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They couldn't overcome it even by combining their strengths.
Davian's 6-star fire pillar completely overwhelmed the three demons' magic.
"Pu-push in more magic!"
"Th-this is the limit! Centurion!"
"Damn it! The magic is completely entangled with that fire pillar, we can't even avoid it now!"
"Centurion!"
While the demons were in a bind,
The fiery red pillar engulfed the three demons.
"Kuaaa!"
"Kyak!"
A fire pillar full of 6-star magic power.
The demons' screams didn't last long.
Davian withdrew his magic.
The fire pillar, which had been threatening to burn down this entire hill, disappeared in an instant.
However, the flames that had spread here and there were still burning.
Tring.
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[Stage 3 Clear]
―Reward: 4,000 Mana Points (x2)
―Reward: Magician's Hood (Rarity ★☆)
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Tring.
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[Stage 4]
―Reward: 8,000 Mana Points (x2)
―Reward: Active Skill Enhancement Scroll (Rarity: ★★★)
―Participation: Y / N
―Failure: Death
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This is a stage I've never been to before.
Davian turned his head.
He saw Glacie watering around to put out the fire, as if she didn't like the heat from the flames.
"I really hate the heat."
She didn't forget to grumble incessantly.
Davian stared at Glacie for a moment, then turned his eyes to the left.
Accept next stage.
Swish.
The entrance to the human realm disappeared.
Then, geometric figures began to be drawn in the space next to it.
Once the figure was complete, the space distorted and a doorway was created.
The space was distorted the same way, but it definitely felt different from the dimension portal that had appeared and disappeared a moment ago.
This must be a door to another place in the demon world, not a return to the human realm.
"Glacie!"
"Huh?"
"Let's go."
"Huh? Are we leaving already?"
Glacie, who had put out all the fires, approached Davian's side.
Glacie stared intently at the distorted space in front of Davian.
"Ah, we're not leaving? We're going deeper in?"
"I think so. Can you tell just by looking at it, Glacie?"
"Roughly by feeling."
"Well, it's not much different from me. Let's go."
The stage has already been accepted.
The entrance to the human realm has already disappeared.
Hesitating now wouldn't change anything.
Davian stepped into the distorted space without hesitation.
Demon World.
Eastern Penrose Continent.
Phlegeton Legion Headquarters.
"Centurion Sabant has been defeated."
"I'll move the troops over there immediately!"
"No. It's not the work of other legions. I don't sense the energy of other demons over there. And even during an internal war, no one would dare to take the head of a centurion in our legion's territory."
"Then what should we do, Legion Commander?"
"I'll go take a look myself."
The Legion Commander of the Phlegeton Legion, one of the five legions of the Penrose Continent.
Jedikus rose from his seat.
He waved his fingers in the air a few times, and geometric patterns were drawn before the space rippled.
Demons who have reached a certain level can create gateways that allow them to move through space.
But this is only a spatial movement passage within a dimension.
It does not lead to other dimensions.
Swish.
Jedikus stepped into the passage he created himself.
A moment later.
Jedikus appeared on the messed-up hill.
The first thing he noticed was the completely burned grass and trees on the hill.
And the remains of Centurion Sabant and his adjutants, who had been completely reduced to ashes.
Jedikus's brow furrowed deeply.
His already torn eyes shone even more sharply.
"Flame magic. The work of a human wizard. So it was humans who crossed over. How many of them crossed over?"
Moving to the side a little, he saw the corpses of thirty demons who had been struck by a sharp sword.
"It seems a swordsman came over as well. If they're causing this much trouble, it can't just be one or two who crossed over. These impudent humans..."
But the humans' traces were nowhere to be seen, as if they had already disappeared somewhere.
"Humans. Where did you go..."
After scanning the surroundings, Jedikus moved his feet towards the village below the hill.
"Someone must have seen them. No matter how many of them came over, they won't be able to return to the human realm so easily. Daring to invade the territory of the Phlegeton Legion..."
"Where is this?"
Glacie looked around.
"I don't know either."
The place where Davian and Glacie had moved to was a dark underground space.
Davian had only challenged up to the third stage in his 3rd playthrough, so this was the first time he had been here as well.
Davian and Glacie first walked along the long underground cave.
"Davian."
"Yeah?"
"How do you gather mana in your body? You don't do spiritual practice like other humans, do you? I feel it every time I see you, but your growth rate is so erratic. And fast."
"I..."
How should I explain this?
When he turned his head, he saw Glacie's curious blue eyes.
"I'm the type that grows while fighting."
"What, you're not even telling me? I feel like your growth rate is too fast."
I did tell you.
"But Glacie, can you see how much mana I've gathered? Is it the same for other humans?"
"Spirits are closer to mana than humans."
"Is that so?"
'Point Breakdown.'
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[Mana Points: 73,160]
―Magic Power: 318,086
―Internal Power: 68,042
―External Power: 24,390
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I allocated 10,000 points to magic power to level up the 'Song of Fire' skill.
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[Mana Points: 63,160]
―Magic Power: 328,086
―Internal Power: 68,042
―External Power: 24,390
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'Skill Status'
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[Current Skill Status]
<Passive Skills>
―Blessing of the Hydra Lv.14
―Eyes that See the Path of the Sword Lv.20
<Active Skills>
―Song of Fire (Lv.9→)Lv.12
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'Song of Fire' has reached level 12.
Glacie stopped walking.
"What is it?"
Davian also stopped walking.
"What do you feel?"
"Davian, your magic power just increased."
"Spirits are amazing... You really know right away?"
"What did you do? Why did your magic power suddenly increase? Do it again!"
"Later."
"Later? So you can really increase your magic power at will? And your internal and external power too? Whenever you want, Davian?"
"It's complicated to explain. I can raise it at any time, but I have to gather points first."
"Points?"
"Yeah. I told you. I'm the type that grows while fighting."
"......! That was real?"
In the meantime, the two passed through the long tunnel and entered a wide space.
In the wide space, there were iron-barred doors all around.
Behind the doors were individual rooms of varying sizes.
"Is this a prison?"
"Looks like it?"
They began to enter and examine the surroundings in earnest.
Most of the cells were empty.
Some cells contained demons presumed to be prisoners.
They looked at Davian and Glacie with curious eyes.
It was then.
"Human! A human! Hey! Help us!"
They looked in the direction of the sound.
People clinging to the iron bars and looking this way.
They don't have the horns symbolizing demons on their heads.
Glacie tapped Davian's shoulder.
"Davian! There are humans there?"
"I saw them too."
Davian and Glacie approached the prison where the humans were being held.
One of the men holding onto the bars looked at Davian and slumped his shoulders.
A voice full of disappointment.
"What... It's just a kid?"
The man walked back again and slumped down.
Clang.
Each time the man moved, the thick iron armor made a heavy sound.
There were a total of 3 humans being held in the prison.
One adult man, one adult woman, and one girl who looked even younger than Davian.
The woman next to him asked.
"How did you guys get in here? It's dangerous. If there's an entrance you came in from, hurry and leave."
The woman was wearing light armor and had a scabbard.
It seems the sword was taken away.
"Rohanna! How can you just tell them to leave! Since they came in secretly, they must know how to get out! You should ask them to guide us. And ask about the location of the dimension portal!"
"Peter. What are you saying. If we escape from the prison, the guards will rush in right away. Then these kids will be in danger too."
Rohanna glared at Peter once and then looked back at Davian.
"Hurry. Hurry and go back. If the demons find you, you'll be caught too. No. You might die right away."
Davian opened his mouth.
"How did you get caught and brought here?"
Peter, who was leaning against the wall with his legs stretched out, answered curtly.
"I just thought it was a dungeon and got caught after coming in. Hey kid, if you're not going to get us something to eat, hurry and go back like Rohanna said. Don't get caught for nothing."
"I'm not asking why you came to the demon world, I'm asking how you ended up in this prison."
"I met demons! I fought! I lost! Why are you asking so many questions?"
Davian shook his head.
He's a human with no understanding of demons.
Unless they have value as prisoners or something to gain, they're not the kind of race that would bother to lock humans in this underground prison.
They would just kill them on the spot.
Demons are that warlike.
Rohanna carefully opened her mouth.
"Are you... asking why the demons didn't kill us and just locked us up?"
This one at least understands.
Davian turned his head and looked at Rohanna.
"Yes."
"That's... they keep asking why dimension portals connected to the human realm keep appearing these days."
Glacie giggled.
"You're a clever human. You pretended to know even though you didn't? I know, but I can't tell you! Something like that?"
Rohanna looked at Glacie.
She looks young as well, but unlike Davian, who is even wearing a school uniform, it was a little ambiguous to guess Glacie's age.
'Well, they must be around the same age.'
"That's right. They said they'd come back for another interrogation, but they haven't yet. Maybe they'll kill us right away if they think there's nothing more to find out. So you guys should run away quickly. Don't get caught here. Luckily, demons don't come and go here often. Leave quickly when you have the chance."
Glacie turned to Davian.
"What are you going to do? Davian. Are you going to save them?"
"I don't know..."
It was then.
"Who's there!"
When he turned his head, he could see a dozen or so demons rushing into the tunnel that Davian had passed through.
The demons drew their weapons as soon as they found Davian and Glacie.
The demons started rushing in right away.
'That's how demons should be. So, shall we see the difficulty of the fourth stage?'
Chwa-ra-rak.
Davian created an ice sword.
Glacie came to his side and whispered.
"You should be careful of the one standing in the very back?"
"Right? I felt like he was unusual too."
Davian and Glacie's gaze passed through the rushing demons and went to the demon standing still at the entrance of the cave.
He didn't even draw his weapon.
He was just staring at Davian and Glacie.
The moment Davian and the demon's gazes intertwined in the air.
One of the demons who had rushed in earlier flew directly in front of Davian, blocking his view.
Swish.
Davian's left foot stretched out diagonally forward.
At the same time, the ice sword began to draw a transparent path of the sword.
Chwaak!
Without the sound of sword and sword clashing, the body of the first demon was cut in half.
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