[Congratulations on your first champion brutal kill!]
[The system rewards you…]
[Reward: 100 EXP]
[Level 1: 100/100]
Level Up!!
[Congratulations! You've now reached Level 3]
[Level2: 0/200]
'Hm?...'
It was unexpected, but somehow, he had gained EXP from killing Lulu—and even leveled up.
'That means… if I keep slaughtering them in different ways, I'll receive EXP?'
[Yes… and with a certain amount of EXP, you can level up and evolve, becoming twice as strong as you are now.]
'Really? Hehehe… I guess I'm Belly the Butcher. Now… let's have fun.'
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"Lulu!!!"
Raymond's voice cracked as he turned pale, his gaze falling on her headless body lying on the ground.
"Boo… This can't be… We… we were going to build a family together… No, no, no, nooo…"
"Well, I guess that won't be happening anymore. So sad." Victor smirked. "Just remember—she was an easy kill… Pathetic."
He was truly enjoying this.
Raymond's trembling gaze locked onto Victor. His eyes bulged, red veins crawling across his face like cracks in glass.
His teeth clenched so tightly that they began to crack. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
"YOU… BASTARD!!! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL TEAR YOU APART!!!"
A massive surge of energy erupted from him, flaring into the air.
The temperature spiked, the atmosphere igniting as if the air itself had caught fire.
The ground beneath him, once covered in lush grass, blackened and scorched beyond recognition. A heatwave expanded outward, spreading across a 30-kilometer radius, forming a dome-like inferno—a miniature sun burning within.
'Err… it's getting pretty hot here,' Victor mumbled.
He stole a glance at Ashen, who stood beside him, struggling to neutralize the heat with an invisible force that acted as a shield.
Ashen had regained his composure after feeling the heat, though his body had initially frozen due to his agoraphobia—paralyzed by Victor's sudden appearance.
'What is going on…?'
Before he could finish the thought—
CRACK!
Victor's arm swung down, crushing Ashen completely.
His body exploded into mangled flesh and blood, momentarily visible before the scorching heat incinerated it to ash.
Another easy kill.
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[Congratulations! You have brutally killed a First grade champion.]
[100 EXP has been received.]
[Level 2: 100/200 EXP]
Victor barely reacted as the heatwave surged toward him. His dragon scales were heat-resistant—keeping him from being vaporized for now.
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[One minute remaining before Draconic Overdrive runs out of energy.]
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'Fuck… I better kill him quickly…'
Raymond vanished.
At least, that's what it looked like.
His speed surpassed the limitations of any man, shattering world records multiple times over.
Everything slowed.
In reality, it wasn't teleportation—the faint ripples in the air traced an arc from where he had stood, revealing his true movement.
Humans were incapable of wielding more than one ability—any attempt would cause their cells to rupture, leading to a gruesome explosion.
That meant there was only one explanation.
Raymond had pushed his combustion ability to the extreme.
He gathered every ounce of volatile energy within his body—his entire being becoming a conduit for hellfire.
His fist ignited, burning with an inferno so intense that it spiraled around his arm like a living entity.
He swung.
A massive blast of flames erupted, its force so great that distinct fire rings spiraled outward.
Victor's eyes widened.
'Shit…'
The sheer heat was melting trees kilometers away, their forms withering and collapsing before disintegrating into nothing.
It spread like a plague.
Meanwhile—
BOOM!!
Victor was launched across the forest at full force.
He felt the thick flames as if they were solid, his body crashing through trees, tumbling like a ragdoll before finally slamming into the earth.
"Uhh… Bastard's strong…" he groaned, his voice laced with pain.
His once-impenetrable dragon scales had failed him.
The infernal heat had burned them to their limit—his skin charred and blistered.
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[Time up!]
[Draconic Overdrive has been deactivated. Cooldown: 5 minutes.]
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His body shrank, reverting to its frail, human form.
Weak.
Pathetic.
Useless.
"Fuck… I don't have that much time… I might be dead before my skill recharges…!"
"Don't worry. You'll be dead soon."
The voice came from the side.
Victor barely registered it before—
CRACK!
A brutal double-legged kick slammed into his ribs, launching him through another tree.
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[ - 10H]
Health: [88/100]
[WARNING!!!!]
[Ding! Five ribs have been fractured!]
[Ding! Left lung has been punctured by broken ribs!]
[Ding! Left hand has been twisted!]
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Cough! Cough! Cough!
Each cough splattered blood onto the ground.
Breathing became agonizing.
Raymond had burned his flesh—and now someone had nearly kicked him to the afterlife while his skill was on cooldown.
Had Draconic Overdrive still been active, his scales would have absorbed the impact.
Now?
He was helpless.
"Hm? Where did that beast go?"
A familiar voice sneered.
"So… you transformed into a human to fool us, huh? Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"Amik!! He's mine!!"
Raymond's deep, guttural tone rumbled like distant thunder.
He stalked forward—his movements no longer human, but beast-like.
The slow, deliberate approach of a predator about to savor its meal.
"I don't care what you are," Raymond growled. "Your end is now."
Victor coughed, blood dripping from his lips.
Then, despite his battered state—
He grinned.
"You know…" he rasped. "There's something funny about all this."
Raymond's eyes narrowed.
"You're fighting so hard over a woman," Victor chuckled weakly. "Trust me—the dream you had with her? It was never meant to be. Sooner or later, it would have ended… in this accursed world."
Raymond froze.
"The world is ending, and you thought you could live happily? With a family?" Victor scoffed. "Don't make me laugh."
His bloodied lips curled into a smirk.
"You should thank me," he whispered.
"I solved the problem for you."
"Hehehe…."
"YOU BASTARD!!!"
Raymond roared, his voice echoing like an enraged god's decree.
"I WILL BURN YOU!!! I WILL BURN YOU UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT!!!"
A colossal fireball formed above him—far larger than the last.
The sheer heat ignited the surrounding forest, the land turning barren before the flames even touched it.
Victor's eyes widened.
'Did I… go too far?'
[Your injuries are not that severe. Survive for one minute until full recovery.]
[Quest Received!]
[Slaughter the two who are trying to kill you—in the worst way you see fit.]
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