The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 541: “I’ve Seen Her”

“Thump—thump—thump—thump—”

Heavy footsteps echoed through the dark cave. A massive monster wandered through the darkness, a terrifying sight. Anyone else would be trembling in fear, fleeing for their lives. Even experts above level eighty would be like insignificant ants to these monsters.

This was undoubtedly a monster’s lair, a nightmare for any intruder. Even the Kingdom’s elite Royal Knights would find this place troublesome.

But at this moment, a figure silently appeared before the monster.

“Yo.” The man, wielding the sealed Holy Sword, with a fluffy, mysterious beast on his head, greeted the monster with a friendly wave.

“Nice to meet you,” Shien grinned, “and goodbye.”

With a flash, Shien teleported before the monster, reached out, and touched it.

“[Bestow: Split].”

Magic power surged from his palm, covering the monster.

“Swish—!” A loud tearing sound echoed as the monster’s body split open, covered in wounds, blood gushing out.

“■■■■■—!!!” The monster, finally awakened by the intense pain, roared.

But it was too late.

“[Bestow: Stiffen].”

“[Bestow: Slow].”

“[Bestow: Dizzy].”

“[Bestow: Paralyze].”

“[Bestow: Heavy].”

Shien continuously applied various negative status effects to the monster, silencing its howls and immobilizing it completely. It collapsed to the ground, like a drunkard, weak and vulnerable.

“[Starry Arrays]!”

Without hesitation, Shien unleashed the advanced Celestial Magic. Starlight shone as celestial bodies formed, swirling around the monster and binding it with beams of light.

Soon, a cocoon of light replaced the monster. The cocoon pulsed, shrinking with each beat. After ten pulses, it was ten times smaller.

“Splat!” With a crushing sound, the cocoon vanished, along with the monster, obliterated without a trace.

“Good.” Shien clapped his hands, satisfied, and withdrew his magic power.

The legendary Demonized Being, capable of single-handedly destroying a small country and even giving the Royal Knights trouble, was annihilated by Shien in less than ten seconds.

“That’s three, right?” Shien counted. This was the third Demonized Being he had eliminated since entering.

“Indeed, three.” Lid, on Shien’s head, witnessed the entire process and said with a sigh, “You’re more and more like a monster. Three already, and you still make it look so easy. If I hadn’t met Mitra, I would have suspected you were the one capable of rivaling even the Goddess of Fate.”

This was high praise, comparing him to the Hero who defeated the Demon King.

“Doesn’t your magic power ever run out?” Lid asked, truly doubtful. Shien’s performance was too outrageous, his magic power seemingly endless, unleashing powerful spells one after another effortlessly. Spells that could effectively damage a legendary-level Demonized Being were definitely high-level and powerful. Even a legendary elven magician would consume a lot of magic power using just one of them.

But Shien seemed to have an unlimited supply, effortlessly annihilating legendary Demonized Beings without any sign of fatigue. His magic power was astonishing, probably unmatched, even by her, a Demon Lord.

“It does consume magic power,” Shien said nonchalantly, “but not enough to be a burden.”

With his current magic power, he could indeed use such powerful magic freely. This level of consumption, terrifying to others, was insignificant to him. His magic power had already recovered. Why would he hold back?

Shien’s magical prowess now far surpassed that of legendary archmages. In his battle with Aldia, he had only used close combat and even held back. If he had used magic, he could have quickly defeated Aldia.

His abundant magic power gave him the confidence to use powerful means recklessly. If it were anyone else, using this much magic power, even if they could kill a Demonized Being, they would collapse on the spot, needing a day and a night to recover.

Even Shien’s close combat methods consumed a lot of magic power. [Outer Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree], [Outer Perception of Heaven’s Decree], [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree], and even some effects of [Inner Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree], [Inner Perception of Heaven’s Decree], and [Inner Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] all required magic power. His teleportation, for example, consumed magic power depending on the distance and obstacles. Others couldn’t use such a high-level skill so frequently and casually.

Therefore, a large part of Shien’s current strength came from his immense magic power. Without it, even with his Unique Skill [Fate and Logic] and the powerful Heaven’s Decree skills, he wouldn’t be able to use them freely.

Thanks to [Divine Grace], which maximized his stats upon leveling up, and [Inner Perception of Heaven’s Decree], which greatly enhanced his magic power and recovery speed, Shien possessed this monstrous amount of magic power, allowing him to reach his current level of strength.

This level of magic power was astonishing even to Lid, a Demon Lord.

But it was thanks to his two Unique Skills, [Divine Grace] and [Fate and Logic], that Shien had this magic power.

Unique Skills were abilities that defied common sense.

Shien had two, both incredibly broken, providing him with an astonishing growth rate. It was only natural for him to have such immense magic power.

However…

“I think that’s enough for now.”

Shien looked around.

“We’ve been in here for two hours and only encountered three large Demonized Beings. It seems there aren’t hordes of legendary Demonized Beings here after all.”

Lid agreed with Shien’s assessment.

“Legendary monsters are rare. Even if there are more in the Tegor Forest, they are ancient beings, each possessing great power and strong survival instincts. They will definitely flee if they sense danger. Even the [Original Demon] can’t capture many legendary monsters for their rituals.”

Lid pondered.

“Of course, it’s also possible that most of the legendary Demonized Beings have already been devoured by Demon Lord larvae and used by the [Original Demon] to create the Seventh.”

This possibility was higher.

Shien didn’t believe that such a large ritual site would only have three legendary Demonized Beings.

Like Lid said, most of the legendary Demonized Beings that once existed here had probably been recovered by the [Original Demon] and used to feed the larvae.

“So, are there only three left here?” Shien asked casually, “Or should we continue searching?”

“I suggest we continue.” Lid said, “Since the ritual site is still here, it means the core of the ritual, the Demon Lord larva, is also here. We have to find and eliminate it.”

“Alright.” Shien shrugged. “I don’t like those monsters anyway.”

A chuckle echoed.

“Really? I find them quite cute.”