Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

He was no longer alone nor was he as weak as before. The fact that he could stare right in the eyes of these guild masters without feeling that powerful pressure like before, proved this point.

As he gazed at the numerous guild leaders, memories from that time involuntarily surged within his mind. At that time, in a different setting, they all watched him getting forced to grovel on the ground, accused of something he haven't even committed.

They all looked at him with those cold eyes of theirs as if he was some kind of heinous criminal. Even now, he could see the contempt and hatred flashing inside those eyes.

He could see it, but so what? He who had now accepted his truth was no longer bothered by these things. He had long crushed any naïve hopes remaining within his heart and embraced his current self.

With all those things gone, there was only one remaining feeling left, the feeling of enmity. Just like how they saw him as their enemy, he too gazed at them as if they were his mortal enemies that need to be crushed at any cost.

"So the master of the dungeon finally comes out huh, he looks quite different than before" Brutus Sarge commented as he cautioned his guild to remain alert.

The other guild leaders too rallied their guilds and ordered them to stay in formation. Looking at the number of enemies which was in the tens of thousands, a big battle was inevitable.

"Well it's a good thing that he came out by himself, it saves us the trouble"…

"True, but it sure is an impressive lineup. Who would have guessed that a [D] rank dungeon would have these many high difficulty monsters?"…

"Be careful of the demon and the beings around him, I can't use [Analysis] on them"…

The guild leaders exchanged various talks when from the corner of their eyes they saw the demon raise his hand and point it towards them.

Immediately afterwards, the tension on the 48th floor reached a boiling point as all the monsters started attacking. The former overlords issued powerful roars that swept over the place increasing the spirits of the monsters while intimidating the opponents.

"Various guild leaders, can I ask your guilds to take care of the demon and his monsters, while I prepare the Floor Buster?" the grey haired man asked.

Experiencing the danger of this dungeon first hand, nobody here rejected his words. The best way to defeat the opponent is by destroying the dungeon core. Now that the demon had shown himself here, his dungeon core was bound to be unguarded. All they need to do was stall him here while somebody went down and achieved the objective for them.

All the guild masters immediately nodded their heads. Although they were a little apprehensive of each other, this was not the time for fighting amongst each other. The enemy was powerful enough to even threaten them.

On the commands of the guild leaders, the two thousand plus strong primary unit raised their weapons and clashed against the onrushing hordes of monsters. While the guild leaders themselves rushed past the army of monsters and went straight for the master of this place.

ROARRR…

But before they could reach the demon, the three enormous beasts who were each more than twenty meters big, stood in their way.

"Puny humans you dare intrude on the abode of our master?" the Lightning Draconic Serpent roared as it swept its gigantic tail towards the incoming adventurers.

"Leave these beats to us" a couple of figures appeared in front of the group of guild leaders and stopped the tail. These figures were none other than the vice guild masters of the various guilds.

They not only stopped the Lightning Draconic Serpent but also the other two overlords. The guild leaders left it to their second in command and continued to proceed towards the demon. That was when—

"Soul Catchers… proceed, kill those adventurers" Simon casually extended his hand and pointed it at the incoming group.

GRWOAAHH… that was when an agonising, wailing noise came from the three Ogoraths behind him as they rode forward on their wretched looking antlers.

These antlers had the ability to walk in the air, so even if the adventurer tried to dodge them by flying away from their path, it was no use. The Ogoraths quickly caught up to them and swung those ominous looking weapons of theirs.

CLANG… the few of the guild leaders who clashed against them head on, felt the full brunt of the attack and were blown back surprising the others around them.

"Be careful, these creatures are not ordinary" still reeling in pain those guild leaders cautioned.

The Ogoraths stood in between the guild leaders and the demon so if they wanted to go for the latter they first have to take care of the former.

"Guess we have no choice, the few of us will stay behind and stop these monsters so make sure you all take care of the demon" Six out of the eighteen leaders decided to stay behind and keep the Ogoraths busy while the remaining continued their flight towards the demon.

"Hehe, as if it will be that easy. Let me try this new [A] tier bow Star Shooter that master has prepared for me" Alice laughed as she notched her bow and shot a couple of mana arrows that flew towards the onrushing guild leaders.

"Hmph, cheap tricks. You think these feeble will even be able to touch us?" Arven Lantz, the guild leader of the crimson demolition guild snorted.

He stretched his hand forward and the core stone embedded in his ring flashed with a brilliant light. Infernal flames materialised in the shape of a huge palm and clenched towards the arrows.

"Ability Conferment- [Permeate]"...

The smirk on his face just formed when it faded as he saw the arrows easily pass through his magic and rush toward him.

"Not good… Magic Shield" Arven hurriedly raised his magic shield to protect himself. Although he managed to come out unscratched he was nonetheless pushed back by the power of the mana arrows.

It was not only him, the few other guild masters targeted by arrows also had the same reaction.

"Master, leave those three to me, I'll make sure to open hundreds of new holes in them," Alice said delightfully as she hopped towards her target.

"This girl…" Annette sighed; this little sister of hers was too hyperactive and fun seeking to the point where she had already forgotten their plan.

"It's alright… that's just how I programmed her" Simon replied.

He could understand some of her thought process, for Alice it was her chance to show her worth to her master. The last time she didn't get any chance to step up which is why, she wanted to make use of this opportunity.

While they were having such talks, the remaining nine leaders finally approached them. They stood tens of meters away from Simon's group and glared at them.

Now that they were face to face, one could easily see each other's facial expressions and what the other party was thinking. The group of guild leaders all wore an expression of animosity as they glared at Simon while he on the other hand simply glanced at them with an expression of indifference.

"You will pay for your crimes demons. You killed thousands of our members, you are an evil being who has committed numerous atrocities. A threat like you cannot be allowed to grow any further. Today we shall…".

"Spare me from this self-righteous nonsense. Are you only here to chit chat or are you going to fight?" Simon interrupted the man uttering some no sense bullshit.

It sickened him to his very core to see guys like them claim their actions as righteous while declaring others as evil.

Sure he killed thousands of their members but they have also killed numerous monsters on his side. They are the ones who have intruded on his dungeon and are trying to kill him and take his possessions in their greed.

If Simon was evil then so are they.

What a joke, they just wanted some reason for their action. Compared to them, he who was doing everything in his power just to survive in this world, felt like a saint.

"Come" Simon beckoned with his hand. Absolute contempt and disdain for his enemies, the demon's voice was filled with condescension.

These guild leaders never imagined that they would be disregarded like that so blatantly. They who have climbed to the top of the kingdom and were looked up to by hundreds of thousands of people never thought that would be disrespected like that in front of so many people.

"You!!" the guild leader who had spoken those words had a face flushed red with fury.

"There is no point in talking to him, we need to defeat him fast and save our tertiary team" the other guild leaders were furious too; however, they had much more patience and composure than the other guy.

"Let's attack him together" Brutus took the initiative to charge forward.

[Beast Transformation- Claws]… his hands transformed into two ferocious looking claws as they inched closer towards the throat of the demon intending to sever his neck.

However, before he could get closer, a maid holding a huge shield in one hand and a broadsword in the other, stepped in between and easily received his attack.

His claws that could easily cut through any equipment made out of Whitesilver, was stopped by that shield on the maid. Before the shock could register to him, he felt an overpowering strength push his claws back and slam into him knocking him a few distances away.