NOVEL NEXT Chapter 87.1
[Kneel.]
A voice that pressed down on her head.
Just one word.
With that single word, Ash felt electricity piercing through her spine, from her head to her toes.
Unconsciously, she found herself kneeling.
In an instant, the lightning that surged up her spine felt like it burned her brain completely black.
She couldn’t think.
Her body simply reacted to that voice.
‘What is this? What has happened?’
There was no strength in the whole body.
She couldn’t move her legs.
Her trembling gaze quickly swept over Isaac’s platinum hair and the body clad in the priest’s clothes.
Even after looking and looking again, it was those disgusting bunch she knew.
What’s this?
Why?
Why does this priest have magic power!
Ash’s frozen eyes distorted with fear.
No, magic wasn’t the problem itself.
‘This magic power.’
Being a high-ranking demon, she knew better than anyone. This wasn’t the magic an ordinary human could possess.
A black aura emanating from Isaac’s body.
Red magical eyes.
Her body trembled uncontrollably.
Terrifying.
She couldn’t breathe.
It was the first time she had ever felt such fear.
No, was it really the first time?
Suddenly, a passing memory flashed through her mind.
‘O Great King.’
Of course, as a demon like Ash, she never had the opportunity to directly encounter the Eye of the Skeleton King.
But just once.
She had directly witnessed the power of the Great King.
Perhaps it was when, threatened by the loathsome gods demanding the surrender of the demon lands.
Countless messengers of the gods swarmed the Skeleton King, and they prepared for a great war. However, the king merely said that it was enough to prepare for a walk.
The king drew a line in the air just once.
The unfamiliar messengers fell to the ground in an instant. Even the gods couldn’t approach that power easily.
All the demons shivered at that power.
Even the pure-blood demons with high noses bowed their heads to the mighty Demon King!
But why does that feeling from back then… come from that little brat!!
Ash’s eyes widened, but soon, a freezing chill burst out.
“Where are you focusing those eyes right now?”
“…!”
Terrifyingly, Ash’s head fell to the ground.
Bang!!
‘Ugh…!’
An invisible force crushed Ash’s head. The forehead that fell seemed to stick to the ground as if crushed.
Ash felt like tears were about to come out.
‘Damn…! What is this sinister energy!’
It was different from before. A power that overwhelmingly made you feel like you’re nothing.
What’s scarier is that this power hasn’t even been used.
At the same time, Isaac approached her with his arms crossed. A powerful magical power enveloped his body.
“Since you crawled out on your own, I didn’t have to search for you. Did you kidnap the paladins?”
At those words, Ash, who tilted her head, flinched.
…That’s right!
She had forgotten in her fear, but that’s right! Come to think of it, she was trying to eat this little kid, right?
Why?
Because he had eaten the body of the Skeleton King!
The corner of Ash’s mouth twitched without even knowing the topic.
‘This little brat, why is he emitting such magic power!’
That’s right! That’s what it was!
“You, you must have eaten the noble king’s body to have such magic power!”
“?”
Ash barely manipulated her magic. The magic traveled through the ground, summoning demonic beasts into the world.
“You damn brat! Just emitting his power won’t do anything!”
Summoned from the ground were four demonic beasts.
“O Great King, please wait! I will split open this brat’s belly and extract the body of the Skeleton King!”
A gigantic bird soared into the sky.
These were no ordinary demonic beasts. They were creatures Ash had grown using the power of the Skeleton King, also the ones responsible for kidnapping the paladins.
Empowered by the Skeleton King’s might, these demonic beasts were beyond the reach of even high-ranking paladins!
With the power of the Skeleton King, tearing apart such a brat was child’s play!
However, Isaac’s grin and the black magic spread across the ground.
Kugugung!
A powerful magic that made all the magicians kneel spread in all directions.
And what he summoned was one of the Eight Hot Hells.
Black Binding Hell!
The Eight Hot Hells, where those who committed murder and theft fell. The flames summoned there revealed their substance through Isaac’s magic.
Swoosh!
The fiery chains of the Black Binding Hell pierced through the heart of the demonic beast.
Puhak!
There was no time for blood to spill.
In an instant, the chained heart, as if about to burst, turned into a black gemstone, becoming the raw material for the flames.
Squelch!
And in that moment, a violent blaze erupted like ignited charcoal!
Not even screams were heard.
Splash!
The four demonic beasts torn apart by the flames evaporated, becoming fuel for the Skeleton King. As if they had never existed in that place.
The only traces left were black ashes and scattered fur. Ash, covered in that fur, could only blink her eyes.
…Huh?
What’s happening now?
Ash’s eyes trembled.
…Huh? Huh?
…Huh???