176 – Mutation (1)
Without any time to prepare, Lawton appeared in front of Lartania with the power of the great archangel Metatron, confident in victory.
The tens of thousands of soldiers and angels he had sent had been stopped by Lartania’s unusually powerful heroes, but now the situation was different.
Now they have Archangel Metatron.
Not only could he use enough power to teleport tens of thousands of angels, but the presence of the great angel, who had fought and not lost to seven legion commanders in the previous war between gods and demons, was incomparable to the soldiers Lawton had prepared.
Not only that, but under the leadership of the great Metatron, there were also angels who had participated in the great battle to revive him, so he never thought he would lose this battle.
…Until just a moment ago, that is.
“This is-!”
Lawton stared at the ghosts walking out of the blue smoke with wide eyes.
Each one, with a thick fog, walked towards the angels at the behest of the heroes on the ramparts.
Of course, angels are generally not very afraid of ghosts.
In the first place, the divine power they wielded was a power specialized in dealing with the dead, and even the divine power wielded by a low-ranking angel could inflict fatal damage on the dead.
However, despite knowing this, the reason why the angels’ expressions were getting worse and worse was-
“What the hell is this-“
It was because of the number of dead crawling out of the blue fog.
The huge army, which was so large that even the angels who had come to fight the great battle were astonished, reached the angels in an instant.
Starting with a giant bone dragon emerging from the sea of corpses like a tsunami and chewing the body of the lowest angel in half, the full-scale battle began.
Tens of thousands of angels fire their divine power at the dead.
■■■■■■■■■■-!!!!
The dead, who screamed in pain, melted away.
However, no matter how much the angels killed the dead with their divine power, the dead kept walking out of the blue fog, which was invisible.
As if the gates of hell had been connected to this place.
And the eyes of the archangels who were watching it focused on Aria, who was holding an incense burner on the ramparts, and at that moment, the angels began to charge towards her without hesitation.
It was because they realized that this situation would continue forever unless she, who created this army of the dead, did not die.
But,
“That won’t do.”
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“!”
The four archangels who had been shot at Aria were blocked by Lynn’s sword.
[!]
Likewise, as Metatron gathered his divine power to shoot at Aria, a huge greatsword fell on him, and the number of angels vanished in an instant.
The moment Archangel Metatron raised his hand to block the greatsword that was falling rapidly.
“Arang”
Kwa-jee-jik-!
[Cackle-!?]
Merilda’s attack instantly tore one of Metatron’s six pairs of wings.
Metatron, who screamed in pain, tried to grab her with his eyes wide open to kill Merilda in an evil state.
[Hup-!]
However, thanks to the giant greatsword falling from the sky, he had no choice but to miss Merilda, who had folded his wings.
[You lowly creatures of the middle world…!]
Metatron, who seemed angry even if he looked at it, growled like that and gathered divine power in both hands and blew it up.
Kwaga gagaga gagaga gagak-!
The sacred power bursts out in all directions like a shotgun, tearing the dead apart.
[Pew-!]
Metatron frowned even as the dead were dying in droves.
He had originally aimed not for the dead, but for the two heroes currently attacking him.
[…]
Metatron watched Merilda, who had just landed on one side of the wall and was looking for an opening, and thought.
‘…Is that really a hero of Middle-earth?’
Metatron had lived through numerous wars as His agent, including battles with humans.
And surely, in Metatron’s memory, battles with humans were nothing more than battles that did not arouse much excitement.
No matter how great they were, humans were just humans, and they could never defeat the superior angels.
Even after He had fallen into the void and the existence of ‘heroes’ was heard, Metatron’s thought that ‘humans are weak’ did not change.
The heroes of this world, which he had just heard from Roton, were weaker than the commanders of the Demon army.
But at this moment, Metatron felt a sense of strangeness.
The reason was that the strength of the heroes he was facing right now surpassed that of the commanders of the Demon army that he had faced in the past.
‘Am I mistaken?’
Metatron, who had such a thought in his head for a moment, soon shook his head.
Certainly, he had used a lot of divine power to teleport, but that did not mean that his intuition had used so much power that it would be unusual.
That’s why Metatron couldn’t help but frown at the heroes who were glaring at him.
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Kwaa-aang-!
Kim Hyun-woo, who had returned to the castle by Lynn, stuck out his tongue involuntarily at the sight of the enormous battle in the distance.
Kim Hyun-woo, who was watching the sight of Metatron’s fifth wing, which looked huge even from afar, flying away, thought with a strange expression.
‘…Strangely, I don’t feel a sense of crisis.’
In fact, when the angels first arrived, Kim Hyun-woo felt a sense of crisis as if today might be the last day of Lartania.
But what about the situation now?
‘…We’re winning too easily.’
Kim Hyun-woo looked at the giant angel in the distance.
His abilities, who introduced himself as Metatron, were far beyond the realm of a 5-star hero, at least in Kim Hyun-woo’s eyes.
The divine power that exploded from his hand and the divine spears that were constantly being created above his head were blowing away all the hills around Lartania every time they were stuck.
And that’s not all. Just now, he saw the wall completely destroyed by the divine spears that were created in an instant.
In other words, Metatron was as strong as he looked.
…At least strong enough to definitely exceed the ability of a 5-star hero.
However, despite being so strong, Metatron was being pushed back by the heroes.
‘Is it because of the numbers…?’
Kim Hyun-woo, who had been thinking for a moment, shook his head.
Of course, numbers help to some extent, but overwhelming force in this world could offset the quantity.
In other words, the fact that the heroes were winning meant that they had the power to deal with Metatron, who had far surpassed the power of a 5-star, even excluding the numerical advantage.
‘…It’s 5.5-star, but it doesn’t seem like it’s 5.5-star.’
That’s why Kim Hyun-woo, who was making a puzzled expression at the ridiculously strong heroes, turned on the ability window of the heroes he had seen last time.
—–
Hero
Name: Merilda
Title: King of the Mermaids
Star: 5.5-star ★★★★★☆
Intimacy: Level 5
Stats
Strength: 142 Agility: 282
Intelligence: 88 Luck: 92
Magic: 150
※ The hero feels trust towards you.
—–
—–
Hero
Name: Rin
Title: Lord of Darkness
Star: 5.5-star ★★★★★☆
Intimacy: Level 5
Stats
Strength: 121 Agility: 230
Intelligence: 110 Luck: 42
Magic: 180
※ The hero feels trust towards you.
—–
—–
Hero
Name: Sharl
Title: Hero King
Star: 5.5-star ★★★★★☆
Intimacy: Level 5
Stats
Strength: 240 Agility: 259
Intelligence: 79 Luck: 180
Magic: 322
※ The hero feels trust towards you.
—–
“…Ah.”
I realized something.
Something I had been taking for granted and had never thought about until now.
“…Intimacy bonus.”
Arteiel has a system called intimacy bonus.
The more the level of affection rises, the system provides additional bonus corrections to the hero’s ability stats.
And the bonus you can receive when affection is at level 5 is 50%.
“Ah.”
The moment he realized it, Kim Hyun-woo once again became convinced of the heroes’ strength.
The heroes who currently have ridiculous ability stats of 5.5 stars are currently receiving additional ability stat bonuses for each star.
The amount of that bonus is a whopping 70%.
However, in that situation, thanks to the affection system that was introduced and activated in the Lartania territory, they receive an additional bonus of 50%.
In other words, the bonus that the heroes are currently receiving has increased from 70% to 120%.
‘Merilda’s combined ability stats are 754… If you think about the 120% bonus rate applied to that, Merilda’s current combined ability stats are.’
Kuaaang-!!!!
“…1658?”
Kim Hyun-woo quietly muttered as he watched Metatron’s body fall to the ground in the distance.