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nChapter 39 – Demon Lord’s Castle (6)

nKududuk

n“Aim at the neck!”

n“Damnit! We’re getting pushed on this side!”

nThe clansmen started to clash against the undead under the command of the Clan Lords.

nThe sounds of crashing and ripping resonated from all directions.

nAnd within the small gap that the clansmen had created, Hansoo and the special forces started to charge ruthlessly.

nTowards the giant statue, no, towards the Demon Lord which was stretching.

nAnd then Hansoo, the special forces and the Demon Lord clashed aggressively.

nKuaaaaaah!

n‘Maybe because it’s a weaker version it cannot talk huh.’

nHansoo muttered inwardly as he looked at the 15m tall human shaped Demon Lord.

n‘But…As I expected.’

nHansoo clicked his tongue.

nThe Clan Lords weren’t attacking properly.

nThey didn’t have to kill the Demon Lord.

nThey just needed to endure.

n30 minutes.

nA time which could be held out if you focused on defending and dragged out the time.

nThere were twelve clans and anyone who survived were part of the forces they could take above.

nIt was obvious that everyone wanted to save as many as possible.

nAnd because of this the Clan Lords, despite having the Special Forces out in the front , were just keeping their distance.

nThe Demon Lord threw a fist along with a rough scream while everybody was not fighting properly.

nHoooong

nThe giant body combined with the unbelievable speed generated a tremendous amount of wind as it created a humongous shockwave.

nBoooom!

n“Goddamit!”

n“Kuaaaahk!”

nIronically, the Demon Lord, the king of the Evil Clan, wasn’t using any skills.

nThe only thing it had was its overwhelming stamina, health, speed and regeneration.

nBut this was dangerous enough to the point that every attack from the Demon Lord crushed the people ruthlessly but this just suppressed the Clan Lords from taking action even more.

nIf he had used an area of effect attack then they might’ve attacked him because of fear but seeing that he was killing them off one by one, it seemed like they could keep quite a lot alive and then run away through the crystal.

nAnd even better if the special forces of the other clans die off.

n“Goddamit! Stick properly! Why are you backing off!”

nTaejin gritted his teeth at how the others were acting.

nThe only special forces that were fighting properly were Taejin’s and Yerim’s.

nThese two didn’t want to fight at the very front either.

nThey had just stayed here because it seemed like everything would collapse in an instant if these two were to back off as well.

nBut the one who was fighting the most actively at this moment was Hansoo.

nSince the others were others and he had to kill this thing.

nHe didn’t have the leisure to care about other things anyway.

n‘Because only then would the Demonic Jade Crystal come out.’

nHansoo was currently fighting close to the Demon Lord.

n‘It’s been a while since we fought. Barbatoy.’

nIt wasn’t Hansoo of back then. And it wasn’t the Demon Lord of back then too but fighting it whose attacks and habits were clearly inscribed in his head made it less of a burden for Hansoo to fight.

nBarbatoy was a pure physical type.

nIf he had gone up against someone with a peculiar skill then it would’ve been very pressuring even for Hansoo.

nOf course the basic skill which it had, , made it so normal clansmen wouldn’t be able to come close.

n‘And that’s why the special forces need to do well.’

nHansoo flew around the Demon Lord as he started to tie it up with great vigor.

nKuaaang!

nWhen the Demon Lord applied some strength, the chain made a crackling sound as if it was about break.

n‘That won’t do’

nHansoo pulled out the new artifact he got, .

nCharururk

nAs Hansoo sent in some mana, the single dagger in his hands instantly turns into twelve.

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nOne of the two skills of the Justice of Dekrados.

nThe dagger could divide into twelve that had the same durability but once one of them is broken, then the broken copy wouldn’t be regenerated even if you were to use Division again.

nHansoo dodged the attacks of the Demon Lord as he stabbed the dagger into the body of the Demon Lord who was tied up with the chain of Judgement of Dekrados.

nPuk

nPupupuk

nThe dagger went through the chain and got embedded.

nAs it was made as a set item, the holes on each link of the chain were just the right size for the dagger to go through.

nThe effect , which was activated when he used these two artifacts together, started up.

nAnd in this unique form, the chain became even stronger and the dagger sharper.

nHansoo, who had swiftly embedded all twelve daggers, aggresively pulled on the chain.

nKudududuk

nAs he pulled the chains, the daggers which were embedded along with the chains followed as they sliced apart the Demon Lord’s flesh.

nLike an electric chainsaw, as the chain which was tied around the Demon Lord were pulled, the daggers started to tear apart the flesh of the Demon Lord.

nKuaaaah!

n‘It might break.’

nAs the enraged Demon Lord shook its body, the chain tensed up as if it was about to break.

nIt was a situation where it couldn’t untie the chain because the daggers were embedded deep into its body.

nBut even if the set effect, , was activated, there was still a limit.

n‘But it doesn’t matter.’

nCharururk

nAs Hansoo sent in mana waves, the twelve daggers combined into one and came into Hansoo’s hand.

n and .

nIt was a simple but very efficient function for the dagger.

nAs long as there’s these two functions then there was no lack of firepower.

nAs the daggers were removed and the chain was loosened, the Demon Lord started to become even more crazy.

n“Uaaaak!”

n“Goddamit!”

n‘Tsk. The special forces need to fight properly.’

nThough he had turned it into a mess, it was regenerating at an extreme speed.

nIts true might came from that abnormal rate of recovery, ability to take hits, resistance and things like strength, agility and savagery were just the surface of it.

nThe special forces needed to shove their skills into it and destroy it faster than the speed of its regeneration while he tied it up.

nThere was a limit to how much one person alone could damage the Demon Lord. But though the Special forces were attacking it, they were doing so in a very passive way and were using safe tactics so the damage couldn’t catch up to the regeneration speed of the Demon Lord.

n‘If this continues then more will die before 30 minutes are up.’

nAnd the Lords were all getting further away from the battlefield as if they had judged that the battlefield was dangerous.

nHansoo shook his head as he saw these signs.

n…………………………………

n“Bastards! What are you going to command from back there!”

nTaejin gritted his teeth.

nIt was better for the Lords to be in a safer spot.

nSince it’ll be over for everyone if they die.

nBut if you wanted to raise the strength of the clan then it was better to command from the center of the clansmen.

nIt was good to leave things to work automatically but it was also important to look over the situation of the battle to increase the strength of the clan by preserving their numbers and even making them fight forcibly at times.

nBut the only ones who were fighting in the center of their clans were only Yerin and Taejin.

nThe ten other Clan Lords, including Guktae, had already backed off into the distance.

nThe other Lords smirked at Taejin shouting in the distance.

n“Why are you fighting in the front like that if you aren’t of much help anyway.”

n“This bastard… if you take the people who protect us then who is going to fight the undead.”

nOne of the Lords laughed at these words.

n“We only brought around two per person. Don’t be so sensitive. And we already sent the special forces to the front.”

n“…”

nWhile Taejin was gritting his teeth, Guktae shouted while looking at him.

n“You guys should come here too since it’s dangerous. Rather, it might become a nuisance because they have to protect you.”

n“I will humbly decline.”

nTaejin, who had finished his words, controlled his Clan as he charged towards the Demon Lord.

nAnd Guktae made a regretful expression as he looked at such Taejin and Yerin.

n“Nine… though it’s a little regretful, this is enough.”

n“What?”

nWhile the Lords were making weird expressions from Guktae’s words, the cape that was surrounding Guktae started to shine brightly.

n“Fuck.. What are you doing!”

nGultae giggled at these words.

n“What do you mean what am I doing. I’m calling some protectors.”

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nOnce a day, the user can summon twelve designated protectors to himself.

nAnd the thing that had come out of the light were the Guktae’s twelve special forces.

nGuktae spoke to the Special forces.

n“Get them.”

nAs soon as the words ended, the 2 protectors combined with the 12 special forces as they charged at the protectors of other Lords.

nKuadududk

nKududk

n“Kuak!”

n“Goddammit!”

nThe eighteen protectors fought back but the power of the special forces were a step higher.

nAnd Guktae’s Special Forces were even a step higher than that.

n“Dammit!”

nWhile the Clan Lords were calling their forces in a hurry, Guktae’s other clansmen started to jump about crazily and started to get a grip on the people’s ankles.

nDespite the difference in numbers, because they had defended with their lives on the line, the speed of the other clansmen had slowed down and by the time the other clansmen killed off all of Guktae’s clansmen and got near, the Clan Lords had long become hostages of Guktae.

nGuktae giggled as he looked at the 10 special forces around him who had become a mess.

nTwo had died and the ten who were alive had become a huge mess, it was still easy for them to cut off the necks of the Clan Lords who they were holding hostage.

n‘One needs to just protect me. It’s very clean.’

nOne of the Clan lords gritting their teeth as he looked at Guktae.

n“You crazy bastard! If this happens then you die too! Isn’t your ability valuable to you!”

nWhy wouldn’t they have thought of such a situation.

nThe only reason why they weren’t expecting internal fights between Clan Lords was because if one of the Clan Lords were to create a mess then they would all die here.

nWhat would you do if you take them as hostages.

nIf you act crazily and create a chaos here, you will get pushed back by the undead and the remaining people will all die at the hands of the Undead and the Demon Lord.

nIt had already been awhile since the fight had been tilted towards the advantage of the Undeads in the fight in the distance.

nThey had fallen quickly while the remaining clans were clashing.

nHansoo and the remaining two special forces were stopping the Demon Lord but how would they hold out 20 minutes at this rate.

nThey don’t even have mini crystals.

nGuktae giggled as he laughed.

n“It doesn’t matter if I die.”

nNo, it wasn’t that it didn’t matter if he died or not.

nHis job was to get everybody here and die together.

nWhy would he have gotten rid of all the mini crystals?

n“What?”

nWas he such a maniac out of maniacs?

nAnd at that moment, one of the Lords, who had a blade up against them, made a pale expression as they thought of something.

n“You bitch… you aren’t a Lord. Some crazy bastard sent one of the clansmen instead of themself… you crazy bastard! Do you mean that it’s ok for you to die!”

nGuktae’s expression chilled at those words.

nSuch a way of speaking when they had their fate in the hands of others despite having such formidable power of a Lord.

n‘There’s too much of a difference.’

nHe thought back of the scene when his Lord had sent him here.

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nThe symbol could be given from a clansmen and not a Lord as long as the Lord gave permission and clansmen could communicate between each other through messages.

nThe command was very simple too.

nSince there was the first command every newcomer of the clan received.

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nIf you do this then you can pretend to be the Lord perfectly.

nAs Guktae, who had finished thinking, gave a signal with his eyes, the grip of the special force member holding the Lord’s neck tightened.

nSqueeze

n“Kuk..Kuuurk.”

n“What do you mean crazy bastard. He’s a much more formidable person than scrubs like you.”

nAnd at the same time everyone’s expression paled as Guktae laughed coldly at them.

n……………………………………

nHansoo made a cold expression as he looked at the chaos occurring behind him

n‘…Fraud Lord.’

nA tactic which used one of their clansmen to pose as the Lord, make them careless and then die together.

nNot everyone could do such a thing.

nFirst, if you want to become a Fraud Lord then you need to be able to sustain the same amount of clansmen as the other clans.

nSince it’ll be weird if a Clan Lord who could command 100 did not sustain 100 people.

nWhich meant that you needed to be able to control 100 people to reinforce the Fraud Lord and another 100 for himself adding up to 200 people in total.

nAnd you also needed the commanding power to command suicide as well.

nOnce the clansmen go under the Lord, they create a connection between themselves and there are no occurrences where the Lord cannot order a clansmen because of such connections.

nSince clansmen and Lords were in a system of up and down.

nBut such a command like suicide is hard to make because usually when you give such an extreme command, the symbol will break most of the time.

nOf course there are exceptions there as well.

nA situation where you raised the trait of the Lord with exceptional aptitude and had your trait become much superior to the point where the strength of your trait becomes much stronger then their soul.

nOnce this happens then it was possible to command things almost forcibly.

nAnd there was a person who was capable of this in the past tutorial as well.

nA guy who showed extreme aptitude beyond the specialties of Lords.

nThough the regrettable part was the fact that he was crazy.

n‘Dark Mad Lord… you’ve done something huh.’

nA typical example that showed that, although a crazy guy is dangerous, a crazy guy with good abilities is even more dangerous.

nAnd at the same time, one of the guys who will become the biggest obstacle in this preparation for the Final Dungeon.

nOne of the representatives of the .

nHansoo looked at Guktae, who had caused a chaos in the distance, with a cold expression.

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