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Chapter 584
Agares looked down at Zeke from the air and raised his hand upward.
The entire arena was engulfed in blue flames.
WHOOSH!
Blue flames hotter than hellfire swept through not just Zeke but the entire space where he stood.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The blue flames that could incinerate thousands of armies in an instant engulfed and burned the entire arena.
Zeke's figure was completely swallowed in the blue flame vortex, becoming completely invisible.
Agares smiled with satisfaction as he watched the blue flames blazing fiercely from the air.
But then.
SWOOSH!
A sharp sword strike flew towards Agares, piercing through the blue flames.
SLASH!
The crescent-shaped sword strike grazed and cut off one of Agares' wings.
Simultaneously, a space in the air rippled as Zeke revealed himself.
WHOOSH!
Zeke, his entire body wrapped in shadows, held Caladbolg imbued with black sword energy.
RUMBLE!
In that state, Zeke took the dragon-slaying stance and drew up his energy.
Dragon Slaying Technique Infinite Sword Form
Chapter 6 Verse 1
Dragon Heart Pierce
The sword technique of the Draker family, the dragon slayers, unfolded.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The shadows wrapping Caladbolg swirled and flew as if to pierce through the heart of Agares, who took the form of a dragon.
Seeing this, Agares snickered mockingly and stretched out his hand to create a spear made of blue flames.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Without hesitation, Agares thrust the blue flame spear toward the black sword strike flying at him.
RUMBLE!
As Zeke's black sword strike and Agares' blue flames collided, shockwaves spread in all directions.
CRACKLE!
Just like with Baal, dimensional cracks began to form from the collision of powerful forces.
Beyond plasma emerging from the cracks, even causality aftershocks occurred.
CRACKLE!
As the collision of forces continued, the dimensional cracks grew worse and causality aftershocks began to sweep through the entire arena.
Baal, who was watching from the spectator seats, jumped up.
Then he spoke to Mephistopheles.
"Demon Lord, are you just going to watch? This place could be torn to shreds!"
It was never easy to create a meeting hall where all the Demon lords could gather at once.
Mephistopheles, who had been watching the battle with interest, pursed his lips at Baal's words and stood up knowingly.
Then he snapped his fingers toward where Zeke and Agares were colliding.
WHOOSH!
Amazingly, as if time was rewinding, the plasma was sucked back into the dimensional holes where cracks had occurred.
After all the plasma disappeared, the dimensional cracks that had spread everywhere also stuck back together, returning to their original stable state.
At the same time, the causality aftershocks that had been sweeping through the entire arena also vanished without a trace.
When the dimension stabilized back to normal, Zeke and Agares glared at each other while retreating in mid-air.
Agares opened his mouth toward Zeke.
"Insolent human. If you had stepped into my domain and faced my true form, your soul would have evaporated instantly."
Zeke sneered at Agares' words and said,
"A mere demon's power is nothing once nullified. You should pray I don't come to your domain, Agares."
Enraged by Zeke's words, Agares tried to summon blue flames again.
But Agares' blue flames disappeared instantly after appearing.
Realizing it was the work of Mephistopheles, the Demon Lord who created this arena domain, he turned his head toward the spectator seats.
"What are you doing?! Remove the restriction immediately! I'll chew that human alive!"
Mephistopheles shook his head at Agares' words.
"Sorry, but no more. If this continues, this place itself will collapse."
Agares gritted his teeth at Mephistopheles' words.
Knowing this place was an unstable dimension, he had tried to incinerate Zeke instantly with his power. But Zeke not only withstood his blue flames but even counterattacked.
Agares had no choice but to withdraw his power.
WHOOSH!
Returning from his dragon form to his original Tuma tribe form, he spoke to Zeke.
"Human, I cannot acknowledge you. Because it's impossible for a pathetic being like you to be a Demon lord."
Zeke threw a sneer at those words and said to Agares:
"Perfect. I didn't want to acknowledge you either. Why don't you give up your Demon lord position and quietly disappear? That would be better for the demon realm."
Agares temper rose again at Zeke's provocation and tried to spew flames.
That's when Mephistopheles snapped his fingers again.
RUMBLE!
In an instant, the arena scenery disappeared and returned to the original grand conference room.
Mephistopheles, seated at the head of the conference room, smiled and said,
"I think this sufficiently demonstrates that Zeke Draker is qualified."
Baal nodded in agreement at Mephistopheles' words, while Agares growled, baring his teeth as if unwilling to acknowledge it.
Then Asmodeus stood up and spoke,
"Demon Lord, I have a suggestion."
Mephistopheles furrowed his brow at Asmodeus' words and said,
"Hmm, what kind of suggestion?"
Asmodeus, the ruler of Gehenna, was a Demon lord with power as strong as Mephistopheles.
He was particularly troublesome in that he was always wary of Mephistopheles' schemes and had the ability to see through them.
If the demons under Asmodeus' command were able to understand and follow their master's intentions even a little properly, the Demon Lord might have changed.
Asmodeus turned his head to look at Zeke and said:l,
"I want to confirm if he has the qualifications of a Demon lord as the successor of the Arrogant Savior."
"Oh? You want to confirm his qualifications as a Demon lord. Wasn't the recent battle enough?"
"If being good at fighting was enough to qualify as a Demon lord, the 'Judge of Endless Struggle' or the 'Herald of Blood and Madness' could have become demon lords too."
In terms of power and forces alone, Gusion and Wirinom were not inferior to the Demon lords.
But there was a reason why they couldn't become Demon lords despite this.
Asmodeus' eyes glowed as he spoke,
"I want to see if Zeke Draker has fully inherited the power of the Arrogant Savior."
A unique power worthy of showing the caliber of a Demon lord.
Without this, one could not be recognized as a ruler of the demon realm no matter how strong they were.
Mephistopheles made a strange expression hearing Asmodeus' words.
Then he turned to Zeke.
"Zeke Draker, you heard what he said. Well, can you prove it?"
Hearing Mephistopheles' words, Zeke looked toward Asmodeus and then took out a sword from his inventory.
He infused the sword that resembled the color of dawn with the power of the Arrogant Savior.
WHOOSH!
Instantly, Arataso, who had been sealed within the sword, revealed himself.
THUD!
Arataso silently bowed his head and prostrated himself before Zeke.
Asmodeus' expression changed when Arataso, appearing in his prime form when he led the 1st Battalion of Morning Star, showed a loyal attitude toward Zeke.
"...Dawn Commander."
Arataso had lost his original power and even his position as Dawn Commander according to the decision made at the Demon lord conference.
Now that same Arataso was proudly displaying his power from his prime after receiving the Arrogant Savior's power again.
But this wasn't the end.
Zeke took out something else from his inventory.
An old bone helmet with cracks all over.
He infused it with Purgatory's power and Recreation, the unique power of the Arrogant Savior.
WHOOSH!
When Zeke injected power, the bone helmet transformed.
RUMBLE!
A demon with ruby eyes wearing dark blue bone helmet and armor.
Asmodius, commander of the White Bone Corps, the Second Battalion of Morning Star, was resurrected by his power.
Summoned again from Purgatory, a fragment of forgotten time, Asmodius knelt before Zeke.
"I have come at master's command."
As if not remembering his previous destruction by Zeke's hands, Asmodius showed a loyal attitude toward Zeke, who had inherited the Arrogant Savior's soul.
Seeing the two commanders of Morning Star acknowledging Zeke as their master, Asmodeus shrugged as if he had nothing more to say.
Zeke looked at the Demon lordsseated in the conference room and said,
"This should be proof enough."
Even Agares, who had been wearing a disgruntled expression, remained quiet, as if unable to find any more grounds for opposition after seeing Arataso and Asmodius.
But then the 'Administrator of the Depths', who had been silent all along, turned his head toward Zeke.
[Zeke Draker.]
Zeke recalled his true name as he looked at the Administrator of the Depths who called him.
'The master of Abaddon, Beelzebub.'
Beelzebub, the master of undead, spirit bodies, or formless beings, was one of the constellations who loved the beings of the material world as much as the Arrogant Savior before falling to the demon realm.
The Arrogant Savior suspected that Beelzebub's love had created an immortal legion by raising the souls and bodies of the dead.
Since the Arrogant Savior created the demon realm by gathering fragments of forgotten time, most demons were residents of destroyed civilizations.
But Beelzebub's followers were those he directly raised from the abyss.
Since the beings Beelzebub gathered were undead who transcended death and those made only of soul bodies, Abaddon had a different appearance from any other region in the demon realm.
Zeke looked at the burning skeleton knight possessed by Beelzebub.
Beelzebub's voice echoed in his head again.
[You are the being most similar to Abaddon.]
Zeke, an immortal being.
As Beelzebub said, Zeke was similar to the undead beings who rose again from death in that they don't die.
Before Zeke could say anything, Beelzebub continued.
[Abaddon will acknowledge the immortal Zeke Draker as a Demon lord. Also, I would like to make a suggestion.]
Hearing Beelzebub's words, Mephistopheles, who was listening nearby, flashed a wary look.
Beelzebub's voice echoed in his head again.
[Immortal, Abaddon would like to request an alliance with you.]
All the Demon lord in the conference room were startled by Beelzebub's sudden words.
Especially Agares, who had been unwilling to acknowledge Zeke, jumped up from his seat and shouted at Beelzebub:
"What nonsense is this?! Not only acknowledging a human as Demon lord but forming an equal alliance! Administrator of the Depths! Have you lost your mind?!"
Though his voice was full of anger, Beelzebub paid no attention to Agares' words and said what he wanted to say.
[What do you think, Immortal. If you accept my proposal, I will make a formal request through Nebilos, the Abaddon watcher you have with you, as an envoy.]
Unexpectedly, Beelzebub, who was thought to be the most difficult to approach, was the first to request an alliance.
Zeke pondered why Beelzebub had proposed an alliance to him first.
Then he understood as he looked at Mephistopheles, whose expression had darkened unlike before.
'He made the first move to check the Demon Lord.'
The Demon Lord had arranged this meeting by putting forward the condition of exclusive exchange with the material world, which could be considered Zeke's domain.
Though he thought he could raise Zeke to Demon lord, he apparently hadn't expected another Demon lord to openly propose an alliance.
Zeke organized the situation in his head and spoke to Beelzebub.
"What are the conditions of the alliance?"
To his words, Beelzebub said,
[I want the advancement of necromancers' rights in the material world.]
Zeke asked in surprise at Beelzebub's unexpected condition.
"You want me to protect the necromancers?"
[Yes. Currently, necromancers and undead in the material world are suffering from unjust oppression.]
Beelzebub said in a serious voice.
[Immortal, I believe you can protect them.]