Chapter 894 – 894. God’S Atlantis
I put on my black gloves as I ran towards the Imperial Palace. It was the equipment I used when I was the Heavenly Demon.
「Man-Slaying (萬人殺)
Gloves imbued with the countless thoughts of vengeful spirits. Amplifies powers related to demons (魔).
Rank: A」
Powers related to demons (魔).
It had the effect of amplifying the power of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
‘Status Window.’
「Name: Sung Yu-jin
Class: Heavenly Demon (天魔)
Title: The Immortal
Divine Seat: King of the Demonic Heavens
Affiliation: Earth AL 401
Strength: 101(+49) Agility: 89(+41) Stamina: 95(+31) Mana: 107(+42) Luck: 48(+36)
Unique Trait: Deception (SSS)
Trait: Heavenly Demon Physique (SS)
Skills: Heavenly Demon Divine Art (EX) Subjugation (SS) Demonic Wind Divine Art Transmission (EX)
(Applying the Blessing of the Moon effect.)
(Applying the Status Window effect)」
My stats had been inflated.
And what really caught my eye was the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. The Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which had been SSS rank, had risen one step to EX rank.
‘With these stats and an EX-rank Heavenly Demon Divine Art… I might be able to hold my own against the Imperial Wukong, right?’
I hadn’t actually fought him, and I didn’t know the extent of the Imperial Wukong’s power, so it was just a vague thought.
My whole body was overflowing with vitality. I was in high spirits with my increased power.
“The Heavenly Demon is coming!”
I unleashed a Heavenly Demon Roar (天魔吼). The bodies of the imperial knights and soldiers around me couldn’t withstand the shockwave and were blown away.
Elena probably thought I would use my unique trait, Deception (SS), to assassinate the Second and Third Princes in secret. Although Deception (SS) had become SSS rank, I had no intention of secretly assassinating the Second and Third Princes. Now that I had power, why should I act like a coward?
“Total annihilation!”
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Dragon Fist (竜拳).
I infused demonic energy and swung both fists in all directions. The fist force extended out, massacring knights and soldiers. It was no use, even if the soldiers raised their shields or the knights responded with sword energy.
「The King of the Demonic Heavens is pleased!」
「The King of the Demonic Heavens desires annihilation!」
「Annihilation! Annihilation! Annihilation!」
“Were they raising such a monster in the Barclay Legion! You shall not pass any further! Form a line!! Stop that guy! We must protect the princes!”
Knights and soldiers blocked the front of the Imperial Palace. There were over 100 of them. They looked as solid as a fortress.
“You are far too inadequate to stop me.”
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Palm (天魔神掌).
A huge energy fell from the sky and crushed the enemies. Those who were hit directly by the Heavenly Demon Palm had their bodies mangled, and blood and guts splattered everywhere. A large handprint was left on the floor where they had been.
「The King of the Demonic Heavens is touched… then tilts his head in confusion.」
「The King of the Demonic Heavens sponsors 1,000 AP.
“That’s not the Heavenly Demon Divine Art I know.”」
He saw it correctly. The Heavenly Demon Palm was a technique belonging to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art I had obtained at the Ascension to Light Temple. The Heavenly Demon Palm was a type of energy art.
‘He noticed right away, as expected.’
I kept my mouth shut. I had no intention of telling the King of the Demonic Heavens everything.
「The King of the Demonic Heavens sponsors 1,000 AP.
“Did you make that yourself? Impressive.”」
The King of the Demonic Heavens was impressed.
‘That bastard isn’t the type to think that way so easily, is he?’
The King of the Demonic Heavens was always watching me. So he would know that I wasn’t talented enough in martial arts to create the Heavenly Demon Palm.
‘Anyway, it’s a relief that he’s not being annoying.’
I used the Heavenly Demon Palm again. The gates of the Imperial Palace were smashed.
“Th-this is outrageous! If only Iron Han Gong were here… Keuk!”
I killed everyone around me and cleaned up. It didn’t take long. They were too weak to withstand my attacks and too slow to run away.
I ran into the corridors of the Imperial Palace. I didn’t blindly chase after the Second and Third Princes. I spread my senses. I could feel several presences nearby. I immediately noticed that three people were hiding in the room next to me.
‘They have ordinary energy. Since they’re hiding with their eyes closed and ears blocked… there’s no need to kill them.’
My goal was the Second and Third Princes. There was no need to bother with unnecessary things.
‘I can feel a strong energy. Is it this way?’
I didn’t know the exact energy of the Second and Third Princes, so I moved towards the strongest energy I could sense. Since they were princes, they couldn’t be weak.
“A clown? That ominous energy! Is he an attacker!”
“Tsk. A dud.”
The opponent was a knight. Because of the situation, he drew his sword and charged at me as soon as he saw me. Blue sword energy flickered like flames from his sword.
Even without using the Flash, the knight’s movements looked slow. I grabbed the knight’s sword. The sword energy didn’t injure me at all.
“You caught my sword with your bare hands… I’ve never heard of anyone like you. Who are you…!”
“I am the Heavenly Demon.”
“Heavenly Demon…?”
I punched the knight in the head. Thwack! The knight’s head exploded. I didn’t even look at the knight’s collapsing corpse and ran down the corridor.
After killing eight knights, I was able to find the Second and Third Princes. They were gathered together in the depths of the Imperial Palace with their escort knights.
“Kill him.”
Those were the cold words the Second Prince spat out as soon as he saw me.
The escort knights moved in unison. They were different from the eight knights I had killed on the way here. As the direct escorts of the princes, they were the elite of the elite.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Descent Step (天魔君臨步).
With a single step, the bodies of the escort knights flew backwards and crashed. I had used Shin Jong-woo’s Heavenly Demon Descent Step.
「The King of the Demonic Heavens narrows his eyes.」
“What are you doing! There’s only one opponent. Can’t you even stop one person!”
“Get up! Get up and kill him!”
The Second and Third Princes shouted. The escort knights groaned but got up and charged. It seemed like they were rushing in haphazardly, but there was a pattern.
‘Is this a formation to fight a strong opponent? It’s impressive that they’re still coordinating with each other even in this situation.’
But it didn’t mean much.
I swung my fists in the order they approached. I broke their swords and shattered their armor. It didn’t even take 30 seconds for the escort knights to be annihilated.
The atmosphere of the Second and Third Princes became serious.
“…You’re not ordinary.”
“Why are you targeting us? Wasn’t the Barclay Legion’s goal the Emperor and the Crown Prince?”
“You’re going to die anyway, why are you talking so much? Do you want to live a little longer?”
I raised my fist. Demonic energy (天魔氣) surged menacingly.
“Do you know about the Imperial Secret Vault? If you back down now, I’ll tell you the location and how to enter the Imperial Secret Vault.”
The Second Prince said, trying to appear calm. The Third Prince was pretending to be confident, but he was worse at acting than the Second Prince.
“The Imperial Secret Vault? You’re trying to trap me.”
“…How did you know it was a trap? It’s impossible for an outsider to have information about the Imperial Secret Vault. The only ones who know about the Imperial Secret Vault are… the Imperial Family.”
“Enough, just die.”
I pulled my fist back. Just before I threw my punch, the Second Prince shouted in anger.
“Is it Delsar!!”
Delsar.
That was the name of the Crown Prince. My fist paused for a moment at the unexpected name. The Second Prince seemed to have misunderstood, and he gave a rotten smile. His shoulders slumped.
“So it was him… Does that mean that even brothers won’t share power? I was foolish to trust him.”
“B-Brother! We need a plan! We can’t give up!”
“There is no plan… Delsar has decided to kill us. Even if we beg on our knees, we will die…”
Before the Second Prince could finish his sentence, my fist moved. The Dragon Fist extended out, and the Second Prince’s head exploded. The Dragon Fist pierced through the wall of the Imperial Palace.
“Aaaaaaaah!”
The Third Prince screamed and ran away. He tried to go out the door past me. I used the Dragon Fist again. The Third Prince’s head exploded.
‘That’s the end of Elena’s request. Let’s go out and find Elena. Something feels wrong.’
My steps, which were about to go outside, stopped.
I felt a strange energy from the Second Prince’s corpse. I quietly watched the Second Prince’s corpse. His body was regenerating very slowly.
‘Is it an item? Or a skill? If it’s a trump card, it’s quite impressive.’
Either way, it was over now that I had discovered it. It was nothing for me to chop up the Second Prince’s corpse or turn it to dust. Burning the corpse could also be a way.
‘……The Second Prince thinks I was sent by the Crown Prince. If he comes back to life like this, he will fight the Crown Prince.’
After thinking about it, I turned around and left. If the Crown Prince gets screwed over, Elena would be happy too.
Unlike when I entered the Imperial Palace, I moved quietly using Deception (SSS) when I escaped. It would be annoying if I got a tail. I avoided people’s gazes and changed my status window back to Lightning Cutter.
「Name: Sung Yu-jin
Class: Lightning Cutter
Title: The One Who Stole the Virgin Goddess’s Purity
Divine Seat: Master of the Heavens
Affiliation: Earth AL 401
Strength: 101(+49) Agility: 89(+41) Stamina: 95(+31) Mana: 107(+42) Luck: 48(+36)
Unique Trait: Deception (SSS)
Trait: Lightning (SS)
Skills: Astrape (S), Man-Rai (A), Lightning Speed (A)
(Applying the Blessing of the Moon effect.)
(Applying the Status Window effect)」
My stats were the same, but I felt weaker.
‘It must be because the Heavenly Demon Divine Art (EX) and Heavenly Demon Physique (SSS) aren’t being applied.’
As I entered the capital, I chuckled at the chaotic situation. Monsters were running wild, but most of them had already been dealt with, and only their corpses remained.
‘It seems there’s someone in the Barclay Legion with the ability to summon monsters.’
The casualties in the capital were not as severe as I had expected. The fact that veteran exiles had gathered in the capital during the festival period had worked out for the best. And blue butterflies were leading or protecting citizens to safety.
‘The blue butterflies are… Elena’s Illusion Butterfly Technique. She’s faithfully carrying out the Emperor’s orders.’
I headed towards where Elena was. I could immediately tell where Elena was. The place where I felt an energy stronger than mine. Elena was definitely there.
As I headed towards the plaza where Elena was, my face gradually hardened.
Blue butterflies fluttered their wings and flew around the city. The blue butterflies were Elena’s magic. Itself. Right now, Elena was using her power excessively.
“Elena!”
Many people were gathered in the plaza, and Elena was in the center. The people gathered around Elena didn’t dare to approach her. It must have been because they felt a huge power from her.
“Ah, you’re already here? Did you take care of things?”
Elena turned to look at me. She didn’t look well. Cold sweat was flowing down her forehead, and her lips were trembling.
“Elena. I don’t know what you’re planning, but stop it.”
“It’s already too late. The illusion has begun.”
I swallowed my breath. The broken buildings returned to their original state as if time was rewinding. It was an illusion. Elena’s illusion was changing reality.
However, the corpses remained. The dead do not return. No matter how much it was Elena, it was impossible to revive the dead.
“Thank you!”
“Thank you! Duke Baldert!”
“Ah, Illusionist!”
The citizens of the capital cried tears of gratitude.
“…Are you planning to die here?”
“It’s for Baldert.”
The tide had turned in favor of the Emperor. The Emperor would sanction the Baldert family and her, and she needed a public achievement to avoid the sanctions. Gathering the citizens in the plaza and putting on a show was also to create witnesses to use as a shield of public opinion.
“You’ll die if you do that.”
“I won’t die. In the future… about a year left, I guess.”
Elena mumbled and staggered.
I was surprised and approached Elena. My attention was focused solely on Elena. That was a mistake.
“Heeheeheeheeheehing!”
With the sound of a horse’s cry, the floor suddenly collapsed. My body fell downwards. The bottom I reflexively looked at was dark and red.
「Entering the 9,371st Zone, the Drought Hell.」
I gritted my teeth. I kicked off the air and jumped upwards. Sleipnir was laughing at me. The gravity pulling my body down intensified.
「The World Leap (僞) desires your death.」
Sleipnir had the power to go to any zone. In other words, he was trying to send me to hell.
‘Was this bastard the ill-fated relationship the prophecy spoke of…!’
I summoned Stormbreaker.
“Astrape!!”
I infused lightning into Stormbreaker and threw it. The spear flew like lightning, as its name suggested, and pierced Sleipnir’s neck. He disappeared with his eyes wide open as if he couldn’t believe it. He didn’t know that I was strengthened by the Blessing of the Moon.
‘Damn it… Even though I killed him, the gate to hell isn’t disappearing.’
No matter how hard I tried to jump into the air, my body was falling into hell. I had killed Sleipnir, but the power he had used did not disappear.
Thud.
Someone grabbed my arm. It was Elena. A blue butterfly flashed in front of my eyes and disappeared.
“I’ve paid my debt.”
Elena whispered softly. Immediately after, my body was pushed out.
「Exiting the 9,371st Zone, the Drought Hell.」
But Elena fell into hell.
“I only have a year left to live anyway. Don’t worry about it.”
Her mouth and the clothes she was wearing were covered in blood. Her figure soon disappeared. The hole to hell gradually shrank.
I distorted my face and stretched my foot towards hell.
“Yu-jin. It’s already too late.”
Kang Myung-jin, who had approached at some point, grabbed my shoulder. I shook off his hand.
“My woman fell into hell. Do you think I’ll just let it go? I’m going to go get her, so I’ll leave the rest to you.”
“What…”
I turned my back on Kang Myung-jin and ran towards the shrinking hole. The hole was much smaller than I thought.
“Stormbreaker!!”
I threw a lightning spear to stop the hole from shrinking and dove into hell.
「Entering the 9,371st Zone, the Drought Hell.」
