Chapter 205 (1/2)

Before Yeon-woo met Agares, he had contemplated how to fight against him.

Agares was definitely going to want Sesha and himself. Yeon-woo couldn’t let himself be played by him.

But Yeon-woo didn’t have any power. How could he defeat Agares, who was strong enough to crush the god Brahma?

So Yeon-woo changed his tactics.

‘If I can’t stop him, I have to call someone who can.’

Thankfully, he still had a way out.

The summoning circle that Agares had gone through. Agares had definitely destroyed it, but the magic circle made with Brahm’s holiness couldn’t be broken so easily. There was still a little bit of it left.

So Yeon-woo had concentrated his consciousness there and made contact with it.

Information flooded out from the circle like a waterfall. They were formulas that Brahm had put down in the Book of Mercury. They were so complex that they were hard to approach.

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However, Yeon-woo quickly fixed the areas that were broken. His brain hurt like it was burning, but he continued to collect the knowledge.

And when the function of the summoning circle was somewhat recovered—

The magic power that was always in his Magic Circuit evaporated. He felt empty, but he didn’t lose his grip and lifted his head.

The red sky began to split. As the blue sky opened, a column of light from above pushed the darkness away. Even Agares couldn’t invade this area.

And soon enough, a large iron door slowly appeared, piercing through the clouds.

[Who…..calls…..?]

It was a voice that rang in his head. It was a heavy voice.

Yeon-woo spoke to the being that was somewhere behind the door. To the god that could fight against Agares.

[And the price…..?]

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‘Aegis.’

It was the godly artifact that had been a great help to him, but to defeat Agares, he had to give an item that was worth as much.

[Deal done.]

Kookookoo!

The iron door started to creak open.

And under that, something strange descended below, stretching its neck out.

A colossal five-headed boa snake that could probably easily sweep away an entire mountain slithered and hissed.

And above it, there was a familiar face.

Agares’s face crumpled seeing it.

[Hermes…..!]

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The sky that Hermes came down from was colored with blue, and brought with it a refreshing air.

On the other hand, the ground where Agares was was filled with darkness. As light and darkness clashed, a boundary line was made.

Hermes made a pleasant smile above the boa’s head.

“Long time no see, Agares. Has it been 800 or 900 years? This is the first time we’ve seen each other after the sealing of Luciel, right?”

[Why is someone who should just be watching…..!]

“What do you think?”

Hermes shrugged his shoulders like it was obvious.

“I received an offer, and I’m here to pay for what I got.”

His smile deepened.

“Unlike you, who scammed through half of it, I’m planning on giving more than what I owe.”

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A god could adjust however they wanted to give something in return for what they got. And sometimes, they would be at a disadvantage.

The blessing or miracle of a god was included in this. For priests, this was important to maintain their religion.

On the other hand, if a demon wanted to give something in return for someone’s sacrifice, it was a ‘deal.’ They had to return as much as they received, but some tricks were involved in it. They would never do something that was disadvatageous to them.

So Hermes was threatening that he would do something that was disadvantageous to himself for the first time in a long while.

It meant that he would match whatever Agares did to block him.

Hermes giggled, like this situation was too amusing.

And this was obvious, but gods and demons definitely didn’t have a good relationship with each other.

Uedeudeuk!

Agares ground his teeth.

He was stronger than most gods, but Hermes was different. Even for demons with some level of power, Hermes was too much.

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And the bigger problem was that Hermes wasn’t the only god here.

Under the sky, where the boa snake was coming out, there was something else looking in this direction. They had a godly level that Hermes couldn’t match. No, in the small ‘category’ of fighting, it was a being that was much more annoying than Hermes.

To deal with two gods at once was hard even for Agares.

“Alright. So decide now.”

Hermes smiled even wider seeing Agares.

“Are you going to fight with me like this, or step back?”

The boa slithered around Agares, ready to attack when it received the command.

For a small moment, Agares was deep in thought.

And—

[It wouldn’t be bad. For a god and demon to play on the lower floors.]

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Agares smiled violently. Then, tens of black wings spread out. As Agares disappeared in the darkness, thousands of tentacles soared up into the air.

At the same time, 5 more boa snakes came down.

Kurrrng!

The stage began to ring.

***

Hwaaa—

In myths, the battle of gods and demons were often portrayed with the heavens and the earth shaking. The seas would dry up, and rain would pour down from the sky.

But that might’ve only been in the myths, or maybe the fight of the two was just different.

Hermes and Agares’s fight was simpler than expected.

Light and darkness. It only looked like white and black were mixed together.

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Like black ink spread in water to taint it, the darkness from the ground tried to taint the light.

On the other hand, the light split to purify the darkness. The ground reflected the light, and darkness repetitively shot up and fell back.

It was something that became one, and tried to influence each other, as they tried to gain the upper hand.

To Yeon-woo, with his Draconic Eyes, it was clear as day.

Something gigantic that was impossible to tell from the earth was slowly moving. It was big enough to make the boa look tiny, so it was hard to tell exactly how it looked like.

Every time the form that was probably Agares’s actual body moved, ice, wind, fire, and light continued to blink in and out of existence.

On the other hand, Hermes called for more boas while still on top of his original. Ice, wind, fire, and light caused explosions.

The recovery and destruction of the stage changed according to the movement of the two.

The Demons’ Forest was already heavily damaged, but the ground cracked so deeply that you couldn’t even see the bottom, and trees continued to grow, making a lush forest again.

They were shaking the laws of nature.

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It was something that no being could ever interrupt.

‘That’s…..a god and a demon.’

Yeon-woo clenched his fist. Looking at the fight that he couldn’t dare approach, his mouth dried.

Vigrid, which was in Yeon-woo’s hand, was lightly shaking.

Although his Cold Blooded trait was applied, he was panting for breath just by looking at it. Even now, he felt like his lungs would explode.