Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 382: The Little Demon King
A month had passed in real time since Mark 2 signed the spirit contract.
“Observation squad. What’s the current status of the spirit energy detection?”
“Three spirit users detected within a 1 km radius. All three have been mapped.”
“Good. Maintain the second-level surveillance posture until they move.”
Gladiator Growth.
Eastern Front Army.
A player from Yaspaña, , who was in charge of one of the EU Allied Forces' frontlines, kept his focus as he eyed the battlefield.
“Intelligence, what’s the status of Code Name Demon King?”
“Connection confirmed. However, the clouds are blocking the screen, so there’s no way to confirm what or where she is doing anything.”
“Damn Koreans. Did our ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ intelligence tell them we’re reading their information?”
Knowing the movements doesn’t really change anything. The strength of that monstrous woman isn’t to be taken lightly.
When she appears, the frontlines must retreat immediately.
The only saving grace is that with the spirit contract as bait, it’s possible to prevent the Demon King Swordsman from directly participating in the battle at any front.
[We’ll ignore the debt for now and deal with it later.]
While aware that she was gaining some advantage by managing the spirit contract, he had no courage to protest about profiting off someone else’s money against the Demon King Swordsman.
In fact, what they were actually cautious of was not the Demon King Swordsman herself.
“Urgent report! Unidentified spirit reaction detected from high altitude!”
“High altitude?! Damn, we’ve been hit! What’s the current altitude?”
“18,200 meters!”
The information officer hastily grabbed the V-Tube broadcast screen, revealing an overwhelming high-altitude view.
Flap! Flap!
The Demon King Swordsman, liberating herself from the clouds surrounding her, appeared while holding a cigarette in her mouth.
With one hand outstretched, her clothing flared in the wind, and the massive spirit energy she emitted was strong enough to disrupt the high-altitude pressure system.
[Warning. Warning.]
[Level 12 spirit energy detected.]
[Activating the fourth-level full combat posture.]
The entire battlefield blared with an alarm system.
The Yaspaña magical battalion and spirit users looked up anxiously at the sky.
In the vast, unreachable high skies, the spirit, Mark 2, descended.
“Ta-da! Today, I’m showing you the Baek Ryeol Daepokjang. Mark 2 has come to demonstrate a new technique today.”
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Free from the mana restrictions, Mark 2 unleashed a martial technique with such intensity that a hot windstorm followed the clouds, sending them cascading toward the ground.
The cloud, infused with scorching heat, was so intense that any human body entering it would burn to ashes.
It was drawing closer to the ground by the second.
The magical battalion's counter magic surged upward, following the guidance of the spirit users.
“General! Is it really necessary to mobilize the entire magical battalion for a single spirit?”
“What’s this about?”
“This is the frontline supervisor assigned by the Central Command to the Eastern Front.”
“Whatever you heard, make sure you understand what we’re fighting against. Why the entire magical battalion needs to be mobilized.”
As soon as the general’s words ended, a fierce clash occurred in the sky between the hot wind cloud and the magical counterstrike.
Boom!
Kwoooosh!
The cloud barrier, engulfing the energy, was shattered in midair before the full force collided with the ground.
Immediately after the explosion, the air itself wobbled like the surface of water, and the clouds that had been swept away started quickly rebuilding in a frightening display.
“Activate shock-absorption shields!”
“Everyone get down! 3, 2, 1, impact!”
If they weren’t deaf, the alarm noise that came with the explosion would have made them realize the severity of the situation.
Boom--
The shockwave, like a vast web in the sky, spread across the heavens, coloring the world crimson.
If this had exploded on the ground, the entire frontline army would have been instantly vaporized by the heat pressure, resulting in immediate death.
“What... What the hell is this?!”
“Code name Little Demon King. The demon that appears wherever there is a demon king and uses spirit magic to obliterate the frontlines. This is the nightmare of the EU Allied Forces, the Little Demon King from the East.”
“This... This can’t be real! There’s no way a spirit could do this!”
“It’s useless to deny it. If we ignore the information we gained by exchanging three frontlines, the only future that awaits us is the collapse of the front.”
“Do we have any countermeasures?”
ignored the command and pointed at dozens of flying pets rising into the air.
“Looks like we have some new suicidal candidates. You’ll see soon enough.”
After the magical battalion barely stopped one attack, the Wyvern Knights took the opportunity and soared into the air.
“After a grand magic like that, there will be a cooldown before the next offensive!”
“Fly at full speed! Show the spirit of our training that withstood 9G in gravity resistance exercises!”
“Captain! The command just signaled for an immediate retreat.”
“Hah, the cowards of the frontline are making too much noise. Stop talking nonsense.”
“I’ll report it as magical instability causing communication disruptions.”
The Wyvern Knights shot up through the high heat hell where even the oxygen was consumed.
Through their enhanced vision spells, they saw Mark 2 looking down on them, blinking.
We’ve won.
The knights smiled.
Since they could see her, they would never let her escape.
The magic inscribed on their lances activated as they pressed the trigger.
This lightning-based magic, one of the fastest-casting spells in existence, was something the knights couldn’t possibly counter with their reflex speed.
It was now unleashed along with a combo that could only activate in simultaneous deployment.
Foolish novices who didn’t even know the basics of preemptive defense spells were calling the Little Demon King their foe.
‘The rumors were exaggerated after all.’
‘Did the frontline troops lose and inflate the enemy’s fame out of shame?’
Pathetic fools.
Well, at least it’s fine.
They raised the enemy’s reputation, and I’ve taken it all for myself.
From today onward, the Wyvern Knights would be known as the knights who defeated the Little Demon King.
The finest knights of the EU Allied Forces.
The new top-ranked players in Gladiator Growth.
Crackle
“Eh?”
“Why is the lightning inside the cloud...”
Flash.
When the light struck, the defenses they had prepared were shattered.
“Disappointing. Your firepower is too weak.”
The Wyvern Knights’ desperate charge couldn’t even break through a single layer of cloud.
Mark 2, whose body was still blurry like a cloud, suddenly flashed with piercing eyes.
The deadly lightning strike they had prepared was returned with such force that one knight and a wyvern were instantly killed.
“Education. Lightning should be like this.”
The cloud, empowered by Mark 2’s internal energy, rained down upon the lightning cloud.
The power of the cloud shredded the thundercloud into thousands of pieces, sparking all over and intensifying the light.
The scale and power of this technique far exceeded the combination technique of just 12 knights.
“Thousand Chain? How... How did you...”
“This is a cheat...”
The knights’ five years of preparation were easily surpassed by a single strike.
Mark 2 spoke as she unleashed it.
“Pride. I learned this technique just last week. This is what lightning should be like.”
“One week. In just one week, you surpassed our five years of work...”
After the lightning struck, the knights were obliterated, leaving no ashes behind.
“Do you still think there’s any way to counterattack?”
Appearing from the high altitude, firing off the maximum spirit magic, and easily countering the desperate special forces—this was a presence that truly deserved the title of Little Demon King!
She wiped them out without effort.
“Impossible... right?”
“Report everything to the headquarters. Mankind has yet to gain the power to defeat the Little Demon King. It’s either a ceasefire or total destruction.”
What they could do was only try their best to stop Mark 2’s attack and hold on.
Even if they failed once, they would have to perfectly block the maximum magic barrage each time.
Even if they kept doing this, the Little Demon King would just use up her power, satisfy herself, and leave.
When she comes back, she’ll be even stronger, repeatedly launching devastating surprise attacks.
Unless they made a contract with a Spirit King-level spirit, there was no hope.
“By the way, how’s the spirit contract ritual in the capital going?”
“It’s progressing significantly. We’ve been careful to avoid interference from the Demon King Swordsman by carrying out the ritual while she’s in another region.”
“Do you think the Spirit King’s summoning will truly succeed?”
“We’ve mobilized the national budget and even tapped into the national treasury to gather the offerings. We will definitely be able to contract with the Spirit King.”
The last hope of humanity to face the Little Demon King and the Demon King Swordsman: the Spirit Contract with the Spirit King.
The EU Allied Forces’ high command pinned all their hopes on this.
Kwoooosh!
Was their wish finally coming true?
A massive dark pillar rose from the capital.
“What’s that?”
“I... I think it’s the effect of the Spirit King’s appearance?”
[Be afraid.]
[In the capital of Yaspaña, a being born from vast offerings has surpassed all ranks.]
[His name is Minotaurus.]
[A mere bull, reigning above mankind, wandering the city.]
[Minotaurus’ power transforms his city into a labyrinth, and if one doesn’t reach the specific exit, they cannot escape. A wide-range curse has been deployed.]
“Oh, no...”
“That’s... that’s the bull the Demon King Swordsman left behind!”
[Minotaurus is absorbing the power of the offerings.]
[Warning. Warning.]
[If Minotaurus, who resides in the heart of the labyrinth city, is not defeated within 48 days, a new World Boss, , will be born.]
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