You think you're worthy of saving the world?

"Come on!"

"Remember not to kill it, break its arms and legs and then take it back to present to the Demon King!"

The demons rushed towards Yuri and quickly surrounded him, hacking at him.

Although they kept saying they wanted to capture him alive, these guys simply didn't have that kind of rationality.

The appearance of the hero excited the demons, who rushed towards Yuri from the ground and from the sky, their momentum as if they wanted to cut him into pieces.

On the other side, Yuri slowly raised his left arm.

The black-haired boy's left forearm had transformed into a strange and demonic shape.

It evokes the image of a demon's powerful claws, crashing heavily to the ground without hesitation.

"Earth-Shaking Inferno"!

He infuses a massive amount of magic power into his demonized claws, creating a powerful magical explosion by slamming them into the ground. The closer the target is to the center of the explosion, the more devastating the damage.

The current version is 2.0.

After the previous singularity adventure, Yuri's unique skill "Crimson Favor" gained additional effects.

When Yuri enters "Demon Mode", all of his attacks will be imbued with thermonuclear properties.

A true nuclear-powered punch.

When Yuri's fist touched the earth, a terrifying heat, enough to vaporize everything in an instant, spread out from Yuri as the center.

The demons and skeletons that were closest to him were burned to ashes, unable to even utter a scream.

The demons who were farther away from him were slightly luckier—they slowly melted in the shockwave and eventually turned into a whole lump of charcoal.

The shockwave also damaged nearby houses and windows.

The wooden structure was utterly vulnerable, and a small fire broke out around it.

Of course, Yuri had already evacuated the surrounding residents before the demons entered the town.

Because of his status as a hero, the residents obediently stayed away from the battle zone.

"Uh...uh..."

In the darkness of night, the screams of the demons echoed.

Are there still survivors?

Yuri was somewhat surprised. He gently swung "Azure Queen" to disperse the smoke and dust caused by the nuclear explosion fist.

The leader of the demons was lying sprawled on the ground, looking rather unsteady.

His once majestic and imposing body was burned beyond recognition, and his six thick arms, which he was so proud of, were also destroyed in the shockwave, leaving only two.

Yuri walked towards him, carrying his military knife.

"Wait...wait! Hero! Don't kill me!"

The great demon revealed a terrified expression, struggling and shouting loudly.

The human boy, whose height barely reached his waist, was now terrifyingly arrogant in the eyes of this great demon.

If I had to describe him, he's like... the Grim Reaper.

"I have...I can...I can provide information! I have important information I can offer you first, Hero!"

Just before Yuri's sword pierced his head, the Great Demon shouted with all his might.

"Oh?"

Yuri became interested: "What kind of intelligence?"

"Could you... could you spare my life?"

“That depends on what kind of information you can provide,” Yuri said calmly.

The great demon rolled his eyes rapidly, racking his brains to recall the most important information he knew.

"Yes...that's right! I know!"

"What do you know?"

"I know the Demon King's secret! Hero, if you're willing to spare my life, I'll tell you the Demon King's secret—"

"Shoot."

The "Azure Queen" pierced through the forehead of the Great Demon Clan.

"You actually know the Demon King's secret? Then you can't be allowed to live in this world."

Yuri looked down at him and spoke, while the latter wore an expression of incomprehension and unresolved disbelief.

He probably never understood why things turned out this way until his death.

Yuri drew his saber, the silver blade spinning gracefully in the air, scattering the blood and brain matter that stained it.

Then, instead of immediately sheathing his sword, he looked up at the sky behind him.

"Hey! Isn't that enough? Come out here! How long are you planning to keep watching?!"

"------"

The hero's shouts echoed in the quiet night mist.

A few seconds later, a pitch-black shadow seemed to emerge from nothingness in the air.

"I am Leoric, one of the Four Heavenly Kings under the Demon King Rosa, the King of the Undead."

The suspicious figure, clad in a black robe, spoke.

Although it was just a glimpse, Yuri saw clearly the white bones exposed beneath the black hood.

So that's how it is... Undead creatures?

The man in the black cloak continued, "As expected of the Demon King's nemesis... How perceptive you are, hero. How did you sense my presence?"

“I admit your magic for concealing your presence is very skillful, but…”

Yuri laughed and shouted back, "I could smell the stench of your corpse from kilometers away... idiot!"

"Hmph... I see, it was my oversight."

The black-robed skeleton cackled.

As for Yuri, he was both provoking and observing the enemy before him.

Wow... that's a really high level!

Yuri was taken aback.

The enemy that appears this time has the words "Demon King's Army Four Heavenly Kings - Lich Leoric (Lv.??)" written above its head.

The hero can only see the level of characters whose level is lower than his own.

In other words, the current Four Heavenly Kings are of a higher level than Yuri (Lv.39).

But that's normal, considering he's one of the four strongest members of the Demon King's army.

Normally, this is an enemy that would require the combined efforts of all four members of the hero's team to defeat with great difficulty, but Yuri is taking an unconventional approach this time, with only the princess as his companion.

Yuri gripped his saber tightly, facing the lich head-on.

A chilling laugh came from beneath Leoric's robes: "Don't worry, I won't hand you over to the Demon King."

Yuri asked in surprise, "Oh? You're not going to hand me over to the Demon King?"

"Of course! Neither you nor the princess have any intention of being offered to the Demon King..."

I will keep you in my castle, I will not kill you...

"I will take good care of you until I unravel the secret of the blessing you possess," the lich said with a sneer.

"I see, so you're a restless fellow too." Yuri grinned mischievously.

"The Hero's Blessing" and "The Goddess's Blessing"...

These two skills may sound powerful, but they can only be effective in the presence of the "Demon King's Blessing".

Therefore, the purpose of studying the secrets of blessing is singular...

"That's right! I will thoroughly study your power and use your protection to defeat the Demon Queen! I will replace her and become the master of this world!"

The lich raised his skeletal arms high and shouted excitedly.

"..."

Aunt Rosa, how come you have so many traitors under your command?

The lich assumed a stance to unleash a massive spell.

"Hehehe... The legendary hero, let this old man experience his skills."

The temperature of the surrounding air plummeted in the next instant.

A gust of cold wind shot towards Yuri head-on.

It's a non-lethal spell, but once it hits, the target is immobilized.

Yuri raised the demonic prosthetic arm, which was shrouded in red mist, and then—

With a casual wave of his hand, he tore apart the icy wind that was sweeping in.

"How is this possible...!" The lich exclaimed in astonishment.

To shatter magic with a mere hand—that's unheard of!

Yuri's "Demon Transformation" left arm possesses exceptional magic resistance, and "Crimson Favor" grants her a slight ability to control the flow of magic power.

The combination of these two forces enabled Yuri to tear apart magic with his bare hands.

"You are...what's going on...how is this possible!"

Taking advantage of the lich's frenzy, Yuri began to devise a strategy to defeat the enemy.

Want to fight?

Do not--

Yuri is no stranger to tackling singularities.