I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 138

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Chapter 138. Settlement (3) and Return
〚Hidden Quest: The Twelve Labors Epic of the Hero of Infinite Power—First Labor
Grade: Mythic
Rank: SSS-
Description: Heracles, the Hero of Infinite Power, who accomplished countless great deeds with a demigod’s body and became one of the mightiest Divine Seats, desperately wishes to tear apart Ma-in, who killed his avatar, but circumstances beyond words prevent him from acting directly. Instead, he has decided to stake everything on you, chosen by his avatar’s dying wish. Furthermore, he has taken notice of your potential and granted you an opportunity that can only be given once. Overcome the first labor.
Objective: Eliminate the Puppet Master of the bloodline and eliminate the descending Demon King
Success: Unlock second labor, Skill: Body of the Colossus [Legend-SS], ???
Failure: Annihilation of body and soul〛
Beyond the basic rewards, this is the final additional reward I can obtain—a Quest bestowed upon me by Heracles, the Hero of Infinite Power, the Divine Being of Cardinal Batroy.
The first of twelve labors comprising that Quest has been cleared. Perfectly.
〚Divine Seat: The Hero of Infinite Power regards you with gratitude for avenging the Apostle.〛
In the sky where the viscous, uncomfortable gazes of the Demon Kings have vanished, I feel a new presence. Simultaneously, rewards are distributed.
〚Hidden Quest: The Twelve Labors Epic of the Hero of Infinite Power—First Labor cleared!〛
〚You receive the reward: Skill: Body of the Colossus [Legend-SS].〛
The first reward was a new skill from the Colossus series. The System outputs new messages as if welcoming me.
〚You possess Skill: Heart of the Colossus [Legend-SS].〛
〚You possess Skill: Strength of the Colossus [Legend-SS].〛
〚You have newly acquired Skill: Body of the Colossus [Legend-SS]!〛
〚Set effects activate!〛
〚Effects
-2-Set: Skill rank increases to SSS. Level increases by 1.
-3-Set: Skill rank increases to EX. Hidden effects within skills unlock.
-4-Set: ???
-5-Set: ???
[Heart—Acquired.]
[Strength—Acquired]
[Body—Acquired]
[Might—Not Acquired]
[Wisdom—Not Acquired]〛
Crack. Crack.
My body transforms. A sudden metamorphosis occurs, as if I were being reborn entirely.
“Kgh!”
My stats rise. To put it plainly, the Colossus set skills have contributed most to my stat growth. They could be treated as divine authorities without any exaggeration.
Through the Heart, my Infinity and Pride stats now remain equal at all times, allowing me to reduce excess point consumption to an extreme degree.
Through the Strength skill, I can now amplify my destructive power temporarily by several times.
Upon obtaining the Body of the Colossus, my physical grade rose one tier.
From E-grade to E+-grade. Though I barely scraped by at (1/100) after removing the lower digits, it was as if a blocked meridian had opened, and I entered a new realm.
Simultaneously, my body fills with tremendous and intoxicating Pride mana. As my two most crucial stats transcended their grade, a satisfied breath escaped me.
Once all changes concluded, the System informed me that one of the Quests I was currently undertaking had been cleared past the halfway point.
〚Hidden Quest: One Who Follows in the Footsteps of the Colossus
Grade: Mythic
Rank: C+
Description: A Quest granted to those who have obtained fragments of power from the primordial colossi whose very existence has faded from most memories. To those who follow their history and strength, their abilities shall be bestowed.
Objective: Collect all Skill-Colossus Sets (3/5)
Time Limit: 1,000 years
Success: Race-Primordial Colossus Transformation. Legacy of the Primordial Colossi.
Failure: This Quest is permanently erased.〛
Only two colossus-related skills remained. The Colossus’s Mighty Strength and the Colossus’s Wisdom. I closed the window with satisfaction and examined the skill I had just obtained.
〚Skill: Body of the Colossus
Grade: Legend-Growth Type
Rank: EX
LV 2(0%)
Description: A skill containing the power of the body, one of the sources of the colossi whose individual forms could lift the world itself and possessed wisdom rivaling the sage-rank. Currently, for some reason, most of that power remains sealed.
Abilities
-Elevates the grade of the body by one tier. (Correction Applied)
-All aspects of the body receive positive corrections.
-When consuming free points to raise body-related stats, the consumed points are reduced by 1.
-Hidden: Reduces consumed points by an additional 1.
-LV 3 Unlocked〛
I was satisfied. Most importantly, when I had achieved E+ grade, I needed to consume 6 free points to raise a single stat by 1, but reducing that to 5 pleased me greatly.
In the end, I could save a total of 99 free points—there was no reason not to be pleased.
As a bonus, the hidden ability that opened upon collecting the 3-set was excellent. Not just the body, but the other two skills as well.
〚Skill: Heart of the Colossus
Abilities
-Hidden: Designate one stat other than one energy stat and one body stat to be included in the effect.〛
〚Skill: Strength of the Colossus
Abilities
-Hidden: Temporarily increases the damage of the next attack by 10,000%. (Cooldown: 30 days)〛
“I’ll designate Fortune as the stat.”
Fortune stat had risen all the way to C-rank. If I connected this! The other two stats would skyrocket as well!
〚Stat: Fortune and Stat: Misfortune are non-designatable stats.〛
But such a scheme was completely blocked. I clicked my tongue and cleanly abandoned the easy path.
“Tsk, I’ll put this on hold for now.”
I needed to obtain a new stat and link it instead. It would be wasteful to use it on Indomitability, which rises steadily just from winning against Misfortune.
My eyes turned to the message below. The second reward buried beneath the first.
〚You have acquired Item: First Proof [Mythic-F] as a reward.〛
〚Item: First Proof
Grade: Mythic
Rank: F
Description: Proof that you have completed the first of twelve tasks. Its proper abilities have not yet been unlocked. Collect more proofs.
Ability
-Elevates the rank of one Random Ability by one stage.
-Opens upon acquiring the Second Proof〛
A small medal materialized above my palm. Simultaneously, the System responded.
〚Skill: Chaos Magic (Mythic-F) has evolved into Skill: Pinnacle of Arrogance (Origin-F).〛
I was taken aback. Of all the abilities that could have been selected, it had to be this one. I was delighted and thrilled to have achieved Origin-rank, yet I was also bewildered that an ability I hadn’t even properly mastered had grown even stronger.
‘I wish the rank of Infinite Heavenly Meridian had increased instead.’
Greed, perhaps. But ultimately, the outcome was far from poor. In fact, it was the best possible result. I had acquired an entirely new Origin-rank ability, after all.
I savored the knowledge etched into my mind. The magics wielding light and darkness—two irreconcilable opposing forces—had ascended to a far more transcendent power.
“This is excellent.”
Truly, an Origin-rank skill. Though its grade was F, there was nothing problematic about it whatsoever. Among certain martial techniques and spells, there existed those that grew in grade in precisely this manner.
Levels 1 through 10 typically represent the proficiency concept we ordinarily understand. However, these special abilities operate under a far grander framework—treating grade itself as a form of proficiency.
F-1st Circle. 1-Star
E-2nd Circle. 2-Star
D-3rd Circle. 3-Star
C-4th Circle. 4-Star
B-5th Circle. 5-Star
A-6th Circle. 6-Star
S-7th Circle. 7-Star
SS-8th Circle. 8-Star
SSS-9th Circle. 9-Star
EX-10th Circle. 10-Star
In the end, one would need to raise a total of one hundred levels, but generally speaking, skills with fixed rank and grade possessed far superior efficacy than my Solar Divine Art.
For now, it would fall short of my Solar Divine Art, but once it reached the same S-grade, the difference would multiply several times over.
Of course, reaching that point would demand considerable effort and time.
“Should I study magic as well?”
Magic had never been part of my plans after regression. I understood well that magic was a discipline wielded only by the exceptionally talented.
Those without talent, no matter how desperately they struggled and refined themselves, could never catch up to the gifted.
Well, if one were to abandon their very identity and humanity to walk the path of Ma-in, things would differ. Though the trap lay in the fact that what Ma-in learned was not ordinary magic, but dark magic.
In any case, I knew I possessed no talent whatsoever, so I had never even considered magic. That remains true even now. Why would I have obtained a Mythic-rank skill and failed to use it properly?
“Tch. This is troublesome.”
Compared to how my physical talent had skyrocketed exponentially through the Infinite Heavenly Meridian and Infinite Stats, my other talents were deplorably inferior.
“I need to think about this more carefully.”
I wondered if obtaining something like the Wisdom of Giants might grant me magical talent.
“In any case, I had planned to return and learn more about skills anyway….”
When I had summoned the ultimate version of myself—the one I could call forth through self-amplification—and had that version descend upon me, the Golden Tower had certainly left me a hint: if I wished to advance to the next level, Floor 3, I must research skills.
It said that was the reason I was stuck at 29.9999…%. Judging from the circumstances, Floor 3 likely contained matters concerning skills.
“For now, let me rest and think.”
I cleared my frustratingly tangled mind and checked the final System message that came to mind.
〚Hidden Quest: The Twelve Labors—Epic of the Greatest Hero of Infinite Power has been triggered!〛
〚Hidden Quest: The Twelve Labors Epic of the Greatest Hero of Infinite Power—Second Labor
Grade: Mythic
Rank: SSS-
Description: …Same as before. Overcome the second labor.
Objective: Unlocks upon condition satisfaction
Success: Unlocks third labor, Skill: Wisdom of the Colossus [Legendary-SS], ???
Failure: Annihilation of body and soul〛
The second labor remained locked, as though the time had not yet come, or perhaps no trial worthy of being called a labor had yet presented itself.
I harbored no great expectations. I had anticipated that the second labor would not immediately commence upon the completion of the first.
It would be absurd for the labors to progress so easily and swiftly. Having collected all my rewards, I closed the System.
Unfortunately, because I had forcibly bound Kamighin’s soul—which should have been annihilated due to Longinus’s limited special authority—and made him subordinate to me, the subjugation reward had been granted and then revoked.
It was likely a warning from the System. A sort of yellow card, in a manner of speaking.
“Disappointing as it is, it’s not entirely unfavorable.”
I opened the window and unfurled the Wings of Pride, soaring through the sky toward the location where the Underground Prison had once existed.
As I descended, those below turned their heads toward me, then immediately knelt, offering reverence and awe.
“Kamighin.”
“Your command, great descendant of the Demon God.”
Among the 1,024 subordinates, the mightiest and most colossal Kamighin bowed his head. The fact that he alone had retained his original form suggested this was his true body.
“Return to the territory and remain there.”
Kamighin bowed, and I opened my inventory. The connected territory was not the Golden Tower. It was the Demon God Territory—at the invitation to that realm, Kamighin rejoiced, casting all the puppets within it before finally vanishing into the Demon God Territory himself.
“It is time to return.”
Back to Earth.

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