The Only Enhancer - Chapter 199

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Chapter 199
199 – The Final Battle (3)
4.
Just as Ma Hyun-seok had done, the executives voiced their assessments upon witnessing the colossal dragon-shaped monster. At first glance, the creature certainly appeared formidable in its draconic form.
Yet as they observed it circling through the sky, something felt incongruous—the energy it radiated and its appearance suggested far greater power than its movements implied, leaving them all tilting their heads in puzzlement.
Naturally, the force Ma Hyun-seok sensed aligned with what they perceived: a Disaster Level 8.5 at minimum. However, judging by its actions and movements alone, it appeared no stronger than Disaster Level 5.
They all shook their heads, concluding it was merely a Disaster Level 5 creature that had grown in raw power.
Even Woo-jin, who had been anticipating this confrontation, hung his head dejectedly.
“I don’t really feel like fighting anymore. It looks too weak. I think we could handle it without me.”
“Woo-jin, didn’t I tell you to use formal speech with adults?”
“I-I’m sorry, Isabella, but I’m just so disappointed.”
“Well, that’s understandable.”
Isabella nodded and soothed Woo-jin with those words, while the others harbored similar sentiments.
Truthfully, even their previous battle against Hik had been easier than anticipated.
Yet this creature appeared even weaker than that.
Of course, they understood well enough that its raw power and energy far exceeded what Hik had possessed.
But look at that thing circling leisurely through the air.
It displayed no intelligence whatsoever, merely unleashing savage roars.
Unable to escape the barrier Evan and Min-jun had constructed, it simply circled in the void without even attempting to attack.
Fighting at such a distance, the creature would rely purely on instinct, and a monster moving on instinct alone had become utterly trivial to them.
As the senior members lost their enthusiasm and clicked their tongues, Evan and Natalia stepped forward.
“Then, seniors, would it be acceptable for us newcomers to face it ourselves?”
“…We would still like to be of some use.”
Several of them raised their eyebrows and nodded in agreement.
Fighting that creature would prove less valuable than sparring among themselves.
Still, they would maintain their positions in case additional forces arrived unexpectedly.
If this monster was indeed created by Ursula, as Min-jun suggested, disappointment seemed inevitable.
They would have preferred their earlier battle against Hik, as trivial as that victory had been.
Though they had fought at a numerical disadvantage with overwhelming type matchups against them, there had been genuine tension—the knowledge that a single misstep could result in severe injury had made that battle exhilarating.
This, however, was merely… a raid.
No different from the Deep-sea Fishing Vessel they had conquered on their way here. Their lack of motivation was entirely understandable.
Yet the newcomers like Evan and Natalia still burned with enthusiasm, so when they volunteered, everyone welcomed their participation.
Both were ranged combat specialists, but no one expressed concern.
With Henry and Hong Myeong present, what could possibly go wrong? Besides, they didn’t expect injuries in the first place.
With everyone holding these thoughts, Natalia and Evan began their assault.
Upon reaching Level 7, both Natalia and Evan demonstrated significantly improved capabilities.
Evan moved first.
As Natalia enveloped herself in concealment, erasing all trace of her existence from the world, Evan did the opposite—he unleashed his mana across the entire battlefield.
His mana manifested above the dragon-shaped creature’s head in the form of a magic circle.
In an instant, countless magic circles spread rapidly like paint drops on canvas, soon coalescing into a single, colossal magic circle.
The magic circle resembled those from before, but its speed had become absurdly faster.
The moment the magic circle appeared, the dragon monster startled and twisted its body to intercept it.
Yet the spell’s activation came first.
A colossal sword materialized from the enormous magic circle above the creature’s head, and the instant it was summoned, it plummeted toward its skull.
The dragon opened its maw wide and unleashed a transcendent breath toward the descending blade, gleaming with lethal sharpness.
Kwagagagagagagagagagagaga!
Initially, the breath was ground down by the sword, but it soon corroded the blade entirely, shattering it completely. Despite Evan’s attack proving ineffective, the executives shook their heads upon witnessing it.
Well, what else could they expect.
“Using transcendence to nullify a standard ultra-scale spell is wasteful, isn’t it?”
“Tsk, its intelligence really is lacking. Look at how it flies around. It has mobility and should have plenty of evasion options, yet…”
“Mm, exactly. For something that looks as magnificent as a dragon, its intellect is disappointingly poor.”
“Sigh, that’s what I’m saying. There were probably many ways to dodge my lightning strikes, but the dragon having no options is rather disheartening.”
Jung Ji-hwan, Andrew, Gwen, and Mary all agreed, regarding the creature with pity.
None of them could fathom why Ursula had created such a monster.
Rumor had it that Ursula herself was created by the Fairy Prince, was it not?
Thus, one could deduce that the monster was constructed solely from monster cells.
After all, pure monster bloodlines up to Calamity Level 5 displayed exactly this sort of behavior.
Even naturally-born creatures that evolved to Level 5.5 through struggle showed some degree of intelligence, yet this one, being newly created, seemed utterly devoid of it.
It was stupidity taken to extremes.
Separate from the other executives’ disapproving clicks of their tongues, Evan and Natalia’s performances were undeniably impressive.
“Evan’s growth is remarkable, and Natalia’s is equally extraordinary.”
“Exactly. If we keep boasting about seniority, we’ll be overtaken.”
“Wait, where is Natalia? I don’t see her. Does anyone else?”
“Mm, no matter how hard I concentrate, she’s difficult to locate.”
“I-I have no idea either! Yeah!”
“I need to give Woo-jin more lessons on proper speech.”
Kyieeeek!
They all continued observing Evan and Natalia’s abilities.
Or rather, since Natalia was undetectable, they were only watching Evan.
After the dragon obliterated Evan’s colossal magic circle with transcendence, though it consumed considerable energy, the dragon remained intact. Evan moved his mana once more to engage the creature.
As countless magic circles forming a massive spell circle appeared again, the dragon startled and retreated, finally recognizing Evan as a mage and attempting to close in.
But a transparent barrier suddenly materialized, stopping it with a soft thud. The dragon yelped in surprise, growled, and bared its fangs at Evan.
In that moment, it should have shattered the barrier and attacked, yet it seemed incapable of such thought.
The instant the dragon bared its fangs at the barrier, the magic circle completed. A colossal fist of magma materialized and struck the creature’s elongated body with tremendous force.
Kwaaaaaaang!
Sssssssss!
As the massive magma fist slammed into its body, the creature shrieked in agony, accompanied by the sound of burning flesh.
“Kyiiiiiiiiii―!”
Its pathetic screams filled them all with disappointment, so they focused solely on Evan instead.
In that very moment, Evan spread another magic circle over the dispersing magma, manipulating it to form a single colossal golem.
Grraaaaahhh!
The Golem unleashed that cry as its lava-like body, melting and flowing, held the dragon down with overwhelming force, preventing it from taking flight.
Even as I watched the dragon writhe and shriek, its body burning away in the lava, I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of pity.
There was something pitiful about how it moved on pure instinct alone, attacking the Golem like a madman.
In that moment, something flew in from somewhere toward its head, and through sheer luck rather than instinct, it dodged—but the projectile struck its horn instead of its skull.
Yet the bullet pierced through the horn, shattering it, and bored a hole clean through its head.
It had avoided the vital point, so it wasn’t dead yet, but that single shot could have easily killed it.
Kiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
Realizing how close it had come to death, the creature thrashed violently and managed to escape from the lava giant’s grasp.
But it forgot Ursula’s orders entirely and tried to flee.
Its intelligence was so pitifully limited that it abandoned even Ursula’s paramount commands.
But as I said before, this place was bound by a Barrier created by Min-jun and Evan, preventing anything from flying beyond a certain altitude.
As the creature tried to take flight, Evan unfurled his magic circle, and countless ice spears materialized from the formations, raining down upon it.
Shhhhzzzzzzzzzzz!
Its body, which had been heated to a scorching temperature while trapped by the lava giant, now met the frigid ice spears, and cracks began spreading across every scale as if it might shatter at any moment.
Soon, each time it screamed in agony and flew upward, its scales began falling away in chunks.
As the creature became nothing but tatters, Natalia, cloaked in invisibility, gripped a machine gun and unleashed countless bullets toward its head, mirroring Evan’s relentless barrage of magical bombardment.
There were so many bullets that even with invisibility active, the veil was thin.
One could notice it if they paid even the slightest attention.
But the dragon monster was too consumed by terror to notice anything, and soon its head was riddled with countless bullets, torn to shreds, and it collapsed to the ground, its body convulsing before going still.
As it transformed into energy and scattered as items, magic stones, and Orbs of Evolution, both Evan and Natalia could only smack their lips in frustration.
Since it had ended before we’d even properly warmed up, I could now fully understand why the seniors hadn’t wanted to participate.
If anything, the stiffness in my body felt even more pronounced now.
“Mmm, it certainly feels unsatisfying.”
“…My body never got properly loosened up.”
Evan and Natalia spoke those words, and everyone nodded in agreement.
There was no way this could have been satisfying.
We would have liked to spar, but honestly, that wasn’t an option either.
If we started with these pathetic creatures to lower their guard, only to bring out something truly powerful afterward, what then?
Caution was paramount, so everyone could only sigh and wait.
“Since it had no intelligence whatsoever, it just moved on instinct.”
-Ursula’s completely lost it. Don’t you think?
-Kyehehe! That’s not like you, sister. I wonder if absorbing the Monster King’s essence scrambled something in her mind?
-There’s no way just anyone could absorb the Monster King’s essence.
Baya, Morgana, and Uldin all said the same thing, and Gwen nodded in agreement upon hearing it.
Indeed, there was no way such a monster could exist without her mind being completely addled.
Gwen smacked her lips regretfully at the thought.
‘If it were a new specimen, I was planning to turn it into a Homunculus, but with material like that, it’s too ambiguous to use.’
Material too ambiguous to use was better discarded for one’s own good.
And so Ursula’s subordinates, whom she had been boasting about so confidently, met a gruesome end.
It was far too simple.

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