Kenichi, his entire body wreathed in crimson-red flames, walked across the land that had been reduced to ruins.
Due to the intense heat, the space around Kenichi seemed distorted.
And with each step he took, a charred footprint appeared on the ground beneath him.
"Hey, hey, he's even burning away magical power. This is the real monster!"
Looking at the approaching Kenichi, Silver, clad in his armor with one hand on his hip, grinned and said.
At this moment, the skeleton mage, the octopus-legged demon, and the others all wore grave expressions.
"Attack together!"
The shark-like demon's expression hardened. After calling out to the other demons, he directly launched an attack against Kenichi.
"Water Curse!"
As the shark demon charged forward, a massive wave swept towards Kenichi.
But when the wave got within a few meters of Kenichi, it was completely evaporated by the high temperature.
At the same time, the octopus-legged demon and Tempester also attacked Kenichi from the left and right flanks.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Accompanied by Tempester's 'whoosh whoosh' sound, the Sound Magic Curse produced several high-speed rotating tornadoes that wreaked havoc towards Kenichi.
While the shark demon, octopus demon, and the others were desperately trying to hold off Kenichi, the one-eyed demon over there was calculating how to steal Kenichi's soul.
The one-eyed demon possessed the Absorption Curse.
He could absorb others' souls and then wield strength identical to the original soul's owner.
In the original work, the one-eyed demon had absorbed Hades's soul.
And now, this one-eyed demon had set his sights on Kenichi's soul.
'The soul of the one who killed Acnologia... how much is it worth? How much is it worth?'
The one-eyed demon's large eye was filled with greed.
He didn't hesitate, immediately moving closer to Kenichi's location stealthily.
However, the one-eyed demon didn't know that
Kenichi possessed a magic called Hearing Magic.
Using this magic, he could hear the thoughts of all the demons.
Naturally, this included the one-eyed demon's thoughts.
After hearing the one-eyed demon's thoughts, a slight curve slowly formed at the corner of Kenichi's mouth.
But his footsteps didn't stop because of this.
As Kenichi continued to approach, the pressure in the demons' hearts grew increasingly immense.
"Slashing Mode!"
The octopus-legged demon started with his strongest form.
They saw his four arms transform into sharp steel swords.
And his entire body was also covered with various blades.
The octopus-legged demon let out a sharp cry, moved his feet, and shot towards Kenichi's location like an arrow from a bow.
Just as the octopus-legged demon leaped above Kenichi's head, preparing to launch his slashing attack, the one-eyed demon, who had circled to Kenichi's side, also widened his eye: "Now's the time!"
"Absorption Curse!"
They saw the one-eyed demon wave his hand, and an illusory tentacle emitting a white light swept towards Kenichi's location.
At that moment, the system's mechanical prompt also sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Absorption Curse attribute!]
Hearing the system prompt, Kenichi's expression shifted slightly.
Originally, Kenichi was only really interested in Seilah's Macro and Kyoka's Enhancement Curse.
However, now that the system had dropped the Absorption Curse, Kenichi naturally wouldn't refuse it.
[Host, would you like to collect the Absorption Curse attribute?]
'Collect!'
Kenichi didn't hesitate and immediately answered.
With Kenichi's command, the Absorption Curse attribute near the one-eyed demon transformed into a golden rune and converged directly towards Kenichi's location.
After that rune merged into Kenichi's body, the words [Absorption Curse] were added to the Curse column on the virtual screen in front of Kenichi.
Kenichi didn't look at the changes on the system screen, as his gaze had long since fallen on the one-eyed demon.
Originally, he had intended to subdue all these Nine Demon Gates demons to deal with the upcoming Alvarez Empire.
After all, these demons were quite strong.
But now, this one-eyed demon had set his sights on Kenichi himself, Kenichi naturally wouldn't let the one-eyed demon off.
Watching the one-eyed demon's illusory tentacle sweep towards him, Kenichi directly used Doll Attack Magic.
The moment Kenichi activated the Doll Attack Magic, the illusory tentacle sweeping towards him abruptly halted.
"My body... I can't move!"
It wasn't just the one-eyed demon's body that couldn't move… the octopus-legged demon who was launching a jumping slash at Kenichi, as well as Tempester and the shark demon, all found their figures immobilized, as if they had lost control of their bodies.
Before the one-eyed demon could even figure out what was happening, a cluster of violent flames engulfed him.
The moment the flames touched the one-eyed demon's body, it turned to ash.
After dealing with the one-eyed demon, Kenichi activated Command T.
In just an instant, the figures of the octopus-legged demon, Tempester, and the shark demon vanished from the sky.
To be precise, they were shrunk by Kenichi and then stored in a different dimension.
The skeleton mage, seeing Kenichi resolve four of the Nine Demon Gates' demons in such a short time, felt the flames in his eye sockets flicker.
Just as the skeleton mage raised his staff, preparing to cast some curse, Kenichi's Doll Attack Magic had already taken effect.
"This guy... he can actually control demons?!"
The skeleton mage, finding himself deprived of control over his body, looked at Kenichi with even greater shock.
But Kenichi didn't pay attention to the skeleton mage, as his gaze remained fixed on Silver, who was clad in armor.
This Silver before him was not a demon.
But a reanimated corpse summoned by the skeleton mage using his Necromancy Curse.
"A reanimated corpse, huh? I'll make you disappear for now. I can summon you again if needed later."
Kenichi looked at Silver, who closely resembled Gray. He manipulated the necromancer, raising his arm and making a sweeping gesture towards Silver.
In the next second, the figure of Silver, clad in armor, transformed into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated into the air.
"Alright, now only Kyoka remains."
After dealing with Silver and the skeleton mage, Kenichi retracted the magical power around him.