Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 122
Chain Throne (1)
Charrrrr….
Ominous metal friction sound. The fishy smell of iron filled the air.
The chains that covered the ground and wrapped around the trees took on a dull, gloomy color.
Sienna sighed softly. My breath turned white.
‘This is what happened in the end.’
A scene from the Hell Chain Throne of Calchas.
Was it the first shadow of hell I had seen in a while?
‘It’s the first time since the winter I turned ten.’
Sienna looked back on memories from a long time ago.
As three years passed by on her own, she found it increasingly difficult to control her witch powers.
The witch’s power was revealed without fail even with light spells. Sometimes, even the slightest emotion would make me explode.
If he continued like this, he might be discovered by the Geumgang Palace’s political opponents.
Deciding that, she had to make an extreme choice.
‘The power of the devil was the only answer.’
The witch’s power, which has been around for thousands of years, could not be suppressed with clumsy spells.
However, if you visit the temple, it is like putting your head in the hands of the Diamond Palace.
Going to a low street warlock was the best choice for her at the time.
‘Wow! ‘What are you doing, little boy!’
‘Shut up and summon the devil. Even if it’s difficult to summon, you can at least convey your intention to sign a contract, right?’
He subdued the warlock with the power of a witch and threatened him into arbitrating a contract with the devil.
Calchas of the Chain Throne responded despite the insufficient offerings.
Although he didn’t know it at the time, Calchas had already been keeping an eye on the witches’ power for a long time.
After sealing the witch’s power with the power of the Chain Throne, I thought there was nothing to worry about.
Until just last winter.
‘The cataclysm is coming.’
Was it about a year ago?
The situation on the continent was becoming increasingly unstable by the minute.
As monsters began to rampage, quiet war clouds spread across the continent.
In the north, barbarians possessed by evil spirits pressured the Tsardom.
The southern empire was taking advantage of the chaos to eat away at the lands of the surrounding small countries.
News of the civil war between the Holy Knights included stories of the True Dragon of the Rift being hunted, and there was even a rumor going around in the east that for the first time in two hundred years, elves were bringing warships instead of merchant ships.
In the span of a year, the future of the continent has become unpredictable.
It is said that a precarious balance is still maintained, but how long will that last?
‘…5 years at most. Maybe it’s even less than that.’
The quiet life in the back alley information shop is over. It was a time when one had to increase one’s personal strength in order to survive.
So she came down to the labyrinth at the request of the Tsar.
In order to regain the power of the bloodline that had been sealed away for a long time, even if it meant negotiating with the devil.
Food!
Expanding magical power. The sound of wings flapping comes from between them.
The curse of Calchas’ power and binding chains that had been weighing down the body and soul was broken in the vortex of magical power.
Inside her black eyes, the image of thousands of vaguely fluttering feathers and cold chains targeting them appeared.
Sienna shouted as she lightly lowered the raised hand blade.
“Reveal yourself, Calchas!”
Suaaaa!
The jungle splits with a light gesture.
Kwajajajajajajag!
Ground that crumbles like tofu. The trees of hell crumble like burnt-out logs.
The hundreds of chains that covered it also turned into countless pieces of scrap metal and flew in all directions.
The power of a witch awakened after ten years.
The shadow of hell, where the devil descends to test challengers, crumbles like a rag before its power.
Tsuaaaa….
The scene of hell is being lifted. The huge cavity where the magic circle lost its light reappeared before my eyes.
‘Other people must be languishing in the shadow of this hell. Will Dallen… be able to overcome it?’
Suddenly, a thought of a warrior’s safety flashed through her mind, but Sienna immediately shook her head.
It was right to focus on your own fight now.
The original plan of negotiating through a magic circle or dealing with an incarnation at best had already gone awry.
A situation where you have to unexpectedly confront the true form of the devil.
A moment of inattention could immediately lead to death.
While I was strengthening my resolve, all the shadows of hell were erased.
Charrrrr….
The devil appeared.
[Hoo. Were you noticing my gaze? And he was the fastest of them all. I thought the warrior Enaxagus was watching was the first one.]
Squeak.
One step. The sound of chains echoes with every step.
Charrrrrrrrr….
One more step. From under my feet as I touched the ground, chain strands grew in a heap like vines.
With the chain curtain removed, Calchas took the form of a gigantic shaman covered in robes.
Height and size are well over ten meters.
The energy of frost flowing out from under a robe made of thin and thick chains.
[Anyway, using that power was a pretty bold move. No, I’ll say it again. [It would be as foolish a choice as it is bold.]
The devil’s blue eyes were shining from inside the hood made of thin and thick chains.
[Have you forgotten the contents of the contract fifteen years ago? An oath that you can break the oath of sealing once and use the power of a witch according to your will, but that in return you must sacrifice your very existence to me?] The
devil relished his appetite. A pale tongue was sticking out from inside the chapped lips.
Sienna looked as indifferent as possible. She took out a small wooden doll from her arms.
A doll covered in crow feathers and tied tightly with a thin chain.
It was a token of a contract that had bound her for fifteen years.
“It was clearly stated in our contract. “If you directly harm me, the contract will be canceled and my power will become completely mine.”
Magical light glows in the black eyes. She poured magical energy into the hand holding the doll.
“The moment your curse touched me, our contract was broken, Calchas. “My power is mine now.”
Kwasik!
A doll that breaks as soon as it is declared.
In the contract of transcendent beings, the loss of legitimate declarations and tokens means the end of the contract.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Dozens of Sienna’s intangible chains stretched out and returned to their owner, losing their binding force.
The large shaman stretched out his hand and retrieved the remnants of the contract. The guy slowly lowered his smirking lips.
[…You used your brain well, witch. Well, you were smart even when you were young. He was so clever and outstanding that I wanted to make him my subordinate, intact and intact.]
“Awaken from your dream. If you want to do business with me, you’ll have to think carefully. To the point where I am fooled by your shallow tactics…”
[But.]
Kuung.
The broken crystal ball staff hit the ground. Thousands of new chains stretched out.
A chain of waves running from the floor of the cavity to the ceiling.
Like a trap built by a giant spider to capture its prey, the chain net tightly covered the cavity with no gaps left.
[Now that the end of the world is not far away, my thoughts have changed a bit. If the soul does not perish, Enaxagus will somehow take it to the cauldron and save it.]
The devil raised the corner of his mouth that had been lowered again. The guy said.
[Hold on as long as you can with your newly regained strength, Witch of Feathers.]
***
‘I guess I can hold out for a while.’
Dallon thought as he walked slowly through the jungle filled with the smell of iron.
The second phase of Calchas unfolds as the shadow of hell, where it resides, descends.
In the vast shadow of Hell.
The standard strategy for Phase 2 is to have everyone disperse and pass the hellish test given to each of them.
And it’s not the first time that Sienna has been used as a companion in a boss fight.
In the first place, in order for her to stand out in earnest in the mid to late stages, it was necessary to regain the witch’s power that had been sealed by the contract with Calchas.
And if Sienna is in the party, Calkas will only target her in Phase 2.
Anyone who had coveted the power of a witch for a long time had good reason to do so.
‘But I won’t just suffer.’
High level devil.
An enemy so powerful that it cannot be compared to the demon Golacap who stole the Holy Sword a long time ago.
The power of the bloodline passed down from the original witch was strong enough to predict the odds of victory even against such a devil.
Of course, it is unlikely that Sienna, who has just regained her strength, will be able to fully use the abilities of her bloodline.
Nevertheless, the reason there is even a slight chance of victory is because Calchas is one of the weakest among high-level demons.
‘There’s a reason why I can’t show even half of my original strength as I’m farther away from the throne.’
In a fight, the home ground is usually the most advantageous.
Since he had been summoned from the throne to the lower levels of the labyrinth close to the ground, it was natural that his power would be limited.
‘The problem is that you can’t kill it because of it.’
Unlike wanderers like Golacap, demons who have their own hell can only be completely killed by eventually attacking that hell.
Of course, this is still in the distant future.
Dealing with the devil’s body right now would be unthinkable at this point in the original game.
Well done.
While walking along the messy chains on the floor, Dallon stopped when he saw a tree in front of him.
A hell tree whose bark is as black as burnt charcoal and covered with dense thorns.
There was a small mark engraved on the bark of the tree.
A mark that only he can engrave and only he can recognize.
[Where I came from]
When Dallen saw the three letters written in Korean, he scratched his head instead of his chin for the first time in a long time. And said.
“You’re lost.”
***
Getting lost was a good sign.
Calchas of the Chain Throne.
The second phase of the boss fight against the monster’s summoned main body was divided into three categories.
‘Test of Destruction, Test of Patience, and Test of Spell’
All three categories looked the same on the outside.
The place of all tests is the Hellwood Jungle, covered with cold chains. Because it was a shadow modeled after the hell where Calchas resides.
‘But even if they are similar shadows of hell, the laws of destruction are different.’
The test of destruction requires turning the surrounding area upside down with a single blow.
The test of patience required enduring over a certain period of time against hundreds of Calchas’ hounds.
And the test of spells is to find an exit in the jungle, which has become a maze itself, using excellent magic sensitivity.
Dallen was convinced and smiled.
‘This is a test of spells.’
Even his sensitive senses were helplessly lost.
It was not a simple illusion or hallucination, but something that happened when the laws of the world themselves were twisted.
There was one more crucial clue.
He is a subordinate of Enaxagus, the evil god known for being the most cunning.
Each test presented by the Hell of Calchas was determined based on the challenger’s lowest ability.
‘If your strength and agility were low, it was a test of destruction. If your stamina and senses were low, it was a test of endurance.’
Dallen opened a status window.
――――――――
Name: Dallon
Level: 22
[Strength: 34] [Skill: 30] [Stamina: 31]
[Sense: 27] [Intelligence: 28] [Magic Power: 29]
Skill: Dehaman’s Armor Fighting (D) Night Vision (E) Leaping (E) Flame Arrow (D) Lapanthella’s Crushing Blade (C) Hegaleus’ Rain of Flame (C) Lightning Bolt (D) Signet of the Curse (D) Rere Dao’s Secret Sword (B) Ember of Sanctification (C) Dark Red Dragon’s Blood (A) Key to Hell Gate (C)
――――――――
The total of physical strength and senses is 58.
Intelligence and magic power are 57 in total. .
This figure is narrowly low by only 1 difference. Of course, this was no coincidence.
‘I thought I could come here in the second phase if my intelligence and magic levels were even a little lower. 1 I’ve never experienced the difference, so I was wondering if it was possible. Thank goodness.’
After learning that we were dealing with the main body of Calchas.
Dallen saved the abilities he gained by catching up with the swamp spirits and leveling up without investing them.
The reason I went this far and came here was simple.
This was because two of the most needed items in the mid-game could be recovered from corpses somewhere here.
“Whoa.”
He sighed briefly and invested the remaining abilities he had saved into magical power.
With this, his magic power level is 30.
Before long, magic light flashes from his black eyes.
………….
Things that were previously unseen and unheard began to enter my eyes and ears.
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