Metamore is a self-transforming substance.
If desired, it can change into expensive gold or jewels, or even transform from a gooey semi-solid worse than slime to minerals hundreds of times harder than diamonds.
With such diverse uses, Metamore is so rare that even demons struggle to obtain it.
Pssss…
And the weapon made using that rare material is none other than the White Guardian.
I felt the power of the weapon.
It alters the properties of Metamore to the optimal composition for accepting my power.
Transforming itself isn’t difficult.
Metamore changes its form according to the will of its master, unless it faces the threat of annihilation.
Normally, changing beyond a certain limit is impossible, but it wasn’t hard for me, as I already learned about the real Metamore and how to use it in the past.
The hammer, infused with immense holiness, expands its size, layering each small component with holiness.
The destructive power is incomparable to just endowing a weapon with holiness.
Finally, when I soared with the Wings of Light, I could exhibit power equivalent to that of a 15-year veteran.
[Frozen tundra, Sugarado’s remaining health is at 3%.]
A staggering feat of dealing 67% damage to a level 140 World Boss in a single strike.
‘Merely.’
But I couldn’t help but feel disappointed with such an achievement.
The attack I just executed was the full force, excluding Sacred Transformation.
I fully utilized Metamore’s characteristics, gathered my power to the extreme, and used the ‘Wings of Light’ to amplify all physical abilities and holiness.
Even if it was significantly weakened compared to its original state, with such amplification and weaponry, it should be able to eliminate at least a lower celestial race in one blow.
‘To not kill in one hit.’
But I failed to eliminate even a monster just below that level, giving it an opening.
‘The total power is indeed equivalent to a 15-year veteran. What I lack is the absolute quantity of body and holiness.’
If the peak version of me had seen this, I would have exclaimed, “What kind of feeble slap is this?”
Honestly, there’s a bit of bitterness about it, but it’s not wrong.
Feeling bittersweet, I folded the Wings of Light and landed.
The still humming white hammer.
“The road ahead is long.”
[Wow]
[??????????????]
[?]
[?]
[Am I seeing this wrong?]
[What the heck, lol]
[What? One hit left?]
[???]
[God of Hammers Lily! God of Hammers Lily! God of Hammers Lily! God of Hammers Lily! God of Hammers Lily!]
[One hit, lolololololololol]
[What the heck?]
What the heck is going on? LOL
This is ridiculous!
Is this for real?
G-G-Great…!
The body of the monster, completely buried and unable to rise, is covered in ice.
The body, entirely encased in translucent purple ice, stands still, harboring extreme cold.
“Rapid Regeneration.”
One of the Ice Dragon Sugarado’s secret techniques, known as ‘Ice Veil.’
When faced with a crisis, the Ice Clan absorbs all the cold from its body into its heart and rapidly freezes itself into a state of absolute protection.
Once in this protective state, it ignores nearly all damage and uses the remaining time to consume cold to recover its body.
Usually, using Ice Veil depletes most of the cold and weakens the dragon, but things change for a dragon king.
“It’s closer to a complete transformation.”
Due to the characteristics of the ice dragon, the longer it holds cold, the stronger it becomes naturally, and the stronger ice completely regenerates its injured body, making it even more powerful.
And if…
“We have to finish before the second phase starts.”
If the ‘Frost’ of the Demon King, which had shaken the cold, body, and soul that had been asleep for thousands of years, is all used to acquire a new body…
“Perhaps it might be impossible to subdue it…”
■
Remaining time: 1 hour.
[50:01]
No, now it’s 50 minutes.
In the remaining 50 minutes, we need to take down the World Boss’s health by 3% while receiving 99% damage reduction.
Simply put, that’s nearly three times its original health.
The original plan had been to use the Ice Veil technique, but due to a slight lack of power, it failed.
Now that the ‘Frost Time’ has activated, it is impossible to stop the Ice Veil technique itself.
There’s only one way left.
“Break through the 99% damage reduction.”
This doesn’t mean mindlessly pounding with brute force.
Even for me, draining 300% of health within an hour is impossible.
“I might be able to if I use Sacred Transformation, but let’s save that for now.”
Ice Veil is a technique that enters a state of ‘invulnerability’ for complete recovery, but in the end, invulnerability is still a type of ability.
Unless it’s a concept nearly god-like like the Angel or the Upper Demon Race, in the end, the absolute nature will inevitably fall short.
“Wow, what is this?”
“Awesome.”
“What’s happening, Lady Lily!”
As we gazed at the completely frozen monster, the rankers began to gather around me.
Currently, the extreme cold of the snow mountain has been mostly absorbed by the monster, so the temperature of the snow mountain itself has risen.
Any rankers with considerable cold attributes should be able to endure this.
If the rankers with the wind attribute are present, they can hold on just fine.
“Is it true that it gets stronger after an hour?”
Black.
“What did you do?! Its wings suddenly spread out!”
Leo.
“…Lady Lily? That share.”
“Miss Yena.”
Even Miss Yena, who looks completely worn out.
All the important rankers present here have gathered.
After confirming everyone was present, I spoke up.
“Unexpected events have occurred, but we need to capture it before it awakens.”
“Capture it? Now?”
“Yes. Once it awakens, we won’t be able to capture it at all.”
Once it awakens, it becomes infinitely stronger compared to now.
It would be troublesome if we drift too far from my plan.
It’s time to activate Plan B.
“…99% damage reduction?”
“Yes.”
“Is that even possible?”
Black asked with a tone of disbelief.
No matter how much I drained 67% of its health in one go, reducing nearly 300% health is impossible.
As evidence, I am currently quite exhausted.
[How do we catch it? LOL]
[This monster is really strong]
[Is Lily really a goddess?]
[Isn’t the second phase crossing the line?]
[99% damage reduction? Isn’t that over the line?]
[LOL]
[I’m dizzy]
[Is Lily still unable to use her power?]
[Honestly, I may just need to use power four more times]
[LOL]
[Lily is really about to collapse]
[Oh no]
I shook my head at the chattering rankers.
“Definitely. It’s possible.”
“But…”
“I think most of you already know how to do it.”
The second operation that I considered from the failure of taking it down in one hit.
Moreover, I have already showcased part of that operation.
As everyone was deep in thought, a small hand shot up towards the sky.
“Ah! Golem!”
“That’s definitely Lord Leo for you.”
“Golem?”
It was Yena who reacted.
And that reaction sparked a light bulb in everyone’s heads.
[Huh?]
[Can that work?]
[?]
[?]
[Wait, was this the big picture? LOL]
[What’s this about?]
[Wow, was that it?]
[Huh?]
[Why do you all know each other?]
[???]
Yena pulled out the Green Hermit and let out a chuckle.
“Could it be that you assigned homework for this reason?”
“I didn’t predict everything. Basic principles are universally applicable.”
The homework I assigned was filling one’s mana into the condensed stone filled with my mana.
And one of the lecture topics was breaking a golem with about 99% damage reduction.
Although not everyone can say they succeeded perfectly during the lecture, everyone has grown quite a bit since then compared to back then.
At that time, I can’t say everyone succeeded perfectly, but compared to then, they’ve all grown quite a bit.
“Well, it’s not even comparable to back then, but it’s totally doable. Damage reduction 99%. But if you can squeeze in some hits through the gaps, 3% is manageable in 50 minutes.”
Moreover, if it’s a scarecrow that doesn’t move, doesn’t attack, and isn’t affected by the cold, even better.
Phew.
I transformed the White Guardian into a spear and stuck it in the snowfield, sitting on top of Sre.
From now on, I have one job to do.
“I’m going to start the postponed attribute lecture now.”
[Professor Lily ON]
[Crash Course! LOL]
■
“…The important thing is to just understand the mechanism of ‘damage reduction.’ What structure does it consist of? We don’t have time, so don’t try to understand everything; just get the gist of it!”
“…That sounds hard, Professor.”
“It is hard.”
“What the heck does that mean?”
The rankers sitting in front of me tilted their heads, chuckling to themselves.
Even though only about three people could hear the lecture up close, most of them watched it through the broadcast.
They probably tried it out with a high chance too.
There are only about 30 minutes left, but it’s totally doable.
“It’s far more intricate than just a Golem’s mana stone, but that’s exactly why we can create enough variables. The important part is the flow and understanding of mana.”
“Um…”
“Can’t Lady Lily do it instead?”
“I’m a bit tired. Even if I do, the effect would be minimal…”
Above all.
“‘Final Hitter’ reward. Aren’t you curious?”
If we kill a World Boss like that, the reward must be enormous.
At my final words, everyone’s eyes sparkled.
And among those lights, some are already challenging towards a brilliant future.
─Hwaaaah!!!
─Historical Drama Slash!
─Dragon Surge!
─Seven Cuts! Cut! Cut! Aah!
The effects were naturally minimal, but among them, there were some outstanding individuals.
─Ice Thunder God Art!!
Kwahjahjahjahjahjaack!
[Frozen Chill, Sugarado’s remaining health is 2.8%.]
“Just like Leo.”
“Leo is different…”
“Leo’s a king for sure.”
“I-I want to do it too!”
I smiled warmly, watching the fierce competition unfold.
Was this the feeling that ‘he’ had?
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