Chapter 83 Savior (5)

「Countdown is starting.」

The countdown had begun. But was he a duelist?

「3.」

It was different from the Goblin that gifted b Avatar} to Yoon-seok. He must be flustered, but he didn’t say anything. He didn’t know why he was dragged into this space, but he calmly looked at Yoon-seok and prepared for a fight. Of course, he did it mentally because they were unable to move.

「2.」

Looking into the determined eyes of the demon…

Suddenly, he remembered the words of a famous martial artist. He said everyone has a plan until they are hit.

「1.」

He doesn’t know why he suddenly remembered it, but…well, nothing would change. Whatever trick he played, the result would be the same.

「START!」

The moment the restraints were freed, Yoon-seok manifested the Bloodseeker Sword with {Bloodseeker’s Ultimatum}.

「Twelve swords are being used. Magic stats have increased by 1.」

Attack speed 6x, Power 5x, Phantom Energy, magic consumption halved, all stats increased by one. King of All Sword’s buff effect assimilated in his body, which was advanced further by Yin and Yang. Yoon-seok made the red swords spin around his body like a satellite.

‘Too bad I don’t have the Judgement Sword and Pledge Ring with me.’

If he’d brought his equipment, he would’ve had an unbelievable increase in stats. There was no way a judgment mark wouldn’t be present over the head of a man who slaughtered 300,000 people.

Yoon-seok had a sudden thought. What would the estimated combat power be if he was fully equipped? He was curious, but there was no way to test it out. Maybe it wouldn’t even end with people fainting.

“Sphere of Chaos.”

The moment Bloodseeker Sword appeared, the demon opened his palm and chanted the command.

‘This again?’

It would be tougher to avoid in this small arena, but the weakness was as clear as day.

Tadak!

Yoon-seok immediately ran toward the demon, kicking off the ground. But…

‘It’s gonna be a little different this time, right?’

“Call of Immortality.”

He wouldn’t be able to ascend the Tower with the only Sphere of Chaos. Thousands of hands rose from the ground, moving to grab Yoon-seok and the demon’s ankle.

‘It must be a skill that doesn’t differentiate between enemies.’

He wasn’t surprised. These skills could be found in the store, of the type to make one more powerful for a penalty. He must have used it because he thought even the penalty would be beneficial. Unfortunately…

This time, he was the only one at a loss.

「By Heart of Liberty, effects of constraint-related skills are terminated.」

The moment the thousands of arms rose from the ground to grab Yoon-seok’s ankle, everything melted down.

“…?”

Was this his first time experiencing a one-sided attack? Being the only one with his arms tied, the flustered demon pulled out a new skill.

“Eternal Gate.”

A wall of translucent curves appeared before the demon. Perhaps after having his hands tied, he used it to prevent a long-range attack until the chaotic sphere began. However, the watery consistency that resembled jelly made the defense itself seem ineffective. But that might not be the case if he used the skill right now.

Whooooooooosh.

Yoon-seok fired the Bloodseeker Sword that was circling him to the wall as a trial. No collision. As if it had gone to another dimension, the sword that touched the wall disappeared without a trace.

‘I guess it’s effective because of the angle.’

However, it was still a wall, and unlike the demon who had his hands tied due to a misstep, Yoon-seok was free. So all he had to do was step back.

Tadak.

Was he expecting Yoon-seok to attack the wall? As Yoon-seok moved against his intent after using Bloodseeker Sword to find out about the skill’s traits, the demon hurriedly chanted another of his skills.

“Judgment of the Ruined Monarch.”

It had only been about 3 seconds since the duel began, and the Sphere of Chaos was yet to be activated. But it was already his fourth skill. This proved that the demon was cornered in such a short time.

It didn’t work this time either. No, he didn’t know what skill it was in the first place. He didn’t have a chance to find out.

「By Lady’s Commandment, Judgment of the Ruined Monarch becomes unusable within the realm.」

Maybe it was the effect of the skill he was about to demonstrate, but the sky was blackened for half a second, and as the skill was sealed, the sky returned to its original color. Did he not have any other skill to use? Or did he resign himself to the fact that whatever he tried wouldn’t work?

He didn’t have a clue. But when Yoon-seok bypassed the translucent wall and reached the demon’s back, the demon just stood defenseless.

Slash-!

Yoon-seok first cut the demon’s arms and legs.

Thud, thud, thud, thud.

The moment the severed limbs touch the floor, exactly a step in front of the boundary line, the devil’s body was destroyed. Indeed, it was a perfect distance calculation…

If it activated after everything was over, then what’s the point?

“Arghhhhhhhhh! What the hell is this? What are you!”

With his limbs scattered on the dirt floor, the demon shouted in a mortified voice. Well, it was understandable from his perspective. A weird human appeared and destroyed him instantly. But this guy had to know that from Yoon-seok’s perspective, it was understandable.

“It doesn’t matter who I am.”

He killed as many as 300,000 people. It didn’t matter what method was used, a crack in space was opened, and a super-large invader was summoned to Earth. Whatever their motives may be, there was no room for sympathy. Yoon-seok carefully grabbed the demon’s horns and pulled without mercy.

“Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Were the horns exceptionally sensitive? His scream was more wrenching than when his limbs were chopped off.

Thump.

Yoon-seok stamped his feet on the devil’s head. As if it worked, the screams died down. The circumstances were created to make conversation easier, so Yoon-seok interrogated him calmly.

“Why did you come to Earth?”

“…”

The demon didn’t cooperate. Yoon-seok crushed the demon’s thigh.

Pshshshshh!

Blood poured out of the stump. Yoon-seok didn’t worry about him dying due to excessive bleeding before he could answer the question. Seeing that the wound was already healing, it seemed like either his physical ability stats were high, or he had a passive recovery-related skill. Still, he did it just in case.

「Lady’s Commandment makes it impossible to induce self-harm within the realm.」

By common sense, it was unlikely that he had skills that induced self-harm, but he might have skills that had the same effect. As a result, all means of escape were blocked. Then, it was safe to start.

Plorkk!

When he stabbed the sword in his thigh and twisted, the demon stared at Yoon-seok with his eyes filled with agony.

“Do you think I’ll answer…!”

b Torture Technician}’s pain was enhanced by twenty times. It must be a lot of pain, and yet he continued to show such determination. It was no easy feat.

But that was the same for Yoon-seok.

“I don’t care if you answer or not. You’ll suffer from a painful death.”

“…?”

The demon looked at Yoon-seok as if he were insane. Maybe he would spare him if he answered, or at least give him a comfortable death. That’s how it usually sounded during interrogation. But suffering the same death with or without cooperation?

Who would answer then?

Yoon-seok smirked because the demon’s thoughts were evident in his eyes. The demon still didn’t know what situation he was in.

“Arghhhhhhhhhh!”

It may take a little time, but it was alright. Everything went as Yoon-seok wanted.

One day? Two days? He didn’t know; maybe more time had passed. It was a place where night never came, after all. Now that Yoon-seok couldn’t feel any hunger, the flow of time was vaguer than ever.

And Yoon-seok thought it might be the same for the scattered meat lumps in front of him. The days must have felt like years.

“…”

Meat lumps. Yun-seok couldn’t find a better fitting word than that. Although it looked like he was dead, his basic form was still intact…

Pleshh! Pleshh!

It was like stabbing a log. His eyes were open as if to prove that he was still conscious, but the pupils were as blurry as a camera lens going out of focus. He wouldn’t be able to answer any questions now, but…

Yoon-seok couldn’t care less. He’d already heard all the information he wanted anyway.

‘I didn’t know his motive was WP.’

The reason why the demon came to Earth was simple: it was to fulfill his admin’s desire to scrap off one of the dimensions that led to the Tower. Unlike Elle, there was a high probability that it was a desire to earn WP by using the admin’s wish.

The more difficult the wish was, the greater the WP reward. Furthermore, the wish was more probable if the powers of the admin could open a crack. So, the demon chose Earth. After arriving at the United Plaza, he knew that it was the weakest among the four dimensions.

In fact, without Yoon-seok, the demon’s plan might have succeeded. No, he was sure that it would.

‘It’s also the same for the guy who showed up at the sixth-floor plaza…it’s not just the invaders that need to be looked out for.’

His shoulders were growing heavy. It wasn’t his duty to save the Earth, but…

But it happened when he thought that no one but him could do it.

‘By the way, is it time to go back…?’

Brrrrrrrrrrrr.

A seizure jerked through the demon’s body, who had been lying dead. Although it had endured its stats and healing skills so far, it had slowly reached its limit. The tremors stopped not long after.

「Victory.」

「Unique Skill {Predation} has been activated.」

「Acquire one of your opponent’s skills at random.」

「Acquired Judgement of the Ruined Monarch (Rank B-).」

「Loot one of your opponent’s equipment at random.」

「No equipment is available.」

「Absorb some of your opponent’s highest stats.」

「Absorbs endurance stat.」

The salty sea breeze brushed past his nose bridge. When he opened his eyes, he saw the demon’s body falling from the air with its limbs amputated. Yoon-seok smirked at the sudden thought.

‘Come to think of it; it looks like I just slapped him in the face and killed him.’

Well, it was hardly an illusion. He spent a lot of time questioning him before returning. Yoon-seok could do that if he wanted to.

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

The demon’s body, which fell over the Hatchery, soon stopped as it rolled on the slope. And…

It was devoured by something similar to a tentacle that sprung out from the epidermis of the Hatchery. A miserable end from a distant, unconnected dimension.

Yoon-seok used Light of Purification again.

“Shriekkkkkkkkkk—!”

White light flashed out of Yoon-seok. The Hatchery’s body melted down like lava under the light. However, was it a little too much to destroy the main body with Light of Purification? Whenever it melted, the inside of the insides was regenerated with new tissue. At the same time, thousands of tentacles came out of the body.

It was useless.

No matter the number, the tentacles melted and disappeared before reaching Yoon-seok’s body.

Chikkkkkkkkkkkkkk!

As long as there was Light of Purification, he didn’t think he would be reached by the Hatchery. Then the problem was how to get rid of the body. Frankly, a few ways came to mind, and among them, Yoon-seok chose the most uncertain option.

There was no harm anyway, so he decided to check test the power of the new skill.

Judgment of the Ruined Monarch. The sky turned black when the command was chanted. Yoon-seok was flustered by the unexpected situation.

‘Wait a minute. What kind of magic…?’

Nearly half of Bloodseeker’s Energy escaped in the casting. It was the first time this amount of magic was consumed after his magic stats had reached rank S. Usually, the power of the skills was proportional to the amount of magic consumed.

Then how powerful was this skill? Yoon-seok’s question was answered after a second.

Booooom!

With a roaring sound that could break the world apart, red lightning struck.