Pick Me Up!

After a storm passed,

I lowered the sword I was holding.

Looking ahead, I saw the desolate landscape of the arena.

The sand that covered the ground had been completely dug up, and the exposed earth underneath was cracked as if an earthquake had struck. And atop that, the King of Beasts lay fallen.

Goo Goo Con muttered in admiration.

“Gr… uu….”

The King of Beasts was gasping for breath.

The once-proud figure was nowhere to be seen, and his entire body was covered in wounds.

He wouldn’t last long and would soon die.

Cough. Dark-colored black blood trickled from his mouth.

I did not respond to his words.

I couldn’t deny that my current strength was beyond the level of a 4-star.

The severe side effects that used to accompany the use of major skills have now been mitigated to a bearable level.

Surpass.

I realized he wasn’t just referring to reaching 7-star.

Even if I advanced to 7-star and surpassed the hero’s limit, I wouldn’t be able to completely break free from the rules of Pick Me Up. I would still be bound by the game.

“Take care of yourself.”

Kiadni laughed, baring his teeth.

Then he stopped moving.

[The divine power of the goddess statue has reached 100%!]

[The blessing of radiance is maximized!]

[The debuff in all areas of the Chaos Depths has been permanently removed!]

[Applied Buff – All hero stats increased by 30%]

The goddess statue emitted a dazzling light, then scattered into particles.

I took a deep breath and gripped the sword hilt tightly.

[Current Evolution Progress: 064 / 100]

The mission was not over yet.

So far, all I had done was lift the barrier blocking the field.

The main mission of repelling the Egg of Chaos remained.

‘The Black Dragon Blood…’

I looked at my left hand.

Crackle. A dark red lightning sparked, but its intensity was much weaker.

I wouldn’t be able to use a finish move like that again.

‘It doesn’t matter.’

My physical condition wasn’t bad.

It wasn’t as if I couldn’t use the engraving completely.

I glanced at the corpse of the King of Beasts for a moment, then stepped into the shimmering dimensional rift in the corner of the arena.

“…”

When I opened my eyes, a familiar sight came into view.

I quickly realized I was on the deck of the Lucette.

With the pilot’s desperate scream, the Lucette rapidly descended.

Something black loomed ahead.

I instinctively lay flat on the deck.

Whoosh! Crash!

Something long and black swept across the deck of the Lucette.

Steel pillars snapped like twigs and fell overboard.

Jenna, lying next to me, smiled brightly.

“You’re not late, Oppa.”

“I told you I’d hurry. So, what’s the situation now…?”

The Lucette spun around, narrowly avoiding the gap.

“It’s not looking good.”

[Chaos Depths (Level 7)]

[Applied Buff – All hero stats increased by 30%]

The Townia fleet seemed to have entered the forest.

The thing that just swept across the deck was the tentacle of the Egg of Chaos.

We had finally entered its range.

The tentacles were hundreds of meters long, still far from the main body.

‘How many are left?’

I scanned the status window of the raid team floating on the left side of my view.

About 100 were dead. Another 50 were severely injured and unable to continue fighting. So, we had around 250 combat-capable members left. The five airships were all damaged to varying degrees but none had crashed yet. The fact that all airships were still airborne was a good sign.

‘I don’t know how long we can hold out.’

The magical engine was reaching its limit, and the electric barrier of the airship was down.

I drew a dagger from my belt and threw it.

The blade pierced the head of a harpy trying to come through the bottom of the ship.

[Chimera Lv.53] x 5

Chimeras appeared in front of the Lucette, evading the tentacles.

Flames were gathering in their mouths.

Whoooosh!

A transparent barrier blocked the flames pouring down on the deck.

It was Katiio’s magic barrier.

“These guys are endless!”

Katiio gritted his teeth.

Flying monsters were still emerging from the forest.

[Danger!]

[A Dark Dimensional Gate is forming!]

Vwoooom.

Several black holes appeared in the sky above the fleet.

And from the holes, monsters began to pour out.

Monsters from above and below,

And massive tentacles several meters thick continuously attacked from the front.

Roar!

[Giant Lv.64]

A giant hand quickly approached the airship.

The Lucette accelerated once more, slipping through the fingers.

‘Even large monsters have shown up.’

If we hadn’t received the buff from the Goddess, we would have been wiped out by now.

I put my hand to my ear. Then I opened a private channel with only Edis and me.

“What’s the current situation? Have you found any other objects?”

I frowned.

It wasn’t Edis’s voice.

“Injured?”

I checked the raid window again.

‘…Damn it.’

Why hadn’t I noticed?

I had assumed Edis was safe and hadn’t properly checked her status.

I zoomed in on Party 2’s status.

A red light was on next to Edis’s name.

[‘Edis (★★★★)’ is in a critical state. Her life is in danger!]

‘Critical.’

Not good.

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