First of All, I’m Drinking - Chapter 106

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Episode 106

Adora’s gaze swept over the beastman knights.

Sensing something ominous, the beastmen took combat positions.

“She’s Lucifer’s agent.”

Genta’s eyes widened upon hearing my words.

Genta immediately shouted with all his might to the beastmen.

“Everyone be careful! The enemy is their leader! Lucifer’s agent!”

The beastmen’s bodies trembled for a moment.

“That’s her…”

“The Demon Lord’s agent…”

Adora gracefully waved her hand.

Her arm fluttered as if caressing the air, slowly descending downward.

‘Is she trying to use her authority!’

I shouted loudly to everyone.

“Everyone dodge!”

But it was already too late.

Pop-pop-pop-pop-!

The beastmen’s heads exploded.

Defense was impossible.

The attack had no warning signs or form.

Despite being firmly prepared, they were helplessly cut down by the unknown attack.

“Everyone retreat! Fall back and reorganize the formation!”

Genta gritted his teeth, having lost a considerable number of his subordinates in an instant.

“Prince Asel. Is that Lucifer’s authority?”

It was on a different level.

The beastmen who had fought well against the entire Lucifer Sect couldn’t even mount a proper counterattack.

“Yes.”

I nodded.

“I heard from the demon I interrogated. It’s an authority called Sympathetic Resonance.”

Sympathetic Resonance.

The reason Lucifer could rival the highest-ranking deities, at least in one-on-one combat.

It’s an authority that connects the opponent’s body to oneself, forcibly exerting physical power.

The caster can steal anything from the connected body.

Lifespan, youth, vitality.

Adora herself must have been prolonging her life by devouring hundreds of lives in this manner.

Conversely, it’s also possible to bestow something upon the target.

“In Adora’s case, she seems to prefer combat by applying pressure to the head and making it explode.”

“So you’re saying the heads exploding is because they’re connected to Lucifer’s agent through her authority?”

“That’s correct.”

Genta gripped his weapon.

“Then we just need to block the connection.”

“That’s impossible.”

The connection conditions for Sympathetic Resonance are quite lenient.

The caster and target sharing the same sensation.

For example, seeing the same thing, hearing the same sound, or touching the same object…

Unless you fight while blocking all senses, it’s difficult to physically prevent the connection.

“We can’t prevent the connection. We have to fight while bound.”

“How…?”

Normally, the standard approach would be to push forward using numerical superiority.

Sympathetic Resonance can only bind one target at a time.

If hundreds of soldiers charged all at once, even Lucifer’s agent wouldn’t have the means to stop them all.

But.

‘That woman… she’s too skilled at utilizing the authority.’

Adora had just burst multiple heads almost simultaneously.

How was that possible?

She forms a bond with Sympathetic Resonance, executes them, then immediately connects with another person.

She must have repeated this process on dozens of people in less than a second.

Fast enough to create the illusion of simultaneity.

‘In terms of utilizing authority, she might even surpass Lucifer himself.’

A formidable enemy.

Perhaps the strongest opponent I’ve encountered so far.

But I had reliable allies.

“Now it’s time for us to step forward.”

Merry approached carefully.

Kise and Diago also stood beside Merry, steeling their resolve with stern faces.

“No. You guys wait in the back. I’ll go first, so if it looks like I’m being pushed back, don’t step in right away—hesitate twice before helping.”

“What?”

“That seems too reckless…”

I shook my head firmly.

“Has anything I’ve said ever been wrong? Trust me this time too.”

Could they resist Lucifer’s authority?

Sympathetic Resonance is a dangerous ability.

I might lose precious subordinates in vain if I’m not careful.

“Remember. Even if you want to help, hesitate twice.”

“…Under, no, understood.”

After getting Merry’s confirmation, I rushed out to the battlefield.

All the beastmen had withdrawn from the front line.

Adora was slowly walking toward the manor, taking her time.

“…”

Adora tilted her head slightly upon spotting me.

“A human?”

It was a question wondering why there was a human in the beastmen’s country.

I bared my teeth in a grin.

“Did you receive the gift I sent you well?”

At those words, veins bulged on Adora’s forehead.

Whooooo-

Terrifying demonic energy surged around her.

“…So it was you.”

The enraged Adora glared fiercely and raised her hand.

“Die.”

Thump-!

A shock as if my heart was sinking.

Adora and I were connected through Lucifer’s authority, Sympathetic Resonance.

I felt the sensation of pressure on my head.

If I lost focus, my head would explode in an instant like the other beastmen.

But even after dozens of seconds passed, I remained unharmed.

A question mark appeared on Adora’s expression too.

“…What? Why isn’t the authority…”

“Aren’t you trying to take the easy way out?”

I had resisted Sympathetic Resonance even when Lucifer himself cast it.

No matter how outstanding one’s utilization of divine authority might be, an agent could never surpass a deity.

“Blowing heads off won’t work on me. Let’s have a fair and square fight.”

This was what you’d call a difference in class.

The class of my soul that had ascended to the Pantheon was far too great for someone like Adora to handle.

“You all stay out of this.”

Adora coldly commanded the priests.

“I’ll tear that bastard apart myself.”

Murderous eyes focused solely on me.

Swoooosh-

Demonic energy swirled as a massive spear was grasped in Adora’s right hand.

Lucifer’s sacred relic.

The World-Destroying Spear, Gradnir.

Lucifer was originally the deity who possessed the most sacred relics among the Eight Demons.

While Gradnir was slightly lower in rank among the sacred relics, it was still a sacred relic crafted directly by a Demon Lord.

It was definitely superior to the Sword God’s sacred relic I had seen at the consecration ceremony before.

‘To think he bestowed even a sacred relic.’

It seemed Lucifer truly cherished Adora.

‘The sense of loss when she dies will be much greater then.’

Saliva pooled in my mouth.

Imagining Lucifer’s distorted face after losing his agent made my excitement rise.

Thwack-!

Adora charged forward, thrusting Gradnir ahead.

I wrapped my sword in demonic attribute aura.

I had no intention of holding back.

I’d go full power from the start.

‘Star Creation.’

Roooooar-

A dark, massive star rose in the night sky.

The star emitted suffocating heat, melting trees and earth.

“What is that!”

“I heard he’s only 17 years old…”

“That’s incredible!”

The beastmen marveled at the scale of the technique, far beyond their imagination.

There was one more surprising aspect.

“Gaaaah-!”

“P-please spare me!”

Unlike the enemy priests suffering from the star’s heat, our allies sustained no particular damage.

“That technique seems controllable to only damage enemies?”

The beastmen gaped in admiration.

“To have such power at such a young age…”

“How much more will he grow in the future.”

“That friend will become the next generation’s strongest in the world.”

Adora’s spear techniques pressed me hard.

“All flash and no substance won’t cut it.”

True to her words, Adora seemed perfectly fine even under the star’s heat.

It didn’t matter.

Star Creation wasn’t used to attack Adora anyway.

It was meant to keep the priests and holy knights in check.

‘She did order them not to interfere with her own mouth, but you never know.’

Black clouds gathered.

Thousands of lightning bolts poured down from the sky.

Pluton-style demonic energy application.

Dark Heaven Shocking Thunder – Enhanced.

Rummmmmble!

Thunder and lightning, strengthened by the star’s heat, violently pounded the ground.

A massive star continuously emitting heat in real-time.

And even amid the mercilessly striking lightning, Adora calmly wielded her spear.

I raised my eyebrows.

‘She’s way too unscathed?’

Dark Heaven Shocking Thunder was a technique I had cast with full power to gain the upper hand early on.

However, not even a small scratch appeared on Adora’s body.

I soon understood the reason.

‘Divine authority is influencing this.’

Lucifer’s divine authority, Sympathetic Resonance.

Even if overwhelming displays like blowing heads off in one strike like with the beastmen were difficult.

Sympathetic Resonance was gradually stealing my energy.

This must be how it feels to have blood sucked by a vampire.

Meanwhile, Adora looked even more energetic than before, perhaps due to the energy stolen from me.

“Die.”

Adora’s demonic power created three spheres.

The spheres orbited around Adora’s body.

As I approached, the spheres struck my body with crushing force.

“Cough!”

Blood gushed out violently.

My side burned with pain.

Despite defending with aura, I sustained a fatal wound.

Immediately after, Gradnir’s spear blade stabbed toward my side.

Swoosh-!

The spear pierced through my body.

Unpleasant memories came flooding back.

The past when Vergil’s spear had pierced my abdomen before I died in the Demon Realm was overlapping.

“Asel!”

Merry, Kise, and Diago shouted urgently.

I hurriedly held up my index and middle fingers behind my back.

Twice.

Even if they wanted to help, hesitate twice – that was the message.

One time remained now.

“Heh.”

Toward Adora, who was smiling triumphantly after stabbing the spear in.

I sent a cold sneer.

“Did you think you won with this?”

I walked forward while still pierced by the spear.

I needed to pull out the spear embedded in my body.

Retreating backward was the worst option.

The spear blade spread like an arrowhead would catch anyway, making it impossible to pull out.

The conclusion was to advance.

Exit through the relatively thin handle portion.

“!!”

For the first time since the battle began, Adora was shocked.

By common sense, one should collapse immediately after having their belly pierced by a spear.

It must have been the first time he saw a human advancing while scattering demonic energy in that state.

‘Pluton-style demonic energy application.’

Wind Extreme Flash Style.

Whoooosh-!

A black storm formed with Gradnir’s handle as the focal point.

Wind and scenery were sucked into the center of the storm.

“Kugh!”

Adora had no choice but to let go of the spear.

If she stayed still, she would be swept up in that storm herself.

Swoosh.

I pulled Gradnir from behind my back.

As it was grasped by hands that weren’t its owner’s, Gradnir erupted with demonic power and went wild.

‘Stay still.’

I generated a small amount of demonic energy in my grip.

Invisible to others’ eyes, only felt by Gradnir held in my hand.

The violent pulsing quieted down.

Had it sensed the dense demonic energy of a being who had ascended to the Pantheon?

Despite being a spear, ecstatic emotions were transmitted through my fingertips.

‘From now on, I am your master.’

Wooong-!

Gradnir resonated brightly.

Adora looked at the spear in my hand as if she couldn’t believe it.

“That’s impossible… Gradnir abandoned me and acknowledged a new master?”

Lucifer’s sacred relic had abandoned Lucifer’s representative and chosen a new master.

Not only Adora, but even the priests who had been suffering from the heat showed the same desire to deny reality.

“It can’t be…! I’ll kill you painfully. In the most agonizing way you can imagine!”

Ignoring Adora who was trembling alone.

I counted down in my mind.

‘5, 4…’

The reason I had told him to hesitate twice was because I thought he would arrive around that time.

But he arrived before even reaching the second hesitation.

My most reliable ally.

Crash-!

The Emperor’s claws struck down above Adora’s head.

“The one dying today is you. Not that friend.”

A razor-sharp voice cut through the night sky.

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