Chapter 324 - An Unsatisfying Victory (2/2)
As if it was a deadly virus, a layer of cyan-colored ice had appeared around Argentum before spreading towards the Volcanic Serpent Monarch at breakneck speeds, catching the large snake off guard. Before the large snake could put up its defenses, the cyan-colored ice had already covered its surroundings, reducing the snake's defenses to an incredibly low level as a faint layer of ice covered its body. In fact, if one looked at the snake closely, the viscous red fluid flowing between the seams of its scales had now solidified into a maroon-colored rock.
At this moment, the Volcanic Serpent Monarch could not move its body anymore, though it could still move its eyes to look at what its prey was about to do to it. Surprisingly, as it watched the opponent it was up against gradually getting closer to it, it felt like its opponent did not want to do something like this, but had to since it was up against someone as strong like the Volcanic Serpent Monarch.
After evolving to the next rank, the Volcanic Serpent Monarch could now sense more than ever before, finally getting an idea of what was about to happen to it. Although it could escape, it felt like its end would still be inevitable, so instead of becoming angry at the one it thought as a weakling, it had accepted its fate as it now considered the weakling as someone superior than it…
Though in reality, it still continued to squirm around in its encasing, wanting to achieve greater power in the future. Of course, Argentum wouldn't let that happen as he looked at the large snake and sighed. He then raised his hand as multiple motes of cyan light appeared near the ceiling of the hall. If one counted the number of motes, then it would come to a total of 81.
”Well, I guess you can consider it your luck that you're going to die under this move,” Argentum said before letting out a disappointed sigh. ”But to be honest, I really don't want to do this. This victory feels so unsatisfying. Anyways…”
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”[Eighty-One Meteors of Frozen Grandeur]!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In less than an instant, the 81 motes of cyan light had expanded into large meteors of ice, crashing against the snake's body encased in ice as loud explosion sounds reverberated throughout the hall one after the other. Eventually, the explosions stopped, revealing the aftermath of the skill Argentum had cast.
It went without saying that the snake's existence was nowhere to be seen at this point. Well, if one looked closely, then tiny ice shards that contained the bits and pieces making up the Volcanic Serpent Monarch could be seen scattered throughout the hall amidst larger ice shards. Other than that, the current sight was akin to an icy wasteland, the exact opposite of what the hall looked like before.
With a long sigh, Argentum deactivated [Niflheim Horizon], removing the layer of cyan-colored ice on the ground as he could not help but say, ”If I were up against a Rank 5 Animate, then I might have thought that using something like that would have been satisfying. Nevertheless, the true power of [Sage's Water Magic] is incredibly terrifying.”
”No, wait. It's better to say that achieving the True Element level of affinity on an element is the terrifying one,” Argentum continued, his previously rekindled flame to achieve the True Element level of affinity for the other elements now rekindled once more. Although he wanted to do just that, he knew that he was not in the right place at the moment, placing the thought at the back of his head as he waited for the disembodied voice to announce the end of the first trial.
Fortunately, it did not take long for the disembodied voice to do so. In fact, a hint of disbelief could be heard from its voice as its voice reverberated throughout the hall, ”T-the inheritor has defeated the Rank 4 Volcanic Serpent Monarch…signaling the successful end of the first trial…”
”Due to unforeseen circ.u.mstances, the inheritance has decided to bestow the inheritor a chance to obtain skills or items within the inheritance on or under the Prodigy grade,” it continued, only to say soon after, ”No, wait. Scratch that. The inheritance has decided to increase the inheritor's grade to Chaos Prodigy grade, the grade after Prodigy. With that, the inheritance has decided to bestow the inheritor a chance to obtain skills or items within the inheritance on or under the Chaos Prodigy grade.”
”Chaos Prodigy grade, huh,” Argentum muttered to himself, excited to see what he could obtain with a heightened grade. Then again, he was also nervous of what would happen in the subsequent trials now that his grade had been upgraded to another level. Nevertheless, he knew that there was no point thinking about the future right now, prompting him to head towards the doorway that had just opened, allowing him to head back to the seemingly lavish room he was in before.
On the other hand, the disembodied voice was left on its own in the hall, resounded throughout the hall for a bit as it muttered, ”A being that's well-versed in the four elements, has a superb level of comprehension skills, and is a Pseudo-Animate on top of that? Only one being fits that criteria.”
Soon after, it let out a light yet mischievous giggle as it continued, ”Hehehe…to think that he would enter my inheritance.”
”Eleanor…”
”It seems we're truly fated to meet.”
”I wonder what kind of expression you'd have when you see me again?”