The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 19: Take a Beating (2)

[You have the power of the Serpent Bearer!]

[The holy item has transformed according to its owner's power!]

The transformation was surprising; the plain steel carving knife turned black.

[You have given it a special characteristic as its owner!]

[Serpent Bearer's Special Characteristic: <Serpent Eater>]

[Serpent Bearer's Special Characteristic: <Finder of Death>]

[Serpent Bearer's Special Characteristic: <Reviver of the Dead>]

The toy-like carving knife again changed its size. It became large and long enough to rival a greatsword. This made it clear that the item's size varied depending on the quantity of magical energy its owner possessed.

The Slime happily and recklessly tried to expand itself to the limits, but Lee Gun beat it up. He saw a snake engraved along the blade.

[The Serpent Eater's characteristic gives any item the critical damage attribute!]

[The item is also imbued with innate sharpness!]

[All items can be used for the hunt!]

[Basic damage has been increased!]

The slime was a Maker's tool. However, the Divine special characteristic had given it an offensive ability. That wasn't all.

[The 13th Sense (F) has been activated!]

[You can now see the Path of Death!]

As Lee Gun lifted the large carving knife, something amazing happened to his vision.

'...!' He could see some regions of the Pixiu's body emanating with black light. These regions weren't vital spots, so he wondered what the light was highlighting. 'Shall I test it out?'

Lee Gun started to move, surprising Hugo.

"Gun!" Hugo became desperate. Lee Gun was indeed strong, but his power came with risks. In truth, Lee Gun had entered his prime one and a half years after he was known as the thirteenth superhuman. The raid in Russia and all of his legendary clips had been filmed during that period.

Hugo had met Lee Gun at the peak of the latter's prime. Therefore, he was keenly aware of what had happened after Lee Gun had gone past his prime. The twelve Zodiac Saints had kept getting stronger while Lee Gun's body had been deteriorating. Of course, Lee Gun covered for the decline with experience and a genius battle sense. However, his reaction speed, stamina, vision, hearing, senses, etc, all had deteriorated.

Hugo's heart had almost stopped twenty years ago, at the time when the raid at Red Eye's tower had yet to happen. While walking on a crosswalk, Lee Gun had failed to see a car hurtling toward him. He was considered the most powerful human in this world, yet a car had almost hit him. It showed how messed up his senses had been at the time. That was the reason Hugo had been so adamant that Lee Gun shouldn't go into the Devil's Tower.

'All I got for my effort was him eating my fried chicken leg and wings.' Hugo had no idea how Lee Gun had returned alive. On the surface, Lee Gun looked fine, but Hugo couldn't shake his worry. 'There's no way his body is fine.'

Moreover, Lee Gun's opponent wasn't a normal monster.

'Construct.' Of course, Pixiu wasn't a construct of a battle-type god. So, its fighting ability wasn't the best. However, a construct, even if it wasn't high in rank, would always be dangerous. Fighting them was much more difficult than battling high-rank monsters. Killing them was also impossible. Considering all that, Hugo was tense. He called out his auxiliary bow, which seemed to be made out of light.