Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 1060

Duke Balaman was a living dead. If he died once again, then he would indeed fall into his eternal rest. Upon his death, he would have to fulfill the contract with the God of Death, where he put his soul as collateral in exchange for greater power and work as the god’s slave forever.

Nevertheless, he opened the net and allowed the attacks of the allied forces to go through him and let the bombs hanging on his waist explode inside.

BOOM–!

The entire world shook and trembled. Everyone knew that the damage inside Barbarian’s net would remain contained inside the net. The colossal explosion swept away Eggnal and its soldiers.

Meanwhile, the only thing those outside could see through the tiny opening of the net was the flickering flames. Then, like a spiderweb lit on fire, the net slowly melted. The scene made everyone gasp.

One of the main reasons Barbarian was very tricky to deal with was that net. He could hide all his monsters through that net and send them out simultaneously.

[You have hunted Monster Creator Eggnal.]

The notification that rang in their ears told them that Duke Balaman had succeeded in what he intended to do. Were they overwhelmed and moved by his sacrifice? No, not at all. This was because Duke Balaman had lived a life of trash. Even if he sacrificed his life for them, there would still be fingers being pointed at him.

But he would be remembered. He used the last moments of his life and sacrificed himself for humanity. Still, some cared about him.

“For the duke!!!”

The knights and soldiers of the Black Skull Knight Order, who had only been mining in the Breath of Lava Mine for the Beyond the Heavens Empire without any rest, roared. Being raised and nurtured by Duke Balaman, they had looted and plundered countless people. Were they playing the hero? That was not it. They just wanted to follow the orders and thread the same path that their lord and master walked.

They could build their body up while they were in the Beyond the Heavens Empire. Their bodies were nurtured by salad and chicken breasts! Whenever Locke came on patrol, he would watch them work out in interest. Although the man despised them, he acknowledged their bodies. Back then, he had looked at them and said.

–Kghhk. If these ripped people take off their tops and run on the battlefield while saying those lines, then it’s all over!

The Black Skull Knight Order, who recalled his words, ran with their shiny and bulging muscles.

“This is Sparta!”

“This is Sparta!”

“This is spaghetti!”

“This is spaghetti!”

Although there were some strange cries here and there, they continued to run majestically with Bichor’s bomb lying snuggly in their hands! They did not intend to live any further now that they had lost their master.

Barbarian, who had lost his net, was flustered when he saw these men dig in and take down as many monsters as possible. The scariest enemy in the world was those who were prepared to die.

One of the people leading the charge was already cut and scratched all over his body. But despite the injuries and the blood covering his entire existence, he continued forward and even threw himself at the monsters. Then, while hugging one of the Named Monsters, he blew himself up.

Bang–!

The bombs that Bichor gave them were made in case of emergencies. And they were made for throwing. The Beyond the Heavens Empire did not want them to sacrifice themselves either. If Minhyuk had been here, he would have stopped them. However, even if he did try to stop them, they would not listen. It was impossible to stop these determined and stubborn people.

“This is Sparta!”

“This is spaghetti!”

The Named Monsters exploded one after another, while the men let out roars. Some of them leaped to the sky before blowing themselves up, while some of them fell into a shitty state after recalling the lives of the people that sacrificed themselves under their blades.

Bang– Bang, bang, bang–!

The more than a hundred thousand troops of the Black Skull Knight Order exploded one after another amidst the sea of monsters. The destructive force of the explosion of the bombs in their hands could cover an area with a twenty-meter radius. Because of that, Barbarian’s monster corps was easily dealt with.

“This- thiiiiiis…!”

Barbarian, who had lost his precious net and favorite Eggnal, stared blankly as he watched the various monsters he had created for a very long time disappear. At this moment, he thought this was why mankind was scary. Only less than ten million of his monsters remained in a blink.

“You're struggling, old man.”

“Hoho. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it to be.”

Helenia came and stood beside Barbarian. They could see that the number of troops of the allied forces was still high.

“If you’re not here and we’re not going to use the Sky Knights, then I will lose.”

Barbarian was keen. He knew that there was nothing that he could do to mankind alone.

“I want to use them to kill the gods.”

Barbarian opened his summoning room and recalled his monster corps. He realized that the monster corps were useless at this point. Something huge fell from a crack that opened in the sky as if to replace them.

Thud–!

A crater was created from the impact of its landing. Then, the being that fell on one knee slowly stood up.

Tic, tic, tic–!

It looked pretty similar to a titan with one eye in the center of its robotic face. But with its height of only four meters, it could be considered much smaller than one. Its entire body, made of titanium, also glowed a silver light while it held a gigantic longsword.

[Sky Knight. Level 1,051.]

“...!”

Everyone felt their breath stagnate from the overwhelming level of the being standing before them.

“Hoho. All of the Sky Knights are modeled after the Martial God. That’s how skilled and outstanding they are.”

This meant that the Sky Knights were not only high-leveled, they were also very skilled. Even Nerva did not know of these monsters that were at Level 1,000.

Thud–! Thud–! Thud–!

Sky Knights kept falling from the sky. There were precisely eleven of them standing in a line. Then, a blinding light erupted from the eye of the Sky Knight standing at the center.

Blink–!

In the place where the blinding light shone on, no traces of the allied forces were left. Yes, the rays of light made them disappear. That one flash of light killed three thousand troops all at once. And that was just the beginning. The troops of the allied forces continued to dwindle as the lights flashed from the eyes of the Sky Knights, one after another.

“Fireball.”

Of course, Helenia did not stay idle. She also started to move.

“Fireball.”

“Fireball.”

“Compress.”

The tens of thousands of Fireballs gathered together and became one gigantic Fireball. Following the elegant wave of her fingers, the Fireball shot out.

Bang–!

The attack had Meteor-level destructive power. The Sky Knights did not stay idle; they immediately charged toward the allied forces.

Slash–!

One swing of the Sky Knight’s sword could easily kill seven of the troops of the allied forces.

Slash, slash, slash–!

Hundreds of troops of the allied forces died every second from the attack of the Sky Knights.

As Barbarian said, the Sky Knights weren’t only strong and sturdy. They could also display exceptional swordsmanship skills. They could even turn their swords into bows and shoot arrows every once in a while. They could also turn it into a mace, which they used to crush the troops of the allied forces.

With the situation growing dire by the second, the rankers of the Beyond the Heavens Empire started to step forward. Locke raised his axe and aimed for the head of one of the Sky Knights.

“Thousand Ton Axe!”

Boom–!

The confident smile on Locke’s face suddenly froze. “It’s only dented…?”

Yes, it was not broken. It was only slightly dented after it received the brunt of the Thousand Ton Axe, the skill that had an additional 8,000% damage and the very same skill that Locke was highly proud of. The skill, which should be enough to crush a dragon’s skull, only “dented” the Sky Knight’s head.

Slash–

“...!”

Locke’s body was cut in half with just one swing of the Sky Knight’s sword.

Thud–!

Right behind him was Ascar. She raised her bloody-red great sword and struck the Sky Knight.

“I have never seen such a ridiculous defensive power like this before…”

All they could do was put dents on the body of the Sky Knights. The attacks that were supposed to shake the enemies could not even shake or move the Sky Knights.

[The durability of Asura’s Great Sword has decreased significantly.]

Ascar was shocked to see the blade of her sword grow dull. Although it could be attributed to the long battle, the more likely explanation was that the Sky Knights had an effect that would damage the enemy’s weapon when their weapons struck at them.

Clang– Clang, clang–!

Among the rankers of the Beyond the Heavens Empire, Ascar was said to be the one closest to Minhyuk in terms of abilities. But even this Ascar was easily being pushed back.

Bang–!

The Sky Knight kicked Ascar in the abdomen, sending her to the ground. Then, it stabbed her in the same place.

Stab–!

In just a few attacks, two high-rankers fell.

Seeing this, Brod and the other vassals also stepped forward and moved to attack the Sky Knights.

Boom–!

When Brod’s sword hit the Sky Knight for the first time, the head of the Sky Knight only shook for a moment. Then, he immediately used a skill.

Bang–!

Brod, who sent one of the Sky Knights flying back, looked around. ‘I can only deal this much damage?’

With that attack, he could tell he would need at least thirty minutes to knock one out. Then, reinforcement arrived.

Boom–!

A gigantic titan with a sleek body shining a black light and standing eight meters tall appeared. The transcendental weapon that could only be found in myths appeared and cut down one of the Sky Knights. The titan's sword easily crushed the Sky Knight’s titanium body.

The only one who could activate and pilot the transcendental weapon was Ethan, the number one armored weapon pilot. Of course, it was not just him. The hundreds of titans of the Beyond the Heavens Empire appeared.

These titans were made based on the transcendental weapon and were produced with the collaboration of Dwarf Olger and the God of Blacksmiths. Although they fell short of the transcendental weapon, they could be said to be comparable to the titans produced by the Luvien Empire.

Creak– Thud–!

Creaaaaak– Thud!

The Black Titan Legion charged forward to help the allied forces.

Tic, tic, tic–!

Clack–!

The titans’ bodies opened and released the hundreds of missiles that each of them was equipped with.

Fwooosh–!

The tens of thousands of missiles fired by the hundreds of titans constantly hit the Sky Knights.

Bang, bang, bang–!

The hundreds of titans raised their swords and rushed toward the Sky Knight, who had lost its balance and collapsed.

The main disadvantage of a titan was that it could not be operated for a very long time. However, its high destructive power more than made up for this.

“Uwaaaaaaaah!!!”

“Ethan!!!”

Everyone cheered loudly at Ethan’s appearance. The problem was there was one thing that they had overlooked. Helenia was with the enemies. And even if the hundreds of titans worked together to deal with a single Sky Knight, they could not destroy it.

“Slow.”

“...!”

Shackles made of light appeared and tied the titans down. With their speed slowed down, the Sky Knights freely broke the heads of the hundreds of titans one after another.

Ethan found it completely ridiculous. Why? Because it only took them three minutes to destroy the hundreds of the Beyond the Heavens’ titans.

The worst part? He was also caught up in Helenia’s Slow magic, and his movements slowed significantly. The armored weapon followed the movements of the pilot. The armored weapon would naturally follow with the pilot’s movements slowed down.

Clank, clank, clank–!

Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt–!

Five of the Sky Knights raised their greatswords. Then, they stabbed the transcendental weapon at the same time.

Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt–!

One of the Sky Knights blasted off the head of the transcendental weapon, which only left behind a rain of sparks. Their appearance was in vain. The Sky Knights sorted out all of the titans with ease.

Mankind stared at Helenia in horror. Now that Barbarian and Helenia were moving together, they realized they could no longer handle it.

“This is getting boring. We have to finish this quickly and go,” Helenia said. It seemed like she had lost interest. Then, she waved her hand, and tens of thousands of her magical attacks rose to the sky like stars in the night.

Bang, bang, bang–!

In just half a day, Helenia and the Sky Knights reduced the 500 million strong troops of the allied forces to 50 million.

‘It’s over…’

‘We can’t win.’

As for the people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire? They were all thinking of one person.

‘Your Majesty, please come back quickly.’

‘Minhyuk…’

***

At the same time.

“Urk!”

The Absolute God who Lives for Someone, Leads Someone on the Right Path, and Protects Someone, was bleeding all over. However, there was a faint smile on his face. And in front of him? The Colossal Brothers, who used the power of Fusion to gain stronger power, were finally turning into cold corpses.

The man, who fought them more than a dozen times, held the black bead from the Colossal Brothers.

“So, we can only use Fusion once?”

The Absolute God smiled wryly as he stood up and walked. The place where he’s headed to?

‘I can finally protect you.’

It was none other than the battlefield where they were fighting against Helenia and Barbarian.