Jin's eyes widen upon hearing the Demon War Priest's voice as a cold sweat dripped from his forehead
Then Jin's eyes met the Demon lord's demonic glare
He could now see the brown eyes that his friend, Alex once had, were no longer there…
Blood red pupils surrounded in darkness were supplanted in their stead
A warning window flashes in front of Jin
[Warning! You are in a Demon Lord's presence!]
'NO Shiiiit!!' Jin thought as he gritted his teeth and dashed backwards away from the trio
'What awful timing!'
His fight or flight response instantly kicked in and it was telling him to fucking book it (quickly flee)
Without needing to be instructed by its master, the Demon Marauder spread its blood-red wings
Then it leaped into the air and propelled itself forwards
In nearly an instant, the Demon Marauder closed the gap between it and Jin
The Demon Marauder lands in front of Jin which shook the ground below
Boom!
The Demon Marauder raises his giant halberd in the sky and then swings downwards in quick succession
It was aiming for Jin's left arm this time to incapacitate him again
'Tch! Not this time fucker!'
The stinging pain from Jin's right side conjured up some recently terrible memories which triggered an immediate reaction
He quickly dives to his right side with all his might before tumbling back into a kneeled position
DOOOOM!
The giant halberd missed him just by a hair's breadth and cleft the ground creating a massive crack
Jin, not wanting to face another Demon Marauder's overwhelming swing, continued running
He was determined to not let himself get cleaved again
'I need to get away from them but how?! Where can I go?!'
'Damn it! If only I had enough mana to use my ultimate skills then I might actually stand a chance!'
!!
Jin suddenly remembers something
Something he forgot about and didn't account for!
'…it's a gamble….but it's all I got!' Then he rushes towards the plateau with every fiber of his muscles
The Demon Marauder had a slightly amused and sadistic look on his face
What Jin just did was equivalent to a little mouse narrowly squeaking away in an enclosed room
It wanted to play with Jin some more but the Demon Marauder knew his master, the demon lord is waiting
The Demon Marauder pulls the blade of his halberd out from the ground
Then with multiple massive swings of his halberd, it thunderously bawled out an unknown language
"<•Cleaving Wave•>!!"
Although the skill was spoken in an unknown language, Jin had clearly heard and understood what the fiend roared out
Suddenly multiple high-velocity red blades of mana fire out from the Demon Marauder's swings
'What?!'
Each mana blade flys out towards Jin's direction at different angles and with great speed
'Shit!! Let me make it!!'
The mana blades honed in on Jin's moving limbs but just seconds before they were about to make contact, He whispers
"<• Backstab •>"
Jin vanishes into thin air and then immediately reappears right behind a nearby Imp
!!!!
Such instantaneous movement caught all the demons in a state of a shock especially the Demon Lord..…in his eyes, he just witnessed an impossible feat…
BOOM!BOOOM!BOOOM!
The mana blades missed their target and smashed the ground
Dust and rock kicked up then rained back down
Jin tried to land a quick hit on the imp's spine but the mana blades shook the ground upon impact and made him lose his footing
After witnessing Jin's disappearance and then immediate reappearance 10 meters away behind the Imp, the Demon Lord's eyes widen and his movement staggered
Initially, he paid Jin no mind even when he first saw him hung up on that obelisk
To the Demon Lord, Jin was like a disgusting harmless bug that he can squish at any given moment but Jin's sudden ability shocked even him
'That filth….is too fast even for my eyes?!….'
'Impossible!!'
'Unless…it was…'
Demon lord thought it might be Spatial Manipulation but then ridicule his own speculation
'NO THAT IS INCONCEIVABLE!! The only ones capable of such power are the Hands and the Supreme God himself!'
The demon lord was certainly perplexed
Not knowing how Jin disappeared from his sight angered him
'That heretic…. I must squeeze the information out of him…'
The Demon Lord suddenly casts a skill from his title as [Mana Corruptor]
"<•Demonic Strengthening•>"
Seconds later, purple Magic circles lit up beneath every low-level fiend on the cavern floor
Then the Demon Lord issued a roaring command with his mind to all demons in the cavern
'BRING THAT BRAT TO ME!!'
This time it was his passive ability from his title [Master of Demons] which gave him total command and power over all lesser demons
The Imp that Jin had teleported behind, began to charge forward at him when suddenly a purple mana circle appeared beneath it; stopping the Imp's movements
'Huh why it-'
Before Jin could finish his thought, he felt surging mana build up inside the Imp
The Imp's limbs began to twist and stretch, its scrawny muscles began to bugle and swell, its body mass began growing in a disgusting fashion, and its teeth grew longer, sharper, and multiplied in numbers
It was the stuff of nightmares
This is the result of the <• Demonic Strengthening•> skill which corrupts and mutates lesser demons into hyper-aggressive barbaric creatures
The Imp in front of Jin didn't stop growing and mutating until it was at least 4 meters in length
The whole transformation only took around 10 seconds but Jin didn't want to stick around and watch
He knew the Demon Marauder was still after him so he tried to run again
However once Jin turned around, he saw the Demon Marauder 10 meters in front of him blocking his way
Its status window hovered above him like a star on a tall Christmas tree
[Demon Marauder] LVL: 41
>HP 31,000/31,000<
>MP 1,600/2,000<
[Title(s): Brute]
Jin turned back around and this time the newly transformed Imp met him a couple meters back
The Imp was no longer a D-ranked cannon fodder but have transformed into a High B-ranked monstrosity
Its status window also hovered above its head
[Giga Imp] LVL 25
>HP 5000/5000<
>MP 600/600<
[Title(s): None]
Jin was now stuck in the middle between these two freaks of nature
'Shit! <• Backstab •> still have a 5-second cooldown time!'
Suddenly the Demon Lord and Demon War Priest slowly descended from the air on the Giga Imp's side
[Demon Lord Asmodeus] LVL: 62
>HP 51,422/250,000<
>MP 8,500/30,000<
[Titles: A King of Hell, Master of Demons, Mana Corruptor]
[Demon War Priest] LVL: 35
>HP 4,000/15,000<
>MP 600/5,000<
[Title(s): Demonic Whisperer]
The Giga Imp went down on one knee and didn't dare lift his head up to look at his master
Then the Demon Lord spoke out in a chilling voice that reverberated off the walls
"Where…did a puny brat like you…get that power…."
'….'
'He's talking about you isn't he?' Jin asked the system in his mind
[….]
'…Not a peep huh'
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Jin replied with a poker face
'THIS DAMN COCKROACH DARE LIE TO ME?!'
(Yes there are cockroaches even in hell)
The Demon Lord's anger and mana flared up for just a second causing the ground beneath its feet to crumble into dust
"….."
Before the Demon lord could speak another word, it was Jin that threw out the next question
"Why do you invade our world and want to kill humans and what did you do to my friend?!" Jin shouted out
He felt like he deserves to know some answers if he was going to die here
The Demon Lord looks at Jin with amusement
'This fucking brat…'
'In the face of death yet he acts rather calm…..'
"Kahaha…" the Demon Lord laughs then switches back to his bone-chilling tone
"Brat!… Since you will be our sacrifice for the doom of your wretched planet, I'll entertain your questions…"
'….'
'Wait a moment…'
'They were keeping me alive to keep the rift closed so that they can buy time to revive the Demon lord?!' Jin fixed his gaze on the Demon War priest for a moment
Yet Jin absentmindedly forgot another important question…
And that was
How is this dungeon a B-ranked rift when they were at the stadium?
The Demon Lord continued speaking
"The creation of your species is blasphemy to our Supreme God"
"As a General of Chaos and a Leader of the Demonic Inquisition….I will drown your wretched planet with blood from all the filthy heretics!"
'…Supreme God?' Jin had a puzzled look on his face
"Every fiber of your friend's body…and his soul…is now mine!"
" I can't wait to see the look on his parent's face when their own son stabs them through their heart! Kahhaha "
''This..fucking monster...is no longer Alex..' Jin matched the Demon Lord's glare
'The cooldown on <•Backstab•> is gone… now is my chance!'
Jin faintly whispers
"<•Backstab•>"
!!!
Once again Jin disappeared from everyone's sight and then reappeared behind the Demon Marauder
The Demon Lord's eyes widen and a cold sweat began running down his forehand
'THAT POWER!!! IT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE'
Jin didn't bother trying to attack the Demon Marauder but instead rushed to the plateau with every ounce of strength he had left
The Demons followed suit but slowly
After all where can Jin escape to?
The Demon Lord was especially intrigued and wanted to see what Jin was up to/what he was hiding
Jin got up on the plateau and stared at the gigantic red mana crystal in front of him
[LVL 50 S-ranked blood crystal]
>MP 10,300/20,000<
'It's a gamble but it's the only option I have right now!'
Suddenly the Demon Lord realized Jin's intentions
'He's going for my S-ranked mana crystal?! That cockroach dare?!?!'
The demon lord issued another command and called on his horde of empowered demons
DUN! DUN! DUN! DUN! DUN!
Multiple status windows suddenly from all directions and surrounded the plateau
Many of the newly transformed lesser demons arrived at their masters side by a stampede
There must have been around 30 Giga Imps and 10 other lesser demons with their powers mutated by the Demon Lord
Jin could now clearly see the horrifying predicament he was in
He was surrounded on all sides and he knew there was no escaping this
Cold sweat drips down from Jin's forehead
Although he felt nervous, for some unknown reason he wasn't fearful of death
Instead…this mess that he was in, got his adrenaline pumping and blood flowing
'Fuck it, here goes nothing!'
Jin places his hand on the S-ranked Crystal and began absorbing mana at a ridiculous rate
Suddenly his body began to feel painful and tight in all areas like pressure trying to escape
He felt the power surge inside him and his hair began to rise up and his eyes began to glow
A warning window pops up
[WARNING WARNING! Title Holder's mana well can not handle this much mana! Title Holder will soon explode!]
Jin ignores it and continues absorbing mana
The mana from the crystal plummeted rapidly which alarmed the Demon Lord
"RIP THAT HUMAN TO SHREDDS!"
The Demon Lord commanded then all the fiends charged up the plateau
"Too late ….fuckers" Jin said with a slight smile
"<•Mana Equilibrium•>!!"
…..