Chapter 66: The Demon King’s Army on the 7th Floor (2)
by fnovelpia
Honestly, this is boring.
I mean, with a team like this, everything gets taken down so easily.
What if we had Cheonma with us?
“I’m telling you, it’s weird to even bother strategizing with a party like this.”
“Yeah, why don’t we just smash everything? Honestly, Succubus is pretty useless, and once I play around a bit, you two can just finish the job, right?”
True.
Yeah, why was I trying to act like a hero party?
Everyone here is the best of the best in their own worlds.
Here, atleast they are not the lightning punch’s level, all we need to do is overpower everything with raw damage.
“What about me?”
The Elf?
“Item farming.”
I answered while crushing a Dark Elf’s head.
The Elf is for item farming.
The Succubus is just a mascot.
The best support here is Pixie’s pranks.
Right now, the best strategy is to overpower everything and rush to the upper floors.
“Isn’t this all kind of pointless for me then?”
Well, to be fair, you’re useless as a damage dealer.
But in a place like this, item looting is surprisingly important.
“So, what? You don’t want to pick up items?”
“No, that’s not it.”
This one’s hopeless.
I nudged her leg.
“Elfy, sorry, but you’re my slave, remember? Right?”
“Oh. Right.”
“So, you know your place.”
How dare she lift her head at me?
“Sniff sniff.”
“Alright, summon the spirits and clean up the bodies.”
The Elf used her spirits to deal with the corpses.
“Sniff… how did it come to this?”
“Well, you should’ve been more capable, like me.”
The young girl in the raincoat puffed out her chest, showing off.
It’s turning into a competition of who’s more valuable.
“I may not look like it, but I’ve done some nice photoshoots.”
“Who’s going to care about photoshoots here? Unless maybe that lesbian guild master from the Heavenly King Guild.”
I glanced over at the drone.
[“I only have eyes for you, Saintess, no need to worry.”]
“Wow, even a lesbian won’t go for you, Elf. Reflect on that.”
This is getting serious.
“Is it really my fault?”
“Yes.”
“Hey, I already have a wife, you know?”
“Well, according to some guy I know, taken Elves are more attractive. But you, Elfy, don’t even have that charm.”
To be exact, it was the prime minister of the country where the hero party operated who said that.
At drinking parties, he would boast about how he’d charmed all the women.
I shared this story with the Elf.
“That guy’s just weird.”
“Hey, just focus on picking up the items like a good slave. At least you’re not totally useless like the Succubus.”
“Hey, that’s too much! If I wanted to, I could seduce anyone!”
The Succubus’s pride seemed to be hurt as she snapped back.
Honestly, I’m not sure if the Succubus is useful right now.
We can just overpower everything with brute force anyway.
No, wait.
There’s still something left.
Over there, I spotted gray orcs and ogres.
Orcs and ogres belonging to the Demon King’s army.
If we want to get to the 8th floor, we’ll need to wipe out that army.
It’d be a hassle to deal with them all at once later, so we should split them off from the Demon King’s forces.
“Then go ahead and seduce that ogre and orc unit over there.”
I stepped back a little.
The Demon King’s army knows who I am.
If I’m too close, they won’t fall for the Succubus’s charm.
The Succubus struck a seductive pose.
She aimed her sultry allure at the ogres and orcs of the Demon King’s army.
And her seduction worked.
“Hey there, big guys. How about having some fun with me?”
It was definitely an enticing charm that any man would fall for.
As expected of a Succubus.
If it were a normal human, they would’ve already succumbed.
But would it work on the elite demons of the Demon King’s army?
“That Succubus dares use her charm on us?”
“Do we look that low-class to you?”
“Let’s cut off her head and offer it to the Demon King!”
The taunt worked perfectly.
The gray ogres and orcs broke off from their army and charged at us.
“Wow, that provocation worked like a charm.”
“I didn’t mean to provoke them at all!”
Boom!
Holy Crash struck the enraged Demon King’s army.
The ogres and orcs that were rushing towards us were wiped out in a single swing of the mace.
“Gaaaaaah!”
“Was this a trap?”
“Damn it! It’s the Saintess! That crazy Saintess was lying in ambush!”
Boom!
Another Holy Crash to deliver divine punishment!
“You’re amazing. Not only do you have charm, but you can provoke them too.”
“No, that’s not what I wanted! This is an insult to my pride as a Succubus!”
“Well, that’s that, and this is this. Either way, you did well.”
Whatever gets us to the goal works.
All we needed was to lure the ogres and orcs over.
Charm or provoke, it doesn’t matter.
Battle Mage’s punches and spirit magic pounded the Demon King’s army.
“By the way, why do those guys look at you like you’re a lunatic?”
“Because I’m the enemy, obviously.”
“Their reaction seems more than that though?”
“Well, I took care of all of them by myself.”
Rather than the hero, it was just me dealing with them.
The hero party might have had strength, but they always insisted on talking first.
They never attacked unless I started the fight.
Always.
I was the one who always struck down the monsters first.
“How many are left?”
“There are at least 10,000 on this floor.”
10,000?
That’s fewer than what I’ve already taken down.
By the way, has Pixie finished mapping the area?
“Do you think it’s possible, Battle Mage?”
“It would’ve been better if Cheonma were here.”
10,000 is quite a lot.
On the other hand, we’re short on fighters.
It might be a good idea to give guild members special entry passes just for the 7th floor.
Still, with Pixie, we should be okay.
“We should be fine with Pixie’s ‘pranks,’ right?”
Pixie’s tricks are unexpectedly powerful.
“Seems like it.”
Honestly, close combat is the issue.
The orcs’ and ogres’ clubs hit pretty hard.
I’m not planning on getting hit, but someone like the Succubus could.
“Kyaaaaaah!”
“You worthless dancing Succubus! Die!”
The Succubus let her guard down and got caught by an ogre.
The furious ogres grabbed their clubs and rushed at her.
Obviously, the Succubus doesn’t have the strength to block that.
Wait, did we set up a respawn field here?
No, we didn’t.
It looks like it’s too late to save her now.
Bang!
Wait, is the Succubus tougher than I thought?
She’s enduring the club blows?
Nope.
At some point, the raincoat-clad Pixie was pointing at the ogre with her finger.
“I turned all their weapons into cotton clubs. Since I used the disguise ring, my pranks are even more effective now.”
Great.
With no healer or holding tactics, Pixie’s pranks can incapacitate most enemies.
“So it doesn’t matter whether they’re ranged or melee?”
“Exactly. Let’s just take them all out.”
Pixie might not be a damage dealer, but she’s even more effective than one.
“Let’s push through all the way to the 8th floor.”
We decided to break through to the upper floors in one go.
“You crazy Saintess!”
“Hahaha! You’re all dead now!”
It’s a replay of the past.
Even in the hero party days, this level of destruction was just standard.
Meteors falling, the hero’s sword cutting through dimensions, arrows raining down to annihilate the monsters.
“If you can’t use your weapons, just use your fists!”
In the end, the ogres abandoned their weapons and resorted to fists.
But by then, the Succubus had long fled, and fists were no match for the mace.
“Oh, you’re thinking on your feet?”
“No matter how crazy you are, this is overwhelming force!”
Crunch, snap.
The ogre didn’t even finish its sentence before its arm was shattered.
Even their numbers are meaningless.
We just need to beat them down, and it’s over.
“Gaaaaaah!”
Crack!
An ogre screamed as its shattered arm sent waves of pain, and I smashed its mouth to shut it up.
“Haven’t you learned anything? Didn’t you see what happened to the ones I already beat up? Huh?”
“You… you crazy b***h. How can someone like you exist?”
“Wow, thanks. That impact felt amazing. Did you really think waiting here for me would change anything?”
The Battle Mage is also fighting hard.
Numbers?
They don’t mean anything.
Only the long-range enemies are a hassle.
Whether there are
10,000 or 100,000 in front of me, they’re all the same.
I’ll just keep beating them all down.
“Holy Crash!”
Boom!
Looks like we’ve cleared out the Demon King’s advance troops for now.
It’s a bit disappointing it took so long, mainly because both of us are close-combat types.
If we’d had Cheonma’s Cheonma Slash, we might’ve finished sooner.
“Hey, isn’t this kind of boring?”
“Why?”
“Well, shouldn’t there be some sense of danger in this? There’s no tension. But we can’t exactly increase the difficulty either.”
That’s the Battle Mage for you.
Honestly, this feels like nothing more than a guild meeting.
I almost feel sorry for the Demon King’s army.
They’re weak—too weak.
“Life’s like that. Though I’m a bit envious of the Succubus.”
I glanced at the Succubus, sweating profusely.
If a human guy saw her, he’d probably ask for her number.
Her every move is full of sultry gestures, but that’s just because she’s exhausted.
“Ugh… You… crazy b***h… Ugh… Don’t lump me in with monsters like you!”
“Tsk, tsk. If only you could use spirits like me.”
Meanwhile, the elf looked completely fine.
In fact, she was using her spirits to make herself invisible.
Clever girl.
So, in the end, it’s only the Succubus who went through all that trouble?
That sneaky elf used her spirits to hide while the Succubus did all the hard work.
What about me?
Wow, no loyalty at all!
“Haven’t you used your wings at all?”
Right.
The Succubus does have wings, after all.
“Oh.”
“Wow, what an idiot. Then why is Pixie so relaxed, even yawning like that?”
The elf pointed to Pixie, who was yawning and taking it easy.
Not that I’d expect anything less from an elf 2 billion in debt.
“Alright, stop fighting. We’ve already won, after all.”
“Never mind that, I’m exhausted!”
“Perfect timing.”
I pointed to the front.
After we took out the advance troops, a giant wall suddenly appeared.
There were two doors in the wall, as if it was inviting us to choose.
[Path of the Angel]
[Path of Trials]
A fork in the road.
The doors were massive, making it impossible to tell what lay beyond them.
But since we’re in the tower, both doors probably lead to the 8th floor in the end.
“Just two paths? Is this the 8th floor?”
“Doesn’t seem like it. This might still be the 7th floor.”
This seems to be the end of the 7th floor.
“The end of the 7th?”
“Yes.”
To be precise, this might be a battle with the Four Heavenly Kings.
Path of the Angel and Path of Trials.
One of the Four Heavenly Kings was an angel, and another was a king who gave trials.
It could be those two.
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