19 Chapter 18: Judgement
"Eucliwood Hellscythe?"
Lucias asked the young girl who staring at him with her deep violet eyes.
[Yes, I cannot speak or show any emotions since my body can't handle my own power]
"That's an interesting ability" (Azazel)
Lucias looked at Eucliwood who was being observed like a zoo animal by Azazel as he casted appraisal on her to check her status to find out why her body can't handle her own power.
Eucliwood Hellscythe
Race: Demon
Sacred Gear: None
Title: Death's Companion
Job: Necromancer
Level: 304
Hp: 410,000/410,000
Mp: 1,824,000/1,824,000
Strength: 304
Intelligence: 1,824
Endurance: 410
Agility: 222
Luck: 200
Charm: 500
Skills:
Demon's Physique (lvl maxed) - Increases all regeneration by 50%. Increases ratio of Sp to Mp by 1000:1.
Reality Warping (lvl maxed) - Grants the user the ability to tamper with reality according to her words and desires.
(Requirements for use has not been met)
(User might experience drawbacks from using the skill)
Requirements:
2,000 intelligence
1,600 Endurance
1,000 Strength
Necromancy (lvl 98/100) - Grants the user the ability to manipulate the deceased souls and bodies at her will. Grants rule over all undead.
(Requirements for use has not been met)
(User might experience drawbacks from using the skill)
(Requirement : 2,000 Endurance, requirement for intelligence has been met)
High speed Mp Regeneration (lvl 79/100)
Hp Regeneration (lvl 60/100)
Mental Corruption (lvl 12/100)
Status: Grant [Curse of the Loli] to those who are binded to her by any contract.
"Hmm, figures, even though her magic is strong her body isn't built to sustain the it"
Lucias muttered while looking at her status, surprisingly her skills are few but most of them are ridiculously strong.
"What the hell is this?"
Lucias clicked the weird curse written in her status to see what it inflicts to the victim.
[Curse of the Loli - Multiplies all affection and love of the other party by 10 towards the being that inflicted the curse. Significantly increases affinity towards girl under the age of 14]
"What the fuck?"
[Curse of the Loli has been permanently inflicted to the player]
"..."
[What's wrong?]
Eucliwood asked Lucias who was staring at her with a weird expression on her face as his curse started to act up.
<Onii-chan~ Hehehe~ if you stare at me that much I'll get embarrassed~>
Is what Lucias heard as she saw an illusion of her acting cute in his mind.
"Hehehe~ Yuu-chan~"
Lucias said with a stupid grin on his face as his curse started to control his body. Quickly snapping out of the curse's control by slapping himself in the face.
"What the fuck happened to me?"
Lucias asked while rubbing his reddened cheek while the other look at him in confusion.
[Sorry about that, I can't seem to remove that curse from my body]
"Curse?" (Lily)
"I think it's better if you read it yourself"
Lucias gave them the status window containing information about her curse causing Justice to laugh out loud, while the other girls tried to hide the smirk in their mouth.
"Good Luck kid"
Justice patted his shoulders with a large grin on her face.
"I really want to wipe that grin off your face, Justice"
"Hahahaha, but seriously, I hope you don't turn into a lolicon in the future kid" (Justice)
"No worries, Onee-san will make sure that you won't become one in the future, Lucias-kun~" (Modeus)
"Please explain what you felt Lucias!" (Azazel)
"It seems like I have to retain this form in the future" (Tiamat)
"Don't worry master, we can ask Hoshimiya to seal that curse of yours after we get back"
Lily who was like a light of hope in eyes of Lucias, said in a gentle smile.
[Sorry] (Eucliwood)
<P-please don't get angry, Onii-chan~ Y-Yuu is sorry, please don't get angry~ P-please don't leave me>
Lucias who saw the cursed illusion held back the stupid grin that was forming on his face as he punched himself to wake himself up from the illusion.
"No don't worry it's not your fault, and as Lily said we can seal this after we get back"
Lucias smiled at Eucliwood who was sitting on the ground holding her drawing pad at her chest while facing at Lucias with her expressionless face.
[Thank you]
<Thank you, Onii-chan~ Yuu loves you very much!>
'Lord, please bless my poor soul and salvage me from my sins'
Lucias cursed himself as he started to pray to God to erase all of his worldly desires and thoughts while patting Eucliwood who was had a slight tinge of pink on her cheeks.
"Pat our head too Lucias!" (Cerberus)
Cerberus who pounced on him said in jealousy as they presented the top of their head towards Lucias.
"Alright"
Lucias patted each of them causing all 3 of them to smiled to bury their faces on his body, sniffing his scent while pinning him to the ground.
"Me to-" (Modeus)
"Please get away from me" (Lucias)
Timeskip
"So what's the plan?" (Justice)
"Well, since the forest is riddled with beasts, I wanted to split ourselves into two teams, one is the team that will deal with Judgement, and the other will deal with the beasts in case they suddenly attack us while fighting Judgement"
"So raise your hand if your abilities are if your abilities are more leaning towards dealing with larger groups of enemies"
Lucifer, Azazel, Beelzebub, Tiamat, Cerberus, Modeus, Yuu and Tobiichi all raised their hand.
(Note: I'm going to call Eucliwood Hellscythe as Yuu from now on)
"Then that means that Justice, and Lily are more leaning towards single target attacks"
"How about you kid?" (Justice)
"My skill set... is chaotic, I guess mine leans more on dealing with larger groups of enemies due to my magic, but my swordsmanship and enhancement skills are more to the single target attacks side"
"Then, just join us since I think the other group already have enough members" (Justice)
"True, then the 10 of you will spit up and surround the area where Judgement is staying at, and keep watch for any monsters nearby while Justice, me and Lily will deal with Judgement"
All of the girls nodded their head at Lucias before they all split up, entering the dark forest.
The 10 girls who was assigned to guard surrounded the large arena found inside the forest, while one of the heads of Cerberus guards Yuu since she still couldn't control her powers.
Lucias used [Phantom Steps] and [Dark Travel] to keep up with Justice's Speed while Lily attached herself to his shadow as they ran through the forest, arriving at the entrance of the dark arena, reading their weapons as they entered the arena.
"YOU'VE ARRIVED! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR CENTURIES FOR SOMEONE TO FINALLY ARRIVE AT MY DOMAIN!"
A girl with dark skin wearing a suit jacket that's ripped to expose her stomach, and a bra that doesn't connect at the front, exposing her breasts to a degree, shouted while looking at the 3 of them.
"Justice, why does it seems like she doesn't want to get out of here? since she called this place her 'domain'"
"Don't worry, she just usually speak like that but like us she also wanted to get out of this place, she just isn't used in showing her feelings" (Justice)
"JUSTICE WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU SPOUTING ABOUT ME!"
Judgement shouted at Justice with a slight blush on her face from being exposed by her.
"Opps, sorry it just slipped out" (Justice)
"YOU!"
"Master, she's like Yami"
"Kind of, since Yami is mostly expressionless and doesn't seem to show her emotion, while Judgement on the other hand looks like the type of person that hides her emotion under a fake persona"
Lucias said while looking at Judgement who was shouting at Justice with an angry voice.
"ENOUGH!"
Justice fired multiple of chains towards them while Lucias immediately identified the skill that she used.
[Skill: Karmic Chains has been identified]
[Karmic Chains (lvl 96/100) - Grants the user the ability to turn the karma accumulated by their opponent into powerful chains that deals 1,000 (+ 100% by each Karma they accumulated) towards the user's enemies]
[Skill: Whip Mastery has been identified]
[Skill: Chain Manipulation has been identified]
Lucias immediately unsheathed Murasame as he slashed the chains that were going towards him at great speed before running towards Judgement at full speed.
Lucias then spun in the air as he launched a Cresent shaped Frost Fire towards judgement who slapped the blade of flame away with her bare hands before creating multiple chains, aiming towards Lucias who was in the air.
Lucias who saw this generated flames of extreme heat around him, using it to block the chains that was coming towards him.
"It seems like my Karma isn't that much"
Lucias muttered as he easily dealt with the karmic Chains created by Judgement.
"That's cool"
Justice smiled before breaking the chains wrapping around her body as she amplified the strength on her legs to launch herself towards Judgement, throwing a punch at her face.
Judgement raised her baton to block her attack as she repositioned her other one before slashing it towards Justice's stomach.
Justice immediately held Judgement's right arm before using it to help her spin her body in the air, throwing a straight punch above Judgement's head.
Judgement created several chains around her, wrapping them at Justice's fist to stop her attack but unexpected to her is that Lucias and Lily dealt with the chains that she created as Justice's fist connected to her head, smashing it to the ground.
Lucias quickly created crimson ice around him, spreading it towards Justice, freezing her body in place while Lily slashed her claws towards Judgement's waist, inflicting her with [Leech].
"Damn we got her"
Justice said while looking at Judgement's Body which was slowly getting devoured by the Crimson Ice created by Lucias.
"Azazel can't get out of this Ice, then I can guess that she can't either"
"You're right, only Great Red and Ophis was able to destroy this kind of ice using their own power"
"Oh, then we completed the task, master?"
"Not really, even though we immobilised her, the seal didn't register her as 'defeated' so I guess I have to remove some of the ice so we can attack her"
Lucias answered before removing the ice on her body, leaving her limbs frozen to the ground.
"I guess this is my loss" (Judgement)
"Not yet"
Justice smiled as she cracked her knuckles.
"... Just get it over with" (Judgement)
"Sure"
Justice answered before launching a barrage of powerful punches on her body to beat her senseless without any resistance.
"This is... brutal"
Lily muttered while looking at Justice who was beating Judgement without mercy, as the ground below and around her was destroyed from the force contained within Justice's fist.
[Judgement's Trial completed]
[Judgement's seal has been destroyed]
[Congratulations to the player for clearing the Trial of the Ancient Demons]
[Quests completed]
[Map of the ruined Islands of the Angeloids obtained]
[1,000 Summon Points obtained]
[1x Summon Chance obtained]
[Cerberus, Lucifer, Azazel, Judgement, Justice, Modeus, and Beelzebub has been added to the faction]
[450 Shop Points obtained]
[Player and his party will now be teleported back to the entrance]
The notification rang as bright light covered their bodies, teleporting them back to the entrance of the seal before the building collapsed to the ground, disintegrating into grains of sand, leaving nothing behind.
"We're finally out of their, I was getting sick and tired from staying in the same place for centuries" (Lucifer)
"At least you're not frozen in place for centuries" (Azazel)
"We're free!" (Cerberus)
"Thanks kid for getting us out of there, you can now have my body if you want" (Justice)
Justice grinned widely as she lifted her sunglasses, revealing her grey eyes to Lucias.
"I thought that you were just messing around"
"I am messing with you"
"You can have mine too~ ❤️" (Modeus)
She seductively whispered close to his ear, pressing her large breast on his body.
"Not interested"
"How mean~"
"Let's go back to your house, Lucias, I'm exhausted both mentally and physically" (Lucifer)
"You girls can go back first, I want to stay here for a while"
"Why?" (Beelzebub)
"Because I can already imagine how rowdy the castle would be after you arrive, so I want to let things cool down before I return"
"Alright, just don't go home late, master"
Lily reminded as she created a portal connecting to the castle.
"Don't forget to introduce them to the others, also please don't destroy the castle while I'm gone"
"Don't worry, master. I'll try stopping them"
Lily gave him a thumbs up before they entered the portal, leaving Lucias behind.
"Finally, some peace and quite"
Lucias sighed before deciding to sit down on the ground, enjoying the moment of silence that he can't obtain while inside the castle.
"I miss this silence"
Lucias muttered while observing various vegetation and familiars that resides in the forest.
"Maybe I should go here everyday if I want to relax myself"
Lucias thought while observing a weird looking bird fly above the forest before getting captured and eaten by a griffon.
"... it's a rare sight to see a griffon in this forest"
"ROAA-"
Lucias muttered as he laid down on the soft grass, looking at the sky while freezing a nearby horned lion that was about to attack him.
"Maybe... I need to search for another location"
He said before standing up on the ground and preparing to call Kurumi to get him out of the underworld but stopped when he heard a familiar mechanical voice echoing inside his head, much to his annoyance.
[New Quest]
[Quest: Retrieve Iris Gremory's corpse and Ingvild Leviathan's unconscious body from the stray devils.
Reward: Add one customized feature to Murasame.
Limit: 12 hours
Failure: Becoming a SS class criminal within the devil's faction]
[New Quest]
[Quest: Revive Iris Gremory and cure Ingvild Leviathan's. Convince both of them to join your faction.
Reward: ???'s loyalty and affection, ???'s motherly love.
Limit: 2 days
Failure: Death from stress and annoyance from your faction members]
"Can't I fucking get a break?"
Lucias sighed as he activated [Detection] and [Phantom Steps], running through the forest in full alert as he tried to find the two girls on his quest.
'Since the quest have a short time limit, then that means that they are close since my ability wouldn't just give out random quests out of nowhere. My ability must have detected them when I was relaxing in the forest'
He thought while searching through the forest using detection actively as he pass by until he detected multiple presences around the edge of the familiar forest.
"Jackpot"
Lucias muttered as he saw 2 unconscious women being carried like a sack by the group of mid-class devils.
"Based on how pale the skin of the other woman compared to the other, that is probably the corpse of Iris Gremory"
Lucias muttered while looking at the pale blue haired woman before seeing another group walking towards the stray devils.
"Humans?"
Lucias said in surprise as he felt the aura of the other group.
"Human magicians meeting with stray devils, interesting"
Lucias used stealth and covered his body in darkness as he went closer to the two parties. Trying to eavesdrop their conversation.
"Have you bought them?"
"Yes, we succeeded in stealing them from the House of Gremory and the House of Bael. We expect a higher payment from you since we had trouble bringing them out"
"Good, don't worry you'll get a suitable payment for your hard work, devils"
"Boss, can we play with them for a while, it's such a waste since they are ridiculously beautiful"
One of the humans asked their leader with a lecherous grin on his face while looking at the two unconscious women carried by the stray devils.
"Sure, just don't break their body since we'll be needing them for our experiment. I don't care if they're alive or not, as long as every part of their body is intact"
"Thanks boss~"
"I told you we could have tasted the girls first before we brought them"
One of the devils whispered towards the devil in front of them.
"Tch.. such a waste"
"Indeed, your lives are such a waste"
Lucias who came out of his stealth said in anger as he unsheathed his Murasame, revealing its sharp blade to the crowd.
"Who are y-"
Before the devil could finish his sentence, Lucias disappeared from his spot appearing behind the devil, shocking the crowd with his speed.
Slowly the devil's head fell off from his body before it burned into ashes from the crimson flame that erupted from the intersection on his neck.
Lucias didn't let them react and immediately ran towards another devil, cutting his body in half at great speed not visible to the naked eye as he went towards another, killing them one by one without any hesitation.
The humans who saw the devils getting killed at quick succession, panicked and fired random spells towards Lucias, hoping to at least damage him and buy them some time to escape.
Lucias quickly beheaded the last devil before putting the bodies of Ingvild and Iris to the ground, erecting a barrier to keep them safe from the spells being fired by the human magicians.
He used blink to appear in the middle of the human group before creating a large magic circle below his feat, engulfing the entire group of human magicians.
"[Frost Fire Purgatory]"
He muttered before getting engulfed by light blue flames that erupted from the magic circle as it fired towards the sky. Freezing the human magicians to death as severe frost burns covered their entire body before their corpses froze in ice.
"During a battle, you must never panick or that will be the end of you"
Lucias said as he walked out of the flames, looking coldly at the remains of the humans and the ashes of the devils before walking towards the two women on the ground.
[Quest Completed]
[Please choose a feature to be added to Murasame:
Increased poison lethality
Adds [growth] ability
Increased sharpness
Increased Durability
Adds [Absorption] ability
Adds [weaken] ability]
Lucias closed the window for the time being and lifting the two women, placing them on his shoulders.
"I should bring them home first, Kurumi, call Lily and bring me out of here"
Lucias called in empty air before his shadow expanded as a girl with black hair tied in a twin tail came out of his shadow.
"Hmm... Who are those two, Lucias?"
"They're the girls that my quest told me to retrieve, no more questions, if we stay here for too long we might attract the attention of the other devils"
"Alright"
Kurumi answered as a portal appeared in front of them, revealing the castle on the other side of the portal.
Lucias quickly entered the portal towards his home, leaving the frozen bodies of the humans behind him.
"May you be a better person in your next life"
Lucias muttered before completely disappearing along with the bodies of the girls.
(Note: Sorry about my grammar, and my habit of using "as" frequently in every chapter)
