Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 155

Cyril saw the huge effect of the sudden appearance of the Corrupted Beastmen.

The previous dominating force of the three allied Clans started weakening. The Lizard Clan also started getting used to the Lion Clan’s martial art as they slowly learned how to deal with their attacks.

Perhaps, if this battle lasted for several more hours, the Lizard Clan will be able to completely read their Martial Arts.

“Magenta… Send all your Corrupted Beastmen to guard the foot of the mountain. No one should be allowed to climb up!”

“Yes, Master!”

Cyril didn’t bother to bring any Corrupted Being with him and only took Magenta to follow the two groups who went to the top first.

He’s confident that with his current set of Artifacts, he’ll be able to do something about the Frog Deity and the Snake King who are the leaders of the group.

Anyway, as an S-Rank Awakened, he should be able to do this much.

Beastman may be a unique species that can only be found inside a High-Class Arcane World but they aren’t Beings that are considered to be the strongest ones.

As far as he knows, those several hundred-year-old Vampires or even just the Elementals of High-Class Arcane Worlds are stronger than the Beastman race.

And Vampires and Elementals weren’t even considered much if compared to the Dragons that he’s planning to meet someday!

It means that if he can’t even deal with the Beastman Clan, then he would have no right to face the Dragons at all!

“Hmm? Why did they stop? We’re still halfway there, right?” Cyril felt confused after noticing the two groups halting midway.

He didn’t see any enemies nearby or dangers as well.

“Master, I think they’re experiencing some kind of pressure in their current position. Perhaps, it’s from the Ancient Artifact.”

“Oh… Can you feel it in our distance?”

“Just a little bit, Master. If we move forward for about two hundred meters more, we’ll surely feel the same intensity of this pressure as well.”

“Ugh… Do I have a good defense against that?”

Cyril frowned after realizing this. He has a lot of attacking power since he still has his Magic Crystal Ball that he hasn’t used yet.

He’s also confident with his physical defense thanks to his Rank-A Set. However, the pressure that Magenta speaks about is definitely not a simple thing and he wouldn’t be able to use any of his Artifacts to help him deal with such trouble.

Perhaps, only his Aura had a chance of defending against it.

“It’s too dangerous, Master. Even with your Aura, the pressure coming from that Artifact is too violent. Aside from that, I don’t think I’ll be able to handle that…”

“Ugh… Really?” Cyril asked in surprise.

However, after recalling how Magenta had gotten weak after entering this Arcane World, he learned to accept that the Demon race still has weaknesses.

“That’s right, Master… If I forced myself, I’ll probably lose control of the Corrupted Beastmen and they’ll just turn into mindless killing machines.”

Cyril could only sigh after hearing this as he watched the two groups in front of him. He hesitated for a moment before he decided to step forward.

“If you started feeling pressured, just stop and wait for my return…” Cyril ordered the Demoness.

“Yes, Master.”

***

After a while, Cyril started moving alone since just like the other groups, they similarly felt the intense pressure that prompted Magenta to stop moving forward.

Now, Cyril is just a few steps behind the Snake King’s group.

“Sss! Who is that guy?! We can’t let anyone strike us from behind! The two of you, kill him!”

King Theramas ordered a couple of his soldiers to deal with Cyril. He obviously didn’t want someone unprecedented to be behind them at this critical time.

Although there is also this unknown force suppressing them, they can still move quite a bit especially when they decided to descend instead.

However, he didn’t expect that this person who came up alone was strong!

“Ahhk!”

“Gakk!”

The two soldiers held their throats after getting cut by Cyril’s Wraith Sword. Cyril realized that they weren’t taking him seriously yet.

It seems that they are not capable of monitoring the current situation of the battlefield below which is quite understandable. It’s not like they have a radio capable of sending them reports instantly.

Anyway, Cyril made sure to make them regret it.

He fully covered himself with his Aura and easily abolished the pressure on him. It consumes not only his Awakened Aura but also his mental energy.

In short, he didn’t like to do this for a long period.

However, for this duration, he was able to have full control of his body which allowed him to easily kill a couple of Snake Soldiers.

“Useless things!”

King Theramas saw what happened and furiously spat out.

He didn’t find Cyril that strong at all seeing his movements. However, he also didn’t want to descend on this slope as well.

The Frog Deity might notice this and decide to deal with them first after all.

In the end, they only tried to make sure that Cyril would have a hard time going up by rolling down some stones, throwing rocks, or whatever thing they can pick up.

Right now, all the groups are moving really slow.

However, they are all extremely patient.

This lasted for over 30 minutes before the group led by the Frogmen Deity arrived at the mouth of the volcano…

Curiously enough, they didn’t actually move immediately and only stood there as if they are waiting for something.

King Theramas decided to choose a different spot about 200 meters away from the Frogmen. They also stopped in their place after reaching that place.

This made Cyril even more curious.

Honestly, he was already quite exhausted after dodging and defending all those things that were thrown at him.

Luckily for him, his Decimation Glove is more than enough to stop most of them. He could either just catch those things or destroy them with the Artifact’s Echo Strike.

“Now, let me see what’s stopping you guys…” Cyril muttered as soon as he reached the peak.

Soon, he saw the deep crater filled with enigmatic lava. This is the first time he had seen such a thing in person.

Anyway, he saw at the center a small island where the Conqueror Staff is embedded!

He can also feel that the force pressuring them halfway through this place was coming from that Staff!

How incredible!

It wasn’t even being properly wielded yet and it’s already capable of slowing them down. Normal Awakened would not even be able to proceed further similar to Magenta.

Cyril then looked at the two groups. He thought that they are hesitating to move since the Conqueror Staff is located at the small piece of ground, or maybe black stone, at the center of the crater.

Well, he was right…

Though they all have some level of heat resistance, it doesn’t mean that they are immune at all.

As for the members of the Bird Clan coming here to take it? That’s impossible.

Aside from that pressure that will drag them down to be cooked, their feathers will easily burn just by flying above this crater.

“Hmm?” Cyril realized that their behavior is still quite unusual.

He went silent for a while and soon focused his senses on the lava similar to everyone else…

“What?!”

He just saw an enormous tail move and flip around that small piece of ground.

He did his best to find it again after it plunged under the lava, however, his senses are blocked just like everyone else.

‘No wonder they didn’t make a move yet. They probably didn’t expect this to happen as well. What a mess… What should I do now?’

Cyril grumbled as he tries to find a way to take that Conqueror Staff.

From the size of the tail he just saw a moment ago, he can somehow tell that it can be as big as a blue whale in the human world!

Of course, giving up wasn’t an option. After all, this might be his only way to get out of this Arcane World.

For now, he can only pray that defeating that Lava Beast is not the main quest to get out of this world.

Thud!

As Cyril was hesitating on what to do, he noticed that one of the Snake people jumped out!

However, he didn’t jump to commit suicide! He brought two spears with him and stuck them on the rocks while falling.

He then quickly jumped back to safety while the others did the same.

Soon, King Theramas of the Snake Clan used these spears as his stairs to go down the crater. He doesn’t seem to be afraid of the Lava Beast, unlike the Frog Deity.

Seeing their action, the Frogmen Clan decided to move though they are still hesitating. They just couldn’t gamble that the Snake Clan would fail.

Nevertheless, the Frogmen Deity did not even need some stairs as he directly dived into the lava!