'Kill a Demon King Army Leader.' That was originally one of Fang Li's main quests.
And Fang Li's main quests are, after all, ranked at difficulty level four.
Since it's a Rank 4 difficulty main quest, the Demon King Army Leader must be at least Rank 4, if not higher.
With Fang Li's current strength, even without activating the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and not using Bo Xie, relying solely on attributes far surpassing those of an average Rank 4 and his superb assassination techniques, defeating a Rank 4 opponent is simply not difficult.
Moreover, at this moment, Fang Li had also been enhanced by Aqua's supportive magic. Taking down a headless Knight of Rank 4 posed absolutely no challenge.
Therefore, as long as the quest target appeared before Fang Li, killing a Demon King Army Leader was actually the easiest of all main quests.
Fang Li didn't really know how strong the Demon King was.
But if it was just a Demon King Army Leader, Fang Li could still defeat them easily.
"Y-you… who exactly are you?"
Beldia, who had fallen to the ground, struggled to get up, leaning on his huge steel sword planted into the ground. As he shakily knelt on one knee, he voiced his shock.
"Why is it that an adventurer as strong as you, we Demon King Army soldiers, have no knowledge of your existence?"
An adventurer capable of easily defeating a Demon King Army Leader — once such a figure appears, it's impossible for them not to be in the Demon King Army's intelligence network and known by them.
Yet Beldia had no idea about such a character at all.
"An adventurer like you, why would you appear around a town full of only novice adventurers?"
Beldia's voice was filled with anger and confusion.
The anger came from his frustration at his own helplessness.
The confusion came from his ignorance.
An adventurer with such power right before his eyes was totally unforeseeable.
"Could it be that… the divine light Diviner perceived is…!"
Unfortunately, Beldia guessed wrong.
"Divine light, huh?"
Fang Li slowly walked up to Beldia and looked down on the headless Knight with a sarcastic tone.
"Even if what was perceived was me, it would only be an ominous blood light, not a divine light."
"So, I'm afraid I can't purify you. I can only turn you back into a corpse."
"Free you from the curse of being undead."
At that moment, the ice-blue Mystic Eyes finally flashed in Fang Li's eyes.
"Pū chī————!"
The sharp longsword pierced through the cracking armor in front of Beldia's body with a clear, physical sound.
"Ugh…!"
Beldia trembled all over, then froze in place.
One of the Demon King Army Leaders, the headless Knight Beldia, was thus defeated.
From the head seated on the throne, a pair of crimson eyes gradually dimmed.
…
Not long after, Fang Li, Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness — the group of five — walked out of the abandoned ancient castle and appeared under the sunlight.
Kazuma and Aqua both looked utterly exhausted.
Darkness's entire body was somewhat tattered, but she wore a satisfied expression.
When Megumin arrived, she was one way; when she left, she was exactly the same.
As for Fang Li, holding a huge steel sword belonging to one of the Demon King Army Leaders, he calmly walked out of the ancient castle.
"By the way…" Megumin said very doubtfully, "Did we really just subjugate a Demon King Army Leader like that?"
Megumin's words echoed the doubts in the hearts of everyone present.
"A Demon King Army Leader, huh…" Kazuma glanced at the giant sword Fang Li was carrying on his shoulder, scratched his cheek, and said, "Isn't that just a monster not much different from a boss? Can we really subjugate one that easily?"
In short, everyone felt a lack of real conviction.
"Yeah." Darkness's expression changed from satisfied to regretful as she said, "I haven't even been humiliated by a Demon King Army Leader yet…"
Fortunately, that pervert didn't get inside to see Beldia; otherwise, even if the headless Knight didn't die, he would have been disgraced to death.
As a result, only Aqua protested.
"Not simple at all!" Aqua shouted angrily, "Those Undead just won't stop coming! I don't even know how much precious Magic Power I wasted! If this keeps going, it'll really be a loss!"
According to herself, a god's power depends mainly on the number and strength of the faith of their followers.
Aqua's followers in this world were undoubtedly few—just a small cult—but every follower in the cult possessed extremely strong faith, which meant Aqua's power was not at all weaker than Eris, whose faith was state religion-level.
Because of this, Aqua regarded her power as a precious treasure and usually tried to avoid using it. She simply could not tolerate wasting it.
Of course, from others' perspective, Aqua's actions on this trip were absolutely not a waste.
In fact, it was more like her usual behavior was the real waste; this time she was genuinely useful, supporting her teammates all along, having a great effect. If this counted as wasting, then this Goddess really was beyond saving.
Therefore, everyone subconsciously ignored Aqua's unreasonable complaints and focused their attention on Fang Li's body.
Regarding this, Fang Li didn't offer much explanation and only said one sentence:
"If it's true or not, you'll understand when we return to the Guild."
After all, once a Demon King Army Leader was subjugated, this achievement would definitely be recorded on Fang Li's Adventurer card.
Next, it only needed to be verified and confirmed by the Guild for the achievement to be validated.
There was no need for further doubt.
Thinking so far, Fang Li turned his head and looked at the abandoned ancient castle.
Although Beldia had been subjugated inside the castle, due to the arrival of high-ranked Undead, many wrongfully deceased Undead in the castle were awakened and turned into Undead, rampaging in every corner.
Without looking back, Fang Li said to Megumin:
"Megumin, blow up that castle for me."
This simple command suddenly brightened Megumin's eyes, which had been somewhat listless from not being able to participate much. She lowered her head and smiled.
That smile was incredibly eerie.
"Buzz————!"
In the next second, countless Magic Circles layered themselves in the sky above the castle, stirring an astonishing wave of Magic Power that shook the air.
"Explosion!"
One by one, the Magic Circles instantly bloomed dazzling light, covering the entire sky and earth.
"BOOM————!"
Accompanied by a world-shaking roar, a terrifying explosion swept over the entire ancient castle, like a volcanic eruption, engulfing the area in blazing flames carrying intense heat and destructive power, destroying everything nearby.
(End Of This Chapter)
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