A thunderous crash echoed.


    From the walls of the demon king''s castles, a ck object flew out like a cannonball taking the skies.


    The wings of the escaped demon pped and he got back in bnce.


    Flying midair, the demon, uros, summoned his energy into his hands.


    A seven-meter-long beam of pure ck iron formed above his hand.


    "HUMAN!!" uros screamed.


    With his bloodied hair fluttering behind his back, Eugene jumped out of the broken castle and took to the red skies.


    Below or above, beyond his enemy, nothing entered his sight.


    He kicked off a hexagonal shield and dashed ahead. With each step his speed growing faster and faster.


    "[ck Hawk Dive]"


    At uros'' chant, the beam of ck tore through the air and shot toward Eugene.


    With a careful gaze, Eugene evaluated the iing attack.


    He raised one hand and Ki swirled around him.


    Like the blooming of a flower, a giant de made of his Ki formed ahead of him as he continued onward.


    The enormous de with Eugene''s will.


    "[Intent Ki: Reversing Autumn]"


    Like a gently falling leaf, the de of Ki floated upward.


    The de and the ck beam crashed into each other.


    A shockwave spread through the sky as the two attacks gouged each other apart.


    And as if it were as important as the tussle of two ants, the culprits behind the attacks ignored them.


    uros'' wings pped. Eugene''s shield propelled him onward.


    As their attackspletely cut each other apart, the demon and the human shed.


    Their fists struck and a st iparable to the one before spread out.


    "Kuh!" The demon grunted. His hand bled, he was pushed back.


    Not missing the opportunity, Eugene dived ahead and grasped one of the chains hanging over his shoulder.


    The chains grabbed.


    The demon ducked.


    Eugene hopped off another shield and tried to wrap uros in the chains again.


    Nimble and swift, the winged demon used his advantage in the air and narrowly avoided his attempts.


    Side, back, the demon dashed and Eugene followed.


    uros snapped his fingers.


    As Eugene approached, the air around him turned ck in the blink of an eye.


    Three dozen rods of ck formed mid-air.


    "Futile," the human said. As he tried to get the demon''s hands in the chain, the ck rods were cut apart by his Ki.


    In a rush, the demon leaped back and created a wide distance between them.


    A chuckle escaped uros.


    Attacking was haphazard, as long as the direction was toward his target and his arrows numerous, other things didn''te into y. But that human pierced all of his attacks with extreme uracy in the blink of an eye.


    Just how strong was he? Maybe at the level of themanders of the top ten legions?


    uros couldn''t help but think that his attacks truly were futile. He lowered his stance mid-air and tried to gather strength—


    "Fool, I am not talking about your attacks."


    — He couldn''t summon his strength. He lost the feeling of the demonic energy coursing through his veins. uros peered down and looked at his ankle.


    The cuffs of the chains were sped to him.


    "I am talking about your very existence."


    Eugene pulled the chain. Dragged by his feet, uros shot through the air and closed in on Eugene.


    He couldn''t react. Even if he wanted to, even if he had the ability to, he couldn''t.


    Eugene smiled.


    A piercing pain spread through Faluros'' plexus as Eugene smashed his elbow in.


    uros crashed down from the skies. His body arched upward as blood spilled from his stomach.


    Before he could hit the ground, Eugene pulled back again. This time, he smashed his fists, and then kicked him. The demon yo-yo came crashing up and down as Eugene pulled the chains around, cackling like a child.


    He spun the chains in his hand and twirled uros along.


    "Good! It works well!"


    Perhaps not having fun anymore, Eugene let go of the demon and raised his hands in the air. Mana swirled above his hands, sending gusts of wind in all directions.


    The demon bellowed, Its eyes bloodshot.


    Too powerful. Even after facing that pressure, it was too powerful. It was as hopeless as facing his seniors.


    uros knew he would either sacrifice everything or die by the hands of that human.


    Seeing the magic circle asrge as a mountain form above Eugene''s hands, he shuddered..


    Did this human lose his mind, or did he know that the he would have to face Bm and decided he could show this much strength?


    "It isn''t over yet!!" uros'' scream spread through the skies.


    Suddenly, a sh of lightning struck in the red ocean above.


    Eugene raised his brow.


    The demon''s body squirmed as the demonic energy contained within him raged like a tempest.


    The red skies started to boast a bloody tint.


    ck veins spread through uros'' grey skin as the two horns on his head erged. Hs wings spread further into the skies.


    Rips sounded out. His muscles bulged and his eyes widened.


    "AHHHH!"


    uros screamed.


    "[TRUE DEMON FORM]!!"


    ***


    "Do you see, foolish girl?"


    The voice of a fairy that no demon in hell could hear resounded.


    Barely keeping her posture from the sheer pressure the two existences exuded, thedy of Acacia Duchy slowly nodded while staring up. Her heart pounded incessantly as she looked at the blood-soaked image of her guard.


    The pain he must have gone through was unimaginable for her, how crazed must he have been to be covered in blood from top to bottom yet have but one scratch on himself?


    But beyond that, her eyes were fixed on one thing.


    He was smiling. As he thrashed the demon, he wore a manic grin that she had never noticed on his stoic, cold face.


    "Did you say you wanted to help him?" the fairy said.


    Something changed. Lightning shed and the demon screamed. The pressure all over the ce grew as thedy struggled to stand upright.


    "Did you think you know him?"


    She did. She believed she had learned about him just as much as he had learned about her in their days together. Yet, the fairy seemed to think otherwise.


    "You say you''re cursed? Evil? Sure." The fairy, ignoring all the pressure in this ce, leaned down toward thedy and peered into her eyes. She seemed to be having fun. "Look carefully. If you want to love, go love your kind, a human, demon, elf, it doesn''t matter.


    Whether that being is more evil than your or more unneeded than you, good for you."


    She pointed at her guard.


    The demon transformed, and her guard smiled.


    He raised his other hand as well, and a purple glow filled the magic circle he had created. Thedy''s eyes widened as she saw the impossible amounts of Arcana rising into his spell.


    The demon tried to reach out, and her guard snapped his fingers.


    "You shouldn''t try to know..."


    Everything was quelled. The pressure surrounding them, the demon''s screaming, the threatening skies.


    One voice boomed.


    "[Trinity Series. Destruction Attribute...]"


    She blinked—


    "[Storm of Destruction]"


    —And the demon uros had been wiped from the surface of Hell.


    And with him.


    A third of the Capital City of Bm''s reign disappeared.