MTLNOVEL Chapter 1275: The Plan Of The Demon King Of Death
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The Demon King of Death's plan was simple, to reach Yggdrasil and pierce it with a piece of his own body, therefore giving him the power to forcefully take over it.
However, Erebus proved this to be an extremely hard thing to achieve, even more with many of the players manifesting his servant holding his sword out of commission.
His finger alone could never get there, turning into any form wouldn't do, as it would be instantly crushed by Erebus.
He needed someone to wield him, therefore he simply decided to put to good use the knowledge he had stolen from that foolish demonic wizard.
"{Demonic Death Vessel}!"
FLUOSH!
Through the combination of Demon Magic and his own Necromancy, the Demon King of Death created a second body for his loyal dragon general. Their flesh and bones merged together.
It wasn't as monstrous as Erebus had imagined though, their appearance was that of a huge ten-meter-tall humanoid, resembling a much larger, muscular Bone Dragonoid with the pale white face of a human, but encased on the bony jaws of a dragon as if it were a helmet.
With his huge, muscular humanoid body covered on countless draconic bones made into an armor merged with their fleshy body, the dragon's new vessel granted him enough power to do as his master ordered.
"Aahh! A second body! With this, surely…!"
He gripped his claws tightly as he smiled, holding his master's sword was no problem now!
And the power he felt, it was no longer just phantasmal, but also demonic.
Yet…
FLASH!
"Hey, you took away all the Players? I was having fun, you know?"
To his surprise, Erebus was already behind them. His cute if not girlish, and childish face seemed to overflow with a calm anger.
He was really having fun slaughtering them!
"He's fast…!"
The dragon was about to swing his blade against him and try his new strength.
However…
"Don't touch me."
With a swipe of Erebus' hand, a massive tentacle made of spiritual void miasma slammed the dragon even further away from their target! Erebus knew he was aiming for the damn tree, and just like he once sought it too, he was going to protect it.
CRAAASH!
The dragon rolled over the grass, destroying several trees on his path as he landed near a small lake, several forest monsters rushed to attack him, instantly dying before its nether aura.
"Bastard…"
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With an angered expression, the dragon quickly amassed all the dead monsters and turned them into a huge ball of flesh and bones, fusing it into his left arm and creating a massive arm made of giant bones and red, pulsating flesh.
"So far, you're pretty disappointing, Demon King of Death."
Erebus appeared above him, his eldritch spirit had been growing even larger since it was summoned, feeding off all the destruction Erebus miasma left behind.
Even more, smaller miasmic spirits gathered around it, resembling little black octopuses with a big red eye in the middle of their bodies.
"This isn't all I have to offer, Demon King of Miasma!"
With a furious scream, the Demon King of Death and his dragon rushed towards Erebus! Although they wanted to destroy Yggdrasil, it was inevitable that they had to clash against him.
The plan was simple, to distract Erebus enough for them to get close enough to the forest and then, throw the sword as fast as possible while the dragon distracts the fairy.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
A barrage of countless slashing attacks made of shadows and phantasmal flames reached Erebus and his Spirit, as he unleashed a black fog to defend, rapidly absorbing the damage that was coming and also protecting the already destroyed nearby forest that still clung to life.
"{Miasmic Fog Cloud}"
FLUOSH!
The cloud of black fog gathered around the dragon and quickly began to absorb his energies, attempting to weaken him!
"Too weak!"
However, the Demon King of Death's voice roared as the massive black sword unleashed a powerful shockwave, destroying the entire spell and then rushing towards Erebus.
"Piece his chest! He is now made of flesh and bones, a living being that can die! Kill him!"
"Yes master!"
Erebus squinted his eyes as he suddenly turned into a mass of black miasma and merged with his spirit, surprising his opponents before the spirit roared, rushing towards them and charging against the dragon's secondary body.
CRAAASH!
With a body slam that shook space itself, the countless tentacles moved rapidly, their tips crystalizing into sharp spears made of the same crystal that made Erebus' tough cocoon.
"I've learned to offset the weakness of my small body in an imaginative way."
His voice echoed within the monstrous spirit as its dozens of spear-like tentacles attacked, piercing through the body of the dragon.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
"My merging with this spirit, I can somewhat regain the feeling of having my previous back, although it still is as if I was wearing a bodysuit rather than anything else…"
"SILENCE!"
The Dragon screamed, opening his jaws and the draconic jaws within his chest, unleashing a double phantasmal and nether breath.
Erebus quickly protected himself from the incoming damage as it crystalized a huge shield of miasma.
BOOOM! BOOOM!
The crystalized shield shattered but the spirit was far from having taken enough damage to disappear, Erebus smiled confidently.
"Hmph, weak as I thought, you're- Hm?!"
However, to his surprise, they were not in front of him, using his wings, the dragon flew into the skies and was already almost a kilometer away from him!
"Tricky bastards!"
Erebus swiftly flew into the skies as he attempted to reach them, harnessing his void miasma into his little hands and using the gravitational distortions produced by his powers to drag them towards him.
"{Miasmic Void Hand}"
A huge hand made of miasmic void materialized above his body, closing and conjuring enough gravitational pull to bring them back to him.
"Nooo! Dammit!"
The dragon screamed in frustration, as he was already being pulled back!
However…
"Throw me now!"
"Ah! Yes!"
Using the massive arm he created for this very purpose, the dragon grabbed the sword and threw it at lightning speed towards Yggdrasil!
At the same time, the dragon reached Erebus and laughed, greeting him with his claws.
"DAMMIT!"
Erebus screamed in frustration, punching the dragon in the face and throwing him down, rushing to catch the sword.
However, it was already too late, the sword would reach the tree!
CLASH!
"Haha…. HAHAHAHA! I DID IT… I DID IT!"
RUMBLE!
The moment the sword felt wood being pierced by its body, it immediately began to infect it with Nether, filling its life with death and destruction.
"You will become my new body, my new familiar, my new power! I shall name you Qliphoth, the Demonic Tree of Death!"
As Yggdrasil started turning pitch black and the forest was rapidly trembling, suddenly…
"As if!"
SLASH!
A huge blazing sword cut through the branch the sword had pierced, cutting its infection and stopping it altogether.
"W-What?!"
As the branch and the sword fell from the skies, the Demon King of Death saw a huge giant made of black metallic wood and flames rushing down.
"Burn to cinders, you bastard! {Phoenix Descent}!"
Swinging his massive blazing sword down, a gigantic phoenix made of flames manifested, engulfing the branch and the sword…
BOOOM!
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