[— — Deterrence System — —]
Host: Kaito (King)
Level: 1 (Experience: 0 / 100)
Attributes: Strength: 37
· Agility: 34
· Spirit: 16
Skills:
Emperor Engine (Great Accomplishment: 15 / 3000)
Carbonated Gas Bomb (Great Accomplishment: 0 / 3000)
King's Summon (Beginner: 0 / 50)
Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist (Great Accomplishment: 0 / 3000)
Deterrence Points: 3150
A flicker of excitement flashed in Kaito's eyes.
After exploring the Monster Cavern and cutting down the Monster Minions, the Insect God, and even the Deep Sea King, his Deterrence Points had finally broken past the three-thousand mark!
What did this mean?
It meant he could advance one of his core skills—either Emperor Engine or Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist—to the next major realm.
Perfection.
Without hesitation, Kaito chose to upgrade Emperor Engine.
This skill wasn't just a disguise he relied on for survival when he first transmigrated into this perilous world. It was his true foundation, the core of his reputation as the so-called "Strongest on Earth." Unlike his ultimate trump card—summoning the bald demon lord—this was power truly in his own hands.
[Deterrence Points - 3000!]
[Skill: 'Emperor Engine' proficiency increasing… Breaking through bottleneck… Advancing to the Realm of Perfection!]
"Boom—!!!"
A tremor, as if from the depths of the primordial universe, exploded within Kaito's heart!
This wasn't just an enhancement.
It was transformation.
It was sublimation.
His heartbeat no longer felt like a mere pump of blood. It was the surge of a stellar furnace. Each contraction roared like a tidal wave. Each expansion shook space itself.
His understanding of sound and momentum was forcibly elevated to a new dimension. It was no longer technique—it was authority.
The authority to resonate with heaven and earth.
His heartbeat as the drumstick.
The void itself as the drum.
And the souls of all things as the audience.
['Emperor Engine' has reached Perfection! (15 / 30000)]
[Skill fully sublimated!]
New Effects:
1. King's Might · Sublimation
The sound wave impact of Emperor Engine transforms into a Spirit Storm.
No longer just vibration, it strikes directly into the target's consciousness, unleashing indiscriminate psychic shockwaves.
Weak wills collapse instantly, reduced to hollow shells.
2. Aura Domain · Transformation
The dark-red aura now condenses into a tangible Fear Domain with a radius of 100 meters.
Within the domain: air thickens like mercury, gravity doubles, hostile targets suffer crushing mental pressure, their movements sluggish and heavy as if burdened by mountains.
Aura solidifies and can be extended, enveloping or incinerating anything with thought.
3. Deterrence · Passive Evolution
Range expanded to 10,000 meters.
Warning time extended.
Spirit resistance greatly increased—immunity to most mental control and illusions.
Against psychic attacks, the heart itself retaliates with a Spirit tremor.
4. Spirit Resonance · Qualitative Change
The roar now does more than frighten.
It drags out the deepest, most primal nightmare within a target, amplifying it into an Inner Demon Echo that cannot be dispelled.
Even the strongest will crumbles before their own hidden fears.
5. Life Rhythm (New)
The perfected heartbeat radiates raw life energy.
Passively: nourishes the body, accelerates recovery, enhances vitality.
Actively: can temporarily awaken hidden potential, unleashing strength and speed beyond limits—at the cost of extreme physical strain.
Buzz—!!!
The space in the living room solidified for an instant.
The dark-red aura around Kaito's body erupted, shifting into molten crimson-gold. It was not dazzling, but it radiated a majesty that crushed the soul.
The aura boiled upward, faintly forming the phantom of an emperor behind him—crowned, colossal, and looking down upon all beings.
An invisible domain spread outward from his body.
Crack!
The glass coffee table fractured into spiderweb cracks. The paintings on the wall swayed violently without wind.
A low, grinding hum filled the room, as though even space itself bent under the weight.
Kaito slowly opened his eyes.
In their depths, dark-gold lightning flickered and vanished. His very presence now carried an aura of judgment—the weight of life and death itself.
Updated Attributes:
Strength: 57 (+20)
Agility: 54 (+20)
Spirit: 46 (+30)
Kaito gently clenched his fist. Not only had all his attributes risen again, but each steady, thunderous beat of his heart seemed to ripple through the very air around him.
It was an unprecedented feeling—raw power, absolute control.
"The Realm of Perfection…" Kaito's mouth stretched into a grin that nearly reached his ears.
"This… is the might a King should possess."
Suddenly, a faint, almost imperceptible gaze of malice brushed against his senses, sharpening his focus in an instant.
Kaito closed his eyes. The rhythm of the Emperor Engine shifted, its beat changing frequency like a great drum altering tempo.
Ripples of perception spread outward.
He could hear Mosquito Girl's steady breathing in the next room.
His awareness slid further, piercing through the wall—"seeing" Fubuki's flustered figure bathing behind the steam.
Fubuki, a psychic herself, stiffened the moment she felt Kaito's presence brush against her mind. Her pretty face flushed crimson. In panic, she fumbled for a bath towel to cover herself, droplets sliding down the smooth curve of her back, glistening in the misty air.
Kaito, however, did not linger. His Spirit processed the flood of perceptions like an orderly tide—sorting, filtering, discarding. Every heartbeat brought clarity.
"…Found you."
Amid the chaotic signals, Kaito locked onto one.
A grotesque, pink fleshy mass clung inside the ventilation duct of a building one hundred meters away. Its single, unblinking eye stared directly toward Kaito's window, full of malice.
Sykes's little toy.
The thought flickered through his mind, and at once Kaito activated Aura Solidification, a power unique to the Perfected Emperor Engine.
Dark-red tendrils of energy silently uncoiled from behind him, sliding through the shadows of night toward their prey.
The creature suddenly convulsed in fear. A primal terror flashed in its lone eye. It flapped its fleshy wings in desperation, struggling to flee, but it was far too late.
Whoosh!
The tendrils lashed forward, wrapping around its body and binding it tight. With a violent pull, the creature was dragged through the air, helpless.
Its vision spun—and then it froze.
The next instant, it was face-to-face with Kaito.
And in Kaito's dark-golden eyes, swirling with thunderous power, it saw only inevitability.