Reaper's Resurgence: A System Reset

Somewhere else within the Tier 5 Dungeon

The Third Holy One finds it difficult not to grimace as he feels the impact of the Hound of the Apocalypse's attack on his barrier. Both because of the attack itself and the sheer difficulty the Holy One is having trying to get close to the Hound.

That blasted magic immunity!

If it weren't for his own capability to enhance his physical strength through his holy magic, he would've already been killed long ago by the Hound. Simply because of his inability to use magic against him.

And the livestream isn't making this any easier on the Leif, since it makes him unable to express any weakness. Otherwise his position within the religion will shatter before everyone's eyes in an instant.

What is my luck anyways?! Appearing near this bastard.

Leif's original plan for the dungeon was to level up as quickly as he possibly could through his Holy Aura passive. A skill granted to him by his Title as the Third Holy One. And a powerful skill at that as the skill grants him a passive aura that purifies everything that gets within its range that Leif identifies as a target. With the aura itself growing stronger the more holy magic he has as his maximum capacity.

It's a perfect passive damage dealing skill that has led to his victory in numerous battles. Since not many enemies can handle a passive skill constantly dealing damage to them nonstop while they're trying to battle. With little to no way of blocking the skill.

Not many except the Hound, who is immune to magic. And therefore immune to his aura.

So his plan of using his aura to slaughter monsters and quickly level up here before hunting down the Reaper to reclaim his glory, even if he could just duel her to a draw thanks to being a higher level, was instantly squandered.

All because of the Hound's appearance.

And he can't even shout at the man without shattering his public image.

"Are you really this weak without that little aura of yours?" the Hound asks with a look of disappointment on his face as he stares at the Holy One, only to shake his head. "It's damned disappointing. Especially when I was planning on revealing my new trump card to you."

Before the Holy One can grow annoyed by his words, the last statement by the Hound catches his attention. Then the attacks on the Holy One stop immediately as the Hound flaps his wings and flies up into the air.

Leif grows more and more confused as he watches.

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Is he retreating…? But he had the upper hand…

Lucas stops moving as he reaches a height several dozen meters above the ground. Then he pulls something out of his storage ring. Something that surprises Leif more than his retreat.

Is that… a heart?

He frowns. And his frown grows even deeper when he realizes that the heart seems to still be beating despite being in his hand.
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When Leif tries to identify the item, his confusion grows even more. Because the only thing that he gets back from the attempt is the name of the item.

His identify fails to give him the item's description.

It even fails to give him its Tier.

Leif opens his mouth to speak, only for him to freeze when the fallen angel above him suddenly stabs his own hand into his chest and rips out his own heart. Then he stabs his other hand into the hole he made and brings his hand back out without the heart he previously held in it.

Silence fills the large plains the two of them were fighting on.

It only takes Leif a few seconds to realize what may be happening, no matter how impossible it should be. And that's only because of the Hound's species and the species that heart belonged to.

The heart that the System labeled as the 'Enhanced Fallen Archangel Heart'.

An enhanced heart of a Class S species known as a fallen archangel.

The Class S species of the darkness element.

"No… you can't be…" Lief mutters, only to cut off when the wound on the fallen angel's chest suddenly closes up as tiny strings of darkness knit the wound together. Then darkness mana shoots out of the man's body before filling the entire sky and covering the plains that were previously illuminated by the mid-day sun in night.

Lief feels his hand tremble slightly once, but he catches it and stands firm. And without any hesitation, he jumps straight up into the air with his holy staff turned into a holy glaive that he swings at the Hound. The man hoping to catch him in the middle of the transformation.

But his plan fails when the darkness shooting out from the Hound's body surges outwards, turning into large missiles of darkness that strike back at Lief. Pushing him back in the process. And after several seconds of Lief trying to fight off the missiles of darkness, he hears an eerie laugh.

Then a Legendary Feat message plays out in his vision that sends a chill down his spine.

As if brought forth by the achievement, missiles of darkness begin to rain down from the dark sky all around Lief. With each one slamming into the Holy One and sending him crashing to the ground.

"Hound, you have not heard the last of me during this competition!!!" Lief can't hold himself back from shouting anymore, cracking his image before he waves his arm, making a cloak of holy energy appear over him.

Then he disappears from the plains, leaving the darkness to fade and finally reveal Lucas in his new form.

With an extra pair of pitch black fallen angel wings next to his previous pair, along with a crown of pitch black horns on his head and a disappointed look on his face.