Chapter 138 – Demon Lord

Chapter 138 – Demon Lord

[Name: Belphegor | Species: Demon Lord | Level: 1,000]

[Health 135,074/166,666]

[Stamina 155,231/166,666]

[Magicka 166,666/166,666]

"Huff... this is the last time I'm doing Asmodeus a favour..."

This hulking demon who seems to be the leader looks to be slightly uninterested looking, almost as if he really doesn't want to be here. Despite us being ready to fight, maybe there might be another route that can be taken if he's like this...

"Hey, erm... demon lord? Why are you even attacking us anyways?"

Questioning him gives all three of the people alongside me a slight surprise and even the demon lord himself.

"I'm not really sure why little mortals, Asmodeus has a thing for being cryptic but all I care about is him owing me a favour. That just means I'm going to smash you poor little creatures into jelly"

So, someone called Asmodeus is to blame for this? However, assigning blame right now is useless since the demon lord Belphegor charges at us swiping his club towards our direction...

Without giving it any thought, all four of us split up in separate directions with me flying a little off the ground and the others remaining grounded. It's a good thing all of us are extremely quick and adaptable otherwise we'd have been turned into jam from that guy's club right there.

The speed of this demon swinging his club might be comparable to Petra, all us four can really do right now is just try to avoid the attacks and wait for an opening. It's almost as if we're fighting off a wild bull or something.

Thankfully, an opening comes pretty quickly when the demon finds his club stuck in one of buildings after missing another swing.

"Damn! The blasted thing is stuck"

While he's trying to recover his club, all four of us seize the opportunity for a counter and ready ourselves for an attack back.

Priestess aims her summoned sword towards the demon and a beam of light shoots out of it making piercing contact with the red guy's back.

Zeki starts to coat him with red fire laughing like a maniac doing so and for me and Petra, there's no doubts we need to use our strongest suitable attack right now.

'Aesa?'

[<Confirmed, aspect is ready>]

Me coming from the sky and Petra the ground, we both charge in sync towards the hulking demon hitting his back from separate sides, both our blades make contact with him crashing him straight into the wall. That building is really going to need some work after this but distracted Ikarus has to focus right now.

For some reason though, the demon recovering himself from the attack seems to find the situation really funny...

"Haha... hahaha... hahahahaha! To think both of you have a giant's power! Now I see why Asmodeus wanted me here, obviously my immense power was needed to crush your weak, flimsy spines! Try that again, little mortals, I dare you!"

This sluggish guy all of a sudden gets seriously worked up and even starts to glow, has he just activated a power up or something?

'Shit, status. He seems even stronger no-...'

[Name: Belphegor | Species: Demon Lord | Level: 1,000]

[Health 54,375/166,666]

[Stamina 154,971/166,666]

[Magicka 166,666/166,666]

Without even giving me the chance to fly away, I find the demon twist his body with the club and it guiding towards my chest...

"Ikarus!"

"Orangey!"

"Ikarus-sama!"

The impact throws me further into the air quite a bit but I'm still able to withstand the pain, just barely I might add. That must've have broken a rib or two but I can still fly and fight. That could've been way worse if I wasn't airborne though.

'Fuck! Status'

[Name: Ikarus | Species: Phoenix | Level: 466]

[Health 42,434*/70,000*]

[Stamina 36,372*/40,000*]

[Magicka 57,317*/70,000*]

[You currently have 83000 unassigned points]

'Damn, that hurt like a bitch... hang on, what the fuck!?'

My level was barely past three hundred last check, this makes literally no sense! That demon army were weak as fuck... urgh, just focus on not dying right now Ikarus!

'Aesa, invest a load into health, I don't care how much!'Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

[<Aesa will pick an amount, another attack incoming -Ikarus->]

Rapidly darting up out of his swinging range again, this demon seems to have an agenda against me and I'm not sure why.

"Oi, you bastard! There's four of us you know!"

"Thanks Ikarus-sama! Repent demon!"

"..."

Having just placed priestess to the side of the lake, me and her start the barrage of attacks on the stuck demon with everyone following our example.

I'm throwing as much flame as I can while Zeki and Petra combine there's into mine to make some horrid looking black, orange and red hybrid fire that smothers the demon.

Priestess continues using her beam aiming for the heart of the stuck demon and mother, although she may right next to the demon, her fire breath has the most vivid colour of all so I can only imagine how powerful and painful that would be to experience right now.

"ARGH!! You fucking mortal scum! Release me from this lake!"

All of us ignore any demonic screams and just keep pumping more and more fire or magic into the slowly moving demon. This is only going to get worse for him as even the lake seems to be hardening up now. He is royally fucked with his only option to try and pull up pieces of hardening magma as his weapon, this guy has zero chance to escape from inevitable death now

Very slowly, his lifeforce is obviously draining from the never ending barrage from us, he's fucked now and he knows it.

'Status'

[Name: Belphegor | Species: Demon Lord | Level: 1,000]

[Health 13,291/166,666]

[Stamina 152,290/166,666]

[Magicka 150,667/166,666]

Just as I'm checking how much life he has left; everything goes black again back into that lifeless void. I do not stop my attacks where I was pointing at though, this place isn't real goddamn it!

"Fuck off you bastard!"

Maybe it's the combination of continuing to attack or the demon giving up, but getting out of that place takes less than a moment. The bloody and charred demon seems to have something to say just before departing this world though, it doesn't stop the fire burning deep in his soul and body though.

"Mark these final words Asmodeus... I will find some way of getting revenge for this... *Cough cough*..."

And just like that, the demon still standing upright stuck in the magma stops moving almost looking like a burning statue. It's pretty creepy seeing someone die standing up like that but the fight is now won, I think.

'Thank fuck that's over, really should've activated plot protection at the start since my chest hurts like a bitch right now... status'

[Name: Ikarus | Species: Phoenix | Level: 566]

[Health 92,434*/120,000*]

[Stamina 35,958*/40,000*]

[Magicka 32,324*/70,000*]

[You currently have 108000 unassigned points]

'You might've gone a little overboard with the health Aesa but thanks anyway... wait, seriously!?'

[<-Ikarus- must have landed last hit on target -Belphegor-, even Aesa can't believe how much -Ikarus- has levelled up today>]

Just another hundred levels you know, this levelling is so dumb and I'm loving it... I've just realized I can now purchase every single remaining ability if I wanted too. I was already pretty overpowered but this is starting to get a little insane.

While I obviously can't contain my grin at breaking all concept of power in this stupid world, it appears mother may have a slight problem right now.

<Erm, Ikarus? That idea you had was brilliant to trap the majin but I may need a hand now>

Poor mother, all four of her paws have completely hardened in the lake and she really can't get out. You'd think she would have the strength to just break out but maybe my hardened magma is special or something? I'm such a dick, all I want to do is laugh and mock her right now.

"Sorry mother, I'm not really sure what to do though. How do you feel about becoming the mascot statue of the town? We could hang some lights around you and even use you for celebrations!"

"Heh"

<Funny Ikarus. I'll just wait here till you can get me out, not like I have much of a choice. I'm going to chew off my legs if I'm here for too long though, are you sure you want a pawless mother?>

"Just try and relax for a little bit, I'll get you out in a jiffy"

Despite the rest of us obviously look pretty relieved at the battle that was just won, Zeki now seems a little concerned and almost frightened over something. He does look pretty bloody from holding on against that guy with Charlotte in the beginning but I think this might be something else.

"Orangey and sis, you have any idea where brother might be?"

"Maybe the clinic kid? She's probably helping some people right now"

"Ikarus is most likely right. If she's anywhere Zeki, it'll probably be in the clinic"

Me and Petra trying to reassure him only makes his worries worse.

"Yeah, but that fucking ogre just came out of the clinic! We've got to get in there now then!"

If that guy fought Ariza befor-... no, she's got to be elsewhere, right? Regardless, now both me and Petra now share his concern.

"We'll look for her now then... crap! Anyone know where Mute and the two guys are?"

There's a few missing people uncounted for at the moment, most noticeably including Garry and Marcus but a dragon shouldn't be that hard to find, right?

"She's definitely fine orangey, I told her to go hide with Ria since putting out fires and causing splinters in a fucking warzone is just stupid. We really need to find brother"

'He really can be caring at times, let's find Ariza then...'