Chapter 77: I Am Hercules! (Not a cliffhanger dog, first update one)

On the gladiatorial arena.

The Man-Eating Demon Lion Ouryu was eating the liver of the man beneath it in a leisurely manner, blood and minced meat splashing on its mane, dyeing its golden fur red.

It was a magical beast that had escaped low-level interests and only liked to eat human internal organs.

And all the audience in the stands were almost celebrating making a big profit; this was one of the few times they could defeat the bookmaker.

Just at this moment, a mutation occurred.

Like a miracle, the man who had been opened and dug out had his missing internal organs regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the chest that had been cut open was also reconnected.

Besides this, his ugly skin, which was covered with countless scars, also grew new flesh buds that were repairing those scars.

The muscles under the bronze skin grew wildly like vines, his bones made a tooth-aching cracking sound, and his already tall body expanded again, reaching a height of 2.8 meters.

This eerie scene scared the Man-Eating Demon Lion to take two steps back; it shook its head in confusion, its mane covered in sticky blood plasma.

And the audience who discovered the abnormality in the stands were even more shocked.

"He... he... even with his internal organs empty, he can still grow them back?!"

"Could it be that the God of Earth and Life has bestowed a blessing..."

"God above, I lost ten times and now I'm about to win, don't turn the tables again!"

Ignoring the clamorous sounds around him, Thirteen... or rather, Hercules, slowly stood up, his huge body instantly casting a shadow on the sand.

Without those ugly scars covering his whole body, his body at this moment was as perfect as the great hero of the divine age, and every muscle was like bronze tempered through a hundred battles, shining with a metallic luster in the sun.

And his face was even more firm as iron, giving people an incomparably heroic feeling; several female audience members in the stands had already cast scorching gazes.

"That Highness... is how great!"

Looking down at his brand-new body without scars, Hercules muttered.

That Highness crossed an unknown distance and gave him rebirth as a dead man and the powerful, unimaginable blessing of Thirteen Nirvana.

What kind of power close to a god was this!

He had arrogantly thought that he had glimpsed one-tenth of the Highness's greatness; now it seems that even one-hundredth was far from it.

Tap, tap, tap.

At this time, the Man-Eating Demon Lion on the sand also came back to its senses from the surprise just now, and its golden lion pupils greedily stared at Hercules and moved its body to approach slowly.

A mere human, so what if he was resurrected? It was just adding a meal for it, letting it eat internal organs again!

Recalling the delicious taste of the internal organs just now, thick saliva couldn't help but flow from its lion mouth full of fangs.

"Beast."

After sensing this murderous intent, Hercules clenched his fists and stared coldly at the giant beast in front of him.

At this time, he had no desire to die; his life was the Highness's, and even if he died, he should die in the great cause of cleaning up the world's sins with the Highness; how could he lose his life in the mouth of a beast?

It was time to let it taste the Highness's greatness!

Muscle Enhancement.

Berserk.

And the giantization blessing brought by the rebirth.

Crack, crack.

Three different abilities acted on Hercules; his muscle fibers grew wildly like vines, and the sound of bone cracking exploded like firecrackers.

His body height rose rapidly, three meters, three point five meters, four meters... until he grew to a giant of more than four meters tall, he barely stopped.

This shocking scene made all the audience in the audience stunned, and even the nobles on the top high platform stood up one after another, and the wine glasses inlaid with gemstones slipped from their trembling fingers.

The Man-Eating Demon Lion that was about to pounce over was also stunned.

At this moment, the body size gap between it and Hercules had reversed; it looked more like a big kitten at the feet of an adult.

"Roar!"

After hesitating for a moment, the giant lion still roared and pounced toward Hercules's throat at extreme speed, its speed so fast that it left afterimages. 【77-

As a named magical beast, its dignity did not allow it to shrink back from its prey.

However, the next moment, Hagek Kesi's right leg kicked out like a battering ram, and the shrill whistle of the air being torn apart caused the nearest spectators to cover their ears in pain.

Before the giant lion's sharp claws could even descend, it was struck in the belly by an incomparable, massive force.

Its pupils contracted sharply, the rapidly receding spectator stands reflected in its bright golden irises, and its massive body, over three meters tall, flew up like a kite with a broken string, its mane exploding in the air.

Boom!

It slammed into the stone wall at the edge of the arena at a speed even faster than when it had lunged at its prey, emitting a tremendous impact sound.

That incredibly hard and heavy stone wall was instantly covered in countless spiderweb-like cracks.

When the giant lion shook its head and climbed back up, its entire gaze had become much clearer.

Looking at the giant slowly approaching before it, a trace of fear flashed in its bright golden lion eyes, and it even stuck out its tongue to show friendliness.

The dignity of a named magical beast is not worth mentioning in the face of life and death.

"Since you ate my liver, pay for it with your life," Hagek Kesi said with a calm expression.

His state at this moment was better than ever before, and he even had the illusion that he could crush steel.

"Roar!"

Realizing that showing friendliness was useless, the man-eating magic lion regained its fighting spirit; it let out a heaven-shaking lion roar, and bright golden magic power surged out from its body like a tide.

It prepared to fight for its life, and possessing the intelligence of an adult, it knew the giant opposite could not use magic power, so this would be its advantage.

The next moment, the giant lion, covered in golden magic power, leaped fiercely to bite at Hagek Kesi's throat.

Clang!

Yet, this terrifying bite was stopped dead by Hagek Kesi using both hands.

His palms clamped onto the giant lion's mouth like iron pincers, and the muscles in his arms, with veins bulging, forced the lion's jaws open.

Crack!

The lion's jawbone emitted a groan of unbearable strain, Hagek Kesi's knuckles embedded deeply into the lion's lips, and fresh blood flowed down his wrists.

Feeling the excruciating pain, the giant lion struggled frantically; its front claws scratched desperately at Hagek Kesi's chest, and its thick tail whipped against Hagek Kesi's calves like a steel lash, leaving behind streaks of wounds.

However, this was completely useless to Hagek Kesi, who had long been accustomed to pain; he simply silently exhausted the power hidden within his body.

This wrestling battle between man and lion had already caused everyone in the stands to hold their breath, watching intently without daring to even breathe.

"Roar-woo."

Gradually, the giant lion's low growls turned into whimpers.

The rage in its bright golden lion eyes also turned into begging.

This beast, which had once torn apart countless caravans, now looked as pitiful as a kitten whose throat had been throttled.

Hagek Kesi did not waver in the slightest; he knew this beast didn't realize its mistake, it was just afraid.

With a tooth-aching tearing sound, the lion's mouth was forced open to an incredible angle, and a large amount of blood gushed out like a waterfall, staining Hagek Kesi's chest red.

The man-eating magic lion Oulü, dead!

"Hoo, hoo."

Dropping the giant lion's corpse from his hands, Hagek Kesi stood up, panting heavily.

Looking at the stunned audience, he took a deep breath, puffed out his chest, and roared:

"I am not a butcher, I am... Hagek Kesi!"

The voice, like rolling thunder, echoed in every corner of the arena.

Surging bright golden magic power erupted from his body, and the magic-suppressing collar on his neck, which had already been stretched to its limit, snapped instantly.

The blessing above his head also changed accordingly; the white commoner turned into emerald green comrade, and the deep purple berserker turned into deep blue hundred-death fighter.

After experiencing hundreds of life-and-death struggles and killing the man-eating magic lion with his bare hands in front of everyone, the twenty-one-year-old Hagek Kesi successfully achieved a great feat, reaching the Crescent Rank!

At this moment, everyone in the entire arena, even the high-and-mighty nobles, had their jaws dropped.

(End of chapter)