Chapter 227 (2/2)

Stella rolled her eyes at them, which was actually rather impressive at Mach speed . It was only a few more minutes before he saw the portal .

The corrupted were all heading in the direction of the world tree, but over a hundred demons were below the portal and sacrificing the corrupted to power it . It was a mix of demons with some having mostly black skin and blades for arms . They were in charge of the sacrificing . It looked like their leader, a 30-foot-tall devil, was already through the portal . Everywhere he touched actually colored the ground black, instead of dull and grey, and he was wreathed in flames . His fluffy long tail ended in a poisonous stinger . Each of his six arms ended in three fingered claw-like hands .

They flew up to the portal and the demons turned towards them .

(YOU HAVE RESISTED VARIOUS AND SUNDRY MENTAL EFFECTS . BY THE WAY, STELLA WAs. .h.i.t WITH l.u.s.t, BUT SHE KEEPS ENOUGH ANGER IN HER BACK POCKET TO OVERCOME IT DURING THE FOLLOW-UP . DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THIS? BETWEEN THE COSMIC MIND s.h.i.+ELD YOU PURCHASED FROM ME, AND THE MIND RUNE'S PROTECTION, I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU ARE GOING TO FALL FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN . )

'Nah, it's good, system . Just let me know if others will be affected . '

(GOT IT . )

”FOOL! Now that you have come, know that I…” cried the demon leader .

'…hmm I could take over this portal…' thought Joseph, completely ignoring the demon's tirade .

”I am the arch demon of…” went on the demon leader, oblivious to Joseph ignoring him

”…it actually wouldn't be that hard, and then I could…” he thought, tilting his head to look at the magic pulsing around the portal .

”…tremble before my awesome might, as I kill you, and then betray NURKONG and usurp him…” ranted the demon, raising his arms above his head .

'This should work,' he thought, certain of his next move . Why did all big bad guys feel the need to tell the hero everything they were going to do before doing it?

GATE-CONTROL GATE

Gaining control of the gate, he focused and began to fluctuate two spells .

NECROMANCY-SUMMON DEMON/NECROMANCY-BANISH .

Thousands of demons poured through, before being forced back, only to be sucked back through . Joseph controlled the gate, to get narrower and narrower . The arch demon, whatever his name was, got caught up after the 13th time . More and more demons were getting involved and squeezed through a constantly shrinking opening . The ones on the edges were starting to be shredded by the edges of the gate .

”It sure screams loud,” muttered Stella .

SOUND-SILENCE .

”Ah, that's better,” she said, giving Joseph a smile .

The big guy was clawing his way towards the middle of the shrinking gate, killing the other demons that were in his way . After about five minutes, he was curled into a little ball and even then, the edges of the gate had started ripping pieces off of him . It only took another minute before Joseph closed the gate . The invading demon army, and the arch demon, were shaved into the s.p.a.ce scattered between dimensions .

”I can't believe something that wasn't even a G.o.d, thought he could take you, Joseph,” she pointed out .

”Whatever . That should be the 4th faction . Only NURKONG, or maybe his high priest, is left . ”

They continued on their flight towards the world tree, ignoring the contaminated below them .

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