Chapter 769: I Am the Battle God

Chapter 769: I Am the Battle God

Minhyuk looked at Elpis, who collapsed on the ground.

Elpis was once a human being. However, he had been taken away to the Demon World by Great Demon Verus, and turned into a vessel for demonic energy. Despite being only human, he was hailed as the ‘Lesser Demon’ and had become an existence that made the entire Demon World tremble in fear. By chance, Elpis and Minhyuk met and stayed together.

Elpis was definitely a powerful figure. However, there were far more powerful figures in the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom, like Spear God Ben, Brod, God of Snakes Elizabeth, Sword of the Gods Luo, and many more. As the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom grew, the amazing characters that surrounded Minhyuk also began to increase, to the point of overflowing.

Indeed, Elpis was strong. However, as their enemies grew stronger, Minhyuk could tell that Elpis had started to feel impatient. He also wanted to become stronger in order to protect his king.

‘I never expected that the Map to Overcome One’s Limitation would lead him to Great Demon Gorac’s Shelter.’

Minhyuk also found this situation to be very unexpected. However, as it turned out, even after Elpis had reached Great Demon Gorac’s Shelter, he was still unable to take the test.

Through the Vassal’s Voice’s explanation, Minhyuk was able to clearly understand the situation.

[Gorac wants...]

[...the one that Elpis serves to be a more powerful individual. Or Elpis himself will become strong enough to meet the requirements of the test.]

Minhyuk asked the Vassal’s Voice, which provided more information than he thought, ‘Why is Gorac questioning the master that Elpis serves?’

[Gorac wants to become the greatest Great Demon in history.]

[However, he knows that a devil has clear limits.]

Minhyuk understood. What the Vassal’s Voice meant was that even demons needed some ‘connections’ to achieve that goal. Hence, Minhyuk had no choice but to borrow the name of the ‘Battle God.’

Minhyuk had a bitter look on his face as he stared at Elpis, who had fallen on the ground without even being allowed to take the test. He must have been so desperate, trying to go to Gorac over and over again and asking him to allow him to take the test. As a king, Minhyuk just wanted to clear a path for his vassal, Elpis. As expected, Gorac was fussy, difficult, and complicated.

Gorac had actually never met with the Battle God. However, as the eccentric Great Demon, he had a huge network of information at his disposal. It was because of this amazing intelligence network that Great Demon Verus could not do anything against him. Based on the information that he had gathered, the power that Minhyuk was displaying was truly the power of the Battle God. However, something still felt off.

‘He’s not strong.’

Gorac felt like he could suppress the man in front of him. According to his information, the Battle God was a very powerful individual that even Great Demon Verus could not compare to.

Hehe—

Great Demon Gorac’s eyes turned into crescents. “Well, I’m not so sure about that.”

As mentioned before, Great Demon Gorac led Eight Devil Generals. They were different from Great Demon Verus’ 72 Devils, but were as tough and as powerful as them. In fact, each and every single one of them was a powerful figure at the level of a god.

Even so, Minhyuk just stared at Gorac as he continued to show off his arrogance and majesty. As for Gorac, he wanted proof of his power.

[The Sudden Quest: Gorac’s Test has been created!]

[Sudden Quest: Gorac’s Test.]

Rank: SS

Requirements: The one facing Gorac.

Rewards: Gorac’s recognition and additional rewards.

Penalty for Failure: Will not be able to re-enter Gorac’s Shelter.

Description: Gorac is a very sly demon. Even after you introduced(?) yourself as the Battle God, he still suspects your identity. Show off your might and receive Great Demon Gorac’s recognition. If he acknowledges you, then he will admit his disrespectful behavior and will compensate fairly.

The Eight Devil Generals were all outstanding beings in each of their own fields, much like the gods and the 72 Devils were. One of them, General Burrow, had abilities related to assassination. He had the power to burst his enemy’s heart open in one move.

Gorac reckoned that even if the opponent in front of him was the Battle God, if he could not deal with the Devil General, then there was no need for him to join in the fight.

Devil General Burrow immediately reached for Minhyuk’s heart. However, Minhyuk just looked down at him arrogantly, his majestic aura still exuding from his body.

“What are you doing?”

“I will have to test you to know.” Great Demon Gorac laughed horrendously.

Just when General Burrow’s hand was about to reach for Minhyuk’s heart, a man appeared in front of him like a ghost. The man only had his right hand. However, even though he only had one hand left, he was able to easily cut off Devil General Burrow’s hand, and even stabbed the demon all over his body.

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab. Stab, stab, stab—!

Black blood spurted out of General Burrow’s body. Demon Gorac was stunned to see General Burrow being blown away like that. Then, he saw the one-armed man put his dagger back into its sheath.

“I won’t allow even your fingertips to touch His Majesty’s body.”

This man was Minhyuk’s shadow, Sword of the Gods Luo.

General Burrow looked at the blood that covered his body. The damage was not substantial. However, it was strong enough that he could not just ignore it.

“...”

Gorac frowned. He could clearly tell that the man that appeared in front of him was a god based on his temperament alone. Perhaps this was what Gorac had truly wanted to see. The Battle God was supposedly strong as an individual, but his true power lay in his army. Immediately after that, Gorac triggered his special skill.

[Demonic Eyes.]

[The Demonic Eyes are checking the opponent!]

[This man has inherited the power of the God of Assassination.]

[He is someone that has transcended the limits of a human being!]

“...”

Gorac was shocked. The man that had suddenly appeared in front of him was not a god, but someone that had transcended the limits of a human being. Curious, he turned his eyes toward Minhyuk.

[Demonic Eyes.]

[Gorac has started to acknowledge you.]

[Gorac has acknowledged you.]

[Gorac has acknowledged you.]

At this point, Minhyuk knew that Gorac’s acknowledgement and recognition was no longer necessary. However, since the situation had already developed to this point, he decided that it would be better for him to gain the upper hand.

Swooooooooosh—

All of the vassals that he summoned slowly started to scatter in the area. Gorac wondered if the man in front of him had finally decided to stop and talk. However, Minhyuk’s strongest and most powerful vassal had not yet made an appearance. So, he summoned him.

Crack—

“Brod.”

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Hundreds of sword lights fell down from the sky the moment Brod landed on the ground. Just like that, a thick cloud of dust bloomed as the surviving Demonic Beast Army troops were swept away. Immediately after that, Brod rendered all of the Devil Generals helpless, unable to participate in combat.

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash—!

The Devil Generals were unable to fight back and could only collapse on the ground from the powerful force that slammed into them.

[Demonic Eyes.]

[The Demonic Eyes are checking...]

[He is the sun acknowledged by the Battle God!]

[He is the Absolute God’s Sword.]

[He...]

[He...]

[He...]

The achievements of the man that appeared rang constantly in Gorac’s ears.

‘The era’s strongest.’

It was almost impossible to describe what the man was. One thing was for sure, everyone would be powerless in front of this man. But not long after, Gorac saw the self-proclaimed Battle God pull out his sword.

Swoooooosh—

A brilliant and blinding light spread all over the place the moment Minhyuk pulled his sword out. After making a splendid achievement, Minhyuk had received three God’s SP from the Battle God. He had also received plenty of rewards for hunting the Evil Incarnate. These were some of the rewards that he obtained.

[The Evil Incarnate’s Fear Skill Parchment.]

He had received two of this parchment. The Fear Skill Parchment was an item that could make a skill grow several levels beyond its MAX level.

‘Fear.’

Indeed. It was literally fear. After all, it also had the effect of bringing the opponent’s fear and terror to its limits once the skill was activated.

[You have used the Evil Incarnate’s Fear Skill Parchment.]

Minhyuk knew that the Great Demon Gorac would definitely be a strong ally if he stood by their side. However, Gorac was eccentric and weird. Even if they were allies, he might still flip the boat and betray him. So, Minhyuk decided, ‘Let’s bring him to his knees.’

[The effects of the Evil Incarnate’s Fear Skill Parchment have been applied to the Overlord’s Technique.]

[The level of the Overlord’s Technique has gone beyond the MAX level.]

Minhyuk pointed the tip of his sword, which shot out black flames, toward Gorac and said, “Gorac, deciding whether to cooperate with me or not has never been up to you.”

Crackleeeeeeee—

Gorac, who saw the raging black flames, felt fear engulf his entire body.

Overlord’s Technique was a skill that could originally deal around 5,000~7,000% additional damage in a 60~80 meter radius. With its current power-up, the damage was unimaginable.

[Overlord’s Technique.]

[You will deal 11,000~13,000% additional damage to a 500 meter radius!]

‘...?’

Minhyuk was quite shocked. The result of the upgrade was something that he had not expected.

‘I only wanted to scare him though... but since things have already developed to this point...’

Crackleeeee—

Minhyuk, who was pointing his sword engulfed with black flames at Gorac, swung it towards the Demonic Beast Army that was stationed behind him.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The flames that shot out from his sword destroyed all of the Demonic Beast Army troops behind him. But that was not all. Even the shelter, which was in the form of a forest, was burned down and turned into ashes.

Crackleeeee—

Minhyuk turned his back away from the devastation created by the black flames that he sent out and said, “This matter has always been in my hands.”

[A Great Demon is terrified of you.]

[You have obtained the Title: The Only One that the Great Demon Fears.]