Grace wasn't sure how she had ended up in this situation. One moment she had been with the others. The next she was surrounded by demons. Well, that wasn't completely correct. She vaguely had an idea of what happened. It all started after she had chosen the items she wanted from the list. The choice had been really difficult, but she had made up her mind.
She had picked the spectral chalice and enchanted staff. Everyone had been surprised she had picked the spectral chalice, even Luke, who had suggested the item. The name did sound a bit creepy and looked just as bad, but the item description sold her on getting it over all the other items she could have picked from.
[Item Information]
[Spectral Chalice]
[Rare]
As the party stared at the tree with a huge hole in front of them, Chris quietly said, "Oh."Tracy threw a look in his direction as she said, "Oh."Luke almost felt sorry for him. Almost being the key word. It wasn't his fault that the nursery of racoons had somehow converted a tree into their home by creating a large hole in the bark and digging a hole in the dirt inside the tree. Unfortunately, even with the work the demon racoons put into it, it would be a tight squeeze for most of them.Theodore definitely wouldn't be able to fit inside. He would get stuck trying to fit inside the tree. That meant he would have to stay behind while they went in to find Grace. However, there was a problem with that plan. They wouldn't be able to defend themselves since they would already struggle to crawl inside. Also, there would be no way to escape if something ser
As soon as Grace saw that the coast was clear and it was just her party, she said, "Hi everyone.""Hi? Is that all you have to say?" Chris asked incredulously as Theodore helped her up. "You were kidnapped by demon racoons.""I'm sorry," she said as she bowed her head.Bobby elbowed Chris and said, "Ignore him. We were just seriously worried about you. You're not hurt, are you?""What happened to your cloak?" Tracy butted in without giving Grace a chance to answer.Grace stared blankly at them for a moment before she shook her head. "I'm fine. Actually, there's something I want to show you."Then she turned around and bent down at the hole as everyone stared at her with curious eyes. What was she doing? They couldn't tell what she was up to, but they
"So this quest of yours is a long and ongoing one," said Violet as she had her hands folded in her lap.The party, except for Tracy, who was holding the reins, sat around in the cart facing each other. They had left the area with the demon raccoons not too long ago and were making slow progress through the woods. Luckily, no demons had jumped out to attack them so far, but they were on their guard so as not to have another repeat of the earlier incident. No one wanted Grace to get caught again."That's right," said Bobby as he turned his head to fully face her."That's inconvenient. I don't have the same quest," she said as she raised a hand to her chin."It is a bit of a problem," Luke agreed with a nod."How is it a problem?" Chris asked as he raised a hand.
Grace raised her hand as she said, "A little. The townspeople were really open about telling me about the place when I asked about it."Everyone stared at her, even Theodore, and Tracy turned to look her straight in the eye. Confused by everyone's intense staring, she dropped her arm and wilted beneath all the attention. Luke had forgotten how she sometimes had that effect on the natives. It had been some time since he had seen it in action, as it had only happened once.The knights that had joined them had fallen under her spell when they first met, though it had been very brief. They had recovered, but it was likely because she wasn't a Saintess yet and Theodore had been there to snap them out of it even if he didn't know about it. It was a pity he missed seeing it in action. He would have liked to monitor their responses to her."Go ahead," Luke said
Chris and Grace quickly told her what the first quest was, and at the end of their explanation, she wrinkled her nose as she said, "What the hell. Is the system trying to kill you?"That was their question. It was honestly messed up, and that was only with one quest. There were still five quests for Luke and two other quests for everyone else. They had to somehow complete all of them without failing a single one, or else they would have to endure a penalty or punishment while trying to complete the remaining quests."Then what are the other two quests?" Tracy asked, and the duo from earlier also told her about them.[Quest][Demon Attack on Gartlev][The city is being threatened by demons.]
"It's really getting crazy here," Tracy said as she urged the horse to go faster.It had no problem going faster, though it probably wanted to go in the opposite direction, but it had no choice except to follow Tracy's instructions. The demon wolves were persistently chasing after their cart. They normally would have gotten off to deal with them, but they were cutting it close enough as it was. As the party had worried, they hadn't reached the city within the five days they calculated.In fact, it was the seventh day. They still had several hours left before they officially failed the quest, so they couldn't afford to stop even for a moment, which was why they left most of the fighting to their two archers. Since everyone else needed to be in close range to fight, it was inconvenient for them to fight on the cart. Of course, Bobby and Chris were not happy with the arrangement.
It was easier said than done when the people spotted them and seemed to hurry even more to get on the boats. Luke wasn't sure why they reacted that way, but he knew that it wouldn't work. Even if they did avoid the demon attack, they would have no way of returning back to the city and would either have to go to another place or wait for someone to liberate their home.Luke had seen it happen enough times to know they should stop doing such a pointless act. It wasted everyone's time and made things more difficult. The party was able to reach the docks before all the people could get one. Theodore grabbed one of the people by the collar and raised him up into the air. The man gasped as his hands went to his throat, and he kicked his legs."Where are you going?" Theodore asked.The man whimpered as he begged, "Let me go. I don't want to die."
Neither of them talked any further, as they saw that demons had already broken into the city. Without hesitation, they threw themselves into the fight. Luke drew Illumina for this fight instead of using the enchanted sword. It was far more effective at slicing up the demons compared to the other sword, which was expected. If it couldn't do that much, then it was worthless.As he cut another demon in half, Violet jumped past him as she threw her daggers at the demons trying to gang up on him from behind. They struck their targets in the eye, blinding them. She ducked as he swung his claymore to separate their heads from their bodies. The moment the heads hit the ground, she quickly retook her daggers and moved on to the next demon.It didn't take them long to wipe out all the nearby demons, as the smarter ones had fled the moment they realized they didn't stand a chance against the 'heroe
Hello everyone. I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along so long. Luke's story has ended unless readers are interested in a sequel. Also, there are several things that I want to let you know. I have some news for all of you. In case some of you didn't know, I hd started a new book titled Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race which can be found here: https://www.meganovel.com/story/Rise-of-the-Demon-King-Caleb-Gonzales-s-Rat-Race_31000555550. It's set in the same world as my current book. It's kind of a prequel to Rise of the Demon King: Luke Hellwalker's Revenge, but you can read it as a parallel or alternate universe if you like. As such, you might see some of the same characters who act differently from what you remember so I hope there's no confusion. For those interested to know more about the new book, here's the synopsis: When Caleb Gonzales woke up in the video game he last played, he expected things to go down like they did in those web
"The clean up is doing well," 'Kayla' said as she stood before Luke, who was sitting on the throne.Instead of responding to her, he gave a nod before looking to the next person. The corners of his mouth twitched as he wanted to frown. The previous demon king's women were staring at him, waiting patiently for him to finish his work. He didn't know what Mildred said to them, but they were all now convinced that they should try to seduce him.[They are strong women, so you shouldn't have any complaints about adding them to your harem.]Luke was unamused by the demon king's words. He knew very well that Luke hadn't been interested in building a harem. It was really bad enough that he had four women to contend with. Speaking of them, the quartet came walking into the throne room, with Grace taking the lead. She was looking well despite having only recovered yesterday."Luke, are you still in your meeting?" she asked as Tracy, Violet, and Ruth kept to her sides.Standing up, Luke said, "It'
Everyone stared in disbelief. How were they supposed to react to this sudden reveal? They had expected it to be a big deal because of the system's threat, but this was way behind anything they could have imagined. Luke distracted himself from the implications to assess everyone's reactions. Chris's mouth had dropped open while Bobby looked ill.Violet, on the other hand, was doing a good job keeping herself together, though it was just barely. Her fists were clenched, with her nails digging into her palm. Theodore was the only odd one out. He was quickly shocked by the information, but he appeared to be the calmest of the bunch. Luke couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing as he returned his attention back to the system.Chris ended up being the first to break the silence. "You can't be serious."[The system assures the user that it is quite serious.][The users should confirm their desire as soon as possible. There are only five open spaces.]The party had barely recovered fr
Luke couldn't believe it. The creator had actually been telling the truth when they said they could go home if they did enough to entertain them. He should be happy, but he was strangely numb about the reward. Perhaps it was because he had become used to the idea that he would never see his family again. That was why hearing the contrary left him with conflicted feelings."We can go home," Chris said in awe.A quick look at his party members was enough to tell Luke how overjoyed they were at the idea. After Luke had told them it was impossible, they had been resigned to never return back to their family and friends. It was why they had so willingly joined his side and turned their backs on the angels. However, a part of them had hoped that Luke was wrong."I wonder how everyone's been doing," Bobby said.Chris wrapped his arms around him and said, "I can't wait to see everyone."Violet had a soft smile, while Theodore only grunted. It should be a happy moment, but Luke was too used to
It couldn't understand what was happening. The creator could feel itself being torn away from its vessel against its will. This couldn't be happening. It was the creator. Everything went exactly as it wanted. There was no way it could lose to a human that had been originally brought into this world as nothing more than a tool. However, despite its efforts, it was being forced out by the sword in its chest.What was it? It couldn't be an ordinary weapon. Even when it was being injured, it had only been because the creator allowed it. Otherwise, the people wouldn't be able to actually harm it. Reaching out towards Luke and the sword again, it felt the sword pulse. Suddenly, the creator found its unable to move. An invisible force was keeping it from moving.The creator couldn't believe it. Such a thing had never happened before. The only possible reason that the creator could think of was that the sword contained a fragment of its power. However, that couldn't be it. The Splinter that h
The creator's eyes rolled upward, and he spotted Takisha standing on its neck. Takisha didn't waste a second to bite her teeth in the creator's throat. She grimaced at the vile taste filling her mouth. Considering this was supposed to be the creator possessing a human, she would have thought the blood would taste delicious. Instead, it was probably the most disgusting blood she had ever tasted.Takisha wasn't even sure it was blood. Dirt tasted better than this. However, she focused on injecting her venom into the creator. A shadow loomed over her as the creator raised a hand to rush her. She didn't immediately run, and her faith was rewarded when vines and thorns wrapped around the creator's hand. Blood spilled from where the thorns pierced its skin.Of course, this wasn't enough to stop it for long. The creator ripped free, but its attention had been successfully redirected to Mildred, who unleased several arrows in its direction before running. It deflected them and rushed to crush
"You idiot," Tracy said as she punched Chris in the face."Ow! What was that for?" Chris demanded as he covered his face with a hand."That's for acting like an idiot," she snapped.Luke, Mildred, and Bobby stared at the bickering duo before Mildred turned to Luke and asked, "Are they...""No," Luke and Bobby immediately said.She glanced back at the duo and said, "Really?""They might act this way, but I assure you that Chris isn't her type," Bobby said as he waved a hand in front of himself. "She's already in a relationship with Luke.""I see," Mildred said. "It seems like I have competition."Bobby choked and Luke froze up as the duo finally stopped fighting and Tracy asked, "Wh
The creator was beginning to grow bored. Luke had disappeared off to who knew where, leaving them to deal with the rabble. None of them stood a chance against them. Of course, Luke being there wouldn't have changed much either, but this was supposed to be a game between them. If he wasn't there, then what was the point?They were debating whether they should cut the game short and simply end things when they heard a familiar voice shout, "Move!"Instantly, the creator raised a clawed hand to catch the arrow that had been shot in their direction. Their eyes spotted a familiar dark elf notching another arrow into her bow. So it looked like Luke had rescued the women that they had knocked out. They could have simply killed them and been done with it, but the creator had ultimately decided not to bother.Who would have expected that Luke would go rescue the
"What's this?" Luke muttered as he stared at the emergency quest.Luke never expected the system itself to give out a quest to defeat the creator. He would have thought it would be on their side since it was created by the system. Perhaps it saw the creator as a threat and wanted them to be dealt with. It sent shivers down his spine to see the quest, and he looked up to see that the others in the room were also reading a message from the system."Did you also receive the same quest as me?" he asked, though he already knew the answer."What's this nonsense?" demanded the succubus. "Defeat the creator? I've never heard such a thing.""There has to be a mistake," the dark elf said as she crossed her arms. "Why would we fight against our creator?"Laurel looked towards Luke and demanded,