The Max Level Hero Has Returned!

Chapter 781

Numerous undead and white rabbits appeared all at once as if they were reinforcements sent to help the cornered demons. A girl with blue hair also appeared, climbing to the top of the castle wall before she pulled out a black iron sword and wiped out part of the pitch-black sky without a moment of hesitation.

Although she was not as powerful as her past self due to suppressing her instincts, she still lived up to the reputation of being a Princess of the Abyss. Besides, her weakening wasn’t that noticeable since most of her strength came from her swordsmanship anyway. With each stroke of her sword, the locusts were wiped out as if black spots on a wall were being sprayed with pure white paint.

“You truly are vicious. I mean, you’re the one who pretty much summoned that guy after all,” Isildi said sarcastically.

"Yeah,” Davey nodded.

“And you took advantage of their herd mentality, acting as if you had come to save them.”

“Well, I did come save them,” Davey replied.

Of course, there were other reasons why he had done this too.

“It was only a matter of time for them to break free, considering they were able to break their seals almost instantly after giving them a little bit of the World Tree’s power. Since I can’t just stay in the demon world as a warden, minimizing damage was the priority.”

Of course, casualties continued to occur even after they received buff magic—still, it was enough for the giant locust Khan to be taken aback.

“Isildi, this is almost a once in a lifetime opportunity. Clean them up.”

“You didn’t have to tell me; I’ve been itching for some action!”

She had been practicing swordsmanship alone in the forest of Divine Tree’s Land to the point of boredom—she was different from Verdandi who enjoyed quietness. As such, it was only natural for her to have craved some action. Davey figured she was being obedient since this served her purposes anyway.

Isildi flew through the sky while pushing off of the backs of the flying undead. She went through them without the slightest fear and swung her sword against not just one or two, but tens of thousands of locusts that were swarming. Every time she swung her sword, black insect corpses dropped to the ground, and the locusts that came within her vicinity were crushed by the large amount of energy she gave off.

It was certainly overwhelming devastation.

No matter how strong the ancient demonic beast was, there was nothing he could do against the Princess of the Abyss unless he came forward himself.

But that wasn't the only issue.

In addition to the Proclamation of Holy War and the authority of the Demon King that Davey continuously manifested, he attacked with his sword energy, making their formation collapse.

“Just… Just a bit more! Their fighting spirit’s weakening!”

This demon was quite good at assessing the situation. Davey figured it was here because it was born as a low-classed demon just like Sebastian.

"I like that guy. I’m definitely hiring him.”

Davey knew that, if he wanted to organize the demon world and make it more habitable for demons, hiring such talent was essential.

‘Davey Corporation highly values ​​your talents,’ he thought to himself.

After clapping his hands a couple of times, he separated Super Ribbon, lifted them up using Sword Manipulation, and then gathered Transcendence’s Demise in his palm.

[Wind Circle]

A small tornado began to form. Some could question what one would do with such a thing, but that wasn’t the issue at hand.

[Thunder]

When Davey chanted and manifested the two lower-level magics at once, a small lightning vortex formed in his palm. Although it was small, Davey knew how effective it would be. Having finished, he unleashed the power of the extraordinary staff to change the trajectory of the magic.

“Grow larger.”

The small lightning tornado soon began to grow into a huge typhoon, and what was once a line the size of his palm grew into a circle, like a galaxy, and eventually left his hand.

One, two, ten, twenty.

Endless magic began to pour out. Even if there were hundreds and thousands of the monster locusts, Davey knew they couldn’t do anything against such a huge typhoon.

As the tables suddenly turned, the giant locust monster Khan began to change his ways. The fog dissipated and he revealed himself. The gigantic creature, about two hundred meters tall, flapped his moth-like wings over his mantis body and soon scattered its unique power.

[Sss…]

Soon, the powder he sprinkled clumped together and condensed into clay. It then began to transform into giant locusts tens of meters tall.

[Go… my children...]

The energy the monsters were letting out was at levels that even a Swordmaster-level being would have difficulty dealing with. As Khan created countless such monsters, Davey figured he must have been holding back his power unlike Fenrir or Yom.

“There sure are a lot of those disgusting things,” Isildi grumbled.

In response, Davey silently created a Soul Spear using 8th Circle Dark Magic and lightly threw it out.

Pow!!

But the locust minions threw themselves and blocked the attack. At the same time, the intimidation Khan was letting out grew stronger.

“What? He’s getting stronger with the deaths of monsters he created himself? What the heck is wrong with him?”

“From a certain angle, you guys are so outclassed in power that you can’t even compare yourselves to something like that,” Davey calmly replied, making Isildi frown and glare at him.

The problem was that the ancient demonic beast functioned too simply in the first place.

[Oh my, Davey. Neither Yom nor Fenrir were originally meant to die that easily, right?]

When Davey heard the greasy male voice, he frowned. He wasn’t saying much right now, but Davey figured he had to get rid of him at one point as well. He knew he didn’t have the tolerance to put up with a pinnacle pervert like this bunny monster spawner for long.

[The seven ancient demonic beasts of Fenrir, Yom, Killer Rabbit, Khan, and the already extinct Artosh, Antares, and Taurus were, to be exact, beings born to eat the gods that existed in the sea dragon's abode.]

‘Beings created to eat gods…’ Davey thought.

"Isildi, keep that guy busy to buy me some time."

“What? To be frank, I’m not very happy with the current situation either, you know?”

“If you take him down, I’ll let you meet your sisters.”

“You better keep your word…” she suddenly nodded quietly and wielded her sword once again.

“You think you can lend me that sword of yours?” Isildi asked.

“Not in a million years,” Davey said back.

“Tsk.”

Isildi, looking a bit disappointed, launched herself toward Khan.

“I didn’t know there were three more demonic beasts.”

[‘Cause they’re all dead. We’ve existed for a very long time already. Of course, we’re like this because in the past we used a lot of their power and authority right before being sealed. But honestly, I reckon it’d be difficult for anyone to handle us unless they’re a vicious person like you, Davey.]

“If you keep calling my name like that—even one more time—I’m going to get rid of you.”

[Oh my goodness, you’re so feisty. Do you not want to hear the rest?]

“Fine, just keep going.”

[Fenrir is a devouring demonic beast that takes the power of those he devours as his own. Considering the power of the things he must have consumed over such a long period of time, it’s actually difficult to imagine him dying. Yom isn’t any different—he’s literally a curse. He plays with his prey with his cunning tongue and solidifies his targets with his glare. Legend says that just by going near him you will be struck with thousands of curses. Of course, Da—]

“Are you testing my patience?”

He hadn’t forgotten to say Davey’s name in a greasy way regardless of the consequences.

[But for some reason, you weren’t cursed despite such close contact.]

Curses.

Yom, like Versha, was an enemy that used curses as their main form of attack. This meant that Davey was his ultimate natural enemy.

[Khan, the Legion King. The emperor of insects who wanders the world and sucks out all the life he can find. Despite his appearance, he’s famous for his tough vitality. And his power would be fatal to you, how much great power you possess for the taking.]

[He’s a legion, but his most fatal weakness isn’t being attacked by a strong individual—it’s being overwhelmed by sheer numbers or physical attacks.]

So then legions had to be defeated with legions.

[Did you see him get stronger after his subordinate died? Do you know why?]

“Did he consume the power I used to kill them?”

[Oh my goodness. You’re a smart one.]

Khan constantly summoned minions, then eventually ate those minions to gain strength. As a demonic beast, he was similar to the predatory beast Fenrir. However, while Fenrir consumed physical things, Khan consumed energy, like magic, non-physical energy.

Bang!!

As Isildi destroyed the locusts by exposing them to the sword energy of the Heavenrend Divine Art, Khan gradually became stronger. The rest of them were caught unawares as he continued to grow his power.

[The effect will build little by little, but gradually… What?]

Shlunk!!

Isildi, with a straight face, blew away the locusts with hand-to-hand attacks. A swarm of locusts pounced on her, but she paid no heed and attacked Khan, drawing out her black energy and hammering him down.

[Huh? Why isn’t he absorbing it?]

“Seems like the power of the Abyss is something he can’t consume.”

It was only natural that the power of the Abyss, or the divine power of Thanatos, couldn't be taken lightly; otherwise, the fight against the Abyss wouldn't have been so troublesome. This, in turn, meant that both Davey's and Isildi's power of taboo would be fatal to him. It would seem Khan had underestimated Isildi because he was more concerned about Davey and his power. Today certainly wasn't his day.

“Just let her finish him.”

“Sir Davey,” Kain called out, flapping his wings and wiping the locust juices off his cheek.

“It won’t be enough.”

“What?”

"As ancient demonic beasts, they do have tremendous power, but... it's still not enough to fully recharge the Absolute Gem. We need more energy."

Davey knew all the remaining demonic beasts were already dead. And in that case…

[You’re not thinking of doing something to me, are you? I’m sorry to say this, but I don't have enough power for what you want.]

Davey figured that he really could gather enough energy from him, going by the power he used to create the ridiculous muscle rabbits.

[I don't, because my minions are separate entities from me. They are just beings who were created under the influence of my power, not manifestations of a large amount of power.]

Killer Rabbit was basically saying that he himself had no power now.

“Well, this will hinder things. The moment you or I inject the power, we’ll have our power drained until we disappear…”

The Absolute Gem pushed things to the extreme—so extreme that it was either all or nothing. There were no half-measures for energy donation.

Davey couldn’t help but ponder where he could get enough power for another activation. He realistically concluded that there was no being nearby with this level of power—then he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

“Isildi!! Step aside!!” he shouted.

She stopped swinging her sword at Khan and turned her gaze toward Davey before stepping back.

“What’s this all of the sudden?”

"Move."

Davey began to chant multiple spells.

‘Okay, I have enough mana,’ he thought.

“Try to absorb this too. See for yourself how strong you become.”

He started firing high-ranking magic at Khan who was slithering toward him. Khan began to use his minions to counter the magic and absorb them as his own power.

‘There we go. Absorb more. Get fatter, because meat tastes good only when it’s fatty.’

Seeing Davey’s dark smile and unable to grasp the situation, Isildi and Kain just looked at him with puzzled expressions. While the bombardment continued, Isildi frowned as she saw Khan get stronger.

"Hey. He keeps getting stronger…? What’s going on? Is it absorbing your power or something?”

As Khan gradually became stronger, the demons who were fighting stopped to look at him. Some trembled in fear, while others wet themselves.

Khan was absorbing a massive amount of mana—far more than when he first attacked. Davey knew that his current mana might not have the exact traits of an ancient demonic beast, but it could still provide similar power. As he quietly kept using his magic, Khan began to grow, and Kain soon figured out what he was trying to do and clicked his tongue in frustration.

“He’s being really foolish, but…”

“Does he even stand a chance against that snake guy? What if he becomes too strong to handle?”

“Kain.”

"Yes?"

"Will this be enough?" Davey asked calmly, even though Khan was already starting to unleash power far greater than before.

"It’ll… It’ll be enough, but… can you really take him down?”

The overwhelming energy that weighed down the surroundings even changed the atmosphere. At that moment, when everyone was paralyzed with fear, only two people moved.

The two were none other than Davey and Isildi.

“Follow me carefully. I’m going to speed things up.”

“You sure are foolish… Lend me a sword.”

Davey then gave Red Ribbon to her.

“Red Ribbon is going to behave and listen to daddy, right?”

[Hmph!]

Davey could tell that Red Ribbon was pouting, but she did not refuse as Isildi wielded her.

“If you swing her carelessly, I’ll kill you with my very own hands. Keep that in mind.”

“Okay, mister doting father.”

To be frank, he wasn’t worthy of being such a father in the first place—he frequently swung his daughter as a sword.

Khan, who had started moving with an enormous presence, was showing overwhelming composure. Isildi and Davey each held their swords and slowly walked toward him.

“You said you were going to speed things up, right? You better not hold me down just because you used all of your mana.”

“Mana isn’t everything, you idiot. Besides, it doesn’t matter—I only gave him just enough where it wouldn’t affect me.”

Giving up mana to the point of depletion would be recklessly suicidal indeed.

Eventually, Davey launched himself at Khan to pounce on him without using any divine power or the power of taboo.

[You want to die, don’t you?!!]

Davey stabbed Blue Ribbon toward Khan before Isildi could get close. However, having gotten more powerful, his movements were faster than what Davey expected.

Crack!!

In an instant, Khan bit Davey and pierced his heart.

Death.

Kain and the demons watching from behind were shocked by the attack that seemed to have taken Davey’s life in an instant. However, Isildi didn’t stop and quickly followed suit to attack Khan.

Davey’s consciousness faded away, and he could feel death. But he had items prepared for times like this—he was glad that Perserque had told him to take them.

[Armor of Atlantis]

It was an object made from the Malicious Spirits. It was an object that shouldn't exist, processed with the authority of Neltarid and the special power of the Awakened. It was capable of applying the special effect Cry of Fear.

The effects were that when one died, one would resurrect for about three minutes with twice their vitality. The cooldown time was long, almost a month. But Davey figured that if his vitality would double, that should be enough for now.

His consciousness that had completely disappeared returned in an instant. Judging by the fact that the backup insurance magic he had casted in advance hadn’t been activated, he knew that the Armor of Atlantis had done its job. He figured what he did was really dangerous for a trial run, but he couldn't have cared less. He was alive, and that was what mattered.

And the good thing about doubling his vitality was…

[9th Circle Extra Dark Magic]

[Life Exchange]

This special ability synergy.

Davey channeled half of his vitality into boosting his physical abilities. In an instant, his strength surged to an entirely new level, far beyond what it had been before, and the power of taboo took over.

Isilid, already aware of what Davey planned to do, didn’t hesitate. She aimed for Khan’s head, while Davey simultaneously went for his lower body. She unleashed the Heavenrend Divine Art—to be precise, the sword energy of the Heavenly Destroyer Divine Art. Isildi supported Davey as he went for the main attacks.

[Demonic [Spirit] Sword Pinnacle Skill 85th Form]

[Extreme Fusion Circle]

[Heavenly Ghost Kill]

The insect that boasted an immense strength after consuming so much energy helplessly split into three parts in an instant.

“Insects should be divided into their head, thorax, and abdomen.”

Then Isildi landed on the ground with a crash, flinging Davey into the air. Khan’s body, which was now much stronger than when he was just an ancient demonic beast, began to break apart as if light was sucking him in.

Davey eventually landed and smiled. He looked at the huge light green inner elixir in his hand, but then made a serious face.

Seeing his expression, Isildi sheathed Red Ribbon and asked seriously, "Are you good? Did something go wrong?”

“How did you like my superhero landing?”

Davey almost blurted out that this was something he really wanted to try, but he held himself back with all his might.