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Chapter 216

Chapter 216

When Ji-Cheok looked at the [Slow Forest Shade], he could indeed see the wound on the God regenerating.

‘Cheok-Liang, you’re right! So the answer is putting all my energy into one single blow?’

?Yes, Master.?

‘But even the Formless Sword couldn’t take them down! Then, how could I…’

Just then, a sudden spark of inspiration flashed through his brain.

‘The reason the Formless Sword didn’t work is that it’s simply too small. Then… I have to make it bigger, right? How can I do that…hmmm…alright. It seems like it needs a bit more amplification.’

Boom!

He immediately soared into the sky.

‘Stall them for me!’

He sent a message to his teammates and soared up fairly high. The God was fighting his teammates and the Tama Clan.

As he watched the two parties fight, he gripped his swords tight. With his telekinetic power, he took out a potion from the Shadow Pouch and drank it.

[Lizardman? Berserker?Medicine]

[Class: B-

It will greatly increase all abilities while heavily using up stamina. Overusing this substance will cause death.

Duration of effect: 30 seconds.]

Incredible power coursed through his body, so great that he could not contain it and his entire body emitted bright Qi. The Qi converged on the swords he was holding, transforming into a massive blade of Augmented Qi. His Qi tank was almost depleted just like that, and a feeling of lethargy enveloped him.

‘Now it’s time to drink that thing! Cheok-Liang!’

?Yes, Master!?

Cheok-Liang pulled out a vial of a special potion from the Shadow Pouch. It was not one of Ji-Cheok’s commercial concoctions, but a concentrated extract from the leaves of the World Tree. He popped off the lid of the vial that was sparkling with brilliance and gulped it down.

[The World Tree Leaf Concentrated Extract dispelled all negative effects.]

[Stamina is fully restored.]

[Mana is fully restored.]

Ji-Cheok was instantly restored to full health. The Berserker Potion’s side effect of dying after thirty seconds was also removed, so that was one less thing to worry about. Unfortunately, this did not mean that the Stat increase effect would last forever—just as always, the effect would end after thirty seconds.

‘But thanks to the leaf extract, I can do this!’

Roar!

The Sword Augmented Qi had grown even more massive. It was growing and growing, and eventually, it became nearly fifty meters long.

“LET’S GOOOOO!!!!”

Ji-Cheok fell straight down from the sky, plummeting like a meteorite toward the God. He had to kill them in one blow. He had?to tear them apart.

At that moment, he realized something. He felt like his world was spinning before his eyes. His mind flashed and his body tingled in a way that he had never felt before.

‘This…this is it.’

It was the Mind Sword. The sensation of cutting with his mind that he had only heard about from the God of War…he could almost feel it in his hands. So he tried to get a hold of that sensation.

Wooooong!

It felt like his swords and himself had become one. He felt as if he had become the sword itself, growing to almost fifty meters, and he was falling and diving and crashing toward the God, which seemed a fair bit smaller than before.

He looked at the God and thought to himself, ‘Come on, brain. Concentrate on this feeling.’

“Here! I! Go!”

* * *

“Holy sh… What the hell is that?”

Ha-Na took her fingers off the bowstring. She stared blankly ahead with a mixture of surprise and horror on her face. Ji-Byeok, next to her, was also slack-jawed in surprise.

“My God…”

Seong Kwang subconsciously called out to his God and watched the mystical phenomenon in the distance without saying a word.

“Wow~ Our Mr. Umji is really amazing! That thing is easier said than done! Hahaha~ What do you think, Ji-Han?”

Reable had suddenly appeared, lying on the ground next to Ji-Han. But no one paid attention to him, except for Ji-Han. It was a bizarre situation, but Ji-Han didn’t react and just started to talk.

“I knew he was the Singularity, but I never thought this was possible…”

“I know right? Wow~ Maybe that is what I was looking for.”

Ji-Han’s gaze shifted from the giant sword in the sky to Reable.

“What is it that you are looking for?” Ji-Han asked.

“I don’t know~” Reable laughed.

As he finished speaking, the huge sword made of light descended from the sky at tremendous speed, rushing toward the [Slowly_growing_forest_shade] that had undergone Spirit Fall.

In one swift slash, the massive body of the [Slow Forest Shade] was split right down the middle.

Ji-Han turned his gaze away from Reable, watching the death of a God as if it was nothing special. He knew this was not the end.

“You know it, right? That thing is going to die, but that doesn’t mean this dungeon is over,” Reable said.

“I know.”

“Then, what is your nex— Huh?”

Suddenly, a message that no one had seen coming popped up in front of everyone.

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] declared to [GodTube Influencer] that it was time to make a choice.]

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] used the power of [Choice] on [GodTube Influencer].]

[Decisive_moment_of_choice] forced [GodTube Influencer] to make a choice.]

“That trashy God bastard…”

Ji-Han stared off into the distance with a furious expression.

The Spirit Fall entity, [Slow Forest Shade] had been cut in half and was scattering into fragments.

* * *

He was drained of energy.

‘Is this what jellyfish look like when they are pulled out of the water and dried? If I had known it would be like this, I would have made another batch of the World Tree leaf extract concentrate.’

Thud.

Ji-Cheok dropped to his knees. He didn’t even have the energy to gasp.

[[Snake_that_bites_its_tail] has subscribed to your channel!]

[You have received 5,000 Likes.]

[You have received 1,200 Likes.]

[[Iced_gentleman] has subscribed to your channel!]

[You have received 5,000 Likes.]

[You have received 1,200 Likes.]

[[Bird_rising_from_the_ashes] has subscribed to your channel!]

[You have received 5,000 Likes.]

[You have received 1,200 Likes.]

‘Wait, where do all these crazy God bastards keep creeping in when I’m having a hard time recovering?!’

?Master! You can recover with your Likes!?

‘Ah, yes. My all-purpose friend, Likes. I knew I could use this! Cheok-Liang, you’re so smart!’

“Likes. Full recovery.”

[Do you want a full recovery with Likes?]

[It requires 2,015,901 Likes.]

[Y/N]

‘The cost of a full recovery is over two million Likes?! Shit, I guess I have no choice! Purchase!’

Flash!

The Likes were consumed, and his body was overflowing with vitality. His wounds were gone, and his energy was restored.

‘When I’m in a pinch, I should use my Likes to recover… Considering that one million Likes is the price of a useful Legendary Skill, it’s such a waste. But if I am in a hurry, I have to use this. If I don’t use it and die, what do I even have Likes for?!’

The fully recovered Ji-Cheok looked ahead.

The giant God was split almost perfectly in half. Not only were they falling apart at the cut, they were also cracking and bursting all over the place.

‘Mind Sword… The feeling of using it still remains in my hands. Maybe it’s because of [True Human] and [Heaven Martial Body]... The important thing is that I did use the Mind Sword… The problem is that it was a bit imperfect, which is why the God isn’t cleanly cut in half and has bits and pieces all over. By the way… They are still not dead even after I cut them.’

?They are a God. I am sure that you cannot kill them with ordinary methods.?

‘You’re right. Still, they seem to have lost most of their combat capabilities.’

The God was falling to pieces and scattering fragments while remaining motionless.

‘Wait, have our teammates and the Tama Clan stopped attacking?’

?Presumably, since you were attacking the God, Master.?

‘Yeah, that sounds about right. I’ll just have to call them to attack again—’

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] declares to [GodTube Influencer] that it was time to make a choice.]

A message popped up out of nowhere.

‘Wait, this is the God of Choice, right? Ah… Come to think of it, This asshole isn’t dead, right? Then why did they suddenly crawl out and—’

Flash!

An explosion of light covered his field of view, blinding him.

‘Damn, my eyes…’

His shield immediately blocked the light, and the pain in his eyes ceased. The light quickly disappeared, so he removed the shield and found that there was something shiny in front of him.

?Master! That is the dungeon Core!?

‘It really is, Cheok-Liang.’

It was a large glass ball, perhaps three meters in diameter, with what appeared to be a plant growing inside. Interestingly, there were four arrows drawn on it, pointing in four directions.

‘Is that the mixture of the largest Fragments of the two Gods? I thought it might be the dungeon Core, but I didn’t expect it to look like this.’

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] used the power of [Choice] on [GodTube Influencer].]

‘So you’re an enemy, after all, aren’t you? I’m going to cut your head off with my brand-new toy, the Mind Sword…’

[Choice 1: Dungeon destruction after destroying the dungeon Core.]

[Rewards and restrictions: Receives [God Slayer] achievement. Receives special rewards for dungeon destruction. Annihilates the Fragments of a God and all mortals in the dungeon. All rewards are enhanced by [Decisive_moment_of_choice].

[Choice 2: All-Clearing the dungeon and leaving the dungeon Core alone.]

[Rewards and restrictions: Receives special rewards for All-Clearing the dungeon. Receives a Grace from the [Decisive_moment_of_choice]. Survival of parts of the [Slowly_growing_forest_shade] and all mortals in the dungeon. (However, mortals cannot leave the dungeon except in the event of a Dungeon Break.) All rewards are enhanced by [Decisive_moment_of_choice].

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] will only send messages to [GodTube Influencer].]

[This is my courtesy. Choose and my blessing will be upon the outcome of your choice. The blessing is the same either way.]

‘You… crazy fucking God! You’ve got a lot of nerve to come out of the woodwork like this after it’s all over!’

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] forced [GodTube Influencer] to make a choice.]

“Shut the fuck up!”

He shouted at the dungeon Core.

“Do you think I’m going to play along with the antics of you bastards?!”

Ji-Cheok had seen this coming from the get-go. That was why he had asked Reable how to solve this problem. Apparently, he could take the people of Tama’s souls and put them in new bodies, Tame them, or convert them to belong to other Gods. All three options were crazy, and only the third option would preserve the purity of the Tama people.

—Mr. Umji, you need to get one thing straight. These people are already dead. They are well and truly dead, and they have been dead for a long time. Don’t mistake talking, laughing, getting angry, and having conversations for being alive. Haven’t you heard of the myth of Orpheus, who went to Hades to revive his already dead wife?

Ji-Cheok remembered what Reable had said.

‘I know… They are already dead, and they’re just living their lives as the dead. I know all of it!’

[[Decisive_moment_of_choice] is waiting in anticipation for the choice of [GodTube Influencer].]

‘But I don’t like your methods! Besides, if I were to accept one of your choices without question…’

“If I just obediently accept the options you put in front of me, will people approve?”

Ji-Cheok raised his sword.

“If I can’t even save the Tama people, do you think people are going to see this as a happy ending? No fucking chance!”

[The [Decisive_moment_of_choice] is waiting in anticipation for the choice of [GodTube Influencer.]