Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan

Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan – 202

Offense, Defense, and Growth (6)

「Account Synchronization」

▶ Category: Combat Skill

▶ Rank: Unknown

▶ Effect: Synchronizes your account for 10 minutes once per day.

Account synchronization.

Seeing this intuitive effect, Isaac’s brain was certain. This combat skill was, as the name suggested, a technique that linked Lee Geon-ha’s main account with the current reality.

He could instinctively understand what that meant.

Swish―

Grumble.

The middle-aged man wrapped in an ochre cloak seemed to writhe bizarrely, then in an instant transformed from a human shape into an alien octopus species with eight legs.

Whoosh!

As the creature waved its skinny right arm, a dry yellow sand wind blew in and condensed into a small bead.

Woooooong!

In response to the creature’s aura, which seemed about to unleash an attack capable of total annihilation, the King’s guardians also emitted magical waves no less powerful.

“M-my body feels strange!”

Crack.

Hwang Man-deuk, instinctively taking a tank position despite being bewildered by the sudden bodily changes. His excessively inflated body was enveloped in blood-red armor that embodied both fear and coolness.

Ziiing―

Kwajajajak!

He suddenly demonstrated the miracle of blocking with his thick forearm the yellow beam shot by the alien octopus.

“……!”

“Huh?”

In the midst of this ironic battlefield where both the attacker and defender were surprised, the rest of the team members also achieved bodily changes no less impressive than Hwang Man-deuk’s.

“Kyaaak! What’s this?”

“Uh… Uh, uh?”

Gooooo!

Whooooosh!

Wings of a fallen angel and pure white wings sprouted on either side of Seo Eun-ha’s back, while Yeo Jin-soo, who had leaped far beyond the stages of Sword Saint and Sword Immortal to become a Sword God, had grown into a handsome young man.

‘So this was the form.’

Isaac, who had also synchronized his account, was equally surprised, but his brain, cooled and focused on survival, suppressed his rising emotions.

Grrrr―

“Grooooar!”

As if not to be outdone by the team members’ rapid growth, the great dragon Salarion broke its sealed form and transformed into a long dragon boasting a height of hundreds of meters.

Zing. Click. Clack.

Just as Agrahos and Morpheon, who had been keeping their mouths shut, were about to activate the power of the Eldritch Stone, Gil-seong finally completed her noisy awakening.

Woooong―

Flash!

The ultimate battle weapon named ‘Lyrica,’ developed at the last moment by Eclipse, a now-extinct major faction of the ancient civilization Terra.

The strongest magic cavalry in history, whose power was forcibly awakened by the king with many stories, first fired dozens of laser beams by the automatically activated response system.

Chwaaaang───!

“Eh…? Enemy. Annihilate?”

The super AI, which was the culmination of the cutting-edge science of the ancient civilization, tried to freely control the god-like body in place of Gil-seong’s stunned consciousness.

Gil-seong, who had been trembling until just moments ago and suddenly reached a heightened state, unknowingly entrusted her body to the mysterious command system.

Bububububung!

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

“What?!”

The resulting scene was truly marvelous; Gil-seong, temporarily awakened as Lyrica, was half-entranced by the automatic hunting mode engraved in her body.

The super AI’s combat sense, dodging Salarion’s breath and Morpheon’s slashes with the Quantum Fusion Drive, while simultaneously unleashing Antimatter Shockwaves and deploying a Gravity Manipulation Field.

Her performance, based on the high technology of the ancient civilization, served as an opportunity for the team members, who must have been quite bewildered by the sudden bodily changes, to adapt to the new situation.

They gained confidence as they saw their comrade intercepting the king’s avatars.

“Let’s go too!”

“I think we can win!”

Though their consciousness was that of social rookies, their bodies were those of the strongest heroes who had together brought down even the Maitreya of the Deep Night.

“The Leader must have done something!”

The simple-minded and positive Hwang Man-deuk accepted the unreality of their cosmic power inflation, which had caused even themselves to grow along with it, with the illogical reasoning that ‘it must have been possible because it’s the leader.’

As if to say that he had deployed the finishing move, Final Finish, in the form of a buff.

“Danger. Survival. Priority.”

While even the subjects of the power-up were bewildered, their adversaries were on the verge of falling over in shock.

“Agree.”

“I, too. Agree.”

The king’s avatars, whose consciousness had been almost annihilated as a side effect of preserving combat power, came to set a common goal of preserving themselves with minimal language ability.

This was because the combat power of those who had been less than cosmic dust had now surpassed the level of the king’s avatars.

“Haap!”

However, even if they took a defensive stance, there was no way to narrow the gap in power.

Whirlrlrk―

Jeoooong!

As the future Hwang Man-deuk, who had progressed from Beast King to Asura King, and further, after killing countless internal competitors, had become the absolute invincible being known as Asura Demon Lord, recreated in the present, threw a punch.

“Kuwooooogh!”

Kwagwagwagwang!

The great dragon Salarion, who had been striding through the air, was knocked down in one hit by the bizarre physical strength that could shatter space itself. The massive dragon crashed into the dawn-colored undergrowth, creating an enormous crater.

Hwararuruk!

The body of Asura Demon Lord Hwang Man-deuk was now covered in the purple aura emanating from Seo Eun-ha, the avatar of the void.

‘How strong is this buff effect?’

Although the buffer Seo Eun-ha couldn’t gauge her own abilities, the purple radiance combined with the unfamiliar power of the void seemed to hold infinite possibilities.

Flash!

Chwaaaak―

Just then, the slash of Sword God Yeo Jin-soo, which seemed to split the sky in half, was cutting through the protective barrier of Adum, the yellow king.

Seo Eun-ha, wanting to prove her rarely noticeable abilities as a supporter, raised her soul jewel in the air and then deployed a spell, enveloping the young man Yeo Jin-soo in purple radiance as well.

Flash─────!

Then the Sword God’s sword energy exerted a power that seemed capable of slicing the entire world. Judging by the vast magical energy wave, it felt at least 5 times more powerful.

“Sis! You’re amazing!”

“Y-yeah. Let’s keep pushing!”

Nothing makes a supporter happier than praise from a dealer, but the unfamiliar visuals of the young man Yeo Jin-soo were still hard to get used to.

There was an undeniable sense of disappointment that the kid who used to be like a cute younger brother had suddenly skipped puberty and appeared.

Swooosh―

Isaac, who had been observing this favorable battle situation, nodded slightly and then deployed the shadow realm, hiding himself thoroughly within it.

‘Still, you never know.’

After all, those assassins’ goal would be to assassinate the king.

Who’s to say they wouldn’t pretend to fight fiercely with the team members and then suddenly rush in to attempt regicide?

Bububububububung!

Agrahos’s troops, which had maliciously multiplied monsters at the Tier 3 Champion level, rushed in like mad, but were immediately annihilated by Gil-seong’s main cannon, which excelled at area-of-effect attacks.

The cultivator’s heart pounded as he watched the heroes he had raised by pouring in his twenties in action.

While his inner emotions were in turmoil, the bored genius’s head once again controlled his emotions, preventing his focus from being scattered.

‘Only 5 minutes left.’

This meant that the account synchronization would be deactivated in 5 minutes. The team members’ combat power would drop back to 4-star level.

“Finish quickly while you have the advantage. You can’t maintain that state for long.”

Isaac communicated as naturally as breathing.

If the opponent were to discover the secret of account synchronization, they might just run away for 10 minutes. For future use, the time limit constraint must not be revealed.

Zzzzt!

“……!”

[Final Finish – Unlimited Mode has been activated.]

A sudden tingling killing intent from behind.

Isaac hurriedly activated the unlimited Final Finish, strengthening the shadow realm to deflect the attack.

Swoosh.

A long spear-like weapon stabbed deeply. Its form was that of a barbed spear, combining the functions of both spear and axe.

“Leader!”

“I’ll handle this. Focus on eliminating the sovereign avatars.”

This was Isaac’s communication towards Sword Saint Yeo Jin-soo, who was about to leap forward like a golden flash.

「Standing Alone」

▶ Category: Blessing

▶ Grade: Heroic

▶ Effect: When fighting alone, mental power consumption rate is reduced by 30%.

‘The effect is really noticeable.’

The Standing Alone blessing, activated after acquiring the Lone Wolf achievement. Although he was in the same space as the team members, it seemed that being sufficiently distant fulfilled the condition of ‘fighting alone’.

Even while using the unlimited Final Finish, he was able to withstand the mental power consumption rate per second quite well.

“An Eldritch Stone? No, just an ordinary unique magic stone!”

The identity of the attacker was the avatar of the Heavenly Demon Emperor, glaring with his eyes. The Thunder Treasure Heavenly Lord, who should have been in fierce battle with him, was nowhere to be seen.

‘Whatever the situation is.’

In this desperate situation where the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s avatar was trying to fulfill his duty as an assassin, the boredom-ridden brain finally started spinning rapidly, squeezing out the optimal course of action for its owner’s survival.

‘For now, I don’t see any others.’

Whoosh!

The undulating shadow shot out.

Due to insufficient prior investigation of the assassination target, the Heavenly Demon Emperor had no choice but to dodge.

He sensed the aura of death from the dark shadow, which was unclear whether it was liquid or gas.

“I should have finished it with the first strike!”

Regret was immense, but it was all in the past. Reminding himself of his duty as an assassin once again, he quickly withdrew his barbed spear and formed complex hand seals with both hands.

Gooooo───!

Flash!

Masses of dark blue light gathered above the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s head. As they split and shot out, they caused a bizarre phenomenon that distorted space-time along chaotic trajectories.

Whooosh!

Not content with that, the Heavenly Demon Emperor even raised a fiery aura that seemed capable of burning and incinerating all things. He who had underestimated the king had now decided to use his full power.

Swooosh!

Thud.

Dozens of streams of dark blue light struck the curtain of shadows. The Heavenly Demon Light, said to pierce even the indestructible 10-star immortals, was completely absorbed by the shadow.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s unique attack skill had failed to inflict any damage.

“What a vile method.”

The thought occurred to the assassin that this inferior being, whom he had assumed was king only in name, might have actually succeeded to the throne through his own strength, and his head became complicated.

He had raised the flames of annihilation, but it seemed it would be better for his own well-being to withdraw before it was too late.

“That’s rich coming from the Demon God of the Underworld.”

“What is your true identity? How can you exert such power with just an ordinary unique magic stone, not even an Eldritch Stone?”

Swooosh―!

The king of a nation answered with shadow instead of words. Even though he was under the effect of Standing Alone, the amount of mental power decreasing in real-time was considerable.

“You scoundrel!”

The Heavenly Demon Emperor, unaware of Isaac’s circumstances, became enraged.

Whoooosh!

He ignited his entire body with the flames of annihilation, said to dissolve even the indestructible bodies of immortals. The flames soon took the form of a giant phoenix and shot towards the shadow.

Wriggle wriggle. Gulp.

“No!”

However, the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s counterattack only served to satiate the sinister shadow. The title of Demon God of the Underworld seemed meaningless.

Swish.

As his temples started to throb, Isaac summoned the great sword of shadows and fluttered the long hair characteristic of the Shadow King.

When he added the cloak ‘Falling Shadow’ to complete the look, he exuded an aura no less impressive than that of the Demon God of the Underworld.

Swish―

─────────!

A lightly swung strike. However, as a thin line appeared on the neck of the Heavenly Demon Emperor, who had been engulfed in the flames of annihilation, the world was divided above and below it.

Thud.

“……?”

The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s head fell off pitifully. The body, having lost its owner, turned to ashes after a few seconds and scattered into the air.

[You have defeated a powerful enemy!]

[You have acquired 750,000,000 points.]

[You have acquired the achievement ‘Mastery of Civil and Military Arts’.]