The Emperor Engine's God-like Skill System

"So it was that guy...?"

"In the end, I still made a fool of myself in front of that guy..."

"And it seems I misunderstood him. Should I thank him?"

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I drank too much because of him!"

Tornado shook her head vigorously, clearing her mind of all thoughts.

Right now, all she wants is to find a weirdo to vent her frustrations on.

......

Several tens of minutes later, in City D.

King had just arrived here. It was relatively close to his home city, M, and the city center was quite bustling, so King chose to come here first to prepare to buy some things.

"Think about what's absolutely necessary..."

"I didn't manage to buy the Heartbeat Sisters limited edition last time, but it should be available in D City, right?"

"And it seems I really need a watch."

King now fully understands that the power within him is related to the specific time, but not to whether he is under the sun.

Yesterday, even in the airtight Hero Association headquarters where there was no sunlight, King still gained tremendous power.

Since power is related to time, reaching its peak at noon and being weakest at midnight, King needs a watch to know the time.

This way, if you encounter a battle inside a confined space in the future, you will be able to clearly understand your combat strength at that time.

King is currently wearing a baseball cap, the brim of which almost completely covers his face.

Before joining the Hero Association, King already had a certain level of fame and even a considerable number of fans.

He knew that his fame would definitely increase after joining the Hero Association, and he wanted to avoid trouble caused by those fanatical fans.

Soon King walked into a shopping mall and picked up a digital watch that wasn't cheap.

Having just officially joined the Hero Association yesterday, a large sum of money appeared in his account today—his reward for defeating monsters.

The higher the rank of a hero in the Hero Association, the higher their salary.

In addition to a fixed salary, you will receive extra bonuses based on the number and level of monsters you eliminate.

Now that King is an S-class hero, and given his previous achievement in eliminating Vaccine Man, the rewards he receives are extremely generous. Ordinary wage earners might not earn this much money even after working for more than ten years.

This is something that even the former King never dared to dream of.

King was in line to pay, his hat brim pulled low to conceal his identity, and no one was aware of his presence yet.

Just then, something white flashed in King's eyes.

He raised his head, his gaze fixed ahead.

Standing in front of him in line was a man of average height, wearing a yellow uniform and a white cape draped over his back. The white thing that had just flashed past King was this man.

What King noticed most was his shiny bald head, which looked like a light bulb.

The man was holding a vegetable basket, which contained only a box of crab claws.

"Is he a pro hero?"

"No, I don't remember having a hero like this in the Hero Association..."

Looking at the strangely dressed man in front of him, King felt a little curious, but he didn't think much of it.

Just then, a violent tremor came from King's feet, and the lights in the entire mall flickered on and off.

Chapter Twenty: The Giant Brothers Attack!

"What exactly happened?"

Was there an earthquake?

"I have a bad feeling..."

The other customers were talking amongst themselves.

King narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up.

The next second, the entire ceiling of the mall was suddenly torn open, exposing the steel bars and cables to the air like a dead python.

Without the ceiling, King didn't see the sky; instead, a huge black shadow swept past.

It was an enormous foot.

One of its feet was over forty meters long, indicating that its owner was at least three hundred meters tall.

The mere act of lifting a foot and taking a step can unleash a terrifying gale that destroys all the surrounding buildings and walls.

With each step, the impact was like an earthquake, leaving a crater over fifty meters deep in the ground. The hard ground became as fragile as paper, and the enormous impact sent all the bricks and stones flying.

The shoppers immediately fled in panic, but King remained standing still.

"Damn it... is he a weirdo?"

King shook his head. His original plan was to go home and enjoy a nice afternoon after buying the watch and the game.

But it's clear that the game arcades have already fallen victim to this giant's clutches.

"Honestly, there's been a lot of trouble lately."

"However, this might be a good opportunity to farm reputation points."

"It's 10 a.m. now, more than enough time."

King placed the money on the now-empty cash register and quickly walked out.

......

"Wow, this is truly incredible, little brother! I never imagined you could do this!"

On the giant's shoulders, a thin man dressed in a long white coat and wearing glasses is shouting hysterically with excitement.

"Yes, it's beyond my imagination, brother."

At his feet, the giant he called his brother answered, his voice booming like thunder.

The giant's younger brother is nearly 300 meters tall, with skin as hard as cement and even an exoskeleton like a dragon encircling his shoulders.

Even just looking at it would terrify an ordinary person.

The giant had only taken a few steps when it destroyed most of D City, killing tens of thousands of people.

The two were originally brothers named Falkor and Margley, ordinary humans. It was Falkor, the older brother, who developed a powerful new drug that transformed Margley into the giant he is today, possessing immense power.

"Great job, little brother! Let's go destroy the next town!"

"No, brother... there seems to be someone ahead."

The giant brother lowered his head, and in his eyes, a tiny black dot stood before him.

king.

"That...is King?!"

The giant's younger brother's eyes widened, a hint of fear in his gaze.

Many people had heard of King before he became a hero, and after he defeated Vaccine Man, almost everyone knew of King's existence.

He had naturally heard of King's reputation, and even after becoming a giant, he had not lost his fear of King.

"Brother, he is King, the one who is known as the strongest human on Earth..."

"Don't be afraid, little brother!"

Fogg, standing on the shoulders of giants, laughed and said...

"Even an S-class hero wouldn't be a match for you now!"

At this moment, King raised his head, looking at the towering giant before him, his face expressionless.

"Honestly, there's always someone causing trouble."

"I just want to buy the new version of Heartbeat Sisters and get some rest."

"But with such a big guy, defeating him should earn me a lot of reputation points."

A huge shadow was cast upon King, but King merely moved his neck, making a crisp sound from his joints, as if the giant before him were nothing more than an insignificant being.

"This guy doesn't respect you at all, little brother!"

Looking at King's fearless demeanor, Falk said loudly,

"Kill him!"

Upon hearing his brother's words, the giant brother immediately became excited, and all his previous awe of King vanished.

Since his brother has said so, he now believes he has the power to defeat King.

With just a few steps, he could kill thousands of people; such power and his exaggerated size gave the giant's brother immense courage.

Generally speaking, a person's strength and body size are directly proportional, which is why various boxing and weightlifting competitions differentiate weight classes based on the participants' weight.

At this moment, the giant brother shifted his center of gravity slightly downward, concentrating all his strength in his legs—and then suddenly jumped up.

At the moment he leaped, immense force surged through his giant brother's legs like a tidal wave, reaching the ground.

The force immediately created a crater nearly a hundred meters deep beneath the giant's feet, and the once wide road was completely destroyed, leaving only ruins.

He leaped nearly 100 meters into the air before crashing down like a meteorite.

A colossal object, hundreds of meters tall, fell from a height of 100 meters, destroying several city blocks in the surrounding area. The howling winds formed an invisible, outward-moving wall, destroying all the buildings along the way and hurling rubble and bricks into the air.

Such destructive power is definitely no less than that of vaccines.

"You did it, little brother!"

Fogg clung tightly to the exoskeleton on his giant brother's shoulder. The giant's leap had nearly thrown him off, and the sudden ascent and descent had almost made Fogg faint from lack of oxygen. If he hadn't held on to the exoskeleton so tightly, he would probably have been smashed to pieces.

He cautiously leaned out slightly, looking at the ground that looked as if it had been bombed by missiles, and a joyful laugh appeared on his face.

The power of this attack was truly astonishing.

He was confident that no S-class hero could survive such a terrifying impact.