The Only Enhancer - Chapter 106

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Chapter 106
106 – The Enhancement Master’s Combat Method? (4)
Jerot, the lion of the Deep Sea, sensed no mana emanating from Min-jun.
He appeared no different from an ordinary human who had never awakened.
Yet Jerot could see it.
If he were to imagine pushing off the ground and flying toward Min-jun, everything after that moment would fade to black as though his memory had been severed.
It meant he couldn’t know what would happen if he entered a domain beyond a certain threshold.
To feel such overwhelming pressure from a human who emitted no mana—how was this possible?
Gulp.
Jerot recalled the moment Min-jun had appeared.
He’d thought something in the form of a fairy would burst forth, but instead, a human emerged.
What was his true identity?
What was that fairy-shaped form, and what exactly was this human who emitted no mana whatsoever?
Jerot couldn’t comprehend it, but the instinct carved into his very cells screamed violently at him.
‘Flee?’
Jerot had always been faithful to his instincts.
But this time, he had no choice.
‘Mother will kill me.’
His instinct warned of danger, but he was merely human, after all.
He killed Marcia?
Marcia was still just Marcia.
Even if he had killed Marcia—a Disaster Level 6 who had yet to fully accept her power, nothing but chaff—it changed nothing.
Jerot believed this and moved first.
Marcia, or rather Kraken, required full power to even enter this domain where only serene silence flowed and the world stood still—and in this space, Jerot reached his hand toward Min-jun.
The ferocious moray eel bared its teeth, attempting to bite down viciously.
Or rather, it tried to.
Clang!
The sharp moray teeth were blocked by a long spear shaft, and Min-jun stared directly at Jerot.
He had clearly planted his feet in this domain where even permission was denied to those of inferior rank.
In that instant, chills ran down his spine.
Though he sensed no mana, he had attacked with full caution and preparation, yet Min-jun had perceived it.
Rather than retreat, Jerot gathered energy into his moray form, preparing to unleash it.
But Min-jun was not idle either.
Watching Jerot’s hand transformed into a moray eel, Min-jun’s eyes sharpened with intensity.
An ominous aura.
He had just finished dealing with another creature on his way here, but this one appeared far more formidable.
As if amused, Min-jun grinned wickedly and swung his spear.
The moray’s teeth struggled desperately to seize the spear, but unable to overcome Min-jun’s overwhelming strength, its jaw tore open and split in two.
Screech!
Blood sprayed into the air, yet in this domain where time had slowed, the blood did not fall.
Jerot frowned as he watched blood drip slowly, then transformed his fist back into the form of a conger eel.
‘I cannot afford to be aggressive.’
He had now grasped Min-jun’s offensive power.
The inhuman brute strength and physical prowess, combined with the fragments of Min-jun’s mana he had sensed—it was far vaster than his own.
Jerot immediately wrapped his entire body in scales as hard as fish scales.
And he wrapped his fists with teeth as sharp and vicious as those of a conger eel.
Compared to when he had transformed his fist into the conger eel form, his offensive power had weakened, but his defensive capability had increased—so it was not a losing trade.
“Hmm.”
Min-jun observed this transformation with evident interest.
A monster that altered its form depending on its opponent.
At first glance, it bore the appearance of a conger eel, but if one looked closely, it was no different from an octopus.
Much like Kraken.
Or was this not his own power?
If so, where did such an ability originate?
Questions multiplied, but it mattered little.
There was no need to ponder deeply.
‘I can simply ask him.’
The moment Min-jun thought this, he rolled his feet lightly, and even within this slowed domain, he closed the distance with piercing speed.
Jerot, startled by the overwhelming velocity, faltered momentarily, but quickly regained his stance and attempted to block Min-jun’s assault.
After all, he had confirmed that his opponent wielded a spear.
All he needed to do was block the spear.
‘Concentrate the scales at the point of impact.’
Then counterattack.
Jerot’s eyes gleamed as he sought to strike during Min-jun’s moment of carelessness.
Min-jun had already closed the distance to arm’s length.
The instant Jerot focused on gathering his scales to meet the attack—
He could not help but sense something amiss.
Was the power that killed Marcia not magic?
In that fleeting moment of doubt, he lost track of Min-jun’s movements. When he found him again, Min-jun held not a spear, but a staff.
‘I must evade.’
But it was already too late.
Colossal mana erupted from the short wand, and in that instant, a massive single horn burst forth from the ground.
Whoooosh!
“Gack!”
Because he had arranged his scales defensively, the penetration was not deep, but a wound ran through his abdomen and out his back.
He could regenerate, but it was catastrophic.
Jerot felt the immense gravitational force pinning him and struggled desperately to break free.
But why?
‘I… I cannot move.’
An irresistible gravity, as though Mount Tai itself pressed down upon him, ensnared his entire body, rendering him unable to twitch a single finger.
It wasn’t merely the power erupting from the single horn.
Even after deploying all manner of abilities—skills, to be precise—an additional gravitational force was at work.
What in the world was this colossal gravity?
And how refined it was, affecting none but Jerot.
The immense gravitational force pouring down solely upon me sent shivers cascading across my entire body, impossible to endure.
‘…!!!’
Watching Jerot thrash helplessly, Min-jun let out a soft chuckle.
I exhausted every gravity skill within the wand, then poured forth vast reserves of mana to wield gravity’s attribute.
A gravity attribute obtained through the Enhancement Master’s hidden effect alone.
And this was far from the end.
Zzzzzzzzzzzt!
Whoooooosh!
An extreme chill enveloped Jerot alongside the gravity, and his entire body froze solid.
The gravity attribute and the frost attribute contained within the mana merged together.
Two attributes that should never have combined.
‘I owe Gwen my gratitude.’
The Alchemist’s attribute synthesis—obtained by enhancing Gwen’s trait.
I could merge anything, divide anything, and fuse them into something entirely different.
Thanks to that, I could wield both gravity and frost simultaneously—two fundamentally different attributes.
Both were extraordinarily potent means of binding an opponent.
Why imprison him this way?
Simplicity itself.
“Seven Stars’ Fragment.”
To unfold the transcendent skill.
Immobilized, Jerot could see stars twinkling above his head.
A red star, an orange star, a yellow star, a green star, a blue star, an indigo star, and a violet star.
Those seven starlit rays converged into a single point, becoming white.
Before that power—a judgment of stars descending to purify the world—Jerot’s eyes widened in horror.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The transcendent skill, Seven Stars’ Fragment, descended at a single point, obliterating Jerot and the horn together.
Or so I thought.
A single, minuscule scrap of flesh.
Unable to annihilate everything, it left behind merely one fragment.
Fwooooosh!
The flesh swelled as if detonating, then regenerated into a pristine form.
Or could it truly be called regeneration?
“Kaaaaagh, kuhahahahahaha!”
Jerot, drenched in agony, his eyes bloodshot.
Having truly died and returned to life, such a reaction was warranted—yet Min-jun’s expression darkened slightly at the sight.
I thought I’d killed him.
He’s alive.
Meanwhile, Jerot finally understood.
Why his instincts had screamed at him to flee.
Should I run now?
No, that’s impossible.
If it were the beginning, perhaps—but this Min-jun clearly had no intention of letting me go.
Jerot swallowed hard and thought.
‘This is abnormal.’
Awakened humans typically excelled in one area above all others.
And monsters were no different.
Even I was better at close-range combat than ranged.
But this human called Min-jun was not like that.
Long-range? He dominated it.
Close-range? He dominated that too.
He was formidable in every aspect without exception.
How was that even possible?
His physical body was equally extraordinary.
This wasn’t a body merely keeping pace through mana reinforcement.
If his body itself weren’t as durable as a monster’s, this would be impossible.
But…
‘How is that possible?’
Jerot trembled as he stared at Min-jun, and Min-jun grinned wickedly.
‘I’m glad I borrowed the Hunter Association Chairman’s trait.’
Ma Hyun-seok’s trait was naturally that of a Tank.
And Tanks possessed the most exceptional physical abilities among all Awakened.
In other words, Ma Hyun-seok’s contribution was significant in transforming my body into a monster.
The Enhancement Master’s hidden effect had granted me the Tank’s physical capabilities as well.
My body wasn’t weak to begin with.
It had to be strong enough to contain this boundless mana.
There was no way my body could be frail.
Upon reaching Level 7, it had grown even stronger.
And now, acquiring the Tank body trait of Ma Hyun-seok, who was also Level 7, I had become a true monster.
‘That creature doesn’t need to reveal his mana.’
Now Jerot could see it clearly.
Formidable mana?
That alone could tear me apart, but the power contained in that body—
That too was more than enough to rend me to shreds.
The only saving grace was that Min-jun hadn’t yet realized this himself?
If I could exploit that gap, escape might still be possible.
‘I must inform Mother somehow. With Shana dead, only Ranit remains, but considering his twisted tastes, I’m the only one left.’
Ranit had caused trouble, and the likelihood of him being discovered by this creature and killed was high.
I had to escape somehow and report this fact.
That there was a monster among humans.
Keeping only that thought in mind, Jerot moved.
Similarly, Min-jun also moved.
Pop! Poppop!
Jerot was slightly slower, as expected.
He charged forward, his entire body covered in scales.
Min-jun dropped the wand he had been holding and pulled out a pair of short swords from his inventory.
Shing.
Watching the pair of short swords being drawn with an ominous green glow, I felt a chill run down my spine.
Among all the weapons Min-jun had pulled out so far, was there any that didn’t feel unsettling? But these looked even more horrifying.
I had to avoid them at all costs.
Even if I blocked them, something bad could happen.
As Min-jun swiftly threw his body forward, he extended his arm.
Whoosh!
The short sword swung with rapid precision.
Jerot glanced at the short sword gripped in his right hand and sneered.
Fast and powerful.
But that’s all.
‘The movements are clumsy.’
There was too much wasted motion.
It couldn’t be helped, really.
Min-jun had never received professional combat training.
Jerot easily evaded by tilting his head back, then swung his short sword and thrust his fist into the opening he found.
He intended to pierce the ribs with the sharp teeth attached to the knuckle guard.
But at that moment, the short sword in his left hand shot out and blocked the punch, and instead, Jerot, who had thrown the punch, was sent flying backward.
His sense was incredible.
But sense was all it was.
I possessed overwhelming combat experience.
So I charged forward like a madman.
As we charged and collided repeatedly, Jerot increased his speed further to find an opening.
But then….
‘What, what is this?’
The movements that had been full of wasted motion gradually became cleaner, and then!
Slash!
Jerot’s shoulder blade, which had evaded all attacks until now, was cut.
Bubbling.
As the poison boiled up, Jerot quickly tore away that area.
Though he responded quickly, Jerot’s expression was far from pleased.
Growing stronger as the battle progresses—how is this even possible?
This defies all logic.
Jerot stared at Min-jun with eyes wide in shock.
“Now you’re finally worth fighting. Shall we see what you’re truly capable of?”

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