Chapter 116
Chapter 116
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 116
Chapter Title: Boss Discovered
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[Boss Discovered]
[You have encountered the hidden boss of the Seventh Round.]
[A fragment of memory from 'Satan' is activated, reproducing the story video.]
The fragment of memory within Satan was activated.
The scene shown to the player revealed how one of the great demons, Satan, had come to be born.
The great war known as the God-Demon War.
At the center of that battlefield, Satan raised his sword high.
“Protect Lord Lucifer!”
This was Satan before his fall, in his days as an archangel. A holy being who had stood with Lucifer against God, before they were cast down to Hell.
With the cathedral at the center, demons and angels clashed.
Half the sky above the cathedral poured down the light of Heaven, while the other half blazed with the flames of Hell.
It was an evenly matched battle, impossible to say who held the advantage.
Angels fought to defend the cathedral, while demons sought to stop them. I stood in the midst of it all, watching the story video unfold.
“……So those are them.”
Among the angels, seven who stood out with their utterly different attire and weapons.
Among the thousands, tens of thousands of soldiers, five demons radiating an aura unlike any other.
Seven angels and five demons.
The leaders representing each side.
-Lord Beelzebub, Michael and Raphael are entering the cathedral!
The demon with a fly’s face on a human body, Beelzebub, spotted the archangels and opened his mouth wide.
Countless flies poured from it, blocking the cathedral entrance.
“Stop them from getting inside!”
At Beelzebub’s shout, Leviathan struck the stairs with lightning, shattering them.
Boom!
The angels didn’t cease their fight to reclaim the cathedral.
The deadlock began to tilt bit by bit, and as the number of fallen soldiers dwindled to half, the war’s outcome became clear.
-Kieeeeeek!
There were simply too many demons.
Which meant the souls flowing in from the human world outnumbered the good with evil.
With the numbers differing by more than double, a prolonged war made the result inevitable.
The angels, knowing this, had tried to end it quickly, but their reckless assault led to this.
Crack!
Leviathan’s trident pierced Lucifer’s abdomen.
“It’s over now.”
Lucifer groaned and swung his blade at Leviathan. It was a critical strike, but it dealt no significant damage.
The blade flew too lightly to even tear his skin.
“Huff…. Leviathan….”
“Why’d God even bother creating trash like this in Hell? If we’d just stayed out of each other’s way, none of this would’ve happened.”
“Shut up.”
“Kehehe, you’re about to vanish. How about praying to God once? Beg the Almighty to spare you.”
Several lesser demons thrust their spears through Lucifer’s torso.
Eight spear tips embedded in Lucifer’s relatively small frame compared to the demons.
His aide, Satan, rushed in to help, shielding him with a shield and repelling the demons.
Then he smashed down with a mace infused with holy light.
“Lord Lucifer!”
But it was already too late.
The blood loss was too severe; death was only a matter of time. Sensing his end, Lucifer prayed to God.
[May the name of the Father be hallowed….]
Beelzebub, seeing this, burst into loud laughter.
“Kraahaha! Praying to God now, are you?”
“Shut…. up.”
“Why not pray to me instead? I’ll reincarnate you as a demon.”
Beelzebub had been called the king of Hell before Lucifer turned demonic.
That is, until he suffered great wounds in this God-Demon War.
“Shut—up!!!”
Swoosh—
Thud.
Satan collapsed beside Lucifer. Turning his head, he saw Asmodeus of Lust smirking vilely. Blood dripped from his blade.
Lucifer yanked out one of the spears in his body and hurled it at Asmodeus.
“Uwaaaah!”
Whoosh—
The spear grazed Asmodeus’s cheek. Hell’s demons laughed in unison at the pathetic sight.
As defeat loomed, Michael raised his holy sword overhead and shouted.
“All forces, retreat!”
The angels flapped their white wings and took flight. Having failed to conquer Hell, they returned to Heaven.
Lucifer, captured by the enemy leader, prayed desperately.
Please don’t let him disappear.
But his voice didn’t reach God. Or even if it did, He couldn’t grant the plea. Good and evil could oppose each other, but God was the creator who took no side.
Angels and demons.
Both were His creations.
Lucifer grabbed Satan’s head and cried out.
“God!”
* * * * *
In Heaven’s sacred corridor, a meeting of angels convened.
A massive, long round table filled the room.
At its head sat Seraph Metatron, who conveyed God’s commands, flanked by the archangels under him.
Though a seraph, Metatron was Heaven’s scribe and a figure equated with God Himself.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Metatron rapped the desk with his small hand.
“Lucifer?”
Michael answered.
“He’s in Hell.”
“……Dead?”
“Yes.”
“That guy wasn’t one to go down easily.”
“……”
“Hmm—regardless, this is trouble. Losing Lucifer will cripple Heaven’s forces going forward.”
“I’ll take charge of Heaven’s army. As his brother, I know everything he did.”
“Is that so? Then…. from now on, I grant you full command of Heaven’s forces, Michael.”
Michael bowed his head low.
Metatron surveyed the states of the archangels who had fought in the God-Demon War, shaking his head.
Not only had they lost, but none were unscathed.
The ensuing discussion centered on how to handle Hell moving forward.
Most opinions leaned toward suppression, as force couldn’t subdue them.
Metatron listened to the angel leaders’ thoughts in turn, his expression twisting.
“Very well—here’s the plan. For the next thousand years, we’ll work to foster good hearts in humans to bolster our angel numbers. We’ll proceed with the next plan after that.”
All nodded in agreement.
Boom!
The corridor shook.
Sensing an ominous presence, the angels rose. Before they could grasp what was happening, a gate linking to Hell opened in the corridor.
-Kieeeeeek!
Demons poured into Heaven.
Heaven’s gates opening was unprecedented.
God’s cathedral in Hell was protected by a sacred barrier the demons couldn’t touch, yet now even a gate had opened.
From the corridor’s lofty heights, the archangels spotted the intrusion and leaped down.
They flew toward the gate with swift wingbeats.
Demons and angels clashed once more.
A battle proving the God-Demon War hadn’t ended.
Metatron’s face twisted in rage as thirty wings unfurled from his back at once.
“The power of God!”
At his cry, light poured down upon Heaven. Pillars of light struck the ground like shells, melting demons instantly.
“Don’t fall back!”
Michael led Heaven’s forces to surround the gate. Gabriel and Raphael flew straight into the demons’ attacks, reaching out to the gate.
[Beginning gate lockdown.]
[Progress: 58.97%]
The plan was to close it before more demons arrived.
Metatron broke through the demons, granting Gabriel and Raphael holy shields.
“Michael! Guard the corridor!”
The invading demons’ path targeted the corridor. The fight with angels was secondary; striking the heart was their strategy.
“Understood!”
Boom!
An arriving demon exploded upon reaching the corridor. Flames erupted, followed by more demons bursting.
Kaboom!
Michael and Heaven’s forces fought hard, but there were too many.
“Damn it!”
Amid the battle,
Swoosh.
A familiar face emerged from the gate. Metatron couldn’t hide his shock.
“Lu, Lucifer.”
The body and armor that should have glowed with holy light were gone, Lucifer’s form blackened by corruption.
“……Metatron.”
Crack!
A moment’s hesitation at the sight of his old comrade.
Lucifer seized it, stabbing Metatron’s heart.
Blood dripped from his elongated nails piercing the torso.
Lucifer gazed at Metatron without a flicker of emotion.
“Brother.”
“Huh…. Lu…, ci…, fer…. You…. the gate…. how….”
“How I became a demon? Well…. God abandoned me, so I abandoned Him.”
“W-What….”
“No more explanations needed. I’ll destroy the corridor and find God.”
Rip!
Pulling his hand from the chest, Metatron collapsed.
Witnessing this, Michael flew in fury.
“Lucifer!”
“……Brother.”
Clang!
Michael’s sword met Lucifer’s nails. The power gap was clear. Michael’s blade was steadily pushed back.
Lucifer had been the finest warrior among the archangels.
Now armed with demonic power too, Michael stood no chance alone.
“Michael!”
“……Raphael?!”
Raphael, who’d been sealing the gate, flew in. She used her holy shield to snatch Lucifer and dragged him into the gate.
“Hold the line!”
“Ra, Raphael!”
[Progress: 99.89%]
[Beginning gate lockdown.]
The gate to Hell began closing slowly, before the great demons could arrive.
With Lucifer—the sole commander among the demons in Heaven—gone, the demons began self-destructing everywhere.
Kaboom!
In an instant, Heaven lay in ruins.
* * * * *
The story video ended.
I opened my eyes to find myself on the rooftop of the yellow tower.
Satan hovered in midair in a cross-legged position, staring at me.
“Mr. Kim Cheonjae, the appointed time is approaching. Where is Leviathan?”
“……Satan.”
“Speak.”
“Just got curious and had to ask—does Lucifer hate Leviathan because he killed him back then?”
Satan flinched.
“How did you know that?”
“I told you, I know everything.”
“……”
“Answer me. Tell me that, and I’ll tell you where Leviathan is right away.”
“Hm? You’ve found him?”
“Yeah. I have. So spill first.”
“……Is that so?”
He eyed me suspiciously. Suddenly knowing Leviathan’s whereabouts must’ve been hard to believe.
['Satan' uses Mind’s Eye skill on player Kim Cheonjae.]
I spread my arms wide, welcoming his Mind’s Eye skill.
What Satan didn’t know was that the ability had a fatal flaw. It could read the target’s mind, but only showed what they currently remembered.
Thanks to that, for the same outcome—Leviathan’s death—I could produce two answers.
‘Demons don’t know where they go when they die.’
That was my thought when Satan last peered into me with Mind’s Eye.
‘Leviathan’s data created by the system, so it’s stored somewhere.’ That’s what I thought now.
Satan, peering into me with Mind’s Eye, smirked.
“……You really do know, don’t you?”
“Yeah. So now, let’s hear it? Why Lucifer hates Leviathan.”
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