Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

Blood and flesh scattering everywhere.

And then, even a 14-meter giant lion flew through the air.

“Roar!”

It was a sight hard to believe was caused by a mere human no more than 2 meters tall.

=I-Insane!

=My God… what am I even witnessing?

=Is this even possible?!

The reactions of the beings from other dimensions watching Shimun’s broadcast were no different.

Boom.

The Nemean Lion crashed into the valley floor with a powerful thud.

In response,

=How did he manage to injure the Nemean Lion?

=We knew that hammer was special from the previous Gigantes incident… but this doesn’t make sense!

=This is way beyond the line. I can’t believe what I’m seeing.

=The Nemean Lion’s hide even resists the powers of the constellations…

As the chat window from other dimensions rapidly filled with discussions and debates about the current situation, Galaxy Arena, perhaps to prevent too much sensitive information from leaking in the irregular arena,

『Due to excessive special chat, the chat window from other dimensions will be temporarily hidden.』

Instead of censoring specific information or words, Galaxy Arena shut down the chat window from other dimensions entirely.

Because of this, Earth’s viewers, who were only able to marvel at Shimun’s exploits and read the chat from other dimensions, responded with immediately venting their frustration and disappointment.

-What the hell? Where did the chat go? It was getting good.

-LOL, this is the first time I’ve seen them shut the chat entirely.

-Warning: Galaxy Arena. Open the chat now!

-Haha, are you serious? Do you think you have any power here?

Of course, Galaxy Arena’s response was wise.

=Even when the high-ranker from our race killed the Nemean Lion, it didn’t show such destructive power.

=I agree. The high-ranker from our dimension used a weapon from their patron Constellation and still couldn’t leave a scratch.

=Seems like it’s the obelisk that’s the cause, right?

=Indeed, even when the Giants were around, it wasn’t just a simple buff.

The chat from other dimensions quickly filled with information usually only known in the regular arena. But it wasn’t just the viewers who were surprised by the current situation.

Thud.

“Grro…”

The 14-meter beast staggered to its feet. The Nemean Lion, much like Gigantes Toas whom it had devoured earlier, looked down at its shattered paw in disbelief more than pain.

How could its hide, which even resisted divine powers, be shattered by a mere human-wielded hammer?

As it came to this realization, the Nemean Lion snapped its head up.

“Rawwwr!”

Its blood-red eyes, emitting a peculiar sound, focused on the Obelisk that emanated both platinum and obsidian-blue light.

Buzz.

“Roar!”

There was no need to think further. All the phenomena were caused by that. The Nemean Lion reached this conclusion and, let out a furious roar, twisting its body.

Then.

Crack!

The blue lightning that had been hindering the regeneration of its paw vanished instantly. Bones that grew rapidly and flesh that quickly covered them.

Thump.

Before the invincible hide could completely cover the wound, the Nemean Lion leaped forward.

Then,

Crackle.

The hammer imbued with blue lightning came flying again, but this time, the Nemean Lion didn’t just swipe at it with its paw.

Instead, it leaped over it.

“Oh?”

In response, Shimun let out a small exclamation, retrieving his hammer as he watched the Nemean Lion.

‘It has already figured it out? Well, it is the boss of the Main Arena.’

“Roar!”

However, the Nemean Lion charged to destroy the Obelisk, only for Shimun to instantly summon a new Obelisk.

Snap.

“Grro?”

The lion, glancing back at Shimun with murderous eyes, was utterly shocked to see the Obelisk standing there unharmed.

Then,

“Rise, Khepri, Seth, Atum.”

Shimun activated the Obelisk once more. The light and darkness containing buffs and debuffs spread out.

“Rawwwr!”

The Nemean Lion growled and hastily retreated, but it couldn’t avoid the shimmering light and darkness on its body.

“Hyaaaargh!”

It shook its body nervously to no avail.

Buzz.

The Nemean Lion’s hide, exposed to the buffs and debuffs, glowed faintly again. Seeing this, Shimun smirked.

‘Even after regeneration, nothing changes.’

The infamous Main Arena boss, the Nemean Lion.

Standing at a towering 14 meters, it had a speed that didn’t match its gigantic stature. But its specs weren’t much different from an average giant.

Except, it rendered high-level magic, martial arts, and even divine abilities useless with its insane defense.

However, ‘Even with hide impervious to divine abilities, it can’t have unlimited capacity.’

No matter how overpowered an ability, nothing was absolute. Shimun knew this too well from his experiences in his past life.

Buzz.

The proof was right there, the Nemean Lion’s hide, which was glowing faintly.

‘This confirms that the Nemean Lion’s hide can handle a maximum of only two types of divine abilities at once.’

Of course, if attacked even with a small time difference, it would still exhibit its usual complete immunity.

But.

‘If I keep its hide under continuous exposure to divine powers, it will remain in a saturated state the entire time.’

Of course, this was an almost impossible theory in practical terms. Even if securing patronage from different constellations was ignored, its hide needed to be ‘continuously’ exposed to divine powers.

Moreover, it had to surpass the hide’s capacity for divine powers, reaching a saturated state.

“Ha.”

As the thought struck him, Shimun let out a small, ironic laugh.

‘Looking at it this way, this strategy isn’t something just anyone can pull off.’

Which player would be able to meet all these conditions against such a rampaging beast?

‘Even with my ability to wield a variety of mythic items, without the Obelisk, I wouldn’t have even attempted this hypothesis.’

Fundamentally, Ra’s Obelisk had two abilities:

A light buff that increased stats based on its completion level and a dark debuff that reduced stats to half the extent.

Thus,

‘The rebound will happen quickly, but if I activate both abilities of Ra’s Obelisk simultaneously…’

Buzz.

The Nemean Lion’s hide would be enveloped in a soft glow, reaching a state of saturation with divine powers.

‘At that point, when I strike with a third divine energy-infused attack!’

Crack!

The Nemean Lion’s ultimate defense would crumble.

“Roar!”

Another paw, crushed in an attempted ambush, elicited a pained cry from the Nemean Lion. Shimun immediately activated his demonic energy.

Boom.

He launched himself into the air, pursuing the airborne Nemean Lion. Despite its massive size, it behaved like the four-legged beast it was.

“Roar!”

Incapable of effective aerial maneuvers, the Nemean Lion swung its remaining paw fiercely, but that was it.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功).

Heavenly Demon’s Supreme Step (天魔君臨步) Constraint (抑制).

Using the constrained step of the Heavenly Demon’s Supreme Step, Shimun easily suppressed the lion’s frantic swings.

“Goodbye.”

Crackle.

With Mjolnir sparking with blue lightning, he struck down on the lion’s head.

Clang!

A deafening sound like metal clashing reverberated. Curiously, this time it didn’t shatter into pieces. But there was no one to mourn that.

Gush.

Blood Spouted from Seven Orifices (七孔噴血).

Blood gushed from every hole in the lion’s head as it plummeted down.

Thud!

The lion, unable to even cry out, crashed into the ground and was buried in dust.

“Hm.”

However, Shimun, landing on the ground, let out a small hum.

He didn’t revel in victory.

The reason was simple.

The golden magic circle emanating from his left eye.

Buzz.

Odin’s Eye indicated the battle was not yet over.

‘Quite persistent.’

One might sigh lightly.

Shimun, without showing any signs of disappointment, watched the Nemean Lion slowly staggering up from the dwindling dust cloud.

More precisely, he focused on the lion’s deeply dented forehead.

Even that, the Nemean Lion’s monstrous regenerative power was rapidly healing in real-time.

Crack.

Buzz.

Odin’s activated eye worked even more furiously.

‘That creature focused the entire resistance of its hide to its forehead right at the critical moment of my attack.’

Ordinarily, the lion’s massive head should have exploded like its paw earlier, but it truly lived up to its reputation as the boss monster of the Main Arena.

In that fleeting moment, it concentrated its full divine resistance to precisely block Mjolnir’s impact. Of course, due to Ra’s Obelisk exposing it to dual divine powers, complete resistance was impossible.

Crunch.

But as long as it didn’t die, its overwhelming regenerative power allowed it to heal again.

From the Nemean Lion’s perspective, it was an effective defense.

Crackle.

The Mjolnir Shimun was holding disintegrated into blue particles and vanished.

‘The rebound has come.’

Just like other consumable weapons, Mjolnir too, had exhausted all its power and disappeared.

“I thought I could save it for a while…”

Shimun clicked his tongue in mild disappointment as he observed.

Then, ‘Well, I earned a lot of achievement points through the mission, anyway.’

Shrugging his shoulders, Shimun snapped his fingers again.

Rumble.

With a sudden clap of thunder, lightning struck down to his hand.

Crackle!

This time, however, two bolts of lightning struck.

Then,

Crackle.

Blue lightning took the form of a spear and a hammer. Shimun, brandishing both simultaneously, thought,

‘This time, I’ll finish it off in one blow, giving it no chance to regenerate.’

He recalled the fundamental truth he had learned earlier.

『o establish the necessary equivalent exchange with the Philosopher’s Stone, 3,000 achievement points are required.』

『Do you accept? (Yes / No)』

Paying the required price.

Sizzle.

Astrape and Mjolnir.

The weapons of the two great Thunder Gods emitted fierce lightning as they intertwined.

『Constellation Thor scoffs, ‘Ha! The Thunder God of Asgard…’』

『Constellation Zeus clicks his tongue, saying, ‘Consider yourself honored to be associated with me, the King of Gods.’』

The reactions of the two constellations appeared before him.

“Roar!”

With that, the Nemean Lion, sensing something amiss, charged rapidly.

Tear.

In response, Shimun forcibly separated the two weapons, which had clung to each other like magnets.

Even though he managed to separate them, the magnetic force was significant, causing Shimun’s arm to tremble slightly. Shimun immediately flipped the spear in his left hand.

“Roar!”

He hurled it forcefully at the rapidly approaching Nemean Lion, then Following the hammer’s intended path, Shimun rotated his body using the principles of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and hurled the hammer as well.

Buzz!

Then, as if equipped with a homing device, the hammer followed closely behind the thunder spear at an incredible speed.

Swoosh.

Soon, like a magnet with immense magnetic force, the thunder hammer collided with the thunder spear.

Ars Magna Fusion.

The discord of the two Thunder Gods.

Not only light, but also sound, air, and space, everything in the valley was distorted beyond recognition.

In the overwhelming lightning and magnetic field, only one thing was visible.

『You have defeated the Main Arena’s Boss ‘Nemean Lion’.』

The message announcing the completion of the arena was the only thing that appeared.

*

“Failed?”

Failed.

Failed…

Short, yet more powerful than any thunder, a voice echoed.

In response, “I have no excuses.”

A being nearly 20 meters tall, whom one had to crane their neck to see, knelt on one knee immediately.

Boom!

The resulting tremor from its massive size reverberated all around.

However,

“Reason?”

Reason.

Reason…

The thunderous voice asked nonchalantly.

“According to the survivors, they were countered by the human entrant.”

The 20-meter entity slowly raised its head and answered,

“Given the fatalities despite possessing death-prevention abilities, it seems likely they fell victim to the Nemean Lion’s fatal judgment. Additionally…”

He paused for a moment, lifting his head further and further until he finally reached the top of the mountain, even at his own towering height.

“According to the information we’ve gathered, the entrant used Mjolnir.”

Flash.

As soon as he finished speaking, A sinister red light glowed from the peak of the mountain.

The owner of the red glare, who had been silently observing, finally spoke.

“I understand.”

Understand.

Stand…

The command was curt.

“For that grand day.”

As the 20-meter giant retreated with a respectful bow,

“What will you do?”

Will you.

You…

The red glare shifted its gaze to the side.

Then,

“Hmm. I thought we had accounted for all of Thor’s patrons… I didn’t expect there to be another.”

A blue light flickered atop another giant mountain.

“Indeed. Between the recent experiments in the Elemental Realm and ongoing disruptions, plans have been going awry lately.”

On the opposite side, a yellow light flared up.

“Well, trusting that slippery Echidna in the Elemental Realm was a mistake… The Nemean Lion was more unexpected, though.”

In response to the nonchalant remark from the yellow light,

“I agree.”

The blue light nodded slowly.

“However, only two Gigantes have been lost. The rest have all gained their qualifications.”

“Besides, Toas and Hippolytos were among the weakest of the Gigantes.”

“So, there won’t be any issues with fulfilling the promised war.”

“And this entrant is human, correct? Even if he uses Mjolnir, there won’t be any significant variables.”

“Exactly. Even the previous Heracles, who was half-human, was easily dealt with.”

At the blue light’s statement, the yellow light’s eyes narrowed to a slit.

“Heh heh. Zeus must be senile, believing in that prophecy and bestowing divine blood upon humans. If he had come to me, I would have given him a very strong child.”

“But that child might overthrow the Olympus throne. He would be mad to do that.”

“Haha! I’m just saying. Besides, you know how he is.”

“He wouldn’t knowingly consume a poisoned apple. He resisted even the allure of Vrtra, the 4th Dragon Lord.”

“Why mention that now? Do you think I’m the same as that witch?”

“Well… yes, you are different.”

Reluctantly agreeing, the blue light seemed unwilling to continue the conversation with the yellow light.

Turning his attention to the red light, he spoke,

“Let’s focus on our grand mission rather than that insignificant human. If it really concerns you, let the dragons handle it.”

At this suggestion,

“Agreed.”

Agreed.

Greed…

The red light acknowledged and, with that, the lights perched high above vanished as if they had never been there.

Flash.