NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 1033
<1033 – Dark Master (11)>
The response from the Heavenly Sovereign was definitely different from that of the palace inspectors!
Something flew towards Oknodie, who was distanced from the allies due to a counterattack with sleep powder.
It was snakes gleaming a radiant yellow, like gold.
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<Leap>
<Bite>
<Combo Extreme – Ascending Serpent>
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An attack resembling Oknodie, who instinctively throws items when things go awry!
However, the type of thrown artifact was poor.
Because the Mini Hydras were stuck to Oknodie’s body, snatching up Dark Mana.
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<Waves of Growth Technique>
<Target – Mini Hydra>
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Even the recently grown and shrunken Hydra could hide in her pocket to rest, but there were still five or six Mini Hydras ready to step in.
Before waiting for the others, the Tiny Hydra’s sudden entry sent the existing creatures into a panic.
“Shaaa!”
“Si-si-sit?!”
Golden snakes twisted in the air, trying desperately to avoid the Hydra.
But despite their efforts, one golden snake was caught in the Hydra’s jaws.
Crack!
The young Hydra’s attack involved puncturing the prey and injecting poison before eating!
The golden snake, suddenly the snack, struggled but couldn’t withstand the paralysis poison and lost its strength.
Gulp.
As it naturally swallowed a snake, the remaining ones fled in terror.
“Hmph. Our home snake is stronger, you know?”
“Is that so? Then try blocking this.”
This time, something black shot in faster than the golden snakes.
The young Hydra slammed against a wall with a thud, as if a carriage had hit it.
The creature standing on the Hydra’s body was Hai Tai, a renowned creature from the Eastern Region.
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Mythical Creature Hai Tai
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Simply put, it’s a legendary animal that distinguishes right from wrong and good from evil.
As a mythical creature that has endured since ancient times, Hai Tai boasted incredible speed and charging power, rivaling that of the Hydra!
“Shaaa…!”
In an effort to aid the struggling young Hydra, Oknodie quickly summoned a golem.
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7 Guard Golems
3 Battle Golems
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The golems exist to hide the main body from professors who threaten Oknodie by kidnapping them for lectures or lab work!
Trained in the Academy’s secret fighting arena, even the Guard Golems had tutor-level strength.
They had even grown stronger after overcoming various events, thus they could challenge quasi-professor level strength.
Yes, even the ‘Guard Golem.’
The seven quasi-professor level Guard Golems utilized the combat skills they learned from Oknodie’s functions effectively.
Like seven meticulously chosen clones forming a strong defense against Hai Tai’s speed and might!
“Shaaa!”
Seizing the moment, a revived young Hydra bit down on Hai Tai’s body.
Crack!
The young Hydra’s face contorted.
Its fang broke.
The result was due to the young Hydra failing to recognize Hai Tai’s sudden body hardening after its fangs embedded.
As the inexperienced young Hydra teared up and hesitated, one of the Guard Golems thrust a sword.
Clang!
But not just any sword.
This was a prized sword handed down to Oknodie.
Moreover, it wielded enhanced sharpness!
Although it managed to cut through hardened mana, it couldn’t withstand the retaliatory magic beyond that, resulting in not just the sword breaking, but also the Guard Golem’s arm shattering.
The destruction of one meant that all seven were quickly facing catastrophe.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With each motion of Hai Tai, mass mana techniques boosted its power, and as soon as the spell was released, it swiftly squeezed through the golems’ attacks, throwing them off balance in the backline.
Indeed, the Everlasting Grass in the courtyard grew robustly, feasting on the many people, so there’s no way Hai Tai, raised personally by the Heavenly Sovereign, would be weaker than it.
“Combat mode activated!”
Due to excessive danger, the battle golems weren’t usually permitted to operate easily.
The moment Oknodie’s battle golems began the fight, three domains simultaneously engulfed the entire Hwanggung.
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<Inscription Technique - Designated Inscription>
<Type - Frost Domain>
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A freezing and bitter cold domain that freezes down to the bone.
Upon seeing that domain, Jiang and Sing jumped in surprise.
The two remembered.
Though it feels like a distant past, there was one Empire Faction Professor who despised students from the border region, possessing such a domain.
Back then, they lacked the ability to recognize, but now, with insight, they realized.
The cold they felt now was no different from that which Professor Raeb wielded while teaching <Basics of Empire Magic Studies> last year.
“Could those battle golems be Oknodie’s <Boss Collection>?”
“Seems like a collection more suited for a serial killer than an assassin.”
Even Jiang found Oknodie’s hobby grotesque to some degree!
The battle golem imbued with Raeb’s Frost Domain dulled Hai Tai’s movements and turned the landing spot into an ice rink, forcibly throwing off balance.
In that moment, Oknodie’s second battle golem glinted.
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<Inscription Technique – Designated Inscription>
<Type - Erosion Domain>
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The force resembled that of the Revolutionary Army’s incursion, used by the Revolutionary who was once a fiend of the Three Great Evils.
Utilizing the souls of those killed, it temporarily transforms the area into a holy ground for demons, swirling with death, malice, destruction, and darkness.
The battle golem, naturally accumulating experience alongside Oknodie, carried vast remnants of the souls it encountered.
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<High-Ranking Demon>
<One who longed to be a professor>
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<High-Ranking Demon>
<The completed monster>
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<High-Ranking Demon>
<The Great Teddy Bear slaughtered in its nest after falling asleep>
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As countless demons vent their grievances, that deep emotion added a frigid spiritual chill to the already ice-laden terrain.
While the freely moving battle golems were unfazed, Hai Tai struggled with each movement.
Though it might have the privilege of benefiting from the same domain as the Heavenly Sovereign, how often does the pet of the Sovereign get the chance to accrue combat experience?
If it ever did, like the Everlasting Grass, it would only be to feast on offerings.
There was no one substantial enough to build resentment and turn it into power through slaying.
Facing that disparity and getting pounded by the repeated assaults, Hai Tai became the target of the third battle golem’s finishing blow.
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<Inscription Technique – Designated Inscription>
<Type - Discord Domain>
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The original holder of the third domain was Professor Porneus.
One of the professors who got caught in the unintended dimensional collapse of the Golden Magical Girl Avalon and trapped in the Goblin World, now a deceased figure.
A space specialized in sowing discord and shaking the hearts of others with cunning tricks!
But Oknodie wouldn’t say a thing.
Neither would the battle golems.
Only the bitter cold whispered.
You cannot withstand this cold.
You will fall before the backlash of the high-ranking demons.
In the face of silent violence, Hai Tai’s resolve crumbled under the influence of the Discord Domain.
It might be so.
Then it would be easier.
In the moment its spirit broke, Hai Tai sank from a mythical creature into a defeated soul facing death.
[Mythical creature <Hai Tai> has been subdued through the domain expansion techniques of the battle golems.]
[Manipulation Technique Experience +100]
[Inscription Technique Experience +20]
[Mana Technique Experience +20]
The functional abilities rise.
In that moment, the experience of Oknodie, which had been on the edge of being suppressed, suddenly broke through a specific grade, displaying signs of an impending upgrade, akin to the sky splitting apart.
“Ugh!”
As Oknodie hastily bestowed magic upon the golem, the hasty and urgent attempt caused her accumulated function experience to get forcibly drained.
[The reckless inscription attempt permanently decreases the experience of that function.]
[The chance for promotion is revoked.]
This phenomenon was quite similar to when Darknodi ascended to the position of Demon King.
The moment a human surpasses humanity.
The moment a mortal dares to touch the realm of immortality.
The fullness of Oknodie’s experience signified that it was on the brink of witnessing such a spectacle.
From the hallway, in the gaping doorway shrouded in pitch-black darkness, the voice of the Heavenly Sovereign resounded.
“What is the reason for aspiring to master humans with skills surpassing them?”
“Of course, it’s because I still have things I want to do! Surely you’re the same, right?”
“By providing experience to trusted relics to prevent the potential for ascension, it surely would have been troublesome had it not been a safeguard against ascension.”
The Sovereign inquired once more.
“I will not penalize you for invading the depths of the Hwanggung. Go back satisfied with the magical territory. Then there will be no reason to argue, as there would be much to lose for both sides.”
“What about the weird incidents across the Eastern Empire and the actions of the checkpoints?”
“They must continue. Until I achieve my goals. And that day is certainly not far off.”
“What result are you trying to achieve that necessitates all this?”
“To open the Siremoon Gate and reign as the Heavenly Sovereign of the cycle of life and death. Yes. I am the initiator of the Alliance of Necromancers and the first wizard of the Eastern Continent.”
The Heavenly Sovereign wasn’t stingy with information.
Even the secret plans built over a long time were laid bare without hesitation, so the Heavenly Sovereign had no qualms about asking about others’ secrets.
“What is your plan?”
“To conclude my graduation project and graduate from the Academy with the power to conquer all of the world’s mysteries and legends while traversing a hundred dimensions?”
“Can’t you just graduate normally?”
“The vanity of a veteran player doesn’t allow it!”
“Come transfer to the Eastern Academy. I will write your graduation certificate immediately.”
“No way!”
“Is that so? Then die.”
Having done enough, the Heavenly Sovereign opted for assassination instead of persuasion.
A sneak attack struck straight at Oknodie, and the body of a battle golem, confidently standing in her way, split along the trajectory of a slicing blow.