From the internal communications device that was embedded in his left hand, he heard the voice of the fleet's admiral, the admiral that Ukatan Pael trusted the most, R-Paotan Pael.

Ukatan Pael kept his eyes glued to the giant mountain and said, "There's something you guys need to do. Get over here immediately and…"

But Ukatan Pael's voice cut off.

Adelia Ron had appeared beside him and had grabbed his wrist.

"... What is this?"

That was clearly overstepping the boundaries.

As Ukatan Pael's face stiffened, Adelia Ron looked at him with a numb expression and said, "Wake up, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! What will happen to Pompeion if we bring them here?"

"... Son of a."

Ukatan Pael swore in a manner that was hard to determine whether it had been targeted at Pompeion or Adelaia Ron, but then, he took a step back.

He agreed with Adelaia Ron.

Ukatan Pael took a deep breath and said, "Right. Let's say we don't have the freedom to destroy that thing. But, are we going to keep that thing alive like that?"

It was already that powerful before consuming the Relic's power. If it sucked the energy of the Relic and got even more powerful, there would truly be no more solutions then.

"Woah! I wondered where you had gone off to, but it seems you are still alive!"

"Sure."

K-Merrow Nell continued to speak sarcastically at the voice. He really disliked that fellow, but there was nothing he could do since they really needed the help.

The three clan heads looked at each other with a frown as their eyes moved downward, toward the man who had spoken to them.

From the distance, Kiriel, who had been watching the whole scene, bit her lips.

'I mean, I managed to escape using the chaos, but…'

She understood Hansoo's plan to gather power beneath them, which meant she needed to prepare as well, as much as she could.

'Please, remember me.'

Kiriel disappeared by use of her Cloudy Movements.

.............

Rumble!

Two different forces were acting upon Hansoo's body. One, from the ma.s.sive Relic energy rising from within him, and the other was the dozens of tentacles from the Haetara, which had surrounded him in order to suck the energy away.

The tentacles wanted to rip Hansoo's body apart and suck the energy directly from the Relic, but they realized it wouldn't be as easy as planned. It was too hard for them to simply break him apart.

Despite having squeezed, pressed and crushed him in numerous ways, nothing happened. Actually, things had happened, but the b.a.s.t.a.r.d had held on the whole time. It was a battle of time now.

The energy seeping out from him was too sweet for it to give up. How great would it be if it could suck the energy directly?

Grrrrk

The Haetara continued to suck the energy and try to crush Hansoo's body, and to prevent that, all skills and even the seeds within Hansoo's body kept struggling.

The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement made a impregnable wall, while the Nine Dragons Strike's seed twisted Hansoo's body in the manner that would be most efficient in dealing with the tentacles' attacks.

There was nothing to speak of the Immortal's soul as even the Pandemic Blade was working in order to help the body regenerate. Of course, the skill that was working the hardest was the Demon's Gate.

Rumble!

The Thirteen Shadows continuously struggled to regenerate Hansoo's body and resist the pressure. The dark and evil power from the Thirteen Demons was unfittingly working to keep a body alive.

Kakakaka!

As the shadows of the demons complained, one of them chuckled coldly and whispered in Hansoo's ear.

There was no response. Hansoo had basically reached near unconsciousness from all the different forces wreaking havoc within his body.

Nonetheless, the demon Barmamunt continued to whisper.

By the time the kid escaped, he would be a different existence, both in terms of his physical body and of his mind. He would be closer to them, an existence that would enjoy the screams of creatures getting their flesh ripped apart and their bones crushed.

And when that happened, they would be able to have more fun than ever before.

If not, all that effort would be a waste.

Kadadak.

Kuduk.

Barmamunt frowned as he looked at Hansoo, who was going through a ma.s.sive change.

'I can't understand this boy… Why are you smiling?'

Even while going through the change, even while unconscious, Hansoo was smiling.

That made Barmamunt very uncomfortable.