Demon King
Chapter 80 Qualifications [5]

“It's not enough?” I continued to let out a loud screech from the Noise of Madness as I counted the number of monsters approaching, expanding the detection range. My skills are growing day by day as I eat monsters here in the Rookie Battlefield, and are now at the end of the advanced level.

[Ohhhhhhhhh!]

“This terrible scream...!” I lost control of the mana the elven woman sent to attack me, twisted my body to try and avoid it and gnashed my teeth. I had to maintain this skill; madness Noise was the only advantage I had from her that she could not stop. I was surprised that he had already fallen, given the difficulty of training one's resistance to abnormal status. Since I have reached the highest level of resistance, I have no problem in letting out this terrible sound. The real problem was Mireina, who had fainted behind me. I knew that the blow from the noise was too heavy for him to withstand.

“You... shouldn't you two be allies..?”.

“There is nothing more precious to me than my own life.” Although I have said it, the idea of Mireina dying here left a bad taste in my mouth. I continued and used a portion of my mana to place the trap under Mireina. The ground fell from underneath, but he landed gently on the mat I placed with a trap, not a deadly spear. I fortified the entrance with the Lunatic Trickster, ensuring that he would be safe during this battle. His ability to manipulate and instantly create traps was useful for things like this. The material loss is not too great, but it will be enough to keep it safe, at least. Meanwhile, the woman before me once again tried to use her communication magic, finding it was still blocked by me.

“You are not a Rookie, something is not right.”

“By the way, it doesn't seem like any of your colleagues are coming. Do you have a backup plan? ”

“Urgh…! I don't need reinforcements to fight you! ” He yells back at me, his expression hardened. I kept watching mana, monitoring when she might try to use her communication magic again.

There are two reasons why I summoned a monster here, and that's one of them. If reinforcements from the Knights of Elakatra come, it would be nice if they were here to slow them down. I don't have to worry too much about that right now, blocking his communication path like mine, but it's better to be on the safe side. This woman can identify where we are from a distance and appear suddenly; I can only assume that the other knights have abilities that are just as impressive. Even if the monsters weren't very effective against them, I could use them to refuel myself if that happened, since they didn't cause any problems to my Predation skill. The second was to kill as many monsters as possible before I left the Rookie Battlefield. It was a great sacrifice to develop my own skills.

I still have no way of figuring out what the Knights of Elakatra want, or what resources they have. All I know is that by killing a large number of monsters, I have somehow disrupted their plans from the very beginning.

[Ohhhhhhh!]

If that was the case, I would kill everything I could before I left.

“Are you not sane? Now you can't even run! ”

“I don't intend to run.” I was never the type to escape from battle; why should I start now? Especially since I realized that this heart had completely become a part of me; the experience made me realize my own obsession with fighting and growing stronger. I don't intend to try to change that. I let my Devil Claw flow from both of my shoulders like huge wings; now, the skill is at an advanced level.

“I won't let you run either.”

“Do you think I'm afraid of you?” He speaks big, but I know his words don't match his actions or his thoughts. I can't believe a single thing he said. If he thought he could handle the situation, he wouldn't try asking for reinforcements. I must hope that he will try to find an opportunity to escape now that it has failed. I can interfere with her magic, so I won't let her.

The monsters launched their attacks on us, having completed some fusion by the time they reached us. Many of them were already level 160 or higher, powerful beings who were attracted to us by the noise of my Madness Noise.

[Oaaahhhhh!]

Let's get started.

These monsters …! He tried to use his communication magic again, but I had been waiting for him. I once again used the power of my Predation, combined with the energy of Jinma, to reach out and stop him. If I can prevent his reinforcements from coming, then all I have to do is stop him. His expression became grim as if he had read my mind.

Something as low as this! I blocked his sword attack that shot out like lightning but was almost hit by his follow-up kick. A monster with twisted wings hit us from above, preventing it from hitting me. I moved behind him with Ubiquitous, swinging my sword at his back. He was more focused on that monster than I was back then.

“Where...!” The monster was deflected from his shield, but he couldn't stop my sword from tearing his shoulder, even though the wound wasn't as deep as I wanted. Although his body was extremely light, all of his stats were extremely high. It feels a bit outrageous.

[Oh-oh-ohhhh!]

The tendrils of the various monsters around us reached out to ensnare us. The woman desperately defended herself, focusing on her tendrils rather than my own attacks. I spread my Devil Claws wide, piercing through the bodies of the monsters around me and devouring them.

[You have gained 1,537,950 experiences.]

[You have received 9 gold.].

The existence of these monsters was a double-edged sword. Their soul-based attacks were undoubtedly fatal, but if they were attacked in the same way, they could not withstand it. In order for them to defeat me, they had to hit me with a powerful attack that I could not stop.

[Oh-ohhhhh!]

{No, not enough!]

The monsters seemed to have reached the same conclusion, focusing their attacks on that knight rather than me. Monsters far away from us continue to merge together, growing stronger. I still stopped to release more Madness Noise when I could, summoning more monsters to gather here. Some of those who arrived looked like they had fused more than five times, in fact.

“Crazy! You're too crazy to be a Rookie! ”

Well, that kind of thing. I partially agreed with him, again hindering his efforts to communicate. He jumped the monster towards me, floating in the air.

“Dirt!” I sensed the attack, instinctively raising my sword to block it. My fire and black light spewed out, hitting his ice magic. Its ice was somehow stronger than my fire magic that had reached the highest level, blowing past it. I quickly rearranged the trajectory of my sword, blocking the ice.

“Freeze!”

Had I been a second later, no doubt my sword arm would have frozen completely. But I was not yet safe; blocking the ice caused me to lose my center and gravity. I jumped with Ubiquitous before I collided with the ground, landing safely in the midst of the monsters. The monsters around me soared into the air, and I couldn't help but think about how much fun this turned out to be.

[Kiii!]

[The girl is strong!]

[The woman .. I remember them!]

The monsters around me continued to focus on him, eager to devour the souls of these powerful elves and take over their flesh. It was a spectacular sight to see.

“Hah..!” He activated his defensive magic against the monsters, a huge tornado of frozen air formed from which was now overflowing from his body. Most of the monsters around him were trapped within it, melting in the air as his own attacked them. Monsters win, however, change and evolve before they can be torn apart. This is exactly what I wanted to see; the evolution that occurred when the Wind of Eutinus forced these monsters to fuse endlessly. I can kill them. I want to devour it.

The fairy tried her magic again, showing her amazing mana control as she combined her communication magic with her attack and defense magic. It's been hard enough for me to block just the communication magic he skillfully triggered between attacks, but this doesn't make sense. However, this impressive show proved to be fatal. He was distracted by his intense focus on managing so much magic at once, unable to stop me as I rushed forward.

“This is the power of those named Rookie! Allow me to show it to you! ”

“Try!” I used Ubiquitous to close the distance between us, surrounding my body with a shield where Jinma blocked the stab of his sword. The giant monster that had just completed the fusion above us began to fall to the ground.

“I am a proud knight of Elakatra! I will never kneel to someone like you! ”

[Ohhhhh!]

The monster landed behind him, grabbing and biting his neck with a huge jaw as I distracted him. The mana that flowed from him immediately died.

[Kohohohohoho!]

The monster raised its head and let out a victorious roar, other monsters on the battlefield flocked towards it as if they were cheering. The body of the elf that had lost its head fell to the ground, gently consumed by my black smoke. ‘Everything went according to plan. Now all I have to do is enjoy this buffet prepared for me. ‘

[Only one elf is left!]

[Great!]

[Grabbing him too!]

[There was a strange energy coming from him.]

[Can I eat it?]

I double-checked the remaining time until I was about to leave the Rookie Battlefield, satisfied with what I found.

“I will enjoy this meal.”