Leveling Up Alone

The Dragon of Destruction was enraged after his pride was damaged, and he finally unleashed his true powers on the creatures he once deemed insignificant and unworthy of witnessing his greatness.

“...”

Han-Yeol had his head down, and a shadow over his face made only half of it visible. It looked as if he was frozen solid in place.

[Hahaha! You seem to be shocked by my greatness! This proves that you’re nothing more than a lowly, insignificant poor creature that I will soon destroy!]

The Dragon of Destruction sneered at him. The dragon had a twisted personality of doing whatever made the other party feel agony.

However, one individual was enraged by the Dragon of Destruction’s choice of words.

[T-That damn lizard!]

That individual was none other than Karvis, and she was hurling all sorts of curses at the Dragon of Destruction.

[Why?! Why did he have to say those words out of all the words he could use?!]

She reacted this way because the Dragon of Destruction had used the words that Han-Yeol hated the most. He would usually strongly react whenever he heard those words, but since he had activated demonization, his mental state was more fragile than usual.

Karvis always deeply cared about Han-Yeol’s mental state, so it only made sense that she would be infuriated.

“Kiki! Kikikiki!”

However, Han-Yeol started laughing instead of becoming angry like he usually did. No, he was actually laughing like crazy right now, and he sounded like some kind of maniac.

[Hmm?]

The Dragon of Destruction was confused by Han-Yeol’s reaction.

“A burnt lizard dares to insult me? Kikiki! I’m going to kill you! I’ll kill you! Kiki! I’m definitely going to kill you, you damn lizard!”

Woooong!

[Haa… Damn it…]

Karvis let out a sigh after sensing an immense amount of dark mana welling up inside Han-Yeol’s body.

The main source of his power while demonization was activated was none other than his anger, and his entire body from head to toe was filled with it after hearing the Dragon of Destruction utter the words he hated the most.

Thanks to that, he was filled with power almost in the blink of an eye. Astaroth expressed her frustration after seeing the source of Han-Yeol’s power.

[Ugh… Why is Han-Yeol’s source of power his anger of all things?!]

Lucifer laughed. [Bwahaha! It can’t be helped. Han-Yeol is a warrior, and he’s a very good one at that. Therefore, he’s not compatible with your traits, wisdom, and laziness. Well, it would’ve been a different story if he was a magician.]

[I know that too!]

[Stop lashing out at others, Astaroth. Bwahahaha!]

[Argh! So annoying!]

Astaroth had changed a lot since she first appeared in front of Han-Yeol. She used to exude a sense of authority and kept her composure very well, but she was currently scratching her head out of frustration.

However, Lucifer simply smiled at Astaroth’s antics.

Han-Yeol was not aware of this, but entering into a contract with demon lords rewarded the human with something depending on the demon lord they were contracted to.

In the cast of Astaroth, she bestowed wisdom upon the contractors and corrupted them by making them lazy. On the other hand, Lucifer allowed the contractors to maximize their strongest traits, but they ended up getting corrupted after becoming arrogant due to their newfound powers.

That was how it worked in theory, but Han-Yeol was the first human to enter into a contract with a demon lord.

A demon lord was free to contract with whoever they chose, but none of them did so until now because they did not find any human worthy of being their contractor. Thus, it was mainly the ordinary demons that went around and entered contracts with humans.

However, Han-Yeol contracted two demon lords, which was a testament to his talent, but he himself had no idea how great this truly was.

Han-Yeol pulled out his sword and chain for the first time after activating demonization.

Chwaaak… Shiiiing…!

“I’m going to kill you no matter what,” he said calmly.

He had always been smiling or laughing, but this time, his face did not show any emotion.

Clink! Clink!

His chain clinked while he walked.

Han-Yeol faced the Dragon of Destruction with bare hands just as he did with Char and Harkan, but he owned two weapons that were no different from trump cards against the dragon.

The Sword of Annihilation and Chain of Annihilation that he obtained after risking his life on the line were going to finally serve their main purpose.

“I purposely went out of my way to obtain these weapons that can kill you, so I hope you enjoy them thoroughly.”

[What an arrogant, insignificant creature. Go and rip his body to shreds!]

“Gwuuu ooooh!”

The contaminated creatures that the Dragon of Destruction summoned cast sharp winds at Han-Yeol.

Shwak! Shwak! Shwak!

Then, they rushed at him faster than most contaminated creatures he had seen thus far.

“You pieces of trash dare to!” Han-Yeol growled in anger and fought wildly.

He could not help but be enraged after the contaminated creatures attacked him instead of the Dragon of Destruction.

Bam! Chwaaaak!

Han-Yeol’s combat style revolved around speed and catching his opponents off guard. However, his stats and temperament changed after demonization, which meant that his combat style changed alongside them, too. He continued floating in the air and blocked the attacks from the contaminated creatures without moving an inch from his spot. Then, he returned their attacks several-fold stronger.

“Gwuuu ooooh!”

A contaminated creature threw a black blade at Han-Yeol before swinging its right arm, which was five times larger compared to its left.

“Shut up, you filthy creatures!”

However, Han-Yeol simply moved his body to the side and evaded the blade before stabbing the contaminated creature’s abdomen with his Sword of Annihilation.

Shwaaak! Puuuk!

“Gwuuk?!”

Pain was an unfamiliar feeling to the contaminated creatures, but the one stabbed by the Sword of Annihilation let out a cry similar to that of someone in pain, even though the wound it sustained was not fatal.

‘Heh.’

“Gwuoh?”

The contaminated creature tilted its head in confusion after sensing an unfamiliar feeling from its abdomen.

Han-Yeol smirked as if he found something funny.

Plop, plop!

The real attack was just beginning.

Pshwaaaaa!

“Gwuuuu ooooh!”

The area Han-Yeol had stabbed with the Sword of Annihilation started to boil before a torrent of magma burst out from the contaminated creature’s back. The attack did not simply melt the contaminated creature’s body, it even went as far as to circulate magma throughout the creature’s body before making it gush out through its back.

This was not simply a case of magma going through the contaminated creature’s body, as Han-Yeol intentionally injected magma into the creature’s blood vessels so that it would spread throughout its body.

The contaminated creature might not be familiar with pain, but it was still incapacitated by the attack, as its entire body was melting from the inside.

Pshwak!

However, the contaminated creatures were nothing more than puppets, so they did not care what kind of agony their comrade was going through and focused only on carrying out the Dragon of Destruction’s commands.

“Kiki!” Han-Yeol snickered just like a real demon.

He was not only a masochist but a sadist. After all, most demons would be into both being an M and an S.

Chwaaak!

“Gwuok?!”

Another contaminated creature was forced to come to a halt after Han-Yeol’s Chain of Annihilation bound it.

“Gwuok! Gwuok!”

Chwaaak!

The contaminated creature tried to break free from the chains.

The contaminated creature could have easily freed itself if the chains belonged to Camelot or an ordinary Hunter, as the creatures had been summoned by the Dragon of Destruction, not a hyena sorcerer. But, the Chain of Annihilation was a GOD-rated ultimate weapon.

On top of that, it was filled with Han-Yeol’s mana, so there was no way the contaminated creature could break free from it, regardless of whether the Dragon of Destruction summoned it or not.

“Gwuuu ooooh!”

However, this was not a one-on-one battle, and the other contaminated creatures seized the gap in Han-Yeol’s defense after his chain was busy binding its target.

“How funny! You’re truly hilarious, Dragon of Destruction!”

Krwaaaang!

‘Vibration Booster!’

Han-Yeol’s movement speed suddenly became extremely fast.

[Hmm?]

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He moved at the speed of light. He would disappear with a flash of light and appear between a group of contaminated creatures before making short work of them and disappearing again.

“Kyaaah!”

Sukeok!

The contaminated creatures tried to resist, but it was to no avail, as they were not a match against Han-Yeol.

Chwaaak! C-Crack!

The last remaining contaminated creature experienced the horror of having its neck twisted, rendering it useless. Then, Han-Yeol ended its miserable life by pulling his Chain of Annihilation and pulling its head off its body.

[...]

The Dragon of Destruction did not show any particular reaction even after all of his minions were dead, and he just silently continued to watch Han-Yeol. The contamination attribute did not belong to the hyenas. It was a unique power to the Dragon of Destruction, and neither the hyenas nor any other creature could use it. The hyenas could only use their contamination spells thanks to the Dragon of Destruction lending a part of his strength.

Thus, it only made sense that the contaminated creatures summoned by the Dragon of Destruction were on a different level than those summoned by the hyenas.

Regardless, Han-Yeol easily overpowered them with his strength and agility, making the Dragon of Destruction’s contaminated creatures look the same as the ones summoned by the hyenas.

[Arrogant!]

Krwaaang!

The Dragon of Destruction roared with rage and used an explosion-type offensive skill.

Tak!

Han-Yeol was prepared for it and lightly evaded the explosion by jumping to the side.

[Hmph!]

Normally, the Dragon of Destruction would get upset if his enemy easily evaded his attack, but he simply scoffed and did not show any other reaction as he knew Han-Yeol was not an enemy he could easily kill with such a weak attack.

***

“Hohoho! Mr. Han-Yeol is doing better than expected!”

[Hmph! Your pretentiousness won’t work against us.]

“Oh? Did I seem pretentious? I guess I have to work on my acting.”

[What is it you really want to say, Kubera?]

Kubera was still wearing the same clown mask and outfit, but the way he grinned and the aura he exuded made him look eerie for some reason.

“Do you know why I started working together with the Dragon of Destruction?”

[How should I know? To be honest, I wouldn’t be interested in the affairs of this middle dimension if it wasn’t for Han-Yeol.]

[I hope you’re not going to talk about how you want to be the God of Creation?]

A third party completely oblivious to what was happening would probably think that Astaroth and Lucifer were on Han-Yeol’s side and that they were trying to stop Kubera and the Dragon of Destruction from destroying the dimension.

Unfortunately, that could not be further from the truth.

“Hohoho! No way~ As expected of Lee Han-Yeol. I knew there was something special about him the moment we met. I tried to coax him into allying with me back then since he hadn’t reached his full potential, but I admit that was a grave misjudgment on my end. I should've just killed him back then… If I did that, then I wouldn’t be in this mess right now.”

[Hey, why is a god acting so pitiful? There’s no point crying over spilled milk. They have this saying among humans that there’s no such thing as maybe in history. Isn’t that the reason there’s no God of Time?]

Even the God of Creation could not turn back time. Time was a concept that existed before the dimensions were created–no, it existed even before the gods themselves existed.

“Hohoho! I acknowledge that too, but I’m not done yet.”

[Hmm?]

“You see, I’m quite desperate this time too, so I plan to use all my strength.”

[What cheap tricks are you up to now?]

“Hoho! What do you mean by cheap tricks? It’s not even a trick. You see, I just called for reinforcements.”

[What? Reinforcements?]

“Hohoho!”

Thud! Woooong!

A bright light flashed from all directions, and an insane amount of mana started to rock space and time right after Kubera finished laughing.

[This… N-No way?]

Lucifer and Astaroth realized who the mana belonged to the moment they felt it, and both of them grimaced at the same time.

“Hohoho! I did tell you that I’m very serious this time.”

[You’re really set on ending this once and for all…]

“Hohoho!”

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