Players Who Returned 10,000 Years Later
Chapter 22: Followers of the Devil (Part 1)
'Phanatic.' There is no other way to label them. Kang Yu, who sneaked into the Andras guild disguised as a victim, lay down on the table and opened his eyes to observe the members of this guild.
As soon as Dok Hyun entered the room, words of praise began to echo. It was like a meeting of a pseudo religious organization.
'And 'And also.' Kang Yu felt a change in their bodies.
Their bodies began to change maliciously under the influence of the Magi.
Like Kang Yu himself, he was more like a demon than a human.
Each one of them, though on a different level, was on his way to becoming a demon in a human form.
Knowing this, he could understand their crazy behavior.
The devil's body is always filled with desire, which never shrinks and only increases. If you compare them to animals, as if they were always sensual, thirsty for mating.
Since Kang Yu had long been a demon, he could control his thirst to a certain extent, but in their case, it was different.
There may not be anyone among them right now who is mentally adequate.
'How did they get the Magi?' Perhaps they had the Devourer Power to fill the body with Magi safely.
But originally Magi were not meant for mortal humans, because it destroyed souls and bodies.
"I'll wait for the ritual first." Kang Yu, pretending to be unconscious, lay down on the altar to watch the ritual take place.
— Prepare mana stone.
- Yeah!
The man who placed the victim's body on the altar opened the safe underneath.
There were over a thousand mana stones inside.
'What will they do?' He became increasingly curious about how the ritual was performed.
Standing in front of the altar, Dok Hyun touched the ground with his dark brown wand and began to cast a spell.
Maryok, who was imprisoned in the Mana stone, broke apart and formed a slight cleavage in the air.
After squinting, Kang Yu looked at the hemisphere and a slight shiver pierced through it.
Through this split, the Magi piled up in the air.
'What the fuck?' He was very familiar with the rift.
'Why are there Magi from the Nine Thousand Circles of Hell?' A question that Kang Yu could not answer.
And how they made this split is also unclear.
He was completely confused and could only see what was going on.
Dok Hyun directed Magi who spilled from the split into Kang Yu's body.
'What?' The magi that flowed from the split began to flow into his body.
His Eater power began to attract energy as usual.
There's notice.
[Magi increased by 1 unit]
This is an undeniable surprise.
Kang Yu continued to pull the Magi who were flowing from the split.
'Good.' Kang Yu understood why they were directing the Magi from being a victim.
All they had to do was wait for the Magi to absorb the victim's soul and body, which was why the victim would die.
'But then how to get the Magi out of the body is a mystery.' After all, it wasn't a big deal for Kang Yu.
Because to him, Magi was not poison, it was more like sweet honey.
Notifications kept coming one by one.
'It's going up fast!' His body received Magi many times more than he had on that day with his own Devourer Power.
The corner of his lips unwittingly rose with the incoming Magi.
- What the heck? — Kang Yu heard Dok Hyun's excited voice, which seemed to start guessing something. — Why didn't he stop? —
"You can't stop this."
— Mi... wait a minute.
'A little more.'
- Stop!!!
'Don't stop.'
- Stop!
'One more unit.'
Dok Hyun's panicked voice and Kang Yu's mind fused into a scream.
Everything has an end.
The mana stone that was supporting the crack lost all its strength, and finally, the crack disappeared by itself.
With disappointment weighing down her heart, she opened her eyes and started to move and show signs of life.
Now he had a rough idea of what the ritual was. And now it's time to hear more information from Dok Hyun himself.
— How... how? – He shivered when he saw Kang Yu, who had absorbed all that power unharmed.
— Can we do the ritual one more time?
— Ahhhh! — Dok Hyun shaken.
He could not imagine how a simple man could pull all that energy into him and remain sane.
But one thing is clear – he has used all the stones which they have obtained his followers. And Dok Hyun himself did not accept that power.
Hwaran's forces had always been watching the Andras Guild closely, so it took them several more years to gather so many more mana stones without drawing their attention.
— Uh... uh! — Dok Hyun's screams spread throughout the room.
He glared at Kang Yu furiously.
— Oh, you lousy man! – He stretched his chocolate stick forward, and at the end appeared a concentrated ball of Magi aimed at Kang Yu.
Kang Yu dodged the attack easily.
The ball hit the wall and exploded strongly, emitting a loud sound.
As Kang Yu saw the explosion, Kang Yu looked at Dok Hyun with interest.
'Strong enough.' Either because of Magi's skill or Dok Hyun as the Player, but he could continue to issue powerful attacks without interruption.
The charge, which was sent to Kang Yu when he got there, spun into the air then turned around and flew back.
'Iron Curtain Strength.' Magi Kang Yu wrapped around him like armor.
The charges issued by Dok Hyun were rejected by Kang Yu's armor and flew back.
'The more Magi, the more comfortable.' He gained a lot of Magi at rank 3.
And taking into account that it hasn't even been a week since he's returned, it's heartening.
Kang Yu continued to use Magi with a happy look.
— Is... Did you say that you have a Magi? — Doc Hyun was stunned to see the victim who not only survived the ritual and felt normal but also knew how to handle Magi.
Not likely.
No, it's something that shouldn't have happened.
With an anxious look, he changed tactics.
- What do you see?! Attack him! — Dok Hyun shouted as he turned to the guild members.
When they heard the order, each of the eight guild members, using Magi, ran towards Kang Yu.
Looking at the running followers, Kang Yu smiled slightly.
'They don't know how to use the Magi properly.' They certainly cannot be considered as the right opponent.
Kang Yu was like a wolf among a flock of sheep.
They were desperate to point their weapons at Kang Yu, but it was impossible to break through the armor of the Magi.
His defense was impenetrable, so all that was left was to concentrate on his attacks.
To that end, he used the Iron Curtain Strength and Sword Strength at the same time.
'Many Magi will be spent.' It is difficult to support two Troops at once, given that only the armor itself requires many Magi.
'We have to settle this quickly, ' Kang Yu thought and took action.
No problem with most opponents.
In the Nine Thousand Hell Circle, before meeting Pallock, he was alone, so he was used to fighting demons head-on.
— Aah! My hands!
— Hah!… feet!
In battle, the main thing is not to take the enemy's life. Sometimes it is better to make a strong attack to resist the enemy's chance to fight than to kill them.
The injured guild members became a hindrance to their own troops, giving Kang Yu room to fight.
— Aaaah!
A guild member rushed forward, ready to attack Kang Yu from behind, but his attack was repulsed and his shoulder was severely injured.
The black blade pierced through his shoulder and shattered his bones, causing a wild scream.
'Four.' It had not even been three minutes into the battle, and half of the guild had already been destroyed.
If this continued, it would not be difficult to deal with the entire Andras guild.
— Step aside, you useless creature! — cried Dok Hyun.
Following orders, the remaining four guild members retreated and looked at Dok Hyun with a look of confidence.
— He finally used it.
— Great founding strength.
Dok Hyun stepped forward, accompanied by waiting gazes from his followers.
- Look at that! It was a life-burning fire, the Power of Hell Fire! — Dok Hyun, full of confidence, pulled one hand forward.
His palm fluttered with black flames.
— Ha... — Kang Yu looks at the blazing fire in his hand and smiles. — You call this the Power of Hell Fire? —
Sillier.
There was no way it could be called hellfire.
The Hell Fire created with the power of Hell must burn, it must never be satisfied.
The fire made by Dok Hyun was like something careless, made in haste, and was only a little like Hell Flame.
— I don't know how you can control Magi, but you can't use this power.. — Before Dok Hyun is finished, Kang Yu's hand flashed with a black flame.
The flames danced from Kang Yu's hands to the ground.
Now, Dok Hyun's fire looked very small.
— A...? — Dok Hyun looked stunned.
'Imust.' It was then that he realized that he had made a huge mistake.
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