Online Game: Starting With SSS-Ranked Summons - Chapter 557

557: Level 25 has been reached!

557: Level 25 has been reached!

Beside him stood the Winter Beast, Flamingo, Bloom, Cackle Queen, and Mane King-all his legendary summons crowded onto the hawk’s back, their combined weight making flight increasingly difficult.

The Wind Hawk’s eyes enlarged with the terrible understanding of its imminent death.

Despite its incredible speed, despite fleeing several miles, despite every survival instinct screaming at it to escape-somehow the human had appeared directly on top of it.

There was no outrunning spatial manipulation.

There was no escape from an enemy who could simply choose to be wherever they wanted.

Arthur simply smiled, his expression carrying no malice, just tactical finality.

“Did you really think I’d let level 27 experience fly away?” “Sorry, big birdie!” Aether chirped from Arthur’s shoulder with enthusiasm.

“But Master needs you for levelling up!” Then, without ceremony or dramatic monologue, Arthur gave the command.

“Everyone-attack.

Let’s end this.” All five legendary summons responded as one.

CRACK!

The Winter Beast’s massive claws came down on the hawk’s nape with bone-crushing force, ice forming around the impact site as supernatural cold flooded into the wound.

SPLASH!

The Flamingo’s twin beaks struck the hawk’s back in perfect synchronization, high-pressure water jets tearing through feathers and flesh to reach vital organs beneath.

ROAR!

The Mane King’s powerful jaws clamped onto the hawk’s left wing-the already injured one-and tore with legendary strength that ripped the appendage completely off in a spray of blood and severed tendons.

“Yes…

feel your consciousness fading…

embrace the void…” Bloom’s psychic assault hammered into the hawk’s mind, creating cognitive chaos that disrupted its ability to maintain flight.

“AHAHAHA!

FALLING!

DYING!

BEAUTIFUL!” The Cackle Queen’s hysteria reached its peak as she targeted the hawk’s remaining wing with mental paralysis.

Arthur’s katana completed the coordinated assault, his blade carving through the hawk’s spine with no resistance.

SLASH!

The attacks landed simultaneously across the nape, back, and wings-every critical flight system destroyed in a single devastating exchange.

The Wind Hawk’s body, already struggling under the weight of multiple legendary creatures and catastrophic injuries, could no longer maintain altitude.

Its remaining wing went limp.

Neural signals stopped reaching muscles.

Blood loss reached critical levels.

Without any resistance left, without even the capacity to attempt one final maneuver, the Wind Hawk fell.

SCREEE…

Its final cry was weak, barely audible over the rush of wind as gravity claimed the legendary creature’s massive form.

The ground rushed upward with terrifying speed-hundreds of feet of empty air between the falling hawk and the forest floor below.

At these velocities, even a legendary-rank constitution wouldn’t survive the impact intact.

“Aether, teleport us clear before the crash,” Arthur commanded calmly, already bracing for the spatial jump.

“Roger, Master!

Aether’s got everyone!” WHOOSH!

The void dragon’s spatial manipulation activated instantly, wrapping Arthur and all five summons in dimensional energy.

They vanished from the Wind Hawk’s back just as the creature began its terminal descent.

They reappeared safely on the ground, positioned several hundred meters from where the hawk would impact.

From this distance, they could observe the conclusion without risk of injury from the crash.

CRASH!

The Wind Hawk’s body hit the forest floor with catastrophic force.

Trees shattered on impact.

The ground crumpled from the kinetic energy.

Dust and debris exploded outward in a massive radius as the legendary creature’s fall concluded with brutal finality.

The sound echoed across the entire territory-a thunderous declaration that the aerial empire’s ruler had fallen.

When the dust settled, the Wind Hawk lay motionless in the center of a devastation zone, its body broken beyond any possibility of survival.

A fall from hundreds of feet after sustaining catastrophic injuries had ensured death even for a creature of legendary durability.

[You have slain a Level 27 Wind Hawk (Legendary-rank)] [Level Up!] [You have reached Level 25!] [Congratulations!

You have achieved Second Order!

Your Domain is ready to be awakened after the trial!] Arthur’s eyes widened as the notifications flooded his vision.

Finally.

After hours of hunting, after facing a legendary creature backed by hundreds of followers, after pushing himself and his summons to their limits-he had reached the threshold.

Level 25.

Second Order.

Domain awakening.

“Master!

Master!

You leveled up!

You got the big important number!” Aether bounced excitedly on Arthur’s shoulder, sensing the significance through their bond.

Arthur couldn’t suppress his smile as he read the notifications.

But more importantly, he could feel something new awakening within him.

“Yes,” Arthur said softly, his voice carrying satisfaction at finally achieving this crucial milestone.

“Now the real power begins.” [All attribute points will be increased by 200%] [You have gained 1 free attribute point and 1 Skill Point] Staring at the notification, Arthur was shocked.

Usually, attribute points would increase by a single point, but 200%?

This was doubling his stats across the board-a massive leap in power that went far beyond normal progression.

Second-order advancement isn’t just a milestone to awaken a domain, but a milestone to evolve beyond limits.

He quickly pulled up his status screen to confirm the changes: [Race:] Human [ID:] Fateless [Level:] 25 [Class:] Shadow Monarch (SSS) [Talent:] Primordial Summoner (SSS) [0%], Evolution Pathway (SSS-Rank), Lucky (SSS) [0%], Space (SSS) [0%] [Summons:] 48/50 [Health Points:] 620 [Mana Points:] 860 [Magical Damage:] 86 [Physical Damage:] 56 [Damage Resistance:] 6200 [Attributes:] Strength 56 Agility 62 Vitality 62 Intelligence 86 (+25% Intelligence bonus from equipment) [Skills:] Ninefold Fortune (Mythical), Living Shadow (Mythical, III), Shadow Bind (Legendary), Shadow Dweller (Legendary), Unlucky (Legendary), Shadow Cloak (Epic), Enhanced Senses (Rare), Mana Coating (Rare), Iron Fortress (Rare), Blazing Arc (Rare), Blacksmithing (Uncommon) [Attribute Points:] 4 [Skill Points:] 18 [Equipment:] Ring of Darkness (Legendary), Chaos (Pseudo-Legendary), Mana Earring (Epic), Robe of Darkness (Epic), Loki’s Mask (Epic), Crimson Light Armour (Epic), Mask of Thousand Faces (Very Rare), Spirit Core x2 (Very-Rare), Platinum Spear (Very Rare), Platinum Dagger (Very Rare), Mana Ring (Rare), Iron Necklace (Rare), Backpack (Rare), Iron Boots (Rare), Iron Armor (Rare), Health Potion (Rare), Mana Potions (Rare)…

Arthur studied the numbers with careful attention, confirming that his base attributes had indeed doubled from their previous values.

His strength, which had been hovering in the high twenties, had jumped to 56.

His intelligence had leaped from the forties to 86.