“[Corrosion Arrows]!”
“[Body down]!”
“[Wall of Magic]!”
“[Cyclone cut]!”
I heard different magic skills being shouted out with magic circles popping up around . They were using Rune magic so they didn’t need to chant the spell, yet here they were shouting it’s na.
[You have been afflicted with [Weakness]]
[Your physical stats will go down by 10%]
‘What?!’
One of the spells had weakened my body. I looked up, searching for the one who cast the spell, but all I got was green slimy arrows heading for my neck and a dark blue slash.
Using [Shadow Travel], I reappeared behind one random mber and tried to cut his neck, but once again, my sword simply passed through him. Rather, he grabbed my wrist and flipped him over, slamming into one of the pillars.
[You have lost 20 health points]
Barely an amount for to even be bothered about. With [Auto Regeneration], that recovered in an instant. Since at its current level, I’d recover 500 health points in a near instant.
While I was thinking that, the robed man stabbed my hand to the pillar with a dagger with so much force I could hear the pillar cracking.
[You have lost 50 health points]
[You have been afflicted with [Paralysis]]
[You will not be able to move]
[Due to your low resistance to Poison, you will only be stuck frozen for 5 minutes]
‘E-Eh? Low resistance? F-Five minutes?’
I had completely forgotten about raising my resistances. For certain situations like this, a high poison resistance would have been very suitable.
Honestly, even with my paralysis, using [Shadow Travel] to escape should have been easy enough. It wasn’t like [Paralysis] stopped my ability to use magic out of nowhere.
“[Fist of the Sea God: Third Form – Righteous Punch]!”
One other assassin ca towards with his fist at the ready. Since I couldn’t scan them, I had decided that the best option was to tank one of their attacks to get a rough estimate as to how strong they were.
The assassin looked rushed at with a speed equivalent to mine. At first, I saw his punch to be a regular punch, but once it connected with my abdon, my eyes opened. It felt like his hand was being pushed by a rocket propeller.
The lower part of the pillar shattered with still standing stuck in place.
“Kuok!”
It felt like I had been hit by a bullet train at full speed, causing to even spit out blood. Shards of the [Sigma Sine Armour] broke off, leaving a bit more vulnerable.
[You have lost 1000 health points]
[You have been afflicted with [Broken Bones]]
[Your stats have been lowered by 5%]
‘The fuc-?!’
‘No! Ignore the pain! Do it now!’
Akira reminded of the actual plan. Quickly, I tried grabbing him with my [Shadow Limbs], but they simply passed right through him even though he was still connected to my body.
‘W-What the hell?’
“[Fist of the Sea God: Fourth Form – Blazing Trail]!”
He retracted his punch and delivered another mind-blowing hit.
[You have lost 350 health points]
Then another hit.
[You have lost 230 health points]
Then another.
[You have lost 250 health points]
Another.
[You have lost 190 health points]
Another.
[You have lost 200 health points]
Another.
[You have lost 213 health points]
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], your [Low Poison Resistance] has levelled up to [Low Poison Resistance Level 9]]
[You will be afflicted by the poison for only 4 more minutes]
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], you have developed the skill [Shock Absorber]]
I sensed an incoming needle being shot with more power than the [Needle Master] could muster.
Having no ti to focus on the ssages from the system, I used [Shadow Travel] to escape my captivity. Unfortunately for , an assassin was already coming at .
He punched in the head and another sliced at my back.
[You have lost 400 health points]
[You have lost 200 health points]
[Due to the unique skill [Evolver], the skill [Low Poison Resistance] beca [Mid- Poison Resistance]]
[You have recovered 500 health points]
‘W-What…? All that happened in a second?’
I hadn’t even realised that my [Auto Regeneration] had kicked in till then. And I was still paralysed, aning they changed the poison that they were using. That ant these opponents also possessed speed and adaptability on top of power. So of them were still in the background, simply observing.
Like the old man that was kneeling down and praying. When I looked at him again, I was starting to feel a weird vibe.
‘Whatever! If I’m paralysed, I’ll just need to keep them busy. [Shadow Demon Summo - !?’
“[Anti-Magic Area].”
The mont I attempted to summon beasts to help , they had nullified any and all forms of magic in the area.
I was quite literally a floating shark.
‘That’s not the expression…’
‘Sitting duck? Whatever. Agent. Can I win without magic?’
‘Oh? I didn’t think I’d have to use “it” so soon.’
I looked at my surroundings. Three of them were coming at with either their fists or a weapon. The others in the background had their hands raised at , with runes glowing in front of them.
‘O-oi! That’s not fair!’
[You have recovered 500 Health points]
‘How co they can use magic?’
‘Always, huh? But why would they do that?’
‘Are they afraid of our magic?’
‘B-but then, we can’t even touch them.’
‘So, what makes them so scared?’
‘Wait… is it the shadow demons?’
‘No, it can’t be. [Shadow Limbs] did nothing to them.’
‘W-What about the demon aspect?’
Akkun suggested sothing elentary to ! It was so interesting I had almost forgotten that I was about to get hit.
[You have lost 110 health points]
With [Sli Body] and [Shock Impact], I avoided the slice from the weapon holding assassins while reducing the damage from his incoming attack.
‘Then we don’t need to use “that”?’
‘Looks like we don’t. For now, I’ll just settle for [Devil Form].’
The skill activated. In my head, I felt sothing click just like when I first used it. My hair remained blonde, but grew more. Four horns appeared on top of my head like so sort of crown. My body grew taller, to about 6 feet and 6 inches – a very sudden change, as well as my physical appearance. I had beco a sort of adult in this form.
The orb that I normally kept hidden on my chest was bigger as well, glowing with a more eerie darkness. I felt empowered, like I could beat anyone now.
“Haha… Interesting.”
Even my voice sounded different.
[You have activated your Devil Form]
[You will receive a 5x boost in all stats]
[You have not consud enough souls to fuel this form]
[In exchange, you will lose 100 health points per second in this form]
[Those with [Holy Affinity] will be alerted to your existence if near]
[Those with [Dark Affinity] will be alerted to your existence if near]
[Your paralysis has worn off]
I spread my arms out and inspected my opponents more. They backed away from slowly.
‘Hm? Why are they backing away?’
‘Oh? Let hear em.’
I sent warning glares to all of them to ensure that they didn’t co any closer.
‘Astral Projection? Oh, so they are scared because…?’
‘Eh? But I’m a literal demon.’
‘Ah… that makes no sense. Whatever. I’ll just end these bastards now. [Lethal Black Claw].’
Sharp, jet-black claws protruded from my fingers. Since I could now harm them, there was practically no use in using my weapons. I would beco the weapon.
‘[Ferocious Slash]!’
I moved behind one of the assassins that had their magic circle pointed at and cut an arc across their back. I could feel my hand ripping against them.
“Ah!”
The assassin scread, causing the one next to him to point his spell at , releasing a bolt of lightning.
I returned to my original position, allowing the attack to hit the one who was coming for from the behind.
‘Wait… since they are spiritual forms, can I take it that they are souls?’
“Oh, dear heavens. Such a filthy creature has made its way into your humble abode. Allow to end this disgrace."
After a while, the old man finally spoke. I looked at him and his straightened his posture, revealing himself to be quite the hulking figure.
“My fellow disciples.”
He called out to the others, making them all focus on him. Worst mistake.
I jumped on one of the assassins who wasn’t paying any mind to , however, just before I could catch them, my limbs froze up, like I was bound by ropes.
‘What’s this?’
“We have disgraced our lady! Over the years, we have allowed weakness to seep into their walls of our lady. I propose a culling. We shall start over.”
He started talking about sothing very weird.
“First of all, we shall ta this beast, then we shall proceed to eliminate the weak who dared to run away from an invader.”
‘Eh?’
I looked at the old man. He was ripped with bulging well-define muscles. His skin was green in colour, suggesting that he wasn’t really a rman, but rather a fishman. His hood still covered his face even though the remainder of the cloak was no where to be found.
With a simple flick of his finger, my body was sent flying towards his body, where he delivered a devastating punch to my face.
“Ah!”
I felt so teeth breaking. My body was feeling numb out of nowhere. The situation had turned on in a complete instant.
The old man growled at and from underneath his hood, he was starting to appear as a demon, with looked like steam around him.
‘All enemies, shall be purged. All weakness, shall be purged. Only the chosen ones shall progress. Are you a chosen one, wild beast?’
‘W-What’s happening?! Why do I feel like I really will die this ti?’
‘No! Use this!’
‘[Demonic Light Manipulation]?’
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