Debuff Master-Chapter 909

“W-Who the hell was that?!”

Siegfried jumped after hearing an unfamiliar voice whisper directly into his ears.

“O Hero.”

The voice addressed him directly.

“My followers are in agony.”

“W-What are you talking about?!”

“I ask to borrow your strength.”

“My... strength?”

“I know you are not my servant.”

It was then.

‘No way... Neptune?’ Siegfried suddenly realized.

Siegfried could only deduce one explanation for this bizarre phenomenon—Neptune, the God of Sea, was whispering into his ears.

“But right now, you are the only one who can wield my power.”

“S-So what are you saying?”

“Accept my power. I shall lend you my strength.”

“You are going to... lend me your strength?”

“Yes.”

“And what if I lend it to you?”

“Go forth and save my suffering lambs.”

“...!”

“O Hero. You possess unyielding will and have opened your eyes to the path of divinity.”

“Eh?”

“Go. Slay the corrupted angels.”

When those words fell, the Trident of the Sea God unleashed a powerful wave of divine energy that swirled like a vortex.

“It pains me to know that the innocent children of the present must repay the sins of the past...”

“Argh!”

Siegfried barely heard the voice’s lament due to the sheer force of the divine power being unleashed by the trident. He had to grit his teeth and focus, or its power would completely consume him.

“Go forth, Hero—The one who will lead the world to a new era. My authority shall be with you. Wield the power of the sea as your own.”

And with that, the voice faded away.

However, the divine energy surging from the Trident of the Sea God only intensified.

“O-Ooooh!”

“N-Neptune!”

“Our god has not forsaken us!”

“Is this... salvation? Ah! Are we being saved by Neptune?”

The clergy members were overcome with emotions after witnessing Siegfried wield the sacred relic. Tears streamed down their faces as they prostrated before him, bowing and worshiping in reverence.

And it was no surprise...

For the past hundreds of years, the Trident of the Sea God had never once displayed its power. It was indeed the sacred relic of the Church of Neptune, but nobody knew if it truly held divine power or was merely a symbolic relic.

Meanwhile, Siegfried could feel the trident’s Attack Power and Magic Attack Power skyrocketing at an insane rate.

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The trident’s stats were rising so fast that Siegfried’s eyes could barely keep up with the flurry of messages popping up in front of him.

But it was not just the trident...

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Siegfried’s stats were increasing explosively as well.

“K-Kyuuuu! What’s going on, owner punk?!” Hamchi jumped up in fright and asked.

“I-I... have no idea,” Siegfried replied, struggling to speak while barely managing to keep the power raging within him under control.

“Kyu?!”

“But I’m certain of one thing...”

“Kyu? What’s that?”

“I can beat the living shit out of those damned bastards pretending to be angels.”

It was then.

Whoosh!

A powerful surge of energy, like a vortex raging at sea, spiraled around Siegfried’s legs.

Then, something flickered at his heels. Upon closer look, it looked like the translucent outline of a fish’s tail fin.

It was as if he had just grown fins himself.

“Kyuuu! You look like a mermaid now, owner punk!” Hamchi exclaimed.

“You stay here. I’ll be right back,” Siegfried said in a firm voice.

“Kyu! Roger that!”

“See ya later.”

Boom!

With a single leap, Siegfried kicked off the sewers with terrifying force.

Booom!

A deafening sound as the ceiling shattered.

Swoosh!

And Siegfried shot up, piercing through the surface.

***

Andariel’s torture of Nereus and his followers was nothing short of merciless.

Ripping out their fingernails and toenails was just the beginning. He ripped their skin apart, smearing salt and lemon on them. Disemboweled them alive and made them watch their entrails spill to the ground.

The sheer cruelty was simply unimaginable.

“Aaaaack!”

“Krwaaaah!”

“A-Aaah! Aaack!”

“I-It’s...! Arghhh! F-Futile!”

“Arghh! W-We will never–aaaack!”

Shockingly, despite the cruel torture, Nereus and his followers did not yield to Andariel’s demands. Most would have already renounced Neptune and abandoned their faith after being subjected to such torture, but the will of martyrs wasn't something that could be broken by mere physical pain.

“It’s... futile... Our faith... will never shatter... by brute strength... No matter how... much you... torture... us... our faith will not... waver...” Nereus said defiantly, gazing straight at Andariel.

“Tsk... So these rats at least have some backbone,” Andariel clicked his tongue. Then, he grinned as if finding them to be amusing rather than frustrating.

“Kill... me...” Nereus said. Then, he chuckled and added, “Our martyrdom... will inspire... all the believers... of Neptune... all across the continent... Heh...”

“Oh? You’re smiling?” Andariel muttered, sounding amazed.

Bam!

He kicked Nereus right in the chest.

“Guuhhhk!”

Nereus collapsed to the cold ground, coughing up blood.

“Fine. I’ll grant your wish and let you die as a martyr,” Andariel said with a twisted smirk on his face.

The farce no longer entertained him. The fact that he, a celestial being, was wasting his time mixing words with the heretics was already annoying for him.

“No matter how much you, vermin, struggle, you will all be exterminated in the end! Now die, worm! Face your demise while your false god watches in silence!”

With those words, Andariel raised his sword, ready to cleave Nereus in two.

And just as he was about to swing it down—

Boom!

A person crashed down from the heavens, striking the sword that was about to cleave Nereus in two.

Baaaam!

The sheer impact sent Andariel tumbling backward.

“A-Ah...! N... Neptune...!” Nereus gasped and whispered the name of his god. His eyes were swollen shut from the beatings he had endured, and the blood trickling down his face made his vision blurry.

But even through his clouded eyes, he could make out the silhouette of his savior.

He had broad shoulders and a confident posture.

The Trident of the Sea God was in his hand as well.

In Nereus’ eyes, he looked like the incarnation of Neptune.

Wooong!

The air around them trembled with divine energy so powerful that it prickled Nereus.

“High Priest Nereus.”

Nereus' benefactor, Siegfried, helped the former up to his feet.

“Y-Your... Maj... Majesty? Is it... truly... you?” Nereus stammered.

“Yes, it is me,” Siegfried replied.

“W-Why... did you... return...?”

“Neptune spoke to me.”

“...!”

“He told me to take out the trash,” Siegfried said, motioning at the Fallen Angels with his chin.

“Y-Your Majesty... have you truly... heard... His voice?”

“Yes.”

“O-Ooooh! O Divine One! You... have not abandoned... us!”

Tears streamed down Nereus’ face as he wept, praising Neptune’s name. The others followed shortly afterward, realizing that their silent god had spoken at last. The clergy members of the Church of Neptune wept and burst into prayers while they trembled from the tumultuous emotions.

‘Seriously... You’re the ones who screwed up and sinned, but why is it that your descendants are the ones paying the price?’ Siegfried grumbled inwardly while watching the pitiful state of the clergy members.

And he was actually right...

The true culprits responsible for the tragedy that fell upon the city were not Nereus and his followers. It was the demigods and their followers who had waged war on the Creator centuries ago and destroyed it.

If they had not started that war, if they had not angered the celestial realm, if they had made a different choice back then, none of this would have happened. History would have flowed differently with the Celestial Realm and Demon Realm waging war on each other instead.

‘As always, the ones who shits the bed aren’t the ones who are going to clean it up...’ Siegfried thought while shaking his head. He preferred to be the one shitting the bed rather than being the one cleaning up after someone else's shit.

Unfortunately, someone had to clean up after someone else's shit, and oddly enough, he seemed to be the one always doing the cleaning.

***

“How dare you...!”

Andariel snarled at Siegfried while rising to his feet.

“You wretched vermin! How dare you interfere with me?!”

“Oh? So it was you, huh? The one yapping nonstop the whole night?” Siegfried said with an icy smirk after recognizing Andariel’s voice.

“What?!”

“You’re dead meat.”

Siegfried had been itching to rip Andariel’s mouth, and now the opportunity had practically fallen into his lap.

“How dare you run your mouth in my presence?! Die, vermin!” Andariel roared, lunging at Siegfried and swinging his sword engulfed in a searing blue flame, but...

Clang!

With one swift motion, Siegfried swung the Trident of the Sea God and effortlessly deflected Andariel’s sword. Then, he flicked his wrist to trap the sword between the prongs of the trident.

Siegfried had maxed out mastery over all weapon types, so handling the Trident of the Sea God was no challenge for him, even with its distinct three-pronged design.

“...!”

Andariel was shocked when his sword got caught between the prongs.

“Your skills are pathetic,” Siegfried sneered with a mocking smirk.

Crack!

He twisted the trident, causing Andariel’s arm to turn at an unnatural angle, forcing him to release his grip on the sword.

Had he held any longer to his sword, his joint would have snapped completely.

‘W-What in the...?!’ Andariel was shocked.

“Die,” Siegfried muttered before swinging the Trident of the Sea God and lunging forward.

“Brother!”

“How dare you!”

The Fallen Angels gathered in the main square gasped in horror at the sight of Andariel being overpowered and immediately rushed in to intervene.

But—

Wooong!

Embrace of Despair and Eternal Flames were activated simultaneously.

Shwik!

Siegfried drove the trident into the ground, and pillars of water shot up from all over the main square.

Siegfried finally used the Authority of Neptune, the God of the Sea.

The thousands of water pillars that burst forth like lances tore through the Fallen Angels gathered in the main square. The sheer force of the water was so overwhelming that it ripped their bodies apart or skewered through them outright.

“Aaack!”

“Argh!”

“Aaaah!”

In the blink of an eye, thousands of Fallen Angels gathered in the main square were slaughtered by the combination of Siegfried’s debuffs and Neptune’s authority.

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[Alert: You have reached Level 321!]

Siegfried had leveled up once again, even though it had just been a few hours since he leveled up.

“T-This is impossible...!” Andariel gasped in horror at the unbelievable sight unfolding before him. freёweɓnovel_com

He had never imagined, even in his wildest dreams, that a mere human would somehow slaughter his brothers and sisters. However, what shocked him even more was that the human, Siegfried, was wielding the power of a demigod.

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