## Chapter 1045 – The One Who Has Many Questions

ㅡGo die, Archdemon!!!!!!

He had retreated briefly after using an extraordinary spell, but nothing had changed.

If this bastard was a mage, then we just had to deal with him accordingly.

Therefore, all we had to do now was deliver a divine, exorcising beatdown. Death to the Archdemon. Slaying Andromalius right here and now was the correct fusion of Confucianism and true justice…!

We had to kill him!!!

That bastard had just declared his territory and advance! What if we missed him here? He would become a goddamn advancing, rampaging Andromalius, endlessly moving forward and destroying everything in his path!!

Until he met someone who could give him the right answer!!!

Of course, lies wouldn’t work at all, and even if you gave him an answer, he wouldn’t stop. The way I saw it, that Andromalius son of a bitch was worse than a three-year-old.

Once one question was resolved, he would ask two more, and once those two were resolved, he would harbor four more curiosities.

ㅡThere was no end.

Nothing in this world could satisfy such a being. Unless you knew the very truth of the universe, you couldn’t stop him.

Therefore, I would punish his sin with death!

“Answer!!!!!!!!”

ㅡKuaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

The infinite darkness of the starless night sky swallowed the world, and from the roaring Archdemon’s body, an aura of pure evil swirled.

ㅡWhoong!

It was at that moment.
That he stretched out his fist.

“What!”

The moment I sensed something, I executed a backstep, and the ground beneath my feet exploded.

ㅡTu-kwaaaaaaaang!!!

A black pillar of fire, burning with darkness, shot up from the ground. It soared like a dragon ascending, reaching the dark sky and vanishing.

“You crazy magic-using musclehead!!”

No matter what else, if I got hit by something like that head-on, it wouldn’t end with just a fatal wound! I expected this bastard to be strong, but he was a musclehead type who used magic like this…!

ㅡKoong!
ㅡKoong!
ㅡTu-kwakwakwakwang!!!

A whirlwind of roaring sounds.

As Andromalius performed shadow boxing, those spells manifested one after another, and the three of us busily dodged this insane floor pattern while reviewing our strategy.

“Wow, damn! His magic is at the master level!!!”

Karin, who had easily dodged everything, shouted.

“Goddamn son of a bitch!”

Right now, our surroundings were no different from a volcanic zone. No lie, the ground was exploding everywhere, and goddamn pillars of fire were erupting.

I could avoid it easily enough, but it would be extremely difficult to approach him unless we timed our attacks well and launched a coordinated assault.

“Dodging isn’t difficult! First, scatter and attack from three directions like before! If we hit the main body, the magic should subside!”

ㅡTu-ta-ta-ta-tat!!!

Liztina also easily dodged all the attacks, her eyes gleaming as if she was trying to find an opening. Right. If we attacked from three directions simultaneously, he wouldn’t be able to respond to everything. If this rampaging magic stopped at that moment, that would be the chance to cut off his head.

“Leheeeng…!”

ㅡTu-kwaaaaaaaang!!

While simultaneously evading the floor attacks exploding beneath our feet, the three of us exchanged glances, gauging the timing of our attack. ㅡKoong! Even in that moment, Andromalius was trying to attack us by shooting lasers from his eyes.

ㅡJiiiiiiiiiiing!!!

“Watch out for the ones coming up from below, those projectiles, and the ones falling from the sky! Be careful of all three!!!”

I shouted loudly, slashing diagonally upwards at the incoming beam. ㅡChwahak! Immediately after cutting it down, I slashed diagonally downwards again, cutting down the remaining rays, and kicked off, shooting my body to the left to evade.

ㅡTu-kwaaaaaaaang!!

The moment I dodged, the earth I had been standing on just moments before exploded. The magic attacks were surprisingly accurate and continuous. It was quite astonishing that the Archdemon’s strength was at this level.

“However, your power will not be infinite.”

If he shot out everything like this from the beginning and didn’t see any results, he would eventually run out of energy and be screwed.

There was no way a guy with this much skill wouldn’t know that, right?

ㅡKwang!

Andromalius, who had blocked our attacks by scattering numerous spells, finally kicked off the ground. Was he planning to engage in close combat as well as magic now?

“Ah, damn! He’s coming towards me!”

The one he was targeting was none other than Liztina.

“Karin! Now’s the time!”
“Yeah!”

Now that he had moved, it was the perfect opportunity.

Liztina, scattering a large amount of aura from her clawed hands, charged at Andromalius, and Karin and I each rushed towards him from different directions.

“Dejaaaaaaaaat!!!”

With the momentum of a supersonic Concorde, I flew like an arrow!!!

ㅡTsupat!

As if he had anticipated my attack. No. As if he had anticipated my and Karin’s attacks, Andromalius roared.

“Those who are obsessed with curiosity and explore!!! Conversely, it means they know as much as their questions, you foolish humans!!!”

ㅡPuh-uh-uh-uh-ung!!!

In an instant, the dark aura that had been enveloping Andromalius’s body exploded.

“You son of a bitch!!”

At the same time, the ground around him exploded, and black pillars of fire erupted as if to block Karin and my approach. Liztina and Karin were completely obscured by that tremendous force. I also stopped my charge, changed direction, and sprinted away.

“Tactics and strategies! And even how to fight!!! This Andromalius has been exploring them his entire life!!!”
“Don’t pretend to be an intelligent character now, you crazy bastard!!!”

That crazy son of a bitch dared to act like a strategist!!!

ㅡPuhwaaaaaaaaaaak!!!

The number of pillars of fire erupting from all directions was increasing. The rising pillars of fire blocked the surrounding view like the bars of a prison. Now, neither Andromalius nor my sisters were visible.

ㅡPaaht!

I could only run while avoiding the pillars of fire.

I hated to admit it, but this was Andromalius’s battlefield. He was trying to exclude us by unleashing all of his magical abilities. It was a pretty good tactic in its own way, but.

“Damn it…!”

I was starting to feel suffocated. The output of this dark magic was beyond imagination. It seemed like almost infinite energy, and its destructive power and range were all incredibly strong.

But it wouldn’t work on me…!

This was just defense! As proof, we hadn’t been attacked even once, but we couldn’t get close to Andromalius at all.

Should I just cut down the pillars of fire?

I had endured Valkyrie’s divine barrage. Well, that bastard was a bit weakened because he had just been released from the seal, and this Archdemon had his full power, so it was a bit different, but still.

Honestly, I was confident I could destroy them. But whether I could handle all the pillars of fire that continued to erupt in the aftermath, well.

I wasn’t sure yet.

ㅡPuhwak!!!

It was at that moment.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Breaking through the group of pillars of fire that had now become a completely black wall of flames, Andromalius charged like an inhuman surprise uncle popping out of a gift surprise box.

“What! This bastard!”

To block my vision and attack like this!

ㅡKwang!

I had no choice but to shoot my body to the side to avoid that crazy football player, and he went straight into the opposite wall and disappeared. That bastard was immune to dark flames. He was just applying the magic he used in that way.

ㅡTsupat.

Anyway, the momentum of the pillars of fire that had been erupting for a while began to weaken. Was he starting to run out of energy? Expanding my senses, I tried to find Andromalius in the midst of the maddening heat and smoke.

“There!!!”

The moment I secured his location and kicked off the ground.

ㅡUrrrrrrung!!!!

Suddenly, countless lightning bolts struck from the blackened sky.
Lightning after pillars of fire?

ㅡKukung!
ㅡKwakakakakang!!!

The lightning bolts that struck the ground each had terrible accuracy, but their number could not be ignored. The scale and number. That alone was comparable to the wrath of the ancient dragons.

ㅡPachichichichichichik!!!
ㅡChichichichichik!!

The blackened sky. And the infinitely pouring black lightning. As the pillars of fire that had been erupting from below fell silent, it was now the sky’s turn.

“Crazy!”

Looking around, Karin and Liztina were all cursing while dodging the lightning. But the density of the lightning was unusual. Dozens, hundreds, even thousands of lightning bolts seemed to be falling like crazy.

“Doing this kind of thing is insane…! You crazy Archdemon son of a bitch!”

Finally, hundreds of lightning bolts appeared above my head, aiming at me.

ㅡPachichichik!!!

They were fired in an instant.

But because my expanded senses could capture the entire scene.

“Demonic Divine Art.”

The moment the lightning was concentrated and falling.
I put my palms on the ground and stood upside down.

“Reverse Demonic Heavenly Descent.”

And so, when I shot the Demonic Heavenly Descent into the air.

ㅡKwakakakakakakakang!!!

All the hundreds of lightning bolts that were falling towards me scattered and disappeared. Setting up continuous objects like pillars of fire was one thing, but attacking me with this kind of single-shot magic?

It was pathetic.

ㅡPaaht!

I immediately kicked off my arms and got up from my position as if doing a somersault.

ㅡKoong!
ㅡTu-kwakwakakakakang!!!

As soon as I got up, the lightning stopped, and then the ground began to explode again. As soon as the lightning attack ended, he was doing the same thing he had just done.

“This, this! This is!!!!”

I dodged it easily, but.

“I can’t take it anymore, damn it!!!!!!”

How much of this goddamn magic was he going to spew out!!! Pillars of fire had been fired almost infinitely since before, and the lightning that had been striking was also in the hundreds, no, thousands! I thought it was almost over, but he was doing this again!!!

“Kkieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”

I ran while tearing at my hair with one hand!!! I didn’t know anything anymore!!! Pillars of fire or whatever, I’m going to break through them all with my body! To win, you have to be willing to take that much damage! There’s no such thing as a victory without scars!!! From the start, winning without getting hurt was an impossible pipe dream!!!

“Hey, hey!!! Don’t just go in! That’s really strong!!!”
“This is crazy! He seems to have lost his mind like usual! Do something!”
“I’m fine!!!!”

This is my, the Heavenly Demon’s, tactic!!!!
There’s nothing that I can’t break through head-on!!!

ㅡTu-kwakwakakakakang!!!

I charged towards the giant Andromalius who was drawing magic circles in the air over there. ㅡKoong! The pillars of fire that rose up along the way to him became walls and blocked me, but each time, I veered around them greatly and somehow charged towards him.

“How long!!!! How long are you going to keep doing this with just magic, you cowardly, crazy son of a bitch!!!!”

Screaming and shouting, I put extreme force into the hand holding Byugal…! At the decisive moment! I wouldn’t dodge and would shoot my body into the pillar of fire! I could somehow endure it if it was just once! Let’s make a decision at that moment!

Even if that failed, if I could just shake him up, Claudie, Karin, or Liztina would come and hit him once!

“Is that a question!!!!!!”
“This bastard is still talking about questions even after coming this far!!!!”
“This Andromalius is also a lord of magic!!! Fall before this great magic, you foolish trash human!!!”
“Lord of magic!!! What’s a lord of magic!!!”

Blindly emerging curiosity!

ㅡTu-kwaaaaaaaaaaang!!!

At that moment when I approached Andromalius, an explosion occurred right in front of me, and a pillar of fire erupted. ㅡPuh-ung! Explosions occurred on both sides of it, and then again on both sides, forming a wall of pillars of fire.

“That kind of thing doesn’t work on this Heavenly Demon!!!”

Covering my whole body in aura, I deployed the Essence Severing Sword Flame, believing in my power, and shot my body like a cannonball…!

I’ll break through like this!!!

“The lord of magic is none other than this Andromalius!!!”

In an instant, it felt like I could hear the voice right in front of me.

ㅡHwaak!!!

My lo… no. At the same time that my whole body became hot, I passed through the wall of pillars of fire. At the same time, I felt a significant portion of the mana covering my whole body vaporize and fly away due to the heat.

ㅡI broke through.

“You son of a bitch!!!!!!”

Even so, without losing speed, I literally became a giant siege arrow and plunged Byugal into the bastard’s chest.

ㅡPuhwak!!!

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

The sword I plunged in.
The blood that spurted out.

ㅡThump!

At the same time, I felt Byugal rejoicing. From the moment I stabbed him, Byugal began to absorb Andromalius’s power.

“Are you trying to usurp this Andromalius’s power!!! But how!!! How are you usurping it!! I’m very curious!!! I can’t shake off the question!! What on earth is that!!!!!”

Andromalius felt a question.

But for some reason.

I was starting to empathize with it.