Chapter 706: Support Troops

‘Intangible Sword’ was a skill that allowed Minhyuk to use sword manipulation to send hundreds of swords with ten times the speed of an ordinary sword strike against his enemies for five minutes. Whenever the invisible swords pierced through the Black Knights, the Knights would turn into ashes and disappear into the wind.

[You have killed the Sword of the Gods Bella.]

[She is one of the Luvien Empire’s greatest warriors.]

[You have gained 1,713,223,413 EXP.]

[You have gained 2,392 platinum.]

[You have obtained the Sword of the Gods Bella’s Best Close Combat Book.]

[…killed the Sword of the Gods Amber.]

[He is one of the Luvien Empire’s…]

[…gained 1,641,313,100 EXP.]

[…gained 1,976 platinum.]

[…obtained the Sword of the Gods Amber’s Best Shield Technique…]

The Swords of the Gods were a testament to the power of the Luvien Empire. They were absolute beings that even the global players dared not dream of fighting against them in their current state.

[Food God Minhyuk is really, truly crazy… Not too long ago, Volfo Kingdom, who fought with the Imperial Army for two weeks, immediately collapsed with the appearance of one of the Swords of the Gods but…]

[What the hell is that skill? The Food God is obviously just standing still but all of the enemies around him are being swept away.]

[It’s probably a god-rank skill…? F*cking amazing…]

The viewers watched the scene in amazement.

Minhyuk was using the Intangible Sword to control the movements of the Swords of the Gods for its entire duration of five minutes.

‘As expected. They will work on them once but you can’t use it on them again a second time.’

Minhyuk was appalled to see the skills of the Swords of the Gods. The fact that they could block the invisible swords on reflex or by listening to them was shocking.

“Uuuuugh!!!”

“…”

Minhyuk looked back only to see blood spurt out from Sun Wukong’s thighs.

‘Even the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal is having a hard time against Luo?’

Of course, it seemed like Sun Wukong had also dealt huge damage to Luo. Minhyuk felt a sense of urgency at the thought of the two being equal in power. There was even a chance that Luo was stronger.

‘You have to eat everything quickly…’

It was only an epic-grade dish. However, it would still be of great help to Gremory and the Attention Seekers.

Slash—

Raldo, who was eating his own meal in a hurry, tried to eat everything in one go but a dagger shot through the toast and knocked it to the ground.

“…”

He could not help the flash of irritation and frustration when he saw the toast fall on the ground, its ingredients scattering all over the place.

What was the biggest disadvantage of buffed dishes? It was the fact that one had to eat everything before the effects could be triggered. Unlike artifacts, even a five-year-old child could ruin the dish because it did not have the concept of durability.

Luo was taking advantage of that fact, moving around swiftly and stopping Minhyuk’s allies from eating the dishes that he gave them.

‘…Damn it.’

Even Minhyuk did not expect that Luo would use this method. The worst part was that the effects of ‘Intangible Sword’, which were preventing the enemies from moving forward, had now disappeared.

Minhyuk originally planned to let Gremory and the Attention Seekers eat while he was holding off the enemies with ‘Intangible Sword’, that way they could become stronger once they fought together with him. However, that plan completely fell through.

There were still eight surviving Swords of the Gods together with God of Archery Miao, Callauhel and China’s Xu Jiaqi.

“His Majesty Nerva would confer the title of a Count to the one that will kill the King of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom!!!”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

The Luvien Empire’s Count was different from any other ordinary count title. Perhaps the benefits that one would receive when they became one would be similar to the benefits that a player would receive if they became the king of their own kingdom.

Minhyuk just looked at them sharply and provoked them even further. “My head? Take it if you can.”

“Exploding…” God of Archery Miao aimed her bow at Minhyuk using her god-rank bow. “Shot.”

Baaaaaaaaang—

A powerful wind accompanied the shot that was going straight toward Minhyuk.

Master Reflector Xu Jiaqi had a special power that could allow her to absorb her opponent’s skill and turn it on her enemy once. When she faced one of the Six Monster Gods, she was able to absorb one of its skills. Of course, she was forced to log out right after. Right now, she used this skill and struck her sword into the ground.

Baaaaaaang—

The ground twisted and turned as a force that was more powerful than Minhyuk’s Overlord Technique fired back toward Minhyuk. The other high-rankers also unleashed their Pinnacle Skills and sent them towards Minhyuk. Even the Swords of the Gods used their own Pinnacle Skills.

Rumbleeeee—

Rumbleeeeee—

No matter how strong and powerful Minhyuk was, there was no way that he would not die if he was buffeted by a rain of pinnacle skills. However, instead of defending, what he took out was a bowl and mixer. He silently placed some whipping cream in the bowl and turned the whisk.

[Cancel.]

[Cancels and nullifies all skills and magic within a five meter radius of the item user.]

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

The high-rankers were shocked. The seemingly trifling bowl and mixer were able to nullify all of the skills and magic that entered his five meter radius.

As for the Swords of the Gods, they were all stunned silly.

‘No, why…’

‘He just turned the whisk of the bowl and mixer…’

‘All of the power that we used is being canceled…?’

It was something that was beyond comprehension.

Ellie, Raldo, Dragon King, and Argon all promptly gave up eating their dish, opting to join the fight to restrain the Swords of the Gods and the high rankers. Even the elite forces of the Kingdom of Eden and the Kingdom of Rama charged forward and began to push the enemies back.

The soldiers of the Kingdoms of Eden and Rama were all very strong. Not losing any ground against the Black Knights was proof of their power.

‘There are too many Swords of the Gods. And they are very powerful.’

Unfortunately, there were way too many country-level rankers.

The Swords of the Gods continued to slaughter the soldiers of the two kingdoms, narrowing the distance between them and Minhyuk. Minhyuk prevented the attack of one of the Swords of the Gods and stabbed him through his chest with ‘Rampant Sword’.

Baaaaaaang—

The moment the opponent flew away, another sword flew toward Minhyuk’s chest.

Stab—

[Your HP has dropped below 60%!]

“Kghhk!”

The Swords of the Gods immediately surrounded Minhyuk.

Slash—

Baaaaaaaang—

Whenever Minhyuk successfully connected an attack, a bolt of lightning would fall down and wreak havoc in the surrounding area. However, the Swords of the Gods’ magical defense was just far too high. It seemed like there was not much damage even after being struck by those lightning bolts.

‘This is dangerous,’

Minhyuk thought, drops of cold sweat dripping down his back as the onslaught of attacks continued.

[Your HP has dropped below 40%!]

Seeing his rapidly depleting HP, Minhyuk decided that he had to pull back for now. However, as he tried to use ‘Like the Wind’ and fly back swiftly, a man suddenly appeared to chase after him.

The man was none other than Mercenary King Venteio. He was the one that united all of the mercenaries from the four continents and was someone that was in the rank of the Absolute Supreme NPC.

‘Were those rumors truly a lie…?’

Mercenary King Venteio was actually looking for a man. That man had raised and nurtured him, someone that was infinitely weaker compared to the other children, and made him stronger than everybody else. But one day, that man suddenly disappeared.

Then, one day, he showed up once more. From what Venteio had heard from a foreigner, the man that he was looking for was living for someone else. Venteio wanted to find him and ask him why he just disappeared without even saying a word to them.

Mercenary King Venteio dug up all kinds of rumors and followed them just so he could find this man.

‘This man can’t be it.’

The man that he knew would never live for a man like this.

Venteio became one of the Luvien Empire’s Black Knights because he received a promise from Emperor Nerva Sephiroth that he would not hunt down mercenaries. For the mercenaries of the entire continent, Venteio willingly became the Luvien Empire’s dog.

Baaaaaaaang—

Mercenary King Venteio’s heavy greatsword slammed into Minhyuk’s body.

“Ugh?!”

Minhyuk looked at the man in shock.

‘What the hell is this?!’?

The damage that he received was completely ridiculous. It was just one attack but his HP had fallen by 10%.

Venteio was actually called by another name, which was ‘Superhuman Mercenary King’, as he wielded a powerful force and had become stronger over a short course of time.

“Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship. Chapter 1.”

“…!”

Minhyuk’s eyes grew wide at the very familiar swordsmanship name. It was something that he knew better than anybody else. However, the technique that Venteio used was slightly different. Unable to absorb and learn the entirety of the power, he changed the original ‘Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship’ and made it his own.

“Herculean Wolf.”

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

Minhyuk felt his limbs bend the moment the sword struck his body.

[Both your arms have received a huge shock. It would be very hard for you to control and move them for three seconds.]

Minhyuk felt his arms shake at the unbelievable force that traveled down his body from the strike. He could also see the Swords of the Gods that were quickly rushing in from behind the man.

He had to quickly avoid them. So, he tried his best to raise his trembling hand and put something small in his mouth.

Clang, clang, clang, clang—

Clang, clang, clang, clang—

Clang, clang, clang, clang—

The mercenaries that came with Mercenary King Venteio, who were now acting as Black Knights, threw several chains to restrain Minhyuk.

‘Damn it…’

Minhyuk found everything completely ridiculous. Who in the world was that man? He obviously was almost or at the same level as the other Swords of the Gods.

‘So, why…?’

But why was it that the man was stronger than them? First, Venteio’s master was very excellent. And second, compared to ordinary imperial troops or kingdom soldiers, he had lived almost every single waking moment of his life walking the tight-rope of life and death.

‘He’s stronger than… Luo…’

Minhyuk was also aware that one’s level was not everything in Athenae. It was just presented more clearly to him today.

[Your entire body is being restricted by huge chains!]

[You cannot break the chains easily!]

This was a method that the mercenaries often used when hunting huge and powerful monsters. Powerful beings could break these chains in ten seconds. However, ten seconds in a battle like this was more than enough time to deal irreparable damage.

Weapons aimed at Minhyuk’s body as they started to cast their attacks, pummeling him. Venteio looked at Minhyuk and convinced himself that there would be no connection between this man and the person that he was looking for, murmuring to himself, “A person like you…”

Crack—!

“S…mon.”

But before Venteio could finish his words, his eyes grew wide as he noticed something.

“…!”

At that moment, a gigantic man with a cloak bearing the symbol of a fork and knife crossed together descended in front of Minhyuk. The man triggered the true manifestation of the skill that Venteio had been trying to imitate.

“Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship, Final Chapter.”

Venteio knew that power really well. In the past, that power had slaughtered tens of thousands of imperial troops sent by various empires that had started the mercenary hunt.

The man standing in front of them was their king, their god, and the model of many mercenaries in the world.

“Wolf of Death.”

Thousands of red sword lights shot out from the man’s sword, turning into wolves that charged forward and swept away the Swords of the Gods.

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab—

“Keuaaaaack…! Ab, Absolute God’s Sword?!”

What kind of existence was the man in front of him? Venteio did not know. Just like they said, he might be someone that was called the ‘Absolute God’s Sword’.

“Your Majesty, are you alright?”

Perhaps, he was just someone’s retainer and vassal. But for Venteio, he was his master and teacher.

“Master…”