Leveling Up through Eating

Chapter 423: Lesser Demon Diablo

Chapter 423: Lesser Demon Diablo

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—

Ten players rushed forward with their swords and sent their attacks at Diablo. However, these ten swords that clashed against Diablo’s sword were all useless. And...

Baaaaaaang—

...even their owners were sent flying back from the impact of Diablo’s sword strike.Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

“Ur... urk! This... this is already the damage after the 50% damage reduction has been applied...?!”

There were only a little over ten seconds left with the buff. Just when everyone’s nerves were tense from anxiety...

[Ghost of the Battlefield.]

[Movement Speed will increase by 350% within a 30 meter radius.]

[Attack and Defense will increase by 30% within a 30 meter radius.]

...Alexander swiftly made his move.

Clank, clank, clank, clank—

Alexander, with a ridiculous increase in his movement speed, greatly overwhelmed Diablo in terms of speed. He gathered a huge amount of force in his arm and struck Diablo.

Baaaaaaaang—

For the first time, Diablo staggered and took one step back. But Alexander did not stop. Up, down, left, right, his sword continued to attack Diablo, forcing him to take more steps back. The viewers, even the players in the stadium, could not follow his movements with their eyes. Alexander left dozens of afterimages and left extreme pressure on Diablo. As long as they worked together and did not miss this chance, they might have a chance of hunting Diablo! A ray of hope finally shone on the players.

Meanwhile, the viewers watched them at the edge of their seats.

‘This is fun! So fun!’

This was the new type of game that Minhyuk had created. Minhyuk and Diablo, versus forty players! The players rushed to fight against Diablo’s supreme power. However, one player, Minhyuk, was starting another spark on his own.

“Continent Destroyer.”

Minhyuk flew high up in the sky. And as if in sync, Diablo also flew up.

“...What?!” Alexander felt something unusual. He immediately jumped up to attack Minhyuk but Diablo easily offset his attack with his sword, now turned into scythe.

A powerful force wrapped around Minhyuk’s sword, until it gathered at the tip of his sword. Then, he stabbed his sword straight down into the ground.

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

“Huh, huuuuuuuuh?!”

“What the hell?!”

The players in the vicinity lost their balance and fell down on the ground. Then, a powerful shockwave stretched out and caused damage to the players that fell down.

[Continent Destroyer]

[The moment the sword gets stabbed into the ground, everyone within a 35 meter radius will incur an additional 500% damage from powerful shockwaves.]

[Lava will rise five meters from the ground and cause an additional 1,600% damage to anyone that it touches and will continuously incur additional 100% damage.]

The players with a good sense of balance, or those that had special skills immediately jumped up to the sky. However, there were still quite a few players that had been forced to log out by the sudden changes in the terrain.

“We’re saved...”

“That’s crazy...! I almost got logged out there!”

This was a story that took place after the events of the Athenae: World War.

Minhyuk visited Diablo, handed him two pieces of paper and then disappeared. Diablo followed the path that was written on one of the pieces of paper that Minhyuk handed to him.

Whether it was under the cold rain, or over huge mountains, he continued to walk, until he finally reached the house that he used to live in. It was a house that he could not really remember that well, since it had turned into a fragment of a very distant memory.

Diablo looked at his already collapsed house. After looking at his house, he moved forward and headed somewhere else. It was not that far from his house. The place was covered with a myriad of tombstones.

‘My mother...’

Perhaps his beloved mother had died waiting for him to return. Diablo felt horrible. He was a son that had never even visited his mother’s grave. Perhaps, her grave had already disappeared with the sands of time. Or if, by any chance, it was still there, it would definitely be unmanaged.

Diablo suddenly stopped in his tracks. The grasses that were growing around his mother’s grave were neatly trimmed. There were even flowers that were planted in a beautiful arrangement around it, flowers that were in full bloom and facing the sky. They were sunflowers, flowers that meant ‘waiting’ in the language of flowers.

An old man that was trimming the grass next to his mother’s grave spoke up, “It’s a bit strange, but sunflowers always grew on that grave. Even if you pluck it, it will grow again and again. It’s really strange.”

The old man paused for a moment as if he thought about something before continuing to speak, “Ah, that’s right. Not too long ago, a man that can eat as much as an elephant came here with some people to clean that grave. He seems like he’s in a high position, but he cleaned the grave with his own hands.”

Tears welled up in Diablo’s eyes. He watched as the squirrels jumped around and played on his mother’s clean and neat grave, while ladybugs frolicked around after falling down from the plants. This was what Minhyuk and the Hybrid Race did. When he looked down, Diablo discovered something written on her mother’s tombstone as a memorial.

[Helen, Mother of the Great Hero that sacrificed himself for mankind, rests here.]

He was a lesser demon, not a hero.

Hot tears dripped down Diablo’s cheeks. Then, he started walking again. This time, he was following the directions written in the other note. He climbed mountains and crossed rivers. When he felt thirsty, he would drink river water, when he was hungry, he would hunt wild animals. Still, he walked.

He walked for days on end, but his steps remained powerful and energetic. Finally, he reached his destination.

“Grrrrrr!”

“Grrr?!”

A three-headed dog greeted Diablo the moment he arrived.

“Grow hair! Grow!”

Then, he saw a strange man shouting loudly in public.

“Ack! Rascal! Why is your poop so little today?!”

Turning around, he saw a black-haired old man checking a cat’s butt, and a dark-skinned boy taking a nap with a white wolf. There was also a burly man whose height could rival his own, emitting a fierce aura despite chewing on hay and humming, while lying among the pigs.

Finally, Diablo reached an extremely huge mansion with a door that could only be reached after climbing a flight of stairs. The huge doors opened as a man came out and stood atop the stairs. The man looked down at Diablo with a smile on his face. Seeing the smile on the man’s face made Diablo recall the words written on the note in his hands.

[Lesser Demon Diablo. What’s your real name?]

The words were written together with the directions to this place.

“El... pi...” Diablo stuttered. Although he had returned to his human form, he was still clumsy in his speech, since it had been a long time since he last spoke. However, the man did not feel irritated and just listened to him patiently.

“Elpi... s...”

Elpis. Minhyuk knew the meaning of this word. In Greek, this word meant ‘hope’.

“What a good name.”

Diablo knelt on one knee and spoke with a low and somber voice, “I want... to stay... together... with... you...”

Then, Diablo tried to look up at the man, with a bright smile on his face. However, it had been a long time since he had last shown an emotion on his face, so his muscles had turned stiff. His lips moved slowly and awkwardly and it took him a long time, but he was still able to show Minhyuk a broad and bright smile. One could say that his smile was charming and beautiful.

He was Elpis, the man that would become Let’s Eat Sect’s shield.