Duo Leveling LITRPG | Post Apocalyptic | SYSTEM-Chapter 70 - The True King Awakens

Chapter 70 - The True King Awakens

As a torrent of emotions burst forth, Lykan opened his fierce eyes wide.

"...I deny you."

And with that, Lykan’s roar exploded.

"UWOOOOOOOOOHH!!"

Lykan’s deafening roar thundered through the boss room, shaking the very walls.

Goblins trembled violently, their weapons clattering to the floor as they fell prostrate, groveling.

This was no ordinary roar—

It was the unleashed fury of a D-rank boss monster, free from all restraints.

The Specters, having lost their king, could do nothing but collapse flat against the ground, utterly powerless.

Lykan roared for what felt like an eternity.

And then, foolishly, one human dared to interrupt him.

"The hell’s your problem, making all that noise?! Shut that mouth already!"

The impostor stormed up and kicked Lykan’s leg.

But Lykan’s body, solid like a giant boulder, didn’t even flinch.

"What are you looking at? Lower your damn eyes!"

"..."

"You bastard, you dare defy—!"

CRACK!

In a flash—

Lykan’s massive hand shot out and grabbed the impostor’s head, lifting him effortlessly off the ground.

The impostor struggled, his limbs flailing in panic.

"W-what are you—"

Lykan glared at him—eyes boiling with rage like molten lava.

"You are no king."

The pressure of Lykan’s grip increased.

The impostor’s face contorted grotesquely as bones cracked audibly.

Just when it seemed he would die—

SLAM!

Lykan smashed him brutally into the floor.

And then, the storm of fury began.

Again and again, Lykan’s giant fists pounded down.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The impostor’s screams, shrill and piglike, echoed throughout the room.

It went on for a long time.

Only when there was no more sound—

only when the impostor’s body was a broken mess—

did Lykan finally stop.

Blood dripped from Lykan’s knuckles.

His blazing eyes still seething, he roared once again.

"UWOOOOOOOOHH!!"

His gaze shifted—and locked onto Jhin .

Steam hissed from his nostrils as he growled,

"...Human!"

Without hesitation, Jhin stepped forward and held out the Goblin Crown.

Lykan, who had been ready to charge, recoiled slightly.

"Stop. We don’t have to fight. Right?"

"That... is not yours, human!"

Despite his snarling words,

Lykan was slowly, unwillingly, kneeling before the Goblin Crown.

His furious, hate-filled glare could not change his fate.

Because goblins were such creatures.

"Human... HUMAN!!"

His cry was filled with unbearable grievance.

But Jhin calmly placed the Goblin Crown on his own head.

[You have equipped the item ’Goblin Crown’.]

[You have inherited the title ’King of the Crown’.]

[You can now bind the souls of goblins.]

"UWOOOOOOOOOH!!"

Around Lykan, chains of spirit rose from the ground.

Proof that the Goblin Crown’s power was once again binding his soul.

Jhin frowned slightly as he said,

"I don’t hold any grudge against you."

"I’LL KILL YOU!! HUMAN!!"

"But I can’t just set you free either."

The more Lykan resisted, the thicker the chains grew.

The more violently he struggled, the tighter the shackles gripped him.

Despite the murderous fury burning in his eyes, it was futile.

The one who wore the Goblin Crown was King.

And at least for Nuada, the Crown’s authority was absolute.

"URRAAAAAAH!!"

The soul that had tasted freedom was now screaming as it was shackled again.

Jhin ’s will only grew stronger.

Lykan’s struggles weakened.

Tears of blood dripped from Lykan’s eyes.

"UAAAAAAAGH!!"

And then—

FWIP!

Something embedded itself into the back of Lykan’s neck.

Suddenly, a terrifying surge of power exploded from within him.

Lykan’s muscles began to swell grotesquely, expanding rapidly.

The spirit chains binding him started snapping apart.

"Ghkk... What the hell?!"

"Jhin !"

In front of them, Lykan’s gigantic body was rising.

The Goblin Crown’s power—

was no longer working properly.

Was it possible?

Was he now beyond even the control of the Goblin Crown?

Jhin had no choice but to fall back.

Frowning deeply, he activatedhis soft skills to inspect Lykan more closely.

’Something... something is spreading through his body...’

"UWOOOOOOOOOH!!"

KRAAANG!!

With a single roar, Lykan sent nearby goblins and Specters flying as if caught in a hurricane.

Even Jhin staggered backward, unable to maintain his balance.

His teammates were thrown to the ground like rag dolls.

What the hell is happening?

Through narrowed eyes, Jhin witnessed an unbelievable sight.

Lykan’s body—was growing ... Doubling... Tripling.

Growing even larger than that.

And then—

CRUNCH!

Lykan grabbed a nearby goblin—and swallowed it whole.

Then a Specter.

Another goblin.

Anything nearby—consumed mercilessly.

Nothing escaped.

Even the impostor’s shattered body, lying in a heap on the floor—

Lykan picked it up.

At that moment, Jhin saw it clearly.

The impostor—moments before being swallowed whole—turned his bloodied face toward them...

And smiled.

"...Heh, heh, heh! Serves you right...! None of you... will ever leave..."

CRUNCH!!

His words were cut off as Lykan bit down, chewing him into oblivion.

The impostor disappeared, bones and all, into the maw of the beast.

And Lykan—continued to grow.

He grew until he pierced the ceiling of the boss room.

His body expanded so monstrously that the room could no longer contain him.

Jhin , retreating far back, lifted his head to look up.

The creature that had swallowed dozens, no—hundreds—of monsters...

was turning into something utterly unrecognizable.

[!]

[A bug has occurred.]

[The system is checking the bug’s status.]

Bolts of lightning rained down from the sky, striking Lykan’s enormous form.

But even the lightning could not stop him.

Instead, he let out a furious howl and began absorbing the souls of the Ghost Train itself.

From D-4 District to D-1.

Every soul. Every monster.

All were sucked into him.

And the more he consumed—The bigger he grew.

Jhin clenched his jaw, gripping the trembling Goblin Crown in his hand.

"...A true abomination."

[Boss Monster ’(C)’ has appeared.]

Perhaps now...

The true king of the goblins had finally been born

Crunch, crack.

The sound of goblin bones being ground to dust echoed faintly through the boss room.

In that vast and chaotic space, the only sound remaining was the wet, horrific chewing of a monster.

From a short distance away, Jhin , eyes sharp with vigilance, muttered: