The Only Enhancer - Chapter 200

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Episode 200
200 – The Final Battle (4)
As Ursula rose from her throne, she felt a peculiar sense of dissonance wash over her.
Min-jun stood directly before her eyes, yet his presence appeared hazy and indistinct. It was as though she could see him, yet something about his form remained blurred.
At this strange sensation, Ursula felt alarm bells ringing in her mind.
Something was dangerous. Something was wrong.
Whether this instinct belonged to her original self or was inscribed within the Monster King’s essence, she could not say—and she chose to ignore it.
She was now invincible. No one could stand against her.
She had surpassed even that ancient Monster King. She truly believed this.
-I shall kill you.
With those words, Ursula raised her hand, and in response, the ground erupted like sharpened spikes, shooting toward Min-jun in a violent surge.
The earth trembled as elongated spikes of stone burst upward.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
Min-jun observed this with intrigue. Though the gesture appeared deceptively simple, he could sense a faint blend of magic and martial force woven within it. He drew his blade with curiosity.
Then, as the earthen spikes surged toward him, he swung his sword.
The blade had not yet made contact with the spikes. Yet the mere pressure from his swing caused them to shatter in perfect unison.
Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash-crash!
Seeing the spikes crumble instantly, Ursula, undeterred, raised her hand again and swept it through the air. This time, as if to remind him of the Deep Sea’s nature, spikes of water materialized in the void and shot toward Min-jun.
The spikes hurtled toward him, spinning fiercely to maximize their sharpness, and froze solid as they descended to engulf him.
Min-jun observed them as well, then shook his head with a puzzled expression.
He watched as the mana—merged with Ursula, or rather with the Monster King—manifested both martial force and magic in the air, and once more he swung his blade, obliterating everything.
Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash!
As if shattering an illusion, his Illusory Sword Nullification shattered it all. Min-jun regarded Ursula with a look of bewilderment.
Something was wrong. Ursula had completely absorbed the Monster King’s essence.
Min-jun could feel it. So why…?
“She’s far too weak.”
The final boss he had anticipated was proving far weaker than expected, and this puzzled him.
Ursula’s face flushed with rage, veins bulging across her skin.
-How dare you!? You wretch!?!!! Have you lost your senses!?
As Ursula gestured, this time it was not spikes.
Water and monster cells suddenly merged in the void, forming the gaping maw of a colossal dragon infused with mana.
The dragon itself, woven from both martial and magical mana, opened its jaws and lunged toward Min-jun.
Witnessing this, Min-jun flicked his finger with genuine irritation, and his mana erupted outward, forming a gravitational field around him.
Boom!
A devastating gravitational field, so powerful it felt as though the entire foundation was collapsing, warped space itself and obliterated the dragon.
Remarkable as this was, Min-jun compressed the gravitational field into a single mass, forming a black sphere, and hurled it at Ursula.
A sphere of gravity crafted by Min-jun’s own blend of martial and magical mana, utilizing gravity’s inherent properties.
The black sphere shot forth like a miniature black hole, its immense gravitational field warping space as it hurtled toward Ursula.
In that instant, the alarm in Ursula’s mind grew deafening. As she attempted to activate her magic against the black sphere, her mind suddenly spun with vertigo.
What magic did I even know?
As these thoughts swirled through her mind, the memories of countless monsters she had devoured began to intermingle within her consciousness.
The chaos and dizziness were overwhelming—blood tears and nosebleeds streamed down her face—but she had to deal with that sphere of gravity hurtling toward her, so she recalled Decan’s memories, the most recently absorbed, and extended her fingernails to grotesque lengths.
Then she attempted to sever the gravity sphere with her nails infused with combat energy.
Screeeeeeeech!
An unpleasant metallic scraping sound echoed as the gravity sphere split into four segments like her nails, and the sound of Ursula’s nails shattering reverberated through the air.
Crash!
-Gaaaaaahhhhh!
Even as she screamed, the overwhelming flood of countless monster memories churning through her mind made her feel violently nauseous.
Yet Min-jun gazed down at Ursula with cold indifference.
Was this truly the body she had created to face him?
Min-jun shook his head at the thought.
Was this pathetic display what was supposed to be the final boss?
Honestly, he felt nothing but disappointment.
Ursula reached out desperately toward Min-jun, but she could barely muster magic or combat energy—she was no match for him whatsoever.
Min-jun erased the earthen spikes hurtling toward him, the lightning falling from the sky, and the water spikes with a single gesture, then shook his head.
He walked toward Ursula and delivered a light kick.
Pop!
With a sound like a balloon bursting, a massive hole tore through Ursula’s abdomen as if pierced by a colossal spike.
As the gaping wound appeared, Ursula retched and rolled across the ground.
-Ughhhhhhhh! Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Yet even as she vomited, nothing came up from within—only increasingly nauseating bile rose in her throat, and unable to comprehend why this was happening, Ursula looked up at Min-jun with a bewildered expression.
At her look of incomprehension, Min-jun sighed softly.
“So you absorbed factors to grow stronger? Sure, that’s possible. But how much cannibalism of your own kind did you actually commit?”
-I… I engaged in cannibalism…?
At those words, Ursula’s mind went blank as she searched her memories.
To fully absorb the factors, she had grafted countless of her own kind into her body.
And with that grafted power, she had attempted to absorb the Monster King’s factors.
The result? Did one need to ask—couldn’t they see it in Ursula’s current state?
Min-jun understood immediately upon seeing her.
Enhancement required an enormous amount of resources. One of them was vast mana and the power to wield that authority.
But Ursula had not been born with such power, so she had cannibalized countless of her own kind to create a vessel capable of holding it.
However, strictly speaking, the Monster King was closer to a Fairy in nature.
No matter how many monster cells she gathered, could she truly absorb its factors completely?
Of course not.
She had barely managed to create a vessel capable of withstanding the factors.
As a result, she had only gained a minimal enhancement power to restructure and strengthen monster cells anew.
That was why Min-jun could tell immediately—this creature was even weaker than Decan.
How could one claim to inherit the Monster King when all she could do was use enhancement power to birth monsters?
Min-jun shook his head as he looked at Ursula.
“You fool—you tried to increase monster factors to receive Fairy factors, so of course you failed.”
What if Ursula had truly taken Hong Myeong and planted the Monster King’s seed within him?
Min-jun had believed he couldn’t lose regardless, but even so, he wouldn’t have achieved victory this effortlessly, this anticlimactically.
Well, thanks to Ursula bringing even the monsters from the Fairy Realm, I was able to clean them all up neatly.
-I, I… what on earth was I…
“See, that’s what I’m saying. You killed all your own kind with your own hands and survived alone.”
-…What have I…done…
Only now did Ursula, having realized her sins, stand dazed, comprehending her wrongs.
Hadn’t her thinking been twisted from the moment she died and was resurrected, all for the sake of defeating Min-jun alone?
Or perhaps her mind had shattered when she failed to seize Hong Myeong?
As these thoughts flooded in like a tidal wave, Ursula stared blankly before bursting into delirious laughter.
Then she screamed at Min-jun.
-No!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s not true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s all because of you, you bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s not my fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Ursula shrieked, she amplified the power to strengthen monsters.
Then she directed that amplified power entirely toward herself.
One last time, she pushed her power beyond its limits to drag Min-jun down with her as a companion to death.
As if it didn’t matter if her power exploded afterward.
If the power she’d obtained was only half-strength anyway, she would certainly kill Min-jun before going.
With that resolve, she used enhancement on herself.
In that instant, black light rippled and began to settle into Ursula’s body.
Ursula’s flesh and muscles, which had once belonged to a beautiful and alluring woman, began to swell, and soon her form grew monstrous in size.
Tentacle-like octopus legs sprouted from her back, and while her basic form remained humanoid, her left hand had become a crab’s claw and her right hand a grotesque moray eel’s head, with a face hideously warped and melting like lava, covered in scales.
Her left leg resembled a rooster’s foot, while her other leg resembled a fish’s tail.
Faced with this chimera-like grotesque form, Min-jun couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
To think she’d gained only slightly more power than Decan through such means.
The irony was undeniable.
“If you’d kept Decan alive and strengthened him with that power instead, it would have been far better.”
At Min-jun’s mockery, Ursula let out a roar.
-Uuuuuuuaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
It was the cry of a monster, devoid of any reason whatsoever.
Min-jun smiled faintly as he watched Ursula.
Though I had grown stronger, behold the pathetic end of this hideous witch.
Truly, there was nothing more pitiful than this.
With that thought, Min-jun reached for his sword, then shook his head and grasped seven stars instead, crying out.
“Authority: Seven Stars.”
With that cry, black light pervaded the world as if all light had ceased to exist.
Simultaneously, seven starlight hues—from red to violet—flickered brilliantly, intertwined with one another, formed a circle, and began to spin violently.
The moment the starlight began its rotation, the hideously transformed Ursula reached toward Min-jun.
Determined to kill him before anything else could manifest.
But the seven stars rose skyward, shining alone in that world consumed by black light, and cast down a pure white radiance.
Heavenly judgment descended upon the hideously transformed Ursula from above.
That divine punishment descended, carving the abyssal gorge of the Deep Sea even deeper.
There was no explosion. The space simply ceased to exist entirely.
Ursula, struck by that divine punishment, gradually crumbled into dust and vanished.
That was the final end of the last monster created by the Monster King.
Faced with a battle that ended far too anticlimactically, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Watching that pristine white light fall like divine judgment, I could perceive the power contained within it and gain understanding of Authority itself.
And I muttered to myself.
“I could have grown even stronger here.”
The moment I muttered those words, the system sent me a message.
[You have reached Level 9.]
Episode 201 – Peace (Complete)
Upon receiving the message that I had become Level 9, I couldn’t help but feel bewildered.
It was true that I had just witnessed seven stars and gained understanding of Authority.
One could say I had reached the realm of divinity, but hadn’t the Fairy King tell me that the system’s limit was Level 8 when we met before?
How could the system even recognize this? Such a question arose within me.
The messages continued to flow.
[You have reached Level 9, the Realm of Imagination.]
[You have also annihilated the essence of the Fallen Fairy Prince.]
[From this moment forward, I recognize you fully not as the ‘Heir of the Fairy King,’ but as a legitimate King.]
[You have inherited everything the system possesses.]
[From now on, you may utilize everything the system offers.]
Faced with such momentous revelations, I couldn’t help but laugh with a sense of emptiness.
Still, I felt relief knowing that the essence of the Fallen Fairy Prince had also been annihilated.
From now on, no one with the power to strengthen monsters would ever appear again.
And on top of that, the system was now mine.
Even if those seeking to misuse these abilities appeared, it would pose no problem.
Then, suddenly recalling something, I accessed the system and confirmed what I suspected—it seemed impossible to erase monsters themselves from this world.
Even I, having reached the halfway point of divinity, could sense the monster cells drifting through the air, but I could not eradicate them.
‘There’s nothing I can do about this.’
Understanding that this too was a form of ‘Authority,’ I was powerless against it.
So while I had killed every monster created by the Monster King, naturally occurring monsters would remain beyond my reach. Thinking of this, I clicked my tongue.
If I distributed even a portion of the countless items I had produced through the Deep-sea Fishing Vessel, every nation in the world could defend itself without issue, but I chose not to do so.
‘Greedy people would ultimately monopolize them anyway.’
So instead, I thought it best to dispatch my guild members to handle distribution.
With just this approach, I could transform the entire world.
With such thoughts, I felt acutely that everything was truly over.
In truth, naturally occurring monsters now topped out at Disaster Level 5 at most. Even if mutations appeared and grew stronger through cannibalism, Disaster Level 6 was the limit.
Selling Level 6 equipment gradually would be more than sufficient to ensure safety.
Feeling that everything was truly finished, I sensed something releasing within me as I ascended to the Surface.
It had ended so anticlimactically that I repeatedly confirmed it, and the system acknowledged it as well.
Ursula was gone, and the Fairy Prince’s divine power had been completely annihilated.
After all, surviving within those seven stars was no easy feat, even for Min-jun.
As Min-jun emerged onto the Surface, it became clear that the anticlimactic conclusion wasn’t his alone—everyone was radiating boredom as they waited.
When Min-jun slipped out discreetly, only Gwen noticed.
Though I had no idea how she knew, I thought I wouldn’t be discovered, but seeing that Gwen had found me, I laughed and approached her, and everyone looked at me in surprise as I appeared.
My presence here meant I had killed Ursula, and Ursula’s death meant everything was over.
“G-Guild Master, is it finished!?”
“R-Really? I mean, fighting that guy Mik was way more thrilling, and he was even cool!!!! Is it really ending like this?”
“Huh, well, if it’s over, that’s good, so why are you acting like you have PTSD and itching to fight?”
“That’s what I’m saying! Peace, right? Peace is a good thing!”
“Right on! Let’s go home and rest now!”
I couldn’t help but chuckle at my guild members’ reaction.
As the guild members began to truly grasp that it was over, they all started laughing and chattering, and though it felt anticlimactic, everyone couldn’t help but smile, relieved that the war had ended.
Of course, not all monsters had disappeared, and they all knew well that more would appear in the future.
But still, joy was joy.
Humanity had suffered so much damage because of these self-aware monsters.
That’s why they were genuinely delighted and savoring the end of the war.
Meanwhile, as the guild members were enjoying themselves, laughing and chattering, Ma Hyun-seok and the other executives approached Min-jun.
Seeing them approach with somewhat serious and grave expressions, I spoke first.
“It would probably be best not to make this public, wouldn’t it?”
“…Hmm, that might be for the best.”
“…There are simply too many people who wouldn’t welcome it.”
“Really, they should be grateful we did this, but what a ridiculous world we live in.”
At Andrew’s grumbling, everyone smiled wryly, but he was right.
We had annihilated the Monster King’s monsters.
Truly good news, but there were certainly many who wouldn’t welcome it, so we decided not to announce it.
After all, the Reinforce Guild would continue operating and we would handle the troublesome monsters ourselves. Besides, continuing to work as mercenaries traveling the world wasn’t a bad arrangement.
Well, perhaps we could rest for a while?
“We’ve cleaned up the entire Pacific Ocean, so we shouldn’t have trouble with sea monsters for a while.”
At my words, everyone nodded and looked at me with welcoming expressions.
Before long, the other guild members also approached and looked at me with anticipation, and I couldn’t help but smile and speak.
“So, shall we take a vacation? The entire Reinforce Guild?”
Just as Jung Ji-hwan was about to object to my suggestion, Isabella gently stopped him.
After all, work could be done after the vacation anyway.
At Isabella’s restraint, Jung Ji-hwan nodded reluctantly, and now truly all the guild members could rejoice.
If even Jung Ji-hwan was taking a vacation, then it was definitely a real vacation.
“Yaaaaaaay! We’re resting!”
“How long has it been!”
“Finally!!!!!”
Thus, all members of the Reinforce Guild decided to take an extended vacation.
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Several months had passed since Ursula’s death.
The world didn’t know it, but it could unmistakably feel that peace had descended upon it.
Damage from monsters had been reduced to one-third of what it once was, and there had even been months where not a single casualty occurred.
The entire world knew this was all thanks to the Reinforce Guild.
In fact, after establishing a system where the Reinforce Guild would accept mercenary requests proportional to a nation’s wealth when asked to eliminate monsters classified as Disaster Level 5 or 6, even poorer countries began submitting mercenary requests to the Reinforce Guild.
Min-jun, who had essentially achieved world peace, was even awarded a Peace Prize—there was nothing more to say. And so peace spread across the entire world, and it was the same within the Reinforce Guild.
With peace came a rarity: the entire Reinforce Guild moving together.
After all, a single member could handle even Disaster Level 6 monsters without breaking a sweat.
Occasionally Min-jun would call everyone together to teach martial arts or magic, but formal gatherings had become virtually nonexistent.
As a result, whenever the Reinforce Guild members gathered, they naturally fell into gossip.
It was common for them to chat like this from time to time, picking up news they didn’t know about.
“What!? Woo-jin is going to school!?!?”
“That’s what I heard! He’s attending school and even made friends.”
“That’s insane….”
First, there was the news of Woo-jin—who had been like a wild boy—enrolling in elementary school!
Isabella had taught him so well that it was decided he could receive formal education, and surprisingly, Woo-jin was quite pleased about it.
There were certainly some concerns.
“Wait, wouldn’t he kill someone just by brushing past a classmate?”
“Yeah, wouldn’t that cause an accident?”
“Nah, apparently he learned perfect control from Isabella and is living like a normal kid.”
“Wow, I’m getting teary-eyed.”
The story of Woo-jin, who had lost his parents and been nothing but wounded, now attending school—any Reinforce Guild member hearing this couldn’t help but feel their heart swell.
Everyone in the guild shared the wish that Woo-jin would be happy.
“Oh, and did you hear about the former Association Chairman, Team 2 Leader Ma?”
“Team Leader Ma? No? What’s he doing?”
“Well, he got the Guild Master’s permission and went to the Association to work as a martial arts instructor.”
“What??? Isn’t that the guy who was supposed to retire and travel leisurely?”
“Exactly.”
There was Ma Hyun-seok, who had now become a martial arts instructor and was living diligently,
“Oh, and you know Ji-min, right? The youngest of Team 1.”
“Of course I know her. Anyone who doesn’t know Yu Ji-min is a spy! She’s so cheerful and bright.”
“Right, and apparently she’s dating Hong Myeong, the youngest executive.”
“What? Seriously!? Really? I mean, there was some chemistry, but they’re actually dating?”
“There were a lot of people crying in Team 1, so I asked and found out.”
“Well, well.”
After that, Hong Myeong and Yu Ji-min continued to meet frequently and eventually started dating.
“Hey, so what about Executive Jung Ji-hwan and Team 1 Leader Isabella? Those two seemed like there was something between them too.”
“Oh come on!!! Would those two date? I can’t tell unless they’re in a meeting!”
Even as they said this, the guild members thought they made a surprisingly fitting couple.
However, there was a story that they did not know.
The guild master’s office and the administrative staff’s workspace felt far less lively than before, yet two people sat side by side conducting their duties there.
Jung Ji-hwan and Isabella.
Even in this peaceful era, minor administrative tasks continued without end.
As they worked, Jung Ji-hwan quietly rose from his seat and did something before handing Isabella a warm cup of coffee.
When Jung Ji-hwan offered the coffee, the ring on his left hand glimmered, and the ring on Isabella’s hand, which received it, also sparkled softly.
Isabella smiled contentedly and returned to her work.
“Hey, what about those two? They’re always sticking together, aren’t they?”
“Who? Oh, you mean Reinforce Couple? Hey! Those two have been dating for ages!”
“Really? Well, they were hired in the same batch, after all.”
Mary and Henry, too, had been inseparable and had long since become close.
As they all laughed and chatted, a sudden commotion echoed from the lobby, followed by a voice.
“N-Natalia! Where, where did you go! I, I have something to give you…”
At Andrew’s voice, everyone could only bow their heads with sympathetic expressions.
Andrew continued searching for Natalia, but since she had activated her concealment and vanished, he trudged along toward her room with a box in hand, resigned to his fate.
The guild members who witnessed this shook their heads with pity as Andrew disappeared.
It was no easy feat, after all.
“How many times has Andrew been rejected now?”
“129 times?”
“I heard he’d broken 150 before?”
“What? When did he get rejected that many times?”
“That’s what I’m saying. Even though Natalia said she already has someone in her heart, it’s a bit much, but it’s pitiful to watch.”
“Right?”
Andrew continued to confess to Natalia, but she never accepted him.
As they exchanged news after so long, they suddenly checked the time and all spoke in surprise.
“Oh! I got a request for Malaysia this time and need to head out soon.”
“Ah, really? I thought you were off duty. Safe travels.”
“Yeah, thanks~”
Just as one guild member stood up to gather his weapons and leave, two familiar faces appeared in the lobby.
The guild member was startled upon seeing them and immediately greeted them.
“Guild Master! Gwen! Hello!”
“Oh! Jin-woo, hello.”
“Nice to see you!”
Watching the two of them smile so brightly, the guild member called Jin-woo looked at their clasped hands and smiled warmly as well.
“Then have a wonderful date! I have a dispatch to attend to.”
Watching Jin-woo disappear, Min-jun and Gwen looked at each other bashfully before Min-jun spoke.
“Shall we go?”
“Yes, let’s.”
Many had found love, but the Reinforce Guild’s first official couple was naturally Min-jun and Gwen.
In this peaceful era that had arrived, everyone lived with leisure and contentment.
【End】

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