Chapter 28: The Demon King and The Ancient Dragon

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[+15 FIRE AFFINITY

+15% fire resistance ]

[+15 WIND AFFINITY

+15% WIND RESISTANCE]

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[NAME: KAL NIETES

RACE: HUMAN

JOB:

TITLE: Iron Will

LEVEL: 30 (89%)

HEALTH: 370/370 <+500><+2000>

MANA: 600/600 (+1000)

STRENGTH: 102 <+100>

AGILITY: 134 <+150>

INTELLIGENCE: 60 (+100)

STAMINA: 37 <+50> <+200>

STATUS POINTS: 0

WIND: 2 (+15) <+60> POISON: 15

FIRE: 10 (+15)

WATER: 0

TERRA: 0]

"My hunter status has definitely increase by a large margin but this is all due to the help of the armor set, without it, I'd still be at the level of a B-rank hunter." Kal said to himself with a sigh. He closed the window panel and commenced the final test.

"I hope the next test won't be anything cliche like defeating a demon king or slaying a dragon of some sort because that would just be too generic." Kal said as he rolled his eyes. As the window panel appeared, if he ever was currently drinking tea, he'd spill it all in surprise.

[10TH TEST HAS COMMENCED!]

[Subjugate the 19th seated demon king, Socram. An imprisoned demon king who famed for being a dragon whisperer and is able to command the strongest of dragons. His right hand, Loan, the dragon of greed followed him even after his imprisonment and you must kill both Socram and Loan before they could find a chance to flee the prison and wreak havoc in the outer world.]

[OBJECTIVES:

Kill Socram and Loan (0/1)]

"That was too uncanny to say the least. I wasn't expecting that I had to defeat both a demon king and a dragon. And what's with this escaping the prison thing? Will they really be able to start destruction or is this just apart of a generic storyline to make the test more interesting? If all the test takers instead of me did the same, they must surely be freaking strong to be able to defeat a demon king and a dragon." Kal rambled his mind due to the nonsensical test. He didn't find the the test at all interesting and he was expecting so high since the other previous test he had taken had their own uniqueness to it but this test had to be plain and obvious, although not for everyone, anybody who has played an rpg game would be expecting the final boss to be something like this.

"Sigh, let's just do this." The world distorted into a huge dome. Just like the first test which was held in an arena, this one was quite similar except that there were no skies, only a dome wrapped in chains and bars. The whole dome was wreathing with magma and volcanic flames as each passing minute, an earthquake would occur. A knife appeared in his hand.

"A contender has arrived? How long has it been since a contender has arrived? 10 years? Maybe 20? I can't tell since I've been stuck here and lost track of time." A demonic shrill echoed in the dome that sounded so creepy and familiar. Kal felt goosebumps roll over his skin as his hair ends stood up. A huge shadow peered from above and as Kal lift his head, he saw a wounded golden dragon flapping it's slightly torn wings as it slowly descended in the ground.

Duuug!

The dragon landed on the magma floor. It looked exactly like what a dragon would look like except that it's horn was rose in a twisted manner and the other horn was broken. There was a huge shackle on its neck and limbs as giant chains held it. Atop of the Dragon was a humanoid figure. Unlike what Kal imagined the demon king may look like, this demon had no horns or tails. Its skin was not red but was ash grey, it had shark like teeth and shredded muscular look. It's eyes formed a yellow pupil and black eyes and scars cover his half naked body. He also had a shackle on his neck, arms and legs but his shackles had been scratch and the chains that bind him had been broken.

"Exuding such bright presence, but you don't have any light attributes in you, I do feel fire, wind and poison in your body but it's not potent. You don't look exactly like a demi species? Are you a Millenium? Vars? Or maybe you're a Mayan? Can you just remove that helm of yours so I can see your face. I atleast want to fight an opponent who I can remember their face." The demon said to Kal as he went down the dragon and meet him.

"Is he talking? It doesn't sound like some foreign language, it doesn't even sound Latin, it's like a cackling voice mixed with gibberish words. This must be the demon's tongue that's why he doesn't sound human at all." Kal said to himself as he listened to what demons words were. Seeing that it was walking towards him casually, Kal immediately raise his guard, ready for any attempted attack.

"Let's greet each other first before we fight to the death. I'm Sacrom, the former 19th seated demon. I don't know what seat I am now since it's been thousands of years since I was imprisoned. Can I ask, what species of humanoids are you?" Socram asked Kal with a curious look.

"Get back!" Kal shouted to Socram as he pointed his knife towards him.

"What did you say? I can't quite understand it? Don't you speak the Bayin language? I mean every humanoid race speaks it! Don't tell me you're a foreigner that's why you don't speak the Bayin language." Socram said to Kal with a look of confusion.

"I said get back!" Kal pushed his knife nearer into Socram's neck.

"Woah! I'm just trying to greet with you since it's been so long since I had someone to talk to. Even though I'm a dragon whisperer, I can only understand what their emotions not their words, so having no one to talk to has bored me to death. Let's talk first before we fight but if you're trying to disclose your identity to me, it's okay, I'll just beat you up so I can get the answer I want." Socram's body burst with red and demonic aura. His sharp nails turned the demonic aura into daggers and threw it at Kal that flew like sharp threads.

Twing! Twing!...

The dagger auras flew towards Kal aura Kal blocked it with his knife. In his surprise, the dagger auras flew right through his knife and pierced into Kal's armor.

-890^(Reminder that this sign ^ is true damage)

"Khuaak!" Kal puked a handful of blood and immediately retreated. He abandoned the attempt of blocking the dagger auras with his knife and evaded each one with his nimble movements.

'I didn't expect that an aura could be use at such a high level. It's useless to block it since it'd just ignore my defense, so avoiding those dagger auras is my only option.' Kal gritted his teeth and dashed away at a speed of a bullet. He tried to fend off the dagger auras but the auras manage to keep up with him like a homing missile.

"It's futile to avoid my dagger auras since once it locks on a target, it won't stop until it hits it's mark." Socram said followed with a devilish chuckle.

'I don't know what the hell you're talking about but shearing your laugh annoys me.' Kal hid under some rubble to try and block the dagger auras but they manage to break the rubble into pieces as it continued it's pursuit to Kal. He was taken in surprise so he immediately dashed away but they were still on his tail.

'If this continues, my fatigue will reach max before I could even defeat a single one of those bastards.' Kal opened his inventory to try and find something he could use, as he scrolled, he manage to remember a particular item and didn't hesitate and pulled it out.

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[NIGHT CLOAK HAS BEEN EQUIPPED]

Kal retrieved his queen eagle armor set and equipped the night cloak. With his speed and power drastically fell, his speed had greatly slowed and the dagger auras quickly caught up with him..

"You've reach your end kid." Socram said with a smirk seeing the dagger auras pierce at him but the grin quickly faded as he saw the dagger auras disappear in thin air right after it had pierce Kal's body.

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[PROJECTILE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EVADED]

[PROJECTILE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EVADED]

[PROJECTILE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EVADED]

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'It worked!' Seeing the dagger auras completely miss and disappear, Kal was relieved and he immediately unequip Night Cloak and re-equip the Queen eagle armor set.

"What kind of robe is that that it made my unmissable dagger auras miss? I only wanted to have a nice chat with you but it seems you are actually interesting. Then let's continue the game!" Sacrom casted a wide area skill that generated a circle marking under Kal's ground.

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[MOVEMENTS HAS SLOWED BY 80%!]

'Shit what the hell is this!?' Kal was shocked after seeing the markings on the ground. His movements was as slow as an elderly and as he tried to get away from the effect, aura spikes appeared on the ground and slit Kal that pierced through his leg.

-670^

-682^

"Argh! " Kal screamed in pain as he saw his legs profusely bleed, he almost fell on the ground but manage to control his feet. He thrust his golden wings like a jet and flapped away from the circle. He manage to leave the circle but soon he saw Socram flying towards him with his own demonic wings. His speed was significantly faster than Kal's that it almost looked like he teleported as he instantly arrived in his front.

"..!" His eyes grew wide as he saw giant radiating fist coming his way and quickly block it with his arms as he crashed away into the ground.

-1290^!

[QUEEN EAGLE HAS BEEN DAMAGED!]

- Defense has fallen by 20%

'He's strong, too strong!' Kal couldn't help but be in utter shock while he slowly stood up from his feet. The bones on his arms had been broken and the armor that protected it had shattered leaving a reddish skin that had been badly swollen.

"Amazing! You manage to block my strongest fist and only left as much as swollen arms. Not anyone could do that, I've fought numerous champions and you're one of the few that manage to endure that attack. You would've died a hundred times if I didn't have this shackles that suppressed my true power. Well since you can endure that much, let's continue shall we?" Socram flew towards Kal ready to throw another explosive punch and suddenly, Socram halted his flight and dropped in the ground.

Ting~

[YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BEWITCHED THE TARGET]

"Argh! What the hell is this!?" Socram groaned in pain as he felt a stinging sensation in his head. Kal didn't waste a second after seeing Socram succumb in his knees and dash right at him with his knife.

'[Sprint], [Override], [Strike]!' Kal's swiftly dashed towards Socram with his knife brimming in terrifying fire power. The flames on the blade enraged due to added benefit of the wind element. His knife went straight to Sacrom's neck and as his kneck was about to get sliced, a sudden rise in heat alarmed Kal's instincts and immediately halted his attempt and dashed back.

Voooooom!

Wall of flames erupted from his side and as he looked at the source of the flames, he saw the golden dragon, Loan breath it out.

[BEWITCHING HAS BEEN NULLIFIED]

"Didn't I tell you to sit tight and watch!?" Socram exclaimed to Loan and stood up from his feet.

"It looked dangerous that's why I stepped in." Loan said as he released a puff of fire on his nose.

"I can handle this one, I don't need your help." Socram said.

"I won't just sit and watch you die won't I?" Loan replied.

"Do you really think he can kill me? I'm the demon king, Socram! I don't need my subordinate's help!" Socram exclaimed.

"Hmph!" Loan only let out a sneer in disagreement and laid on the ground as it close it's eyes.

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'It's very hard to deal with him, I thought he'd be a boss monster but why does the system does not recognize him as one? His power alone is enough to consider him as a high-tier boss, but why doesn't it show anything? If he really is not a boss monster, let's check the dragon first, maybe there's a problem with the system.' As they were talking, Kal equipped Night Cloak again and use [Shadow Leap] to sneak near the dragon and just as he arrive ten-feet away from the golden dragon, a window panel appeared in his view.

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[BOSS MONSTER: LOAN, the Dragon of Greed (S-)

Status: Restrained (Capable of only using 10% of it power.)

Level: 50 (500)

Health: 2,000,000

Skills: Golden Flame(S), Incinerate (S+), {LOCKED}]

'It works! But it seems like the shackles supressed it's true powers. It's level 50 yet it's true level is 500!? I don't even think I can reach that level in my lifetime or even think of being able to reach that level! It's health is double that of the griffin and if it was in its unrestrained form, it's health could probably go in billions!' Kal couldn't help but be in shock. As he was observing the sleeping dragon, a bright golden fireball flashed on his area.

Bang!

The area formed a wide crater and without any shadows to hide with the sudden flash, Kal's concealment disappear revealing his location as he wrapped his whole body with the cloak.

Ting~

[QUEEN EAGLE ARMOR SET HAS BEEN EQUIPPED]

The cloak quickly vanished in a spatial distortion revealing the brilliance of gold in his armor.

"What are you hiding there? Did you think by defeating my subordinate you can now defeat me? I got inflicted by that weird skill of yours since it was my first time experiencing something like that so I had to get a hang of it before I could resist it's power and what can I say, I'm truly surprised! Show me some more tricks you have and maybe, if you can pique my interest more, I could spare your life but ONLY if you can." Socram said to Kal but Kal still didn't understood what he saying, all he heard were incoherenet demonic noises coming from his mouth.

'[Sharp Pursuit].' Kal's golden wings fluttered in the air as he flew like a jet towards Socram. His body seem to distort space as in just milliseconds, he arrived in front of Socram.

"..!" Socram's eyes grew wide as he attempted weave his sharp nails right through Kal's armor and as his nails dig through it. He suddenly felt a stinging sensation coursing through his body.

-9700!

[BLEEDING IS NOW IN EFFECT]

[-Deals 1% of target's health per second (lasts for 5 seconds)]

-50000*

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"Khaak! Causal powers!?" Socram puked a handful of purple blood and he felt like his body was oozing with pain as he began to profusely bleed in every hole in his body. The reason for the sudden poisoning, was when Kal reached Socram, he activated [Pincer Guards].

'I only wanted to estimate how much health he has and it seems he has atleast 5 million health. I didn't think that the bleeding effect would actually last long considering he's a demon king but it seems like Socram is in considerable pain right now.' Kal didn't waste the given time and blink right to his side when Sacrom attempted to retreat.

'[Strike]!' His knife brimming in wind and flames as it pierce right through Sacrom's ash grey chest. The knife went into the chest and though the blade only went halfway through, Kal's fist burned in flames and his arms coiled with wind as he activated [Jab] to punch the handle of the knife.

Puuv! Puuv! Puuv! Puuv! Puuv!

Each punch made the knife digged deeper into his chest as every flaming power transferred through the knife. Socram's insides burned with flames and his heart burst as a result, Kal pulled out the knife in his chest and immediately scurry away as he suddenly saw the golden dragon burst in flames as it went to protect Socram who was heavily injured.

"Cough! I didn't expect you to actually disintegrate my heart but it seems you have forgotten, a demon king has 7 hearts and although 4 of it has been locked, I still have 2 left. Among the many Champions who tried to defeat me, only few had manage to do it, although you can't kill me, you have the power enough to probably defeat me but who said that I'm the only one you can defeat?" Socram stood up and laid his palms on the burning Loan. Suddenly, Loan's dragon body shun in a golden ball of flames. The ball of flame surround Socram and as if he was undergoing an enlightenment, the ball of flame burst like a star and revealed Socram who had now drastically changed.

The spiral horn that Loan had was shown in Socram's left forehead. Half of his face and body shifted into a dragon, his eye, the golden scales, a gold wing. Sharp dragon claws, limbs of a dragon and a dragon tail had formed around his half and the other half was still the same. The shackles from Loan had overlayed to his so he had double the shackles that restrict him.

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[BOSS MONSTER: Socram, the Draconian Demon King (Loan, the dragon of greed) (SS-)

Status: Restrained (Capable of only using 80% of his power)

Level: 90 (900)

Health: 4,200,690/7,000,000

Skills: Dragon Authority (A), Incinerate (S+), Demonic Authority (S), Greater Resistance (A), Draconic Burst (A), Peer Pressure (AA). Golden Body (B), Sin of Greed (SS-), Ancient Being (S)]

"What the f*ck!" Kal couldn't help but swear aloud after seeing the boss description of the Draconic Socram. Though his skills were mostly A ranks due to the restrained status, the S rank skills what made Kal curse in disbelief. Although he didn't know what kind of skills they are, anyone who has any gaming knowledge should have an idea on how terrifying it is to see someone having skills of an overpowered boss that would usually be found in rpg games,

"I'm quite intrigued of who you are, tell me? What's your name and what race did you belong before I'll kill you." Socram asked. Yet Kal didn't mutter are single word and walk back a couple of steps.

"Still silent in the end are we? Well, I'll just have to take that helm in your head to see what you truly are." Socram blasted on his feet and blinked infront of Kal.

"Crap! " Kal felt a sudden shiver in his spine and immediately activated [Mountain Press].

Ting~

[SKILLS HAVE BEEN DISABLED DUE TO THE EFFECT OF ANCIENT BEING]

"..!" Kal's eyes almost popped out from its sockets after seeing the window panel. He wanted to leave as far away as possible but before he could, Socram held him tightly on his neck and rose his body up in the ground.

"You've shown me some peculiar skills that I have never seen before, I've fought against many humanoid races and you have one of the weirdest abilities among them, so tell me? Who..are...you?" Sacrom used his dragon hands to tear away the helm that covered Kal's face.

Ting~

[QUEEN EAGLE HAS BEEN DAMAGED]

- Armor set's effect has fallen by 30%

His claws had manage to dig deeper into Kal's neck that blood drip to it. When Sacrom saw this, his eyes twitched as he look at Kal's face.

"Red blood? A Mayan? No, you have a philtrum and Mayans don't have one. Wait! Are you possibly a human!?" Socram was in quite shock as he stared deeply at Kal.

'I've only heard about them from the other demon kings, and I thought it was just some baseless rumor but it seems it's true, humans do exist. They said that their body can be a great vessel to use if one wanted to enter the outer world without getting harmed by God's restrictions, I didn't think I'd actually capture one!' Socram showed a wide grin in his face as he felt like he had been blessed by a demon god.

"With this body, I may not only be able to leave this damned prison, I can finally see what the outer world is like!" Socram's eyes suddenly turned into pitch black and his mouth gaped widely. Black smoke exude his mouth that entered into Kal's nostrils and it felt his body was taken over by force.

'Is he planning to possess me!?' Kal sudden realization made him grit his teeth in anger and fear. His body was slowly losing in control and he felt like his soul was getting dragged away into a deep abyss. Kal forcefully control his right arm and opened the window panel.

"You have a strong will child but it seems like this is gonna be you're end! Don't worry, I'll use this body properly and make it stronger than it has ever been! Think of it as my gift for you!" Socram said to Kal as he chuckled demonically. The words that Socram had uttered had become understandable after his soul went into Kal.

"My body is not something the likes of a filthy demon like you to take!" Kal continued to endure the possession but he had already lost most control of his body. It was only a matter of time before he was fully possessed by Socram.

"Your struggle is futile child, with your body, I can finally be free from the shackles that restrain me and I can return to rule a new world!"

"I told...you. My body is not for yours for the taking!" Kal pulled out a small gift box in his hand. It was adorned with half of it black and the other half being white.

"What...is that?" Socram said in curiosity. His instincts told him that the box was dangerous so he fasten his speed as all of the black smoke completely enter his body.

Ting~

[DO YOU WISH TO OPEN IT? (Y/N)]

"Yes..." That was the last word Kal had uttered before his body was completely invaded by Socram's demonic soul.

"Muahahahahha! I'm free! I'm finally free!" Socram laughed in delight as his old body turned into a dried husk. Kal's appearance changed, his black hair had turned red and his nails sharpen, his eyes which were now completely black and a red pupil stared onto a floating box that hovered in the air. The strings on the box opened and light emanated in the dome.

As the flash dissipated, a figure appeared from the box. It had 6 set of wings. Two which covered it's body, and four wings in its side which flapped in an orderly manner. It's head had three faces, in front was a human-like face, in the left was a lion and on the right was a bull. It had a golden halo above its head and everything on the figure radiate with holy light.

"A-a Dominion Virtues!?" Socram was stunned as he look at the figure hovering in the air like so without flapping it's wings. Sweat drip down Socram's forehead and he felt a cold shiver in his spine as the eyes of the Dominion opened. The eyes were so holy and bright that it looked like burning suns.

"Your judgment has come. Your judgement has come. Your judgment has come." The dominion kept on uttering the same words over and over again as it stared at the terrified Socram. It's shrill voice was creepier than Socram's in chores demonic voice and it felt like anyone who could hear it would either be enlightened or straight up die from fear.

"S-spare me..." Socram knew it couldn't dare to retreat infront of a supreme being so it begged and knelt on the ground. But even still, the dominion continued to utter the same words over and over. A sword light appeared in the air and pierce right into Socram's chest.

Chaaaa!

The sword light beamed with holy air that covered Kal's possessed body entirely as Socram who was now under a deep pain diminish not leaving a black smoke to evaporate. Socram had died and the sword light in Kal's chest vanished. Kal could feel his consciousness return as he slowly opened his eyes that saw the blurry figure of the dominion disappear. A ringing noise then rattled in his head as he fainted.

Ting~

[BOSS MONSTER: Socram, the Draconic demon king HAS BEEN KILLED]

[YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!]

[YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!]

[YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!]

[YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!]

[YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP!]

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[Socram has been defeated (1/1)]

[Loan has been defeated (1/1)]

[10TH TEST COMPLETED]