Chapter 14 – Devil Shards

The devil shards emitted black, tentacle-shaped smoke again, but this time there was more. There are 10 of them in larger size, half of them are aimed at Griffin.

Sraat

A mass of black smoke covered Griffin's body so that the young man was no longer visible. Devil shards laughed happily. It was sure that this man would not be able to escape from the clutches of its magic, that's why it only sent half of its black smoke to catch Griffin.

Sshhh...

Devil shards stared confusedly ahead. There was white smoke rising from the plume of black smoke it had used to catch Griffin. The smoke slowly became more and more and rose upwards.

SRAT

Red light shot out from the wisps of black smoke, and within it, Griffin smiled as he gripped his sword which was emits red light.

"Finally I can cut it."

Chiiiiik!!

Devil shards shouted loudly in a strange-sounding loud voice, showing how annoyed it was. Once again, it launched an attack forward.

Griffin dashed forward. The mass of attacks rushed towards him, preparing to catch the boy.

Griffin with agile movements ran in a zigzag and avoided it. Seems like 20 agility points really helps.

Ghaa!

Devil shards shouted again in a different voice, it was indeed a strange being that common sense couldn't understand.

Griffin moved his sword. In an instant, the crimson light that wrapped around his sword grew so much that it was able to illuminate the entire black room. It was so bright that it could make the devil shards panic and take a few steps back.

With all his might, Griffin slashed at the devil shards.

AAAAHH!

That scream again, always successful in making Griffin's ears hurt and buzzing. Besides its unique magic, the greatest thing about this creature may be its loud and strange voice. But the scream just now showed that Griffin's attack wasn't too fatal.

Devil shards retreated backwards rapidly like flying. Feeling that this man in front of it was dangerous, devil shards released more magic to its maximum limit.

In an instant, half of the room was filled with black smoke. The devil shards' appearance is also getting bigger and scarier, making everyone will intimidated and running scared, but it's different with Griffin. The man gripped his sword tightly.

"If you really want to end this quickly, then I will follow your will."

Instantly Griffin's entire body was also filled with a thin red aura, making him appear to glow.

[10 mana points have been used]

[10 mana points have been used]

[10 mana points have been used]

As he had expected, using magic like this drained quite a bit of mana, but it was fine as long as it can defeated this monster. Because with this, the black smoke wouldn't be able to touch him.

Devil shards directs all of his black smoke to destroy Griffin. It no longer cares if this man will be destroyed without a trace, because it has lost its appetite because of the mounting emotions since earlier.

Srat srat srat srat

Griffin slashed around him at breakneck speed. His hand movements were so agile that it was hard for the eyes to follow. He was certainly inexperienced in wielding a sword, but his high strength and agility seemed to make up for that shortcoming.

His sword that gave off a red glow continued to destroy the black smoke that was aiming at him. The red light was like a fire that burned everything it touched.

After all the attacks he managed to withstand, Griffin stopped and focused on all the magic in his body.

[150 mana points have been used]

A large amount of red mana surged out from Griffin's body. The wave easily destroyed all of the black smoke that filled the room. Even the surrounding walls started to crack from the effects of the attack.

Devil shards didn't expect all of its attacks to be crushed just like that, it dashed forward and swung its giant arm from above, trying to crush the youth in front of it using all its might.

Seeing the attack coming, Griffin breathed out briefly. He looked intently and waited for the right moment.

Sat

In one fell swoop, Griffin shot forward, putting him directly in front of the devil shards.

Sring

Griffin with one slash managed to cut off the devil shards' hand.

Then with one more move, Griffin sliced ​​the huge body of the devil shards in front of him in half.

Devil Shard's corpse fell to the floor. The upper and lower limbs are separated. Slowly, the black smoke that covered the creature started to dissipate. Griffin could see the true shape of the devil shards now.

The shape is like a 5 year old child, so small, but with cracked skin that looks dry and black. Its eyes were all bloodshot, it had no ears or nose, its yellow teeth were crooked, it looked very far from human.

But the devil shards with this form looked very helpless, if Griffin had not fought it before, surely he would not have thought that this creature was so strong. Moreover, its magic was so great that it nearly killed Griffin.

[You have successfully completed the quiz "Kill the cursed species, Devil Shards"]

[You get 268 experience points from killing a devil shards]

[Your level increased by 1 level]

[Your level increased by 1 level]

[Level up is stopped due to the effect of 'Unknown Skill']

[You gain 2 magic knowledge]

[You can choose the knowledge you want to acquire]

In front of Griffin, a huge list appeared.

"Monster knowledge, magic potion knowledge, ancient creatures knowledge, magical world realm knowledge, a lot."

Griffin looked in awe at the dozens of knowledge lists displayed in front of him. He didn't have any information about this world in the first place, so this reward he got would be a great help. But he could only choose two, which meant he had to be very careful in making his choice.

Griffin's eyes fell on one of the lists in front of him.

[Basic Knowledge of the Magic World]

"Perhaps this is the most useful for me at this moment." Griffin muttered.

Instead of knowing very detailed information about something, it was better for Griffin to have a basic knowledge of all things in the magic world. It was the best choice for Griffin who knew nothing about magic.

Griffin pressed on 'Basic Knowledge of the Magic World', then the list immediately disappeared.

[You have selected 'Basic Knowledge of the Magic World']

[You can still choose one knowledge as a reward for completing quiz]

Griffin took another look. His finger kept sliding up and down the screen. His eyes stared at the row of knowledge whose content had not changed before. Griffin didn't know which one to choose.

When he was still confused, suddenly a hand grabbed Griffin's hand from behind, making the boy accidentally press one of the lists in front of him.

Griffin was shocked and immediately looked back, there Scarlet was standing with an innocent smile.

"What are you doing?!" Griffin asked with an annoyed expression.

"Helping you choose. If not, it will take all day for you to decide which knowledge to take. No need to thanks." Scarlet laughed with a satisfied smile then just disappeared.

"Shit, what did I choose?"

[You have chosen 'Dark Magic Knowledge']

Griffin glared at the screen that appeared in front of him.

"Aaah!" Griffin tousled his own hair. Of all the existing lists, he instead gained knowledge about dark magic.

"Why should I learn dark magic?" Griffin grumbled in annoyance. Though he should have been able to get the more useful information he needed.

[Reward giving temporarily delayed]

['Basic Knowledge of the Magic World' will be transferred into your memory]

['Dark Magic Knowledge' will be transferred into your memory]

[Warning! Knowledge transfer will cause immense pain]

DEG

"What's this?!"

Griffin clutched his head in pain. He felt like a giant hammer was constantly hitting his head.

[Knowledge transfer has started]

"AAAKH!"

Griffin was lying on the floor because of the pain he was experiencing. His head looked like it was going to explode at that moment. The pain seemed to knock him out right then and there, but Griffin was conscious and could feel the pain in his head all too clearly. Made him suffer a lot during that time.