Chapter 1870. Belphegor Advances

Chapter 1870. Belphegor Advances

Since Horatio had already used the book, he decided to go all the way. He used Daemon Hell Gate before following up with Demonic Contract.

The emerged daemon received a great boost from the Demonic Contract. The nearby defenders also received the same boost, allowing them to fight off the tide of demons. With this boost, they overpowered the demons that tried to make a jump on Horatio. The daemon with the flaming axe clashed with the daemon Horatio summoned. Even the demon commander who devised the trap was forced to retreat.

What they weren't aware of was Belphegor was looking in their direction from outside the defensive walls. He stood still while his mini clones and floating ice weapons dealt with Wrath's maids.

Jygorth and the Montu spider were forced to battle other demons. The defender's number had reduced to a point where they couldn't have many combatants fighting Belphegor. Only Wrath's maids were still on that task, and they were one person short.

Out of the seven maids, one died in the previous battle. The remaining six were infested with rage after losing one of their sisters. Their power received a boost. But at the same time, they learned they couldn't continue to fight with such recklessness. Belphegor was not an opponent they could win just from a boost. The worst thing was, the devil didn't even seem serious about fighting them yet.

Wrath's maids adopted a more reserved method. They now only aimed to keep Belphegor at bay. They no longer fought intending to defeat him.

Currently, they were wary because Belphegor had stood up. Something the devil rarely did except when he marched, and Belphegor only marched after the obstacles were gone.

Currently, they were wary because Belphegor had stood up. Something the devil rarely did except when he marched, and Belphegor only marched after the obstacles were gone.

He burped. His chest bulged. This bulging flowed upward to his neck.

Wrath's maids were already used to this scene. This was what happened when Belphegor created his mini clones. He always did that at the beginning of the battle.

As expected, a fleshy ball was vomited out. Belphegor's mouth enlarged unnaturally to allow the large size ball to exit. What was unexpected was Belphegor burping again after that. The same process repeated.

This continued until five fleshy balls were on the ground. These balls turned into mini-Belphegor. Now, there were nine of them in total. Each holding the ice weapons formed from Belphegor's nine icy orbs.

Wrath's maids looked at the nine with wariness. The enemies now outnumbered them. Another issue that took their attention was Belphegor's appearance. His large belly was completely gone. He looked like an oversized fat demon less than a minute ago. Now, he was as skinny as a starving person who hadn't eaten for a month.

One other detail the others didn't notice was his eyes. They were no longer glazed with the laziness he was associated with. They were lively. ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

His panic was because Horatio's body was covered by a thin layer of ice, and this ice was getting thicker by the second. Belphegor had used an eye skill, Infernal Freezing Gaze. This skill not only froze Horatio's body but also slowed his mind. In Horatio's vision, everything suddenly moved in fast motion while he could not move.

One of the nearby priests cast Cure on Horatio, but the spell was useless. Belphegor's eye skill was too powerful for Cure to nullify.

William cast Advanced Cure, a non-standard elite spell learnable by those who branched from the Healer class. His spell produced a better effect. Horatio's mind was cleared. He could think properly again, but the ice layer was still covering his body. It just stopped getting thicker. He could move again albeit very slow.

"Protect his majesty...!" Darius shouted.

Everyone hurriedly crowded around Horatio while those near the crumbled wall rushed to engage Belphegor to stop him from advancing. Belphegor took a squatting stance as multiple ranged attacks headed toward him. He then jumped.

His jump brought him hundreds of meters into the air in the blink of an eye. Up there, he spread his arms. Rings of ice materialized on his two sides. These ice rings then shot downward. They were spinning like oversized chakrams. They didn't fly in a straight line. They flew in zig-zag patterns, which made their trajectories hard to follow.

The defenders cast defensive spells to block these ice chakrams, but the ice chakrams easily sliced through the spells and the casters.

Felix used Sentinel's Impenetrable Wall. His shield image was cut in half by an ice chakram. When the ice chakram hit his tower shield, he was thrown by the impact. He crashed into Diana behind him, and the two flew a distance away.

Horatio, who still had difficulty moving, suddenly found the people around him gone. They were either killed by the ice chakrams or were sent flying from the impact.

A loud crash was heard behind him as a huge shadow covered him. He looked back and saw Belphegor towering over him.

He was speechless. He knew the devil was terrifying, but seeing people battling the devil from far away was completely different from seeing one directly before him. The pressure he felt caused him difficulty in breathing.

"You have something not meant for you," Belphegor uttered.

Horatio didn't need to guess what the devil was referring to. His hand was still clutching the Book of the Damned tightly. Under the suffocating pressure, he couldn't think. He just acted. He drew power from the book and started to draw spell formation.

Before the spell formation was completed, Belphegor's hand shot down with incredible speed. All of a sudden, Horatio was already in Belphegor's grip. The devil's hand had turned into an ice claw without anyone noticing. Horatio, who was in the ice claw's clutch, was encased in an ice block in a matter of seconds.

Belphegor then squeezed. The ice block shattered. Pieces of ice encasing Horatio's body parts fell to the ground. The Book of the Damned dropped among these ice debris.