The battlefield was covered in cracks. Broken trees, scattered boulders. And one giant gorilla king rushing forward like a living mountain.

Meanwhile....

Julias stood alone. His sword had transformed into a pillar of emerald light. The mana surrounding him was so dense that even the air distorted around the blade.

Nobody stared. "...That thing looks ridiculous."

Ethius nodded. "In a good way."

Mayra looked exhausted. "...Please let this work."

The Gorilla King roared.

KRRRRAAAAAAGHHHH!!

Its glowing red eyes locked onto Julias.

Then it charged.

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

Each step shattered the ground.

Julias lowered his stance. The green energy around his sword intensified further.

Leaves, dust, and stone fragments. Everything nearby was being pulled toward the blade.

Then....

Julias shouted. "DIVINE WORLD SPLITTER!!!!!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The sword exploded with light. Julias shot forward. The battlefield vanished beneath him. His speed was unbelievable.

Even Nobody could barely follow the movement.

A trail of green light carved through the air.

The Gorilla King immediately reacted. It crossed both massive arms in front of itself. Stone armor thickened across its body. Its chest glowed and muscles swelled. The giant beast roared defiantly.

KRAAAAAAAGHHHH!!

Then...

The collision happened.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

The entire jungle shook. A shockwave erupted outward. Trees snapped in half and boulders exploded. The earth cracked for hundreds of meters.

Nobody had to activate Zigzag Teleportation to avoid being blown away.

FLASH!

Ethius grabbed onto a tree. Mayra reinforced herself with wind magic.

At the center of the impact....

Julias’ glowing blade had reached the Gorilla King. But the monster had stopped it. The Gorilla King grabbed the blade between both hands.

CRRRRRRRAAAACK!!

Stone-covered fingers dug into the glowing energy sword. The giant beast pushed back. Julias’ feet carved trenches across the ground.

The Gorilla King roared. The sword trembled.

Nobody’s eyes widened. "...No way."

Ethius clenched his fists. "Come on!"

Mayra whispered. "Don’t stop..."

The Gorilla King continued pushing. Its muscles bulged. The stone armor across its arms cracked under the pressure. Yet it refused to yield.

Julias gritted his teeth. Blood began dripping from his mouth. The massive mana consumption was taking its toll.

The system had been right. This move was eating away at both his HP and mana.

Still....

Julias smiled. A stubborn smile. "You..."

The Gorilla King growled.

Julias pushed harder. "...ARE..."

The green light intensified.

CRAAAAACK!!

More fractures spread across the Gorilla King’s arms. The monster’s grip weakened.

Julias shouted again. "NOT!"

The Gorilla King stumbled backward. The cracks spread through its chest. Its shoulders, neck, and entire body.

Nobody pointed. "IT’S BREAKING!"

Ethius grinned. "YES!"

Julias raised every last bit of strength remaining. The sword blazed brighter than the sun. Then..he roared with everything he had left. "GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

A gigantic flash covered the battlefield.

Nobody instinctively covered his eyes.

The jungle disappeared into pure green light. For several seconds..nothing could be seen.

The light slowly faded. Dust settled and leaves drifted downward.

And standing at the center..was Julias. He was breathing heavily. His sword had returned to normal.

The Gorilla King stood motionless in front of him.

Nobody stared. "...Did he get it?"

CRACK.

A line appeared across the Gorilla King’s body.

Then another.

Then another.

CRACK.

CRACK.

CRACK.

The giant stone monster split apart. Its body shattered into countless pieces.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

The remains collapsed to the ground. The red glow in its eyes vanished forever.

Then the system appeared before Nobody.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[TEAM MEMBER HAS DEFEATED]

Golem Gorilla King

꧁⎝ 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 ⎠꧂

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[Shared Team Rewards Granted]

Bonus Experience Awarded

Bonus Points Awarded

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[TITLE ACQUIRED]

Companion of King Smasher

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Nobody blinked. "...Wait...Companion of what?"

The system responded.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[Companion of King Smasher]

A title granted to allies who participated in the defeat of a king-class enemy.

Bonus effects applied.

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Nobody immediately looked toward Julias. "Then Julias got the King Smasher title?"

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[YES]

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Ethius looked confused. "Wait. What title are you talking about?"

Mayra tilted her head. "Yeah, is it some type of reward after defeating the gorilla king?"

Nobody pointed at the system. "Well..Kinda"

The system answered.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[Julias Cannot View System Notifications]

Reason:

No System Interface Available

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Nobody laughed.

"So he earned a legendary title...and doesn’t even know it."

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[CORRECT]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Julias slowly walked toward the group looking exhausted. Blood stained parts of his armor. His breathing was heavy. But he was smiling.

Nobody walked toward Julias with a grin. "Dude. Are you okay?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Julias opened his mouth to answer. "...Yea...."

COUGH!

A large amount of blood spilled from his mouth. His body suddenly swayed.

Then...

THUD.

He dropped to one knee. The smile vanished from everyone’s face.

"JULIAS!" Ethius immediately rushed forward.

Mayra followed. Nobody’s eyes widened.

The goblin warrior was breathing heavily now. Much heavier than before. His skin had become pale. The aftermath of Divine World Splitter was finally catching up to him.

Julias laughed weakly. "Well..." He wiped blood from his mouth. "...I’m glad I was helpful."

Nobody immediately pointed at him. "Stop talking like you’re gonna die!"

Julias chuckled.

Mayra knelt beside him. Tears were already forming in her eyes. "Don’t die on us..."

Ethius looked worried. Even he couldn’t joke this time.

The goblin warrior had clearly pushed himself far beyond his limits. His mana was nearly empty. His body was covered in internal injuries.

Nobody clenched his fists. "There has to be something."

Then....

the system appeared.

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[SUGGESTION]

User May Purchase New Items

Recommended:

Health Restoration Potion Mana Restoration Potion

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Nobody stared.

Then his eyes widened.

"...System....You beautiful piece of software."

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[THANK YOU]

But stop sounding weird

(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

"BUY."

"BUY."

"BUY!"

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[PURCHASE CONFIRMED]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Blue particles suddenly appeared.

FWOOOSH.

Two bottles materialized in Nobody’s hands. One red and one blue. The red potion glowed softly. The blue potion shimmered with mana.

Nobody immediately turned toward Julias. "Drink these."

Julias blinked. "What are those?"

"Magic potion."

Ethius nodded. "Sounds convincing."

Nobody shoved the bottles toward him. "Just drink them!"

Julias shrugged. At this point, refusing probably wasn’t worth the effort. He uncorked the red potion first.

GLUG.

GLUG.

GLUG.

The potion disappeared. For a moment nothing happened. Then a warm red glow spread throughout his body.

FWOOOOM.

The cuts across his skin started closing. The bruises faded. His breathing stabilized. The pain disappeared rapidly.

Mayra gasped. "It’s healing him!"

Julias looked down at himself. "...What?"

The red glow continued repairing his body. Even internal injuries were recovering.

Then Nobody handed him the blue potion. "And now drink the mana one."

Julias obeyed.

GLUG.

GLUG.

GLUG.

The blue liquid vanished. Immediately mana surged through his body.

FWOOOOOOOSH.

A blue aura erupted around him. The exhausted feeling vanished. His empty mana reserves rapidly refilled.

Julias’ eyes widened. "...This is ridiculous."

Ethius looked jealous. "Wow..the hell is happening?"

Mayra nodded. "It’s really a magical potion."

Nobody crossed his arms proudly. "The system shop is the best thing ever."

The system appeared.

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[AGREED]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Julias slowly stood up. The goblin looked at his hands. Then he looked toward the sky. "I guess I can’t go to heaven so soon."

Nobody immediately pointed at him. "Exactly. You can’t."

Ethius folded his arms. "We literally just met."

Mayra wiped away her tears. "And I’d rather not lose teammates already."

Julias smiled warmly. "...Thanks."

Nobody scratched the back of his head.

"Don’t get emotional on me."