The Dark Extra: Awakening of SSS-Skill Demon Emperor Legacy-Chapter 69: Lich Mage

Agares walked down the ruined city road with his sword still at the ready.

He stepped slowly, but the sound of his footsteps echoed through the silent place.

The clattering footsteps echoing across the entire area, heard by the hidden lich monsters.

"Are we playing hide and seek? What a shame—I’m terrible at that."

"Alright then. Let’s start!"

WIEEK!

"Agares!"

The man turned around and saw one of the monsters attacking him. He dodged the lich monster’s dagger thrust and grabbed it with his hand.

Agares drove his sword forcefully through the monster’s body, then slashed sideways, ripping it apart.

A damage panel appeared, showing high numbers due to the active weakened effect.

[+350 dmg]

[+250 dmg]

The monster fell and died, its body split beside him. A system panel appeared before Agares. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

[DING! Congratulations, Agares! You have killed a monster]

[Name: Veil Ruinbound]

[Type: Lich Shadow]

[Lv: 6]

[+1000 EXP]

[EXP: 322500/420250] [+1000]

"Only added about 1000 EXP."

"Alright then."

"Who’s next?"

Agares continued walking with slow, firm steps, occasionally dragging his sword along the ground, creating a loud screech of metal.

One by one, the lich assassins emerged from their hiding spots.

Agares’s sharp gaze looks at them individually. He struck with stabbing, slashing, and tearing attacks. Their blood was black, fortunately not staining Agares’s clothes.

They stood no chance against him—not with his current strength. Aoi was startled and chose to hide in Agares’s shirt pocket to avoid witnessing the horror.

The final lich assassin appeared—and was immediately beheaded by Agares. Instantly, its HP dropped drastically, leading to its death.

[DING! Congratulations, Agares! You have killed a monster]

[Name: Veil Ruinbound]

[Type: Lich Shadow]

[Lv: 6]

[Amount: 7]

[+7000 EXP]

[EXP: 329500/420250] [+7000]

Agares glanced at the EXP he had earned. After killing seven Veil Ruinbounds, he had gained 7000 EXP. Compared to the total needed to level up, it was still far from enough.

But that was fine—Agares wasn’t in a hurry. He had something more important to do, and it wasn’t about stage or level.

[Dropped Item:]

[210 Silver coins]

[7x Fragment Shadow Dust]

[14x Monster Core]

Agares nodded and stored the dropped items in his magic pouch. He looked to the side, clearly noticing Aoi wasn’t on his shoulder.

Aoi climbed out of Agares’s shirt pocket, seeing the area littered with the corpses of Veil Ruinbounds.

She gasped in shock, then crawled back up onto Agares’s shoulder.

"What happened?" Aoi asked.

"I defeated them. That’s what happened."

"Sorry I couldn’t help. I was really scared of them."

Agares smiled warmly. He gently stroked the fox’s fur on her head, clearly saying that killing monsters wasn’t her job. That was enough to make Aoi happy and relieved.

With everything settled, Agares stepped away from the ruined city’s main street, saying clearly that they needed to move on.

Aoi nodded. She would go wherever Agares went—because he was her master.

The corridor door opened, and Agares stepped through with Aoi on his shoulder. He understood the dungeon’s structure by now.

Before reaching the floor boss, Agares would encounter two or three rooms filled with regular or mini-boss monsters.

It would be troublesome and exhausting—but with his growing strength, it was no longer a problem.

As he ventured deeper, Agares entered more dangerous zones. His attention shifted when he saw an adventurer party coming from the room ahead.

There were five of them, three badly injured. They stopped immediately upon seeing Agares.

"You... you’re going through this dungeon alone?" the man asked. Agares remained silent.

He focused more on the three injured members. Their priest was wounded and infected with dark energy, suffering a debuff that caused purification spells to fail.

"What happened to them?" Agares asked.

The team leader looked back at his injured friends. He explained that they had been hurt while fighting a mini-boss up ahead. They had decided to retreat and recover.

Through his senses, Agares faintly detected dark energy within their wounds. Perhaps there was something he could do.

Agares stepped forward, approaching the priest. Suddenly, he stabbed the priest’s leg—right where the dark-energy-infected wound was.

"YOU?!"

The team leader panicked and rushed to stop Agares from killing the priest, but Agares quickly grabbed the man by the neck.

"Quiet. I need to concentrate."

[Augment Core]

[+10% chance to delay enemy buffs for 15s]

[Anti-Magic Activated]

As the Augment Core and Anti-Magic panels appeared, Agares withdrew his sword and told Aoi to heal the priest.

Aoi nodded. She wrapped her fox tail around the priest’s leg, beginning the healing process slowly.

"Huh?"

"The wound... it’s healed?" the priest asked.

"Now you should be able to use purification magic to heal the others."

"What happened?"

Agares released the man he had grabbed, letting go even though it left red marks on his neck.

What mattered most was that their priest had been healed in a way they never expected.

"I don’t know what just happened, but thank you so much," the man said.

"You don’t need to think about it. Just make sure your priest stays safe."

"Understood. I’ll do my best."

After expressing their thanks, the adventurer party left the corridor, leaving Agares alone once more.

He continued walking ahead until he reached another room. Just as the man had said, it was a mini-boss room.

Agares had to be careful—it was likely a level 7.

The setting was the same as before: ruined cityscape. However, Agares didn’t know what kind of mini-boss awaited him.

A heavy tremor shook the ground, catching Agares off guard and putting him on alert. A powerful magical pressure filled the air, making Agares kneel submissively.

A female mage appeared in the sky, wearing a black dress with red eyes and an ancient magic staff. She hovered above, cloaked in a menacing dark magic aura.

"Humans! Why are there so many of you recently?"

"HAHA!"

"This is great. Now I have more food."

Agares raised his sword and stabbed it into the ground, canceling the magic pressure with his anti-magic effect. He looked up, his eyes gleaming with an intimidating look.

"Lich mage! Excellent. It’s been a long time since I’ve fought a mage!"

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