Debuff Master - Chapter 1117

Chapter 1117

There wasn’t even any eye contact, and they were a bit far away from each other. Lucifer also hadn’t commanded them to die or something. He had merely glanced at them. He swept his eyes across the battlefield, and thousands dropped dead on the spot.

This was the power of the Chief Archangel. His will embedded in his cold indifferent gaze alone was strong enough to instantly kill those who were weak.

This was Lucifer’s authority.

“What do you gain from defending those insects, Michael?” Lucifer asked. Then, he said in a voice still void of emotions, “Those insects are nothing more than Father’s failed creations. As His children, we have a duty to erase His failures from this world. Besides, weren’t they the ones who committed blasphemy and denied Father altogether?”

“Even if all of that is true… it has been a long time since then. Why commit this senseless massacre now? What is there to gain by seeking vengeance? What does vengeance against them bring us?” Michael asked in response.

Lucifer smirked and replied, “I’ve told you before, haven’t I? Father abandoned even His own children and vanished. But what if we, His children, wiped out His failed creations entirely? Would He still remain silent even then?”

“Listen to yourself, Lucifer! Are you committing this heinous crime just to meet Father again?!” Michael shouted in anger.

“Why not?” Lucifer replied, looking unbothered. Then, he shrugged and added, “They’re just pests that deserve to be exterminated. And those demons are no different, too. We, Father’s children, are merely cleaning up His mess in His stead. And when it’s done, who knows? Perhaps Father will finally show Himself again.”

“You’re mad!” Michael roared, no longer able to contain his fury.

Benevolence and compassion were innate traits of angels, a trait embedded into their very essence. They were creatures symbolizing goodness, far from the idea of committing massacres or any cruel acts.

As the last angel who still remained uncorrupted, it was only natural that Michael couldn’t align himself with Lucifer’s twisted ideology.

“You led our brothers and sisters to corruption yet you dare speak of our Father?!”

“Sigh… You still don’t understand it, do you, Michael? It was that softness of yours that angered our brothers and sisters in the first place. How can you still claim to be Father’s firstborn with such foolishness?”

“I’ll stop you. No matter what it takes, I’ll put an end to this madness.”

“Oh? Will you?” Lucifer muttered, looking surprised. Then, he flashed a twisted grin and held out both hands.

Bzzt! Bzzt! Bzzt!

Golden sparks exploded from both of Lucifer’s hands.

“I never feared you, even when I was just an archangel, Michael. Now I am the Chief Commander of the Celestial Realm. And you, a mere traitor to your kind, think you can stop me?”

Then, he turned his head and addressed the archangels standing to either side of him.

“I’ll handle the traitor myself, brothers and sisters. You can go ahead and clean up those vermin.”

At his command, the archangels broke away from his side and rushed toward the Allied Forces.

“You won’t be surviving this time, Michael,” Lucifer said icily.

It was then.

“That’s where you’re wrong, buddy.”

A voice cut through the tension.

Siegfried stepped forward, placing himself directly in front of Lucifer.

‘Eh?! This insane monster…’ Siegfried gasped inwardly and narrowed his eyes after glancing at Lucifer’s HP bar.

The Chief Archangel’s HP wasn’t in the tens of millions. It was in the billions.

However, his massive HP was not even the worst part.

Lucifer had the highest stats of anyone across the three realms. He was an absolute powerhouse that even Gerog would not stand a chance against him, even if he brought all of the dragons with him.

The Chief Archangel was that overwhelmingly powerful.

However, Siegfried’s confidence didn’t waver even in the face of such a monster.

‘I’m the Demon King now. I’m sure I’ve got a real shot at winning this,’ Siegfried thought.

He walked slowly forward and addressed Lucifer, “Why don’t we have a little chat?”

“I’ve got nothing to say to vermin. Do you think an insect like you can stand against me just because you happened to stumble upon the power of a Demon King?” Lucifer said dismissively without so much as sparing him a glance.

“Well, there’s only one way to find out.”

As soon as Siegfried uttered those words, a wave of dark aura swirled around him.

Bzzt! Bzzt! Wooong!

And then, he appeared. Siegfried now stood tall, his appearance completely transformed, and the air around him pulsing with an ominous force. He raised his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp and pointed it directly at Lucifer. The time had come for him to activate his trump card—Demon King’s Descent.

***

The battle entered a new phase with the arrival of the archangels and Lucifer.

Empowered by Lucifer’s descent, the morale and stats of the fallen angels skyrocketed.

They charged at the Allied Forces with renewed fervor, displaying their overwhelming power.

Now, with the archangels joining the fray, the Allied Forces couldn’t withstand the assault at all.

Just one archangel was already a disaster, but now, there were several archangels. There was no way the Allied Forces could fight against these beings, who were no different from walking catastrophe.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands were killed, and the formation of the Allied Forces collapsed. Thousands of high-ranking Adventurers teamed up, but they found it difficult to take on a single archangel due to their insufficient divine power.

However, the archangels were not the only problems.

Even the Top-Tier Fallen Angels possessed immense strength that a single one of them could take on hundreds of high-ranking Adventurers. Thus, the tide of the battle had turned drastically, and it seemed that the Allied Forces were destined to be defeated.

Had it not been for Siegfried’s debuffs and Chae Hyung-Seok’s buffs, the battle would have ended a long time ago.

The power gap between the two sides was truly vast.

Meanwhile, Lucifer had yet to make a move. He left the Allied Forces to the archangels, so he only needed to deal with Siegfried and Michael.

“What do we do now, owner punk? Kyuuu?” Hamchi whispered.

“What do you think? We fight,” Siegfried replied.

“Kyuuu! Got it!”

With that, Hamchi immediately transformed into his true form.

“Let’s fight together,” someone said. It was Mochi. She appeared alongside Hamchi, and she was also in her true form.

Like Hamchi, Mochi’s true form was that of a goddess with soft pink hair.

And so, Siegfried would now face Lucifer together with Michael, Hamchi, and Mochi.

“A fake Demon King, a traitor to his kin, and two Great Spirits… A rather interesting combination,” Lucifer said, sounding amused. However, he did not flinch even while being surrounded by these powerful individuals.

“In the end, it’s all just meaningless struggle,” he added.

“Do you really think so?” Siegfried replied with a smirk.

It was then.

C-Crackle! Bzzt! Bzzt!

Once again, the Celestial Gate began to emit massive sparks.

“Hm?” Lucifer furrowed his brow.

He could sense that something was not right.

The Celestial Forces had already descended, and the archangels, including himself, had descended as well.

In other words, nothing was supposed to come out of the Celestial Gate, so why was it activating again?

Flash!

The Celestial Gate burst open with a radiant light, and from within it, an army began to pour out.

They were none other than demons, and they easily numbered in the millions.

“Wipe out the angels!”

“Kill them all!”

“Don’t leave a single one alive!”

They had crossed over to the Celestial Realm, laid waste to it, and crossed over to the Middle Realm using the Celestial Gate.

“Rally to me, fellow demons! His Majesty the Demon King will deal with Lucifer! We’re here to clean up the rabble!” Belial roared.

“The archangels are ours! Demon Lords! Engage and take them down! Everyone else will deal with the stragglers! Today, we avenge His Majesty Baal and exact vengeance against these celestial swines!” Metatron shouted at the top of his lungs.

Just like that, the battle shifted once more.

The Allied Forces, which had been completely overpowered just moments ago, now fought on equal footing thanks to the arrival of the demons.

Until now, no one in the Allied Forces could stop the archangels. But with the demon lords joining the fray, the balance of power was restored.

Now, the outcome of this entire war depended on a single battle.

Could the Chief Archangel, Lucifer, be brought down?

‘I’ll take him down. No matter what it takes.’

Siegfried gritted his teeth and activated Discharge before casting both Karma Flare and Embrace of Despair. Then, he used the self-buff skill Overclocking and cranked it to its third stage to explosively boost his own stats.

Even with all of that, his stats were still far below Lucifer’s. The gap between them was so massive that he had to cast every debuff and buff in his arsenal just to stand a chance.

Surprisingly, Lucifer was grinning, looking as if he was enjoying the situation.

“Excellent. It looks like there’s no need for me to invade the Demon Realm now,” he said.

“What…?” Siegfried muttered, looking confused.

“You’ve all come here on your own and saved me the trouble of making the trip to that wretched place. It’s perfect,” Lucifer marveled. Then, he raised his head and said, “Right here, today. I will exterminate every last one of you vermin.”

With those words, Lucifer spread his twelve black wings.

“Die, fake Demon King.”

Then, he raised and opened his palm.

Wooong…!

Tens of thousands of energy projectiles shot forth from his outstretched hand, and every single one of them rushed toward Siegfried.

***

Thus, the battle between Siegfried’s party and Lucifer began.

‘T-This is crazy!’

Siegfried hastily transformed his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp into a shield to block the incoming barrage of energy projectiles.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The attacks rattled him.

“Argh!”

Siegfried had to use every ounce of strength he had just to keep from dropping his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp. What seemed like a basic skill to Lucifer was overwhelming for Siegfried to withstand, much less counterattack.

“Oh no you don’t!”

“Die!”

Hamchi and Mochi shot laser beams at Luciferm, but…

“Heh.”

The laser beam shot by the Chi-Chi Couple veered wildly off course, and—

“Uwaaaagh!”

“Aaaack!”

“Kyaaah!”

The Adventurers, who had been fighting valiantly against the fallen angels, fell victim to the laser beams and were burned to death on the spot.

“…!”

“…!”

Hamchi and Mochi were visibly stunned. Lucifer had not done anything special, yet the trajectory of their laser beams was altered so easily.

“Lucifer!” Michael exclaimed, charging at Lucifer and swinging his sword.

“I told you already, traitor. You’re no match for me,” Lucifer said, catching the sword with his bare hand. Then, he asked, “Have you forgotten already that you couldn’t defeat me even when you were the Chief Archangel?”

“Arghhh!”

“There’s no place in the Celestial Realm for a weakling like you.”

Boom!

Lucifer’s fist slammed into Michael’s chest.

“Gah!”

Michael was sent flying and crashed to the ground, coughing up blood.

This was Lucifer’s might. Even Michael, the former Chief Archangel who was blessed with greater divine power, could not do anything against him.

It was a display of absolute power on Lucifer’s end. Lucifer glared down at the party with contempt and muttered, “Pathetic insects. Your desperate resistance is nothing but—”

Swoosh!

Siegfried suddenly appeared behind Lucifer and swung his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp. He had used the teleportation ability he obtained after becoming a Grandmaster and slipped into Lucifer’s blind spot.

Boom!

The +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp was charged up with Crushing Tremor when it struck Lucifer.

“Hm?”

However, Lucifer simply turned to look behind him as if nothing had happened. It was like he had never received a direct attack on his nape.

Siegfried felt a chill down his spine the moment their eyes met. The look in Lucifer’s eyes was so terrifying that it felt like a scene straight out of a horror movie.

“You dare…” Lucifer muttered, his voice trembling with fury.

Bam!

His hand shot forward, and he seized Siegfried by the throat.

“An impostor Demon King like you dares to lay a finger on me?”

“Ghhk! A-Arghh!”

“Die, you worthless vermin.”

Boom!

An explosion erupted from the hand gripping Siegfried’s throat.

Shwoooong…!

Siegfried plummeted to the ground.