Chapter 301

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Chapter 301: Diversion Tactic (2)

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The Covenanters stared at Damien with trembling eyes.

They already knew Damien was powerful. After all, he had single-handedly slain Sla, one of the Pillars of Pandemonium.

Because of this, they believed they had been cautious enough of him. But...

The power Damien possessed far exceeded their expectations.

"Why is no one answering?"

Damien asked again. The Covenanters shuddered involuntarily.

"If you won't answer, then there's no need to keep you alive."

Damien slowly drew his sword. The chilling sound of the blade scraping against the scabbard echoed in the air.

The Covenanters only come to their senses after that. They immediately summoned all their dark mana.

"Damien Haksen! Do you dare look down on us?"

"For Lord Dorugo, we will kill you here and now!"

They knew that half-hearted effort would only lead to their deaths. They had to give it their all from the start.

Almost simultaneously, all the Covenanters launched their attacks at Damien.

Various deadly assaults erupted from the altered bodies that Dorugo had reshaped. Every single attack was full-packed with tremendous destructive power.

Just before the attacks reached him, Damien murmured quietly.

"Second Wheel."

Damien's presence surged in an instant, overwhelming the force of the Covenanters.

The sword in Damien's grip accelerated. It moved so quickly that it seemed to multiply into dozens of blades.

The sword sliced through the Covenanters' bodies in various places.

A vicious shaking began to occur throughout the Covenanters' bodies as they froze mid-attack.

Click!

Damien Haksen sheathed his sword. Only then did blood burst forth from every part of the Covenanters' bodies.

Their joints and tendons were all severed and their vital organs were torn apart. Most importantly, their necks were completely severed from the rest of their bodies.

The heads of the Covenanters fell to the ground one after another. And then, their bodies collapsed lifelessly.

Not a single Covenanter remained alive. They had all been turned into corpses.

"......"

"......"

The elves standing behind watching Damien with shocked expressions.

It is said that the Covenanters were so feared that they were called the nightmares of spirit mages because they were such terrifying monsters.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, they had lost their lives. They hadn’t even had time to resist, let alone react.

In this moment, the elves realized why the Imperial Supreme Sword had said they could trust Damien.

"Now, let's move."

Damien turned to the elves and spoke. The elves silently nodded in agreement.

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"Ugh... Ugh..."

In a dark room.

Dorugo sat at her throne, clutching her head.

"It hurts... It feels like my head is going to explode..."

Recently, Dorugo had been suffering from relentless headaches that came at any time. Neither medicine nor dark magic could help. The headaches followed her like a curse.

-What are you doing? Why are you just sitting there? Kill him! I said kill him! If he's around, everything will fail!

A strange voice kept echoing in her head, and with every second that went by, her headache grew more intense.

-You fool! How can you not remember the most important thing? What good are eyes if you can't see the greatest danger?

Dorugo grabbed her head with both hands.

"Aaah... Aaaargh! Gahhh!"

Damien had always been like that, disrupting and ruining Dorugo's plans.

At first, Dorugo had been interested in him, thinking he might make a useful undead, but now, all she felt was endless hatred.

"Mother, what do you wish to do?"

Epsilon asked calmly.

In deep thought, Dorugo bit the bone on the tip of her thumb before making a decision.

"...We’ll avoid confronting Damien Haksen. Activate the dimensional portal and head to where the Imperial Supreme Sword is."

"Understood. I'll have preparations made immediately."

"But it would be a shame to just let Damien Haksen go."

A strange smile formed on Dorugo's lips.

"Prepare to activate that trap. It was designed for the Imperial Supreme Sword, so it should work on him too."

Elves made a mistake.

Although they had discovered Pandemonium's stronghold, they were missing a critical detail.

But what awaited them here wasn’t victory—only a gruesome death.

"Damien Haksen, I’ll show you true despair."

Dorugo muttered with a twisted smile as she stepped out of her laboratory.

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Damien descended into the hole with the elves.

The cave spread out from the large central pit like an anthill.

"Kieeeek!"

"Kreeeek!"

Undead creatures leaped out, trying to stop the group, but it was pointless.

"Annoying pests."

With a single swing of Damien's sword, they all reverted to lifeless corpses.

"Aren't we the ones who should be fighting? Damien needs to conserve his strength, right?"

Mata asked Hata. Hata looked troubled.

"You're right... but it's not the right time to say anything."

Though Damien's face was expressionless, the elves instinctively sensed it.

Damien was deeply enraged.

Even though he was their ally, Damien exuded such a murderous aura that no one dared to speak to him.

"Besides, it doesn't look like he's wasting any strength."

To the two elves, Damien's movements appeared exceptionally precise and controlled.

Yet they were powerful. No matter how many undead there were, he cut them down with a single strike.

"Huh?"

Just then, Damien muttered something under his breath.

"We’ve reached the bottom. Prepare yourselves."

At those words, Mata and Hata stopped talking. The other elves also became serious.

When Damien emerged from the cave, a vast space appeared before them.

There was no ceiling—only the sky above. They had finally reached the bottom of the pit.

A giant magic circle was etched into the ground. It was identical to the one they had seen before at the Pandemonium fortress.

But Damien didn’t have time to focus on the magic circle.

A dimensional portal was open in the distance.

Through the gate, the Four Great Demon Kings were visible. However, Damien’s attention wasn’t on them.

Instead, he fixated on a smaller figure clad in a gray robe.

The moment Damien saw that gray robe, he shouted.

"Dorugo!"

The gray-robed figure turned its gaze toward Damien.

Two red lights glowed from inside the skull and locked onto Damien.

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