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HEL SCANS
[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]
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Chapter 207: Shocked (1)
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Damien surveyed the scene Erebos had wrought, his tongue clicking in amazement.
The gray storm had swept through, leaving nothing behind. The ground was carved out in the shape of the storm’s trajectory, and the objects that had been there were nowhere to be seen.
The devastation wrought by the gray storm did not end there. The mountain peaks visible in the distance were torn apart as if carved by a sword.
The technique Damien had just used was to compress the power of corrosion and then release it.
Thanks to compressing the power, the corrosion’s strength had increased, and as a result, it was able to eliminate even the demon’s power.
“I didn’t know it would be this powerful.”
In fact, current Erebos’s power was not enough to destroy the demon’s power.
No matter how much it was compressed, the power of the ability was too weak because the recovery rate was low.
It was possible because the potential of Erebos was drawn out by ‘All Weapons Beloved’, the realm of the Weapon Master.
“About a quarter… no, about a third of the power.”
As Damien muttered to himself, the Erebos he was holding in his hand dispersed and to its tattoo form.
Damien looked at the tattoo on his wrist. He couldn’t feel Erebos’s power at all. It meant that Erebos had completely fallen asleep.
It seemed to be an aftereffect of drawing out his potential with All Weapons Beloved.
“It’s going to be hard to use for a while.”
Damien approached the scene of destruction created by Erebus. There, he saw the Weapon Master, only his upper body remaining.
It seemed that he had tried to escape from Erebos’s power but had not been able to escape in time and only his upper body was left.
“……It’s really amazing.”
As he approached, the Weapon Master opened his mouth. He was alive even though only his chest and head were left.
No, to be precise, he wasn’t alive. It was just that his connection to his body hadn’t been severed.
“That sword… it was really amazing. It didn’t just destroy things, it evaporated them… I’ve never seen a weapon with that kind of power.”
Even in this situation, the Weapon Master’s eyes were filled with greed.
“Damien Haksen… don’t you really want to join Pandemonium? With you and that sword… you could easily become the king of Pandemonium.”
“You’re barking too loud.”
It was a sound that was not worth listening to. For Damien, Pandemonium was something that had to be removed.
“Think about it seriously. It’s not a bad offer for you.”
It was getting hard to listen to him anymore.
Just as Damien was about to draw Dawn from subspace and cut off the Weapon Master’s head,
“What if you don’t accept my offer, your family will be in danger?”
Damien’s hand, which was about to draw Dawn, stopped abruptly.
“No one in Pandemonium doesn’t know you. Not only you, but also your family. Damien Haksen, born in the Kingdom of Apple, your parents are alive, and you have an older sister and a younger brother, right?”
Information about his family poured out of the Weapon Master’s mouth.
“Don’t get me wrong. I don’t intend to touch your family. I’m not interested in that kind of petty stuff. But what about the other bastards?”
A vile smile appeared on the Weapon Master’s lips.
“You’re not going to leave a fascinating guy like you alone. I’ll try to secure you by any means necessary. And the easiest way to capture a strong guy like you is to use your family.”
The Weapon Master continued to speak.
“Can you imagine what kind of suffering your family will go through because of you? If you don’t like that, come to Pandemonium. If you belong to Pandemonium, no one will be able to touch your family. Then…”
Suddenly, the Weapon Master’s mouth shut.
“……?”
It wasn’t that someone had forcibly closed the Weapon Master’s mouth. It closed on its own as his muscles contracted.
The Weapon Master moved only his eyes to look at Damien.
A dark and eerie feeling was emanating from Damien. It was enough to overwhelm even the Weapon Master.
“This scum… who are you threatening now?”
Damien raised his foot and trampled on the Weapon Master’s head.
“You don’t have to worry about my family. Before you can touch the single hair strand of my family, I’ll kill you all and send you to hell.”
Damien’s killing intent intensified. The intermittent chirping of birds and insects ceased completely.
The whole world fell silent. It was as if it was watching Damien’s every move.
“Wait. I’ll come find you soon. I’ll pay you back for your nonsense.”
Even without that, he had planned to eliminate all the giant evils.
The only question was who to go after first. It was just decided.
He would kill the Weapon Master first.
“This cheeky bastard… he’s going to come find me?”
It wasn’t just Damien who was enraged.
“You think you’ve won because you beat me, not my main body? Don’t get cocky! My true power is not just this!”
The Weapon Master was incomplete right now.
As he was possessing someone else’s body, he couldn’t use his full strength.
Above all, he didn’t have his demonic swords.
The Weapon Master’s true power was revealed when he wielded his demonic swords. His strategy was to overwhelm his enemies by using dozens of demonic swords simultaneously.
In other words, the Weapon Master without his demonic swords was weak. It was no exaggeration to say that he was the weakest among the giant evils.
“Without your demonic sword, you’re nothing more than a useless blabbering fool, incapable of anything beyond running your filthy mouth.”
Those words touched the Weapon Master’s reverse scale. The Weapon Master’s face twisted.
“You son of bitch”
At that moment, Damien swung Dawn at the Weapon Master’s forehead.
The blade of Dawn pierced the third eye. The Weapon Master’s body collapsed.
The connection between soul and body was completely severed.
Damien pulled out Dawn. He wiped the blood off the blade and thought.
‘I may have revealed too much information to him, but it doesn’t matter.’
Thinking about what kind of person the Weapon Master was, there was nothing to worry about.
‘That greedy bastard isn’t going to tell anyone else about Erebos.’
The Weapon Master’s greed for demonic swords was beyond measure.
No wonder he attacked Damien in his previous life because he was chosen by Erebos.
On top of that, the Weapon Master was now deeply wounded in his pride because of Damien. He would definitely want to kill Damien with his own hands.
So there was no need to worry about the information about himself and Erebos being leaked. The Weapon Master would definitely keep it under wraps.
“Well, now then…”
Damien looked around. He saw people lying unconscious with wounds.
Damien sighed deeply and muttered.
“……When am I going to heal all this?”
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“Ugh, aaaaah!”
Liam Bluegreen screamed and jumped up from his spot.
“E, everyone run away! It’s dangerous if you stay here!”
He looked around frantically and shouted. In his vision, he saw knights and soldiers lying down wrapped in bandages.
“What, what happened…”
“Oh, you’re the first to wake up.”
A familiar voice was heard. He turned his head to see Damien.
Unlike others, Damien was unharmed. Liam Bluegreen was extremely surprised by this fact.
“Sir Da-Damien… what happened? J-Joshua Silva? That master class?”
“I killed him.”
“Phew… that’s a relief. Thanks to you, I’m alive.”
Liam Bluegreen sighed in relief and lay back down again.
But then he opened his eyes wide and jumped up abruptly.
“What? You killed him? How? That monster was a master class, wasn’t it?”
“Don’t get too excited, or your wounds will open up again.”
“B, but my wound isn’t important now!”
‘I saved his life, but he’s complaining like this.’
Damien clicked his tongue and muttered.
“Look carefully.”
Damien drew Dawn. Aurablade emerged from the blade of Dawn.
As soon as he saw the aurablade, Liam froze.
“I ascended to master class in the middle of the fight and took care of everything. I couldn’t find out what the hell he was. I didn’t have time for that.”
Liam couldn’t take his eyes off the aurablade.
“Sir Damien, how old are you now?”
“I entered my twenties a few years ago.”
Master class was a level that even a handful of geniuses among geniuses would only barely reach in middle age after a lifetime of effort.
And he reached it at this young age? Such a case was rare in history.
No, it wasn’t just about age.
Damien had been holding the sword for less than a year. And he became a master class in such a short period?
Liam Bluegreen looked at Damien with a face full of reverence.
“…You’ve always been helping me.”
Liam Bluegreen said with an embarrassed face.
“If it weren’t for you, I would already be dead.”
“Don’t worry about it. I had to kill him to save myself anyway.”
“Even so, I can’t help but be grateful. Thank you… thank you very much.”
Liam let out a long sigh. Then a question suddenly popped into his head.
“Speaking of which, since you’ve become a master class… I guess I’ll have to change your tournament category. The imperial officials will be shocked if they see it.”
Liam laughed wryly.
“It’s inevitable that everyone will be surprised when someone who was going to participate in the High-Class tournament becomes a master class.”
“It’s a shame that a high-class participant seat has become vacant, but there’s nothing we can do.”
Liam Bluegreen couldn’t participate in the tournament due to his age, so it seemed like he had to give up on the High-Class side.
“Do we need a participant?”
“It’s not necessarily required, but it’s a crucial position second only to master class, so it’s a shame.”
High-Class knights were second to only Master class knights but they were also crucial in determining a kingdom’s power, so they received a lot of attention and interest in the Helian tournament.
“If there’s a vacancy, we can just fill it again.”
“Hmm? Is there a way?”
Damien turned his gaze. There, Michael and Veronica were lying down.
“We can just make one of them a High-Class knight, can’t we?”
Liam Bluegreen burst into laughter. But Damien’s expression was dead serious.
“…You weren’t joking, were you?”
“I was completely serious.”
“Oh, no… those two may be geniuses, but making them High-Class in such a short time… that’s…”
“We can just beat them up.”
Liam Bluegreen momentarily doubted his ears.
“What, what did you say?”
“We can just beat them up, and one of them will become a High-Class knight.”
“……Are you kidding?”
“I’m completely serious.”
Damien opened a subspace and took out a club. He tapped his palm with it and added.
[PR/N- Many problems one solution, Club.]
“With proper guidance and discipline, anyone can become stronger.”
Liam Bluegreen looked at Damien with a flabbergasted face.
“There’s no need to worry. I’ve done it a few times before.”
“Ah, no… I’m not worried about that…”
But on second thought, it wasn’t a bad idea.
If the plan succeeded, the Apple Kingdom could participate in the tournament with both a Master Class and a High-Class knight.
Even if they failed, the two people’s skills would increase, so it was a good thing.
“Ahem… I’ll leave it to you.”
“Leave it to me.”
Without knowing what kind of conversation was going on between the two, Michael and Veronica were fast asleep.
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HEL SCANS
[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]
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