Solo Leveling: Ragnarok

Chapter 26

Greed sparkled in the eyes of the demons at those words.

“Ladir?”

“The Ladir family?!”

The corners of the demons’ mouths ripped apart, and madness burst out.

“Are there still demons alive from the Ladir family?!”

“Hahaha! This time, it’s going to be a massacre!”

The blood of demon nobles is precious.

Especially in the demon world, where all noble families have been wiped out and only hybrids remain, it is even more so!

“Don’t give them any openings!”

The demons rushed towards the demon Eshil of the Ladir family.

From their explosive growth, their wicked magic stretched out from their long nails, aiming for Eshil’s life.

“Don’t you dare to provoke inferior demons!”

Eshil easily avoided all of their attacks and fiercely swung his spear.

However, the inferior demons continued to attack Eshil with snarls.

“Hahaha! The world has changed a lot since we had to share the food chain with you!”

“The day has come for us to hunt the demon nobles!”

“Grr!”

Eshil was filled with anger as he faced their siege.

He had been pursued by numerous demons in the demon world for a long time, causing his strength to be exhausted.

Moreover, he had been forcefully summoned to Earth in his original state, which also restricted his power.

The way to break this restriction was through ‘fusion.’

Those inferior demons had possessed human bodies and amplified their power by developing star dust.

It was a battle between weakened demon nobles and amplified inferior demons, and the outcome was obvious.

“Hahaha! It’s pure blood! Pure blood!”

“We can make star dust with pure blood!”

[My Lord.]

Suddenly, beru appeared by Suho’s ear and whispered quietly.

Suho had taken advantage of the gap in the battle and was standing back.

“Yes. It’s time.”

Suho nodded his head and exchanged glances with the hunters who were hiding in the wagon.

The hunters also nodded and secretly stood up.

‘Unexpected things have happened in our plan, but it worked out well in the end.’

This was their original plan.

Infiltration: Suho infiltrates the factory disguised as a crow mask-wearing guardian devil in a black robe.Disturbance: Then, Suho causes a disturbance inside, drawing the attention of the demons only to himself.Escape: During that time, hunters disguised in blood-stained clothes rescue the people captured in the factory and escape.

However, before Suho could cause a disturbance, an unexpected incident occurred.

“We will proceed as planned.”

The hunters, including Im Jo-gyo, who were riding in a cart, were all holders of “speed” related skills.

Spot.

Suho and the hunters disappeared from their positions simultaneously.

And in an instant, they arrived at the people tied up in the corner, blocking their mouths.

“Shh.”

“……!”

After quickly exchanging glances with them, the people understood their intentions and nodded their heads in fear.

Thud.

Suho ripped off the chains that were tying them up with his strength.

“Okay!”

Im Jo-gyo’s heart pounded with the desire to run away immediately.

“Now, all we have to do is run with them on our shoulders!”

At that moment, one of the low-level demons fighting with the Ersil family, saw the scene and asked, “What are you doing there instead of fighting?”

The suspicious look in the demon’s eyes behind the crow mask caught Suho’s attention.

Instead of answering, Suho shouted, “Run!”

Pa-bat!

Just then, the hunters, carrying all the civilians on their shoulders, rushed out at maximum speed.

Their goal was the entrance!

“Where are you going?”

At that moment, several demons fighting with Ersil quickly blocked their way.

Ssaaak!

The wicked magic rushed towards the hunters.

Then, Suho shouted from behind, “Don’t stop, keep running!”

At his words, the hunters intensified their speed with a determined look.

The closer they got to the demons attacking them, the more their attacks came at them.

“We believe!”

I believed in the guardian and kept running.

And the guardian did not betray their faith.

“Get up!”

In an instant.

[Keuruk!]

“……!”

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The arms of shadow goblins that the guardian had planted near the entrance rose from the ground and began to grab the legs of the demons and pull them down.

“What the…?!”

The demons were stunned.

But they had no time to be stunned.

[Keyhit!]

[Keheheh!]

The shadow goblins were vicious.

They mercilessly sliced the demons’ ankles with the butchering knives they were carrying.

“Ack!”

The humans that the demons were possessing were weak. They couldn’t even use their strength with a slight Achilles tendon injury.

When the demons screamed and fell to the ground.

“Now’s our chance!”

The hunters quickly passed by and finally succeeded in escaping outside the factory.

As he was leaving the iron gate for the last time, Assistant Lim turned his head and looked back at the guardian who was left behind.

“Are you really okay?”

The guardian understood what he was trying to say just by looking at his eyes, and nodded with a smile.

And then.

Clang!

The iron gate closed.

It took 3 seconds to escape.

It took 2 seconds for the demons to tear apart and kill the shadow goblins and stand up again.

A total of 5 seconds.

Everything went smoothly according to plan.

“Now, all that’s left is…”

My turn.

The guardian quickly counted the number of demons.

Except for the purple-haired demon that was summoned a little while ago.

“There are a total of 9.”

The problem was that each of these demons was at a similar level to the ‘youngest one’ he had barely defeated earlier.

But.

“Looks good.”

Suho’s gaze fell on his own shadow.

And.

“Get up.”

Before infiltrating this place, he had summoned the shadow soldiers he had extracted in advance.

“Broki.”

…!

At that moment, a giant shadow soared in front of Suho.

Shooooo!

[Broki Lv.1]

Knight rank

A huge hyena monster whose whole body turns into black steam and boils. This guy was the ‘chaos’ Suho had planned at the beginning. Although the order had been reversed, it was even better to hunt demons.

[Kyaooooo-!]

Broki’s roar full of life shook the factory.

“What, what is it!”

The demons who were launching a fierce attack to hunt Eshil were greatly surprised.

“Why is Broki here?!”

“No, something’s different…?”

The demons already knew Broki, who led the hyena guild from behind. It was because the hyena guild had been their representative supplier, providing them with the material of human stardust by kidnapping people.

Thus, the situation had become much better. However, there was still a problem. Based on Suho’s experience of fighting both Broki and demons, it was clear that Broki was stronger than the demons in front of him one-on-one. However, there were nine demons in total, and they had no chance of winning as they were.

But what if they did this?

“Veer!”

[Kieeek!]

At Suho’s shout, a sinister energy spread in all directions from Veer’s small body.

[beru uses ‘Skill: Cruel Command’.]

[‘Skill: Cruel Command’ increases Beru’s ability by 50%.]

[As a side effect of ‘Skill: Cruel Command’, Beru falls under the curse of madness.]

[Kyaoh!]

Beru attacked the demons head-on.

Thunk!

“What the heck?!”

The demons were relentlessly bounced away by Broki’s huge front paws swinging like a baseball bat.

Then, the twin swords of protection whirled towards the demons that were pinned to the concrete wall.

‘Storm Cut!’

[Using the ‘Skill: Storm Cut.’]

Kuwaang!

Protection’s body spun like a typhoon, sweeping away the demons.

[You have defeated a lesser demon.]

[You have defeated a lesser demon….]

“Heh, heh….”

Thanks to Broki, Esil, who had been fighting a fierce battle alone, let out a sigh of relief.

However, instead of feeling relieved, she was amazed by Broki’s overwhelming strength.

“That demon couldn’t possibly be…?”

[Kyaoho!]

Kwakwakwakwak…!

A black horse with the weight of a tank, driving the demons away.

As far as Esil knew, there was only one being in this world that could summon a creature that looked like that.

The one who had destroyed the demon world alone.

The one who destroyed all the demons that stood in his way and eventually even defeated the demon lord Baran.

The name that was both terrifying and great.

“….Is Sung Jinwoo here?!”

Esil’s face, which had been filled with tension all along, suddenly brightened.

And she frantically searched for Sung Jinwoo’s figure.

“Where! Where is he? Jinwoo….”

And eventually, she found him.

“….Huh?”

Although it wasn’t Sung Jinwoo.

It was a face that looked very much like Sung Jinwoo when he was younger.

“Huh?”

Esil cocked her head in confusion.

That was the moment.

[Long time no see.]

Barely revealing his figure, Beru Esil appeared in front of them.

“Who…Is that you, Berg?!”

Esil was surprised by the changed appearance of Beru, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Why have you become so small?”

The Beru that she remembers was a terrifying demon worse than the devil who slaughtered enemies more than anyone else, next to Seong Jin-woo.

But for some reason, the current Berg had transformed into a cute figure the size of a fist.

On the other hand, Berg was also curious.

[It seems that you have become quite weak. What happened?]

“Hehe. I guess I suffered a bit.”

Even while shedding blood, Esil laughed helplessly.

Beru snickered at that pitiful sight.

[Your calm personality about everyone dying is still the same.]

“Well, as long as I’m not dead yet. Ehyohyo.”

[What happened in the demon world during all this time…?]

Thump.

Before Beru finished speaking, Esil collapsed in that spot.

As soon as she saw Berg, all the tension released.

Esil called out to Berg while lying on the ground, groaning.

“Beru, I really feel like I’m going to die. Can’t you heal me?”

[No.]

“Why?”

[It’s a waste of magic power.]

Beru rejected her request outright.

“Aha. So you’ve also become weak?”

[Iyack! I have not!]

Beru burst out in anger.

Even in the midst of this, the battle of the guardians continued.

[Defeated a lower demon.]

[Defeated a lower demon.]

[Bolkan’s horn devours the soul of the demon.]

[Bolkan’s horn devours the soul of the demon.]

…

The situation had already tilted completely towards the side of the guardians.

Brokey’s cruel command that increased his ability by an astonishing 50% was much more amplifying than stardust.

In addition, as they killed more demons, the guardians became stronger and stronger.

[Devoured demon souls: 3]

[Devoured demon souls: 4]

[Effect ‘Destruction Desire’: Increases physical damage by [33%].]

[Effect ‘Destruction Desire’: Increases physical damage by [34%].]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

“Clang!”

Thud.

At the moment when the Sword of Protection severed the neck of the last demon.

Coincidentally, the level of Protection also reached exactly level 20.

Then.

Ding!

[As the level has exceeded 20, ‘Shop: Purchase’ is now available.]

“Huh?”

Soho, who checked the arrived message, tilted his head.

“There’s a shop system too?”