Chapter 140 (1/2)

The Devil of the 50th Floor (3)

The golden armor spilled baffled telepathy.

– No way!

The spirit of the devil that was stored in it was floundering as if he were losing his mind.

He tried to avoid the bombardments of different attacks somehow, but it didn’t seem to be working.

Pa-pa-pa-pat!

A blizzard-like energy flare stormed through and struck every part of the armor.

Shockwaves and vibrations surged from the shield surrounding it thousands of times.

The devil’s body, a weapon of destruction said to be produced by the devil called the ‘King of Gold,’ began to creak.

The Mana stored in it was being consumed at a rapid rate.

– Ugh!

The devil’s sword whispered to me.

‘Okay, Keep going at that pace… Just a little more!’

It had quite a great glee that couldn’t be compared to the expectations leaked by that devil.

Apart from that, various emotions flowed from the devil’s sword.

It sounded joyful, almost as if it had the most delicious food in the world in front of its eyes.

The devil’s sword was that desperate to have its own body.

Even I thought that it was certainly the perfect item to replace its old body.

The armor was about the same size as the human body.

Not only was it similar in shape, but it was really no different from living creatures since the Mana inside of it was boiling fluidly.

The overall energy circulatory system, apart from the Core, was similar to that of an Awakened being.

‘How the hell do they make things like that? The principle seems like it gives the user the ability to control and extract Mana whenever needed freely. If one stays still without engaging in a battle, it even provides natural healing. There’s no blood and flesh, but it’s technically the body of an Awakened.’

Through the unique skill in my eyes, I witnessed the devil concentrating his Mana.

Blue light gathered around its feet. He was preparing to leap into the sky.

– Damn it!

He jumped high into the sky while spitting telepathic waves filled with mental profanity.

It had no choice but to run away from the seemingly endless storm of bullets fired by the machinery of Nate’s guard spirit.

Swoosh!

But I was already lying in wait in the very place where he quickly flung himself up. I had read his movements and positioned myself accordingly in advance.

Shhhhhhhh!

I manipulated the shape of my sword energy without any limitations.

To avoid accidentally piercing or breaking the armor, I expanded the purple energy blazing on the blade.

Unlike its usual long, pointed form, a thin and wide plane was created.

Putting my hands together in that manner, I held the handle of the devil’s sword tightly.

In an instant, I swung my weapon down with all my might, like striking a fruit fly with a fly swatter!

Thwack!

-K-aaargh!

The blow I delivered accurately struck the demonic armor.

The devil fell to the ground as if he had just been deflected.

Below him, Hibiki was already preparing a spell.

[Gravitokinesis!]

Doooooom!

Hibiki created and launched the gravity-based assault.

She manipulated an invisible weight and burdened the devil to force him to stick in the ground and prevent him from ever rising again.

Crack! C-crack!

The ground where he was pinned down cracked and split.

I set foot in front of the struggling devil.

In the meantime, I had already changed the shape of the sword energy once again.

-That is… It can’t be!

The devil, who was floundering his hands and feet as he lied down in a futile attempt to escape from his fate, seemed to sense an ominous feeling.

The shape of the devil’s sword had turned into a purple lightsaber, its girth and length having been fully increased.

No, to be exact, it would be more like a light ray club.

It didn’t matter what it was called anyway. Without hesitation, I wielded the energy-infused object and beat the devil with it.

Wack! Wack!

Smash!

-Argh! S…stop!

I smacked the devil as if to turn him to a pulp and murmured quietly.

“Oh, this… It’s a little annoying.”

I was about to sweat, which I rarely did.

I was tiringly beating the armor when the devil would’ve died right away if I just went straight to piercing Core.

At that moment, the devil’s sword freaked out and soothed me.

‘Please! Hang in there! Can’t you see that his Mana is almost drained by now?’

Bash!

Smash!

Wack!

-Eek! Ugh! This… Demonic… Mortal!

I hit every part of the shield protecting its life from certain death evenly.

The changes happening on the blue wall became more and more evident with every swing I landed.

‘B-be careful! If you break the ankle…’

I knew that he was worried that I might break the armor because I couldn’t control my strength, but…

“You’re worrying about nothing. Just wait quietly. You’re distracting me.”

Regardless, the devil’s shield became fainter and weaker as if draining my strength just to bash his armor in was effective.

Nate and Hibiki, who confirmed that the battle was reaching its final stages, looked in my direction and watched in silence, stopping their attacks from different sides to prevent any unnecessary damages on the body or accidents from happening.

Behind them, Euclid stood with a perplexed look.

“I mean, I feel a little weirded out by this… Have devils really been that easy to subdue and contain?”

After the flicking and hitting noises that I had produced continued for a while…

The moment we were aiming for finally arrived.

– K-argh! N… No!

I could vividly see the interior of his armor.

His Mana had gradually decreased while we fought, and from then on, it didn’t take that long for him to be left with barely enough Mana to soak the bottom of his Core.

“Now, is that enough?”

The answer came right back almost instantaneously.

‘That’s enough! That’s perfect! That’s great!’

It reworded the same phrase three times, showing how excited he was.

‘Now, then!’

The golden devil was faintly convulsing on the floor.

As the devil’s sword guided, I moved its blade near the armor and used it to touch the opponent’s body.

The cognitive body of the devil’s sword seemed to be sending telepathic waves that I couldn’t hear directly to the presence inside the armor.

It didn’t take long for all of us to hear the opponent’s fierce reaction.

The mental wave he sent was filled with horror and fear.

– N-no. What is this…?

And a desperate cry followed.

– Oh, are you… Could it be? Why are you in a place like this… No! No! Please don’t do that. Please stop. Noooooo!

In front of us right in that instant, the work to separate the soul of the demon from the armor forcibly was underway.

Euclid murmured lowly.

“I keep seeing all kinds of things the longer I live…”

After a little while…

The mental scream finally stopped.

A brief silence lingered.

I asked the devil’s sword a question.

“What do you think?”

Still, the spirit of the devil was in the sword I was holding.

The only thing that was different was that it could control that armor remotely from that point on.

Hibiki’s spell, which was preventing the armor from escaping or retaliating, had disappeared.

Clink!

Instead of answering, the lying golden armor slowly lifted itself.

It touched the ground, bent its knees, and moved its heavy body around.

– …

I could tell that the soul that was in it while I was beating it up was no longer anywhere to be seen.

Nate clapped his hands when he heard the explanation about the phenomenon from Hibiki.