Chapter 378 341 – Terrifying Potential

"I don't know why you became the protagonist, but unfortunately, no amount of luck will save you."

Along with Takumi's quiet words, the cellular spores he had released completely devoured Yuuki Kagurazaka.

[Ding! Acquired attributes: King of Creation (Gold), Anti-Skill (Purple), Protagonist's Halo (Purple)…]

As he felt the attributes fuse into him, Takumi immediately understood why [Anti-Skill (Purple)] only deserved to be a purple attribute.

Judging from its description, nullifying all magic and skills sounded practically bug-level.

But in actual use, the attribute had major flaws.

First, it could not nullify an absolute difference in power.

Second, it could only nullify one ability at a time.

If the opponent fused a skill and magic together, it could not cancel out two different types of power simultaneously.

"It feels pretty low-tier even among purple attributes."

Takumi curled his lips speechlessly and turned his attention back to [King of Creation (Gold)].

The instant he fused with the attribute, Takumi understood that it was one of the core powers of the Star-King Dragon Veldanava.

And that Star-King Dragon was the creator god of this world, so its status naturally needed no explanation.

"It's top-tier even among gold attributes."

"But rather than [King of Creation], I'd prefer to call it [King of Copying]."

If one relied purely on imagination to create things, there would ultimately be limits.

If Takumi wanted to, he could now create ninjutsu from the world of Naruto, martial arts from the world of One Piece, and so on in the form of skills.

But having more skills in his library was useless to him.

Even without [King of Creation (Gold)], he could reproduce those things himself in a similar way.

The abilities Takumi truly wanted—such as space-time travel, quantum manipulation, and magnetic force rotation—could not be created by [King of Creation (Gold)].

"How did it suddenly become so useless once it fell into my hands?"

"The weak abilities are no use to me, while the truly powerful ones can't be created."

"Still, this pile of created skills will definitely satisfy my divine envoys."

With only a few thoughts, several dozen pages' worth of new skill trees appeared.

Anyone who had fused with one of his divine envoy chess pieces could learn them.

These skills were useless to Takumi, but for them, they were powerful methods and shortcuts for rapidly increasing their strength.

Takumi even used skill creation to construct quite a few classes from Dungeon Fighter Online.

"Shizuka Cutie and the others are really going to enjoy this… It's just useless to me personally."

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Takumi extended his palm and looked at Kazalim's unconscious spiritual body.

"Spirit Command Technique: Night Parade Grimoire!"

"King of Creation: Pseudo-Hell!"

Using the power of [King of Creation (Gold)], Takumi used the Night Parade Grimoire as a foundation and created a small world similar to Hell.

This world was entirely a spiritual world capable of absorbing and preserving spiritual beings.

Any spirit taken inside would also be branded with his mark, allowing him to pull them out and command them at will.

"I have to admit, it didn't increase my strength that much, but this attribute has given me so many more options."

If Takumi wished, he could immediately create a skill for reconstructing a physical body.

Using that to resurrect the dead would be effortless.

The truly valuable aspect of [King of Creation (Gold)] was not only its extremely high upper and lower limits, but also its nearly perfect expandability.

Takumi had already been an all-rounder. With this attribute's enhancement, he was probably about to become a perfect "circle."

"Other than reversing cause and effect, manipulating time, altering reality, and other abilities that are too high-level, I can master almost everything else."

Thinking of it this way, Takumi felt incomparably refreshed and looked toward Kazalim, who had already awakened.

The Pseudo-Hell Takumi had created contained soul essence, which easily healed the damage to Kazalim's spiritual body.

And under the enhancement of the Night Parade Brand, her spiritual body rapidly took shape.

A tall, elegant blonde beauty appeared upon the lifeless underworld soil.

Her skin was fair and delicate, and her refined face perfectly matched the blonde hair arranged in a braided bun.

Her blue eyes, which carried a mysterious glow, slowly opened, still filled with confusion.

Her distinctive pointed elven ears also twitched at that moment.

Seeing that her entire body felt light and exposed, Kazalim showed neither embarrassment nor shock. Instead, she looked deeply moved.

"Th-This is my body."

"My skin is smooth and soft, and my face isn't ugly anymore."

"I've changed back… I-I'm Kagali!!"

Kazalim murmured to herself. Along with her spiritual body's restoration, the forgotten memories of her past also resurfaced.

She remembered her true name, Kagali, and regained the elegant bearing she once possessed as an elven princess.

Kagali was so moved that she wanted to cry. The cold expression she had worn as a Demon Lord was completely gone.

Unfortunately, as a spiritual body, she could not shed tears even if she wanted to.

After being overwhelmed with emotion for quite a while, Kagali gradually came back to her senses.

"That's right. I think I was about to die just now."

"Where is this? Did I reincarnate?"

When Kagali voiced her questions, Takumi finally spoke.

"No. You're inside the [Pseudo-Hell] I created, and you're also its first resident."

"I gave you some time to celebrate just now. Felt good, didn't it?"

"Now comes the part you won't enjoy. Your current identity is my property."

With just a few simple sentences, Takumi instantly dragged Kagali from joy back into reality.

She looked around at the barren underworld and let out a long breath.

But Kagali did not panic. Her mindset remained surprisingly stable.

After all, she had been on the verge of death moments ago.

At least she had survived now, and she had even recovered her past memories.

How much worse could things possibly get?

"You seem to be in a pretty good mood. You adapted quickly."

Takumi noticed Kagali's relaxed state of mind and raised an eyebrow in surprise.

If it had been anyone else, they would probably have spent quite a while screaming and thrashing around.

Kagali's composure was genuinely incredible.

Taking a deep breath, Kagali shook her head.

"Nothing could be worse than nearly dying. I should already be grateful that I'm still alive."

"Then let me tell you something that'll make you even happier. I can resurrect you immediately."

Takumi's words instantly made Kagali lose control of her emotions for a moment.

"Resurrect me?!"

She forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart, then quietly asked, "What are the conditions?"

Her wealth of experience prevented her from acting impulsively like a reckless youngster. She immediately understood that there had to be a price.

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