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Chapter 51: Battle against the Demonic Mechanic

Chapter 51: Battle against the Demonic Mechanic

Azazel smirked. "Let’s begin the real test, shall we?"

The moment after he spoke, the battle began.

And the moment that the battle began, it became clear, Azazel was nothing like the other bosses of Demon’s Tower.

With a single gesture, the entire battlefield came to life.

BZZZ!

Chains snapped from the walls, gears spinning at blinding speeds even as conveyor belts roared to life, transporting half-formed war machines into the fray.

As for Azazel himself?

He moved like a ghost, yet struck like a war god.

His mechanized limbs unfolded, revealing integrated Aether-powered turrets, energy claws, and a steam-driven war gauntlet that could shatter steel with a single blow!

His eerily beautiful face grinned. "Do try to keep up," he murmured before vanishing, blurring into motion faster than anything his massive frame should have allowed.

As soon as he moved, all hell broke loose.

BOOM!

Azazel attacked relentlessly, testing them and stirring a storm in the process.

Aria clashed with him head-on, her precise movement and mechanics insidious but his counterattacks were brutal, forcing her to retreat.

She was not alone against the terrifying Hell Mode boss though; her teammates supported her but they were not faring much better.

Caleb’s summons struggled to make an impact, torn apart by spinning saws and scorching plasma beams.

Genevieve’s healing was barely enough to keep up with the unending damage. Azazel just had the right equipment to deal the most damage at any given time, he was lethal in any given situation.

As for Benjamin, his magic storms failed to break Azazel’s metallic armor, dissipating against his advanced defensive systems.

And then came the second problem.

The forge itself was his domain.

Click!

With a snap of his fingers, Hellforged Sentinels descended from the ceiling, landing in a synchronized formation. Demonic engineers rushed from the sides, welding their fallen into new, grotesque monstrosities.

Unlike the other bosses of Demon’s Tower, Azazel was one that could improvise as the battle progressed.

His raw power was already terrifying enough, but his true lethality laid in his ability to improvise in any given situation, providing a situation with his mechanic ingenuity to better deal with an opponent effectively.

Afterall, he was a scholar, a scientist, a mechanic.

That was why he was called the Demonic Mechanic.

This was a war of attrition, one that Noah’s team would lose.

Noah’s mind raced.

They weren’t just fighting Azazel, the Leviticus Demon, rather they were fighting a self-sustaining war machine.

And since it was in Hell Mode, everything was amplified, made much more difficult. This was an uphill battle.

Noah’s eyes flicked to the walls. ’Power conduits..., Control panels..., Cooling pipes...’

His eyes widened. ’This...!’

That was it!

An idea materialized in his mind almost instantly.

"Benjamin! Overload the forge!" Noah barked.

Benjamin grinned, catching on immediately. Afterall, this was a teammate that had fought alongside Noah in the arena for 10+ years.

Quickly activating a high level Elementalist skill, lightning surged from his fingertips, arcing toward the machines instead of the boss. Suddenly, the battlefield stuttered, flickering as the forge’s systems struggled to compensate.

The Sentinels faltered; the repair systems slowed.

Azazel paused, glancing at the failing machines, his amused smirk suddenly fading. "Hmph. Adaptive thinking..., acceptable."

This Demon Lord raised his hand... and tore the battlefield apart!

BZZZ!

The floor itself collapsed, dropping them onto a massive circular platform suspended over a pit of molten steel.

Azazel no longer relied on his minions.

He became the machine.

His war gauntlet morphed into a massive pile-driver, striking with enough force to send shockwaves through the battlefield.

KABOOM!

Noah and his teammates scattered, barely escaping annihilation in one hit by this terrifying Hell Mode floor boss.

His turrets deployed autonomously, launching concentrated Aether blasts.

His entire body whirred and shifted, his movements becoming even more fluid as the A.I controlling it seem to evolved, enabling this floor boss adapt to their attack patterns in real time.

And worst of all? He was still faster than them.

Aria barely dodged a devastating pile-driver strike, rolling away as the floor beneath her cracked like glass.

Caleb redirected his summons, using them to absorb turret fire but each one fell before making contact.

Genevieve kept them alive with her Divine healing skills, barely.

Benjamin, ventilating behind his monitor, spoke through gritted teeth through his Avatar. "This guy..., I think we made him mad."

The others had grim looks on their faces.

But Noah grinned. "Yeah, he’s mad. Now we just need to kill him."

Noah had spent the entire battle watching, calculating.

From the beginning, he already discovered that just like in the situation against both Lilith, the Demoness of Night and Magoth, the Duke of Hell, they could not win normally which meant that there was a mechanism that they could take advantage of just like the 2 Demons’ dispute the last time.

The question was, what was the mechanism to take advantage of?

Noah’s eyes flickered.

Azazel was adapting to their strategies. But what happens when you force a machine to process too much at once?

He grinned. ’Overload it!’

"Hit him with everything! All at once!" Noah commanded.

His teammates responded without hesitation, not even caring to understand the rationale behind his command. They had complete trust in him.

Benjamin unleashed a blinding storm of lightning and fire.

Caleb summoned a horde of spectral beasts, overwhelming Azazel’s sensors.

Aria and Noah charged in simultaneously, attacking from opposite angles.

Genevieve cast divine light. And in that moment, for a fraction of a second, the Demon was blinded!

Azazel’s processors struggled.

His movements lagged, just for an instant but that was all Noah needed.

He took his shot!

With his Spellforged Battle Lance, Noah erupted.

{Kinetic Disruption Strike=}

Noah vanished, reappearing mid-air, his lance glowing with unstable, compressed energy. And then with a single, devastating thrust, he pierced Azazel’s core; right through the glowing conduits on his chest.

BOOM!

The impact ripped through the demon, sending shockwaves of unstable energy bursting outward.

Azazel staggered, his systems failing.

Even in this state, just one step away from death, the beautiful Demon chuckled. "...Efficient".

And then, his form exploded in a burst of light and shrapnel.

---<VICTORY>---

[Congratulations! Your raid party have killed Azazel, the Leviticus Demon!]

[You have cleared the 3rd floor of Demon’s Tower!]

[You have been rewarded with XP each!]

[You have received drop rewards!]

[You have received 4th floor key!]

The battlefield fell silent.

Only the sound of cooling metal remained, steam hissing from the wreckage of the once-great machine.

A glowing object floated in the air, the Key to the 4th Floor.

Noah stepped forward and caught it.

Benjamin collapsed onto the floor, exhausted as he looked around at all the destruction. "Remind me again why we do this?"

Aria smirked, rolling her shoulders. "Because we’re the best."

Caleb adjusted his glasses. "And now, we’re one step closer to finishing this damn dungeon."

Genevieve smiled softly. "Let’s keep going."

As for Noah, he just grinned, eyes locked on the towering gate to the next floor. "Next stop..., Beelzebub."

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