Volume 5, Chapter 36 – The Demon General of Lust

He escaped, as expected.

Fia immediately pulled Tilulu back.

However, from the disgusting man’s tone, he seemed very surprised by the thunder spear just now. Could it be that he wasn’t an enemy of the same level as her, and that his incredibly fast reaction was actually from some kind of magic? For example, would his body immediately resurrect after being killed?

Fia had seen a resurrection ability on the Sovereign’s subordinate, Balor. At that time, Balor had merged with the chaos, and even if he was killed, he could slowly resurrect. But this man now didn’t seem to be possessed by chaos, and his resurrection speed was astonishingly fast—it was as if he didn’t need time to reform his body. Perhaps this was something that looked similar to resurrection but was actually completely different.

As long as he wasn’t an enemy of the same level, everything would be easy.

“What did you do!”

The Demon General of Lust, his arms crossed and his face filled with terror, shouted at Fia. Fia, in turn, cast [Airflow Control] and [Bee-Shield Forcefield] on Tilulu to ensure she could fly for a long time and be absolutely safe, then said teasingly.

“Haven’t you seen it before? I just used the same magic on you that I used on the War Behemoth.”

“What?”

The Demon General’s expression faltered, then he quickly regained his composure and sneered.

“Heh, trying to scare me with a magic trap again. I see. You deliberately appeared here to lure us into the air. I guess there are other magic traps nearby as a backup. Am I right?”

You have too much inner drama.

Fia secretly classified this man as an idiot. In any world, this kind of half-baked person was the most annoying. Those who knew understood the immensity of the world and would not make rash judgments. Those who didn’t would, like the Lionfolk warrior captain over there, plainly express their thoughts. Only those who were half-knowledgeable would be so self-righteous and chatter on and on.

To shut this man up, Fia switched from [Thunder Spear] to [Seal of Retribution]. However, just as the golden hammer of light was about to touch the Demon General, he, just like before, suddenly disappeared and reappeared a few meters behind the Lionfolk warrior captain.

The Demon General was stunned again, but when he confirmed that he was not injured, a playful expression appeared on his face. He stroked his chin and sized Fia up. He was now convinced that she could not harm him.

“Tsk, tsk, my beauty, no matter what kind of magic trap you use, you can’t hurt me. Today, even if the Absolute—” he almost exposed that he was a Darkborn and quickly corrected himself, “even if my master came, he couldn’t catch me. You should give up and surrender early. That way, you can spare yourself the physical pain. As for these magic traps, I think my brother, Knowledge, would be very interested. If you were to make a deal with him, he might reward you handsomely.”

“Stop talking nonsense with them! I’m not as unafraid of magic as you are! Get rid of them quickly!”

The Lionfolk warrior captain clearly believed the “traps everywhere” story. Although he had drawn his heavy sword, he didn’t dare to rush at Fia. In his eyes, the sky around her was filled with deadly magic, just waiting for them to charge to their deaths.

The Demon General of Lust swaggered forward and patted the captain’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry. If her trap could kill you, she would have activated it long ago. As long as you stay here and don’t act rashly, she can’t threaten your life. Don’t look at how calm she seems. In reality, she’s as anxious as a slime in an iron pot. Instead, you should hurry up and let your soldiers charge, so she can get really anxious.”

“You deal with her first.”

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The captain’s brows furrowed tightly. The feeling of his life being in someone else’s hands was not pleasant. He just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

The Demon General of Lust wagged his index finger, a look of triumph on his face.

“No, I won’t kill them. This is a one of a kind mother-daughter pair in the World Tree Continent. How could I kill them? You beastfolk really don’t know how to cherish beautiful women.”

“Are you done talking? If you are, then come at me together.”

Originally, she had wanted to hear what this man’s origins were because she had heard the name of the Demon General of Knowledge. But in the end, it was just some worthless last words. Fia subconsciously said something like a villain boss—recently, her way of speaking seemed to be getting more and more like a villain’s. She should try it out as Thanatos next time.

“My beauty, you haven’t given up yet? As long as I don’t move forward today, you’ll have to watch your family and friends get crushed by the War Behemoths—”

Before the Demon General could finish, his body flickered again. This time, he appeared ten meters to Fia’s left.

“Oh? Even that position was within your calculations? Although I didn’t see any magic light, I feel that it should be a mental spell. A mental spell that can kill is rare. Elf, I’m getting more and more interested in you.”

Even [Mind Blast] doesn’t work.

Fia finally felt a little interested. She didn’t even glance at the Lionfolk warrior captain in the distance, who was drenched in sweat and staring fixedly at the empty space. She asked with interest.

“You mentioned that the Demon General of Knowledge is your brother. In that case, are you one of the seven Demon Generals?”

“No, no, you misheard, beauty.”

The Demon General of Lust repeatedly denied it. If he exposed his identity as a Demon General, it would be equivalent to admitting that Chazo was colluding with the Darkborn. This was a betrayal of the Demon General of Absolute Death. Although their Absolute Evil camp could be fearless in the face of death for the sake of pleasure, there were still inviolable bottom lines, such as not harming their companions.

“More importantly, you said you were a witch. I’ve heard that witches lose something because of their ritual—”

Due to the threat of a normal version of [Hellfire], the Demon General’s body disappeared again. But he didn’t care, taking it as a game between him and Fia.

“Could it be that what you lost was the ability to express emotions? Under such a threat, not only are you not afraid or panicked, but you also put on a superior and aloof appearance. Even someone who can completely control their expressions should be sweating by now. If that’s the case… no, a flawed beauty is also a kind of beauty. To have no change in expression, but a rich inner emotional world, this is a rare attribute that is unparalleled in this world! Ahh! How exciting! This must be a gift from the heavens, moved by my pursuit of the Dao!”

“Stop talking nonsense! Just get rid of her!”

“Tsk, you have no sense of romance.”

Faced with the captain’s urging, the Demon General of Lust put away his twistedly excited face. He first gave Fia a gentlemanly bow, then said with a regretful look.

“To have our first meeting in this form is truly against my will. However, I have a mission, so I can only capture you first and then slowly compensate you. By the way, how about we go to the Alfrieg Kingdom for a drink after we go back? A sweet date with a loli wife… ahh, I got lost in my fantasies again. Sorry, I’m just this kind of person. Well then, let me trigger all of your traps one by one, and then we’ll have a good talk.”

Not wanting to waste words on a delusional person, Fia changed her attack method. She no longer used magic, but took out a semi-finished staff from her storage item as a throwing spear. The reason she did this was to test how he was dodging her attacks. Since magic didn’t work, a physical method might.

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It should be noted that the thirty thousand beastfolk soldiers below were already surging towards the Snake-folk city like a black tide. With the War Behemoths in front of them to block crossbow bolts and magic, they only had to cross this two-kilometer distance to reach the city walls. She had to end this battle quickly.

The staff flew towards the Demon General of Lust at a terrifying speed exceeding the speed of sound. This time, he finally did not disappear on the spot. However, an attack of this level, he simply deployed three pink magic shields to block it.

“Finally decided to give up? My beauty, although I can’t just block an attack of this force casually, it can’t harm me either—”

Before he could finish, a staff with a strong golden light shot at him again. This time, he didn’t even have time to react. The rapidly enlarging staff had already reached the tip of his nose.

Enhanced by [Strength Boost III], the staff’s flight speed had already surpassed the limit of his dynamic vision. Unfortunately, just as the staff was about to smash his nose and skull, he suddenly disappeared again.

Magic attacks don’t work, and physical attacks don’t work either?

Fia’s brows furrowed even deeper. She had a way to deal with him. His sudden disappearance must have consumed magic power. As long as she forced him to keep disappearing, when his magic power was exhausted or his “resurrection” count was used up, he would naturally be unable to run. But that would be too slow. Who knew how long it would take.

Wait.

A possibility appeared in Fia’s mind.

“To be able to throw something that could kill me with your bare hands! Y-you didn’t use a magic trap?!”

Ignoring the Demon General’s terrified shout, Fia thought further.

The staff that couldn’t kill him just now hadn’t made him disappear. But the previous [Thunder Spear], [Seal of Retribution], [Mind Blast], and [Hellfire] were all spells that could kill him in one hit, and they had all made him activate his instantaneous movement. In addition to the surprise he had shown when he was first killed, the key was clearly in “killing.” He probably couldn’t actively use his instantaneous movement. Only a spell that could kill him in one hit could make him disappear.

In other words, she could try to weaken the power of the [Thunder Spear] and beat him half to death—that actually had a simpler solution.

A look of confidence that she would win appeared in her ruby-like eyes. Fia looked up, her gaze fixed on the surprised and uncertain Demon General in the distance. Because she had thrown a staff that could instantly kill him with her bare hands, he had a faint feeling that he had completely misunderstood her strength. She really could kill him in one hit. The name of the witch was not made up.

In that instant, the Demon General of Lust felt as if their roles had been reversed. The hunter had become the hunted, and the hunted had become the hunter. Especially the way Fia was staring at him now, her deep red eyes, like a viper’s, made his legs go weak.

Maybe I was the prey being played with from the beginning…

The Demon General of Lust began to slowly retreat.

The reason he could survive Fia’s attacks several times was not due to a resurrection ability, but a talent magic called [Absolute Evasion]. It was the existence of this talent that had allowed him to be ranked among the seven Demon Generals. All ranged attacks that were fatal to him would cause him to be randomly teleported to a nearby area a moment before death. And this ranged attack included arrows, magic, poisonous gas, and even magic traps.

In other words, if she beat him half to death and then finished him off with a close-range spell, he would follow in the footsteps of the Demon General of Despair.

He had to get out of here quickly. He was a newly born Demon General. There were still tens of thousands of men and women he hadn’t experienced. To die less than two months after being born would make him a laughingstock in history, the shortest-lived Demon General. Therefore, even if it meant exposing the Demon General of Absolute Death, he could not die so easily.

Eek!

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Just as he had made up his mind, the Demon General of Lust screamed inwardly.

He found that Fia had disappeared from his sight without a trace. His heart leaped to his throat. He had no desire to fight back with attack magic, because if that rolling thunder was really a spell Fia could use with a snap of her fingers, then her strength was at least at the Eighth or even Ninth Tier, not an enemy he could handle.

A meaningless resistance would only delay his escape. He unhesitatingly called out to the Demon General of Absolute Death in [Telepathy], asking him to pull him away. But he did not immediately do so, instead replying with a “What happened?”.

Then, a sudden pain shot through his chest. He wanted to open his mouth, but his lungs were like stone, and no air passed through his throat. So, he could only widen his eyes, which seemed as if they would pop out of their sockets, and turn his head to look behind him.

What entered his sight was the face of the terrifying Fia. This elf girl, her white hair and skirt fluttering in the wind, was looking down at him with the posture of a victor.

“Got you.”

“You…”

“As long as I don’t kill you in one hit, you won’t disappear in front of me. In that case, close combat is much easier to control than throwing magic. So, let me try killing you at this distance and see if you disappear again.”

Absolute Death, save me!!!

The Demon General of Lust could not answer. He could only hold on to the last glimmer of hope, begging him to stop talking and act. Fortunately, he did not betray his trust. The daze unique to teleportation magic soon enveloped his consciousness. He could even see the blue magic circles that appeared above his head and below his feet, the mark of [Spatial Jump].

Unfortunately, Fia’s magic also succeeded.

[Hellfire]

A thumb-sized, eerie-green flame was sent towards him through her enchanted blade, and finally, it gently attached to his chest. Like an oil barrel meeting a flame, with a soft “poof,” the eerie-green flame instantly burst open, swallowing him whole.

In less than two seconds, the hellfire quickly disappeared as if it had run out of fuel. Then, the two deep blue magic circles that enveloped him finally activated. His body was quickly compressed and shrunk in front of Fia, and finally, with a flash like an old television turning off, he disappeared.

Although the teleportation was successful, there was absolutely no possibility of this disgusting man being resurrected. Fia was certain. Hellfire was a spell that burned the soul. The teleported Demon General of Lust would be nothing but an empty shell from now on.

All of this had happened in less than seven seconds. Fia turned around and pointed her thunder spear at the Lionfolk warrior captain, who was drenched in sweat and swallowing in fear.

“Last warning. Surrender, or die?”

Killing the commander of an army would leave it leaderless. And since the beastfolk were particularly difficult to control, in this situation, it was more appropriate to leave him alive and have him order his troops to lay down their weapons.

“Wuuuuuuuuuuuuu—”

As if in response to Fia, a mournful cry of a large beast came from the right flank of the battlefield. Fia subconsciously glanced over and saw the War Behemoth on the far right struggling to get up. However, no matter how hard it tried, its body was still sinking into the ground little by little, as if the earth had turned into quicksand.

Not only that, but the soldiers nearby who were trying to rescue it also fell into the quicksand, as if it were a land of death, where anyone who stepped in would be swallowed by the giant beast hidden under the ground.

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In just a single breath, a scalp-numbing hole appeared in the beastman army.

It must be the work of those two old men from the Elf Tower. Even a monster the size of a War Behemoth was no match for two Sixth-Tier magic casters. The elves, in order to study magic, had specifically created the Elf Tower, a facility that raised the status of magic casters. Their mastery of magic was far beyond what an ordinary magic caster could imagine.

The Lionfolk warrior captain’s ‘Adam’s apple’ bobbed. He hesitated for a while, and finally, dropped his heavy sword and tremblingly raised his arms.

“You… you’re no ordinary elf…”

“That’s right. Besides the title of The Witch of Calamity Flame, I have another name,” Fia paused playfully. “I am also the Eldest Princess of Silvar, Dofilia Alexia Yushir. Since you’ve wisely chosen to surrender, then you should know what to do next.”

Fia gestured towards the battlefield below with her chin. Because it had taken so little time to kill the Demon General of Lust, the soldiers and War Behemoths below had not yet reached the city walls—mainly because the behemoths were too large, and the soldiers behind them had to maintain a distance of several hundred meters to avoid being trampled.

“There’s still time for them to retreat now.”

“The… the Eldest Princess of Silvar? Shouldn’t you be dealing with Alfrieg—!”

The captain wanted to say something more, but Fia’s click of her tongue reminded him not to change the subject. He had no choice but to say with a face full of anxiety and distress.

“I-I can’t. Your Highness, once we beastfolk start charging, it’s very difficult to stop!”

“…”

Fia fell silent.

She had indeed heard that once a beastman entered battle, their brain didn’t work well. Since the horn was useless, she had to use other methods to wake up these muscle-brained beastfolk.

She first gave Tilulu a few simple instructions, then used [Light Binding] to restrain the captain, and finally, at top speed, arrived at the empty space in the center of the battlefield—there was still a distance of nearly five hundred meters between the two armies. Using magic on the side closer to the Lionfolk army, even if it affected the Snake-folk city, it wouldn’t be too severe.

She took a quiet breath, confirmed the coordinates and the range of the spell in her mind, then raised her right hand, which had formed a hand-knife, and swung it down abruptly.

“[Spatial Rift].”

In an instant, a slender crack appeared on the ground. The deep crack seemed to have a gravitational pull that could suck in souls. A black, violent wind carrying mud, water, and sand surged towards the crack. The entire world was covered by a sky-blotting sandstorm. Even a war fortress the size of a War Behemoth was as if it had been entangled by an invisible hand from the abyss. Even with its four limbs desperately clawing at the ground, it was still dragged towards the crack amidst mournful cries.

Fortunately, the apocalyptic scene only lasted for less than three seconds. However, this was enough to make everyone present calm down—or more accurately, their legs trembled so much that they could no longer fight.

Because a crack fifty meters wide now lay between the two armies.