Ch.145Chapter 145. The Cloud Demon (4)

Chapter 145. Dark Cloud Demon (4)

Woooong!

The dark cloud demon violently shook its body.

Woooong! Woooong!

Ah, this is it. Just like how it covered all of Dubenheim with dark clouds, it’s trying to envelop Blutan.

Starting with a finishing move. It must be really scared.

Wooooo-

The demon controlling the dark clouds revealed its true form.

That appearance was… well, how should I put it? A giant octopus monster floating in the sky? It also looks like a flying spaghetti monster.

If I were still in totem state, I would have been scared enough to run away. It looked intimidating and frightening. Charon and his army must have been annihilated after seeing this.

But now I’m in Malak’s body. There’s no reason to be afraid. I quietly glared at it to gauge its strength.

– Hmm.

It wasn’t as “pathetic” as the shadow demon, but I didn’t feel any sense of crisis.

Malak’s senses were telling me “I can definitely win this.”

Well then… I should attack, right?

I used “Malak’s Domain” to drive away the dark clouds surrounding Blutan.

Blue light left my body and shot up into the sky.

Boom!

Higher than the dark clouds, a massive cloud formed with a flash of light.

Swoooosh-!

Rain began to fall.

The holy energy contained in the raindrops drove away the dark clouds, pushing back the darkness that had enveloped the ground and sky.

This is it. What “first demon” or “creator god” are you talking about?

Even Ishtania, who supposedly traverses multiple dimensions, couldn’t carelessly mess with Malak.

Even such a cosmic being lost their avatar and cathedral to Malak and was defeated. Moreover, Malak wasn’t even a god at that time. Not a dragon, but an imugi.

A mere dark cloud demon that once covered just one world, and isn’t even a god anymore, can’t possibly defeat Malak.

Screech?!

The flying demons that had been moving with the spreading dark clouds hesitated as if they had lost their way. I could vividly see the faces of those creatures terrified of me, as if they were right in front of me.

These worm-like bastards. Should I just fry them all?

I used the lightning strike, an additional effect of “Malak’s Domain.” The damage is weak, but since I used manifestation, it should be a bit more…

Rumble-!

A large, thick lightning bolt flew like an arrow and struck them. Sparks flew once, and they were all nicely roasted.

Oh… I could only use it a few times. Maybe I should have saved it for the dark cloud demon?

“Woaaah!!!”

“The dark cloud demon can’t move!”

“Malak is with us!”

“Warriors! Follow me!”

“Aiyaiyaiya-!”

As the excited barbarians charged in with wild screams, the civilized people and paladins who had been watching blankly also began to move.

The civilized technicians pulled assembled catapults and launched stones at the flying demons. Oh, they even have ballistas.

“Good! Malak will handle the dark cloud demon! Let’s take care of the minions!”

Corruption power.

“You bastard! You’ve finally met your match! Die, you demon bitch!”

Siwoo.

“Ah, that woman is trying to fly off alone again! Let’s go there and fight while covering the barbarians!”

Even Hanna. They each said something while using their skills.

They’re probably just fighting the mid to high-level demons dropped by the flying demons, but it’s still helpful.

“Celestial Wings!”

“Tuntuna!”

Dina and Paya, who had means of flight, attacked the flying demons that hadn’t been struck by lightning.

“Urgh…!”

Even Asha, whom I brought along with the “Zombie Control” blessing, seemed to be doing well.

“Don’t go ahead of the golem! Just! Listen! You barbarians!”

“Fire! I’m going to drop fire over there! Watch out for the flames!”

The mage combo is doing well too.

“Ha!”

Lakye is always reliable. He’s in the middle of a one-sided massacre, super-jumping onto the backs of flying demons and moving between them.

He’s cute when he occasionally glances at me and grins. Does he like my dragon form that much?

Well, I should start too.

I flew toward the dark cloud demon, which was rolling thousands of eyes embedded in its octopus head.

The feeling of cutting through the wind as I move is so good.

Ah, I didn’t forget to hit the fluttering flying demons with my body as I flew by. This is what you call a flying hit-and-run.

Screech…!

They turned to ash and disappeared as soon as they touched my body. They perished, unable to withstand the tremendous divine nature surrounding Malak’s body.

This is it. This is what it means to be a king. This is what I’ve been enduring for all this time—to see this sight, to win overwhelmingly.

Woong…!

The tentacles of the dark cloud demon, which had been undulating like waves, all shot toward me at once. There must be over a hundred of them.

Divine nature is embedded in each tentacle. It feels like the Night Stalker demon’s hand grew and then multiplied hundreds of times.

I thought about dodging but decided to charge straight in. If I dodge, my allies might get hit instead. It didn’t feel that threatening anyway.

The tentacles touched my body and moved around trying to restrain me.

But they only touched me, without dealing any significant damage. They were just holding on.

Ah, it’s squeezing tight enough that my body feels a bit sore. I should break free.

Hooo-!

I blew breath on the tentacles. This is what I call “Malak Ice Breath.”

The tentacles froze rapidly. I tapped them with my small front paws relative to my body. The tentacles shattered with a crack.

Even the tentacles that had blocked Dina’s finishing move “Celestial Light” were powerless before me.

Shaaa-!

The creature spewed darkness from its entire body like an octopus spraying ink, but it didn’t deal much damage.

Just made it a bit harder to breathe? Even that was gradually washed away by the rain from the cloud I had created earlier.

By now, I could feel the difference in level between it and me.

If I were a fully grown elephant, would the dark cloud demon be a lion or tiger?

They are large predators that are nightmares to normal-sized animals, but to an elephant, they’re just somewhat annoying.

I don’t recall ever seeing a tiger or lion kill an adult elephant. Even if a pride of lions attacks all at once, an elephant can trample them all and move on.

Truly the supreme ruler of the animal kingdom. That’s what I am.

After clearing away the ink, the dark cloud demon was right in front of me. Our sizes were similar, or I might be a bit bigger. Or should I say longer?

I immediately headbutted it.

Thud!

The dark cloud demon’s body was pushed back without offering any meaningful resistance.

– Pathetic creature. Is this all you’ve got?

I said without realizing it, my tension rising. You can call me “Supreme Tyrant Malak.”

This feeling of becoming overpowered and crushing everything… I can’t help but feel excited.

Woong!

It tried to stab my body by transforming its tentacles into sharp points, but they were blocked by my thick scales.

These scales can withstand even a nuclear explosion (according to my brain). They can’t be easily penetrated.

Woong…

Thousands of eyes attached to the dark cloud demon’s head began to glow.

Ziiing-!

What is this? Eye beams? Are you kidding me? It just stings a little.

Since I’d closed the distance quite a bit, I decided to use Chaos Totem. My body glowed in five colors and released divine nature.

The dark cloud demon’s eyes that came into contact with the emitted divine nature burst with popping sounds.

Wooo…!

It’s losing steam. It’s just getting beaten without landing a single effective hit.

…or so I’d like to think leisurely.

It’s painful. Not just painful, but my head felt like it was burning. Is it because I used too many blessings?

No, I’m struggling even though I’ve been one-sidedly beating it up.

Thinking about it that way, the situation looks a bit different. Maybe the dark cloud demon isn’t weak and just taking hits, but rather it’s strong enough to still be alive despite being one-sidedly beaten?

It could be trying to endure the hits until I run out of energy. If I drag this out, my manifestation might wear off, and I could end up in trouble.

Just as I was thinking I should finish this and grabbed the octopus head with my front paws, the dark clouds scattered around began to be sucked into it.

Is this its last struggle? Its body gradually became blurry and then…

Boom-boom-boom-!

It exploded with a thunderous sound.

***

– Increase your power.

– Absorb divine nature.

– Control them and make them worshippers.

There was a red monster watching from afar as a blue dragon soared into the sky.

The error and contradiction of the world. The giant monster, a collection of countless souls, was once a being called Charon.

– …What is that?

– Loa, it’s a Loa. A beast that became a god.

– Loa!

The monster, which had acquired a terrible body by absorbing various demons, made several voices. Not sounds coming from the monster’s mouth full of teeth, but voices that echoed like reverberations.

– Yes. It’s a Loa.

– Too strong.

– Hateful Loa.

“Lo…a…?”

The mouth of the red monster crawling on all fours moved.

– Yes, Loa!

– What’s its name?

– Udan? No. Lakan? Not that.

– It’s a very powerful being.

– We shouldn’t confront it. Let’s hide.

“Malak…?”

Charon’s soul, which had been in a state close to trance due to the souls’ commotion, awakened.

– Malak! Yes!

– Enemy!

“Quiet…!”

The excited souls began to chatter noisily, and Charon struggled to take control.

“Quiet…!”

– Control! Control!

– Stop it!

– No!

“Be quiet.”

The red monster, which had been clutching its head in agony, slowly raised its body.

“Malak…!”

The monster’s eyes turned toward the giant dragon. No other voices could be heard anymore.