Vritra glanced down at his body and could tell that his muscles had become even more refined, even his height seemed to have increased slightly; if someone wasn’t close to him, they wouldn’t even recognize him easily.
His body was slightly sleek and tall yet with perfectly refined muscles, even his skin had become buttery smooth. Yasmine observed him for a while and then nodded:
"You look even more handsome, indeed worthy to be my dragon king."
Ignoring Yasmine for now, Vritra looked at his stats and felt that his agility stat was left behind and needed immediate attention, so he decided to add more points to it after leveling up.
"Now, shall we start grinding up for levels?"
He pulled out the axes from the inventory and held the two tightly. The two battle axes had grown incredibly after devouring many higher-grade weapons.
Not only had the additional points increased from 30 to 100, but the main change was their sharpness and the gravitational increase—it could easily chop even stronger enemies without any difficulty.
"Okay, then I will call forth the 6th wave, get ready."
As soon as Yasmine stopped speaking, messages flashed in front of Vritra.
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[Quest: Survive the Sixth Wave.]
[Reward: 35 Allocation Points and the title: The Cursed Hunter (Level 6)!!]
[Penalty: None]
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The cave began to rumble, dust flew in the air and countless footsteps sounded at the same time. Vritra was relaxed as he watched small dots appear in the distance that slowly enlarged. Narrowing his gaze, he focused—and these creatures looked much bigger than the minotaur.
[Activating Appraisal.]
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Race: Demon Giant
Level: 166
Class: Warrior Giant
Vitality: 100%
Stats:
• Strength: 320
• Agility: 210
• Endurance: 290
• Intelligence: 20
• Mana: 175
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"Not bad, the demons are getting stronger with each wave." Vritra mumbled as countless blades of dust appeared behind his back and several large dust figures formed behind him, looking just like those giants.
He even called out hundreds of soul wraiths—the stronger ones in his possession—and now he noticed another small problem.
"Although the number of soul wraiths is very high, they are all too weak and could barely be used in a proper battle; a very strong opponent could wipe them all out instantly."
While the giants were rushing towards him, he was deep in thought and turned his questioning look towards the dragon lady—uh, his brand new dragon wife.
"Is there a faster way to increase their strength?" he asked.
"Yes, there is. You can either have quantity or quality. What I mean to say is, by letting those soul wraiths devour each other, their strength will increase rapidly." Yasmine answered, circling around him and watching him with interest.
His battles were truly spectacles—he literally butchered the other side without a hint of doubt. The image of him fighting for five months straight, sitting atop a big demon corpse mountain while covered in their blood, was imprinted clearly in her mind.
"I see, then let’s do that after this wave. I am sure I can handle this one on my own."
GRRRRAAAAAWWWRRR!!
ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRR!!
Finally, the endless waves of demons crashed into the invisible wall. They roared madly and kept hitting it, their eyes bloodshot, and they wanted nothing more than to crush their target.
"Open it." Vritra said calmly, raising the two heavy axes to either side of his body while his gaze remained on the large creatures who were all at least 25 feet, and many on the back side were more than 30 feet tall.
Vritra looked tiny in front of the horde. If they were to surround him, he would just disappear completely—yet he wasn’t the least bit afraid of them.
"Your wish is my command, Lord Husband." Yasmine said playfully, making Vritra laugh. She seemed so much different from the cold and ruthless queen he had seen in those memory fragments.
But she used such mischievous demeanour only towards him. Their marriage was like an arranged marriage where the couple falls in love after it; everything aside, the two were really comfortable in each other’s company.
"Thank you, my queen." He smiled towards the majestic dragon flying above and then got ready for the brutal battle that was about to erupt.
UUUUUUUUURRRRAAAAAAHHH!!!
BWOOOOOORRRGH!!!
Just as the invisible wall disappeared, like large zombies those giants came pouring out towards him while roaring madly, trying to hit him with their large hammers or just stomp on top of him to death.
The difference in size was actually quite beneficial to Vritra—even if these giants possessed high strength, what use was it if they couldn’t even hit him, plus the high difference in their agility.
The giants had human-like physiques but their bodies were dark blue in colour—they weren’t normal giants, but demonic giants.
They held large weapons that accidentally kept hitting the others. Despite the high levels, their intelligence was quite low. Combined with agility, Vritra didn’t have to worry about getting injured at all.
This time, his main goal wasn’t to survive—since that was a sure thing—but he wanted to slaughter as many as possible without getting hit a single time.
Vritra stomped his right foot on the ground as the area around him exploded with a loud boom and a crater formed as his figure pounced towards the approaching giants.
He took a deep breath and held it, remembering the positions of all the demons.
His strength had already crossed the 1000 mark, although that doesn’t mean he can fight someone at level 1000, but he could easily defeat those several levels higher than him—so he wasn’t the least bit worried about this fight.
Not to mention the upgraded weapon that he held.
Vritra swung both his hands at the same time as he reached the same height as a giant. Then he brought the two heavy hammers toward the head of the first giant from both sides.
BOOOOM
Instantly the head exploded, blood splattered and pieces of bones and brain matter flew all over. The giant of more than level 160 was dead—even though Vritra hadn’t even used half his strength.
But without pausing, he tapped on the shoulder of the dead giant and raised his right hand up high before bringing the axe down, hitting the top of the head of another giant.
WHOOSH
The giant was instantly split in two, with just the shockwave that was released upon impact. The blades of the axes cut through their tough defences as if hot butter through a knife—wait, the other way around.
He sensed air rushing from behind and, without even turning, he used the shoulder of the second giant to push himself forward as a hammer smashed against the split giant in the next moment.
Vritra completely ignored defence and only dodged whenever the giant tried to hit him. His endurance was already quite high and he wouldn’t get injured even if he was hit by those large weapons.
Endurance not only represented stamina but also the physical defence of the body; Vritra’s endurance was above 700, so those attacks were pretty much useless against him.
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[You have killed a Level 167 Demon Giant.]
[You have killed a Level 170 Demon Giant.]
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[+EXP Earned.]
[+EXP Earned.]
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[You have Levelled Up!]
[You have levelled up!]
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[All Stats Increased by 1.]
[You have gained 1 Allocation Point.]
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