Chapter 451: For Elpis

Chapter 451: For Elpis

Just like what Minhyuk had told him before, Elpis had decided to become selfish and think of himself. He had lived a life filled with suffering and torment for the longest time. It was to the point where he thought that he would be in this hell forever, and even if he were to take his final breath, it would be in this hell.

However, someone came and gave him happiness. So, Elpis wanted to stay with him and protect him.

‘I am Let’s Eat Sect’s Shield. His shield.’

[Book of Permanence.]

[You have made an eternal pledge to Minhyuk.]

[You have to fulfill all of his orders with your everything.]

Grasp—

Elpis’ hands grabbed the hilt of his sword, the ‘Devil Judge’s Sword’, tightly. It was finally the time for this sword to show off its true powers. Elpis had pretended that he was going to become Verus’ slave, just for this moment alone. From the very beginning, he intended to take this opportunity to get close to Verus.

[You, you bastard...!]

Great Demon Verus was left in a fluster.

‘How dare a measly human like you??! How dare you mock me like this?!’

And Elpis? He soared to the skies.

Flaaaaaaaaaash—

With his sharp, piercing glare and fluttering black hair, Elpis leapt to the skies and aimed at Verus. Everyone was shocked to see Elpis’ figure leaping in the skies with his sword raised against Great Demon Verus. Then, he said, “Berserk.”

[Berserk.]

[All abilities will be increased by 16% and all stats would have a +2 increase.]

[Thanks to the effects of the cooking buff, you won’t receive the Berserk’s penalty.]

[You can use Berserk for five minutes.]

The Berserk skill that Minhyuk used was originally Elpis’ skill. Which meant that its power was very much aligned with him. On top of that, Elpis had eaten the garlic bread and soup that Minhyuk had made for him less than an hour ago.

The effects of the dishes that Minhyuk made for him were amazing. It increased his sword’s basic attack by 300%, and even added a +2 on the level of the four-chaptered Devil Judge’s skill. It also increased his STR, AGI, and STM by 20%.

Simply put, the current Elpis was strong enough that he could probably even cut down the Gods.

Elpis also had skills with extreme penalties like Ghost Spear Ben’s Absolute Pinnacle Spear and Khan’s Giant’s Explosion. This skill was the final chapter of his Devil Judge’s skill.

“Splitting the Great Demon.”

Swoooooooooosh—

Elpis’ sword grew larger until it reached ten meters in length, as a powerful force wrapped around it. Then, Elpis swung his huge sword down on Verus’ head.

Puhaaaaaaaaaaaa—

Verus was, unfortunately, able to block his head with his demonic energy shield. When the sword and shield collided, a powerful shockwave erupted, which made the people in the vicinity fly back.

However, even if Verus was able to erect a shield, the current Elpis had a 300% increase in basic attack. On top of that, his Splitting the Great Demon skill, the skill that Elpis prepared to deal with Great Demon Verus, was a skill that added 3,000% attack and raised his attack power to the extreme.

Crack, crack, crack—

Cracks appeared on the shield that protected Verus, and his eyes widened in shock. Finally...

Clatter—

...the shield broke into pieces. Elpis’ sword continued its descent until it slammed straight down into Great Demon Verus’ forehead.

[Keuaaaaaaaaaaaack!]

This was a very shocking and monumental moment. The existence called the Great Demon Verus shrieked in pain the moment Elpis’ sword hit him.

Crack—

[One of Verus’ 72 Devils, Flauros, has appeared!]

[One of Verus’ 72 Devils, Forcas, has appeared!]

[Those that will be able to seal the members of the 72 Devils will receive rewards.]

The demons showed off their majesty in front of everyone. The truth was, it was not only the Great Demon that the players could not fight against, but also the Devil Legion that served Verus.

Flauros was a male demon with a leopard’s fur wrapped around his body, a javelin in his hand, and a huge black hawk on his right shoulder. Zagan was a bipedal bull with a pair of gryphon’s wings on his back and countless demons behind him. Forcas was an old man riding on a white horse with a long, impressive white beard, and a huge scythe on hand. Behind them stood thousands of monsters, humans, elves, and orcs with chains wrapped around one of their legs.

These demons were not even in the top forty of the demons under his command, in fact, they were the lowest in terms of rankings. This proved that Verus did not have the power to summon his top ranking demons at the moment. However, it still did not take away the fact that he summoned three of his generals at once.

Elpis immediately moved forward and blocked Verus and the three demons that he summoned.

“Everyone... quickly... escape...!” Elpis shouted, hand clasping his sword tightly and eyes filled with the determination to die. However, the eyes of all of the members of Let’s Eat Sect were all trained on Minhyuk, who was standing on top of the fortress’ ramparts. He made eye contact with each of them.

[Guild Master Minhyuk: As your master, I command you.]

All of them held their breaths as they waited for his orders. Do they leave Elpis behind or do they fight those mysterious beings in front of them? Either of the two, they would follow his choice.

[Guild Master Minhyuk: We will save Elpis and seal the Great Demon and the rest of the demons present.]

“Roger!!!”

“Okaaaaaaay!”

“Uwooooooooooooh!”

The members of Let’s Eat Sect all jumped up as if they had been waiting for this moment.

‘The stun just a while ago was definitely the great demon’s power. He can’t actually bind us.’

The entire world was shocked to see them running forward.

[Player Minhyuk has made a decision!]

[Let’s Eat Sect is not backing down!!! Right now, they’re rushing towards the demons!!!]

[They look cool as they rush to save Diablo!!!]

[That’s a very foolish decision!!! Players against demons is definitely impossible! So, why am I crying right now?!]

Meanwhile, Genie, who was also running forward, asked...

[Vice-Guild Master Genie: What about you?]

She thought that he would run together with them after he gave his orders. But then, Minhyuk said...

[Guild Master Minhyuk: I’ll come after eating this very delicious meal. Endure until then.]

***

Ardo’s Training Grounds was the first place that new Athenae players would step foot on. This was the place where they could learn many basic things, like how to attack through the scarecrow hitting quest, how to use the inventory, how the concept of stats worked and many other things. This was literally a tutorial point.

In this place, there were two people known as the neighborhood’s specialty. These two people were none other than Instructor Valen and his wife, Instructor Roina. They always showed the other players a refreshing scene by dealing with the arrogant and cocky new players.

However, the players that had created their characters at this very day had no choice but to look around in confusion.

“What the hell?!”

“Where’s the instructor?!”

The new players were bewildered. They were about to lose their cool until the instructor appeared. However, their instructor looked completely different from usual when he was instructing them in this tutorial zone. Today, he was wearing shiny and tough leather armor, with a well-maintained, sharp sword hanging on his waist.

“This guy will help you train today,” The instructor said, turning around and walking forward after leaving them with another instructor. There, in the distance, stood a woman waiting for him. This woman was none other than his wife, Roina. She was the person that contributed greatly and made Instructor Valen a local specialty. After all, they usually worked in a pair when they dealt with the arrogant players! Roina was also wearing shiny silver full-plate armor with a spear in her hand.

“Wa... wait! Where are you going?! Is this something that NPCs can do?! What’s more important than doing this?!” One of the players asked in disbelief.

Instructor Valen looked back at him with a smile and said, “Saving the world.”

Then, the two people disappeared in a flash of light.