Level -99 Archmage - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96. Legend
Stand before the great Khan, and kneel.
Park Chan-woo tilted his head at the message that had surfaced.
It was a savage directive for someone who had unlocked every seal.
Creeeeak!
As the door swung open, an endless staircase stretched before him.
Park Chan-woo stepped forward without hesitation, crossing the threshold.
The moment he passed through.
Ding!
《The Legendary Quest ‘Path to Legend’ has been completed!》
《As ‘Khan the Great Conqueror’ awakens, the Second Night is declared as his territory.》
《A new legend is born!》
《You who have brought forth a legend—your deeds shall be remembered for all eternity.》
《All participants acquire the title ‘Witness to Legend’.》
《The Legendary Quest has been cleared for the first time.》
《All of Khan’s trials have been passed for the first time.》
《You have acquired the Master Title ‘Legend’.》
《Calculating Contribution Points to be awarded.》
《’Khan the Conqueror’ reflects upon the process of solving the trials, watching intently.》
《’Khan the Conqueror’ has marveled!》
《You acquire 150,000,000 Contribution Points.》
The final seal dissolved, and the curtain fell on the Legendary Quest.
A title of just two characters: Legend.
Along with 150 million Contribution Points.
‘Khan the Conqueror. More generous than I expected.’
He hadn’t expected the Conqueror himself to grade the trials and gift Contribution Points.
It seemed to relate to the declaration that the Second Night was now his territory.
‘…… Legend.’
But for now, the ‘title’ he’d obtained mattered more than the Contribution Points.
A Master Title. Just two characters, simple and bare: ‘Legend’.
He’d encountered countless titles before, but never one with such a striking name.
The moment he focused his gaze on it, the details surfaced.
Legend (Master Title): Attack Power +200, Penetrating Force 5%
An explanation so sparse it was almost cruel.
Park Chan-woo’s pupils trembled slightly as he absorbed it.
A single title boosting attack power by as much as 200.
But what startled him even more was the option that followed.
‘Penetrating Force!’
…an effect that could not be dismissed under any circumstance.
It was ‘Penetrating Force’—an option impossible to obtain through any equipment or tool, accessible only through titles.
Everyone dreamed of it, everyone hoped for it, yet only a chosen few possessed it.
The absurdity of this option was beyond words.
No matter how high the defense, to ‘pierce through’ 5% of it nonetheless.
As time passed, monsters appeared with increasingly absurd defense values, and those without this option could never overcome them.
It was likewise devastatingly effective against shield warriors who stacked defense alone.
At least 5% of attacks would always land, no matter what.
No matter how much defense was piled on, those who wielded Penetrating Force would always get through.
‘It becomes more crucial as time goes on.’
Attack power had its limits after all.
Critical chance, magic grade, defense penetration—all these had to be raised evenly to survive in the end-times Abyss.
‘When I first climbed the Tower of Dragon Gods, I barely managed around 20%.’
Back then, his Penetrating Force had been a meager 20%.
Now he could secure 5% from the start.
Since Penetrating Force could only be raised through titles…
Moreover, he’d never seen a single title boost it by as much as 5% before.
‘This is insane.’
Insane.
Insane beyond measure.
With proper use, even the Abysses thought impossible to clear right now could be conquered.
Simply by obtaining this possibility, the ceiling of his growth had risen immeasurably higher.
Park Chan-woo felt a faint smile cross his face.
“Quite intriguing, challenger.”
That was when it happened.
At the top of the endless staircase.
A warrior sat upon a throne, gazing down at him.
A man with white whiskers streaming in the wind, wielding an enormous Trident.
Khan the Great Conqueror!
“It is remarkable that you broke the first seal in Aheta’s Abyss, but the manner in which you resolved my trials was even more extraordinary. I commend you.”
“Much obliged.”
Park Chan-woo shrugged casually.
The Legendary Quest had ended.
If Khan offered praise, there was no reason to refuse it.
Khan stroked his beard.
“To summon the Herald of the Covenant Pact and defeat the gatekeeper Agzos—a method I could not have imagined. And your current form… yes, you are truly an anomalous existence.”
“I have heard that the Great Conqueror Khan respects anomalies.”
“Indeed. Wisdom itself. The battlefield harbors countless anomalies. Only those who can accept them are fit to command the field.”
“I agree.”
Park Chan-woo nodded.
The man possessed a surprisingly open mind.
He had slain three guardian warriors and seized Agzos, yet still carried an air of calm composure.
It was the mark of a conqueror who had walked countless battlefields.
After a moment, Khan spoke again.
“Agzos. Have you truly departed from my fold?”
His gaze turned toward Agzos, now become shadow.
Agzos did not answer.
He simply stood in silence beside Park Chan-woo.
Khan chuckled softly.
“…The palace entrance shall be lonely for some time.”
He had acknowledged that Agzos had slipped entirely beyond his reach.
Agzos no longer heeded his commands.
He followed only Park Chan-woo now.
“Will you wage war against Aheta?”
Park Chan-woo voiced the question that had been on his mind.
Khan’s seal was now fully broken.
Freed, Khan had immediately proclaimed Second Night as his own territory.
But Aheta would hardly stand idle and watch.
“This land was originally mine. Now that I have emerged, Aheta has no claim to its sovereignty.”
“Surely Aheta won’t simply accept that?”
“Hah! Once I transformed it into a Created Abyss, direct interference becomes impossible. So long as he does not intervene personally, this land is already as good as mine.”
Khan spoke with certainty.
Aheta would be unable to intervene.
Khan gazed quietly at Park Chan-woo and opened his mouth once more.
“When Second Night concludes, this Abyss shall become wholly my territory. I will use these lands as my foundation to restore my strength, and then resume the Conquest of the Abyss.”
Though his seal was broken, his full power had yet to return.
Even now, the nature of the Conqueror King remained unchanged.
Yet it was fortunate, in a way.
An entity that even Aheta did not dare oppose had now drawn its blade against the Abyss.
There was no harm in having another adversary for the Creators to contend with.
If he could join forces with Adora, the resulting picture would be quite promising indeed.
“By the way.”
In an instant.
Khan tilted his head and continued.
“Why do you still stand upon two feet?”
His tone was glacial.
A chill and killing intent poured forth.
“Kneel.”
Boom—!
Khan’s voice resonated majestically throughout the entire palace.
The power woven into his words vibrated, striking the eardrums with such force that consciousness seemed to drift away.
An overwhelming presence.
Now I understand why Aheta only resorted to a Seal.
Even without his power fully recovered, this is the extent of his strength.
“Ugh……!”
Yi Hyuk-su let out a brief cry.
He was desperately resisting the urge to fall to his knees, overwhelmed by the sheer weight of that voice.
Drip, drip.
Blood trickled from his nose.
Capillaries burst across both eyes, threading red across the whites.
But that wasn’t all—Yi Hyuk-su bit down on his tongue.
If he lost focus for even an instant, he’d pass out.
“Ha—ha—ha……!”
He barely held on, but that single act of endurance had utterly drained him.
Combat incapacity.
Not a single finger would obey him.
“Interesting. Though I spoke lightly of it, I didn’t expect you to withstand even that.”
Khan’s eyes blazed as he regarded Park Chan-woo.
Park Chan-woo gazed back at Khan with unshakeable calm, as though untouched by any of it.
Their eyes met, yet not the slightest tremor crossed his face.
That was because Agzos stood before him, intercepting Khan’s aura entirely.
Of course, even with that buffer, there was no way to escape entirely unscathed by a roar from one of Khan’s stature.
The reason Park Chan-woo remained unharmed was singular.
《The effect of the Title ‘Creator’s Natural Enemy’ has activated.》
《The ‘Unbreakable Mind’ effect from the Creator is occurring.》
It was thanks to the effect of the Title ‘Creator’s Natural Enemy’ taking hold.
Why had the ‘Creator’s Natural Enemy’ effect activated so suddenly?
It was a Title designed solely to allow him to endure before a Creator.
It possessed only the effect of ‘Mental Protection,’ shielding his mind.
‘The Great Conqueror Khan…… that one is a Creator.’
Only now did he understand.
In other words, the true identity of this ‘Great Conqueror Khan’ was a Creator.
But how had he become a Creator without being a Lord of the Abyss?
‘A conqueror. One who conquered a Creator’s lands and became a Creator himself?’
An existence even the Lords of the Abyss feared.
The name “conqueror” was not given without reason.
This ‘Khan’s Palace’ bore many resemblances to a sort of ‘Created Abyss.’
But there was more.
He had claimed the ‘Second Night’ as his territory.
The ‘Second Night’ had already transformed into a Created Abyss.
To become the master of this place meant becoming a Creator who possessed a Created Abyss.
‘He directly set the Contribution Points. That was only possible because he became the Creator of this Second Night.’
Ah.
So that was how it was.
He’d suspected something was amiss.
He hadn’t expected Khan to grasp and manipulate the Contribution Points system so readily.
“Ordinarily, I would not have spared your life. But very well. You have perfectly undone my Seal—consider your survival a reward. You’ve made my body feel wonderfully refreshed.”
Khan smiled with ease.
When the first Seal was released, truthfully, he had not held great hopes.
The ten trials for releasing the second Seal were meant to identify a challenger who had reached the threshold of Legend.
They were trials that mimicked the ten territories he had once conquered.
A challenger without qualification could not open a lock, no matter how many keys they possessed.
Yet this challenger had proven his qualification by forging a path.
Thanks to him, Khan could now be completely freed from his Seal.
Once his power recovered in this territory, he would be able to return as the Conqueror King.
‘……A Creator, then.’
Park Chan-woo paused to consider.
An ancient being.
The Conqueror Khan was utterly different from what he had imagined.
His original plan had been to revive Khan, seize Aheta’s territory—this ‘Second Night’—and then strike a decisive blow.
But if the Conqueror Khan was a Creator, the situation changed.
Nothing would be different at all.
Having seen Park Chan-woo, I would set my sights on humanity and create a Created Abyss on Earth.
I could have fashioned a vicious Abyss to conquer Earth itself.
…But it seemed I would need to revise my plans entirely.
Park Chan-woo spoke with cold precision.
“Agzos. Kill him.”

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