Chapter 236.1. I Want To Defeat Them Before It’s Transforming

The [Mjolnir] swung by Miu strikes against Frost Giant. 
The attack from the petite young girl appears as if a baby is kicking a skyscraper, seemingly lacking any significant power. 
Compared to Frost Giant, Miu, with her small stature, delivers a blow that reveals a monstrous level of force.
“Ugaga”
Frost Giant lets out a voice of agony. 
Miu’s [Mjolnir] hits its leg, thicker than a giant tree, and the blow lands without resistance, as if effortlessly deflected. 
Intense lightning courses through Frost Giant’s body, electrocuting and scorching it simultaneously.
Having been struck by Miu’s powerful attack, Frost Giant exhales smoke from its mouth and collapses to its knees.
“Tou!”
A sound like a skyscraper collapsing reverberates, scattering dust and shattering the obsidian floor as Frost Giant falls face-first, creating a crater. 
To avoid being caught up and crushed, Miu lightly steps on the ground and instantly moves several dozen meters away.
“It seems a single blow won’t be enough to defeat it.”
Despite convulsing, Frost Giant still shows signs of vitality. 
Looking at its level in the 70s, Miu gives a cute smile, suggesting that it’s to be expected.
“Long-standing Grudge!”
The surrounding giants, faces contorted in anger, swing their clubs down at Miu, aiming to strike her. 
Swiftly and gracefully, Miu evades each descending club, moving like a fluttering feather. 
The giants’ clubs shatter the obsidian ground, creating craters and producing explosive sounds akin to dropping bombs. With each strike of the clubs on the ground, gusts of wind kick up, causing Miu’s gray hair to dance, yet none of their attacks come close to hitting her.
[Phantom Step II]
Bending at the waist, swaying her body, and performing intricate footwork, Miu weaves between the giants with afterimages in her wake.
At bullet-like speed, she moves through the gaps between the giants, and due to their immense size, Frost Giants struggle to keep up, unable to catch the fleet-footed Miu.
“No matter how fast they are, their size makes it impossible for them to keep up!”
With lightning affixed to the tip of her Poyopoyo Hammer, Miu continued to unleash successive attacks against the giants. 
Blow after blow, 5 giants withstand the thunder-enhanced strikes from Miu’s hammer, which is inflicted with blue-white lightning, their weak point, and are staggered as pale electric shocks run through their bodies.
“Nuuuu!”
Some Frost Giant roars and opens its mouth wide. White cold air leaks from their mouths, and magical power gathers.
[Ice-Snow Breath]
A blizzard of ice and snow bursts forth from their gaping mouths, hurtling toward Miu. 
Undaunted by the approaching blizzard, Miu’s cold, resolute eyes glare forward as she casts her magic.
“I’ll counter your freezing breath!”
She rotates her wrist and presents her palm as if offering it up.
[Soul Awakening]
[Flame Dragon I]
[Flame Dragon I]
-Linked!-
[Twin-Head Flame Dragon]
A bow and flames erupt, expanding from Miu’s palm to engulf her surroundings as flames rage forth. 
The flames surge upward from Miu’s palm, transforming into two flaming dragons that collide head-on with the blizzard’s icy breath. An explosion resounds, generating steam and shrouding the field in a haze.
The explosion fills the field, prompting the momentarily relaxed Frost Giants to attempt to regain their composure in the obscured view.
“But of course!”
However, amid this momentary distraction, a small predator bares her fangs. 
Bursting through the steam wall, Miu lifts the lightning hammer high and delivers a mighty swing directly into the heart of the group of Frost Giants.
The obsidian floor melted, and the electrifying plasma spread around, electrocuting Frost Giants. 
With Frost Giants immobilized again, Miu lifted her shimmering gray hair and chuckled. 
“The result of training. Did you taste my fruits of blood, sweat, and tears?”
With a cool demeanor, Miu proudly smiled, puffing her lightly armored chest. 
She was a different Miu from 2 years ago, having put in the effort to level up.
“I defeated 17 Diamond Poyopoyos!”
If there were Diamond Poyopoyos in the east, she’d dive into the Ranch Dungeon; if there were rumors of Diamond Poyopoyos in the west, she would fly over to them; if there were Diamond Poyopoyo’s nest in the north, she would destroy it; and the south, well, she’s too tired to destroy it.
For these 2 years, Miu had been completely dedicated to leveling up. The result was that she had defeated 17 Diamond Poyopoyos. It had been quite the struggle.
Ordinary level grinding? She wouldn’t bother with such tediousness. 
She only intended to defeat enemies that yielded a lot of experience points. 
Slowly chipping away at enemies wasn’t her thing. She despised level grinding in her previous life.
Now that she was stronger, Miu’s status had changed over these two years.

Takano Miu
Level: 97
Main Job: Saint Master
Second Job: Ninja Master
Sub Job: Magician IV ☆☆☆☆
HP: 1987
MP: 2231
Strength: 821
Vitality: 916
Agility: 1587
Magic Power: 1394
Luck: 356
Unique Skills: Dual Wield, Goddess’s Blessing, Holy Protection, Divine Healing, Ninja’s Heart, Wind Holy Attribute Resistance, Weapon Equipped Attack Power +200%, Divine Magic Enhancement, Reduced Magic Consumption
Skills: Dagger Mastery, Martial Arts Mastery, Bow Mastery, Hammer Mastery, Ninjutsu Mastery, Sacred Arts Mastery, Trickster Mastery, Summoning Mastery, Magic IV Mastery, Taming Mastery

I had become quite powerful. I was just a little shy of reaching level 100 and wanted to find a new Diamond Poyopoyo to achieve that. 
During my search for Diamond Poyopoyos, I defeated numerous minor enemies. As a result, I mastered Warrior, Priest, and Monster Tamer jobs, obtaining the composite job Saint. I was also on my way to master the Magician job, planning to obtain Grand Mage next.
This new status was on a whole different level from before. Thanks to these stats, Miu had no trouble with minor enemies and barely took any damage.
“However, I did get an overwhelming power-up, though it looks like the event is over.”
In novels and anime, the protagonist would often boast about dramatically overpowering the enemies they first encountered after completing their training. Somehow, that event seemed to have come to an end.
Frost Giants still seemed quite lively, with no signs of defeat. It would probably take about 10 more turns to defeat them. 
And in the distance, the ominously pulsating cocoon of darkness was likely to hatch soon if it took much longer.