**Chapter 55: Total Annihilation!**
Firelight danced before him.
Soren watched as the coward demons rushed chaos through the front, and without hesitation, he fled in another direction.
No strength, no weapons, no equipment; he was just an ordinary person now. Even dealing with a single coward demon would be challenging, let alone a horde of them. For reasons he could not disclose to others, he had a fairly clear understanding of the coward demons’ strength. With his current civilian qualities, he estimated that he couldn’t withstand even a single blow from their ‘stinking cloud technique’.
“Vitality only around 10 points!”
“Strength also about 10 points!”
“Agility a bit higher, but won’t exceed 14 points!…”
After just a few steps, Soren had a rough judgment of his attributes, realizing he was akin to a slightly more agile ordinary person. Not to mention dealing with these coward demons, even a newly promoted warrior would struggle against him. As for escaping the village, Soren had outright ruled it out. Firstly, he was resistant to the idea of fleeing without a fight, and secondly, it was already dark. Given the village’s road situation, it was clear it was not near any town, surrounded instead by dense woods.
With his current physical condition, even if he didn’t encounter monsters outside, a wild beast could k*ll him.
He couldn’t see anything outside; it was pitch-black!
“Weapons!”
“I must find a weapon first!”
Relying solely on his fists would not be enough to defeat the coward demons. If he even brushed against their sharp claws, he’d likely end up gutted. He had top-notch combat skills, but without a weapon, defeating a coward demon was impossible. The flames flickered all around, and the battle on the other side of the village still raged on, but the sounds of resistance had weakened considerably. The village was relatively large, housing several hundred people. Many houses were already on fire, and Soren couldn’t rush in to find a weapon, as he risked being cornered by the coward demons pursuing him.
“This kind of village must have a blacksmith shop!”
Soren quickly scanned his surroundings, thinking, “The primitive environment requires them to be self-sufficient; a blacksmith is a key figure for maintaining daily life!”
The scenery rushed past him.
After sprinting for just a couple of hundred meters, Soren began to feel fatigue. However, he finally spotted the blacksmith’s forge.
Sure enough!
A remote village still needed a blacksmith.
Soren dashed into the blacksmith’s shop, but the next moment left him somewhat dumbfounded!
Kitchen knives, sickles, and hoes.
No longswords, no curved blades; the sharpest weapon Soren could find was a newly forged kitchen kn*fe!
Aside from that, sickles were the most common, followed by a newly assembled hoe, and not even a blacksmith’s hammer was found. It was uncertain if the smith had taken them away. It seemed Soren had held too high hopes for the blacksmith shop in such a village; a true craftsman who could forge weapons probably wouldn’t be found in such a remote place. This blacksmith looked like one who merely satisfied ordinary villagers’ needs, occasionally crafting a few kitchen knives or sickles.
No time to dwell on it!
Soren gritted his teeth and grabbed the brand-new kitchen kn*fe, swinging it backward at the leading coward demon.
He couldn’t run anymore.
His strength could not match that of these demons. The more he ran, the more exhausted he became; it was better to confront them head-on.
Clang!
The kitchen kn*fe clashed against the coward demon’s claws, and Soren was stunned to see a notch appear on the blade.
“d*mn!”
At that moment, even Soren couldn’t hold back. When he fought before, he at least had a decent weapon; even a dagger would do!
But a kitchen kn*fe that chipped right at the start of the fight? What the heck?
Splat.
A spray of bl**d erupted.
Even wielding a kitchen kn*fe, Soren managed to gut the coward demon before him. If it weren’t for the utter lack of weapon strength and his power being limited to that of an ordinary human, he reckoned he could have killed the coward demon with a single blow.
Urarara!
The bl**d excited the demons’ frenzy. A swarm of coward demons surged forward, quickly engulfing Soren in their ranks.
………………
“d*mn it!”
Soren suddenly opened his eyes. With a surge of terrible divine pressure, an invisible wave of energy surged outward. He lightly stomped his foot, and the ground within a twenty-meter radius around him shattered completely. Accompanied by a rumbling noise, a twenty-meter tall stone pillar collapsed directly beside him. The magic circle above him gradually dimmed, and with just a gentle stomp, Soren had destroyed the array beneath his feet.
Tower Spirit 13 frowned slightly, speaking in a cold voice, “Challenge failed!”
“Please do not destroy everything here! Otherwise, I will consider you an enemy!…”
With a gentle wave of its hand, the shattered ground gradually rejoined, the collapsed pillar rose again, and the magical array beneath Soren’s feet glimmered once more.
It was clear that everything here was under its control; otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to freely manipulate the forces of the demi-plane.
Soren felt a bit mentally fatigued.
But inside, it felt as if a fire was pent-up within him, and he solemnly said, “Let’s try again! I just wasted a bit of time when I first entered!”
Dying at the hands of coward demons was simply unforgivable!
As long as he had a sword, even a low-grade longsword, Soren was confident he could take down these coward demons one after another.
But damned if he only had a kitchen kn*fe!
What could he fight with that?
Soren was so frustrated he could spit bl**d. A proper deity dying at the hands of a bunch of coward demons; he wanted to hang the person who designed this chess challenge!
Tower Spirit 13 remained calm, saying slowly, “Challenge failed! Your spirit has entered a weakened state! Forcing a re-entry will result in a soul weakness! Please wait 48 hours before challenging again!”
“However,”
“the three ladies next to you may attempt a challenge.”
Transporting light glowed.
Soren’s figure returned to its original spot, seemingly unchanged, only deeply fatigued.
Incredible abilities!
Even Soren, a deity wielding the power of laws, could not comprehend what means the original creator had used here. Unless they cracked the secret of this demi-plane, it would be difficult to grasp the key points involved.
“Why don’t we try as well?”
Gloria’s expression seemed eager, as a spellcaster, she was intrigued by this mysterious method, especially since it belonged to the Arcane Empire’s esoteric knowledge, and she wanted to experience it personally!
The High Priest subtly shook her head, saying, “You both can try. I am not suited to enter such a place right now.”
She had injuries.
If she entered and failed the challenge, her injuries would likely worsen considerably.
Two spell lights shimmered.
Eager Gloria and the Fallen Witch, filled with curiosity about the Arcane Empire’s knowledge, stepped inside, and everything before them transformed again, becoming the world Soren had experienced, but now the protagonists were the two witches.
About five minutes later.
Gloria’s figure appeared in the magic circle. Her expression was indescribably sullen as she silently bit her lip and approached Soren, unusually using the voice of a little girl who felt aggrieved, saying, “I have no spells at all!…”
The result was evidently clear.
About ten minutes later.
The Fallen Witch’s figure also appeared in the magic circle, her face pale as she came before Soren, lowering her voice, saying, “It’s a dead end outside too, a wizard is guarding it; there’s simply no way out!”
Clearly.
Soren and Gloria chose to stay in the village while the Fallen Witch decisively opted to leave.
It seemed the outcomes were the same.
Tower Spirit 13’s expression remained calm, coldly announcing, “Challenge failed!”
“Please return, everyone!”
“Feel free to come back to challenge again after recovering!… Moreover, what you just experienced was merely the first level of the chess challenge!…”
“Upon completing the challenge, I will grant you access to the first layer of controls in the demi-plane.”
“Of course.”
“If any of you are dissatisfied with this challenge level, you can choose to challenge me directly. Defeating me will grant you control of the demi-plane.”
Tower Spirit 13 lightly waved its hand.
With the fluctuation of elemental power, one could faintly feel a massive Element Pool, and then an Earth Elemental Elder, a Fire Elemental Elder, a Wind Elemental Elder, and a Water Elemental Elder appeared behind it, as the surrounding stone statues began to move and transformed into towering Rock Golems.
At this moment.
Tower Spirit 13’s expression remained calm, but for some reason, it seemed quite disdainful!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
