Chapter 308: Such Cheap Tactics Won’t Work on Me (1/2)
Seeing his full strength sneak attack fail so spectacularly, the leader of those Devils was once more faced with the cruel reality of how far apart their strengths actually were. Being a rather decisively spineless one, he immediately dove right into the mass of fleeing Imps upon realizing his inevitable defeat.
“You brat, I dare you not to run!”
Faced with the prospect of losing his cornered prey, No.3 hurriedly chased after the slowly disappearing back. However, there were simply too many Imps blocking the way so he had no choice but to shove aside the hindrances with a flail of his hands and feet, all the while dealing with his ever-growing annoyance. Yet while all that might have just taken a couple seconds, that was more than enough for that fleeing Flame Devil Child to disappear completely.
‘No.3 actually failed to capture that fellow…dang, that Devil is surprisingly slippery. Hmm, based on his showing just now, he’s probably about to evolve as well. Not like it will matter anyway –he’s not getting away. After all, there’s still Nola, the Hellhounds and the golems to contend with.’
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Given how tightly guarded the encirclement was, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there was an invisible barrier separating the outside world from this battlefield –those who stepped over that line were mercilessly slaughtered.
As time passed, the casualty numbers started to balloon. By now, even the more brainless Imps were starting to realize that we weren’t actually out to murder them all, just capture them. If I had to hazard a guess, the pile of corpses forming a neat mountain near the edge of their encirclement probably gave away that fact.
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As for our side, none of them had forgotten about my orders to just capture and not kill them. Thus, when the other Imps stopped trying to cross the line, Sinmosa and the others did not pursue them either, instead choosing to remain at their stations.
In the meantime, No.3 was in the midst of a frenzied hunt for that fleeing leader. By now, he had managed to corner that Devil like a fox would when hunting a little chick. He casually tossed the poor Devil onto ground before stomping down on his back and keeping that leg firmly locked in place.
At that very moment, the other Imps all knew who was the real boss here and promptly went to their knees to beg for mercy. The leader Devil, on the other hand, was still glaring at No.3 despite his compromising situation. While that poor fellow must have desperately wanted to give No.3 a piece of his mind and fists, a Five-stars Infant Flame Devil wasn’t something he could ever hope to stand up to; he was basically an insect to No.3 at this point.
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The Imps had settled down noticeably as well. Gone was the chaos, leaving behind a muted resignation born from those ten subordinates and comrades of mine encircling them. All they could do now was to obediently kneel there and await our judgement.
‘Looks like it’s for me to make my entrance then.’
I gently patted the golem beneath me, ordering it to bring me towards the Devil still struggling beneath No.3’s foot.
Looking down at his miserable sight, I couldn’t help but think to myself: ‘Even in this state, he is still a Four-stars, a Devil with over a thousand Devils under his command. Had it been just a month ago, fighting him would really have been an uphill battle.’
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Unfortunately for him, there were no ifs in this world. I had attained the feather of Lucifer and along with it, the right to control those Abyssal Golems. Against a foe like him, all I needed to do now was to dispatch a single golem to squish them all.
Clearly in a superior position, my mood was noticeably better, having just basked in the elation of conquering someone. “What did you say just now? Something about capturing me?”