She had only brushed against it for a moment, but her pure white hand was already stained red at the same time. Through close-up, his wounds appeared even more serious. His flesh was all ripped apart, revealing his bones. It was so horrible that she couldn’t even dare to touch it at all.

‘Could it be that every time he went to the tower, he became like this? So, whenever he feels better, he will then go again and again……’

It was simply a horrific case of self-harm. It had been nothing more and nothing less. Just because he couldn’t die, it didn’t mean that he wouldn’t feel any pain.

Something eventually came into Julia’s field of vision as she was breathing heavily. Underneath Bael’s gaping flesh, a thin purple object—similar to a bug—wriggled. It twisted its shape in a writhing struggle before ripping through Bael’s wounds even larger and sharper.

‘The magical power of the crystal ball is interfering with his recovery.’

She instantly recalled Lerazier’s wound the other day. His older brother, Barbatos, had tried to cure him by infusing some magic power, but since the blue mana intercepted it, Lerazier had to lie in bed for a long time unlike the usual.

It was the same even right now. Bael’s body was endlessly trying to heal itself, but the magic of the crystal tore it off and pulled apart the segment where it had been trying to heal every time. Therefore, instead of recovering, the wound would only get worse. It was so cruel and appalling.

‘I’m not so sure if this method will work, but it’s still worth a try.’

[Julia Vestra]

STATUS

PROGRESS

SKILL

ITEM

SETTING

She proceeded to click on the icon right at the top of the window. She first checked out her stats, but her remaining health was still too low for her to wield her skills. She had already used her skill to prevent the first rampage back in the Demon King’s Castle as well.

She went into the skill window and immediately grabbed two pieces of leaves. Since there was no way to replenish her stamina right away, she had no other choice but to reduce her consumption as the next best thing.

[Resistance Transition Lv.2

Expands the range of resistance magic for a certain period of time. Consumes 40% of one’s remaining HP. SP 30.]

‘If I raise my skill level, the consumption of stamina will decrease by 10%. If it’s just this much, I won’t collapse even if I were to use the skill right away.’

Julia raised her level and immediately used the skill. A shimmering membrane slowly slipped from her body and grew in size. Then, it wrapped completely around the body of Bael, who had already lost his consciousness.

[Resistance Transition Lv.2

The time limit is 9 minutes and 58 seconds.]

She glanced at the timer that was floating on top before lowering her gaze.

As expected, the purple mana was struggling violently as it began to slither away like a snake. When the thing which was hindering his recovery had been gone, the wounds that got torn while dripping with blood proceeded to reattach themselves one by one naturally.

Julia let out a sigh of relief as she was just about to wipe off the cold sweat from Bael’s forehead. At the same time, her wrists were suddenly caught and the eyelids, which had been tightly closed, popped open.

The eyes that appeared even redder and clearer than blood itself had captured her.

“Why are you here? Uhuk, how did you even come here?”

“Uh…”

“Tell me.”

A terrifying sound scratched her eardrums. Surprised, she wasn’t able to let her wrist go and she couldn’t even give him the answer that he wanted as she became frozen.

Bael’s gaze, which was gazing at her, suddenly shifted. Legion was already staring at Julia from behind with a pair of fierce eyes. The corners of Bael’s lips immediately twitched.

“You took the opportunity to come here and kill me. You really are just a human.”

“That’s not it…”

“Just like the other night a few days ago, you can’t survive without clinging onto a man even for a single moment?”

The force that gripped her wrists grew even stronger. As soon as a small moan leaked out of Julia’s mouth when she could no longer overcome the pain, Legion approached her and snatched away Bael’s wrist.

“You filthy devil! Don’t make a fool out of yourself. Julia was seriously worried about you, you brutish thing. She still came here even at the risk of her dying.”

“Let go of your hands right now. If you don’t, I’ll kill you off at once.”

“Then, try it? It seems like all of your bones and joints have been crushed anyway, so I think that I’m the one who can kill you instead.”

Legion’s grip on Bael’s wrist suddenly grew stronger. At the same time, Bael’s hands, which had already coiled together with Julia’s, also tightened and her face immediately turned white with pain. As he noticed that, Legion reluctantly let go of his own strength and started pulling Julia by the waist.

“Let’s just go. I don’t even want to be in a place like this any longer.”

“But if I were to leave just like that right now, the magic stone will definitely attack the Demon King again…”

“He’s a bastard who wouldn’t even realize the fact that you’re the one who actually helped him out. Besides, do you know that your complexion gets worse and worse every time you use that power of yours? You’re really going to faint soon.”

Legion stirred the shimmering membrane with his hand. Yet it didn’t disappear or shake, it was just maintaining the same shape. It meant that it wouldn’t be affected by outside influences.

He bitterly clicked his tongue and looked at Julia, who was still seated down. He tried to get up as he narrowed his eyes. Bael’s blood was splattered all over before seeping through the crevices of the building. It looked as if the Demon God’s tower was simply absorbing the King’s blood sweetly.

He then looked up. The power of the magic crystal, which had been pushed back by Julia’s magical resistance, shook viciously as if it would launch an attack to her right now before swallowing the Demon King as long as they went on.

‘The Demon God is already dead and gone, but it still moves around as if it has a will. That really gives me a bad feeling.’