Leveling Up through Eating

Chapter 1203

Fabro’s Clone was speechless after witnessing the devastation before him.

The hundreds of Gods’ Weapons possessed egos and acted like the gods that possessed them. Although they could not use all of the skills that the gods possessed, they could use a few of their most essential attack skills and move like them.

Helenia possessed the Spark of White Flames, an Eight Pillar Disaster that could instantly wipe out hundreds of millions of lives. However, the targets of the Spark of White Flames were only limited to those present in the place where it was triggered.

On the other hand, the Gods’ Weapon Festival would summon a hundred Gods’ Weapons and slaughter all of the enemies present. And unlike Helenia’s Spark of White Flames, the Gods’ Weapon Festival could cut down the enemies swiftly. A single weapon was more than Level 1,000. Helenia’s Spark of White Flames could kill millions of lives in one second, but the Gods’ Weapon Festival could slaughter and annihilate more in five minutes.

[The Gods’ Weapons try to resist the Destruction Artifacts.]

[They cannot resist.]

When Hephaestus opened his left hand, hundreds of Gods’ Weapons were drawn to him. And when Hephaestus raised his Destruction Hammer and swung it at the weapons, dozens of weapons cracked simultaneously. Fabro’s Clone immediately denied the scene in front of him. Common sense dictated that this was not possible.

When Hephaestus had first met Minhyuk, his Destruction Artifacts had tried to break down Minhyuk’s artifacts. However, he failed to do so, as Minhyuk’s sword went beyond the God rank, the Absolute God rank, reaching the Pillar-rank level.

The weapons currently floating in front of Hephaestus were God-rank at most. A few of the Destruction Weapons had been broken because of the clash with Minhyuk’s artifacts. Still, Hephaestus had immediately repaired and reinforced them when he arrived in the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

“You will never be able to break it!”

The Master of Weapons was now in a situation where he had lost control of his weapons. Fabro’s Clone immediately boosted his power.

[Unbreakable Power.]

[The weapons’ durability has increased by 60%.]

Flash, flash, flash–!

Bright light flashed from the bodies of hundreds of God-rank weapons. Hephaestus remained unbothered. There was even a smile on his face.

The Destruction Artifacts spread out in the sky. Then, Hephaestus raised his hammer and said, “Reinforce.”

[The Destruction Hammer has been reinforced.]

The Destruction Sword flew toward the hammer and began incorporating itself into its body.

“Reinforce.”

[The Destruction Hammer has been reinforced.]

This time, the sturdy and tough spear flew and incorporated itself into the hammer’s body.

“Reinforce.”

“Reinforce.”

“Reinforce.”

“Reinforce.”

“Reinforce.”

The Destruction Hammer slowly turned black. While holding onto the blackened Destruction Hammer, Hephaestus looked at the Master of Weapons and smirked.

[The Destruction Hammer has been reinforced. Its power has increased by 64%.]

[The Destruction Hammer can break through any artifacts.]

Hephaestus grabbed the hammer with both of his hands again and swung it.

Crack, crack, crack–!

The number of weapons he broke this time was not in the dozens. More than a hundred Gods’ Weapons cracked and broke apart with one swing of his hammer.

Bang–!

With another swing, another hundred Gods’ Weapons fell apart.

Minhyuk watched Hephaestus, who was smirking and mocking the hundreds of Gods’ Weapons floating in the sky, in delight. His friend was indeed very reliable.

“Do you want me to make some artifact with this?”

This friend even gave everything to him.

It was correct to say that those broken swords were God-rank weapons carrying egos. And it even had the power of Master of Weapons Fabro! Regardless of whether they were damaged, they could still pick out the materials used to make these weapons. Of course, they couldn’t obtain all the materials previously used to make these weapons. Nonetheless, if these weapons were melted and refined under Hephaestus’ hands, they could be reborn again as outstanding artifacts.

Thud, thud, thud–!

The artifacts slowly fell to the ground. These priceless materials now belonged to the Beyond the Heavens Empire.

Hephaestus did not stop what he was doing.

Clang–!

Bang–!

Thud–!

It was as if he was showing the world his capabilities.

[This is unbelievable.]

[Master of Weapons Fabro is said to be the strongest among all of the Eight Pillars.]

[From what I had gathered, if Fabro and Obren were in their prime and fought against each other, Fabro would come out victorious.]

[But the weapons that Fabro’s Clones had taken out were broken under the hands of Beyond the Heavens Empire’s newly recruited blacksmith.]

[Perhaps Master of Weapons Fabro’s Clone has met his natural enemy?]

The Beyond the Heavens Empire was now a place that no one could overlook or ignore. Even Master of Weapons Fabro’s Clone cannot dare to do so!

The original 400 Gods’ Weapons had been reduced by around 250. Fabro’s Clone, or the Ego Sword, could not help but tremble when it saw this scene. At that moment, black energy engulfed the Ego Sword and transformed it into Fabro’s figure.

Fabro’s Clone, who was dressed in a red robe and had his black hair tied up, looked at everyone below him with contempt. As mentioned before, Fabro’s Clone crystallized Fabro’s arrogance and greed.

Because of this arrogance, it wanted to prove to the world that the Master of Weapons was the strongest Pillar in the past and the present. It tried to show its greatness by slaughtering and annihilating the entire Beyond the Heavens Empire without lifting a finger, though it realized this was impossible.

However, was Master of Weapons Fabro hailed on equal grounds with Obren because he could handle and command the Gods’ Weapons? Obren was someone who used millions of books to slaughter his enemies. It did not make sense for Fabro to be equal to him at this level alone, right? The real reason why Master of Weapons Fabro was strong was because he could freely handle and use hundreds of weapons.

Fabro’s Clone stretched its hand toward the bow, one of the Gods’ Weapons that had not yet broken down.

Shwaaaaaa–!

Fabro’s Clone pulled the strings of the bow.

[You have exceeded Bow Mastery Level 20.]

[You have exceeded Bow Mastery Level 28.]

[You have exceeded Bow Mastery Level 35.]

[You have exceeded Bow Mastery Level 40.]

The passive skill Bow Mastery was a skill that increased the bow’s accuracy rate, piercing rate, and critical hit rate with each increase in level. An average player could only improve their Bow Mastery’s level up to Level 9. And it would take them a very long time to increase its level by one.

Many rankers had not yet reached Mastery Level 9, regardless of whether they used the sword, the bow, or the spear. Why? The concept of Weapon Mastery depended on a wide variety of factors. The list was long, but it also included wielding the sword several times and the depth of one’s understanding of the weapon.

Now, Fabro’s Clone’s Bow Mastery had increased to Level 40 just by holding a bow. He then released the strings of the bow.

Boom–!

As the arrow shot forward, the air sounded as if it had been ripped apart. No one could respond to its speed.

Thud–!

The arrow pierced through Hephaestus’ chest.

“...!”

“I can’t believe you’re already happy just because you broke several weapons.”

Fabro’s Clone’s gaze was filled with contempt as it looked at the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire. Then, it raised its bow and shot several arrows right away.

The vassals, beaten once, tried to protect Hephaestus by knocking the arrows away.

Shwaaaaaa–!

Suddenly, the arrows changed trajectory and aimed straight for Hephaestus’ neck.

Thud–!

This time, the arrow went for his legs.

Thud–

Thud, thud, thud–!

The arrows flew and struck Hephaestus non-stop. In the first place, the fact that a normal arrow could pierce through a god's skin was something that did not make sense. On top of that, Hephaestus received ridiculous damage even though he was only hit by basic attacks.

The first thought that appeared in the head of Hephaestus, who had arrows stuck all over his body, was to blame himself.

‘As expected, what can someone like me do…? What if the people curse me? I tried to appear as cool as possible but ended up like this?’

Just then, a voice rang in his ears. The voice said, “You’re the best.”

The dozens of vassals looked back at the kneeling Hephaestus. They could see that he was doing his best not to fall, even though he was just holding on with his incredible mental strength alone. Their faces were filled with respect and admiration. Then, he heard the millions of people and soldiers cheering behind him.

“Hephaestus! Hephaestus!”

“Hephaestus! Hephaestus!”

A small smile appeared on Hephaestus’ face. Then, Minhyuk patted him on the shoulder and said, “Get some rest, Hephaestus.”

The smiling Hephaestus finally lost consciousness. Thankfully, Hephaestus was a god and would not die easily.

Meanwhile, everyone saw Fabro’s Clone grab a sword.

[Your Sword Mastery has reached Level 56!]

The Master of Weapons could achieve different levels of Weapon Mastery depending on which weapon he was using. A higher mastery of the sword meant that the weapon that he mainly used was the sword.

Fabro’s Clone had already noticed the abilities and skills the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire had through the Gods’ Weapons.

“I can’t believe the current Master of Weapons is so afraid of this empire.”

‘No. Maybe this is a different story?’

The one that the current Master of Weapons had talked about was “Minhyuk” and not the vassals. Fabro’s Clone immediately turned its gaze toward Minhyuk. It could be seen that Minhyuk’s momentum and force were outstanding. However, it did not warrant such fear. That was why it could not understand why Alexander acted like that.

At that moment, dozens of vassals jumped at Fabro’s Clone at the same time. Fabro’s Clone just cackled at them. It was not just them. Some people fell from the sky. They were none other than the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s high rankers. They had been riding Death’s Bone Dragon and jumped down while the vassals leaped at Fabro’s Clone.

Minhyuk started to cook.

“???”

Fabro’s Clone, who saw the scene, was left dumbfounded. Of course, he had heard bits and pieces from Alexander’s stories. He had heard that the man could give ridiculously strong and borderline cheat-like buffs. Regardless, a cooking buff was just temporary. Was he going to make a single bowl of food to deal with itself?

Dozens of attacks shot toward Fabro’s Clone. Ares’ feet fell from the sky while Khan’s clenched fists shot out. Ben’s spear aimed for his neck while Brod’s sword lunged at the clone like an agitated and angry wolf.

Just then, hundreds of weapons flew out and built a shield that protected Fabro’s Clones. The shield then began to cut the enemies.

Swoosh–!

Ben, who was the first one to get cut down, groaned. Then, it spun around and swung its sword at Brod. Blood spurted out from Brod’s huge and strong body.

Fabro’s Clone was floating like a butterfly but stinging like a bee. And just like that, it forced more than fifty of the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s powerhouses down to the ground.

It found the situation very funny. Were these the strongest vassals of the most powerful empire of the current era?

“Weapon Explosion.”

Weapons three times stronger than Alexander’s shot out and began to explode.

Bang, bang, bang–!

The weapons exploded one after another as the vassals fell from the sky. And Fabro’s Clone? It stared at Minhyuk, who was moving ten times faster than usual and had finished the dish incredibly fast. Just when the clone was about to swing its sword at him and mock him, he was met by someone else.

“Weapon Explosion.”

Bang, bang, bang–!

“...?”

Another Weapon Explosion fell upon Master of Weapons Fabro’s Clone. Hundreds of weapons protected the clone that stood amidst the exploding weapons. The other Master of Weapons, who fell from the sky, attacked the clone, but none of his weapons reached it. It was Alexander.

Alexander looked at the clone in confusion.

“The Master of Weapons is the strongest.”

The clone knew it too. Alexander’s mission was to cut itself down. Alas, it would not let Alexander do so quickly. Fabro’s Clone stretched its hand out, releasing a rope that bound Alexander tightly. It only took three seconds for Alexander to be incapacitated.

After doing that, Fabro’s Clone turned to look at the cooking Minhyuk as if he were looking at a bug. It only took five minutes for the man to finish cooking his dish.

BANG–!

A pillar of light fell on the bowl of food. When the pillar of light fell, a few Beyond the Heavens vassals ran away.

“What can you even do with a single bowl of food?” The clone grinned arrogantly as he mocked Minhyuk. “Eat. Go on and eat. That’s all you can do.”

Fabro’s Clone was confident that Minhyuk would be unable to deal with itself even if he ate that bowl of food and became stronger. His arrogance made him relax.

Minhyuk paid him no mind and began to eat his dish. Fabro’s Clone just crossed his arms and watched Minhyuk eat leisurely.

“Why are you…”

Hearing Alexander’s words, Master of Weapons Fabro’s Clone turned to look at him. He, who fell on the walls of the empire, had his body bound tightly. Then, its gaze returned to Minhyuk as it said, “The strongest Pillar is the Master of Weapon. This is a fact. And it will never change whether in the past, the present, or the future.”

The clone thought Alexander was asking it why it wanted to go this far. But Alexander’s expression remained confused and dumbfounded.

“What the hell are you talking about? Why did you come to the Beyond the Heavens Empire like a madman?”

“Killing them all at once is easy…”

“Can’t you understand what I mean?” Alexander spat out in frustration. “Right now, you have delivered yourself into the mouth of the tiger.”

“???”

Fabro’s Clone looked at Alexander in confusion. Alexander saw how it tore apart the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire and left them in pieces. So, why was he saying that it had delivered itself to the mouth of the tiger?”

Then, a bright light flashed. Someone had appeared right next to Fabro’s Clone. It had placed a hand on its shoulder as it gulped something down.

[Fabro’s Clone? I know Fabro, but this is my first time hearing anything about a clone. I’ve met him once before. Of course, that was when I was in my berserk state. But from what I recall, I dug out his right eye.]

“...”

A tremendous pressure appeared behind Fabro’s Clone. However, it was known that Obren was now in a weakened state. Another hand landed on his other shoulder when it tried to turn around to deal with Obren.

“Ah. Is this punk Fabro’s Clone? When that one-eyed punk came, he was very rude. So, I dug out his remaining eye. But it seems like it’s already healed. Ah, you should remember who I am, right?” A voice filled with mirth whispered coldly in the ears of the clone. “I am the Supreme.”

“...!”

Fabro’s Clone suddenly felt numb. Then, the two people holding onto his shoulders spoke simultaneously.

[Shall I dig it out again?]

“Shall I dig it out again?”

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