Chapter 51. The Demon Cult.

What the? What the hell happened?

The Orc woman was momentarily stunned by the news of the enemy’s appearance. But the bewilderment soon turned into rage.

She definitely hadn’t sensed anything. Everything in Chronon was under her surveillance. There was no clue or reason for an enemy to appear.

…But the reality was different. A hole had clearly been made somewhere.

Where? Where is it?

The Gang Leader loudly called for Knight Rakei. The knight, still high on drugs and groping a female’s pussy, was dragged before Yabu.

“You fucking piece of shit, you clearly said there wouldn’t be any problems, you son of a bitch–!!”

But Rakei was so high that his eyes were half-rolled back and he couldn’t even come to his senses. Yabu punched him in the face several times. His teeth fell out and blood streamed from his nose, but he didn’t even feel the pain and just kept grinning.

The Orc woman thought it was a priority to figure out the enemy’s identity first. She grabbed the subordinate who had come out of the passage by the collar and growled right in his face.

“Who are those bastards? Who are those sons of bitches–!”

“I, I don’t really know.”

“How many of them are there?”

“Not that many…, Ack–!”

Yabu punched him in the face.

“I asked how many of them there are.”

“I, I think there were around ten of them…!”

The Orc woman slammed the subordinate to the ground and called her underlings. Almost thirty hulking figures gathered in an instant. Still, they were all big shots in this world.

“Kill all those bastards.”

“What if they’re from the Inner Castle?”

“Just kill them all–!”

“Understood.”

The Orc woman was already blinded by rage and couldn’t see anything. She was so angry that her paradise was being ruined. She wanted to chew up and swallow the flesh and blood of the invading enemies.

…However, in the unlikely event that things went wrong, she had to create an escape route. So she called one of her trusted aides and told him to prepare to escape through the secret passage if necessary.

“Yes, Boss-nim.”

The drug-addled cult members were still entangled with each other. They didn’t even know that a difficult situation had arisen.

Soon, a group of about ten people emerged from the passage. Just by looking at them, it was clear that they were a well-balanced group with diverse roles. Yabu immediately recognized their identity.

It’s the Hero.

The Orc woman felt a chill in her heart for a moment. When did the Hero team catch wind of this place–!

Before things could go even more wrong, Yabu called her trusted aide again and told him to activate the summoning circle. Then the aide looked at the boss with surprised eyes.

“S, Summoning circle? Then, this whole place…!”

“You fucking bastard, do you want to die?! We have to live, don’t we–!”

The Gang Leader planned to activate the summoning circle and then escape from this place. It would be better to kill off the Hero team as well for a fresh start.

The aide also noticed the Orc woman’s intentions and called the black magician. The black magician, who was busy sticking it in a pretty woman’s pussy, quickly activated the summoning circle after hearing the Orc woman’s urgent order. And as he was trying to set the range, he suddenly felt a terrible pain in his chest.

“Ack–!”

He trembled as he looked at the hand that had pierced through his chest before dying. Ji-hyuk casually tossed the dead black magician’s body to the floor.

The Hero quickly chased after the fleeing Orc woman. Both the fleeing woman and the chasing man were naked.

The Orc woman ran towards the secret passage with her aide, but suddenly crashed into a transparent barrier and fell to the ground. Ack. Her forehead was torn from how hard she hit it.

“What the fuck, what is this fucking shit–!”

Yabu got up again and kept punching the transparent barrier with her fist. It seemed like something had gone wrong with the summoning circle that the black magician bastard had activated. She screamed at her aide to bring that bastard back.

“There’s no need. Because I killed him.”

ㅡㅡ!!

At that moment, Ji-hyuk appeared in front of the Orc woman. His calm face was eerily like a grim reaper.

“You…!”

“Did you have fun all this time? …Now it’s time to go to hell. Have fun with your favorite demon bastards there.”

Yabu pushed her aide’s back, telling him to go and stop him. The hulking aide screamed and charged at the Hero.

“Die, you bastarddddd–!!”

He swung his sword. But there was no way Ji-hyuk would be hit by such a clumsy sword swing.

The Hero easily dodged it and then punched the guy’s chest hard.

ㅡㅡ!!

The hulk, who had barely any magical energy, couldn’t withstand Ji-hyuk’s powerful punch. His chest was crushed by that one blow, and he died instantly. Clang, the sword fell.

The Orc woman gritted her teeth. The moment Ji-hyuk bent down to pick up the fallen sword, the Gang Leader took advantage of the gap and pounced on him. But the Hero quickly swung the arm holding the sword. One of the Orc woman’s arms was cleanly sliced off.

“Aaaaaaack–!!”

The Gang Leader collapsed to the ground. And she crawled backwards, trying to get as far away from Ji-hyuk as possible. She waved her remaining hand wildly as she watched him approach her with the sword dangling.

“Wait, wait…! If, if you spare me, I’ll, I’ll tell you a secret. It’s huge. If, if you spare my life, I’ll tell you everything…!”

Ji-hyuk put the tip of his sword against Yabu’s chest and smiled crookedly.

“If I don’t like it, you know you’ll get a hole in your chest.”

“The cult…, the Demon Cult is preparing something huge…”

“What is it?”

“If you spare me, I’ll tell you. Let me out of here…”

The Hero just smiled quietly and then stabbed her lower abdomen with his sword.

Aaaack. She writhed in pain.

“You worthless bitch, why are you so confident, huh? …Do you think you’re in a position to make an offer right now?”

He stabbed her stomach again with his sword. Ugh. Her eyes turned bloodshot and she struggled in pain.

“Speak.”

“…I, I understand…, Keueup.”

“Don’t make such a fuss over this little thing. Can’t an Orc bastard even handle this?”

Ji-hyuk stomped on Yabu’s wound with his foot. Aack. She screamed in pain.

“I’ll count to three. Three, two, ha…”

“The Demon King–! His Majesty the Demon King will soon descend…! When the signal comes, we were supposed to offer a sacrifice…”

Yabu widened her eyes as if she had revealed a huge secret and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

“How about that, are you surprised? …Actually, I know an even bigger secret.”

Ji-hyuk smiled deeply. And he stabbed the Gang Leader’s heart with his sword.

ㅡㅡㅡ!!

“It’s too boring to spare you.”

Yabu vomited blood once and then slumped down. Ji-hyuk cut off her head and then came out of the passage with it.

The inside of the cavern was already in chaos. Whether the black magician he had killed earlier had done something before he died, the demon cult members were dying as mummies, with all their magical energy and bodily fluids being drained. The Hero team, who were fighting the Gang Leader’s underlings, huddled in a corner and put up a barrier to avoid the swirling magical energy.

Ji-hyuk quickly ran there with Yabu’s head. The tingling magical energy that had been stinging his body disappeared, and Rosalia’s buff permeated the Hero’s body.

“Leader-nim–!”

They had already fought once and were covered in blood. A little later, all the demon cult members in the cavern died. And a black space tore open in the air, and a demon popped out of it.

Meeeeeeh.

It was the same guy Ji-hyuk had faced once before. The demon of lust and orgy. Goat head, the demon Azgul.

He appeared with his forearm-sized dick erect and dangling. The bleating of the goat, “Meeeeeeh,” made one’s lust surge just by hearing it. If they didn’t have the buff, some of the team members probably wouldn’t have been able to withstand his mental attack and would have become horny and desperately searched for a cock or pussy.

“You son of a bitch–!”

Gid and Kayak, who were already acquainted with him, frowned. Because they knew what kind of bastard he was.

Fortunately, this time they had a reliable buff caster unlike last time. But he, too, was almost completely descended, unlike before. The magical energy he exuded was not easy to deal with.

“Everyone, stay focused–! Don’t let your guard down–!”

Ji-hyuk shouted to his team members. Kayak handed the Holy Sword to the Leader-nim. He threw the crude sword to the ground and gripped the Holy Sword that felt perfect in his hand. Perhaps because it was given by the discerning Cheonma, the feeling was different from the crude swords.

The Hero was naked, but no one made fun of him. He was the one who had entered the Demon Cult’s base alone. Rather, they respected him.

Ji-hyuk and Catherine the Hero made eye contact. It seemed like the two of them would have to step up and deal with that cunning demon bastard.

Ji-hyuk wasn’t afraid of facing demons in the first place. If he were, he wouldn’t have come down to the Demon Cult’s basement alone.

“Buff–!”

The buff command was given, and a warm light permeated the bodies of the two men and women. They came out of the magician’s barrier on their own. The magical energy was swirling wildly outside.

There were no survivors other than the Hero team. Everyone in this place had become a sacrifice for the demon’s descent. …Perhaps this was originally a plan for the future.

Sharp magical energy became spears and flew towards them. Ji-hyuk and Catherine dodged them with their nimble bodies and rushed towards the demon.

Before long, the corpses that had fallen as mummies began to rise one by one. The naked, wrinkled skin was not a pretty sight.

They began to pounce on the Hero team. Soon, a fierce battle began.

The demon Azgul recognized Ji-hyuk. He began to fire magical energy bullets mindlessly for revenge. But Ji-hyuk quickly moved to avoid the magical energy bullets and then slashed the demon’s body with the Holy Sword.

Meeeeeeh–!!

The demon Azgul bleated like a goat and counterattacked by swinging his scythe.

Ji-hyuk cut through the incoming scythe and then slashed the demon’s torso again.

ㅡㅡㅡ!!!

Azgul didn’t miss that moment. He detonated the surrounding magical energy as it was. Catherine the Hero, who was slightly caught up in it, was blown away by the impact and crashed into the wall. It was that powerful of an explosion.

Ugh…! As soon as she came to her senses, she worried about Ji-hyuk, who had been completely engulfed in the explosion. Even if she was hit from the outside, it was this much, so she wondered if he could have survived being hit head-on.

Then, a flash of light appeared again. The demon Azgul’s body was split again by Ji-hyuk’s Holy Sword.

Meeeeeeeeh–!!!

The demon screamed. Kang Ji-hyuk appeared unscathed even after that powerful magical energy explosion. Not only Catherine but even the demon Azgul couldn’t understand. He had clearly been caught up in the explosion, so why was he so unscathed–!

In fact, even the person himself was a little surprised inside. He had protected his body with mana as much as possible, but he didn’t know he would be this unscathed. …Could it be thanks to the dragon’s blood?

…His body has become really strong?

He knew his body had become a bit tougher, but he didn’t expect that he wouldn’t even get a scratch even after being hit head-on by a magical energy explosion. It was indeed worthy of being called a legendary elixir.

– I can’t believe thisssss–!!

Azgul, thrashing about, fired magical energy bullets like crazy at where Ji-hyuk was. The impact itself wasn’t completely absent, but still, the Hero eventually got up again unscathed.

The demon felt a chilling fear for the first time from a lowly creation. It was an overwhelming power that he couldn’t resist.

Azgul raised his scythe for the final blow. And he gathered all his magical energy there. An enormous amount of magical energy swirled. The scythe gradually transformed into the shape of a sharp thorn.

– Dieeee–!!

The demon Azgul threw it at Ji-hyuk with all his might. The magical energy spear flew towards Ji-hyuk as fast as a ray of light. …But it was blocked by just Ji-hyuk’s left palm.

Especially the left arm, which had grown up drinking the dragon’s blood, was even tougher than any other part. …Like a dragon’s scale.

“Is that the end?”

Ah.

The demon staggered backwards. The demon of lust and orgy was intimidated by a mere creation and retreated.

He can’t win.

The human bastard was absurdly powerful. He was an incomprehensible being. How could a mere human be so powerful–!

It was really dangerous. Because he had manifested in his real body this time, he could really be completely annihilated if he died here.

…It was a very shameful thing for a demon, but he had to run away. To save his life, the great demon had to flee from a lowly creation.

The demon Azgul threw his body into the gate to the Demon Realm that he had opened. But Ji-hyuk had already figured out the demon bastard’s intentions of retreating. He quickly moved and split the demon’s body again with the Holy Sword.

Catherine the Hero also joined in there. The two of them took turns crazily cutting and slashing his body. Azgul struggled, but there was no way he, who had even faced the Demon King, couldn’t deal with a mere low-level demon.

Azgul, who was split dozens of times by the swords, could no longer repair his body and slowly began to turn into dust.

Meeeeh, meeeeeeeh.

He collapsed and bleated like a goat. The hundreds of ghouls who were fighting the Hero team also became corpses again and fell to the floor.

The demon soon turned to dust and completely disappeared. The gate to the Demon Realm closed, and an eerie silence settled in the cavern, which had become a field of hundreds of corpses.

…Thus, the Demon Cult of Chronon was completely destroyed.