CHAPTER 147: CHAPTER147-PLUNDER EFFECT

After picking up Ally, Daniel didn’t immediately head out to slay the [Fallen Mountain Giant].

Instead, he wanted to test something—would [Infinite Plunder] work on her?

After all, Ally possessed God Rank Skills. Even if they were only temporary, and their effectiveness slightly diminished, at the end of the day, a God Rank Skill was still a God Rank Skill.

So, he gave it a try.

He activated [Infinite Plunder]—but the very next moment, a prompt appeared before his eyes:

[Notice: The current skill is not the original but a projected effect, and thus cannot be plundered.]

"Tch..."

A flash of disappointment crossed Daniel’s eyes. But then, as if something had clicked, his expression lit up with realization.

Sure, most of Ally’s skills were temporary God Rank Skills.

But that didn’t mean she didn’t have innate talents of her own!

From what Daniel had learned so far, anyone with a talent level above SS typically possessed at least one talent skill.

His thinking was simple: if he couldn’t plunder the God Rank projections, then he’d go after the talent skills. That should work, right?

...Although, was it really appropriate to do this?

He hesitated for a moment, then summoned the Dagger of the God of Thieves.

"I’m not stealing the core effect of her skill," he muttered to himself. "Just copying a replica version. This way, it won’t affect Ally herself."

He didn’t view Ally as an enemy, and had no desire to cause her real harm.

With the dagger, Daniel successfully duplicated one of Ally’s talent skills.

Then he activated his Talent Specialization ability:

[Infinite Plunder]!

The next moment, two new effects were added to Daniel’s [Meteor Arrow Rain] skill:

[New Effect 1: Lunar Empowerment — Your bow attacks are now blessed by the Moon Goddess. They deal additional moon-type damage.]

[New Effect 2: Moonlit Shadows — When the moon is visible, each arrow you fire will be followed by a shadow arrow. Shadow arrows deal the same damage and are harder to detect.]

Daniel found both effects to be quite practical.

In addition to these, he also gained a few other passive boosts—mostly minor enhancements to his base stats.

At his current level, any improvement to base attributes directly translated into a significant increase in damage output.

Having decided to go all-in on the plunder, Daniel figured he might as well wring Ally for every drop of value.

After all... it was essentially free loot.

Once he handed Ally over to Alice and asked her to take care of the unconscious catgirl, Daniel turned and began walking toward the [Fallen Mountain Giant].

His original plan had been simple—just gather some materials.

But fate had thrown a surprise in his path: another god’s devotee.

The timing was oddly coincidental.

Perhaps when Ally woke up, he could ask her for more information. Daniel had a nagging feeling there was more to this story.

The [Fallen Mountain Giant] had existed peacefully in the Mist Mountains for over a thousand years.

It never caused trouble for other races, and due to its immense strength, even the elves had long avoided provoking it.

So why had Ally, of all times, chosen now—right when Daniel was preparing to attack—to suddenly appear?

Something didn’t add up.

Daniel figured it’d be best to ask her directly and avoid stepping into any unforeseen traps.

Besides, with [Time Stream] at his disposal, he could afford to be honest—truth for truth.

After leaving a clone behind to watch over Ally, Daniel finally stepped into the restricted zone of the Mist Mountains.

The area was shrouded in multicolored mists—some of which were filled with toxins and corrosive gases.

But these negative conditions were virtually meaningless to the current Daniel. His status resistances were so high, they were practically immunity.

Not far away, the Fallen Mountain Giant—as large as a hill—sensed Daniel’s approach.

With a rumbling motion, the colossus slowly stood upright, its towering presence exerting an oppressive aura.

And for the first time, Daniel got a good look at its appearance.

What he saw stunned him.

"Is this really... a giant?"

The giant’s head was a bare skull—gleaming white bone that starkly contrasted the rocky texture of its body.

The moment it laid eyes on Daniel, it let out a soul-shaking roar.

At the same time, dark energy—symbols of death—began to gather and swirl around it.

Daniel stared in disbelief.

"You’re telling me... you’re going to use magic?"

"With that massive physique, and a bone skull no less, you’ve chosen to go full dark-caster?"

"No wonder you’ve fallen. Not just morally—you’ve probably lost your mind too."

"Your kind has ridiculously high magic resistance. And yet you want to fight spellcasters?"

Daniel’s sarcasm seemed to touch a nerve, as the Fallen Mountain Giant suddenly lunged at him with even greater fury.

Meanwhile, one of Daniel’s clones had already reappeared behind the giant.

Without hesitation, it launched a devastating [Phantom Slash].

For enemies that relied on spellcasting, melee assault was the best solution.

As for Daniel’s true body?

He was busy collecting rare materials from the giant’s lair.

After all, this was the home of a world boss that had lived for over a thousand years. There was no shortage of treasures here.

If any of them were destroyed during the battle, he’d have no place to cry about it afterward.

Suddenly—

[Dark Domain: Corrosion]!

The Fallen Mountain Giant activated its domain ability right out of the gate.

In an instant, the entire restricted zone was engulfed in thick, viscous darkness.

Daniel could feel it—this wasn’t ordinary darkness. It had the consistency of a liquid, and it began to corrode the outer layers of his shield, eating away bit by bit.

But Daniel didn’t stand around waiting to be melted.

He instantly activated [Flashback], teleporting out of the danger zone in a blink and avoiding the corrosive liquid entirely.

Meanwhile, he summoned more clones, ordering them to harvest the valuable loot around the area with maximum efficiency.

Seeing Daniel shamelessly plundering its nest mid-battle, the Fallen Mountain Giant let out a rage-filled roar.

Around its body, clusters of ancient runes began to appear.

These inscriptions glowed with a sinister violet light, pulsing erratically as though barely under control.

Daniel immediately sensed the change in the atmosphere.

The corrosion energy intensified again.

A quick glance at his Shield Points showed the corrosive aura was now dealing over 1 billion damage per second.

To any ordinary max-level awakener, this would be absolutely fatal in a matter of moments.

But to Daniel?

That kind of damage wasn’t even scratching the surface of his defenses.

At this point, his HP had stacked to an absurd level.

Thirty trillion HP.

First, try breaking the skin.