

‘What the hell. He’s fast…’

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Reikan burns a portion of his vitality.]

[Reikan’s level has increased by 56.]

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Reikan burns a portion of his vitality.]

[Reikan’s level has increased by 47.]

[Beast’s Struggle…]

With Reikan’s constantly increasing level, Minhyuk found it hard to chase after him. Minhyuk used his Intangible Sword and various other skills to counter Reikan’s attacks and stop him. Still, the Emperor of Races ignored the attacks and allowed them to hit his body.

[Beast’s Struggle.]

Reikan, who activated his skill once more, suddenly began bleeding from all seven of his orifices. From the bulging veins in Reikan’s eyes, Minhyuk could see that Reikan was suffering from terrible pain. However, he could not understand why the man was doing this.

‘Why are you going this far…?’

Before his thoughts completely formed, the Absolute Defense’s duration ended. Of course, Reikan did not miss this opportunity.

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Reikan’s level has increased by 121.]

Veins bulged all over Reikan’s body. And in a split second, they all ruptured and sent blood flying everywhere. Still, Reikan did not stop. He raised his foot and kicked Minhyuk in the chest.

BANG–!

His damage was so high that even Minhyuk’s Silver Dragon Armor could not cope with it.

[Your HP has fallen below 64%.]

Minhyuk realized what Reikan wanted to do. It seemed like he already accepted that he would die. However, from how Reikan was moving, it seemed he wanted to drag Minhyuk along. Was it because he was furious at him?

‘No. His anger is not directed at me.’

Reikan seemed to be doing this to achieve something. However, there was no greed in his eyes. Nonetheless, he could not resist Reikan’s attacks and only accepted them.

[Your HP has fallen below 25%.]

Reikan had become more than twice as strong as he was before. That was why Minhyuk could not resist at all.

“Please, just a bit more…!”

Minhyuk took out his Ego Chain Sickle to cut him down, hoping to make Reikan step back. Nonetheless, Reikan did not care. He did not retreat even after his body was cut and hacked by the Ego Chain Sickle.

[Your HP has fallen below 15%.]

Slash–!

Reikan’s fangs grew long until they were the same size as a wild beast. He bit Minhyuk on the neck and ripped off a portion of his flesh while murmuring, “Even if it’s like this… we have to do this… Only by doing this will the things we lost and fought for…”

Minhyuk blew away the arms of Reikan, who was murmuring something unintelligible and slammed his chin with the hilt of his sword.

Crack–!

Even after his jaws and teeth were broken, Reikan continued to fight. He even triggered the Beast’s Struggle once again.

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Beast’s Struggle.]

[Beast’s…]

[Reikan can no longer use the Beast’s Struggle.]

[His HP will soon drop to 1.]

Stab–!

The tip of Reikan’s claw pierced through Minhyuk’s chest before stopping.

[Your HP has fallen below 4%.]

If this claw pierced deeper, then the one who would have lost would be Minhyuk. However, the one who fell first was Reikan. He fell on his knees with a blank and listless expression.

“Everyone, surrender.”

“...”

All of the troops of the Allied Races dropped their weapons. Reikan was wise. He knew Minhyuk was not the type of person who did not have mercy. He could tell that this man would not slaughter his troops just because they were of a different race as long as they surrendered. However, it still shocked him when Minhyuk did not order to kill the troops who had surrendered. It even made Reikan look up at the man.

“The women and children…” Reikan trailed off. He could not bear to finish those words.

“We will not touch the women and the children,” Minhyuk said without hesitation.

A small smile finally appeared on Reikan’s face. He thought, ‘He’s different. If they…’

A strange sense of determination appeared on Reikan’s face when he heard that Minhyuk personally declared that they would not touch the women and children. Reikan raised his trembling hands and handed over two mysterious items to Minhyuk.

[You have acquired Reikan’s Diary.]

[You have acquired the Emperor of Races’ Token.]

Minhyuk looked puzzled when he received the items.

‘I understand the diary. But why did he give me the Emperor of Races’ Token…?’

Minhyuk decided to shelve these thoughts for a moment. Whatever their back story was, it did not matter right now. It was none of Minhyuk’s business. Reikan had killed countless human beings and had to pay the price for this sin. Minhyuk raised his sword and swung it swiftly.

[You have killed the Emperor of Races Reikan.]

At the same time, countless notifications rang. Minhyuk knew that it was finally over after looking at Reikan’s fallen head.

Just then, an uninvited guest arrived.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty Minhyuk.”

Luvien Empire’s Duke Vakkaman, along with the millions of troops of the Luvien Empire, had finally crossed the mountain ranges and appeared on the battlefield.

“We will now take care of the mess and settle everything. Please enjoy your victory in the Beyond the Heavens Empire.”

Duke Vakkaman held nothing but contempt for the Beyond the Heavens Empire when he visited Minhyuk in his audience hall. Anyway, they planned to exterminate all of the troops of the Allied Races who had surrendered.

Vakkaman laughed while thinking, ‘Anyway, the Beyond the Heavens Empire will not rebel and go against our Luvien Empire’s words…’

Just then, Minhyuk said, “What bullshit are you saying, huh? You f*cker. Are you for real?”

For a moment, Duke Vakkaman could not understand. He muttered, “Our Luvien Empire…”

“Now that the war is over, you appear and say, ‘We’ll gobble everything up here.’ do you think you’re in the right here? Are you a tazza?” [1]

‘What the hell is a tazza?’

“From what it looks like, you want to clean up the mess and take care of the aftermath, then declare to the world, ‘Everyone, our Luvien Empire has greatly contributed to this war.’ That’s what you want to do, no?”

‘It’s the truth.’

“Do you even have a conscience?”

‘It… it seems like we don’t have one.’

“Alright. I will let it go and be the understanding one if you can give me one good reason why I should let you take care of the aftermath of this war.”

“...”

Vakkaman was unable to say anything for a hot minute. They had no justifiable cause.

“You can’t say anything, right?”

Indeed. Vakkaman was truly and utterly speechless.

1. Korean slang for pro-gambler, and also the title of a series of movies about pro-gambling. ☜