Chapter 148: Build Up, My Skyscraper—Aestus Domus Aurea!
Ancient monsters.
To the people of this world, they were legendary "calamities."
In the distant ancient era, the gods had not yet descended to the lower world.
Tower of Babel, which suppressed the Dungeon, did not exist either.
So-called "adventurers" and "gods" had not yet appeared.
During that era, weak humans had no way to resist those terrifying monsters.
Countries.
Cities.
Towns.
Everything would be destroyed.
Because of that, they were given the name "jet-black calamities."
It was just like the "enhanced species monsters" in the current Dungeon.
They were all "black monsters."
Originally, the "ordinary species" of those monsters had other traits.
However, special mutated "black individuals" would appear among them, just like the "Black Goliath" that had appeared in the original story.
As everyone knew, the floor boss Goliath had potential ability equivalent to Lv.4.
However, the Black Goliath had the strength of Lv.5 the moment it was born from the Dungeon.
Now, when Ethan faced this ancient monster that had survived from the distant past, he finally truly understood what an "ancient monster" was.
Roar—
At this moment, the "Scorpion Antares" stood right before him.
In some myths, "Orion" had died at the hands of "Scorpio."
Although this world had many gods from mythology, they differed far too much from the myths Ethan knew before transmigrating.
Leaving everything else aside, just Apollo alone was enough.
That God of Light was actually a perverted man who pursued both men and women in this world.
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
Amid Antares's roar, large numbers of scorpions surged out from all directions.
After devouring the Moon Goddess, Antares had not only absorbed her divine power, but had also repeatedly and wildly reproduced offspring.
Those offspring were the monster army rampaging here.
Boom—
Naturally, Ethan did not fear these small fry at all.
At this moment, the "malice" called [All the World's Evil] truly erupted.
From beneath Ethan's feet, large amounts of black mud continuously gushed out like a fountain.
Every scorpion that approached was instantly swallowed and vanished into the black mud.
At this moment, the roles seemed to have reversed by 180 degrees.
It was as if Ethan was the calamity that intended to destroy the world.
Roar—
As an ancient monster from the distant past, Antares was naturally not weak.
However, from Ethan's body, it sensed a power that terrified it.
This power was different from the ancient heroes and ancient great spirits that had once defeated it.
The other party was a "calamity" even more terrifying than itself.
He was a true "monster" capable of devouring this world.
"Mm…"
Large numbers of scorpions were swallowed by the black mud.
After being digested, all of them fed back into Ethan's body.
Through repeated gacha pulls, Ethan had become stronger and stronger.
The improvement brought by devouring and absorbing magic stones had also become smaller and smaller.
It had been a long time since Ethan had felt this kind of "pleasure."
At this moment, Ethan even felt an impulse.
He wanted to devour Antares.
Antares had devoured Artemis and absorbed her divine power.
If Ethan devoured Antares, would he be able to obtain divine power?
However, when he thought of that innocent and adorable goddess, Ethan dismissed the idea.
There were plenty of ways to absorb divine power.
After all, Orario lacked many things, but it absolutely did not lack gods.
They were everywhere.
But there was only one goddess this precious.
If he missed her, he would have to wait ten thousand years.
Roar—
Swish, swish, swish—
Suddenly, Antares went berserk.
A "flower bud" opened on its body.
Inside it was a crystal, and within the crystal was Artemis with her eyes tightly closed.
From the sky, beams of moonlight descended one after another.
They were incredibly dense and swept over a huge area.
Boom, boom, boom—
Everything nearby was subjected to carpet bombing.
The entire ruin was blasted into pieces.
"It seems it only barely absorbed Artemis's divine power. And controlling divine power places no small burden on it. Otherwise, it would not have chosen this kind of attack method."
Within the black mud, Ethan watched the scene before him and made his judgment.
In the original story, Antares's battle record had truly been far too poor.
Before that, it had clearly destroyed the Artemis Familia all by itself.
But later, it was dragged around by only a few people.
Now it seemed that after devouring Artemis, controlling her divine power was not an easy thing for Antares either.
Not to mention, it was preparing to unleash an attack powerful enough to destroy the continent.
In other words, the current Antares was covered in "negative buffs."
This was the perfect time to beat a drowning dog.
Thinking this, Ethan smiled proudly.
Since you became weaker, you won't have any complaints if I kill you, right?
Swish—
He took Orion's Arrow from his back.
This was a plot item.
It was definitely a special-effect weapon.
Roar—
Facing this "calamity" even more terrifying than itself, Antares went berserk.
In the world of monsters, the law of the jungle was the only rule.
Powerful monsters devouring weaker monsters was only natural.
In this world, there was no seat for the weak.
The enormous scorpion body launched an attack at Ethan.
However, with the support of [Mana Burst] and the black mud, Ethan's physical ability had risen to a terrifying level.
He easily dodged every attack.
As for the surrounding scorpions, they could not get close at all.
The moment they came over, they were swallowed.
Pshk—
Seizing an opportunity, Ethan stabbed directly through one of Antares's pincers.
Roar—
After suffering an attack, Antares wanted to struggle.
However, at that moment, the black mud swept over like a tidal wave and directly swallowed Antares.
Within the black mud, Antares struggled continuously.
But it could not break free at all.
Buzz—
Suddenly, a burst of white light erupted, directly blasting apart the surrounding black mud.
The crystal sealing Artemis released a faint white glow.
Ethan knew that this was Antares using Artemis's divine power.
At the same time, the "crescent moon" in the sky changed again.
On the original crescent moon, a bowstring appeared.
Then came an arrow.
It took the form of a bow being drawn, clearly preparing to fire.
Through the hole above, Ethan also saw everything outside.
This scene made Ethan understand.
He had to deal with Antares as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, if this arrow really fired, this world would truly be Game Over.
Clang—
[Build up, my skyscraping splendor—]
[Display the supreme radiance here!]
[Aestus Domus Aurea!]
The Noble Phantasm belonging to the tyrant Nero now stepped onto the stage of another world!
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