Demon Lord's Reincarnation

When Kim Chul heard what Ren said, he felt mixed feelings. It was a good thing that Ren was allowing him to use his most powerful move, but it didn't feel right to him that his opponent was allowing him to use it. He knew it was good that Ren wouldn't interrupt him while preparing, but it felt wrong. It was like those villains from those old shows, where they wait for the hero to transform before attacking.

Still, knowing that the time limit for his skill was about to end Kim Chul had no choice but to take what he had. Kim Chul unsheathed his fifth sword and began using the strongest skill he had at the moment. 

The Blade Dancer's swords were a linked skill, at the moment he had only unlocked up to the fifth sword. The first sword was to increase his speed, the second sword was to decrease his opponent's defense, the third sword was to confuse the opponent, the fourth sword was to surprise the opponent, basically to catch the opponent off-guard. As for the fifth sword, the fifth sword was a sacrificial sword.

The fifth sword allowed the Blade Dancer to put all of his stats into one specific area. Since Ren wasn't the type to run away and face everything head-on, Kim Chul knew which stat he would pour everything into. 

Kim Chul changed his position so that he would only damage the areas that had no people in them. Once he was ready Kim Chul activated the fifth sword. He quickly chose the stat that would receive everything he had. 

Name: Kim Chul

Class: Blade Dancer

Secret Class: Summoned Hero 

HP: 1/126,000 MP: 1/7,050

STR: 463,109

AGI: 1

DEX: 1

INT: 1

WIS: 1

VIT: 1

Luck: 2,000

Kim Chul felt an unprecedented strength flowing through him. He was brimming with so much power at the moment that he felt like he could cut through everything and anything. He was feeling intoxicated by the sudden increase in his strength. Seeing that change that was happening to Kim Chul, Ren couldn't help but smile an even brighter smile than usual. 

It would seem that this opponent of his was worthy enough to test out the new skill he was practicing. Ren summoned all the weapons he stored into his shadow. These were the weapons he acquired from Alphonso. They weren't at the same level as Snertal or the DeathScythe, but they were all weapons with names that could be considered legendary. 

Ren had infused them all with his mana and made them move to his will. Ren then raised Snertal into the air and the several dozens of weapons clustered together like puzzle pieces and formed an intimidating sword that was five meters tall. Once Ren had gotten all of the weapons together to form his giant sword, Ren infused his Spirit Aura into the weapons.

Ren clicked his tongue as he tried to combine the two opposing energies but the same as before he couldn't do it properly. He can use mana and Spirit Aura at the same time, he can even use them together in an attack, but it was still rather hard to combine them into one thing. Still, seeing the hero in front of him going all out and doing his best to overcome him made Ren feel he needed to respond to that will of his.

Ren felt the opposing forces of his mana and Spirit Aura battling it out for superiority. Ren grabbed onto Snertal's handle even tighter, he grabbed onto it so tightly his hand started to bleed. Even though his mana and Spirit Aura didn't want to combine into one form of energy, Ren didn't allow them to resist him. That was when his Spirit Aura and Mana started to retaliate and were now going out of control within his body. 

Ren felt a great amount of pain as the two energies violently fought within him. It felt like he was going to explode as some blood started coming out of his mouth, ears, and nose.

Kim Chul who was about ready to attack looked at the gigantic sword before him. Not only did it look menacing, but the aura it emitted was frightening. Still, Kim Chul noticed that there was a problem as he saw Ren's hand was starting to bleed. Not only that but even Ren's nose, ears, and mouth had blood coming out of them. It even looked like he was about to cry tears of blood. 

Yet despite looking like he was going to die from his own energy, Ren continued to smile that vicious smile of his. He was not someone who would stop what he was doing just because of some small wounds. Well, small to him anyone else experiencing the same thing would've been screaming already.

'You're my own f*cking energy! If I want you two to do something you should do it!' Ren scolded the two energies inside of him as he continued to force them to merge. As Ren was doing that something strange happened, Snertal started roaring louder and louder. 

The weapons that were surrounding Snertal to make it look like a gigantic blade were now being devoured. That was the only thing that could describe the scene everyone was seeing, Snertal a weapon was devouring other weapons. It was not absorbing them, not Snertal looked like it gained a mouth and gnawed on the other weapons, sucking them in and biting at them. 

It ate every single weapon and its outer look changed a bit, and the aura it emitted was even more fearsome than before. It was then Snertal helped Ren's mana to fuse with his Spirit Aura. Once he was successful he shouted at Kim Chul.

"Come hero, show me all you've got!" 

Kim Chul felt an intimidating pressure coming from Ren's sword. Even though he was overflowing with his own powerful energy, Kim Chul was still feeling extreme pressure.

'Is this still not enough?' Kim Chul gritted his teeth, as he looked at the smiling Ren. 'No something happened to him, so he should be weakened right now. This might be my only chance to gain victory. It's now or never.' 

Kim Chul approached Ren slowly and once the two were at arm's length, they stared at each other. It was at that moment more reinforcements for Holy Kingdom's knights came. The sky was now filled with airships and wyverns. Still, despite being surrounded by a new force, both Ren and Kim Chul continued to stare at each other unaffected by what was going on. 

The two then slashed both their weapons at the same time. Yet at that moment something happened. A thick smoke surrounded the area, Ren's mana dispersed and to his surprise, even a portion of his Spirit Aura was being disrupted. The two swords clashed and despite Snertal being the superior weapon but without mana, it couldn't match up. Kim Chul who was using pure physical strength had the upper hand. Ren's body might have become something beyond what was humanly possible even for this world, but Kim Chul was a cheat as well. 

Snertal was pushed back and Kim Chul was able to slice a bit of Ren's right arm. While that was happening, Ren didn't bother with the wound he just received but he was focused on the feeling he got at this moment. 

This smoke that was surrounding him gave the same feeling as the mana suppression drug that his firstborn son from his past life gave him. When Ren once again felt that irritating feeling flowing through his body he couldn't help but chuckle. 

'Hmph, I'm not like the me of the past, that can't do much without mana. Still, this does seem like a bad situation to be in. Now things are getting exciting!' Ren pulled out Kim Chul's sword from his right arm and looked at the surprised hero. 

"Since you won, I guess I can give you some information. You shouldn't trust the Temple of the Goddess of Light too much, you should see things with your own eyes. Sneak out of the temple and check the lower district and see for yourself what's truly happening. Just remember while you were going around treating this world as a game, you failed to see the truth. So you better look at it properly this time, o hero." 

"Can you tell me one more thing?" 

"What is it?" 

"Just who are you, really? You seem to know an awful lot about where I came from. Am I not the first summoned person you've seen?"

"I've seen a lot of different people. If you want, you can check the pub called the Lonely Cat that's located in Varzon the capital of the Serbek Kingdom." 

'This guy is just giving me clues, not real answers.' As Kim Chul was about to ask another question, Ren had already disappeared from his sight. The airships lowered down and a bunch of knights had disembarked. The knights then quickly took out several round silver objects that started to suck the smoke from the surrounding area. 

When the smoke was cleared, Kim Chul saw that Ren, Valdel, Lara, the two beastkin children, and John were gone. The only one left was the man they were torturing, who was now huddled in a corner. He was trembling terribly while mumbling to himself. 

The Commander of the knights approached Kim Chul and saluted. "Are you alright, Sir Hero?" 

Kim Chul stood up before answering. "Yeah, I'm all good." Once the leader had confirmed Kim Chul wasn't injured he quickly gave out orders for the other knights to lock down the area and search for the criminals. After he was done giving out orders the knight commander looked at Kim Chul. 

"Sir, the head priest wants you to return to the Temple to discuss what just happened." 

"Tell the head priest I won't be returning for a while, I need to cool my head first." 

"Alright, but please allow two of my men to accompany you." When Kim Chul saw the Knight Commander's expression he knew that he couldn't refuse. Kim Chul sighed before responding. 

"Fine." The Knight Commander signaled two of his men to approach. The knight Commander then started to whisper something to the two. 

"These two will accompany you, Sir Hero. As for me, I need to help in the search for the criminals that escaped. I shall take my leave now." The Knight Commander saluted again before leaving. Once the knight commander was gone, Kim Chul approached the man that Valdel was torturing. Once he was near he could finally hear what the man was mumbling. 

"I'm sorry, I'm trash, I do not deserve to live. I'm sorry, I'm trash, I do not deserve to live." The man just kept on repeating the same thing over and over again. Seeing that the man didn't look like he could talk properly Kim Chul frowned. 

'I guess I can't get any information from this guy. So first I need to ditch these two knights before heading towards the lower district. I guess leveling up will need to wait for now. I need to learn more about this world that I came into. It was truly stupid of me to think that this world was so simple... I guess that guy's right, I should stop thinking of this place as a game... Damn, I already read so many novels about being transported into a different world, and I still made these sh*tty mistakes. I guess got too excited by the feel of this world and being able to level up...'

It was then Kim Chul noticed something was wrong. 

'Wait a minute. Now that I think about it, it is weird. The moment I arrived in this world, I was able to quickly adapt. Not only that despite the head priest being super suspicious I believed every word he said. I also didn't bother doing anything else aside from leveling up... Wait... I can't remember.... Why can't I remember the first day I was transported here?.'