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Naturally, traces of the demon’s mana are hard to detect.
‘They’re very well hidden.’
In fact, spreading out his senses as a level 123 to trace mana residue is difficult, but his Agility was high.
His level is incomparable to players of the same level.
Nevertheless, even though their level was much higher, he could feel traces of the demon’s mana.
“Huu…”
He was done with all the preparations he can make.
Now all he has to do is fight the demons.
Earlier he was told where the dark elf’s queen hut is located.
‘I’d like to summon Feranet.’
But nothing good will come from it if the dark elves sees that he’s an undead summoner.
So he decided to summon Feranet later.
While walking through the village, the dark elves gave him cold looks.
Yujun walked with ease, ignoring their gazes.
Soon after, he stood in front of the queen’s hut, the largest one in the village.
But instead of heading inside immediately, he opened his inventory.
He wasn’t going to just run in and fight the demons.
‘I need insurance, just in case.’
A breathtakingly beautiful woman was sleeping on a luxurious bed.
However, she was not asleep at all but was placed under a curse to never wake up.
Lying there was the dark elf queen.
There were two demons near the queen.
They were distinguishable as male and female.
While they were having a conservation, their faces suddenly stiffened.
“Human?”
“You sensed a human?”
“That’s him.”
“The man who has the seed?”
“Yes. It’s the same smell as that time.”
“How did he get here?”
“The stupid dark elves must have failed.”
“Didn’t they bring him back alive?”
“He doesn’t have to be kept alive.”
“Then we’ll take care of it.”
“Huh. If this is the case, I’ll do it myself.”
“One has to protect this place. You know that, don’t you?”
“We can’t relax even though their queen is under a curse. It’s a pity that we can only monitor her.”
“Well, when this is over, we’ll have to take care of all the dark elves here.”
“Then why don’t you play with the nearby elf village.”
“Alright. It would be good if their elder is as stupid as the dark elf’s queen.”
The female demon, who was talking leisurely, spoke again.
“Should I go out? It’s not like he’s going to come in.”
“Go and come back.”
Nodding at the female demon, her body disappeared instantly.
Coming out of the hut, she stared at the human standing in front of her with widened eyes.
She couldn’t even feel any strong energy from him.
‘…Is he smiling?’
It was then.
She felt anxiety over her whole body.
Sheila, the female demon, hurriedly tried to move from her location using her Blink skill.
But it was too late.
She was immobilized by something intangible beyond description.
Sheila tried to get away from the predicament by applying force to her body.
Keuk.
It didn’t budge.
The intangible energy that tied her up was too strong for her.
Yujun has completely bound the level 290 demon, Sheila.
There was fear in the eyes of Sheila, who was unable to move.
Only then did the man standing in front of her slowly approached.
She was sure he’s weak.
In her current state of being unable to resist, fear and anxiety dominated her mind.
“Wait, hold on!”
Sheila tried to stall by talking.
The approaching human, Yujun, did not stop walking.
“Stop!”
Sheila urgently yelled.
“Why should I?”
“What have you done to my body!”
‘Well.’
‘Unitie me right now! If you don’t want to die!”
“…”
It seemed that the demon couldn’t grasp the situation properly.
He gripped his sword and slowly walked forward.
Yujun was not in a hurry.
The demon was currently tied by a permanent shackle and will not be able to escape by herself once caught.
‘No. Even if someone tries to help her, they won’t be able to remove it if they don’t know the pattern modifier I set.’
The consumable item he used, Permanent Cursed Shackle, is a Mythic grade item.
‘It’s not Mythic grade for no reason.’
He has all sorts of items, and what he used just now is one of them.
Even if the level of the demon is extremely high, there was no way to resist the curse.
‘I tried to be as efficient as possible. Since it’s my first demon hunt, safety is the right choice.’
Thanks to his legendary items, his stats are not far behind the demon races.
But he wanted to make sure.
He checked Sheila’s information in advance with the Status Check Scroll.
‘Level 294. Just average among the demon race.’
She wasn’t a really strong demon.
On the contrary, it seemed a little weak to be able to take the dark elf queen as hostage.
‘Caught off guard by surprise?’
The dark elf queen would have been able to cope with this level of demon.
At any rate, it’s not clear at the moment.
Before dealing with Sheila, he summoned Feranet.
“Master!”
As soon as Feranet, who hasn’t been summoned in a long time, was summoned, it approached Yujun.
“What’s going on? I’ll help you, master.”
“Wait. Hold on.”
“What?”
“I’ll level you up.”
After he spoke, Yujun did not hesitate to thrust his sword into Sheila’s neck.
“Ah, no…”
Psh!
[Level has risen!]
[Level has risen!]
[Level has risen!]
[Level has risen!]
[…]
[Defeated an enemy with a severe level gap!]
[An impossible achievement!]
[Legendary Item Box (Pick)]
[Obtained legendary title ‘Demon Hunter.’]
[Obtained demon’s essence.]
– Demon Hunter (Legendary) – All damage against demon race increases by 15%.
He leveled up 11 times, got a legendary title, and a Legendary Item Box.
‘Good. Another Legendary Item Box.’
‘Is it because of the cape with the Rainbow Sticker?’
It is very rare for a demon to die in one attack, no matter how much someone aimed for their vitals.
Apart from their level, demons have very high vitality.
Certainly, the 250% damage increase cannot be ignored.
Yujun’s attack was already high.
“M-master? What happened? I can smell the scent of a demon.”
Asked Feranet puzzlingly.
“Did your level increase?”
“It’s gone up a lot…”
“That’s great.”
The higher level Feranet is, the better it is for him.
Since he’s not sharing experience, it was good to have Feranet summoned all the time to raise it up.
‘Let’s check Feranet’s current progress.’
Yujun hasn’t checked Feranet’s status window in a long time.
[Pet: Feranet (Growth Type)]
Level: 162
Traits: Survival Instinct (S), Evasion (A)
Skills: Poison Alchemy (B), Corpse Explosion (S)
Titles: None
Attributes:
[Strength 140] [Agility 159] [Stamina 111] [Magic 121]
[Undistributed Points: 0]
‘Oh, this looks good.’
In the case of Feranet, it did not only gain 3 undistributed points every time it leveled.
The reason is that Yujun has greatly increased the potential of Feranet by giving it the Blessing of the Dead.
In short, there are times when four points are gained, similar to Yujun, who is an original player.
So Feranet’s stats are much higher than most players of the same level.
In addition, the legendary items given by Yujun boosted Feranet even further.
‘You’re too good to just be used as a tank.’
With a satisfied smile, Yujun raised his sword at the sight of a demon.
“Did you kill Sheila?”
A male demon spoke in a calm tone.
Yujun nodded.
“How did you kill her?”
“With my sword.”
“You know that’s not what I meant.”
“She just died?”
“No. With your capability, you can’t defeat Sheila. I’ll ask you again. How did you kill her?”
“See for yourself.”
Kicking off the ground, Yujun rushed at the male demon Pierre.
Wings rose from Pierre’s back and he flew high into the sky.
Then he poured dark mana into his sword and swooped down at Yujun.
In an instant, Yujun swung his sword at Pierre, who had just appeared in front of him.
Bang-!
Yujun bounced away.
While bouncing back, he checked the state of his weapon.
‘Fortunately, it’s fine.’
If so, the attack of his weapon wasn’t any weaker.
There seems to be a difference in Strength.
Yujun straightened his posture and extended his sword at the flying Pierre.
This time, his Swordsmanship (SSS) showed its power.
With perfect timing, his sword extended at Pierre, who could do nothing.
Pierre twisted himself.
Psh!
His right shoulder was pierced by Yujun’s sword.
“How dare you…!”
Rather than back down, Pierre, who was seriously hurt, tried to attack Yujun.
Dark magic.
Yujun breathed deeply.
“What?”
“Keueheuheu… let’s see whose body is stronger, human.”
Seven dark energy emanating from Pierre’s body exploded right in front of Yujun.
Pierre blew himself up.
Ba-bang! Bang!
A huge explosion covered the area.
Even Feranet, who was not close, was blown away.
And being at the center of it all, it wasn’t any better for Yujun.
A series of explosions struck Yujun’s body consecutively.
Yujun was losing consciousness.
He felt like he was going to faint any second now.
But he didn’t.
Composure (S).
The trait made Yujun’s consciousness clear.
‘I’m not dead.’
His left arm was in tatters, and his legs were broken, but he was still breathing.
Realizing that he survived on his own, Yujun immediately opened his inventory.
His vision was blurred.
He could not see the items in his inventory properly.
But he had placed his potions the closest for such cases.
‘Second from the front…’
There’s a high grade potion there.
It was an item comparable to an elixir in terms of healing.
He opened the lid of the best potion and swallowed it at once.
A refreshing energy burned through his throat.
Then immediately.
It came into effect.
The body, which had been devastated, recovered completely to the state before being directly hit.
“Huu…”
The pain he felt all over his body completely disappeared.
Yujun checked Pierre state, who was blown away.
The terrible wounds caused by the magic explosion were clear.
‘I have to take care of him quickly.’
The demon race has excellent regenerative power.
Pierre wouldn’t recover from such wounds any time soon, but there was also no need to give him time.
Having perfectly recovered, Yujun rushed at the fallen demon.
Pierre was unconscious and unable to resist.
But when Yujun was about to strike his sword at the head of the demon.
Pak!