Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 36
Devil’s Holy Sword (8)
Doo doo doo!
Lucia gritted her teeth. His head was shaking of its own accord and his pelvis was rising and falling as if it was going to bounce at any moment.
The riding comfort of the Carapace Wolf could not be said to be good, even with empty words.
This monster, whose eyes had turned back after being injured, was running towards his house with all the strength it had.
‘Ugh…I feel like I’m going to throw up.’
And Lucia gets motion sick easily even while riding a trained warhorse.
Even though he borrowed the power of the sacred tattoo, the four hours he spent on the saddle of the carapace wolf were not short at all.
“We’re almost there. Look over there.”
A low, deep voice coming from behind me. Lucia raised his head.
Dallen extended his hand over her shoulder and pointed towards the top of a hill not far away.
A fence built on a hill and gnoll guards standing guard on top of it.
It was the largest gnoll residence on the first floor of the labyrinth, where as many as 2,000 gnolls were said to reside.
Awww!
Is it because of the fact that we’re all home?
The shell wolf howls for a long time and begins to speed up.
Doo doo doo doo!
The bastard, drained of all his blood, mustered the last of his strength and ran towards the gate.
“Ugh!”
Lucia frowned. The sacred tattoo that enhanced the sensation on the back of her neck radiated light once again.
As the wind gently brushed her face, her tattoo-enhanced vision read the expressions of the guards on the wooden fence.
Ureung…?
Mouth slightly open. Wide-open yellow eyes.
Everyone looks like they don’t understand.
It was natural for the gnolls to be embarrassed.
It’s like a wounded hunting dog is returning home, and two prey suddenly jump on top of it.
Doo doo doo!
And while the guards were confused, the carapace wolf, whose eyes had turned back, was already crashing into the wooden fence door.
Ujijik! Wajikkeun!
A skull as strong as if it were wearing steel armor, with the speed of a running warhorse.
The wooden gate, built by the gnoll’s crude dexterity, shattered and flew away as soon as it was hit by that ignorant charge.
Wow! Wow!
In the midst of the shattered remains of the gate and the clouds of dust. The shell wolf screams and slips on the ground.
“Ugh, fuck you….”
Lucia staggered down from the saddle.
Even though she was nauseous, she picked up her shield and sword with familiar movements.
The power of the sacred tattoo quickly restores your sense of balance.
Lucia slowly looked around her surroundings in a hazy cloud of dust.
She took slow, deep breaths, as she had been trained to do, calming her ragged breathing and heartbeat.
“Whoa……”
She couldn’t relax. This is the middle of enemy territory.
It is also the residence of the Gnoll race, who are extremely clever hunters.
The Gnoll race is one of the monsters that the Holy Knights of the Rift mainly fight.
As such, Lucia knew very well what kind of race they were.
Each individual is of a similar level to a silver-plated mercenary who fights well and is of lesser stature among the lowest-level monsters.
The moment they gather in a group, they demonstrate a high degree of strategy and cooperation, demonstrating strength beyond numbers.
They even lack fear the moment they become overworked, so they rush at them like a pack of dogs without even blinking, even when half the unit is dying.
‘They said there were only two ways to make the gnoll race retreat.’
She slowly reviewed what she had learned in her teaching and training.
The first is to inflict damage that is literally close to annihilation to the entire group.
If that was impossible, the second option was to cut off the collar of the warrior commander who served as the leader of the men.
Jerk.
At that time, a large shadow approached Lucia’s side. It was Dallon.
“Are you okay?”
“yes. But I’m worried from now on. “We need to get out as quickly as possible before they come to their senses.”
The dust cloud had not yet subsided, and the gnoll guards seemed not to have fully grasped the situation.
The goal was to quickly travel long distances using the carapace wolf, and that goal has already been achieved.
In the process, you unexpectedly end up in the middle of a residence, but from now on, all you have to do is escape safely.
That’s why she couldn’t understand the words that came out of Dallen’s mouth.
“Where do you mean we’re going to escape?”
Dallen drew his sword. He patted Lucia on the shoulder and said, leaving her dust cloud first.
“Follow me carefully, Holy Knight.”
“Now wait!”
The embarrassed hand did not reach him. Lucia hurriedly followed him out of the cloud of dust.
And I could see it.
puck! Suddenly!
The sight of the shield breaking the head of the helmeted gnoll and the sword flashing and splitting its large body lengthwise.
“Go for it!” “You bastards!”
Dallen ran through the center of the settlement and literally began slaughtering the gnolls.
***
Blood splatters from front, back, left and right. Dallen kept playing with his hands with an indifferent expression.
He uses his shield to hit the guy who sticks his teeth in, and cuts the guy who swings his big knife in half with the knife.
Severed limbs and spilled internal organs were lying on the ground.
Along the path he was walking on, a dark red carpet was spread out in the middle of the Gnoll residence.
Of course, the gnolls did not just sit there and suffer.
Just as Dallen had just cut off one of the gnolls’ waists, gnoll archers positioned everywhere started shooting arrows.
Pipiping—
Rain of arrows flying from all directions. And six gnolls attack with a slight delay.
If you dodge or block the arrows, you will be defenseless against the gnolls that attack you right away.
However, if you ignore the arrows and pay attention to the gnolls, you will become a hedgehog in a rain of arrows instead of being torn apart by the gnoll’s teeth.
This is a situation where there is no choice. Dallen’s response was simple.
Seup.
After taking a deep breath, he spun around in place.
Kwaja Jajajak!
The shield in the left hand deflects all arrows. At the same time, the sword in his right hand flashed and drew a large circle of light.
The waists of the six gnolls that rushed at the same time touched the circle and were cut into pieces, scattering their internal organs.
Ureung……!
The gnolls hesitate for a moment. But it was only for a moment.
Arrows are flying from all over again, and gnolls holding up their weapons begin to attack.
Dallen didn’t mind. Shooting down a few arrows wasn’t a big problem for him.
Although his hands were a little busier, the rate at which the gnolls were dying was actually accelerating.
“God of war!”
When I glanced behind me, I saw that Lucia had followed along quite a bit.
The divine tattoo that emits light from all over her body not only gives her superhuman strength and agility.
Undiminished stamina, endless regeneration, keen senses and quick judgment skills.
Assuming you had the ability to handle it, the sacred tattoo was a tool that promised endless power.
And Lucia Castachald, the demon slayer, is a paladin who perfectly masters the sacred tattoo, one of the few paladins of all time.
Even though her talent had not fully blossomed yet, she was able to wield the power of the sacred tattoo better than any official paladin.
Slurp!
The sword, immersed in pure white light, draws long arcs more than ten times in a short period of time.
Dozens of sword strikes cut down all the gnolls approaching within the gap.
Of course, the power contained in each one was not at the level of splitting a body in half with a single blow like Dallon’s.
However, even if the limbs are cut off or the belly skin is split, the gnoll’s breathing is completely cut off.
Even her swordsmanship was getting stronger as the fight continued.
Explosive growth is achieved through proper practical experience of the potential that has been accumulated through long-term training and performance in addition to the innate talent.
‘I guess there’s no need to worry.’
Dallen turned his head again and focused on the fight. The number of gnolls who have already died by his hands is more than three hundred.
By that time, he had killed about a hundred more.
Growling!
The moment he cut off the heads of two gnolls at the same time, the roar of a ferocious animal echoed across the ground.
Grrr…….
The gnolls retreat. Dallen slowly lowered his sword.
The guys who had been running towards me with blood in their eyes just now were slowly backing away, forming a clearing.
“…What is going on?”
Lucia slowly walked to Dallon’s side, breathing heavily.
Dallen glanced at her. Her white armor was covered in gnoll blood and stained dark red.
The divinity tattoo revealed through her armor flickered dimly, almost completely out of light.
“It seems like their leader is angry that his men are dying.”
“If you are the leader of the gnolls… aren’t you a warrior leader?”
“Right. “It looks like you want to have a fight with me, so please take a break.”
Dallen patted her on the back and walked in front of her.
Lucia absentmindedly tried to grab him, but her hands, having used up all her stamina to the bottom, were only fluttering in the air.
I walked about ten steps forward.
Dallen took a slow breath and shouted loudly.
“Come out, you coward! “Wasn’t it like we were going to have a fight!”
His voice echoed throughout the Gnoll residence. Dallen stared at the large tent at the top of the hill.
He waited a moment and then a huge gnoll appeared, lifting the tent entrance.
He is about two heads taller than the other gnolls.
A huge ax spear held tightly in both hands.
[The body of a first-timer to the labyrinth was found.]
[The body of a mature fighter was found.]
Dallen was able to confirm that the game in front of him was exactly what he was aiming for as he watched the notification window pop up above the guy’s head.
‘Nol warrior commander. ‘Barguf, the servant of the evil god.’
Years later.
About a couple of months before the devil holding the holy sword began his activities in earnest, the gnoll army on the first floor of the labyrinth began massacring the explorers.
It is by no means normal for gnoll tribes that have been quietly staying within their own sphere of influence to suddenly unite into an army and attack humans.
The leader of the army that preyed on countless explorers and was targeted for subjugation was a gnoll warrior commander who had been given power by an evil god.
Grrrr.
The gnoll warrior chief, who would become infamous as the evil god’s servant in the future, looked down at Dallan and Lucia with his sharp teeth flashing.
The guy stared at Dallen with murderous eyes and slowly opened his mouth.
And he said.
“who are you.”
What the hell. Does this guy even know how to talk?
***
Dallen tilted his eyebrows.
He knew that in the distant future, he would gain the power of an evil god and be able to speak the language of demons and humans, but it was unexpected that he would be able to speak human language from this point on.
When Dallen did not respond, Lucia, who had been catching her breath behind her, came forward and opened her mouth.
“I am Lucia Castachald, a trainee knight of the Holy Knights who protect the cracks in the continent!”
The giant gnoll glanced at Lucia with its yellow eyes. It was only for a moment.
The bastard immediately turned his gaze back to Dallen and asked again.
“Who are you,” he asked. A warrior who invades my territory and slaughters my people. “You’re not even a paladin who can’t catch us, so why did you come all this way?”
“Do you need a reason to come here to catch the bastard who eats people?”
Dallen said with a grin. The gnoll commander was lost in thought for a moment. Finally, the guy opened his mouth.
“Do wolves need a reason to catch prey? And we only hunted humans who invaded our territory. “Our scouting party does not go anywhere other than the designated route, so you must have had a way to avoid it.”
“Anyway, you ate it, you bastard.”
A growl escaped from between the gnoll warrior general’s teeth. Lucia could sense that he was suppressing an uncomfortable feeling.
Dallen put his sword on the ground and adjusted his belt.
“And from what you’re saying, it looks like you’ve already made a contract with an evil spirit. Don’t you have to sacrifice about ten human hearts to it?”
“…I don’t know how you know that. “What on earth are you talking about?”
“I can see you’re embarrassed, dude.”
His hand, which was adjusting his belt, naturally pulls out an axe. Dallen threw the ax at the guy without hesitation.
Parallaerack-
An underground world where the sun never rises. An ax blade flashes and flies in the hazy starlight.
Even Lucia, whose senses were enhanced by the sacred tattoo, could only perceive the hatchet as a pale shadow.
Whoa!
Surprisingly, the ax spear swung by the gnoll warrior bounced back and landed on the ground next to the tent.
“…what. “What is human power?”
The warrior commander muttered. Its yellow eyes were almost as big as eggs.
Dallen clicked his tongue and drew his sword. The monsters in the labyrinth were definitely of a higher level than the enemies on the ground.
Kwaaaaang!
His toes kicked the ground as if they were exploding, closing the distance in an instant.
“Enaxa—!”
A dark green aura began to appear in the eyes of the gnoll warrior commander who was chanting the evil god’s name.
and.
Damn it!
The arms of the gnoll warrior and Dallon blurred at the same time, and countless explosions rang out in front of the tent.
Devil’s Holy Sword (9) – This is the last free round.
The ax spear falls like a guillotine. Dallen’s sword struck the side of the ax blade.
Jang!
The blade of the ax, which had lost its hit point, cut through the air, and Dallon cut off the head of the Noll warrior with the edge of his shield.
Ugh!
The gnoll warrior leader opened his eyes wide as if he was embarrassed. Nevertheless, he handled it skillfully.
An action of pulling the stray ax blade towards the body and throwing out the end of the handle with a metal weight.
The tip of the handle collided with Dallon’s shield, making a loud noise.
Grrr!
A 3-meter tall figure that took two steps backwards and staggered.
The gnoll warrior leader quickly regained his balance and raised his ax and spear again.
Meanwhile, Dallon only took half a step back.
When the warrior leader struck the axe once again, he easily turned to the side to avoid it.
A small pile of dirt rises with a thud. At that moment, Dallon’s sword moved lightly.
A beam of light flashed and the warrior general’s chest split open, spewing out his blood.
Whoa!
The gnoll warrior leader let out a long cry. It raised its bright green eyes and relentlessly chased Dallen.
Dallen responded simply. I either threw away the ax spears with my sword and shield, kicked them away, or just moved a couple of steps to avoid them.
As time went by, wounds, large and small, were added to the body of the warrior commander, who was struck by the intermittent thrusts of the sword.
As blood began to bleed from more than twenty wounds, the gnoll warrior commander suddenly took a large step back. The guy opened his mouth wide.
“Enaxa—!”
The name of an evil spirit bursting out of an elongated mouth.
At that cry, the green energy that had been in the warrior commander’s eyes began to dwell in his body.
purr!
The warrior commander’s eyes now began to emit some sort of glow. His gray fur became covered with a dark green aura.
It looked like a thin layer of green smoke had been applied over the leather.
Crack.
The muscles in his arms were strangely twisted.
‘this.’
Sensing something suspicious, Dallon quickly retreated.
At that moment, the warrior commander’s arms became blurred and the ax spear struck the spot where Dallon had been just a moment ago.
Bwaaaah!
A pile of rocks and dirt bouncing as if a heavy rock had been thrown into a pond.
Even before the pile of dirt has even settled down, the gnoll warrior leader, with his green eyes shining brightly, cuts through the waterfall of sandy dirt and gravel and thrusts his ax spear.
Jang!
Dallen’s expression hardened slightly as he swung his sword and removed the tip of the spear.
‘The power of the evil spirit is stronger than I thought.’
He didn’t think anything was out of the ordinary when he spoke human words.
Although gnolls are said to be highly intelligent, they are not good enough to use the complex human language system.
And his current form, shouting the name of the evil god and imbuing his entire body with that power, has a status that can easily overwhelm even Telia, a knight of the empire.
Every time the ax spear is struck, the air trembles and the force of the strike is such that it spits out a pile of dirt as if the ground explodes.
This level of combat power is extremely rare even among low-level monsters. No, maybe it was closer to a mid-level monster.
‘If things go as planned, it will take a few years to gain power similar to that of a high-ranking monster, but this is too fast.’
Something has changed.
It was a phenomenon that could only be thought of that way.
And the biggest variable in this world right now is Dallon himself. However, this episode was the first time he stepped into the labyrinth.
Therefore, there was no way to directly influence the Gnoll warrior commander.
however.
‘If it was an indirect effect on him, it would be an important issue to consider in the future.’
For now, it was a problem that could be dealt with later. What is urgent right now is the fight right in front of us.
Huh!
Dallon bent his back to avoid the ax blade passing before his eyes and kicked the ground.
Plop!
A pile of dirt exploding beneath your feet.
The recoil of the leaping skill is added to the center of gravity that is tilted back, causing the player to somersault in place.
Wow!
In the process, Dallen’s toe struck the gnoll warrior leader squarely in the chin.
That’s it!
The gnoll warrior leader staggered back with a clattering sound and the sound of his bones dislocating.
The left side of his lower jaw caved in, and blood and sharp teeth poured out of his mouth.
“Grrr. “God grants strength according to the value of the sacrifice.”
In the momentary void of a fight.
The gnoll warrior leader muttered in a rough voice.
“When I sacrificed ten human beings, he gave me a clear mind, and when I sacrificed twenty more, he granted me the strength to break even rocks. “When I dedicated my 30s, he granted me the ability to recover even broken bones in an instant.”
Crack.
As soon as he said those words, the warrior commander’s crooked jaw began to straighten.
The broken and bleeding gums regenerated, and at the same time, sharp new teeth grew and pushed out the broken teeth.
Dallen watched this with slightly raised eyebrows. Then he thought for a moment and dropped his shield.
The warrior general grinned with his fully recovered chin.
“Grrr. Are you surrendering?”
“Damn.”
Dallen spat. As he slaughtered the gnolls, there was a lot of blood in his mouth, which was unpleasant.
After the fight, it seemed like he would have to rinse his mouth with water from a canteen.
The gnoll warrior general, who was looking at the scene, bared his teeth.
“You are arrogant. Warrior.”
The guy rushed at me. As the ax spear strikes, the air splits with a sound.
Dallon did not take this head on. He lays his sword diagonally, releases a moderate amount of force, and releases it.
Plop!
Deep furrows are dug in the ground as if plowed with a plow. The gnoll warrior leader did not stop attacking.
As if he couldn’t control the power overflowing in his body, he let out a long roar and continued swinging his ax and spear.
And Dallon either let it all out or turned around and got rid of it. He didn’t take it head on.
This is because its strength was already far beyond that of an ordinary gnoll.
Of course, he could take it. No, he could have ended the fight by pushing back with just one force.
But he didn’t.
His physical strength was still far below his strength, and he was also slowly getting used to how to use his strength efficiently without harming his body.
And the strength of the gnoll warrior wearing the power of the devil barely touches that line.
In order to overpower it, Dallon had to endure internal injuries.
‘You may recover quickly with the regenerative factor of dragon blood, but it is not a good choice.’
The labyrinth is a dangerous place.
Dallen’s military power was so superior to that of explorers of his same class that the danger seemed insignificant.
If you carelessly rely on dragon blood and lose consciousness, you never know when you might be in real danger.
And just because he conserved his strength didn’t mean he had no options.
“How long are you going to run away!”
Quagwang!
The gnoll warrior general’s ax spear split the rock. I don’t know what material it was made of, but the ax spear was only slightly damaged when it broke the rock.
But Dallon could see.
The warrior’s posture is slightly shaking as the fight gets longer.
He has not yet fully adapted to the evil spirit’s power, so he begins to be swayed rather than wielding his power.
Huh-
The ax spear is lowered once again. Dallen raised his sword and deflected the heavy attack.
Quang!
And the split-second moment when the ax head falls to the ground.
chin.
His bear-paw-like grip grabbed the gnoll warrior commander’s wrist.
“How dare you—!”
The warrior commander shouted and tried to shake it off. However, Dallon’s chant was a little faster.
“Pirient Lagus.”
As he recites his chant, he projects the image he created in his head into reality and captures the wind of magical power.
The form of the image to be projected is the space itself frozen in the cold.
Due to the stronger magical power than before, more magical wind is drawn to Dallen’s will.
Damn it-
It was literally an instant before the forearm of the gnoll warrior captured by Dallen turned into a block of ice.
‘Quick freezing.’
Magic obtained by retrieving the body of the sixth Silver Mask Apostle who was betrayed by the Great Apostle.
It was a spell that was treated as somewhat useless for wizard characters due to the limitation that it could only be used on the target it came into contact with.
For Dallen, who focuses on close combat, any variable that could create an opening was a useful tool.
“Geueoeook! “Human…how do you order!”
The Gnoll warrior leader screamed, his face turning white from the cold penetrating his veins.
Dallen wordlessly tightened his grip.
The moment the frozen fur began to crack and the warrior commander tried to push Dallen away with an urgent hand.
Kwajangchang!
The torn forearm fell to the ground, spattering dark red blood.
Grrrr!
A warrior screams, clutching the cross section of his severed arm.
Dallen approached the hesitating, retreating creature with leisurely steps and swung his sword.
Kwasik!
The warrior leader raised his remaining arm and blocked the downward strike of the sword.
Blocked by the thick, tough fur and muscles strengthened by the power of the devil, the blade could not go any further and stopped.
“oh.”
Dallen briefly expressed his admiration, but that was all.
He immediately applied rapid freezing to the warrior general’s remaining arm and ripped it off.
“Keuuk ugh! Now just wait a moment. “Let’s make a deal.”
“What kind of deal?”
Dallen threw away the torn ice block forearm. The warrior commander shouted urgently.
“In the safe in my barracks are the relics of human prey that were sacrificed. “If you save me, I will open that safe!”
“hmm.”
Dallen scratched his chin. It’s a keepsake from explorers.
Any explorer will carry around at least one piece of expensive equipment. After all, it is an investment for your own life.
“Thank you for letting me know.”
“Good Joe. Are you saying you’re going to save me? Well thought out! God will be pleased with you….”
“no.”
Kwasik!
Dallen’s sword was stuck in the gnoll warrior’s neck. The guy let out a scream mixed with the sound of the wind through his half-cut airway.
I was planning on cutting it off in one go, but I was so worried about controlling my strength that I ended up only cutting it in half.
Dallen just gave it a little more force. A neck as thick as the waist of an ordinary woman was cut open and a fountain of blood spewed out.
thud.
The body with her head missing falls to his knees. Dallen kicked the fallen corpse of the gnoll with his foot.
He didn’t move much. He was said to have received the power of an evil spirit, but it seemed like he was not at the level of being able to regenerate two parts of his head like the great swordsman.
In front of the warrior commander’s tent, where silence fell. Dallen glanced around at the group of gnolls who had formed a wide siege net.
Grrr.
Ureung…….
Gnolls in a group become brave soldiers who do not know how to retreat, but the moment their leader dies, their morale drops drastically.
It’s probably because of their habit of honoring the strongest individual in the group as the leader.
Even now, the gnolls were hesitating and slowly retreating.
Dallen chuckled and opened his mouth wide. And he screamed.
Wow! Break it!
A group of gnolls immediately turn their backs and run away. Dallen eased his stiff shoulders and turned his head towards Lucia.
Lucia was looking at him with tired eyes, her eyebrows furrowed.
She said.
“…Dallen, I’m really sorry, but if you scream like that, I’m starting to think you’ve turned into a monster.”
“You look like that?”
“It looks like it’s covered in dark red blood all over its body and has pieces of internal organs stuck to every crevice of its armor.”
Dallen saw his reflection in a pool of his blood. It was indeed a ghastly appearance.
He looked at Lucia, scratching her head. He actually didn’t look much different from her.
However, it seems that he does not yet recognize it, perhaps because his senses have become dulled due to fighting to the point of exhaustion.
Dallen said with a playful smile on his face.
“I need to wash it before the blood hardens. “By the way, what is that thing on top of your head?”
“You mean the head?”
Lucia fumbled with her hair. She felt something squishy and shook her shoulders.
Lucia slowly came to her side and saw her own reflection in the pool of her blood.
White skin soaked in blood and dyed red.
Intestines tangled between long hair.
Eyeballs and optic nerves hanging out from the gaps in the shoulder area of the armor.
“Uh, uh….”
Her trembling hand removed the eyeball from her shoulder, and her complexion turned white as if she were suffering from motion sickness.
***
The devil opened his eyes. The eyes were black with no whites.
He slowly raised his head in his cross-legged position and looked up at the ceiling of the cavity.
Through the gaping hole in the ceiling, constellations in the labyrinth sky were visible. The devil slowly looked at the stars and muttered in a deep, rough voice.
“One of Enaxagus’s chess pieces has lost its life again.”
He chuckled and laughed. Recently, two of his chess pieces have disappeared.
One was a human beast hiding in a huge city of humans outside the labyrinth, and the other was a warrior commander of the gnoll race who had just fulfilled his mission.
“I didn’t like that caterpillar from the beginning.”
The demon got up from his seat without stopping his grin.
It was obvious that if he said something like that in front of Enaxagus, his entire body would be torn to shreds, but even with his amazing vision, he wouldn’t have been able to hear the murmurs on the first floor of the labyrinth far away from hell.
“I will definitely one day pull that bastard down from his throne and make him kneel at my feet.”
Grinning his lips and gritting his teeth, the demon slowly walked out of the magic circle in the center of the cavity.
Ujijik.
The corpses of human explorers were crushed underfoot.
The corpses strewn about in the cave were members of a punitive force that had arrogantly invaded this cave with the intention of subjugating themselves.
These guys have been coming in groups of 15 for a few weeks now and are being extremely annoying. There was once an attack in units of fifty.
‘It was a bit dangerous back then.’
The devil stroked the large scar on his stomach with his long, black fingers.
Who would have thought that a paladin would be among the group of scrappy explorers wandering around the first floor of the labyrinth?
Even though he was a Holy Knight who had been chosen by the Holy Sword, it was a fight that almost killed him.
‘Fortunately, the guys who came with me stabbed me in the back just in time.’
A demon who suffered serious injuries after being stabbed by a holy sword. And the paladin stumbled and fell down after being hit by the devil’s counterattack.
Normally, the natural course would be to help the paladin finish off the demon here.
However, humans are weak to temptation, and the greed of the explorer race in particular is endless.
They all pretended to be dying after stumbling from an arrow attack that didn’t even tickle, so they stabbed the paladin’s back with their swords.
He probably saw this as an opportunity to take both the devil’s supply and the paladin’s holy sword.
“Hehehe. “You idiots.”
Thanks to this, the devil ate the pheasant and ate the egg.
He took the holy sword from the fallen paladin and killed nearly half of the remaining explorers who were empty-headed and lacked any skills.
It was the luckiest moment in the life of the demon Ire, who was pushed out of the power struggle in hell and driven out to the lower levels of the labyrinth.
Rumbling.
At that time, the cave vibrated slightly. The demon turned his head towards the opening leading to the cavity.
Judging from the fact that his alert magic had been activated, it seemed like the punitive force had attacked again.
“Hmm… eleven eleven twelve. Twelve people. At this level, there is no need for me to step forward. Rise, my faithful Fallen Knight.”
At his command, the knight who was lying dead in the corner of the common rose up.
The thin chain around his neck radiated an ominous purple light, and the knight looked up at the demon with bleary eyes.
“Go quickly and repel the invaders.”
said the devil. The knight lowered his head helplessly, drew his large two-handed sword, and walked out of the cave.
The devil looked at the knight’s back with satisfaction. There were holes in the back of his armor as if they had been stabbed by several blades.
As the fallen paladin went out to deal with the intruder, the demon returned to the center of the magic circle and sat cross-legged again.
And then he began to focus his magic towards the holy sword lying on the floor.
He slowly closed his eyes, imagining the power he would gain by completely corrupting the Holy Sword, and the orgy of violence and extortion he would carry out with that power.
The sacred light on the holy sword was slowly being eaten away by the ominous magic power that filled the cavity.