Chapter 207
SWOOSH!
Watching Zeke skillfully interrogate the demon using the purification skill, Reyes made a troubled expression and said.
“Good heavens, Sethon! The noble knight faced Jimenes and developed a terrible poison. Jimenes’s evil became thorns of poison! Piercing my friend’s heart and turning him into hell’s messenger!”
While Reyes completed his impromptu sonnet full of concern, Zeke extracted all the information from the demon.
[URGH. I told you everything, so keep your promise and let me go. Now!]
Zeke nodded and pulled out Bahamut to pierce the demon’s heart.
STAB!
The demon glared at Zeke as it turned to ash and disappeared.
Picking up the magic stone, Zeke saw Reyes looking at him strangely and shrugged.
“I kept my promise and let him go. Though probably not in the way he wanted.”
Reyes clicked his tongue and recited a new sonnet at Zeke’s words.
The two regained their briefly relaxed tension and entered the tower while watching their surroundings.
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SWISH!
Zeke threw Anexi’s dagger attached to a chain at the demon patrolling the corridor.
THUD!
“GAH!”
The demon hit by the dagger was instantly tangled in chains and couldn’t move.
As Zeke pulled in the captured demon, Reyes immediately stabbed and killed it with his spear.
WHOOSH!
Reyes and Zeke continued into the castle while working together to kill demons this way.
The attacks were going more smoothly than expected.
‘Seems not all demons are strong. Was that one using demon martial arts special?’
When Zeke wondered internally, Arataso answered.
[I told you earlier. Unless they’re combat demons, most just use magic or control monster beasts.]
Demon magic was mostly black magic focused on curses and summoning, so it could display much greater power on the battlefield.
The Demon King’s army didn’t form legions with orcs at the forefront for nothing.
When orcs’ powerful bodies were combined with demons’ black magic, they could create an incredibly powerful legion.
However, demons using such magic were weak to direct attacks.
That’s why Zeke’s assassination techniques worked so well.
Before long, Zeke and Reyes found where the boss was.
But in front of that door stood orc warriors wearing solid armor guarding it.
Reyes gritted his teeth and said quietly.
“Those are Tusk Tribe orcs. Damn, who knew these persistent ones would be guarding here.”
Zeke quietly watched them and activated Hersion.
SWOOSH!
Reyes was shocked to see Theia’s Hersion that Zeke was wearing.
“W-wait. Sethon, where did you find this?”
“You know this Hersion?”
“Hersion? What’s that? Isn’t this Jiemens treasured possession? It was his favorite among what Kaisir gave him.”
Zeke was surprised at Reyes’ words.
‘Master Kaisir gave Goddess Theia’s Hersion to Jimenes?’
Just as Zeke was about to ask Reyes more, the orcs noticed them.
“Someone’s there! Catch them!”
Zeke shouted to Reyes.
“Charge straight ahead! I’ll hit them from the side!”
Reyes immediately ran forward while swinging his net and threw it at the orcs.
“Come at me, you tuskers!”
SWOOSH!
The net spread wide and tried to wrap around the charging orcs.
The orcs threw their axes at the net.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The net caught the flying axes and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the orcs drew their greatswords and shouted.
“It’s a fisherman! Get him before he spreads the net again!”
Reyes backed away while trying to recover his net.
“Cunning orc bastards!”
Just as an orc was about to charge at Reyes who was still gathering his net.
BOOM!
Zeke launched a sword strike infused with Strong wave resonance at the orc from the side.
“ARGH!”
All the orcs were blown away by Zeke’s sword strike.
Right after, Zeke activated the martial spirit ‘Explosion’.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions occurred where Zeke’s sword had touched. This caused the orcs’ solid armor to explode.
“GAHK!”
While Zeke dealt with the orcs, Reyes quickly finished gathering his net.
Then he spread the net toward the confused orcs.
SWOOSH!
This time the orcs couldn’t block the net and were completely wrapped up.
“Damn it! Cursed fisherman!”
The orcs couldn’t break free from Reyes’ net enchanted with dragon magic even with their strength.
Reyes threw his spear at the orcs caught in the net.
THUD!
“GUH!”
The spear stuck in the Orc automatically returned to Reyes’s hand.
While facing the remaining Orcs, Zeke could understand how the knights fought during the Hero King’s era.
‘They fight using enchanted artifacts actively. They could achieve powerful effects without having to arduously train in Aura.’
Even today’s knights who use Aura would find it difficult to master the Dragon Sword technique of the Sword Saint, Sethon Draker.o
It seemed that for the knights of the Hero King’s era who were accustomed to such magical equipment, Aura training methods must have felt like quite cumbersome techniques.
“DIEEEE!”
Zeke deflected the Orc’s axe with his sword and counterattacked, stabbing its neck to kill it.
TSSS! TSSS!
Just as Zeke finished clearing the area and collecting weapons dropped by the dead Orcs, he turned to look at Reyes.
Reyes shouted to Zeke.
“Sethon! I’ll hold them here! Go kill the master of this castle! Let your nobility wash away the filthy demon blood!”
Zeke watched as Reyes leaped into the horde of Orcs that were now swarming from behind.
‘I had more questions to ask… but it can’t be helped.’
Zeke left Reyes behind and approached the boss’s room.
He raised his hand to open the door.
At that moment, a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
[Entered the third hidden stage boss room.]
Stepping inside, there was an ornate throne in the massive room.
And there sat a demon with red eyes.
He was a man with pale skin and sharp fangs, dressed in elaborate clothing that seemed fitting for nobility.
Arataso, who had been observing the outside, suddenly spoke in a startled voice.
[Good heavens, Garin? Why is a Royal Vampire here?]
‘You know this demon?’
Arataso swallowed before speaking.
[Yes, we were in the same legion before. But… I thought he was destroyed during the First Material World Invasion…]
It seemed that not only Reyes but also the boss demon remained as spiritual bodies following the hidden stage’s scenario, despite having vanished long ago.
Zeke asked Arataso.
“Is this demon strong? There are vampires in the material world too.”
Arataso scoffed and replied.
[Garin is a member of the Royal Vampires. He’s on a completely different level from those inferior vampires remaining in the material world.]
Given how Arataso spoke, it seemed the racial status of Royal Vampires was quite high in the demon realm.
At that moment, Garin rose from his throne. I’m
[Inferior human. How dare you enter my domain, harm my loyal subjects, and bring your irreverent human stench here.]
Without waiting for Garin to finish speaking, Zeke rushed forward.
He took out a dagger from his inventory and threw it at Garin, imbuing it with the Will of Explosion.
Garin raised his hand toward the incoming dagger.
CRACKLE!
A red barrier formed in Garin’s hand, blocking the dagger.
A blood-red light flashed in his eyes.
[Insolent human! I’ll rip out your soul and make it my plaything!]
Suddenly, blood-red mist erupted from Garin’s body.
GROWL!
The blood-red mist rushed toward Zeke as if it were alive.
“HAH!”
As Zeke stepped back, the blood-red mist followed like tentacles.
CRACK!
The blood-red mist grabbed Zeke’s legs covered by Hersion.
WHIRR!
At that moment, Hersion reacted to the blood-red mist and automatically began deploying defensive magic.
[External infiltration and attack attempt detected]
[Automatic defense magic field deployment]
[Calculating attack range]
[6th Circle Magic ‘Plasma Field’ executing]
WHIRR!
Purple and blue plasma erupted from Hersion.
CRACKLE!
The plasma field that had been deployed when facing the Swamp Lord before spread out again.
In an instant, the castle interior was filled with plasma shooting out from Hersion.
CRACKLE!
The blood-red mist hit by the plasma turned to ash and scattered.
Garin retreated backward to avoid the incoming plasma and summoned mist to envelop his body.
TSSS! KTSSS!
Seeing this, Zeke immediately rushed forward.
“HAAH!”
He swung his sword at Garin, releasing a Strong Wave Resonance.
WHIRR!
A powerful shockwave spread toward Garin.
Garin likewise stretched out his hand, and the blood-red mist vibrated minutely to neutralize Zeke’s shockwave.
‘Strong Force Resonance doesn’t work?’
Then Arataso spoke.
[Royal Vampires are superior blood mages who can also handle aura techniques. Though they can’t exert their full power when summoned to the material world, they’re at least as strong as mid-rank demons.]
WHIRR!
Garin shook the energy gathered in his hand and flung it toward Zeke.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
A powerful shockwave flew toward Zeke.
BOOM!
Zeke countered Garin’s shockwave with a sword strike to neutralize it.
Wearing Hersion and deploying the plasma field had consumed considerable mana.
Since Infinite Stamina skill couldn’t recover quickly enough, Zeke absorbed a mana stone obtained from killing magical beasts from his inventory.
Though not as potent as Balrog’s mana stone, it was enough to restore the mana depleted by the plasma field.
After catching his breath once, Zeke charged forward holding Bahamut.
BOOM!
Zeke’s sword strike flew toward Garin.
Garin blocked Zeke’s attack by controlling the red mist with a relaxed posture.
‘That mist is quite annoying.’
The mist that circled around Garin’s body, defending against incoming attacks and chasing to attack when Zeke retreated, was both an efficient weapon and armor.
Zeke raised an Aura Blade to attack Garin’s mist.
CLASH!
The mist and Aura Blade collided, but like the neutralized Strong Wave Resonance, the mist temporarily scattered before returning to its original form.
‘This won’t work.’
Zeke stepped back and equipped Agamemnon’s Mask.
“HUU.”
Since he couldn’t use the active skill Blade of Purification, he had no choice but to use the purification skill through the mask despite its high mana consumption.
As Zeke activated the purification skill, golden aura erupted from his body.
Zeke charged toward Garin while emitting the purification aura.
“HAAH!”
When Garin’s red mist touched the light of purification, it turned to ash and scattered.
TSSS! TSSS!
As his blood magic lost power, Garin retreated in confusion.
Yet he moved quickly, pulling out an ornate dagger from his chest.
Garin stabbed his hand with the dagger, drawing blue blood.
The blood dripped to the floor.
WHIRR!
Suddenly the blood pool spread widely, and from within it appeared a grotesque Blood Golem.
Zeke continued charging without stopping, sending purification aura toward the Blood Golem.
TSSS! TSSS! TSSS! TSSS!
GRRRR!
The Blood Golem blocked the purification aura by thrusting its body forward.
While its entire body was burning away, it faithfully served as a shield.
During this time, Garin prepared another blood magic.
WHIRR!
Soon, a red magic circle with sinister energy appeared around Garin’s body.
‘Must block it.’
To prevent further advance, Zeke took out chains to wrap around the Blood Golem.
RUMBLE!
However, the Blood Golem’s body changed into a sticky liquid state and passed through the chains. Then it solidified its sticky arms to form red spears.
GRRRR!
The Blood Golem threw the red spears formed on its arms toward Zeke.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Zeke deployed Strong Wave Resonance then shot Lightning Strike using Infinite Chain technique to shatter the Blood Golem’s spears.
Then the Blood Golem’s body made a gurgling sound and created small blood arrows.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Dozens of blood arrows flew toward Zeke.
Zeke raised his sword again and deployed Infinite Chain technique.
Infinite Chain technique
Rotating Strike
Wall Creation
His sword rotated to create a blade barrier by the technique he deployed.
CRACK!
The blood arrows were blocked by Zeke’s blade barrier and fell in clusters.
GURGLE!
As its attacks were neutralized, this time the Blood Golem charged directly at Zeke.
Zeke also charged forward with his sword pointed at the Blood Golem.
And he drew upon the power of Soul Force.
Feeling the powerful spirit force activate, Zeke imbued his will into the sword.
Soul Force
Double Spell
Explosive Strike
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Zeke’s sword strike scattered like an explosion and poured toward the Blood Golem.
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