Chapter 203 - - Grand Demon Duke Agares (3) (1/2)

[You have understood a lot of the Devil’s Blessing.]

After Yeon-woo finished forging traces in the battlefield, he nimbly ripped up the thin book in his hand.

It was De Roy’s studies, his reward after annihilating the Ceratopsian Dinosaur.

[You have destroyed ‘De Roy’s Studies (Part Two)’. Additional use of the artifact is impossible.]

[The hidden piece is being revealed!]

On the outside, De Roy’s studies looked just like an old diary. Its real appearance only showed when you ripped it apart.

The frail paper was quickly absorbed into Yeon-woo’s right hand.

As he did, a black insignia appeared on his right palm. The insignia was a mountain sheep with two horns.

[The skill ‘Demon Studies’ has been created.]

[Demon Studies]

Rank: D+

Proficiency: 0.0%

Summary: A study that the adventurer De Roy recorded by observing demons his entire life. You can borrow the power of a demon on the 98th floor using black magic. As your proficiency increases, you can make contracts with stronger demons.

Currently, the rank is low as parts of the study are missing, but it will increase as the other parts are found.

*Devil’s Incantation

After paying a price, you can create the demonic energy needed for black magic. There is a condition that you have to find a skill book to use black magic.

*Devil Poison

You can create the pure poison that only Demonic species and demons use. The amount you can create depends on your dark property or your understanding of the Devil’s Blessing.

Because he only had one part of the Demon Studies, the rank was low. The only magic he could use was incantations and Devil Poison.

But after you earned the skill, it became easier because black magic was extremely common at auctions. Since most people couldn’t easily use it, the supply was much higher than the demand.

‘Of course, I’m planning on giving most of it to Boo. Since the Devil’s Incantation and Devil Poison are big accomplishments.’

All he needed was the hearts of the Ceratopsian Dinosaur and the purple Devil Flowers to increase the Devil’s Blessing that he had.

The amount of demonic energy and the Devil Poison he had learned would be of great help to him, not just for the Monster Army but also for various skills. There were already a couple that he was thinking about.

However, he had to use Demon Studies carefully. Dealing deeply with demonic energy meant that you would become that much closer to demons.

There was nothing good about being close to demons. Yeon-woo just needed power.

“Hyung-nim, where should I put this?”

Then, Phante and Edora brought the hearts that they got out. Yeon-woo opened Intrenian and had them put the hearts inside.

“For now, keep them in there. After they are refined, I’ll give it to you.”

“Heeheehee. The strength of demons. I wonder if it’ll go well with this horn.”

Phante had been warned several times that it was dangerous to touch Demon Studies, but he was just happy that he could become stronger.

Yeon-woo grinned and shook his head, like there was nothing he could do. The guy was always the same.

“Whew! Anyway, the fight was rough! Who did you fight with that it became…..!”

Phante was about to say something looking around but he suddenly widened his eyes. At the same time, his body turned the opposite way. Edora and Yeon-woo turned their heads in the same direction.

A tremendous shock came from where Brahm’s Illusionary World was, and a tornado began to shoot up in the sky.

‘Boo!’

Yeon-woo quickly called Boo in his shadow and surrounded himself and the Phante siblings with a defense barrier. Thinking that it might not be enough, he brought Aegis out as well.

But even though they were far away, the strong winds of the tornado repetitively shook their defense barrier.

Phante and Edora focused on protecting themselves within Yeon-woo’s barrier with their scrolls, flicking away the occasional rock or Demon Tree that came their way.

Just what was happening? Yeon-woo’s gaze didn’t move from the tornado. Brahm’s Illusionary World should definitely have been enough to block the Elohim. Was there an unknown variable that got in their way?

But Yeon-woo’s shock didn’t end there.

After the tornado stopped like it was only a lie, a heavy darkness and pure magic energy drifted towards him in the wind and caused him to shiver.

It was a power that instinctively stimulated the senses of a dragon. It was the demonic energy of a demon. Since Yeon-woo knew the purpose of the transmutation circle and the sealing circle already, he wasn’t too surprised about it.

However, what surprised him was the fact that the demonic energy was so familiar to him.

It was a type that irritated one’s senses.

It was the guy that had lent his power to Yeon-woo’s brother and tried to tempt him into a contract, but left empty-handed. Why was someone who wasn’t interested in things like this on the lower floors?

‘Why is Agares…..?’

He felt anxious for some reason. Yeon-woo spread his wings of fire to dart in that direction.

He could hear Phante and Edora frantically shouting at him, but he didn’t listen.

***

-You will eventually become mine.

Around the time his brother was slowly dying, fighting off the poison in his body, Agares had appeared in his brother’s dream through their connection and said this.

His brother just replied with a smile.

-Agares. Sorry, but I can’t be with you.

-Ha! A guy who’s dying, acting arrogant until the end.

-Even if I die, there are things I have to uphold.

Agares’s obsession with his brother was extreme. At first, he had just wanted to bind one of the only dragon’s successors to him.

His brother had tried to learn the magic of demons through Demon Studies, and the being who had replied to his desires was Agares.

Because he was the Grand Duke of Solomon’s 72 Demons, his brother and Vieira Dune, who had helped him, had been completely shocked.

Thinking back to it now, this was when Vieira Dune had started to be envious of his brother.

After Agares taught Jeong-woo his magic, he had suggested that he become bound to him, and he would share his power if he did so.

He said that if Jeong-woo didn’t want to be his dependent, he could also be his disciple. He had promised that the greatest path would be waiting for him, and even after death, he would receive a high position.

But each time, his brother had firmly refused without any hesitation.

It was because he knew that what Agares wanted was his Dragon’s Blessing and his Ten Thousand Immunity.

Those rejections made Agares furious.

A halfblood that wasn’t even a dragon had kicked away his generosity. On the other hand, Agares was a being that was as strong as the high gods.

Also, at the time, Agares didn’t have any interest on the lower floors.

There was a goal he was trying to achieve, so he had spent thousands of years on it. How anxious would he have been when he couldn’t have something that he actually wanted after all this time?

So Agares continued to offer even more tempting suggestions, but as his brother rejected them every time, he cut off ties with his brother.

His brother considered it a shame that he couldn’t learn from Agares anymore.

But by that time, he had already learned the black magic he needed, and he was able to awaken up to the 5th step, so he didn’t regret it.

Also, at this time, their enmity with the Eight Great Clans became worse, and this was when the problems arose.

When Agares restored his connection, it was several years later, when his brother was dying alone in the clan house.

Agares tossed his last suggestion here.

To grab his hand.

If he did, he could heal the illness that was eating at his brother’s body and soul, and he could lend power for his brother’s revenge.