Chapter 13: Cyclops and a room.

Nader had descended floor after floor. Only sometimes did he stay in one place to give his new tamed pet a quiet respite.

So far he had found nothing interesting.

The monsters he had encountered ranged from huge poison-spitting frogs to large chickens that, instead of feathers, had scales, scales that he could throw to attack from a distance.

Nader had used the frog's mucky poison to dive into it, and just as he had hoped, it granted him an ability called [Poison Resistance].

In his past life, to acquire resistance against poisons, he had almost died over and over again. However, now, with his Heavenly body, everything turned out to be much easier.

Then, he had roasted some meat of the monster he had killed and fed it to his hungry pet, who had not eaten anything for several days since he had been with him.

He had instantly regretted feeding it, though.

He had never imagined that his pet would suffer so much after it had eaten the flesh of a monster.

However, he had used the healing potions that were in his storage. The bunny had not died, instead, she had gone through a strange mutation where she had become stronger.

His pet had not only gained more strength but also, surprisingly, had been able to gain the abilities of the monster it had eaten.

That accident turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

With this discovery, Nader had also eaten the monster meats with the expectation of learning the skills without training, only to be a bit disappointed afterward.

From that very moment, Nader had given portions of meats from different types of monsters to his pet so that it could gain stats and new skills.

He had thoroughly studied his pet's body with his senses. At that time, he had learned that what allowed him to gain skills and stats was not a skill itself.

Instead, it was a modification of her body, or in this case, a metamorphosis she had undergone after ingesting monster flesh far stronger than her frail little body could handle.

If Nader had not given her the healing potion, her pet's body would most likely have exploded.

Of course, Nader hadn't stood idly by either.

He had absorbed the monsters' flesh with his [Absorption] skill and had practiced some skills that he found useful, or in this case, ones that he could merge with other skills to get a better one.

The skills he gained were as follows:

- Diamond skin.

- Petrification.

- Resistance to paralysis.

- Paralysis.

- Telepathy.

- Tracking.

- Intimidate.

- Airwalk.

- Rift Walk.

- Aerodynamics

- Overload (Improved version of Limit Break: grants ×5 base stats).

- Steel legs.

- Mana recovery.

- Hide presence.

- Illusion Waltz.

Having enough time during his pet's feast, he had decided to use his [Integrator] skill for the first time to merge the new skills and the skills he already had.

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[Poison Resistance + Paralysis Resistance + Petrification Resistance + Diamond Skin + Legs of Steel = Physical Immunity(2%)(low)(Passive): Grants 2% physical immunity.

Effect: No physical status effect has any effect against you.

Fear Resistance + Intimidation Resistance + Bloodlust Resistance + Unbreakable Will = Mental Immunity (75%)(Expert)(Passive): Grants 75% immunity to mental attack.

Paralysis + Intimidate = Bloodlust (50%)(High)(Active): completely paralyzes your enemies for 5 seconds. [Does not work if the enemy has a mental defense greater than your mental attack].

Effect: Increases mental attack by 100%.

Telepathy + Tracking + Sense = Spiritual Sense(20%)(Low)(Active): Track everything within five cubic kilometers. [You can leave a mark on an object or person to know its exact location no matter where it is].

Riftwalk (Arifureta) + Riftwalk (Your own world) + Supersonic Step = God Step (50%)(Medium)(Active): grants a base speed ×3.

Effect: Maximizes focus during its use.

Air Walk + Aerodynamics = Flight (Max)(Active): grants the ability to move freely through the air. [The flight speed depends on your speed].

Limit Break + Overload = Divinity(Max)(Active): Increases base stats ×10. Secondary effect: leaves the body fatigued for some time. [Effect counteracted by: physical immunity and Celestial Race].

Mana recovery + Blessed by energy = Son of energy(25%)(Medium)(Passive): grants a great improvement to your energy, in addition to having 10% energy recovery per second.

Hide presence + Illusion Waltz = Invisibility(25%)(Medium)(Active): makes the user completely invisible to avoid detection. [Does not work if the other party has a detection ability that exceeds your invisibility defense].

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"Well, I admit I'm bad at naming things, but not to this extent.... right?" Nader said uncertainly.

*Crunch* He bit into a red apple and looked at his little bouncy pet.

So far, they were practicing their newly acquired skills on the previous floor where giant centipedes and giant trees that could move inhabited.

However, all of them were slaughtered beyond saving them by the two beings, a doe, and her master. As for the giant tree, all that remained were its delicious fruits that were in Nader's storage.

As a result of her training, the bunny had become much cuter and smaller, small enough to perch on Nader's shoulders.

She was now about forty centimeters with a long twenty-centimeter ear decorating her head. Its white fur became flawless and shiny.

On his way, Nader tried to use numerous names to name his pet, such as: 'Little white', 'Little Snow', 'Little Rabbit', and the like, but...

Contrary to Nader's expectations, the bunny only gave him a sidelong glance before ignoring him as she squeaked with a 'kyu...'. She disliked the names Nader was suggesting.

It wasn't long before Nader stopped his footsteps at the end of one of the corridors.

"Is this the final floor of the Labyrinth of the Great Orcus?". A bit disappointed, Nader looked up at the majestic room buried in the wall of the maze in front of him.

The room possessed a set of majestic double doors, each ten feet high.

On each side of the door was a cyclops statue sunk into the recesses of the wall. They looked like guardians guarding the entrances leading to an unknown place.

"I hope this room holds something interesting...". He murmured expectantly.

He had thought that he would find something interesting that could further strengthen him in this labyrinth that was made in the age of the gods. However, all he got were only small amounts of stats and a few skills. And most importantly, his beloved pet.

But this was a different floor, a floor where he thought he could find something that would strengthen him.

As he was walking toward the door with quiet steps along with his pet jumping beside him, he expanded his senses.

His senses could not get past the wall in front of him so that he could inspect what was contained within, but...

His heterochromatic eyes landed on the two statues that he had previously thought were just decorations.

"I never thought these two were alive. Is it some kind of monster they had been imprisoned in ancient times? Or an artifact?" He muttered and approached one of them.

He had sensed mana coming from something like a core that was in their insides. That had reminded him of Golems artifacts.

With a small blow, he struck the giant stone's leg. However, nothing happened, they were as if they were sound asleep.

The bunny hopped up and landed on Nader's shoulders as she watched the cyclops curiously.

"Kyuuu...?"

"Maybe they'll wake up after they open the door" he muttered.

With no other choice, he approached the door and inspected it.

The craftsmanship of the door was far more majestic than that of the Palace and even the Holy Church; though, of course, the powder was settled and accumulated in every corner of the door, making it look ancient and mystical.

In each doorway was a recess large enough for a human head, in each of which were carved magical circles.

He studied it for a moment and realized that it might have been a slot that was used as a lock.

He ran his hand through the slot and muttered, "And the keys...", but he couldn't finish what he said before his hand was forcefully repelled due to a crimson-colored electric current.

"Uoooooooooooooooooooooooooh!" a deep, terrifying sound echoed through the cave.

The stone shells that held the heads of the two Cyclops enclosed cracked and collapsed, revealing two huge eyes, one for each Cyclops.

Their previously grayish skins resumed their colors to a dark green like frogs.

Nader waited as he watched them from the side.

The cracks deepened until the meter-long blades became visible along with their legs that were slowly breaking free.

Nader had felt no pressure coming from the two Cyclops, which was why he had not destroyed them before they could break free.

"Kyuuuuuuu!" The pet shrieked as if challenging the cyclops. Its round, red eyes did not reveal panic but glowed with intensity from the desire to fight.

The ground shook violently as two thunderous roars overlapped each other.

"Little Snow. You can take care of the one-eyed man on the left."

"Kyu..." a faint sound full of reluctance came from his little pet, it was as if she had resigned herself to her new name.

The Cyclops on the right advanced with firm, strong steps as he raised his heavy, meter-long sword and swung it towards Nader.

He moved to the side and dodged the giant sword, which made a loud clang as it clattered to the ground.

Seizing the opportunity, he clenched his fists and struck the metal blades of the sword.

*Crack* To Nader's surprise, the sword had only cracked.

But that blow was enough to send the Cyclops reeling to the side.

Without waiting for it to steady itself, he leaned over and leaped upward before delivering a vertical kick to the Cyclops' jaw.

The blow was so powerful that it sent the cyclops flying upwards with its head backward.

His pet wasn't killing time either. She was using her various skills, but nothing had worked against her opponent as every time the attack was going to hit him, it activated a defense skill, repelling her skills.

Frustrated, she jumped towards her opponent with a spin and delivered a powerful kick that impacted against the Cyclops' stomach, but the Cyclops' skin glowed again for a few seconds and the kick that connected against it was repelled as if it had crashed against an indestructible mineral.

"Kyuuuuuuuu!" with a pitiful shriek, the bunny went flying backward from the recoil.

Before it exploded against the opposite wall, it used its aerodynamics ability and stopped in mid-air.

Cleverly, she observed and inspected her enemy. She saw that the only place that was not covered by that light was his huge eyes.

She assumed that they were his weak points, so she ran towards him while supporting herself in the air with her aerodynamics.

Cyclops swung his greatsword vertically in her direction, but she nimbly dodged it while using Cyclops' arms as a bridge.

Cyclops raised his other hand and swung his arm where the bunny was, but again, she jumped and used her other arm to leap toward his head.

When it was close to her head, the Cyclops glowered again, but this time the bunny aimed her spinning kick at the Cyclops' eyes.

"Uoooooooh!" a scream of pain and fury was heard in the room.

The Cyclops' eyes were sunken into its head from the powerful kick.

The bunny hopped backward and used her aerodynamics to propel herself forward again. A kick, accompanied with speed and force, smashed into the Cyclops' already sunken head and a huge gouge appeared on its head. The Cyclops' cerebral fluids splashed onto the back wall as its body crashed hard against the wall from which it had previously emerged.

On the other hand, Nader teleported on top of the cyclops descending from the air and slammed its skull downward.

Although the Cyclops had activated its defensive ability, Nader had broken it with his powerful attacks, full of power.

*Boooooom!

A huge crater was created where the cyclops had crashed.

Even with that, the cyclops stood up and looked around for Nader as it roared furiously.

"Here." Nader greeted him as he suddenly appeared in front of him.

Before the Cyclops sent his blow towards him, Nader kicked hard at the socket guarding his huge eye.

Nader felt his leg go deep inside the Cyclops' head.

The one-eyed monster shot out like a cannonball before crashing into the wall of the room.

"I guess you don't need to activate the door to get in anymore," he said with a grin.

Now, the room in the wall had a huge gouge where the Cyclops had crashed.

The bunny hopped over Nader's shoulder, landed on him, and squealed arrogantly.

"Good job." Nader praised her as he rubbed his pet's fur.

Then Nader put the lifeless body of the Cyclops his pet had killed into his storage before jumping up and stepping through the crack in the room.

When he stepped into the other room, dark space was revealed, it was only dimly lit by the drops of light coming through the crack in the wall.

Just as he slipped the last Cyclops into his storage, he felt his spiritual senses pick up something moving in the center of the room.

"...Is anyone there?..." a faint, hoarse voice rang out in the dark, silent room.