ushernet Chapter 249 Test of Might (1/2)
Chapter 249 Test of Might (1/2)
[A/N: In chapter 247, James showed his Legendary metal, and the following dialogue revealed he was the fourth one to have reached Legendary rank in something. Correction: Not fourth, but seventh.
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"I choose...you. You are first, show me what you got."
Everyone traced King Gunther's finger and saw it pointing at Theo Gabris, the old monster with four high-ranking elemental mastery above S-rank, possessing a highly synergizing elemental combat style of a mage.
The old monsters' expressions became weird while Admiral Rudra wryly smiled.
"So I am the weakest among the ten of us?" Theo asked with a weak smile.
"According to my instincts, indeed," Gunther said with a grin.
"Ahem, shouldn't it be me?" Almond asked with a cough.
Gunther blinked as he looked at Almond and narrowed his eyes, "Are you joking? Every fiber of my being feels threatened by you more than others here."
All the old monsters looked at Almond with an even weirder expression.
Seeing them, Gunther blinked and said, "Perhaps, you all are not aware of this young adventurer' capabilities...well, nor I am, so I am eager to find out. You'll be the last."
[Silvester: Brat, it seems that you got a lot more up your sleeve than you're letting out, hahaha.]
[Aarav: So you are strongest among us, eh? Interesting.]
[Almond: This king must be confused, it's just his instincts speaking, haha.]
[Bianca: Instincts are rather reliable in our profession, especially if they are honed with experience, much like this King Gunther.]
[Theo: Brat, you better show us something good when it's your turn, hahaha.]
Theo walked forward after saying in the mana network, his body, beard, and hair glowing with colorful hues as his aura surged.
"Shoot," Gunther said as he crossed his arms.
Theo spread his arms as both of his palms whirled with two different powers—An icy cold energy and a fiery hot energy.
Afterward, he conjoined his palms with the first two fingers straightened and others bent as if gesturing a 'gun'. Both opposite temperature energies synergized and created a dark purple energy that condensed into an orb before his hands, pulsing out destructiveness.
"Next, your turn," King Gunther pointed at James.
"Tsk, knew it would be me next."
James walked forward as his legendary metal conjured into a huge two-meter fancy hand cannon extending from his right arm.
It was his specialized class's skill that further evolved with his modifications.
The cannon's patterns glimmered before James consumed all of his Mana and unleashed a laser beam that dealt constant Plasma-element damage, the advanced element made of Fire and Lightning, boosted by his legendary nanometal's adaptive power that enhanced the attack by boosting plasma element's attributes further.
King Gunther was pushed back a meter as he blocked the constant laser impact and damage, which wasn't really working on him as the laser couldn't break past the red faint energy coating around his body.
"Mhmm, not bad," King Gunther nodded.
James wryly smiled. 'I guess my attack was also weaker than Theo's attack.'
His Legendary nano-metal was not exactly offensive, but adaptive as it depended on his capabilities to bring out its potential. He had just acquired this, so he hadn't had time to utilize it better yet.
"Next, your turn," King Gunther pointed at Liang.
Liang unleashed his heavenly lightning dragon battle art with his destructive dual variant lightning, dark blue and jade green, forming a rather majestic wingless dragon with mixed colors as it rained down on King Gunther for an absolute destructive attack.
"Wonderful," Gunther said with a grin. "That was a good battle art."
"Next, you, show your move," Gunther said as he pointed at Bianca.
Bianca calmly walked forward before darkness spread around her. From within, five pulsing black daggers shot toward King Gunther as she consumed all of her Mana on executing her battle art—Five Daggers of Corroding Death.
Each dagger struck at apparent weak spots on King Gunther, making cracks in his defensive red coating.
"Wonderful!" King Gunther laughed as he recovered swiftly. "A fearsome assassin move indeed. Getting struck by this unexpectedly could cause trouble given the damage and debuffs you inflicted."
"Next, you," King Gunther pointed at Hiroshi.
"Hah," Silvester grinned. "I am stronger than you, old coot, now it's clear."
Hiroshi snorted and walked forward as he looked at King Gunther with a serious expression, "Can you evaluate who got the strongest attack move between the two of us?"
King Gunther laughed and nodded, "Sounds good. I shall be the judge for that."