Chapter 409 Demon Acquaintances
"Now that will be fun!" Dilan blurted out excitedly as his necklace began to glow in a dark light.
[Demon Summoning]!
Dilan had activated Demon Summoning from the Blood Eclipse Necklaces after which 200 Units of his Mana were drained in an instant and a gigantic black Gate manifested in front of him just as the Blood Demon had initiated an attack.
The Blood Demon's fist collided with the black Gate that didn't budge even a single inch. The Gate opened and Dilan began to smile foolishly as a huge, fifteen-meter-tall Demon emerged from the Gates.
"Who dares to summon me during my Millennials Helllands training?!?" He roared menacingly in the same language as the Blood Demon, who had retreated several meters when he felt the terrifying power that radiated from the summoned Demon.
"I summoned you, little boy!" Dilan answered calmly and the necklace around his neck began to glow in an even brighter shade as three units of his Mana were drained from him.
The summoned Demon screamed out in pain as his mind was being controlled and he swung the ginormous broadsword which he wielded at Dilan to make the pain stop.
Dilan took a single step aside and the broadsword ended up missing him. It cut through the empty air and lodged itself into the ground where it was stuck for a moment or two.
"Kelkas, the Lord of Monsters?" The Blood Demon muttered in confusion as he intently observed the summoned Demon for the first time since he had shown up.
The summoned Demon pulled his huge broadsword out of the ground before he turned his head in the direction of the Blood Demon.
"Zirach, the Bloodhound? Why are you with a human?" Kelkas, the summoned Demon, asked, feeling just as confused about the situation as Zirach, the Blood Demon.
"You guys know each other? That's even better!" Dilan was overjoyed at the way things were unfolding in front of him and he let out a whoop.
"Kelkas, beat up Zirach!" He ordered with a faint smile on his face when Kelkas turned in his direction.
"Damn human!!! Where did you get the Blood Eclipse Necklace from?!?" Kelkas roared out in anger and frustration but Dilan could only shrug his shoulders.
"If you don't want to move, I'll whoop your ass later as well!" Dilan declared, which caused Kelkas to frown deeply.
How was a newly advanced Tier-2 human Ascender supposed to beat up a Tier-3 Imperial Demon?! It was already a wonder that Dilan's mana was potent enough to summon him while he was training, let alone that he could control him, Kelkas, the Lord of Monsters…
However, just when Kelkas was trying to fight against the control of the Blood Eclipse Necklace, Dilan had already reacted.
He activated [Switch], and reallocated 100 Units of his Stamina to his Strength. Simultaneously, Nial activated [Bearer of Pain] to replenish all the mana he had consumed by allowing his Lifeforce to be drained.
[Bracing Pain] was unleashed and it amplified his stats drastically. But that was not everything because he used [Blood Sacrifice] to unseal Xealtron's Curse, further increasing his stats drastically.
Afterward, Dilan was already extremely powerful, but he was not yet done. His body was crackling due to the potent power that surged through him but he activated [Thunder Step], [Second Acceleration], [Mantle of Elements], [Power Up], [Master of Gravity], and [Burst Regeneration] to further increase his stats as he shot forward.
His Agility was already terrifying but by decreasing the gravitational force being exerted on him via [Master of Gravity], he left behind blurry afterimages the moment he dashed forward.
He broke the sound barrier at once, appeared below the Blood Demon, and started with his hack 'n' slash as lightning currents mantled Xealtron.
In a single second, Dilan inflicted more than 100 deep cuts on the leg of the Blood Demon, who began to scream out in pain.
Zirach, the Blood Demon, tried to activate several abilities and racial traits to enhance his strength but when all abilities had been activated properly, he looked more dead than alive. Dilan wondered how long Zirach would last.
Dilan's Cursed Dagger was coated in the dark blood of the Blood Demon while his whole body was drenched in the same dark blood as well.
A devilish smile appeared on his face as he climbed over the barely moving Blood Demon, who had collapsed on the ground less than 10 seconds after Dilan had initiated his first attack.
There was not a single spot on Zirach's body that Dilan didn't inflict damage upon. The Blood Demon's eyes were filled with terror as he looked straight into the crazed sky blue eyes of the human being, who was supposed to be a weakling, someone, he could easily defeat…
Yet it was the same human, whose stats reached a threshold where his mortal body was not able to cope with his strength anymore, and that was something the Blood Demon had never seen before.
In his long life, he had witnessed some terrifying existences reaching a stat close to 500 Units when they were only Tier-2 existences, but that was also only after they activated three active abilities and with two of their passive abilities being related to the enhancement of the particular stat.
Yet, Dilan was able to reach even higher stats than that quite easily, and that too without the secondary amplification of his equipment!
,m "Kelkas, or whatever your name is…do you think I will be able to get my hands on your Essence crystal if I kill you after I summoned you?" Dilan asked all of a sudden, and the Demon, who was also known as the Lord of Monsters, gave an involuntary shudder.
"How about…we talk…" Kelkas' demeanor had changed drastically and Dilan could only smile at this.
"That was the plan from the beginning; to talk a little bit about the adventurers, who stole the power of a few Demons a bunch of thousand years ago. The adventurer team, who fled to Milarn!" Dilan said coldly before he deactivated the rest of his abilities.
Only [Undying] and [Burst Regeneration] were left to be used and Dilan inserted his remaining energy in [Undying] to regenerate at an even faster pace.
"I want to know why the system created an Instance Dungeon for the Blood Monarch, considering that you, Zirai, or whatever your name is, called him a weakling.
The Instance Dungeon of the Blood Monarch's Sanctum is extremely helpful and my final trial was to defeat you, Zirai. Fighting a Blood Demon that has the strength close to a Tier-4 monster while I'm merely a Tier-2 monster seems a bit too much, under normal circumstances. That being said, the rewards I would gain will be terrific for ending your life, but that can wait for a moment or two," Dilan said, his gaze never leaving the severely bleeding Blood Demon, who was struggling to move.
Kelkas looked at the situation in front of him and he wondered why Dilan had summoned him. The human could easily deal with everything by himself and he didn't need the replica of the real Blood Eclipse Necklace, to begin with.
The only gain Dilan made was that the Magic accessory augmented his mana drastically.
"I understand what you're thinking, Kelkas, and I didn't summon you to kill you. I feel like the Blood Eclipse Necklace would break if I were to kill you," Dilan answered the demon's unspoken question, which was enough for the Demon to breathe in relief.
"But that doesn't mean I cannot torture you…so you'll start answering right away, or you will end up in a state that will be far worse than your comrade right here!"