566 Balls on Top (2/2)

”Although its power is lower, the energy consumption is also lower? Could these be the legendary… energy-saving lights!?”

And so, I thought of a new way to play with them.

”War Angel form!”

Snow-white wings sprouted from my back. Pure Holy Light flowed all through me and directly emanated from my body. This transformation ability that I hadn't used for so long was finally shown off again. I transformed into an ancient War Angel… and then I summoned another five balls of Holy Light!

”Look, twice the number of buddhas!”

”There's no saving you!”

Meanwhile, black dragon Hakas silently flew a few kilometers away. He was still bound by his slave contract and was unable to stray too far away from Roland. Still, the Holy Light made him feel rather uncomfortable as he was also partly demonized.

As for the fact that Roland just revealed his angel form, Hakas could only sigh that the God of Holy Light had become ridiculously blind to allow such a clearly vicious and evil individual to somehow become an angel. However, Hakas couldn't do anything about it.

I could now fly around the Chaos Abyss as if I was in the heavens. No matter where the demons or magical creatures hid, they would automatically start howling in pain and come out on their own while rolling on the floor in pain. I could simply defeat everything without even needing to lift a finger. This actually felt surprisingly nice.

”Ahhh, damned light! Which bastard hurt the magnificent Fistanley! I'm going to tear him apart!”

Alright, maybe I was getting happy too soon. It would seem that I attracted the attention of a more powerful monster.

His voice reached me before I even saw him. With how the ground was shaking, it seemed that he was really large.

Thirty seconds later, I saw the same Berserker Demon from the Onibaba market. He was even larger than before. It would seem that the pain from the Holy Light made him go into his berserk form.

Berserker Demons weren't a particularly high-level species. However, each individual demon's personal level was impossible to measure by the species' standard. Only the demon himself would know about their own evolution. Since this Berserker Demon had survived so long despite being a low-level cannon fodder species with obviously low intelligence, his power level was probably decent.

”…I should add a word of advice to my guidebook on the Light of Salvation. Using it in certain locations could be suicidal, especially if you're in the Chaos Abyss or a Death Plane!”

Judging by how much that Berserker Demon had enlarged by, this was no different from activating a mega taunt ability.

As for me, I was pleasantly surprised. I had just been feeling like I didn't have any decently strong demons as an experimental subject, and now one came right up to me. It seemed that I was quite lucky down here in the Chaos Abyss.

The furious Berserker Demon finally discovered the source of the light. He instantly jumped over a distance of several dozen meters with only a single jump. It seemed that the Berserker Demons' famous charging jump attack was just as powerful as rumored.

”He has some nice physical strength.”

The impact of the Berserker Demon's landing created a tornado. Yet, to Fistanley's surprise, his strength and shock wave that matched a giant's was actually easily blocked by the tiny human before him. No matter how much brute force Fistanley tried to use, he was still unable to make his arm budge.

An ordinary demon would have realized that something was wrong with the situation. However, a Berserker Demon whose attack was impeded would only become more berserk. This Berserker Demon's body suddenly expanded yet again as he increased his Strength stat by more than 50%.

”Ohhh, it looks like he took the 'berserk muscle' evolution path.”

Berserker Demons had three famous natural talents—self-destruction, berserk muscle, and stink glands. No Berserker Demon with even the slightest shred of intelligence would go focus on self-destruction. Stink glands allowed the Berserker Demon's sweat to become a vicious biological weapon, making its enemies feel like vomiting during melee combat. Stink gland specialty Berserker Demons were like the skunks of the battlefield, stinking up everywhere that they went. Self-destruction and stink glands were the reason why Berserker Demons made for excellent cannon fodder.

Meanwhile, the berserk muscle talent allowed Berserker Demons to increase their blood flow and power up their muscles if they were injured or in a berserk state. This would numb their sense of pain, but it would also have the side effect of lowering their already low intelligence… And judging from how this Berserker Demon had grown so much larger now, his berserk muscle cultivation was quite high.

Also judging from how he was now showing nothing but eyes' whites, his current intelligence level was probably lower than that of a dog.

His fearsome brute strength could easily tear apart any metal weapon, blast through any castle wall, or rip a demon to pieces. Berserker Demons had some of the highest attack power on any battlefield. But as for me, I was actually quite delighted to see how strong he was.

”Such a strong experimental subject. That means I can play more with him.”

I spread my wings and gathered light behind my back. A powerful Holy Light began to penetrate through his muscles and dispel his demonized power.

My five balls of Holy Light connected with each other, creating a blinding pillar of light that seemed to light up the entire world.

”Gaahhhhh!”

But unlike the inferno dogmen, the Berserker Demon was actually ignited instantly!

Thick holy flames burned on his body. The Berserker Demon howled in pain through all this golden fire. His flesh, blood, and demonized power were all being cleansed and destroyed.

He wouldn't be able to survive if this continued.

”It would seem that cleansing a pure-blooded demon of the Chaos Abyss will be impossible. I suppose that makes sense as they're fully demonized products of the Chaos Abyss itself. If their demonization is dispelled, there won't be anything left of them.”

*Snap!*

I snapped my fingers and turned off four of my five Holy Light balls, greatly weakening the effect. It would be far too much of a pity to kill off such a strong experimental subject so quickly.

”Heeheehee, let me think, should I first cut him up? Or dissect him first?”