Chapter 75 - An Oppressive Force (1/2)

Ka-Boom! A huge explosion burst next to the demon's face, causing a surge of hope for all those injured by him on the battlefield.

However, the same uncomfortable dark matter that covered his entire body protected him at the very moment of the explosion.

Similar in appearance to goo or slime, the dark matter formed a kind of armor around Jean's body, so that only a few parts of his everyday clothing were exposed.

As the slime receded onto the man's back, once again Jean's droopy eyes appeared. He had a bored expression, and the prosaic gleam that Luke had seen that day in his eyes was not there.

At that critical moment in the battle, the half-wolf put his arm in front of Alexis, interrupting her from starting another gale of blows against the monster. This gesture also caused all the supporting adventurers to stop their actions.

Then Luke stewed his chest and questioned the demon: ”You're not him, are you?”

Finally, a different expression appeared on the monster's face. This one looked a little less bored.

”The definition of 'he' is very ambiguous, but if you are talking about my identity, you are correct. I am not 'he'.”

Normal people might think Luke was talking about the demon not being Jean Pollo, however, he was talking about the being he made the deal with.

Just the fact that the demon was able to understand the half-wolf's sudden question already confirmed one thing: the Chaos Followers and the demons were indeed interconnected somehow.

Since Alexis had already clarified that there was no such thing as someone called Chaos, Luke's only doubt was who the thing he made the deal with was.

”Do you know who he is?”

”Do humans still need a name to go by? I believe an idea is a reason enough.”

As Luke and the demon talked, many whispers spread throughout the destroyed place. Some discussed strategy, others praised the man's courage, and there were even those who misjudged him for dialogue.

Soon after hearing the monster's response, Luke tightened his grip on the spear handle and vociferated:

”If you don't want to tell me, that's fine... I'll make you tell me when I'm spitting blood on the ground.”

The half-wolf brandished the spear forward and advanced once more. Although he had been hit a few times by punches and kicks from the monster, all the blows hit only grazed him, for that reason he was not as badly hurt as others.

Striking from above, Luke had his spear stopped by the right forearm of the demon, who tried to counter with a left-hand punch. Luke did a little hopping and, before the punch hit his rib cage once more, he kicked the monster in the chest, repelling him backward.

”Back off!” An archer shouted at Luke. Then a wave of arrows cuts across the hall, heading toward the demon.

Jean raised his right arm and, from his fingertips, the dark matter that protected his body dropped off it, stretched, and swallowed all the arrows at once.

This was the first coordinated attack by the support team, and they certainly didn't expect the demon to react like this.

The dark matter did not return to the man's body, it bubbled up and shot all the arrows back towards the archers on the second floor.

The hissing of the dozens of arrows took everyone by surprise because their speed was so high that there was no time to get into a cover.