## Chapter 943 – How Long Has It Been?

Baphomet’s provocation was more than enough to turn the paladins into berserkers without restraint.

“That, that, that, that, that!!! How dare such an evil being!!!!!!”
“Unforgivable!!!!!!”
“Uwaaaaaaaak!!! Uwaaaaaaaak!!!!!”
“Shhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”
“Ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!”
“Oooooooook!!! Oooooooook!!!!!!”

The paladins, roaring like baboons whose nests had been set on fire, simultaneously kicked off the ground and shot themselves toward the fiend.

ㅡThwack!
ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKugung!

The dust kicked up by their simultaneous launch created a fog. The charge of their incredibly powerful muscles seemed to cause a momentary earthquake.

From the start, we had the crystal surrounded, and there was only one enemy. Our positioning was perfect from the beginning, and we had trained accordingly. Moreover, the paladins were men who had honed this kind of dogpile to the extreme.

No matter how much bigger Baphomet was than a minotaur—like, three times the size, the bastard—he wouldn’t be able to withstand such a well-prepared, organized dogpile.

“Impressive fighting spiritㅡ!!!!!!”

Baphomet roared, emitting a silver gleam from his eyes.

“You’ll make excellent materials for building a fortress, human warriors!!!!”

ㅡKuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

The fiend seemed to possess a considerable warrior spirit, remaining defiant even as he was being surrounded. I watched his every move, gripping the hilt of Vিউgal tightly.

There was no opening for me to jump in right now anyway.

Too many paladins had launched the initial attack.

So I would use this opportunity to analyze him.

And kill him for sure.

“Shut your mouth, demon king!!!”
“Dieeeeeeeeeee!!”
“Don’t talk nonsense, minion of the demons!!!”
“Verdeeeeeeeee!!!”

And so.

The paladins and Baphomet collided.

ㅡKwaang!!!

The first explosion erupted.

Unfortunately, it was not a good sound. It was the sound of a paladin being punched by Baphomet’s massive fist and flying away, “Khaaaak!!”

ㅡKwaang!!
ㅡKwaang!!!
ㅡKuoong!

“Kahaaaaak!!”
“Uwaaaaak!!”

That wasn’t all!!!

Baphomet, as nimble and agile as his massive body was, continuously unleashed punches, striking the paladins flying straight at him and sending them flying!!!

Strong!!!

Just as humans accumulate mana in their small bodies to gain superhuman strength and durability, Baphomet had also enhanced his massive frame!!!

“Son of a bitch!!!”

ㅡPaaat!

I immediately leaped into the air, snatched the paladin who had been punched and sent flying, and set him down on the ground.

“T, thanks!!”
“Get healed!”

Thankfully, although he had been hit squarely and sent flying, his paladin experience hadn’t gone anywhere. He didn’t seem to be fatally wounded, so he should be able to fight again with some healing.

“Die, spawn of evil!!”
“Shhheeeeeeeek!!”
“I’ll separate your soul!!!”

But still.

Our numbers were still overwhelming.

Baphomet punched the paladins coming at him head-on, swung his massive arms, and launched low kicks to defend as much as possible, but in the end, he only had one body, so he couldn’t block those attacking from behind.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaakㅡ!!!!!”

The ascetic crusaders and paladins who had latched onto his back were hacking at his hide and stabbing blades into the back of his neck, causing the beast to scream.

From that point on, the front was left open as well. No matter how hard he fought, if he was attacked from behind, he couldn’t respond to the enemies coming from the front. The experts in dogpiling wouldn’t miss such a timing, and even the paladins who had been punched and sent flying returned to the front lines, throwing themselves at Baphomet.

ㅡKkwaak!

However, his size was immense.

Baphomet grabbed the paladins clinging to his body and tried to squeeze them as hard as he could, as if trying to turn them into juice!!

“Huuup!!!”
“Rescue him!!!”
“Aim for his arms!!!”

Fortunately, the paladin who had been caught withstood the pressure, and the others successfully rescued him by systematically targeting only his arms.

“Kueueueueuk…!”

Realizing that crushing them with brute force wouldn’t work, Baphomet seemed to change his strategy altogether, tearing off the paladins clinging to his body and throwing them forcefully at the other paladins, or grabbing them like clubs and swinging them to attack.

ㅡPeoheok!!

“Khaaaaak!!”
“Aaaaaaak!!”

The paladins were superhumans, but in the end, they had to give way in terms of weight, so they couldn’t help but be hit by such attacks and sent flying.

Nevertheless, the men of tenacity clung to Baphomet’s body relentlessly. Of course, many of the paladins were agilely dodging Baphomet’s attacks.

ㅡKugugugugugung!!!

But Baphomet simply rolled his massive body on the ground, shaking off the paladins clinging to him like insects.

ㅡHigh-level combat ability.

The fiend knew very well how to fight superhumans smaller than himself with that massive body…! More than anything, even though it was a sword with a holy enchantment, he was protecting his skin with some kind of magical energy, so critical hits weren’t landing.

Did he actually serve in the idol wars?

“I heard that time had passed!!!”

While shaking off the paladins as if rampaging.

“Humans haven’t changed at all!!!”

Baphomet roared maniacally.

“Was one victory so sweetㅡ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

A warrior’s cry.

“Kueueueuk…!”
“Kill him, cling to him!”
“Don’t be seduced by his wicked words!!!”

The paladins were being pushed back even though they were dogpiling him. Even though they were all veteran and seasoned warriors, they couldn’t subdue him easily.

Baphomet’s tremendous skill and the power coming from his size were too strong.

Still, it was fortunate that there were no casualties yet. No matter how powerful Baphomet was, he couldn’t easily kill the highly trained paladins.

“There is no eternal victory! If you want to win, fight, humans! Fight against this invader!!! Fight to protect, fight to win!!!”

This bastard…

“However, this much won’t be enough to make this Dor kneel!!!”

Is his name Dor?
Dor of the Baphomet tribe?

“For Lord Pelazer!! For the demon realm!! For our suffering brethrenㅡ!!!!!!!!”

What he was saying was quite meaningful.

No, more than anything, the feeling wasn’t good.

He clearly seemed to be `conserving` his strength, considering that he had just been released from the seal. He was fighting very well.

Even a demon king would be a complete mess if he had just been released from a seal.

But he… perhaps the sealing method was different? Instead of being `subjected` to a seal that weakened the enemy, was he simply `protecting` his body with something like a crystal to transcend time?

All sorts of speculations ran rampant.

“Izemart!!”
“Verde!!”
“Uooooooooot!!”

Elise was also fighting hard, trying to cling to Dor. As the name of God was chanted, Dor reacted.

“Do humans still rely on God!! Don’t believe in the name of God, believe in your own strength, fanatics!!!”
“That, that evil fiend is insulting our God!!”
“He’s just a demon that’s just been released from his seal, kill him!!”
“I’ll kill you!!!”

The paladins, filled with rage, continued to rush at him, but they couldn’t overwhelm the enormous size difference. More than anything, he wasn’t in a weakened state either.

But at that level.

ㅡWhirrrrrrr…!

I immediately ignited the sword flame and walked toward him. “Khaaaaak!!” “Aaaaak!!” The paladins who had been knocked away flew past me as I went, and those who had recovered rushed from behind, passing me and charging forward.

“You’re my opponent, demon.”

ㅡTsupat!

At the same time, his gaze turned to me.

“A formidable foe. A human hero?”
“Not quite a hero.”

It’s similar, though.

“Just take it as `your death`.”
“Khahahahaha!!!”

Baphomet, Dor, laughed heartily, shaking off the paladins who had clung to him by rolling his body, and continued, knocking away the crusaders flying at him with a punch he swung again.

“You’re more dignified than these fanatics!!!”

The demon king Pelazer and the evil god Gothsmoth that he mentioned. And the apostles of Ezath and the dragons. There were many things I was curious about, but if I carried curiosity during battle, my body would become heavier.

Today, I am a lamb skewer chef.

ㅡKuoong!!!

I immediately stepped on the Heavenly Demon Advent Steps and shot my body to his head. The sword flame burning on Vিউgal’s blade is your death. I closed the distance to zero in an instant and brought down a vertical slash with all my might.

ㅡKwaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!

He blocked my attack with his forearm.

A roar erupted, and a silver aura was wrapped around his skin.

Even so.

“…!”

The sword flame that had penetrated the silver aura struck his arm. Not only did a roar erupt, but red blood and flesh burst out from his deeply cut forearm.

My attack was definitely working.

“You said you fight for your brethren, you impure lamb skewer!!!”
“Kuhuk…!”

ㅡBwoong!

Due to the recoil from landing the sword strike, my body floated up to the ceiling of the space. He had diverted my power at the crucial moment to reduce the impact.

Of course, that only gave me the opportunity for a second attack.

“Do you have the vessel to handle that cause!!!”

I turned my body appropriately and stepped on the ceiling.

ㅡKuoong!

“I, myself, will test it!!!”

I performed the Heavenly Demon Advent Steps and executed a high-speed descent!!!

ㅡWhirrrrrrr!!

The tip of the sword flame that was still burning was aimed at the top of his head! I would use this to confirm his vessel! If there was no vessel to contain the cause, he would simply become lamb skewer stew and be placed on a plate!!!

That was when.

“Buwooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!”

Baphomet roared.

With that, a black aura and a silver radiance swirled and combined from his body in an instant.

ㅡPeoooooooong!!

“What!”

A shockwave occurred with a loud explosionㅡHwaaaaaaaak!! I, who had been exposed to the shockwave, was sent flying in the same state as when I was descending vertically…!

At the same time.

ㅡPachichichichichichichichik!!!

Black lightning raged and exploded around him.

ㅡPeobeobeobeobeobeong!!

“Khaaaaaaaak!!”
“Evacuate!!!”
“Rescue the injured!!”

The paladins who had been struck by the lightning fell one by one! Was that the same as Risha’s!!! I was horrified, but the fallen paladins got up again and began to retreat.

Thankfully, they weren’t dead!

“You are arrogant, human!!!”

A wave of lightning swept through, and Baphomet shouted.

“You said you would test this Dor’s vessel!!!”

I stepped on the wall once with the sword flame extinguished and landed on the ground. I immediately began a cold analysis. That was black magic. 100% black magic, but it wasn’t enough to kill a paladin in one blow.

At that level, it would be okay to get hit a few times.

He was fast and agile, but in the end, if he was struck by my sword flame-filled blow, he couldn’t avoid a fatal wound. Look! At that deeply cut forearm! It was no different from a steak with blood dripping from it!!!

I aim for the vitals!!!

“Encircle him!!!”

The paladins who had been knocked away surrounded Baphomet again.

ㅡJiiiiiiiiiiing.

That was the moment.
Baphomet distorted space.

“What the hell are you trying to do!!!”

Ignoring my cry, Baphomet put his hand into that space and pulled something out as if dragging it. ㅡJjuuuuuuuuk. Then, a long and large sword was pulled out from the inside.

A ring-shaped sword reminiscent of an Egyptian sword.

It looked extremely luxurious and extremely murderous.

ㅡChwahak!!!

He slashed the air with it.

“What are you trying to do…!”

ㅡFlash!

A silver flash flickered along the trajectory.

ㅡKuwaaaaaaaaaaa!!
ㅡKyaaaaaaaa!!!
ㅡKooooooo!!!

Those silver flashes gained impure flesh and extended into the real world!!! In an instant, more than ten silver demonic beasts sprang out from within the trajectory that the sword had cut!!! Could that sword be a medium for summoning!!

“He summoned monsters!!”
“The team in charge will deal with them as planned!!”
“Understood!!!!”

The paladins moved nimbly and engaged the demonic beasts as agreed.

“I’ll return the favor!! This Dor will test your vessel!!! I will personally evaluate whether you have the qualities to become fortress material!!!”

ㅡKuoong!!

Baphomet, who shouted that, jumped diagonally high using his lamb hind legs. As expected, his jumping power was as tremendous as his bulk, and the guy who stepped on the wall dashed madly across the wall.

ㅡPapapapapapapat!!!

Stones and dirt flew.

He was holding the ring-shaped giant sword very threateningly, andㅡPaaat!! He kicked off the ground again and jumped.

“Buwooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!”

A heavy assault.
He was aiming for me.

But I wasn’t going to get hit!

ㅡKwaang!

I immediately kicked off the ground and executed an evasive maneuver,ㅡTukwakwakwakwakwang!!! His body and the giant blade covered the spot where I had been.

ㅡKugugugugugung!!

It was almost an earthquake-like strike.
If I had been hit, it wouldn’t have ended with me being turned to dust.

ㅡPaaat!

Then, the guy who landed rushed straight at me to launch a continuous attack.

“Alright, come at me!!!!!”

I’ll turn you into lamb skewer stew!!!