Chapter 123 - 122 – The Enhancer
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In this world... everything works just like the previous one.
Power... is what sets the rules. The strong define the laws and build the safety they see fit.
If you do not possess power... then without a doubt, you will fall under the crushing weight and rules of someone stronger.
This is human nature... and this is the absolute truth.
I sighed.
In the past...
I entered Sunrise City as a second-rank lord with no value.
No one paid me any attention.
Now...
I stood at fourth rank, unleashing my energy as an overwhelming force beyond those before me.
Three third-rank lords stood like harmless lambs, unable to move.
{ Ding... Ding... Ding }
What now?
{ Unique Predictor is activating }
Heh... finally... it’s working again.
Suddenly...
Dozens of pieces of information appeared before my eyes and rushed into my mind.
Each of the three lords... their strength was clearly revealed to me thanks to the Unique Predictor.
Three third-rank lords...
One had 66% accumulation.
The woman had 65%.
The old man in front of them had 68%.
I immediately looked at myself.
My accumulation was 100%.
All thanks to the glitch in the system that granted me full accumulation.
I smiled... noticeably.
The information provided by the Unique Predictor was numerous... and truly unique.
Suddenly...
A red aura surrounded my eyes.
At that moment...
I began to see the density of each lord’s rank aura.
All of them...
Their third-rank aura density was below 50%.
Suddenly...
The area around the entrance began to change.
Clouds rushed into the area.
Then...
A beam of light surged from afar.
"There he is," I whispered.
Then—
BOOOOM!
A massive impact... a crater ten meters deep formed instantly.
The three lords quickly retreated.
Then the new lord stepped forward... wearing light green robes.
"There he is..." I murmured. "A lord who could cause me trouble."
Blue hair flowed left and right like a woman’s.
A face too beautiful for any woman to resist...
Sharp eyebrows angled like blades.
He clasped his hands in front of him and stepped forward.
Ten meters away...
Then—
He released his aura.
Suddenly...
I felt cold.
Like two freezing hands pushing me back violently.
I didn’t move an inch.
I pulled my hand back... smiled... and released my aura again.
The two auras clashed... sparks flying.
He remained silent...
Then smiled.
And pushed more weight into his aura.
I responded instantly... increasing my energy and stopping his pressure.
The Unique Predictor analyzed him quickly.
80% accumulation... lower than mine.
But...
His energy density was respectable.
"Why are you here?" his voice finally came out—heavy and powerful.
Then—
He raised his hand.
Suddenly...
The ground beneath me moved violently.
The solid green earth began to ripple...
Then turned into sand dunes.
I leapt upward... summoned invisible wind blades beneath me and stabilized in the air.
The beautiful lord raised his head toward me... smiled...
Then clenched his fist.
A massive wave of sand surged toward me.
It was slow... heavy...
Then—
Before it even reached halfway...
Fine grains of sand began striking me from all directions.
They weren’t strong...
But they were annoying.
Very annoying.
"Damn sand..." I muttered internally. "I hated it in my past life, and here it is again... what is this guy, Gaara?"
I moved to the side.
I could no longer see him... he hid himself within the dense sand.
Another wave surged toward me.
I dodged.
Then another...
And another...
Each wave stopped midway and another followed.
Within moments...
More than twenty sand waves rose into the sky like pillars.
Then—
The wave covering him dispersed.
Around him stood massive sand pillars...
Then from within them—
Smaller, sharper pillars shot out.
"Is that a missile?" I scoffed.
The sand missile rushed toward me.
I dodged—
Suddenly—
BOOOOOOM!
A massive explosion.
I barely raised my hand before being blasted backward violently.
"Ahh!" I shouted.
I turned—
My back was slammed into one of the suspended sand waves.
"That bastard..." I whispered.
"He led me into this."
I tried to move—
Dozens of sand threads extended from the wall...
Wrapped around me... tightening my restraint.
Suddenly—
Ten sand missiles rushed toward me at terrifying speed.
My eyes widened.
BOOOOOOM!
A massive explosion echoed violently.
From hundreds of meters away...
Travelers watched in fear and caution.
The Sand Lord was limiting his battlefield...
But still...
He had turned the surrounding green land into a desert capable of swallowing the city.
Another barrage launched...
Explosions echoed again and again...
Spectators covered their ears...
Dozens of lords stood atop the walls, watching with excitement.
"Why hasn’t he moved? Who is the opponent?" a man in black whispered.
Suddenly—
Wings fluttered nearby.
A soft female voice spoke:
"Are you watching the Sand Lord... or his opponent?"
The man turned.
His green eyes met a woman with white wings... golden hair mixed with feathers.
He smiled faintly.
"The Feather Lady is here too... something must have drawn you," he said.
"I sensed your sudden movement," she replied, sitting beside him. Her wings vanished like dust.
A silver robe replaced them.
"I came to see which fool would charge into the city at full power... during faction competition week."
He turned back to the battle.
"Let’s see."
Suddenly—
Another explosion.
But this time—
Not from sand.
A massive wind vortex formed... then faded.
It surrounded me.
I smiled.
"What a nuisance," I muttered, spitting sand from my mouth.
My body felt like I had lived in a desert for a year.
My skin itched... my hair felt dry and rough.
The Sand Lord stopped attacking... watching me.
I raised my left hand—
Pulled out a large water container.
Placed it on a wind blade.
Then launched another blade—
Cut it open.
Water poured down over me.
I moved slightly...
"Ahhh!" the Feather Lady shouted. "He’s bathing! Hahaha!"
"Haha... what a man," the man in black said.
One container... two... three...
Until I was completely soaked.
Then—
I summoned a wind blade... spun it like a fan.
In an instant... I was completely dry.
Then I looked at him.
"You asked why I’m here... didn’t you?"
I raised my hand.
In a single moment—
Everyone’s eyes widened.
More than ten thousand wind blades surged into the sky.
Then—
Ten thousand more.
Then—
Ten thousand more.
The Sand Lord narrowed his eyes... raised his hand—
The ground trembled violently again.
More sand waves surged... reinforcing everything.
"It won’t work," I whispered.
Last night...
I used the Weapon Furnace.
And then...
I obtained a weapon I could not ignore.
{ Attribute Enhancer }
An enhanced ancient weapon...
With an incredible ability.
It can amplify any attribute of my weapons... more than tenfold.
It wasn’t powerful on its own...
Nor did it enhance weapons directly...
But it massively amplified offensive attributes.
The moment I saw it—
The furnace showed 100% compatibility with me.
After training with it for over a week in the training dimension...
I couldn’t resist testing it.
And now—
This lord gave me the perfect opportunity.
I could have said anything...
Ended the fight...
But instead—
I raised both hands.
In the sky—
The sun vanished behind over a hundred thousand massive wind constructs.
Suddenly—
From each one...
Dozens of blades surged forth.
A million wind blades.
Powerful... fast... deadly.
They descended like judgment.
The air itself surged with them...
Gravity and speed turned each into an unstoppable blade.
A million blades fell like a death sentence.
All eyes watched in anticipation.
Then—
BOOOOOOOM!
The first wave crashed.
BOOOOOOM!
The second... stronger.
Then the third...
The sand fortress...
The pillars...
They shattered piece by piece.
He raised his hands... reinforced desperately...
But—
The waves were far stronger.
Until—
The inevitable came close.
All sand collapsed before the merciless blades.
Suddenly—
I smiled.
I moved my hand.
All blades vanished.
"It’s not time to humiliate a leader yet," I whispered.
Then I descended.
Hands behind my back...
I walked toward him.
Everything disappeared.
When I reached him—
He stood firm.
"What a man..." I thought.
Then, when I got close—
I whispered something only he could hear.
Suddenly—
The fourth-rank lord stopped releasing his energy.
His aura returned to normal.
He looked at me.
"I see... then allow me to accompany you."
Suddenly—
I concealed my aura completely.
He moved beside me.
"So that was your plan... a provocation," he said.
I looked toward the gate.
"Who cares about the weak..."
"Indeed."
Soon...
The crowd dispersed.
We approached the gate.
Inside—
The city resembled Sunrise City...
But here...
Guards were everywhere.
After walking a short distance—
We boarded a carriage.
Then he asked again:
"Are you serious?"
I laughed... and refused to speak until we reached a proper place.
Later—
Silence settled.
The blue-haired man was known as the Sand Lord...
Commander of the outer city guard.
Once I learned that—
I refused to speak with him.
Talking to a combat-focused lord wouldn’t help my business goals.
It doesn’t matter whether he’s rank one or ten...
What matters is authority.
And surprisingly—
The Sand Lord smiled.
He understood.
When we arrived at a large white hall...
Guards surrounded it—nearly a thousand.
No civilians.
He had brought me to a military base.
An hour later...
Food and drink were served in abundance.