He didn't want this. He couldn't watch this. His body raged as essence was used up without reservation, his stature becoming even bigger and the gold energy inlaid in his attacks became all the more destructive.
He could do it. He would take down these beasts first, and then he would sav-
GUH!
An unexpected situation had occurred where Roark was about to go all out, when he felt a searing pain spread throughout his body. The momentary lapse gave an opening as one of the stingers of the [Blue Manticore] struck his arm.
BOOM!
His golden figure smashed into the ground as he rolled out and breathed heavily. He didn't understand what had just happened as the searing pain he felt in his body became even more intense. What was happening at such a crucial juncture?!
The floating Gremory in the air was laughing wickedly as he neared the position of the fallen king.
"Do you feel pain spreading throughout your whole body? You can't as easily move your essence? Hmm?"
His voice rang out in a mocking tone towards Roark. There were dead bodies of demons and humans on the position they were at as Gremory looked down at the golden man who was glaring at him ferociously.
"What the hell did you do?! I'm sure my defenses were not broken through!"
Gremory looked at this valiant figure as the wicked smile on his face became even bigger.
"Oh but that is where you are wrong, little human. Your defenses were broken through long ago, haha!"
Roark tried to move his strength as he listened to the demon's mocking tone, but all he felt was more pain. His face turned ashen as he realized he couldn't put in any more power. He still did not understand, and could only watch in rage as the two primal beasts and Gremory came close and surrounded him.
"Yes! That's the expression I wanted to see! The King of a kingdom kneeling on the floor in despair, not even knowing what happened. Are you not curious, little human?"
The stingers of the two manticores acted like flexible joints as they wrapped around Roark's golden arms and raised him up. His right arm that was stung before had turned a deadly shade of purple as it pulsed horribly.
The forces of the Frozen Kingdom had noticed this development and were trying to break through the ranks of demons to get to this position, but the many large beasts, goblins, ogres, and orcs gave them no respite.
The princes in the far back of the defense line had horrible looks, as the older one pulled out a communication medallion hurriedly.
Gremory was about to continue berating the king in his mocking tone so he could see more of the despair in his eyes when he felt the buzzing of the medallion. His face warped even more as his twisted mind worked and he took the medallion out, looking at the raised figure of Roark in front of him.
"Now yes, I could just easily kill you now and do the same for your forces, and then go on to enslave your people. Before that though, why don't we listen to something interesting?"
He neared Roark with the medallion on hand as he placed some mana into it, the message sent across coming out.
"Hey! You promised me my father's life, what are you doing?!"
The voice seemed desperate, but was easily recognizable. Roark's face drained of all color as he heard this message and painfully turned his head over to where his two sons were being protected while commanding the soldiers.
He felt the searing pain in his body that did not allow him to do anything as he heard the voice of his son coming out from the medallion of the demon. He wanted it to be a lie, an illusion from the magic of this demon, but his sharp eyes could see his desperate son in the distance holding a red medallion.
This f.u.c.k.i.n.g fool.
What had he done?!
UGH!
The pain in his body increased as the poison from the stung arm continued to spread, with the two manticores to his left and right twisting their grips even faster. Gremory seemed to have a flushed red face as he looked at the changing emotions on the King as well as the desperate voice that continued to come from the medallion.
His mocking voice came out as he brought his palm to cover his flushed face. "Ah, I understand your plight. You gave your best and fought with all that you had, only for everything to fall apart as you realized a betrayal had taken place."
The golden figure of Roark was raised up as Gremory looked at him.
"You may be asking yourself now, 'Is this it? Is this really how everything I have built up crumbles down?' Ah!"
Gremory seemed to be in euphoria as he looked around at the bloody battlefield and the despairing faces as his face became malicious.
"I'm here to tell you yes. All that you have built will crumble down, and nobody can do anything abou-"
BOOM!!!
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"What the f.u.c.k?!"
Chapter 112 - Debut!
In the snowy lands between two mountains filled with death, a drastic change occurred.
In the skies above the two fighting armies, a fair man dressed in white robes had appeared. Wings of feathery golden color were outspread behind him as he mercifully looked down to the despairing soldiers of the Frozen Kingdom.
But this wasn't the figure that gave people the most shock.
It was the appearance of something much grander that made the EPIC commanders on both sides of the army stop in shock.
Nearing ten meters tall, a large beast had instantaneously appeared and knocked away the powerful Demon King. The two primal beasts that had their long stingers wrapped around a golden man found empty air as a silvery light passed and the man disappeared from their grasps.
The beast held a powerful longsword as a storm of destructive cold elements swirled around him. A glorious blue sigil was spreading out from him as its power shook the people to their hearts. Glorious white fur covered him from top to bottom as a shining white horn at the center of its head pointed to the skies.
The figure looked around powerfully as the demons reacted in a frenzy, Gremory recovering from the attack without a wound as the air cleared.
"What the f.u.c.k?!"
He was surprised at the sudden intrusion that had stopped his fun as he looked towards the new participant. He found the large beast that let out somewhat threatening levels of power, and he was confused.
Had one of the Mythical Kingdoms sent a powerhouse to protect the Frozen Kingdom? Gremory's face hardened as he thought of this and carefully observed this figure that could knock him away at a speed where he did not notice him.
The beast seemed more interested in the [Mephitic Turtles] and droves of demons in the ranks of the Demon Legion, as a nostalgic expression actually came onto its face.
A silvery light occurred and the beast disappeared, showing itself once again high in the skies. The primal spirits that Gremory had summoned were already on his tail as they observed the beast in the skies pointing his cold blade downwards.
VOOOOOOM
A droning sound could be heard as the sky darkened. Like the veil of the night had appeared, the dark snowy lands found themselves even darker as humongous glacial lands appeared in the skies.
[Iceberg] had been cast multiple times.
The extremely tough glacial land masses droned down towards the many forces of demons as complete fear and trepidation covered their faces.
Gremory looked at this extremely unbelievable area of attack ability that would cause a tremendous amount of damage to the Demon Legion if not stopped. His body glowed red as he appeared on the lands beneath where the icebergs would fall.
[Blazing Hellflames]!
Like the blooming of a flower, densely packed red flames sprouted out with the Demon King as the origin, going to envelope the glacial landmasses in the surroundings. Only a portion of them covered the numerous falling glaciers.
BOOM!
A devastating impact occurred as thousands of casualties occurred for the Demon Legion. White steam spread out with the impact of extremely hot flames and frozen glaciers, obscuring the sigh
t of many.
Gremory recalled his two primal spirits as his eyes pierced the veil of smoke to find the figure of the newcomer.
The other arrival that was floating in the skies with golden wings on his back pointed their hands down as a rain of golden light landed on the injured and fighting soldiers, mercenaries, and adventurers of the Frozen kingdom.
The light invigorated and healed those it touched as they began to fight back with increased vigor.
On the places where the most death was occurring, where the EPIC commanders between the two forces were battling, new intruders also appeared.
Multiple EPIC beasts had fallen down from the darkening skies, heavily landing on the ground and causing a stop to the battle as the commanders got a chance to see if it was friend or foe.
A sleek [Emperor Penguin] could be seen at the forefront, the yellow-white and black texture of its skin extremely clear in the snowy lands. A terrifyingly long snake that was the [White Mamba] and many more EPIC beasts landed on the ground and quickly targeted the Demon Commanders.
OOOOH!
The battle seemed to be taking a completely different turn as unknown reinforcements arrived and eased the hard battle that would have resulted in a massacre of the kingdom's forces.
Things did not seem to be done though, as movements could also be felt from the dead bodies that spread across the battlefield.
A cloud of green had permeated the ground from an unknown location that quickly entered the bodies of the fallen humans, beastmen, and demons. Everywhere the smoke passed, the bodies began trembling, before they rose up in a terrifying fashion.
The skin of these moving corpses was blistering green as their blank eyes moved and landed on the forces of the Demon Legion. The [Defiled Corpses] moved unnaturally and with extreme speed and precision as they threw themselves on the bodies of demons.
Some clawed or bit their opponents, spreading to them virulent poison and plagues that made their bodies shake and begin foaming before they died painfully, and then rose up with even more terrifying force a few seconds after. Others threw themselves in the midst of packs of the reptilian beasts and [Mephitic Turtles] before their bodies exploded in a gore of poisonous green, causing even more mayhem.
A large turtle that was shooting out poisonous beams of light had at one point been swarmed by the terrifying [Defiled Corpses] and not given a single second of rest as they continued sticking to its body and bursting open to release the noxious poison and plague. The turtles that had poison as their element found themselves feeling pain and their hard shells dissolving in the face of these attacks, giving them an unrecognized sense of terror.
Eerie scenes like this began spreading throughout the battlefield, causing many to take a step back and ask, just who the hell were these newcomers that just appeared?!
Gremory was looking towards the large creature that carried a dangerous sword in the skies as his mind worked to identify it at high speeds. It didn't match any of the information he had on the beasts from the Mythical Kingdom, so he didn't know where this reinforcement came from.
He looked at the two LEGENDARY primal beasts beside him as he breathed out cold air, adopting his usual twisted demeanor once again. It did not matter who this disruptor was, he would take them down regardless.
Their body did not show the power of LEGENDARY rank, yet the strike earlier had been able to cause him significant damage. But there was only one of him. How would he fare against a Demon King and his two Primal Spirits?!
Chapter 113 - Malevolent
There were too many unknowns with this new intruder, so Gremory activated multiple skills as he focused on the beast. [Sweet Talker] and [Unveiler] were activated as his magnetic voice rang out.
"Now who might our new friend b-"
!!!
BOOM!
Not even a second was given for his words to finish as the primal spirits felt a threat and pushed themselves in front of their master to stop a frighteningly cold sword. The destructive cold energies wrecked the area as the white-furred beast was pushed back. Gremory was now full of anger as this newcomer showed such blatant disrespect.
"You fumbling beast, you don't even have basic manners?!"
Gremory was fully enraged as a beautiful play had been ruined. He had set it up for so long, and now it was all up in flames because of some beast. The faces of despair had already begun appearing, and he wanted to bring the father and son close to one another and watch what they would say.
Would the father show hatred and disappointment to the son he loved for the downfall of their kingdom? Would the son be apologetic as he realized he had been tricked into poisoning his own father for nothing? All of these things he wanted to see, but now they were all gone.
'Ah, things can never go the way I want!'
As he watched the other newcomers, especially the man with golden wings that was healing countless beings from the kingdom's forces as if it was nothing, he knew he had to finish off this beast quickly.
As he was thinking, the beast was already clashing with one of the primal spirits. He was actually holding his own against a LEGENDARY spirit as the storm of ice elements caused freezing cold to acc.u.mulate on the body of the [Blue Manticore] while its stinger parried the freezing blade.
'Hmph, you think one puny beast can stand against a Demon King?'
The enraged Gremory sent the command for the other primal spirit to join the fight as he placed his hand on his left chest.
'Since you ruined such a perfect play, I'll use you for my entertainment and see if I can observe those same faces of despair'
Multiple runic circles had appeared on Gremory's chest as he saw the white beast gradually be pushed back against the force of two legendary beasts. It seemed that just the primal beasts would be enough to take the white-furred sword-wielding beast down, but he still wanted to make this newcomer despair some more.
The hand on his chest sunk in as he felt his own beating heart, and a guttural scream came out from his mouth as one of the demon's unique abilities, Abyss Magic, was used.
"LIMIT...BREAK!"
OOOOONG!
A pillar of red shining light shot through the skies and then blindingly spread throughout the surroundings. When this light died down, the beings fighting could see that high in the skies, the Demon King had transformed!
Gorgeous black wings erupted from his back as two powerful horns extended from both sides of his head. A slithering long tail erupted behind him as his body also continued to expand, quickly becoming more than five meters. His body let out crazy levels of power as the red light died down. A stifling pressure was pressing down on everyone in the surroundings as if the whole world was falling on them. This was the pressure from [Demon King's Haki]!
The terrible power shown above made many people afraid, but the nearly 10-meter tall sword-wielding beast looked at this scene...as his eyes seemed to shine a dangerous light. The [Sigil of Hegemony] he had cast as soon as he arrived had already run out and he was waiting to cast it again, yet his defenses were still firm as he pushed off the enemies in the skies.
The primal spirits that were constantly damaging his [Bear Emperor's Hide] and smashing into the sword saint incarnation were not able to notice the dangerous light that shone in his eyes as the man hidden at the center of the large incarnation looked longingly to the Demon King, as if he wanted to consume the entire demon whole.
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Noah had finally met the demons that were the true culprits behind much of the destruction that occurred in his homeworld. The first thing he did after recognizing the [Mephitic Turtles] he had fought before in the Blessed Empire was to send numerous [Icebergs] their way.
The next thing after that was him sending a command to the fifteen EPIC beasts at the central area of the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land, and then releasing them to the outside world.
Many of them were still weakened with their origins eaten up, but they were still EPIC beasts holding powerful stren
gth. They were the easiest to send commands to with their high ranks, so only these 15 beasts were let out of the Spiritual Land.
They would help to reinforce the Frozen Kingdom's forces against the demons while the Holy Blight that had taken the appearance of a graceful holy saint through the use of [Two Faced] worked to heal and covertly caused even more chaos in the battlefield through the use of [Zombie Master]. Seeing the ferocious green zombies running below him rampantly gave way to many ideas and possibilities.
After attacking the Demon King with extreme speed, two summoned beasts began pursuing him in the skies. The [Blue Manticores] he continued to clash against were genuine LEGENDARY beasts, every single one of their strikes with the deadly stingers pushing him back and dealing heavy damage that he quickly worked to heal.
The connection with [Summon Holy Blight] was extremely strong, and he continued to receive constant heals and buffs as his large incarnation became damaged. When [Sigil of Hegemony] became inactive, he wanted to test how he fared against genuine LEGENDARY with the usage of his EPIC skills, but it seemed just that alone was not enough to bridge the gap.
He was ready to activate the LEGENDARY skill as soon as the cooldown ended and start fighting back with heavy attacks once more when the situation changed, and the Demon King underwent a rapid transformation. The creature to appear at the end of it was a ferocious winged demon that nearly reached his incarnation's size.
The thick red arms of the demons were raised high as pulsating pillars of flames appeared on his palms roaring to the skies, a malevolent smile came on the demon's face as a powerful voice rang out.
"I'm gonna skin you alive and use your fur as a f.u.c.k.i.n.g rag."
Chapter 114 - Demon King Gremory I
Calmness.
I tried to bring my mind to an exceptionally peaceful place and calm my emotions as I looked at the transformed Demon King in the skies.
Hellish red flames erupted beautifully from his hands and rose into the skies, putting a different contrast on the lands that were filled with white snow. The temperature was visibly rising in the surroundings as the wide pillars of flames in his hands continued to dance in the air.
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