Chapter 506 - Day of the Apocalypse (3)

Chapter 506 - Day of the Apocalypse (3)

Rumble—!!!

A giant heat storm swept throughout the concrete city. The demons that were caught in the explosion were reduced to ashes and scattered. The day of the Apocalypse, which Bael's army had dreamed of, began with the wretched screens of demons.

"Kurgh!" Amon grunted.

The intense heat was penetrating his demonic energy barrier and burning his skin.

Sizzle—!!

Pus oozed out from his skin as excruciating pain attacked him.

'How...?'

Amon's eyes widened. He stared at the giant explosion that had swept the surroundings. Such firepower could not have been possible unless the humans had prepared in advance for the invasion of Bael's army.

'They must have found out about the day of the Apocalypse...!'

That was the only possible explanation.

"Gaaaahhh!" Amon groaned as unpleasantly as nails on a chalkboard.

He gripped his staff tightly and hunched back even more.

"Tent of Evil!" he chanted.

Amon had no idea how the Demon King acquired information about the day of the Apocalypse, but he did not have the leeway to think about it.

Crackle—!

A black tent spread out in front of Amon and covered Bael's army, deflecting the barrage of light rays from the mage Players and the angels.

"Whoa, the fuck? You've gotten pretty strong in the time I haven't seen you!" said Oh Kang-Woo, looking down at the black tent.

Amon was well-known in Hell as a demonic scholar even during Kang-Woo's days as the Demon King, but his strength was only in academics; he was of no threat whatsoever combat-wise. However, seeing Amon single-handedly blocking the barrage of attacks from Players and angels, he was no longer the weakling scholar whom Kang-Woo knew.

"Tsk, tsk." Kang-Woo clicked his tongue and shook his head in disappointment. "This is why power balancing is important. Make someone too overpowered and the author is forced to power everyone up like it's some clearance sale."

"Kurgh!"

"You think so too, right, Amon? If you were to be set up as nothing but a scholar, you should've stayed that way. How does it make any sense for the story if you just power up out of nowhere?"

"Shut up, Demon King!!!"

"And one more thing, dammit. What is a mastermind-in-the-shadows character like you doing in the vanguard? Huh? Why is a mage like you the first to come out?"

'You Galdalf?'

"Guh..."

Blood vessels bulged from Amon's forehead. He had seen the frivolous side of the Demon King many times, but he couldn't help but surge with rage now that he was the target of ridicule.

"Huff, huff," Amon panted heavily.

He raised his staff and stomped his foot.

Boom!

A massive wave of demonic energy spread out in all directions like a rock dropped into a pond. The wave began to push back the barrage of attacks.

"Man, you sure are going all out for a frail son of a bitch." Kang-Woo crossed his arms and looked down leisurely at Amon. "Now, then." He slowly raised his hand and smiled crookedly. "Try blocking this."

He pressed a button on his earbud communication device, made by Khadgar's blood, sweat, and tears.

"Darling."

- Yes, Kang-Woo.

"Cast the buffs."

After his concise instruction, a massive pillar of light shot up into the sky from where the barrage of light was coming from.

"That's..." Amon slurred with his eyes widened. He knew exactly what the twelve wings overlapped with the pillar of light signified. He hurriedly shouted, "Disperse!! Disperse right now!!"

The army of demons, who were marching in formation like highly-trained soldiers, clumsily scattered as per Amon's command. Their airtight formation crumbled almost instantly.

"Right, here comes another one!" Kang-Woo cackled and spread out his arms widely. "Art!!"

Whoooom!!

Mana, incomparable to the amount from before, poured from the defense line once Han Seol-Ah's buffs were cast.

"Is an explosiooooooooon!"

Rumble—!

The magic circle that the mage Rankers and angels spent an entire month creating brightly shone blue.

"Kyahahahahahaha!!" A blonde angel standing at the center of the magic circle with a bottle of alcohol in one hand laughed madly.

It was Gabriel, the archangel who had worked the hardest to make the magic circle.

'But Bael has yet to make an appearance.'

He and Bael were the ones who would decide who would win or lose. As long as Bael was keeping himself hidden, Kang-Woo couldn't take reckless action either.

'I need to dissociate myself from those small fry.'

Kang-Woo needed to keep his focus on Bael.

'And...'

Kang-Woo smiled; he had already prepared a method to wipe out the demons flying toward the defense line.

"Destroy that magic circle first!!"

Several thousand demons had flown out of the range of the barrage. There were so many that they covered the sky.

[Gods of Olympus.]

Just then, Gaia walked out from the defense line. Behind her were other gods, who had manifested into Earth, glaring at the demons with weapons in hand.

[Bring down judgment on the forces of evil who have dared to set foot on the Triad!]

The gods of Olympus flew up toward the swarm of demons who had covered the sky. There were not many of them due to Bael's attack on Olympus, but each of them possessed Deific Essence.

Boom—!!

"Gaaaaaahhh!"

"Arghhh!"

The gods of Olympus flew right into the swarm of demons, the Deific Essence barrier protecting them, and began to tear the demons apart.

"Kuh." Amon frowned. He clenched his staff and shouted, "ingest the horn powder!"

Every demon raised the pouch hanging from their necks and poured its contents into their mouths.

Whoooom!!

Explosive demonic energy filled the sky.

[Kurgh...] Gaia grimaced. [So this is the power of Deicide.]

Just as Kang-Woo had told her, the demons had prepared a way to fight against those with Deific Essence.

Gaia stretched out her arm and shouted, [Fall back!]

It was impossible to slaughter the demons one-sidedly as they were doing before now that the demons possessed the power of Deicide.

"Raaaaaaahhh!!"

The demons roared ferociously and flew down to the defense line once the gods of Olympus retreated. It looked as if the night sky was falling on the ground.

"E-Eek!"

"Wh-What should we do?!"

The Players who were infusing mana into the magic circle looked around frantically.

"Stay focused on maintaining the magic circle!" Gabriel commanded.

However, the panic that had already been spread did not die down. No human could stay calm when a swarm of demons were flying down on them. The panic spread to the angels as well.

Clatter.

Just then, red chains enveloped the magic circle like a dome.

"Red Lotus, Eighth Form."

Step, step.

A slender woman with red hair spread out her arms and stood at the center of the magic circle.

Clatter—!

The hundreds of chains squirmed as if they were alive with each step the woman took.

"Red Lotus Kaleidoscope."

Swoosh—!!!

The red chains in the shape of a dome shot at the demons. The chains, which possessed the power of Deicide like the demons who ingested the horn powder, tore the demons apart.

"Finally..."

Cha Yeon-Joo clenched her fists as her shoulders trembled.

"Finally...!

She pumped her fists into the air.

"I finally get a badass scene!!"

Her sorrow, which had been built up from constant teasing by the Demon King, burst out all at once.