Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 257

Chapter 257

Chapter 257 . Above the Frozen Land (8)

New Zealand was a nation 2 . 5 times bigger than Korea, but Australia was easily over 25 times bigger than New Zealand . Although I didn’t think this huge country would be filled with demons in every corner, I still expected it to have more demons than New Zealand . When I thought about facing them, I couldn’t help but hasten myself .

After leaving Daisy’s Laki to all aerial battles, we quickly began to recover regions of New Zealand . Unlike monsters that moved with their instincts, demons moved with a purpose and goal . It was to destroy human civilization and annihilate humans . There were practically no surviving humans in New Zealand with not a single building standing unfazed .

“Cruel… It’s only been two days too…!”

“Maybe I should have come even if I was alone . ”

I began to feel rushed . I wondered if I made the wrong choice . If I knew New Zealand was wiped out, I should have gone to Australia immediately . At least, New Zealand and Australia’s population wasn’t too big… No, I shouldn’t be thinking this way .

I put away my useless thoughts . The only thing I should focus on right now was getting to Australia as quickly as possible .

“Australia might be in a better situation . Most of the population live in coastal areas . We won’t need to go deep into the continent . ”

“I cleared Event Dungeons there, so I know that . But having the population close together means they’re easier targets . Damn it . I hope Guardian and Freedom Wing are doing well . ”

Thinking about how unreliable those two groups were for things like this, I sighed . There were definitely troops deployed to New Zealand, but we couldn’t even catch a glimpse of them yet and we were almost finished . I didn’t want to believe they were wiped out, but… perhaps the damages they received this time were too severe .

As I boldly claimed, clearing New Zealand only took us a day . With most of the demons’ army stationed in Australia, we mercilessly bombarded the demons, only mindful of any potential survivors . We tried to melt the frozen land with Laki’s and Hwaya’s power, but there seemed to be no end to it . In the end, we decided to look for another way after eliminating the cause of this situation .

[You will all bow before Lespina-nim’s power!]

“And you bowed before mine . ”

[The difference between me and Lespina-nim is like that of heaven and earth! Don’t think you can reach her level by easily subjugating us!]

“Yeah, yeah, goodbye . ”

I severed the demon’s head and sighed . With this, we were done in New Zealand . However…

No matter how hard we looked, we couldn’t discover any specific details on this demon named Lespina . All we knew was that Lespina was female . When Hwaya found out, she wore a worried expression and looked at me .

“Shin, she’s a demon! Someone who executed a massacre of this level! If anyone finds out, Revival’s public image will plummet . Got it?”

“Hwaya, do you think I can seduce any and all women?”

“Eh…?”

Hwaya’s conscious-stricken face made me feel strange . I, who was once called an orc, was being treated this way by Hwaya Eleni Mastiford . Though, this was most certainly because of my charm stat .

“Don’t worry . I won’t let a demon live no matter what . ”

“Y-Yeah . Good . ”

“Huu…”

I swung my spear and dusted off the demon’s blood before looking up at the sky . The aerial battle was also coming to a close with Laki’s lava swallowing the demons . Every last demon in New Zealand was killed . It was the result of a tough day of work .

But what did it matter? There were too many irreversible damages . The land was still frozen, the buildings were crumbled, and the people were dead . No matter where I looked, ruin was the only word that popped up in my head . I asked in a murmuring voice .

“How many survivors are there?”

“There are still about 500,000 alive . New Zealand wasn’t their main goal . ”

“… Let’s hurry to Australia . ”

Thanks to us drawing attention here, by the time we cleaned up the last remaining demon, Guardian and Freedom Wing could enter New Zealand . We made contact with them and left them to take care of the aftermath before immediately heading to Australia .

Although there were many small islands, Oceania was mainly comprised of the Australia continent . This Lespina should also be there . The plan was to kill her and prevent future harm . If the demons pointed their sword elsewhere, there wouldn’t be disaster quite like it .

[Guaaaaaaa!]

Laki’s roar rumbled far and wide . It was because of the countless number of demons waiting for us above the coastal seas of Australia .

[He is this world’s Hero . ]

[One who killed our kin . ]

[Make it so that Lespina-nim doesn’t have to come herself!]

“Laki, clean . ”

[Guooooooooo!]

Daisy calmly commanded as she swung her whip . Immediately after Laki’s roar rang out, a large number of flames shot out from Laki’s mouth and attacked the demons . We also sniped down the demons dodging Laki’s flames and dwindled their number . Even so, more and more demons were popping up .

[Finish it here!]

[Let us decide the fate of Earth, Hero!]

Although Laki’s flames were endlessly scorching the demons, with their sheer number, we couldn’t stop them from casting their magic . Among them were special demons who gathered to create a giant magic capable of threatening us . In the end, I jumped down from Laki’s back and got on Lotte’s .

“You guys charge forward!”

“We’ll take half too, Shin . You take care of the left side!”

Hwaya and Ina seemed to be thinking the same thing, as they both shot up into the air . I trusted the two of them . I nodded and began to charge forward .

“Uoooooo! Try killing me!”

[The Hero has come forth!]

[Focus your magic on him!]

I roused Absolute Soul’s power to the extreme . Peruta Circuit’s spin created a whirlpool of aura enveloping my body, weapon, and even Lotte . A countless number of elementals and a boundless amount of mana layered the whirlpool as if to protect it .

“Wind King’s Rage!”

I added wind and lightning on top of it . The demons sent innumerable magic flying towards me . Some of them looked powerful enough to make me depart this world, but I simply grinned and charged into the storm of magic .

“Haaaaaap!”

I clashed with them . When these destructive masses of mana detonated, the mana I absorbed with Absolute Soul overwhelmed the life force I lost .

“Lotte, you can withstand it, right?”

[I’m fine! Let’s kill them, Hero!]

When the demons saw me charging continuously without a pause, they became flustered and lost their formation . Although there were demons that continued to shoot magic towards me, unless they used a mass chant magic, none could pierce through my fierce whirlpool of aura . In fact, the moment they touched it, the mana composing them were absorbed by the whirlpool, only strengthening it .

[He’s absorbing our magic!?]

[Could he be our kin?]

[He’s too quick… Kuhuk!]

“I’ll pierce right through you all!”

I shouted vehemently, coursing through the air with Lotte . We were like a giant spear . Looking from the outside at the whirlpool of aura centered around us, we would probably look just like it .

On the other hand, Hwaya and Ina’s magic power raged and disrupted the demons’ magic . This was also a good method, and a much better method if one didn’t plan on directly fighting with his body like me . However, for someone like me who was born stupid…!

“Come, you blue monkeys! Where did your spirit from earlier go!?”

[That guy is crazy!]

[The magic of the demon race isn’t working!]

It worked . It was just that I was using their magic power to regenerate myself! Peruta Circuit restored the parts of body destroyed from resisting their magic and energized all bodily functions . Just this wasn’t enough to fill up my lost life force . Although I never learned it from anybody, I came to understand my body’s state, and when I became more skilled in Peruta Circuit, I could do this as easily as breathing!

“Uoooooo!”

My charge became more and more intense . The whirlpool of aura whirling around me became so big that it was getting harder to manage it . The wind and lightning created from Wind King’s Rage also empowered the whirlpool . Now, average magic was ripped apart the moment they touched this whirlpool . The demons were no exception .

[Stop his charge . ]

[He’s truly the Hero! Contact Lespina-nim!]

“You’ll all die before that!”

The amplification of Wind King’s Rage already reached its peak, but I had no intention of stopping it . I tightly grasped onto the spear enveloped by the extreme energy that I might miss in a moment of carelessness . I fluidly changed my direction in the air and charged towards another group of demons with Lotte . It was at this moment .

[Stop!]

My body halted . At the same time, it felt like the energy pivoting around me was shaking . Why? I knew the exact reason . Was it because I became so used to feeling and wielding mana?

The corner of my mouth curled up into a smile . I urgently gathered the dissipating energy and scattered it in all directions . A thunderous sound rang out .

[Kuaaaaak!]

[Lespina-nim!]

[Damn… Kuaaaa!]

It was only then that I realized how immense the energy I was wielding was . It felt like a piece of the sky was being ripped apart .

The seemingly infinite number of demons filling up the sky disintegrated without leaving a trace, and my companions also fell back in shock .

It didn’t take long until the great explosion of mana subsided . It was because Peruta Circuit’s intense rotation didn’t leave the scattering mana alone and pulled it back in .

The energy created from the explosion was also sucked in, gathering in a single point, the tip of the spear I held out . With that, I regained a clear vision of the surrounding .

I was facing a demon . She was beautiful just like the power she held in her body .

“I didn’t think I’d meet you so soon . I thought you would be waiting for me deep inside Australia . ”

[I can’t let you freely decimate His Highness Demon Lord’s army any further . I planned on taking care of you lot when you were still in that tiny island country, but…]

“They were all too weak . I’m not done yet though . ”

I grinned . I compressed the mana gathered at my spear tip even smaller . The long-haired female demon gritted her teeth . She was also capable of wielding massive energy equaling me . I could tell just by looking at the longsword in her hand .

Furthermore, I could tell from the ability she used before that it was fatal to me, who had gotten my power from the dungeon . Since I was hit with it once, I could tell what kind of an effect it had, but I couldn’t quite understand the mechanism behind it . Could she use her ability without knowing the principles behind it just like how I used the skills I had?

[Arrogant human… Someone who only relies on power that does not belong to you!]

“Come, Lespina . I’ll let you know whether this power belongs to me or not . ”

It was the start of a boss fight .