ALL NOVEL Chapter 89
Hoooorrr!!!
Through the burning Corpse Rag’s eyes, someone observes the situation.
The 26th Great Demon Bunea.
He couldn’t hide his excitement.
What a nuisance, that green-haired little creature disrupting his mood.
It was because just a moment ago, a delicious-looking pure white girl had appeared.
Hehehehe! Huh! That bitch was an angel, no, a saint? I really thought so!
The magic cast by Yeriel was Phoenix.
A technique from the advanced application stage of fire elemental magic.
It’s a well-known fact that divine magic inflicts the most effective damage on demons, yet she used elemental magic, unfortunately proving that she wasn’t a saint or an angel after all.
Slurp.
Bunea found it even better.
Demons with sacred power are generally trickier to handle.
So, I wonder what noble bloodline she hails from…?! Heehee!
From a distance, those human beings are quite amusing.
They’re just mere creatures, but they classify themselves, claim to be gods, worshiped and served.
It’s ridiculous how they pretend to be noble, playing king.
And when’s the time they are stripped bare and humiliated? That’s when you see the essence of humanity: despair.
And the betrayal of followers who have to watch the ones they served become defiled, desperately thrashing just to survive.
Heehee! Is that the only reason you human bastards exist?
This was one of Bunea’s favorite scenes of pleasure.
In that regard, the girl in front of him was perfect.
A woman like a delicate white cloth fluttering in the wind.
Such ‘virgin’ types, filled with pure innocence, can be found if you look, but—
This one is different. Rarer.
For some reason, inside her… a seed of Tarchangel is growing.
Begging to sprout quickly, to be claimed as his subordinate, Bunea’s senses, or rather his instincts, are aroused.
It incites him.
Hmm… If you want it that badly, I should pet you myself…! Heehee!
He desperately wanted to rush over and humiliate her.
What kind of scream will you provide?? Heeek!
At this point, he could even understand Tobiel’s sudden actions.
After all, there was plenty of time.
By now, the Academy must be preoccupied with the Gate of the Underworld opening, lost in the feast of corpses.
It’s a shame Andras isn’t here to properly train the corpse legions, but—
They are aggressive ghouls, so that’s obvious enough.
That should be enough to divert attention.
And since there’s a boundary of demonic power around this forest area, only demons can pass.
In other words, he had ample leisure to slowly savor and humiliate this girl.
Hoooorrr!!!
Thus, Bunea had to make a decision.
Should he command the Rag to grotesquely carve away flesh and devour the corpse? Or—
Perhaps he should sacrifice the Rag and directly teleport there to embrace her himself…
Heehee! I must preserve the form as much as possible, but… the audience is a bit lacking right now…
As he pondered which method would be closer to humiliation, Bunea settled on his command.
First, kill that troublesome little boy.
Removing that thorn in his side must be prioritized.
Tiddick tick.
Though the flames surrounding the Rag’s body had yet to die down, it swiftly carried out the command.
Swish…!
Sure enough, Edwin was outside the Rag’s attack range, but when it stretched its chains and swung…
Swishhhh!
The flail lunged at Yeriel with incredible momentum.
Swish!
“!!”
Crash!
“Cough!”
Edwin was the one who blocked this terrifying attack.
It was a physically impossible scene.
Edwin’s sword was the training sword provided by the Academy.
Sure, it was sharper than a regular training sword since it had some alloy mixed in, but still.
In that instant, Edwin’s Execution Blade somehow transcended this obvious logic.
Yeriel didn’t miss her chance either.
Whooshhhh!
An even larger Phoenix emitted a brilliant cry, then directly charged at the Rag.
Crash!!!
This time, it struck directly, immobilizing the Rag’s movements.
Hoo?
Thud thud!
With a hint of surprise in Bunea’s voice, Edwin dashed forward.
Swish… Slash!
And the crescent-shaped silver flash exploded in the Rag’s belly.
A glorious, sharp cut born from countless drops of effort and sweat.
[Divine – Strike of Conviction].
In truth, Edwin, who still couldn’t handle Aura, knew.
Even with a series of combined attacks, it would be difficult to defeat that thing.
In other words, the best course was to hold out until the barrier crumbled and the Academy’s forces came to rescue him.
His body was already riddled with wounds, large and small.
He wasn’t in peak condition for a fight, yet he didn’t give up.
The speed pouring out from the Rag’s gigantic body.
Just a little more…!
If only he could catch up to that speed, perhaps he could find a gap.
Conversely, Bunea felt contempt at the unwavering spirit in the boy’s eyes.
Ugh, just the flailing of a lowly creature isn’t interesting…
Indeed, it was tiring to personally control the Rag.
What’s more, the opponent is just a boy.
Just kill him. As quick as possible.
Wooooooo!!
Bunea granted the Rag the freedom to kill Edwin, resting his chin on his hand.
As long as that pure white girl doesn’t get in the way with a disgusting melodrama of dying in his place, there shouldn’t be a problem.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Rag charged at Edwin, and as Edwin struggled to wring out divine power from his trembling hands…
Peeeeeeeeee!
This time, a blue wind swooped in to envelop the Rag.
Whoosh!!
?
Bunea’s face scrunched up momentarily at the successive interruptions.
*
Uuuuuuaaaah!!!!
[Critical Hit!]
[Additional Damage Based on Agility]
[Weak Point Strike! Additional Damage Based on Critical Hit]
[Damage Multiplier: 650%]
[Recluse Trait: Inactive]
For the first time in a while, he felt a heavy impact.
The Rag’s eye was pierced by my wind archery.
It writhed in pain.
‘It’s not too late.’
For now, the two in the underground waterway were left to Aria.
She, too, seemed to grasp the gravity of the situation, not asking me anything, and immediately took me to the Restoration Chamber.
I reported directly to the Academy about the boundary of Lint Forest.
By now, they must be performing a show to break the barrier.
The Gate of the Underworld was also temporarily closed.
I was handling the situation more swiftly than the original story.
‘So far, so good.’
And I secretly entered the boundary using Demonization.
In the next scenario, I would help Yeriel and Edwin defeat the Corpse Rag, and entice Bunea into showing up here in a rage.
That’s the only way to catch him…
“Lev…!”
“Lev… how did you…?”
Ignoring Edwin and Yeriel’s words, as I approached the Corpse Rag, a status window popped up before me.
Ding!
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[Tyrant Chain – Corpse Rag]
[A Rank Demon Creature]
[Composite, Boss]
[Risk Level: Severe]
[Feature: Creation of Great Demon Bunea]
[Encounter with Boss! : Patterns can be examined in advance!]
[Details Available]
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In truth, there was no need to analyze this guy’s patterns.
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[Tyrant Chain – Corpse Rag]
[Skills Held]
[Corpse Devouring (Passive)]: Devours corpses, stacking boost random stats.
The increase varies according to the memories held by the corpse.
[Acceleration (Passive)]: Attack speed and movement speed increase cumulatively when attacking.
(Active Effect): When used, increases current agility by 0.3 and forcibly fixes movement speed at 1.5 times. (Reuse Cooldown (3 times): 12 hours)
Using Corpse Devouring or Vomit resets the cooldown.
[Resilience (Passive)]: Regardless of the target’s armor type, damage dealt is adjusted (averaged).
Also reduces physical/magic damage taken.
[Battle Recovery (Passive)]: When damage is taken, 90% of that damage number gradually recovers. Can also recover immediately using mana.
(Reuse Cooldown (10 times): 12 hours)
Using Corpse Devouring or Vomit resets the cooldown.
[Vomit (Active)]: Empties the corpses inside its body along with waste, resetting the cooldowns of Acceleration and Battle Recovery skills.
(Available after using Corpse Devouring 10 times)
[Special Status]
[Rampage]: Activated when HP reaches 0%. Uses Corpse Explosion skill.
[Corpse Explosion]: The Corpse Rag self-destructs, dealing explosive damage proportional to the number of corpses consumed up to that point.
[Grog]: [Tyrant Chain – Corpse Rag] is a summoned creature. Only affected by the summoner’s status ailments. If conditions are met, it becomes groggy for ? seconds and takes ?% increased damage.
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To sum it up in one line,
‘I may have no skills, but I’m damn strong.’
In other words, it might lack active skills, but it brute-forces its way through everything.
Hmm.
The problem is that my Demonization is difficult to use.
Since my Demonization is based on Andras, if Bunea picks up on that scent, it could throw everything off balance.
In other words, it’s better to help Yeriel and Edwin restrain the Rag.
That way, these two can obtain the traits necessary to grow, and I can maximize rewards by delivering the final strike.
Another point to consider is, according to the novel,
After Yeriel and Edwin barely manage to stop the Rag, he directly teleports in to humiliate the original characters with overwhelming dark magic.
In truth, from a balance perspective, that would make sense.
He is a great demon, and on top of that, at a hellish difficulty, so his strength would be unparalleled.
Thus, it wouldn’t be a fight against a first and second-year junior at the Academy, who’s trying their best to catch the Rag.
And when the Academy Guardians and war heroes arrive, Bunea would then use dimensional travel to ‘escape’ gracefully.
But now that I’m involved, it will change.
‘Dimensional travel dark magic uses a lot of magic power. If I leverage this…’
As I organized my thoughts, Yeriel came up to me and began to admonish me.
“Lev, this is dangerous…!”
“Yeah.”
“Why did you come here…?!”
Yeriel stepped in front of me as if to protect me.
Although it wasn’t the time to talk about the current situation, it was a really cute scene not found in the novel…
“Hey.”
“?”
I handed Edwin a real sword.
“From now on, listen to me carefully.”
“…”
He didn’t respond but nodded slightly, then—
Swish!
Responded by drawing the sword he received from me.
Anyway…
After a long time since Andras,
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hunt a great demon.
I will seize this opportunity and surely eliminate him.