Chapter 884 More Than A Century Had Passed Since We Last Saw Each Other
"Dammit, you bastards. Don't screw with me!" one of the Satyrs roared in anger as he smashed one Doom Knight Gang Banger one after the other.
But after killing dozens of them, he realized that his enemies were somehow getting stronger and stronger.
The other Satyrs realized this phenomenon, but none of them paid too much attention to it. There were simply too many enemies to fight, and they had no time to ponder the cause of the Doom Knight Gang Bangers' special ability.
Even before their evolution, the Doom Knight Gang Bangers already had a special ability that would make them grow stronger as more of their fellow Gangbangers died in battle.
This skill was called, United in Death.
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< United in Death >
– Gains 5% increase in attack when an ally Doom Knight Gang Banger dies on the battlefield. This ability can stack up to 500%. Bonus damage will disappear once the Doom Knight Gang Banger is killed.
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However, the advantages didn't end there!
The Doom Knight Gang Bangers still had another special hidden ability.
They would gain a 20% additional damage based on Diablo's overall attack damage.
Simply put, if Diablo's Battle Fervor had reached a state where his damage output surpassed a million, the Doom Knight Gangbangers would become the strongest fighters in Lux's Undead Army that could deal a disgusting amount of damage to their enemies.
Right now, Diablo was also on the battlefield fighting against the Satyrs.
Since the Satyrs were far stronger than Lux's Undead Army, it was only reasonable for dozens of them to die with each passing second.
With each death, Diablo's damage output increased.
With each Doom Knight Gang Banger that fell in battle, their damage output also increased.
Lux, Eiko, Asmodeus, and their clones weren't idle and were actively replenishing their Undead Army, making all of them stronger with each passing minute.
Nearly ten minutes later, the Skeleton Gang Bangers, who had initially been easy to defeat, were now able to stab the backsides of the Satyrs, dealing great damage to the Monsters who liked to screw others.
"I-Is it just me or these small fries are getting stronger?" a Satyr voiced his concern after getting stabbed in the butt, which made him retreat from the front lines. "If this continues, they might defeat us for real!"
"B-Boss, what do we do? There's no end to them," another Satyr said anxiously after smashing three Doom Knight Gangbangers who had tried to sneak attack him from behind.
"Our Dark Elemental attacks are also not working against them." a Deimos-Ranked Satyr complained. "It's like they have some kind of immunity against Dark Magic!"
Ampelos had noticed this problem from the start of the battle.
He had tried to kill a large number of the Undead Monsters with his Dark Slash, but even after unleashing the devastating attack, the Monsters were simply pushed away, but none of them were killed by it.
Just as he was thinking about what to do next, the Wraith King, Leoric, descended from the sky and slashed down at the Leader of the Satyrs, who managed to dodge it by pure instinct.
"Not bad," King Leoric commented. "But not good enough."
After his sneak attack failed, the Wraith King summoned Ethereal Spears all around him and unleashed them on the Satyrs, who had no choice but to dodge with everything they had.
The Satyrs knew that Ethereal Weapons bypassed armor and other kinds of defenses. Having known this, they didn't face the spears head-on, but focused on just dodging and evading the Wraith King's attack.
"Hell Fire Annihilation Slash!" King Leoric swung his blade and a blazing crescent blade flew towards Ampelos.
"Don't underestimate me!" Ampelos roared in anger as he used his short sword to unleash his own powerful attack.
"Primal Destroyer!"
When the two attacks collided, King Leoric's Hell Fire Annihilation Slash was nullified. However, it also weakened Ampelos' attack, allowing the Wraith King to deflect it harmlessly to the side.
The Wraith King was a Dreadnaught-Ranked World Boss.
The Leader of the Satyr was an Empyrean-Ranked Alpha Monster.
If it had been based solely on stats, Ampelos was stronger. However, King Leoric had more experience in battle compared to the Satyr.
While the two were fighting, the Satyrs were slowly but surely being pushed back by the Undead Army with some of them getting seriously injured with every blow they traded with their enemy.
Ampelos was also aware of this, so he was thinking of ways he could get the upper hand, or come to a compromise with the Half-Elf, who was commanding the Undead Legion.
The Satyr had noticed that, ever since the battle started, the Skeleton King had not moved from its location. He deemed that if the Skeleton King attacked, it would definitely hit its allies on the battlefield, which was something Lux didn't want to have happen.
'Maybe there's a chance to negotiate,' Ampelos thought as his comrades were starting to die one by one.
Due to the barrier surrounding the Dark Forest, they had no means of escaping their enemies. It was either they die fighting, or surrender in order to survive.
For Ampelos, the choice was simple.
"Stop fighting!" Ampelos shouted. "We surrender! Name your condition! I will do my best to meet your demands!"
King Leoric frowned after hearing Ampelos' shout of surrender. However, the Wraith King no longer made a move to attack and waited for Lux's orders.
Lux's Undead Army also stopped fighting and glanced at their Master who was standing in the distance.
Iris, who was standing behind Lux, lightly pulled on his clothes and nodded her head.
"What they did was unforgivable, but right now, we need information about our enemy," Iris stated. "You can punish them later. Saving Cai, Henrietta, Alicia, and the others takes precedence."
Lux took a deep breath before nodding his head.
In the distance, Blackfire was already swallowing the corpses of the Satyrs who had died in battle, as well as those who were in a near-death condition.
Ampelos and the other Satyrs shuddered as they watched this scene because they already knew that Lux was a Necromancer.
Since he was a Necromancer, their slain comrades could only serve one purpose and that was to turn into his Undead Servants who would further bolster his Army's strength.
"Answer my question," Lux said in a cold tone. "Where are the other people that you had tried to capture earlier? Where did that Succubus Queen take them?"
"I-I will answer your question!" Ampelos shouted in a heartbeat as if he was afraid that if he didn't answer fast enough, Lux would change his mind and annihilate them all.
"You see that Mountain over there with the purple clouds covering its peak?" Ampelos stated as he pointed in the distance. "That is Passion Mountain, and it is also the location of the Passion Palace where Queen Rhiannon, as well as her Succubi, live. She has taken your friends and brought them over there, and I'm sure that you will find them if you go to that place."
Lux glanced at the mountain in the distance before shifting his gaze back to the Leader of the Satyrs, who was doing his best to keep his life.
"How strong is the Succubus Queen?" Lux inquired.
"Demigod!" Ampelos answered. "She is the only Demigod here on the 13th Layer of the Abyss."
Piccoro and Lilian frowned after hearing Ampelos' answer. They had already sensed that a strong being had cast the barrier around the Dark Forest that prevented the Satyrs from escaping.
This could only mean one thing.
The Demigod already knew about their arrival, and simply watched the battle from afar.
Without warning, a purple ray of light descended from the sky. Its target was none other than the Leader of the Satyrs, who didn't expect that the Succubus Queen would kill him in order to shut him up.
A second later, a powerful explosion took place, causing an earthquake that shook the Dark Forest, making the Satyrs cry out in alarm. Some of them were caught in the blast and were instantly obliterated, leaving nothing behind.
The Skeleton King used his gigantic body to block the aftermath of the explosion, protecting his Master as well as their allies behind him.
When the attack ended, a giant crater was seen on the location where Ampelos had stood just a minute ago.
The Satyrs, who thought that their leader had died, all knelt down and cried out in desperation, pleading for the Succubus Queen to spare their lives.
While the Satyrs were crying out in despair, a carefree voice reached their ears.
"That was a close call," Adonis said as he looked at the Satyr that he had saved from the Succubi Queen's wrath. "Are you okay, son?"
"F-Father?!" Ampelos stared in disbelief at the Satyr that was standing beside him. "Is that really you?"
Adonis chuckled before lightly patting his son's head.
"More than a century has passed since we last saw each other," Adonis said with nostalgia. "Although you're still a bit rough on the edges, I'm glad you managed to survive this long, my son."
Ampelos and the surviving Satyrs looked at their former Leader who had gone to fight in the Great War to conquer the world of Elysium.
"To think that the little girl Rhiannon is now a Demigod." Adonis stated. "Time sure flies fast here in the Abyss. Now then, why don't you show yourself, Rhiannon? Or is your Demigod Rank just for show?"
Adonis' challenging tone was met with a sweet laughter that spread in the surroundings.
A moment later, a peerless beauty appeared in the sky above their heads.
Queen Rhiannon looked down in disdain at the former Leader of the Satyrs, who had once made her life difficult when she was still looking for a place to call her home in the Abyss.
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