Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 104

Chapter 104

“Do you know how to open this storage?“
Beru nodded coldly.
[It‘s enough to just rip this level of shaman‘s circle with force.]
Beru flew to the shaman‘s circle and nicked the blue flames with his fingernails.
Tssss.
At that moment, the flames of the shaman‘s magic circle faded and the hidden space beyond opened.
“It is open.“
Suho immediately prepared for battle with the two Vulcan Horns in both hands.
He didn‘t know what would probably come out from there.
Unfortunately, the one waiting inside was not an enemy, rather, the opposite.

[You have acquired ‘Item: Demon‘s Essence‘.]
“Demon’s Essence?“
Suho picked up a ball the size of a fist with a puzzled expression.

[Item: Demon‘s Essence]
Difficulty to obtain: ??
Type: Jewelry
It is a sphere where countless demon souls are sealed.
Breaking it can free the demons.
While checking the item information, the Vulcan’s Horn in his hand quivered.
As if it‘s sad that it’s already full.
Suho also licked his lips as if it was such a waste.
“Too bad. If I had discovered this sooner, I would have been able to strengthen Vulcan‘s horns more easily.“
After Vulcan‘s quest was over, the demon‘s soul was no longer of any value to Suho.
“I‘ll take it to Esil and ask her.“
Suho put the demon‘s essence in his inventory.
The demon essence was not the end of the items in Itharim‘s storage vessel.
[Young Master, I found something important.]
Just in time, Beru, who was rummaging through the area, found something.

[You have acquired ‘Item: Itharim‘s Stone Tablet‘.]
[Item: Itarim‘s Stone Tablet]
Difficulty to obtain: ??
Type: Slabs
A stone tablet inscribed with the language of Itharim.
There’s a special spell casted.
Beru pretended to know.
[I know what this spell is. During the war, I have clearly seen Itharim‘s forces use it to communicate with each other.]
“They‘re communicating through the stone slab?“
[Yes. The problem is that it was a pair. Seeing that there is only one here…]
“The other one must be held by one of them. Probably the one who sent the mad-blooded tyrant here.“
[That’s highly probable.]
Suho stared intently at Itharim‘s stone tablet and pondered on how to use it, but there was nothing.
“There will be a day when it will be of use. The other side will contact first.“
Suho put Itharim‘s stone tablet into his inventory.
“Looks like I have nothing more to get.“
He wondered if the mad-blooded tyrant had used the meteorite as a secret base to keep the demon souls he had collected or to communicate with other apostles.
“Let‘s go back now.“

* * *
“Hey, where did you get this?!“
As soon as Esil saw the ‘Demon’s Essence‘ Suho gave her, she was shocked.
“I picked it up on my way here. Was it something you needed?“
“I can feel the souls of a great number of demons in here! Is this the mad-blooded tyrant’s?“
Suho nodded.
“It seemed so. Based on the information, if you break this, demon spirits will be released. Do you know what will happen if they get released?“
“Just literally free. Demons don‘t die even if only their spiritual bodies remain. While floating around, they will possess irrational creatures or demon beasts, and be reborn as new demons.“
“If you kill them, can you level up?“
“No. Was leveling up the only thing in your brain now…?“
Esil shook her head and sighed.
“The newly born demons are so weak that they won‘t even be of help to anyone to level up. Rather, it would be much more helpful to recruit them and use them to rebuild this land.“
“Is that so? Then, let’s break it right away.“
Crack.
Suho immediately broke the demon‘s essence.
The spirit bodies of countless demons began to come out.
Swoosh!

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Along with that, dreary laughter was heard from all directions.
Numerous specters trapped in the demon‘s essence radiated demon energy while moving around Suho and Esil.
They found a delicious body in front of them, and their mouth drools with sinister eyes…
[Ehh?]
They were pretty quick-witted though.
The body closest to them was Esil, a demon noble, and they sneaked back and aimed for a more easy-going opponent.
That was Suho.
To them, he was merely a human.
[…]
But, the moment they saw Suho, they realized.
He was in a spiritual state, so there was no way they wouldn’t know.
Being human was just a shell.
In the shadow of Suho, a deep and gigantic abyss spread far and wide.
The ghosts were even more startled than when they found Esil and started to move away.
If they possess Suho, they could die!
They were not just going to die, but there was a fear that even their souls would be eaten!
“Why are they like that?“
“Don‘t mind them. Now, they’re going to find weak ones that they could possess.“
“Hmm. Are demons born that way?“
“Yeah. 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.“
Esil being able to possess Suho’s sword was part of that ability.
“Demon never dies, only reborn. However, as soon as they get a new body, most of their previous memories disappear. So it’s still quite similar to dying.“
Esil muttered as she watched the demon souls scatter away.
“They are probably the demons who fought against the tyrant. If they had been sealed, they must have been coveted souls from the point of view of the mad-blooded tyrant. If they get a body and are reborn as demons, they will be of great help to us.“
That sounded great.

* * *
After that, Esil worked hard to gather all the demons of that land around the Colosseum.
Slaves who dug ore for war got their freedom overnight.
However, it was only the ruler who changed. Their daily life did not change significantly.
“The Outer Gods are attacking?“
“The tyrant was also a pawn of the outer beings.“
“Somehow, I believed he wasn‘t an ordinary demon.“
“What’s going to happen to us now?“
“Is that even a problem? If enemies come in, just fight back and that‘s it.“
“We’ll need a weapon then.“
Without any question, the demons started picking up their pickaxes again.
Even though they were not whipped by the demon guards, they began digging ore with their own will.
That action was not because of Esil‘s orders either.
Demons were not a race that feared battle.
Rather, they enjoyed fighting strong opponents, and even if they were eaten because they were weak, they were not the ones who would regret it.
The reason for this was the belief that even if they died, they would become ghosts and be reborn.
But even for them, the existence of the mad-blooded tyrant was too frightening.
He was a terrible guy who burned even the souls of demons with blue flames and took away their entire bodies.
“Let us not be bothered by a tyrant king again!“
“Khehehe. It‘s going to be a war! War!“
“Let‘s prepare for war!“
“For Radiru!“
“For Esil Radiru!“
Demon noble Esil just simply appeared, but the demons began to unite for her.
The existence of pure blood was of great value to them.
Suho, who witnessed that, was curious and asked Beru.
“What’s with pure blood? Why are they so actively moving? Or, is it just me thinking so?“
Beru nodded.
[Only pure bloods deserve to be demon lords. After all, they want Esil to become the new monarch one day. Only with a monarch can the demon realm, torn into pieces like now, be able to unite into one world again.]
When Suho first met Esil, she was clearly being chased by demons.
The demons just wanted to eat her and become a demon noble themselves.
Still, she was willing to rebuild the demon realm by qualifying herself as a demon monarch.
“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 I 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-blooded tyrant with overwhelming power from start to finish.
As long as Suho protected Esil Radiru, no demons would dare to challenge the Radiru Clan.
But, there was never peace.
The reason why the demons themselves are preparing for war now is because of the fear that a new tyrant might appear through a meteorite at any time.
To do that…
“I have to get back to my original strength first.“
“With bloodstone?“
“Yeah. Now that I have become the owner of this land, I‘m going to pick up some bloodstone from the low-level 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 level demons and maintain their power.
“But if you drink too much blood at once, all of your subordinates will die and their number will gradually decrease. You need to continuously suck up slowly like now.“
Esil spread her hands wide toward the demons who had come to follow her.
Swook!
“…!“
A bit of blood was drawn from the demons‘ bodies and formed into small beads.
It was truly spectacular to see dozens and hundreds of those black marbles flying towards Esil and being absorbed.
“Ha…“
Suho, who was watching Esil accepting the power with an ecstatic expression, noticed that the energy he felt from Esil had gotten a little stronger.
“See? 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 draw and eat bloodstone every day. I have nothing else to do right now.“
Even if she came to rule the demons, she left the small tasks to the demon servants.
Even the old demon, who was once Vulcan‘s servant, had less work when Esil took him as her servant.
Realizing what Esil was trying to say, Suho smiled and held out his hand.
“Good. Then, for the time being, work hard again as a member of my guild.“
“Yes, guild leader. Will you take care of my salary? Even if I look like this, I am a noble in my hometown, so my value is a bit high.“
Esil smiled brightly and held Suho‘s hand.
“Let‘s go back now… to Earth.“