Chapter 260: The Bell of Hypnos Saves the Day
James instantly lunged forward. Using his dark stepping ability, he managed to cover a good distance and instantly appeared in front of the demon.
He made a move to thrust his sword Lumen at the demon, but the demon's other claw blocked his move.
It was incredible that even a sword like Lumen could be blocked so easily, showing the extent of the demon's power.
Still, no one was perfect, unless there was a being as superior as the creator, even the most powerful being would have a way to die.
At that very moment, Chao appeared behind the demon, his claw glowing. Maybe that's what Qi was all about, maybe that's why everyone had worked so long to get this miraculous power, but neither James nor the demon cared.
Just as Chao was making his move, a huge dirty aura was released.
James and Chao were literally being pushed by this dirty aura, and Chao suddenly grabbed James and started running because of the huge sense of danger.
In just two or three seconds, the sound of a huge explosion rose into the sky:
"BOOOOOOM!!!!"
The area was enclosed in a big circle and a huge crater was formed in just a second.
There was not even a cloud of smoke, it was as if this circle, which covered almost two hundred metres, had suddenly erased the existence of everything in the area. It was an incredible sight in every sense of the word.
It was as if the demon inside the crater had evolved, James could see it very clearly. Just a minute ago, this demon, which looked skinny and evil, suddenly had a healthy body, even if it was not muscular. All the demon's wounds, including his arm, seemed to have healed.
"Second Boss Phase? Are you shitting me?" James suddenly said.
With these words, he felt the dirty aura starting to come towards him, which seemed to mean that the demon was going to make its move.
James suddenly raised the Godly Sword Lumen to guard and suddenly a blow landed right in the centre of the sword.
James was sent flying backwards for several tens of metres after the blow to his sword and literally bounced on the ground like a stone skipping on water.
He instantly realised that the blow had broken his right hand, the hand holding the Lumen.
The demon's power level had suddenly increased to a gigantic level, even the dirty aura was at a level that could drown people, James was lucky, if his aura had not been this high, he would probably have drowned in this dirty aura.
"Be careful James! It's not a normal demon, I just remembered, it's an Ancient Demon." Vladimir suddenly said. James shook his head at these words churning in his mind and then said, "First the Ancient Giant, now the Ancient Demon. I thought these monsters were killed by Erebus, he couldn't do a job properly!!!" he shouted.
After that, he reached for his inventory and immediately took out a health potion and drank it. It was possible to see that his life energy was quite damaged due to the blow he received.
It was possible to see that his wrist started to recover a little bit after he swallowed the health potion.
"Do ancient demons have a weakness?" James suddenly asked, and immediately a message window opened in front of him:
[They have a weakness in the element of time and the element of darkness. Even if fire damages them, you don't have enough mana to kill it, you can try with aura, but I don't know if you can kill it unless you use everything you have right now].
After reading what was written in the message window, James nodded his head in understanding and then smiled and said "What about The Bell of Hypnos? Can this item put him to sleep?" he asked.
With these words, every single person watching him smiled and understood James' evil plan.
[It doesn't put you to sleep, but it slows you down incredibly, The Bell of Hypnos is a cursed item in a way. The sleeping curse itself.]
James smiled as this answer came from Chronos himself, and then he was on the move.
Chao was preparing to follow James, who had suddenly passed by him, when he suddenly heard this young man's voice again in his mind, right in his mind.
"I'm going to use an item that can affect even some gods and holy beasts, at least don't come within three hundred metres, Chao."
With these words, James continued to use his dark step ability and finally managed to get to the place where the 'ancient' demon was.
The ancient demon looked at this young man who still dared to stand in front of him in astonishment, and his interest was instantly dissipated. James had literally no clothes left on. James had put his Void items in his inventory just in case, and his Griffon Feather Sleeved Shirt had been shredded while fighting the demon.
He was using only the legendary item Epsilon, which he wore as a buckle, the rings he received from Archangel Michael and Fallen Angel Lucifer, the Sword Scabbard of the Unknown, and finally the Adamant armour Lux.
In short, he had lost a very valuable item, but at least not everything had been destroyed.
"Vile beings. You used to grovel at our feet and lick our feet just to get a few favours from us, now you are so laboured and brazen that you can stand in front of me." the Ancient Demon suddenly said.
Even if James was angry at these words, he had a plan, he had to get close to the item he was going to use for it to work quite well.
Waiting for just the right moment, he suddenly pulled out The Bell of Hypnos from his inventory and then instantly put the item into use, rushing towards the Ancient Demon.
[3...]
[2.....]
[1....]
As soon as the three-second waiting time expired, an incredible energy spread around.
The Ancient Demon didn't realise what was happening, he instantly fell to his knees, he could hardly keep his eyes closed, he was still conscious, but it was as if all the speed status points in his body had disappeared.
As soon as James saw this situation, he grabbed Lumen tightly with his left hand and then made a move on the Ancient Demon.
Before the Godly Sword Lumen hit the Ancient Demon in front of him, the demon managed to dodge and was able to stand up enough to come to him.
James, on the other hand, had activated his time element at that very moment and then charged forward, filling his sword with aura and magic.
The Godly Sword Lumen suddenly sliced through the ancient demon's abdomen.
When the second from the time element ended, the Ancient Demon fell face down on the ground and looked at James with fear.
With a smile, James activated 8 Sacred Fire and threw the ice flame at the ancient demon.
The ancient demon started screaming. Even though he was trying to heal, the effect of the ice burn on him had completely frozen his wound and burned it at the same time, in short, his healing abilities were not working.
[The Bell of Hypnos has been destroyed.]
When James was confronted with this message, he raised the Godly Sword Lumen into the air again and then said 'Pierce!' and slashed the throat of the ancient demon that had fallen on its face.
[My Legendary Achievement Won!
Kill a monster with a holy race for the first time!
Item selection card gifted!]
James smiled at this notification and realised at that moment that it was time to act, thinking that this could be dealt with later.
He waited in the area for five minutes until the ancient demon's body turned to ash and disappeared, and then turned to Chao and said, "It's done."
Chao couldn't believe what he was hearing. He didn't know what item James had used, but such a disgusting creature could not be killed so easily, and whatever James had done, Chao's respect for him surpassed the vastness of the mountains.
"Let's go," James said, and Chao followed James without question.
After almost five minutes, when the battlefield was reached again, James and Chao joined the battle alongside the rest.
With each of their moves, the end of the battle continued to come.
After only thirty minutes, the monsters, which were already almost exhausted, were exhausted, and James and Ariel left the scene by jumping on the back of Chao, who had returned to his Gryphon form.
Neither James nor Ariel had taken anything from the bodies of the monsters, wishing that the money from those materials would be there to fix this part of the empire.
However, after two days of incredibly fast travelling, it was back to the imperial palace.
Cordelia, of course, was waiting on the balcony to greet them.