Episode 662. Hall of Hyunjwol (2)

Liliana’s body has complete immunity to the magic power of the Demon King Castle.

Despite having such a huge advantage, the state of the battle was not greatly favorable.

The combat ability of the Demon King, the god of this world, was tremendous.

He thought up a way to deal with Liliana in an instant, and that method was actually effective.

Woooong-

Tens, hundreds of chunks of rock embedded in the ground float up into the sky.

Normally, rocks like those wouldn’t be a threat at all, but the rocks imbued with the Demon King Castle’s magic power were deadly weapons.

The Demon King Castle’s magic power, which had strengthened the rocks, lost its properties.

It became an attack that could affect even Liliana’s body.

Therefore, blocking those was Lee Hoyeon’s domain.

Lee Hoyeon watched the rocks floating in the air and accelerated his thoughts.

His golden eyes shone, his senses expanded, and at the same time, a distortion occurred in his vision.

The routes of the chunks of rock rushing towards him appeared like red lines.

Pang-!

On the closest rock, he struck with his magic power.

Although its hardness was solid, because it was diluted to the point of losing its magic properties, it wasn’t impossible to break.

Lee Hoyeon, letting his combat senses guide him, began to move his magic power.

“Those strange things are on me!”

Kwoong-!

Liliana was also feeling the flow of the battle.

What she had to do was to close the distance.

Manifesting physical force with the Demon King Castle’s magic power was only possible by keeping distance.

The moment she burrowed inside, the Demon King Castle’s magic power could not stop Liliana.

Tadat-

Having made her decision, Liliana immediately bloomed the flower of her magic power.

Pushing away the darkness covering her surroundings, she threw herself towards the center of the darkness.

Liliana knew Lee Hoyeon’s abilities well.

Numerous objects floating in the air were targeting Liliana, but with his support, there was no need to worry about a single one.

The center of the darkness became illuminated whenever Liliana moved.

As she approached the center, the number of objects targeting her increased, but even so, none touched Liliana’s body.

Kwaaang-!

Liliana, having approached the Demon King, burst forth the flower of her magic power.

Every time Liliana’s magic power burst, the Demon King stepped back, wildly swinging his arms and aiming for Liliana.

However, because she felt Lee Hoyeon’s magic power, Liliana did not run away.

One. Two. Three.

The flower of magic power, gradually filling the space.

Blooming from that flower, tendrils of blood pierced the Demon King’s left arm.

“Kuaaaahk!”

She hadn’t severed it cleanly. Liliana approached the Demon King without slowing her speed.

Since she could focus solely on attacking without worrying about defense, a smile emerged even in this situation.

Uddeuk-!

Just then, the bleeding Demon King changed his expression and concentrated his magic power into his body.

He summoned the souls of 72 demons into his own body.

“You foolish succubus, thinking you could defeat me… Did you think so?!”

The Demon King Castle’s magic power was made as faint as possible to summon the demons’ souls, and they were contained within his own body.

It was a countermeasure to resist the succubus who had approached closely.

“Kuaaah!”

Kkadeudeudeudeuk-

Shot out like a bullet, the Demon King’s body struck Liliana.

“Kyaat…!”

The Demon King’s fist, which had approached in an instant, was so fast that she couldn’t react.

Liliana, steadying her rebounding body, raised her magic power again.

Spreading her magic power to control the space was one method, but even so, she felt she couldn’t subdue the Demon King alone.

“Lee Hoyeon…! I alone don’t have enough power!”

Even pushing the Demon King back, she lacked the destructive power to finish him off.

Moreover, that monster seemed to be getting stronger in real-time. Something had to be done.

“Make an opening. Liliana. Just for a moment.”

“…Alright. I’ll try my best.”

She didn’t ask why.

Since Lee Hoyeon told her to make an opening, there must be a reason.

Liliana contained her magic power within her body without releasing it. Rather than fighting directly, she decided to trust Lee Hoyeon.

“I’ll kill you!”

Kkadeudeudeudeudeudeuk-

With a grotesque sound, the Demon King’s body contracted.

The souls of Karkus did not use magic power, making it easy to resist that succubus.

The Demon King, avoiding the flowers of magic power blooming around him, charged at the succubus.

Kuwoong-!

The very moment the Demon King charged.

Liliana caught the Demon King’s body with both arms.

“Keuhup…!”

An impact so strong it made her head spin.

The immense impact received directly by her body caused blood to spurt from Liliana’s mouth.

However, Liliana did not contort her expression.

Hwaah-

Contained within Liliana’s blood, the potent magic power bloomed into a flower.

Blooming from the magic flower, the tendrils and fragrance obscured the Demon King’s vision and enveloped the Demon King’s body.

The succubus’s power of enchantment held the Demon King’s body captive.

It wouldn’t last long, but Liliana trusted Lee Hoyeon.

If only he could create a brief opening, she believed without a doubt he would instantly kill such a monster.

“Rune Tracer.”

Paaang-!

Fired by Lee Hoyeon, a point of darkness approached the Demon King at high speed.

Since Liliana had created an opening, it was now Lee Hoyeon’s turn.

“Showing off cheap tricks! Do you think such a meager attack can kill me? Did you really think so?!”

The Demon King narrowed his eyes, watching the approaching magic.

The magic of the 8th human needed to be cautious of, but this body wasn’t weak enough to be hit by magic fired without preparation.

The brief opening created by the succubus could be endured.

“Hoo…”

Lee Hoyeon paid no mind to what the bastard was saying.

With a cooled head, he accelerated his thoughts and focused all his attention on magic control.

He changed the structure of the magic he fired.

Within Rune Tracer, condensed with darkness, he amplified Lee Hoyeon’s magic power.

‘Rune Barrier.’

In the middle of the darkness.

Before the Demon King’s eyes, the Rune Barrier appeared.

Lee Hoyeon immediately entrusted his body to that coordinate.

Instantly, his vision inverted.

The Demon King who had been far away just moments ago appeared right before his eyes.

Covering his body, Liliana’s flower was on the verge of disappearing.

Simultaneously with the magic’s reconstruction, he had moved his body to the Rune Barrier, so an immense backlash struck his body, but Lee Hoyeon still hadn’t stopped thinking.

Uddeuk-

The cells in his entire body felt like they were shattering, crying out in pain.

While Liliana was buying time alone, Lee Hoyeon wasn’t just sitting idly by recovering.

Lee Hoyeon, using his own body as a medium, absorbed the surrounding darkness.

The darkness contained within his magic circuits and blood vessels throughout his body.

He vomited out those impurities all at once.

“Rune Tracer.”

Lee Hoyeon, his hands trembling, aimed his magic power at the Demon King’s chest.

It felt as if time had stopped.

The darkness gathered from his toes condensed in his hand, took shape as magic, and left Lee Hoyeon’s hand.

“This is unbelievable…”

The Demon King opened his eyes wide.

An unstoppable doom was unfolding before his eyes, but there was no way to stop it.

The succubus’s magic power could be released quickly.

However, faster than that, that magic would shatter his body.

He couldn’t escape.

The Demon King could not accept that fact.

He was the god of this world.

He was not fated to die by his creations.

Because he had observed that future, he was in this position.

Kwaaaaaang-!

Lee Hoyeon’s Rune Tracer pierced the Demon King’s heart.

The Rune Tracer, which had condensed an immense amount of darkness, tore the Demon King’s body to shreds.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The Demon King’s hardened body collapsed.

The magic power mixed with darkness, trying to return to its origin, severed the Demon King’s life according to Lee Hoyeon’s intent.

“Haa, ha, haa…”

His legs, which were supporting his body, trembled violently.

Teolsseok-

Liliana, who had been holding the Demon King, slumped onto the floor.

She looked at the Demon King before her and opened her mouth.

“We killed him. We, we won. We won!”

The large hole in his chest and the scattered body fragments everywhere.

Caught off guard by the Rune Tracer fired at close range, the Demon King, eyes wide, seemed to have died instantly.

In reality, for any living creature, it was an environment where survival was impossible.

Lee Hoyeon stared blankly at the Demon King, then looked down at his own hands.

“…”

He had definitely killed him.

His life was extinguished.

At the last moment, the sensation felt in his hand was real.

…But why.

Dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun- dugeun-

Wouldn’t the trembling in his chest stop?

‘Awakening.’

Lee Hoyeon unconsciously raised his magic power.

Paaaang-!

At that moment.

From the Demon King’s body, an unknown magic power burst forth.

An irresistible, strong impact sent Lee Hoyeon and Liliana’s bodies flying.

“Kkeut…!”

“Kyaak!”

Even Liliana, who was immune to the Demon King Castle’s magic power, was affected.

The magic power he was emitting was different from before.

“…No way.”

Kung-!

The Demon King’s body began to heal as if rewinding.

At the same time, an unknown power crushed the space.

“To use such power on insignificant beings like you…!”

The Demon King narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth.

This bet was entertainment for him.

With the help of the God of Betting, it was a game to summon beings from higher dimensions.

However, these pieces of trash ultimately forced him to reveal his power.

The reason he could make such a bet was because the god of this world did not interfere with the bet.

The moment he lost this bet, the god of this world would cease to exist.

Rather than face such an end, he had to forcibly eliminate the bet itself.

Even if they were beings from higher dimensions, once they entered this world, they were weak beings.

If their lives were extinguished, they could not be revived.

“8th human…! Your existence made me do this! You ruined my world!”

Kwaaang-!

Centered around the Demon King, a massive power enveloped the space.

An irresistible force struck Lee Hoyeon’s body.

Lee Hoyeon unconsciously fell to one knee.

“Ah, aah…”

Having been injured while holding the Demon King, Liliana lost consciousness the moment she was exposed to the Demon King’s power.

Lee Hoyeon watched her and bit his lip.

“…Hah, what bullshit.”

Knowing the realm of gods, Lee Hoyeon could tell.

Currently, the Demon King had drawn upon divine power.

A sense of powerlessness that suppressed his combat senses enveloped Lee Hoyeon’s body.

To an absurd degree, all the laws of the world were obeying the Demon King.

“…This isn’t fair.”

At the last moment.

Lee Hoyeon’s clear mind calmed his thoughts.

He recalled the fairness he had heard from the God of Betting.

The god of this world could no longer interfere with the bet.

The God of Betting, secretly from the god of this world, had given him a special privilege.

Using that as leverage, he had possessed the Demon King.

But if the god of this world exercised divine power, then he had broken the rules of the bet.

‘The God of Betting is not intervening.’

Was he considering this a fair bet too?

No.

If it was going to end like this, from the beginning, killing Lee Hoyeon would have been the end of it.

This was not a fair bet at all.

‘…If I also have a way?’

The god of this world used the privilege given by the God of Betting as leverage to possess the Demon King.

Perhaps he too could use ‘cheats’ to that extent.

Only then would a fair bet be made.

Dugeun- Dugeun-

Again, his heart began to beat.

Encountering an insurmountable enemy, his combat instincts wrapped around his body.

The magic power he thought was depleted surged back, and the magic circle he had kept in his chest appeared in his mind.

“The rules you broke first.”

Hwaah-

Painting dreams into reality, the Hall of the Present Moon.

Magic touching the realm of gods unfolded, and an elegant crescent moon rose.