<h4>Chapter 744 ke Against Demon Lord Aranthas</h4>


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    Giant Arachneia, Giant Wasps, and zing Scorpions appeared across the battlefield, alongside a few dozen Fenrir and some aerial support on Dracos, all led by their respective Commanders, whose stats were much higher than the other lesser Familiars.


    Their huge bodies could not be stopped by the vast majority of the demons, whose power was onlyparable at most to D Rank Demons. The stronger ones around C Rank, such as the Demon Generals, were already being massacred by the Undead beforehand, and had all their hands full against them.


    On top of that, these Familiars dropped from the sky, shaking the entire Demon Citadel, and worsening everything even more for the "poor" demons. Three groupsposed of ke''s friends and Spirits immediately set into three different directions, seeking the Demon Lord auras they felt, and that even stronger presence, while also looking for survivors.


    "You damn HUMANS!!!"


    Aranthas roared, his smaller body suddenly growing up to ten times his normal size, resembling a mix between a demonic dragon and a demonic bird, with the head of a ferocious crow and the red scales of a red Oni, with big and sharp ck horns on top of his head.


    His height now reaching over thirty meters of height, with enormous, muscr arms, huge ck feathered wings, and sharp golden ws… He exuded a fraction of the might of his Lord Satan, the Archdemon of Wrath.


    "Hahahah… HAHAHAHA! Do you feel it now?! The difference between you and me?!" Laughed Aranthas, looking down on ke, who was right in front of him.


    On his eyes, there was not even a hint of fear, whatsoever… This deeply made Aranthas angered, that a pathetic human didn''t knew their ce in the food chain!


    "Difference? Ah, yes, I can tell just by looking." ke smiled. "There''s indeed a huge difference between you and me… Aranthas, was it?"


    "E-Eh?! How do you know my name?!" Aranthas asked, instinctively stepping back.


    "I can see it." ke smiled, his eyes being capable of "Appraising" even living beings now to an extent thanks to the Appraisal Stone being absorbed by his Grimoire. "One of the many Demon Lords serving Satan, the Archdemon of Wrath, was it? He''s a sucker for beast-looking bastards like you. Too bad, I''ll have to ruin his fun once more."


    "Y-You''re too cocky… Human!" Roared Aranthas, still unaware of the true identity of ke unlike the other Demon Lords. "I''ll show you the might of a Demon Lord!!!"


    His huge ws overflowed with Demonic mes, as he instantly unleashed a barrage of powerful shing attacks against ke''s small body. Each w pierced through the sound barrier itself, generating tremendous shockwaves with every sessful strike.


    CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!


    "ke!" Erika panicked while she was fighting a dozen Demon Generals at once.


    "Don''t worry about him." Eleanora smiled, impaling the heart of a Demon General leisurely with her spear.


    "He said he had a lot of pent-up stress after knowing how much the demons ruined this ce… So he wants to deal with him alone, we better not get in the way when he goes all-out." Elizabeth sighed, her light burning an army of demons surrounding her, while her sprits protected her.


    Before arriving here, ke had said that he would take down a Demon Lord all by himself, to test his strength… And well, to release a lot of pent-up stress he had umted.


    "Hahahaha! PERISH, lowly HUMAN!"


    Aranthas couldn''t help butugh as he crushed ke with his tremendously strong attacks,parable to B++ Rank Monster''s strength!


    However, as the smoke dissipated from his explosive blows, ke remained… there, standing still. Several messages continuously emerged within his Grimoire.


    [You have undergone a partial [Draconification]! All of your Stats have increased greatly. You can now wield Dragon Energy much more proficiently.]


    [You have activated the [Fusion] Skill. Temporarily, your own body''s Dragon Scales have merged with the equipped [Red Wyvern''s Armor Set (Unique Grade)] to create the [Vampiric Dragon Armor Set (Mythic Grade)]!]


    [The power Dragon Armor epasses your entire body with a mighty aura of Dragon Energy, enhancing your Physical and Magical Defenses by a further +200%.]


    [Duration: 30 Minutes.]


    He was wearing a full red and ck colored scaled armor, made out of his Wyvern Scale Armor that Chris gifted to him, alongside his own Dragon Scales from his Draconification Transformation, which temporarily fused with them through his Fusion Skill.


    The Fusion Skill, as a matter of fact, didn''t simply work with items to synthetize together. It could interact with Skills, Magic, equipment, and even his own body.


    "Hm? Was that it?" ke wondered, looking at Aranthas. "That didn''t even break my scales…"


    "W-What…?!" Aranthas stepped back in shock. "T-That armor you''re wearing… Did you made that out of Demonic Dragon''s Scales?!"


    "Oh? Well, my little boy over there is indeed a Demonic Dragon, I guess I simply got them upgraded." ke smiled.


    The reason why he hadn''t absorbed nor done anything else with the Demonic Dragon Scales he got was because he could get them anyways through his Draconification.


    "Are you done with your pitiful disy of strength, Aranthas?" ke asked with an angered expression on his face. "I thought you said you were… Oh so powerful, weren''t you? What''s wrong, can''t defeat a kid now?"


    "Y-YOUUUU!!!" Aranthas lost hisposure, what ke was aiming for this entire time through such words, the furious Demon quickly pped his wings, lifting into the skies as he opened his gigantic beak and unleashed a powerful breath attack. "[Infernal Demon Breath]!!!"


    TRUUUUUMMM…!


    The breath attack gathered into a powerful, concentrated spiraling beam of destructive Demon mes as strong as the Magic that B++ Rank monsters could conjure, if not even stronger as it was further boosted through the Archdemon Core Fragment he had absorbed!


    BOOOOOOOMMMM…!


    A huge zing explosion consumed ke, Aranthas was now sure that the young man must have been turned into ashes!


    "HAH! That''s what you get for disrespecting a being as powerful as me! Know your ce, Huma- Ahhh?!"


    FLUOOOSH!


    However, all the mes within the explosion started to distort, spiraling around ke''s hand and generating a huge sphere of red, crimson mes.


    "And you call those mes?" ke asked. "Let me show you what true mes are, Aranthas. [Infernal Demonic mes Authority]!"


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