Arriving in front of the flabbergasted Demon God's follower, Zephyr then brandished his sword instantly killing his target.
Seeing the swift death of their companion, all other followers were alerted and simultaneously attacked Zephyr. Zephyr exquisitely dodged the swords of the dark knights and magic of the black magicians.
With [Sword Manipulation], Zephyr bombarded them with his swords. All Demon God's followers screamed as they were hit. As the cave was in a narrow space, all of them were near at each other.
Zephyr then used [Blink], appearing in the center. Zephyr's Blitz Thunder Ray let out an enormous killing intent which made the followers flinch in fright. Without any slight retaliation, all of them were killed in a flash leaving no one alive.
Numerous notifications appeared but Zephyr ignored it all as he proceeded towards the depth of the cave. Along the way, Zephyr encountered many followers but none were able to put a challenge against him.
Zephyr was beginning to doubt if this quest deserved to be SSS rated as for him, it was very easy so far. Not known to the current him, he would encounter the first hardship here in Tensura.
Arriving on the middle of the dungeon, Zephyr stopped for a moment as he could see a shadow of a figure in a distance. Zephyr immediately became cautious as he hid into a corner.
Zephyr immediately activated his [Emperor Eye] and inspected it.
[Demon God's Follower]
Rating: Epic
Class: Demon Contractor
Level: 49
Tier: 1
HP: 80,600
MP: 48,600
Zephyr immediately became wary seeing the class of the Demon God's follower.
'Demon Contractor?'
Zephy wondered what the class could do but as he had no prior information about it, he could only guess.
Without wanting to encounter a misfortune, Zephyr decided to lay low at first and observe it's behavior. Suddenly he heard it grumbling.
"Sh*t! Why do I have to stay here when I can slaughter people easily."
"Sh*t! I hate how the higher ups handle things!"
He raised his voice while kicking the ground to vent his frustration.
"Huh?"
He then stopped as he turned around in Zephyr's direction. Zephyr was inwardly amazed by his perception if he has been discovered.
"It seems like we have a rat in the house. Kuhahahahah!"
He laughed maniacally as he launched a magic spell in Zephyr's direction. Sensing the incoming attack, Zephyr leaped off as he avoided it.
Boom!
Zephyr then turned to where he had been and saw the ground was blown into smithereens. He could also see the ground was turning dark as he could guess it was a demonic power.
As Zephyr landed on the ground, the Demon God's follower then spoke with a big grin on his face.
"I like your guts. To think you could invade our hideout. Kuhahaha. I was dying of boredom but now, I can release my frustrations into you."
"Hahahaha...I'll let you experience what hell is!"
He said those words as he fired another magic spell at Zephyr and a spear appeared in the Demon God's followers hand as he charged towards Zephyr.
Zephyr held his Epic sword as he avoided the spell and also charged at the same time. Sound of metals were heard as soon as they clashed. The Demon God's followers were thrown back as Zephyr's strength outpowered him.
Confusion could be seen in his face on why he lost in the contest of strength. As he did not know anything about Zephyr's stats, this situation was unacceptable.
He intensified his attacks but Zephyr easily dealt with it all. Zephyr parried the spear like it was nothing as all movements of his opponent were seen with his [Emperor Eye].
"Sh*t!!"
Unable to endure it anymore, the Demon God's follower unleashed an intense amount of demonic power.
[The enormous demonic power has applied a fear, weakness, and immobilizing effect.]
[You have resisted.]
Zephyr stood and resisted the demonic power. The Demon God's follower then expressed his great interest in Zephyr.
"Kahafuhaha. I am impressed that you can endure the pressure of my demonic power." He judged that Zephyr, who avoided all his status effects, wasn't a regular person.
Zephyr didn't reply as he used [Blink] appearing from behind and slashed his sword while activating [Lightning Flame Slash]. Zephyr expected him to die in one attack just like the others earlier however, on contrary to what he had expected, the Demon God's follower was able to avoid his slash barely.
He slashed again at Demon God's follower's body. However, just before Blitz Thunder Ray hit the Demon God's follower's body, a black shield appeared, blocking the sword in its path.
'He is quick to respond.'
Zephyr thought as his sword moved. As they were exchanging attacks, Zephyr was observing what capabilities a demon contractor could do.
Seeing his opponent that could use magic and spear attacks, Zephyr became wary of an unexpected variable. As he was in deep thought, a spear shot was aimed at his body.
With super sensitivity, Zephyr managed to block the spear that aimed precisely at his heart with [Sword Manipulation] as 5 swords were blocking it.
"Kahahahaha. Ah~ you reacted to the perfect surprise attack?"
Demonic power was immediately aimed at Zephyr. Zephyr didn't intent to dodge it as he casted [Lightning Blast]. As his intelligence stats was very high, his spell destroyed the spell of demonic power and hit the target.
[You have dealt 64,826 damage to the target.]
[You have inflicted stun for 4 seconds.]
The Demon God's follower was in daze of what just happened. First, his spell was overwhelmed by Zephyr's magic. Second, even he has high magic defense as a demon's contractor, he still suffered tremendous damage leaving him with only 20% HP left.
Before he could recover from the stun and his daze, Zephyr swiftly appeared in front of him as Zephyr used [Rush] increasing his movement speed. As he wanted to utilize the skill effect of the Blitz set, he decided not to use [Blink] or [Lightning Body].
The maniac laugh of the Demon God's follower disappeared as he could sense his imminent death if he would be hit by the slash of Zephyr. His instinct were screaming to run away or else he would surely perish.
He then tried to form a barrier to protect himself. Seeing the barrier's appearance, Zephyr used [Nova Ascencion], burning flames appeared in his sword which was also surrounded by lightning as he also triggered [Lightning Ray].
'Am I going to die?'
Intense fear filled his mind seeing the approaching sword. Not wanting to face his death, he decided to use an ability that could only be used on a desperate situation.
As the sword was just inches away, Zephyr sensed the changes of his target. He then activated the ability to see the future and saw that his attack would deal no damage. Instead, it would only bring him trouble.
Zephyr immediately canceled the skill as he then activated [Lightning Body] as he retreated. Arriving in a 2 meter distance away from the Demon God's follower, Zephyr watched the changes.
Enormous demonic power was manifesting around the Demon God's follower. Zephyr could sense it was more threatening than before but as a legend, he resisted it.
With his intuition, Zephyr could sense that the person in front of him had become a totally different being. He suddenly heard him laugh in ecstasy.
"Kuhahaha. The mortal realm, it has been so long I've been here."
Hearing his remark, Zephyr immediately inspected him.
[Greater Demon(Descent)]
Rating: Epic
Class: Demon Contractor
Level: 58
Tier: 2
HP: 120,600
MP: 98,600
Zephyr paused for a while as the one in front of him was no longer a human. No matter how Zephyr see it, he was now facing a demon. Seeing the descent in the status, Zephyr remembered what Agur had said to him before.
As transcendents were considered spiritual life forms, they can separate their consciousness from their main body by possessing and taking control of a compatible body that can withstand their power.
As the demons were considered one of the transcendent races, even not reaching the realm of transcendent, the demon in front of him utilized another method. It is to descent on a body of a demon contractor.
As a demon contractors were people who borrowed the power from the demon itself unlike the ones who uses black magic as those method were weaker than having the demonic power itself.
'This might be hard.'
Zephyr stared at the demon who was floated from the shadows who have black wings. He held his sword as he waited for a moment.
The demon then turned his attention to Zephyr with great interest as he wondered how Zephyr was able to push his contractor to make him descent even he knew there would be a consequence.
As the two were staring at each other. The demon slightly flinched as suddenly, a gray energy surrounded Zephyr which made the demon feels threatened.
[The target is a demon.]
[The Devil Slayer title effect is activated.]
One of the reason why Zephyr wasn't afraid even facing a greater demon which was stronger than the lesser demons he had fought before.
"A devil slayer...No wonder you forced my contractor to summon me."
The demon calmly stated as he was assessing Zephyr. Zephyr thought that this demon was much more better than the one's he had fought before because the demon wasn't scared even knowing he was a devil slayer.
The demon grinned as he then charged at Zephyr. The demon was fast as it appeared immediately at the rear of Zephyr. However, Zephyr had already predicted his course of action as five swords targeted the demon.
Zephyr then used [Saint's Sword Dance] as he attacked in front at the same time. Feeling cornered, the greater demon manifested more demonic power in hoping to push away Zephyr and the swords.
However, his attempt was a failure as it had no effect. Seeing he had no way of avoiding, the demon condensed his demonic power making a barrier around himself.
Six swords hit him and the demon was pushed back. Zephyr broke the barrier but he didn't get the expected damage as the barrier absorbed most of it.
He then threw the Blitz Thunder Ray in the air as he grabbed the Twilight Blade. Using [Blink] to appear in the back of the demon, Zephyr then used [Twilight Strike].
Zephyr managed to cut the wing of the demon reducing it's HP to half. However, its HP and the wing began regenerating on a fast rate. Words of Agur then flowed into his mind.
"A demon is a being that cannot be killed by any normal means. They were essentially immortal as they also possessed an innate regenerating abilities. Even if you put a whole in their heart, it won't be enough to kill them."
One of the reasons why a demon was feared as even a lesser demon is hard to kill. If Zephyr didn't have the Venomous Demon Sword that time, he would stand no chance of winning even if he was the devil slayer as he was weaker.
Zephyr then cleared his head as he focused on the demon in front of him. Seeing his calm reaction despite seeing his regeneration speed, the demon chuckled.
"Hahahaha. You're truly an amusing human! Normally, when a human would see me, they would immediately ran way while sh*tting their own pants!"
The demon suddenly stopped and narrowed its eyes at Zephyr with a vicious expression.
"Weak devil slayers were no exception. However, you seem to be different even you were clearly a Tier 1."
"With that being said, who do you think you are,human? Do you think you can defeat me when you couldn't kill me with your surprise attack? This is why I hate humans. They're arrogant and stupid at the same time."
The demon said with a clear disdain in his face. Zephyr didn't replied as he changed the sword he was holding with Bane Sword. Even the Twilight Blade gives additional 30% damage to evil beings, Zephyr thought that the Bane Sword is more suitable to use.
[* Decreases the healing ability of the target by 50% when they are hit.]
Remembering the special effect of the sword, Zephyr thought it would be very interesting to see the despair on the demon's face when his proud regenetation ability would only lead to his demise.