Chapter 16 Oath of Ars Groetia

A voice sounded in Zane's mind.

[Come here, kiddo!]

Zane clenched his fists. He also clenched his jaw.

"This voice?!"

[A figure on the same level as Mr. Asmodeus].

Caim unknowingly remembered that voice.

"Belial"

Zane decided to get out of the village, forgetting the tiredness in his body.

His anger surpassed his tiredness...

"Step, step—"

Zane was now quite a distance from the village. He felt the eyes of various monsters on him, but he could sense something larger right behind them

[You two come out! Supports Asmodeus as well as Caim].

[Hahh…Finally, you took us both out, master]

Naberius now appeared in his human form.

With Zane's artisan weapon and armor effects,

Naberius wore a black-red armor plate similar to that worn by Asmodeus, but his form was identical to that of a werewolf.

But the boot and gauntlet parts he used were bigger because Naberius was a berserker.

He uses leg kicks and hand punches as his primary weapon.

Naberius was wearing a helmet like a wolf's head. Only the mouth part is not closed.

As for the other figure, there is figure of a man wearing a black robe, but showing the hands and feet that are protected by black armor chains.

He carried a black staff.

His face also seemed to be covered by a black mask with red eyes, while his hair which always looked wet was left flowing long and straight making his appearance look terrible.

[Nabe, Asmo, Caim, kill them all! Valac, support all three with your healing skills. Don't let them get hurt in the slightest]

[Hahaha, I can't wait to meet you all!]

Zane also provides support by swinging his fire skills at monsters close to him. He also ran towards where Belial was hiding. Right in the cave where Zane found Antlerzard for the first time.

"Swosh—!

The flames came out of his right hand.

Zane also ran behind his summons who made way for him.

He cleaned up the remaining monsters. He consistently threw his fire magic skill.

"Firebolts—"

Zane cast his greatest fire skill toward the cave.

"Badom—!"

The cave in front of him exploded and its surface burst open. Soon, something huge appeared.

[Hahaha…You're cunning, Kiddo! How can you destroy a cave just to make me come out!]

"Wouldn't that be better? Fighting in an open space is freer than in that narrow place"

It was a black gray monster with three eyes. It had two horns on its head, resembling those of a mountain goat. It has a tail with fire at the end. His body was covered in thick armor, and he carried a shield as big as his body as well as a longsword

Belial was renowned as one of the thirteen strongest demons who worshiped Arnold in the past.

This demon is known for having really cunning and neat gimmicks.

However, Arnold had known about it for a long time. Even before Belial and himself fought together.

"If you don't make the little boy hold back his hunger, I'm sure I will be eaten by your trap"

[I think I can manipulate everything perfectly]

[However, it's great that you can still find out]

[Now go all of you. I won't lose just because I lost in numbers.]

[So arrogant, you Belial… I'll make you lick your own spit for looking down on us and Mr. Zane!]

Asmodeus was angry, he felt humiliated by Belial, one of his mates.

[My Lord, give the next order]

Caim had already taken out his dual dagger from under his cloak.

He also didn't seem to accept Belial's words just now.

[Let's finish this master, I can't wait to shut his damn mouth]

Naberius was ready with his stance.

With one order from Zane, he will attack Belial instantly.

[Alright, as Belial said, we win in terms of numbers. Just like at the beginning, Caim, Nabe, and Asmo will attack Belial. I know the defense is high, but we also have a high attack]

Zane decided to give orders to his summons through the depths of his heart.

Just in case the cunning Belial doesn't hear it.

[Valac will give full healing to the three of you, while I will provide full support to slow down and interfere with his movements]

Zane observed Belial's movement, and its related information appeared.

Belial was much stronger than Naberius in every way. His defense is very high, and also not to be taken lightly.

Moreover, the most dangerous ultimate attack from Belial was his counter-skill. Not only does it provide a counter, but it gives damage five times the initial attack given to it.

In fact, none of the healers had the anti-counter skills to thwart. There is only one way, don't get hit by the skill.

"I will make you stand beside me one more time, to fight by my side"

Zane set the flame toward Belial once more and charged toward him to signal that the fight had started.

* * *

"Drip—"

Zane's sweat and blood become one. Even though his position is behind the main attacker, he can still be Belial's target.

Even though the summons couldn't be hurt, Zane felt something different.

Even though there were five of them, in the one hour of fighting that had happened, they hadn't been able to inflict the slightest damage on Belial.

His mind was stuck, he couldn't do anything, let alone defeat Belial.

Caim, Asmo, and Nabe fell over and over again and were unable to get up.

As for Valac, it seemed that his mana was starting to drain, his body was very limp.

"Pant, pant—"

Zane let out a heavy breath and stumbled, exhausted.

"My breath feels heavy. Is my mana also starting to run out?"

Zane once again looked at Belial. The creature stood calmly as if challenging its opponent. It didn't even need to move and expend a lot of energy to defeat five people, alone.

[Check Status]

Zane's eyes widened, and he smiled after he saw his status window.

It seemed that the changes taking place within the Tower of Magic seemed beneficial to him.

He didn't notice it before because he hadn't opened the status window in a while.

"It seems that soon, victory will be mine, Bel"

Belial looked astonished at the human.

[Are you starting to lose your mind?]

In his status window, he saw a notification.

A notification will appear when he is on the verge of death.

[Caster can use Oath of Ars Glotia]

Makes the caster's abilities and all summons increase by 100% within 30 minutes with a delay of 13 hours and makes all opponents' abilities decrease by 80% in the same time"

[Oath of Ars Glotia activated]

In an instant, Zane's summon power increased and Belial's ability decreased.

[W-what has happened here?!]

"Calm down, Belial. This will hasten your death. Everyone, attack Belial!"

With the loss of 80% of Belial's abilities, there are no more problems facing him.

Within 15 minutes, the battle was over.

[You have leveled up]

"For a month slaying many monsters and only leveled up by five times? What the—"

The level-up notification is not just one time. It seemed to have accumulated since the first quest Zane had completed.

[You have attained the highest accomplishment.]

[You can choose an additional reward. The additional reward is that you can get two unique skills at once.]

[All your abilities increase by 100 points.]

[Will you go up to the next floor?]

The reward points were very generous as he had expected.

Killed Belial is one of the things that makes his XP increase a lot.

On the other hand, he also benefits by being able to pick up unique skills again.

"With this… There is no more a threat to this dungeon on the second floor"

He said that just now. However, he was not sure if he had just killed Belial.

"Is it this easy? Something's wrong here"