Chapter 438: The merchant Peromus' battle (4)
The Demon General Timarad appeared in front of Peromus and Bek, who was in [Beast Mode].
He was dressed like a clown, and claimed to be under Kyubel's direct orders, but did not wear a mask.
Sinorom and the eyeball monster had already vanished up the stairs.
When they looked at the stairs, Timarad rushed at Bek.
'Don't look away when I'm here!!'
'Hmph!!'
Bek's fist met Timarad's incoming punch.
Timarad ended up being the weaker one, being repelled back a long distance.
'I see, you do have some strength. But can you handle this!!'
Bek's fighting style favored Agility and Attack.
Timarad kept his distance, making sure to not give his opponent any advantage.
From a distance, he formed a few orbs of magic and shot them.
"Woah?!"
One of them was aimed at Peromus.
'Hah!!'
Bek grunted as he jumped back and bared his teeth, blocking the magic orbs with his arms.
He would fight while keeping Peromus safe.
'Heh, you can't win if you can't ignore that piece of garbage there.'
Timarad felt assured of his victory, seeing Bek was preoccupied with protecting Peromus.
He decided to shoot all the remaining magic orbs at Peromus.
Bek stood in front of Peromus, blocking everything with his body as his fur became charred.
"U-um...we might lose at this rate..."
Peromus continued using his items to heal Bek, but he felt like it was better if Bek just abandoned him.
Both of them would be defeated at this rate.
But hearing Peromus, Bek simply bared his terrible fangs.
Peromus could tell he was still confident about this.
'There's nothing to worry about. Beastmen keep their word. And I promised I'd return the favor of breaking me out! Full Beast Mode!!'
His voice was filled with resolution, and Bek used his Extra Skill [Full Beast Mode].
'Hm?!'
'Graaaawrrr!! What do you think now? I can still fight!!'
Peromus instantly recognized that as the second Extra Skill Beast King Muza had used when fighting Allen and Dogora.
Bek's muscles became even larger, his figure becoming closer to that of a beast, while his fangs became even longer.
He stood on four limbs, looking like a monstrous lion.
He roared loudly, but unlike Muza, he still seemed conscious.
Bek was still conscious even after using his second Extra Skill.
'What do I think now? It's all the sam- Ghahhh?!'
Bek charged so fast it was impossible to track him with one's eyes, his front limbs tearing apart Timarad's face as he tried to block.
Bek's claws shredded Timarad's flesh, sending purple blood everywhere as bone was left exposed.
'You're done!'
Timarad tried to transform as a last resort, but Bek's front limbs smashed his head down.
The rest of Timarad's body continued to twitch for a bit, but he quickly stopped moving.
"I-incredible."
Peromus was left without words witnessing Bek's strength.
He was just a merchant, without a clear sense of fighting, so he felt like Allen and Dogora had already gotten as strong as they could, unable to imagine what someone stronger was like.
But now he could tell that Bek was far stronger than them.
Bek wore the Beast King's Emblem, and had some of the best accessories available, making him able to overpower even Demon Generals.
'Let's go! We're running out of time so get on my back!!'
Bek told Peromus to climb on his back.
"R-right. Let's go!"
Carrying Peromus on his back was the fastest way to travel.
Peromus quickly straddled Bek's back, still a bit overwhelmed by everything.
Bek ran on all fours, moving much faster than the Bird B summon Allen used to transport the party in dungeons.
They went up the stairs in a couple jumps, reaching a corridor at the top.
After running through, trampling many demons, they reached another large room.
That room seemed to be designed to train large monsters, as the walls were covered in scratches.
It was hard to say exactly what this room was for, but its location made it necessary to pass through it before reaching the teleporter room.
Sinorom and the eyeball monster were in the center of the room.
A Demon Great General stood next to them, one with two sets of limbs, and two heads.
''That's as far as you go. You should've stayed in your cell, sacrifice. Your life belongs to the Demon King.''
With Bek's words pushing him, Peromus began dashing towards the door.
'The teleporter room is there! Wait up!!'
Sinorom and the eyeball monster chased after him after a short time, but Peromus changed his rings and necklace to those boosting Agility, running without looking back like Bek told him.
'So a human rescued me in the end. What a delight. This is so wonderful!! GHAHAHAHAH!!'
Bek slowly pushed his body out, laughing maniacally.
His life felt like a joke to him now.
He could not stop laughing at how things turned for him in the end.
''So what's your plan now?''
Ramonhamon spoke, staying there unlike Sinorom who chased after Peromus.
They seemed ready to finish the fight if that was all Bek would do, but his answer was a single word.
'Beast.'
That word prompted one last transformation.
His eyes filled with bloodlust as his body grew even larger.
That was his third Extra Skill [Beast].
'I see, so that's the power you got by drinking Gil's blood. How does it feel? The power we granted you.'
'This is what happens to a beast's descendant that fed on blood. It's so funny to think there's someone who actually can't live without eating their kin. Ahahahah.'
Ramonhamon commented and laughed about Bek's third Extra Skill.
'GRAAAWRRRRRR!!'
As soon as it was activated, all sanity vanished from Bek's mind.
Madness took over him, his brain focused solely on slaughtering the enemy in front of him.
Maybe that was how the half beast half god that founded Albahar also looked like that.
''Even if you're faster it won't help you!!''
Ramonhamon used their combined powers to block and counterattack.
The moment Hamon's hands blocked, Ramon would chant magic.
'Grarrrr!!'
Hamon had blocked the attack.
But Bek instantly deflected the magic orb shot at him.
Bek continued attacking after that.
Twisting his body, he kicked Ramonhamon's flank.
'Hamon, are you alright?!'
'Ghagh?! He used the arm I used to block against me!!'
Even though Ramonhamon seemed to have impenetrable defenses, Bek had nearly gone against the laws of physics, launching three attacks at the same time.
'Grrrrrrrrrrrwaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!'
Unlike Ramonhamon, Bek did not have multiple sets of limbs.
His third Extra Skill had pushed him beyond the limits of physics.
Bek roared loudly, his muscles swelling up further as he began to match Ramonhamon's attacks.
'Interesting. So this is the power of a beast that is reaching the level of gods. Hamon, no holding back now.'
'I know, sister. We need to give this our all too.'
Ramonhamon's body began to twitch and transform, growing double the limbs, and doubling in size.
Bek and Ramonhamon's battle became even fiercer.
***
Peromus ran desperately through the third floor's corridor.
There were many demons in his way, but without Bek he could not fight.
Sinoroms shouts echoed from behind too, so he could not afford to slow down.
He continued running until he spotted a familiar door.
He rushed inside, finding himself in a large room with some magic device in the center.
'This is Professor Sinorom's teleporter. Where would you like to go?'
"Err, please take me to Prostia!!"
Still a bit dazed, he found a cube device like the dungeons', to which he spoke.
It seemed like the device would let him through even if he was human.
'Understood. The Prostia destination was updated yesterday. Please step inside the magic circle.'
There were multiple magic circles around the device, each for a different destination.
One of them began to glow.
Peromus had to step on top of it.
'Wha-?! Stop that. Don't teleport!!'
Sinorom had not stopped shouting as he ran through the corridor, and now appeared in the room together with the eyeball monster.
The moment the eyeball monster saw Peromus, it struck out its tentacles.
"Please hurry and take me there!!"
He shouted at the device.
'Starting teleportation to Prostia.'
The device did not react to Sinorom's words, the magic circle lit up even brighter, and Peromus vanished from the room.