Chapter 97

"He really doesn't know death! Does he think he can reverse the battle by himself? Ha, ha, ha, ha.....This is really is too funny. Do you think you're a god? Go! We can slowly destroy everything on Zephyr. Let him know that no matter how famous he is outside, my Immortal Guild is something he cannot offend! Don't forget, I mentioned before, Zephyr is our enemy!"

"Ah.....I understand." Sherly Sword quickly replied as his head was covered in a cold sweat. They had close to millions of people and Zephyr was a single person. If everyone spat at him, they could drown him, so what was there to be afraid of.

There was also nothing to fear.....Reversing this fight? Isn't this nothing more than a fairy tale?

"Go! Concentrate all our power on exterminating Zephyr!"

Sherly Sword quickly gave the orders before charging towards the front of the group. The situation of the battlefield quickly changed as more gazes fell onto Zephyr. The first ones to attack him were the dark knights at the front of the Immortal Guild's line.

Looking at the millions of insignificant players that is charging towards him who haven't even reach the Tier 2, Zephyr mumbles.

"It seems like I will be a bit rougher."

Suddenly, Zephyr released his [Divine Demonic Arcane Dragonoid's Haki]. All the rushing players towards Zephyr froze after seeing Zephyr's aura.

The weak and the strong, equally trembled in terror. Even Adrian felt the terror that makes him hard to breath, all Immortal Guild players tried their best to endure it.

[You have become lost in front of an immeasurable existence. Your head involuntarily bows. Your body is shaky and head begins to move.]

[Extreme fear controls your body due to 'Divine Demonic Arcane Dragonoid's Haki'. You have been inflicted with 'stun, fear, petrify, paralyzed, and despair'.]

The loud battle shout earlier immediately became quieter. All players prostrated in the ground. They suddenly prayed desperately, begging for their lives.

Some even died, unable to handle the tremendous aura of the Divine Demonic Arcane Dragonoid that has the status that already surpasses the legends and was already comparable to Myth.

For those who only had the status of common, uncommon, rare and epic, the gap between the status was so big that just by releasing his haki, they had met their demise.

Looking at them with a cold glare, Zephyr wondered what skill he would use to finish them off. After thinking for a while, he decided to test the Forbidden Magic and make it serve as a warning to not bother him in the future.

Gigantic magic circles made its appearance in the air. Tremendous magic power gathered around him as black lightning appears. It suddenly formed into a form of a raging dragon ready to shread its entire path.

The Immortal Guild players who saw this despaired even more.

"Mo...monster!"

Ignoring their screams, Zephyr pointed his hands at them.

"Die. Face the dragon's wrath 『Forbidden Draconic Magic』 [Black Dragon Lightning]."

A dragon roar shrieked throughout the air as it disintegrated all the players without meeting any resistance, and so the one sided massacre has began.

[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Black Dragon Lightning's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]

"Help! Please help..."

"Uwaaa! What the hell is that?!"

The expected ambush immediately turned into a hell's pandemonium. Just while ago, the moral is high and they were full of confidence in victory against a single player no matter how strong he is.

The veteran PK players who killed many players weren't able to survive and faced with instant death. The new members of the guild tried to escape without understanding what is really happening.

Unfortunately for them, none of them would be able to escape as the skill Zephyr casted had the range that depends on Zephyr's sight. In Zephyr's eyes, he could see the whole place making not even a single one to escape.

[You are in the presence of a True Hero.]

[The True Hero is proud. He is conscious of always being the best and is always full of fighting spirit.]

[The other party has the fighting spirit.]

[The other party is stronger than you.]

[You have entered a 'slowed' state.]

[Your stats will drop.]

[You are....]

In the face of the absolute strength of Zephyr, their confidence immediately plummeted and no one tried to retaliate.

"How could a player have this kind of power already?"

Adrian mumbles in pure shock and terror. No matter how you look at it, his revenge had failed miserably. Looking at the raging black dragon that is in the form of black lightning that reeked the energy of darkness, Adrian fell down and unable to stand due to the fear.

As a spoiled young master who gets whatever he wants, he was not used in this kind of situation as he never imagined this possibility to ever happen.

Discarding everything, he tries to escape and crawled. Now he doesn't care about his dignity anymore. If he stays here, he will die. As a person who had lived a blissful, the idea of dying even he knows he would be revived is not something he wanted.

Much more when he heard the loud screams of pain to those who were hit by the black dragon lightning. Falling into panic, he forgot to cast his necromaner skills and frantically tries to run away.

The notorious Immortal Guild that is everyone afraid of provoking of, had now been slaughtered without any chance to do anything. The ones who had spread fear in the heart of many players, are annihilated in the blink of an eye.

Adrian who was running away, turned back and saw the black dragon lightning that is approaching him. At this moment, Adrian realized the grand mistake he had committed.

Zephyr is not someone he could mess with.

Adrian was filled with regret as he was being pulverized by the black dragon lightning.

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[You have succeeded in slaying millions of enemies.]

[The title, 'Favored by the Darkness' has been acquired!]

[Favored by the Darkness]

Rating: Legendary

[Given to those who slaughtered millions of people.

* When fighting players, there's a 50% chance of instantly killing them.

* Control and affinity over the darkness element +150%.]

Scanning around the millions of corpses that has no one left alive, Zephyr let out a sigh looking at the power that the skill holds. He then remembered when this skill was fired by the Evil Dragon Nima and almost killed him.

If not for the immortal passive, he would surely die from that. Zephyr shook his head as he invisioned a different memory. It was the time when he raided a hideout of a Demon God's Cult.

With a certain scene in his vision, Zephyr utilized an effect of the Soulstone of Pride.

[The skill 'Demon Summoning' has been acquired.]

Scanning again the corpses with no change in his expression, Zephyr tried something else. He then released all the remaining Orichalcum Ores in his inventory. (Zephyr's inventory is different from the [Large Stomach] of the Soulstone of Gluttony.)

Without delaying, Zephyr started the [Demon Summoning] ritual. As an offering, Zephyr offered all the Orichalcum Ores and corpses under his feat.

『I prepared thy meals and offering, come forth demon and serve me.』

Zephyr choose some appropriate words that sounded good to his ears for this moment. It didn't take too long for a portal to open at the same time when all the Orichalcum Ores and the corpses disappeared.

Suddenly a demon came out from the portal, it immediately released a sadistic laugh as soon as it landed on the surface.

『Kufufufu! This grand offering you have bestowed upon me filled my heart with endless joy.』

The demon then looked at his summoner with interest but after feeling Zephyr's haki that he hasn't deactivated, it immediately kneeled and prostrated himself.

『A Demon Lord! no a bit different, I didn't recognize him as he is surely not one of them and he reeks the divine power and the draconic power.』

After thinking with those thoughts, the demon immediately smiled and spoke respectfully.

『Your magnificent offering was truly a delicious meal. As a result I was able to materialize in the Mortal World.』

『As a form of gratitude, can I expect to be put in use by you My lord?』

Without replying, Zephyr stared at the demon curiosly, after a while, he mumbles.

"Hmmm, an Arch Demon. To think that all those sacrifices was just enough to summon an Arch Demon."

Within the sphere of the Western Continent of Tensura, the common sense regarding the Tier 3 Arch Demons to come into existence is supposedly the case where a strong Greater Demon evolved into an Arch Demon.

Arch Demons, unlike lesser demons and most greater demons, possess an almost entirely human appearance. The only non-human features they possess are the iconic claws, horns, and wings found on all members of the demon race, although these can easily be hidden at their discretion.

Their appearance, like that of all spiritual-lifeforms, is dictated entirely by their self image. They might have been influenced by a body they previously inhabited or developed their own appearance naturally without the influence of other individuals.

Unlike Zephyr that was calmly reacting in front of an Arch Demon, every Arch Demons were objects of fear as a Tier 3 existence. It was also known that even a powerful Tier 3 Human Kings weren't guaranteed and has a very low chance of winning against an Arch Demon due to the powers they holds.

"What's your name?"

『Oh my gracious lord. I am just a mere nameless demon.』

Name is a term that refers to the "name" of an individual, or to be more precise, the name inscribed onto their 'soul'.

Individuals who have a name are referred to as Named while those who don't are called Nameless.

Named beings such as named NPCs and Named Monsters are typically have more stronger as well as more diverse, and complex compared to a nameless being of the same levels and Tier.

One could also named a promising nameless being and establishes the named as being subordinate to the namer. This act consumes large amount of magical energy proportionate to the strength of the being receiving the name.

It is also a rule in Tensura that if the namer names someone too strong or names too many people without a long enough recovery time there is a high chance that the energy expended in the process of naming will never fully recover.

The benefit to this rather risky process is the power that the named individual receives. Someone named in this way forms a powerful soul bond with the namer, possibly even inheriting some of their abilities, and in the case of monsters and certain regressed demi-humans, they can even evolve.

As an Arch Demon, he also examined his summoner and could not help but feel a tremendous sensation of delight within. He could feel that Zephyr is not an ordinary being.

He sensed something about him and the deep amount of magic power around him. Even he was just a Tier 2 just a lower than him, this doesn't matter.

『For someone great like you, please pardon my rude request. I would like to request to become your servant.』

Zephyr inspected the demon with his [Divine Demonic Arcane Dragonoid's Eyes] and confirmed that he truly was a nameless demon but his strength is at the peak of Tier 3 and on the verge of entering the realm of Tier 4 and become a Demon Noblesse.

However there's something that caught his attention.

"What are your origin. I could see something interesting from you."

Hearing that, the demon smiled in an amused manner but no sign of disrespect was expressed towards Zephyr.

『As expected of you. To be able to detect my strange origin that not even many Demon Noblesses, Demon Lords and a Demon King that I met was not able to detect. Your wonderfulness fills me with endless joy.』

"And so?"

『Please pardon my rudeness as I was just very elated. How should I say this...You might not believe me my lord by this lowly demon was reincarnated from a human.』

"Oh."

Intrigued, Zephyr became even more curious.

"Go on. I'm listening."

『But my lord, I am not from this world. In my past life as a human, I am living in a world called Earth not Tensura.』

A glint in Zephyr's eyes was made from this but remained silent.

『It is a world without magic and I am just an ordinary boy. I would not explain much my lord as I had died in there and was suddenly reincarnated as a lesser demon.』

"Hmmm. What have you been doing in that world?"

The demon unconsciously stared at Zephyr in surprise. He expected Zephyr to laugh like he had experienced before when telling about his origin. He didn't expect that Zephyr would accept.

『Kufufufu. I am ashamed to say this but I am just someone, an ordinary boy who likes to watch anime, and read manga my lord. Well this might be rude for me to say but I think you didn't know what this meant.』

"So you're saying that you used to be an otaku."

The demon widened his eyes after hearing that. He didn't expect that someone in Tensura to know that term.

Zephyr on the other hand became even more intrigued the more he heard about his origin. Zephyr asked with curiosity to be certain about his speculation.

"How long have you been a demon?"

『I have been a demon for 3 years my Lord.』

Hearing that, Zephyr couldn't help but felt a slight thrill. To be an Arch Demon from a Lesser Demon in just 3 years, was not something every demon could do.

According to the [Divine Demonic Arcane Dragonoid's Knowledge], it should take atleast 100 years for a Lesser Demon to become a Greater Demon. Another 200 years to become an Arch Demon and so on.

For him to become an Arch Demon in just 3 years, Zephyr could guess that this was thanks for the cheat knowledges of being an otaku.

"Alright. I will accept you as my subordinate. You won't mind if I give you a name will you?"

The demon widened his eyes even more after hearing that. Naming a monster or a demon is an extremely risky thing to do. It could permanently weaken or kill you if you were not strong enough.

However sensing the deep and endless magic power in Zephyr, with enthusiasm, he replied.

『Will you truly? This is the greatest reward that I could imagine!』