Nuclear Explosion

Nuclear bomb.

Really?

I used my Electrical Ability.

I scanned the interior.

Sweat beaded on my skin.

‘Is this for real?’

It’s a real nuke.

The nuke is falling.

Descending.

Getting closer.

It was rapidly approaching.

In that brief moment as the gap closed, Americano recalled the principles of how a nuke works.

‘I don’t know.’

Why a nuke all of a sudden?

I was confused.

I couldn’t calm down.

It’s a nuke, after all!

The instantaneous power is clearly stronger than Hongyeom’s flames I experienced in the Duel Arena.

Can I withstand it?

The conclusion came.

‘I can’t.’

If it were an energy attack like flames, I might be able to block it with superconductivity, but I can’t stop a physical attack.

The shockwave is one thing, but the fireball a nuke creates exceeds 100 million degrees in an instant.

So what do I do?

What can I do?

What am I supposed to do!

With a nuclear bomb before my eyes, my vision spun.

My mind scattered in all directions, a chaotic mess. But one thing, one unwavering emotion, remained within me.

Annoyance.

Rage.

Hatred.

A murderous intent for bringing out something like that.

Only the murderous intent towards the Ancient Nightmare Lord remained intact, seeping into my surface consciousness.

Killing Intent flickered.

A star called Killing Intent appeared in my eyes as I glared at the Ancient Nightmare Lord.

Killing Intent enabled cold-blooded thinking and stimulated me to not forget the clear murderous intent towards my target.

Nuclear warhead.

It touched.

‘Could it be…’

Stuck to it, she could think of one way.

Put it in the Inventory.

Is it possible?

Opening and closing the Inventory during combat is surprisingly difficult.

Because it takes time.

Five seconds until the Inventory opens.

Five seconds until the warhead falls.

Killing Intent is a stat that erases distracting thoughts and enhances only murderous intent. Murderous intent wasn’t just a will used for killing.

Thud.

“….”

Americano, who had taken the head of the nuclear warhead with her abdomen.

Opened the Inventory just before her body slammed into the ground.

As the hole that was the Inventory opened, the nuclear warhead fell into the Inventory.

Opening the list.

[Hydrogen Bomb]

Stored.

“….”More than the joy of success, I stared at the Ancient Nightmare Lord far above in the sky, sprawled out on the ground in a large shape.

Killing Intent, already as thick as it could be, was now infused with Self-Sacrifice.

Capillaries twitched and burst, bruising the skin.

Holes formed from the bruised skin, and blood seeped out.

The blood moved above my head, forming a red ring, and some remained near the skin, glowing like neon.

My body, healed by Heal, quickly recovered, and gradually.

I gave it Strength.

Magical Power 100 percent

Boost

I straightened my bent knees and Leap.

Cracks in a spiderweb pattern erupted on the ground as I shot upwards into the sky.

As the speed increased, air resistance caused a sonic boom and slowed me down, but the superconductivity generated by Frost and the Electrical Ability scattered in the air eliminated the resistance.

Only gravity was defied,

The Ancient Nightmare Lord looked up in surprise.

Killing Intent glared at her, but,

‘You’re not my enemy.’

It passed by,

Severance.

The teeth of the Black Sword passed the Ancient Nightmare Lord, bisecting her.

It happened in an instant, before she could even realize what had happened.

“..!”

The Ancient Nightmare Lord, barely left with her neck and arms, saw Americano still soaring high during her brief survival.

Beyond her, A Strand of the Dreaming Great Devil, the part of the god the Ancient Nightmare Lord served, was looking down.

Even if I die, I’ll be resurrected.

I have no choice but to win.

That’s what I thought at that moment.

Even as the Ancient Nightmare Lord was dying, Americano continued to soar upwards without stopping, closing her eyes with a question.

The death of the Ancient Nightmare Lord opened the path to the giant tentacle.

Americano saw with her own eyes that she was getting closer to the giant tentacle.

She approached as fast as she accelerated.

‘Inventory.’

I opened it.

‘Nuclear warhead.’

I took it out.

Killing the guardian, the Ancient Nightmare Lord, opened the path to the next stage.

But the Ancient Nightmare Lord is resurrected, and the path closes again.

There must be some trick, and it’s a structure that can’t be overcome until it’s resolved. I didn’t really like mind-numbing puzzles.

So simply and ignorantly.

I did as I saw.

I took out the nuclear warhead.

I held it in my arms,

Adhered with Magnetic force.

The addition of the nuclear warhead sapped the propulsion, slowing me down quickly.

Only 300 meters to the giant tentacle.

At this rate, I won’t even make it 100 meters.

Will I even reach it?

It seemed like I would.

I felt the distance.

I was a little worried, but,

‘Whatever.’

If I fail, I’ll just try again.

That’s the Hero’s greatest strength.

I threw the nuclear warhead.

I didn’t throw it far.

I threw it just to the height where my feet would reach, and to the tail of the nuclear warhead,

Destroying Heaven Kick

Not destruction,

The purpose is projection.

The expanding power of Destroying Heaven Kick pushed the tail of the nuclear warhead.

I sprinted the remaining 300 meters.

But it was heavy, so I slowed down quickly.

I even received air resistance.

I kicked it weakly because I was afraid it would explode, should I have just kicked it harder, ready to explode?

I clicked my tongue when I saw it noticeably decelerating near 30 meters.

“Tch.”

While descending along gravity as a reaction to kicking the nuclear warhead.

One more time.

I reached out my hand.

I made it into the shape of a gun.

Explode.

“Bang.”

Electrical Ability.

The current that ran up my arm was drawn out by the magnetism of the nuclear warhead.

A dazzling beam of light thinly connected my index finger and the nuclear warhead in sync with the signal I made with my mouth.

And,

Thunder.

Thunder ran the short distance from the tip of my index finger to my ear.

But before I heard the thunder, a blinding light covered me first.

“(….)”

My body was erased by the flash.

I evaporated in an instant before I could even be pushed away by the explosive force, leaving only my soul behind.

I fell to the ground in a large shape, weakly affected by gravity.

I looked at the sky and thought.

The light bulb illuminating the alley.

Crescent Moon was broken.

The giant eyeball of the giant tentacle, which acted as a filament inside, emitted a biased light, illuminating the shattered fragments of Crescent Moon.

Nuclear explosion.

Giant tentacle.

The giant tentacle, struck head-on by humanity’s strongest blow, lost half of its body.

The area near the giant eyeball protected by Crescent Moon was relatively intact, but the body outside it lost half of its body due to the destruction and high heat of the nuclear explosion.

Even though it was an attack that lasted perhaps 0.01 seconds, the terrifying power was undeniable.

The giant tentacle writhed in pain,

Unable to bear its own weight.

The giant eyeball was crashing to the ground, bent around the most severely damaged body.

“(….)”

It felt like it was coming towards me.

Small tentacles wriggling around the giant eyeball were coming towards me.

…?

The tips of the tentacles were pointing at me.

It wasn’t a delusion.

Americano, who was falling. The tentacles stretched out long with a clear target.

I’m a soul?

‘Can they see me?’

I took a stance.

Sword.

I can’t draw it.

Inventory.

I can’t open it.

The soul state is an invincible state, but if it’s not invincible, it’s completely defenseless.

I lost all my equipment and was naked.

Tch…

“(I was going to use it.)”

Not like this.

The Divinity I learned this time.

It’s rechargeable,

There’s a limit to the number of times I can use it.

I can only use it once.

Surprisingly, I could use it on myself too.

Resurrection

My translucent body became opaque, and I was increasingly affected by gravitational acceleration.

I was resurrected naked, but I didn’t care.

I took out the Black Sword I had put in the Inventory.

While falling.

The tentacles flew at me.

Americano rotated her body and sent the tentacles flying with Storm Sword.

But,

It’s useless.

The tentacles near the giant eyeball had strong strength and stubbornly withstood Storm Sword.

Rather, they came against the Storm.

“…!”

I turned the body that was receiving inertia while rotating as it was and unfolded another Northern Empire Swordsmanship.

Execution Sword

I swung the sword with my whole body, cutting off the tentacles while rotating.

Execution Sword gradually lost its power with one blow.

I channeled Electrical Ability into Execution Sword and froze it at once.

Ice Execution Sword.

I rotated my body again.

The tentacles approached,

I cut them with Ice Execution Sword.

I rotated once more,

I broke the ice and shot it out.

Moonlight Sword

The Anti-Magic Power trapped in the ice became a slash, cutting off the tentacles and reaching the giant eyeball.

The giant eyeball flinched, receiving a deep wound, and gathered nearby tentacles to cover the eyeball.

Good.

It works.

But,

The ground is already close.

At this rate,

‘I’ll be crushed to death.’

If that happens, I might become a soul and be caught by the tentacles.

A way.

A way.

What is there?

There’s not enough time to find a way.

Then there’s nothing left but Self-Destruction.

Full Magical Power Release.

Maximum power.

I released all my Magical Power as Electrical Ability.

───I was crushed.

Silence.

Quiet.

The alley becomes calm.

As if nothing had happened.

As if the movie was suddenly muted.

But,

The other side of the giant eyeball was different.

There was another space beyond the giant eyeball.

Americano released the Electrical Ability she had exerted to the fullest there.

Bang.

Bang bang.

Lightning struck.

Lightning surged dozens and hundreds of times, indiscriminately burning the objects around it.

Then it subsided,

Regaining reason,

I touched the floor.

I controlled my breathing.

I calmed my surprised heart.

“Haa…”

I didn’t die.

I’m alive.

I wasn’t caught as a soul.

It’s all because of Cappuccino.

For saying strange things for no reason.

The game becomes reality, and the Great Devil’s power blocks even Resurrection? There’s no way that’s possible. A game is a game. The Great Devil’s power was ultimately just a setting added by the system.

Even if it’s a Great Devil, their access to the system can’t be different from that of a town citizen.

I was surprised that they saw my soul and reached out their tentacles, but when I think about it carefully, it just means they have that kind of setting.

It was probably a device to highlight the Great Devil’s specialness.

Just like Medusa’s Great Devil directly commanded Magical Power.

“Hoo…”

Calm down,

I looked around.

Somewhere that resembled a Temple.

There was no ceiling.

The blue sky replaced the ceiling.

“….”

Where is this?

I don’t know, but,

I soon found out.

There was a commotion.

There were charred corpses nearby, probably scorched by Electrical Ability.

Along with the worry that I had caused trouble, maids rushed to the scene.

Information window above my head.

Ancient Nightmare

Gray text.

Ancient Nightmare

Gray text.

Ancient Nightmare

Green text.

Ancient Nightmare

Gray text.

Ancient Nightmare were gathering, and I could realize the identity of this place.

This was the Dream World.

An information window appeared in the sky as if it were the answer.

Dream World

“Ha…”

The giant eyeball was the entrance to the Dream World.

So, does that mean my prediction was wrong that the Dream didn’t break even though I used my Awakened Ability? I was thinking of calling a lot of Awakened to break the Dream World.

Just like the Ancient Nightmare Lord didn’t die, I was thinking that they might not be able to die either.

The Ancient Nightmare were shocked as they looked at their charred comrades.

“Hey, wake up.”

“Why aren’t you waking up?”

“D, did they really die?”

Huh..?

It worked.

Crackle.

I raised Electrical Ability.

I reached out my hand.

The Ancient Nightmare flinched and couldn’t avoid the lightning that was spewed out.

I was left alone in the Temple, which looked like a colosseum.

“….”

I texted Chris.

The text went through.

I sent this message.

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[Come to the alley after catching Death Knight.]

[There’s a tentacle there]

[Come in through the eyeball there!]

After sending the text, she picked up the Black Sword that had fallen nearby.