Infinite Mana in the Apocalypse

I was in the center of the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land as I looked over the bountiful things that had come out from the death of the Demon King.

As soon as the red light faded and piles of loot were beside the large body of the Demon King, I transferred everything into the central area of the Spiritual Land so I could check them all out without interruptions.

The battle had finished, with the Holy Blight I sent out being able to handle much of the cleanup. The few hours after that were spent with me looking over the rewards of the very long battle.

There were a great many things that brought a lot of surprises, but first and foremost were the skills.

[Demon King's Haki] :: Your strength displays itself outward, placing tremendous pressure on those you are facing.

[Memory Plunderer] :: Dip into the abstract and plunder the memories of your enemies and certain objects.

[Primal Conjurer] :: Two Primal Spirits of the same level are called to your side. Currently Available Spirits(Troll, Manticore, Dullahan)

Two brand new LEGENDARY skills and a unique dropped from a single Demon King. The unique skill aside, just the two LEGENDARY ones made me want to go hunting for more Demon Kings right away.

Two of them were very straightforward, but [Memory Plunderer] was one that made me do a double-take as it was one of the skills that weren't the usual offensive or defensive, but something entirely different. Skills like these usually gave me the biggest surprises.

Next up were new things that I hadn't come across before.

[Power Jewel]x2 :: A condensed form of powerful Abyss Magic. Can be used to increase the firepower of skills by corrupting them with this terrible magic.

[Ruler's Medal- 56] :: Grants you the highest authority in the 56th region of the Demon World.

These two items made me ponder for quite a while as I observed them. The [Ruler's Medal] was a star-shaped medallion that was extremely heavy on my hands, and I found it shocking to come across something like this from defeating a single Demon King.

The [Power Jewel] was something I could more easily understand, as I had come across them before with the EPIC mercenary I fought. The "Corrupted" tag on the Sword Saint Incarnation finally clicked as I saw the description of the jewel.

I opened my huge panel to see which skills would be great to boost in damage. If they could come close to the usefulness of [Corrupted Sword Saint's Incarnation], I would have much more power in my arsenal. I hadn't yet begun absorbing the cores I gained from the Demon King, so my attributes were still the same as of right now.

[Noah Osmont][Occupation: Hunter]

[Vitality: 410]

[Focus: - ]

[Strength: 418]

[Skill(s) :: [F][E][D][C][B][A: Flight-100, Instant Transfer-100, Recorder-100, Language Comprehension-100, Lion's Roar-23,Water Barrier-100, Pierce-100, Executor's Speed-100, Sense Heat Source-100, Silent Communication-75, Regal Archer's Eyes-100, Cook-38]

[A+:: Arctic Zone-100, Relegator's Spear-23, Immutable Regeneration-100, Abstruse Cover-100, Barrier of Illusion-100, Paladin's Blessing-11, Pursuing Infernal Lightning-1]

[S :: Protection of the Wounded-100, Flash-100, Aura of Belligerence-100, Enfeeble-100, Phoenix Arrow-1, Shield Slam-8, Obfuscation-100, Rune of Defense-100, Dragon Scales-100, Budding Farmer-8, Ricocheting Shield-1, Bear's Fighting Style-1, Archer's Gamble-1, Lion's Heart-100, Speedster-100, Smouldering Sword Strike-56, Earthen Spears-1, Thought Acceleration-100, Crisis Avoidance-100]

[S+:: Devastation-100]

[EPIC :: Corrupted Sword Saint's Incarnation-49, Iceberg-38, Absolute Zero-35, Bone Spears-27, Bear Emperor's Fur-28, Life Steal-16, Teleport-25, Arctic Breath-16]

[LEGENDARY :: Sigil of Hegemony-12, Demon King's Haki-1, Memory Plunderer-1 ]

[UNIQUE :: Spiritual Land Management, Primal Conjurer]

[Equipment: (3x B-Ring of Storage)(A-Ring of Storage)(S-Storage Pouch)(S-Veiled Suit)(EPIC-Kingslayer)(EPIC-Rat King's Mask)(EPIC-Prismatic Guardian) (EPIC-Unshattered Charity) (EPIC-Tigereye's Roots)]

There were many skills that had reached 100 proficiency that were prime for combination, and that was the next thing I would be doing as soon as I learned about the new things I've obtained first.

I placed a small amount of mana into the [Power Jewel] while looking at my panel, seeing 2 skills become greyed out and many more starting to shine bright red. Unique Skills were greyed out, and it seemed the [Power Jewel] couldn't be applied to them. Every other skill was blinking red as if asking to be selected.

I looked to my most powerful skills aside from unique and selected [Sigil of Hegemony]. A flash of red occurred as the [Power Jewel] melted in my hands and flew into my body. I felt a rumbling of essence as I watched the flickering of the LEGENDARY skill until it soon changed.

[Corrupted Sigil of Hegemony] :: A highly protective sigil establishes itself as far as 30 meters around you, empowering you and your allies while hindering your foes for 30 seconds. Another 30 seconds are required before the runic forces can be activated again. Absorbs half of all damage dealt while active. +300% Casting and Attack Speed. +300% damage to enemies in sigil. +300% Speed. -75% Enemy Elemental Resistances. -75% Enemy Speed. Restrict Movement is applied.

This…

The skill now had even more boosts to damage, speed, and much more. Something even more spectacular called [Restrict Movement] was also added on top of it. I quickly thought about the powerful enemies I continued to face as my power continued to grow like this.

I had just boosted a LEGENDARY skill with the powerful jewel that the Demon King left behind. Its rank hadn't gone above, but its power was now even greater. With my constant use of the skills that increased their proficiency before I combined them, it meant my power would continue to get closer and closer to the next rank with all of these factors put into place.

I left the other [Power Jewel] behind for now as I felt the movement of the Holy Blight and EPIC beasts near the snowy mountain where I finished off the Demon King. Rushing along with them were hordes of terrifying green corpses that moved erratically.

I transferred all of the beasts and [Defiled Corpses] into the Frozen Plateau Spiritual land. There were many things for me to do, and I had to go through them slowly to make sure there were no mistakes.

With the end of the battle outside, there should be a period of peace as everyone recovered from this battle, although I didn't know how long that peace would be. I knew that killing a Demon King would have huge after effects, I just didn't know how extreme the retaliation would be. The Frozen Kingdom might even be faced with even more Demon Legions after this.

I used [Spiritual Land Management] and saw the changes occurring as the [Defiled Corpses] were transferred in. The [Emperor Penguin] and other beasts were transferred on top of the Spiritual Land where the snowy [Whitefall Trees] were abundant as they rested from the battle.

The Holy Blight was like a sheepherder as it stood in the skies and commanded the [Defiled Corpses] to stand in neat rows in between the [Whitefall Trees]. The sight was terrifying as the count of the [Defiled Corpses] reached a few thousands.

I remained underground in the center of the Spiritual Land below as these things continued above me, sending out a command to my summon and the EPIC beasts to just be on standby as I wanted to figure out my new skills and look a bit closer at the Spiritual Land and its functions before I head back to the Frozen Kingdom to see the aftermath of this battle.

The first thing that had been itching in my mind was [Memory Plunderer]. The description mentioned that memories of enemies and certain objects could be read. I thought for a bit as I reached out to the remaining [Power Jewel] and activated the skill.

A red light flashed...but nothing occurred.

I didn't give up and reached out to the large body of the Demon King I kept with me as I activated [Memory Plunderer] once again. The same red light flashed...and it continued to become brighter.