Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 168

No matter what, an Awakened must use an Artifact that they felt comfortable with.

After all, it will be used in a life and death battle. If you’re not using something that would suit your fighting style, that would just be asking to die.

“Oh well, so you’re really aiming for that Entrance Crystal. Do you even know what kind of Arcane World is that? I’m sure that you’ll regret it if you dared to activate that.”

One of the Crows laughed and spoke to Cyril with a calm voice. It seems that they’re already relaxing for a bit since they’ve already sealed this room.

“Haha! Are you thinking that you’ll be able to escape here while we’re blocking the only exit? Dream on!” The other Crow said.

Aside from that, the seven other Crows should’ve dealt with the outside problem already. Those Wraiths that Cyril released may be troublesome to deal with since they’re spirit-type Magic Creatures, however, their Guild still has enough Awakened capable of attacking them.

Holy Artifacts or Blessed Artifacts aren’t something they’re lacking after all. Aside from dealing with undead creatures, these Artifacts can also provide support to their Arcane Explorers in many ways.

“Well, I wonder about that. Anyway, these Artifacts here weren’t interesting at all so I’ll spare them.”

Cyril replied. As he glanced at the hole he created. He can feel that a powerful Sealing Skill was used to patch it up. He either has to create another exit, destroyed their Rank-S Artifacts, or defeat these two to the point that their magic will be undone making it easier for him to escape.

“So you’re underestimating them, huh. Too bad…” One of the Crows shows a bit of disappointment. In truth, he placed strong trap magic on these Artifacts so once it was held by others he didn’t approve, they would receive a backlash!

Unfortunately, this type of trap can’t be placed on an Entrance Crystal since the object has some kind of repelling force from this type of magic.

‘Did he actually notice the traps I made? This is guy is more troublesome than I thought.’

While the two were trying to think why Cyril can remain calm and collected in front of two S-Rank Awakened, the latter was also trying to communicate with Xagan using their Mysterious Connection.

Just now, he learned that to escape this building instantly and appear about 100 meters away from here, he would have to pay 50 days of his life which is not too expensive but not too cheap as well.

Nevertheless, he knows that with his current set of Artifacts, he’d probably have to sacrifice most of his Rank-B or Rank-A Artifacts to escape this place.

“Tell us your name. Who knows, we might be able to settle this by talking. After all, no one died in your assault here yet. If you paid for the damages and compensate our guild, we might even become friends.”

“That’s correct. Our guild needs strong people like you. Right now, there aren’t even more than 30 S-Rank Awakened in the whole world yet! Killing you here would be a huge loss. After all, you should already know that there are already plenty of Rank-S Artifacts being discovered but they do not have any wielders right now.”

Cyril listened to them silently and thought for a moment. He knows that negotiating and giving them compensation sound good but this is not the reason why he used his Identity Shroud Mask!

He used this since he knows that what he’s doing is a crime and he has to act continue with this act!

If he wanted to negotiate, he would’ve done it in the first place but he didn’t do so…

“You should be introducing yourself first if you want to know my name, aren’t you?”

Cyril replied.

“Oh, you can just call me Crow Seven and this is Crow Six.”

Well, Cyril can’t really differentiate the two since they are both wearing a black robe and crow mask.

Anyway, if he paid attention, he can tell that Crow Seven is a bit taller than Crow Six and that’s all.

“I’m Mitsuo… It’s a bit unfair since you can see my face and you even know my name. However, I’ll accept that.”

“Mitsuo? Alright… So what do you think? Are you going to negotiate with us or you’ll choose to die here?”

Crow Six said as he already sensed that the seven other Crows have already cleaned up the outside and are surrounding this room.

This Mitsuo has nowhere else to escape!

They have bought enough time!

“No, thanks! It seems that I’ve already taken so much of your time. I’ll leave now.”

Cyril confidently said. His words alerted everyone as Crow Six and Crow Seven attacked simultaneously.

There are no more words needed as they attacked without any hesitation. They have tried enough and since Mitsuo didn’t accept their kindness, he must die!

The two attacked using their Rank-A Artifacts again but suddenly, black and sinister energy came out from Mitsuo’s sleeves!

They didn’t think too much of it and thought of it as the man’s final attempt to defend against their attack.

However, the sinister energy seems to be alive as it surrounded their Artifacts temporarily losing their ability to cast their ability!

“What happened?”

“It got canceled?! That’s Impossible!”

The two panicked for a moment as this was the first time they have experienced having their Artifacts sealed or unusable.

Boom!

Cyril used this opportunity to escape.

Since his Elven Boot’s Haste can’t be triggered again for a while, he has to move as quickly as possible and create another path of escape.

He already noticed the thick sealing magic used to trap him here but he decided to be extravagant and use his Scorpion Twin Dagger to create a path.

It’s a shame to lose this item but he wanted to make his escape as swiftly as possible without asking for Xagan’s help.

Originally, he wanted the daggers to be used by Selma’s fellow clan members. However, because of the situation, he had no other choice but to use their “Self Destruction” ability.

The explosion was powerful but thanks to Magenta’s help, he didn’t suffer any injuries. Well, since his leather armor can only reflect magic attacks, he really has no other defense against the debris coming from the explosion. He either has to rely on his Domain or Magenta’s help.

“Master, there are seven more enemies outside. I’ll deal with them.”

Magenta’s voice came from inside Cyril’s suit.

Right now, the demoness wasn’t in a black cat form but a black snake hiding inside his clothes! Well, this is mostly because he wanted to keep her as a trump card and the trouble of sending her to another country.

This demoness doesn’t have invisibility powers after all. She can only do transformations and it even costs some of her energy.

“Alright! I’ll leave them to you. I’ll spend all my Goblin Techs to create chaos.”

“Got it!”

The two worked together to deal with the Nine Crows. Since Cyril doesn’t have an intention to kill them, none of them were severely injured and were only incapacitated.

“Aaah! I’m drained!”

Cyril complained as soon as he got away from the building. He can no longer use his Conqueror Staff so he already put it away inside his Dimensional Storage Space together with the High-Class Arcane Crystal.

He also removed his Identity Shroud Mask and already started changing his clothes to regain his original appearance.

He had to remove Mitsuo’s traces as quickly as possible.

“Master… I’m also drained. I can’t use my Demonic Powers again unless I have my Worshippers sacrifice or gather energy for me.”

Magenta said. She sounded quite exhausted as well after fighting those seven A-Rank Awakened without killing them.

Unfortunately, the Beastmen worshippers she has couldn’t give her sacrifices since she’s in the human world. She has to enter that Arcane World if she wanted to take their sacrifices again.

However, Cyril has no plans of returning to that Beastmen World yet. After all, he doesn’t have a method to escape that place since the Escape Crystal he found is only one-time use.

“I understand. Don’t worry, I don’t think I’ll be needing your powers again. Just take a rest for now.” Cyril patted the black snake around his body.

He already knows that Amaris the Corruptor is not an omnipotent demon. She’s only a bit stronger compared to the normal demon thanks to her recent promotion. Unless she has gathered tons of worshippers, she wouldn’t be able to show her real powers.

At this time, Cyril was already satisfied with the result of his mission as he decided to celebrate a little by going to a bar…

‘Right, I still have to buy a souvenir.’

Cyril thought as he quickly set off to the nearest bar. He made sure to activate his Traceless Scarf as he left the streets.

However, something unexpected happened.

Crack!

His scarf’s Traceless Ability was suddenly broken!