"Hahaha! You guys have lost track of what fear is, huh?"
The young man, who looked like a Demon Cult member, laughed while spreading demonic energy.
KangWoo frowned after reading the demonic energy flowing out of him.
'He's weak.'
It was hard to believe he was controlling a demonic monster of the 8th hell like a cryshalis.
It was as if a fox were using a tiger as a servant.
KangWoo used the Authority of Observation and looked at the young man. Since he was weak, he couldn't resist the Authority of Observation.
[Player Name: Park YoungChan]
[Level: 63]
A player who'd done the seventh Awakening… Considering that he had demonic energy, he was probably a bit stronger than that.
'But it's still too disappointing.'
Even though he'd passed the end of all efforts, that was something all talented players could surpass.
He was still too weak to be able to control a cryshalis.
'I guess it's better this way.'
KangWoo's eyes shone.
To be honest, a Demon Cult member as strong as Anton being able to control demonic monsters and demons wasn't that impressive.
Hell worked with an extreme version of the law of the jungle—what mattered the most was strength.
What he wanted to know the most about the Demon Cult were things like…
'How could someone this weak control a demonic monster as if it were his servant?'
Demonic monsters weren't like wild animals from which you were safe if you'd raised them since they were little.
They would probably kill their owners if they thought that the owner was weaker than them.
'If it's a cryshalis, even more.'
Even among demonic monsters, a cryshalis was famous for its violence and intelligence.
It was a being that couldn’t be controlled by regular means.
"Come, kill those bastards!" Park YoungChan shouted.
The cryshalis lowered its body and raised its head.
"Kiieekk!!"
A horrible scream spread through the place. Poison came out of it and melted the floor.
At its shout, the monsters surrounding them started to move.
'He’s controlling other monsters through the cryshalis?'
That was something he could understand.
The cryshalis was an intelligent demonic monster, so it often made groups of demonic monsters that were under its control.
"KUOO!"
"GRRR!"
A group of ogres that had almost completely turned into demonic monsters leaped toward him while screaming.
Was it because they had demonic energy inside them? They were so fierce that one wouldn't think they were A-rank monsters.
"KangWoo…"
[Master, your order.]
The two summoned monsters took a step forward. He nodded while smirking.
"Kill them. Ah, except that one that looks like a cockroach."
[I'll do as you command.]
"Hngh! Leave it to me!"
Echidna opened both arms. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
[FUS RO DAH!]
Dragon Language Magic.
It was the unique magic of dragons. It was among the most powerful types of magic.
Usually, a hatchling wouldn't be able to use it. It was so difficult that not even adult dragons could use it without being careful.
But thanks to KangWoo becoming stronger, Echidna was able to obtain a strength that couldn't be compared to a hatchling, so she was able to use Dragon Language Magic.
Crack-!
There was a wave of demonic energy surging around her.
It was an attack that resembled Brass, the strongest one a dragon could use. The wave of demonic energy tore the earth apart.
The bodies of the ogres that were swept away by the wave of demonic energy were scattered in all directions.
[Haa…]
Balzac shook his head while his eyes sockets shone with yellow light. He looked at the corpses of the ogres that looked as if they had been torn apart by a mixer.
[The corpses are important, so you should treat them more carefully.]
Tap. He bounced his finger, and the black robe fluttered.
"What's that?"
Park YoungChan's mouth fell open.
It was weird that the skeleton wearing a black robe had a cute apron that didn't suit him, but that wasn’t what surprised him.
"GRRR."
The corpses of the ogres that had been torn apart got up.
Despite their blood spilling in all directions and their internal organs falling out of their bodies, the ogres were still moving.
No, they weren't just moving…
They forcibly connected and restored each other's broken bodies.
A flesh golem that had an appearance more horrifying than any other demonic monster was created.
[Go, my children.]
Balzac extended his hand, and the flesh golem slowly began moving its body.
A thick laugh left his mouth.
Demonic energy surrounded him.
[Kill the lowly beasts that desire life.]
Once again, the pink apron started to flutter.
Demonic energy flowed out of his hand and entered the flesh golems.
"GRRAARR!!"
They went berserk.
The flesh golems showed violent movements that one wouldn't believe were created by sticking different corpses together and leaped toward the other ogres.
"Wh-what the…"
Park YoungChan's expression became pale.
KangWoo checked out his expression relaxedly.
Park YoungChan was biting his lips violently. He put his right hand on top of his left one.
"Cryshalis!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Kill that bastard!"
'Woah.'
KangWoo's eyes shone. A complex magic circle was drawn on Park YoungChan’s right hand, who was screaming as if he were about to have a seizure.
'Is he controlling it with that?'
He still wasn't sure. KangWoo slowly analyzed the situation.
"Kiieekk!"
'So he's rushing toward me.'
* * *
The cryshalis stomped on the ground, lowered its body, and rushed at an impressive speed.
It wasn't hard to imagine what the cryshalis was targeting.
'As expected.'
KangWoo smirked. The cryshalis had a small body among demonic monsters, so it had a unique characteristic.
'Kiieekk!"
He pulled his right foot back and kicked it as if it were a football. The cryshalis reacted to his attack with an incredible reflex.
He used his left foot as an axis to twist his body and used the other foot to smash it. He targeted the cryshalis's shelled back.
"KISHAAT!!"
That time, the cryshalis didn't dodge the attack. It was because it trusted the natural armor on its back.
KangWoo lightly laughed while looking at it.
"How dare a mere bug!"
Crack-!
"Kiieekk!"
His right foot smashed the cryshalis's back. Although the cryshalis's back was hard enough to crush the teeth of a giant demonic monster, it was nothing in front of KangWoo.
As he used the Authority of Crushing in his right foot, the cryshalis's back was destroyed, and an acid fluid poured in all directions.
The cryshalis stopped attacking and backed off.
"Kiieekk."
He could feel that it was being extremely cautious of him.
"What are you doing?! Attack!!"
"KIIEEKK!!"
Park YoungChan shouted. His right hand began shining with a dark light. The same light came out of the cryshalis's forehead.
KangWoo's eyes shone sharply.
'He's definitely controlling it through that magic circle.'
He still needed to investigate how they were doing that, but his immediate doubt was answered.
'Now…'
He had to check the limits of the magic circle.
'I'm sure it isn't absolute.'
He knew that just by seeing how the cryshalis twisted its body after receiving Park YoungChan's orders.
KangWoo had been keeping track of the time from the start.
Paf-! Crack!
"KISHAAT!"
The battle kept going on.
Although the cryshalis was a predator that belonged to the 8th hell, KangWoo had already become stronger as a great demon of the 9th hell.
He was on another level compared to it.
It was a one-sided battle.
"D-damn."
Park YoungChan's expression became pale. He anxiously looked at his right hand.
The light flowing out of the magic circle was getting weaker.
"N-no…"
Park YoungChan turned around and tried to escape.
He heard KangWoo's low voice.
"Five minutes."
He smiled.
"It seems you can forcibly command it for five minutes at maximum."
"Ugh!"
Park YoungChan frowned. His reaction made it clear that he was right.
The light on his right hand had completely disappeared.
"KISHAAT!!"
The cryshalis, which had become messed up, turned around to Park YoungChan.
If it were a normal life form, it wouldn't have been weird if it had already died, but despite being injured so badly, the cryshalis hadn't died because it had surpassed the level of a normal life form by a huge margin.
"SHIAAT!"
It lowered its messed-up body and shouted aggressively.
A stronger killing intent than when it had faced KangWoo flowed from the cryshalis.
'I guess it's understandable.'
It had been forced to fight an opponent it didn't want to fight in the first place, and it had almost died because of it.
If the cryshalis could move according to its own will, it would've probably escaped after the first clash.
It was forced to show its teeth against a predator it couldn't win against, so it was understandable how angry it was.
'I got some good information.'
He nodded while looking at the cryshalis emit strong killing intent toward Park YoungChan.
'Once the time runs out, it might attack the owner.'
It was useful information.
That meant that dragging out the fight would be useful if the situation was overwhelming while fighting a demonic monster.
'I should look out for that moment.'
KangWoo crossed his arms and began walking slowly.
"D-damn! C-cryshalis, listen to me!!"
Park YoungChan desperately shouted.
"Oh, yeah. Do you know the characteristics of a cryshalis?" KangWoo asked him.
"Wh-what? What nonsense are you saying, bastard?!"
"It seems like you don't know."
KangWoo laughed. How a cryshalis hunted… A cryshalis had a small body, so he used a certain strategy to neutralize its prey.
"SHIAAT!"
"HIIC! D-DON'T COME!!"
Park YoungChan swung both of his hands. He used a player's skill to create a fireball that had the size of a person's head and shot it toward the Cryshalis.
But there was no way such a desperate attack would work against it.
The Cryshalis ran toward Park YoungChan at a dazzling speed. Its sharp teeth targeted the space between his legs.
"D-don't come…"
Crunch-!
"AAAGGGHHH!"
"Oh, fuck."
KangWoo closed his legs subconsciously. It was hard to watch.
'Cryshalis, you cruel bastard.'
How the cryshalis hunted… it always attacked the target's reproductive organs first.
"AAGGHH! ARRGGHH!!"
Park YoungChan screamed in pain while trying to cover the blood fountain.
It was a horrible scream that reached his soul.
"KIIK!"
"Stop."
The cryshalis jumped toward Park YeongChan to kill him, but KangWoo violently hit the cryshalis's back. Crack. Its head exploded while making a chilling sound.
"Let's see. Your name was Park YoungChan?"
"Cough! AAGGHH!!"
"Ah…"
KangWoo clapped as if he'd just realized something.
"Sorry, my mistake."
KangWoo squatted in front of Park YoungChan and giggled.
"I should call you Park GirlChan now."
