The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 80
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Chapter 80
Sloth (3)
“Time to die!”
Belphegor’s hand stretched toward Kim Jun.
“「Sloth」.”
Wooooong-!
In an instant, Kim Jun’s shoulders became heavy.
An enormous weight pressed down on him.
As if carrying a mountain on his back, his entire body seemed to sink into the ground.
“「Weakness」.”
Belphegor whispered again.
Strength drained from Kim Jun’s body.
His muscles went limp, his power faded, and his body weakened like an old man facing death.
“Kgh…”
Kim Jun let out a groan.
The hand gripping his sword trembled.
His opponent slowed down while he himself became even faster.
He already had the advantage in speed, but with the debuff applied, the gap would only widen further.
“Now it’s over.”
Belphegor smiled as he raised his dagger.
However.
Whoooosh-!
Red flames blazed from Kim Jun’s body.
“What is… that?”
Belphegor’s eyes widened.
「Dragon Blood Awakening」.
Kim Jun’s blood vessels glowed red.
Dragon blood boiled up and circulated throughout his entire body, and that scorching blood burned away all curses.
Kwaaaaang-!
「Sloth」 shattered.
「Weakness」 disappeared.
His heavy body became light, and his weakened strength revived.
No, it didn’t just revive—it became even stronger than before.
“What the hell are you!!”
Belphegor shouted.
He couldn’t understand it.
For thousands of years, everyone who fell victim to this curse had knelt down, bowed their heads, and eventually died.
Heroes blessed by gods, knights who had slain dragons, those called demon lords, vampires with immortal bodies.
All of them were helpless before Belphegor’s 「Sloth」 and 「Weakness」.
Their strength would drain, their bodies would become heavy, and they would eventually collapse to the ground and die.
There had been no exceptions.
Yet this human was ignoring all of it.
As if he had never been cursed in the first place, acting completely unaffected.
“I told you, I’m human.”
There had to be another way.
There had to be another method.
So Belphegor continued pulling out new tricks one by one to attack Kim Jun.
Crack-!
“「Paralysis」!”
An electric-like energy wrapped around Kim Jun’s body.
But Kim Jun immediately dispelled it with 「Dragon Blood Awakening」.
Thwack-!
“「Confusion」!”
A curse that scrambled the mind poured forth.
Up and down reversed, then left and right reversed as well.
But Kim Jun shattered this one too with 「Dragon Blood Awakening」.
Kwakwakwa-!
“「Binding」!”
Invisible chains bound Kim Jun.
But once again, as expected.
Crack-!
“This can’t be…!”
Belphegor wore an expression of disbelief.
Every debuff.
Every curse.
Every interference.
None of it worked at all.
“Are you… toying with me right now?”
Belphegor’s voice trembled.
With rage.
Kim Jun wasn’t fighting seriously, but testing him instead.
Like handling a toy, he was moving cautiously without delivering fatal blows, as if gauging his opponent.
A mere human was toying with him—someone who had killed countless beings for thousands of years, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
A mere human.
“Your speech pattern got weird. Try talking stupidly again. Like ‘So bothersoooome…’ that way.”
“How dare you…!”
Belphegor’s face contorted.
It was an insult.
To treat him—one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Lord of Sloth—as a laughingstock.
But unfortunately, Belphegor’s suspicion was correct.
Kim Jun was indeed testing Belphegor right now.
How strong he was, what other abilities he had, what hidden trump cards he possessed.
‘I’m curious. Just how far does this guy’s true power extend.’
Belphegor’s real strength that he hadn’t seen before his regression—just how far did it reach.
And Kim Jun was seriously contemplating.
‘What should I do.’
With such a powerful being.
This guy who was superior not only in speed but also in debuff abilities.
Should he kill him.
Or.
“It really would be a waste.”
Kim Jun muttered.
It would be too wasteful to just kill him.
His personal skills were excellent, his speed was among the best in the Tower, and he even possessed various debuffs.
To just eliminate such military strength?
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
It would be much better to keep him alive and use him.
“I think having you as my summon would be good.”
“What did you say…?”
Belphegor stopped in his tracks.
What did he just say?
Summon?
“You.”
Kim Jun pointed his sword at Belphegor.
“Become my summon.”
“You bastard!!”
Belphegor roared.
Insult.
There was no greater insult than this.
To make himself, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Lord of Sloth, into a mere human’s summon?
“Fine!!”
Belphegor’s eyes glowed red.
“I will definitely kill you!!”
Belphegor moved again.
This time was different.
These were movements truly meant to kill.
Without play, without testing, without leisure—filled only with pure killing intent.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-thud-!
His speed increased again.
Speed beyond limits.
Space itself tore apart.
“Die!!”
The dagger flew toward Kim Jun’s heart.
Clang-!
Kim Jun blocked it.
“I said die!!!”
Another attack came flying.
Clang-!
He blocked it again.
“Die! Die! Die!!!”
Continuous attacks.
Endless attacks.
Frenzied attacks.
Clang-! Clang-clang-! Clang-!
But Kim Jun blocked them all.
With ease.
Without showing any signs of strain.
Rather, as if he had been waiting for this kind of battle.
“Try moving faster.”
“You bastard…!!”
“Is that all you can say?”
Belphegor became even more frenzied.
His speed increased further.
Now it was truly the limit.
Going beyond this was impossible, and he instinctively knew that going faster would be dangerous.
But he couldn’t stop.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-thud-!
He became even faster.
At that moment.
Rip-!
The skin on Belphegor’s arm tore.
His own body couldn’t withstand his own speed.
The sound of tearing could be heard.
The sound of skin splitting.
His flesh burst open, unable to withstand the pressure from his too-rapid movements.
From friction with the air—no, from the pressure created by the speed itself, his skin split.
Blood splattered.
But Belphegor didn’t stop.
Faster.
Faster.
Rip-rip-!
Skin tore on his legs too.
On his face as well.
On his chest too.
Blood flowed down from his entire body.
Like running through a thorn bush, new wounds appeared with every movement.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
Belphegor gritted his teeth.
‘This level of pain!’
To himself, who had lived for thousands of years, this level of pain was nothing.
As long as he could kill—as long as he could kill that human—he could endure wounds of this degree.
‘I will definitely kill him.’
He resolved.
Even if his own body completely shattered, he would definitely kill that human.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-thud-!
His speed increased even more.
More blood splattered.
Chunks of flesh fell away.
But.
Clang-! Clang-! Clang-!
Kim Jun still blocked everything.
Every single attack.
Without missing a single one.
‘This is…’
That guy is strong.
Stronger than himself.
No, even calling him strong was insufficient.
It was more accurate to say they were on different dimensions.
‘I can’t win.’
Belphegor admitted.
‘Never against that human.’
In his thousands of years of life, fighting countless enemies, this was the first time he had been so completely overwhelmed.
Had he not given his all?
‘No.’
Belphegor had given his all.
Unable to control his speed, even as his bones crumbled, he hadn’t stopped.
Yet that human had calmly deflected all his attacks.
Complete defeat.
It was a complete defeat.
However.
‘Still.’
Belphegor’s eyes changed.
‘I can’t die like this.’
His pride was wounded.
He couldn’t accept that he, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Lord of Sloth, would kneel before a mere human.
In that case.
‘There’s only one way.’
Belphegor thought.
A slim chance, but the only method that could possibly defeat that bastard.
A method that wounded his pride, but still better than dying without using all his power.
Crack-
Belphegor made his decision.
And.
Swoosh-
He slowly raised his hand.
“…?”
Kim Jun’s eyes narrowed.
Something was strange.
Belphegor’s gesture, his movement, his entire atmosphere had completely changed.
It wasn’t a stance for attacking.
It wasn’t a stance for defending either.
Just stretching his hand toward the sky, as if calling for something.
‘A signal?’
Kim Jun thought.
It looked like he was sending a signal to someone.
Summoning something.
‘Was there something related to that gesture?’
He recalled his memories from before the regression.
Nothing.
He had never seen it before.
When he fought Belphegor before the regression, he had never made such a gesture.
Just as he was thinking that.
“「Gate of Hell」.”
Belphegor’s hand moved.
From above, to below.
“…!”
Kim Jun’s eyes widened.
Gate of Hell.
The skill obtainable when Kim Jun’s 「Diablo」 was enhanced to its maximum.
The ultimate skill that opens the gates of hell to summon a demonic legion.
‘That bastard has it too.’
Understanding came before surprise.
It was natural.
If Kim Jun could use it, there was no reason why Belphegor, a real demon, couldn’t.
In fact, it would be more powerful.
He would summon more.
Thud-!
Vibrations began.
Small vibrations.
But they gradually grew stronger.
Thud-thud-!
The floor shook.
Thud-! Thud-!
Crack-crack-crack-!
The walls split.
Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!
Craaaaaash-!
The ceiling began to collapse.
Chunks of stone fell, pillars crumbled, and the entire palace shook.
It was an earthquake.
No, it was worse than an earthquake.
It felt like the world was turning upside down, like the earth was splitting apart, like everything was collapsing.
And then.
Rrrrrrrip-!
Space tore apart.
Behind Belphegor, a massive rift appeared in the air.
A black rift, a dark crack that swallowed even light.
The Gate of Hell was opening.
Crrrrrrrack-!
The gate opened slowly but surely.
What could be seen beyond it was endless darkness, blazing red flames, and.
Grooooooooaaaaar-!!
Roars.
Countless roars.
Grrrrrrrr-!!
Kraaaaaaak-!!
Kieeeeeeek-!!
Countless voices overlapped and echoed.
Monster howls, demon screams, groans of the dead.
And through that gate.
Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!
Something began to emerge.
Demons.
Dozens of them.
No, hundreds.
No, thousands.
No, that wasn’t it either.
Tens of thousands.
They poured out endlessly.
Large and small, winged, horned, tentacled—all kinds of demons crossed through the gate into this world.
“Six thousand six hundred sixty-six.”
Belphegor said.
Bleeding, with his body covered in wounds.
Nevertheless.
With a voice certain of victory.
“The number of legions under my command.”
Kwaaaaaaaang-!
The palace completely collapsed.
The ceiling fell, the walls toppled, and the pillars broke.
Belphegor’s palace no longer existed.
Instead.
Keuuuuuu-!!
Kraaaaaaak-!!
Demons filled that space.
Thousands of demons surrounded Kim Jun, and even more demons continued pouring out through the doors.
Two thousand.
Three thousand.
Four thousand.
They didn’t stop.
The entire 25th Floor was covered with demons.
The ground wasn’t visible, the sky wasn’t visible, and everywhere was nothing but demons.
No buildings, no terrain, nothing was visible.
Just the red sky, black earth, and countless demons.
That was all.
“Human.”
Belphegor laughed.
While coughing up blood.
“No matter how strong you are.”
As his body crumbled.
“Can you handle these numbers?”
Certain of victory.
Six thousand six hundred sixty-six.
Belphegor’s legion.
All of them roared and approached Kim Jun.
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