Chapter 453: For Elpis_Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 453: For Elpis

 The video of the Great Demon Verus and the demons’ invasion had garnered the highest ratings in the history of Athenae! Most of the game broadcasting stations had exceeded 50% of their viewership rating, an unbelievable record that caused most people to reevaluate their views about Let’s Eat Sect!

 [So, the Food God is not really the strongest in Let‘s Eat Sect, huh…]

 [That’s crazy! Did you see Khan’s fist? Doesn’t it look like the demons can’t do anything everytime he punches them?]

 [How about Diablo and that thug NPC? Did you see him beating the hell out of Verus because his eyes aren’t nice? Verus was also scared of him.]

 [Let’s Eat Sect is the best.]

 The talented rankers all over the world were all tongue-tied at the amazing potential that Let’s Eat Sect was showing right now. However, not long after, they realized…

 [The great demon and the demons have limitless regenerative abilities, right?]

 [Ah,e to think of it, why aren’t the demonic beasts and the enved beings behind the demons not yet moving?]

 One of the 72 Devils, Zagan, was leading a legion made up of hundreds of demonic beasts. There were also hundreds of ves of various races tied with chains behind the old demon, Forcas. All of them have not yet made their move. It was as if they were testing the power of their enemies before they made their move.

 ***

 The members of Let’s Eat Sect were already starting to get tired from pushing and pressuring the demons.

 ‘What the hell is this incredible regenerative power?’

 ‘We don’t have any chance of winning…’

 There were quite a lot of monsters with tremendous and shocking regenerative abilities. However, they had never seen anyone that could continuously regenerate like the demons in front of them. Even if they incurred just a little injury, their HP seemed to instantly reach 100% again.

 And uros, who was twitching on the ground by Khan’s side, murmured…

 [This is definitely shocking. How can a human be as powerful as a God?]

 “…?”

 Khan looked at uros in doubt. When he turned around, he saw Zagan, the demon that Crow, Ace, Conir and Ghost Spear Ben were putting pressure on, smiling.

 [I wonder how long you can fight against us? We’re only using a fifth of our powers, you know?]

 ‘Wh, what did you say…?’

 ‘A fifth?!’

 ‘What kind of bullshit is that?!’

 Listening to their words made the members of Let’s Eat Sect tremble. They were putting their lives on the line, having a hard time fighting against enemies that had their powers sealed to that extent? If that was the case, then how strong would they be if the demons were at their full strength?

 [Will you allow me to release the seal that restricts my power, O’ Great Demon?]

 Verus, who had just been beaten by Brod, grinned at Zagan’s question.

 [I grant you your request.]

 At the end of Verus’ words, several bottles of potions appeared in Zagan’s hands. Demons were beings equipped with their own special attributes. In the field of alchemy, Zagan’s characteristics were special enough to rival that of a God’s. The purple liquid sloshing in the bottles in his hands suggested that a part of their power would be unsealed and restored.

 “Stop hiiiiiiim!!!”

 “Break those things!!!”

 The members of Let’s Eat Sect shouted in agitation. Elf King Gorn’s arrows that were made of light sped through the air and aimed for the bottles of potions in Zagan’s hands.

 Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping!

 Crack—

 But Forcas approached him in an instant and broke the arrows that he sent out. The members of Let’s Eat Sect, the Dragon King, Elf King Gorn, and other Named NPCs immediately rushed forward.

 But then, the ck hawk on uros’ shoulder moved.

 Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

 The ck hawk moved so fast that none of them could follow it with their own eyes. And with every p of its wings, a huge explosion would burst out in their ranks and knock them down. And amidst the explosions, they saw…

 Pop—

 Pop—

 Pop—

 …Great Demon Verus, Zagan, uros and Forcas opening the bottles of potions filled with sloshing purple liquid and gulping them down.

 Gulp, gulp, gulp—

 Their throats moved as they continued to gulp the potion. Crow, who had copsed on the ground from the explosions, rushed forward with his spear.

 “We have to kill them now!!!” He shouted while running. However, the notifications that rang right after brought him immense shock.

 [Great Demon Verus is devouring the demonic energy in the surroundings!]

 [Humans will not be able to fight against this powerful force.]

 [All of your stats will decrease by 20%. Your attack’s sess rate will also decrease by 40%.]

 [Your Physical and Magical Defenses will decrease by 30%.]

 [The tremendous amount of demonic energy in the surrounding area has shackled you. If you get attacked under this state, you will receive double the damage.]

 Still, Crow did not stop in his tracks. He continued to dash forward and thrust his spear to pierce through the neck of the old demon, Forcas. s, Forcas was one step faster than him, and had already lightly swung his scythe against him.

 aaaash—

 [Your HP has fallen below 10%!]

 [More than 80% of your HP has been shaved off in one go.]

 [You have received a strong attack, you will not be able to control your body.]

 “Keheok?!”

 Crow copsed on the ground. He could not stand up and could only twitch helplessly. Then, hundreds of potion bottles floated around Zagan, before soaring to the skies and falling on the ground and exploding.

 Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

 [Your HP has fallen below 50%!]

 [You have been subjected to Demon Zagan’s potions.]

 [You will experience tremendous pain, as if you’re being burned from the poison in the potion.]

 [The burning pain will make it harder for you to control your body.]

 “Keuhaaaaack!”

 “Euaaaaack!”

 The members of Let’s Eat Sect that were hit directly by the explosions from the potions screamed loudly. The explosions were so powerful that they shaved off 30% of their HP in one go. The worst part?

 ck—

 ck—

 ck—

 ck—

 The ves shackled by chains standing behind Forcas started to move.

 “Chwiiiiiiiik!”

 Baaaaaaaaaang—

 One of the enved orcs punched Khan.

 “Kghhhhhk! Wha, what kind of orc is this…?!”

 If Demon Zagan was the master of alchemy, then Forcas was a demon that dragged countless beings down into the Demon World to make them his ves. Through Forcas’ rigorous training, brainwashing, and torture, his ves had be ten times more powerful than their original power.

 Fwooooooooosh—

 One of the enved elves shot an arrow that pierced through Elf King Gorn’s shoulder.

 “Urk!” Gorn groaned as he copsed on the ground from the pain. The Dragon King rushed forward to protect him. But not long after, uros’ ck hawk passed by the Dragon King and set off another explosion.

 “Keuaaaaaaaack!”

 The explosion caused the Dragon King’s left arm to bend strangely and left one of his legs broken. All the Dragon King could do was fall down helplessly, his eyes wandering around in despair. He watched as Verus swung his sword and sent out thousands of explosions simultaneously.

 “Huff!”

 Brod did not let out a groan, despite being engulfed in the explosion. But when the cloud of dust settled, his figure waspletely haggard and devastated. Blood was dripping from his head and his body was covered with the debris from the explosion. Elpis was also struggling to stand up to fight against Verus once again.

 But it waspletely useless. In another area, the NPCs and members of Let’s Eat Sect were copsing one after the other. Their eyes were showing the mounting desperation.

 “It’s over…” The Dragon King murmured as he looked up at the sky helplessly.

 ***

 Brod was flustered after seeing the sudden leap in Great Demon Verus’ power.

 ‘How…’

 He was at a level where Brod could not do anything against him. Great Demon Verus was fear and terror in and of itself. He waspletely different from when he told him to open his eyes and make them look nicely earlier.

 “Mercenary’s Pinnacle Swordsmanship’s Final Chapter. Wolf’s Death.”

 Thousands of red wolves dashed towards Verus. But when Verus snapped his fingers…

 [Great Demon’s Attribute.]

 [The nullification attribute has been triggered.]

 Swooooooooosh—

 …Brod’s strongest AOE skill was rendered useless in one go.

 ‘The Great Demon’s Attribute is equivalent to the God’s Authority in power…’

 The concept of the God’s Authority was simr to the King’s Authority. However, the two were most definitely notparable. Brod swung his sword to try and stop Great Demon Verus’ sword.

 Baaaaaaaang—

 Unfortunately, he could only fly back helplessly while throwing up a mouthful of ck blood the moment his sword collided with Great Demon Verus’ sword.

 “Urk!”

 [Human, didn’t you say that I should look kindly? Huh? Keuhahahahahaha!]

 Great Demon Verus guffawed. Just when he was about to step towards Brod…

 tter, tter—

 …Elpis, who was lying on the ground, threw his scythe and wound its chains around Verus’ ankle.

 Crack—

 Shockingly enough, the chains of his scythe broke the moment Great Demon Verus grabbed it with his hands.

 Crack—

 [Watch closely, Diablo. Your foolish decision will kill all of those that you love.]

 Verus grabbed Elpis by the head and forced him to look at the terrible hell that surrounded them. The scene of Ghost Spear Ben falling on the ground as the enved orcs, elves and ogres pushed him back was seared in Elpis’ eyes. There was also Best Selling Author Aruvel, who was forced on his knee with a broken arm, struggling to stand up and fight. The members of Let’s Eat Sect were also screaming non-stop.

 “…”

 Tears welled up in Elpis’ eyes as he fell into deep sorrow. But then, he suddenly remembered what Minhyuk told him.

 ‘Elpis, why do you always cry? If you cry again, I will call you Wolfis. Huh? Speaking of Wolfis, I suddenly want to have some Koolpis! Keuhahahaha!’

 Recalling Minhyuk’s words was enough to bring a smile to his face. So, he smiled. After all, this was what his lord had ordered him.

 [Have you gone mad? You’re smiling when you’re already in this situation?!]

 Verus sneered as he threw Elpis to the ground. Verus knew that he did not have enough time to stay in this ce, he had to end everything right now. So, he leapt to the skies as a zing ck me wrapped around his hands.

 [Demon’s zing me]

 [Your attack will increase by 7,000%. Everything within a 500 meter radius will be extinguished.]

 The mes in his hands had far more destructive power than a dragon’s breath. The area that it could cover was also huge. When the mes in his hands grewrge enough, he released it below him. A simple nce at this me would tell anyone that it was more than enough to kill everyone, including the members of Let’s Eat Sect, and even remove Valha Fortress from the map.

 ‘I don’t have any regrets…’

 Elpis did not have any regrets. He was d that before he died, he was still a man that served the lord named Minhyuk. He cried with him,ughed with him, and shared stories with him in his territory. He really enjoyed their time together. Even if he died now, he really would not have any regrets. However, there was one thing that he wanted to do, even if it cost him his life. He wanted to protect everyone here.

 Elpis’ ‘Devil Judge’ consisted of several chapters. He had a skill that was simr to Devil Judge’s Sword’s ‘Berserk’, a skill that strengthened and increased his power, but was a cut above it in terms of power and could be considered as one of his extreme penalty skills.

 This skill was none other than ‘Judge’s Wrath’. It could triple his attack and defense for ten seconds. Once the ten seconds was up, his HP would plummet to 2%. But with the situation right now, having only 2% HP would spell Elpis’ death.

 “Judge’s Wrath.”

 Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

 A tremendous amount of demonic energy burst out of Elpis’ body. Then, he flew up to counter the falling Demon’s zing me that had already grownrger than a meteor. While everyone had fallen into the depths of despair, only Elpis stood up to fight.

 “Elpis!!!”

 “Elpis!!!”

 “N, no!!!”

 “Elpiiiiiiiiis!!!”

 Everyone could tell that Elpis was sacrificing himself and they screamed his name.

 The entire world shook from the shockwave of the collision between Elpis, who used Judge’s Wrath, and Verus’ Demon’s zing me. It created a huge cloud of dust that covered everything.

 ***

 In one of Joy Co. Ltd.’s meeting rooms.

 President Kang Taehoon shut his eyes. In the end, Elpis chose to save everyone and go down the path of death. No, in fact, Elpis might have thought that he saved them, but in the end everyone present would still die.

 A deep silence draped over the meeting room. None of them could see anything through the thick cloud of dust.

 “Hoo,” President Kang Taehoon sighed loudly as he stood up from his seat to try and open the window to release his frustration. But at that moment, strange and shocking notifications suddenly rang loudly in the otherwise silent meeting room.

 [yer Minhyuk has sealed Demon Forcas.]

 [yer Minhyuk has acquired Demon Forcas’ Treasure.]

 [yer Minhyuk has sealed Demon Zagan.]

 [yer Minhyuk has acquired Demon Zagan’s Treasure.]

 [yer Minhyuk has sealed Demon uros.]

 [yer Minhyuk has acquired Demon uros’ Treasure.]

 The notifications rang in intervals of around two to three seconds.

 “…?!”

 “…?!”

 “…?!”

 Everyone was shocked. Then, President Kang Taehoon murmured in a trembling voice, “What the hell is going on within that cloud of dust…?”

 The broadcasting stations’ cameras were filming at different angles but it was still hard to see anything since everything was covered by the thick cloud of dust. Then, they suddenly saw the silhouette of someone falling rapidly down the ground.

 Baaaaaaaaaang—

 A loud bang resonated through the screen. All of the people watching their screens assumed that the silhouette was Elpis.

 [Right now, it seems like Diablo’s figure has fallen down on the ground.]

 [Will Diablo really die in the end?]

 [We can assume that Diablo, who protected Let’s Eat Sect until the very end, has taken his final breath.]

 [We can hear the desperate shouts of the members of Let’s Eat Sect. Ah, my heart hurts so much.]

 Right above the ce where the silhouette fell, another silhouette was reflected. The silhouette slowly descended from the sky as it looked down on Elpis’ supposed copsed figure. After a few tense minutes, the dust finally settled down. However, what greeted the entire world was a very shocking scene. The figure that fell down on the ground earlier was…

 [Ve, Verus?!!]

 [Great Demon Verus is the one that’s stuck on the ground!]

 [What, what in the world happened?!]

 The other figure that was descending from the sky was a man with silver hair and eyes. The man carried Elpis in his hands with a soft smile on his face as he apologized, “Sorry, I’mte.”

 It was none other than Minhyuk.

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Chapter 453: For Elpis