Dungeon Hunter Chapter 207:

Chapter 207: Those who Gather (2) 

“What is Randalph Brigsiel like as a demon?”

Ariel Diablo asked after Yihi ‘surrendered . ’ There was a moment of silence after Ariel Diablo’s question .

Yihi snorted and spread open her ten fingers before counting them one by one .

"Nice, caring, cool, strong, smart, helps me out, a very attractive smelling magic power . . . ”

"I understand . Stop . I roughly get the idea . ”

She really would list his qualities without ending so Ariel Diablo waved her hand .

"Why do you ask?”

"Huhu, it has been a long time since I’ve been treated like this . By the way . . . if you can become the fairy queen then why are you here?”

"Fairy . . . queen? Yihi? No?”

Yihi’s eyes widened with shock as she answered .

But Ariel just continued like she was talking to herself .

"Doesn’t the contract only last until the fairy becomes the fairy ruler? If you become the fairy queen then you don’t have to maintain this current unequal contract . The emergence of a fairy ruler is something that all fairies desire . They long for it . It is something that can’t be easily replaced . ”

“Bah, are you telling Yihi what to do? Do you think becoming the fairy ruler is that easy?”

"I know quite a bit about fairies . Fairy Yihi . ”

At the same time, Ariel Diablo’s eyes turned a pale blue . It was a change from the usual red . The atmosphere was also very different .

Yihi’s mouth dropped open .

“You . . . ”

"Shhh . This is a secret that nobody knows except for my deceased father . ”

“H-how does a demon have fairy eyes? It is impossible . . . ”

"I will tell you everything . ”

Ariel Diablo looked around .

It was a small comfort that there was nobody around them .

After a while, her red eyes returned while Yihi was staring at her .

Yihi was nervous . It was like she was going to be eaten at any moment .

Ariel Diablo continued in a small but sharp tone .

“Fairy Yihi . I have told you one of my secrets . So won’t you tell me? Why you won’t become the fairy ruler even though you are capable of it?”

 

Ariel Diablo’s army was surprisingly small . Silver knights . It seemed like the white knights I heard a report about had been completed . They appeared exactly one day after Ariel Diablo .

I looked at them from the top of Greenwich Observatory . There were exactly 250 of them . Royal guards? They felt different from ordinary creatures .

‘It is like how it was reported . ’

They weren’t significantly different from what Chrisley and Oswen reported to me . They had brought my invitations to the grand dukes and in return, they reported back to me what they saw . Their words weren’t exaggerated .

‘Is that all?’

I tilted my head to one side .

If so, she had great confidence . Ariel Diablo’s nature wasn’t to do a lot of back maneuvering . There was a reason why her preparations might seem lacking .

‘Confidence . . . ’

That’s right . Ariel Diablo was completely confident in her creatures . That’s why I decided to judge it for myself . So . . . I needed to look more carefully .

250 silver knights came through the gates . Their sizes were different and all of them were female . Their ages were also different .

I took a deep breath .

Their magic power smelt a little different . There was an ominous feeling that I couldn’t explain . They were neither death knights nor dark warriors .

‘The synthesis of a new species . ’

I nodded a little bit .

They weren’t an entirely new species . There was some sense of familiarity from the silver knights . The knights were all made of ‘advanced’ creatures .

There were no signs that they were even human .

I didn’t know what Ariel intended by combining the creatures together .

Or that it had even been possible .

‘I wonder what creatures were used? Interesting . ’

There were thousands of different creatures . I only had a simple abbreviated list of creatures so it wasn’t surprising that I didn’t know every one .

However, that wasn’t what I was talking about right now . The knights were made by synthesizing creatures . Although they were a new species, they were usually called chimera . The problem was combining the creatures and ensuring that they maintain a constant shape .

‘Impossible . ’

As far as I knew, it didn’t make sense .

I didn’t have deep knowledge about chimeras but I was certain about this .

A chimera made from combining more than three creatures wouldn’t be able to act .

It was because the body would become unstable and they would self-destruct .

I met the eyes of the silver knight in the lead .

“Hrmm . . . ”

Those eyes!

I nodded lightly .

I noticed one truth the moment I met the knight’s eyes .

‘A large mixture . ’

I was convinced .

The 250 knights that represented Ariel Diablo were a mixture of hundreds of creatures!

‘Indeed . ’

I couldn’t ignore her source of confidence .

The date on the invitation .

I honestly hadn’t expected any of the grand dukes except for Ariel Diablo to be on time .

They were arrogant, proud and irreverent .

But it didn’t take long to find out that I was wrong .

The day after Ariel Diablo’s silver knights arrived . From the east, west and north . . . the armies of the grand dukes simultaneously appeared .

It was right after the appointed time so I couldn’t help but sneer at the coincidence .

A wave of creatures . Hundreds of thousands . . . maybe over a million creatures filled the fields .

A spectacular sight!

It was hard to feel any joy at the situation .

The sight was enough to cause despair . The large armies arrived in front of the doors . The grand dukes and the demons in their factions dismounted from their mounts and walked forward with dignity .

There was no tension in their faces . They were just filled with absolute confidence .

Each grand duke had no doubt that their faction was the strongest .

However, it was impossible to turn back . There would only be one final winner!

I couldn’t look weak . The weak demons were culled since birth . . .

"Open the door . ”

I ordered .

Soon the door opened and they stepped foot inside the castle .

What should I say?

It was a strange atmosphere .

I had invited them to the Greenwich Observatory that was an excellent castle . However, the castle just looked small from the viewpoint of the grand dukes .

The numerous expensive decorations couldn’t satisfy their eyes . It was because there wasn’t enough time to get everything ready .

It was literally nothing more than a show . They had been caught .

There were a number of reasons, with the main contributor being the ‘invitation’ I sent . However, I didn’t see any signs of discomfort on their faces .  

‘The contents were provocative . . . ’

I wrote down a secret that nobody else knew . Their gazes were filled with questions about how I knew . Yet, strangely, there was no tension .

I led them to the banquet prepared for them as the creatures quietly played music .

“Have some . ”

I copied a human’s banquet and politely handed them cups . This calm atmosphere . . . it was mimicking a human ‘party . ’ In the case of the demons, they were uncomfortable because it was unfamiliar to them .

However, they were grand dukes .

They had experienced many things and were well prepared .

The factions gathered together and drank from the cups .

“The taste is okay . ”

Upa smirked . He was someone with quite a lot of greed .

I replied lightly .

"This is the best drink . It is a cognac . . . I don’t know the name but isn’t it okay for a human brew?”

My words were insulting to the drink . I predicted that the alcohol lover Upa would say something .

However, his reaction was quite different .

“It is much better than the silly contents of the invitations . ”

“It is funny since you don’t have the ability to write well . ”

I parried his insult . Neither of us was apologizing . Even if it was a prank .

‘The magician of the moon isn’t here . ’

I searched around Upa but couldn’t feel the mysterious magic of Gustarte . No matter how powerful the weapon, it wouldn’t be here if it was unstable .

That was what I thought .

However, the power of the demons under him was quite good . In the meantime, they had made steep progress and the magic power was slightly better than other factions’ .

‘Succubus queen!’

The most prominent one was Groggy Inpir .

A demon who loved succubi . He filled his entire dungeon with succubuses .

He was accompanied by a succubus queen . A creature I hadn’t seen in my previous life . A high class 3Lv creature that had never appeared at the Demon World Auction .

It was clear that events were different .

On the other hand . . . what about Pandemonium?

He didn’t seem much different from before . It felt like his power was similar to when the girin and Korean Awakened first attacked his empty dungeons .

He had absorbed Okullos’ faction but that was all . He had also lost a considerable amount of power attacking my dungeon .

Out of all the grand dukes, Pandemonium seemed to be the most lacking . I didn’t know what Pandemonium was doing .

"This banquet . . . it is like the humans . "

"Pandemonium, you must have experienced a human banquet . You have lived for many years . ”

"I've never seen it before . By the way, you didn’t send the invitations for something like this, Randalph Brigsiel . Wasn’t it to discuss countermeasures?”

Ahh . I nodded .

I remembered that I had put that down in the contents .

But to be honest, I didn’t know Pandemonium would react this way .

The angels on earth weren’t very threatening . However, it seemed like they were aware that Camael would soon descend .

I opened my mouth .

“Countermeasures against the angels? Of course . . . "

"I didn’t mean that . Angels are things that I can easily step on . ”

Then what?

I looked at Pandemonium with confusion .

But . . . Pandemonium’s face was distorted with displeasure .

It wasn't just him . The other demons and grand dukes were the same .

They thought I was pretending not to know .

‘There is something . ’

The problem was that I couldn’t tell what it was .

But it was easy to figure it out .

They were seeking something from me so I just laughed .

“A special event . . . do you know?”