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The darkness spread by Hemis lifted.
Motem’s gaze, which had been directed at the sky, lowered to face forward.
He muttered in a low voice.
“The Lord is angry.”
It was clear just from the voice.
That Hemis was not in a good mood.
-Motem. Can you hear ?
Just then, a voice echoed in Motem’s head.
It was Hemis.
“Yes, my Lord. Please speak.”
-No need to go easy on them. I don’t care if they die, crush them rcilessly.
“Understood.”
-Hmm, however, if you see anyone with decent sense, slip them a flag.
“Are you saying I should deliberately hand over flags?”
-Yes. Even if they all rush at you together, it would be impossible for them to take a flag from you anyway.
Hemis was right.
The participants would all work together to attack to avoid punishnt.
But Motem was confident.
If he wished, he wouldn’t give up a single flag.
-We can’t have no one pass, so give flags to those who seem decent enough. You understand what I an?
“Yes. I will do so.”
-Good. Just work hard for one more hour.
Hemis’s voice cut off.
Motem lightly stretched his body.
‘This should be quite interesting.’
The situation was different from before.
Probably all 100 participants would join forces and attack with determination to die.
anwhile, Motem had to fight while being careful not to kill them.
‘I wonder how it will go…’
Would there be anyone capable of taking a flag from him?
As Hemis requested, if soone showed truly decent sense, he planned to hand over a flag.
However, earning his acknowledgnt wouldn’t be easy.
“First, these ones are failures.”
Motem stretched out his hand.
His grip was already clasped around a demon’s neck.
“Kuh, kuhak…!”
“You call this a surprise attack? It’s painful to watch.”
Motem slamd the demon in his grip straight into the ground.
Kwajik!
The demon lost consciousness with his head half-buried in the ground.
He might even be dead, but it didn’t matter.
The Lord’s orders were to crush them rcilessly without concern.
It would be fine if one or two pathetic ones like this died.
“Kill him!”
“Take the flag! He’s alone!”
As if the first attack was a signal flare, demons rushed in from all directions.
Their numbers reached several dozens.
The participants who had been lurking and observing until now all attacked at once.
The corners of Motem’s mouth, hidden behind his armor, rose slightly.
‘Co.’
Attacks flew in from all directions.
He couldn’t dodge them all.
He took moderate attacks with his body.
Kwajik, Kwaak!
The greatsword on Motem’s back remained undrawn.
He thodically crushed the participants with his heavy hands and feet.
***
Choi Hyun-seok watched the front with sunken eyes.
His lips moved slightly.
“Not yet. Wait.”
Team mbers who were about to rush forward stopped in their tracks.
“Going in now would only get us caught up in the fight.”
A battle was in full swing at a location slightly far away.
Each participant was equivalent to a battalion commander.
As these powerful individuals fought with determination to die, the aftermath was terrifying.
Continuous thunderous sounds suggested the entire forest was being overturned.
“We’ll wait a bit longer.”
“How long are we waiting? We have less than 10 minutes left.”
Holgot said, looking up at the sky.
As he said, ti was counting down in real-ti on the situation board in the sky.
[ 9:45 ]
About 10 minutes remaining.
If they couldn’t get the flag within that ti, everything would be over.
“I don’t want to receive the Endurance Punishnt…”
The centipede demon Pedisen spoke for the first ti.
His rigid voice was thick with fear.
It was completely different from his usual self who innocently played with dirt.
That’s how terrifying the Endurance Punishnt was for demons.
“Be patient. We only have one chance. We must be extrely careful.”
The battle situation was chaos itself.
Participants were firing magic randomly.
All were caught up in the thought that they needed to take down Motem and couldn’t make proper judgnts.
‘More are falling from their own magic attacks than from the black armor.’
Most of the magic failed to hit Motem.
Many were falling after being hit by other participants’ magic.
Going into this situation would only add to the chaos.
‘Having large numbers just ans they’ll get in each other’s way. Wait for the optimal mont to grab the flag.’
There was another reason for Choi Hyun-seok’s waiting.
‘He hasn’t tried to reclaim any flags that were taken.’
Motem only defended his flags, showing no movent to recover flags that were taken.
In other words, victory was guaranteed if they could sohow get their hands on a flag.
“Wait just a little longer. The timing is coming soon.”
Choi Hyun-seok, who was reassuring his team mbers, was just as anxious.
He desperately suppressed his emotions while checking the ti.
[3:23]
Less than 4 minutes remained already.
They really had no ti left now.
“How much longer are we waiting! The match will end at this rate!”
Holgot shouted restlessly.
At that mont, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes flashed.
‘Now…!’
They had waited and waited.
It was anxious, but they endured.
For the optimal timing.
And now.
Choi Hyun-seok instinctively knew their awaited mont had co.
He stood up abruptly.
“Now! Move!”
As soon as he shouted, his team mbers sprang into action as if they’d been waiting.
Choi Hyun-seok also rushed forward.
He shouted while looking at Holgot.
“Holgot! Launch it!”
“Don’t order around!”
Despite his annoyed response, Holgot diligently used the magic he had prepared.
“Rain of Beads!”
A magic he had used against Choi Hyun-seok before.
It was magic that launched small explosive beads over a wide area.
“Die!”
But the demonic energy contained within was incomparable to that ti.
Holgot poured all his magical power into it for survival.
When the beads touched the ground, a massive explosion occurred.
KWAGWAGWANG!
Seeing its power, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes lit up.
‘At a glance it might seem damaging, but the black armor will be fine.’
Among the magic attacks participants had launched until now, there were many with even stronger power than this.
This level wouldn’t even tickle the black armor, Motem.
Yet there was a reason Choi Hyun-seok had ordered this magic to be used.
Pshwooo…
Black smoke and dust rose from the explosion, covering the area.
Vision was blocked as if a smoke grenade had gone off.
Choi Hyun-seok shouted again.
“Ikigly!”
Ikigly, who had been floating in the sky, rapidly descended to the ground.
It was at an incredible speed, much faster than Choi Hyun-seok running at full power.
“Grab it!”
Ikigly reached Motem through the dust.
His eyes were fixed on the flag stuck in Motem’s back.
‘Please!’
Ikigly quickly reached out his hand.
Tak!
But Motem’s hand was one step faster.
Motem grabbed Ikigly’s neck.
“Kuhak…!”
Watching Ikigly struggle in pain, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes flashed.
‘Now.’
This was all within expected paraters anyway.
Choi Hyun-seok hadn’t counted on it from the start.
It would have been nice if Ikigly succeeded, but the probability was extrely low.
Therefore, the real move starts now.
He began his prepared final attack.
Reidrun-style Fighting Technique
Form 3 – Fierce Charge
Choi Hyun-seok charged forward at trendous speed.
Black flas rose behind him as he ran.
His target was Motem’s back.
He planned to snatch the flag by attacking from behind.
At that mont, perhaps sensing the demonic energy, Motem turned around.
The distance between him and Choi Hyun-seok was only about ten ters.
Though it might seem fairly far, at this distance he could reach it in the blink of an eye.
However, Motem showed monstrous reaction speed.
‘As expected, he tries to dodge.’
In this urgent situation with sudden attacks coming one after another.
Even then, Motem tried to turn his body to avoid Choi Hyun-seok’s attack.
‘Got him.’
At that mont, Choi Hyun-seok grinned.
Simultaneously, Pedisen erged from the ground and grabbed Motem’s ankle.
Pop!
“This…”
For the first ti, a flustered voice escaped from Motem’s mouth.
KWAAANG!
Choi Hyun-seok and Motem collided.
***
A hundred demons with battalion commander-level power.
Despite being under their concentrated attack, Motem was relaxed.
No, to be precise, he was a bit bored.
‘Most are below standard.’
He had been excited to return to the world after 100 years.
But he quickly grew cold.
These ones were all trash.
None of them knew how to properly use their power.
It felt like fighting children with excessive power they couldn’t control.
‘Have the demons of this era beco this weak?’
The demons of the era when Motem was active weren’t like this.
Back then, each demon was a true warrior.
Those once-mighty demons had now beco strong but stupid.
‘Even just 100 years ago, it wasn’t this bad.’
Why do demons keep getting weaker as ti passes?
Motem felt depressed and angry at the sa ti.
’10 minutes left. There’s no one else worth giving flags to.’
Not much ti remained now.
He had passed flags to five demons in total so far.
In truth, he hadn’t wanted to give even those, but had to because of Hemis’s orders.
The idiots who got excited without realizing he had deliberately given them the flags flickered in his vision.
‘How pitiful. So pitiful…’
At that mont, as Motem was internally sighing.
Choi Hyun-seok and his team mbers moved.
“Rain of Beads!”
Magical beads falling from the sky.
They contained explosive power.
‘Pathetic.’
Flashy on the outside but lacking substance.
Only subpar weaklings would fall to such magic.
KWAGWAGWANG!
A large explosion occurred near Motem, and he was soon enveloped in dust.
‘Hmm, was it to block vision?’
Now it seed the real purpose was to blind him.
Then he felt demonic energy approaching rapidly from the sky.
‘The speed is decent. But too straightforward.’
Motem reached out without even looking.
As if drawn to a magnet, Ikigly’s neck ca into his grip.
Ikigly struggled in pain.
Just as he was about to finish him off, he felt demonic energy approaching from behind.
‘Oh? There’s more?’
Turning around, he saw a human with a fierce expression.
‘Is this the human the lord ntioned?’
He had already been briefed about Choi Hyun-seok.
‘Ah, during the match, you’ll see a human too.’
‘A human is participating?’
‘Yes. He’s quite interesting, so you can look forward to it.’
A human that even Hemis said to look forward to.
Motem stared at the approaching Choi Hyun-seok.
‘The fighting technique itself is quite excellent, but the user is inexperienced… No, considering the amount of demonic energy, perhaps he’s actually exceptional.’
Though he didn’t know why a human possessed demonic energy.
At least his skill in utilizing demonic energy seed not bad.
‘He’s pouring in most of his demonic energy.’
Generally, when total demonic energy is considered 100, the amount used in fighting techniques is around 5.
Even at 10, the difficulty increases trendously and puts strong strain on the body.
Yet the human charging at him was using close to half his total demonic energy in his fighting technique.
‘It’s an impressive ability, but if this is all, it’s a bit disappointing.’
Simply pouring demonic energy into fighting techniques doesn’t solve everything.
That human would collapse from using the technique.
While he himself would still be standing.
‘Even after watching all this ti, he couldn’t gauge my ability?’
Motem tried to turn his body to avoid the attack.
But sohow, a leg that had erged from the ground was gripping his ankle.
“This…”
So this was the real thing.
Even though it was underground, he hadn’t sensed any demonic energy at all.
With a very brief mont of confusion, Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder charged into Motem’s waist.
‘Hmm!’
The power was considerable.
Though the human’s total demonic energy wasn’t very large, it was because he poured in most of what he had.
‘This level is not enough!’
However, it was far from enough to harm Motem.
At that mont, ‘magical force’ rather than demonic energy’ moved in Choi Hyun-seok’s body.
“Magic Explosion Style!”
Magic Explosion Style.
A technique that intentionally collides magical force and demonic energy.
It was the foundational technique of the fighting technique ‘Reidrun-style Fighting Technique Modified Strength’.
Motem’s face slightly distorted as he took the attack.
‘A foreign energy I’ve never felt before.’
Though clearly demonic energy, it was different from the demonic energy Motem knew.
Violent and irregular demonic energy rushed into Motem’s interior.
‘Can’t block it. Can only endure it.’
If he had experienced similar attacks a few tis it might be different, but for now, enduring was the best option.
Choi Hyun-seok’s demonic energy shook Motem’s insides.
Motem felt slightly nauseous.
‘How annoying.’
Perhaps it was because he was hit by a human he had only thought of as a plaything.
Without realizing it, his eyes sharpened.
Motem reached out toward Choi Hyun-seok.
He intended to fold this impudent human’s waist in half.
‘Hm?’
But Motem’s hand only brushed empty air.
Choi Hyun-seok had collapsed to the ground as if crumbling.
“Huk… Huk…”
Choi Hyun-seok, lying on the ground, was sohow holding a flag in his hand.
He looked up at Motem.
His lips curled up in a sneer.
It was clearly mockery.
Motem’s brows furrowed.
‘This bastard…!’
He played along for a mont and now he’s trying to climb all the way to the top of his head.
Then Choi Hyun-seok pointed to the sky with his finger.
“Above.”
Motem instinctively raised his head to look at the sky.
[00:02]
[00:01]
[Match End]
Motem’s gaze returned to Choi Hyun-seok lying on the ground.
Choi Hyun-seok, seeming to have exhausted all his strength, raised his trembling hand.
His middle finger slowly rose.
“It was shitty eting you… Let’s never see each other again.”
And so the second match ended.
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