[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 676

It feels as though I just fought an exhausting battle, far worse than the shape I was in after defeating Redgrave, almost comparable to my mental state after meeting Raven for the first time.

Abby's restoration magic, or a full hibernation period is necessary right now, but there's no time to rest.

I somehow have to face an attack magnitudes stronger than that while in far worse mental and physical shape...

[Round 9 of 9 Shall Commence.]

This echoes through my mind before I can even regroup my thoughts, and all nine of the silver blades light up while the demon's three eyes flash and look down on me.

Fear runs through my mind, and it can be felt throughout all 20,119,524 links that watch through my eyes. It has only been a few seconds, but over a million fresh links of loyalty flow into my system.

While I could look throughout the Eight Great Regions and Dark Continent to pinpoint where this new surge of power is coming from. My mind is fully occupied on the Demonic Statue above me, as for the first time in this entire trial, its head moves to look down, and the first bladed arm moves to strike right after.

Every single link felt and conceptualized the strength of that last barrage of eight attacks and the extent of my power I just used.

My mind races for ideas, and I reach into my item storage to grab a handful of unique green fruits leftover from my True Core's awakening. If anything would, these could give me a boost, but I'm not sure if they will really do much.

Even Ember contemplates activating his golden divine threads, but we both know if he does that, I would be all alone to finish the trials and face everyone else inside. It is a hidden trump card, but not one we can afford to use right now...

What is coming next might be impossible to stop.

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Before these trials even began, during my fight with Redgrave, two people deep within the Apex Region make a decision that may change the result of this final round.

Bri and Rodrigo hear the words being spoken about Central Headquarters and tear the Apex Region's headquarters apart top to bottom, looking through every spare vault and even small Association headquarters all over the Region looking for a single object.

A message is sent out to all of the Regional Directors, A-Class hunters, B-Class hunters, and even Regional Elites all over the Nation, linked to the Rising Emperor or not, and there is only one transmission back after a nerve-wracking wait.

"Yes? Regional Overseer Ms. Briana, this is a transmission from the off-site Apex Region Vault. There are old transport Crystals to Central stored here from right after the war. Will those do?"

"Send your location," is all that is heard back, and soon after, two flashes of white light blink through the sky to a base 200 kilometers away from the capital.

While my fight with Redgrave battled on and the Trials began, Rodrigo and Bri find themselves teleporting into an old underground headquarters in the middle of the Central Headquarters mountain built far before the divine flames were made around the mountain.

Neither of them wastes time and breaks through the ceiling upward many floors before they find themselves in one of the many Central Association branches full of C- and B-Grade hunters.

Normal intruder protocol is followed, but there are barely any elite forces present in Central at the moment.

Almost every single divine core holder, minus a small select few red and orange cores to man widespread security, has left the world capital to fight in the Dark Continent.

The duo, wielding light magic and mana control that far surpasses anyone on this entire mountain, subjugates everyone in their way until they reach the control rooms and people in charge of large-scale public transmissions.

On the far side of the world, it is nearing nighttime, while in the Dark Continent, the sun is still rising.

A broad message in a woman's voice echoes over many local news stations and public channels for many millions of people walking through the streets to hear.

"This is not a normal message! I repeat, this is not a normal message! There is a vast world beyond this city. The leaders of the Central Association have been lying to you all for decades. Many listening may not believe a word I say at first, or may be too young to even understand. The Great War never ended, it carries on beyond those yellow flames. If you do as I say, I can prove it to all of you right now! If you wish to leave this land, or save the world, listen to my words!"

Mass confusion ripples throughout the city, as one of the ten Local Sectors seems to have had their transmission cables breached and a message sent out to millions of civilians in a populated area.

Then 9 other branches that keep the Central Headquarters in line send troops toward this headquarters, flying through the skies the instant this message is sounded; and the few remaining divine cores in the city that actually know what is going on today instantly move out to stop this security breach from spreading further.

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