Chapter 98

That moment.

Tick.

Suho's time has stopped.

[Passive skill '(Unknown)' is activated.]

'… Is it this again?'

While checking the quest window, Suho was already in a world of pure white.

And a huge shadow was cast in front of him.

Suho raised his head and looked at the colossal giant demon looking down at him.

[The Greedy Vulcan]

The name tag floating in front of him caught his eye.

'Are you Vulcan?'

'…'

Despite Suho's words, no answer came from Vulcan, because Vulcan was originally a demon who couldn't speak.

But it worked.

Sigh.

In response to Suho's question, Vulcan smirked with an expression of cruelty and evil.

He then patted his full belly and gently rubbed it as if showing off.

Rumble!

A loud sound was heard from within his belly, as if it was about to explode at the right time.

'Pft.'

Suho couldn't help but laugh at the obvious appearance.

'Why? Are you hungry?'

'Kehehehe.'

Shiver.

Saliva dripped from Vulcan's mouth as he nodded coldly at those words.

'What the…'

Somehow, Vulcan's Horn keeps whining lately…

Maybe it was because there was a delicious smell all over the place.

If you simply look at the visuals, he looked much scarier than the dead monarchs Suho have met so far, but the sense of intimidation was much weaker than the monarchs.

Obviously, it was because Vulcan wasn't even a monarch, he was just a remnant of the soul left in an item.

Compared to the dead monarchs, he feels relatively smaller.

'Item: Vulcan's Horn' was a weapon that became stronger as it ate the demon's soul after all.

Vulcan, who coveted the flesh and blood of demons while alive, has now become an item that devoured the souls of demons after death.

Previously, even if Suho wanted to feed Vulcan, there was little to no presence of demons.

'As Esil mentioned, just like a fat pig…'

'Were you hungry enough to appear right in front of my eyes because there were not enough quests?'

Suho didn't like the ambiguous standards for a quest.

'How much do I need to feed this guy to be full?'

Suddenly, Suho's gaze stayed on Vulcan's full belly.

'How much do you need to eat to be full?'

'Kehehe..'

Vulcan didn't respond and only drooled.

Suho shook his head.

'It doesn't matter.'

After all, demons were everywhere there.

Suho made eye contact with Vulcan and said.

'Okay. I'll feed you without hesitation. But…'

'…?'

'Your horn is nice. Do you have another?'

Vulcan stared at Suho with an incomprehensible expression.

Then, the moment the corners of his lips smirk up…

Ring.

The quest window in front of Suho changed.

[Urgent Quest: Vulcan's Greed]

– Reward: Vulcan's Horn – 2

A line of rewards has been added to the quest window.

Suho's eyes sparkled.

"Okay. Deal."

Negotiation complete.

Vulcan flashed the cruelest smile…

Swoosh!

Time, which had stopped, began to move again.

Returning to reality in an instant, Suho looked forward with a flashing gaze.

"Moooo!"

From all sides, maddened Minotaurs were running, burning their last remaining lives.

However, Suho did not even pay attention to them and focused only on the demon's chief.

"Detoxify."

As soon as those words were spoken, someone in the distant world of emptiness raised their eyes insidiously.

[The Queen of Bugs, Plague Monarch, licks her lips while looking at the light-blooded poison.]

Then.

[Detoxifies – 'Debuff: Light Blood Poison'.]

[Detoxifies – 'Debuff: Light Blood Poison'.]

[Detoxifies – 'Debuff: Light Blood Poison'.]

[Detoxifies – 'Debuff: Light Blood Poison'.]

…

The demon guards there have been effectively controlling other demons using light-blooded poison.

Trying to feed Suho with food mixed with light-blooded poison was part of that.

However, it rather led to allowing Suho to break down their means of control.

Suho could freely decode and detoxify the poison he ingested.

"Mooooo…!"

"Mooooo…!"

In an instant, madness escaped from the bodies of the Minotaur like smoke, and they began to fall down on the spot.

[You have killed a Cultivated Minotaur.]

[You have killed a Cultivated Minotaur.]

[You have killed a Cultivated Minotaur.]

…

They lost their lives the moment the light-blooded poison escaped.

Ring!

[Your level increased!]

Swoosh!

"Good timing."

Just in time, Suho, who had recovered to the peak of his condition, reached out to the warden.

"Take this."

[Use 'Debuff: Light-Blooded Poison'.]

Swoosh!

The intangible poison that stretched from Suho's hand hit the warden.

"You are performing tricks!"

Roar!

The warden then swung his arm as if it were ridiculous.

It was embarrassing that the Minotaurs suddenly collapsed, but he had already arrived right next to Suho.

The scorching heat of the warden hit Suho.

Swoosh-!

Rather than backing down, Suho rushes forward.

He raised his hand, grabbed Vulcan's Horn that was on his head, and pulled it out.

Like pulling a sword out of a scabbard.

In his hand, Vulcan's Horn returned to its original form as a sword and was swung.

[Use 'Skill: Blade Storm.]

Slash-!

A fierce storm of blades attacked, cutting the warden's flames in half.

The warden's eyes widened.

"I can't believe you can even use weapons! ! As expected, you are the blood of Vulcan…!"

"How dare you change my Dad as you want!"

Suho immediately took out the 'Item: Rakan's Sword' from his inventory and swung his twin swords fiercely.

[What are you going to do if he finds out that you are human?]

Esil's voice was mixed with concern.

However, the warden was not an easy opponent to the extent of saving his strength.

The green miasma and red flames he expelled raged, fighting the blade storm.

Esil clicked her tongue.

[He's a really messy guy. Does he handle fire while using poison?]

In common sense, poison and fire are incompatible, so it was a difficult combination to use together.

The warden was doing the difficult thing himself.

In the eyes of the lofty demon noble Esil, it was nothing but useless.

[Efficiency comes out when power is concentrated into one. Using multiple powers at the same time…]

Suho exclaimed excitedly.

"Nice! Let's see who's more promiscuous!"

[Hey…! Don't compete with that!]

Messy?

Such an expression did not apply to Suho in the first place.

He was truly a one-man army!

Also, his army was stronger as various types of shadow soldiers were gathered.

"Come out, Quay!"

[I accept Master's command.]

Suho's shadow was thick under the feet of the warden.

In the shadows, Quay's eerie spear blade, which was only looking for an opportunity, rose vertically at the same time as he answered.

Slash-!

"Ack!"

The warden hurriedly twisted his body, but was unable to completely avoid Quay's spear.

That was enough.

[Quay uses 'Debuff: Paralysis Poison'.]

"…!"

The warden was startled and felt his body suddenly dull.

The most common type of Querehsha's poison that Suho consumed in the death realm was those with paralysis poison.

As Quay became a shadow soldier, he was able to apply Suho's poison to his weapon instead of the queen bee's royal jelly.

"Poison doesn't work on me!"

Roar!

The warden blew away the paralysis poison by heating up his whole body with fire.

['Debuff: Paralysis Poison' is canceled.]

But that fleeting moment was enough.

Suho's twin swords decapitate the warden.

"…!"

[You have defeated the demon Warden.]

[Vulcan's Horn devours the demon's soul.]

The warden's head rolled on the floor with his eyes wide open.

'Oh. They're giving me 10 souls?'

Suho quickly confirmed the amplifying power of Vulcan's Horn.

Perhaps because of the atmosphere, the illusion of Vulcan giggling and tapping his stomach passed by.

That moment.

Uproar-!

A great uproar filled the Colosseum.

"T-The warden is dead!"

"The one-horned man killed the warden!"

"A demon noble has appeared!"

"He was really the son of Vulcan!"

[Khiiick! These bastards are to rip! How dare you say who is whose son!]

Beru couldn't hold back his anger and went wild.

Suho turned his gaze and glared in the direction of the demon guards.

"Okay, who will come out next?"

"…"

The demon guards were frozen on the spot with stiff expressions, unable to answer.

"… Hmm?"

Suho suddenly realized that the guards' frightened eyes were looking somewhere other than him.

Chills.

Suho turned his head towards where he felt his senses stat warning.

Right there…

"What?"

Suho couldn't help but put on a puzzled expression.

The body of the dead warden was getting up again on the spot with its head cut off.

Roar!

Suddenly, the hot flames that rose from inside the warden's body began to burn, using his entire body as a wick.

[Mad-Blooded Tyrant]

'The name has changed!'

Suho fixed his twin swords with nervous eyes.

At that moment, horror-soaked screams of demons erupted from all directions.

"T-The tyrant king has arrived!"

"Tyrant king…!"

The demon guards trembled.

[It's a parasitic demon!]

At that moment, Esil's voice, which penetrated Suho's head, contained tremendous caution.

"A parasitic demon?"

[Yeah. I don't know if he's been hiding here since the beginning or if he just got in… something's off.]

Suho raised his twin swords and glared at the mad-blooded tyrant.

Roar!

The entire headless body of the warden was burning hot.

Like… Like a 'Mist Burn'.

Although the colors of the flames were different, the basic structure was so identical that it gave Suho goosebumps.

'… Is it a coincidence?'

No way.

Suho could have predicted it.

How many of the strange things he had experienced so far were by chance?

All of those things were like coincidences.

No- like fate.

[This energy…]

All of those things were waiting on the road ahead of Suho as if it were natural.

[Young Master, please prepare.]

Beru appeared in front of Suho. He squinted his eyes and glared at the mad-blooded tyrant.

[Outer God, an apostle of Itharim has appeared.]