I Start with 13 Hidden Traits Chapter-332

Ch-332 **Supreme Unique Grade**

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The Giant of Ruin.

I had encountered him once before in Cramdel, so I was certain.

If it were him, he would definitely charge in here alone.

He had done the same when he beat the King of the Dead, Ahram, into the ground.

A monster that crashed into the heart of the enemy camp like a nuclear bomb and trampled the Demon Race underfoot.

Just witnessing that latent power and brute strength had been enough to make one shudder.

“I have no desire to fight a druid who has grasped the principles of the world. If you quietly concede, no violent incident will occur.”

The Giant of Ruin spoke again.

The fact that he had urged surrender twice meant he truly did not wish to fight.

But it seemed he had never even considered the possibility of *his* own surrender.

Well, it was hard to picture the tyrant of the battlefield—the Giant of Ruin—lowering his head.

“You talk too much.”

*Sching.*

I gripped the two swords and held them up.

【Lu–Maria】
【Supreme Transcendent Earth Sword】

Lu–Maria was a composite holy sword.

The Supreme Transcendent Earth Sword, on the other hand, was a growth-type blade—but it was not yet complete.

The way the Transcendent Earth Sword grew was by drinking the blood of its opponents.

The more blood it absorbed, and the stronger that blood was, the more its final options would change upon completion.

The blood of the Giant of Ruin was, without question, an outstanding resource.

*The Path of Light reacts only to evil. It’s not a good choice against the Giant of Ruin.*

The Path of Light—a unique-grade weapon I had received as a prize for winning a tournament.

I possessed it, but it wasn’t an ideal option for this opponent.

For now, these two swords were enough.

“……Do not resent me, Golden Scale Druid.”

*Whoosh.*

The Giant of Ruin swung the club he was holding in a wide arc.

Then—

*Kwoooorung!*

The length of the club extended, and in an instant it was right in front of me.

*Clang!*

I tried to deflect it with my blade.

“Ghk!”

……It was too powerful to be deflected.

As expected of a being at the pinnacle of raw strength.

But even so, it wasn’t that I *couldn’t* handle it—

*Kuurung!*

The ground caved in as I successfully *received* his attack head-on.

“Indeed. It seems your reputation is not empty.”

The Giant of Ruin said, sounding somewhat surprised.

But I was just as surprised.

*He has penetration.*

With minimum physical resistance of 50%, plus another 50% to all resistances from the effect of the *Star of Beginnings*, simple calculation would suggest near-total physical immunity.

Yet it wasn’t complete immunity.

My hand tingled, and the muscles throughout my body screamed.

He must possess a very high level of physical penetration.

*Roughly 20%.*

Even with only 20% of the impact coming through, it felt as if my bones might shatter.

I managed to withstand it, but if he attacked continuously, things would get troublesome.

“Priest Andrew.”

I turned my head slightly.

Priest Andrew was staring at me with eyes wide in terror.

Unable to speak, he simply blinked.

I spoke to him.

“Worship me.”

“……!!!”

At once, Priest Andrew’s eyes widened like lanterns.

Soon after, he hesitated.

“I—I have fallen and lost the authority of the Goddess……”

“It’s fine.”

“But still—!”

“I said it’s fine.”

“…….”

Priest Andrew squeezed his eyes shut.

The reason for his fall—

It was likely because of Elder Arwen, whose fate had become unknown at the hands of the Dark Elves.

The moment he dreamed of revenge, he fell and lost the authority of the Goddess.

What good was worship from someone who had fallen?

A fallen priest was subject to dismissal.

Though he gained power, he could never again walk the path of the gods or return to the Goddess’s embrace.

*Now…… he’s telling me to recite a prayer of worship?*

Priest Andrew felt déjà vu.

He recalled the moment he had once met Randolph and recited a *prayer of worship* for him.

A self-sacrificial spell that only the highest-ranking priests—those who had directly communed with the Goddess—could use.

If one praised the Goddess, it was not self-sacrifice.

But if one worshipped someone other than the Goddess, it became a self-sacrificial prayer.

For a high priest to recite a prayer of worship for someone other than the Goddess was tantamount to being told to die.

Especially if the target lacked the proper qualifications—the risk of death increased drastically.

Yet he had worshipped Randolph and received *salvation*.

Despite the fact that worshipping someone other than the Goddess was an unforgivable sin.

But now things were different.

He had fallen.

And the target was not Randolph.

Moreover, a fallen priest who attempted worship could even be struck by a curse.

But……

Priest Andrew took a deep breath.

“O gracious Goddess, and Holy Spirit who was glorified in the beginning, is glorified now, and shall be glorified forevermore……”

He clasped his hands together and recited the prayer of worship.

Fervently.

With the heart of a devout servant who had once followed the Goddess.

At that moment—

“Ah……!”

A beam of light burst forth from Andrew’s heart.

An incomparably sacred aura.

The power of a saint he had thought he would never regain.

And it was far more intense than before.

“H-how……?”

Both of his hands trembled violently.

He could see it, feel it—and yet he couldn’t believe it.

It wasn’t simply that he was overwhelmed by sacred power.

What he was seeing now—Park Hyun-myung—

Even more so than when he had worshipped Randolph before—

“Lady Leah…… Lady Pina?”

……It was clearer.

The forms of the two goddesses appeared so vividly that even the Giant of Ruin faltered.

They manifested behind him, like wings.

And that wasn’t all.

As the prayer of worship continued, the two goddesses kissed his cheeks.

Seeing this, the Giant of Ruin could not help but hesitate.

“……How does a druid possess the *Blessing of Creation*?”

Creation.

The name of a blessing bestowed only upon those acknowledged simultaneously by the two goddesses who created heaven and earth.

That blessing had been granted to only one being.

The one who bore it inherited the *will of the goddesses*, and thus those who wielded power in the goddesses’ names could never oppose him.

Those who drew power from the two goddesses, who existed by their names—

Never.

That was a blessing regarded as equal to the goddesses themselves: the *Blessing of Zero Precepts*.

But the problem was that the one who had received the Blessing of Creation was a druid.

Even if he was the Golden Scale Druid, the master of the World Tree—

That blessing……

*Even I have never received it……*

The Giant of Ruin—a Star Guardian who protected the goddesses and their stars.

Even he had not received that blessing.

The blessing he bore was the *Blessing of One Precept*.

Among the blessings Star Guardians typically possessed, it was the highest.

That was why no one ever imagined that someone could inherit the Blessing of Creation.

They were convinced it did not exist.

Yet now—

A druid, not even a Star Guardian, had received it?

*Zero precepts. No rules to uphold—yet all rights and authority are granted.*

All Star Guardians received blessings from the goddesses.

And the number attached to a blessing represented the number of precepts that had to be strictly upheld to maintain it.

The Giant of Ruin’s *Blessing of One Precept* meant exactly one absolute rule had to be followed for the blessing to persist.

That rule was—

*……The First Precept. Destroy all evil.*

And thus, he became the Giant of Ruin.

He shattered and destroyed all visible evil, yet the blessing he inherited still could not compare to the authority of the Blessing of Creation.

Therefore—

“Interesting.”

He was curious.

Just how strong was that druid who had inherited the Blessing of Creation?

Above all, the Giant of Ruin had not become strong by borrowing power in the goddesses’ names.

He had been strong from the very beginning.

That was why he could smash his opponent without hesitation.

*Whoosh—*

The Giant of Ruin swung his club once more.

*Kuaaaaaang!*

…With a force incomparable to before.

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The instant the prayer of worship descended—

Lu–Maria, the composite holy sword, began to shine.

《Due to saint-grade worship, ‘Lu–Maria’ shines brilliantly.》

《It is completed as ‘Radiant Lu–Maria (Unique Grade)’.》

《‘Radiant Lu–Maria’ temporarily amplifies all ‘Holy Power’.》

《All resistances increase by 10%, total penetration increases by 5%.》

《‘Natural Regeneration’ is amplified by 1.2×.》

《‘Natural Regeneration’ has surpassed 25,000%.》

《Singularity achieved: ‘Ultra-Regeneration’.》

I had gained the ability to become sturdier—and to regenerate faster.

At this level—

*This is doable.*

The damage and pain from earlier had already healed.

True to its name—*transcendent* regenerative power.

I never intended to kill him or truly defeat him.

There was only one thing I wanted.

*……I just need to stall for time.*

Until everyone finished *conquering* the stars.

Until all the other Star Guardians were suppressed.

If I could buy time—

That would be my victory.

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The longer the fight dragged on.

The more they clashed.

The more the Giant of Ruin had no choice but to frown.

*His offensive power itself isn’t particularly troublesome……*

The problem was his defense and regeneration.

No matter how much he struck, the druid endured and recovered.

This was the first being he had ever seen withstand his attacks so stubbornly.

Even accounting for the effect of the *Star of Beginnings*, it was abnormal.

After all, he himself possessed penetration capable of breaking through resistances.

Yet……

Strangely, it felt as if none of his blows were landing properly.

*I can’t deal damage beyond a certain threshold.*

What was this?

And that wasn’t all.

As time passed, the wounds on the Giant of Ruin only increased.

To truly bring him down might take days, but in reality, he was suffering more damage than he was dealing.

It felt like being repeatedly pricked by a small skewer.

Meanwhile, his opponent regenerated instantly from any damage taken.

*Truly monstrous regeneration.*

Even if an arm was shattered, it returned to normal within three seconds.

Unless he utterly destroyed him, there was no way to deal with that regeneration.

And even for the Giant of Ruin, such miraculous regeneration was something he had never seen before.

“……Hngh!”

The accumulation of wounds.

The strangely irritating sensation made anger boil up within him.

How much time had passed as he fought, driven solely by the desire to crush the Golden Scale Druid?

*It’s getting harder to break through.*

At some point, the Giant of Ruin realized—

The one being broken was *him*.

The reason was simple.

《The ‘Golden Scale Knight Order’ has conquered all of the ‘Land of Stars’.》

《Knight Order effects are doubled.》

《Health regeneration and physical penetration increase by 200%.》

《200 stat points are randomly distributed and increased.》

……

The opponent had conquered the entire Land of Stars.

With all the additional effects stacking and amplifying, his attacks were no longer mere “small skewers.”

*Thud!*

Each blow now landed as a critical hit.

It was enough to drive one mad.

Still, it was too early to give up.

“……A sword?”

……Giving up was out of the question.

The Giant of Ruin lowered his gaze to look at the sword embedded in his chest.

He reached out and tried to pull it free, but it wouldn’t budge.

This wasn’t the holy sword, Radiant Lu–Maria.

It was the other blade his opponent wielded.

And that sword—

Rather than coming free, it remained lodged in his body.

*Gulp! Gulp!*

Greedily, it began to drink his blood.

Soon—

《‘Supreme Transcendent Earth Sword’ absorbs the blood of the Giant of Ruin and is strengthened by one stage.》

《‘Supreme Annihilation Transcendent Earth Sword’ absorbs the blood of the Giant of Ruin and is strengthened by one stage.》

《‘Supreme Annihilation Slash Transcendent Earth Sword’ begins its evolution.》

《Evolution of the ‘Transcendent Earth Sword’ requires two swords.》

《‘Path of Light (Unique Grade)’ and ‘Radiant Lu–Maria (Unique Grade)’ are consumed as materials for the evolution of the Transcendent Earth Sword.》

《‘Endurance (Supreme Unique Grade)’ has been completed.》