Chapter 217 – The Northern Front 6 (1/2)
Boom!
From the rift in the abyss, purple fireballs started raining down and turned into demons once they hit the ground.
Seeing this unfold, Hong Yuri led her vampires and went on the attack.
Chwaa!
The vampires’ sharp weapons cut through the demons, skinning them with ease.
It was quite a useful skill.
However, Woohyuk didn’t pay much attention to them.
“Where are the Demon Kings?”
“I don’t know. I can’t see them either. We better be careful.”
“I’m sure they’re hiding in a place where they can’t get caught. It seems their plan is attrition until they gain the upper hand.”
With their backs together, Helena and Maria chanted spells to create a defensive barrier.
Woohyuk made sure that his party members were within the barrier before summoning all the Demon Kings in Lemegeton.
“I want you guys to call on all of your subordinates in the Demon Realm. I don’t want you guys to engage directly with these lesser demons and expose yourselves to attack.”
“Will we finally play the role of commanders again?”
“As a Demon King, this type of order is a new feeling.”
“I hope my subordinates don’t ignore me after such a long separation.”
The Demon Kings shed tears of emotion when they were told to summon their subordinates. They missed the sensation of being at the top of the food chain.
Soon, another abyss rift was created, and the Demon Kings’ armies started populating the battlefield.
“Are you planning to continue observing?” Sieg asked Woohyuk.
“… I guess I’ll have to go find them,” Woohyuk replied as he scanned the battlefield.
He couldn’t see any of the Demon Kings.
However, he felt an observing gaze coming from somewhere nearby.
“Isn’t it possible that they’re using stealth magic, Master? If the Demon Kings are at least at Paimon’s level, they’ll be able to trick our eyes,” Roan suggested.
“That’s possible. What do you think, Dantalion?” Woohyuk suddenly asked after hearing Roan’s comments.
Dantalion put his hand on his chin and made a thoughtful expression.
“Well… this is my opinion, but it doesn’t seem like they’re using stealth skills. It seems like they’re observing this side between the dimensional boundaries.”
“Using the boundaries between dimensions. That can certainly be the case.”
The boundary between dimensions that Dantalion spoke of was the rift in the abyss.
In other words, the Demon Kings weren’t coming down to the battlefield but watching the unfolding situation in the abyss rift.
Roughly understanding the situation, Woohyuk summoned Verserios.
“You’re planning on destroying their abyss rift, Lord?”
“Yeah. I did it once during a tutorial.”
Of course, it was a much weaker version than a real abyss rift.
Woohyuk flew towards the enemy’s abyss rift and swung Verserios once.
Ka-Rang!
Verserios bounced off the abyss rift. Purple lightning flew out in all directions like sparks.
Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwang!
The damage he sustained from the lightning sparks was much larger than in the tutorial.
However, Woohyuk had greatly developed since that tutorial.
Ka-Rang!
Ka-Rang!
Verserios repeatedly struck the enemy’s abyss rift.
Then Hong Yuri shouted to Woohyuk with a nervous expression,
“Watch out for the lightning strikes! You’ll become incapacitated if you get hit directly!”
“… Don’t worry.”
There were many situations where he had to pretend to incapacitate, but he had never once actually become incapacitated.
As Woohyuk repeatedly damaged the abyss rift, an old man’s voice rang out from within.
[Stop hitting it. We’ll go down to the battlefield on our own.]
“So, it’s you, Paimon. What’s the 9th ranked Demon King doing in there? Were you bored and wanting to play pretend as the Creator?”
Woohyuk tried to egg Paimon on as much as possible.
However, Paimon smiled and simply brushed off Woohyuk’s provocation.
[Honestly, I do want to become the Creator, but it’s still impossible for me. However, the Demon King throne is another matter.]
“Do you think an old man like you can get there?”
[If you keep provoking me, it won’t be good. Let me give you an example of why.]
High-density magic power collected in the abyss rift.
As Woohyuk hurried away, a huge purple particle lightning strike hit the ground in front of him.
Kwa-Ang!
The purple particle lightning strike wasn’t just a one-time attack. It continued to wander on the ground and affect everything in its vicinity.
As a result, the demons within the range of its spread were annihilated.
Hong Yuri rolled on the ground and got to her feet with a startled expression.
“What, what was that!? Are you some sort of scientist in the Demon World?”
“It’s probably a skill that was developed in-house, Blood Queen. I’ve seen members of the Golden Roses use similar skills on the Isle of Chaos,” Sieg answered while looking up at the abyss rift.
Meanwhile, Roan exclaimed while giving a thumbs-up sign,
“Amazing! I want to try something like that!”
“You can’t even grasp the current atmosphere… do you want me to cut your balls off?”
“Ahh! I don’t want to be castrated by the Witch of Annihilation!”
From a certain point, Helena was referred to as the castrating specialist.
Maria started sweating at the weird development of events. The atmosphere had turned from serious to something weirdly comical.
‘These people aren’t normal…’
Even though the Demons and Homunculus may not have a sense of seriousness, Helena was a Saintess like herself, but her image was very different.
Not caring about how she looked right now, Helena continued to hysterically scream out,
“Ah~ Roan, you remind me of that terrible scene from that time again. It was really hard to cut the tough leathery skin that enwrapped those precious orbs.”
“… Helena… please stop,” Maria stuttered as her eyes shook violently.
As she struggled to clear her mind, another purple particle lightning strike penetrated the ground.
Kwa-Ang!