The Incubus System-Novel

101 Chapter 99. Swamp In The Middle of City

I knelt down one knee on top of a bridge tower. My eyes looked at the demon army destroying the empty cars below me. They jumped on top of the cars, some of them threw the cars into the sea. Car alarms and explosion sounds mixed with screams and roars. The fire burned several cars accompanied by a puff of smoke. An announcement was right in front of me.

[Do you want to accept a daily quest?]

[Killed over 200 Demons.]

[Target: Demon.]

[Reward: Title and EXP.]

[Yes] / [No]

'Yes.' I chose without hesitation. Even without a quest, I couldn't leave them like that. I thought there were only about fifty demons here but after I checked it, there were hundreds of them and I could see there were two cracks on the bridge, the bigger crack was in the middle surrounded by the demons while the other one was near the end. I used my observation skills on several demons that I had never seen before.

First, a green demon with a large body, a bit round, had overly large muscles compared to the others. His huge belly seemed to be filled with the wind. His back was covered with short thorns and thick skin. His round red eyes protruded from the sides of his head and like all demons, sharp teeth in his mouth.

[Observation skill succeeded.]

[Name: Toad Demon]

[Level 12]

[Race: Demon]

[HP: 253/253]

[DP: 108/108]

[Skills: Acid Splash lv 2, Wind Canon lv 3]

[Emotion: Excited]

[Condition: Normal]

[Weakness: Head and Stomach]

[Talent: Poisonous Tongue.]

Second, a black demon in a large short worm shape. His flabby jelly-like body made him look weak, but his wide mouth filled with hundreds of sharp teeth made me think of another, a long, disgusting tongue sticking out of it.

[Name: Leech Demon]

[Level 11]

[Race: Demon]

[HP: 232/232]

[DP: 98/98]

[Skills: Blood Sucking lv 3, Poison Saliva lv 2]

[Emotion: Excited]

[Condition: Normal]

[Weakness: Head]

[Talent: Regeneration (Sucking another creature blood to recover his own HP).]

Third, a red demon with a muscular body. His head was shaped like a crocodile with sharp teeth. His entire body was covered in thick skin like armour. His tail looked strong with sharp thorns and sharp claws on his hands.

[Name: Crocodile Demon]

[Level 15]

[Race: Demon]

[HP: 292/292]

[DP: 138/138]

[Skills: Bone Ripper lv 3, Demonic Claw lv 2]

[Emotion: Excited]

[Condition: Normal]

[Weakness: Stomach]

[Talent: Strong Jaws]

My gaze turned to the Rat Demons who almost crossed my Devil Space.

"Tch!" I clicked my tongue as I aimed my hand at them.

'Demonic Spike!' Actually, I still wanted to find that demon, because he could be an aerial type demon like yesterday's imp.

Twenty black lances appeared in front of me and flew at those Rat Demons.

[Critical hit!]

[You have shot a Rat Demon for 195 HP. ] X20 *

* Each of his spikes shoots different rat demons but I don't write them down separately because there are too many.

Those twenty Rat Demons turned to ashes. The other demons gasped in surprise and turned to me. I flicked my wings and flew over them, my hand extended downwards.

'Demonic Spike!'

Again, my twenty black lances appeared and rained down on them, but my lances didn't attack the demons randomly but I controlled them to attack certain demons.

[Critical hit!]

[You have shot a Rat Demon for 196 HP. ] X20 *

My first target was the Rat Demons because they were the weakest among them and I could kill them in one shot.

'Demonic Spike!' I cast my skill again, this time my target was the demons who were near the crack. I just about to threw it, but suddenly several Toad Demons jumped, their ugly faces were in front of me with their mouths wide open, their long tongues almost out of their mouths.

Reflexively, I grabbed my two black lances and cut off two Toad Demon's tongues which had almost reached me.

[Critical hit!]

[You have hit a Toad Demon for 196 HP. ]

[You have hit a Toad Demon for 197 HP. ]

Their tongues fell off and spewed a disgusting green liquid. Meanwhile, I flicked my wings to fly higher to avoid the other attacks. Their screams of pain accompanied by a loud thud as they failed to land properly were heard.

[A Toad Demon has hit the ground for 58 HP. ]

[A Toad Demon has hit the ground for 57 HP. ]

They turned to ashes as two large cracks were seen where they landed. Whereas before the other Toad Demons jumped again, I showered them with my Demonic Spikes.

[Critical hit!]

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 195 HP. ] X2 ????????????????????????????. ᴄ????m

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 196 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 197 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 196 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 198 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 196 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 192 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 196 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 194 HP. ] X2

[You have shot a Toad Demon for 193 HP. ] X2

As ten Toad Demons below me turned to ashes, I glanced around and noticed the Crocodile Demons starting to climb the cables, like a line of ants climbing a tree. Seeing that opportunity, I didn't want to waste my chance. Since they had to hold on to the cable so they would have a hard time keeping their grip and attacking me at the same time. Plus they didn't have any ranged attack skill.

'Demonic Energy. Demonic Claw. '

[Demonic Energy has been activated.]

[Demonic Claw has been activated.]

[STR: 50 + 90]

[AGI: 50+ 90]

[Time remaining: 4:56]

Without wasting time, I flew towards them. As I got closer, some of them swung their claws at me and even tried to bite me but since I had the aerial advantage, I could dodge their attacks easily. I swung my claws at their critical point.

[Critical hit!]

[You have hit a Crocodile Demon for 421 HP. ]

[You have hit a Crocodile Demon for 423 HP. ]

Two of them turned to ashes and the other looked at me in shock. It seemed they realized that their decision to climb was a big mistake.

"Who's next?" I grinned evilly. I came closer and swung my claws again, turning them to ashes. Some of them jumped, trying to catch me but failed since I was able to catch their movements clearly and dodge without difficulty. While some of the others released their grips and jumped down to escape, but of course I didn't let them and finished them off with my Demonic Spike.

I circled around the cables as I swung my claws non-stop, turning the red cables due to the demons' colour back to normal.

My attention turned to the large crack in the middle of the bridge and noticed another wave of demons coming out of it. I flew over the crack and aimed my hand at them.

'Demonic Spike!'

As my Demonic Spike flew at them, my brain was looking for a way to take care of this mess. To close this crack, I had to clean up the demons around me before closing the crack. Because when I used my Dark Energy skill, I wouldn't be able to move, unless I cancelled it. While there were two cracks here, the demons would continue to come.

An idea popped into my head, I didn't know if this would work or not, at least I wanted to try it. I was just about to get close, but the Leech Demons greeted me by spitting out their poison saliva. I used my Demonic Spike skill as an opening attack as I flicked my wings, gliding down at them. I took two of my black lances and thrust them into a Leech Demon as my feet landed on top of him.

As that demon turned to ashes, without letting my feet touch the ground, I swung my claws and glided between the demons around me, turning my remaining black lances as my shield to counter their attacks. And instead of relying on my feet's movement and speed, this time I relied on my wings so I could dodge and move more freely.

- Clang! - Clang! - Clang!

The clashing sounds from my black lances against their attack were clear around me. And after that sounds were gone it was usually accompanied by screams of pain from those demons, since after countering their attacks my black lances would launch and attack them.

Beads of sweat on my forehead dripped down to my chin. With this many enemies, it was not only draining my power but also consumed my concentration. I had to dodge, attack and defend at the same time. Even though I had sharper senses and my movements were faster than others, it was not an easy task.

'Demonic Spike!' I re-cast the skill as my lances were almost gone. I didn't know how many demons I had killed, but I felt like they were endless.

I aimed my hand at the crack, as the demon in front of me turned to ashes. I could see another wave of demons marching towards me inside it. I ignored them and kept using my Dark Energy skill. Meanwhile, half of my black lances shifted to an attacking position in front of me and the others were behind me to counter the demons' attacks on the bridge.

The dark aura emanating from my hand covered the crack, my eyes focused on the demons that were marching faster and faster in front of me, while my ears were trying to pick up any sound or movement on the bridge.

'C'mon! Hurry up! ' I prayed the crack closed quicker.

"Groooaaarrr!" A roar from a demon inside the crack cued the others to run faster.

I threw half of my Demonic Spikes at them and turned the demons who were in the front row to ashes. Seeing their friends die, they stopped. My eyes stared at them sharply as if to say 'If you dare come I will turn you to ashes!'. I thought they were going to give up or get scared but I was wrong, they hastened their pace with angry expressions.

'Ah shit! That's not what I want, 'I grumbled internally as I stopped my dark energy skill and cast my Demonic Spike.

My black lances flew and killed them. As they turned to ashes, I cast my Dark Energy to close the crack once again. While another wave had started to appear. Luckily, a few seconds later, the crack was closed before the demons arrived.

[The crack has closed.]

[You have used up 20 DP.]

I just let out a sigh of relief and lowered my hand, since that means there was only one crack left. But suddenly I could feel a movement behind me. I turned and raised my arm to protect myself.

- Clang!

The clashing sound was clear as I could feel something hit my arm, but despite the sound and the attack, I couldn't see anyone there.