Chapter 160 - The White Ghost King’s Sanctuary 5 (1/2)
“No matter how strong you are, it will be difficult to survive the explosion unscathed! It’ll be so powerful that this labyrinth will collapse completely!”
Lutia was hoping the game would end in a draw.
She wanted them all to return to the previous stage instead of dying here along with her.
But Woohyuk shook his head.
“You’re the only one who will die.”
“You, you think I’m not capable of actually doing it? I won’t die alone like an idiot! If you take one more step, I’ll...”
“Amii, take care of her.”
“Yes, Lord Asura.”
Amii swung Ignis, and the Hound of the Baskervilles jumped out and rushed towards Lutia.
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“Kyaaaaah! Save me!”
Lutia was terrified and she ran towards a passage nearby.
She had threatened to self-destruct, but when the moment to kill herself actually arrived, she wasn’t brave enough to waste her own life.
However, she could not escape from the current situation.
Crunch!
The Hound opened its jaws wide apart and swallowed Lutia.
Lutia was burning to death inside its stomach, and she cursed at Woohyuk.
“Asura…! I will drag you down with me!”
Splash!
Black blood sprayed around and dropped from the air like a fountain.
Lucia's body was used for the Fanatic’s Martyrdom.
Her flesh was torn apart into countless pieces, leaving only her heart intact.
Before long, her heart in the Hound’s stomach began to burn red hot.
“Sh, shouldn’t we escape? It looks like it will explode soon.”
“If you're nervous, install a barrier or something.”
At Woohyuk’s words, Levian immediately started chanting.
A transparent spherical barrier appeared, covering them all.
“Amii, go and stop it too.”
”Yes? How am I…”
“You won’t burn since you have the Eternal Hell trait.”
First, the Hound of the Baskervilles would absorb most of the heat from the heart exploding, and then Amii had to control the rest of the heat.
As Woohyuk stared at her, Amii frowned and dejectedly ran towards the Hound.
She was despairing that she was being used as a meat shield during dangerous situations like this.
“Come here. Let's block it together.”
As Amii beckoned it, the Hound of the Baskervilles assimilated with Ignis' flames, handing Lutia's heart to her.
Amii tightly tied it with Ignis and hugged the heart in her arms.
“Okay, let it blow up now!”
The reason why Lutia's heart hadn't exploded so far was because the Hound was holding back the heat.
However, there is a time limit.
No matter how restrained it was, Lutia's heart would burst within seconds.
After a while, the heart ran out of control in the Hound.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!
As Woohyuk had predicted, it was difficult for the Hound to absorb the entire explosion caused by Lutia’s self-destruction.
Amii clenched her teeth and tried to control the rampaging flames.
‘This much is nothing...!’
Even though she was sealed in Lemegeton and was being used as a meat shield, she was still a demon king.
She was competent enough to stop the succubus' self-destruction.
Levian's expression brightened as Amii made the flames die down.
“Oh, we’re alive! I was almost put to eternal sleep without having accomplished anything.”
“Do you have a demon to inherit your name?”
”I do. He’s still quite young however.”
Unlike humans and elves, demons inherited the names of their predecessors.
If a demon couldn’t perform the rite of inheritance before he became an adult, he would use the name he had been using until then.
In these cases, the demon would be a lot weaker compared to demons who had inherited names, as he would start from the very bottom and would have to make his way up.
That is why the unselected demons were constantly scheming against their own people and trying to steal their names.
Names were like classes to them, and an average demon could take up to two names.
If one had two names, it was customary to be called by the stronger name.
Woohyuk was well aware of such customs and traditions, so despite being of different races, he was able to communicate with Levian without much difficulty.
[The Fanatic has died.]
[The Devil Hunter's mission has been completed.]
[You have cleared the Pitch-Black Labyrinth.]
[You will be given a 10-minute break before moving to the next stage.]
System messages tardily rang in his head, announcing the end of the game.
The Fanatic seemed to be considered dead only after the heart stopped functioning or disappeared.
“Anyways, we can go to the final stage now.”
“Ah, it's finally time to meet the White Ghost King.”
The last stage was even weirder and harder than the Pitch-Black Labyrinth.
In order to avoid unnecessary troubles during the last stage, Woohyuk had to erase the variables in advance.
Woohyuk picked up Grandia and stared at Levian.
“Wa, wait... Aren’t we on the same side?
“We were. But not anymore.”
Levian was a demon who was loyal to Orobas, the 55th Demon King.
If he left him alive, there would be trouble later on.
As Woohyuk approached with blatant murderous intentions, the frightened Levian stepped back.
Levian knew that his opponent was the strongest person here.
He had fought against three demon kings at the same time and won the battle.