Return of the Calamity-Class Death Knight

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Chapter 278: The Demon (4)

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Just as his face was about to hit the ground, Vahel tensed his waist. It made his falling head abruptly stopped in midair.

Not only that, Vahel even lifted his head. He was withstanding the power of the Five Great Elders with mere physical strength.

“Oh, this is interesting! So this is the power of the Five Great Elders representing the Church?”

Saying this, Vahel casually brushed off the pieces of stone stuck to his head.

“It seems to work on a different principle than our powers. How exactly does it work? This is fun. Very interesting!”

Vahel’s eyes sparkled. Radiant Light smiled and said.

“There’s still more to be surprised about. It would be a problem if you’re already satisfied.”

“Oh, there’s more to show? Let me see it! Show me the power of you Five Great Elders…”

At that moment, a strong wind blew from behind Radiant Light. Radiant Light’s clothes fluttered wildly.

“Huh? This wind…”

Just as Vahel sensed something, someone appeared above his head.

A small body with a cute appearance.

Green Wind, one of the Five Great Elders, had returned to her original form after being transformed into wind.

“You dirty demon, DIE!”

With a harsh word, Green Wind swung their sword downward. A storm raged.

The storm engulfed Vahel. Then, flames began to spark from Vahel’s entire body.

The wind Green Wind was creating was not ordinary wind. Each one was a sword strike.

Right now, Vahel was not trapped in a storm but was having his body cut to pieces while caught in a barrage of sword strikes.

“Hahaha! This is amazing!”

Vahel laughed loudly amidst the storm. Even though he was being attacked by the Five Great Elders, he didn’t look panicked at all.

“I didn’t expect another Great Elder to appear! This is incredible! Amazing!”

Suddenly, rectangular pillars emerged from the storm. The storm was torn apart.

Vahel’s figure, which had been hidden by the storm, appeared again. Surprisingly, there wasn’t a single scratch on his body.

“Damn. What a monstrous physique.”

Green Wind cursed and landed beside Radiant Light.

“Your courage is admirable, for a mortal. But like all things mortal, it is fleeting. Now, let me show you the true meaning of power.”

“Sister, did you hear that? Isn’t he incredibly annoying?”

“I agree.”

Radiant Light agreed with Green Wind. Then she asked Damien.

“Damien, what is that demon’s ability?”

“According to him, it’s called isolation. It seems to be a power that isolates anything within the central area. That barrier is probably made by using that power.”

“You told the enemy about that? He’s really arrogant and asshole.”

“I feel the same.”

Damien pointed to the huge hemispherical barrier behind Vahel and said.

“And Cheongyeum is trapped there.”

“To free Elder Cheongyeum, we have to send that demon back to hell.”

Radiant Light grasped the halberd she had been carrying on her back.

“Hahaha, so you want to fight me. Good. Very good.”

Vahel said, spreading his arms wide. It was a very arrogant posture.

“Before that, let me just ask one thing. What happened to the demons who attacked you two? I was too busy fighting Damien to pay attention.”

“I tore him to shreds.”

“I crushed him completely.”

Vahel’s mouth fell open at their words.

“It couldn’t have been easy, but you won. That’s really impressive.”

“Sister, how long are you going to listen to him?”

“I wasn’t going to put up with it anymore. Damien, would you please help me?”

Radiant Light pointed to the ground where Vahel was standing. At that moment, an amplified gravity pressed down on Vahel.

“Huh?”

However, Vahel effortlessly repelled the power. He only had a slightly surprised look on his face.

“You’re really versatile. In terms of utility, you might even be superior to demons….”

Radiant Light strengthened and amplified the power of every muscle in her body with her divine power.

There are over 600 muscles in the human body. Strengthening and amplifying the power of all of them was a complex task, even just imagining it.

But Radiant Light completed this complex task in the blink of an eye.

Radiant Light pushed off the ground with her feet. The ground shattered.

And the next moment, Radiant Light was in front of Vahel’s nose.

“In the name of God’s grace… die.”

Radiant Light swung her halberd.

She amplified the momentum of the halberd, the speed at which the halberd moved, the weight of the halberd, and finally, the sharpness of the halberd.

As a result, the simple act of swinging the halberd was transformed into a deadly blow. A powerful blow struck Vahel’s body.

However, Radiant Light’s attack was blocked by the barrier Vahel had created. The halberd couldn’t even pierce the barrier a little bit.

“If I had been hit properly, It would have been dangerous.”

Vahel raised his thumb. Radiant Light smiled.

“You’re too careless.”

Damien appeared behind Vahel. As Damien moved, Vahel’s face lost its composure.

“You… you’re too dangerous.”

Vahel reached out to Damien. Then, countless rectangular pillars sprang out from under Damien’s feet.

Damien moved to avoid the pillars. Vahel continued to manifest his power without stopping. It seemed like he was trying to prevent Damien from approaching.

“Haah!”

At that moment, Green Wind’s voice came from the side. Green Wind was running towards Vahel.

“Are you going to use that wind again? It’s not going to work.”

Green Wind swung his sword. Vahel immediately put up a barrier. However, she didn’t use the wind surrounding her.

Instead, the air under Vahel’s feet began to move.

“Huh?”

It was too late to be surprised. A storm rose from below. The blades of the storm wrapped around Vahel’s body.

“Hahaha! I didn’t know you could freely change the direction of your attack! That’s amazing!”

But even this time, the blades of the wind couldn’t properly slice into Vahel’s body.

“You seem to have forgotten.”

Radiant Light, who was at close range, opened her mouth. Vahel shrugged.

“Vile demon, I’ll let you taste the full power of us, The Great Elders.”

Radiant Light, standing across the barrier, raised her divine power.

“My power is more effective the closer I am.”

Radiant Light amplified Green Wind’s attack. At that moment, the power of the storm amplified.

Vahel’s body was torn apart all over. Thick, viscous darkness flowed out like blood.

“AHHhh!”

The pain of having his entire body torn apart was more horrific than he could have imagined. A scream erupted from Vahel’s mouth.

Because of the wind, Vahel stopped restraining Damien.

“Damien!”

Radiant Light shouted. Damien immediately charged towards Vahel.

“I don’t know how you did it, but… use that attack again that crushed this demon’s chest!”

Radiant Light manifested her power towards Damien. Damien’s body and mana were amplified.

Damien prepared Annihilation. This time, he was determined to completely shatter Vahel’s body.

It was when he reached close range to Vahel. Damien’s instincts warned him.

“……Everyone back away!”

Damien shouted to Radiant Light and Green Wind. At that moment, something shot out from the storm.

It was the rectangular pillars that Vahel had been using so boringly. But this time it was different.

The ends of the pillars split. They branched out like tree branches.

Over a dozen pillars rained down on Damien. Damien kicked off the ground and retreated.

Even though he retreated with all his might, he was still grazed all over his body. Fortunately, he was able to avoid getting injured thanks to Hemaera.

“Are you two alright?”

Damien shouted, raising his head.

The two were also under attack in the same way as Damien.

Fortunately, Radiant Light managed to block the attack using the blade of her halberd as a shield, and Green Wind escaped by turning his body into wind.

“Whew, whew… I really can’t let my guard down even for a moment.”

“Sister! Are you okay?”

Radiant Light muttered, catching her breath. It seemed she had consumed a significant amount of stamina due to using amplification multiple times in a short period of time.

“Hahahaha!”

At that moment, Vahel was laughing. His entire body was covered in black fluid.

“There’s nothing more terrifying than a swarm of bees that come together and sting at the same time! I think I’m starting to understand why today..!”

Suddenly, Vahel’s laughter stopped abruptly.

“That’s a shame. It’s a shame. I’d like to enjoy this more, but too many of my clones have been destroyed. If I drag this out any longer, I’ll be the one who goes back to hell first. Then I won’t be able to kill you.”

Vahel’s gaze turned to Damien. Damien felt a chill run down his spine at that expressionless stare.

“Damien, I told you. I will kill you….”

Thump.

A heavy sound cut off Vahel’s words. Radiant Light planted her halberd in the ground and said.

“Hey there, Duke. Stop your pointless fantasies. Do you think we’re going to let you do that?”

“Sister, you said it perfectly. We can’t let that happen.”

The two Great Elders ignited their fighting spirit. Then Vahel clapped his hands.

“That’s great… that’s really great… I’d like to keep fighting you, but… as I said, I’m running out of time.”

Vahel raised one hand over his head. Darkness gathered in the sky.

“My power is isolation. And that doesn’t just mean physical isolation.”

Vahel clenched his fist. The darkness scattered in all directions.

“I will show you true darkness.”

At that moment, Damien’s vision went black.

A look of bewilderment appeared on Radiant Light and Green Wind’s faces. The three of them flailed their arms.

“Ah, I can’t see anything… what’s happening?”

“Uh, Sister! Where are you? Sister!”

The two of them didn’t know what to do.

Of course, they didn’t. Right now, their vision and hearing were ‘isolated’.

“I was going to save this because it’s too tiring to use in this form.”

Vahel said with a hint of regret.

This technique of isolating senses was so powerful that it was difficult to use carelessly.

At least for now, it was only his clones, so he could only isolate two senses.

If it was his main body, he could isolate all five senses, including the opponent’s heart, and take their life in a single breath.

“I guess I’ll have to finish this up now.”

Vahel reached out to Damien. He was going to drop a rectangular pillar from above his head and kill him.

“It’s a shame. I really enjoyed this.”

Vahel was about to manifest his power when he saw something.

A calm face, unlike the two Great Elders.

Damien stood there with his eyes closed as if waiting for something.

For example, Vahel’s attack.

“……No way.”

Vahel tried to ignore the ominous feeling and manifested his power. A huge rectangular pillar was created above Damien’s head.

“I’ll crush you with this….”

That’s when Damien moved. He dodged the rectangular pillar and ran away.

“….What?”

Vahel, taken aback, manifested his power again. Rectangular pillars sprang up one after another from under Damien’s feet.

But Damien managed to dodge all of those attacks.

“No way… are you dodging my attacks with just your remaining senses?”

At that moment, Vahel felt goosebumps all over his body.

Even humans, let alone demons, would panic if their sight and hearing were sealed.

But instead of panicking, Damien was calmly coming up with ways to counter it.

“I’ve never seen such a crazy bastard, not even in hell!”

What was even more surprising was that he was really dodging Vahel’s attacks with just his remaining senses.

The thought of killing Damien became even stronger.

“I must kill you!”

Vahel used ‘Isolation’ to create a large broadsword. And he charged directly at Damien.

He swung the broadsword down to cut off Damien’s neck. But Damien blocked the broadsword with Dawn again this time.

However, he couldn’t fully deflect the shock. Damien’s body was sent flying far back.

“Of course, you can’t be unharmed when you can’t see anything! I’ll finish you off with this….”

Just as he was about to jump in again, Vahel stopped.

The direction Damien was sent flying was the problem. This was because Damien was sent flying to the place where the Cheongyeum was sealed.

“Phew, luckily the angle was just right.”

Damien said, as if he had been waiting, and put his hand on the barrier. Then, the pattern engraved on the back of his hand began to glow.

“….The Authority of Gluttony?”

Vahel muttered in disbelief.

The barrier began to disappear, centered on the spot where Damien had touched it.

As the barrier receded, an old man and dozens of knights came into view.

“What the? Why did it suddenly disappear?”

The old man said with a surprised face.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but… it’s very good.”

The 1st Great Elder.

The strongest being of the Church.

Cheongyeon clenched his fists and laughed ferociously.

“You damn demon bastard. I warned you. I told you I’d smash your head in if I got out of here.”

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