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Hwaaack.
Steam spread wide over Davian's head.
The steam, which had been strongly concentrated and then instantly dispersed, reached even Chief Linoa's head.
'What is this?'
That guy is a human mage.
Human mages mainly use fire, water, wind, and earth elemental magic attacks.
There are often those who use other kinds of magic, but that's a story from another continent.
As soon as I crossed over, I confirmed that this is the Pax continent.
The humans of this continent believe in the four elemental magics.
It was just as I learned in the book.
All the guys who looked like mages attacked with fire and wind elemental magic, and defended themselves by creating ice barriers with water elemental magic.
Even the fact that they didn't use earth elemental magic often during battles because it took a long time to manifest was just as I saw in the book.
Of course, there were exceptions.
I heard that the physical abilities of mages are worse than even the lowest-ranking demons.
But that guy, who is the student representative, was an exception.
He was as fast and strong as the human warrior race called swordsmen.
I've never heard of it, but I figured it was because he held the title of 'student representative'.
'But this is...'
I can feel the energy of the four elemental magics, but it's not the four elemental magics.
And what can you do by spreading steam in the air?
He's definitely up to something.
But there's no way to know what that trick is.
It's just steam anyway.
No need to pay attention.
It would only delay the time to send magical energy to him.
He's still in the same place, in the same posture.
I released magical energy towards him.
At that moment.
Crack, crackle.
Ice needles densely formed in the air where the steam had spread.
Swoosh! Swish!
The ice needles that formed in the air covered the demons at a rapid speed.
Pabababak!
Including Chief Linoa.
Small wind holes were pierced in the bodies of all the demons standing around.
Small holes that couldn't be considered fatal unless they hit a vital spot.
Even some of them were embedded in the bodies of the humans being held hostage.
'Foolish.'
Chief Linoa reached out his arm again towards the student representative.
But.
The student representative human, who should have been there, is gone.
Chwaak!
The guy, who had approached unnoticed, swung an ice sword and cut off Linoa's arm, which was stretched out forward.
"Kuaaack!"
At the same time.
The guy, who rotated his body once, deeply embedded the ice sword in Linoa's remaining arm.
Then, he snatched the hostages and threw them towards the place where the humans were gathered.
Chief Liber, who was flustered, saw the ice sword that the guy had thrown earlier lying on the floor.
'The sword... wasn't just one...? Besides, this movement is...'
Finishing move.
Kwang!
A powerful fire ball was embedded in the abdomen of Chief Linoa, who had lost both arms.
"Kuhuk!"
Linoa's body floated up.
Fading consciousness.
'At this rate, I'm going to die... I need to return to the demon world quickly...'
At that moment.
He felt an invisible energy wrapping around Linoa's body.
The direction of the body, which had been flying through the air without any resistance, abruptly changed.
Thud.
The existence that Chief Linoa respected the most but also feared the most.
The commander of the Phlegeton Legion, one of the five legions of the Penrose continent.
It was Jedicus.
"To think that a chief would be beaten and knocked down by a mere human. Go back and await your punishment."
As Jedicus lightly flicked his wrist, Chief Linoa's body, which had been pulled by an invisible force, flew into the dimensional connection passage.
Jedicus turned his head and looked at Davian.
Davian also stood there, looking directly at Jedicus.
"It's been a while."
"Jedicus..."
The second meeting.
The third connection.
The first connection was the 5th-year demon wave quest in the 3rd playthrough.
I didn't see Jedicus directly, but.
I lost my life to a lower-ranking demon that he had sent through a space he opened.
The lower-ranking demon was holding Jedicus's dagger.
I confirmed that on the second connection, which was also the first meeting.
It was around this time last year.
I went into and out of the demon world to clear the bonus stage, and that guy followed me out.
At that time, I confirmed that the dagger was Jedicus's.
And today.
The third connection with him began.
Actually seeing him was the second time.
And today.
Davian decided to end his connection with him today.
Gritting his teeth, Davian shook his arms and legs to loosen them.
"Summon that spirit from back then. I will repay the humiliation of that day."
What a joke.
Davian has no intention of summoning Glacie.
Is it because he's worried about Glacie?
No.
It was Glacie who made Jedicus run away even back then.
The current Glacie has become incomparably stronger than she was then.
Now, she's not an existence that a guy like Jedicus can do anything about.
"That spirit can now exert a power in the human world that can't even be compared to back then. She's not an existence that a demon like you can order to be summoned."
Jedicus slowly approached Davian.
"I am also not the same as I was then."
"Oh? That's good."
Boom, boom.
Davian spun the ice sword around.
"I'm not the same as I was then either. You demon bastard."
"You're still ignorant of your place, you arrogant young human. You're relying on that spirit, huh. Today won't be like last time."
"You really don't understand what I'm saying, do you? Is it because you're a demon? I'm telling you, I'm not the same as I was then."
"You're the same as ever, not knowing your place. Come and try again."
Taat!
Davian threw himself at the arch-enemy who killed himself, Legion Commander Jedicus.
When a demon is born.
They start combat training around the time they start walking.
It's not like there are enemies inside the demon world that threaten the demons' existence.
It's not like they wage territorial wars among themselves like humans do.
It's just that that's the way demons live and the way they prove themselves.
After becoming an adult, about a third of the demons who have completed training enter the legions.
The rest are eliminated.
Demons who don't enter the legions have to live separately in colonies outside the legion fortress.
If you enter a legion, you live as a lowly soldier.
You get to live inside the legion fortress, and all necessities are provided by the legion.
From this point on, they already have a different status from the demons outside the legion fortress.
From this point on, their average lifespan also becomes longer than that of the demons outside the legion fortress.
When your skills increase enough to command 10 lowly soldiers, you become a squad leader.
From that point on, you leave the status of a lowly soldier even within the legion fortress and step into a new rank system.
A squad leader commands 10 lowly soldiers.
If you have the skill to command a unit ten times that size, you become a platoon leader.
A platoon leader commands 100 lowly soldiers.
Below the platoon leader are 10 squad leaders.
Next is the chief.
Below the chief are 10 platoon leaders, 100 squad leaders, and 1,000 lowly soldiers.
Around the level of chief, you can now say that you have seized quite a bit of power.
Within the extent that you don't offend your superiors, you can achieve whatever you want.
Next is the legion commander.
10,000 lowly soldiers gather to form one legion.
One legion has 1 legion commander, 10 chiefs, 100 platoon leaders, and 1,000 squad leaders.
There are a total of five independent legions on the Penrose continent in the demon world.
Acheron, Phlegeton, Cocytus, Avernus, Lethe.
Five legions and five legion commanders.
One of them is Jedicus of the Phlegeton Legion.
Up to this point are the positions that command and manage soldiers on the Penrose continent.
Above them, there are demons who have power that is different from commanding lowly soldiers.
13 archmages.
Power holders who practically decide all the affairs of the Penrose continent.
These people were also lowly soldiers in the past, and platoon leaders, chiefs, and legion commanders.
The 13 strongest demons in the demon world's Penrose continent, which only worships the logic of power.
Of course.
Above them.
There is the existence who was the number one person in the Penrose continent from the beginning.
The demon king.
The stronger a demon becomes, the greater the power it has, and its lifespan also increases.
The one who has the greatest power and a lifespan close to infinite in such a world is the demon king.
Up to this point is the power system of the Penrose continent, one of the six continents of the demon world.
The six continents, separated by the abyss sea that is incomparably deeper, darker, and wider than the oceans of the human world, lead independent lives without traveling to each other.
Because there is no way to cross the abyss sea to each other.
Clang!
Davian's ice sword and Jedicus's dagger collided strongly.
Sparks flew in all directions each time the transparent ice sword and the dagger with swirling black energy met.
"You've improved quite a bit, human."
"Call me Davian Naone. You should know the name of the person who will end your life today."
Kwaduk!
Jedicus strongly grabbed Davian's torso with telekinetic magic.
"Huuuh!"
After momentarily raising the defense of his torso by manipulating external force.
Kwagwa!
He shot mana acceleration towards Jedicus's head.
Sensing the dangerous energy, Jedicus quickly flew away and avoided Davian's mana acceleration.
In the meantime, Davian surged toward Jedicus again.
A battle of spear and shield.
When Davian became the spear, Jedicus became the shield.
When Jedicus became the spear, Davian became the shield.
The two repeatedly attacked, defended, and evaded each other without giving an inch.
The 50 or so humans and 300 or so demons also maintained a confrontational state and watched Davian and Jedicus's battle without attacking each other any further.
Davian's school uniform was torn and fluttering here and there.
Jedicus was also the same, with large and small wounds.
Pajijik!
Kwang!
Davian's lightning bolt was embedded in Jedicus's body.
Jedicus, who quickly summoned black magic, blocked the lightning bolt.
But he had to take a step back each time he was hit, as if the electric shock was being transmitted to his body.
A continuous back-and-forth without inflicting fatal blows on each other.
It was Jedicus who became impatient.
Just a year ago, he was a mere human prey.
Before he knew it, he was competing with himself on equal terms.
After shamefully running away from Glacie, Jedicus had not neglected his training either.
'What on earth is wrong with this human.'
While Jedicus was surprised by Davian.
Davian was slowly making plans to finish the match.
'Point status.'
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[Mana Points: 266K]
Magic Power: 512K
Inner Power: 270K
Outer Power: 116K
Points remaining until absorbing the Archmage's Heart: 836K
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After buying time with the lightning bolt.
He moved his pupils and distributed mana points.
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[Mana Points: 0K]
Magic Power: 512K
Inner Power: 536K
Outer Power: 116K
Points remaining until absorbing the Archmage's Heart: 836K
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He invested all the mana points into inner power.
After starting the double major.
For the first time, inner power surpassed magic power.
7-star magic power, with inner power surpassing 7 stars.
Besides.
Tring.
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[Skill Evolution]
The advanced skill 'Shadow Movement' has reached level 20 and evolved into the rare skill 'Shadow Assimilation'.
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[Shadow Assimilation Lv.5]
Active Skill
Cooldown Time: 24 hours
Duration: (39→)54 minutes
If you are in the shadow, you can move without being seen by people.
Up to the advanced skill 'Shadow Movement', you could be detected by opponents with higher inner power than the caster even if you were in the shadow, but the rare skill 'Shadow Assimilation' will not be detected by anyone if you are in the shadow.
Movement is (2x→)3x faster than usual.
Duration increases according to skill level.
Raising inner power while holding the skill increases the skill level
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Davian, who had finished distributing points, glared at Jedicus.
'You're dead. Jedicus. You're the guy who ended my 3rd playthrough.'
Davian's lips opened.
"Shadow Assimilation."
I don't see any shadows around to hide in, but.
It doesn't matter.
3x speed is already enough.
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