234 Conquer (2/2)

Anne could still feel a headache from all the riddles she had to clear in the 100 Stone Labyrinth. In her opinion, she would much rather shoot her bow all day long instead of solving those god forsaken riddles and constantly mapping out the labyrinth in search of a pattern. No one could explain how relieved she was that she's finally out of that place. Inwardly, she was hoping that she'll never had to experience the same thing again.

Luna on the other hand was relatively relaxed. Her mission went without a hitch. Her superior Light Affinity made her the natural enemy of the ghosts in the Dead Man's Mansion. Under her light, the souls were purified and departed with peace. She took advantage of that place to train her Lightshield Luminescence to a high degree. She was using this technique unconsciously during the war since she had no prior knowledge about it. But with the King here, she received many insights and pointers towards this technique and other things.

In the end, her proficiency towards the technique was not too far from the King's level. Give it time and she'll surpass him eventually.

Now, they are just for Raven to arrive. He should wrapping up things soon.

***

”Damn! That hurts, you bitch!” Raven exclaimed as he hurriedly got up from the ground after being thrown there harshly.

In front of him, there was a butcher that rivaled the size of a Little Stone Titan.

The butcher was bald, its eyes were hollowed, wide and flat nose, had wide neck, muddy skin tone, and had an enormous belly. Its holding a giant cleaver with nicked edge and stained with dried blood. The butcher was wearing that same blood stained apron and dirty trousers as it widely hacked at Raven.

Despite its enormous size, it was fast. The slaughterhouse was reduced into mere debris through their clash. The area around them trembled fiercely due to the sheer force of their strikes.

Raven was facing the 100th Demon Butcher. And the things he had to go through before he reached this stage was taxing.

He basically had to engage in a deadly slaughter night and day. For each Demon Room he cleared, he will face a deadlier butcher at the next room. These butchers were coming at him to kill. Each successive butcher was faster, stronger and tougher than the last. This really pushed Raven's battle instincts to reawaken. He had been wounded, thrown, punched, slashed, pierced, poisoned and many more but he got up every single time.

As he went through the rooms, the butchers he faced were smarter as well. Some could even talk to him, one even mocked him for overestimating himself, Raven silenced that baldy by crushing its entire body.

Each Demon room has five clones, which then he had to kill five times to face the true butcher in that room to move on. Dealing with numbers were more complicated that dealing with one but it doesn't mean that it's easier.

And finally, with his efforts, he was now facing the final demon butcher. Well at least he hoped that this guy was the last.

Due to his size, the Demon Butcher was having a difficult time hitting him. Raven was quick on his foot as well a heavy hitter. Each of his strikes were capable of making the butcher lose his footing, causing the nearby forest to be destroyed by their clash.

Raven had long since told the Royal Guards to retreat from this place. He didn't want them to be a collateral as he faced this guy. The guards did what he said and retreated to a point where they're safe but could still see the battle.

'Come on, show me an opening.' Raven thought inwardly as he ran around the giant butcher. Even though it wasn't deliberately following him with its eyes, Raven knows that it could see him. It was on guard so Raven can't make a move. Needless to say, its showing signs of impatience, and that's what Raven was aiming for.

Finally, the butcher lost its patience and sharply turned, it raised its giant cleaver and hacked Raven down. Raven's eyes gleamed, deftly evading the blow, he placed all of his strength into a decisive attack.

Grunting loudly, he performed a might swing and instantly after, ten Phantom Fists appeared. The pillar sized fist rained down and punched holes all over the body of the butcher with the final one crushing its brain.

Raven quickly moved forward and got on top of the butcher's corpse. He then saw a gleaming red crystal inside the head of the butcher. Performing numerous seals, he wrapped the crystal in a tight cocoon of seals to prevent it from taking anymore actions. And with that done, Raven conquered the 100 Demon Slaughterhouse.