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Chapter 144: Sealed Demoness
Chapter 144: Sealed Demoness
Chapter 144: Sealed Demoness
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[You killed an Ordergiver!]
[50 XP Acquired!]
'I didn't kill the demoness, it seems.' Adam thought with a frown. 'Otherwise, I would've gained way more experience than this.'
At that moment, he heard faint sobbing coming from inside the smoldering building-the family of five was still tied with tears running down their cheeks.
Adam quickly went to them and cut their ropes with his sharp sword.
The family hugged at each other, crying and whispering thank you.
They thought they would be used as a sacrifice to some demonic ritual. It was said that sacrifices of those rituals may never reach the gates of heaven, and this family was quite religious and feared what fate awaited them beyond death.
While they kept crying, Adam approached Loya's naked, ash-clad body and saw that there was
a strange dagger beside her. It was the dagger that she was using.
He took it with a trembling hand and felt the weight of the weapon in his palm.
It was cold and sharp to the touch.
It was still clearly a very valuable weapon.
When Adam looked at his sword's information, he noticed that its durability decreased drastically, even when he used his Kraft!
'What a spectacular weapon,' Adam twirled the dagger around and whispered. "Information.'
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[Weapon: The Dragur's Blade]
[Rank: Legendary]
[Max Damage: 300/305]
[Durability: 100%]
[Description: A blade forged from the fangs of the legendary Dragur, said to cut through any armor like butter]
***
'Luckily the fight was short,' Adam breathed a sigh of relief. 'We exchanged blows around ten times, and that alone caused my weapon's durability to drop thirty percent.'
He stored the weapon in his inventory, very tempted to keep using it.
However, it wouldn't fit his fighting style as a Tank. That's why he was not quite sure what to do with it.
The dagger's max damage was also not that high compared to other Legendary weapons. After all, the daggers were never high damage weapons.
However, it was easily better than his current sword-Gladius Sword—that had meager max damage of fifty.
'I could sell it and buy proper armor,' Adam thought and looked at his clothes. 'I returned my Crimson Armor again, as it is not mine and I only lent it. I don't have any armor otherwise.'
He thought about putting it on a sale on the Reality Market-it also had an auction feature. 'A weapon like this could go for 20,000 Shinecoins, maybe. That would be of great importance, but again, this dagger could be of great use to me since its damage output is insane.
'If I use a dagger with my Little God, I could be very deadly.'
Before he could come to the conclusion, he heard rattling of armor and shouting of men- there were people coming from near alleys.
The family looked over with hopeful gazes. They recognized that noise vividly as it sounded like the Watchmen.
'Gotta go.'
Adam thought and quickly walked away in the opposite direction. The family didn't notice that he disappeared.
After a short while, the Watchmen of Dawnwatch arrived at the scene, recognizing the destroyed building. Then, they saw a naked, ash-clad woman dead on the ground and saw a family still crying.
Then, they saw the demonic symbol on the ground and showed looks of horror and disbelief. They realized that something hellish was about to happen there.
Since they saw no one else present, they started to question the family.
The family said they were rescued by a young man, and when they looked around his whereabouts, they noticed he was gone.
A couple of the Watchmen nodded and searched the surroundings for that person.
After a while, they returned to the scene after not finding him anywhere.
"We'll need to take this to higher-ups."
"A demonic ritual, right here in front of our noses, and we couldn't sense a thing."
"It must be a high level ritual. What kind of satanic creature was she about to summon?" "This woman is a player. Should we put a bounty on her?"
"If she respawns, we'd like to question her. Put a big enough bounty so she can't walk freely in any populated town or city."
"Roger."
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Back at the main street, Adam walked among the crowd, a hood pulled over his head, and kept his steps light as he made his way away from the scene.
He wasn't planning on returning to the Crimson Hound's residence.
There was a meeting he had to attend to.
A coffee date with Amelia-they decided to do it today at the Cafe De Parys.
As Adam made his way down there, his legs suddenly turned sluggish, and he became tired. The eyelids shut down unwillingly, and right in the middle of the street, he fell asleep.
The crowd just walked past him, bumping shoulders and ignoring his presence. They hadn't noticed that this young man strangely fell asleep.
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Splash!
The crimson sea's tall waves crashed against the shore.
"Ah!" Adam opened his eyes wide and grumbled in annoyance. "Seriously, in the middle of the street? Couldn't you wait?"
"I wanted to give you my congratulations," Alastor said with a smirk. "You managed to stop an apocalypse. Be more happy. Go on, cheer; you're a hero."
"I don't feel like a hero," Adam said.
"Oh, what will make you feel like a hero?" Alastor asked. "Big parade in your honor? A statue the size of the Great Wall? A blessing from the God?"
"I didn't kill the demoness, did I?" Adam turned to him with a frown. "She survived."
Alastor looked at the sea and shrugged his shoulders. "You think killing a primordial being
such as herself is as easy as killing an Ordergiver?"
"I thought she would be stopped if I killed Loya."
"She was stopped," Alastor said. "For now."
"For now?" Adam frowned.
"She'll return," Alastor said. "She is still in the control of Loya. There was nothing you
could've done to stop that."
"Then, when she is done respawing, can't she just do the ritual and swallow the sun?"
"No, that's the sweet part," Alastor said with a grin. "You killing her was not for naught. She
is somewhat sealed in Loya's body now, but she can still speak to her, able to poison her mind, but she cannot complete the ritual without taking control of the body."
"How long will that seal last?"
"It could be five or ten years," Alastor said, unsure. "It depends how strong Loya becomes during that time. One thing is for sure: that demoness will do everything in her power to help
her grow strong."
"She'll just hide and grow stronger for the next few years." Adam sighed. "Is there stopping
her even?"
"You're the only one that knows about that threat," Alastor said. "Now, you are way too weak
to completely kill the demoness in her body. That's why, when the next time comes, you'll need to be strong enough to kill her completely."
"The seal will become weaker the stronger Loya becomes, so can't we just keep finding her and killing her?" Adam asked.
"Good luck with that," Alastor said. "I was only able to sense her because she was this close, and now that she is sealed, it's even harder to sense her. Also, I am sure that she has thousands of hideouts to choose from. After all, there are some factions that are loyal to her."
'I guess the same thing happened in the previous life,' Adam thought with a frown. 'I am even more convinced that Calamity was the vessel of Alastor. He must've killed Loya at year 2151 to seal demoness away, but failed to kill her next time around.'
"Anyway, it was nice to catch up with you, hero~" Alastor waved his hand. "Grow stronger." With that, Adam disappeared from the Old World once again.