-Chapter 154: Har Vs Lilith (Part 2)-
Boom!!*
With a loud roar, the fireball exploded as it touched the vines, releasing all the energy contained within.
Even though Lilith was still conjuring the vines and they had surrounded Har, she still had a bad feeling, as she tried to swallow her opponent, suddenly there was a bang and her vines were torn to pieces, a sea of flames formed in an instant. sweeping in all directions with ferocity trying to burn everything in its path.
Just in an instant, all of his whips disappeared and he came face to face with the explosion, it's lucky that he had cast magic barriers in advance.
"...!!"
Seeing the sea of flames that was being blocked by the barriers and passing around her, Lilith suddenly felt strange, she seemed to be being suppressed and went on the defensive without realizing it.
Crack!*
As the flames of anger began to boil her blood within her, Lilith's eyes widened as she noticed a crack in the first magical barrier.
'What's with this attack?'
Lilith was a bit incredulous, an attack that was cast in a second shouldn't be able to have this kind of destructive power, it's just that she doesn't know something important, Har doesn't use magic to attack so he doesn't cast at all, he just enhances his skills consuming MP in an instant.
A bead of sweat ran down Lilith's beautiful face, the blazing flames passing by her seemed to be at an ultra-high temperature, but she didn't have time to worry about it, because the first barrier was broken at this moment.
Crack!*
'Damn!'
The second barrier was broken as soon as the first, Lilith cursed in her mind wondering where this guy had come from, how is it possible that a simple attack could take her to this extreme?
Extending her arms, purple energy lit up her palms and the third barrier became much stronger.
When the entire explosion ended in a few seconds, the barrier had cracked a bit but Lilith was still intact.
"Who or what are you supposed to be?"
Seeing the crack in the barrier that had improved, Lilith understood that a fight between her and this person would have an unknown end, it sounds normal that both sides of a war could lose in a battle, but this is different, she is a lord of the Hell, an all-powerful existence in hell second only to Mephisto.
Even in the war against angels, demon lords and archangels should have a similar level in the hierarchy between dimensions, but still archangels were forced to cooperate with others to face a demon lord, it can be seen that the strength of demons is much higher than that of angels on the same level, perhaps because of their fighting-loving hot blood or their racial talent "Bloodlust".
So, it's hard for Lilith to believe that a simple stranger from the crowd is capable of representing a problem for her, if anyone can rival her, doesn't that mean that the demon lords, rulers of some levels of the abyss, and the worthy Archangels from heaven are nothing more than trash? Obviously it can't be possible, the problem is with this person, it must be someone special.
"..."
Hearing the question, Har stared at Lilith as if thinking of an answer, but actually, she had activated the ability "Explosive Aura" and constantly reinforced it with Mp to resist the explosion, now she was just thinking about whether to release it and blow up the monster. demon in front of him, if he can resist, he still has a better way to end this.
On the other hand, Lilith was a bit flustered, she could feel the aura of that guy in front of her constantly growing, furthermore, seeing her enemy's indifferent expression, as if the whole fight up to now was a game, Lilith got angry, but he had to take precautions.
Bam!*
Just as she thought, Har released the energy stored in the Wither's aura so far, a huge explosion went off directly in front of Lilith, but she was already expecting this attack.
Unlike Har, Lilith has some freedom over her own magical power, thanks to this she was able to hurriedly conjure a bunch of barriers around her, if one can't resist, there are still two more later, and if they can't resist, she's already conjured three. More before those, this is a big advantage that the demons have against the Runners.
By the time the explosion ended, Lilith had exhausted only a part of her magic power and was still intact, the barriers around her disappeared and she glared at her opponent not far away, but before she could attack, the next words she heard they made her stop and think.
"Who am I, I am the reason why you could come here, and what am I, the reason why you can't leave here."-Har said slowly as he took out a small glass bottle from his inventory, given that the explosion was useless, he will use another way to end this.
Obviously, Har can deduce that Mephisto was able to descend to this dimension thanks to the opening of a Nether portal, as for the second part of the sentence, that's because he already knew that the portals that connect to hell closed as soon as Mephisto was locked in a bottle, and from his actions right now, it seems that he also has a hidden meaning.
"What?"-Lilith was stunned, a lot of theories started going through her mind as soon as she heard it.
The reason why he was able to come here from the beginning that was because his Demon King Mephisto somehow found a way to connect with the human world, as for why he can't leave the human world and return to hell, that's because the portals were inadvertently closed, Mephisto must have closed them for some unknown reason,
So, whether it's the reason she's here or the reason she can't get out, it's all because of Mephisto, the first part of these words make no sense to her at all, however, the rest of the prayer reminded him of AnulGnik's words.
'Abnormal changes in hell? It's problems with the dimension of the Demon King Mephisto, if the portals were closed because of this, then…'
As soon as she quickly analyzed this for a short time, Lilith's eyes flashed as if she had finally come to a conclusion, and she became alarmed as soon as she thought of this.
"Was you?!"
Immediately, all of Lilith's aura was released and everything around her began to distort.
"You! What conspiracies do you have with hell? Tell me the whole truth."
Gravity increased several times, an effect caused only by the powerful pressure instilling the terrible aura released by Lilith, if a human were here they would undoubtedly be smashed to the ground with no chance to get up, but we're talking about Har on the other side, every part of his body contains a large amount of Mana thanks to the imperfect sage mode, in addition, his powerful dragon wings are enough to resist even against Mephisto's pressure.
At Lilith's words, her eyes flashed with purple light and her brainwashing charm spell was immediately released.
This spell will work as long as it is used on someone weaker than Lilith or someone with weak willpower.
"Uh?"
Lilith thought that the guy in front of her might fall under her spell, but Har's mind is the strongest point of her, still, a smile could be seen on her face for a brief moment, it seemed that Lilith he used illusion or something.
'Even if it's just a spell, it's still good to see her one more time..'
Har shook his head and the smile disappeared, it seemed that Lilith had shown him an illusion that brought back good memories, that's because Lilith's appearance changed to that of a person Har appreciates, the woman with whom he had lived so many good and bad times and the one he would marry at the end of his past life, but obviously Har did not fall for this illusion.
Then, a hand-like energy came out from behind him and slowly extended holding the crystal bottle towards Lilith, he intends to end this meaningless battle already.
"You, do you think you're still in a condition to play in front of me?!"
Lilith didn't get upset that her spell had no effect, but seeing that her opponent launched such a slow technique towards her and started waving her arms like a clown, she seemed to take it as a joke..
Immediately, a whip was shot as if by magic with clear intentions to destroy the glass bottle, at the same time, a bunch of purple lights shone illuminating the sky behind Lilith, they seemed like small stars that made the light shine even more. Lilith's beauty.
Before the whip can break the bottle, Lilith and Har stretched out their arms pointing at each other, then both of them yelled out the names of their attacks at the same time.
"Stardust Punishment!!"
"Maffuba!!"
Wooooosh!!*
As soon as she shouted this, the countless bright stars behind Lilith shot out gathering together like a sandstorm, flying like a raging tide against Har.
Actually, this is an attack method developed by Lilith thanks to the high quality of her magic power, only a demon lord level succubus like her could pull off this attack, because each star-like point of light is the magic power typical of the succubus demons.
That is to say, it is similar to his ability with the whips, only that it reduced them to the size of a speck of dust that could be absorbed by the opponent's body, this is something terrifying, because each of these specks of dust can drain vitality of his opponent in large quantities, if someone is showered by these star-like dust specks…he would undoubtedly be reduced to a bag of bones in an instant.
Casting her technique, Lilith couldn't gloat for a second, because she witnessed a strange magic power that spread out from her opponent with even more speed than her own "stardust punishment".
It's just that, despite being able to perceive this energy clearly, Lilith didn't understand the purpose of this thing, it obviously didn't seem to be a method of attack, and in case it is, her opponent still has to face her stardust punishment and it should die quickly, so he took confidence and continued to control the tide of tiny, glowing specks of dust.
Just the next moment...
"What, what is this?! What's wrong with me?!"
As soon as the energy reached her place, Lilith suddenly felt something extremely strange, as if she was targeted by a terrifying gravity or suction force, her body began to stretch and was being pulled somewhere.
Because of this he focused all his attention on whatever was going on, so the whip tensed and then disappeared, he immediately increased the amount of magical power released and his body began to emanate purple aura, however it didn't seem to be Enough, she was still being stretched as if her body were elastic.
Her face showed bewilderment for a moment, then she turned into resignation and anger, she doesn't know what her opponent is doing, but she shouldn't be able to survive her attack, so she stood her ground with the previous decision of hers even at this moment.
On the other hand, Har looked at the shining tide that had arrived with a bad feeling, he had experienced the power of Lilith's whips before and could get an idea of the effect of these things, then he wondered, which is faster, regeneration from the crystal of the End or the life absorption of this thing?
'Damn!'
Har cursed eagerly, this is different from the whips before, his virtual hearts began to drop as soon as he was touched by these little things, the regeneration of the Ending Crystal was not enough to counter the vitality drain effect, 5 hearts dropped in a second even with the regeneration effect.
Once his entire body was covered in glowing dust, about 25 hearts disappeared every second that passed, this is now that his virtual hearts joined together to reduce their amount, so it would be about 50 hearts if it was before, or in other words , is losing 50 Hp per second.
"Hahahahahahaha!!"-While Har was anxious, Lilith on the other hand started laughing madly, her eyes had turned blood red and her aura increased by at least three times and she didn't seem to be the limit of her
Unlike the other demons, Lilith has developed a method to support this innate ability (Bloodlust) and get the most out of it, it is a rather simple method that was not actually developed with that intention, regeneration.
Taking advantage of her innate ability as a succubus demon, Lilith found a way to put vitality to another use, instead of just storing vitality like other succubus demons, Lilith can burn vitality from her body to regenerate.
Thanks to this she can use "Bloodlust" at its best, no matter how much her body is damaged by using this skill, because she can continue to heal the wounds by burning her vitality.
That is to say, Lilith at this moment is taking full advantage of both innate abilities, thanks to the regeneration she can maintain the increase in her power with the bloodlust, and with the increase in power it was enough to resist the maffuba, as for running out of Vitality, Har is acting as a trusted source right now so no problem.
It's only a matter of time until your opponent loses his ability to fight, then victory will be yours, although the damage caused by "Bloodlust" mode becomes more and more severe as time goes by, he doesn't believe the vitality of his opponent resists to the point that his regeneration can't counteract the damage, or so he thinks.
Seeing how his vitality literally disappeared in front of his eyes, Har could feel that he was weakening rapidly, although it was only reflected in his Hp, it directly affected all physical attributes, he knows that he must make a decision as soon as possible, so he did not delay any longer. I had thought for a long time.
Just thinking about it, he made contact with his merchant storage and an object appeared behind him, at the same time, he controlled the energy of the End to hold the object, a second crystal that fired a beam of energy towards Har.
This was his first idea, since regenerating an Ending crystal doesn't work, maybe two will make a difference, and if two isn't enough, then add three or four to counter the absorb.
'It doesn't seem like adding more will be effective…'-Har thought this with a bit of pity, because his regeneration was not only unable to withstand despite adding a new ending crystal, but it didn't really improve at all and his vitality followed the initial consumption.
Although, in the game, getting regeneration from two different parts, like two headlights, doesn't increase the effect in the slightest, Har still wanted to experiment with the end crystals, maybe these things would be different, even more so when he's out of the game. video game, but it seems that is not the case.
But,even though the regeneration given by the crystals stays the same,the magic power he got from the >Meditation< skill has been doubled,so it's not that useless after all,so he increased the mana consumption turning it into large amounts of health for the Vexes, who should now be in the previous battlefield against the zombies.
It would be great to be able to do this to himself, i.e. being able to consume mana to increase his own Hp regeneration ability, if he had such an ability he would be practically immortal, after all, Ending crystals provide unlimited energy.
Back on topic, if he doesn't find a way to end this quickly, he thinks it will take less than 2 minutes before his vitality is completely depleted.
'How is it that this demon can resist for so long? Even Mephisto had problems before...'-Har questioned the power of the maffuba, before he captured Mephisto with only a little time, but now a simple demon can resist the Maffuba effects, is there something wrong with this?
He unfortunately doesn't have time to think about this right now, but instead he used his mental capacity to the fullest and began to think of possibilities to recover Hp.
The first thing he thought of was using the hermit's seeds, these things can heal a dying person in an instant, although they also have some restrictions, it's best to try this first.
Similar to the situation above, Har controlled his energy thanks to the control he gained from the dragon tear, he took out a green seed from the inventory with a thought and used his energy to hold the seed, ate it without a second thought. .
To his surprise, Har only watched as the energy he had exhausted up to now was filled up again, but his hearts continued to decline without changing in his favor.
'Why is this?'
Har only thought about it for a moment, maybe it's because he really isn't hurt at all, as he remembers, the hermit's seeds can't cure diseases either, maybe the life absorption that Lilith uses is something like that, anyway , still has other methods.
His second idea was golden apples, these things provide extra Hp and the regeneration effect II, but he has these things stored inside Shulker chests, plus his Shinigami stat "Addicted to Apples" could make this a danger, he might go broke as soon as he gets back to the first floor, so he went to the third option.
'Although I can't recover Hp with the regeneration of the crystals, I still have the potions.'
Using the energy from before, Har took out a regeneration potion II and immediately drank it, as a result, he finally calmed down seeing the Hp in front of his eyes.
Even though everything seems to last for a long time, in reality it has only been about 30 seconds and he had lost almost 50% of his Hp so far, however, the virtual hearts began to slowly fill up, even surrounded by the deadly technique of Lilith, the effect of the regeneration potion II was able to counteract the decrease in life.
Although it was somewhat to be expected, after all, the tower described the potion and says that it recovers 5% health per second, Lilith is absorbing about 50 Hp every second, but (considering her current max Hp) the potion should recover about 160 points per second, so Har can completely counter the effects of "Stardust Smite", even though the potion lasts less than 30 seconds, he still has more potions if he needs them.
'What's with this bastard bastard?!'
Lilith had mixed emotions at this moment and her expression distorted, her young and beautiful face turned as ugly as a creature from the depths of the ocean, anger from bloodlust, anxiety about side effects, worry by the second artifact (Crystal of the End) that her opponent had pulled out of nowhere, the pressure being exerted on her by Har's ability and overwhelming magical power, furthermore, the daze and disbelief at noticing that she did not weaken despite lose so much vitality
As time passed, she began to think that Har is a true monster beyond her level, the anxiety and fear within her increased more and more.
"Ugh!!"
Only 40 seconds after fully activating the "bloodlust" mode, Lilith had to pay a heavy price for every second that passed, she could no longer support even with the consumption of vitality to regenerate.
She felt like some of her internal organs couldn't bear the 10 times exaggerated increase in the amount of power anymore and exploded, her muscles collapsed filling up with cuts, blood spurted out from all over her body and the skin of her skin. she started to come off.
"Dammit, what the hell is wrong with you, how can you have so much vitality, you are a fucking monster!!!"
Lilith screamed loudly, her appearance was very pitiful and terrifying, she began to cry tears of blood as the Maffuba exerted its effect on her weak body, she couldn't sustain the crazy consumption of magic power to resist any longer, her eyes returned to the normal as he tried to recover from his injuries with the vitality that kept sucking from Har like a leech.
As a proud demon lord, she would never have thought that she would meet a stranger who would leave her in this state, what's more, she is completely out of touch with reality because even her mental health is collapsing, she can't believe that someone is able to bear his technique for so long, even if it's another demon lord, it would definitely be weak by now, but what about this opponent, it seems that "Stardust Smite" is just a joke to him.
"My king will never forgive you, he will definitely find you, take your soul and torture you in hell for all eternity!!!"
Lilith screamed madly as she distorted, her body spinning like a rag in a clothes dryer as she became smaller the closer she got to the glass vial until finally being sucked in.
"These demons have very strange abilities…"
When Lilith was sealed, the stardust (or whatever was conjured up with her magical power) disappeared, so Har could sigh in relief after this exhausting fight, it wasn't difficult, but Lilith's abilities were very problematic in a certain way. Meaning, Har thought that he might be traumatized by this fight.
"I just hope I get something good out of you..."
Har said looking at the crystal bottle he had brought back in front of him, he was obviously talking about obtaining a skill for capturing this demon, it's just that, remembering the disgusting whips and the appearance of this thing, a chill rose from his feet. even his head, he definitely doesn't want something like that, though… he must admit that the ability to absorb Hp is pretty good.
"What the hell did you do with-...???!!!"
The little ant-sized Lilith kept screaming, hitting the bottle again and again trying to get out, only when she turned around and saw Har, who had become a giant in her eyes, her face was shocked with fear and finally she was left. silent.
"Now I have two of you, but this one is weak unlike Mephisto."
Har didn't know Lilith at all, he only fought her because she's a demon, he didn't expect she'd be that strong, since he'll be facing a lot of demons he thought it was best to ask about power levels or something, so he took out Mephisto's house, that is, a glass bottle from his inventory, to ask.
"Tell me about the hierarchy among the demons, who are the strongest?"-Har held little Mephisto's house in his right hand and asked directly, there was no respect in his tone of voice and he just looked at him indifferently. .
"You bastard! Why should I tell you? Hahahahahaha!"-Going back to the human world, Mephisto had no plans to answer Har's questions, it was hard to stay locked in a bottle all the time inside a space It's dark, so I'd take this time to appreciate the views.
"Huh?"-Mephisto was stunned at this moment, because in Har's left hand he could see another house like his, that is, another jar, and he did not expect to find a pitiful Lilith in that place.
"...????????"
Seeing Mephisto on the other side, Lilith was completely stunned, why is her honorable and almighty demon king inside a jar just like her? Wasn't she supposed to find the bastard who left her in this pitiful state and torture him for all the eternity?
Thinking that even the god of hell was captured, and that she actually fought the person who put Mephisto in a bottle, she immediately felt an emptiness inside her, as if nothing in the world made sense, it seems like she never had. the chance to win from the beginning, he finally ran out of strength and mental strength and passed out.
-End of this chapter-