The Paladin in the Abyss

Chapter 365: 379: The Weakness is the Heart

Chapter 365: Chapter 379: The Weakness is the Heart

The Demons’ innate armor was useless against weapons forged from cold iron—the sharp blade easily sliced through the Succubus’s delicate flesh, plunged into her heart, then drew a horizontal line along the gap between two ribs, finally coming to rest against her spine.

Half of the Succubus’s chest cavity was completely open, and fresh blood spilled from the beautiful demon’s chest like boiling water overflowing its vessel. She instinctively tried to press down on the gushing wound, but that was a futile attempt. Who had launched the surprise attack? How had they gotten behind her? When had she missed such a lethal threat?

The dying Succubus tried to turn her head to see who had killed her. However, a slender hand pressed continuously on her shoulder, not strong, but more than a heart-pierced demon could resist.

Who... is... it...

The Succubus felt her thoughts slowing down, and death—like a thick, cold tentacle—wrapped tightly around her.

The Succubus collapsed in silence, revealing the figure of a red-eyed girl behind her. Little Isabella quietly stepped back, blending once again into the shadows.

...

Lancelot might have hesitated to attack a female demon due to the knightly spirit deep within his heart, but Isabella had no such qualms. From Mogrondale to Miasma Swamp, then to Gaomendikolia, the vampire wanderer became increasingly familiar with combat, and Kamoen’s performance the night before inspired her greatly, encouraging her to try riskier but more rewarding moves in battle.

As the Succubus fell, another sound of a cracked chitinous shell echoed from another corner of the arena. Under Lancelot’s overpowering strength, which was quite disproportionate to his build, the Berserk Demon’s hard pincers finally shattered, revealing the mangled flesh within.

The succubus let out a piercing scream. The Elf Priest’s strike clearly caused it immense pain. The demon tried to rotate its pincers to drive away the enemies around it, but Lancelot’s recent overhead slash was not that simple—he had used the Entangling Sword technique from swordsmanship. The Great Sword had collided with the claw and not shattered apart but stuck tightly to it, leaving the demon unable to retract its pincers.

In the intense battle, those few seconds of vulnerability were enough to decide the outcome. The Succubus Paladin, ablaze with golden flames, plunged into the succubus’s back, then rapidly pulled out before thrusting in and out again and again...

The succubus’s two smaller fists frantically pummeled the paladin in front of it, but a layer of blue light shield blocked all the attacks while automatically counterattacking with Sword Qi, leaving the demon’s pair of smaller arms bloody and mutilated, and Lancelot’s Great Sword still tightly entangled with the demon’s pincers, leaving it defenseless to the attacks from behind.

Meanwhile, the skull that was originally hanging on the succubus’s waist suddenly flew out, biting onto the succubus’s dog-like face, almost tearing it off.

When the demon’s claws finally separated from the sword blade, Elothysia had already stabbed seven or eight holes into its back, with at least two traversing the heart at different angles. It turned its head, trying to see what was happening behind it, but Cromwell, still stuck to its face, blocked its line of sight.

This huge beast fell to the ground with a thud, dead.

With the death of the two succubi, the summoning of the Berserk Demon was immediately terminated. Clearly, this was actually a salvation for them, regardless of the fact that two toads had been taken down already, their bodies weren’t going to leave together.

Bruto’s opponent, after having one leg broken, could still fight on thanks to the demon’s tolerance for pain, but the immobilized toad no longer posed any threat to the Dwarf. Bruto could have easily stood back and used his Magic Flying Hammer to smash the enemy to death, but the Dwarf clearly preferred the feeling of demons turning into mush under his hands.

Kamoen fought with more finesse. Once all the enemy’s limbs were severed, the Berserk Demon could only use its foul-smelling mouth to lunge at the Dark Elf, who then took the chance for a sliding tackle. The Scimitar slid from the toad’s chin down to the groin, and when the Berserk Demon tried to get up again, it left all its entrails behind on the ground.