In the dungeon room where Thep was trapped, a group of more than hundreds of Kobolds and Gobelins could be seen launching themselves forward to the ongoing slaughter, all were driven by madness, controlled by the dungeon.
Thep was letting himself go loose. His instincts taking the command seat and while he still had his clarity it wasn't really used.
As he been identified as a God by the dungeon? It wasn't possible. Even if his soul looked like thoses of the Gods. It had to be different. The only explanation was a coincidence.
Because they killed so many monsters with Ais the dungeon took them as future threat. So trying to get ride of them he was isolated and then put into a monster party.
But he didn't give a fuck about that. The twisted Cheshire smile never leaving his face, Thep was really going on a rampage. His teeth sharp as knifes were giving him a really crazed vibe wich was only accented by his eyes taking unspeakable forms
Without weapons, only with his teeth and nails, he was slaughtering everything that came at him. Injuries accumulating on his bruised body.
He couldn't care less about that. He already activated a [Pain nullification] rune in his brain knowing that it would hinder his movements if he didn't.
But even then he couldn't hold all of them by himself. The exilia gained from them wasn't directly applied to his body. And while his Mana was theorically infinite, his stamina wasn't. The rescue team would only arrive in some hours and he COULD NOT survive thoses hours without a boost.
"HAHAHAHA!!! Do you think you could kill me with only that! You don't stand a chance against me! In less than 5 years you will be my property!" Releasing a crazed laughter, the words of a madman slipped from his tongue. Probably directed at the dungeon
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Runes were something that was everywhere. From the composition of an atom to the complete structure of a human being. They composed what would make something special.
It was a concept just before the soul even before reality or the laws of a world. It could bend to create almost anything without going through the differents phases.
But It didn't mean you shouldn't. Some things could be even more powerful following steps but to do it one should have an incredible imagination.
If you could do everything step by step it means you could also create new things. Power and concepts never seen before. Rewriting reality wouldn't be a stretch.
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But the maximum Thep was able to do was creating something step by step. It wasn't even close to the peak of the runes. But now a spark of genius appeared into his mind.
Facing all thoses monsters Thep body slowly changed. 'If I can use pain nullification on my mind why could I not strengthen my body?' Remembering what his Master Thep now had only three words in his head.
'Evolve or Die' The birthmark on his eyes slowly glowed green before spreading across the side of his face separating into different kinds of hieroglyphs as his whole body glowed with a green hue, rapidly getting stronger.
[Friction Isolation]; [Thermal Isolation]; [Thoughts Acceleration]; [Sharpening]; [Hardening]; [Full Muscles Potential]; [Velocity Boost]; [Three hits in one]
Thep slashed with a might not seen before, his five nails severing the corps of the monsters into slabs of meats. Blood gushing everywhere, even more than before.
"I SEE NOW. AHAHAHA!! THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED TO DO!" Again with a face twisted from madness Thep dashed into the group of monsters leaving only destruction and blood puddles in the ground.
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After some hours the rescue team finally arrived. The veterans weren't deranged by the thick smell of blood. But new adventurers were vomiting on the ground or holding their stomachs, all were white as ghosts. The scene in front of them was a carnage.
Blood everywhere, intestines spilled on the ground, severed heads almost everywhere and lots of monster cores still embedded in them. In the center of all of this a young man was lying on the ground unconscious.
Everyone that looked at him was stunned, not only he was really young but his face and body were almost ethereal, approaching the looks of a God of beauty.
"Onii-san!" Most of the men clicked their tongues at thoses words and even some womens. Ais actually showed quite a bit of emotions since Thep got trapped. Loki while extremely surprised at that quickly sent a rescue party to look for him.
What nobody expected was the sheer number of monsters in the room and the fact that all of them were killed by a level 1 alone. Going to his side Ais could see that most of his wound weren't deep and that his body didn't seem to have broken bones.
But touching him, his muscles were as soft as milk wich she remembered happened to her at the start of her training at night. Yes because of the heavy strain on his body after using runes to strengthen himself without proper training.
Thep muscles were sore and completely exhausted. He passed out mid-combat with the last enemy, using [Instincts based auto-pilote] to help him finish the job.
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[The Job SA of the runes attained the level cap.]
[Attempting to find materials for the evolution.....]
[Do you wish to use (Material)Secret training?]
[Y/N?]
Mentally clicking on the yes Thep was curious about what knowledge he would obtain.
[(Job)SA of the runes became Runic Master congratulation!]
[Attempting to send Job class gifts....]
[Rank of the Job insufficient, re-try at the next evolution]
[Runic Master]
Rank: Orange
Details: A true Master at using the runes. Be it on your body, on the enemies the floor, walls or ceiling everything can be written on. Your runes can now be permanent.
[Doom completed]
[Rewards granted! You obtained Leviathan]
[Leviathan]
Rank: ☆☆☆☆☆
Details: The beast at the origin of the extermination of the Atlantes. A beast of destruction, she do in water what the Behemoth do on earth
'This seems.... pretty cool....'
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Waking up in a room that he recognised as it was the same he used at the Twilight Manor, Thep looked around to find Loki looking at him with her usual smile
Waving her head as a greeting she said "Sooo? Care to explain this time kid? Obviously no level 1 can normally survive a monster party of this size especially if their alone. I already checked and updated your status, so I know you're level 1 but there's surely more to it than that right? And don't bullshit me with the "Your kid" card like last time."
She still had her smile but it seemed colder now. Thinking about what he was about to say Thep just had an idea. Looking at Loki with a serious gaze he dropped a bombshell by saying
"I am a god." Loki eyes opened like saucers, her smile completely gone. "If this is a fucking prank kid your gonna have more than just monsters to be worried about." Thep nodded at that and continued.
"Actually I am not from this world and gods there are slightly different. I was send here randomly but I can safely say that I am not a threat to you. Heck you could say I am your greatest ally."
Loki seemed to calm down quite a bit as she looked at me suspiciously. "And how would you prove that?" I added soundproof attributes and anti-spying to the walls, ceiling and floor to make sure no Thots or Old mans could hear us.
Loki looked around as the green runes started embedding themselves into the walls and disappeared little by little.
"Soundproof and anti-spying barriers." She nodded in understanding. "So what can you tell me that would make you my greatest ally?" Loki asked, still with her serious face wich made Thep somehow uncomfortable.
"First Ais is the daughter of Albert Waldstein also called the Sword champion." This revelation again caused Loki eyes to open widely. Not a lot of peoples, gods included knew about this.
And even then all of them thinked the child to be dead, knowing the child of THIS person was in her familia was quite incredible for her. "So you're saying what I think you're saying?" Thep nodded before destroying what Loki believed in even more.
"After, the 59th floor isn't some super ice field like the Zeus and Hera familia said, it's a jungle at first and then just a field covered of the ashes of monsters. And that's all I will tell you before you trust me"
Loki looked quite shaken at this but soon started smiling evilly. "If what you're saying is true.... we have one of the best advantages against the other familias... you know you're really my best ally Thep-chan~" She tried to hug him but only got his bed as a result.
"Now do we have a deal? I mean I start to like this familia but I still need you to accept me...." He had his hand extended towards her waiting for her to make a choice.
Loki looked at his green eyes to see some fear passing by them. At the view of this she smiled warmly for one time and taking his hand she responded.
"Deal!" But then Ais barged into the room with her expressionless face.
"You recovered, Thep-Onii-san" She smiled warmly at him. Making him fall to the ground on one knee clutching his heart. Looking at that she started panicking and Loki started laughing.
While she was making sure that he was okay a new resolve formed into Thep head. 'Must... protect.... the small' before gaining a happy smile for the rest of the day.