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“You’ll handle everything alone? Little human, even fighting alongside that weak Spirit King wouldn’t be enough, yet you claim you’ll fight alone?”

The demon realm grand duke asked incredulously.

“It’s enough.”

At Ethan’s words, the demon realm grand duke laughed loudly.

“Wahahaha! A mere human alone will face all these numbers? Look here.”

Over a hundred demons were exuding a fierce aura.

It was an immense pressure. Even Roanna, hiding behind the Spirit King, trembled in fear at the powerful demons.

How much more formidable must they be, being directly led by the demon realm grand duke, who held quite a high position among the high-ranking demons?

“Well then, try facing them.”

Since fighting the Twelve Apostles Luna Spirit, Ethan had trained in various ways.

He had changed his mindset entirely.

‘It’s not about getting stronger to survive.’

You survive by becoming stronger. Until the very end.

“Fight to the Death.”

-Domain declared.

-Counting enemies within the domain.

-Becoming stronger by the number of enemies!

Cheok Jun-gyeong’s Fight to the Death, which considered everyone except himself as an enemy, was activated.

‘My body feels lighter.’

Ethan breathed calmly.

“Huu.”

-Activating Immortal Hero’s Breathing!

-The Five Elements Acupuncture Technique fills your body with strength!

Ethan stomped the ground hard.

In an instant, the movements of all demons were captured by the Eye of Horus.

-Bullet Time is activated.

In the infinitely slowed time, Ethan targeted the demon realm grand duke first. If he dealt with the demon realm grand duke leading them, the rest would become mere disorganized small fry.

Grrrr-!

Even in the slowed time, there were demons trying to block Ethan’s movements.

However, the demons’ attacks couldn’t reach Ethan.

-Earth Slide is activated.

He used the power of lightning simultaneously with Earth Slide.

Crackle-!

“!”

Ethan reached the front of the demon realm grand duke at a speed that surprised even himself. No one present could track Ethan’s movements.

“I said it was enough, didn’t I?”

Ethan swung his sword toward the demon realm grand duke, who was trying to back away while looking at Ethan with surprised eyes.

Infused with the power of frost and lightning.

Ethan Swordsmanship Third Form.

Ten Thousand Thunder Frost Strike.

Crack-!

The demon realm grand duke, unable to escape in time, tried to block the sword by crossing his hands, but couldn’t stop Ethan’s strike that had activated all abilities intentionally.

-One-hit kill!

-You’ve slain a superior being in one strike!

-Achievement unlocked!

-Obtained likes for achieving the [One Stroke, Two Halves] achievement.

-Gained ‘5’ likes!

-Cleared a sudden quest!

-All stats permanently increase by 1!

No one except Ethan properly grasped what had happened.

Even the dead demon realm grand duke only saw Ethan’s figure reaching right in front of him in an instant, probably never even thinking he would die.

That’s how powerful Ethan’s single strike was.

“Th-The, gra, gr-grand duke.”

“The grand duke…”

“The grand duke… has, has fallen.”

The demons were the most bewildered. When the demon realm grand duke perished just like that, they froze in place like statues, unable to move properly.

Some demons were even on the verge of backing away from the aura Ethan was emitting.

“Impossible… how did he defeat that demon realm grand duke?”

Tror’s mouth gaped open.

It was truly unbelievable. Especially Tror, who had directly fought the demon realm grand duke in the past, knew his power well.

He had barely managed to send him back to the demon realm using all his strength, thinking that if things had gone slightly wrong, Tror himself might have died instead – that’s how tremendous the demon realm grand duke’s power was.

To kill such a demon realm grand duke in one strike.

“How on earth…”

Moreover, it wasn’t magic.

He moved so fast it couldn’t be seen and cut him down with a single sword stroke.

“As expected of teacher.”

Roanna clenched her fists, cheering for Ethan. As expected of her teacher.

“Was, was he really a swordsman? To be skilled enough to kill a demon realm grand duke with a sword, not magic… How is this…”

To Tror, who was muttering with disbelieving eyes, Roanna answered with a proud expression.

“I told you, didn’t I?”

“To have that level of magic skill and such swordsmanship on top… Can a human be like that? Perhaps he’s older than he looks? I’ve heard there are some human specimens that look much younger than their actual age. If he’s one of those, then yeah, such skill would be possible. If he’s lived for 50, no, 70 years or so, then this level of skill would naturally…”

“He’s probably in his 20s.”

“Oh, Spirit God.”

Tror shook his head.

Meanwhile, the demons were at a loss, bewildered by the unexpected situation.

Demons are beings that worship power.

The strongest among them had been the demon realm grand duke. So, they were overwhelmed by the pressure from Ethan, who had killed the demon realm grand duke in one strike.

‘Earth Slide, this needs more practice.’

He could move incredibly fast when moving in a straight line, using the lightning within his body.

‘I couldn’t bring out 100% of the speed. I unconsciously held back, afraid I might lose control.’

Even so, it was fast. Much faster than when he fought the Twelve Apostles.

That’s why the demon realm grand duke barely reacted and died without being able to properly block.

“Huuu.”

The synergy between Immortal Hero’s Breathing and Counter-Radiance was good.

“It feels like things are finally coming together.”

It felt like he could now properly use everything he had built up until now.

By then, the demons had calmed their confusion and started to burst with anger.

“Damn human!”

“For the grand duke to fall to a human like you…!”

“I’ll at least take one of your arms!”

The demons didn’t think they could win against Ethan.

It was natural, given how helplessly the demon realm grand duke had died.

But they couldn’t turn their backs and run away either.

The demons threw themselves at Ethan, willing to sacrifice their lives.

But none of the over hundred demons could touch Ethan.

Bang-!

Tror’s earth wall automatically rose up, blocking the demons’ attacks.

Crash-!

However, Tror’s earth wall didn’t last very long.

‘This much, huh.’

-The earth wall has been destroyed.

-Earth wall cannot be used for 5 minutes.

‘5 minutes until recharge.’

“I’ll take your arm!”

The demons launched their attacks, completely disregarding defense.

Against such demons, Ethan also attacked without defending.

Slash-!

Boom-!

Ethan’s sword cut through the demons in an instant. At the same time, the demons’ attacks also reached Ethan but didn’t inflict any damage.

-Supreme Resilience absorbs the damage!

“Wh-What is this!”

“Why aren’t our attacks working!”

It was an attack launched while throwing away their lives.

Thinking Ethan arrogant for not dodging, they swung their weapons with all their might.

However, they couldn’t even touch a hair on Ethan.

“You need to swing harder for it to work.”

At Ethan’s provocation, the demons’ expressions turned pale.

‘Until now, I couldn’t properly utilize Supreme Resilience.’

Originally, Supreme Resilience wasn’t simply a technique that absorbed damage.

‘Originally, Supreme Resilience is one complete process from absorption to release.’

But because he kept encountering such powerful opponents, he often missed opportunities, unable to properly release the absorbed power.

Until now, he had only been using half of that amazing ability.

But now he can draw out the full power of Supreme Resilience.

This is how it’s really used.

‘Now!’

Ethan released the accumulated absorbed power at the precise moment.

Boom-!

As the momentarily absorbed power was released, the demons fell backward as if pushed by a powerful wave of force.

As the demons’ formation surrounding Ethan crumbled, Ethan swung his sword roughly.

Slash!

With each swing of the sword, a considerable number of demons fell.

The demons rushed at Ethan prepared to die, but it was futile.

Every demon that charged fell unable to withstand a single strike.

White frost spread, and lightning scattered as if divine punishment had descended.

“Keep your distance!”

Realizing that close-range attacks weren’t working, the demons spread out. Then they began to gather their mana.

“Curse of Death.”

What the remaining demons used by drawing out their mana was a curse that instantly pressures the opponent to death.

It was a high-level black magic that could attack both mind and body simultaneously.

Thunk-!

An unavoidable arrow pierced Ethan’s body.

“Damn him.”

“Now’s the time! Attack him!”

The Curse of Death is certainly powerful black magic, but it couldn’t possibly kill Ethan, who had slain the demon realm grand duke in one strike.

But they thought it could at least bind him for a moment.

The demons rushed at Ethan once again.

“N-No! We, we need to retreat…”

A demon rushing close to Ethan realized something was off.

The human who should have been weakened, even if not killed, by the influence of the Curse of Extinction was perfectly fine.

-A powerful curse envelops you!

-Extinction has devoured the curse.

“I have an even greater curse. Ordinary ones won’t work on me.”

Ethan grinned and swung his sword at the demons who had come close.

Slash!

More demons were cut down.

The extreme Ethan Swordsmanship mixed with Immortal Hero’s Breathing resulted in overwhelming power and speed.

“Shoot Inferno!”

Whoosh-!

This time it was Inferno. The powerful 6th circle magic, Inferno, burst forth from the demons’ hands.

A wave of bright red and pitch-black flames.

The power of Inferno varied depending on each individual’s level.

Ethan’s surroundings were filled with intense flames.

It was such powerful flames that even Tror and Roanna, who were watching, felt a moment of unease.

Whoosh-!

Seeing the flames soaring high into the sky, the demons finally thought they had inflicted fatal damage on that human.

“Once more! Inferno works on him!”

“Shoot again with Dark Inferno!”

However, the flames suddenly wavered greatly.

“!”

-Gourmet trait has been activated.

-The power of the guardian stone reduces damage.

Ethan walked out of the flames without a single scratch.

At that sight, the demons stepped back. They had surely thought it would work this time.

“What on earth is he…”

“Hah!”

Ethan charged forward, enveloped in flames.

“One.”

From top left to bottom right.

“Two.”

From top right to bottom left.

He continued to cut down demons endlessly like this.

“Huff, huff.”

Ethan breathed heavily. Suddenly, only ten demons remained.

“Th-This… How is this possible?”

“You! Are you really human!”

The demons’ voices trembled.

Ethan, covered in demon blood, and the trembling demons. The situation had completely reversed.

Ethan’s unique gaze combined with this situation made even the demons terrified, his appearance ghastly.

“Whether I’m human or not, is that important?”

Ethan said.

“What’s important is that not a single one of you will return alive from here. You must have been pleased when you blocked the entrance. Thinking you trapped us here.”

Ethan charged forward, kicking off the ground.

“But it’s you who are trapped.”

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