Chapter 18: The Angel and the Demon King (I)
This day is destined to be a day that the people of Springwater Town will never forget.
The townspeople who stood a hundred meters away from the church, their mouths wide open, stunned, first saw a blazing fire rising from the church, and the church was brighter than ever in the daytime. Immediately afterward, flames erupted ferociously from the windows and dome of the church, as if a fire dragon was stuffed in the church. Eventually, a black whirlwind burst out of the burning hall, and the decades-old Springstown church was reduced to broken bricks and tiles in the whirlwind, and a large cloud of dust rose into the sky.
The smoke and dust cleared, and one by one, the reddish-brown skin demons with curved horns stepped out of the noise of the dust with heavy steps, and appeared around the collapsed church, all carrying weapons made of abyssal magic iron in their hands, and their pale yellow eyes were mixed with greed, hatred, rage, and all the negative emotions in the eyes of humans.
Many townspeople were panicked by what they saw, screams and footsteps filled the streets, and many were so shocked that they had frozen in place, forgetting to flee.
No citizen of the empire would accept the fact that such creatures as demons would run out of the temple of the gods.
The leader of the demon group was a tall fire demon, followed by a dozen demons behind him, compared to the subordinates who were about to move, this fire demon as the leader behaved extremely calmly, he did not let the demons rush into the block to kill, but slightly squinted his eyes, raised a slender finger, stopped the commotion of the demon group behind him, and then looked at the onlookers with a cold gaze.
It seems that this fire demon is much more rational than the average demon, but even a fool knows that the word "sanity" will never be in the demon's dictionary. No one would believe that these dozens of demons had teleported here from all over the Endless Demon Abyss just to see the scenery.
The moment the flame of sin was blown away, Diana's face instantly turned a little pale, and at the same time, she felt more than a dozen malicious gazes around her, but she didn't care.
All her attention was focused on the demon in front of her.
This is a humanoid demon, it seems, his body is far less tall than the rest of the demons, about two meters tall is an out-and-out short man among the demons, but the side is different from those demons with hideous faces, from a human point of view, this demon's face is extremely handsome, the distinctive cyan armor and the pure black cloak flying in the wind behind him set off his image even more heroic.
The evil aura emanating from this demon alone overshadowed all of his subordinates, and the crimson volcano mark above his head made his identity even more apparent.
According to the Divine Codex, this mark belongs to the lord of the second layer of the Endless Demon Abyss--- Demon King Samael.
The one in front of him was obviously not the true body of Samael recorded in the canon, but considering that it would take a lot of power to descend into this plane itself, the magic provided by only sixteen souls was far from enough to support him to exert his full power, and if it weren't for the appearance of the glorious aura that he hated the most, he wouldn't even bother to come here.
But now that he is here, it means that there is no chance of survival for the divine favor of the Lord of Radiance in front of him.
"You are my food. A deep and deep voice spat out from the Demon King's lips, and it was the standard continental lingua franca, and the words were correct and round.
Diana looked at the creature that seemed to exist only in mythological stories, without the slightest fear, the angelic mark above her head shining with a dazzling golden light.
Wings woven of golden light appeared behind the maiden, facing the legendary enemy, and Diana, the goddess, showed her full strength for the first time.
For the clergy who believe in the Radiance, the power of their divine magic depends on the firmness of their faith and their understanding of the doctrine of the Radiance, and the divine power of a being like the Pope's gesture is almost miraculous in scale.
Historically, the Radiant Divine Beings themselves were miraculous, which meant that they were born with the ability to summon the power of Radiance directly, unlike ordinary priests, who were subject to various restrictions.
Diana stretched out her hand, and the holy flame turned into a long sword, stabbing straight at the demon king in front of her.
The blade of the flame stabbed heavily into Samael's armor, and the scorching flames caused blisters to form on the skin of the Demon King's neck, but Samael didn't notice anything, and looked at Diana with a little more interest in his eyes.
"Very good strength, and most importantly, good potential, it seems that my trip was not in vain, after devouring your soul, my status in the Endless Demon Abyss may be a little higher than that foodie of the Leviathan. ”
"It's a pity that your god didn't give you the luck to match your strength!"
After saying this ridiculous sentence, Samael grasped the golden-red blade, and the holy flame made an angry "zizzle" sound, but under the erosion of Samael's poisonous magic, the color of the holy flame changed from vigorous gold to weak yellow, and shrank little by little, and finally turned into a wisp of purple green smoke from the demon king's hand.
Of course, more than a dozen demons didn't just come to join in the fun, at the moment when the flame sword stabbed at the demon king, several tall scythe demons let out a vague roar from their mouths, brandishing huge knives, and were about to pounce, but the light wings behind Diana flicked lightly, and in the blink of an eye, they flew to the top of the scythe demons' heads, and Diana, who occupied the high point, looked around and looked at all the enemies in front of her.
Four bone demons with pitch-black bone wings, they swayed as if they were about to fall apart in the next moment, the bone demons' attack power is not high, but they are extremely tough, and they are opponents who are difficult to kill.
Two dark shadows hide in the corners of the ruins, peering at the battle with a cold gaze, although the shadow demons are not known for their combat power in the demon lineage, they are natural assassins, and they are always looking for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
There was also an evil spirit wizard in gray robes, holding a staff made of skeletons, standing beside the fire demon.
This is a small demon army with quite a complete range of troops, a mix and match of warriors, mages, and assassins, no matter where it appears, it is destined to be a very troublesome combination, Diana's brow furrowed.
"Kill. ”
Leaving her room for thought, the scheming Samael gave orders to his men, and the demons sprang into action and rushed towards the terrified townspeople of Springwater.
Diana's eyes changed, the wings of light behind her vibrated sharply, and she turned around and was about to rush out to save people, but as soon as she flew a few meters, she had to stop, because Samael was suspended in the air at this time, and appeared in front of her in a moment's time, with an extremely dangerous light in her pupils.
"Tsk, it seems that this demon king seems to be ignored by you, a reminder, the last angel who dared to do this to me was thrown into the lava pool of the abyss by me. ”
"You seem to have as much nonsense as you heard. Diana replied, not daring to relax.
A scythe demon lowered his body and stuck out his tongue excitedly, and the saliva dripped onto a young man who was so frightened that he fainted to the ground, he hadn't tasted human flesh for a long time, no, there was a delivery in front of him, and even the effort of stunting was saved.
The scythe slashed, but instead of splitting the young man in two, as the demon had imagined, he froze in mid-air.
The crimson tip of the spear pierced through his body and poked out of his abdomen, and the fiery serpent that surrounded the spear evaporated not a drop of blood from the demon's body.
The Scythe Demon danced his arms angrily, and the scythe slashed in mid-air in search of a target, but it could not save the fate of his master, and in the end, the greedy Scythe Demon lay down next to his "food" with a thud.
Mordred pulled out the crimson flame from the demon's body, raised his head, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes under the mask, because in just a few tens of seconds after he subdued this scythe demon, there were actually three more corpses of the scythe demon on the street of Quanshui Town, and the head or chest were covered with a layer of white crystals.
Of course, he knew whose masterpiece it was.
But, too fast, right?
These are real demons from the Endless Demon Abyss, how can they fall into this guy's hands like chopping vegetables?
"The weak points of the demon are the head and heart, if you want to kill them completely, focus on attacking these two places, your method is too inefficient. Constantine said.
"You've slain demons?"
"Not much, just a few hundred. Constantine said, "It's best to keep their weapons and don't damage them, the Abyssal Magic Iron is a valuable magical material." ”
Mordred stretched out his hand to Samael in the air, "I think the armor on that guy is also quite valuable, do you want to try to peel it off too." ”
"I think. Constantine actually replied very seriously. "But there's another thing that matters most at the moment. ”
"What?"
"Destroy the magic array that summons demons, that magic array is the key to the endless demon abyss, the demons are going to use it to draw magic power, and only by destroying it can these guys get out. ”
"How?"
"Leave this to me, and you deal with the demons that attack the townspeople. Constantine galloped toward the church.
When he reached the outside of the collapsed church, he felt a powerful wave of magical power pouring out of the center of the ruins.
For Constantine, this wave of magic was no stranger.
The ruins were filled with smoke, and walking into the ruins, he cautiously pulled out the morning light, cautiously walked into the gray dust mist, and groped forward by the light of the crystal sword.
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept in, and in the smoke, a sword slashed down, swept away the flying dust, and went straight to Constantine's door.
The young monk paused abruptly, sideways to avoid the blow, and stabbed with a backhand.
The smoke cleared, and Constantine could see his opponent's face, the demon's body was pure black, like a shadow, and there was no substance at all, and the morning sun passed through the demon's body without hindrance, leaving no trace of the scar.
Shadow Demons, a particularly special kind of demons, are half-spirited beings, their bodies are completely immune to physical damage caused by swords, and they have an extremely amazing movement speed, which can be called a natural assassin among demons.
What appeared in front of Constantine at this moment was undoubtedly a shadow demon.
Behind the boy, another shadow silently appeared, slashing at the back of Constantine's neck.
"It turned out to be two peers. In the face of two opponents who were beyond common sense, Constantine did not seem to panic too much, and still maintained his original position.
Shadow Fiend's body shook, ready to use his body's injury-free properties to get closer to his opponent and deliver the final blow with his companions, in his eyes, the human should be frightened silly at the moment.
But it was immediately shocked to find that the lower half of its body was covered with a layer of snow-white crystals at some point, and the crystals quickly expanded, enveloping its whole body. As a result, Shadow Fiend froze in place while swinging his sword.
Constantine's left hand was raised, and the emerald scabbard was swept to the back of his head, blocking the stab to the back of the neck, and then pulled out the morning light, and the Shadow Demon who had lost his center of gravity slammed into the ground, turning into black shards.
The second Shadow Fiend quickly retreated, trying to retreat back into the ruins and wait for its next chance, but the human "companion" in front of it did not give it this chance at all. The crystal sword slashed through the Shadow Fiend's head in a brilliant arc of light, and the unique magical brilliance of Dawn engulfed the demon's body, sending it into the footsteps of its companions.
Shadow Fiend's body is certainly immune to sword damage, but correspondingly, the side effect of this powerful ability is to sacrifice its own magic resistance, and its weakness can be said to be exposed in the face of a magic weapon like Dawn.
But it was not enough to kill two Shadow Demons in one go, and it was still the reaction and judgment of a top killer that played a decisive role in this short but dangerous encounter.