Episode 664. Hall of Hyunjwol (4)

Hooong-!

The magic power erupting from Lee Hoyeon pushed back the Demon King’s divine power.

In peak condition, his combat senses sharpened even further.

Heaven-Defying.

Lee Hoyeon’s magic power, which overturned the heavens, reached the Demon King’s divine power.

No, it was even more than that.

Until now, the realm of gods had not been permitted for Lee Hoyeon.

However, as the god of this world first lowered the restrictions, Lee Hoyeon was also able to step into the realm of gods.

That means, conversely, analyzing it was also possible.

Lee Hoyeon analyzed the divine power through countless battles, and divine power was no longer a threat to him.

“Wh-what in the world are you….”

The Demon King’s voice trembled with unease.

The aura emanating from the human before him was extraordinary.

It was a strength that even he, who had observed this world his entire life, could not comprehend.

‘This is impossible.’

No matter how he thought about it, it was an inexplicable phenomenon.

The magic that trapped him in illusions, and that human who must have died countless times within that magic.

None of this should have happened.

‘How many times have I fallen into the illusion? Dozens? No, perhaps hundreds?’

Considering the power the 8th human was showing, he should think it was hundreds of times, but a human mind isn’t strong enough to endure death hundreds of times.

If he had actually experienced that many deaths, there’s no way he could maintain his sanity like this.

Yet how was that human still burning with fighting spirit?

‘Where did the flow of this world go wrong? Surely… surely I wasn’t wrong.’

He possessed the Demon King’s body and rapidly brought forward the final episode, the Demon King’s attack.

Just as he thought, the humans of Earth couldn’t resist the monsters from the Underworld.

It was only natural, considering the attack was years ahead of schedule.

Although things got a bit twisted because of the 8th human, in the end, he was destined to die by his hand.

Or at least, that’s how it was until just a moment ago.

“Someone might think the fight’s over seeing this.”

Lee Hoyeon, having recovered his strength, lifted Liliana with his magic power and moved her to a corner.

Even though the Demon King hadn’t spared her a glance since Liliana collapsed, he didn’t forget to layer several rune barriers just in case.

Thump. Thump.

Lee Hoyeon slowly took a step.

With every step he took closer, the divine power near the Demon King trembled violently.

“….”

He was afraid.

The Demon King felt fear looking at Lee Hoyeon.

He had to admit, even though he didn’t want to, that a being no different from an insect was pressuring him.

Boom-!

Finally, Lee Hoyeon’s overflowing magic power seized the space.

‘This darkness… I think I can dispel it now.’

Analysis of the divine power was already complete in the Hall of the Shining Moon.

However, the moment this darkness disappears, there’s a chance the Demon King’s attention will shift back.

‘There’s no need to give him any leeway.’

The Demon King considers the people of this world his creations. He doesn’t care about anyone other than Lee Hoyeon in the first place.

That must be why he was so surprised by Liliana’s appearance.

If he dispelled this darkness and the Demon King started targeting the heroines, this fight would become meaningless.

‘Eclipse.’

A black sun appeared before Lee Hoyeon’s eyes.

It was different from the Eclipse he had forced out by squeezing his magic power.

The Eclipse, having absorbed divine power, blazed as if ready to burn everything.

‘Arc.’

Lee Hoyeon summoned Arc, feeling a sense of wonder at his magic power that never seemed to deplete no matter how much he used it.

Dozens of magic spheres floated above his head.

They all drew the magic circle of Eclipse.

The dozens of black suns filled the dark space, pressing down on the Demon King.

“Kuhh…!”

The Demon King frowned, summoning his divine power.

No matter how strong the 8th human’s aura was, his body was still human.

Humans are weak.

If their body is destroyed, they can do nothing.

The magic that showed illusions with the rising moon couldn’t be used freely anymore, now that he had noticed its existence.

However, he didn’t like the look in that guy’s eyes.

The 8th human had felt uneasy throughout the battle.

Even at the moment the succubus appeared and threatened him, that guy remained tense, wary of everything.

That’s probably why he could react so quickly when I unleashed my divine power.

But it was different now.

That guy was watching him with a relaxed attitude.

The Demon King couldn’t stand that gaze.

Kkadeudeudeudeuk-

“…I’ll tear you to shreds. 8th human.”

The magic filling the space was not just threatening, it was apocalyptic.

Even the Demon King wouldn’t be able to withstand a direct hit from that magic.

‘Another physical assault, I see.’

Lee Hoyeon calmly focused his magic power into his eyes.

He never had any opportunities.

He had forced his way here, living a life that would crumble at the slightest misstep.

Therefore, he couldn’t afford to lose a fight this advantageous.

Swoosh-

His golden eyes began to foresee the future.

Ta-ang-!

He read everything about the Demon King’s body as it slammed into the ground.

The Demon King, slipping through the gaps between the Eclipses, swung the demonic blades that sprouted from his arms.

‘Predictable.’

This was an assault he had experienced over a hundred times in the Hall of the Shining Moon.

There was no way Lee Hoyeon couldn’t block it.

“Kuhh…!”

Lee Hoyeon casually blocked the Demon King’s blades striking down from above with a rune barrier.

To withstand the immense physical force, he layered the rune barrier twelve times. It was precise calculation based on experience and efficient magic linkage.

The moment the Demon King’s body was halted, tendrils of magic power surged from the floor, ensnaring his entire body.

Lee Hoyeon immediately altered the configuration of the rune barrier.

He redirected the physical force that erupted from the Demon King back onto the Demon King’s entire body.

“Wha…! K, Kuaaaahak!”

Blood burst from the Demon King’s entire body.

He broke free from the restraints by unleashing his divine power, but he had already received the full impact.

“I know you won’t die from this.”

The Demon King’s massive body had surprisingly many weaknesses.

Though tough, it could be pierced.

Pajijijijik-

While maintaining the black suns filling the space, he conjured lightning infused with darkness in his right hand. He didn’t forget to mix in Rune Tracer properties into the lightning.

The darkness within the lightning fiercely charged towards its master, and Lee Hoyeon followed right behind.

“Do you think these petty tricks will work…!”

The Demon King retreated, enveloping his body in divine power.

He thought he could easily block lightning of that caliber.

But the lightning targeted the Demon King’s insides.

Lee Hoyeon’s lightning burrowed into the wounds all over his body; even divine power couldn’t block such small openings.

“Kaha, Ah, Euuaaaaaahak!”

The Demon King screamed in agony, eyes wide open.

The lightning was swept away by the divine power erupting from within his body, but wounds had already accumulated all over.

‘This is unbelievable!’

It felt like mere moments.

That guy knows me too well.

Not only were his responses perfect, but his attacks targeting weaknesses were incredibly sharp.

“…Damn it!!”

The Demon King concentrated his divine power throughout his body.

The 8th human’s magic power, having absorbed his divine power, was nearly infinite.

Black suns.

The Demon King thought he had to get rid of those abominations occupying the space somehow.

That was the top priority.

Kwaang-!

His thoughts couldn’t last long.

Before he knew it, the 8th human, having closed the distance, swung a magic blade.

It wasn’t an impossibly fast speed to react to, but the Demon King was faltering under that guy’s perfect counter.

The more he attacked, the more disadvantageous the situation became.

With that thought, he couldn’t even defend properly.

The divine power surrounding the Demon King began to be chipped away.

It was something that absolutely shouldn’t happen.

Because the divine power possessed by the god of this world was infinite.

However, the speed at which Lee Hoyeon’s magic pressured him was faster than his divine power could replenish.

If he dodged the magic blade coming from the left, a storm came from the right.

Black suns appeared wherever he tried to escape, and darkness burrowed into the Demon King’s body from outside his field of vision.

The dozens of spells attacking from all directions were individually threatening.

Since all those spells were aided by foresight, he couldn’t dodge them all.

Little by little, the spells struck the Demon King’s body.

Under the relentless barrage of attacks, the Demon King desperately searched for a place to escape.

Chwaak-

But at that moment, searing pain engulfed his right arm.

His right arm was severed by the magic blade swung by the 8th human.

“Kuhh! Y-you…!”

An ominous energy began to consume the Demon King’s body.

His right arm grew back quickly, but the fact that he had sustained such a major injury was the problem.

The human before him still looked relaxed.

The situation had reversed in an instant.

How dare he inflict such humiliation upon me.

The Demon King gritted his teeth, summoning his divine power.

That guy probably knows most of the combat techniques ingrained in the Demon King’s body.

Therefore, he entrusted himself to instinct.

He focused his divine power into his body and surrendered to the combat instincts within the Demon King’s flesh.

Koo-oong-!

The Demon King’s body vanished from his sight.

The Demon King moving rapidly within the space was certainly threatening.

“Fast, but too predictable.”

Lee Hoyeon’s foresight gathers information from every element within his field of vision.

The Demon King’s current movements were far too simplistic.

It was so simple that the experience gained in the Hall of the Shining Moon wasn’t even necessary.

Kwaaaah-!

Lee Hoyeon didn’t take his eyes off the Demon King charging towards him.

He wasn’t charging in a straight line, but rather utilizing the empty spaces as much as possible, yet he couldn’t evade Lee Hoyeon’s foresight.

Kwadeudeuk.

His perfectly recovered mana circuits began to swell.

He meticulously covered his body with a rune barrier deployed by concentrating his magic power.

‘Accelerate.’

He accelerated the interior of the rune barrier.

The Demon King’s body, approaching while unleashing divine power, appeared slow.

Although the Demon King was flowing divine power throughout his body, there was a weaker spot.

Even if the mind of this world’s god resided within him, the body was ultimately the Demon King’s.

The place where the Demon King Castle’s magic power lay deepest was his heart.

It was the place Lee Hoyeon’s Rune Tracer had tried to penetrate countless times.

‘Compared to other places, the magic power is definitely lacking there.’

The Rune Tracer that had burrowed into the wounds tore open the internal pathways leading to the heart, and the Demon King’s magic power should have naturally filled that void.

That’s why the front, the chest, was actually empty.

Even while his thoughts were accelerating, the Demon King was moving.

His intention was to approach in close combat, feign an attack to the head, and then suddenly unleash divine power to rip Lee Hoyeon’s body apart.

Lee Hoyeon poured magic power into the rune barrier covering his body.

Kwadeudeudeuk-

The spiral that appeared in his right hand devoured the darkness filling the space, amplifying its power.

At the same time, Lee Hoyeon took a step forward.

The Eclipses filling this space gathered towards Lee Hoyeon, narrowing the Demon King’s path.

The Demon King exerted unbelievable speed to evade the black suns, but Lee Hoyeon showed no hesitation.

The divine power he unleashed no longer reached Lee Hoyeon.

“Kuhh…!”

The scorching black suns menacingly approached the Demon King.

Seeing Lee Hoyeon approaching, the Demon King secretly unleashed the divine power he had condensed in his chest.

If he hid his intentions any longer, he might be the one to fall.

However, the unleashed divine power was futilely swept away, unable to even properly breach the rune barrier.

“Kuhk…?!”

His golden eyes pursued the Demon King until the very end.

Lee Hoyeon, accelerating through space, reached the Demon King in an instant.

Death.

The Demon King felt the aura of death.

The Demon King, reacting belatedly, wildly swung his hands in defense, but it was no use.

Lee Hoyeon naturally ducked, evading the Demon King’s hands, and struck a spiral imbued with divine power into the empty area near his heart.

“Keuhok…….”

An immense amount of magic power infiltrated the Demon King’s body in a fraction of a second.

Lee Hoyeon’s magic power instantly burrowed into the heart, and at the same time, the Demon King’s eyes flew wide open.

There was no great pain, but the sensation of life ceasing to function was vividly felt.

He tried to grab the neck of the 8th human looming before him, but his body wouldn’t move.

“This can’t be. It can’t be….”

The god of this world, possessing the Demon King’s body, had become part of this world by participating in the bet.

Even now, after forcibly opening his divine power, the fact that he had become part of this world remained unchanged.

He had lost.

“Keuh….”

Thump-

The massive body of the Demon King collapsed onto the floor.

His vision naturally inverted. Helplessness enveloped his body.

“Why… why did I lose….”

He had thought of it as entertainment.

Kidnapping beings from higher dimensions and throwing them into his world was actually quite amusing.

He was a god. He thought it was only natural to watch the ones who looked down on his world die off.

How did it come to this?

“Die quietly, you bastard.”

The Demon King’s thoughts didn’t last long.

Lee Hoyeon firmly stomped on the Demon King’s head, whose eyes held a look of worldly realization.

‘These bastards always pull this crap right before they die.’

Udeuk-

“…… Haa.”

Along with a sigh from the depths of his chest.

Teolseok.

The tension left his entire body, and he sank to his knees without realizing it.

Finally.

This game was over.

[Main Quest Cleared.]

Hwa-ah-

Lee Hoyeon’s vision filled with light.