Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Chapter 101-105

Chapter 101

Something was wrong.

The mad blooded tyrant couldn’t help but panic.

Swish!

Suho broke through the cursed fog and pierced the tyrant’s body mercilessly.

“H-How did…!”

The mad-blooded tyrant screamed and stumbled.

It was truly terrifying.

He barely avoided it, but he almost got his neck cut instead of his shoulder.

However, it was another reason that he was really puzzled.

“Why doesn’t the light-blooded poison work?!”

A curse that causes blood to run out of control, and becomes mad-blooded poison.

If that poison was used weakly, it has the effect of amplifying power at the cost of pain, but if the mad-blooded tyrant directly uses the poison, it will literally be burned at the stake.

It was a cruel curse that caused the blood inside the body to boil and become a lump of charcoal in an instant.

Because the medium of the curse was the blood flowing inside the body, it gave an absolute and inevitable death that could not be escaped.

But, why? Why?!

“How could you be so sane!”

No, beyond normal, Suho’s spirit was alive and running wild.

In response to Suho’s attack, the mad tyrant roared in anger.

“As expected, real demon nobles are different no matter what!”

At those words, someone from far away raised his eyes.

[The Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, looks at the mad-blooded tyrant with a disgusted expression.]

“Let’s see if you can hold out this time!”

The tyrant poured an even more powerful curse of blood on Suho.

Swoosh!

It was no longer at the level of fog that raged and covered Suho.

[The Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, is evaluating the level of the curse.]

But.

[2 out of 10.]

[The Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, spit out saying that she just gave up her appetite.]

Swoosh!

Suho casually broke through the curse and swung his twin swords.

[Young Master! You have to aim for the head!]

‘I saw it, too!’

The tyran blocked the attack that was obviously aimed at his head with his shoulder.

It was probably because he was wearing the corpse of the demon’s jailer like armor.

That blazing face sticking out over the armor must be his weakness.

“Spring up! Quay!”

Swish-!

‘Quay’s lance’ flew like lightning again and attacked the mad-blooded tyrant.

The goal, of course, was his head!

“Ack!”

The mad-blooded tyrant frantically repelled the irregular attacks from the front and rear, shouting at his men.

“What are you guards doing! Come here right away and take this guy…! Huh?”

His eyes widened as he hurriedly looked at the place where the demon guards were.

“Ouch…!”

“It’s hot…!”

An unbelievable sight was unfolding.

The demon guards were burning and dying.

“Why are they suffering from light-blooded poisoning…!”

“Oh, that? I gave it to them.”

“…!”

At Suho’s words, the tyrant’s eyes widened as if they were going to pop out.

Suho has been poisoning them with light-blooded poison after he passed by the demon guards.

He didn’t know that the action would bring such a result, but it was the most perfect ending.

While the tyrant panicked, Suho was already preparing another attack.

‘Beru, let me ask one thing.’

[Yes?]

‘Quay hasn’t been caught, has he?’

[Yes! That tyrant didn’t even know that Quay was a shadow soldier!]

The power of the Shadow Monarch is the power to destroy everything hidden in the eternal darkness of the bottomless pit.

The aura of death was a true fear that subdued the opponent just by touching it.

In fact, because of that, Suho used to be scared by children when he was young.

It was for this reason that Suho’s memory was sealed by the power of the Shadow Monarch.

But, now.

He was able to capture some of that energy.

‘Okay.’

A quick calculation has been made.

Suho immediately looked around and shouted.

“Arise!”

Mooooo-!

There were grotesque cries that echoed through the air.

The minotaur that Suho killed.

Black shadows began to sway terribly from their corpses.

[Shadow release succeeded.]

…

However, before the soldiers united with their original form, Suho immediately attempted a ‘shape transformation’.

“Go!”

Mooooo-!

At Suho’s command, the shadows of the Minotaur came together in a circle and soared up.

[Shadow Minotaur Lv.1]

Shape Transformation – Gauntlets

[Shadow Minotaur Lv.1]

Shape Transformation – Gauntlets

[Shadow Minotaur Lv.1]

Shape Transformation – Gauntlets

Weaponization.

If Quay was a spear, this time, the minotaurs turned into gauntlets.

[Mooooh-!]

Five minotaur heads with vicious bull horns at the fore, flew like cannonballs and crashed into the tyrant’s body.

“Ack…!”

As if hit by a truck, the tyrant was thrown backwards and crashed into a wall.

Crash!

The walls of the Colosseum collapsed on him, and the tyrant rose up through the rubble with a frightened swing of his arm.

But.

[Mooooh-!]

“This… this…”

The blows of black steam that had approached before he knew it began to pound his body mercilessly.

A series of attacks was so fast enough to even react.

The ruthless violence eventually crushed the body of the demon jailer in armor.

“Ahhh! W-What the hell is this…!”

Suho confidently answered with an extremely sincere look.

“Bloodstone.”

[What?]

[Ehhh?]

He ignored the bewildered comments of Esil and Beru.

[I don’t think such a lie will work…]

The mad-blooded tyrant gritted his teeth.

“Bloodstone… Is it the power of demon nobles?”

[Oh, it worked?]

Esil was surprised.

However, from the beginning, bloodstone was a unique ability that only demon nobles had. The tyrant couldn’t help but believe it.

[Kehehe! As expected, our Young Master is very clever! If this is the case, you will be able to command the shadow soldiers even in front of the apostles of Itharim!]

Beru was greatly moved.

Until now, Sung Jinwoo, his ruler, had never summoned shadow soldiers by changing their form.

In the first place, the side with all limbs attached could carry weapons and it was much easier to fight, so there was no need for that.

However, shadow soldiers are basically spiritual bodies.

Suho’s power has grown to allow them to freely transform from their previous state.

[Kehehe! It is truly unique and admirable. If His Majesty saw this, he would be so happy…!]

More than anything else, there was something else that made him happy.

[I thought you would always be a young and weak ant larvae, but now you could even beat the apostle of Itharim yourself!]

Beru, weeping tears of joy, watched as Suho unleashed a finishing blow on the tyrant who had completely exposed his achilles heel.

[Use ‘Skill: Blade Storm’.]

Swish!

“Ahhh…!”

The combined attack of Suho, the Blade Storm skill, Quay, and the Minotaurs drove the mad-blooded tyrant into a frenzy.

[But to be honest…]

No matter how out of touch Beru was, his eyes were accurate when grasping battle situations.

[The attack power is still insufficient.]

Even though he was wearing a demon’s mask, his opponent was an apostle of Itharim.

There was no such thing as too much.

“Aagh! How dare this lowly demon…!”

The mad-blooded tyrant, who was furious from head to toe, stood up resolutely while being attacked by Suho.

His entire body was already covered in scars, but that was just the ‘Demon Armor’ he was wearing.

The original power of the mad-blooded tyrant hidden within was still alive.

Roar!

“…!”

The flames of the tyrant suddenly became even hotter and turned blue.

Just like a mist burn!

[T-This!]

Feeling a sense of it, Beru hurriedly shouted.

[Avoid him! He is risking his life to use the ‘Meteor Trail’!]

‘Meteor Trail?’

He didn’t know what that was, but Suho moved back.

Roar!

Then, the bluish flames spewed out chased Suho like a living snake, and Suho crossed his twin swords to block the flames.

A fire so powerful that the shadow soldiers floating nearby melted away, attacked Suho.

At that moment, a thumping sound came from Suho’s throat.

[‘Item: Fire Ghost’s Necklace’ resists flames.]

[‘Item: Fire Ghost’s Necklace’ has been destroyed.]

Crack.

The D-Class item that Suho had worn since he was in Egypt was greatly oxidized while protecting Suho until the end.

Suho’s spine felt chilly as he managed to move away.

‘That was dangerous.’

Although he defended himself, that attack was something that could not be blocked with only the endurance skill that increased physical defense.

If it hadn’t been for the Fire Ghost’s Necklace, he would have suffered severe burns.

That was just an internal thing.

On the outside, Suho looked perfectly fine even after being hit by the mad-blooded tyrant’s blow of conversion.

“H-How did you stay that way even after being hit directly by the flames…”

The tyrant was the most shocked he had ever been.

Right now, Suho couldn’t afford to open the shop window and purchase the Fire Ghost’s Necklace again.

“No way! Must be luck! How could an insignificant demon dare to endure that…!”

Roar!

Bluish flames far more powerful than just a moment ago roared from his whole body.

[Young Master! Look out… Ehh?]

Suho already dodged that and jumped without hesitation, backing away early on.

Sigh.

“How can I fight alone because I’m afraid?”

Now, let’s get this straight.

Currently, he lacked both offensive and defensive power.

But there just happened to be a lot of fire kindling and fuel to increase the attack power in that place.

Suho raised his head and turned his gaze away from the rampaging tyrant and looked at the stands of the Colosseum.

There were demons who had been watching the whole scene and couldn’t help but be amazed.

“W-What…”

“How did he…”

“To push the tyrant king one-sidedly like that…”

“Is he a real Demon Noble?”

“As expected, Vulcan’s son…”

Anxiety and hope were mingled in that muffled noise.

“Are you going to keep watching like that?!”

…!

Suddenly, Suho’s voice shook the Colosseum like thunder.

The noise suddenly died down.

[Use ‘Buff: Battle Roar’.]

Right before entering the demon world, Suho finally used the reward from the emergency quest he received after defeating the Hyeonmu Guild.

Suho continued to yell at them.

“What do you think are demons?!”

“..!”

Demon.

The heavy sound that flowed from Suho’s mouth shook the eyes of the demons who had been slaves to the tyrant for a long time.

“If you are truly demons…! If you still consider yourself a demon…!”

As Suho’s words continued, the demons swallowed hard with nervous faces.

Suho pointed at the mad-blooded tyrant wrapped in blue flames with his Vulcan Horn and shouted.

“Eat him! There is a dying demon’s blood and flesh right there!”

“…!”

The mad-blooded tyrant couldn’t help but panic.

He felt that the atmosphere of the slaves, who were completely under his control, suddenly changed.

Suho finally smiled with satisfaction.

“Eat and be strong. Like a demon to the core.”

With that…

Wild roars erupting from all sides and shook the Colosseum.

[The ‘roar of the battlefield’ stimulates the demons’ suppressed anger.]

[The ‘roar of the battlefield’ draws out the demons’ suppressed anger.]

[The ‘roar of the battlefield’ ignites the demons’ suppressed anger.]

…

A hot fire boiled in the hearts of the demons.

The fear of the tyrant king, who had reigned over them with vicious power for a long time, disappeared. Instead, a thirst for endless power rose up.

The power of the terrifying tyrant king.

‘If only I could take that power as my own!’

“I-I can become the tyrant king too!”

“I will eat that corpse!”

“No, I will…!”

“I will!”

Aaaaaaaaah!

All the demons started pouring down on the tyrant regardless of who would come first.

Like an ignited spark…

[Demon…]

Esil muttered quietly.

Chapter 102

Aaaaagh!

“Hey, are you guys crazy?”

Seeing the demons pouring down on him, the mad-blooded tyrant couldn’t believe the situation.

The demon realm, which not only lost its monarch, but also left no nobles, was a truly destroyed world.

All of the demons that survived so far were just trashy ones.

Dying as a slave for the rest of their lives was nothing more than worthless trifles that should be considered an honor.

But those lowly and insignificant bastards now dared to rebel against him.

They were drooling and rushing to eat him.

The mad-blooded tyrant drew out blue flames in rage.

“To whom do these savage bastards dare to reveal their teeth to?”

Roar!

The flame of life always burned inside the apostle who served Itharim, the god of the distant outer universe.

Flame spread widely throughout the Colosseum and engulfed the demons attacking from all sides.

“Ouch…!”

The demons started burning to death helplessly like moths jumping into a lantern.

However, the demons, who were already mad enough to be frenzied, continued to attack the tyrant, using the corpses as a shield, regardless of who died in front of them.

“Just a bite!”

“Just one bite!”

“Even one bite can make me stronger!”

“Aaaaah!”

Demons.

That place was true hell.

“Ah, these crazy people are really…”

The mad-blooded tyrant was stunned.

‘Were they really slaves who have been quietly controlled by me?’

As an apostle of Itharim, he had a mission to rule and conquer this world.

‘But, what the heck is this?’

‘Doesn’t it seem like I’ve become the prey?!’

Humiliation mounted.

He couldn’t accept the fact that the emotion he was feeling right now was ‘fear’.

“Aagh! I will kill them all! Burn them all up and become my fuel!”

Aaaaaaagh!

A flame exploded with the force of immortalizing the whole world.

Demons poured endlessly over it and attacked the blue flames.

The corpses of demons became ashes and scattered in all directions.

In the center of this, the tyrant shouted.

“Hahaha! I’m getting stronger again! Instead of losing precious slaves, my flame will burn forever!”

His gaze moved to find Suho, who had created that situation.

Even though he suffered some losses, the demon realm wasn’t the only one there anyway.

As long as his strength was replenished, all he needed to do was find and rule the fragments of another demon realm floating in the dimensional rift!

However, there was one fact he overlooked.

While he slays countless demons to replenish his depleted power.

The souls of the dead demons are being sucked somewhere.

“W-Wait a minute…!”

The mad-blooded tyrant’s eyes widened wide as he witnessed the scene from afar.

“… Ha. This is it.”

Suho held up Vulcan’s Horn with a smile of utmost satisfaction.

[Vulcan’s horn devours the demon’s soul.]

[Vulcan’s horn devours the demon’s soul…]

…

Vulcan’s Horn was devouring the souls of the demons killed by the mad tyrant.

“Yes, eat as much as you like. Until you burst full.”

Swook!

[Devoured demon soul: 83->97->113->…]

It seems like Suho hit some kind of jackpot.

The count of devoured souls was constantly rising.

Then eventually…

Ring!

[Vulcan’s Horn feels full.]

Vulcan’s stomach, which seemed to know no end, eventually became full.

[Item: Vulcan’s Horn]

Difficulty to obtain: ??

Type: Sword

Attack +40

A sword crafted from the horns of the greedy demon Vulcan.

Vulcan’s powers are imbued, dealing more damage.

-Effect ‘Destruction Desire’: Increases physical damage by [300%].

-Effect ‘Demon Devourer’: The power of Vulcan becomes stronger as it devours the demon’s soul.

[Devoured Demon’s Soul: Saturated]

Succeeded.

Physical damage increased by 300%.

In the end, Suho made Vulcan’s Horn grow to its maximum.

[Oh my god. Did you just use it like that?]

Esil couldn’t help but admire it.

While the tyrant recharged his weakened power, Suho used it intact to maximize his attack power.

However, this was not the end of Suho’s aim.

“Now, are you satisfied?”

Suho smiled and raised Vulcan’s Horn.

“Then, give your end of the deal to me.”

As if to answer that question…

Ring!

A message has arrived.

[You have completed ‘Urgent Quest: Vulcan’s Greed’.]

[The completion reward has arrived.]

[Do you want to check the reward?]

( Y / N )

Suho already knew what the reward was.

He smiled and held out his hand.

The second horn of Vulcan appeared.

[Item: Vulcan’s Horn-2]

Difficulty to obtain: ??

Type: Sword

Attack +40

A sword crafted from the horns of the greedy demon Vulcan.

Vulcan’s powers are imbued, dealing more damage.

-Effect ‘Destruction Desire’: Increases physical damage by [300%].

Was it because Vulcan was the only one who felt full?

Surprisingly, the second horn was amplified at 300% as well.

After confirming, Suho smiled as he held up the two horns in both hands instead of Rakan’s Sword.

“At this rate, I don’t need Rakan’s fangs anymore, I guess? Should I sell it to add to the guild fund?”

Wouldn’t it be better to use two swords that look the same as twin swords?

However, there was someone who was frightened by those words…

[The King of Beasts, Fang Monarch, wakes up in bewilderment.]

[The King of Beasts, Fang Monarch, has a better idea and requests a conversation.]

[The King of Beasts, Fang Monarch, stomps his feet, telling you not to pretend you didn’t hear.]

Suho paid no attention to Rakan’s message and was rushing straight to the tyrant at great speed.

Swish-!

“…!”

Suho swung his sword without hesitation.

“Thanks. Because of you, my supposed hard work has been reduced.”

[Use ‘Skill: Strong Body Manifestation’.]

[Use ‘Skill: Blade Storm’…]

Slash!

“Ahhh…!”

Colossal damage, on a different level from before, exploded on the mad-blooded tyrant’s body.

Even the blue flames blazing from his body were cut into hundreds and thousands of pieces by the twin swords of Suho.

“No, no way… Don’t tell me…”

The flames that had been burning ominously the whole time died down, and a collapsed voice flowed from his mouth.

“My fear Itharim…”

Thud.

[You have killed the mad-blooded tyrant.]

[Your level has increased!]

Demons who were still alive after the death of the tyrant were shocked.

They were so shocked that even their desire to devour also died down.

“… Is he dead?”

“Tyrant King?”

“Is he really going to die like this?”

They couldn’t believe it.

Absolute shock and horror.

Meanwhile, the tyrannical king who had enslaved them had disappeared before their eyes.

Not even a corpse was left behind.

Even the guards, who had practically served under the tyrant, were all burned to death.

‘What’s going to happen to us?’

“…”

They were so used to their slavery that they couldn’t even bring themselves to say a word.

“Esil.”

In that desolate atmosphere, Suho called Esil.

“It’s your turn now.”

[…]

In Suho’s mind, there was only one way to clean up that messy situation with the loss of a ruler.

‘I can’t keep pretending to be Vulcan’s son.’

The demon realm that he had observed so far has been a thoroughly hierarchical society.

Strong self-esteem.

A world where stronger demons prey on weaker demons and rule.

However, the moment the demon lords and demon nobles who reigned in that land all disappeared, the entire system was disrupted.

Even the apostle of Itharim appeared and ruled the land and enslaved its inhabitants.

It was all because there was no ‘pure blood’ to rule them.

“Come out. From now on, you have to rule this place.”

Otherwise, the apostle of Itharim might suddenly appear and devour that place again.

[Okay.]

Esil finally appeared from Vulcan’s Horn.

“…!”

Upon the sudden appearance of Esil, all eyes of the demons were focused on her.

The moment they saw Esil, they instinctively realized it.

All the misconceptions about Suho being a demon noble and Vulcan’s hidden son were blown away in an instant.

The energy they felt from Esil was pure blood!

The presence of the demon nobles was clearly felt.

“N-Noble…”

“A real noble…”

If it weren’t for the current situation, they probably wouldn’t have reacted like that.

It was because they were demons who attacked to eat even that frightening mad-blooded tyrant.

But now it was different.

“Kneel.”

At the one word of command that came out of Esil’s mouth, they had no choice but to kneel in front of her and bow down.

“I am Esil, the eldest daughter of Radiru. I am the only demon noble left in this world.”

Esil slowly looked back at their bowed heads with arrogant eyes.

A long time ago, when the demon realm was prosperous, the real use of the Colosseum was for that very moment.

There would be duels between demon nobles competing for honor.

After the duel and the ranks were decided, the winner would always proclaim the winner’s right.

According to the long-standing tradition, Esil proudly showed her presence to the demons there.

“I declare. From now on, this land has become the territory of the Radiru Clan.”

Swoosh-!

At that moment, a magnificent shout began to erupt from everyone’s mouths.

It was an echo of a different level from the malicious shouts of watching an execution ceremony in the Colosseum.

“… And.”

However, Esil’s proclamation was not over yet.

“The last remaining Demon Noble, Esil Radiru commands you.”

Suddenly, Esil’s eyes glanced at Suho, who was next to her.

“…?”

“Our demonic realm will be in an all-out war against the Outer Gods, Itharim. In order not to be dominated by a md-blooded tyrant again…”

Esil was virtually the only one qualified to become a demon monarch.

Since they were demons who knew that fact, they raged their whole body with demon energy at Esil’s words.

“We must fight.”

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Suho was a little impressed.

Esil really seemed to be a noble.

It was quite cool to see her, whom he had only thought of as a meat-lover, skillfully commanding the slave demons.

“Esil-nim, I accept your order.”, said the one they encountered when they first set foot in the demon realm.

‘Nukira’, the horse that was pulling the cart, finally returned to its original form and began to follow Esil’s commands.

Meanwhile, Suho summoned all the demons in the Colosseum that were poisoned by light-blooded poison and detoxified them one by one.

“Ah, the pain is going away…!”

“Thank you! Thank you!”

The demons who were poisoned by light-blooded poison always lived in pain of boiling blood.

The most fundamental thing for demons is blood.

Lack of blood for demons was a pain in itself, and boiling blood was a terrible condition that erases their existence.

However, all of those phenomena disappeared as soon as Suho deciphered them.

“T-Thank you!”

“Wow, haha! It doesn’t hurt anymore! I’m alive!”

[Oh, wait. You there.]

“… Yes?”

[Weren’t you the one who cursed at Young Master last time?]

Hiccup.

Among them, Beru had already chosen those who deserved to die.

The demons that were nearby when Suho was imprisoned.

Beru remembered each and every one of the faces of those who eagerly cursed at Suho and made fun of him.

The mad-blooded demons who treated Suho badly trembled as Beru approached them.

“My Lord, I have committed a mortal sin. I guess I was a little crazy at the time.”

[Kieek! If you commit a mortal sin, it is but natural to get persecuted!]

Beru had no mercy, and he killed them mercilessly.

The light-blooded demons in the prison were detoxified and the pain disappeared, but at the same time their strength has considerably weakened.

Even though Esil originally had the strength of an S-Class hunter, she was currently only at B-Class level because of the lack of blood in her body.

No matter how small and weak Beru was, there was no problem killing the powerless mad-blooded horses.

As he ate them one by one, he gradually recharged his power.

Suho refrained him from doing that.

“Beru, but don’t kill too many. they are necessary for the reconstruction of the demon realm.”

[Keheuheuk. Young Master is too compassionate. It breaks my heart…!]

“If you’re going to kill them, do it when they’re strong again to gain a lot of experience.”

[…!]

Beru got enlightened and immediately stopped the slaughter.

He couldn’t interfere with Suho’s level up.

On the other hand…

“… Thank you.”

The old demon who gave Suho advice in prison approached him.

“Ah, old man.”

Suho immediately detoxified the old demon, and then his body lost strength and collapsed on the spot.

As Suho tried to help him, he shook his bony arm saying it was okay.

“Haha. It’s okay. It’s because all the blood in my body was filled with poison. Oh, but don’t worry, I won’t die.”

The old demon struggled to get himself up on his own.

He then politely bowed down to Suho again.

Lower than before.

“Thank you very much. For saving our demon realm.”

Suho’s act wasn’t simply to save them, but to save the demon realm.

The old man was sincerely grateful for that.

Suho watched him quietly and asked.

“Old man, are you by any chance a demon attendant?”

“… How did you know?”

The old man flinched at the words and looked bewildered.

“It felt similar to Nukira over there.”

“This feels odd. Well, you even killed the tyrant king, so finding out my identity is no big deal. That’s right. I was once a servant of a nobleman.”

“It looks like you’re not Radiru’s servant.”

“I was… Vulcan’s servant.”

“Vulcan?”

Suho’s eyes widened when a truly unexpected answer came out.

As if expecting that reaction, the old man nodded again with a self-deprecating smile.

“Right. Vulcan, the demon of greed. Also, he never had a son.”

“Haha.”

Suho just laughed.

Rumor about him being Vulcan’s hidden son was still circulating among the demons.

How did the old man feel when he heard the rumor?

“In the first place, Vulcan had no other desires as he was a demon who lived only by his appetite. So he was a fairly easy Lord to serve.”

“Did you say it was easy?”

“Yes. You just had to be careful not to get eaten.”

“…”

Was that some kind of joke?

It didn’t seem funny, and the atmosphere was full of tension.

“Do you perhaps know what will happen to the demons in a territory where the demon nobles disappeared?”

“Isn’t it going to be like this? Being ruled by the strongest…”

“Not really. No matter how strong the opponent is, demons try to devour regardless of their means and methods.”

Accordingly, the case of the mad-blooded tyrant was a very special case.

“Then what?”

“Normally, they destroy themselves. They eat each other and get eaten, and in the end only one demon survives.”

“…!”

At those words, Suho looked at the old man again.

“Were you that one demon?”

“… No, I was just lucky. I hid in the ground while everyone was in a mess. When it was all over, I crawled out and ate their bodies to gain strength.”

[Those strong words coming from you were quite contrasting with your looks though?]

Beru suddenly intervened and scanned the old man up and down.

At that, the old man laughed helplessly.

“It’s natural. My power was stolen by the tyrant king.”

“The tyrant?”

“Yes. Actually, I was the first host to be preyed on by the tyrant king. Later when he realized that my body was old and useless, he abandoned me without hesitation to find a stronger and fresher demon.”

What the old man said was a very interesting story.

The first host of the mad-blooded tyrant.

Even Beru listened to the old man and asked about what had happened at the time.

[Do you know how he got into the demon realm?]

“How did he get here? Well, I do remember. How could I forget that moment?”

Meteor.

One day, there was a small meteorite that fell into the demon realm where the old man lived.

It was burning in the middle of the ground where the fragment of the star had fallen.

Blue flame.

From there, the hardships of the demon world began.

“At first, no one knew that he, who was thought to be a small fire demon, would grow into a tyrant who rules over all demons.”

“A meteorite…”

Beru mumbled something to Suho, who pondered the old man’s words.

[Young Master, it seems that the apostle from outer space hid in a meteorite and landed here.]

“Hid in a meteorite?”

[Yes. If it had just flown, it would have been caught and blocked by our Shadow Corps.]

Currently, all the paths through which the forces of outer space entered that universe were thoroughly defended by the Shadow Corps.

However, it is impossible to monitor each and every one of those many meteorites.

[If it was too strong, it would be easy for us to find out. However, after dealing with it, it seems that the mad-blooded tyrant is so small that he was able to hide without being caught.]

“Small?”

The old man couldn’t help but be taken aback by Beru’s words.

Who would dare to evaluate the fearsome tyrant king as a small one?

However, since Suho, who actually killed the tyrant king with even greater power, was in front of him, there was no way to refute that statement.

“Haha. That’s… really incredible.”

The old man just laughed.

“Beru.”

[Yep.]

Suho looked at Beru and asked.

“What is the probability that there are still other Itarim apostles around here?”

[I’m still expanding my senses, but I can’t feel anything around here right now.]

“Hmm. Alright. Should I visit the place where the meteorite fell?”

Suho who was lost in thought for a while.

He finally found traces of Itharim for the first time.

“Old man, could you please guide me to where the meteorite fell?”

“For sure.”

* * *

Suho arrived at the place where the meteorite fell.

[Young Master, this is definitely the place. There is a lot of Itharim’s energy in this area.]

“Hmm.”

Suho looked around.

Indeed, a meteorite fell, and the place had a huge crater dug wide.

Beru continued to flick his antennae and searched for signs around. He quickly returned to Suho and reported.

[Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be another mad-blooded tyrant hiding.]

“We can just check over there then.”

Suho approached the center of the crater.

There, the ‘a small piece of star’ the old man said, or a huge pile of stones from Suho’s point of view, was buried in the ground.

“I’m going to dig a bit.”

Suho looked around and opened his mouth after confirming that there was no one around.

“Arise.”

Suho’s shadow spread widely, and black steam rose from beneath it.

[Shadow Minotaur Lv.1]

Knight Class

[Shadow Minotaur Lv.1]

Knight Class

Five gigantic cows with solid muscular bodies appeared.

[Mooooo-!]

[Mooooo!]

The Shadow Minotaurs howled ferociously.

With a single order from Suho, it seemed as if the enemy would be crushed and torn to shreds at any moment.

Suho nodded and pointed at the meteorite.

“What are you doing? Dig.”

[… Mooo.]

The minotaurs crouched down and began digging with their muscular arms.

Little by little, the meteorite that had been buried became visible.

[Master! I found something!]

Quietly controlling the Minotaurs in perfect order, Quay urgently called for Suho.

[Here! There is a hidden space!]

“… Hmm?”

When Suho saw what Quay had found, his eyes flashed.

There was an artificial hole in the side of the meteorite that looked like a pile of stones.

‘Since he came hidden, could there be an entrance to some kind of spaceship?’

With force, he widened the hole a little more and looked inside…

[Ehh?]

Inside was a pattern that was covered with blue flames.

[It seems liike a shamanic circle made with the energy of Itharim.]

Beru muttered, squinting his eyes.

“Shaman? Do you know what kind of magic it is?”

[Hmm. Apparently, this is a high-level magic that increases the durability of the meteorite and expands the secret subspace within it…]

“What is so grand about it? It’s just some sort of storage though.”

[…]

Chapter 104

“Do you even know how to open this warehouse?”

At Suho’s question, Ver nodded coldly.

[At least this much of the shaman’s staff can only be torn apart by force.]

Then, Berga flew to the shaman’s staff and nicked the blue flames of the shaman’s staff with his fingernails.

Pussuk.

At that moment, the flames of the shaman’s camp faded and the hidden space beyond opened its mouth.

“It is open.”

Suho immediately prepared for battle with two Volcan horns in both hands.

I didn’t know what would come out of this.

Unfortunately, however, the one waiting inside was not an enemy.

rather the opposite.

[Obtained ‘Item: Devil’s Essence’.]

“Essence of the Devil?”

Suho picked up a ball the size of a fist with a puzzled expression.

[Item: Devil’s Essence]

Difficulty to obtain: ??

Type: Jewel

This is a sealing sphere where countless demonic souls are sealed.

Breaking it can free the demons.

While checking the item information, the horn of the Volcan held in the other hand vibrated.

As if it’s sad that you’re full.

Suho also licked his lips as if it was a waste.

“It’s really too bad. If I had discovered this sooner, I would have been able to strengthen Volkan’s horns more easily.”

After Volkan’s quest was over, the demon’s soul was no longer of any value to Suho.

“I’ll take it to Esil and ask him.”

Suho put the devil’s essence in his inventory.

The demonic essence was not the end of the items in Itarim’s warehouse.

[Your little lord, you found something important.]

Ver, who was rummaging through the warehouse just in time, found something and brought it back.

[‘Item: Itarim’s Slate’ has been obtained.]

[Item: Itarim’s Slate]

Difficulty to obtain: ??

Type: Stone Slate

A stone tablet with the language of Itarim engraved on it.

A special spell is cast.

Vera pretended to know.

[I know what this spell is. During the war, I clearly saw that Itarim’s troops used this to communicate with each other.]

“Communicating with stone tablets?”

[yes. The problem is that two of them are a pair, but seeing that there is only one here…]

“The other one must be holding the other one. Like the one who sent the mad tyrant this way.”

[There is a very high probability of that.]

Suho stared at the stone slab of Itarim and thought about how to use it, but nothing came of it.

“Once you have this, there will be a day when you will use it. That side will contact you first.”

Suho put Itarim’s slate into his inventory.

“Looks like I have nothing more to gain.”

I wondered if the mad tyrant had used this meteorite as a secret base for storing the demonic souls he had collected or contacting other apostles.

“Let’s go back now.”

* * *

“Where did you get this?!”

As soon as Eshil saw the ‘Essence of the Devil’ Suho handed him, he was astonished.

“Come and pick it up. Do you need it by any chance?”

“I can feel the souls of a great number of demons in here! Could this be something from a mad blooded tyrant?”

Suho nodded at Eshil’s quick-witted words.

“It seemed so. If you break this, the demon spirits will be released. Do you know what will happen if you release them?”

“It is literally free. Demons don’t die even if only their spiritual bodies remain. While floating nearby, you will be possessed by an irrational creature or demon beast and reborn as a new demon.”

“If I kill it then, level up?”

“No, your brain is salted from leveling up…”

Eshil shook her head and sighed as if she couldn’t stop it at Suho’s words.

“The newly born demons are so weak that they won’t even help you level up. Rather, it would be much more helpful to recruit them as my own people and use them to rebuild this land.”

“okay? Then you have to break it right away.”

shit.

Suho immediately broke the demon’s essence.

Then, the spirit bodies of countless demons began to come out like fireworks.

Wow!

Kihehehe –

Kyaaaaaaaaa!

Along with him, the dreary laughter was heard from all directions.

Numerous specters trapped in the demon’s essence spewed out evil energy while spinning around Suho and Esil.

And in order to find the delicious body in front of you and possess it, your mouth drools with sinister eyes…

[Kiii…?]

But they were quite quick-witted.

All of a sudden, the owner of the body closest to them was Esyl, a demon aristocrat, and they sneaked back, aiming for a more easy-going opponent.

That’s Suho.

Because he was only human.

[…]

But the moment they saw Suho, they realized it.

Because he was in a spiritual state, he had no choice but to know.

Being human was just a shell.

In the shadow of Suho, a deep and gigantic abyss spread far and wide like an abyss.

[Hii Interest!]

The ghosts were much more surprised and began to run away than they found Essil.

If you go in there, you will die!

They were not just going to die, but a fear that even their souls would be eaten!

“Why are they like that?”

“don’t mind. Now I’m going to find little things that I can understand and possess.”

“Hmm. Are demons born that way?”

“that’s right. Even if we die, as long as our souls remain, we can always possess another body and be reborn. That is the essence of spiritualization.”

The things that Eshil had been possessed by the sword of protection were part of that ability.

“The devil never dies. only to be reborn But the moment you get a new body, most of your previous memories disappear, so you can just say that you die.”

Eshil muttered as she watched the demonic souls scattering away.

“They are probably the demons who fought against the mad tyrant. If they had been sealed separately, they would have been coveted souls even from the point of view of a mad blooded tyrant. If they get a body and are reborn as demons, they will be of great help to us.”

It was a pleasant sound to hear.

* * *

After that, Eshil worked hard to unite all the demons of the land around the Colosseum.

Slaves who dug ore for war got their freedom overnight.

However, it was only the ruler who changed, but their daily lives did not change significantly.

“The gods from outer space are attacking?”

“The mad tyrant was also a pawn of the foreign press.”

“Somehow I thought it wasn’t an ordinary devil.”

“Then what about us now?”

“Is there anything wrong? If enemies come in, just fight back and that’s it.”

“Then you will need a weapon.”

Then, without question, the demons started picking up their pickaxes again.

And even though he was not whipped by the demon guards, he began digging ore with his own will.

That action was not because of Eshil’s orders.

In the first place, demons were not a race that feared battle.

Rather, they were not the ones who enjoyed fighting strong opponents and regretted it even if they were weak and were eaten.

The reason for this was the belief that even if one dies, he or she becomes a ghost and is born anew.

However, even for them, the existence of a mad blooded tyrant was too frightening.

The mad-blooded tyrant was a terrible guy who burned even the souls of demons with blue flames and took away their entire bodies.

“I can’t be bothered by the tyrant king again!”

“Khehehe. It’s a war! War!”

“Let’s prepare for war!”

“For Ladir!”

“For Essil Ladir!”

blood.

A demon aristocrat, Eshil, only appeared, but the demons began to unite around Eshil.

As much as that, the existence of pure blood had great value to the demons.

Suho, who was watching these scenes, was curious and asked Ber.

“What is pure blood, why are they so actively obeying? Maybe that’s what I think?”

Vera nodded.

[you’re right. Only purebloods deserve to be demon lords. After all, they want Eshil to become the new monarch one day. Only with a monarch can the demon realm, which has been torn into pieces like now, merge into one world again.]

When Suho first met Esil, Esil was clearly being chased by demons.

But in the end, the demons just wanted to eat her and become a demon noble themselves.

Furthermore, it must have been his will to rebuild the demon realm by gaining the qualifications to become a demon lord himself.

“This is all thanks to you, Suho.”

Esil thanked Suho.

“I still haven’t regained my original strength. Even right now, if those demons attack all at once, it is certain that they will be eaten helplessly. But it’s thanks to you that no one dares to think like that now.”

All the demons in the Colosseum watched Suho defeat the mad tyrant with overwhelming power from start to finish.

As long as the very existence of the guardian protected Eshil Ladir, no demons would dare to challenge the Ladir family.

But peace never came.

The reason why the demons themselves are preparing for war now is because of the fear that a new rabid tyrant might appear with a meteorite at any time.

In order to do that…

“First of all, I have to regain my original strength.”

“With bloodstone?”

“huh. Now that I’m the owner of this land, I’m going to pick up some bloodstone from the lower demons and eat it. It’s called a ‘tribute’.”

There were many uses of bloodstone, but the biggest one was for demon nobles to continuously absorb the blood of lower demons to maintain their power.

“But if you drink too much blood at once, all of your subordinates will die and the number will gradually decrease. So, the point is to continuously suck up metallurgy metallurgy. Now like this.”

Eshil spread her hands wide toward the demons who had come to follow her.

OK.

Whoops!

“…!”

A bit of blood was drawn from the demons’ bodies and formed into small beads.

Wow!

It was truly spectacular to see dozens and hundreds of those black marbles flying towards Esyl and being absorbed.

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” Suho,

who was watching Esil accepting the power with an ecstatic expression, could notice that the energy he felt from Esil had gotten a little stronger.

“Did you see it? It’s like this. Now, it’s just a matter of time before I get back to my original strength. But it’s not like I can pick and eat bloodstone every day, so I have nothing else to do right now?”

Even if he came to rule the demons, he left the little things to the demon attendants anyway.

Even the old devil, who was Volkan’s servant, had less work when Eshil took it as his servant.

Realizing what Eshil was trying to say, Suho smiled and held out his hand.

“Good. Then, for the time being, I’ll work hard again as a member of my guild.”

“Yes, guild leader. Will you take good care of your salary? Even if I look like this, I am a noble in my hometown, so the ransom is a bit high.”

Esil smiled brightly and held Suho’s hand.

“Let’s go back now. to Earth.”

Chapter 105

Around that time.

There was someone forgotten by everyone.

“Su Su-ho….”

Lim Do-gyun was dying.

“Save me…”

Lim Do-gyun crawls on the floor with a white bandage wrapped around his body.

The sight of him shaking his hands and desperately trying to get out of this hellish place was truly devastating.

Suho, who witnessed this, closed his eyes tightly and turned his head away.

“I’m sorry bro.”

…tuk.

In the end, Lim Do-gyun’s hand, which had been shaking, fell helplessly to the floor.

but.

[Wake up.]

Excited.

Ammut’s gigantic hand lifted his rag-wrapped body with ease.

[There are still three laps left.]

“Ahhh…!”

Lim Do-gyun, who was caught in his grip, struggled with both arms like a broken doll.

But against his will, Ammut forced his body to the ground and ordered it sternly and solemnly.

[If you have time to lick your mouth, run.]

“Ammut! please…! No more!”

[It is.]

“No really! My leg is broken…!”

[Trick your brain. If you think your legs aren’t broken, you can run.]

“Can you do it! You crazy crocodile!”

[…]

“No sir. It was just bullshit. I must have been dreaming for a moment.”

[Khehehe. It looks good. Your eyes are alive. Could you increase the gravity? Gravity doubled.]

Gooh!

When Ammut snapped his finger, the heavy gravity field pressed down on Lim Do-gyun’s body.

Dudeuk!

“Kwaaaak…!”

The already broken leg bones cracked again.

Unfortunately, however, the ‘Item: Mummy’s Bandage’ wrapped around his body was forcibly holding his broken body.

Thanks to that, Lim Do-kyun was able to run as much as he wanted even with a broken leg, which was nothing to be thankful for.

“Hehehe. I don’t like it… Why are you moving again…”

His eyes were loose and his saliva was dripping, but Im Do-gyun felt grateful and cursed that he was still alive.

As Ammut pushed his back with the gravitational field, Lim Do-gyun eventually trudged and started running again.

The past few days when Suho went to the devil world.

Lim Do-gyun was staying for a while in the pyramid of Ammut.

The situation outside was too dangerous, so Suho temporarily evacuated him here.

But here… an even more terrible hell awaited him.

Right in front of my eyes, a huge muscular crocodile man was licking his lips at Lim Do-gyun.

And the reason Ammut licked his lips was never to eat him.

Ammut was very fond of such frail and worthless things as he was.

[scent. Yogo yogo… keuhuh.]

My mouth watered.

The chef’s mind as if he had just discovered fresh ingredients.

Ammut was thrilled just thinking about how to train this weak human scum to spread rumors that he raised him well.

In particular, as Suho experienced, the gravitational field in this pyramid became heavier or lighter depending on Ammut’s will.

If you use this system well, you should be able to train it to the limit by squeezing that skinny, wretched body to its maximum.

And…

No matter how much Lim Do-kyun refused, he had no right to veto.

Because no one who stepped into this pyramid escaped safely from Ammut’s clutches.

“Quaaaaagh!”

The desperate screams of Lim Do-gyun resonated throughout the pyramid, but even that was only pleasing to Ammut.

[Hehe. good good good I still have a lot of energy.]

“Oh no… wait a minute…?”

[Adds one more round.]

“…!”

There were gazes standing and watching Lim Do-gyun from afar.

[Corrupted mummies]

They are countless seniors who died while receiving rigid body training from Ammut until they were killed a long time ago.

Even after death, they were workers who were forever trapped in this pyramid and were holding Ammit’s help.

“Geuuu…”

Originally, the dead don’t talk.

The mummies stared blankly at Lim Do-gyun with empty pupils, then turned their heads bitterly.

[Khehehe. Don’t worry too much. I’ve learned how to train just enough to not die anymore.]

“It seems like that, but.”

Suho was very sorry and bought a healing potion at the store.

And when the potion was poured into Lim Do-gyun’s mouth, who had become a super-dead sword, his pupils, which had disappeared from focus, slowly began to regain strength.

“Ah… are you an angel…? The power is coming back. Can I live?”

I didn’t even have the spirit to wonder how Suho had this ability.

“Suho, thank you…”

[Ho-oh. The power has returned?]

“Now wait a minute. No no… Really no…”

At that moment, Lim Do-kyun looked at Su-ho with a desperate expression as Ammut lit up his eyes as if he had waited.

Suho met his eyes and nodded silently.

“If you haven’t completed 10km yet, you should run.”

“You traitor!”

training resumed.

It was a little sorry for Lim Do-gyun, but Ammut’s training would definitely help him.

‘Even if you can’t level up like me, it’s a good thing to do strength training to the limit.’

In fact, this was no different from Lim Do-gyun.

It was impossible for ordinary hunters to grow through leveling up like Suho.

However, that meant that it was impossible to grow the awakened ability, and everyone was doing mock combat training on how to use strength exercises and skills in battle.

That was the reason Hunters wanted to join a large guild in the first place.

It was because the large guilds were systematically assisting the hunters’ training by recruiting coaches who had trained national level athletes at high cost.

In that sense, Ammut’s rigid body training was actually a very good training method, even if it was very violent.

In particular, if the ‘Mummy’s Bandage’ and ‘Healing Potion’, which forcefully move the body even when bones are broken and muscles are torn, were able to transform the human body to the limit.

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!”

Of course, I had to endure that much pain myself.

[Rather than that, he is a disciple. Did the affairs of the demon realm go well?]

Just then, Ammut looked back at Suho and asked how he was doing.

Of course, I wouldn’t ask out of curiosity.

Suho intuitively realized what words would come out next.

[If it’s all over, let’s start chi training today.]

“…Just pretend to listen to the answer.”

Because this gym is so awful.

Suho shook his head and stood next to Lim Do-gyun himself.

[Gravity tripled.]

“…!”

Start daily quest.

* * *

Meanwhile, while Suho is on his way back to the Devil World.

The outside world was noisy as well.

“what?! Are you saying our Suho still hasn’t returned from the dungeon!”

Jinho Yoo.

Suho’s uncle and CEO of Ajinsoft couldn’t help but be surprised when he received the news that Suho, who had been attacking the dungeon, had not been heard from for several days.

The secretary who relayed the fact to Yoo Jin-ho also had a serious expression.

Because there were still more important facts left.

“yes. Of course, it’s common for hunters to stay in dungeons for a long time, but this time it’s not trivial. It is said that after Seongsuho Hunter entered the Pyeongtaek Dungeon, the Hunters of the Hyeonmu Guild followed suit.”

“Hyeonmu Guild?!”

Yoo Jin-ho couldn’t help but feel bad about the familiar name.

“Couldn’t it be that there is a name called ‘Lee Young-ho’ among the hunters who followed him?”

“…That’s right, CEO. Hyunmu Guild’s Manager Lee Yeong-ho said that he who recently had a conflict with us brought his subordinates to the Pyeongtaek Guild…” ”

Damn it!”

Jump!

Yoo Jin-ho couldn’t help but stand up and pick up the phone.

“I will hire mercenaries right away and go in to rescue Suho! Also, contact the Hyunmu Guild and ask where Manager Lee Young-ho is now!”

“yes! All right!”

Yoo Jin-ho was furious with the fact that Suho could be in danger.

‘It’s my fault! I could never have thought that Manager Lee Yeong-ho would take his anger out on Su-ho for what went wrong this time!’

It was a mistake that no one thought that even the hunters would cross the line this far.

However, if you look closely, it has only been two years since the profession of Hunter was created in this world.

No matter how diligently the Hunter Association made the Hunter Act and set their guidelines for action, it was unreasonable to correct the appearance of the rampaging gangsters who suddenly had supernatural powers.

‘I forgot for a moment that there is a difference between Hunter and Villain in the end!’

Intoxicated with superhuman strength, there were countless hunters who evaded the law and fulfilled their desires.

Bondi humans are greedy and selfish animals.

Even before the cataclysm, isn’t it human nature to commit all sorts of evil deeds if you have a lot of money?

“CEO! I have contacted the Hyunmu Guild! By the way…”

Just in time, the secretary delivered new news to Yoo Jin-ho.

“Hyunmu Guild Manager Lee Yeong-ho also entered the dungeon and lost contact for several days.”

“what?”

It was Yoo Jin-ho who felt something strange at those words.

According to the information, the 3rd dungeon in Pyeongtaek where Suho entered was not a very difficult place.

In the first place, wasn’t it a place where I was going to stop by lightly to build a career to create a guild of guardians?

In such a place, the Hyeonmu Guild, which was said to have followed immediately after the Witchbeasts, must have been a much more dangerous existence.

If Suho’s attacking party had clashed with them, it would have been time to finish the match by now.

“Connect with the Hyunmu Guild right away. I will call you directly.”

Yoo Jin-ho took over the phone with a scary expression.

The secretary, who watched the sudden momentum from the side, got goosebumps.

‘It’s been a while since the CEO has been so angry…’

The secretary who had been aiding him for a long time remembered exactly when the moment he showed himself like this.

Just a few years ago, when Seong Soo-ho’s parents suddenly went missing.

Even then, Yoo Jin-ho was extremely angry and his eyes were turned upside down.

And Yoo Jin-ho at a time like this…

‘No one can stop him.’

chuck.

Just then, the phone that Jinho Yu was holding connected to the Hyunmu Guild.