[Gravity Sink Zone: Level 10 - 7x Earth Gravity]
[Load Material Density: 50,000 tons]
[Body Mutation In Progress: 45%]
[Pain Level: Extreme]
It got harder!
Every single second of resisting felt like he was holding the weight of the world.
His crystal-infused joints popped and shifted, snapping and reforming, but the nanobots ensured they stayed functional, realigning and fortifying his skeletal structure, keeping his bones unbroken.
He could feel it.
The nanobots were not just repairing him—they were enhancing him, evolving him into something stronger, something more inhuman.
'Resist.'The whisper came from nowhere and unconsciously, he gripped harder.
CRAACCKKK
The rock in his hands cracked, splitting apart with an agonizing sound as the weight seemed to exponentially increase.
But he didn't stop.
The nanobots were rewiring his arms, reinforcing every cell and joint to absorb the shock.
His hands clenched, fingers bending into unnatural shapes, digging deeper into the mountain's surface.
Each second that passed, the Blue Crystal's energy coursed through him, pushing him further than he thought possible.
And when Ryuk felt the rock lighten even a single tiny bit, his teeth grinded together, faint blood leaving the corner of his mouth as he forcefully raised the stone above his head, his eyes flashing a powerful blue energy.
[Level 10 Completed!]
[Difficulty Assessed: Lower Limit]
[Level Will Now Increase.]
KAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
And now, it got truly hard. The level above his limit.
BAAAAAAM!
The ground was shattered as Ryuk's left knee instantly gave way and smashed into the gem ground, the rock nesting directly on his knee, pressing it toward the ground, yet Ryuk's eyes were shut close as he remained in that single kneeling position, silently resisting, but even more, trying to feel the change arising.
His muscles began thickening, his frame growing wider, denser, heavier.
But it wasn't just muscle—his body solidified with every passing moment, nanobots meshing with the crystal core to create new structures from within.
His skin began to glow faintly with a blue hue, and his joints moved with eerie precision, the nanobots now in complete control of his form.
The gravity intensified, pressing down on him like a crushing tide.
But the more pressure the zone applied, the more the nanobots recalibrated.
They restructured his body into something monstrous, a combination of living steel and crystallized nanotechnology, capable of withstanding this overwhelming weight.
His remaining standing knee buckled as the force nearly shattered his spine, but the nanobots surged to life once more, fusing with his bones, reinforcing his structure.
Ryuk's body twisted, spindles of nanotech wrapping around his muscles, locking them in place as his spine expanded, becoming more like a column of living crystal, unyielding and inflexible.
[Gravity Sink Zone: Level 15 - 15x Earth Gravity]
[Load Material Density: 100,000 tons]
[Body Mutation In Progress: 60%]
[Pain Level: Unbearable]
With shut eyes, Ryuk's body began expanding and then—
BOOOOOOOOOOM
The floor burst apart, as Ryuk's knee instantly moved up, smashing onto the ground with a powerful heave. He began rising up himself, his spine straightening as his hands bulged harder and harder, and slowly began to push above his neck.
With his bodily evolution, the stone, once a mere burden, began to change in his hands.
It started getting... lighter!
His joints were becoming like nanobotic hinges, capable of supporting unimaginable mass.
His arms were expanding with unnatural speed, metal threads weaving through his skin, turning his entire form into a mechanized titan.
Level 15.
The force of gravity grew heavier, but now, Ryuk's body had adapted—he felt himself rising instead of sinking.
The Blue Crystal energy coursed through his nanobots, channeling strength, feeding his muscles, altering his body in ways that no human could ever comprehend.
And then—
VROOOOOOOOM
The air flapped and with one final heave, Ryuk's eyes flashed open as he once more raised the stone above his head.
'One more to go!' he screamed inside his head, and the notification didn't delay its time before everything instantly changed.
The mountain stone in his hands grew heavier still, expanding in size, as if it were infused with his own power.
It began to grow even darker, a stone of dense, obsidian-like texture, but tinged with the same crystal glow that pulsed in his chest.
[Gravity Sink Zone: Level 25 - 30x Earth Gravity]
[Load Material Density: 500,000 tons]
[Body Mutation In Progress: 85%]
[Pain Level: Overload]
"Arrgggghhh!"
His back arched as his spine cracked and then began rapid expansion.
Ryuk could feel the nanobots coursing through him, his very bones reinforced with the crystal-like substance.
Every nerve was sharpening, recalibrated by the nanotech network.
The rock in his hands continued to grow, pushing the limits of gravity, breaking its bonds as the weight increased exponentially.
But then, it wasn't enough to truly crush him, and in no time, Ryuk's ascent began once more as he forcefully resisted the crushing and pushed back harder and harder, his body widening and widening before finally he pushed up fully.
[System Quest Completed!]
[Very Good Host, Now This is Truly The Last Time. The Host Is On The Premise of a Major Awakening! You Must Resist With All Your Will!]
"BRING IT ON!"
{Level 20 Completed!}
[Difficulty Level: Insane!]
{Final Level Will Now Begin!}
CRACCCCCKKKK
The second notification panel flashed, the sound of cracking began.
And Ryuk's eyes flashed when he didn't feel himself sinking yet when he looked at his arms he watched as his nanobotic blue gem body began cracking away, and that crack spread throughout the rest of his body.
'I'm... I'm being destroyed?'
The thought echoed in his head as his teeth grinded together, followed by an ear-deafening roar escaping his lungs.
RUMMBLLLLLEEEE
The air itself began wavering around him, space destabilizing, as the gem floor at his feet fully caved into nothing, the ground ripping apart, and then, Ryuk himself began sinking in, but his body was also becoming unrecognizable...
The nanobots surface fully cracked completely, but then, it began revealing something else.
Something sleeker beneath the cracks.
A skin that was a seamless fusion of living nanotechnology and crystalline structure.
The pain was so massive that for a time Ryuk felt nothing at all.
All that he knew was he was bearing something difficult and hard, and after what seemed like an eternity, the torment finished!
[System Alert: Physical Transformation Complete]
[Nanobot Fusion: 70%]
[Warning: Exceeded Capacity]
His vision blurred, the weight too much to bear, but he didn't care.
With his body having fully adapted, he heaved up the rock before throwing it away into the distance, watching as it pierced through space with speed before disappearing as if it never existed, leaving just flashes of blue.
Then—
BAAAM
BAAAM
The sound of knees crashing into the ground.
[Congratulations, Host!]
[You Have Awakened A Skill Ingrained in the Annunaki Model!]