Then Grendel laughed even harder, genuinely amused. “No shit? Anubis’s boy? The famous one who made a contract with Valdris?”“News travels fast, I see!” Devon shouted.“Buddy, you’re basically a celebrity in the champion circles!” Grendel called back. “Even the gods are betting on how long you last! Personally, I got fifty divine coins saying you make it to round two!”“How touching! Maybe you should bounce and let me win you that bet!”“No can do!” Grendel hefted a massive sword off his back. The blade was six feet long, burning with red flames that were’t quite fire. “Here’s the offer! Your B Ranks and Valdris surrender, I kill you quick and clean! Your people can join my crew if they want! I’m generous like that!”“How about you go fuck yourself?” Ignatia shouted from the west wall. “We’re not scared of some walking protein powder ad!”“Oh, the Hephaestus girl! Your daddy’s forge makes good weapons, I’ll give him that!” Grendel pointed his massive sword at her. “But you? You’re ab

“Valdris,” Devon called out, looking over the kneeling death knight. “You good?”“I’m functional,” Valdris answered, though his armor was still cracked and leaking dark energy slowly. “My undead are spent, but I can raise more.”“Do it,” Grendel said. “We’re gonna need every body we can get. Calamity Class means even an A Rank might get folded without breaking a sweat.”“Very comforting,” Devon muttered sarcastically, pressing a hand to his spear wound. It was healing slowly thanks to his enhanced vitality, but it still hurt like hell.Danny approached him with his Apollo blessed hands glowing brightly. “Let me help with that.”“Thanks,” Devon breathed.As Dany worked on healing him, Devon checked his status for the damage.[Health: 2847/3230][Mortuary Essence (ME): 2156/3390]Could be way worse than this, truthfully. *******The compound became a flurry of preparation activity. The Hunter’s healers worked on the injured from both sides. Valdries raised the dead from the battle, swe

Seichi didn’t need to be told twice. He blurred forward, his lightning wreathed blades striking at the Titan’s other leg in rapid succession. Each precise hit took chunks off the HP bar.Ignatia poured her intense flames into the exact same leg Seichi was attacking, combining fire and lightning magic. The Titan’s leg began to visibly crack and split open, dark ichor leaking out slowly from the wounds.Devon activated his Death Realm Step, phashing into the realm between life and death. The Titan looked completely different here and more solid somehow, its shifting form locked into a single shape.He glided forward fast with his Caldemor, and when he rematerialized, he drove the blade deep into the Titan’s leg where Seichi and Ignatia had been attacking.The death magic in his sword reacted to the corruption in the Titan’s body. Instead of just cutting it, Caldemor seemed to drink the corruption, draining it like a starving beast.[Enhanced Essence Siphon activated automatically][Targ

“You've got to be fucking kidding me!” someone yelled from across the arena. “The health reset?!”This sudden change gave a signal for the champions about the difficult transition in the boss fight.“Means it’s in magic phase now!” Grendel pushed the rubles aside and got back up to his feet with no injuries except for his slightly damaged armor. “All physical fighters, fall back! Mages and anyone with energy attacks, you're up!”Despite the chaos, the people were reorganized quickly without any words. Those champions with pure physical abilities retreated to the back while the magic users and ranged energy fighters stepped forward.But when Ignatia with her flames that always blazed around her, had already launched a fireball at the void sphere protecting the core, something weird happened.The fireball entered the void mouth and just... vanished. No explosion, no impact. Just gone."It's eating attacks!" Ignatia called out. "We should~"Suddenly, the void mouth suddenly pulsed outward

Then the person body was just shattered, exploded into fragments that dissolved instantly before hitting the ground.[1 Participant Eliminated by Soul Gaze][Remaining Participants: 579]"It can... delete people?" Ignatia whispered in utter horror. "How the fuck we fight that?""Don't look at its eyes," Valdris said with strained voice. The death knight was still partially down, his armor barely holding itself together after his last blast on the second phase. "The ability needs eye contact. Avoid its gaze, avoid death.""Great. Fight a giant murder demon without looking at it," Seichi grumbled sarcastically. "This just keeps getting better and better, for real."The Titan suddenly moved, faster than its two previous forms. It charged toward the nearest group of terrified fighters, its massive fists slamming down with devastating force."Spread outttt!!!!" Someone yelled loudly in horror.The arena turned into complete chaos one more time. But now, people were learning from their past