Ch 53 - The Demon Tower (4)

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"You really take your sweet time, you little bastard!" Jason said with a big smile. He had seen everything that happened in the castle with his own eyes.

Jin-Woo sighed and said, "Well, it took more time than I initially thought it would."

"Sir Jin-Woo, who is this?" Esil watched from the side and asked. 

Jason stepped forward and introduced himself in a gentlemanly manner.

"Hello cutie, My name is Hyun Jason. And I'm this idiot's big brother."

"Huh?" Esil was dumbfounded. 'Sir Jin-Woo has a brother!... But both of them seem completely different.'

"Let's go to the next floor quickly." Jin-Woo quickly said and stepped forward.

"We can see it now over there."

After arriving on the 81st floor, Esil began checking out the map of this very floor, and then, pointed at the faint outline of a castle far away from them.

Jin-Woo nodded his head.

"Please wait."

Esil put down the large luggage and began rummaging through it. Soon, a ceramic liquor bottle rested in her hands. Jin-Woo had to ask her about that.

"What are you planning to do with that now?"

"This is a bottle of the finest liquor that the Clan Head of the Garshi Clan enjoys. If we go and speak to him with it, the negotiation will be….."

"Negotiations?" Jason and Jin-Woo heard her and couldn't help but chuckle.

Esil's face turned red as she didn't know if she spoke something weird.

Seeing through her thoughts, Jason said, "Little girl, I think you're mistaken about something... Just enjoy the show!"

Jin-Woo smirked and summoned his Shadow Soldiers out.

'Come out.'

As soon as he called, the soldiers instantly revealed themselves.

Shururu….

"Heok!!"

In that short amount of time, the castle belonging to the Garshi Clan was burning in flames.

"Oh, my dear lord….'

Esil was so shocked that she spat out something that could either be a gasp or a moan.

"Kuwaahhhk!!"

"Uwaaah!!"

The castle of Garshi which looked several times more impregnable than Radir Clan's own castle was powerlessly crumbling down. Esil could only swallow down her nervous saliva.

Kaboom!!!

Another tower beyond the castle walls crumbled back down to earth with a loud explosion.

'How can anyone fight against a monster like him….?'

Esil wiped the sweat drops trickling down to her chin, and breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that her clan had managed to skirt past a calamity.

82, 83..... 98, 99…

Jin-Woo cleared all 18 floors at a fast pace and in just a little more than two weeks reached the 100th floor.

Jason was only a spectator who enjoyed the fights that occurred on the floors. Not only that but he even converted the nineteen clans into his shadow arms, increasing the numbers to three thousand excluding his soldiers from the previous world.

Esil followed them as a guide and saw the demise of all other clans with her own eyes. She's very grateful to Jin-Woo for sparing her clan.

Jin-Woo wanted to send her away after her job was done but the little girl was determined to follow them to see the outcome of the fight with her own eyes.

On the 100th floor, the horrifying flames that seemingly burned for all eternity on the lower floors were all gone, and he could only see the burnt-out remains.

Jason and Jin-Woo raised their head at the same time.

A black dot that wandered in the sky….

That black dot gradually got closer to the ground, before settling down on a spot pretty far away. It was a winged lizard-like creature.

After successfully landing on the ground, the lizard flapped its large wings and screeched out aloud.

Kiiiiieeeehhhk!!

Just above the head of the lizard, they saw a face of a demon, with a certain blue aura oozing out from it.

'The boss of this floor, huh? The Demon King Baran! His aura is nothing compared to Ashborn.'

Jason was very disappointed with Baran but he then remembered that this one was only a copy.

It was then, that Baran raised his hand towards the sky and activated his skill.

'The Army of Hell!'

"You go all out! Leave her to me! I'll look after her." Jason said to Jin-Woo before retreating for a few steps with Esil.

Jin-Woo also released all of his hidden magic energy.

When Baran arrogantly lowered the hand pointing at the sky in the direction of Jin-Woo, the demonic army rushed at him like a black tide.

Rumble-!!

Jin-Woo stared at the Demon King's army as the corner of his lips arched up.

'I also have soldiers too, you know.'

Jin-Woo opened his mouth. "My shadows…." 

In the blink of an eye, Jin-Woo activated his skill 'Monarch's Domain' and summoned his soldiers.

Kaboom!!

"Kuwaahk!!"

"Kehgehk!!"

The two armies collided and the battle started.

In just a few minutes, one-hundred-plus Shadow Soldiers overwhelmed the army over ten times their numbers. The demonic soldiers and their ranks crumbled in no time at all.

But, it was then.

Baran stopped standing back passively and finally made his move. Countless arcs of blue sparks buzzed and crackled within the wide-open mouth of the boss creature.

Gahaaaaahark!

Along with that hair-raising yell, a chill-inducing beam of blue light enveloped the Shadow Soldiers.

Kwa-bzzzzzzzzzz!!

'….Lightning?!'

Jin-Woo's eyes widened from sheer surprise.

Jason also moved faster and covered Esil behind her. If the lightning hit her then she was done for.

He didn't shift his attention from the battle even for a second.

The fight got more and more intense as time passed.

In the end, they came to fight with their bare hands.

Jin-Woo and Baran both had two hands. However, Jin-Woo also possessed a hidden third hand. 

'Ruler's Reach!'

Out of the blue, a powerful impact force pushed Baran down on one knee.

Thud!

'….??'

Even before Baran could recover from his confusion, Jin-Woo gathered his strength in his fist and slammed hard into the Demon King's face.

Ka-boom!!

With a huge sound, Baran's head exploded.

Jason quickly took a step and caught Jin-Woo who was very tired after his fight.

Esil slowly approached the duo and carefully opened her mouth.

"Sir... Sir Jin-Woo!..."

"Esil..." Jin-Woo raised his head slowly and said with a smile. "Go and inform your father. That Radis Clan is now first place."

"Sir Jin-Woo!" Tears had formed in the corner of her eyes after seeing him fine. She had grown attached to both of them in these past few weeks.

"My Clan is Radir!"

Jason laughed lightly.

They stayed on the top floor for a few hours and collected everything that could

be used.

Jin-Woo also recovered completely and collected all the rewards.

Esil wanted to invite them back to her clan to celebrate Jin-Woo's victory but they opened a portal and returned back to the human world, leaving her dumbfounded.