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    Chapter 276: The Demon (2)


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    “Oh, this is remarkable.”


    Vahel paused in generating demonic mana to express his admiration.


    Dorugo was irritated and asked.


    “What nonsense are you going to spout this time to halt the work?”


    “One of the demons sent to them is on the verge of returning to Inferno.”


    Dorugo couldn’t help but be surprised by those words.


    There was only one reason a demon sent to the enemy would be re-summoned: suffering serious damage in battle.


    “Impossible. Even though the Five Great Elders are powerful, they can’t take down a Count ss demon this quickly.”


    Despite the demon being possessed and unable to exert full strength, a Count ss demon wasn’t to be underestimated. Dorugo believed even the Five Great Elders would struggle significantly.


    “Oh, you’re mistaken. It’s not the Five Great Elders, it’s…”


    A smile suddenly appeared on Vahel’s face.


    “Oh… he mighte here after all.”


    “What? How could things get so out of hand…”


    Vahel flicked his fingers, and a ck sphere floating in the air flew into his hand.


    As he held it, the demonic power emanating from Vahel was absorbed into the sphere.


    “It’splete. Take it.”


    Vahel tossed the sphere to Dorugo. The moment Dorugo caught it, he was furious.


    “If you could finish this so quickly, why drag it out until now!”


    “I wanted to enjoy the surface air for a while.”


    Vahel winked with one eye. Dorugo looked disgusted.


    “Now that I’ve received what I wanted, will you leave? I’d like to wee our guest alone.”


    Vahel stretched, but Dorugo remained skeptical.


    “You expect me to leave someone as dangerous as you here alone?”


    “Haha, despite setting up a trap in the summoning circle to limit me, you’re still worried?”


    Dorugo’s expression hardened slightly.


    As Vahel said, Dorugo had arranged for the summoning circle to self-destruct after a certain period. It was a precautionary measure, as demons could never be trusted.


    “Moreover, rampaging around in a host body isn’t limitless. You know that well, don’t you?”


    “…”


    “So please, indulge me. Since I’vee to the surface, I’d like to make at least one fond memory.”


    After contemting for a while, Dorugo called out to Iota.


    “Iota, open the gate. We’re leaving.”


    -Understood!


    Following Dorugo’smand, Iota opened the dimensional gate.


    As Dorugo and Iota were about to step inside, Vahel spoke up.


    “Oh, take this with you too.”


    Vahel tossed a half-key towards Dorugo. It was the same object used earlier to possess the Count ss demons.


    “…Are you insane? You’re giving this to me?”


    Dorugo asked and he was utterly bewildered.


    To demons, the value of this key was immense. Vahel, despite being a Duke ss demon, could be summoned to the surface thanks to this key.


    “I think you’ll make better use of it than I will.”


    “Me?”


    “You have the other half, don’t you?”


    Dorugo’s body stiffened at those words.


    “What nonsense are you talking about…”


    “There’s no use pretending. I know everything.”


    Vahel said while shaking his head.


    “When we escaped to Inferno, the King guarded the gate until the end. In the end, the King was killed by the Salvation squad, and the gate was destroyed. At that time, the key was split in two, with one half remaining in Inferno and the other on the surface. Who else could have taken it? I can’t think of anyone but you.”


    Dorugo remained silent as if confirming Vahel’s suspicion.


    “I have no intention of using this key.”


    “Haha, that’s something we can’t be sure of. Things rarely go as nned.”


    Dorugo squinted his eyes.


    “…What do you know?”


    “Who knows.”


    Dorugo silently red at Vahel, then picked up the key from the ground. He judged it was better for him to keep it rather than letting someone as dangerous as Vahel have it.


    “See youter then.”


    “That’s bullshit.”


    Dorugo stepped into the dimensional gate with Iota. As the gate closed, Vahel muttered softly.


    “Dorugo, since you’ve shed your physical form, you can’t see it. The fact that fate has been greatly distorted.”


    Demons possessed numerous powers. As a Duke ss demon, Vahel could somewhat read the flow of fate.


    “From now on, no one knows what will happen. But it’s certain that the fate of the key is now tied to you.”


    Vahel stretched and turned around.


    “Now, let’s prepare to wee our guest.”


    As soon as he finished speaking, the air was torn apart. From the rift emerged a human man and a battered Resorve.


    “I did ask you to bring the man, but I didn’t mean for you to bring him like this.”


    Vahel said in a carefree tone.


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    “Vahel.”


    Even though he was witnessing it with his own eyes, Damien couldn’t believe it.


    There was no king in Inferno. Because of that, a Duke ss demon was effectively ruling Inferno.


    In other words, a Duke ss demon was essentially the king of Inferno.


    The power that a Duke ss demon possessed was immense. Once summoned, it was enough to bring about the destruction of the world.


    To summon a Duke ss demon, the scale needed to be more than three timesrger than it was now.


    “How is there a Duke ss demon here?”


    “Oh, you recognized me right away? Impressive.”


    Vahelughed. It was clear that he was enjoying it.


    “I knew from the moment you blocked my beam that you weren’t an ordinary human. This is really interesting.”


    Vahel’s eyes sparkled like a child’s. He seemed intent on toying with Damien.


    “Huh.”


    Damien let out a hollowugh.


    From the moment he was attacked with the beam, he had felt it. That demon was tantly underestimating him.


    Obviously, he wasn’t happy about it. It was utterly revolting.


    “I don’t know why a Duke ss demon is here, but…”


    Damien drew his mana.


    “I’ll make you pay for looking down on me.”


    Damien’s body vanished. The next moment, he appeared at Vahel’s side.


    Damien swung Dawn. But Dawn didn’t cut Vahel’s neck.


    It was blocked by an invisible wall that appeared in mid-air.


    Dawn struck the wall. The wall shook violently but didn’t break or shatter.


    “Isn’t it fascinating? This is my power, Istion.”


    Vahel kindly exined his ability.


    “It’s nothing special. It’s just a box that traps a certain area. Are you curious if it can be broken? Maybe it can, but I’ve never seen it happen.”


    Damien’s mouth twisted involuntarily. This was the first time he had been so thoroughly underestimated.


    “And do you see that?”


    Vahel pointed behind him. There was a cubic box.


    It was opaque, so he couldn’t see inside.


    “Inside there are the pdins sent by the Church. They’re very strong humans, so I trapped them for a while.”


    “You talk too much.”


    “Try to understand. I’ve been bored just working here…”


    Damien kicked off the ground. He appeared behind Vahel, avoiding the wall.


    But again, he was blocked by the wall Vahel created. Vahel smiled and said,


    “You’re pretty fast. Can you dodge this too?”


    Vahel raised his hand. Then countless rectangr pirs formed in the air. They were as thick as if they had been pulled from buildings.


    “You won’t be able to block this, so you’d better avoid it if you can.”


    Vahel lowered his hand, and the pirs shot towards Damien.


    The pirs, which had seemed small suddenly grew rapidly. They flew at incredible speed, aiming to pierce Damien.


    Damien moved swiftly to dodge the pirs.


    Every time a pir hit the ground, it created arge hole with a heavy thud.


    He could feel it. Just a graze would be enough to tear his body apart.


    “Oh, you’re dodging well.”


    Vahel created even more pirs. Dozens of them poured out in rapid session.


    Damien read the trajectory of the pirs and moved ordingly. The pirs all missed him.


    “As expected, you’re amazing! The more I watch, the more interesting you be! Just what I’d expect from a human I’ve taken an interest in!”


    Vahel was delighted by Damien’s performance.


    “Then how about this?”


    Vahel raised his other hand. In an instant, pirs appeared around Damien.


    Not just on all sides, but blocking the sky as well. A look of intense curiosity appeared on Vahel’s face.


    “Can you dodge this too?”


    The pirs came down simultaneously, leaving no room to escape.


    “Third Ring.”


    Damien murmured softly. The resonance sound amplified.


    He swung Dawn towards the iing pirs.


    As Dawn brushed against the pirs, their trajectories shifted. The pirs flew towards the sky or the ground instead of Damien.


    “Oh?”


    Vahel’s mouth formed a round shape in surprise. At that moment, Damien kicked off the ground.


    Damien was charging in a straight line and reached right in front of Vahel. He swung Dawn towards Vahel.


    “You got faster? Impressive.”


    A wall formed in front of Vahel. At that moment, Damien’s body vanished once more.


    “…What?”


    Vahel’s face briefly went nk. He lost track of Damien’s movements. The next moment, Damien appeared behind Vahel.


    Vahel sensed Damien’s presence and turned around in a panic. He tried to create a wall, but it was already toote.


    Dawn already reached Vahel’s neck.


    The aurade on Dawn tried to slice through Vahel’s neck, but only a chilling sound of metal grinding was heard. The neck wasn’t cut.


    Vahel’s body was that sturdy.


    “Oh… truly impressive. To think you’d bring a de to my body…”


    Damien withdrew Dawn. He spun his body around and adjusted Dawn.


    Grasping the hilt with both hands, he pointed the de’s tip at Vahel.


    He stepped forward and thrust the de. At the same time, he used the realm of Cheongyeum.


    Annihtion.


    A strike that can destroy everything hitted Vahel’s chest.


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