As soon as I realized that the Gaze skill had been deactivated, I took out a bottle of Elixir. After drinking about half the bottle, I asked Sharana to bring Lotte to me to have her drink the rest. Even as we were getting emergency treatments, notification messages continued to flow in.

[Amazing! You have completely solo-killed one of the enemies threatening the world! You have reaped the Hermit King’s soul with the reaper’s scythe. With the king’s soul in possession, all lightning type monsters that invade Earth will have their abilities reduced by 10%! This is a monumental achievement! In addition, you can retrieve the remaining magic power in the Hermit King’s body and soul and turn it into your own.]

[If you receive the Hermit King’s power, the Hermit King’s corpse will disappear and you will not get any reward for the raid completion. If you destroy the Hermit King’s soul, you will obtain the Hermit King’s corpse and receive appropriate rewards from the dungeon. What will you do?]

[You have obtained the title, ‘Ruler of Lightning’! Your affinity to lightning has increased greatly. The ability...