Chapter 2538 – 2538. Savior Of The Academy

“Domain Expansion.”

Starlight erupted from the Hwaryeon Bido, scattering in all directions. The starlight seized the space and began to resonate with me.

I could confidently say that I was stronger than anyone here right now.

Crack, crackle!

Red electricity sparked in the surrounding space. It was the clash and neutralization of Zarkhan’s power of frost and my domain. At least for the moment the domain was activated, I was free from the frost.

‘I can’t maintain it for long.’

I extended my senses. The presence of the demons within the domain was clearly felt.

There were too many demons. I needed to reduce their numbers. Above all, there were two more Duke-class demons besides Uureka.

『Demon Hunter (SS) discerns demons.』
『Delma. Demon Duke. Affiliated with the 3rd Legion.』
『Delma’s power is Interference. Can interfere with something.』
『Ulgetes. Demon Duke. Affiliated with the 3rd Legion.』
『Ulgetes’ power is Germs. Can create and manipulate all kinds of germs.』

I pinpointed their locations. The first one to target was Ulgetes.

If he created and spread germs, it would be fatal to the humans except for me.

But besides these two, I sensed a rather bothersome demon presence.

『Baldros. Demon Marquis. Affiliated with the 5th Legion.』
『Baldros’ power is Transformation. Can transform into a target.』

The demon marquis called Baldros was from the 5th Legion, not the 3rd. A subordinate of Mekin, not Zarkhan.

‘That sly bastard’s subordinate is using his power to transform into a cat and move quietly.’

Even if he transformed into a cat, he couldn’t deceive my senses once he entered my domain.

‘He’s slowly heading towards the auditorium. Is his goal to destroy the barrier around the auditorium? Or… is there someone inside the auditorium he’s targeting?’

It didn’t matter which it was.

I decided to kill the suspicious Baldros first.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Flying Thunder God (飛雷神).

I transformed my entire body into lightning and moved. Red lightning streaked through the air, striking down on the back of a black cat that was walking leisurely towards the auditorium. The black cat’s transformation was undone, and a black demon screamed.

“Kuaaaak!”

As I sliced through the black demon, Baldros’s waist with the Hwaryeon Bido, I thought.

‘It worked. It was possible because it was within the domain.’

Normally, even if I used lightning transformation and Flying Thunder God simultaneously, I wouldn’t have been able to control it so precisely.

“Y-you, how…!?”

“Crawling in like a cockroach and causing trouble. Mekin. Did that shady bastard give you a secret mission?”

“…He said you were dangerous. Looking at you now, it seems he was right.”

“Tell me what that great ‘he’ ordered you to do.”

Baldros chuckled. He used his power to transform his upper body. It was the form of a man. It was so horribly tortured that I had to stare at it for a while to guess its identity.

An angel.

Judging by the traces of wings on his back, he was definitely an angel.

“Do you see, hunter? This is the last form of the first demon hunter. He was defeated by us and met his end in a terrible state. You too will meet a terrible end like the first hunter…!”

This wasn’t a lie.

According to the settings I knew, the source of most unique traits was the power, soul, and achievements that flowed in from other worlds.

“I am different from him. He failed, and I will succeed and kill all of you.”

I placed my right foot on Baldros’s head.

There wasn’t enough time to torture this guy for information, and I had to conserve my strength to use the power of truth. I was curious about what orders Mekin had given him, but I was too busy to focus on that.

‘I have a guess. It’s probably to kill Kim Chun-woo, who is practically the protagonist of the original story. Kim Chun-woo’s power is troublesome, even if it’s not as much as mine.’

Crunch.

I crushed Baldros’s head.

『Karma: Goodness increases by 30.』
『Successfully hunted a demon. The effect of Demon Hunter (SS) is enhanced.』
『Hunted a demon. Partially restores health and mana.』
『Demon Hunter (SS) absorbs some of the power of the demon killed.』

『Power of Transformation
Rank: A+
Transforms into a target and uses some of the target’s power.』

I roughly checked the newly acquired power.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Flying Thunder God (飛雷神).

I transformed into red lightning and flew towards the demon duke Ulgetes. Surprisingly, he dodged my attack as lightning. As expected of a demon duke. He was excellent even in a weakened state due to the dimensional invasion restrictions.

Returning to my original form from lightning, I looked at Ulgetes.

A grotesque bird with five mouths, three wings, and one leg. Dark green pus was dripping from his featherless skin.

This guy was also from a demonic beast like Zarkhan. It wasn’t surprising. The 3rd Legion was mostly composed of demonic beasts or hybrids of demons and demonic beasts.

“Oh, red lightning. Surely this domain is also your power. It’s like the power of the legion commanders. It’s too much power for a mere human to possess.”

The five mouths spoke simultaneously. Green smoke-like substances flowed from each mouth. I guessed that it was germs.

“You reek of rot. Shut up and die.”

I would kill him before the germs spread.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Thunder Flash (雷光).

A red slash that started from my right hand cut through Ulgetes. Ulgetes’ body turned into green smoke for a moment, then reassembled. A red slash mark was engraved on his torso.

“That hurt. Even if I’m weakened… I haven’t fallen to the level where a mere human can touch me. I admit it. You are an irregular. But that’s all. You will die here.”

Blackish-green germs spread in all directions.

The domain reacted to the germs. Crackle! Red currents rose and began to burn the spreading germs. But the rate at which the germs multiplied was faster than that. Ulgetes was now giving it his all.

‘Vajra Thunder.’

I summoned the Vajra Thunder from my inventory. The vajra floating in the air glowed faintly in gold.

I imbued the Vajra Thunder with lightning and launched it at Ulgetes. The Vajra Thunder became golden lightning.

Ulgetes dodged the lightning as if it were natural. The golden lightning fell to the ground, then changed direction and surged back towards Ulgetes. This time, he couldn’t dodge it.

His body turned into a mass of green germs. A mocking sound echoed from there.

“It’s useless. My body is germs itself. Even if my body burns, I can just reassemble it.”

I sneered at him.

“Heh. Try it if you can.”

But Ulgetes couldn’t reassemble his body. The Vajra Thunder was continuously emitting lightning from its center, burning the germs. The germs were trapped by the Vajra Thunder and couldn’t escape.

“What the hell is this?! How can such a thing dare to suppress my power?!”

“The Vajra Thunder is a weapon to kill the likes of you.”

The Vajra Thunder itself was a mass of anti-demon power. It was a natural enemy to those who used impure powers like ghosts, demons, and fiends, a weapon of Indra.

“You should have avoided the Vajra Thunder to the end.”

I stretched my hand towards the sky.

Rumble.

Red lightning gathered and compressed in the sky.

I lowered my hand. Red lightning, filled with the power of the domain, struck down on Ulgetes. All the germs around the Vajra Thunder burned and disappeared.

『Karma: Goodness increases by 22.』
『Successfully hunted a demon. The effect of Demon Hunter (SS) is enhanced.』
『Hunted a demon. Partially restores health and mana.』
『Demon Hunter (SS) absorbs some of the power of the demon killed.』

『Power of Germs
Rank: A+
Creates and manipulates germs.』

I retrieved the Vajra Thunder in front of me.

‘The power of the Vajra Thunder is stronger than I thought. Is karma and traits affecting the Vajra Thunder?’

The next target was the demon duke Delma.

He was attacking Kang Ji-young along with the other demon duke, Uureka. Kang Ji-young was holding her own without being pushed back. Even if the demon dukes were weakened, I was impressed by Kang Ji-young’s power to face two of them at the same time.

‘It’s not just Kang Ji-young’s own power. She’s using items appropriately.’

Someone like Kang Ji-young would have a few national treasure-level weapons.

Sung Ha-ri was doing well enough that I didn’t need to worry about her. She had already killed four Marquis-class demons.

‘If I intervene, I can definitely kill both demon dukes.’

It was the moment I was about to move.

Crack! Crackle!

A roar echoed from the dimensional rift open in the sky. The legion commander Zarkhan, who hadn’t moved until now, began to move. Zarkhan’s large forepaw crossed the dimensional rift and stepped onto Earth, treading on the void.

“It’s the legion commander!”

“The frost is coming!!”

“Awoooooooo!!”

The demons and demonic beasts cheered and roared.

“Moka. Kill the riffraff.”

The thunderbird Moka was summoned and began to slaughter the demons and demonic beasts.

『Karma: Goodness increases by 1.』

『Karma: Goodness increases by 1.』

…….

I ignored the repeatedly ringing notification window. It was a bit disappointing that I couldn’t receive the effect of the Demon Hunter (SS) because I wasn’t killing the demons directly.

‘He’s moving directly faster than I thought.’

The black wolf, Zarkhan, had completely emerged. The dimensional rift that had been frozen by his power of frost began to recover. Now that the magic power coming through the connected demon realm would weaken, the demons’ power wouldn’t increase. That was one advantage. The disadvantage was that I had to face the legion commander, Zarkhan.

Crack!

As Zarkhan entered, the domain began to shake. His frost and my domain were clashing.

‘My domain is being pushed back. The good thing is that it’s holding up to some extent.’

No sooner had I finished thinking than Zarkhan swung his forepaw at me. Three huge white slashes, imbued with power, tore through the domain and flew towards me.

Because of the domain, the speed of the slashes was slow, so it wasn’t difficult to dodge them. The domain wasn’t completely torn, so it was still maintainable.

His gaze turned to me.

The gaze of an immortal who had lived for at least thousands, if not tens of thousands of years, was intimidating in itself.

I gripped the Hwaryeon Bido and the Vajra Thunder respectively and faced him.

‘I can handle it.’