It was night.
Inside the Far East Mansion.
Enjoying Haruhime's ear-cleaning service, Eugene's quietly closed eyes suddenly opened.
[Ding! You have stacked a magic spell to 100 layers!]
[New achievement "Quantitative Change" unlocked, rewarding Advanced Gift Package x1! Gacha Ticket x10!]
In the system panel, Eugene's magic slot for Flame Breath now had a suffix of $C$! The Roman numeral $C$ represents one hundred!
A full one hundred layers of enhancement!
Eugene, by constantly killing monsters, had managed to stack a minor skill up to the level of a major ultimate ability. He was now confident that the power of this single breath of fire even exceeded the Giant's Breath!
[You have completed a high-intensity accumulation of a magic spell and have met the conditions for a qualitative leap evolution.]
[Do you wish to evolve?]
Eugene's eyes lit up. This gameplay is getting more complex; a skill tree is appearing!
"Evolve!" he mentally commanded. In the next second, the massive stamina and magic power within his body surged into a giant black hole!
Holy smokes!!?
Eugene's smile froze. He hadn't expected that evolving a single magic spell would consume such a huge amount of stamina and magic power!
The stamina and magic power he had accumulated for so long quickly dropped by half!
If he hadn't activated the Infinite ability, wouldn't this have drained him completely?
Of course, without Infinite, this wouldn't have happened. One could only say that everything was the arrangement of fate!
Eugene painfully felt the loss of stamina and magic power. A moment later, when his remaining reserves sharply dropped to one-third, a brand new magic slot finally popped up on the system panel!
[Demon Flame: A linked magic based on Flame Breath, allowing for free manipulation of the breath's form, temperature, and other elements.]
Crap, isn't this Sasuke's Amaterasu: Kagutsuchi! Eugene internally complained.
He hoped the magic he spent so much energy on wasn't just a useless spell.
He nudged his head into Haruhime's embrace and closed his eyes again to enjoy the service.
At the same time, in the Dungeon, the Minotaur-form Eugene punched a Minotaur (not a Minotaur in a Minotaur-form) to death, raised his hand to absorb its stamina, and simultaneously summoned a pile of magic potions, chugging them down frantically.
The immediate priority was to replenish his stamina and magic power.
The thick-skinned Minotaurs were a good choice. Now that Eugene was wealthy, he had plenty of magic potions.
Moo—
As he was recovering, a few more appeared before him.
Damn it, at this rate, the next skill I max out will be the Minotaur's War Cry!
The Hellhound's inherent Surround skill can only be used by its own kind! It's not even as good as the Killer Ant's pheromone summoning!
"Time to test the new magic."
Eugene raised his finger and carefully expelled a tiny flame towards his fingertip, afraid of singeing his fur.
Inferno Breath - Demon Flame, Activate!
Driven by Eugene's magic power, the expelled flame rapidly condensed into a sphere at his fingertip.
Not only that, but at Eugene's will, it could also attach itself to his hand. Aside from being very hot, it didn't even burn his fur.
One could only say that magic is truly wondrous!
With a flick of his hand, Eugene transformed the flame into a javelin. Time to test the power!
He swung his arm, and a stream of fiery light shot through the air, accurately hitting the Minotaur's chest.
Hiss!
A very brief sound of melting echoed in the air. The Minotaur ran a few steps, suddenly sensed something, and looked down at the charred hole in its chest.
The next second, it collapsed weakly onto the ground, turning into ashes.
"Not bad at all!" Eugene's eyes sparkled. The condensed flame, though smaller in area, had significantly increased power and penetration.
He then recalled the Luminous Wind area-of-effect attack Ryuu used when fighting Dix that day.
Hmm...
After recalling the details, Eugene held another mouthful of fire in his mouth.
This time, instead of spitting it out all at once, he slowly blew out a suspended fireball, like blowing bubblegum.
The fireball seemed alive, its fiery glow constantly flickering.
As Eugene's thoughts changed, it rotated, flew up and down, and performed various movements.
Then it split and merged again. Under Eugene's control, the flame's form became very nimble.
He looked into the distance, his eyes narrowing.
Whoosh!
The flame dashed in a straight line towards the charging Minotaur, its speed on par with the regular breath attack!
Just as it was about to reach the Minotaur, Eugene changed his mind again, and the flame exploded out of thin air, splitting into large and small fireballs that encircled several Minotaurs.
Condense!
Mimicking the manipulation of Ebony Maw from The Avengers, he made the flames rapidly spin and sharpen, forming spirals of fire cones.
The next second, a dense rain of fire hurled toward the Minotaurs.
Puff, puff, puff!!
The intensely hot fire cones passed through the flesh as easily as paper.
Even the Level 2 monsters, known for their high endurance, were left with large, scorched holes as the cones zipped through them.
After traversing back and forth over a dozen times, the flames only slightly diminished in size, a testament to their negligible effort against them.
Now I'm really inseparable from fire...
Eugene satisfactorily observed the nimble and dangerous streams of fire.
At his will, they transformed into fire nets, fire rockets, fire guns, and fire shields, finally morphing into a fire dragon hovering in mid-air.
People in this different world had probably never seen a dragon of this form. And it would become one of Eugene's trademarks.
Towards the stone walls on either side, Eugene extended his five fingers and twisted his wrist. The dancing fire dragon coiled up in mid-air, poised to strike.
Crack!
Eugene tightly clenched his fist, and the fire dragon spread its claws and fangs, lunging relentlessly towards the stone wall, erupting in a massive boom!
This move was far nimbler than a simple breath attack and condensed even more terrifying magic power.
Once unleashed, it could be a group attack, continuous harassment, or it could encircle an enemy and deliver a fatal blow from behind!
A single bullet that hits its mark is better than a barrage. More precise control is the key to increasing combat power.
Excellent, excellent!
Eugene looked at the rock wall, which had large, deep craters carved into it, and raised his hand to extinguish the still-burning flames.
The Dungeon's recovery mechanism would help him cover his tracks.
Even the Loki Familia should quiet down these past two days. The staging of the Monster Fes had everyone in anticipation.
The entire Orario would become lively.
However, Eugene knew this festival wouldn't go smoothly.
Even though he had sapped Bell's courage and changed the plot points related to him, the plan of the City Destroyer, "Enyo," would not be affected.
A new type of monster would appear at the Monster Fes. That would be the moment the true feast was unveiled.
And to welcome such a grand banquet, Eugene wouldn't mind lighting a brilliant and dangerous torch for it.
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