The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 416

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Chapter 416
Chapter 416
The Spirit King of Darkness.
The Spirit King of Flame.
Luke’s Black Bone.
When those three merged together, one could easily deduce the nature of what would be created.
– I never expected to face a counterfeit of myself twice.
Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan.
The Spirit King of Darkness embodied Luke’s darkness.
The Spirit King of Flame embodied Luke’s fire.
And with Luke’s Black Bone as the framework, they were clearly attempting to mimic Luke’s form.
At this, I heard Luke’s grumbling voice.
Likely, the first counterfeit Luke spoke of was the mechanical dragon ‘Hellfire’ that emerged from the war with Cronion.
In any case.
“Grrrrooooaaaahhh….”
The form of Luke created thus.
The Spirit Dragon—a dragon composed of spirits—was gradually forming Luke’s shape more accurately as time passed.
Once it completed its form, persuasion would become far more difficult.
“Luke, your weakness attributes were light and water, weren’t they?”
– That is correct.
Before the Spirit Dragon completed its form.
While it remained in an unstable state, I decided to attack it.
After all, there was only one way to restore it to its original state.
To seize Luke’s Black Bone.
If I could have Luke reabsorb the Black Bone, the Spirit Dragon’s form would collapse, and both spirits would regain their senses and return to their original states.
With that thought.
– I activate the skill ‘Holy Beast Summoning’.
Using the Holy Beast Summoning skill, I opened a dimensional gate connected to the Holy Beast Realm.
Immediately, a familiar voice reached me.
– Do you require my power?
Holy Beast, Lumiere.
Her voice.
Barakar, the Beast King, had chattered noisily the moment the dimensional gate opened.
But Lumiere, without any unnecessary words, immediately accepted lending me her power.
And then, after I too finished my preparations.
Whoooosh!
According to our contract, Lumiere’s light burst forth through the dimensional gate.
It was light I had experienced before while overcoming the trial she had given me, but this was no ordinary light.
A kind of laser, perhaps?
It was light that could inflict tremendous damage even on non-undead creatures, and could deal unimaginable harm to monsters weak to light, such as undead or shadows.
However, I had no intention of relying solely on her attack.
The moment light erupted from the dimensional gate.
I too unleashed the magic I had prepared.
– Activating 7th Circle Water Magic ‘Sea Blast’.
7th Circle Water Magic, Sea Blast.
That tremendous water pressure intermingled with Lumiere’s light.
Light and water—Luke’s two weaknesses.
An attack that merged both of those weakness attributes through Lumiere’s light and my magic.
‘Holy water.’
It was essentially holy water created on the spot.
That holy water, once formed.
Crashed with a deafening roar!
Struck the spirit dragon that was still taking shape through Luke’s skeletal frame.
This wasn’t Luke himself, but an entity taking Luke’s form.
Moreover, it was a being created by the fusion of a dark spirit and a fire spirit.
As such, this spirit dragon could only have holy water as its weakness.
“Gaaaaaahhhhh!!”
You could call it a holy water bombardment.
The spirit dragon I struck let out a piercing shriek.
An enemy created by the fusion of two spirit kings, along with most of the fire and dark spirits.
Dealing damage to such a foe would normally be difficult, but this attack struck two weakness attributes simultaneously.
At this level, I should be able to inflict substantial harm.
That said, maintaining the simultaneous use of Lumiere’s power and 7th Circle magic for an extended period would be taxing.
[ Red Eternal Crystal ]
A resonant hum.
That was of no concern to me.
The crimson crystal.
Though I continued to drain mana from it, its recent enhancement had significantly increased my natural mana regeneration rate, allowing me to recover considerable mana in the interim.
Enough for immediate use.
Therefore.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!
I continued channeling mana to Lumiere through the dimensional gate.
And I myself continued pouring mana into Sea Blast, maintaining the holy water bombardment.
Mana was being depleted at an astonishing rate, but it mattered not.
The mana contained within the Red Eternal Crystal was beyond imagination.
After all, as a transcendent-grade item, it had to demonstrate this level of efficiency.
“Gaaaaaahhh….”
The attack was landing properly.
The spirit dragon’s body began to crumble progressively under the relentless barrage of holy water.
Seeing the black flames also beginning to fade, it seemed that if I could maintain the holy water bombardment, I might be able to end this right here.
– The dimensional gate is becoming unstable.
Unfortunately, maintaining it proved difficult.
I could pour in more mana, but the dimensional gate connected to the Holy Beast Realm was growing increasingly unstable.
Though my Holy Beast Summoning skill had reached max level, the skill itself was designed merely to open a path to the Holy Beast Realm and call forth holy beasts.
It was never meant to keep the gate open indefinitely.
As such, independent of skill level or mana reserves, it was gradually destabilizing.
Moreover, separate from the dimensional gate itself.
“Grrrrooooaaahhh!!”
The Spirit Dragon was hardly accepting this passively.
It spread its wings wide and shook off a surge of power.
Spiritual force, I suppose?
It appeared to be an attack where the Spirit Dragon unleashed its inherent power as a spirit in all directions, and as a result, the dimensional gate’s instability worsened considerably.
– So this is where it ends.
Thus the dimensional gate vanished, and Lumiere’s light disappeared.
My magic remained active, but from its reaction, it seemed blocking it with Seed Blast alone would be insufficient.
Then the creature drew in a deep breath.
“Kwaaaaaahhh!”
It exhaled black flames reminiscent of Luke’s breath.
Seed Blast seemed inadequate to block it.
[ Dark Flame ]
I too unleashed Luke’s flames, intercepting the Spirit Dragon’s inferno.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, as they say?
Fortunately, I could block the Spirit Dragon’s flames with Dark Flame.
A tense standoff.
No, looking closer, it was slightly different.
Whoosh!
Dark Flame began consuming the Spirit Dragon’s flames.
Flames devouring flames.
An impossible situation, yet.
– It is only natural. To pit such crudely fashioned counterfeit Black Flame against my Black Flame is nothing but foolishness.
Luke graciously analyzed the cause for me.
Simply put, a copy cannot surpass the original.
Thanks to that, overcoming the overwhelming level and stat difference, Dark Flame consumed the Spirit Dragon’s flames and advanced relentlessly.
Whoooosh!
It finally reached the Spirit Dragon, beginning to incinerate it.
“Grrrooooaaahhh-!!”
The Spirit Dragon writhed in agony, consumed by flames.
Since the Spirit Dragon’s body was composed of darkness and fire spirits, it should have been resistant to flame and darkness.
Yet Dark Flame burned through the Spirit Dragon’s body as if such resistances were beneath its notice.
Whether this was causing it pain or whether it simply wanted to shake off Dark Flame.
The Spirit Dragon drew in a deep breath.
“Kroooooooo-!!!”
A roar erupted from its maw.
Naturally, it was no ordinary roar.
Dragon Fear.
It seemed the Spirit Dragon had drawn power from Luke’s Black Flame and recreated Dragon Fear using the combined might of two Spirit Kings.
[ Dragon Fear ]
According to Luke’s own words, this was undoubtedly no match for Luke’s true roar.
– Kroooooooo!!
Luke unleashed his roar.
The true Dragon Fear wielded by the genuine Black Flame Dragon.
Two Dragon Fears burst forth and collided in the space between us.
In truth, Dragon Fear had no physical form, yet as the two collided, a tremendous wave and deafening noise erupted as if sound waves themselves had crashed together.
Witnessing this, I wondered if perhaps this time the gap in level and stats would push me back.
– That could never be.
– A Dragon Fear devoid of a dragon’s overwhelming presence is merely a cry, not true Dragon Fear.
I was wrong.
Luke’s roar.
The true Dragon Fear began to push back the Spirit Dragon’s roar.
Well, of course.
‘So this is what it feels like when whales fight and shrimp backs break.’
The more it continued, the more mana was consumed at a staggering rate.
My mana was already depleted from Dark Flame, yet Dragon Fear was devouring this much more.
Without the red crystal, I would have surely collapsed into mana exhaustion long ago.
Well, Luke must have known of the red crystal’s existence, which is why he dared to do such a thing.
“Kroooo–!”
Before the Dragon Fear could reach him.
The Spirit Dragon, as if in desperation, raised its voice and unleashed another roar.
Kwaaang!
It was futile.
Luke’s Dragon Fear mercilessly consumed the Spirit Dragon’s roar and crashed down upon it as a shockwave.
And this—this was my chance.
To finish the creature, I drew my blade and rushed toward it.
– It is finished.
“What?”
– When a counterfeit faces the genuine, it is only natural that it bows its head.
Luke spoke with unexpected words.
I stopped my charge and lifted my gaze.
“Grooooah….”
The Spirit Dragon was bowing its head before me.
Or more precisely, I bowed my head to Luke.
In any case, what mattered was that the Spirit Dragon showed no intent to attack whatsoever.
It seemed to have completely lowered its tail, just as Luke said.
I wondered if this was the majesty of Dragon Fear itself.
‘It must be because I’m facing the original body, just as Luke said.’
After all, that Spirit Dragon was a being created by the will inscribed in Luke’s Black Bone running rampant—more so than by any spirit itself.
So it had no choice but to lower its head before the original.
Still, I thought I’d need to defeat it first before absorbing the Black Bone.
– I shall partake gratefully.
Luke’s Black Flame immediately engulfed the Spirit Dragon.
I wasn’t sure how it worked, but it seemed the Black Flame could absorb the bone separately while ignoring the Spirit Dragon itself.
As proof of this, not long after.
[ ‘Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan’ absorbs ‘Black Flame Dragon’s Miscellaneous Bone’. ]
[ ‘Luke’ reclaims the Miscellaneous Bone and partially recovers his former stature. ]
A System Message appeared announcing the absorption of the Miscellaneous Bone.
No, it seemed this was just the beginning.
Because more than one or two System Messages appeared.
[ ‘Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan’ absorbs ‘Black Flame Dragon’s Miscellaneous Bone’. ]
[ ‘Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan’ absorbs ‘Black Flame Dragon’s Miscellaneous Bone’. ]
….
They said there was a large quantity of Miscellaneous Bones.
It seemed there was far more than I had anticipated.
After all, it wasn’t even proper skeletal parts—merely Miscellaneous Bones gathered together by the Spirit King and all the dark and fire spirits to form the shape of a dragon.
In a way, it was inevitable.
The System Messages continued appearing for a while like that.
[ ‘Black Flame Dragon, Lucknir Desperate Ignoxtan’ absorbs ‘Black Flame Dragon’s Miscellaneous Bone’. ]
[ ‘Luke’ reclaims the Miscellaneous Bone and partially recovers his former stature. ]
Finally, as the absorption concluded.
[ ‘Luke’s’ skeletal framework has been filled more than halfway. ]
[ All overall abilities including Dragon Fang, Dragon Horn, Dragon Scale, Dragon Heart, etc., absorbed so far are slightly enhanced. ]
A new System Message appeared.
Just as the name ‘Miscellaneous Bone’ suggested, I had merely reclaimed scattered bones, so I hadn’t expected anything special.
But as I built up the skeletal framework, other abilities were enhanced as well.
It was quite a pleasant reward.
Then, if I were to reclaim all the Miscellaneous Bones and complete Luke’s skeletal framework?
Wouldn’t the other abilities be enhanced far more significantly?
Luke said the Miscellaneous Bones were parts I didn’t necessarily need to find, but this made me a bit greedy.
Though it wasn’t as if finding Miscellaneous Bones was easy, of course.
“That’s done.”
Right after Luke absorbed all the Miscellaneous Bones.
The Spirit Vessel’s form began to crumble.
Countless spirits scattered from the disintegrating body.
The Fire Spirit reclaimed its original crimson hue.
The Darkness Spirit shed its amorphous mass, restoring its true form.
And at last, the moment of revelation.
‘The Spirit Kings.’
Ifrit, the Fire Spirit King.
Arcane, the Darkness Spirit King.
Both were reclaiming their forms.
With this, it was resolved.
The Spirit Realm would face no further calamity.
“What in the world has happened….”
Ifrit clutched his head, groaning as the aftereffects still weighed heavily upon him.
And beside him, the Darkness Spirit King regained consciousness.
The moment Arcane came to his senses,
“Thank you for your aid, Master.”
he suddenly knelt before me, bowing his head.

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