Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 71

It’s been 2 days since I started living in the Demon Fortress.

Was the problem that I spent all day holed up playing Demon Lord? Now, enemies have started to recognize me and come at me.

“I’m the Demon Lord!!!”

“It’s the Blood Demon King!!!”

Just because I’m human doesn’t mean I can’t die. But the real issue was that I happened to die while carrying a lot of coins.

Dying with about 7,000 coins, it was like a blue hedgehog dropping rings, coins burst out everywhere.

The user who farmed my corpse recorded the video and posted it in the Deron gallery, spreading rumors that capturing me would yield a lot of coins.

Users who were fighting among themselves immediately swung their swords at me.

From afar, a wizard was pouring out flashy and powerful magic, supporting the attack.

I quickly ducked to avoid their swords and slashed my sword across the opponent’s chest.

At the moment the gaping wound made my opponent flinch, a spell aiming at me veered off and finished off the weakened enemy.

In this way, there were no eternal allies or eternal foes within the Demon Fortress.

The moment bloodied coins spread from the corpse of the slain user, I reached out through the pile of coins.

Dark energy erupted from my extended hand, creating a massive grip of death.

Swooosh!

The swiftly extended hand of death chased after the wizard user.

That user panicked and used Blink, but I too changed direction, altering the skill’s trajectory.

Grab!

“Ugh!”

The foe caught in my large grasp began to be pulled in swiftly. The wizard user started casting spells with a look of panic.

At that instant, a thief user popped out next to the wizard user who was caught in my skill.

Unstealthing and rushing out, he swiftly swung his dagger and decapitated the wizard user.

Then, he greedily snatched up the scattered coins on the ground and quickly fled.

The antics of the thief users had gotten out of hand day by day.

It was a considerable distance to chase them now.

I bit my lip and glared at the spot where the thief had vanished.

In any case, I had to collect coins too.

But I couldn’t gather them. Surely, there should have been red coins fallen near the corpse of the user I just took down.

But now, I couldn’t find either the corpse or the coins.

It was natural for the user’s body to vanish as time passed, but the coins shouldn’t have.

Dropped coins should have remained there no matter how much time had elapsed.

Unless someone else had stolen them.

“Ugh…”

It was definitely the thieves who had taken my coins.

They must have stealthily waited for me to be distracted by the fight and fled with my dropped coins.

Even as I angrily stomped the ground, only the splashing sound of blood echoed in response.

I could find no trace of the already departed thieves.

While I was growing bitter about the thieves, an unusual phenomenon occurred.

The blood that had pooled beneath my feet began to flow towards one spot.

This phenomenon could only mean one thing.

The boss, Vampiric, was regenerating.

I hurriedly started running. Following the flowing blood, I would arrive at a large room—Vampiric’s chamber.

I wasn’t the only one to notice this phenomenon.

Other users were also rushing towards Vampiric.

Of course, not every user was aiming for Vampiric.

There were users hunting those who were rushing towards the boss.

Screams, shouts, and flashy skill effects erupted from all directions.

I ignored all of it and sprinted towards Vampiric’s chamber.

A fight had already begun near Vampiric’s room.

Users began to unleash skills on anyone, whether ally or enemy, chaotically.

Shouldn’t we cooperate with each other to hunt the boss?

Some might think that way.

I too thought the same at first.

However, the boss Vampiric, designed to match the features of the Demon Fortress map, had relatively weak specs, allowing even a single user to hunt it down.

It felt slightly stronger than elite monsters, so as long as a user had good equipment, it could be taken down without much trouble.

Of course, that was assuming no user interfered.

I drew my sword and surveyed the situation.

I could handle and clean up the users that rushed in first, but there might be hidden thief users ready to ambush.

The most terrifying creatures in the Demon Fortress were none other than the thieves.

The Demon Fortress turned thief users into true scoundrels.

[The Lord of Blood – Vampiric reveals itself!]

At that moment, a message announcing Vampiric’s regeneration popped up.

The users who had been fighting at the entrance darted inside the room.

There were many users. If they didn’t fight each other and focused on the boss, Vampiric would melt away in no time.

I too hurried to the room where Vampiric was.

One thief, having unstealthed, jumped out midway, but I deftly maneuvered and delivered a kill strike to his neck.

“Ugh, ack…”

“How dare you strike the Demon Lord?”

“Mu, mad Blood Demon King…”

“Blood Demon? I don’t know anyone by that name.”

“I know all about you, you crazy concept user… cough…”

Before the thief user could spew out more nonsense, I moved my sword and sliced off his head.

As I entered the room, Vampiric’s health was already down to 50%.

But it wasn’t dropping any further.

The users attacking the boss began swinging their swords at each other.

In the cramped space, dozens of users clashed, making it utter chaos.

At that moment, a warlock user crouching in a corner straightened up and began unleashing dark magic from their body.

Boom!

In an instant, the sinister magic soared, marking its dreadful presence.

The wizard immediately unleashed all their skills on Vampiric.

Vampiric’s health, which had been at 50%, began to deplete rapidly.

Witnessing this, the users stopped fighting and charged at Vampiric.

“Kill the warlock!”

Users shouted to eliminate the warlock as they headed towards the boss.

Truly selfish people, they were.

However, the one using their race skill wasn’t just the warlock.

Users who had been watching the situation erupted in sky-blue light.

They had activated the Human Clan’s racial skill [Potential Release].

Vampiric’s health was quickly dwindling.

Now only 20% remained.

It was time to take a gamble.

I planted my sword into the ground.

It was a skill that could be used only once a day, but since I was stuck in this Demon Fortress until the shutdown system, there was no other opportunity to use it.

Boom!

[Fallen Sun God’s Domain Declaration]

Flash!

The sword transformed into an ordinary sword, but its power remained the same.

Thus, it meant the skill could still be used.

The domain of the fallen sword began to spread wide.

The vast area of the domain almost filled Vampiric’s room completely.

“This, this is…!”

User gazes finally turned towards me.

I drew my sword and aimed it at them.

Now, for this one moment, I used all my potions and skills.

[Frenzy]

Thud!

My heart pounded loudly, and my vision expanded.

With the hand not holding the sword, I took out a potion and slammed it into my mouth.

“It’s Yeo!!!”

“It’s the Soft & Chewy Cow!!!”

Everyone started recognizing me and shouting.

But here, I was a completely different person from the Yeo outside.

I raised my hand and caressed my face. I could feel the angular shape of the Demon Clan’s unique features and the texture of my tough skin.

I was certain. The me now looked completely different from the outside.

The amount of time I could maintain Magic Liberation was precisely 1 minute.

In that time, I’d settle it.

“Magic!!!”

“Stop him!”

“I’m getting the last hit on the boss!!!”

The users yelled with anxious expressions but none stood in my way.

Of course. Right now, I was the Demon Lord itself.

To stand against me would be to challenge the authority of the Demon Lord.

“Liberation!!!”

Boom!

The maximized stats surged once more, pushing my abilities to the extreme.

The magic bursting forth from my body enveloped my surroundings.

The dark magic flowed and mingled with the red blood energy, beginning to scatter into the air.

Now it was my turn to move.

The explosive boost in physical abilities had a tremendous effect.

Boom!

As I stomped the ground, my body had already zipped past the users.

Using the [Charge] skill, a crimson afterimage tinged with blue mana followed me like a tail.

The users’ gazes finally turned towards me.

But my sword had already slashed through the air.

Slash!

The neck of the user who was blocking my way was decisively struck down as they crumpled to the ground.

The moment coins from the Demon Fortress poured out, time, which had been suspended, began to flow again.

“No!!!”

A user screamed and immediately unleashed an attack at Vampiric.

Anxiety crossed the hideous face of the Demon Clan.

Crackle!

As black lightning spewed forth from the sword’s tip, rapid strikes rained down on Vampiric.

Slash!

The elongated crimson afterimage from my sword followed by another attack.

The interference from the users flying from everywhere couldn’t match my speed.

The boss, Vampiric, began to activate their skill, but even that couldn’t keep up with my attack.

Thud!

The final blow severed Vampiric’s head.

As Vampiric collapsed with blood gushing forth, the items the boss dropped flowed into my inventory.

The last hit was mine.

“Kill! Gather the coins!!!”

The paladin user standing next to me cried out while swinging their sword.

Divine power filled their sword.

They couldn’t retrieve their attacking stance against the boss.

With that, I took a hit to my health, getting struck by their divine-powered sword to the side.

But it was no problem. I reached out towards the wizard user who was in a low health state.

Flash!

As I pulled back, a hand of death emerged from my extended hand, dragging the wizard user towards me.

The wizard user closed their eyes solemnly as if sensing their end.

I grabbed the user’s head with my hand, looking around.

[Life Absorption]

Red blood energy began to siphon out of the wizard and absorb into my body.

Everyone entered this boss room alive.

They must have collected quite a few coins.

Of course, there would be guildmates or allies among them, but within the Demon Fortress, all were enemies.

“I am not Yeo.”

So there are no exceptions.

I stomped the ground once more.