The Rise Of Calamity

'Oh shit!' That was my thought before a visible change in atmospheric pressure seemed to come closer and closer.

I forced myself into absorbing more mana, therefore, increasing the cracks on my body.

Several hundred barriers were created in the span of 10 seconds before taking another 25 seconds to reinforce the barriers around me to make them even thicker than they were before.

It only took a few more seconds for the shockwave to finally reach me before being followed by the sound of shattering glass the instant it came a distance of 50 meters from me.

I watched as every barrier I created in the last few seconds was shattered without enduring for more than a second. However, the time it took for the glass did shorten after the first 50 were gone, and then the next 50, and the 50 after that. Eventually, it took around 3 seconds to shatter the barrier when the wave had gotten as close as the last batch of 25 barriers that I inforced with extra mana just in case it would come to this.

However, the wave would not simply target the barrier at all times, and due to how long it would take to break a single barrier, the wave started to move upwards and away from my direct range.

After around 10 more seconds of this, the wave finally passed with only 5 more barriers remaining in place even after I had started to pump the rest with mana.

Only then could I deactivate the absolute-consumption skill since at this point it had actually started to create permanent injuries.

I finally found time to drop to the floor out of exhaustion, yet within it was laced a sense of relief that my pain was gone. The constant cracking of my skin with the surges of pain that would come with having such an amount of mana and elemental particles move throughout your body was enormous, and on top of that, there was the pain of the-

"AGH!" I screamed out in pain as I remembered the pain that I was going through before I even activated the skill Absolute-Consumption.

I lay there for a couple of minutes simply writhing in pain as surges of energy swept my body and healed all the injuries I had considered 'permanent' before destroying my organs, skin cells, tissue fibers, and bones and regrowing them/ healing them back as if that injury had never happened.

After a few more seconds of torture, a sound echoed in my ear.

[Basic functions of the Divine Eyes are now available]

[Assimilation of inheritance: 87.54%]

[Assimilation into the mana heart shall no begin]

[Be aware, death is a likely possibility]

And with that, I writhed on the ground for a few more minutes as my mana channels felt like they had been lit on fire before being pumped full of lava and poison while being told to circulate them around the body.

Equally, my mana heart felt like it was being stabbed, crushed, vaporized, frozen, and ripped out of me all at once before being regenerated, which hurt equally as much, and repeating the process over and over again without stop.

The pain went on for what felt like hours, yet in reality, only a few minutes had passed during the whole process.

[Assimilation of the mana heart is now complete]

[Assimilation of inheritance: 94.20%]

[Your body now has the properties of a Demi-god]

[The divinity of your mana has increased a tier]

[Divine mana: 99.9% Assimilated]

[Your soul has consumed all the Soul-enhancing demi-god assimilation energy]

[Divine eyes upgrade has been quickened]

[Upgrade: 1:59:58]

[Demi-god bloodline assimilation shall now begin]

[WARNING: Demi-god bloodline is incomplete due to the wasted use of the energy]

[Demi-god bloodline assimilation: 3:59:57]

The pain immediately subsided allowing me to both think straight while also giving me a much better awareness of the things around me instead of being disturbed by the pain.

"Ugh" I moaned while slowly getting off the floor, however, it was only then that a problem hit me.

'Why didn't I feel anything when I killed that damn wyvern...'

The worst-case scenario flashed in my mind making me frown deeply.

'Even if he is not dead, he has to be on the verge of death... nothing below the Liquidus stage can come out of that I looked towards the steam mushroom cloud 'Unscathed... I have to check'

Lightning flashed around my body and I immediately disappeared from my location while leaving behind nothing but a ray of golden light.

Only mid-way to the middle of the crater did something finally become obvious.

'I'm faster...'

Yet, I chose to ignore the change for now and simply focused on finding the wyvern. When I had finally gotten to the middle of the crater, I used my divine eyes to look around the steam-filled area and as far as 850 meters away from me.

'My senses too... And they eyes didn't even upgrade yet' My excitement only grew to make me have to keep it on an even tighter check than before, or at least until I am sure that the wyvern is on the brink of death.

Looking around, I quickly calculated the most likely scenario in my head before reenacting it as if was a 3D movie created out of holograms.

When the reaction finally stopped, I stared in a certain direction for a little longer before squinting my eyes.

Immediately, my vision that had already increased to 875 in that short span of time started to zoom in at something almost 1200 meters away from the epicenter of the crater.

"Found you" I muttered as a cold glint flashed alongside the golden-silver electricity in the whites of my eyes.

***

1.2 km away

The only thing that could be seen in hundreds of meters was mud and ground. The barren land filled with holes where trees were violently uprooted which became ashes a few moments after being uprooted.

While someone might say something like "Deforestation? What's now about that?", there was a significant difference between this type of deforestation and the type you would see back on earth in places like the Amazon, the Russian tundras, and even in third-world countries like Hati.

While on earth, trees are either uprooted or cut down to be used for something like furniture, infrastructure, and many other household items or work-related item, this type of deforestation could be compared to the nuclear radiation of an atomic bomb. The trees and atmosphere were collateral damage in front of the true enemy in all of this.

In the middle of the barren land, one could see a figure becoming smaller and smaller until it had become the size and shape of a human. However, this thing was the furthest thing you could get from a human.

The figure could be seen desperately clawing away from the mushroom cloud while muttering the word "Monster" over and over again.

Both guilt and shame could be seen in its eyes.

It had just used everything it had up its metaphorical sleeve to just barely survive that spell that was clearly way above the level of the caster, yet what did it know? It was just a simple-minded lizard trying to remain to itself wanting to perform a few experiments, yet when that treasure fell from heaven itself upon its land, it could not help itself before being overtaken by the greed for power.

As it was clawing away, it decided to take a glance up, yet it was that moment where it learned that the simple act of looking up could be the last mistake of one's life.

[Author's Note - I will shout out to the top 3 people on the golden tickets leaderboards as well as the person who gave the most gifts at the end of the month. Also, WE JUST HIT 200 CHAPTERS! WOOO!]