Asmophel
"y-You....can l-leave me" Mercedes in Ash hands stuttered with red face as Ash carried her in princess carry.
Lorex and Lucas seeing this gave him thumbs up inwardly and focused on Astaroth.
Ash nodded and then entered Mana overlord mode, he sucked all the mana from surroundings causing the storm field to weaken and stop, as his Mana reached its limit Ash stopped and looked at Astaroth.
"everyone leave" he shouted and then everyone seeing him bathing in power nodded and moved away.
'time to utilize my second creation' Ash mumbled and then attacked "Light Dragon's Breath"
It was the second Magic he created, although it has long casting time of 20 seconds but in mana overlord state all casting time is ignored.
[Elemental Dragon breath Lv. 1]
A spell that depicts the breath of the Dragon
Deals 8,000% fixed magic damage to the target and an additional 5,000% explosion fire damage to all beings within 10 meters of the target.
*Each Element have a specific effect
*Currently available Breaths attack : Light and Shadow
*Light breath Effect : hit rate +50%
*Shadow breath Effect : a fixed random dark abnormal condition
Skill mana Cost: 15,000
Skill Casting time : 20 seconds
Skill Cooldown Time: 10 minute]
As Ash said a Golden magic circle formed and from there a Light beam like spear of judgement emerged and attacked Astaroth, but Ash didn't stop there and released it four more times, causing a 10 m range to become charred crater.
Although one would have been enough if they were in same level but due to level difference the damage was greatly reduced causing Jake to use all the 5 turns to attack Astaroth.
After using it Ash fell helplessly and as he was falling from air , he found someone grabbing him, "it's my turn to save you" Mercedes gave him a teasing smile as she catches him.
Ash fell into weakened state after using all his mana for 5 seconds, causing this opportunity to appear.
he blushed being carried by Mercedes like that.
To distract himself ,Ash decided to look at notifications.
[You have succeeded in sealing the weakened great demon, Astaroth!]
[1st place raid compensation is acquired!]
[Astaroth power is engraved on Rune of Sins and Virtue]
[you have level up]
[First Riad contribution reward ..]
he checked his level and saw it skyrocketing to level 191 from initially 101 level.
After all he was only level 101 despite his power that he inherited from Madra temporarily, making him someone equal to 400+ player, while Astaroth was 400+ Enemy.
"It seems you defeated me" Mercedes suddenly said.
"huh?" Ash tilted his head.
"My contribution is 2nd while yours is first, doesn't that mean you won" Mercedes chuckled seeing Ash bewildered look.
'Madra, does it count as win?' Ash nodded to Mercedes and mentally asked Madra.
-Yes, it does, congrats on becoming my successor
-Would you like to inherit right now or later
'later please' Ash said and Madra nodded and then all the power he inherited from Madra left his body, causing him slight discomfort.
"what happened to you?" Mercedes suddenly shouted and others looked at him.
'I forgot about her eyes' Ash thought trying to come up with a perfect excuse.
***
At S.A.
"it went well" Yoon nahee sighed in relief as she saw Astaroth getting defeated.
He wasn't supposed to be defeated this earlier but Ash who received Madra strength made it possible.
"I can't even imagine what would have happened if he had killed all those Red knights" Yoon nahee thought and shuddered.
"If they have died a large amount of content would have been destroyed" Lim Cheolho said.
"I guess it's better he received that class" Yoon Nahee nodded and approved of Ash.
'It's better if he receive those classes, he treats NPCs well' Yoon Nahee thought and Ash gained another fan without him knowing.
***
"Why did you have to go that far?" Mercedes asked as Ash said the excuse.
"I don't want..... you to Die too" Ash felt cringing to infinite extent as he said those words.
But it seems to work as Ash received another notification
[Affinity with Mercedes reached 100, marriage is possible]
Mercedes blushed and looked at him " I will protect you until you regain your powers back" She said grabbing his hand.
Earlier Ash made a simple yet perfect excuse, he used forbidden technique to kill the Demon causing some of his strength to lost permanently.
"we all are indebted to you Sir Ash" Lorex and others bowed and thanked Ash for his non existent sacrifice..
"but..."
"you really went easy on us" Lorex said as he looked at 5 m deep and 10 m wide charred crack.
"I am happy he went easy on me" Lucas waved his hand and said.
"hahaha" Mercedes laughed and then everyone started laughing too.
The solemn atmosphere changed to happy one.
***
"Let's go and catch Asmophel before he runs away," Lucas suddenly declared, his words filled with killing intent.
The others nodded, their expressions reflecting the same bloodlust.
"I don't think you should do this," Ash interjected, and then everyone turned to look at him.
Previously, they might have frowned and ignored his opinion, but now he commanded respect among them all.
"why?" Mercedes asked him.
"he said he has a contractor right?, and since he was 4th red Knight for so long, it means his contractor position is not small"
"Only me and Mercedes should go, we can act like Mercedes trying to attract me to Red Knight while she shows me might of Empire and....."Ash started explaining his plan and everyone nodded.
"we will go and block all exits just in case" Lucas said and then everyone nodded and went to work.
"you should rest" Mercedes said to Ash, grabbing his shirt.
"It's okay, I can fight, although not strongly as before" Ash chuckled and said.
Mercedes nodded and thought 'Once again I caused harm to someone, but...this time I won't leave his side'
She clenched her fist and thought with determination.
While Ash checked the new Spell he got for defeating Astaroth as well as Astaroth Power.
[Shadow Bite]
Deals 10% of targets max. health damage to a target, Damage increases to 30% if the target is hidden in shadows.
*target will unconditionally receive heavy Bleeding status, losing 1% of it's max. health per seconds for 60 seconds.
*Deals additional 100% Magic damage to target which is bound.
*Damage increased by 20% if thee shadow bites used consecutively
A spell created by Isabelle to take care of Assassins specifically.
Skill Cost : 10,000 mana
Casting time : 10 seconds
Cooldown : 10 min]
[Weakened Great Demon Astaroth's Power]
If you are a demonkin or have demonic energy, you can create the 'Storm Demonic Energy Field.'
★Special★
*Can use as user has Sin Stat,
[Storm Demonic Energy Field- Weakened State (3)]
[-Summons a lightning storm with a radius of 200 meters.
-Field Effect 1-
A maximum of 11 lightning strikes will occur at least four times per second. The struck target will suffer 10,000 fixed damage, resulting in paralysis, stuns, burns, and other status conditions.
* Lightning bolts will fall randomly. In addition, the lightning bolt won't distinguish between enemies and friends. It will be a threat to all except for the caster.
-Field Effect 2-
Strong winds will lighten the user's body. Under the effect of the strong winds, the user's movement speed will increase by 20%. On the other hand, everyone apart from the user will be unable to cope with the pressure of the strong wind and movement speed will drop by 20%.
-Field Effect 3-
The heavy winds will interrupt the visibility of all targets except the user, reducing the accuracy rate by 10%.
-Field Effect 4-
The sound of thunder in the ears will cause confusion. The skill and casting speed of everyone except the user is reduced by 10%.
-Field Effect 5-
Sealed due to the weakening. Will be opened in Weakened State (2).
-Field Effect 6-
Sealed due to the weakening. Will be opened in Weakened State (1).
-Field Effect 7-
Sealed due to the weakening. Will be opened when released from a weakened state.
Resources consumed when field is activated: 1,000 mana per second.
The time it takes to summon the field: 30 seconds.
* Activated immediately in places where the weather is already cloudy.
Skill Cooldown Time: 20 minutes.]