Jaemin had torn through 49 levels solo. He didn't even bring the Resonants in this.
They were resting, sprawled across his shadow, and though they didn't complain, he noticed the fatigue. So, for once, he decided to handle things himself.
It wasn't like he minded the fights—he wanted to grow stronger. But still…
He missed his bed.
A proper pillow. A cool room. Just existing in silence without blood on his boots.
Jaemin walked toward the Tree, footsteps silent, and passed through the portal.
Status:
Name: Han Jaemin
Level: 77
Status Effect: Null
Fatigue: 67/100
Valour Surge: 90,000 / 90,000
Title: Diviner
Verse: Legion Commander
Passive Ability: Commander of the Unholy
HP: 240,000 / 240,000
XP: 67,000 / 390,000
Skillset:
1. Dash
2. Brute Strength
3. Healing
4. Super Jump
5. Flight
6. Master Swordsman
7. Dual Daggers
8. Binary Orbital Overload (Weapon Specific)
9. Phantom Grasp
10. Storm Call
11. Divine Winds
12. Thunderbolt
13. Shadow Walk
14. Wraith
15. Biome Burst
16. Core Override
17. Diviner's Blessings
18. Gravechain Legion
19. Black Sun Invocation
Level 250.
The terrain shifted instantly—a superheated wasteland. The air shimmered with distortion—cracks of boiling light split the sky overhead. Jagged stone formations jutted from the cracked ground, glowing faintly red. The entire zone looked like a scar in the world.
And the boss?
Hard to miss.
Fifty meters tall. Bipedal. Its entire body glowed like molten steel, red plates shifting and breathing heat like bellows. It walked in massive circles, dragging chains behind it, each step making the ground quake.
Around its feet: an army. Abyssal Crawlers in their final mutations, their black carapaces glowing orange from internal heat. Alongside them: Corrupted Titans, twelve meters high, half-flesh, half-magma, groaning with abyssal rot.
Jaemin exhaled slowly.
"...This Rift's first big boss."
His eyes narrowed. His fingers moved.
Ting!
[Store Menu — Opened]
[Fatigue Recovery Potion — 12,500 Focus Shards. Confirm Purchase?]
[Y]
TING!
[Purchase Successful! Fatigue Recovery Potion Acquired.]
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He cracked the seal. Drank.
POP.
GULP GULP.
He downed the potion without hesitation.
[Fatigue: 67 → 0/100]
"Out."
From his shadow, the Resonants emerged—holographic, yet solid in presence. Their forms shimmered, blue and black outlines drawn by aura.
"Finish off his minions, and don't get close to the boss. We don't know what it can do, so leave him up to me."
Without a word, the Legion moved.
CLANG. WHOOSH.
They collided with the Abyssals like a well-oiled machine.
THAM!
The Golems slammed their massive arms into the ground, cracking and fracturing the battlefield.
FOOM!
BOOM!
PEW PEW PEW!
The Arcanists launched bolts of arcane energy from above—light raining like a meteor shower.
At the front: Warden and Ink, advancing with brutal force.
Jaemin stayed still, eyes on the target.
"They'll handle the minions... but that guy is gonna be a lot of trouble…"
He narrowed his eyes.
"Though, he's just circling."
His gaze locked onto the boss. It hadn't attacked. It hadn't reacted. Just kept walking in those same massive, molten loops.
"What on earth is that thing…"
Jaemin raised his hand—scanned.
FWIUP—PING!
[Name: Unholy Eyes of Abyss, Chimeric Xaphan.]
[[Class: Abyssal Lord of Titans]
FOCUS activated. Dozens of red highlights appeared—pinpointing weak spots.
Knees (rear), Feet (arches), Elbows (underside), Nape (upper spinal gap)
"...Rest of the body's too dense to crack."
Jaemin muttered.
TING!
[Enemy Information:]
[Using elemental attacks against the target, like ice or water, shall significantly help.]
A small grin crept up on his face.
"Perfect."
He gripped both daggers tighter.
Aura surged around his body. Daggers pulsed. Lightning crackled in the air, wind beginning to gather.
Then—Jaemin launched forward. Feet off the ground, daggers drawn, voice low.
"Let's take you down quickly."
[Active Skill: Super Jump]
[Active Skill: Dash]
Jaemin shot forward like a bullet, his feet carving a crater with each step, and with a boom, he launched upward, clearing 70 meters, soaring over the head of the Titan.
GROOOOWL!!
Chimeric Xaphan finally reacted, its molten chest plates shifting, glowing brighter.
FWOOSH! It extended a massive molten palm upward, trying to grab Jaemin midair like a bug.
[Active Skill: Divine Winds]
Jaemin's left palm thrusted forward—gales exploded, pressure-blasting the titan's hand off course. Xaphan let out a low rumble, stepping back slightly.
"HYUCK!"
Jaemin spun in the air and slashed downward—His dagger sliced across the arm—
SKRRRRRCH—
but barely left a scratch. The blade's passive: piercing radiance of stars, usually enough to rip through reinforced armour, was almost useless.
"Shit… even that didn't cut it."
He kicked backward, still midair—
[Active Skill: Flight]
Jaemin caught himself in the air, veering sideways in a sharp arc, circling the titan's form.
He went for the nape—Xaphan turned immediately.
"Tch… It's smart."
Jaemin dropped altitude—landed hard—then ran full speed, trying to flank.
"If I can't get to your nape, then I'll rip your feet open—"
FWOOSH!!
The Titan's arm blasted sideways, aiming to swat him.
BAM!!
Impact. Not Jaemin—Ink.
Ink had intercepted, slamming his shield imbued with the Arcanist's arcane magic into the ground, deflecting the Titan's strike—his body skidding backwards, molten lines etching the ground beneath him.
Jaemin looked back. Smirked.
"Smarty."
He rushed forward again—
Suddenly—Xaphan's legs bent.
BOOOOM!!
A shockwave.
It stomped the ground with both legs, sending a tremor so strong that the entire battlefield lifted—Resonants, Crawlers, Titans, and even Jaemin were thrown airborne.
Then—
SWIPE!
Its left arm turned sideways and obliterated its own army, tearing through terrain, cutting Crawlers and Corrupted Titans clean in half. Blood. Dust. Heat.
Its right arm then shot toward Jaemin, midair, nowhere to dodge.
[Active Skill: Phantom Grasp]
A translucent light of dark energy burst from Jaemin's hand—deflecting the incoming molten hand just enough to redirect its force.
THOOM!
The impact shoved Jaemin sideways but saved him from a direct hit and threw Xaphan slightly off-balance. The titan stumbled, right foot dragging a trench in the cracked battlefield.
[Active Skill: Super Jump]
FWUMP!
Jaemin's boots pulsed. He rocketed up—faster than before, heat licking his back as he ascended.
He reached the neck. The joint glowed; the gap in the armour was open from earlier strikes.
Jaemin spun midair, daggers reversed in his grip—
"YOU'RE DONE NOW, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"
He slashed—But before contact—
TING!
[Xaphan has used the skill: Overheat.]
Xaphan glowed brighter, its molten core pulsing wildly. Steam rose in violent hisses, vents bursting open across its chest and spine. The beast turned—
FWOOOSH—!!
Its arm launched forward at breakneck speed.
To anyone else, instant death. But to Jaemin, his perception had already kicked in.
Time slowed. Muscles tensed. Mind sparked.
[Synergy Burst: Indra's Bolt Throw]
A sudden crack of thunder split the abyssal sky—
KA-CHOOOOOM!!!
A colossal bolt of lightning descended, landing squarely in Jaemin's hand.
The electricity surged, lighting up his aura in divine streaks of white and gold.
[Active Skill: Brute Force]
He hurled the bolt—amplified with sheer power.
FWIP!
Then—
BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
The blast detonated on impact—a direct hit.
Jaemin was flung backward from the recoil—
CRASH!!
He smashed straight into a cliffside.
"HYUC—!!"
Blood spat out of his mouth, ribs screaming.
But—
Xaphan was worse. Its entire right arm was vaporised—shattered from shoulder to fingertip. Black steam poured from the stump.
Jaemin stood, coughing blood, brushing off the dust.
"I can kill it now."
Jaemin swapped his left dagger—
The Sacred Hymn of Eternal Frost glowed with a cold, pulsating hue.
His HP had dropped to half.
TING!
[Passive ability has been triggered.]
[When health drops below 50%, Hymns of Eternity is activated.]
[Hymns of Eternity [Passive Trigger]: Every physical strike sends a burst of frost shards outward, dealing AOE damage in a 4-meter radius.]
[Active Skill: Dash]
Jaemin blinked forward—low to the ground, blades at the ready.
SLASH—! SLASH—!
He sliced behind both of Xaphan's knees, ripping through the weakened plates.
BURST!
Frost shards exploded outward, a devastating AOE ring shredding the Abyssal titan's lower joints.
Steam hissed again—this time from freezing pain.
"Having fun now, huh?"
Jaemin spat.
[Active Skill: Super Jump]
He launched himself into the air—this time, even higher. 90 meters.
Then—DOVE.
The frost dagger came down first—
SLAAAAASH—!!!
A clean cut through the nape—It continued down into the shoulder, splitting molten sinew.
CRACK! SHATTER!
The ice burst followed, detonating internally—
And then—
TING!
[Unholy Eyes of Abyss, Chimeric Xaphan has been defeated.]
[You have levelled up!]
Jaemin landed hard on one knee, panting, bloodied—but victorious.
"That's more like it…"
