Chapter 63_ Demon Slayer (2)

Satisfy's bosses are classified into three categories. Field boss, dungeon boss, and named bosses. A named boss was far the strongest.

The peak of the named bosses were the great demons. Satisfy set up great demons as a source of evil and everyone needed to repel because they were the enemy that threatened the survival of humanity.

In the novel, 1st Great Demon Baal is the most evil and malicious existence in Satisfy. The final boss for the players to raid. He is also one of the entities responsible for making Nevartan lose his reason and become the Insane Dragon.

The reason why the strongest dragon attacked the Demon King of Hell was naturally for vengeance.

Although he said to Lexus before that he wouldn't act rashly as that would lead to the destruction of the West Continent, Hell was a place that was not included in that promise.

"To think that I would repeatedly be cornered by someone who used to be my plaything just because you've recovered your prime."

Saying those words toward Nevartan, he was staring at a certain soul before letting out a huge burst of laughter that is now escaping from his grasp as the repeated death had weakened to a certain extent.

"Look, unlike me whose the concept of death is meaningless till the end, that guy has crossed the limits by himself. Maybe you could've been like that too? Hahat! Kuhahahat!"

Baal's insanely joyful laughter and the screams of pain from the soul mixed together and gave Lexus goose bumps. The main enemy of everyone was this being, Baal. Although Lexus just took a single glimpse of the soul, he recognized who it was. It was none other than Pagma. One of the nine legends of the previous generation.

Pagma—the world remembered that he was a great legendary blacksmith. His immortal works deserved to be praised forever. But that's what only the common people knows. Excluding the transcendent beings that lived for hundreds or thousands of years, almost no one knows that he was a hero who desperately struggled to save the world all by himself without anyone to rely on.

It might be painful. Other than being known as the legendary blacksmith, the fact that this poor hero had saved the world with extreme sacrifices that made him regret wasn't acknowledged by the people he had saved nor they became aware of it.

Pagma knew that to save the world from the great demons that wanted to conquer the world, his strength wasn't enough. He eventually signed a contract with a great demon in exchange for his soul.

Accepting the power of a great demon to save the world? It might sound contradictory but at that time, it was the only way to save the world and Pagma had no other option.

Pagma—he fought alone to save the world. Days and night against the forces of hell that pushed in like a tsunami before falling down. The hero that people didn't know unlike Sword Saint Muller. He repelled the forces of hell and defended the world.

Although he had saved the world, he fell to hell when he died but he didn't resist. He accepted the pain and sorrow that would be repeated during eternity as the price to be paid for selling his soul to a great demon in order to save the peaceful world.

"Pagma! Your life is a thorough failure! Sob!Scream! Howl some more! Constantly regret and struggle forever in the confines of pain!"

The 1st Great Demon, Baal. As the peak of 33 great demons, he reigned as the master of hell. It was easy to call him the Demon King. He was an absolute existence that even the dragons guarded against.

He is more faithful to his instinct as a demon than anyone else. He is proud, destructive and does anything for pleasure. Planting seeds of chaos is very entertaining for him.

Then why did Baal contracted someone who wanted to save the world?

Baal likes taunting and deception. It is irrelevant to Baal whether the target being deceived is a human or a great demon like himself.

Although he had already died from the hands of Nevartan, Lexus couldn't understand his mentality. Was he enjoying a pleasure that was unmatched in the world? Baal's expression was full of deep pleasure as he grasped the screaming soul.

The soul was burned black due to the demonic power that Baal discharged. Every time smoke rose, the shape of the soul collapsed. Then it soon regained its original shape. A soul—the soul that was presumably Pagma worked hard not to forget his sins for a single moment. He held onto reason and endured the pain that was worse than death.

"Hahat! Kuhahahahat!"

Pagma's soul that endlessly maintained its shape made Baal's laughter grow louder. If Pagma let go of reason, then he would be liberated from the pain. The sublimeness of the soul that tried to accept the pain instead of escaping from it made Baal happy.

Baal once again realized the unchanging truth. In the end, it was more enjoyable to harass the good guys.

"You are stupid! Truly foolish! You tried to save the world even though those you saved were not grateful to you! That is why it is even more enjoyable!!!"

「 Uhh... uweohhh… 」

The pain of the soul increased in proportion to Baal's laughter.

『 As you can see, that bastard is crazy. It's no use trying to understand what's in his crazy mind. 』

Nevartan spoke to Lexus who was now being disgusted to the scene he was witnessing. Seeing how Baal tortured Pagma, it made him feel very uncomfortable about it.

『 Although I don't want to say it, fighting and winning against this bastard will help you grow. That's the reason why I summoned you when I weakened him to the extreme. 』

Just as those words left Nevartan, Lexus already appeared behind Baal with Blight of Misery being unsheathed.

[You are the Ruler of Fire. The flames surrounding you is very hot. Nearby enemies will receive 10,000 damage per second.]

"How dare a bastard like you...laugh at a hero?"

[The stat 'fighting spirit' has caused your stats to rise.]

[The other party is stronger than you.]

[There will be an additional stat increase.]

Pinnacle.

With extreme concentration, his sword moved.

Kill.

Then the curved orbit of Pinnacle changed to a straight line.

[The new skill fusion has succeeded.]

[Your intelligence has increased by 10 due to the successful fusion of a new skill.]

[Pinnacle Kill is added to the list of Lexus' Sword Dance.]

[Pinnacle Kill]

Performs two sword dances simultaneously.

An attack that completely ignores the target's defense and it deals 50 times of your attack power to a specified target. It changes the trajectory of the sword in the middle, making it hard to deal with.

* This skill doesn't share a cooldown with Pinnacle and Kill.

Skill Resource Consumption: 2,000 mana, 80 sword energy.

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 minutes.

★ Ultimate Weapon Enchant will activate when Pinnacle Kill is deployed. The weapon's attack power will increase by 2.5 times. This effect will disappear with the end of the sword dance.

★ Flame Strike will be released when Kill is deployed. Unleashes a bolt of scorching inferno at a single enemy unit, dealing 15 times of your magic damage.]

[You have dealt a critical blow.]

[You have dealt 10,000 damage to the target.]

It was the strongest single target attack skill that ignores 100% of the target's defense. Lexus' red sword got through the defense of an absolute being.

However as an absolute existence, there was a very large gap between their levels so the damage he dealt was neutralized because of the level suppression despite being able to break through Baal's defenses.

As he was ambushed by a human even though it was by surprise, Baal's eyes widened. Blood flowed under the moon of hell and the sword attack echoed. The red sword tore the armors of Baal apart.

Baal saw Lexus' eyes fixed on him and his laughter stopped like it was a lie all along. The dark eyes that showed no distinction between the whites of the eyes and the pupils shone. Baal thought he could suppress Lexus with just his glare, but he was wrong.

"You are Pagma's Successor?"

Baal recognized the sword dance that Lexus unfolded. It wasn't inferior to Pagma's Sword Dance that he knows. He showed a swordsmanship that cut him without any time difference.

Transcend.

[Attack power is doubled. Your basic attacks will be converted to ranged and fire attribute attacks. This effect will last for 30 seconds.]

Lexus didn't react and continued his onslaught. He knew that Baal was someone that couldn't be defeated if his class is just an ordinary Pagma's Successor.

However he was also a Sword Saint. The strongest legendary combat class that has the highest potential of defeating a great demon just with Muller's feats alone. The Sword Saint that didn't need anyone's help when he sealed the great demons unlike the case of Pagma.

There's a gap between the legendary classes Sword Saint and Pagma's Descendant, which ultimately depended on items.

'The opponent is the strongest demon. Even the slightest mistake would lead to my demise.'

Although he was feeling angry at how he mocked Pagma who was suffering for many centuries already, Lexus tried to remain calm.

"I permit you to control my body. Move it as you please, Solomon!"

« Received. Switching to automatic mode. »

Then to avoid any mistakes, Lexus decided to lean towards Solomon. Golden red hands, equipped with different kind of swords guarded his rear.

'Strong!'

Baal narrowed his eyes. Although he was a human who's weaker than him, he showed a perfect harmony between strong swordsmanship and overwhelming artifacts. This human had a great power as a legend.

[Rock]

[Release any abnormal states that you are experiencing.

Immunity to all damage for two seconds. However, all speeds are reduced by 50%.

Skill Duration: 2 Seconds.

Skill Cooldown Time: 3 minutes.]

With Super Sensitivity and Keen Intuition, Lexus detected the great danger of Baal which made him use the skill effect of his armor. Lexus tried using Plunderer on Baal but because there was a great difference between them, it wasn't possible for the current him to succeed.

Undefeated King's Rage.

The bloodthirsty aura that traumatized Elfin Stone made Baal momentarily quiver but as an absolute, it didn't affect him much. Of course, Lexus released all of his buff skills at the same time. He knew that even if he unleash everything he had right now, its still not enough to be on par against a great demon.

[Fire resistance is reduced by 20%.]

[Fire resistance is reduced by 20%.]

[Fire resistance is reduced by 20...]

However, with Nevartan around, his chances of winning was above zero. Although he was a bit tensed, Lexus' bravery and determination to face Baal resulted to something.

『An unknown person is writing down the first epic.』

『The beginning of the story comes from the 1st Hell, the territory of the absolute of Hell.』

With his all out power, Lexus attacked Baal and made him bleed with the power of the Sword Saint that can cut anything and the ultimate crushing force of Madra's Swordsmanship.

300,000 Army... Stealth Sword.

[The area hit has started to burn. 1st Great Demon Baal will lose 10,000 fixed damage per second.]

With every step that Lexus took, molten lava emerged from the ground of the 1st Hell as Lexus maximized the output of his Dragon Heart.

『With his sword that was scorched in tremendous heat, he sprinkled Hell with the 1st great demon's black red blood.』

The absolute of hell retaliated and Baal's baptism of magic struck his body dozens of times. The armor he wore was completely removed and was destroyed. The capacity of a unique rated armor was not enough to defend against the attack of an absolute.

[You have suffered a catastrophic damage.]

[You can't regain your mental state and your body is in a restrained position. It is difficult to move.]

[Mlang Set has been broken by the power of the 1st Great Demon.]

The price was harsh. He was cut by Baal's sword, who had been approaching since the time he shot the magic, and lost hundreds of thousands of health. Although he was invincible with Undefeated King's Rage, he groaned and fired his Fire Dragon's Breath however the Breath didn't hurt Baal, but it gave Lexus some momentum.

[You have boarded the Black Dragon Nevartan.]

[The effect of the only one title in the world, 'Dragon Knight,' is activated.]

[All your stats are increased by three times and your status is increased...]

[...!]

[...!!]

[...!!!]

[...The target you are riding is an ancient dragon!]

[Your status has greatly increased!]

Standing at the back of Nevartan, Lexus started a light and cheerful dance like a butterfly. His red eyes shone sharply than usual.

『He made a high status, aloof, and noble race, who was always being alone since he was perfect, became his sworn friend.』

"...Crazy Human and Crazy Dragon."

The strongest dragon joining forces with a mere bug, and a human who joined forces with a dragon. There were two guys here who were as crazy as he was. Baal laughed like it was ridiculous as one of his arms flew away. He was cut by the sword of Lexus, who was riding on Nevartan.

『He was the first human to push back the greatest demon in Hell.』