First of All, I’m Drinking - Chapter 107
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Episode 107
“Kugh!”
Adora, pinned under the Beast Emperor’s claws, flailed like a fish and shot out black demonic energy like thorns.
When the Beast Emperor turned his head to dodge the attack, Adora didn’t miss that opening.
“Get away, you disgusting monster!”
A new spear formed on Adora’s right arm.
A spear that gave off a similar feeling to the Annihilation Spear Gradnir, yet had a much more murderous appearance.
‘Dark Extreme Spear Krenil.’
That too was one of Lucifer’s sacred artifacts.
Whoosh-!
As Adora swung Krenil, the Beast Emperor had no choice but to fall back from her.
The Beast Emperor retreated to where I was standing.
I whispered in his ear.
“Shall I help you?”
The Beast Emperor laughed heartily as if telling me to stop talking nonsense.
“Kuhaha, you certainly have spirit. Did you just offer to help me, the 5th of the Top 10 Strongest of the Continent?”
“It was a joke.”
“That was an unfunny joke.”
The Beast Emperor extended his claws.
Late 8-star.
An aura as massive as Mount Tai, almost reaching the 9-star realm, enveloped the Beast Emperor’s entire body.
He didn’t even need a weapon.
The Beast Emperor’s entire body was a weapon itself.
“Just stay back there and watch quietly.”
Just before charging into enemy territory.
Beast Emperor Samaho Renji turned his head and looked at me intently.
“Because this is the path you must walk from now on.”
Thud-!
The ground shattered from the vibration of his kick off the earth.
The Beast Emperor charged at Adora with incredible speed.
Adora raised her spear and swung it horizontally.
Slash-!
Red blood spurted out.
Though it was just a single drop, I was startled.
The late 8-star aura barrier had been pierced.
‘Indeed, the power of a sacred artifact.’
The Beast Emperor seemed equally surprised.
He probably never expected his defense to be breached.
Even with the sacred artifact’s enhancement, Adora’s own martial prowess far transcended ordinary levels.
Of course, that reversal ended with just that one strike.
Crack-!
The Beast Emperor’s front paw struck Adora’s solar plexus.
“Kugh!”
Adora’s face contorted in pain.
Adora, who had fallen back, took her stance once more.
Grrrrowl-!
Demonic energy gathered into dozens of masses and floated above her head.
Each mass was forged into the shape of a sharp spear.
This entire process unfolded in an instant.
Kwaaaaa-!
The demonic energy spears all rushed toward the Beast Emperor at once.
Simultaneously, the Beast Emperor’s pupils flashed with golden light, and white steam began rising from between his sharp teeth.
“Krwaaaaaaah!”
The Beast Emperor wildly swung his front paws like a maniac.
Thududududu-!
The demonic energy spears clashed with the Beast Emperor’s claws.
The Beast Emperor deflected the attacks by swinging his front paws at invisible speeds.
Thunderous roars and flashing lights dazzled everyone’s vision.
“Ooh…”
Kise chuckled softly.
“That’s the 5th of the Top 10 Strongest of the Continent… truly impressive. Well, we’ve encountered even stronger ones though.”
He seemed to be referring to when we all fled together from Duke Ifrit.
The Duke’s ranking was 4th, one level higher than the Beast Emperor’s.
“Be quiet.”
Merry gave him a warning look.
“What if someone hears you?”
“I already cast a sound barrier spell. Except from the Prince.”
Looking at them in the distance, Kise waved his hand slightly.
Merry and Diago sighed.
Meanwhile, the beastmen were captivated by the overwhelming spectacle their king was displaying.
“As expected of His Majesty!”
“I can’t even imagine His Majesty losing to anyone!”
Sparks created from the collision between Adora’s demonic energy and the Beast Emperor’s claws spread like fireworks, brilliantly illuminating the night sky.
The Beast Emperor showed no signs of fatigue.
Still swinging his front paws at lightning speed, he slowly advanced toward Adora.
“Uuugh…! Uuuugh!”
Adora desperately shot out spears of demonic energy.
But it wasn’t enough to stop the 5th of the Top 10 Strongest of the Continent.
The distance between the two gradually narrowed.
“Don’t come! Don’t come closer, you monster!”
Adora desperately unleashed her demonic energy.
Beams of demonic energy shot out from the Dark Extreme Spear Krenil like lasers.
Swoosh-
The Beast Emperor easily deflected the beams.
Step by step.
With each step the Beast Emperor took forward, Adora’s face grew paler.
“Aah…!”
She repeatedly thrust her other palm, the one not holding Krenil, toward the Beast Emperor.
She had undoubtedly severed the connection with me and was attempting sympathetic resonance on the Beast Emperor.
However, the Beast Emperor seemed completely unaffected.
His head didn’t burst, nor did his strength wane.
Due to the overwhelming difference in their levels, even her authority didn’t work.
Thud.
Finally, the Beast Emperor reached right in front of Adora.
The spears of demonic energy that had been pouring down like rain also lost their form and scattered.
Whoosh-!
She swung Krenil down, aiming for his forehead, but the Beast Emperor easily deflected even that.
As if allowing that first wound was simply because he hadn’t properly understood the sacred artifact’s power.
An absolute being who remained vigilant was more than even an Agent of the Demon Lords could handle.
“I’ve been counting the days, waiting to stand before you like this.”
The Emperor bared his teeth and growled.
Immeasurable rage.
And hatred.
“Kidnapping our citizens and throwing them as food for demons… Disrupting the nation’s order and massacring countless lives.”
His aura-filled front paw blocked out the moon.
“Repent with your life.”
Crack-!
The Emperor’s claws struck down at Adora’s neck.
There was no way an ordinary human body could withstand an attack containing such physical force.
But Adora’s neck did not break.
“Hmm?”
Seeing the Emperor’s brow furrow, he too seemed puzzled that he couldn’t kill her in one blow.
‘Too much life force plundered through her authority… Is she even defying the laws of physics?’
That was the only way to see it.
There was no telling how many lives she had extorted and how much life force she had plundered over hundreds of years.
However, her opponent was the Emperor.
With just a few more strikes, even that tenacious life force would soon be exhausted.
Whoooosh-
Wind blew.
Adora’s ears, hidden by her long straight hair, were exposed.
They weren’t human ears.
“Cat…ears?”
They were pointed in shape and covered with fur.
No matter how I looked at them, they were cat ears.
Could that woman possibly be a beastman?
‘But then again, all her other parts look completely human.’
The Emperor, Genta, Muramad, and all the other beastmen too.
They resembled intelligent animals that walked upright, with no human parts to be found.
“You…”
The Emperor’s eyes, which had shown nothing but hatred, calmed considerably.
“You’re a half-blood. Half beastman.”
At those words, my eyes widened.
A hybrid of human and beastman?
‘Is that even possible?’
Beastmen and humans are both intelligent beings, but their appearances are completely different.
Not only would they be unable to feel love for each other, but biologically, pregnancy wouldn’t be possible either.
I was definitely taught that when I lived in the Imperial Capital.
“How did an existence like you come to be born?”
The Emperor seemed equally curious.
Adora’s expression twisted grotesquely.
Her eyes sank deeply as if recalling the past.
“I was a test subject. From an experiment conducted hundreds of years ago… An experiment to create chimeras from beastmen and humans.”
Everyone present was shocked.
Even the Demon Worshippers seemed unaware of this fact, their mouths hanging open.
“The experiment was agonizing. I was a failure, originally destined to be discarded. If not for the help of one researcher who took pity on me, I probably wouldn’t have survived.”
Her fist gripping Krenil trembled violently.
“I was lucky to survive, but living wasn’t really living. With a human appearance but beastman characteristics, I wasn’t welcome anywhere.”
If it was hundreds of years ago, public perception would have been far more conservative than now.
I could vividly see the contempt and discrimination Adora must have faced in her life.
“Being beaten for no reason was daily routine, and even when I was violated, no one protected me. Neither in beastman society nor human society. I was rejected by everyone.”
One of the Demon Worshippers nodded as if understanding.
“I see… So that’s why your personality was so twisted.”
Pop-!
That Demon Worshipper’s head exploded without warning.
The other Demon Worshippers flinched and trembled, then straightened their postures neatly.
“So.”
The Emperor asked without hiding his anger.
“What’s the reason for recounting your past now? Are you asking for forgiveness because you’re pitiful?”
The hatred that had somewhat subsided upon learning she was a hybrid of beastman and human was exploding again.
“Shut your mouth. No matter how tragic a past you have, no matter how miserable your circumstances! You die here today.”
The Emperor raised his front paw once more.
In Adora’s eyes as she looked at the aura-filled front paw, I felt a mysterious emotion.
It seemed like she had given up on life, yet I could sense an attachment to this world.
“As you say, there’s no way for me to survive in this situation.”
Adora’s mouth opened.
“I die now. But… after I die, Lord Lucifer will judge you all!”
Those words were closer to a curse than a dying wish.
They contained an ominousness that coiled around the chest like a serpent.
“Kuhek!”
One Demon Worshipper clutched his chest and collapsed.
“Kuhak!”
“Heoheok!”
Thud, thud.
Like an orchestra performance, the Demon Worshippers let out death throes and collapsed one after another.
Of the hundreds of Demon Worshippers, none remained standing.
It was obvious where all that vast life force had gone.
“You… sacrifice others even until the moment of death.”
From the Emperor, I felt disgust in addition to anger and hatred.
“Utterly vile to the very end. I should have killed you before listening to your words.”
His massive front paw fell toward Adora’s skull.
Thud.
Adora raised Krenil to block the Emperor’s front paw.
The Emperor’s brow twitched.
Not because his attack was suddenly blocked.
He could no longer sense any life from her.
She had already died while standing.
Yet the arm holding Krenil moved to block the Emperor’s attack.
‘What is this?’
I had seen many cases of the dead moving.
Necromancers, undead revival including Hwain resurrection, and other necromancy.
But that didn’t look like necromancy.
Hissssss…
Demonic energy seeped out from her empty eye sockets and all the holes in her body.
Not demonic power, but demonic energy.
Pure black demonic energy continued to pour out from dead Adora’s body.
And it was the demonic energy of someone I knew well.
“-!!”
An ominous premonition struck my spine with a chill.
I shouted toward the Emperor at the top of my lungs.
“Step back immediately! Right now!”
Whether he heard my desperate cry, the Emperor retreated backward.
At the same time, explosive demonic energy erupted from Adora.
Kuooooooo-!!
The surging demonic energy condensed into the form of a horned demon under the moonlight.
It was so massive that its form could be seen even from distant Mantangkar City.
Only the upper body was solid while the lower half scattered like smoke, but its majesty was not diminished.
‘That bastard is…!’
I widened my eyes and stared at that form.
Long straight hair flowing down to the waist.
Clearly defined muscles and pale skin.
Features handsome enough to be called beautiful with refined lines.
Slowly-
Its eyes opened.
[The air of the Intermediate Realm has been quite a long time indeed.]
Thump thump.
My heart pounded as if it would burst.
At the voice I heard for the first time in 17 years, every cell in my body throbbed as if going wild.
[Are you the ones? Those who harmed my agent.]
Lucifer, the second seat of the Demon Realm’s Pantheon.
He had manifested in the Intermediate Realm by borrowing his agent’s body.
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