Level Up Machine

Chapter 93 Blue Giant (3)

Gil-soo’s figure, lying on the ground and spitting blood, caught Yeong-sik’s eyes. The red blood pouring from him etched itself into Yeong-sik’s mind like a brand.

His head felt hot. His hands trembled slightly. Gil-soo was a special person to Yeong-sik.

He was the person who had been beside Yeong-sik when he first opened his eyes, always following him with a kind smile.

“Gil-soo!”

Han-seong shouted urgently as he ran to Gil-soo. He took out the highest-grade potion from his inventory and poured it onto Gil-soo’s chest while using healing magic.

“Ku, kuhlk!”

“Ah, ahjussi!”

A mouthful of blood poured from Gil-soo’s mouth. Seo Ara rushed toward the fallen Gil-soo. She grabbed Gil-soo’s blood-soaked hand.

“P-please, stay with us, ahjussi!”

“Ara! If you stay here, you’ll interfere with the treatment!”

“B-but…”

Startled by Han-seong’s shout, Ara let go of Gil-soo’s hand and stepped back. She anxiously looked down at Gil-soo.

“Cast the next spell quickly.”

At that moment, a dry voice reached Ara’s ears. It was Yeong-sik’s voice, familiar to her.

“Yeong-sik…?”

“Didn’t you hear me? Leave it to Han-seong for now and prepare your magic. The battle isn’t over yet.”

She bit her lip, glaring at Yeong-sik with a disappointed expression. Despite Gil-soo’s life being in danger, Yeong-sik seemed completely unaffected.

“How… how can you say something like that so nonchalantly? It’s Gil-soo ahjussi! He’s been our companion all this time! He’s hurt like this, and you don’t care at all?”

Listening to her outburst, Yeong-sik responded with a deeply sunken gaze.

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

“Ugh…!”

Ara’s expression hardened at his words, as if they meant ‘it’s not important’. She glared at him, clenching her fists roughly.

“Of course, since your body is made of machinery, even your emotions are dried up? Hmph, it’s no wonder you have no feelings since we can’t even be sure if you’re human.”

She spoke in a venomous voice. Yeong-sik kept his mouth firmly shut at her words. With a bitter smile, he turned away from her.

“Ah…”

Seeing his expression, Ara realized what she had said. With a pale face, she reached out toward Yeong-sik.

But before her hand could reach him, red flames erupted from Yeong-sik’s back, propelling his body forward. Ara, grasping at empty air, looked at his retreating back with an expression that seemed about to cry.

Fwoosh!

The colossal arm of the blue giant swung at the summoners, who were thrown into confusion by the light blade’s attack. Accompanied by a terrifying wind pressure, his multi-ton fist descended upon the summoners’ heads.

Crash!

“Ugh, gah…”

A warrior-class summoner from the Leviathan Guild hurriedly raised his shield, but he couldn’t block the punch of the blue giant, which contained an abnormal amount of power. His body was crushed brutally, and red blood splattered everywhere.

“Maintain formation and retreat!”

Park Si-a shouted urgently, an unusual tone for her. She placed her hand on Kang Ha-rin’s arm, who was crying out in pain with one arm severed.

From her hand, droplets of water formed and gathered on Kang Ha-rin’s shoulder, stopping the bleeding. She lifted Kang Ha-rin’s severed arm, brought it to her shoulder, and poured a potion over it.

The surgical medical technology on the Elnote continent was far superior to Earth’s, thanks to the absolute effectiveness of potions in surgical treatment.

“Unni…”

“Stay here. I’ll handle the rest.”

With a cold voice, she stood up. From her trembling body, dozens of water streams extended out.

“How dare you…”

Park Si-a glared at the blue giant with burning eyes. The screams of guild members pouring in from all directions squeezed her heart.

“How dare you!”

With an expression of intense passion, something she usually never showed, she stomped on the ground. Her body, entwined with water streams, soared into the air.

Park Si-a, one of the strongest summoners in the east, who had reached level 105, was genuinely enraged.

Rumble!

Following her gesture, dozens of water streams shot forward, pounding the blue giant’s chest. Despite the water streams attacking, the sound of a drill tearing into its chest echoed.

Thud. Thud.

The blue giant’s body was pushed back by the water streams. White lightning struck the giant’s body.

Sizzle!

A massive explosion occurred on the blue giant’s head, which had been directly hit by the lightning. Tiria, who had managed to damage the blue giant, looked down at her feet with trembling eyes.

Unlike the Leviathan Guild, there were no casualties in the Salvator Guild yet. However, many guild members were lying on the ground with various injuries.

Among them, Gil-soo’s injury was the most severe.

It was a wound that made it unsurprising if he lost his life at any moment.

“No more…”

Tiria bit her lip harshly as she glared at the blue giant. The horrible despair she felt when a precious person became a cold corpse—she never wanted to feel that despair again, but it constricted her chest.

With a desperate expression, she launched an attack on the blue giant.

Floating in the air using his booster, Yeong-sik looked down at the battlefield with calm eyes. He took a deep breath, trying to erase Gil-soo’s image that wouldn’t leave his mind.

In truth, he felt like he was going mad. He wanted to rush to the blue giant and unleash every attack he had right now.

He wanted to put on his suit, use his dragon transformation, and deploy every skill he could to tear that giant to shreds. If he could use it intentionally, he wanted to use forced liberation as many times as he could.

But…

‘Stay calm.’

Yeong-sik calmly watched Tiria and Park Si-a fighting the blue giant. Charging in while losing one’s rationality and being overwhelmed by passion only worked in comic books.

He needed to calm his mind and analyze the enemy’s weaknesses. Only then could they defeat the enemy without further casualties.

With this thought, his mind became as cold as an ice chamber.

‘I have to destroy whatever is supplying power to that giant.’

Yeong-sik’s eyes shone sharply. Despite Tiria and Park Si-a relentlessly attacking the blue giant, it was slowly regenerating and continuing its assaults.

It was impossible for such a massive creature to regenerate with minimal magical power. He had to cut off the source supplying that power.

‘The altar.’

Yeong-sik’s gaze turned to the four altars. Although he couldn’t perceive the flow of magic, he could only think of those altars as the power source of the giant’s infinite magic.

‘If I destroy those…’

His eyes glinted sharply. Now was the only chance, with Tiria and Park Si-a keeping the giant’s feet tied.

– Click.

[Multipurpose Functional Combat Suit Lacteon Type 2. Activating.]

[Due to incomplete user authorization, usage time is limited to 5 minutes.]

Yeong-sik, who had taken the suit out of his inventory and put it on, kicked off the ground and dashed toward the altars.

Boom!

Reaching the altar first, where twin swords were embedded, Yeong-sik swung his blade, which had transformed into a black blade, towards the altar.

Clang!

A blue magic barrier appeared around the altar, deflecting his attack.

Seeing the barrier, Yeong-sik’s eyes sparkled.

‘As expected.’

He realized that the magic emanating from the altar was identical to the magic the blue giant was emitting. He raised his right arm.

“Energy Blast.”

– Wooom!

A black energy mass formed in the palm of his right hand. It was a massive energy concentration reminiscent of a dragon’s breath.

– Attack detected on highest priority protection target. Engaging defense.

The blue giant, who had been battling Tiria and Park Si-a, turned towards Yeong-sik the moment the attack on the altar was detected. The giant’s enormous arm reached out toward Yeong-sik.

“Hold off the giant while I destroy the altars!”

Yeong-sik, charging the energy blast, shouted towards Tiria and Park Si-a. Tiria nodded and blocked the giant’s fist.

“Celestial Shield… Ah!”

Before she could fully cast her spell, a sudden blue crystal shot towards her, interrupting her casting. Although she quickly extended her arms to deflect the crystals, she couldn’t complete the spell.

Crash!

### Chapter 93

## The Blue Colossus (2)

“Aaaah!”

The hastily created Celestial Shield shattered against the giant’s fist. Tiria’s body was violently flung backward. Park Si-a caught her as she flew.

“Wrath of the Water Dragon!”

Hugging the blood-spitting Tiria, Park Si-a cast her spell. A massive stream of water, in the shape of a dragon, collided with the giant’s fist.

Crash!

The collision of immense power shook the cavern as if it would collapse.

“We’re pushing it back!”

Park Si-a, one of the strongest summoners in the east, was proving her strength by slowly pushing back the giant’s fist. However, it wasn’t easy, and sweat continued to pour down her forehead.

Normally, it would take a group of summoners to barely hold off such an attack, so it was no wonder she was struggling alone.

While Park Si-a bought time, Yeong-sik’s fully charged Energy Blast was fired from his right palm. The blast collided with the blue magic barrier protecting the altar.

Boom!

A massive shockwave shook the surroundings. The sound of the blue barrier surrounding the altar cracking could be heard. The blue giant urgently reached out with its other hand towards him.

“Crack!”

“Ice Javelin!”

“Explosion!”

“Power Shot!”

Magic from the Salvator Guild members rained down on the giant’s opposite arm. However, the arm pushed through the magical barrage.

“Flare!”

“Multi Shot!”

At that moment, the Leviathan Guild’s magic added to the firepower from the rear. The combined attack of the two guilds slowed the giant’s arm down.

Crash!

Clang!

The altar shattered, and the two swords embedded in it fell to the ground.

– Magic supply line cut off. Switching to emergency magic.

‘As expected.’

Hearing the blue giant’s voice after destroying the altar, Yeong-sik’s eyes gleamed. He shouted to the guild members.

“Destroy the altars! They’re the giant’s power source!”

Hearing Yeong-sik’s cry, the Salvator and Leviathan guild members’ eyes lit up. The summoners, who had been dealing with small guardians, headed toward the altars.

Clang! Clang!

“Ugh! What the heck?! Why is it so hard?!”

“Grr!”

At the altar with the golden sword, Yu-na and Cheon Tae-hwang exclaimed in frustration. Despite putting all their strength into attacking the altar, the blue magic barrier didn’t budge.

Yeong-sik glanced at them before heading to the altar with the split cube. There were still three altars left, so he couldn’t help them now.

He stared at the shattered cube on the altar. It had caught his attention from the moment he first saw it.

Yeong-sik extended his right arm and began charging another Energy Blast.

‘I must destroy all the altars before the suit’s time limit runs out.’

He checked the remaining time on his suit with an anxious expression.

Boom!

“Aaaah!”

At that moment, a woman’s scream reached Yeong-sik’s ears. His expression hardened as he recognized the scream.

The scream belonged to a summoner who normally seemed the least likely to scream.