The Dark Extra: Awakening of SSS-Skill Demon Emperor Legacy
Chapter 35: The Power of Execution Eclipse

Chapter 35: The Power of Execution Eclipse

The plus-shaped shadow attack struck and hit all four monsters. Damage panels appeared in front of Agares, showing that his attack had effectively killed the wolf monsters.

[+480dmg] [Critical ATK]

[Weakened 15s]

[Reduce ATK 30% per 12s]

[Reduce 10HP/sec for 7s]

Another effect of the attack was to increase the damage they took. This caused three of the four wolf monsters to die completely.

[DING! Congratulations, Agares! You have killed a monster]

[Monster: Wolf Voidbound Hound]

[Level: 3]

[Number: 3]

[+900 EXP]

[Item:]

[+45 Silver Coins]

[x1 Wolf Bone Fangs]

[x1 Wolf Bone Essence]

[EXP: 19,500/19,600] [+900]

’I only need a hundred more EXP to level up,’ explained Agares.

He looked straight ahead, focusing on a level three wolf monster with about 120 HP remaining. Agares was confident that with his sword technique, he could defeat the wolf monster and level up.

Agares charged forward, swinging his sword horizontally and vertically. He dodged several bites from the wolf monster and focused on reducing its HP.

[+25 damage]

[+50 damage]

[+125 damage] [Critical ATK]

With a single forward thrust of his sword, Agares pierced the wolf monster right in the center and hit its core. The skeleton wolf monster died and its bones fell to the ground. Agares felt relieved.

[DING! Congratulations, Agares! You have killed a monster]

[Monster: Wolf Voidbound Hound]

[Level: 3]

[Quantity: 1]

[+300 EXP]

[Item:]

[+15 Silver Coins]

[x1 Wolf Bone Fang]

[EXP: 19,800/22,500] [+300]

[DING! Congratulations, Agares! You have leveled up]

[Stage: 1] [Level: 4]

[+100 Total HP]

[+100 Total Mana]

[+10 Attribute Points]

[+10 Skill Points]

[HP and Mana fully restored]

Agares smiled. What he had suspected was indeed true—killing the wolf monster could help him gain EXP. The more monsters he killed, the faster he would level up.

"Before, I found it difficult to fight level three monsters. But now, everything is different."

[Of course, Master. Your stage and level have increased, so your abilities have also improved. Level three monsters are no longer a match for you]

Nyx explained the details to Agares about the correlation between increased abilities and the monsters he could defeat. It wasn’t difficult for Agares to understand the concept.

"I understand."

"Can you show me the route to where Erika and her adventuring party are?"

[Unfortunately, I can’t. My abilities are limited when I’m in a place like this]

’I see. If Nyx can’t track their whereabouts, then I’ll have to explore this place myself,’ explained Agares.

"It’s fine. Stay in standby mode. I’ll call you if I need help."

[Standby Mode Activated]

Agares fell silent. He continued walking with Aoi on his right shoulder. Since Agares didn’t have any detection or tracking abilities, he focused his attention on Aoi.

He told Aoi to stare intently ahead. With his mind-reading ability, Agares could tell if there were any monsters in front of them.

’Damn! Where are those adventurers hiding?’ someone complained in a deep voice from ahead.

Lucky! Aoi heard it first and immediately told Agares. Agares nodded. If what the white fox said was true, then there was a possibility that the voice came from the floor boss.

Agares’ guess was correct. The further he stepped down, the clearer he saw the dim reddish-yellow light from the torches. That must be where the floor boss was.

Agares arrived at the place with Aoi. He saw a large wolf monster, bigger than the ones Agares had fought with before.

’That’s the floor boss and also the boss of those monsters!’

Not only that monster, Agares saw many Wolf Voidbound Hound monsters in that place. There were many more, about 10 of them.

"So, you’re the monsters that attacked me earlier? I didn’t expect to find your lair so quickly!" Agares said, stretching his arms and neck.

"Let’s make this easy. Tell me where my friends are, and I’ll let you live."

"DON’T BE ARROGANT!" the floor boss Voidbound Hound roared loudly at Agares.

Agares drew his sword and thrust it into the ground. Both of Agares’ eyes glowed purple-black, with the sword blade shining the same color.

The man prepared to use his second skill, Abyssal Ward.

"Activate Skill!"

"Saber Skill: Abyssal Ward!"

[Saber Skill: Abyssal Ward Activated]

[-150 Mana]

[Mana: 1250/1400] [-150]

A black shadow with a scythe and two black bat wings appeared from behind him. Slowly, the two bat wings pointed forward and protected Agares inside.

"Attack him!" ordered the floor boss.

10 Wolf Voidbound Hound monsters charge toward Agares brutally, attempting to destroy his defensive skill. But when the skill is active, the debuff also takes effect.

[Damage Reduction 40% for 8s]

[ATK Reflection 20% for 8s]

When the monsters attack Agares, their attacks get reflected and hit them without them knowing. Let’s assume that each monster’s attack deals 100 damage.

With a 40% Damage Reduction, Agares takes 60 damage from each monster. Then, for the reflected attack, the monsters take 20 damage from their own attack.

Even so, the more monsters there are, the more damage Agares takes. He cannot just stand there and do nothing.

"I have to end their attack!"

Agares drew his sword and aimed it upward, the blade glowing brightly in a deep purple color, with Agares’ eyes beginning to emit a similar color.

"Activate Skill!"

"Saber Skill: Execution Eclipse!"

[Saber Skill: Execution Eclipse Activated]

[-200 Mana]

[Mana: 1050/1400] [-200]

Dark energy gathered within Agares’s purple sword blade, the magical impact was strong enough to shock the floor boss.

Agares flew and swung his sword in a circle, sending circular slashes in all directions.

[Chain Mark Activated]

Agares smiled. He knew what he had to do.

He flew fast and strong, piercing through the two black shadow wings. Agares’ figure appeared in the sky of the boss floor, flying in front of the projection of the red full moon and the large bat-winged shadow of darkness behind him.

Agares raised his sword and directed the attack forward. The sword once again absorbed the darkness energy from the red moon and the dark shadow, triggering the manifestation of a giant black purple sword before Agares.

"Fly, Blood Moon Sword!"

The giant sword shot forcefully from the boss room ceiling, crashing into the Wolf Voidbound Hound boss.

The boss roared loudly, followed by many of his monsters. They thought their powerful roars would be able to destroy Agares’ giant sword.

They were wrong!

STAB!

The massive sword pierced directly into the boss’s body, passing through from head to tail. Agares fell silent, then shifted his attention to the monsters and the system panel.

[+650 dmg] [Critical ATK]

[Dark Mark for 10s]

[Doom for 15s]

[Chain Effect Triggered]

Agares glanced to the upper right, seeing five bars with HP reaching 750. Now, the total HP of the floor boss was down to just 100 HP.

The impact was far more devastating. The Chain Effect, which had previously affected 10 small monsters, now showed its true power.

When the floor boss took 650 damage, the small monsters took 50% of the total damage received by the floor boss.

They took about 325 damage from this attack, even though the monster Agares attacked was the floor boss.

Agares was amazed. He hadn’t expected his third skill to be so impressive.

The man flew down and landed on the floor of the room, completely unaffected by the skill he had used.

"You... are amazing," praised the floor boss.

"Tell me where my friend is, and I might spare your life."

"No one knows about that," explained the floor boss, severely wounded.

’Tch! He only has 15 seconds before the explosion kills it,’ explained Agares, which was heard by Aoi.

Aoi focused on the floor boss, hoping to hear the monster’s inner voice so she could find out Erika Thorn’s location.

’I don’t know, no one knows for sure. However, they are weak, they may be stuck on the third floor,’ said the floor boss.

"Third floor?" asked Aoi.

Agares turned his head, Aoi said that Erika and her party of adventurers were weak, they were stuck somewhere on the third floor.

"Good job, Aoi."

"Wait! She read my mind?" asked the floor boss.

"Yes. That is my friend’s best ability."

"DAMN IT!"

Just as the floor boss and his monsters were about to attack Agares again, they stopped and an explosion was heard from the floor boss’s body.

BLAST!

[Doom Activated]

[+325 damage]

The floor boss’s body shattered into pieces, dropping its bones. Not only the floor boss, but the monsters also died from the chain effect that was still active.

"After we collect the dropped items, we’ll go to the third floor to save them."

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