NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1484: Blazing Nightmare Demons
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As we advanced through the Ash Desert, a rumbling, furious voice echoed, as a giant made of flames emerged amidst the horizon, leading with him an army of hundreds.
"We met at long last, humans! You truly believe you can invade the land of the demons?!"
"My name is Magnus, the Nightmare Demon of Burns! I embody the primal fear of fire, of burning! And I shall burn you until only ashes remain!"
Finally, a strong guy appeared!
Yes, I was excited to see what he could do against my group, I wasn't planning on fighting too much myself, I prefer seeing everyone's growth while I evolve.
Magnus, huh? Is he probably at the same level as the Demon King's children, perhaps?
Then that means he'll be pretty strong!
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BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
SPLAAASH!
"Graaaaggghh! Your damned, blasted water! Stop using it all the time on me, you accursed humans!!!"
Explosions reverberated through the entire ash desert, over half of Magnus' army was now defeated, our army advanced steadily, crushing our foes at a slow speed.
If it wasn't for Alma and Celes, who were overpowered against fire-type nightmares.
Yeah, that guy Magnus?
He's trembling in horror as Celes and Alma are attacking him together…
Well, Alma is mostly taking care of the surrounding soldiers protecting him, a bunch of lesser fire-type nightmare demons or nightmare beasts.
"{Freezing Downpour}! {Icicle Rain}!"
With her great variety of useful spells, she constantly bombarded our foes with destructive spells, pushing them back over and over again without problems.
The downpours of freezing water turned off all flames, weakening and slowing down our fire-based opponents by a lot.
Meanwhile, her projectiles impaled their bodies and froze them, killing them on the spot.
And as for Celes…
He was really enjoying his new weapon, which seemed to further complement his awakened soul powers.
But seriously, back to this Magnus guy… he was huge, like twenty meters tall, made of flames, muscular, carrying a giant blazing hammer and he had sharp horns, the whole package!
He looked utterly terrifying, and even then…
"G-Get away from me! I SAID GET AWAY FROM MEEEEE!"
He really acted like a damn weakling and a coward! I can't believe this.
A total jobber.
To a child!
Using his newly evolved trident spear, now named "Spiritual Trident Of Rumbling Oceans: Poseidon", Celes charged forward, using the weapon's new and overpowered ability.
"{Calling of the Sea}!"
SPLAAASH!
The boy literally rode the oceans, summoning a giant downpour of freezing oceans everywhere, constantly drowning his surroundings.
He reminded me of Takeshi and his special abilities and skills, especially when he used his fishing rod…
I miss him.
And Laura too!
Ugh…
Don't worry everyone, it has only been a week! But I'll hurry as much as I can to get back to Yggdrasil!
And once I'm back, we're beating Odin to a pulp.
"S-Stop that!!!"
Magnus screamed in horror, swinging his giant hammer at Celes as he unleashed countless explosive attacks with it.
"{Infernal Hammer}!"
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
However, Celes smiled, raising his trident upwards as the waters wrapped around him, forming a giant wall that protected him from any blow.
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
"T-This can't be happening! All of my attacks are useless?! No…! I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS! DIE, YOU DAMNED CHILD!!!"
I had pitied him for a bit, I thought of even contracting him like Beatriz…
But after I heard him calling Celes a "damned child" I decided to not help him.
"Who are you calling a "damned child"?! You're an ugly demon!"
RUMBLE!
Suddenly, an explosive thunderbolt hit Magnus' head, pushing him down into the ground, as Nia appeared, floating in the skies.
"GRAAGH?!"
Her powerful spear helped her move through the sky at lightning speed, becoming a thunderbolt herself.
This was thanks to her thunder ghoul spear, a generic weapon I had made and gifted to her among others, ended finally evolving into something worthy for one of my wives.
The "Divine Spiritual Spear Of Wind & Thunder: Zephyrus"!
Naturally, I had intended to give her a stronger, personal weapon for a while, but this helped me get it done instantly with a few materials, so convenient.
What's more, she could do this as well.
"{Windstorm Domain}!"
"{Calling of the Sea}!"
Mother and son unleashed their Domains, combining them!
Nia's Domain unleashed a giant windstorm around her, while her son's oceanic water swirled, creating a gigantic vortex of cold water.
The vortexes then split into many spiraling ocean tornadoes, impacting Magnus body from every angle, constantly!
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
"UUUAAAARRGGHH!"
Magnus entire body was riddled with massive holes, falling into the ash dunes, as he began to slowly disappear into black ashes and flames.
"T-This can't be…! I am…! I am…! The strongest…!"
I slowly walked to his side, looking at his crimson, blazing eyes… My Aura alone made him recoil in fear as he slowly died.
"Y-You're…?! You're not a human! What… what are you?!"
"I am the one asking the questions here, Magnus. If you want me let you live, you're going to answer me something."
"W-What…?! You'll spare me…? Ugh…! I'm already… at death's door…!"
"Shut up and listen. Did the Demon King send you here? Are they waiting for us?"
"Heh…! HEHEHE…! You don't even know what's coming! You and all your friends will be too late once you arrive at our castle! Your world… a world-wide invasion! Our Mother is preparing! Thousands of our kind! Perhaps millions! The entire planet will be ours!"
"So you're preparing an army… What are the King's powers?"
"Nobody knows that… but we all know he's the King! The strongest Nightmare, the most frightful of fears…! AND HE'S GOING TO CRUSH ALL OF YOU! GAHAHAHAHA!"
"I see… Okay."
"Now… you'll… spare me…?!"
He started trying to crawl away, but I grabbed him.
"Yes, I'm sparing you, you'll be working for me from now on though."
"Huh?"
"{Spirit Contract}"
FLAAASH!
"GRAAAGGH?!"
Usually, the Spirit Contract requires both parties to agree, but just like with Elizabeth, if one of the parties is too weak, the other can simply force the contract.
Ding!
[Congratulations! You have successfully created a Spirit Familiar Contract with the [Nightmare Demon of Burning Fear: Magnus (Affection: 0/100)]!]
[Due to your side being much stronger, you've forced the contract, and now Magnus belongs to you as your Familiar.]
[You've shared your Mana with Magnus, healing their injuries in the process and recovering their lost strength.]
As he screamed in agony, his body glowed with darkness, as his wounds rapidly healed back to normal, and he regained most of his strength.
"Uhhh…?! I'm fine?! I'm alive! Yes! Hahaha! Die!"
He swung his axe against me, and yet.
"Ungh?! I can't…?!"
He stopped it right before he could hurt me.
"You're mine now, and all of your army. Let's go kill the Nightmare Demon King together, shall we?"
"Y-You…! I can't…! How is this…?! YOU ENSLAVED ME?!"
Magnus was shocked beyond belief, as Beatriz glanced at him with a tired-looking expression.
"You'll get used to it… It's not that bad, really."
"WHAT?! Y-You're one of the Princesses?!"
"Alright Magnus, call the rest of the Nightmare Demons that survived, I'm also making a contract with all of them, they'll be my personal Nightmare Demon Army."
"Y-You…! I won't simply obey what you say- Come here right now, you lot! …EH?! OH NOOOO!!!"
While grabbing his head in horror of what had happened to him, roughly forty Lesser Nightmare Demons walked to their general, looking at me with confused expressions.
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