Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 153: Abyss Lord
Although the monster before them had blood-red muscles that exuded an infernal aura, its three dog heads looked utterly comical.
One head resembled a silly husky.
A long HP bar appeared, revealing the monster’s identity to the Players:
【Hell Three-Headed Dog – Sir Ody】
【High-ranking Demon (41-50) – Level 47 – Despair】
“Hell Three-Headed Dog? I’d call it a Hell Dog that Destroys Homes!”
“LMAO, look at its eyes, hahaha…”
Instead of being intimidated by Sir Ody, the Players pointed and laughed.
While Sir Ody couldn’t understand what these humans were saying, nor the meaning of their gestures, it clearly felt their contempt.
A group of humans dared to scorn it, a mighty Hell Three-Headed Dog?
Why? Where was its demonic dignity? Weren’t they afraid?
Even as a dog, it found this unbearable. One of Sir Ody’s heads opened its mouth wide, spewing molten lava flames onto the Players, instantly killing two Warriors who couldn’t dodge in time.
Seeing that it had killed two humans, Sir Ody was extremely pleased. It forgot to speak in Abyssal and let out a primitive growl:
“Woof woof arf arf arf arf arf arf arf woof!”
【Foolish humans, today you shall learn the inviolable majesty of the great Hell Three-Headed Dog, Sir Ody!】
“Pfft ha ha…”
Sun Piercing Steel Plate chuckled twice and quickly covered his mouth. He ignored the swaggering Hell Three-Headed Dog and turned to ask a nearby Player:
“How much longer until Fan Ge and Frog Ge get here?”
The Player glanced at the public channel and estimated:
“Around five more minutes.”
“Oh, then I’ll laugh a bit longer. Hahahaha.”
Saying this, Sun Piercing Steel Plate pointed at the Hell Three-Headed Dog and burst into laughter, his expression incredibly cheap. Enraged, Sir Ody’s dog eyes began to redden, and it pounced towards Sun Piercing Steel Plate.
“Damn mongrel!”
Sir Ody swiped with its claw, but Sun Piercing Steel Plate dodged with a well-timed sidestep.
“How dare you mock the great Sir Ody!”
It turned and spat lava again. This time, Sun Piercing Steel Plate couldn’t dodge and was reduced to ashes.
“Roar roar!”
Sir Ody puffed up its chest triumphantly. All three heads glared at the remaining Players as it slowly approached with elegant strides.
“Thump, thump, thump.”
Its heavy footsteps shook the ground.
It believed it exuded an immense oppressive aura.
However…
“Damn, the middle head looks exactly like our dog before it wants to eat shit…”
“We’re professionally trained…”
“We usually don’t laugh, *snort*…”
“It’s just that this dog head is too funny, I can’t help it hahaha…”
…
Sir Ody couldn’t take it anymore. It had thought the Demon Lord’s mission was a piece of cake – a brief trip to the main material plane to harvest some delicious souls.
But it was only now realizing that after killing these detestable humans, it hadn’t gained a single soul; they were instantly siphoned away by a mysterious entity.
What’s more, it was being mocked by these accursed humans.
What was so funny?
It was known as a handsome dog in the first layer of the Abyss!
Sir Ody could no longer tolerate it. Just as it was about to unleash a blast of lava to kill these humans and return with the demi-humans to report, a shout filled with chuunibyou energy, “Eat my Fire Dragon Blast!” was followed by a Flame Burst the size of a door slamming into its face.
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The damage was minimal, as Sir Ody possessed considerable fire resistance. However, the insult of the Flame Burst was immense, like a slap to its doggy face.
Its dog face was scorched black!
“Huh? That little damage?”
Gou Fugui looked at Sir Ody, dumbfounded. His Flame Burst had dealt more damage to the Lord of Eagle Territory, and his Flame Burst had even been upgraded to Flame Burst IV.
“Its appearance suggests high fire resistance. We should use other elemental magic,” Scheming Frog surmised, observing the Hell Three-Headed Dog.
“Then if I encounter monsters with full fire resistance, I’m screwed?”
“Yes,” Scheming Frog replied with a helpless look at Gou Fugui, “Who told you to focus solely on Flame Burst? I told you to specialize, but I didn’t mean *that* kind of specialization…”
With that, seeing the enraged Hell Three-Headed Dog lunging at them, Scheming Frog commanded in the public channel:
“All Mage Players, attack the Hell Three-Headed Dog with Ice magic!”
Then, to Sir Ody’s horrified gaze, dense groups of Human Warriors charged out from the surrounding bushes, encircling it with sinister grins.
It wasn’t over yet. A torrent of Frost Impacts, Freezing Water Balls, and other Ice magic rained down upon it.
When Sir Ody tried to escape, it found that its tail and legs were already covered in Human Warriors.
A moment later, the dim forest was filled with the miserable howls of a canine…
At the scene, a group of Players gathered around the Hell Three-Headed Dog’s corpse, covered in ice shards.
“Although I feel a little bad, after all, it did have three husky heads, but…”
Sun Piercing Steel Plate said, then unhesitatingly cracked open one of its dog heads, retrieving a fist-sized crimson-purple crystal core.
“But these things are more satisfying~”
Although he was the first to accept the quest, he certainly couldn’t hoard the spoils of war. The Hell Three-Headed Dog’s three crystal cores would be sold to native merchants. Then, based on the purchased supplies, the rewards would be divided equally among the Players who participated in the battle.
Of course, he could take a slightly larger share.
A group of demi-humans were bound tightly, but instead of gratitude, their eyes were filled with disgust and hatred towards the Players.
Scheming Frog stopped before these demi-humans, his expression grim. These demi-humans had been cursing them earlier, saying they had killed the apostle sent by their master. But Scheming Frog found them too noisy and stuffed the Players’ socks into their mouths.
The being in Mudu Winter Town that could brainwash demi-humans was terrifyingly powerful, almost to the point of altering memories, and this process was irreversible. These demi-humans were practically beyond saving. Even if captured, they could only be forcibly confined, or one could only hope that upon returning to their own kind, they might recover their sanity with the help of their kin.
“Take them away,” Scheming Frog said, shaking his head wearily.
It was impossible to leave the demi-humans here unattended. They couldn’t destroy the Abyss Teleportation Gate despite their efforts. The longer they stayed here, the less safe it would be.
“Heh heh…”
A terrifyingly evil laughter echoed from the Teleportation Gate, which then began to vibrate violently. To the Players’ stunned gazes, a colossal claw, entwined with pitch-black Abyssal energy and radiating a crimson-purple hue, emerged from the Teleportation Gate.
The owner of the claw’s true size was unknown, but this single claw was as large as the Hell Three-Headed Dog.
The massive demonic claw swept down and slammed heavily.
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His HP bar instantly depleted. Scheming Frog felt his vision go black before his flattened corpse began to float. He could only watch as the giant claw dragged the group of demi-humans into the Abyss Teleportation Gate, which then seemed to shatter under the strain.
Some quick-acting Players even used an Appraisal technique, but only a panel primarily filled with question marks appeared:
【Name: Felton·Kyurikusu·Nageis·Von·???】
【Identity: Demon Lord】
【Strength: Abyss Lord Level 78 (61-80) (Champion)】
【Other: ???】
