Chapter 232. The Demons’ Attack (2)
“Damn it...”
Lee Jukheon cursed and glared fiercely at Dantalion.
He had definitely cut off Dantalion’s head.
But a new one had grown in its place, and while Lee Jukheon was caught off guard, it had bitten into his shoulder.
“Hehehe...!”
And that wasn’t the end of it.
Another head sprouted from Dantalion’s neck.
Then another.
New heads kept growing until Dantalion had five in total.
“You bastard...!”
Lee Jukheon forcibly tore himself free.
The muscles in his shoulder had been badly damaged.
The one piece of good fortune was that it was his left shoulder.
“Lee Jukheon!”
Joo Minha fired a barrage of light-based magic at Dantalion.
The other members of the Golden Ram Order attacked him at the same time.
“It’s useless.”
Light poured from the book in Dantalion’s hand.
A barrier formed around him and blocked every attack.
Then, immediately afterward, he unleashed light projectiles in every direction, each more powerful than Joo Minha’s.
“Aagh!”
“Ghk!”
Screams erupted all around them.
“You bastard...!”
Lee Jukheon gritted his teeth and charged Dantalion.
He swung the Yitian Sword, but Dantalion created multiple clones and slipped away from the attack.
“I will admit that you possess remarkable skill for a human.”
“You must have trained very hard.”
“But...”
"...!"
“To beings like us, who have lived for ages, that amount of effort is insignificant.”
“If you believed a few years of training would be enough to defeat a demon, then you were far too arrogant.”
All of Dantalion’s clones fired light projectiles at once.
Damn it... am I really not good enough?
Lee Jukheon ground his teeth in frustration.
Glasya-Labolas and Marchosias, the two winged wolf demons, tore through the battlefield in every direction.
“We already knew you humans had grown stronger!”
Glasya-Labolas roared.
“Did you really think we watched that happen without making any preparations of our own?!”
“Just as you equip yourselves, we can strengthen ourselves whenever we choose!”
“You assumed we would come charging in barehanded, drunk on our own arrogance...!”
Marchosias shouted next.
“But that assumption was foolish beyond belief!”
“Phenex! Asmodeus! Sabnock! Crocell! Marbas! Forneus! Astaroth!”
“Seven of our comrades have already lost their lives...!”
“Do you really think we would lower our guard in a situation like this?! Of course not!”
“You’re finished now! Kahahaha!”
Under the two demons’ ferocious attacks, their allies began falling one after another.
“Ghk...!”
Cheon Sangwoon bit his lip and stared at them.
Looking more closely, he noticed that both demons were wearing necklaces and bracelets set with jewels.
Those items seemed to be boosting their power.
They’re stronger than Forneus was...!
Worse, the two demons coordinated their movements perfectly.
Their teamwork was so precise that Cheon Sangwoon could barely launch a proper counterattack.
Lee Hyeonje, who had been fighting beside him, had already been wounded and his combat ability had dropped sharply.
The ordinary Golden Ram Order members were far below them in strength.
In the end, Cheon Sangwoon was nearly fighting alone.
Durandal can wound them, but they heal too quickly!
After carefully watching them, he noticed that every time Durandal injured one of the demons, the necklace around that demon’s neck glowed red.
So that necklace is boosting their regeneration...!
In that case...
Cheon Sangwoon moved despite the danger.
He wrapped Durandal in sword qi and charged.
“You reckless fool! Do you want to die?!”
“But it’s useless...! Die for the future of our comrades...!”
Cheon Sangwoon avoided the two demons’ attacks and jumped from the narrowest possible opening.
Then he sent a sword-qi slash toward the unprotected back of one demon’s neck.
It was only possible because Cheon Sangwoon had reached a higher level after losing his right arm.
“Ghk! You dare!”
“Impressive...!”
The slash wasn’t deep enough to take off the demon’s head.
But it succeeded in severing the necklace.
“That still won’t be enough!”
Glasya-Labolas opened his jaws wide and lunged at Cheon Sangwoon.
RUMBLE!
But at that exact moment, Lee Hyeonje’s lightning exploded.
Glasya-Labolas froze in place.
“Cheon Sangwoon, go!”
“Haaap!”
Cheon Sangwoon roared and wrapped Durandal in sword aura.
STAB!
His all-out thrust finally pierced Glasya-Labolas through the neck.
“Y-You... dare...”
"..."
Cheon Sangwoon moved his arm.
He drove Durandal upward...
destroying Glasya-Labolas’s head as well.
“Graaah...”
Watching the demon collapse with a final scream, Cheon Sangwoon gasped for breath.
But he could no longer hold onto Durandal.
Because Marchosias had already charged in and sunk his teeth into Cheon Sangwoon’s shoulder.
“You bastard... how dare you kill my comrade!”
“Ghk...!”
The muscles in Cheon Sangwoon’s shoulder were torn away.
Lee Hyeonje hurriedly moved in, grabbed him, and pulled him back.
But Lee Hyeonje had also spent almost all his strength on the previous attack.
Is this as far as we go...?
Leaning on Lee Hyeonje for support, Cheon Sangwoon thought to himself.
He had defeated one Demon God-class demon.
For a Contractor...
wasn’t that already an achievement worth being proud of?
“I will never forgive you for taking my comrade’s life...!”
Marchosias roared, his face twisted with rage.
Watching the demon charge with its jaws wide open, Cheon Sangwoon prepared himself for death.
“Step back, Cheon Sangwoon.”
But at that exact moment...
a man stepped in front of Cheon Sangwoon and blocked Marchosias.
“Who...?”
From the back alone, Cheon Sangwoon couldn’t identify him.
The man said nothing else.
He simply moved toward the charging Marchosias.
A brilliantly shining sword was in his hand.
“Who the hell are you...?!”
“A demon like you doesn’t need to know my name.”
Marchosias tried to tear apart the sudden intruder.
But in the next instant...
five perfectly placed sword strikes tore into his limbs.
“Ghhk!”
Marchosias flapped his remaining wing and rose into the air.
Then he opened his mouth.
A vast amount of magic gathered there before bursting out as flame.
