Fissure Cracks, Enchanted Shadows. North side of Apartment Boulevard.
Right now... I have arrived at the rift. I thought, if I came using my three-dimensional body, it would only lead me into the Licht Phantom Infection's control voluntarily.
Moreover, I was also not satisfied with the vision from below. So I activated the Tesseract including Mind Transmission and then asked Luna to create my divine Clone.
[Master, Activating divine Cloning requires 1 Quintillion Dinars. {Yes}/{No}]
'Um.. It's very expensive huh...? and the question is, why use balances? Isn't the concept of magic points not like that?' I again felt too inconvenienced by the existence of the digit fold system in terms of using power.
[This is the effect of the system being integrated into the earth.]
"Try activating the status panel...."
Understood, Master. Start displaying...]
[Display:]
[Balance: 999.999.999.993.897.534.991.577]
[Income: 0]
[Passive Income: 0]
"There are still a lot of turns, well what does it matter if it's only 1 Quadrillion?"
*Clicked {Yes}*
[Divine cloning has activated.]
[Display:]
[Balance: 999.998.999.993.897.534.991.577]
[Income: 0]
[Passive Income: 0]
"Can I still use a few hundred thousand times of Divine cloning?"
[Not necessarily, Master.]
"Why?"
[Every skill you use, the balance will be deducted.]
"I know, that's why there's a lot of loss. but how to get income and passive income?"
[It works the same way as you open a business and invest, but the balance in the system...the scope of the implementation category is wider and unlimited.]
'I don't understand at all...!'
"Alright. So, have you done anything to the Licht?"
[No, Master. The Licht Phantom Infection is out of my reach.]
"Then how do you get it within your reach?"
[By getting closer.]
"That's it? There's no other way?"
[For the time being, that's all.]
"Alright, I'll try to get closer. You take care of that Licht when you get the chance."
[Understood, Master.]
...
In the end, I couldn't help but get involved. why does life suck? not everywhere, always have to get involved in troublesome things. especially since it's nighttime, I haven't even relaxed my muscles since I came to earth, even though it was just this afternoon, anyway.
Step one, is to hide my real body in the Tesseract dimension and I will approach using my divine Clone. It should still be able to make Luna take action.
Once my real body was deemed safe, I exited the crack using my divine Clone and began to fly into the sky.
I saw Thousands of terrifying Enchanted Shadows coming out of the Rift Cracks. They were running around and starting to riot everywhere. Even though, there had been a warning before the rift crack opened completely, there were so many people who ignored it. And now, they were more than regretting their actions.
'What a stubborn and stupid human'. I muttered, unable to stop thinking.
Amidst the panic of the people below, each and every one of the Enchanted Shadows had a different shape with no resemblance whatsoever.
All of them are creepy. Some have the shape of a human without a brain, a human without perfect limbs, a human with eyeballs protruding out. and each type of zombie ghost of the human kind has its own characteristics and is different from one another and they all float around moving like shadows.
"Luna, how strong they are?"
[It depends on the grade level, Master]
"Explain briefly."
[The others are just ordinary warrior class...you can take them out easily.]
[As for what you need to pay attention to and focus on, the three generals who are the leaders of the Enchanted Shadows army include:]
" Three General? please tell me about it."
[Nahum, one of occupants of Divine Creatures, that looks like a giant ape and has tremendous strength. With a height of 235 meters and a weight of 80 thousand tons, Nahum towered over the world majestically. His three pairs of arms could lift 139.5 thousand tons with ease.
His courage and strength made him an unwavering guardian in battle at the Divine Creatures Altar. Nahum is also known for his wisdom and sharp justice, making him a wise leader in the Altar Divine Creatures.
He is revered by many other creatures as a symbol of justice and protection. When Nahum moved, the heavens and earth shook, and his enemies trembled before his unrivaled power].
'Ah what the hell is that thing? and again, why be so specific? I'll just say it briefly-Agh, never mind.' I got sleepy when Luna's voice in my head, like she was reading a fairy tale.
"What about the other two?" My head was spinning when I heard the description of that creature, let alone the other two.
'How can I defeat it? Why would the Rainbow Deities create such a horrible creature?'
Luna went on to explain the other two.
[Sonic Acid Screecher, a skull-headed dog with intact eyeballs and a protruding tongue whose saliva is like a 99% concentration of Sulfuric Acid and is highly corrosive. This skull head dog can also run around in the air. Its bark can produce a Frequency of 40000 Hz with a Decibel intensity of 280 dB, which is twice the noise tolerance limit that the human ear can accept,]
'What kind of dog is that? I don't remember my imagination ever thinking of something like that!' depending on previous memories, I had never known of such a creature at all.
[Starstellar Viper, A giant snake with a body diameter of 64 meters, Covering the moonlight and stars in the sky, with a serpentine body slithering through the air. Its fangs are several times larger than the fangs of the 'Behemoth' and sharper, and it can secrete venom that contains the Enchanted Shadows virus and the venom can mingle with the air carried by the wind].
'Is this...some kind of valak-snake or what?' I immediately remembered the mythological creature a Giant Snake, one of the signs of the impending doomsday.
[Basically, both the weak and the strong, all of them infect the creatures attacked by them with Enchanted and will become Shadows under the control of the Licht Phantom Infection.]
[And right now, the three General Enchanted Shadows still haven't come out from the crack of the rift, because it's not time yet.]
"....."
Too much explanation, I haven't even done anything while those people have become part of Licht's Enchanted Shadows, and the number is growing.
"Alright, let's exterminate the crocs first!"
'Wait, those humans...are they going to die too? Can I release them from Licht's Enchanted Infection?'
My divine clone soared into the sky under a flurry of bright white wings with shining white feathers scattering to add to the sparkling night stars.
After reaching an altitude of several thousand feet, I looked down and estimated.
"I think, this should be enough distance."
As far as the eye could see, the Enchanted Shadows had spread out in a radius of several kilometers. I would detect all the krocoes that had spread out, trying to finish them off in one strike.
"Luna, activate the high-level detection skill."
[Master, there are 3 Ultimate Detection Skills: Infinite Scrying¹, Ethereal Sensing², Supreme Clarity³. Which one do you choose?]
That's right, there are three ultimate skills for detection, and all of them have their own designation specifications. Since I'm currently dealing with a semi-immortal being so.... 'I've decided!'.
"Use all three!"
[Understood, Master.]
[300 Quadrillion has been deducted from the balance.]
[The Three Ultimate Skills Detection, has been activated.]
"Open the panel-wait...how much was that?!"
[Display:]
[Balance: 999.998.699.993.897.534.991.577]
'Bast*rd...!! 300 Quadrillion!? each Ultimate Skill detection alone costs 100 Quads?! how much is 1 Dinar? 276 Dollars! How many of the most advanced Spaceships in the world can I order with those 300 Quads?!!!'
'It's not exaggerating if my divine Cloning alone costs 1 Quadrillion, the problem is that it's only a detection skill, how can there be no difference?
'What about other Ultimate skills that have to use a lot of energy?!'
'Wait, I seem to have missed something...? My divine clone! It turns out that "1 Quintillion" not a Quadrillion!'
'D*mn it! Won't I quickly fall poor and weaken, if I continue to use Ultimate Skills and divine clones like this!?'
In the midst of cursing this earth-integrated system, suddenly the entire existence of the Enchanted Shadows could be seen with a dark purple dotted symbol.
Including the three generals behind the crack, they were symbolized by dark red and black dots.
For Licht himself, his presence was not detected inside the crack.
"Luna, where is Licht? Did you find it?"
[No, Master. I can't detect it either.]
"....."
I wanted so badly to speak to Luna, but that would only be a waste of energy. Luna was just a heartless AI.
And just as I was thinking about what skill would work best, a voice rang out from the air below me.
"Everyone spread out and keep your distance from them! That thing is spreading some kind of virus and if you catch it, you'll become one of them!" The voice was from one of the hybrid creature Riders with wings, he said to the other creature Riders.
When I looked at them, I felt furious and muttered in my mind.
'What's more this time? Why interrupt when I'm emotional!?'
'And that group of people... what's that "Griffin" they're riding? And the one underneath it... "Earth dragon", right?'
I couldn't fathom that the Mystical Beast of the Subliminal Verse could be on earth and become a mount. My feeling of annoyance faded and turned into a sense of wonder making my mind wonder.
'Where did they all come from? Did they enter through a crack like that Licht?'
'But how could they (humans) be able to tame those stubborn and domineering mystical animals? Who are they?'
As question after question popped into my head, a familiar voice rang out.
"Remember! Don't get hit by their attacks! Both melee and ranged...all those zombie ghost attacks can infect you!" The warning voice came from a woman with a small creature on her shoulder.
"What is that...Namira?" I muttered when I saw her from the sky, the distance of the view made me want to make sure.
"Luna, use {⁴Stellar Vision} so I can get a closer look clearly."
[Understood, Master.]
[100 Trillion has been deducted from the balance.]
[Stellar Vision has activated.]
'Hmm? it's fairly cheap this time, huh? especially since the notification of the deduction amount is also included now...even though I didn't ask for it...how come?'
"Huh...never mind! The most important thing now is that I can see long distances."
This time my vision became brighter than before, I squinted and clearly saw the woman with the creature on her shoulder who had just gotten off the helicopter.
"That's right Namira! but why is she here? there's James and Moji too, but... where's Loji? ah, never mind that guy! the question is, what are they doing here?"
Looking at the three of them, I really wanted to walk up to them to say, "It's too dangerous here! You'd better go home and relax!" yeah, more or less like that.
...
From up in the sky, I looked down on them all. Because they were all too silly to take action on a problem they couldn't even handle.
You could see the Griffin Riders struggling to dodge the attacks from the Enchanted Shadows in the air.
What about those on the ground? Obviously, the answer was even more difficult...like those Earth Dragon Riders, they were overwhelmed by the fact that their enemy could fly. Just looking at it was like an Infantry versus fighter jets, too uneven.
"Be careful, use the domain array to protect your body from their attacks!" A voice rang out, this time coming from the Cultivators.
They fought back with their inner strength and martial arts. A spiritual attack launched at the Enchanted Shadows proved to be very effective.
"Use mana bullets! And attack the core in their bodies! It will make them unable to rise again!" this time the voice came from a group of Hunters.
They were shooting at the Enchanted Shadows with rifles and arrows made of Mana Crystals.
"Don't let them attack civilians, quickly help and protect them!" This voice came from the Adventurers.
They were like a support team on the battlefield, tending to the wounded and helping to evacuate the people who were too late to evacuate.
"A very interesting sight, it's been a long time since I've seen human cohesiveness like this, should humans be hit by a disaster like this first so that they can work together?"
Realizing that human nature, which is greedy, selfish and selfish, can come together like this, made me feel nostalgic for my life a few thousand-I mean a few years ago...when I was still at university...
"Are you stupid, at a time like this, to be daydreaming?" A grumble in a small voice suddenly sounded and woke me up.
'That voice...did I say it unconsciously? It doesn't seem to be me? Is it just my feelings-'
*Trembling steps!* *Trembling steps!*
Haven't had time to finish...
*Trembling steps!* *Trembling steps!*
The violent shaking came like the pounding of footsteps. Even I, who was above the sky, was shaken.
The Calamity Ranking Rift that was currently in the sky, suddenly widened....three pairs of giant hands came out from within the rift crack forcing and loosening the rift until it widened. Followed by a foot the size of several hundred times that of a mining truck...
'Tore...tore...Crack!'
The giant foot stomped on the bottom of the rift until it tore a crack through the rift to the earth's land surface and caused massive damage around it.
'Cracking!'
A loud and savory thumping sound deafened everyone around, every time the crack increased in size. Until...
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{Ninepedia}
¹ Infinite Scrying: This ultimate skill describes an infinite detection ability and a wide range of vision. Using the word "scrying" indicates the aspect of deep sensing and focus on monitoring.
² Ethereal Sensing: This ultimate skill highlights the ability to sense or detect the presence of beings or energies that are supernatural or invisible. The term "ethereal" refers to the spiritual or non-physical world.
³ Supreme Clarity: This ultimate skill emphasizes the extraordinary clarity or sharpness of detection abilities. "Supreme" indicates a level of excellence or superiority, while "clarity" describes clarity and precision in understanding.
⁴ Stellar Vision: This middle range skill is capable of focusing a view like a multi-fold zoom with great clarity.