Chapter 105 — The Eclipse of the Primordial King.
Chapter 105 — The Eclipse of the Primordial King.
The air inside the central canopy of Floor 16 grew extraordinarily dense, heavy with the suffocating scent of ancient sap, damp moss, and concentrated floral toxins. The massive roots forming the floor of the Primordial Sanctum groaned under immense structural pressure, pulsing with vivid emerald light that flowed like glowing rivers of liquid life mana toward the heart of the chamber.
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[ZONE ENTERED: The Primordial Sanctum — Heart of Yggdrasil’s Roots]
HAZARD RATING: TIER-SSS (Neurotoxic Spore Overload & Infinite Life Drain)
FIELD EFFECT: [Verdant Life Drain] — Non-Sovereign Entities Lose 8% Max Health & Mana Every 20 Seconds!
STATUS: Overlord Boss Lair Reached
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Kaelen walked across the ancient wooden bridge with effortless composure. His dark coat rustled gently in the humid breeze generated by the pulsing roots, his slender dark-gloved fingers securely locked with Lyra’s slender hand.
Surrounding their squad, the pristine golden barrier generated by the completed Key of the Holy Grail hummed with absolute perfection, instantly dissolving the green toxic spores into harmless sparkles before they could touch a single thread of their clothing.
Beside him, Lyra walked with radiant elegance. Her golden staff, crowned with its shining celestial crystal, flickered with soft holy light that reinforced the squad’s domain.
Her deep blue eyes sparkled with calm, unwavering trust as she looked up at Kaelen, her posture relaxed despite the ominous pressure lurking ahead.
Behind them, Ignis carried his massive claymore across his shoulder, his eyes gleaming with anticipation while black dragon flames flickered lazily along the dark steel blade.
Ren walked with structured precision, her gauntlets displaying intricate green energy readouts, while Tsubaki moved like a phantom in the shadows cast by the glowing bioluminescent ferns.
"The life-force concentration here is staggering," Ren reported quietly, her voice crisp through her suit’s communication module.
"The entire room is a living biological organism. Druid-King Thorne isn’t merely standing in this room—he is connected directly to every root, leaf, and vine across Floor 16."
"Connecting himself to a wooden building just makes him a bigger target," Ignis chuckled heartily, swinging his sword with a low hum. "Once we light him up, the whole floor is going to burn."
"Stay vigilant, Ignis," Tsubaki whispered, emerging briefly from the shadow of a petrified bark column. "The spatial threads around the central altar are tangled in root networks. He can manipulate physical matter and wood instantly."
"He can manipulate whatever he pleases," Kaelen purred softly, his velvet voice breaking smoothly through the atmospheric hum. He gently caressed the back of Lyra’s hand with his thumb, his dark violet eyes gleaming with triple-ringed golden authority.
𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"In the end, wood, stone, and stars all vanish into the same Void."
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[OVERLORD BOSS ENGAGED!]
TARGET: Druid-King Thorne — The Primordial Sovereign (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD)
HP: 330,000,000 / 330,000,000
SPECIAL RULE: Yggdrasil’s Heart — Regenerates 4% Max HP Every Second via Root Network!
RELIQUE RESONANCE: Key of the Holy Grail (100% Operational)
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At the far end of the sanctum, seated upon a massive throne carved from the living trunk of an ancient iron-oak, sat Druid-King Thorne (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD).
Thorne stood thirty feet tall. His body was forged from ancient dark iron bark, intertwined with glowing emerald vines and crowned with antlers made of solid petrified amber. In his massive right hand, he held the Staff of Primordial Genesis, a weapon crafted from a living branch of Yggdrasil itself, pulsing with terrifying life-force mana.
"Mortal trespassers..." Thorne spoke, his voice vibrating through the colossal roots like grinding tectonic plates. His deep emerald eyes blazed with ancient, ancient power.
"You have butchered my guardians, burned my canopy, and dared to step into the sacred heart of Yggdrasil. But within this sanctum, my life force is endless. Every root in this realm breathes for me."
Thorne rose from his iron-oak throne, slamming his massive staff onto the wooden floor!
BOOM!
The entire sanctum vibrated violently as hundreds of massive, serpent-like roots covered in deadly petrified thorns erupted from the floor, walls, and ceiling, instantly enclosing the entire room into a living wooden cage!
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[OVERLORD DOMAIN UNLEASHED!]
FIELD EFFECT: [Dominion of the Primordial Forest]
EFFECT: Thorne gains 350% Physical & Nature Damage! All Incoming Physical Attacks Suffer 90% Absorption Penalty!
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"You speak of endless life, wooden king," Lyra said softly, her angelic voice ringing pure and clear through the chamber. She raised her staff, unleashing a wave of sacred golden light that completely stripped away Thorne’s 90% absorption penalty and suppressed his life regeneration. "But true life does not siphon strength from others—it kneels before the true Sovereign."
"Endless life is merely an illusion to those who have never looked into the abyss," Kaelen purred smoothly, taking a calm, deliberate step forward. His dark coat billowed softly as his terrifying, god-like aura expanded, turning the air cold and heavy. "Your roots have drank from this realm for millennia, Thorne. Today, they drink only absolute non-existence."
Thorne’s emerald eyes flared with divine fury. He raised his staff and slammed it forward with catastrophic force!
"Primordial Overlord Art: Wrath of the World Tree!"
ROAAAAAAAR!
Thousands of colossal wooden serpents, each thick enough to crush a mountain and tipped with razor-sharp iron-wood spikes, surged through the air toward Kaelen at sound-breaking velocity! The force of the attack generated shockwaves that tore the surrounding wooden architecture into splinters!
Ignis gripped his claymore, ready to step forward, but Kaelen simply extended his left dark-gloved hand.
HUMMMMMMMM!
A pitch-black singularity of pure Void Origin formed instantly before his palm. The colossal tide of iron-wood serpents and primordial nature energy struck the dark sphere—and was instantly swallowed whole! The wooden serpents dissolved into complete nothingness, leaving not a single wood chip behind!
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[PASSIVE EFFECT: Void Singular Absorption]
DAMAGE RECEIVED: 0!
Thorne’s world tree wrath: absolutely erased!
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Thorne’s wooden jaw dropped in absolute shock, his glowing emerald eyes widening as his ultimate technique vanished into thin air. "IMPOSSIBLE! THE WRATH OF YGGDRASIL... ERASED INTO NOTHING?!"
"Your nature magic is grand, Thorne," Kaelen purred softly, his low velvet voice carrying a terrifying, icy calm. "But before the Void, all creation is merely dust waiting to be swept away."
Kaelen slowly reached down to his waist. His slender dark-gloved fingers wrapped securely around the dark hilt of the Void Blade.
The completed Key of the Holy Grail within his chest core flared with intense dark-gold radiance, resonating with the cosmic steel as pitch-black void flames engulfed the edge of the sword.
He drew the blade completely from its sheath.
SHING!
The entire atmosphere of the sanctum plummeted into absolute silence as space itself began to warp and shatter around Kaelen’s feet.
"Sovereign Secret Art: Spatial Erasure — Primordial Cleave!"
Kaelen delivered a single, effortless horizontal slash through the humid green air.
SKRRRRRRRAASH!
A razor-thin, three-hundred-meter line of pitch-black spatial deletion exploded across the sanctum!
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[CRITICAL HIT!]
TARGET: Druid-King Thorne (Level 189 Overlord) & Primordial Sanctum Core
DAMAGE DEALT: 450,000,000 (Pure Spatial Eradication)
SPECIAL EFFECT: Yggdrasil Root Regeneration Negated! Domain Erased!
DEFENSE NEGATED: 100%!
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Druid-King Thorne let out a deafening, agonizing shriek as his thirty-foot body of iron-bark, his amber crown, his Yggdrasil staff, and the massive iron-oak throne behind him were cleanly cleaved in half! The pitch-black spatial tear spread through his wooden core, erasing his physical form and his entire root network in a split second!
BOOOM!
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[OVERLORD BOSS ELIMINATED!]
TARGET: Druid-King Thorne — The Primordial Sovereign
EXP RECEIVED: 80,000,000 Points!
WORLD SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: FACTION ’SOVEREIGN’ HAS CONQUERED FLOOR 16!
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As Thorne and the living sanctum dissolved into glowing green experience particles, the primordial core floating above the throne condensed into a magnificent emerald-and-gold crystal that descended gently into Kaelen’s open palm.
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[FLOOR CONQUERED!]
ZONE CLEAR: The Verdant Jungle of Yggdrasil
WAYSTONE UNLOCKED: Floor 17 Waygate Active!
REWARD: Sovereign Verdant Crown & 4,500,000 Gold System Tokens.
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Lyra stepped closer to Kaelen, her blue eyes shining with warmth and admiration as she rested her head against his shoulder and held his hand tightly. "Floor 16 is conquered, Kaelen. The ancient roots of Yggdrasil bow to your dark majesty."
"The forest was merely a brief stepping stone, my light," Kaelen whispered softly, wrapping his arm securely around her waist as he turned toward the shimmering portal leading to Floor 17. "Now, let us conquer the next world."
Kaelen purred smoothly, his dark violet eyes flashing with triple-ringed golden light as he led the Sovereign Faction forward into the rift.