I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 210

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Chapter 210. Lemegeton—Ars Goetia (2)
〚You have defeated Black Mutant King Kong LV 71!〛
〚You have acquired 5,000 (+5,000) (MAX) experience points!〛
〚You have acquired 1,000 coins (MAX)!〛
The moment I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a message confirming that I’d obtained experience points and coins that had filled to the maximum capacity I could gain at level 7 in a single battle.
And then.
〚LEVEL UP!〛
〚LEVEL UP!〛
〚LEVEL UP!〛
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A staggering nine level-ups in total. But it didn’t end there.
〚Boundary: The ability Survival of the Fittest has manifested!〛
〚You devour everything from your defeated opponent!〛
〚Your talent is meager!〛
〚The gap in rank is overwhelming!〛
〚The difference in stats is enormous!〛
〚The efficiency of devouring is drastically reduced!〛
I barely had time to furrow my brow.
〚You have demonstrated the finest combat against a formidable opponent!〛
〚Additional effects are granted equal to the reduced amount!〛
〚Your body recovers to its optimal state!〛
Even though I had rested through unconsciousness, my body—which still wasn’t quite right—instantly recovered as the messages appeared.
〚You are given a choice.〛
〚Option 1. Devour Black Mutant King Kong’s abilities and stats, then increase stats with points
Option 2. Forgo devouring and convert everything to points, then use the Point Shop〛
My choice was swift. I immediately selected the latter. The reason I didn’t choose option 1 was simple.
While the stat increases were tempting, the skills and traits that the King Kong I’d killed possessed were utterly useless to me.
〚Points have been credited!〛
〚Finest Combat!〛
〚Maximum payout points are granted!〛
〚The Point Shop has opened!〛
〚Point Shop
-Essence of Strength: 10P Quantity: 10
-Essence of Agility: 10P Quantity: 10
-Essence of Vitality: 10P Quantity: 10
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Current Points: 1,000,000〛
I wanted to calmly select what I desired from that place filled with countless items, but I decided to postpone the rewards for now.
And for good reason.
-Thud.
I locked eyes with the Black Mutant King Kong Lord looming before me. It seemed he had something to say, standing guard over me alone.
No, he really was protecting me.
Somehow, I found myself lying not in the empty forest clearing where I had collapsed, but in a cave-like space surrounded by trees on all sides.
I instinctively tried to jump up and take a defensive stance, but the Lord immediately pinned me down and quietly pointed toward the sky obscured by massive leaves.
Only then did I understand the situation, and I stopped resisting.
That insane sun had opened its eyes. And this King Kong Lord had brought me to his nest to protect me from that sun.
Come to think of it, these Black Mutant King Kong creatures could no longer harm me for the next year. That was the price of the barrier—the law of the jungle.
Now that I had some breathing room, I continued browsing the shop and began making purchases.
‘What should I buy?’
My eyes gleamed as they fell upon the very last item, the most expensive one on sale.
〚-Key to Ability Seal Release (1 use) 999,999P〛
The moment I saw this, nothing else mattered. I immediately purchased the key, and as the points drained away, a translucent key resembling the System materialized in the air before embedding itself into my status window.
Click-click-click!
The moment the key turned a full ninety degrees.
A cascade of my unsealed abilities bloomed before my eyes.
“Tsk, I can’t just settle everything with a single concept.”
If I obtained the concept of the sky, everything would be over. Unfortunately, the concept seal appeared impossible to release. In fact, the System itself didn’t even seem to recognize the power of concepts.
So I could unseal them at my discretion. But if I did, I’d be banished for cheating.
‘Which ability should I choose?’
I deliberated for a long time. The newly acquired skill, Heaven and Earth Reversal. After regression, the new skill I obtained from the profound mysteries of Tai Chi, which I had learned desperately in the River of Flowing Stars and among the Drifting Ones.
It was a primordial-grade ability. It lived up to its meaning—to grasp heaven and earth greatly and overturn them—it was a tremendous power.
Defense alone would be settled with this. Unless it was a truly devastating blow like a dragon’s breath, I could block virtually any attack.
‘Then an offensive ability?’
Should I unseal martial arts like Celestial Demon Divine Art or Solar Divine Art?
No. That would be too wasteful. I didn’t enter this place just to develop martial arts.
Soon, I made my decision.
No, from the beginning, the ability I needed to unseal was already determined.
“Golden Tower seal release.”
A cheat key. Now that’s true exploitation!
〚Authority: The Golden Tower refuses to unseal!〛
“Damn it!”
The exploit ended before it even began.
〚The Creator says cheating is not allowed.〛
I’m so frustrated tears blur my vision. Don’t I have to cheat to clear this difficulty level?!
I sighed and searched through the other abilities. After rummaging for a while, I finally decided which ability to unseal.
〚Authority: Uranus is now open!〛
In that instant, my body underwent a transformation.
An incomprehensible talent began to take root within me, my ordinary human heart was replaced by the heart of Uranus, the Divine Being of the heavens, and the essence of the sky was bestowed upon my body.
〚Authority: Uranus
Grade: 11★
LV 1(0%)
Description: Master of the heavens. An authority that consolidates the power of Uranus. It contains the strength to dominate the great sky.
Abilities
-All stat values are unified.
-All stats increase by +30.
-All experience point gains increase by 1,000%.
-All regenerative power increases by 10,000%.
-All talents increase infinitely.
-Absolute resistance to all status ailments.
-LV 2 unlocked〛
What I needed was neither extraordinary offensive power nor an authority capable of granting tremendous buffs.
“Talent. I need talent.”
Even if I had reached a state of absolute transcendence, if the abilities hadn’t granted me talents, I would have perished without even properly defending against attacks, let alone mastering the Heavenly Reversal technique.
That’s why talent was all the more desperately necessary.
‘Moreover, it’s a late-blooming ability with tremendous growth potential.’
Simply by raising one stat, all other stats would increase equally—that alone was worth the investment.
In an instant, all my stats had risen to 71. Now I could actually stand against the Black Mutant King Kong Lord at level 99.
My previous Magic Power stat of 32, plus the 30 added by this authority, and nine additional free points on top of that.
Even so, compared to the body that had been only half a step away from the Concept Divine Seat, this was pathetically weak—yet it was enough to finally acquire at least the hidden piece of this 10th Floor.
I pushed myself up from the ground. I could no longer remain cowering in this place.
I blocked the Lord’s hand as he tried to restrain me and exited the cave.
‘Absolute resistance to all status ailments.’
That meant even if I were cursed by the gaze of that grotesque sun, I could ignore it entirely.
〚I shall guide you. To the place where the first key resides.〛
I moved immediately. Toward the Forest Center, the source and resting place of all these mutations and corruption.
And the moment I began to move, the grotesque sun’s gaze turned toward me with eerie precision.
〚The Black Sun gazes upon you!〛
Red warning messages flooded my vision, but I ignored them. Perhaps angered by my disregard, the Black Sun began pouring its power toward me.
〚The Black Sun’s curse engulfs you!〛
〚Curse: Abyss’s Mire (8★) is bestowed!〛
〚Curse: Oblivion’s End (8★) is bestowed!〛
〚Curse: Eye of Corruption (8★) is bestowed!〛
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〚Curse: Eye of the Black World (9★) is bestowed!〛
Even the weakest curse was a formidable attack, easily an 8-star caliber. This explained why the creatures of this realm avoided The Sun’s gaze.
〚You are immune to all status abnormalities!〛
〚Curses are nullified!〛
To me, such attacks had become beneath even mockery.
Curses without physical force—indiscriminate and hollow. The final boss of this great forest had devolved into something weaker than the swordsman weed I’d first encountered.
Ignoring The Sun, I moved with swift footwork toward the Forest Center. This moment, with The Sun’s eyes open, was my opportunity.
A chance to reach the center without any obstruction. Once The Sun closed its eyes, I would have to fight through the creatures to advance.
Unfortunately, ten minutes was insufficient for someone with my agility of 71 to traverse this vast forest toward its center.
But I continued to use those ten minutes wisely, advancing toward the center with minimal friction.
After exactly twenty hours had passed, I finally arrived at the Forest Center—the place where the first key, Ars Goetia, the source of all mutations, existed.
At the heart of an enormous tree. Though it appeared sealed, what captured my eyes was an item that governed all things.
〚That is Solomon’s greatest legacy, the first key of Lemegeton and the first page: Ars Goetia.〛
I reached toward the ominous key-shaped form wrought from black demonic energy. It was instinct. The pull toward that key, whispering to me who had claimed two legacies, was
—Seize me. Free me. This place suffocates me.
It was not a mental attack. Merely words. A desperate cry for salvation from the key sealed in the center of this stifling forest, unable to escape anywhere.
And I was the savior who could grant that salvation.
The moment my hand touched the key, it transformed into demonic energy as if it had been waiting, and was absorbed into me.
Flash!
A tremendous storm of demonic energy erupted from where the seal had been, sweeping across the forest. Yet the storm carried no physical force.
It was merely the key celebrating its own liberation.
Bidding farewell to this forest it had once ruled while sealed.
〚Congratulations!〛
〚You have acquired Solomon’s great legacy, the first key of Lemegeton—Ars Goetia!〛
〚The item has become bound and transformed into an Authority!〛
〚Authority: Ars Goetia
Rank: 11★
LV 1(0%)
Description: The first page of the great grimoire Lemegeton, said to contain all demons in existence, and the key that heralds the beginning of the demonic tome. It contains the power to borrow the strength of all demons that exist.
Abilities
-You may borrow and use the power of recorded Demons. (Once per day)
-You may forcibly summon recorded Demons into your body. (Once per 30 days)
-LV 2 Unlocked〛
The first key was straightforward. Power to command the strength of all Demons. Furthermore, power to forcibly summon all Demons into my body.
Needless to say, Demons included the 72 Seats of Demon Kings.
There was no price to pay. Everyone knows that contracts with Demons and devils are unreasonable and verge on fraud, but this was the opposite.
It was essentially a contract where I defrauded the Demons.
How else would it be? What Creator would pay a price to their creations to use their power?
I gazed upon the crumbling forest one last time with a satisfied smile, and my body was immediately transported to the 11th Floor.

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