episode_0244

Hero Leon

Level: 34 Health: 132120/132120

Strength: 1000 Mana: 79920 / 80120

Agility: 1000

Magic Power: 1000

Technique: 1000

Endurance: 1000

Remaining Stats: 5

* * *

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind frowned as he looked at the being before him.

Certainly….

Until just a moment ago, there wasn’t much difference between his power and his own.

No, he could confidently say that he was even ahead.

If it weren’t for the『Sanctuary』suppressing his energy right now, he was sure he could have won easily.

But….

The being before him now….

‘…It’s like he’s become a different person….’

He had changed drastically.

He had transformed so much that it was difficult to express it simply as growth.

“….”

Gulp

He swallowed unconsciously.

An ominous sensation, chilling to the bone, brushed against the tip of his chin.

The opponent didn’t say anything and just blankly repeated the action of clenching and unclenching his hand.

That appearance was strangely very similar to someone he knew….

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind unconsciously tightened his grip on the staff.

“Clone Technique.”

That’s why he used that technique once again to end it for sure.

He didn’t want to use it, but now that he had already used it, he had no choice but to fight with all his might.

2 people, 4 people, 8 people.

In addition, 16, 32, 64.

The final number of clones created was a total of 128.

“Myriad Monkey Rampage Strike!”

“Form 11!”

“Form 52!”

“Form 47!”

“Form 39!”

The Myriad Monkey Rampage Strike techniques unleashed by 128 different versions of himself.

The power of each one is so strong that there is no need to even mention it. He pours it all onto a single person without leaving anything behind.

“…Agility, invest 1.”

But the opponent muttered something unintelligible.

Magic?….

No, it’s not magic. He had never heard that he used magic.

Flash

“?!”

He disappeared.

He disappeared from the place he was standing just a moment ago, without any sign of movement.

Where on earth did he disappear to? At that moment, something moved.

Swoosh!

Something moving at ‘an invisible speed’ riding the wind created by his technique.

And that is….

Slash

He is cut.

He is cut, cut, and cut again.

In an instant, 127 of his clones are cut down with a single strike, and the hero who had disappeared earlier reappears right in front of his nose.

“!!”

“Strength investment, 1.”

The sword is swung.

The sword, swung so quickly, collides with his weapon.

“?!?!”

The overwhelming sense of weight he feels at that moment.

He feels an overwhelming weight as if he were wielding a weapon against his older sister.

And it was not a level he could handle.

Crash!!!!

“Ugh!….”

He was slammed into the ground.

“What on earth…, happened….”

He couldn’t understand.

He couldn’t understand what on earth had happened.

He and he were clearly in equilibrium.

In that situation, he clearly used the Clone Technique as a trump card to break that equilibrium.

It was a sure way to break the equilibrium, and it definitely worked.

He was going to entrust his opponent to four clones with the same power as himself, and after breaking the equilibrium completely by dealing with the one maintaining this『Sanctuary』, he was going to completely deal with him when his original power returned.

But….

“What…, is happening….”

“Well…. It doesn’t matter what happened, does it?”

Thump, thump

Hero Leon approaches him with light steps.

“Now you’re done.”

* * *

‘He’s leveling up.’

To be honest, after coming to this world, in a situation where only his stats were loaded due to a bug or something, no matter how many monsters he caught, even if he dealt with a boss-level monster called a fragment of the Demon King, his level didn’t rise, and he didn’t even gain experience points, so he thought that the system was broken and not working in this regard.

However, since the stats themselves had a limit of 999, he wondered if the stats would rise even if he leveled up, and even if he couldn’t raise his level, he had never felt that he lacked power until now, so it didn’t really matter.

But now….

Only at this moment….

It was different.

An opponent with specs higher than his. Moreover, his skills are also superior to his.

In this situation, to be honest, his honest feeling was that he couldn’t see a ‘way to win’.

“Did I surpass the limit?”

The system said that he had gained ‘enough experience points’.

In other words, there were ‘experience points’ that continued to accumulate even if they were not displayed, and was the sense of enlightenment he had just now the trigger for leveling up?

[Remaining Points: 5]

His stats increased from the limit of 999 to 1000.

It makes sense that all stats increased by 1 as a bonus when leveling up.

What he’s worried about here is this ‘remaining points’.

‘Will it go up if I invest?…’

Just as he was worrying, the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind, who was flustered by his change, trembled and said.

“…What on earth are you?”

“….”

What on earth am I? Even if you ask me that, I have nothing to tell you.

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind’s expression twisted when he just didn’t say anything.

“What on earth…, happened…. How did your power increase so much in such a short time!….”

It’s only a difference of 1.

A difference of 1 in terms of numbers.

However, the weighting of the number 1 that exceeds the limit seems to be overwhelming.

‘It’s very light…. All of the health and mana that was reduced thanks to the level up has also been restored.’

He checked his body condition while repeating the action of clenching and unclenching his hands.

His senses have become more sensitive than before, and he hasn’t experimented, but… it seems that his strength has also increased greatly.

The same goes for magic power.

“Clone Technique.”

While he was calmly checking his body condition, the opponent moved first.

He uses the Clone Technique that had bothered him a little while ago to divide his appearance. Into 2 people, 4 people, 8 people….

Soon, he reached the point where it became annoying to count.

All of the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind’s clones take different stances.

“Myriad Monkey Rampage Strike!”

After confirming that, he closed his eyes.

[system: Entering the Four Seasons state.]

Originally, it takes a considerable amount of time to enter the ‘Four Seasons’.

But now, it is activated ‘at the moment you decide’ that you want to enter.

“…Agility, invest 1.”

[Agility: 1000 → 1001]

He takes a step.

At that moment, his body immediately heads to where he wants to go.

When he lightly swung his sword there, the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind’s body was cut in half and disappeared.

Is it a clone?

Well, it doesn’t matter.

Tap tap

He uses Hollow Step to move his body again.

Thus, he cut down the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind in front of him, cut him down, and cut him down again.

In an instant, he had cut down all the clones and left only one Great Sage Who Controls the Wind in front of him.

“Strength investment, 1”

[Strength: 1000 → 1001]

“?!?!”

He swings his sword.

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind raised his staff to block the sword, but it broke through that defense entirely and slammed it into the ground.

“What on earth…, happened….”

He frowned, unable to understand his change, and looked down at the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind, who was wriggling on the floor.

“What…, is happening….”

“Well…. It doesn’t matter what happened, does it?”

He shrugged his shoulders at his question and said.

“Now you’re done.”

“…!!”

He regrips his sword.

In order to end it for sure this time.

But the opponent didn’t give up so easily.

He somehow moved his powerless body and distanced himself.

“Myriad Monkey Rampage Strike!!!”

“Sword King Ultimate”

“Wind Soil!”

“Wind Shear”

The opponent’s storm containing a large amount of yokai energy rushes in.

And his own ultimate skill that cuts through that wind unfolds.

Slash

“…Ha.”

“….”

The storm subsides.

It’s as quiet as after a storm has passed.

And the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind smiled bitterly and collapsed.

“Giving up?”

“Yeah…. I don’t have any more energy to challenge….”

As if there were no lies in his words, the boiling yokai energy also subsided.

Then, just as he was about to cut off his neck with the holy sword to finish him off, the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind looked at him.

“What are you looking at.”

“Can’t you listen to my story before you kill me?”

“Why should I do that? It’s annoying.”

“….”

“…Haa. Summarize it briefly.”

He slightly withdrew his sword.

It could be seen as arrogance, but he strongly felt that no matter what the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind did, it wouldn’t matter in his current state.

That’s why he allowed it, and it seems that the opponent instinctively realized that he couldn’t beat him now.

“…I am the Monkey King. But, the Monkey King is not just me.”

To summarize the story of the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind:

A yokai of the same origin as himself, calling himself the same ‘King’, the Monkey King Sun Wukong.

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind said that he had a strong sense of kinship and rivalry with him, who had the same origin.

However, since Sun Wukong’s abilities could only be expressed as overwhelming, the sense of kinship and rivalry was soon stained with jealousy and envy.

“I couldn’t beat you. Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal….”

The reason he wanted power was just to overcome this jealousy and envy.

But….

“…You resemble him. Your strength…, your atmosphere….”

“Is that so?”

“…I’ve said everything I wanted to say. I just… hope you can tell my older sister that I’m sorry.”

“Okay. I understand.”

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind closes his eyes.

He plunged his sword into his heart, which had given up on everything.

After the Great Sage Who Controls the Wind’s body gradually lost its vitality, he pulled out his sword.

The Great Sage Who Controls the Wind, with blood gushing out because his heart was pierced.

But his expression looked calm.

“…Huu.”

Barely, the last remaining fragment of the Demon King.

He defeated ‘Yokai’.