Rampaging Madly

Black Citadel.

A metropolis where over 100 million demons lived.

Even if individual demons were weak, breaking through the heart of such a city with just 20 people was practically impossible.

A distance that would take 10 minutes?

They’d be lucky to last even one minute.

‘But that’s only if you think about it rationally.’

There were many reasons why humanity suffered great losses when monsters first appeared, but the biggest reason was that they didn’t actively confront the monsters.

While medium and large monsters were impossible, even ordinary people could take down weak small monsters like goblins or gremlins.

However, when such monsters suddenly appeared before them, very few people could bravely stand their ground and fight.

People were too busy running away in fear of these unknown beings, and as a result, countless people died to monsters they could have beaten if they had fought calmly.

‘Demons are no different.’

The world and race were different.

However, their behavioral principles and thought processes weren’t that different.

When otherworldly beings suddenly appeared in the middle of the city, how many would be able to bravely confront them?

Especially when everyone knew these otherworldly beings were very powerful and dangerous?

Having power means nothing if you lack the courage to use it.

Just like now.

“This is crazy! Humans!”

“Eek! H-humans appeared! Everyone run!”

The vicious-looking demons trembled in fear at the sight of humans and fled.

It might seem ridiculous at first glance, but it was perfectly natural for the demons.

Their opponents were invaders who had entered their world long ago and terrorists who had caused massive casualties and property damage.

Very few demons had the courage to confront such beings.

And that number was something Yuseong could handle alone.

“How dare these filthy humans step on sacred ground…”

“Sorry but we’re kind of in a hurry.”

Zzzap!

“Gurk!”

The large demon who had been rapidly approaching the group leaving afterimages was struck by lightning from Yuseong’s staff and rolled across the ground.

There was no time to rest.

Using a nearby sign as a foothold to leap high into the air, Yuseong spotted demons approaching from the left and right of the next intersection, cast magic while simultaneously opening his subspace to scatter bombs.

Boom!

“What the hell? What’s this now?!”

Boom!

“Get down! It’s a bombing!”

The demons approaching from the left were pinned down by magical bombardment raining from all directions, while those from the right were trapped by explosive blasts.

Though it was just a brief delay considering the demons’ numbers and abilities, it was enough time for the group to gain distance.

Leaping onto the roof of a nearby high-rise building, Yuseong surveyed the devastated city below with eagle eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

‘Not sure what happened, but things got easier.’

Originally, Yuseong had estimated this operation’s success rate at less than 10%.

Since the gate was a crucial facility responsible for the demon realm’s resources, it was surrounded by various defensive installations including military bases.

Even aiming for a swift victory, breaking through all that interference and escaping in one go would be impossible without divine luck.

‘So I was thinking of this attempt more as an experiment to see if we could get sent to a prison inside Black Citadel when captured, and if Alice could successfully infiltrate and gather information, but…’

“…If we play this right, we might succeed in one shot?”

Where military bases had been, only massive craters remained as if nuclear bombs had detonated.

That wasn’t all.

Other facilities and areas he had considered problematic had likewise been reduced to craters.

The panicked demons failed to properly respond even when humans appeared in the heart of their city, and as a result, Yuseong’s group was able to reach their destination with almost no interference.

“Mr. Yuseong!”

Teresa turned pale and called out Yuseong’s name upon spotting the demons swarming the central plaza.

Without even glancing at her, Yuseong shouted.

“Keep running! Alice! Where’s the gate?”

“Over there!”

Seeing where Alice pointed, Yuseong bit his lip.

He had hoped it would be closer, but the gate to World 1711 was located quite deep inside.

‘This is the biggest challenge.’

The central plaza where the gate was installed served as a bridgehead and base for invading over a thousand worlds and plundering their resources.

Though quite a few had moved elsewhere due to the sudden explosions, a massive number of demons and equipment still remained gathered in the central plaza.

How to break through?

That was simple.

In this situation, negotiation was impossible even if the god of persuasion descended.

Power.

Only power could solve everything.

And not just any half-measures.

‘Overwhelming, absolute power that makes resistance impossible just by witnessing it.’

Yuseong’s mind raced.

In terms of pure firepower, utilizing his mage abilities would be best.

But right now all the demons were in combat mode.

Clearing away their magic power fields and establishing his own wouldn’t be easy, and even if he succeeded, powerful spells required considerable time to cast.

That left only one option.

Bang!

“Huh?”

“Hu…man?”

Making a huge leap over his companions, Yuseong landed on the ground.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, the demons could only stare blankly at the suddenly appeared human.

Taking advantage of that opening, Yuseong began preparing to unleash absolute power.

‘Starting with Infinite Origin Force.’

Marcus’s total magic power was around 1,500 points.

First, use Infinite Origin Force to evenly split it into internal energy, magic power, and spirit power.

While converting everything to internal energy would give the full effect of Infinite Origin Force in terms of raw power, that wouldn’t allow use of Cloud Mist which utilized the principle of energy opposition.

‘Then use amplification skills to double it and…’

When he poured all that energy into Cloud Mist, five-colored clouds immediately rose around Yuseong.

The range was only about 3 meters in radius.

This was because he had extremely compressed Cloud Mist that should have extended over a hundred meters.

Now only one thing remained.

Taking a crouching start position, Yuseong activated Divine Artifact Blessing’s option.

Absolute Protection.

A broken skill that could perfectly nullify all types of impact for 1 minute.

The moment Yuseong first saw Absolute Protection, he realized.

This skill demonstrated its greatest power when used for offense rather than defense.

Crunch.

Since obtaining Tyrant’s arms, Yuseong had never gone all out.

Just as high wisdom was needed to handle powerful magic power, appropriate constitution was needed to exert powerful strength.

Trying to unleash 3,000 points of strength capable of killing dragons with an untrained body would cause immediate explosion from being unable to handle the power.

So Yuseong had always limited himself to strength his body could withstand based on his constitution.

“Huuuu…”

That restriction was now lifted.

Being able to nullify all types of impact meant the strain put on the body when exerting excessive force would also be nullified.

In other words, he could freely wield Tyrant’s monstrous strength for one minute.

Crunch!

He infused power throughout his entire body.

Then instantly released muscles pulled to their limit.

‘Shooting Star.’

The moment his bent knees straightened, Yuseong pierced through the crowd of demons.

Crack!

At first, the demons couldn’t comprehend what had happened.

All they knew was that the human had suddenly vanished and a path of blood and flesh had appeared in the plaza.

It didn’t take long for the demons to understand what had occurred.

Bang!

An ear-splitting explosion and powerful sonic boom erupted along the bloody path.

Bang!

Another explosion rang out and another red line of blood was drawn across the plaza.

Seeing Yuseong appear at the end of that blood line without a single drop of blood on him, the demons finally grasped what had happened.

“No… way. Running at the speed of sound?”

“What nonsense is…”

Bang!

A third explosion drowned out all other sounds.

The demons only began to move after more than five blood lines had been drawn.

But even then, nothing changed.

First of all, not many demons could respond to sonic speeds.

Moreover, the environment was too unfavorable.

In a space crawling with demons, finding a human rampaging at sonic speed, predicting their movement path, and then moving to intercept?

It was physically impossible.

As a result, the demons could only be thoroughly toyed with by Yuseong.

‘So this… is Tyrant’s true power.’

Meanwhile, Yuseong trembled at the dimensional difference in power while moving in the supersonic realm beyond sound.

Just running at full power was enough.

Demons directly hit by his body were pulverized into nothingness.

Cloud Mist compressed beyond its limits to the point of materialization had its repulsive force maximized as well, literally obliterating demons it touched without leaving a trace.

Absolute power that nothing could block.

But even this wasn’t enough to satisfy Yuseong.

The plaza was too vast and even moving faster than Mach 1, it took over 5 seconds to cross.

‘Half of Absolute Protection’s duration is already gone. I need to end this in 30 seconds.’

Faster, he needed to go faster.

Fortunately, he had a skill perfect for this situation.

‘Flash Step.’

Bang!

Along with an explosion on a different dimension from before, Yuseong’s form accelerated further beyond what he had thought was his limit.

Beyond Mach 1 into the realm of Mach 2.

The rate at which blood lines appeared doubled and the sonic boom’s shockwave grew powerful enough to send lighter demons flying.

No one in this plaza had the ability to suppress an unstoppable madman rampaging at Mach 2 speeds, and the sight of countless comrades dying in the blink of an eye was enough to instill terror in the demons.

“T-this is insane! I’m running away!”

“Monster! Monster!”

“Damn it! Move! Get out of the way!”

The central plaza instantly descended into chaos with demons trying to flee.

The panicked demons desperately trampled and cut down their own kind trying to get even slightly farther from the plaza.

That was when Yuseong’s charge finally stopped.

-What an insane monster…

“I understand how you feel, but hearing that after going out of my way to help hurts a bit.”

Looking down at his body that didn’t have a single drop of blood despite slaughtering countless demons, Yuseong gave a bitter smile and gestured toward Teresa’s group standing awkwardly.