Chapter 1768 - 1042: Grandpa Gael (Part 2)

It suddenly turned around, swinging its long tail covered in spiked bones at Leon, but it missed. Leon leaped up and struck the gap between its bones, causing the long tail to tremble.

The Bottom of the Cave Demon jerked its tail back as if shocked, and continued to scratch at the adventurer like a mad dog with its flaming, poisonous claws.

Leon had already figured out how to deal with the Bottom of the Cave Demon.

The Bottom of the Cave Demon was quite strong, a standard boss-level Monster that could fight a group of Harland Knights.

However, if Leon were to evaluate, a group of Harland Knights is actually more threatening than a single stronger Bottom of the Cave Demon, and naturally, the reason for this judgment is.

Sain Dungeon is the most respectful Dungeon of group fights in this world.

A few bloodthirsty dogs coming over might knock down an Elite Monster.

After the initial probing stage, Leon gradually figured out the pattern of the Bottom of the Cave Demon’s attacks, and now with Gael distracting the Wounded Demon from a distance, he could focus all his attention on the Bottom of the Cave Demon.

The opponent’s attack power was extremely strong, but in exchange, its defense was slightly weak, completely incomparable to the Steel Giant Puppet’s defense. The demon’s flesh can be cut by blades, which has already laid the foundation for its defeat.

In addition, the opponent’s mad dog-like behavior left no delay for the adventurer to take advantage of, so a conservative approach could only be frustrating.

Therefore, Leon’s tactic was only one.

"Let’s exchange blood, you bastard!"

He slashed a Swirling Slash on the chest of the Bottom of the Cave Demon, instantly creating a scar that spanned across its chest. The demon quickly clawed down, almost disemboweling Leon.

Leon merely adjusted his position slightly and continued to slash heavily at the demon’s body, causing further injury to its thigh. The spraying hot blood splattered onto Leon, and a miraculous thing happened—the demon’s blood was being absorbed by his body, and his chest wound visibly healed at a rapid pace.

This is the ability acquired from the Red Subcity of Sain Dungeon, the unique "Hunter" recovery method—absorbing the enemy’s blood to heal wounds!

Back when supporting Red, Leon learned this ability, but anything done in the world relies on aptitude, just like how Darg suits Wolf Blood better than anyone else, even Leon can’t match his effectiveness.

Leon was average in aptitude for being a Hunter.

The most evident proof is that other more talented Hunters can completely heal their wounds during a blade-and-blood exchange, while he can only achieve sixty to seventy percent of a normal Hunter’s efficiency; others can become perpetual motion machines while hunting, but he would eventually fall due to a constantly dwindling health bar, which is why he never deeply explored the Hunter’s abilities.

However, now facing the Bottom of the Cave Demon, it was worth using it, not because he suddenly opened his mind and could use Hunter’s abilities normally.

But because he’s no longer human now!

The Bottom of the Cave Demon’s body had already sustained numerous deep scars from the blade clashes, and Leon’s state was even worse, riddled with wounds and looking like he was about to ascend to heaven at any moment. Continuing like this for up to five more rounds would declare the Bottom of the Cave Demon’s victory.

As a result, Leon suddenly distanced himself and gulped down a moss ball of antidote, then pulled out... a Residual Fire!

He crushed the Residual Fire, and the stream of glowing Residual Fire instantly burrowed into his body.

The Ashes received nourishment from the Residual Fire!

Leon instantly returned to peak condition, and his Life Force even soared significantly upward due to the existence of the Residual Fire, better than when the battle started!

"Haha, this is simply cheating!"

Leon delighted in having grasped the core of Curse Power.

The good thing about Ashes is, the existence of Residual Fire made him seem like he had obtained a second life, greatly enhancing the margin for error when challenging boss Monsters.

"Ow!" The Bottom of the Cave Demon let out a roar, as if angrily rebuking the person across for being unreasonable and cheating.

But Leon completely ignored how the opponent felt about the battle, laughing heartily as he continued to fight the Bottom of the Cave Demon, laughing like a Solar.

The Bottom of the Cave Demon was not in good shape, its condition had greatly declined compared to the beginning, so when the adventurer performed the infinite swirling unique to the Half-leaf Greatsword, it was actually driven back repeatedly.

The blade, like a leaf, continuously shredded its flesh, reaching a critical moment.

"Gah!"

The Bottom of the Cave Demon let out an unpleasant screech, and Leon instantly felt a strong wind strike from beside him. Upon closer inspection, it was the Wounded Demon, with Gael still clinging on top, recklessly charging at him.

The Infinite Swirl was instantly disrupted by external force, Leon was knocked to the side, and Gael was thrown away, falling to his side, revealing numerous shocking injuries on him that could take him away at any moment.

Alright, it seems this old man’s power indeed leaves much to be desired, but at least he’s striving hard, and that earns Leon’s respect for him.

Leon performed the Golden Stone Oath, then used the item version of Golden Tree Oath, two Beneficial Magic spells brought Gael back into a bit better state, and the two of them climbed up from the ground, readying for battle against the demon.

The badly off Bottom of the Cave Demon was nudged aside by the Wounded Demon, who let out a rough bellow, seemingly wanting the other to rest well. The Wounded Demon didn’t seem too severely hurt from its fight with Gael and still had the power to continue fighting.

"Their bond seems quite good."

Leon briefly empathized with the two demons.

These two demons, as the last survivors of the Chaos Demon clan, tenaciously endured to the twilight of extinguished flame, it must be tough to survive...

But I still have to kill you both.

The Wounded Demon charged forward in Dragon Car stance, but it seemed nowhere near the deterrence of a black Bomb Dragon, Leon chose to dodge, while Gael once again performed a Sacrificial Attack, leaving a scar behind the enemy with his Great Sword.

Leon pierced Gael’s previous scar from the side with the Calia Piercing, then hammered the Wounded Demon’s shoulder with a Stepping Spin Slash, its body shuddered, and as it was about to spew fire, Gael descended from above, smashing its head into the ground.

The brilliance of Great Calia flared up and slashed at the Wounded Demon’s neck, it didn’t sever its head, but it did make it bleed profusely.

Under the successive attacks of Gael and Leon, the Wounded Demon was battered into retreat, and its previously decent condition rapidly declined, clearly falling into the kill zone.

The Bottom of the Cave Demon roared and rushed at the two, yet lightning exploded under its feet, turns out Leon had placed Thunder Pots as traps on its path.

Leon used Shield Impact to knock the Wounded Demon next to the Bottom of the Cave Demon, which Leon had been waiting for.

All items capable of harming Monsters were thrown together at the two demons, and the Highmore Hammer manifested hugely on the Magic Wand.

Let’s use this move to send them both to meet the Chaos Breeding Ground!

"Boom—"

All different colors of light shattered after the descent of the Highmore Hammer, Leon contentedly felt the hand-feel of hitting, and the sensation of the two demons’ Life Force quickly fading.

Victory over the raid!

Real men never look back at explosions, he turned around and gave Gael a thumbs-up, the remaining devices exploded in flames behind him, creating an illusion of kicking off a monster like Masked Rider.

"Goodbye, old man, if we meet again I’ll treat you to Onion Knight’s wine."

Leon waved to bid farewell to Gael.

The assisting residual shadow role will start dissipating once the boss Monster dies, that’s the rule of Sain Dungeon.

But a few seconds later, Leon’s expression changed.

No, why is Gael still here?

Meanwhile.

Behind him came the crackling sound of fire rekindled.