CHAPTER 888: CHAPTER 688: A NEWCOMER BREAKS INTO THE BATTLEFIELD

"Boom!"

In the ruins that had become a sea of flames, the relentless firestorm started to reverse its flow.

In the most valiant roar of the pigmen, their onslaught upon this labyrinth met an unexpected counterattack.

"Boom!"

A mighty sword strike cut through the air, deflecting the fiery arrows falling from above.

"Boom!"

Arm clad in gauntlets thrust forward, scattering the fiery arrows attacking from the side.

"Boom!"

Thick legs whipped and exploded the fiery arrows coming directly at them.

"Boom!""Boom!""Boom!""Boom!""Boom!"...

Amidst the booming sounds, the pigmen warriors, roaring within the sea of flames, either swung their swords or used their limbs, single-handedly repelling the firestorm, dismantling a wide-scope destructing magic capable of burning an entire floor of the underground city with their ultimate defense.

"...No way?"

Theona was dumbfounded as if witnessing something incomprehensible.

"Impossible..."

Theone also froze, holding her breath.

"...!"

Ais widened her eyes slightly, her hand holding the sword involuntarily trembled.

"Damn monster...!"

Bert, too, seemed stunned by this scene, baring his fangs.

The city’s strongest adventurer demonstrated before everyone’s eyes what it meant to be the strongest, dispersing the sea of flames with sheer physical prowess.

Abilities honed to the utmost and battle techniques erupted completely, letting the observers understand why this pigman is a ’Martial Artist’, why a ’King’, and why a ’Warrior’.

Pure strength, pure dedication, pure tenacity that only knows how to become stronger, honing oneself, exploded before everyone.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh...!"

Under the valiant roar, the pigman monster wielding a great sword smashed the ground, scattered the sea of flames, and charged fiercely at Reiger, whose entire body was enveloped in wind.

"Clang!"

In the atmosphere-shaking clash of metal, the fiery and smoking great sword struck heavily on Reiger’s hurriedly raised crystalline long sword, unleashing amazing power as before, sending Reiger flying backward.

Reiger controlled the wind surrounding him, passed through the sea of flames, stabilized his posture, but the massive figure of the pigman warrior appeared again.

"Clang—Clang—Clang—Clang—Clang—"

One mighty sword strike after another fell, forcing Reiger, who barely held his position, to be shot backward repeatedly, almost crashing into the labyrinth’s walls.

"Bang!"

Another sword strike followed, hitting the wall behind Reiger, who narrowly evaded, shattering the wall completely.

Ota turned his complete defense into a full-on offensive, pursuing Reiger like a charging wild boar relentlessly, delivering mountain-splitting strikes.

Changing from ’absolute defense’ to ’absolute offense’, the [Warrior], once suppressed by Reiger, fought back.

Taking a closer look, Ota seemed hardly wounded, proving Reiger’s previous suppression was merely superficial.

At first glance, it seemed Ota was restrained, but practically he wasn’t severely hurt, which is why Finn was confident in saying Reiger confronting this one was premature.

Of course, Ota didn’t think so.

In his view, Reiger, currently manifesting strength threatening to him despite being merely Lv.5, was a worthy opponent to attack wholeheartedly.

"Come on."

The pure warrior, previously roaring, flashed a brief smile not fierce but enthusiastic, as if finally meeting a worth-fighting adversary, expressing succinctly and full of fighting spirit.

Then...

"You haven’t used your full strength, right?"

Regardless of the stunned bystanders about to intervene, Ota concisely voiced this startling statement.

"Show it all."

Upon hearing, Reiger, parrying Ota’s unweakened powerful strike, slightly raised his eyebrows.

Of course, he had many techniques yet to be used.

Setting aside everything else, just the thousand-plus tiered magics Reiger mastered hadn’t been activated in this battle.

Also, [Million Hammer], such a cheating-level magic, Reiger was still holding back, and once used, the outcome would be drastically different.

Therefore, even without considering the part of Reiger’s power deliberately sealed, in his current state, he had numerous techniques yet to be deployed, not even using his signature Breath of the Sun, naturally far from full strength.

This valiant pigman merely based on intuition and observation, pointed it out.

But it’s not Reiger holding back.

Reiger refrains from using magic beyond this world or cheating-level magic not for anything else, but precisely to challenge Maze City Orario’s strongest adventurer under these conditions, establishing a grand feat, acquiring high-tier experience points.

Many days spent as Lv.5 battling numerous formidable monsters below the 50th floor of the underground city had already accumulated considerable high-level experience for Reiger.

Thanks to this, before the expedition, Reiger had already vaguely felt through updating his ability scores autonomously that he was just a step away from transcending.

Yes, just a tiny bit more.

Truly just a tiny bit, akin to a final step.

As long as a bit more high-level experience is accumulated, the glory required for upgrading would be sufficient.