Vol 17 Chapter 5 (1/2)
ACT 5 Devil’s Identity
“I’ve found it!”
The gazes of the Fire Draconians concentrated on a hill as they heard someone’s voice Then one man appeared on top of the hill and hurled curses at them
“da to do? You stupid lizards! No matter how much your spirit has been eaten, how can you confuse uy called Lu so I came in to look for you!”
“Nonsense!”
“The fact that you entered here is evidence that you are the devil!”
“Kill hie for the Fire Draconians!”
The Fire Draconians immediately took out their weapons and climbed up the hill When the herd of Fire Draconians caround shook like there was an earthquake Ark instantly turned his body around and ran off
‘These guys use blunt weapons While Resilience will allow uys then I would be stunned and it will be ga them!’
But just ot too far away from them then the combat state would be released Ark’s purpose wasn’t to lure 1 Fire Draconian to his destination If even 1 Fire Draconian fell behind then it would cause a problem For Ark’s plan to 100 succeed, all of them had to chase after him
“Racard, if any of them fall behind or watches from a distance then use Taunt on them!”
“Okay!”
Racard flew to the side at Ark’s command Then he cursed at any Fire Draconians that slowed down The Fire Draconians becaht up However it wasn’t easy to lure 30 opponents Ark controlled his speed and the Fire Draconians chased after hiroup After about 10the Fire Draconians to was just beyond the hill
“Racard, are there any Fire Draconians re?”
“Okay, I’ll check!”
“One, two…all 30…I’m certain”
After finishi+ng the personnel check, he lured them within a short distance and turned around At the same time, the place covered with a hazy vapour appeared
“That’s it, we’ve arrived! Ya, these stupid lizards! Try attacking me!”
Ark ran into the fog and shouted Then he turned around and stared at the Fire Draconians chasing hi an iron bar
“Die, you demonic fellow!”
Ark quickly rolled to avoid the iron bar and pointed towards him
“You’ve finally shown your true identity you devil!”
“W-what? Devil? Are you talking about me? The devil……”
“You”
Ark’s confident answer caused the Fire Draconian to flinch and stopArk stood slowly and said with a decisive voice
“Yes, the devil The one who trapped the souls in Dragonian and slowly chewed on the souls of the Fire Draconians like a parasite is you!”
“You’re talking nonsense……”
“Nonsense? Heh, why don’t you look around before saying that?”
“……?”
The Fire Draconian looked around with a perplexed face Until then the Fire Draconians had been chasing Ark But now the re 29 Fire Draconians weren’t in front of Ark They were on the outskirts of the water vapour and looking around absent-mindedly
“What, what is this? This guy……”
“It is useless They’re not going to come in”
“What?”
“You still don’t understand? What happened to your cheerful expression?”
Ark tapped the ground and a noise like a splash could be heard
“T-this……?”
“Yes, it is water To onian”
Ark laughed and replied That’s right Ark had been digging in order to find the hot springs The reason Ark thought of the hot spring was because he re at the saht hi because he used the Fire Draconians weakness to water Since the Fire Draconians were spirits of fire, just touching water would cause thee In other words, it was like poison to the Fire Draconians! If there was a place ater than the Fire Draconians would instinctively stop walking But if it was the devil? If the devil had been hiding a the Fire Draconians for hundreds of years then of course it would be aware of their weakness But the devil’s excitement meant that it would continue forward
Therefore Ark looked for the hot springs because he thought it would reveal the devil There had beenin the chaos space And those pieces of land had all fallen off Dragonian Naturally he thought that a hot spring would be soonian The probles in the ground in an area that was 4~5 kilometres
But the problely easily
‘Elemental sword!’
If there ater nearby then he could add an ice attribute to his sword Then it was natural for it to be influenced by hot springs buried in the ground So Ark ran around Dragonian and continuously used Ele at a place which showed the strongest effect and……bingo! The hot springs he aiting for appeared
“The fact that you entered here and didn’t receive any das is evidence
No about it? Do you still have so to say?”
“Ugh!”
The Fire Draconian burst out with confusion and stepped backwards Then it saw the group of Fire Draconians who had been gathered together and stopped It scratched at its neck for a while before laughing creepily
“Kukukuku, you saw through my act!”
“Hey!”
The crowd of Fire Draconians burst out with anger The body of the Fire Draconian who entered the hot springs melted down and a black shape appeared It was a slippery, black forots? Anyway it was a creepy, black monster with one red eye Its name was CellUnexpectedly, it was only a level 300 monster
‘Level 300? Is it sie?’
The look and level of the devil was completely different from what Ark expected But he soon shook his head and concentrated on Cell
‘This is a boss monster so I can’t be careless’
“Kukukuku, this mischief ends here You cheeky bastard! I’ll melt you slowly and ed even if you know est you!”
Cell shrieked and ran up to him Then sharp projectiles rose from its skin Ark threw his body out of the way and a wave of water rose into the sky as the projectile iround It was infused with tremendous speed and power However, Ark was still coround and stood up before shouting coldly
“Hey, Pudding”
“What? P-pudding?”
“I’ve already discovered your true identity All the Fire Draconians also know”
“Do you expect the Fire Draconians to help you? Those guys are scared of water so how can they come in here?”
“Oh, then you’re not afraid of water?”
“Kukukuku, scared of water? Does ”
Cell’s whole body shook as he sneered at Ark Ark’s body also shook like Cell’s and he scoffed
“Kukukuku, you don’t understand theIf you don’t want me to receive the help of the Fire Draconians then why don’t you come in deeper? You say that you’re not afraid of water? Let’s see if you can say that after a while Racard, now!”
Ark shouted powerfully There was a sudden bang and so approached at a tree a down
“Huck, ater!”
The Fire Draconians screa water flowed down the hill into a pit that Ark had dug Ark’s Excavation skill…itBoth Ark and Cell were trapped in the pool of water
“T-this is…”
The slippery, sliots couldn’t swiled as it floated in the water
“Now, shall I slowly release my resentment?”
Ark bit the ‘Merhed Then Ark shot forward like an arrow He didn’t use any special skills He just ran forward and swung his sword Cell freaked out and tried to avoid it but all he could do riggle in the water There was a splash as the sword fell and Cell was cut in the side
“Kuak, y-you bastard…”
“Huhuhu, I’ in water”
In fact, the place where Ark discovered the hot spring wasn’t here but on the hill above it However, Ark had been worried after finding the hot springs Obviously he could reveal the identity of the devil using the hot springs But it would be insignificant if he wouldn’t 100 defeat the devil The idea Ark came up as to use a ‘sacrificial rite’ He found water after such a long tis which appeared under thea channel into the pit, he blocked it off to build a sort of dae to be broken which allowed the water to flon from the top
‘If it is an underwater battle then I have confidence against any opponent!’
Ark was already an expert at fighting underwater He had the Guardian Armour of the Merpeople which invalidate the water penalty by 100 Thanks to that, there was no opponent who could fight equally with Ark underwater Once the pudding was in the water, it couldn’t evenattack
“You’re screwed now!”
Kang, kang, kang, kang!
Ark hurled attacks at Cell like an evening shower After a few minutes, Cell’s health had already reached the bottom
‘What the? Even if it is a level 300 monster, isn’t this too easy?
Is this really the devil which trapped the Fire Draconians for hundreds of years? No, isn’t there soe?’
The battle was proceeding so easily that Ark made an upset face Then Cell see hit by Dark Blade No, it happened when he thought Cell disappeared
“What, what the?”
Ark’s eyes showed his shock
Syu syuk, syu syuk, syu syuk!
Ark looked at the Fire Draconians Cell had appeared arotesque voice before speaking
“Kukukuku, I used teleportation while you were running wild
You fool, it was impossible to beat me the moment you entered this place Now do you want to wander eternally while your soul is slowly absorbed or you can choose to die immediately? If you die immediately then it will just allow me to absorb your soul quicker Just like the stupid Fire Draconians”
“U-unbelievable……!”
Ark now noticed the subtle feeling of goose bue always popped up whenever a boss e didn’t appear when he encountered Cell In other words, Cell was not the real devil inside Dragonian
“Aaaaack, you evil bastard!”
Ka kwang, ka kwang!
While Ark was thinking that, Cell started attacking the Fire Draconians But Ark just watched with a soulless expression No, to be exact he was looking at Cell’s body While Cell wasn’t the devil, it was obviously a part of the body Unless the body was destroyed, Ark wouldn’t be able to escape froonian
‘If Cell is a part of the devil’s body then the devil should be somewhere around here Where the hell is it…?’
Ark avoided Cell’s attack and surveyed the situation until he had a sudden flash He realized why his nerves had been subtly irritated So far Ark had ed to walk around undetected by the Fire Draconians and the devil Then how could the devil steal Ark’s stats? Ark’s stats were stolen while he ay fro the Fire Draconians In other words, the power of the devil worked inside this entire space Yet Cell wasn’t able to find Ark That meant the devil was able to steal Ark’s stats but it couldn’t knohere his location was It wasn’t logical
“It was also strange when I entered Dragonian I was looking for the entrance when I suddenly felt a sucking sensation and fell inside…huck, don’t tell me? Oh my God, if that’s true then the devil has tricked us fro!”
Ark raised his head at the thought and winced The conclusion he ca could happen Moreover, Ark had already seen an existence like this before! When he realized this, Ark had to change the direction of his thoughts by 180 degrees Yes, he absolutely couldn’t win against Cell and the devil like this Fro he couldn’t defeat the devil and escape froht be possible to defeat the devil Ark’s thoughts inside his head turned at 700 kilometres per hour
“Then the way to get out of this place……?”
He pushed back Cell using Riposte and looked around Ark had received fall dae when he entered ThatNoruessed there was another method
“Hey Fire Draconians!”
Ark shouted fros
“You know that I’otten but Lumines is the sole survivor of the Fire Draconians and he asked me to save your souls! But everybody needs to help me to accomplish this purpose!”
“Ack, hat?”
The Fire Draconians asked while avoided Cell’s attacks
“Your fire Please work together to pour your flas!”
“Into the hot spring?”
“There is no time to explain! Please trust me and follow my instructions!”
The Fire Draconians were confused but they looked at the hot springs after hearing Ark’s desperate voice They took a deep breath and blew out fire The fire of 29 Fire Draconians hit the hot spring, causing it to heat up and exude a massive amount of water vapour After a while, socould be seen in front of hiround convulsed and shook Ark ran out of the water vapour and stared up at the ceiling
‘That’s it!’
Kukukuku, kueeeeeee-!
A giant door see water vapour was continuously pushed up to the ceiling
“Now Radun The hang glider!”
Ssak ssak ssak ssak, ssak ssak ssak ssak!
“Razak transform into a sword, Racard ride the air currents and follow!”
Ark grabbed Razak and ran with his full strength before julider and rode the air current to the ceiling He was pushed by the water vapour and see Ark rode the air current up through the doors until he turned around and landed on a nearby floating land At the sae flashed before his eyes
-The soul predator boss monster ‘Soul Eater’ has appeared!
“Indeed……!”
Ka kwang, ka kwang!
The enoronian started to collapse Once the rocks fell down, it revealed the huge shape of the devil which resembled a catfish Just like its name Soul Eater, it was elatine and had a huge size The forts, buildings and hot springs were all inside it…… Surprisingly, it was Dragonian before Ark Yes, Ark and Dragonian had been inside the huge Soul Eater the whole ti started onian, the sucking sensation was similar to what he felt when he ed by the White Whale Gallic Since he was inside the stomach, the monster was able to absorb his stats
‘Cell is just a parasite that lives inside!’
Yes, Cell was similar to the worm like parasites which lived inside Gallic The difference between Cell and the worms was that Cell was mentally controlled by the catfish The Soul Eater couldn’t look inside itself so it used Cell to keep an eye on the Fire Draconians
‘The level 500 onian is the devil’s true identity!’
That was the reason why Ark used the hot springs to create water vapour There was suddenly a huge amount of water vapour within the stomach Naturally the Soul Eater would have to expel all the air In other words, Ark made a situation where the Soul Eater would have no choice but to burp He then used the hang glider to ride the air current from the burp and came outside
“Heh, ould’ve thought the devil would look like this?”
-Kuaaak, you bastard!
The Soul Eater took off its outer shell and was completely exposed Ark was overwhelmed by the colossal size of the Soul Eater It was a h to s a 4~5 kiloous Soul Eater It was to the extent that somebody didn’t even have to be on the battlefield to see the Soul Eater from a distance away It was also level 500! Since the Soul Eater had devoured his stats, Ark was currently around level 300 It was a 200 level difference
“M-Master…”
Racard stuttered as he trembled away from the enormous size and the level difference However, Ark’s eyes just shone with an eerie light as he stared at the Soul Eater
“It is rice!”
“Eh?”
Racard made a stupid face at Ark’s cry
“What nonsense are you saying? Did you suffer while inside that thing?”
“You idiot, please see straight That guy is my meal!”
“Meal? It is a catfish The pot isn’t big enough for the catfish I think spicy catfish soup is too……”
“That’s not it! Look at the translucent, gelatine like skin and how sioes!”
“What are you…hik! Master perhaps?”
“I’ to devour it!”
Ark laughed crazily Yes, the Soul Eater was just a huge monster with a soul body And a soul bodyArk Spiritual Power The level and size was all unnecessary To Ark the Soul Eater was just a huge lump of Spiritual Power
“That huge body……how ive me?”
Ark drooled as he stared at the Soul Eater Then dozens of tentacles sprouted from the Soul Eater’s body
Swiiiik, ka kwang!
When the tentacles stretched out hundreds of metres and struck a rock, it instantly turned to powder Ark immediately threw his body and wrapped the Saw blade around a rock Then he rose in a parabola and swung to another stone using his Saw blade It was the whip action Indiana Jones used several ti the whip and stared at the Soul Eater After a short time, an arrow appeared on top of the Soul Eater’s head
“Lock on! Soul Extortion!”
At the sarabbed the skin of the Soul Eater Normally the 200 level difference meant that his souldn’t really hit properly However, Soul Extortion which grabbed sorabbed the skin, there was a loud tearing sound and the skin was torn And the Soul Eater let out a pained scream
“Eh? What the?”
Ark looked at the piece of Soul Eater’s skin with stunned eyes With one single blow, several hundred metres of the Soul Eater’s skin had been torn It seemed a little extreme for his level of Soul Extortion But Ark soon discovered the reason why The sections of skin were so thin that they were only a few millimetres
“This guy, is he totally empty on the outside?”
Yes, the Soul Eater was a huge inal size was only a few hundred metres However, it was a soul body so it could be expanded or reduced freely So it could inflate its body like a balloon to s Dragonian That’s why the skin was only a few millimetres thick On the other hand, Soul Extortion was a skill which allowed him to rip out a certain amount of the opponent’s soul So he peeled off a wide but thin piece
-Kuaaak, this human dares!
When a whole bunch of skin was ripped off, the Soul Eater swung evenhis whip and ran away but the tentacles destroyed several pieces of land,the places he could escape to disappear When there was no longer any place to move then he would receive simultaneous attacks from the tentacles
“Sheesh, is this a level 500 monster?”
Ark bit his lip and glared at the Soul Eater It was so large that he could close his eyes to shot an arrow and it would still hit However, the range of Soul Extortion was only 20~30 e then Ark couldn’t use Soul Extortion at all Bybetween different pieces of land, he couldn’t stay within range
“Besides, the pieces of floating land are quickly decreasing If I’m hit by the tentacles then I will fall into the lava Some way……”
Ark looked around for a while before looking at the Soul Eater again and laughed
“Aha, can’t I use that as a springboard to attack?”
Then a tentacle separated the wind and fell The tentacles turned a land mass to powder But Ark didn’t care about the land masses anymore The Soul Eater rolled its eyes and surveyed the area Then it found Ark unexpectedly handing fro the Saw blade The moment the tentacle had hit the land mass, Ark had transferred to the tentacle The Soul Eater roared and struck its tentacle into the lava Red lava flew up as the tentacles impacted with it Ark used his flexibility to jump between the tentacles When compared to the Soul Eater, the tentacles were 10 metres thick Ark used ‘Sprint’ to run up the tentacles When Ark ran up, dozens of tentacles instantly dived towards him
“Hey, you idiot! Where do you think you’re looking? Block his gaze!”
“B-but that guy is so large……”
“Do you think dying to him is better? Or do you want me to kill you?”
“Ugh, damnnnnn!”
Racard closed his eyes tightly and used Dark Dash at Ark’s threat And……
Puk!
-Kuaaaaaaah!
The Soul Eater suddenly screaht When Racard had used Dark Dash, he literally embedded himself into the Soul Eater’s eyeball The Soul Eater had swelled up several hundred metres like a balloon Racard was just like a piece of dust next to it However, even a piece of dust coulddifference when stuck in the eyes
“Eh? What? Isn’t this plain water?”
-This flying bastard…coht now…
“Fly? How dare a balloon demon like you insult a noble vampire? You, you!”
-Kuaaaack, come out!
The huge Soul Eater stumbled from Racard’s attack Racard swam around in the Soul Eater’s eyeballs and punched away The Soul Eater screamed painfully and tried to hit Racard with his tentacle, but all it did was hit its own eyeball
“Okay, that’s good!”
Meanwhile Ark had been travelling along the Soul Eater’s tentacles
“Huhuhu, there’s no need to worry now”
Racard jumped around and used Soul Extortion continuously Thanks to Racard poking around in the eyeball, Ark could jump around to tear off pieces of skin Whenever it was hit, the Soul Eater would yell out and stamp its feet The space shook and lava flew up everywhere But that wasn’t a problem for Ark since he was on the Soul Eater’s body
“Ooooooh!”
“That devil sed Dragonian…”
“He’s eating! A hu the devil!”
The Fire Draconians who had fought against Cell in the stomach exclaimed Since the rocks surrounded the Soul Eater had collapsed, the Fire Draconians atching the battle through the transparent skin And the scene was a s the hundreds of kilometres wide Soul Eater
Syu syu syu syuk, syu syu syu syuk!
When Ark had torn nearly half of the Soul Eater’s skin, dozens more tentacles appeared But these tentacles were much easier to avoid He didn’t need to jump around the land masses and the Soul Eater couldn’t see Ark so it couldn’t hit him
“Your mistake is inflated your body you stupid catfish Soul Extortion!”