The Only Enhancer - Chapter 135

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Episode 135
135 – Blood Golem (1)
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The Blood Golem that emerged in Russia, Siberia.
Since its emergence, every nation across the globe had been watching it closely.
They monitored it through satellites and various devices, their nerves stretched taut.
With each movement it made, the ground twisted and the terrain shifted.
No one dared even imagine what would happen if such a creature engaged in combat.
When this calamity-like entity began moving toward the Korean Peninsula, the nations caught in its path hastily evacuated their populations.
Russia and China.
Both nations evacuated residents from every city predicted to lie in the Blood Golem’s path.
Yet even so, anxiety lingered as they continuously monitored its movements.
Thanks to its massive frame moving at a correspondingly slow pace, they managed to evacuate all residents safely.
The cities would certainly be devastated, but at least the people were saved.
It was then that the Reinforce Guild moved.
-Insane, they’re already moving?
-How long has it even been since it emerged?
-They basically moved the moment they heard the news?
-They departed without any special preparation?
-This is what a true hero looks like!
-Exactly!
-I hope they stay safe.
Everyone who witnessed the Reinforce Guild’s response could only marvel.
When Porthcurno in England was annihilated in an instant before, no other guild had moved either.
Back then, only Min-jun’s Reinforce Guild had acted, and it was the same now.
Everyone understood that only the Reinforce Guild could step forward.
Yet voices arose saying that hunters, having chosen this path, should at least attempt something.
With only the Reinforce Guild moving in such circumstances, people could only offer passionate support.
-Reinforce! You can do this!
-You’ve got this! Reinforce!
-You are our only hope!
-True heroes!
Even as residents evacuated, they cheered for the Reinforce Guild, their eyes holding no anxiety.
As if they trusted Min-jun and the Reinforce Guild completely.
Well, it was only natural.
Without the Reinforce Guild, the world would be as good as doomed.
Perhaps because of this, Min-jun and the entire Reinforce Guild moved with maximum speed.
Though only a few hours had passed since the Blood Golem’s emergence, they moved swiftly and had already drawn near to it.
But then.
“The Blood Golem is displaying unusual movement!”
“What… what in the world is that?”
“Good heavens.”
“Is it… dividing?”
Observers from numerous nations monitoring the Blood Golem could only gasp and gape in astonishment.
From the countless eyes dotting the massive Blood Golem’s body, something like crimson tears began to bead and coalesce into humanoid forms.
Literally, blood-red tears gathered to create countless monstrous creatures shaped like humans.
As if it were expelling the countless monsters it had absorbed since its initial emergence and journey to this place.
Though they were called humanoid in shape, each one towered at a height of seven to eight meters—true giants.
Or should they be called golems?
It had created countless golems like extensions of itself.
Their number easily reached over a hundred.
Because observers were broadcasting this spectacle in real-time, people across the entire world had no choice but to witness it.
-What is that?
-Good God.
-It’s horrifying.
-Are demons rising from hell itself?
-It’s creating its own clones like that?
-Can we… can we possibly defeat that?
Observation centers across nations were already reporting that each of these crimson giants was a monster equivalent to Disaster Level 5, and people were accepting it as a day of apocalypse.
If this couldn’t be stopped, it truly might be the end.
Or they wondered if even Reinforce Guild would struggle against it.
And rightfully so—over a hundred Disaster Level 5 monsters.
There was simply no reasonable number of forces to oppose them.
A single nation?
No, enough military might to lay an entire continent to waste.
Facing what could truly be called a legion of annihilation, minds reeled with vertigo.
-Can we… can we win?
-Even if we defeated a Disaster Level 6… that many seems impossible, doesn’t it?
-Wouldn’t it be better to just retreat now, reorganize our lines, and prepare while attacking in waves?
-Right! Shouldn’t we pull Reinforce Guild back and use cities as bases for hit-and-run tactics?
-We can’t afford to lose Reinforce Guild!
-And we absolutely cannot lose Kim Min-jun either!
-He’s humanity’s hope!
While many worried.
Reinforce Guild had already arrived and stood atop a peak in the Russian Mountain Range, calmly observing the spectacle below.
People watching Reinforce Guild typed in chat urging them to flee, but such words could never reach them.
From that vantage point, Min-jun, who had been gazing down at the Blood Golem and its clones, stepped forward and drew out his wand.
Those watching from observation centers and people across the world viewing the broadcast held their breath, watching intently.
They sensed Min-jun was about to do something and watched in silence.
Would it actually work?
His expression was filled with such worry and anxiety.
Soon after, Min-jun swung his wand and channeled mana, and the giants and Blood Golem who witnessed this rushed at him with frenzied desperation.
And that was the moment.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble.
What was happening?
The entire Mountain Range began to tremble.
The problem was that the trembling force wasn’t coming from Underground, but from above ground—or more precisely, something was falling from the sky, and the mere shockwave of its descent was shaking the entire Mountain Range.
Faced with this incomprehensible phenomenon, the Blood Golem and the giants had no choice but to lift their heads one by one in confusion.
And there, something black was swallowing the sun.
No.
Something massive was blocking out the sun.
Concentrated with tremendous energy, it descended from the cosmos.
Tearing through the atmosphere, it fell while burning crimson from the immense friction, consuming itself in the descent.
It was a star.
Whoooooosh――――!
Red light poured down upon the world, and the burning star shook the Mountain Range with its shockwave alone.
Soon after, the star descended upon the Blood Golem and the giants.
Boom――――――――!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!
Light consumed everything, reducing the Mountain Range and all within it to nothingness.
Everything engulfed in the light of annihilation returned to void, and what had been mountainous terrain just moments before became flat ground—or rather, a crater melted so intensely that it formed a colossal chasm.
Could something of that magnitude even be called a crater?
A crater carved deeper than most cities were vast.
Melted intensely, it turned the surroundings into a sea of lava, and only the mushroom cloud rising thousands of meters into the sky revealed the true extent of its power.
Screeeeeech――!
Crack, crack, crackle.
Gurgle, glug, glug.
No one dared to open their mouths as they beheld that landscape transformed into a sea of lava.
Over a hundred level 5 disaster giants?
A massive and horrifying golem gleaming with blood-red light?
Everything had been reduced to ash by the judgment of the star that fell from the heavens.
-What the hell was that just now?????????
What the heck?
-Did he just drop a meteor?
-Wait, he’s using Meteor in reality?
-It’s Meteor;; Meteor is Japanese English.
-That’s not the important part!? What the hell is that;;;?
-It’s Meteor.
-Is he insane? Seriously?
Everyone was shocked—some even fell over at the sight—while people in Russia and China felt the tremors of that colossal presence, even if only indirectly.
Windows shattered a hundred kilometers away, and the outer walls of several buildings cracked under the sheer force of the impact.
Of course, that level of power was necessary to obliterate roughly a hundred level 5 disaster giants in a single strike.
I felt foolish for worrying even a little.
Exactly.
Haha, just how strong is he anyway? I can’t even fathom it.
Right? That’s what I’m saying.
Can that really be the power of a human?
Let’s just stop worrying about Kim Min-jun.
But what if it actually looks dangerous?
Haha, why worry about that? The Earth’s doomed anyway.
Ah, you’re right. Haha.
The tension evaporated entirely in an instant.
The viewers could only laugh and chatter at what they saw, but some of them suddenly grew frantic upon watching the footage sent from the observation room.
Hey! Hey! It’s still alive!?
For real! The lava’s still writhing!
This blood golem bastard is tough!
But even the Terminator can’t beat lava????
How is it surviving?
But even if it survives, it’s gonna get beaten down by the Reinforce Guild anyway. Haha.
But having witnessed something so tremendous already, perhaps that was the reason?
Most people weren’t particularly tense at all.
That thing wouldn’t last long anyway.
That’s what they thought.
However, reality diverged slightly from their expectations.
They had assumed Min-jun would step forward and resolve it himself.
Instead, other members of the Reinforce Guild began to move.
What?????
Did Kim Min-jun run out of mana? Is that why the other guild members are stepping in?
Wait, isn’t that dangerous then?
But the blood golem looks pretty badly wounded already, doesn’t it?
Huh? But why are there so few guild members rushing in?
Really? Seven? Eight? That’s all there is?
They were the still-unknown executive line.
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Contrary to many people’s worry that Min-jun had exhausted his mana.
Min-jun stood perfectly fine, gazing at the massive crater brimming with lava, and grinned widely.
The seven stars—a 9-star item I had used for this experiment.
I had used the Transcendent Skill, Falling Star, which I obtained at 8-star.
An incredible skill that drops energy clusters like meteorites directly from space.
A meteorite fall skill—the kind you’d only see in games or novels.
Its power exceeded my expectations.
I had activated it at the lowest possible output.
Yet it still displayed tremendous force.
It seemed that manifesting an 8-star transcendent skill through a 9-star item was the reason.
Baya, watching the display, could only gape silently.
Of course, she had no mouth.
-B-b-b-blub-blub-blub.
“You alright?”
-N-no, this is far beyond alright!
“Yeah, seems that way.”
-I-if an item of this caliber existed, even during the Great War, each faction would have had only one….
Baya was right.
During the Great War, 9-star items were exactly like that.
Only the leaders of each faction possessed such formidable items—and now Min-jun held one.
How was this even possible?
Honestly, even 8-star items were rare enough to count on one hand.
But a 9-star?
-A-amazing, Master! Y-you’re truly incredible!
“Hmm, not really.”
Min-jun grinned widely, watching the executives rush toward the Blood Golem with satisfaction.
I had thoroughly confirmed my item’s capabilities.
Now I was curious to see how the majority at merely level 5, along with one level 6 and one level 7, would fare against that monster.
I was anticipating it.
“I need to see just how powerful trait enhancement truly is.”
With that thought, I watched eagerly to see how they would fight.
I had already learned the secrets of these unique traits.
I needed to observe how far they could push their power.

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