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Chapter 56: The silence before the storm

Chapter 56: The silence before the storm

The battlefield was a ruin of chaos and death.

Beelzebub’s undead husk had crumbled, his bloated, rotting corpse burned to ash. The Lord of the Flies was gone.

But Kali, the Demoness of Silence, remained.

No allies, no distractions, no mercy; just her and her daggers.

Her form was wreathed in shadows, her daggers pulsing with death magic so pure it twisted reality itself. The necrotic aura around her deepened, warping the air, turning the battlefield into a void of pure despair.

Yet in the center of that despair..., Noah stood.

He was calm.

The flow state had settled into him completely, and the world around him had slowed to an intricate puzzle of motion, light, and death.

To others, it was just a game, but to Noah at this moment, it was a life and death battle.

At this moment, every attack, every dodge, every spell, all the intricacies behind them, he saw everything.

And then he smiled.

Because at this moment, he was untouchable.

But then...

BZZZ!

Kali vanished.

A flicker, then twelve shadows rushed in at once, each an afterimage of death as the terrifying Assassin Demon went all out.

A normal player would have died before even realizing they were under attack in this situation, but Noah?

He danced.

He laughed. "Let’s dance the dance of death!"

His Spellforged Battle Lance spun, shifting between melee and ranged forms mid-motion. He parried, he countered, he stepped into the storm and turned it against her in a devastating display of skill and sheer brilliance.

A downward slash?

He sidestepped, hooked her wrist, and drove his lance into her ribs all the while as his teammates supported his rampage at this moment.

A teleporting feint?

He twisted, deflecting her own momentum to send her crashing into a summoned wall of flame.

A final, desperate shadow strike?

He met her head-on, their weapons clashing in a shower of sparks that split the battlefield apart.

At this moment, Noah seemed to have achieved future Sight. The world seemed to move a few seconds slower in his perception before reality.

He was in such a state of mind that everything he did touched on perfection.

This wasn’t a fight.

No, it was a humiliation.

Kali, the Demoness of Silence, and Necromancy.

She was a menace, widely feared in Demon’s Tower. Countless players have died to her hand, many more traumatized by her means, both in old servers, and of course in the 11th server.

She was a terrifying existence on her own, but by jumping into Beelzebub’s tower, turning the Demon Lord’s corpse into her own soldier, from simply terrifying, she became utterly unstoppable.

She became unkillable.

But somehow, Noah and his teammates did it, about to kill the unkillable.

By depriving her of her greatest support in Beelzebub, that was what opened this battle up, allowing Noah’s genius to shine in the flow state.

Noah’s dominance against this hidden boss freed his team.

Aria matched Kali’s agility, intercepting her movements with sword strikes so fast that they left aftershocks behind.

Just like him, she was in a state akin to the flow, so immersed in this battlefield that her fingers moved, typing her keyboard and moving her mouse even before she realized what she was doing.

...

Birmingham City, England...

Clack! Clack! Clack!

Clack! Clack! Clack!

At this moment, if they didn’t wear headsets, just listening to the harrowing symphony that was being created by their fingers rapidly typing on their keyboards would have amazed this group of 4 pro players.

But alas, nobody stayed to bear witness to this legendary moment.

This sound, this symphony, it was destined to be lost to history in all the action that now went on behind those monitors.

...

Noah’s dominance was key.

Aria matched Kali’s agility, while Benjamin’s magic flooded the field, countering the Demoness’ necrotic domain with raw, unfiltered elemental destruction that spread wantonly through the battlefield.

Caleb finally re-summoned his army after being suppressed since, overwhelming her mobility with sheer numbers.

Genevieve, alive by sheer willpower, kept them all standing, restoring health, purging curses, and locking Kali’s deadliest moves with divine interference.

Kali was trapped.

And for the first time..., she realized it.

People generally say the calm before the storm, but at this moment, Kali realized..., it was the silence before the storm.

And the storm was now!

BZZZ!

The air crackled with magic as Noah lifted his lance. Its spellforged core glowed, the culmination of everything; every counter, every dodge, and every mastery of the battlefield.

Kali moved to escape but it was too late.

BAM!

Noah thrust his lance forward.

A single, perfect strike...

Faster than light, faster than sound, faster than death..., it pierced her chest.

Silence.

Then...

The Demoness of Silence screamed.

For the first time, in her final moment, she made a sound.

And then..., she was gone, almost as if she was never there if not for all the destruction she caused serving as evidence.

---<VICTORY>---

The victory screen flashed again as the battlefield settled.

The oppressive silence lifted, and with it the 4th floor of Demon’s Tower was finally cleared in Hell Mode.

[Congratulations! Your raid party have killed Beelzebub, son of Lucifer, the Lord of the Flies!]

[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 5th floor key!]

...

[Congratulations! Your raid party have killed Kali, the Demoness of Silence, and Necromancy!]

[You have been rewarded with XP each!]

[You have received drop rewards!]

[You and your teammates have each received the title: Demon Slayer!]

*Effects: +20% damage when fighting demon race enemies

Hovering in the air was the final key of Demon’s Tower.

Unlike the previous keys, this one was massive, nearly the length of Noah’s forearm. Forged from blackened obsidian and molten gold, its surface pulsed with hellfire sigils, constantly shifting and rewriting themselves in an ancient, infernal language.

The very air around it warped, heatwaves distorting reality itself.

At its center, embedded like a cursed heat was a blood-red gemstone that flickered like a haunting, sinister glow, as if something inside was watching, perhaps the final boss of Demon’s Tower?

The key’s jagged, demonic edges were shaped like gnarled horns, each one curling with malice, each a symbol of dominion over hell’s legions.

Unlike the others, this key wasn’t just a passageway.

It was a warning.

A declaration that beyond the final gate lay something far worse than anything they had faced before.

It wasn’t just a key.

It was the seal to the final domain.

Noah, standing at the center of it all lowered his weapon, his mind slowly emerging from the flow state.

He had done it.

No, they had done it.

Against impossible odds, they had won.

But again, the final challenge awaited them on the fifth and final floor.

Asmodeus, the King of Hell.

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