My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 694: Heroes Versus the Sealed Demon King
Inside, the throne hall, the Demon King of Extreme Evil awaited the heroes. It had been so long since someone dared to challenge him, and today, the destined heroes finally managed to reach the place where he, surrounded by his most loyal high-ranking demons, was sealed.
He was seated on his throne, a monstrous figure with a towering form wreathed in shadow and flames. His eyes glowed with malevolent intent.
It had been so long since he was sealed, unable to leave his throne hall no matter what he tried. Centuries of sealing weakened him, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t preserve his power during these boring years.
"My Lord, they’ve entered the inner palace, going straight to your throne hall." Vyleth, one of the three surviving demon generals, reported the results of his observations.
"Hehee... let them come to their own grave. If we can devour them, we will boost the chance of breaking out of this damned hell hole seal." Alronuth, the Demon King of Extreme Evil, laughed in a deep eerie voice.
He covered his blood-stained face, fed up with the low-quality corpses and blood all this time. It had been decades since his minions offered the dead heroes as offerings, but this time, the so-called capable heroes came to deliver themselves alive, fresh blood who could bypass the core seal for him to devour!
"The seal’s dragon vein has greatly weakened, but our plan will still take us another two decades before we can break the core seal formation. Humanity went all out this time with their best elites capable of rivaling even three demon kings. If they can become nutrients to recover our Lord’s strength to break past the 10th Rank again, that will be the day of our awakening to the outside world! Hya ha ha ha!" Zarvok, one of the three surviving demon generals, exclaimed it with a feverish expression as if it were a great feat.
"Too bad Arkuth, Drolrud, and Vulcan are no longer with us. It’s all because of that hateful heavenly agent! Because of her, our Lord failed to ascend. We got sealed before we accumulated enough power to challenge heaven." Maladra, the last surviving demon general, growled with fury in her tone.
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"Such a big, fat group of fresh blood. The 9th generation heroes... I can’t wait to experience how capable they are." Alronuthgrinned widely, baring his blood-red razor-like teeth as he rested his cheek on his hand, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the heroes.
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The hero expedition party and the Elysion Church’s holy warriors finally arrived at the towering gates, the only path to the throne hall of the Demon King of Extreme Evil.
The journey through the twisted halls of the demon king’s citadel was a grueling ordeal as each path they took was bound to be filled with traps, illusions, and relentless waves of evil spirits and demon minions.
With their combined might, they overcame every obstacle to reach this final boss stage.
The heroes, prodigies, elite warriors, veterans, holy knights, priests, and priestesses looked at each other. Their gazes soon landed on the sacred lady of the Elysion Chruch, Saintess Miko.
"Open it." Miko nodded in reply and signaled her disciples to open the gate of the final boss stage.
The massive gates of the demon king’s throne hall groaned open, revealing a cavernous hall cloaked in shadow.
At its center Alronuth, the Demon King of Extreme Evil, the great evil presence of grave sin beyond redemption, was seated on his throne.
He was sealed for many centuries, but his colossal form still radiated deep malice and profound demonic power. His crimson eyes burned with contempt as he regarded the newly arrived intruders.
Three high-rank demons stood before him like loyal warriors, ready to face anything for their demon king. They were his surviving three demon generals who got sealed alongside him, each an embodiment of the vilest aspects of evil corruption.
Maladra, the Mistress of Chaos, also known as Alronuth’s favored demoness and the most troublesome one. Her presence sometimes distorted reality like a glitched phenomenon.
And then Zarvok, the Half-Immortal Devil Warlord, a juggernaut clad in armor forged from thousands of souls. The last one Vyleth, the Shadow Tempest, a being of pure darkness like a living dark storm, known as the most powerful demon general under Alronuth’s wing.
"Foolish humans." Alronuth’s voice boomed, shaking the dark atmosphere of his throne hall. "I commend your bravery as you’re the first batch of heroes to arrive this far. Still, you can never change your destiny of your downfall just like your predecessors."
Mashiro stepped forward without the slightest bit of hesitation. His holy sword gleamed with divine white light. "Your reign ends here, Demon King of Extreme Evil. For humanity’s and everyone’s future, we will prevail!"
The other heroes voiced their battle cry. There was no need for any further conversation between them and the demon king because their current objective was only one, namely slaying the demon king and the three demon generals before them.
With the White Hero leading the battle at the forefront, the battle soon erupted in a maelstrom of light magic and dark magic.
Mashiro unleashed his first hero form right away as he clashed directly with the demon king. Their strikes shook the ground and walls.
Each swing of the demon king’s massive claws sent shockwaves through the hall, while the Mashiro’s sword cut through everything in his path, searing the unholy power before him.
"Shadows of evil torment, your journey ends. Sanctuary of serenity, embrace and heal. Restore the spirit, dissolve the pain." Miko stood at the heart of the holy warriors, casting three AoE blessings at once. She called upon divine miracles to shield, buff, and heal her allies while raining debuff judgment upon the enemies.
The others, including the prodigies and heroes, couldn’t possibly come closer to help Mashiro because the three demon generals and their summoned demon entities intercepted them.
Seeing that, Rhykdohr, the Glorious God who acted as the secret protector, who veiled his identity until now, revealed his power to confront the demon king, knowing Mashiro wasn’t enough to face the great evil alone.
*Boom!*
Rhykdohr’s fist sent Alronuth flying into the wall with a resounding crash.
"!!!" Mashiro was shocked because the old veteran was truly the one he had in mind, the suspected secret protector and also a powerful double agent to safeguard the hero expedition party!
’I’ll help you, lad. The others can’t easily get past those three. We should deal with him before he stacked his buffs. Aim for his three hearts, make sure he can’t activate his domain.’ Rhykdohr spoke telepathically, but they had no time to relax because Alronuth suddenly appeared before them in an intangible form, about to crush them.
"Heh." Rhykdohr grinned and countered with his fist. However, he discovered his fist got injured and his might barely inflict any damage to the enemy.
"Use holy or silver weapons, senior. Coat them with holy water. Only holy power can inflict damage to him." Mashiro reminded the secret protector as he slashed the intangible demon king with his sword slash coated with holy white magic.
"..." Rhykdohr shook his head with an amused smile. The young man blessed by his power reminded him of the holy power bestowed by him.
The three demon generals proved as formidable foes, each a terror in their own right.
Maladra warped the battlefield, creating illusions and distorting reality with her glitched dark magic.
The warriors struggled to escape the illusions, but with Miko’s blessings protecting them, they managed to pierce through her deceptions within seconds. A coordinated assault led by Holy Knight Myra and holy knights soon brought upon the judgment to take her down.
Zarvok stood like a seemingly indestructible force. His armor absorbed even the mightiest blows from the heroes and prodigies. The battle became a stalemate, but the attacks never stopped. He was so tanky and received all the attacks without harm, but he couldn’t move during the series of attacks.
Vyleth, the most elusive and troublesome of the three demon generals, darted through the shadows, striking with precision and malice at the elite warriors and priestess at the mid and back row.
Sadly, Miko was there. Her disciples guarded her, other mages, and supports like an impenetrable force. Shiina was also there, using a relic’s light, to reveal the shadow demon’s true form, allowing the holy warriors to bring him down.
*Boom!* *Bang!* *Smash!*
The clash between Alronuth versus Rhykdohr and Mashiro became heated, but the demon king got pushed back to the corner right after as he was soon to fall into a disadvantage situation where both of his opponents possessed white magic that utterly countered his demonic force.
He got smashed into the wall with injuries.
That split second made his three demon generals because they did not expect their Lord would be injured by just two humans.
"My Lord!" Maladra exclaimed full of worry, unaware that the doom was right above her head just because of that slight distraction.
"How dare you to turn your face away in the battle of might?" Myra calmed declared and brought upon the final judgment to eliminate the demon general before her with a downward holy sword slash, splitting the demoness in two.
"Soothe the soul, end the illusory dream. Prevent the resurrection." Bhaenera, the holy saintess of the Elysion Chruch, cast her holy magic to lift the debuff. She also inflicted unheal on the demoness to prevent the demoness from reviving.
Saint Daemyx dan Holy Knight Myra, assisted by nearby priests and holy knights soon bombarded the fallen demoness into smithereens, ensuring the demon king couldn’t revive the fallen demon general easily.
"How dare you!" Alronuth was furious when he witnessed his favored demoness get bombarded and reduced into a pool of blood and flesh.
"Be careful. He will go berserk. Phase two out of four. This might hurt, so be prepared for heavy impact." Rhykdohr warned everyone via voice transmission as the Demon King of Extreme Evil’s body turned blood red.
