Chapter 668

Su-ho’s entire army charged in like a typhoon.

Kwoooooong!!

Kuuuuung!!

Crackle-crackle-crackle!!

Whoooooooosh—!!

It was like the scene of a natural disaster.

Explosions and screams ran rampant everywhere, while the sounds of slashing and bursting erupted irregularly.

- How is it?

He asked Jack about the strength of the enhanced Giant Hunters.

Jack gave a faint laugh and replied as though it were nothing.

- They’ve gotten a little stronger, but that’s all.

- So we don’t need to worry about them?

- Of course not.

- What about you?

This time, he asked Edersen.

If Jack represented the shadow side, then Edersen represented the vampire side.

Edersen also answered briefly.

- It is the same.

- Good. Then I only need to focus on the main one.

Jack and Edersen.

They were dependable left and right commanders.

Of course, that mutt Roynan would not want to acknowledge it, but this was not an army, and Su-ho had no intention of giving him special treatment merely because he had joined first.

Only ability mattered.

Su-ho crossed the battlefield, which resembled a disaster zone, and approached the Giant Slaughterer.

The Giant Slaughterer’s head was covered by a purple hood down to just above its nose, and the moment Su-ho approached, a dense glow appeared from behind the covered hood.

Then it swung its enormous sword in the precise direction where Su-ho stood.

Kwoooooong!!

It was a gigantic sword that looked as though it had been made by pulling out a pillar.

The sword’s name was Dandurte, the weapon that had killed the greatest number of giants in the history of the Giant Hunters.

To giants, it was like a symbol from a myth of evil.

The moment it struck the ground, the earth split apart in an instant and released dense sound waves in every direction.

[ Dandurte generates a resonance wave that binds giant blood. ]

[ Strength is greatly weakened. ]

Naturally, Su-ho did not confront Dandurte head-on and avoided it.

There was a difference of roughly five times in their height, and he did not yet know what kind of power the Giant Slaughterer possessed, so there was no reason to waste stamina unnecessarily.

And that decision was correct.

The resonance wave produced by Dandurte shook Su-ho’s head violently.

‘It seems to serve a role similar to Fear.’

Since its mouth had been sewn shut, it appeared to use Fear through its sword rather than its mouth.

It was an extraordinary power.

He had not even collided with it directly, yet the shock wave alone had this much effect.

He was certain that if it had been any other giant, they would have already collapsed and been writhing on the ground.

That was why he had no intention of dragging things out.

[ Extermination of Evil is activated. ]

[ Blood Spirit Art is activated. ]

[ Blood Demon Art is activated. ]

Two dragons rose up.

In addition, he surrounded himself with every buff skill he had barely used until now.

Power boiled over within him.

Then he used the new skill he had obtained before coming to Apophis.

[ Piercing Eye is activated. ]

Piercing Eye, the ultimate technique of Heavy Strike Style from Overlord Spear Art.

The moment it activated, a golden gleam appeared in his eyes and revealed the Giant Slaughterer’s weakest points.

‘So this is what it feels like.’

In truth, he had possessed a skill that revealed weaknesses for a long time.

It was the Eye of the Nightsmith.

The Eye of the Nightsmith also revealed an opponent’s weaknesses.

However, strictly speaking, rather than showing a weakness such as a vital point, the Eye of the Nightsmith showed the softest area most suitable for gathering materials.

In that sense, Piercing Eye was a power that showed the location where striking would inflict the greatest damage.

When Piercing Eye activated and impact points appeared all over the creature’s body, Su-ho immediately enlarged the Blood Sword.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he charged toward it.

His target was its thigh.

[ Line is activated. ]

When he used Line, his body was pulled along as though sliding toward the point he had targeted. At the same time.

[ Point is activated. ]

Point increased the efficiency of the strike.

The instant Su-ho’s enlarged Blood Sword accurately pierced the impact point shown by Piercing Eye.

[ Myriad Strike is activated. ]

[ Chain Strike is activated. ]

Kwagagagagaga!!

Like a sewing machine, Su-ho’s sword struck the impact point multiple times in an instant.

And that was not all.

[ Thunder Strike is activated. ]

Crackle-crackle-crackle!

Even Thunder Strike, the technique he had received as a bonus, activated, and the Giant Slaughterer’s thigh was pierced through in an instant.

That entire sequence unfolded like a bolt of lightning.

Su-ho shot forward like Zeus’s Astrafe and pierced straight through the creature’s thigh in an instant, while the generated lightning evaporated and burned away the spurting blood.

Thud!

It had happened far too quickly for the Giant Slaughterer to react immediately.

However, it lost its balance because of its pierced thigh and, without understanding what had happened, had no choice but to use Dandurte as a cane to remain standing.

- ......!

The glow in its eyes widened.

Only then did it recognize the attack to its thigh, and pain surged through it.

- Khuuuuaaaaaang!!

The creature roared.

Su-ho had thought it would be unable to cry out because its mouth had been sewn shut, but apparently the mouth that occasionally opened still retained some function.

It was chilling.

No separate system notification appeared, but just like the Fear he had witnessed before, goosebumps rose all over his body and terror crushed down upon him.

‘Even so, that should be all it has.’

His head rang, but it was bearable.

The creature desperately regained its stance and swung Dandurte again, but Su-ho avoided it this time as well.

The swung Dandurte struck several places, and each time, resonance waves rang out, but that was all.

From time to time, Su-ho used Line to close the distance and drove his sword into the places he had seen through Piercing Eye.

Lightning-like sparks flew, and the creature quickly became a ragged mess.

It was easy.

At this rate, it seemed he would be able to dispose of it soon.

Just as he thought that.

[ The Giant Slaughterer uses Immortal Devourer. ]

[ The Giant Slaughterer fully recovers. ]

[ The Giant Slaughterer’s first restriction is released. ]

At the same time as the system notifications appeared, the Giant Slaughterer’s body healed completely as though nothing had ever happened.

And that was not all.

Along with the notification that one restriction had been released, the threads sewing its mouth shut snapped loose one after another, and its maw opened.

- Ghuuuuaaaaang!!

A resounding roar.

The first restriction to be released was its sewn mouth.

The moment it regained freedom of its maw, the creature roared as though it would shake the entire world apart.

It was tremendous.

It released a resonance wave on an entirely different level from the Fear it had shown until now.

It was so powerful that even Su-ho nearly collapsed from a sudden wave of dizziness.

But he did not fall.

He barely endured it.

Because he believed he had to.

Before long, the Giant Slaughterer, whose first restriction had been released, spoke with its uniquely heavy and vicious-looking expression.

- Ah...... How long has it been since I tasted freedom?

It was the eerie voice of a demonic beast, as though echoing through a cavern.

That was Su-ho’s first impression of the Giant Slaughterer’s voice.

When Su-ho created distance and met its gaze, the creature smiled and spoke.

- Ghehehe. Yes, so it is you. The one who seems most likely to show some promise in this Giant King Tournament.

The creature did not move its mouth.

And yet its words reached Su-ho’s ears vividly, as though it were speaking aloud.

For some reason, merely hearing its voice made strength drain from Su-ho’s entire body and caused his head to ring.

- My name is Deckers. I am a mythical being who killed more giants than anyone else in giant history. Of course, after being defeated in the past, I have now been reduced to helping these giants with their little election game.

The Giant Slaughterer’s name was Deckers.

Amazingly, he was a being who had already died once.

However, because of the measures taken by the previous Giant Kings, he had been able to continue existing like this as a trial assistant and specter for the next Giant King.

He pulled Dandurte free, rested it on his shoulder, and ran his tongue across his lips.

- Ghehehe. In any case, you had better prepare yourself. In my experience, most candidates fail to overcome me and are killed. Ah, and for reference, you should not think about hiding somewhere. I have ways of finding everyone.

As he continued speaking, he raised Dandurte once more.

- Stop lying around asleep and get back up already!

[ Giant Slaughterer Deckers awakens the Giant Hunters once again. ]

“Grrrrrr!”

“Khuuuuaang!”

“Khuuuuaa!”

Along with the resounding shout, a short system notification appeared.

Then the Giant Hunters that Su-ho’s subordinates had defeated until now regenerated and began gathering once again.

- This difficulty is insane.

Jack was the one who spoke in shock.

Jack continued.

- Even so, resurrection combined with full recovery is a little unfair. What do you think?

“That isn’t the problem. The real problem is that releasing the seal on his mouth was only the first restriction.”

- Then what happens when all those restrictions are released?

“Hell will unfold.”

- I’ve experienced enough of hell already...... In any case, let’s find a way. Judging by the looks of things, the longer this drags on, the more disadvantageous it will become for us.

Su-ho agreed.

From the looks of it, this battle was structured so that the longer it continued, the more disadvantageous it became for the giants.

“I’ll begin immediately.”

At that moment.

Kwachichichichik!!

White and red lightning fell onto Deckers’s head.

More precisely, they were Extermination of Evil and Blood Malice.

Originally, he had summoned them to use as finishing moves, but he had not expected events to develop in this manner.

Then Su-ho’s figure disappeared.

[ Line is activated. ]

[ Point is activated. ]

[ Myriad Strike is activated. ]

[ Chain Strike is activated. ]

[ Thunder Strike is activated. ]

Tukwaang—Kwachichichichik!!

At the same moment the Twin Malice Beasts descended, Su-ho strongly kicked off the ground and instantly closed the distance with Deckers.

His target was the pit of the stomach.

Following Piercing Eye’s guidance, he attacked without hesitation once again.

Nothing blocked the path between them.

The entire sequence had happened far too quickly for either the Giant Hunters or Deckers to react.

At the same time, Jack and Edersen once again deployed their soldiers and assisted their master’s battle.

A massive hole appeared in Deckers’s chest.

Su-ho then swung his sword widely and cut through the creature’s body.

However, Deckers did not let out a single scream.

Instead, he grinned viciously and used his authority.

[ Giant Slaughterer Deckers uses Immortal Devourer. ]

[ Giant Slaughterer Deckers fully recovers. ]

[ Giant Slaughterer Deckers’s second restriction is released. ]

“What?”

Kwoooooooooong!!

An enormous density of power began pouring out from Deckers.