Return of the Calamity-Class Death Knight - Chapter 244

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Chapter 244: Blanca Roche (3)

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Damien swung his sword, and two heads were cleanly sliced off.

But something was strange. The severed necks should have been gushing blood, but there was none. The wounds were a gooey mess, like half-melted jelly.

“What the-? This is crazy!”

“This can’t be happening…”

Despite having their necks severed, the two men were talking as if nothing was wrong.

The wound twitched and squirmed, and then the two halves fused together. The wounds healed in an instant.

‘They’ve perfected immortality already.’

Damien watched them, his tongue lolling out in disbelief.

Immortals were special bodies created by Sla through research on special lineages.

By studying special lineages and concentrating their characteristics, they had created bodies that could withstand any attack and survive even fatal wounds.

And so, they were called Immortals.

“Valentino, who is this guy? He won the Helian Tournament, but how can he be so skilled at such a young age?”

Despite his palpable excitement, Aktur returned to his usual manner of speaking.

“I told you, didn’t I? Don’t let your guard down. That guy is… a real oddball.”

“I see. We need to take this seriously from now on.”

The atmosphere between the two men grew heavy. The faint gap that had been there before had completely disappeared.

Damien made a disgusted expression. He had tried to kill them in one blow while they were off guard, but he had failed because of the Immortals.

“Damien Haksen? I was going to take you back peacefully, but you attacked first, so I guess I can give you a little beating, right?”

“We just need to keep him breathing until he submits. Sla will save him anyway.”

Valentino Michele spread his arms wide. Dark mana swirled around him, and he created dozens of iron chains.

Aktur pulled out a massive two-handed mace from his subspace.

‘The Iron Spider Valentino Michele and the Knight of the High Wall, Aktur.’

Thanks to his past life memories, Damien knew exactly who these two knights were.

Sla’s most favorite lovers.

Master class knights who had surpassed two walls.

The bounty on these two men’s heads was far higher than that of any ordinary demon. That meant they were that dangerous.

And now, these monsters had even gained Immortality through Sla’s experiments.

“This is going to be a tough nut to crack.”

Damien scratched the back of his head and said. Valentino chuckled in response.

“It’s too late to regret it now. I have my pride, you know? If I lose, I’ll have to get back at you twice as hard!”

Valentino reached out towards Damien. The iron chains that were wrapped around his forearms swarmed towards Damien.

Damien leaped upwards, dodging the chains. The chains slammed into the ground where he had been standing. The ground shattered like a rock had been thrown at it.

‘Creepy as always.’

Valentino’s chains were made by condensing Orichalcum. It would take considerable skill to even withstand the chains.

Valentino could scatter hundreds of chains with such incredible power.

Just then, a shadow fell over him. He looked up to see Aktur hovering high in the sky.

Aktur swung his mace down at Damien. Damien blocked the mace with Dawn.

Damien’s body fell to the ground. As his body collided with the earth, a cloud of dust rose up.

Valentino peered into the dust cloud. Then he shouted,

“Found him!”

Valentino swung his arms. Dozens of chains pierced the dust cloud.

Damien burst out of the dust cloud. Immediately afterward, Aktur followed after him.

“Heh!”

Aktur swung his mace at Damien.

The mace which was larger than an adult man’s torso, slashed through the air relentlessly.

“This is indeed troublesome.”

Damien muttered as he blocked Aktur’s attacks. Aktur let out a roar.

“Only ‘troubled’ while facing the two of us simultaneously! How humiliating! Is this truly someone worthy of Sla’s attention…?”

In that instant, Damien swung Dawn and sliced off the lower half of Aktur’s face. It also tore through Aktur’s body.

But the wounds healed quickly. Aktur didn’t even pay attention as he said,

“It seems you have no intention of engaging in conversation. Then we have no choice. Valentino!”

A surge of dark mana emanated from behind Aktur. While the two were fighting, Valentino had been preparing something.

“This should make things difficult for you too.”

Damien said with a dumbfounded expression. Aktur sneered and replied,

“I will not die anyway.”

Hundreds of chains rained down from behind Aktur.

The chains engulfed the two men. The earth was destroyed, and dust covered the entire world.

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While Aktur’s attention was diverted, Valentino rained down chains.

It was a simple but effective tactic. The problem was that Aktur couldn’t escape the range of the chains either.

The chains that flew in from behind pierced Aktur’s body as well. But Aktur didn’t show any pain.

The Immortals not only regenerated any wounds quickly but also eliminated pain. As a result, Aktur only felt the unpleasant sensation of the chains piercing his body.

“Aktur…? Are you okay…?”

“What do you think? Who made this body?”

Aktur said dismissively.

“What happened to Damien?”

“I can’t see him yet because of the dust. But he’s on the verge of dying since he’s so quiet.”

There was no way he could have survived an attack of this magnitude. Aktur spoke with a relaxed expression.

“Please take out a potion or something in advance. It would be a big problem if Damien dies on the way there.”

Even Sla couldn’t save someone who was already dead. The only thing the two men could do was somehow keep Damien breathing and take him back.

As the dust settled, Damien’s figure emerged.

The moment he saw Damien, Aktur’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of his head.

Not a single chain had pierced Damien’s body. They had all missed him and were embedded in the ground.

“Fuck, you guys just make my clothes dirty.”

Damien spoke softly from among the chains.

“Since you guys with Sla, I can never let you die peacefully.”

Damien’s words continued slowly.

“The problem is that you Immortals don’t feel pain. So even if I tear your bodies apart or burn them, it’s no use. You won’t feel any pain anyway.”

Damien sighed with a look of pity.

“That’s why Immortals are troublesome. They make things complicated. So I’ve been thinking about this for a while…”

Damien rose to his feet from among the chains. He looked at Aktur and said.

“But I found the way, I’ve decided to personally inflict pain on your brains.”

Killing intent radiated from Damien. It was on a completely different level than before.

Aktur felt a chill run down his spine. He shouted at Valentino immediately.

“Valentino! Bind Damien Haksen!”

At that, Valentino frantically waved his arms. The chains slithered like snakes and wrapped around Damien’s body.

Damien lowered his index finger. In that instant, something fell from the sky.

Swords made of aurablades slammed down on the chains. The chains were cut effortlessly.

“What?”

Shock appeared on Aktur’s face. He immediately recognized the technique Damien had used.

“Azure Sky’s Flight…?

[PR/N- Realm of Salik the Fallen, one of Sla’s lovers. It was copied by Damien in the fight.]

Damien pointed at Valentino. The longswords shot out like arrows.

Before Valentino could even dodge, the longswords pierced his body. They then tore Valentino’s body into pieces.

“Valentino!”

Aktur cried out in dismay. In that moment, Damien moved.

Damien lunged forward and kicked Aktur in the face with his knee.

Aktur’s nose was crushed and one of his eyes popped out.

However, the Immortal felt no pain. The area where he had been kicked returned to normal in an instant.

“Now just sit still and be captured!”

Aktur reached out with both hands to grab Damien. In that moment, Damien muttered.

“Third Ring.”

Damien’s body disappeared before his eyes. Aktur looked around in confusion.

“Where did he…?”

A shadow fell over his face. Damien had leaped into the air and stomped on Aktur’s head. Aktur’s head was immediately slammed into the ground.

“Ugh!”

Aktur screamed and raised his head.

“You… you dare to step on my face… with your foot…!”

Aktur roared and rose to his feet. In that instant, Damien reached out towards Aktur’s chest.

Damien’s hand pierced Aktur’s chest. He then injected his mana. The mana spread throughout Aktur’s body like needles.

“What the hell…?

Aktur looked at Damien with a bewildered expression.

Suddenly, the muscles throughout his body began to contract.

Unable to withstand the muscle tension, his bones crushed. Every joint in his body was bent backwards.

“W-what is this…?”

Aktur tried to resist with his dark magic, but it was futile.

“D-Damien Haksen! What have you done to my body?!”

Damien’s mana that had infiltrated his body began to move actively again.

After a while, it found something hidden within Aktur’s body.

A Nerve.

The nerves that had been severed were reconnected by the mana. The dead nerves came back to life. This was the secret of immortality.

Then something struck Aktur’s brain. A sensation he hadn’t felt in a long time, but didn’t miss.

“Kuaaaaak!”

Aktur screamed in excruciating pain. His eyes rolled back and foam dripped from his mouth.

“Aak! Ugh! Aak!”

Even as he writhed in pain, Aktur was puzzled. How could this be? Immortals are supposed to be immune to pain.

“Cotton-Lined Forbidden Needle.”

Then, Damien’s voice came to him.

“It’s a technique that allows you to manipulate the body’s blood vessels using mana. If you use it well, you can stimulate nerves too.”

Damien injected his mana again. Aktur’s body twisted even more. The pain intensified.

“Stop it! Stop it!”

“I can’t believe how lucky I am to have learned this beforehand.”

“Please…! Please stop…! It’s over now…!

“You’re just a dog of that whore. How many people have you killed and how many souls have you tormented just by being by that bitch’s side, I don’t even need to see to know.”

Damien’s lips curled into a sneer.

“Die like the vermin you are.”

Aktur’s arms and legs began to curl inward. His whole body shrank.

When Damien removed his hand from his chest, Aktur was turned into a ball.

Damien left Aktur alone and approached Valentino.

Valentino was trying to attach his body back together.

Even as an Immortal, he couldn’t regenerate a severed body. He had no choice but to reattach the severed parts.

“You… what did you do to Aktur… that bastard…!

Valentino spoke with a frightened expression as Damien approached.

“Shut up.”

Damien stomped on Valentino’s head. Trampled under Damien’s foot, Valentino spat out his anger.

“This foot… this foot… remove it!”

“Now that I think about it, there was one more way to kill an Immortal. Wouldn’t the body eventually collapse if I kept breaking it until it couldn’t regenerate anymore?”

At that, Valentino’s face turned pale.

“Wait… you… you don’t mean…?”

Damien stomped on Valentino’s head repeatedly.

“Shut up! Stop it now! Kuaak!”

The ground shook incessantly.

A moment later, when Damien stopped his foot, there was something spread out on the ground, a mess of flesh and blood.

“I wasted too much time on these useless bastards.”

Damien took out a small pocket from the sub-space. It was a pocket where he had collected the hair of the Class 13 students.

He released a small amount of dark mana from the bracelet and manifested dark magic.

Damien closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, a ferocious smile hung on his lips.

“Sla, I finally found you.”

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