My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 197

#197

White Giant (4)

An unidentified monster that crawled up from the abyss.

Perhaps due to its unusual origins, the skull of this white giant could not be easily broken even by Harley’s sharp teeth.

In front of Gluttony, which allows it to chew and swallow anything, even the scales of the light dragon were nothing more than glass cookies, but they were of no use in front of this head.

Of course, the strength itself was stronger than dragon scales, but he felt that it was not simply a problem.

‘I felt like I was protected by some special power. Things like blessings and skills… or should I say it’s closer to a higher power or law than that?’

If the proficiency in “Gluttony” had been higher, I might have been able to pull it off, but at least it wasn’t a method that was possible right now.

So the method chosen was to cut a part that is tougher than other parts but weaker than the head.

The idea was to cut off the head first…

and that method worked very well.

Right after cutting off his head like that.

“Wow, this is so fucking tasteless.”

It is huge, reaching 4 meters in height, and has a fierce appearance that is closer to a devil than a dragon.

The sight of such a being baring its sharp teeth and nibbling its mouth made those who saw it feel indescribably intimidated.

It would be even more terrifying if there was a head the size of a house sprawled out in the background.

“…Seeing it up close like this makes it even more vicious…”

“Hahaha! As expected, you think so too, right? Wow, this guy, aside from his size, his appearance is so unique. “I thought a monster was a monster after all?”

Harley, the number one contributor who had bitten off the back of the giant’s neck and severed its head along with Heinrich’s series of sword slashes, looked back, wiping the white blood from the corner of his mouth with one hand.

“yes? Ah yes! Yes. Monster… this. yes.”

And when Se-ah Lee, who had been looking at him the whole time, made direct eye contact with his burning gaze, she smiled awkwardly and slightly averted her gaze.

There’s a lot he wants to say, but it’s as if he’s holding back out of consideration for his colleagues.

“…But do you really have to eat it? No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look that good for your health.”

However, Geos, who was watching from the side, seemed to have different thoughts and calmly asked the question she had been trying to swallow.

I usually didn’t think it was a big deal that Harley was chewing on monsters and magic stones, but everything from the moment that giant appeared was uncomfortable.

Harley nodded calmly in response to his question.

“Hmm, this one is definitely a bit hard to eat. “It’s not very nutritious!”

His “mutation” was a trait that allowed him to evolve himself by collecting the genes of other living creatures, and “Gluttony,” which played a major role in the fight against the light dragon, was the ability to eat even part of the individuality of an object.

But…

‘Is this really a living thing?’

This white giant had no genes or personality, let alone any normal calories from its flesh.

It’s like an illusion that doesn’t exist in reality.

Harley’s stomach would have been able to digest a rock and turn it into energy, but this was definitely an unexpected phenomenon.

“Haha! I guess I’m the kind of person who needs to swallow whatever comes into my mouth to relieve my irritation! It happened that way without me even knowing. “As long as you don’t get in trouble, it’s okay!”

After speaking, he naturally took out meat from subspace, put it in his mouth, and glanced back.

Wriggling—

the huge white head was still twitching and moving even though its throat had been cut.

Also, as if it was continuously trying to regenerate, white biological tissue was growing out of the cross section.

And while Heinrich was cutting them down, he was busy analyzing the guy from earlier.

“…Well, I guess we’ll have to destroy the core in his head. “Only what appears clearly is a living thing, and its principle is closer to that of a golem.”

Finally, while examining the head by stabbing it here and there with the holy sword, he came to a conclusion with a serious expression.

“Is that really the case? Hmm—well, I can’t resist anymore anyway, so wouldn’t it be okay to just keep hitting one spot?”

“Surely if that’s the case, my spear could be of help too. At least we can suppress it from regenerating right away.”

In the end, the fact that the head had to be destroyed still remained the same, but it wasn’t that difficult now that the opponent couldn’t resist.

As they say, if you focus your attack on one point, no matter how strong your skull is, it won’t be able to hold out for long. Otherwise, Harley could have just penetrated into your head from the cross section of your neck.

however.

“…Could you please wait a moment? “I wish you could give me just a moment.”

“yes? What is that….”

“There is something I really want to try this opportunity. Harley alone will be enough to prevent the giant from regenerating, so I ask you two to help the villagers who have taken refuge.”

“…Um yes. “If the saint says so.”

“I understand, saint. “Then I will leave this place to you two.”

Heinrich asked for understanding from the group.

Standing directly in front of the giant’s head, he held the holy sword tightly with both hands and took a deep breath on the spot.

“Whoa—.”

The divine power, which is the source of Heinrich’s power, has a much stronger effect on those who control evil energy, such as undead or warlocks.

The same goes for most of his blessings.

His body, filled with all kinds of divine power, is impervious to any darkness, and the sword of light in his hand cuts down evil dark magic like a piece of paper.

It was truly a being born to eradicate demons and was an absolute natural enemy of those in the dark…

‘This giant was different.’

Although it was undoubtedly a being that crawled out of the abyss, surprisingly, it showed no particular reaction to the divine power.

Just like dealing with an ordinary human being.

‘Even ordinary monsters will suffer some additional damage. ‘What on earth is this guy?’

Besides the fact that it is not an ordinary creature, it seems as if it has deliberately eliminated its weaknesses in order to fight against the warrior and the church!

Because of this, Heinrich, who could stand up to the Immortal King to some extent, did not show much success against this giant.

As a Holy Knight, he was the pinnacle of this world, but as a pure warrior, he could not reach a level worthy of it.

Of course, as the self-reinforcing effect was the same, it was not that much of a deficiency, but it was also true that he did not live up to his reputation as a ‘warrior’.

‘Even if you know the problem, you can’t just sit back and ignore it.’

Artificial circumstances were discovered, but even if it was successfully overcome this time, there is no way it would happen again next time.

Isn’t it a perfectly natural step to come up with a solution to this?

…No, to be more honest.

‘It hurts my pride to stay like this!’

I pretended like nothing was wrong in front of my companions.

As the only opponent of the Immortal King and the chosen savior of the continent, his prestige was nothing.

Whoosh— whoosh!

When the sword of light blazing with divine power struck the giant’s head, white blood spurted out along with a long wound.

But it wasn’t as deep as I thought.

The sword reached the skull, but it was still not enough to split it.

Even when Heinrich took care of the sword again, the wound on his head began to heal several times faster than on other parts of the body.

Even after being hit by a holy sword, this amount of life was truly terrible for a subject with no special attack ability.

‘Well, okay. I never thought it would be that easy to do from the beginning.’

Fortunately, the solution to this problem had already been given to him.

‘Chehai and Zios’ secret technique, the Deflection Spear… The ultimate aura operation that jumps through space and strikes the desired location. As it is a technology that can interfere with space, not only its usefulness but also its offensive power is on a different level.’

If it were a technique that could only be used at the level of transcendence, it would have had no meaning to him.

Because it was an individual’s unique ability to break away from the world’s providence and break their own limitations.

‘But this is not like that.’

Although it was a bit difficult and complicated, it was undoubtedly just a simple technique.

It was no different from a type of study systematically organized to the point where it could be passed on to others.

‘Maintaining spatial continuity by twisting the phase between the weapon and the point of attack… This is a theory that only appears in space magic. Even though this is only a result of analyzing the unique skills he already had, he is still a great person.’

While Hesperon was learning theories from Chehai over the past few days, Heinrich was not just taking care of the children carefree.

As he had already been given permission to learn the secret technique, he also had regular conversations with Geos about the technique.

At that time, I just wanted to gain knowledge in advance that I could use later…

Whoosh!

When I thought about it, there was no need to meet the conditions of being an Auror.

In the first place, wasn’t this technique also Chehai’s modification of his own unique skill to suit an Auror?

‘I just need to put it back together for me… so that Heinrich can use it.’

Anyway, Heinrich was also an awakened person from Earth.

Naturally, his growth does not simply depend on talent.

Awakened growth correction, avatar growth acceleration, hero growth correction of “Great Blessing: Knight of Light”, assistance with “Logia Holy Combat Method” and “Way of Martial Arts”.

In terms of theory, I was even able to receive help from Hans’s “Evil Wisdom” and “The Way of the Magician.”

It’s just that he didn’t think about it because he didn’t feel the need for it, but in fact, he had the ability to do it if he wanted to.

Whoosh— whoosh!

There was no need to rush.

The giant has already been completely subdued and its regeneration is completely blocked by Harley.

‘If you think about it, that’s the best punching bag right now.’

Growth correction was meant to help you gain more and more karma accumulated during training.

Like lifting a weight once is considered lifting it twice.

Apart from strengthening status through the karma store, growth naturally came with appropriate karma.

And it goes without saying that risking your life to lunge at a dragon and stab it with a sword will result in greater growth than cutting off the head of a goblin you encounter on the street.

‘But you shouldn’t take advantage of an artificial situation.’

The laws of the world are not that easy.

But isn’t that the situation right now?

I simply fought against the suddenly appearing giant and with great difficulty subdued this powerful enemy.

And now.

With the purpose of putting an end to that enemy.

He swung his sword again.

Split this head—to take out its core.

***

How much time has passed?

The sun had completely set and the entire surroundings were enveloped in darkness.

Isea, who brought back the villagers who had been evacuated to a safe place, helped them with various magic such as cold protection and ignition.

When Geos visited here several times to check on the situation.

Whoosh—whoosh—!

Instead of the dull sound that had been made so far, it came with a sharp tearing sound.

The giant’s skull, which had been deeply cut by numerous knife cuts, was split in two.

《The entity achieved enlightenment through repeated training. Acquire the skill “Space Cut”.》

At the same time, a phrase appears before my eyes.

Heinrich, who had fallen into a trance and was concentrating only on striking his sword with all his might, blinked.

‘…what a waste.’

However, what came to mind before the satisfaction was a deep sense of regret.

‘I thought I would have reached it if I went a little further.’

Through this training, I learned “space cutting,” a sword technique that interferes with space, but I failed to reach the wall of transcendence as a martial artist.

‘I can’t help it. At first, this alone was a bit insufficient. Will I be satisfied with the fact that I found a clue this time?’

Heinrich sighed lightly and used “Space Slash” in the air, breaking the skull that was slowly recovering into pieces again.

Now it was time to carry out the initial goal.

“Ohh! “This is exactly what I thought!”

A very familiar energy felt inside a cracked skull.

Harley, who had been interfering with the giant’s regeneration and inhaling meat, stuck his sharpened hand deep into it.

Eventually, he pulled it out and held it in his hand…

‘Oh, this?’

A fist-sized bead that glows dark red and is wrapped in tissue that connects like a spider web from the giant’s head.

I heard a decision of ‘madness’ of high purity that I had never seen before.

‘It feels similar to when I saw Heratos’ Dragon Heart? ‘Maybe it’s because they come from the Abyss, but the purity of madness itself seems to be higher here.’

Harley smiled in satisfaction.

Perhaps because the place of production was an abyss, it was unsuitable as a medium for an avatar, but this in itself was like an elixir to him.

“Uh-huh! Give up and give it to me! Now this is mine! Hahaha!”

Harley, whose eyes were filled with greed, swung her sharpened claws and ruthlessly tore off the white tissue clinging to the crystal and retreated.

At the same time, the huge white head that had been wriggling hung down, but that was no longer his concern.

‘Is there any need to hesitate!’

That white giant was like a dog, so he couldn’t get anything, but maybe not even this brilliant decision would do that.

He quickly put it in his mouth.

《The individual fulfills the conditions and develops its potential. The special skill “Giantization” is acquired.》

In this way, it has become one step further away from humans.