The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - Chapter 331

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Chapter 331. Extraordinary Circumstances (2)
Werebeast.
A creature engineered from transformation factors extracted from the Lycanthrope.
The Empire had accumulated data through countless failures.
As a result.
They succeeded in producing Werebeasts.
But the report that had just arrived from my Aide.
It was a shocking report that all the Werebeasts undergoing experimentation had escaped.
“What did you say?!”
Elowin shot to her feet from her seat.
Of course, there had been an incident where the laboratory was completely shut down recently.
Whitewolf Territory.
The result of touching that place carelessly and being traced back.
As a consequence, all the critical breeding lineages were destroyed, causing catastrophic damage.
But fortunately.
She hadn’t lost the cultivation technology itself.
The critical data had been preserved safely.
She could start again.
It merely required far more resources than imagined.
This was why the laboratory had been relocated deep within The Empire.
A deepest sector that could never be breached.
There, she had poured astronomical resources into rebuilding the cultivation system.
And so, one year.
Werebeast production had reached operational capacity.
All specimens had been developed to the level of deployment in actual combat.
And recently, even specialized genetic engineering had been introduced.
A bioweapon had been perfected.
Thus, the highest-tier specimen.
She had even succeeded in creating a danger-level 10 individual.
But what now?
“All the Werebeasts have escaped?”
“Y-yes, that’s correct!”
“Who on earth—!”
Elowin cried out without thinking.
The place where Werebeasts were cultivated was the deepest sector of The Empire.
External access was absolutely impossible.
Naturally, escape from within was unthinkable.
‘Could it be Invictus?’
Elowin’s mind flashed with possibility.
But she quickly shook her head.
Invictus could answer the question of ‘who’.
But he couldn’t answer the question of ‘how’.
More precisely—how had he commanded the Werebeast Forces to escape?
That part made no sense.
The Werebeast Forces don’t move without orders.
And they don’t even recognize commands from anyone except upper administrators.
In other words, even if Invictus had shattered the Laboratory’s barriers, the Werebeast Forces wouldn’t have escaped.
Yet they had escaped.
They scattered in all directions without a single command.
‘How on earth could this happen?’
Elowin’s pupils trembled.
Her mind flooded entirely with confusion.
But she quickly regained her composure.
The situation had already unfolded.
Now was the time to contain it.
The root cause analysis could wait.
“Start by tracking their escape routes.”
Elowin spoke with measured calm.
“Determine the number of remaining specimens and identify all viable tactical entry paths. As of this moment, all operatives are deployed for tracking and recovery operations.”
“Then what about tracking Invictus…?”
“Suspend it!!”
Finally, Elowin’s fury erupted.
Crimson veins bulged across the pale skin of her neck—
“Yes, understood!!”
The Aide, unable to utter another word, bolted from the room in panic.
* * *
I drew in a deep breath.
Rilseinium’s energy churned violently within me.
The Celestial Dragon’s Wrath.
But I didn’t release it outward.
I detonated the energy I’d wrung from my limits from within.
Kwaaaaaaaaaa—!!
My lower body completely disintegrated.
And immediately regenerated.
◆Your Stamina stat increases by +77!
“Hahaha…!!”
I pushed myself back up.
◆Wait, hold on—!
Then I immediately tensed both my forearms.
─Crack!!
My muscle fibers ruptured from the inside out.
◆Strength stat increased by +110?!?!
This time it was my thighs.
◆Wait, calm down—!
I concentrated Rillenium’s energy into my thighs and detonated it.
Boom!
◆Strength stat increased by +147???????
My physical stats were rising like madness.
They were absolutely skyrocketing.
I summoned “Player Information” before my eyes.
And there it was—an unbelievable set of numbers displayed right in front of me.
==「Player Information」==
[Name] = Adrian Whitewolf
[Title] = Dragon Slayer
[Level] = 1,021
[HP] = 87
[MP] = -403,680
[Sanity] = 0/ℵ0
[Stats] = Strength: 12,111 Agility: 17,521 Endurance: 18,787 Mana: -4036.8(x-1.2)
[Experience] = 1.2%
…My physical stats had each exceeded ten thousand.
And by a considerable margin.
These were pure stat increases, no less!
Because of that, I couldn’t even tell how much each had risen compared to before.
But did that matter?
How much my stats had increased was irrelevant.
Because this wasn’t the end.
I would push them higher.
I would grow even further.
This place was Sylvandir Forest.
A place where an immature perfect lifeform could evolve into an ultimate lifeform—.
◆I’m not an incubator, you hear me?!?!?!
Mungu had a complete breakdown.
My surroundings were packed with people.
They all looked at me like—how should I put it.
Like I was some kind of undead creature.
“Is that… actually human?”
“Is it a zombie?”
“Even a zombie wouldn’t be like that…?”
With all that commotion, there was no way to avoid drawing attention.
There were even faces I hadn’t seen before.
Foreigners.
At this rate, my reputation would spread in strange ways.
Or perhaps it already had—
‘What does it matter?’
How rumors spread was irrelevant to me.
Was I really going to halt my growth over mere gossip?
Impossible.
I certainly couldn’t stop.
I shot up from my seat.
This time, it was my chest.
By shattering my pectoral muscles and lungs simultaneously, I could elevate both strength and stamina at once—a truly magnificent body part for cultivation.
I wrung out energy using Hemolytic Burst[L].
The skill had vanished.
But manifestation was still possible.
All the genetic information needed to create Hemolytic Burst[L] was encoded within the Perfect Organism[UL].
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!!
My heartbeat accelerated explosively.
Every cell in my body burned through the Rilselenium energy completely.
Yet my muscle fibers didn’t turn red-hot.
My nervous system didn’t exceed its threshold.
My body, reborn as a Perfect Organism, had been restructured to accept such stimulation as baseline.
And with that, the side effects disappeared.
Normally, Hemolytic Burst[L] would cause irreversible physiological damage upon termination.
This would reduce all my strength, agility, and stamina stats by 12%.
But not anymore.
As a Perfect Organism, irreversible physiological damage was impossible for me.
I forced the energy wrung from Hemolytic Burst[L] into my pectoral muscles.
Then I drew a deep breath and forcibly injected energy into each individual alveolus.
My entire chest bubbled and roiled.
◆Wait, hold on! The chest really isn’t—!
The expanding pressure reached its limit in an instant.
At that moment, Mungu’s scream flashed before my eyes.
◆If your heart bursts, you’ll die, you’ll dieeeee!!!
Only then did I realize my mistake.
Even as a Perfect Organism[UL], a destroyed heart meant death.
The heart and the brain.
My original weaknesses remained valid.
But it was already too late.
Boom!!!!!
With a tremendous explosion, my chest burst open entirely.
And.
◆Strength stat increased by +221.
◆Stamina stat increased by +278.
“Cough…! Kha-hack! I… I survived, right?”
◆You survived, you insane bastard!!!
* * *
Imperial Central Intelligence Agency.
Beneath a room bathed in faint magical light.
“Have we identified the escape routes of the Werebeast Forces? Do we have a grasp on them?”
Elowin asked her Aide.
Soon, the Aide nodded and responded.
“Yes, yes! We’ve identified all of them, but….”
However, the Aide’s following words trembled with unease.
“…All of them were confirmed to be moving in the same direction.”
“The same direction?”
Elowin’s face contorted as she continued.
“Where is that?”
“That is….”
The Aide couldn’t find the words and merely broke into a cold sweat.
* * *
Count Whitewolf’s Castle.
In the Administrative Office located at its heart.
Seraphia gazed intently beyond the window of the Administrative Office.
The direction was south.
Where the Sylvandir Forest was located, no less.
“Just how much longer does my brother intend to continue….”
It was the place where Adrian’s bizarre training was taking place.
The endless cycle of self-detonation, self-harm, regeneration, self-detonation, laughter, and.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!!!
Another self-detonation.
I couldn’t even tell how many days this had been going on.
Seraphia tried to accept it as inevitable, but that was nonsense.
She couldn’t adapt to it at all.
“Uuuugh…!”
Seraphia clutched her head.
The explosions continued to reverberate.
Each time, the window frame of the Administrative Office shook.
Moreover, the entire Whitewolf Territory trembled.
It was a testament to just how frequently he was detonating himself.
Yet, only Adrian across The Continent could call such a thing training.
“Haaaaaah….”
Seraphia’s hands trembled as they cradled her head.
The relentless explosions and vibrations continued without pause.
Each time, Adrian’s endless self-detonation spectacle replayed endlessly in Seraphia’s mind.
It was at that moment.
Clang—!! Clang—!!!
An alarm sounded.
Seraphia lifted her head.
Beyond the window.
Soldiers were moving about urgently.
Something… an emergency situation seemed to be unfolding.
Seraphia immediately bolted from the Administrative Office.
She grabbed one of the soldiers and demanded a situation report.
The soldier’s answer came swiftly.
“Multiple intruders are currently approaching Sylvandir Forest, ma’am!!”
“Intruders?!”
“Yes! They haven’t crossed the perimeter yet, but—”
Just then, real-time updates poured from the communication stone the soldier held.
-…Sylvandir Forest perimeter breached!
-Unidentified biological signatures detected, multiple contacts!
-High probability of combat! Requesting reinforcements!
Seraphia’s face drained of color.
That statement meant only one thing.
The situation was escalating into a full-scale invasion.
Yet the identity and purpose of the intruders.
Nothing had been confirmed.
Not even when they approached the perimeter.
In other words, these were entities, forces, or groups possessing such extraordinary mobility that they evaded the Whitewolf Territory’s surveillance network entirely.
-W-wait? They’re changing direction sharply!
An urgent voice crackled from the communication stone.
-North… no, northeast!
-It’s as if they’re moving toward a specific location….
-Hold on, that location is…?
Then a soldier’s cry erupted from the communication stone.
-They’re all heading straight for where Adrian is!!
Seraphia’s heart sank.
Adrian was in the middle of his self-detonation training.
The phrasing was odd, but regardless.
He was defenseless, caught in the cycle of self-destructing and reviving.
Adrian is in danger!!
In other words, the intruders’ true target had been Adrian all along.
* * *
Kai rushed toward where Adrian was.
Currently, the sound of self-destruction was no longer audible.
The thunderous roar of explosions that had echoed day and night for several days had suddenly ceased.
In other words, something had happened to Adrian.
There was no time to waste.
Kai pressed forward.
Right then.
A beast suddenly reared up, tearing through the deep darkness of the forest.
A Weerdeer.
It was a Werebeast with long, slender antlers resembling those of a deer.
However, it was an individual that had not been among the Werebeasts Adrian had brought.
‘Were the intruders Werebeasts?’
Kai gripped the hilt of his sword.
Right then.
Squeal—!!
The Weerdeer began to bolt away.
It was a frantic sprint, as if it had suddenly realized it was late.
“…?”
Kai’s head tilted involuntarily.
In that moment.
He felt the earth trembling.
Kai moved toward where the trembling originated.
His instincts were screaming a warning.
Something beyond all reason was unfolding.
And soon, his vision opened wide.
A forest laid waste by explosions.
There, countless entities stood arrayed at regular intervals.
“…??”
Kai’s mind came to a halt.
He couldn’t comprehend what was happening.
Right then, a voice reached his ears.
“How did you all find me here?”
It was Adrian’s.
Kai’s head snapped around.
And there, indeed, stood Adrian—.
Screech! Howl! Roar!
“You sensed me?”
Screech! Growl! Crash!
“Ah, so you all sensed the strengthened aura first as my physical abilities rose.”
Roar! Howl! Boom!
Screech! Growl! Crash!
Adrian communicated with the Werebeast Forces in this manner.
“…?????”
Kai’s mind had finally come to a complete halt.

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