The moment the goblin lord stepped down from his throne, the hall fell silent as every goblin turned towards him. Some lowered their weapons, while others moved aside to give their king room to pass, showing how much they feared him. The lord paid no attention to them as he walked towards Lucifer and the others, dragging his huge iron axe across the stone floor and leaving sparks behind whenever the blade struck the ground. Lucifer watched him through his Primordial Dragon Eyes, hoping to find a weak point before the fight began. However, what he saw made him frown because the energy inside the goblin lord's body was unlike anything he had encountered before. Most of the energy gathered around the lord's heart, where a dark mass moved like a second heart and sent waves of power through his body with every beat. 'What is that thing inside his chest?' Lucifer continued studying the strange energy, but he could not find a clear way to attack it without getting close enough to risk his

He raised his sword and gathered the full power of his SS-Rank Spatial Severance. The air around the blade began to twist as he prepared his attack, and the pressure from his ability forced several nearby goblins to step back before he swung his sword with all his strength. "Spatial Severance!" The space before him split apart as the attack cut through the black hands and tore open a path across the hall. The spatial cuts continued towards the goblin lord, forcing him to raise his axe and block the incoming attack, but the force still pushed him backwards and cracked the floor beneath his feet. That brief opening was all Lucifer needed. He gathered wind around his legs and rushed forward, using the clear path to move past the black hands before they could close in on him. Several hands tried to grab him from the sides, but he twisted his body and used sudden bursts of wind to avoid their attacks while keeping his eyes fixed on the goblin lord. The lord noticed Lucifer approaching

The goblin lord stared at Lucifer as the space around his right hand began to twist, while the Black Energy Skeleton moved ahead of him and stood between its master and the huge skull hanging above the hall. The lord had seen many humans enter his dungeon, and most of them had died before they could even reach his throne, but this human was different because he had not only survived the battle against Wilding but had also brought an army of goblins under his control. Now, even after the lord had raised the dead and entered the second stage of his power, Lucifer was still looking for a way to fight back. The goblin lord tightened his grip around his iron axe as the skull opened its mouth wider, and the black energy inside it gathered into a bright ball that made the fire along the walls grow dim. "You think those tricks will save you, Dragonborn?" he asked, raising his axe as the huge skull lowered its head towards Lucifer. "I have killed stronger warriors than you, and every one of

A loud crack spread through the hall as the dark mass began to break apart, and the undead stopped moving for a brief moment before their bodies fell to the floor. The huge skull above the lord shook as the black energy inside it began to fade, and the pressure that had weighed on everyone in the hall weakened enough for the Hunters to stand upright again. However, the goblin lord did not fall. He looked down at the crack in his chest, then raised his head towards Lucifer as a new wave of black energy burst from his body, far stronger than before. "You fool," he growled, his voice shaking the hall as the broken core began to mend itself. "You think that is all there is to my power?" Lucifer's eyes widened as the black energy spread across the lord's body and gathered around his heart once more, forming a second layer over the damaged core. The huge skull above them opened its mouth, and this time, the darkness inside it began to take the shape of a giant axe. Lucifer tightened h

Amira raised her hand and sent a stream of water towards the undead that were coming closer, freezing their legs before striking them with sharp pieces of ice. The attack gave them some space, but she knew that she could not keep doing this forever, especially while the lord continued to send more undead into the fight. Her eyes moved towards Lucifer, who had reached the throne and was now trading blows with the goblin lord. He was moving faster than before, and the Regeneration Core was helping him recover from the damage he suffered, but the lord's attacks were still powerful enough to send him stumbling backwards. Lucifer used Spatial Severance to cut through another wave of black energy, then stepped forward and struck the lord across the chest with his fist. The blow landed hard enough to make the goblin lord take a step back, but the creature quickly swung its arm and struck Lucifer across the side, sending him crashing into the floor. Lucifer rolled across the stone before