Book 1 Chapter 955
955.
Leo weaved through the demon race.
Demons possessed power far beyond humans.
Diving into a place where thousands of such demons gathered was tantamount to suicide.
But Leo did not hesitate.
After all, there wasn't a single high-ranking demon among this demon troop.
To give a simple example, it was like comparing a rock to eggs.
Throwing thousands of eggs at a rock would ultimately only shatter the eggs.
At that moment, the demons in the rear unleashed dark magic.
Hundreds of powerful destructive forces contained in dark magic surged towards Leo.
Ku-ga-ga-ga-gak-!
Seeing that, the demons thought.
That human is finished.
It was true that the human before them possessed overwhelming power.
'But in the end, they are a living being.'
Stamina and mana are not infinite.
Even with overwhelming strength, they would eventually tire.
Furthermore, they would die if injured.
Being hit by hundreds of high-level dark magic spells would inflict immense damage.
Even if they managed to block it, a vast amount of power would be consumed.
"Regret facing us alone, foolish human!"
A demon from the rear sneered.
Flash-!
At that moment, Leo's red eyes emanated a fierce glow.
Gray magic emanated from his body, and a magic circle appeared.
What appeared on Leo's body was his unique magic, the magic circle of the Bible.
As the Bible unfolded, Leo activated his super senses.
Through his super senses, his vision transcended normal perception.
With this transcendent vision, he precisely perceived all the dark magic spells.
The dark magic spells captured by his sight were instantly interpreted by the activated Bible.
Certainly, blocking hundreds of dark magic spells was a formidable task even for Leo.
In that case.
'It's enough if I don't get hit.'
It was nearly impossible to interpret hundreds of spells and create dispelling formations in the blink of an eye.
Especially in a situation of violent movement.
But Leo made the impossible possible.
After all, Leo had succeeded in subjugating Erebus.
It was natural that his combat abilities far surpassed the bounds of common sense.
In terms of interpreting enemy magic, Leo was superior to Luna.
'Of course, Luna is faster with large-scale magic.'
The reason Leo could quickly interpret enemy magic was entirely due to the Bible.
As long as the Bible's capacity allowed, calculation and formation creation were unnecessary.
Unlike Leo, Luna literally calculated the enemy's formations from start to finish.
'What's scary is that she's fast even with that brute-force method.'
In the first place, Luna didn't need to defend against enemy magic using such troublesome methods.
'Before her abnormal magic interpretation abilities, Luna has an abnormal mana capacity. She can just block it.'
Recalling Luna's immense capabilities as a mage, Leo's eyes gleamed.
Dispelling the hundreds of incoming spells would easily allow him to block the attack.
However.
'I should use it.'
The Bible's magic circle, which enveloped Leo's body, shone even more brightly.
The dark magic spells that were pouring onto Leo suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The demons' faces were filled with bewilderment at the sudden turn of events.
"I don't need it, so I'll return it."
The moment Leo sneered and spoke, the dark magic spells began to fly in all directions.
Kua-ga-ga-ga-gang-!
"Kuaaaaak!"
"Aaak!"
"Kyaaaak!"
Screams, close to shrieks, erupted from among the demons.
Thousands of demons fell into a state of utter chaos from the completely unexpected counterattack.
"W-What is this…!"
"So what if he came alone?"
The demon from the rear, who had been mocking Leo, felt its entire body freeze at the voice from behind.
Turning around hastily, Leo, with a sneer on his face, swung his hand.
Crack-!
"Kuaaaak!"
Leo unhesitatingly gouged out one of the demon's eyes.
An attack that might have caused a human or another race to faint from shock or die.
But unfortunately, the demons' tenacious life force denied both fainting and death.
*Thwack-!* *Thwack!* *Thwack-!*
"Kyaaaak!"
Leo severed the demon's arm, which had fallen to the ground, from the fingertips to the joints.
An act akin to torture, designed to inflict maximum pain.
Leo's basic combat principle is efficiency.
Since the Age of Calamity, Leo had always fought at a numerical disadvantage.
Therefore, Leo had no choice but to pursue efficiency in combat.
Annihilate enemies efficiently using minimal strength.
Cruelly torturing enemies without killing them did not align with Leo's combat style.
Despite this, Leo insisted on this method when fighting many demons.
The reason was simple.
'Because I'm angry.'
Leo ended up slaughtering the demons aiming for his back, without taking the life or an eye from the demon.
Leo always maintained his composure in combat.
He always suppressed his emotions and made the optimal choices.
This was the very foundation that allowed Leo, the last survivor of the Age of Calamity, to defeat Erebus.
Arion, Dweino, Luna, Lisinas.
Even when his cherished companions one by one met their end, he did not lose his composure.
But suppressing anger did not make it disappear.
It was merely hidden.
A burning rage and hatred always resided in a corner of Leo's heart.
In fact, that was the driving force that moved Leo.
'I'm not a saint like Lisinas.'
One of the reasons he desired complete salvation for the world was revenge.
That's why Leo was always cruel in his battles against demons.
Mock them, ridicule them, trample them.
He pondered how to instill fear and despair.
Just as Tartarus had done to them.
Leo never thought this was wrong.
'After all, instilling fear and despair is also efficient.'
Leo sneered as he separated the bones and flesh of a necromancer before him.
"Is your flesh the main body? Or are your bones the main body?"
"Kyaaaak!"
"Shut up, you're noisy."
*Thwack-!*
After crushing its mouth shut, Leo crushed the head of the demon, which had taken the form of a deformed monster.
No matter how overwhelming Leo's strength was, his stamina had limits.
He couldn't endlessly repeat such absurd battles.
Yet, Leo had to bind the enemies.
So, what was the most efficient way for a few to bind many?
'Fear.'
The primal emotion that intimidates and instills fear.
The demons thought fear was on their side.
But fear has no allies.
They merely deluded themselves into thinking so.
Because of this, demons were vulnerable to fear.
At some point, the demons began to hesitate in attacking Leo.
The demons retreated to the side opposite Leo's advance.
While it was true that an immense number of demons had been annihilated in an instant, there were still thousands of them.
But in that short moment, Leo had seized control of the battlefield.
Overwhelming combat prowess.
This was the true face of the great hero who saved the world.
Leo shook off the blood and flesh clinging to his sword.
Although he appeared composed on the outside, he was exhausted from using explosive power momentarily.
He needed a moment to catch his breath, but the enemies had cowered on their own.
Of course, this was also something Leo had predicted.
"Let's send out the monsters."
At that moment, a demon spoke.
If there were thousands of demons, there were tens of thousands of monsters.
"No matter how monstrous that human is, he's alone. And he's exclusively targeting demons."
The demon spoke calmly.
"He's aiming for that. He intends to collapse us and then collapse the monster troops."
Even amidst their terror, they analyzed the situation calmly.
"Keep casting curses from afar!"
"Curses don't work, but they can't be reflected like dark magic!"
An enormous amount of curses rained down on Leo.
The curses didn't work not because he was immune, but because he was nullifying them, so the concentration of curses alone was a burden on Leo.
The demons retreated, and tens of thousands of monsters began to charge towards Leo.
Ku-oh-oh-oh-oh-!
Kya-ah-ah-ah-!
The monsters, revealing their murderous intent, lunged at Leo.
It was like facing a natural disaster.
Seeing this, Leo let out a light sigh.
'This is preposterous in the first place. For one person to stop all of this.'
No matter how much of a hero Leo was who saved the world, he had not yet regained his full strength.
While he could overwhelm thousands of demons with his combat experience that surpassed common sense, defeating them all was impossible.
'The demons aren't fools. It's natural for them to fight a battle that favors them.'
Currently, the most advantageous battle for the demons was to overwhelm with numbers.
It made no sense for them to be constantly swayed by him.
If the demons had been such primitive beings, there would have been no Age of Calamity.
Leo gazed at the tens of thousands of monsters.
'But I'm not alone.'
The reason for devising such a reckless plan was simple.
The most reliable mage in the world was behind him.
Moreover, that reliable mage was not alone.
Ku-gu-gu-gung-!
Suddenly, thunder rumbled from the sky.
Leo, looking up at the sky, let out a chuckle.
Following him, the faces of the demons who looked up at the sky turned pale.
A magnificently shining magic circle, like stars, glittered in the sky.
The demons' mouths fell open, and they trembled in fear.
"Wh-What is that…!"
A demon muttered in a trembling voice.
It wasn't a question that expected an answer.
But Leo kindly provided the answer.
"The End."
***
Goo-oh-oh-oh-oh-!
Far in the rear, where the demons and monsters were unseen.
Luna was drawing a massive magic circle and stood in its center.
On Luna's left and right were Lunia and Elena, respectively.
"Both of you can use the End, right?"
To that question, Elena nodded while looking at the magic circle Luna had drawn.
"Yes. By the way, this magic circle, does it represent the universe?"
"Wow, that's amazing? You recognized it?"
Luna exclaimed.
Lunia, also interpreting Luna's magic circle, asked.
"Luna-nim. If you cast the magic as is, won't it put too much burden on you?"
The magic Luna drew was like a small universe.
Lunia had taken her position in the place symbolizing the sun, and where Elena stood was the moon's place.
Luna was at the point where the power of stars converged.
Star magic was magic Luna created by observing the universe.
And the universe is infinite.
As such, it contained infinite possibilities.
However, the user of magic is finite.
"As Lunia said. I understand that we're combining our mana to eliminate the limits of that finiteness, but this seems too reckless."
In the Age of Calamity, there were only Luna and Kyle who could use star magic.
Even then, Kyle always had to be on the front lines.
Because of that, Luna couldn't create a joint magic formation for multiple users.
But upon hearing that Lunia and Elena were users of star magic, she instantly created a joint magic formation.
Her genius was once again astonishing, but as it was magic created on the spot, Luna, the center of the magic, had to bear all the mana.
The End was a magic of the highest difficulty, commensurate with its power.
As such, the burden on the mage was also immense.
And bearing the magic of others was too reckless.
Seeing Lunia and Elena with worried expressions, Luna smiled faintly.
"Don't worry. It'll be fine."
Luna smiled confidently.
In truth, Luna was also worried.
However.
'I'll leave it to you.'
She recalled Leo's figure as he went to block the demons after saying that.
'Is it because they're descendants? They really take after him.'
It was uncanny.
With that one word, she felt as if anything could be accomplished.
'He also resembles Arion.'
That encouraging back also reminded her of Arion's appearance.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Luna opened them.
"Well then, let's begin."
At her words, Lunia and Elena unleashed their mana.
"I'm getting excited."
Luna's eyes sparkled.
To perform a joint magic formation with other users of star magic besides herself.
Goo-oh-oh-oh-oh-!
Luna's mana began to swirl, and a massive magic circle formed in the sky.
Though unseen, the presence of the monsters was clearly felt.
Luna grinned.
"I'll wipe them all out."
Flash-!
The light of the End swept through the monsters.