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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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A black star fell from the red sky like a meteor.
It was the moment when the black stars, originally five, were reduced to four.
In the demon realm, the fall of a black star was both an extremely rare event and a deeply chilling one.
This was because it meant that one of the five Demon Kings, god-like beings in this demon realm, had died.
The bloodline members of Berzet inside the Blood Realm Castle stared with wide-open eyes at the falling black star.
Blood Valley was the ultimate defensive fortress where numerous direct and branch lineages of the Blood Realm Castle were densely gathered.
They were using the bones of an ancient dragon that had once protected the Berzet royal family as a fortress.
And even from within this fortress, the fall of a black star was clearly visible.
The eldest son of the Berzet royal family, Zargos, with navy blue hair and golden eyes, slowly shook his head at the sight of the falling black star.
“…It can’t be.”
It couldn’t be his father.
Surely, it must be Demon King Lilith, who had opposed his father, who had died.
Zargos and the bloodline members of the family all believed this.
At that moment, a demon rushed urgently toward Blood Valley.
It was a man of the Marang tribe, which could be considered the lycanthropes of the demon realm.
The identity of the man who came with black fur flying was Rohit, the left arm of Berzet and the general of the Great Demon King’s family.
The eldest son, Zargos, urgently looked at Rohit and spoke.
“Rohit, what happened to the black star that just fell? Did Demon King Lilith die?”
The giant demon standing next to Zargos smirked and said.
With a face that closely resembled his father, a toad-like face and body, it was the second son, Makan.
“Brother, of course. There’s no way Father would have died.”
Rohit’s brow remained furrowed.
“…Great Demon King Berzet has passed away.”
Zargos’s mouth fell open.
“What?”
Makan’s two golden eyes shook violently.
“Did that Demon King Lilith and her armies kill Father? That, that can’t be… Did Lilith form an alliance with other Demon Kings? Once someone has set foot in the Blood Realm Castle, even you, Rohit, know well that a single Demon King cannot kill Father in the Blood Realm Castle!”
Makan’s outcry was all logical.
But the truth was clear that “The Master of All Blessings” Berzet was dead. Rohit opened his dry lips again.
“It was a human.”
And he spoke the truth.
The faces of Zargos and Makan became severely distorted.
Makan grabbed Rohit by the collar.
“What nonsense are you talking about! How could a human…!”
Rohit could only sigh despite Makan’s meaningless pressure.
“A single human killed Lord Berzet alone.”
And he repeated the truth that the bloodline members couldn’t believe no matter what explanation was attached.
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Yuma moved forward.
He walked back into the Blood Realm Castle where ten thousand demons resided.
Lilith’s subordinates were engaged in battle with Berzet’s forces.
Although their leader Berzet had met a vain death, they couldn’t just give up and die as well.
And the blessings that the Berzet family’s bloodlines could use were very diverse and could also be stacked.
Berzet’s forces gritted their teeth to survive and confronted Lilith’s forces.
Their weapons and demon energy clashed against each other.
The Blood Realm Castle was deeply stained with the blood of demons.
Yuma walked towards where Lilith’s armies were at a disadvantage.
The effect of the “Flash Stigma” received from Selene was teleportation, blinking.
In urgent situations, a 10-minute cooldown might feel quite significant, but 20 uses was not a small number, so it seemed possible to use without difficulty if distributed well enough.
Thud
Lilith’s armies widened their eyes as they looked at Yuma who suddenly appeared beside them.
It wasn’t just Lilith’s subordinates who were stunned and momentarily froze.
All the armies that had served the dead Berzet were also terrified when they saw Yuma.
“Humaaan──!”
Piercing through that silence, along with someone’s massive shout, a streak of blue sword light rushed forward.
A cry filled with hatred.
It was a demon swordsman who had extremely high loyalty to Berzet.
There was no hesitation in Yuma’s movements.
Claaang!
Balmung deflected the sword light.
The blue sword light reversed its course, drawing a half-moon.
The heads of Geltaine and the demons on either side of him flew off simultaneously.
The armies of the Blood Realm Castle now had no intention of facing Yuma at all.
Well, this was because every being that approached or attacked Yuma was killed one after another.
The demons that rushed at him were all smashed into bloody pulps and sent flying away.
The battlefield was shrouded in blood and screams.
“The Master of All Hellfire” Lilith scattered hellfire flames in all directions.
The pillars of the Blood Realm Castle began to burn down completely in red flames.
Buildings tilted.
“Aaaaargh!!!”
The people of Berzet’s Demon King family screamed and rushed outside.
Lilith looked at Yuma from afar, who was annihilating Berzet’s demon realm armies.
He was literally flashing from east to west, crushing enemies.
Whoosh─
Lilith was also engulfing numerous enemies in hellfire with her flame, but she swallowed her saliva as she watched what Yuma was doing.
The method Yuma chose when the enemies did not attack him was simple.
To blink towards enemies who were currently attacking.
Yuma took a light step forward.
And he quickly scanned the surroundings with his eyes.
The situation he was looking for was clear.
The battle situation where Berzet’s forces were attacking Lilith’s forces.
Swiiish!
In the midst of the melee, a blue demon of Berzet thrust his sword at a vampire warrior of Lilith’s forces.
Something appeared like light on the side of the vampire who was desperately backing away.
It was Yuma who had teleported using the blink skill.
Claaang!!!
With a golden circular impact spreading, the blue demon’s sword flew into the air.
Blink, and parry.
Craaack!
The blade of energy that extended like a scythe from Yuma’s Balmung cut through the blue demon diagonally.
Blue chunks of meat tumbled across the Blood Realm Castle.
Yuma was repeatedly using blink to rush into momentary battle situations, then parrying enemy attacks aimed at his allies.
After killing the blue demon, Yuma immediately determined his next target and used [Blink].
Zzhut!
Appearing suddenly, distorting the atmosphere, Yuma gripped Balmung properly and swung it.
Clang!
Towards three arrows descending in a parabolic trajectory.
Clang!
Three golden waves.
And three reversals.
Of course, the power contained in the returned arrows was not just that of arrows filled with demon energy.
A vortex.
The three arrows absorbed all the wind in the atmosphere, becoming a tornado.
Three calamities swept through Berzet’s forces.
Krrraaash────!!!
The tornado that mercilessly swept through the Blood Realm Castle.
The structures of the Blood Realm Castle, which should have been indestructible, were horribly crushed.
It wasn’t just the structures that were crushed.
Berzet’s forces who encountered the tornado were helpless even when they mobilized all the abilities of their blessings and defensive equipment.
The tornado crushed the demons’ armor, skin, and bones.
Red blood and flesh were scattered on the ground.
Yuma’s gaze searched for another place to rush into.
Yuma’s body blinked once more.
Whoosh!
“Move aside.”
At Yuma’s low voice, who suddenly appeared beside them distorting the air, Lilith’s demon forces hurriedly threw themselves backward.
To Yuma’s right, a bright red magical flash.
To his left, a huge axe wielded by one of Berzet’s demons rushed horizontally.
White demon energy was thickly condensed on the axe.
He swung Balmung toward the straight magical flash.
And the axe thrusting fiercely from the left.
In Yuma’s left hand was a one-handed shield, a buckler.
He skillfully swung his left hand to parry the axe with the buckler.
The magical flash was deflected by Balmung in Yuma’s right hand.
Claaaang!!!!
Booooom!!!!
Yuma who parried simultaneously with both hands.
Two parries.
Two [Absolute Counter]s were naturally the next step.
Explosive white light burst out from both sides.
The white light devoured the Blood Realm Castle.
All demons touched by the light were incinerated.
The structures turned to ash and scattered.
Sizzle─ Sizzle…
The ground was scorched, with only remnants of flames visible.
White light extending diagonally on both sides from the point where Yuma stood.
Only the demons of Berzet’s side who were directly in front of Yuma were breathing intact.
They all backed away with faces filled with terror.
The number of Berzet’s demons killed by the two bursts of white light was uncountable.
Including those inside the collapsed structures, one could only vaguely estimate that there were easily a thousand of them.
Yuma looked to his side.
“What are you doing?”
Lilith’s subordinates stared at Yuma with their mouths agape.
“What?”
“Attack, kill the ones remaining in front.”
The demons finally regained their senses at Yuma’s words and moved forward.
And they proceeded to annihilate Berzet’s demons.
Originally, Lilith’s army was at a numerical disadvantage, but thanks to Yuma’s recent intervention, the situation had become favorable.
Someone approached beside Yuma who was standing still.
It was the red-haired Great Demon King, “The Master of All Hellfire” Lilith.
“…I thought the cleanup would be entirely my responsibility.”
Yuma slowly nodded his head.
“It was.”
Why was he going this far?
He couldn’t give himself a clear answer to that.
But what was certain was that closure was needed.
Closure for Selene’s death.
“Lord Lilith, we’ve found a fortress where the direct and branch bloodlines of the Berzet family are gathered.”
Lilith nodded.
“I see. Let’s go.”
And Yuma also followed in those footsteps.
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