Chapter 16: The Devil...of course

The month was almost over, about 3 days left until we needed to return. There were only 3 floors left and we had to finish soon to be at the best we were. We had leveled up a lot, but we still needed to fight the boss which was its own separate thing. 

     Vicente Cortez

     Level: 98

     Strength: 925

     Intelligence:900

     Luck: 901

     Defense: 900

     Wisdom: 910 

     Agility: 912 

     I was pretty sure everyone was about the same level as I was at this point. We needed to hurry.

     "Hey, do you think that any of the other guilds are going back to rest up now?" Sophia asked.

     "Most likely, but we need to continue and worry about them once we beat this dungeon." I said. The more higher-tiered demons we face the more I feel like trying out corrupted conqueror style, but would my soul become corrupted from the use like Judge said. I couldn't risk it and the only way I would is when I absolutely need to. The only thing I needed to worry about was the demons and the final boss. I already felt tired from all the fighting, but I have to keep going.

     "Hey are you sure that you're alright? We all feel tired too so why don't take a break. Besides if you died without becoming the strongest you can, then you wouldn't make a great undead soldier." Hailey told me which stung a bit.

     "I'm fine besides we only have 3 days to clear these floors so we can fight the boss. Also I would make a great undead soldier no matter what so don't get your white hair all in a knot." I retorted. She looked a little surprised which surprised me since her expression changed only slightly at times. I brushed it off and kept going with everyone.

     "Hey uh more demons are coming and I can't get them all so Vicente can you help me." George said.

     "Use skill: Conqueror style- Basic Horizontal slash" Multiple demons got wiped out at once and I think that I accidentally cut a tiny bit of hair from George's head.

     "Did you cut a bit of my hair just now?" George said with a tear in his eye.

     "Uhh maybe don't worry about it. The bit of hair isn't noticeable at all." I looked away while he started pulling my cloak. We finished the floor and headed to the second to last floor. It was full of demons for as far as I could see and a few ambushed us as we walked. We seemed to breeze through most of the floors, but this floor seemed off to me. We fought through the demons and I was close to leveling up. I was becoming stronger and even still there was a presence that even demons on this floor feared, but it couldn't be the boss. We were one floor off from there and as soon as I thought this the presence was right in front of me.

     "So I see you noticed me. Well aren't you a fine specimen too bad you have to die now. I can't sense my comrade from the floor below. Did you do something, wait no there's another group. I'll kill them all after I'mdone with you." The black winged demon thing said to me as a fist went towards my direction and I couldn't move at all because something was weighing me down. In that moment, I saw a figure go in between the fist that was coming and me. Once the figure crashed into me I knew it was Chloe. She somehow reacted and took the full force of the punch.

     "*cough* I put some barriers in between the punch and reinforced myself all with alchemy and he still broke past so much of that. I can probably heal myself with alchemy in some time." Chloe told me.

     "Stay here and heal yourself, don't worry about this guy. George, Hailey, Sophia stay out of this fight no matter what." I said coldly. I turned to the demon and gave a malicious smile.

     "Since you and that girl survived that punch, I'll give you my name. My name is Astaroth, evil incarnate." As soon as he finished I sliced off his arm. His blood was black and had a scent of a rotting corpse. 

     "Use skill: Lucky Dice

     Speed, Defense, & Strength 

      x2        x1.5            x3

      Rebound= x2 power given. Use skill: Conqueror style- corte cósmico. Use skill: Conqueror style- puñalada de carámbano." Astaroth was dead and I was breathing heavily. I lost consciousness and when I woke up, 2 hours had passed. Chloe was right next to me healing me.

     "You really are an idiot. I healed you to full so how are you feeling? Thank you for getting revenge for me. I can take care of myself ok so you don't need to worry about me. I love you so don't go being reckless for both our sakes." She said with a smile, but there were a few tears coming down.

     "Ok I will and I know you can take care of yourself. I just got mad. Your beat red right now by the way." I said with a smile.

     "Haha always ruining a touching moment." She said to me with a few tears trickling down.

     "Hey get a room...or a floor, you know what I mean. So when's the wedding buddy?" George said with a big smile.

     "Shut up ok. We have to keep going. I'm fully rested now so let's fight whoever is on the last floor." I said. I could feel my face getting hot, but stood up and started fighting any other demons around. The uneasiness I felt earlier didn't seem to go away and something told me that the danger was on the next floor. We had about 2 and a half days before we had to return to the fight against the other guilds. I really don't want to lose to those snobby assholes. One of the only reasons I didn't join those guilds was because they thought they were unstoppable which pissed me off. I needed a reason to knock those dumbass smiles off their fucking faces.