Chapter 1317

Chapter 1317

During Legend Guild’s time, Ascar was their strongest dealer, with her attack power almost 1.5 times higher than that of the ordinary guild members. However, as time passed, her position became increasingly difficult to maintain. This was because Minhyuk had been constantly recruiting strong players and NPCs.

Subsequently, Ascar had awakened as the Demigod Asura, but her light did not shine any brighter than the other geniuses. The worst part? She was left in a six-month slump, which resulted in a more than ten-level gap between her and the other high-rankers.

All human beings were afraid of being eliminated. Ascar was no different. She was worried that she would be eliminated and left behind. She only needed to do a straightforward thing to prevent this. She only needed to go to Minhyuk, the person who could make the best and greatest dish in the world, and simply ask for his help. However, her pride and arrogance prevented her from doing so.

Then, Minhyuk said that she would cook for them. That was when she realized that her thinking was wrong. This realization was cemented when she received the Bender and the Attention Seekers’ quest.

Ascar realized that asking for help was not something to be ashamed of. It was only natural for a human to ask and receive help from others. And of course, they should also reciprocate and lend a hand to others.

Now that she had received help, she was stronger than ever.

“Are you the Evil God? I’m Asura.”

Obren’s Sin knew who Asura was. He was Hell’s Slaughterer. Although Asura did not kill as many people as the Evil God, Asura’s nature was utterly different from that of the Evil God. The Evil God only killed humans because he went berserk and lost control after eating something. The Slaughterer was different. He enjoyed killing and reveled in it.

Some of the blood that was frozen in mid-air seeped into Ascar’s skin.

[Ruler of Blood.]

[You have absorbed blood. You have become 3% stronger.]

Ascar continued to absorb blood as she charged toward Obren’s Sin.

[You have absorbed blood. You have become 2% stronger.]

[You have absorbed blood. You have become 4% stronger.]

[You have absorbed blood. You have become 4% stronger.]

The blood spilled on the battlefield was a source of power for Asura. The seemingly infinite amount of blood present on the battlefield was making her stronger with every passing second.

Then, following her command, the drops of blood gathered together and shot toward Obren’s Sin.

Bang, bang, bang!

Obren’s Sin hurriedly created hundreds of shields to defend against the droplets of blood that exploded with contact.

Meanwhile, Ascar, who was charging forward, reached the vicinity of Obren’s Sin.

[You have grown 69% stronger.]

Shaaaa!

The blood floating around her seeped into the two greatswords in her hands.

[The skill that you will activate will be 55% better.]

[Slaughterer’s Mutilation.]

Asura’s sword ripped apart the Evil God’s shields. In response, Obren’s Sin hurriedly tried to use the power of the Evil God’s Books to stop the nonsensical display of power, but it was all too late. The blood floating in the sky had already soaked the Evil God’s Books.

[The Evil God’s Books are temporarily restricted. You cannot use this power.]

Obren’s Sin stared at the woman before with an incredulous look. The Asura that he knew was nowhere near this strong.

‘Is this woman really this strong?’

Or was it because of the drops of blood floating around them? The answer to that question was... both.

The Slaughterer’s Mutilation shot toward Obren’s Sin and hacked and slashed at him.

[Ugh!]

Then, Asura Ascar raised her finger. Following her command, the drops of blood turned into sharp needles that shot toward her opponent.

Swoosh, swoosh! Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

The blood needles continuously pierced through Obren’s Sin. However, at that moment, the restriction on the Evil God’s Books was lifted.

[Evil God’s Spear.]

Black energy swirled into existence and took on the form of the Evil God’s Spear. The spear spun wildly and shot straight toward Ascar, aiming for her heart. Her chest was then completely ripped open as if someone had dug out her heart. Everyone who saw her expected her to die at any moment.

Shwaaaa!

Blood fell from the sky and landed on her chest. In just an instant, Ascar’s gaping chest recovered.

“I am Asura, the master of blood. I do not die easily, Evil God.” Asura Ascar grinned. “As expected, you have a very high defensive power.”

[...?]

“So, you can endure long enough. Make sure to last a bit longer, okay? The more ‘mythical’ our sandbag is, the more we will shine.”

Of course, Obren’s Sin was none the wiser as he thought,

‘What bullshit is she on about? I can’t understand a word she’s saying. Aren’t I their enemy? Why should I last longer?’

The corners of Asura Ascar’s mouth twitched as she thought,

‘So this is what they meant.’

[You have completed the

Hidden Quest

: Bender and the Attention Seekers’ Member Recruitment.]

[You are now one of the members of Bender and the Attention Seekers.]

Although Ascar could not hear it, she could imagine the entire world cheering for her. And in fact, the commentators from all over the globe were shouting with excitement as they watched what was happening on their screens.

[The Evil God is the object of mankind’s fear.]

[Asura Ascar has overwhelmed such an Evil God!!!]

[The entire world is cheering for her!]

Ascar, who was reveling in the electrifying feeling coursing through her veins, released a breath of ecstasy as she looked at the curtain of blood in front of her.

[I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, but...]

All of the blood disappeared. And before she could even blink, Obren’s Sin appeared in front of her with his hands gripping her heart.

Boom!

[Your HP has fallen below 27%.]

Ascar’s HP took a considerable dive, and she fell on the ground. Just when Obren’s Sin moved to try and make her heart explode once more, a gigantic wall fell from the air and blocked his path.

[Valentino’s Wall.]

“Are you the Evil God?”

[...?]

‘What is this feeling of deja vu?’

A flash of confusion appeared on the Evil God’s face.

“I am the God of Shields.” Valentino declared.

Initially, Valentino could only use Bentino’s Wall, the shield of the previous generation God of Shields. Now that he had awakened new powers, he was able to use his very own shield and create walls of his own.

“How dare you harm the people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire?”

‘What is he on about?’

[I haven’t killed a single one yet...]

“But you’re going to kill one now, no?”

Indeed. That was the case.

[Why are you showing up one by one...]

Valentino’s Walls began to move even before Obren’s Sin could finish his words. The walls, which were as long and high as the Great Wall, began to close in on the fearsome Evil God. Just like that, he was trapped inside Valentino’s Walls.

As the God of Shields, Valentino was known as the most excellent and most outstanding shield in the world. He was even hailed as the god of tankers. However, he had also faced his limitations.

The only thing that he could do was to stop others and use his shield. That was both his strength and his biggest weakness. Now? Things were different.

Valentino’s Walls, which had closed and turned into what seemed like a coliseum, had trapped the Evil God. Obren’s Sin could tell that no amount of skill could pierce through these walls.

At that moment, dozens of shields soared from behind Valentino and collided with the inner part of Valentino’s Walls.

[Moron...! You summoned your shield and let them clash with your walls...]

Suddenly, the shields bounced off the walls and accelerated.

[...?!]

The shields that had already accelerated clashed with the walls once again and bounced off once more. Its speed had now grown five times more than in the beginning.

Clang, clang, clang!

Dozens of shields zoomed around Valentino’s Walls until one of the square shields, which had become ten times faster than before, slammed straight into Obren’s Sin.

Spurt!

[Keuhack!]

Then, the round shield struck the top of his head.

Clang!

[Keuhaaaaack!]

This time, the shield hit his flanks.

Slash!

[Keheok?!]

Obren’s Sin was strong. However, the awakened Ascar used the blood in the air and completely overwhelmed him. Then, Valentino came. The situation was similar to Ascar, yet also oddly different. There was no blood used, but he was being overwhelmed by this “lethal” technique.

Sometimes, the most potent force could allow others to go beyond and overwhelm those who were hundreds of levels above them.

Clang, clang, clang!

Clang!!!

Obren’s Sin was being pummeled one-sidedly. However, his injuries were recovering just as quickly as they were happening.

Sizzle!

A current of energy came into existence and turned into a spear right beside Obren’s Sin. The spear broke through the shields protecting Valentino and pierced through him in just one go. It did not stop there. It flew back and stabbed Valentino several times in a row until his HP had fallen below 20%.

Then, Obren’s Sin blinked.

[Hey...]

“Are you the Evil God?”

[Why do you bastards come out separately...?]

“I’m the God of the Seas.”

[Why do you all come out with your ultimate skills already ready...!]

The sky surged like the sea, leaving those who were watching the scene in a daze.

Great Pirate Gorfido was the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s NPC that had shown the least amount of growth. This had since changed. He ordered, “Sweep him away.”

Waves surged in the sky and dragged Obren’s Sin into their depths. The Evil God, who was swallowed and trapped by the sea in the sky, was ravaged by the turbulent waves, his blood dying the waves red.

A smile flashed on Gorfido’s face as he watched the sky turn red. Then...

Ping!

[You bastards...!]

The Evil God’s anger surged. He felt like he had truly become a sandbag. Why? Because they had been coming out one by one with their ultimate skills ready to be deployed.

He glowered at them, his voice filled with venom as he said...

[I will show you who I am and why the Evil God is hailed as the most terrifying existence...!]

“Are you the Evil God?”

[Ah...]

“I’m the Empress.”

The Evil God was rendered speechless. His HP continued to fall. Of course, he also continued to recover and regenerate. Regardless, he also thought that he had truly become a sandbag.

[...]

The whip in the hands of Empress Genie crackled and split the world in two.

Thwack!

Stunned, Obren’s Sin was split in two. Then, the two halves quickly reattached as he recovered from his injuries. Then, he repeated what he always did and grabbed the Empress’ heart. When he was about to kill this woman named the Empress, yet another contender appeared.

“Are you the Evil God?”

[... Yeah.]

“I’m the Great Demon.”

[... Sigh. Just get on with it.]

“Splitting the Great Demon.”

Swoosh!

Demonic energy erupted and covered the world for a brief moment. Then, an eight-meter-long sword appeared and cut Obren’s Sin in half. The Great Demon usually did not allow attacks to land on him easily. Alas, the results remained the same. As expected, the Evil God’s attack sent him flying. Then, the scene from before continued to repeat...

“Are you the Evil God?”

[Yeah.]

“Are you the Evil God?”

[That’s right.]

“Are you the Evil God?!”

[Totally.]

Obren’s Sin kept on being beaten. At the same time, countless thoughts filled his head.

‘What did I even come here for?’

For the first time, Obren’s Sin resented his regenerative abilities and resiliency. However, the people who kept on appearing had chipped a considerable amount of his HP. It seemed like his regenerative skills could no longer keep up with their damage.

Not long after, a flash of ecstasy appeared on the Evil God’s face. No one else had appeared! At this moment, he realized that all of the bastards who had to come out had already come out. Then, in that sweet, short moment of hope...

[Guardian God’s Shackles.]

Shackles made of light fell upon Obren’s Sin, whose HP had dropped by a significant amount. Obren’s Sin looked up at the Guardian God in disbelief.

Guardian God Obren possessed a power that his evil counterpart was unaware of. It was a power that he could only trigger if the system had judged that the Beyond the Heavens Empire was in grave danger. This was the Guardian God’s Shackles.

To be honest, it was not that difficult to catch Obren’s Sin, especially with his HP almost depleted. The dumbfounded Evil God fell to the ground.

[Main body.]

[...]

[This is unfair.]

[...]

[I haven’t even killed anyone yet.]

[...]

[But I got hit over and over again.]

[...]

[Why did this happen?]

[...]

Obren murmured...

[You’re just f*cked...]

[...]

***

Hell’s Abyss.

Kronos’ arm had now successfully escaped through the crack in the floor. Now that he had succeeded in pulling his arm out, it was no longer difficult for him to pull the rest of his body out.

When Kronos finally came out of the crack, he began to descend into the depths of the Abyss. If he went up, he would arrive in Hell. However, he had judged that nothing good would come out for him if he tried to entangle and clash with Hell for no reason. So, he descended until he found an exit.

Kronos, who had escaped the Abyss from the bottom, breathed in the fresh air outside. It has been so long since he last inhaled fresh air. Then, his eyes turned to look in one direction.

“Over there?”

He could feel the power of the Evil God over there. Kronos moved quickly to where the Evil God was.

***

Obren’s Sin was no longer able to move after being restrained by Obren. According to Obren, killing the Evil God would also mean his death. So, the best way to deal with him was to lock him back up in the graveyard in Hell’s Abyss.

[You have obtained the

Title

: The One who Made 100 God-grade dishes.]

Minhyuk finally finished cooking a hundred God-grade dishes. The moment he finished cooking, he allowed himself to smile finally.

[Your influence rating has reached 20%.]

[You have reached second place in the influence rankings.]

This was just the beginning. Next, he would cook

nakgopsae

using the three Olympus ingredients he had obtained earlier. Before he started cooking, a notification rang in his ears.

[Once you start cooking with three Olympus-grade Ingredients, you cannot stop.]

[If you stop, you will be forced to log out.]

Thus, Minhyuk began cooking.

‘Cooking three ingredients equivalent to Pillar-grade ingredients at the same time, huh?’

If he could complete this dish, then he would be able to obtain a Pillar Frying Pan and go completely beyond his limits.

As he began cooking, he looked at Obren. He saw Obren grabbing the Evil God by the collar as he began to warp to Hell’s Abyss.

[I’ll be back. Just continue cooking.]

Obren smiled faintly. Just when they were about to disappear...

Boom!

The arm of Obren was suddenly blown off.

[...!]

The Guardian God turned to look behind him. His eyes were filled with shock when he came face-to-face with a gigantic god.

[Warning.]

[Warning.]

[Kronos has descended!]

[Ruler of Time Kronos. Level 1,517.]

The gigantic god was only wearing linen trousers, completely showing off his muscular upper body. He smirked as he looked at Obren and raised his hand. With just a wave of his hand, the Guardian God was slashed and hacked.

Swoosh!

Obren’s entire body was filled with cuts, his blood spurting out and dyeing the ground beneath him red.

[Guardian God Obren’s HP has fallen below 17%.]

[Warning.]

[Guardian God Obren’s life is in danger.]

Obren’s pupils shook. He was entirely defenseless against Kronos, the gigantic god. Even Guardian Gods die. After all, he was also a living, breathing being. Forced to his knees, Guardian God Obren looked up. His gaze landed on none other than Minhyuk.

[...]

“...?!”

Everything happened in an instant. Minhyuk was unable to react at all. No. Even if he reacted, he could not stop cooking and run to where Obren was. He would die if he stopped cooking. That was the penalty of the dish that he was attempting to make.

“OBREEEEEEEEEN!!!” Minhyuk roared as he watched Kronos raise his hand and aim for the neck of the kneeling Guardian God.

Suddenly, a sword appeared and stopped Kronos’ hand from swinging any further. The man held his sword with his right hand while his left arm rested lightly behind him. He looked up at the three-meter-tall Kronos and made eye contact.

[The One Standing at the Pinnacle of Transcendence...]

The man’s killing intent erupted.

[You are going to die.]

Transcendental Bender scoffed, “Go on, try to kill me.”