Level -99 Archmage - Chapter 100

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Episode 100. Final Reckoning
Yi Hyeok-soo stared in wonder at the Miracle pouring forth from Park Chan-woo’s hand.
He heard talk of Mana and Divine Power, but to Yi Hyeok-soo’s eyes, such destructive force could be explained by no word but Miracle.
A thing that defied all conventional understanding.
A phenomenon believed to be wrought by the divine.
Yes. That was it.
‘The power of the gods.’
And so the prophet who wielded that Miracle—Park Chan-woo—was divine.
The Seer had certainly lost his strength.
He had exhausted his Mana, coughed blood, and faced the worst of circumstances.
But in an instant, as if nothing had happened, he turned the tide.
He summoned another shadow and swung the Miracle.
……He had no limits.
The Seer’s power knew no end.
Thump-thump!
Yi Hyeok-soo watched the destruction unfold.
Where the black-gleaming particles had swept through, everything vanished as if it had been evaporated.
With that, the body of the Great Conqueror Khan was crumbling.
A monster that did not die even when beheaded.
Was falling with the palace.
‘A new path. An entirely different Trial.’
Yi Hyeok-soo took in every step the Seer had taken.
The path he walked was certainly distinct from the one that had been set.
At first, it had been a fight between pursuers and the pursued.
But the Seer did not join in their struggle—instead, he sought out a Trial entirely his own.
He found Khan’s Palace, cleared ten tests, and even captured Khan himself.
Moreover, every moment of that process was entirely unprecedented.
He walked his own path, defying all sense, abandoning the easy road, creating additional trials and circumstances of his own making.
As a result, an outcome beyond imagination had manifested.
《You have witnessed and served the ‘Myth’ at the closest range.》
《The Goddess of Battlefields forms a deep bond with you in recognition of your devotion.》
《From this moment forth, the Goddess of Battlefields stands with you, not with the Conqueror Khan.》
《Your vitality is restored.》
《Your mind grows clear.》
《Your title ‘Companion of Legend’ is elevated to ‘Knight of Myth.’》
《Contribution Points settlement begins.》
《Based on your final Contribution Points, you may obtain treasures befitting your station from Moon Lord Aheta’s Treasure Vault.》
Yi Hyeok-soo’s eyes widened.
Messages that appeared the moment Khan vanished with the palace.
Each line surpassed his expectations by a vast margin.
And it was not only the messages.
Reality itself had changed.
‘The Goddess of Battlefields!’
Above his head, the goddess had manifested.
A colossal phantom of light streaking across the sky.
Sacred wings wrought of radiance scattered their feathers.
With both hands joined, the Goddess of Battlefields poured blessings and protection upon Yi Hyeok-soo.
Her light blazed forth so brilliantly that it could be seen across all the Second Night.
‘Why me, and not the Seer?’
Yet doubt gnawed at him.
Yi Hyeok-soo had done nothing in particular.
He had failed to distinguish himself in any of these trials and Tests.
The beings that appeared were simply far too powerful for that.
So why had the Goddess of Battlefields chosen him instead of the Seer, who had actually fought?
Yi Hyeok-soo looked up at the goddess.
She offered no answer.
She did not move at all.
There existed only the form wrought of light.
Yi Hyeok-soo lowered his gaze and looked toward Park Chan-woo.
As the Divine Power’s release ended, Char’parm was unsummoned.
He had released all his Mana, leaving not even a speck behind.
His body had grown so emaciated that it would have been no surprise if he collapsed on the spot.
“You’ve worked hard. Thanks to you, I was able to kill Khan.”
Yet he conveyed his gratitude quietly and sincerely.
Yi Hyeok-soo’s eyes trembled.
“I didn’t do anything…….”
“Yi Hyeok-soo. If you hadn’t stepped forward to divert his attention, it would have been dangerous.”
Was that so?
Did it really matter that much?
Had Yi Hyeok-soo’s diversion of Khan’s gaze bought the time needed for the Prophet to recover Mana and unleash his Miracle?
Then the Prophet gazed upward into empty air.
“Congratulations, by the way. It seems the Goddess of Battlefields walks with you.”
“I’m not sure why she chose me.”
“You have the qualification.”
“……?”
Qualification.
He didn’t possess anything that could truly be called a qualification.
There was nothing here that would catch the attention of a goddess.
Yet why did the Prophet speak of it so matter-of-factly?
‘Perhaps she was forcibly bound to Khan’s land.’
Park Chan-woo nodded inwardly.
He thought he understood why the Goddess of Battlefields had chosen Yi Hyeok-soo.
Likely, the Goddess of Battlefields herself had been forcibly bound by Khan.
She would have favored Yi Hyeok-soo over him, who dominated Khan’s territory.
There were occasional entities like that.
Beings long worshipped, or objects imbued with special power, sometimes acquired a kind of Divine Status.
The Sealing Demon God’s Chalice and the Offering God had been such.
If the Goddess of Battlefields had chosen Yi Hyeok-soo, he bore no regret.
After all, one could only possess a single Divine Status of that kind.
He already held the Sealing Demon God’s Chalice, so it was only natural that he couldn’t receive the goddess’s blessing.
Unaware of this fact, Yi Hyeok-soo gazed at him with eyes that held a trace of reverence.
He seemed to harbor no regret whatsoever.
‘I must follow him in some way. Before he vanishes completely from sight.’
A hunger stirred within him.
Not merely the hunger to grow stronger.
A hunger to follow the Prophet, even if only in part.
He wanted to dip even one foot into his world.
Though now the gap was so vast he could scarcely perceive it at all.
He wished to grow qualified enough to taste even a fragment of that world.
To do so, he had to move swiftly.
There was no time for rest.
The grace the Prophet showed him would not last forever.
To repay even a portion of that grace, and moreover to become useful to him, he could not fall back.
Yet he did not worry.
One cannot reach a place one does not know, but he had seen it with his own eyes, hadn’t he?
Heaven Beyond Heaven.
The sky above the sky.
Having expanded his knowledge and understanding of it, all that remained was to follow the path.
Of course, in his own way.
Yi Hyeok-soo too intended to become a path-maker.
“……Thank you.”
Yi Hyeok-soo bowed his head.
With all his heart.
“…There’s nothing you need to thank me for.”
Park Chan-woo turned away with an awkward cough.
It was strange enough to hear Yi Hyeok-soo speak so formally, and this posture of his felt utterly unfamiliar.
Regardless, Yi Hyeok-soo kept his head bowed for some time.
……Until different messages appeared before his eyes.
Ding!
《O witness of the Miracle that shouldn’t be achievable!》
《O you who have overcome every obstacle and reached the ultimate end!》
《Your adventure shall be remembered for all eternity.》
《This is an experience that your current Level could never ordinarily attain.》
《All settlements based on your actions have been completed.》
《Your Level has increased.》
《Your Level has increased.》
《Your Level has increased.》
《Your Level has increased.》
《Your Level has……》
Levels surge upward.
Frantically, steeply.
To a degree that defies belief even when witnessed with your own eyes.
《You have reached Level 30.》
《Due to the transcendent Experience Points, the quest ‘Third Limit Level Breakthrough’ has been forcibly unlocked.》
《You have reached Level 31!》
This is madness—pure, undeniable madness.
Ten Levels gained all at once.
Was such a thing even possible?
《Contribution Points settlement has been completed.》
《You have acquired 10,000,000 Contribution Points.》
“Ahem!”
Yi Hyeok-soo let out a dry cough.
Ten million points, despite doing so little!
By traversing Khan’s Palace back and forth, he had accumulated thirty million Contribution Points in total.
Among the participants, there was surely no one else who had obtained Contribution Points in the tens of millions.
Yi Hyeok-soo turned to regard the Seer once more.
‘How many points did you earn?’
……Then how many Contribution Points had the Seer, who had killed Khan alone, actually acquired?
One thing was certain: even if every participant pooled their Contribution Points together, they would not reach what the Seer had gained by herself.
The miracles she had displayed were that extraordinary.
It was an honor merely to witness them from the sidelines.
“Then, until we meet again.”
The Seer spoke with a shrug of her shoulders.
It was time to part ways.
The Second Night, too, was drawing to a close.
With Khan’s death, the end time had been moved forward.
Presently, Park Chan-woo turned his back.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Light-hearted, having completed all that needed to be done.
Yi Hyeok-soo watched his receding figure with longing eyes and opened his mouth.
“……Yes. Until we meet again.”
* * *
Park Chan-woo, embarking upon his journey, gazed up at the sky with a warm smile.
‘The settlement turned out better than I expected.’
He had received far more than he had imagined.
It was not merely the Contribution Points.
His Level had risen considerably as well.
‘I’ve climbed five Levels.’
From Minus Level 89 to Minus Level 84.
With his Level rising—something he had thought had stalled—a sense of ease settled within him.
Still far to go from Minus Level 99 to Level 1, though roughly within five hundred and ten days or so, failure meant death, yet he now confirmed that the possibility was not zero.
‘It is certain that my Experience Point requirements are greater than others.’
It did not matter.
The Minus Level brought unexpected benefits as well.
The gains he had obtained from this were breathtaking.
Rather than living as an ordinary person with a normal Level, existing at a Minus Level had granted him far greater rewards.
Park Chan-woo reviewed the messages that had surfaced once more.
《O you who have enacted the ‘Miracle That Should Not Be Achievable’!》
《You absolute existence who have destroyed all obstacles, refused the ordained path, and written a new destiny!》
《Your adventure shall be remembered for all eternity.》
《But with your level, this is an outcome you could never experience—something that should never happen at all.》
《We cannot settle the accounts for a miracle beyond miracles, one that overcame an insurmountable gap.》
《As a special measure, you are granted 50 Coins.》
《You have earned 700,000,000 Contribution Points.》
《Your total Contribution Points have surpassed 1,000,000,000!》
《You have achieved the Unique Achievement ‘Shouldn’t Be Achievable?’》
《A Unique Achievement is one that vanishes upon being obtained.》
《This is the first time any species has achieved this in all trials run by the Second Night.》
《An additional 500,000,000 Contribution Points are added.》
《All participants receive an additional 1,000 Contribution Points.》
《This is a grace sent by the achiever of the Unique Achievement, and participants who bow their heads with gratitude may earn additional Contribution Points.》
《Furthermore, depending on the number of participants who bow their heads with gratitude, the achiever of the Unique Achievement may also earn an additional 1,000 Contribution Points per person.》
《However, these additional Contribution Points are not affected by amplification of further rewards such as qualifications or titles.》
It was the moment when cries of “Thank you!” began pouring out from every corner of the Second Night’s domain.

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