Chapter 619: [ Devil (2) ]
—Under this gaze, all creations under heaven are nothing!
Such an impression could be seen in the beautiful but icy ruby-eyes that had swept over the surrounding.
Allen looked up sharply, and the dark mist started to become condensed and much clearer—a huge serpent-like body, horns at each side of its head like an accursed demon manifested behind him, menacing and dangerous—it has a snake-like face, with bright red eyes, numerous fangs, and many hook-like spikes along its body.
Especially those sharp ones running through its back until its tail. It looked as if it had massive Dragon Wings spread behind it, while its long body coiled around the clone of Allen protectively. It was translucent and seemed to be illusory in the eyes of the people in the vicinity. However, the aura coming from it, and the demonic energy it releases, seemed to be conveying otherwise.
A real Dragon.
RRRrrroooOOOOaaaaAAArrrRRRRR――――――!!!!
The serpent-like dragon raised its head and faced the sky, letting out an intimidating roar. In an instant, almost all of the monsters, especially those below the fifth level started trembling in fear, stepping back, while almost one-third laid down on the ground, shaking in fear.
Such Dragon roar was extremely intimidating and terrifying. With a roar, almost a third of the magical beasts became despondent and unable to fight.
What was that creature?
Elena was filled with surprise and uncertainty as she stared at the illusory serpent-like dragon she had never seen or even heard before. In the first place, is this monster real or just a piece of an illusion?
“What is that aura? Such cold aura…demonic?! Isn’t this a prince-level Demon Aura?! No, it was slightly different and seemed to be a bit lacking… but, why here?! There should be Demon Princes appearing in this war! Who was it?!”
The old demon with a reptilian head turned his head in Allen’s direction, his eyes were wide in shock and full of disbelief.
“Even if it was not a Prince Class Demon, this kind of power… which Demon Sovereign came?”
Not only him, but all of the demons also turned towards one direction. Their eyes flickering in fear, looking at that child-like body which was covered with a black-gray aura, and its bloodshot eyes filled with death.
A pale black airstream also swirled around its body.
What is a demon sovereign doing in this kind of place...?!
Eric and the other God Clans as well couldn’t help but stop their battles and their gaze snaps in one direction. Their body shaking slightly, intimidated as they all had felt a large burst of an ice-cold airstream. Even for them at the Mid God realm, they could not help but shiver with the cold, as if their whole bloodstream was frozen.
They quickly circulated their magical energy to resist against the cold.
What made them even more surprised was the extreme cold that chilled to the bone. It was not mere cold energy but as if they were being stared at by a God of Death, giving that chill that bored down on their bones and souls.
Even a Water or Ice Elemental God would not emit such energy. Even their icy auras would only be painfully cold, but not this sort of dark coldness.
What is happening here?!
Did a sovereign of the Demon Legion come?!
Did they come here to completely annihilate the Norse God Clan…?!
Is there really no hope at all…?!!
Many thoughts swirled around the entire area as they looked at the being that was covered by darkness and cold biting chill. They could at least work it out with the present situation. But if another group of this kind of Demons, then, resistance was already futile—
Asgard will be annihilated!
Crackle! Wooosh. Crackle!
The entire surrounding was surrounded by a gray whirlwind, which emitted shocking rumbling sounds as it rotated, covering the entire forest and spreading out into surrounding areas. The endless curse power that had spread off into the distance, even the plants and trees in the surrounding fifty-meter range withered and slowly died in amazing speed--as if time had been accelerated by thousands of years!
Even corpses of monsters and demons only lasted for the space of a few breaths before they were completely withered up.
Miraculously enough, the bodies of the Godkins and High Humans was still intact and only the corpses of monsters and demons were affected, causing a thick red mist surged into the hazy black mass of mist.
Thump!
A heartbeat resounded.
Thump-thump! Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
Then, the heartbeat coming from within the black mist… grew louder!
Thump-thump! Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
Not only did the heartbeat grow more intense, but the image of the person inside also began to grow clearer and when the translucent image of a Dragon had somewhat stabilized and calm down, the mist thinned down and started fading, revealing the figure within.
Allen’s ashy gray complexion was starting to get even darker and distinctive strange tribal marks crawled up on his skin as if they were alive, wriggling and crawling upwards his neck and cheeks. The horn on his head also turned slightly bigger like a sponge being filled with water.
The tail swaying behind him also become longer and slightly bigger, full of shiny obsidian scales. His pupils gleamed in bright red but his sclera was dyed in black ink, causing his eyes to be turned extremely weird, black with red pupils—even looking at it makes one get intimidated and scared.
As soon as he appeared, the tens of thousands of bitterly fighting combatants were shocked to the core.
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This was especially true of the Demon Clans, especially those four Demon Leaders, whose pupils constricted.
They were unable to tell whether or not this person was a friend or an enemy!
That was not the case with Eerika, Elena and the others who were standing not far away though.
Eerika’s heart trembled the moment Allen’s appearance was completely revealed. With his demonic appearance and the translucent serpentine dragon coiling around him, looking illusory--he was fearsome and terrifying to the extreme. And yet, she could still tell… that it was Allen.
Her very own beloved…!
“What’s… happened to you…?” she thought, her heart aching.
She had her pride, but even with that pride, when she saw Allen like this, pain overwhelmed her heart. Indeed, he was a demon… she had already come in terms with that and didn’t even care. But upon seeing the real him, she still couldn’t help but feel apprehended…
“Hm? This is… Qi…?”
Allen looked at his hand, quite surprised at his new sudden surge of power.
These memories… ah…
“I see… Eight level, Half-Saint Cultivation Realm… so this is my Spirit…? Why a demonic Dragon…?” Allen frowned but in any case, it looks strong and cool. Might as well…
“Although I thought because my power is halved, the things I could do is limited. But… with this power… doesn’t seem like it…” Allen muttered with a touch of callousness and arrogance in his tone.
His qi enveloped the world itself just like a vast ocean and swept towards the entire area. Although he was lacking in terms of magic power, it was being patched up by other power systems—the Chakra and Spirit Qi.
In fact, as a clone, he has the ability to change into any of the power systems and can still showcase the full extent of it—though only if he exhibits one kind of power system at a time.
“Wait… that kid…isn’t he with the young Miss Eerika just now?”
When Allen’s true form was revealed in broad daylight, many people, those who don’t know what is going on was shock and startled. They stared at Allen’s true demonic form in horror.
“What is going on? Isn’t he…”
“What a thick Demonic Aura!!”
“But…His body is so rich in Devil Aura! He is a man from the Devil race!! He is definitely someone who came from the Legion!!”
One of the youth among the teenage group led by Troy and Mair shouted. His voice rang out like a wildfire, immediately spreading throughout the entire battlefield. Intense discussion and whispered immediately appeared, and doubt and suspicion flashed each people’s faces.
“No!!!”
Seeing this happening, Eerika yelled. An enormous pain seemed to have appeared within her heart after seeing the hate and despised gaze thrown towards Allen. It's as if those gazes were directed at her instead. It was excruciating.
She turned around and then gazed angrily at the youth who had spoken a while ago: “I don’t care if he is a demon or not. If you speak nonsensical words again, I’ll be the one to cut you into pieces!! My Sol isn’t a mere Demon, he came here to protect me, to protect all of you—! So what if he is a demon? He has a good heart, if you dare criticize him, I would beat you to a pulp!!”
The youth’s body shook and his lower lips stammered and were at a loss for words from Eerika's sudden threatening aura that seemed to be really going to do what she said.
Elena did not speak. Although she could understand Eerika’s anger, however, Allen was, indeed, not someone they were willing to be grateful to. And it was the truth that he was somehow related to the Demons, and it was something that can never be let go even after a hundred years.
Even still, Eerika didn’t care about anything. She glared at the people around them and roared, “Don’t you dare make a move. If anyone hurts him, then you are going against the Balder Clan!”
She said full of firm determination.
“… …”
The entire battlefield went silent.
*** ***
“S, Sol…?!”
As Allen was testing his newfound power, an anxious voice called from behind. “Are, are you really Sol…?”
Allen turned around and saw Eerika, along with the rest of her group, looking at him with trepidation. Though, aside from Eerika, there was fear and panic flashing on their eyes, especially when they met his eyes. Even Elena shook after seeing Allen. After all, his eyes were even much weirder than the Monkey King's Fiery Eyes, Golden Gaze. It somehow caused them a feeling of being seen through when they met his eyes.
As for Eerika, although there were some panic and a bit of fear in her eyes, there was actually a touch of concern as well. That pair of eyes were impeccable, pure and clear like a mountain stream. Even the starlight would lose its brilliance in front of her eyes.
Allen’s lips curled upwards, “Of course I am me… though I’m just a clone, I am still the one you know,”
Though the demonic power within me had indeed risen to a new level, what had happened…?
What had transpired to the original body for my demonic energy to become even denser than before—it’s as if I had slowly become a true Devil.
Allen was confused. With my power system, that should have been impossible as it would have restricted my demonic energy. I would have become a true Asura, a God possessing good and bad qualities if I just continued on my own route…and yet, what is this…?
This evil power…
Eerika heard Allen’s words and finally sigh in relief.
As long as it is him, then no matter what he became, she would accept him wholeheartedly without any problem!
Even if the whole world would turn its back against him, I will protect him until the end
That’s right. I’m his lover, and I had already decided long ago, no matter what is, I will accept him if it’s for him! I don’t care if he is a demon or not, but Allen is still my man.
Because, if this man is fated to be a demon… then I don’t mind bearing the burden of the Demon King!!
*** ***
Allen shook his head as he couldn’t understand what was going on in his body. However, seeing that the Demons and Monsters are starting to snap out from their daze, Allen could only set the problem of his true nature aside and resolve the present problem.
At first, he was not confident in doing it but now, when he invoked his [ Devil Trigger ] his connection with the original was surprisingly strengthened and he was able to know some basic information that had left him confused a while ago.
So ‘he’ was truly in a different dimension…!
In any case…
"Lightning Judgment!"
Allen’s red eyes gleamed ominously as he raised his hand, and as if clutching something in the air, lightning sparks run from his body towards his palm, and in just a short time, a black ball condensed in his hand in an instant.
This black is full of condensed lightning, crackling with electric sparks. Allen grasped the black ball and his lips turned into an impish smile before he slammed the black ball on the ground.
“… …”
Eerika and the others, even Eric and company as well as the other Demon Experts stared at what Allen was doing, full of interest. What is he trying to do? They wanted to ask and find out. However, when they saw the black ball on his hand, the people felt a chill on their back as they felt a considerable danger from it, causing even the boy riding on the giant Cyclop's shoulder to step back away from it, in fear.
When Allen slams the black ball, the black ball was absorbed by the ground without much impact—is what they thought due to the fact that nothing had happened.
But, after a few minutes,
BooOOOOmmmMMMM—!!!
The ground exploded and a large crater occurred as if the ground was burrowed by an invisible giant fist.
Massive fissures spread out across the land, and numerous demons and monsters; especially those weaker coughed up blood and then directly exploded.
The shockwave created from the explosion even blasted Eerika and the others by a few meters and they still even haven’t yet able to stabilize their selves as some of them crashed into trees, boulders, monsters, and other people. Even the strongest experts in the vicinity such as Eric, the other Mid Gods and the Demon Leaders, all of them were sent flying away by the shockwave without an exception!
All the creatures within ten to the twenty-meter range, all were sent flying away without exception and large crater appeared around Allen as a center.
It’s as if a large meteorite had fallen from the sky, destroying the entire surrounding. Even the ground shook violently as if a strong earthquake had occurred, shocking all the people present.
Not just that, lightning sparks, like golden snakes crawled came out from the fissures, monsters and demons were electrocuted one after another.
GYyaaaaAAAhhhHHH—!!!
AwoooOOOOaaaAAAhhhH—!!
GYyaaaaAAAhhhHHH—!!!
AwoooOOOOaaaAAAhhhH—!!
AAAaaahhHHHHHH——!!
CrrRRReeeeEEEEaaaAAAkkKK——!!
AAAaaahhHHHHHH——!!
CrrRRReeeeEEEEaaaAAAkkKK——!!
Monsters and Demons alike began to scream; shocking, earth-shaking screams.
Lightning sparks crawled on the ground, like a huge spider web, golden snakes of lightning jumped vigorously and excitedly running towards everywhere—and those Monsters and Demons standing in the ground was immediately struck by this overzealous golden snakes of terror!
The electric sparks seemed like excited predators looking for prey.