Chapter 657 – Chapter 657. Final Battle (2)

Open eyes. Heart

Golden eyes shone in the middle of the darkness.
There is magic in all things, and Lee Ho-yeon’s open eyes pierce through it.

‘What is this darkness?’

However, it seems that the demon king in front of me is not a being of all things.
Lee Ho-yeon’s open eyes were unable to read the devil’s magical power at all.

Beating- beating- beating-

Only the rapidly beating heart and sharpened senses were telling of the danger of the opponent.
It was a burden for Lee Ho-yeon to move first, as it was unknown what ability the demon king was using.

Wood deuk-

Then, the darkness moved with an eerie sound.
The darkness that filled the air while procrastinating condensed around the demon king and began to take over the space, turning into fog.

‘Macheongung is being pushed back… No, are you being eaten? ‘

Lee Ho-yeon was startled and narrowed the scope of Macheongung.
It was possible to prevent being eaten by the darkness by increasing the concentration of magical power inside the Heavenly Palace, but of course it was impossible to build a wide area.

‘Blood beat.’

The magic circuit of the whole body expanded and the barrier of the rune spread.
The barrier of the rune that pushed away the darkness wrapped around Lee Ho-yeon, complementing each other with Macheongung.

The demon king’s eyes narrowed as he saw his own darkness pushed away.
Even the darkness trembled eerily, as if affected by his anger.

Hwaaaaak-

Darkness condenses on the Demon King’s hand.
Lee Ho-yeon’s eyes narrowed as she saw a familiar magical pattern.

‘… Spiral?’

Seeing the spiraling darkness, Lee Ho-yeon clicked his tongue and read the magic in front of him.
He created his own magic.
It was exactly the same format as the spiral.

“Do you remember what I said? The magic you created in this world. I’ll show you that everything is nothing but trivial tricks. In this world, no one can beat me…!!”

Malice and madness linger in the demon king’s eyes.
The god of this world burst out with a murderous intent to get rid of the humans who were ruining his world.

“What kind of crazy bastard…”

Lee Ho-yeon could not speak and summoned an arc behind his back.
The magic in front of him was the same as the spiral he knew, but the destructive power created by combining with the darkness was the difference between heaven and earth.

Haha! The 8th human! You’re arrogant! You’re arrogant! You don’t even know the subject and attack God!”

The demon lord, who had exploded with light, generated magical energy from his entire body.
Lee Ho-yeon, seeing the ever-increasing magic power, began multiple calculations while drawing a magic circle with an arc.

“You pretended to be decent, but now you’re showing your true colors. You bastard.”

It cannot be blocked with the same spiral.
I will be eaten by that darkness.

‘Eclipse.’

With the movement of her magical power, the black sun appeared in reality.
Even in the midst of that, Lee Ho-yeon did not stop calculating the orbit of darkness.

A combat sense that demonstrates an innate sense in all actions related to combat.
The senses sharpened more than ever find a way to overcome the formidable enemy in front of them.

‘I can neutralize the spiral with Eclipse and approach it with Acceleration. But it’s dangerous to jump in because there’s no information about that darkness.’

In the original work, there is no information about the demon king in front of you. Even if there is information, it cannot be approached hastily.
As long as the god of this world is in that body, it is better to forget the original information.

‘… It’s something you have to go through at least once. I’d rather feel now is the safest.’

As always, the first time is the biggest opportunity.
The demon lord in front of him has yet to exert his full strength.
You have to exploit that gap.

Whoops-!

The darkness that had been condensed in the demon king’s hand left the owner and rose into the air.
The darkness spiral, which split into dozens of branches in an instant, rushed at Lee Ho-yeon with the momentum to grind the entire space.

‘Acceleration.’

Lee Ho-yeon’s reaction was quick.
She returned the barrier of the demon heavenly palace and rune to her body, accelerated the space, and rushed at the demon king.

Future foresight.

Her blood flowed from Lee Ho-yeon’s eyes.
The repulsion of the foreknowledge of the future that was forcibly manifested overtook her body, but now was not the time to care about such things.
You have to pour everything into this moment.

‘One. Two. Three… I can block up to five.’

The Eclipse created by the three arcs swallows up the darkness blocking Lee Ho-yeon’s path.
In the process, the darkness that covers the body is blocked by the barrier of the rune.

Paaang-!

A spiral created by multi-casting floated above my hand.
Lee Ho-yeon, who left her body in the accelerated space, concentrated her magical energy all over her body.

‘Here.’

The front side is where it can do the most damage.
Lee Ho-yeon, who penetrated the darkness leaving a blurry afterimage, inserted the spiral into the demon king.

Kwaaang-!

Lee Ho-yeon’s prediction of the future was correct this time as well.
The spiral she created hit the demon lord properly.

“Accelerating the inside of the surrounding barrier. It’s definitely an interesting magic.”

However, the results were not good.
The Dark Lord’s armor easily blocked the spiral.
His body had unnecessarily high defensive power.

“You must know the magic of the demon king. This is the reason why I chose this body instead of Lucifer. If I can use this magic properly, no enemy can defeat the demon lord.”

The Demon King brushed off the dust from his body and smiled eerily.

I thought about it several times, but as expected, I could feel it even more clearly after fighting while facing each other.
That bastard is a personality destroyer.

‘Until we destroy that darkness, we have to fight while keeping our distance.’

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to answer.
During that time, he had to think of one more attack that would work on him.

Hoyeon Lee looked down at her hands.
The unknown darkness clung to her hand using Lee Ho-yeon’s spiral as a medium.
Because it was a small amount, he was able to concentrate and shake off his mana, but in the process he used more mana than he thought.
If more darkness clings to it, it may have trouble moving its body.

Woodeuk-

I bit my molars hard.
He met many formidable enemies, but none were as annoying as the demon king in front of him.

The enemies I’ve met so far have at least been able to figure out how the opponent fights.
However, the demon king’s darkness could not be read with his open eyes.
That made Lee Ho-yeon even more annoyed.

‘… For now, I have no choice but to turn off the time.’

Lee Ho-yeon’s [Opening Eyes, Mind] Analyzes and interprets the phenomenon itself beyond magic.
He has not yet been able to read the demon king’s darkness, but he can definitely read it if he has time.
It was Lee Ho-yeon’s intuition as a wizard.

“Certainly, your strength is abnormal. The 8th human. Your strength is a strength that has never been observed in my world. You have far surpassed that of the human species! What is your true identity and why is this happening?”

“… Is that a habit of those from hell? Thank you for saying that.”

Chiron, Albedo, and Lucifer.
Everyone said that.

However, hearing those words somehow calmed my heart.

“Thank you. What does that mean?”

“Every bastard who said that lost to me.”

I felt the same way when I first met them.
I thought I could never win. Death is right in front of your nose.

But in the end, Lee Ho-yeon overcame everything and came this far.
If I was going to collapse in the final fight, I wouldn’t have gone through such hardships until now.

“Keuhehe, I wonder how long that attitude will last.”

The demon king smiled and moved both of his hands.
The darkness that took over the surroundings vibrated all at once and began to press Lee Ho-yeon.

Whoop-!

The darkness began to overtake Lee Ho-yeon as if he were alive.
To defeat the demon king, he had to first read the concept of darkness.

‘When attacking, it exerts physical force as if it has mass, but it is not pushed back by my magic power.’

It is a truly selfish ability.
Could that be the magic of the demon king?

Quaang-! Quaang-!

Every time the darkness moves, space shatters.
Lee Ho-yeon avoided the darkness and slowly stepped back.
Fortunately, whenever the darkness moves violently, Lee Ho-yeon receives more information.

‘This movement is similar to Macheongung.’

The difference is that the darkness that has taken over the space bursts out instead of exercising its dominance.
He was using Lee Ho-yeon’s magic as if to humiliate him.

Lee Ho-yeon kept Ma Cheongung firmly and developed his territory.
The darkness approached with the momentum to devour Lee Ho-yeon’s mana, but he was able to withstand it somehow by overlapping the Macheon Palace and the rune’s barrier.

The huge power of darkness gradually drove Lee Ho-yeon into a corner.
At the same time, he felt a stream of darkness behind him. It was an obvious trick.

“It’s awesome…!”

As soon as it reads the gap in the darkness that destroys space, it no longer runs back and pierces the front.
The demon king in front of him still maintained a relaxed attitude even when Lee Ho-yeon rushed forward.

A frontal attack doesn’t work.
But keeping your distance wasn’t a good situation either.

‘A melee using arcs and multiple castings. I’m not sure if I can… That’s for the best.’

The magical power of the demon castle is close to infinite.
To engage in a war of attrition with such a guy is itself close to committing suicide.

But to choose the worst, you must choose the lesser evil.
The Demon King can respond to all of Lee Ho-yeon’s magic, and is actually doing so.
He has to force a gap in situations where he is at a disadvantage.

There is only one thing Lee Ho-yeon is ahead of the demon king.
It was multiple operations.

It is not an unfounded speculation.

Future foresight.

The Demon King copied all of Lee Ho-yeon’s magic, but he couldn’t perfectly copy this one.
The fact that Lee Ho-yeon’s attack was hit by the Demon King was proof of that.
Of course it didn’t work, but the spiral reached him. That was important.

Probably because of his own magic, his future foreknowledge is closest to the ‘realm of the gods’.

Even if the opponent is a god of this world, in the end, the body belongs to the demon king who belongs to this world.
It cannot invade the realm of God.
Because that was the rule of a fair bet set by the betting god.

Whoops-!

Reverse gravity.

Lee Ho-yeon’s magic moves, and the soil and sand of the field rise into the air at regular intervals.
It was not easy to see the movement of darkness in a place surrounded by darkness.
Until you can completely read the darkness with your open eyes, you have to use an expedient.

“You’re playing tricks again.”

The Demon King continued to smile and move the darkness.
The darkness, which had been exploding with the momentum to destroy the space until just now, quietly takes over the space.
Lee Ho-yeon immediately retrieved her mana and dropped her sand on the floor.

Koogoo Palace-

With the quiet darkness, the demon lord’s magic began to vibrate.
A magical power different from the darkness he had been using until now.
No, a lot of mana came out.

“Is this… Amon? No, Malphys and Melves?”

One by one.
Familiar magic engulfs the space.

A ghost ship and numerous ghosts.
Lumps of various ores.
Blood clots that make the skin rot just by brushing against them.

The magic of 72 demons stopped in the world outside the darkness fills the space.

“… Such a bastard.”

– Human, human…
– Kreuk. Creeper!

The devil’s magic soon materialized into reality.
It was shaped like a mud monster made of darkness.
To be precise, it wasn’t demons, it was the materialization of their mana.
Each one was not as strong as the actual demons, but they had all of the fiendish traits of demons.

‘… I can win enough.’

Materialized mana is weaker than actual demons.
Lee Ho-yeon’s magic blade can be eliminated with one shot.
You shouldn’t be attacked by 72 demons, but with your future foreknowledge, you can do it somehow.

The problem is that the demon king also moves in the meantime.

Woo-woo-!

The pressure of the darkness that dominated the space becomes stronger.
Condensed dots of darkness appeared all around Lee Ho-yeon.

Taang!

At that moment, a dot of darkness that was imperceptibly fast collided with the barrier of the rune.
It was such a shock that the hard rune’s barrier trembled.

The magic of 72 devils and hundreds of darkness were aiming for Lee Ho-yeon.

“Eighth human. Can you overcome my power?”

“…”

He glared at the devil with a fishy smile and raised his magical power.

Taang-!

The darkness that approached in an instant hit the barrier once more.
A frustrating situation where you can neither get close nor open the distance.
Lee Ho-yeon suddenly looked beyond the darkness.

“Ha…”

The sphere of darkness that covered this space created by the demon king.
And the Hunters outside of it.

I can see the eyes of many people looking this way.
I am truly grateful to those who fought alongside me, but now I had to find others.
Fortunately, Lee Ho-yeon’s eye opening was able to find the people he wanted in an instant.

Professor Lim Sol, Lucy, and Rumi are still hitting the barrier. Next to him, Da-eun Nam is flying a Space Charm.
Alice and Irene give instructions to Iris guild members while biting their lips.
On the other side, Rebecca is spreading the rune’s barrier and Scarlett is looking around anxiously.
It was strange not to see Liliana, but she couldn’t mind her now.

“… I told you not to come, but in the end you came.”

Baek Ah-yeong shedding her tears, and Munsu-rin managing her people while holding her.
She told Baek Ah-young that it was definitely dangerous, but she seemed to have come to her.

“Ha ha. Fuck. Fuck…”

Muttering to himself, he forcibly lifts her heavy arm.
Blood Beat expands the magic circuit to its limit.
Since Macheongung and Blood Beat were being used to kill demons before meeting the Demon King, his body was already close to its limit.

What makes Lee Ho-yeon stand up is his fighting sense and mental strength.
And they were the ones who looked beyond the darkness.

Taang-!

Entrust your body with a sharpened sense of battle and cut through the approaching darkness.
Grasp the magic blade that was instinctively created with both hands.

What kind of nature did this fucking darkness have? Lee Ho-yeon’s magic could not push it away.
Rather, it has a tricky nature that gnaws away one’s mana every time it touches.

However, I got used to it more than the first time.

The opened eyes read the darkness little by little, and the future foreknowledge suggested a way to destroy the darkness in front of them.
The future of Lee Ho-yeon’s death was still unseen.

Leaning on that small possibility, Lee Ho-yeon squeezed his magic again.