Side Story Chapter 184

Side Story Chapter 184

The moment the floor gave out, Joshua plummeted. Since he had already visited the secret vault several times, he knew that it was going to fall dozens of meters at least.

The air was filled with the remnants of the council chamber, so there was a high chance that they would hit his people. Even as he fell, Joshua was busy deflecting the falling debris away from them.

However, that wasn’t the only problem. Tshchary darted toward Joshua like a lightning bolt. Tshchary was technically responsible for both the strongest and second strongest demons’ deaths, so he was confident about his chances against Altheon. However, the Shining Darkness was a different story—but since Tshchary could levitate, this fall was his golden opportunity to attack Joshua.

Tshchary swung his giant scythe through the air, and Joshua thrust his spear forward in response. Their weapons clashed, throwing sparks into the air to join the rubble.

-Here comes my real attack!

Dozens—no, hundreds of heads suddenly emerged from Tshchary one after another; all of those heads were shedding tears of lamentation. There were some familiar faces too.

“Altheon Deos...” Joshua murmured.

Altheon Deos, the strongest demon alive up until a moment ago, emerged from Tshchary’s left shoulder, and Urus the red devil’s head was on Tshchary’s right shoulder.

-Curse you, Shining Darkness!

-Unwanted trash! You don’t even know how pathetic you are by continuing to live as a mere human!

They poured out curses at Joshua, their demonic voices spitting fire and vitriol. If ordinary people heard them, they would have gone crazy, but it was nothing to Joshua.

“I can see why they call the death reapers the vultures of the Demon Realm,” Joshua scoffed.

-Shut your damn mouth!

Reapers were frequently denigrated for picking over the dead much like a carrion bird.

-We death reapers are the rulers of death. Whoever loses their mortal coil must obey me!

“You people feed on souls, not bodies, but I don’t see how you’re any different from a vulture.”

-Do you think I’ll fall for your crude provocations, Shining Darkness? I’ve made a place for you right in the center of me! Although I originally left that place for the Demon Spirit... you’d make quite a nice replacement.

A dark hole yawned in the center of Tshchary’s chest. The heads that covered the rest of his body swelled up like pimples and then burst off of his form and flew at Joshua with a will of their own.

-Die!

-Curse you!

Each head’s attack was unique. While Altheon unleashed a ray of demonic power from his mouth, Urus emitted powerful lightning currents through his horns on his forehead. This was the true ability of Tshchary, the king of the death reapers. The more Tshchary killed, the stronger he got.

“...But that doesn’t change the fact that all those souls belong to the people I defeated,” Joshua stated matter-of-factly as he quietly leveled his spear. There was nowhere to stand and nowhere to run, so Joshua had to intercept every head. That was nothing; no worse than a few hundred arrows flying at him.

“I... I’m here, master!”

“The Queen Consort is fine, too.”

Joshua heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Cain’s and Ulabis’s voices waft through opaque clouds of dust, and then turned to regard his enemy.

He immediately paused, confused. Earlier he had felt the presence of two powerful demons, but there was a big difference in the amount of energy he could sense from them now. One of them was vastly stronger than before while the other one had become very weak. It didn’t take long for Joshua to understand what was going on because he and Perchilin were connected through their Overlord Symbols. Apparently Perchilin had handed both of her Evil Sins over to Tshchary; even Joshua hadn’t expected something like that.

“A greedy demon voluntarily giving away her Evil Sins... Now I’ve seen everything,” Joshua murmured.

-Hehehe, we learned a lot from your human wife.

Tshchary’s manic laughter echoed in the darkness. He felt energized. He had never imagined that these Evil Sins would bring him this much power even though they weren’t Pride. He was actually starting to wonder why he insisted on only taking Pride.

-Keep... your promise.

Perchilin seemed to see what Tshchary was thinking. The death reaper grunted.

-Hmm...

Tshchary was beginning to understand why the Human Realm’s people said that taking a shit gave you a new perspective. He felt like it would be a real waste to return the powers he had obtained.

Tshchary had to stop that train of thought.

‘I’ll think of a way after I get rid of this problem...’

He turned his lightless eyes elsewhere. Despite the clouds of dust that yet filled the air, disguising everything in a gray murk, Tshchary could sense two new kinds of energy.

-...Wait.

Tshchary focused on the new energies and immediately shuddered in ecstasy.

-I see. I see... Hahaha... Hahahahahahaha!

Tshchary’s manic laughter rang out in the vault once again.

The demon began to swing his scythe, launching deadly bolts of demonic power in the direction of Icarus and Ulabis.

Joshua stood in the way and deflected every attack, but they weren’t Tshchary’s real target.

Tshchary ran so fast that the air was slammed out of his way.

-You haven’t used the Demon Spirit’s body even though it’s right there! Hahahahaha!

Tshchary had the powers of Lust and Sloth now. With the addition of the Demon Spirit’s body, he may have a chance against the Shining Darkness.Follow current novels at novelhall.com)