Dungeon Corpse Stacker: I Absorb Everything to Become Ominous Monarch

The absolute, deathly silence inside the high observation deck was broken only by the frantic, ragged, and terrified breaths of the Garrison Commander, whose sweat stained fingers hovered helplessly over the primary emergency control console.

Looking down through the cracked, spiderwebbed blast proof glass at the horrifying carnage unfolding below, the Commander watched in utter disbelief as the remaining sixty synthetic constructs of the first wave met an immediate, brutal end. Shadow General Ignis and the twin void commanders swept through their ranks like an unstoppable, apocalyptic plague. In less than thirty seconds, tens of millions of dollars of cutting edge international synthetic engineering were reduced to smoking heaps of melted adamantine armor, severed limbs, and burning cinders.

”R Release them... Release all of them right now!” the Garrison Commander shrieked, his trembling, blood stained hands slamming down with hysterical force upon the crimson emergency override lever mounted on the terminal. ”Unseal Phase 2 immediately! Overclock the central power plant to maximum threshold! Activate the Synthetic Sovereign Command Unit!”

ALARM! ALARM! LEVEL EX PROTOCOL ENGAGED! DEEP SEA CORE OVERCLOCK INITIATED!

The flashing red sirens mounted throughout the vast subterranean complex instantly shifted to a blinding, violent shade of royal purple. The heavy steel plated walls of the four hundred meter bay groaned and creaked under immense mechanical stress as two massive, forty foot blast doors situated at the far end of the arena slid open with a deafening hydraulic hiss that shook the bedrock.

From the pitch black, steam filled subterranean abyss beyond those massive doors, two hundred remaining Synthetic Relic Soldiers marched out in tight, immaculate, and terrifying phalanx formation. However, unlike the constructs of the first wave, these upgraded units were encased inside a dense, heavy, and pulsating barrier of deep sea abyssal energy, their exposed chest cores burning with an intense, blinding violet radiance.

Floating thirty feet above the exact center of the advancing phalanx was the ultimate apex creation of Project Tartarus: Commander Abyssal (Synthetic Sovereign Entity).

This colossal construct stood ten feet tall, clad in towering, iridescent dragon scale armor forged meticulously from the harvested remains of an ancient sea calamity boss. Floating directly inside its exposed, hollow chest cavity was no ordinary monster core it was a glowing, football sized crimson orb pulsating with immense, ancient spatial pressure and raw hydro kinetic mana: The Ancient Leviathan Core.

[Target Identification: Commander Abyssal (Synthetic Sovereign)]

Type: Construct Class Apex Entity (Command Unit)

Primary Core: Ancient Leviathan Core (Class EX Relic)

Estimated Mana Output: 45,000 Points (Synthetic Domain Active)

Primary Capability: Mass Barrier Generation & Spatial Water Distortion

High above the arena floor, Commander Abyssal raised its massive, four bladed sea trident inscribed with glowing golden spell runes. The ancient leviathan core in its chest pulsed violently, releasing a tidal wave of super compressed, pressurized abyssal mana that instantly flooded the four hundred meter arena. The atmospheric pressure inside the chamber spiked dramatically, instantly increasing the fluid density of the ambient air to match the bone crushing weight of six thousand meters beneath the ocean surface.

”Target identified: Unregistered Sovereign Entity,” Commander Abyssal spoke, its voice a synthesized, double layered mechanical drone generated by a hundred overlapping acoustic sound runes. ”Initiating full spatial erasure protocol. Overclocking Leviathan Core energy output to two hundred percent capacity.”

BO BO BO BOOOOOOM!

The two hundred Synthetic Relic Soldiers arrayed below raised their heavy weapons simultaneously in perfect unison. Powered directly by the Leviathan Core’s command field, two hundred high density hydro kinetic plasma beams erupted from their chest armors, fusing in mid air into a single, three hundred foot wide pillar of pure, destructive blue energy that surged straight toward Renan!

The blinding beam of superheated, compressed destruction tore through the reinforced metallic floorboards, vaporizing hundreds of tons of steel framing and concrete foundations instantly in its path!

Renan stood at the absolute center of the oncoming wave of destruction, his long dark Monarch coat fluttering violently in the surging mana storm. He did not dodge. He did not deploy a protective barrier. He did not even order General Ignis or Commander Vane to step forward and intercept the beam.

Instead, Renan took a single, slow, and deliberate step forward, his hand calmly reaching down to draw his dark Monarch blade halfway from its sheath. Golden Monarch runes flared brilliantly across his entire chest, arms, neck, and face, radiating his full, godlike 60,400 physical stat points into a singular, razor sharp point at the edge of his blade.

[Skill Activated: ’Monarch’s Severance Spatial Rupture’]

Applied Physical Stat Force: 60,400 Points (100% Absolute Output)

SLASH BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Renan drew his dark blade fully from its sheath, executing a clean, sweeping upward diagonal slash through the open air.

A two hundred foot arc of pure, golden black Monarch energy erupted from the tip of his blade, cleaving cleanly through the three hundred foot hydro kinetic energy beam like a scalpel cutting through thin paper! The massive blue energy blast was cleanly split in half, detonating harmlessly against the heavy titanium side walls of the bay, blowing out the primary structural support pillars in a shower of sparks and molten steel!

Without giving the synthetic construct army or its commander a single millisecond to process the spatial rupture, Renan vanished entirely from his spot.

SWOOSH!

In a fraction of a microsecond, Renan materialized directly in front of Commander Abyssal, hovering thirty feet in mid air right before the floating ten foot entity. The sheer, unfathomable speed of his physical movement created a localized sonic boom that violently pulverized the blast proof glass of the observation balcony three hundred feet away, throwing the Garrison Commander to the floor amidst flying glass shards!

Commander Abyssal’s synthesized mechanical optical sensors glitched wildly, its internal battle logic completely failing to track or calculate a physical movement speed that exceeded thirty times the speed of sound.

”Threat level... untrackable... System Error... Err ” Commander Abyssal’s synthesized voice crackled and glitched through its vocal runes.

”Your core is truly impressive,” Renan whispered coldly into the construct’s mechanical visor, his glowing golden eyes burning through the smoke with absolute, predatory intent. ”It will make a fine, permanent addition to my strength.”

Renan reached out his gloved left hand with terrifying, absolute precision, thrusting his fingers directly through Commander Abyssal’s iridescent dragon scale chest armor, wrapping his gloved grip tight around the pulsating, three hundred thousand year old Ancient Leviathan Core!

”NO! PROTECT THE CORE AT ALL COSTS!” the Garrison Commander screamed frantically from the ruined observation balcony, his voice lost in the roaring wind and blaring alarms.

Renan smirked coldly, his gloved fingers tightening forcefully around the ancient relic core until hair line cracks appeared on its crimson surface. ”Absolute Extraction.”