Debuff Master - Chapter 1116
Chapter 1116
“Where do you think you’re going?!”
“Die, lowly mortal!”
A group of fallen angels swooped in to block Siegfried as he flew into the sky to destroy the Celestial Gate.
But Siegfried was not their opponent…
“We are your enemy.”
“Suffer in the fiery pits of hell!”
The fallen angels who had been burned alive in the Infernal Hellscape had returned as undead fire monsters, blocking the path of the fallen angels who were once their comrades.
Countless fallen angels had perished in the lava summoned by the Infernal Hellscape, which meant that the number of undead fire monsters was simply overwhelming.
Fwoosh! Fwoosh!
These undead fire monsters, spewing blazing flames from their bodies, possessed the same powers they had when they were alive—no, they were even stronger than when they were alive.
Though they were only temporary and would disappear once the skill duration of Infernal Hellscape ended, these undead fire monsters boasted abilities enhanced by fire.
The former comrades of the fallen angels rose from the dead and returned as deadly enemies.
“Kill them all,” Siegfried commanded the undead fire monsters. Then, he turned toward the Celestial Gate and flew at full speed.
“Kyuuu! Hamchi will help, owner punk!”
Perched on Siegfried’s shoulder, Hamchi blasted down the fallen angels with his laser beam.
And it was not just Hamchi…
“I’ve got you covered, hyung-nim!”
Seung-Gu switched all of his Iron Golems into Siege Mode and rained artillery fire at the fallen angels trying to block Siegfried’s path.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thousands of shells tore through the skies, shooting down the enemies with shocking precision. Thanks to the cover fire from Seung-Gu, Siegfried managed to reach the Celestial Gate without being stopped.
[Celestial Gate]
[HP: ■■■■■■■■■■]
Siegfried immediately smashed the gate with his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp, attempting to destroy it, but…
Clang!
A shrill noise echoed, but…
[Alert: 0 Damage!]
His attack did absolutely nothing.
“What?!” Siegfried gasped, his eyes widening in shock.
[Celestial Gate]
[A dimensional gate linking the Celestial Realm to the Middle Realm.]
[It cannot be destroyed.]
[Type: Neutral Object (Dimensional Gate)]
[Note: Indestructible]
As it turned out, the Celestial Gate was an indestructible neutral object.
“Ah…” Siegfried groaned in frustration.
He had hoped that by destroying the gate, he could at least prevent the descent of the remaining archangels and Lucifer.
The battle would be manageable if he were to pull that off. With just enough time to harvest the soul energy he required, he could transform into the Demon King sooner or later, and that would tilt the battle heavily in their favor.
No matter how many fallen angels were here, there was no way they could stand against the Demon King. But with the Celestial Gate being indestructible, there was nothing else he could do to stop their descent.
‘I have no choice but to cut down as many of the fallen angels as I can before the archangels descend here,’ Siegfried thought, clenching his fists.
Shwaaak!
Dark currents swirled violently around Siegfried’s body, but it was not time for him to use Demon King’s Descent yet.
It was still too early.
Even as a Grandmaster, he couldn’t maintain the transformation for long. He needed to save that trump card for when Lucifer or the remaining archangels had finally made their appearance.
For now, he would settle for Demon Lord’s Descent and clear out as many enemies as possible.
‘Time to dive in.’
Without hesitation, he dropped like a meteor straight into the heart of the enemy ranks.
There, he channeled Absolute Zero to freeze the entire enemy in place.
Ding!
[Alert: Absolute Zero has been enhanced!]
[Alert: A new skill has been created – Frozen Hell!]
[Frozen Hell]
[The enhanced version of Absolute Zero.]
[A terrifying skill that blankets the surroundings in extreme cold, creating a hellish landscape similar to Infernal Hellscape.]
[The cooldown time, skill duration, and damage dealt improves the higher the skill’s level.]
[Effect Description:]
[On first cast, unleashes a blinding flash of light followed by a wave of deadly frost.]
[After the initial cast, the ground transforms into a frozen hell with icy storms sweeping across the field every 1.5 seconds throughout the skill’s duration.]
[Enemies who die within the Frozen Hell will rise again as ice monsters that will fight for you.]
‘Nice! Real nice!’ Siegfried rejoiced inwardly, as he always welcomed his skills being enhanced. Of course, he immediately put his new skill, Frozen Hell, to the test.
Flash!
A blinding white light exploded, engulfing nearly a third of the fallen angels.
“…!”
The Frozen Hell unleashed by Siegfried in his Demon Lord form was simply overwhelming. Most of the fallen angels were frozen on the spot, unable to move.
But that was not the end of it…
Shwaaaa…!
Frost energy surged like a raging tidal wave, sweeping again and again across the frozen enemies.
Just like its name, Frozen Hell turned the battlefield into a harsh, icy wasteland.
‘Perfect! Time to sweep them all away!’
Satisfied with his new skill, Siegfried slammed his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp into the frozen ground.
Krwaaaang!
Boooom!
Splitting Heaven and Earth shot out in a sweeping fan shape, tearing through everything in its path. The fallen angels caught in its wake were completely obliterated that they couldn’t even let out a scream as they were swept away.
“Welcome to… the frozen hell…”
“Freeze to death, every last one of you!”
Then, the fallen angels who died within the Frozen Hell stood up one after another as undead ice monsters.
Just like the undead fire monsters, they immediately turned to the remaining fallen angels and lunged at them.
‘Let’s go!’
Leaving the weaker enemies to his new undead army, Siegfried flew straight toward where Michael was located.
His priority was to eliminate Archangel Jeremiel before anything else.
***
The battle between Jeremiel and Michael was unfolding according to Siegfried’s expectations.
Michael clearly had the upper hand. Jeremiel couldn’t withstand the relentless onslaught even though he, too, possessed ten wings. His combat skills paled in comparison to Michael’s, and all he could do was scramble to defend himself without being able to counterattack at all.
When Siegfried joined the battle, Jeremiel couldn’t even defend himself anymore. He was already feeling overwhelmed dealing with Michael, and now that Siegfried was attacking him, too, there was no way he could last.
“Let me finish him off,” Siegfried said, stepping in front of Michael.
Michael had steeled his resolve, but it still weighed on him to personally kill his own brother with his own two hands.
“…Thank you,” Michael replied with a small nod of gratitude before immediately withdrawing from the fight.
Bam!
Siegfried swung his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp upward with brutal force, smashing straight into Jeremiel’s jaw.
“Ackkk!”
Jeremiel cried out in agony, his head snapping back violently.
Still, Siegfried pressed the attack.
“Die! Die! Die!”
He struck three times with Skull Breaker.
Ding!
And the Mark of Death appeared above Jeremiel’s head.
“Just die already.”
Without hesitation, Siegfried swung down his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp on Jeremiel’s bloodied head.
Kaboom!
A massive explosion erupted.
Half of Jeremiel’s head was crushed in, creating a grotesque and horrific sight to watch.
Shwooong… Thud!
His limp body plummeted from the skies.
‘I have to make sure that he’s dead.’
Siegfried wasted no time and dove after the falling archangel to deliver the final blow.
“Kuheok! Divine… judgement… will fall upon… you…! My brothers… who have yet to descend… will punish you…!”
Despite being in such a ragged state, Jeremiel somehow managed to stay alive. He hacked up blood and growled at Siegfried, hurling curses at him.
“I’m the one delivering judgement in this world,” Siegfried said coldly and swung the +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp down on Jeremiel’s head.
BAAAM!
The weapon crashed into the archangel’s head, shattering his skull into pieces.
Jeremiel was no more. No matter how high and mighty an archangel could be, there was no coming back from having his head pulverized.
‘Now that the archangel is dead, we have the advantage.’
The Allied Forces had Siegfried, the Demon King, and Michael, who wielded the power of an archangel.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Forces’ only archangel had fallen in battle, and there were none of them on the same level as an archangel.
This was the Allied Forces’ golden opportunity.
Siegfried and Michael needed to push forward and cut down as many of the fallen angels as possible before any additional archangel descended—before Lucifer descended.
Unfortunately, reality was far more cruel than that.
C-Crack! Chwaaak!
The Celestial Gate sparked and unleashed a blinding light.
“Ah…” Siegfried gasped as he stared at the gate.
He needed to cut down more fallen angels to even the tides of the battle, but the Celestial Forces didn’t give him the time to do so.
“Damn it…” Siegfried cursed under his breath and bit his lips while watching the remaining archangels descend through the gate.
“Ahh…” Michael gasped as he took in the grim reality unfolding before him.
Archangels? Both Siegfried and Michael could take them on if they fought together.
But Lucifer?
The Chief Archangel was a completely different story.
Siegfried was already a Grandmaster, but even if he transformed into his Demon King form, Lucifer was still not an enemy that he could handle easily.
The Chief Archangel was the one who defeated the most powerful Demon King in the history of the Demon Realm, Baal, in a one-on-one duel. Not only that, he was also the one who banished Michael, the former Chief Archangel, from the Celestial Realm.
Lucifer was in a different league compared to them.
Flash!
A blinding light flashed across the skies, and then he appeared. Twelve wings tinged in a deep, ominous black hue were spread behind him. The ruler of the Celestial Realm and the most powerful being across the three realms…
The Chief Archangel, Lucifer, had descended upon the Middle Realm.
***
Lucifer’s arrival changed the battlefield.
[Alert: Chief Archangel Lucifer has descended!]
[Alert: Morale of the Celestial Forces has increased explosively!]
[Alert: Combat strength of the Celestial Forces has increased explosively!]
Lucifer did not activate any kind of buff, and his mere presence alone caused the morale and combat strength of the fallen angels to skyrocket.
It was truly absurd. A phenomenon that defied common sense.
“Michael.”
Lucifer finally uttered his first words as he called out to his brethren. He did not even spare Siegfried a glance, as if he did not exist to begin with.
“The traitor to our kind.”
“I’m no traitor to our kind, Lucifer. You are,” Michael shot back, his glare sharp and cold.
“Hm?”
“You’re the one who corrupted our brothers and sisters! You’re the one who made them fall from grace! And you have the audacity to call me a traitor?!”
For the first time, Michael let out his emotions.
Siegfried had never seen Michael lose his temper like this, and that alone said everything about the anger Michael held toward Lucifer. Of course, his anger was more than justified. Just as Michael said, Lucifer was the root cause of everything.
He was the mastermind behind everything. Had he never schemed, the angels would not have been corrupted and fallen from grace.
Michael, too, would not have lost his wings. He wouldn’t have been cast out to the Middle Realm.
“Is that what you truly believe?” Lucifer responded icily. Then, he looked at Michael without a trace of emotion in his eyes and asked, “What about defending those who turned their backs on our Father? Those filthy failed creations… Do you think that isn’t betrayal?”
Lucifer turned his gaze toward the ones he called “filthy failed creations.”
“Those vile inferior creatures?” he added.
“…!”
Everyone standing where Lucifer’s gaze landed trembled violently before collapsing.
None of them moved again.
Instant Death!
He hadn’t cast a spell. He hadn’t attacked but merely looked at them.
Regardless of whether they were an Adventurer or an NPC, they all died beneath his gaze.
