Disciple of Immortal - Chapter 28

Chapter 28 : Cocytus’ King 

「That was surprisingly long…」 

It took almost two days for me to reach the 99th floor from the 96th floor.
Though it felt like a walk in the park compared to the death matches against the devils in the mirror, the floor itself was freaking huge.
Even though I heard that the size of each area in 《Cocytus》 became wider the deeper the floors were, I never expected it to be THAT HUGE. 

I pondered this while snacking on the whole roasted R1a’s2 thigh. 

Though its lower body looked like a human’s, the taste itself was that of a high-quality chicken.
It was fatty, something that I never expected from the Ra’s burly appearance.
Though there was nothing I could do against its gamey smell due to rushing its preparation. I was grateful that it turned out delicious just by simply grilling it. 

Come to think of it, before, I hestitated when I heard that we were going to eat this from Lunaire. 

「I guess I’m already getting used to living in this place.」 

I threw away the Ra’s fatty thigh.
The reason I did that was because the stairs that led to the last floor were in front of me.
 

It was as clear as day that the 100th floor was different compared to the previous floors, the stairs themself were made from a transparent blue crystal that released a dim light.
I arrived in a dark room at the end of the palace on the 99th floor.
In this dark room, the only source of light was the stairs. 

I descended along the staircase which look like it would continue on until I arrived in hell. 

「I welcome thee, O greedy human. Allow me to praise thee for arriving at the end the most savage place in this world.」 

I heard someone’s voice from inside.
The voice continued on as I went even further inside. 

「What are you looking for by coming this far? Do you seek eternal life along with eternal youth? Do you think the god who you bastards referred to so highly will help you in this place? Or, is your purpose just to satisfy your curiosity?」 

Inside, I saw a huge golden throne.
Sitting on that throne was a ten meters tall haughty looking monster.
It had black rugged skin and six arms.
It had four eyes and a big coiling horn growing from its head.
I could see its gums when that giant monster opened its mouth. 

It was a terrifying monster, but at the same time, it also exuded a majestic air befitting the king of this place.
 

…. Lunaire never told me about this kind of monster before.
She just told me that I could leave this place as long as I reached the 100th floor.
I stopped, staring silently at that giant monster’s overwhelming presence. 

「Whichever your reason, you’re a foolish one. This king’s name is Satan. The devil closest to Gods and the ruler of this 《Cocytus》. In the last 10,000 years, there were five other humans who have reached this place asides from you. But, all of them were killed by me in this 《Cocytus》.」 

The monster… or rather, Satan-san haughtily swung his arms. 

「Come forth, my other half.」 

There was a giant cane in Satan’s hand.
It was an eerie cane that used some human skulls as its ornament.
Satan then stood up from his throne with a gleeful smile on his face. 

Oh crap, he was going to attack me.
I took a stance with my sword right away.
I had no choice but to make a beeline towards it with rapid short distance teleports. 

「Let me reward you for coming this far.」 

Satan-san raised his hand which held the cane and then raised his other hand to make a cross.
I had a general idea about what this guy was trying to do.
It was the sign of him raising his concentration level, the cane helped him to control the flow of his mana.
It was a special stance that only a few rare geniuses amongst demon races and humans could master. 

Though Lunaire never went into great detail about it and only mentioning it in passing, it could raise the efficiency for humans to a better understanding about the magic circles.
Which meant that he will be going for an all out attack from the very start, focusing on killing me with this first attack. 

「This divine flame is something that goes beyond a human’s understanding, it’ll even burn your soul to nothingness!」 

Crap…. I had to put everything into defense rather than doing half-hearted teleportation If he released this magic within this close distance.
Then it happened when I took a closer look at Satan’s magic formulae, I… got this feeling that I’ve seen it somewhere before. 

Eh, could it be that I… might’ve mastered this magic?
This magic was amongst the ones that was taught to me in Lunaire’s lessons. 

I-If that was the case then how about I… try to offset its effect instead?
Following Satan’s magic circle, I also invoked the same magic circle. 

「Fire Magic, 20th Rank;《Apocalypse [Red Dragon]》」 

Satan swung his cane as he shouted the name of the magic.
At the same time, I also swung down my sword to release my magic. 

「Fire Magic, 20th Rank; 《Apocalypse [Red Dragon]》」 

The giant fire dragon that came out from the tip of my sword and Satan’s cane collided in the middle. 

「W-What the… hell? How can you use magic of this rank with that weak human flesh of yours!?」 

Satan’s four eyes opened wide. 

「Nevertheless, resistance is futile! Even if you’re using similar magic, the difference between our power is too great! Alas… behold my full power!」 

My flame dragon was colliding against Satan’s flame dragon. 

「Behold, this is the difference between thine and mine power!」 

Satan’s shout resounded.
And then, Satan’s flame dragon… was eaten by mine.
Satan’s mouth was agape, as if his jaw almost dropped to the floor. 

「The heck, only as powerful as the weakest of the average joe devils in that mirror huh…」 

Though I was rather surprised with his high ranking magic, his strength was only in the category of below-average amongst the devils in the《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》.
I guess his level was only around Lv 3500 if I only looked at his magic power. 

「A-Average Joe… Devils?」 

Though Satan was dumbfounded, he instantly pointed his cane as if using it to protect himself. 

「P-Protect me!」 

A magic circle formed in front of my red dragon interrupted its advance. 

「My bad, no magic attack will work against me as long as I have this cane’s protection!」 

I didn’t hesitate. I changed my stance and leaped straight toward Satan.
If magic doesn’t work on him, then I only needed to kill him with a sword.
I fully understood that right now, his high-rank magic and magic resistance might be granted by the effects of his cane.
His real abilities weren’t that powerful.
I mean there was no way Lunaire would send me to leave on my own if there was a powerful enemy on the 100th floor. 

Satan’s face was formed into a cramp. 

「I-I NEVER HEARD OF THIS POWERFUL OF A BEING IN THIS PLACE!! S-STOP AT ONCE! I SURRENDER…」 

The next moment, the magic circle that protected Satan scattered into particles of light.
Could it be that my magic’s firepower surpassed the damage limit of that cane’s protection effect? 

「WHA…….!?」 

It seemed his magic resistance wasn’t that omnipotent either.
Maybe that cane’s power was adjusted to its owner’s power.
My fire dragon swallowed Satan’s body.