Mechanics Are Meant to Be Fully Eaten Like This

The team leader was sweating profusely.

Moriarty's words are like those of a demon... He clearly knows I brought the Blade Demon, so why is he so calm! Is he Demon Scholar, or a demon disguised as a human?! And how did he know I brought the Blade Demon? "—There's a traitor?"

The team leader suddenly realized what was happening.

Since Iver Moriarty is Demon Scholar, then the mission I received was wrong from the very beginning—maybe this person is a member of Lloyd's's, but he's hiding it so well that I don't know it!

So, this whole thing was just a factional infighting from the very beginning.

And he was just cannon fodder sent along! "Wait a minute, I have something to say..."

He already understood, but it was too late.

"No."

Iver's icy voice came through. "You cannot surrender."

The next moment, a bullet came flying.

The team leader sensed the danger just before the trigger was pulled—he tried his best to dodge but couldn't completely avoid it.

Or rather, it was precisely because Iver didn't aim for his head that he was able to barely dodge.

Even so, after the team leader was shot in the right shoulder, it was as if he had been cut by an invisible shadow blade. His right arm burst out in a spray of blood and flew straight away.

The wound felt intensely corrosive.

For the first time in his life, he felt such pain. His mind went completely blank for a moment; he couldn't remember any spells or curses. He involuntarily collapsed to the ground, letting out a wail. His screams carried far into the night.

In that instant, an idea popped into the team leader's mind.

When I poured strong acid on someone's head before, the scream they made sounded something like this...

So this is what it feels like...?

"Hurry up, don't waste time. Or I'll kill you right now."

Iver's chilling voice rang out again. "Where is your Blade Demon?"

Just then, the fire butterflies that had been slowly flying towards them also approached the leader.

The team leader looked up, his fearful gaze fixed on the slowly approaching fire butterfly.

"—Blade Demon! Help me!"

He called out to it subconsciously.

The moment he received the order, the Blade Demon, which had been floating behind him in spirit form, suddenly appeared.

The Blade Demon looked like a half-knight wearing armor, which covered his head and chest. However, his armor was pure black and had many ferocious sharp horns.

The Blade Demon had no lower body—it floated in mid-air. Black smoke billowed from beneath its skirt armor, faintly flashing with electricity like dark clouds.

Even beneath the Blade Demon's helmet, no eyes were visible. Only two red rays emanated from where the eyes should have been. It wore gloves and wielded a large, two-handed Two-Handed Sword.

It moved forward silently like a gust of wind, and struck the high-temperature Flame Butterfly with a heavy sword.

This time, it intercepted it with a close-range attack. The Flame Butterfly was directly lured into exploding, unleashing a rapidly spinning firestorm that engulfed the Blade Demon.

When the flames subsided, the Blade Demon's armor and blades were visibly red. The firestorm, which lasted for about three or four seconds, had clearly eroded some of the Blade Demon's power. Most noticeably, the black smoke rising from beneath it had diminished considerably.

However, the Blade Demon did indeed withstand the attack without harming its master.

Immediately afterwards, Blade Demon, enveloped in surging heat—like a bull transformed from a red-hot iron—turned and charged towards Iver, who was standing at the door!

Visible lightning gathered on the blade, and the flowing electric light made the iron sword shine with a dazzling brilliance in the night.

—This is [Lightning Strike]! A general skill that can only be learned after having at least two levels of Lightning Affinity —not limited to swordsmanship, but including all professions that use metal weapons to attack.

It's common, but useful.

Once the distance is close enough, the electric light emitted from the Following Swords can cause the opponent's body to become temporarily stiff, paralyzed, or convulsed.

What followed was an unavoidable, unstoppable decapitation strike! The Blade Demon charged with incredible speed. Even if Iver wasn't in a wheelchair, his own speed would have made it difficult for him to dodge.

But just then, a gray thread appeared to be wrapped around his waist.

He simply jumped back slightly, and the threads carrying the power of shadow quickly pulled Iver back into the shadows.

At that moment, the fire butterfly that had been resting on Iver's fingertip suddenly burst into flames, forcing the Blade Demon back half a step.

That was the Paradox Flame Butterfly that had transformed into a Flame Butterfly and hidden itself.

At this moment, it sheds its Follower Form and reveals its true form—

Flames erupted from the crimson and black butterfly wings, and the black-haired girl's scarlet pupils suddenly snapped open.

Accompanied by intense hostility, she let out a childish scream.

A ball of light, like lava, condensed in front of her mouth—and in an instant, a deep red beam of flame, as thick as an adult male's forearm, was unleashed from it.

The Blade Demon has an extremely strong desire to attack.

It stubbornly withstood the attack, determined to strike the Paradox Flame Butterfly! Lightning crackled—bolts from its tip struck the Paradox Flame Butterfly, transforming into electric snakes that coiled around it. However, it failed to paralyze the Paradox Flame Butterfly in any way.

Immediately afterwards, a sword slashed down heavily! But instead of blood, sparks flew out.

The attack was highly effective, nearly severing the body of the Paradox Flame Butterfly. This demonstrates her lack of resistance to physical attacks.

However, Blade Demon failed to kill him with a single blow.

With the first attack failing, Blade Demon lost its last chance.

The Light Cannon fired by the Paradox Flame Butterfly was far more powerful than the Blade Demon could have imagined—the flames, carrying hot winds, roared and repelled it repeatedly before finally piercing through it! Centered on the Paradox Flame Butterfly, the surrounding grass withered and burned at a visible speed.

The flames that pierced through the Blade Demon fell to the ground and began to burn fiercely.

This is the most common and least noticeable mechanic of the Paradox Flame Butterfly: [Guiding Flame Stream]. It randomly targets a player and continuously guides a beam of fire, igniting the path of the beam.

This is a very typical guided firewall mechanism; it can't kill anyone at all. It only serves to divide the battlefield.

However, while the Blade Demon wasn't as lacking in intelligence as the Deformed Limb Demon or the Iron Hook Demon, it clearly didn't know how to deal with it either. It was like a complete novice player who didn't understand the mechanics, standing still and taking a full blast of rays without moving.

With just one strike, the Blade Demon's armor was already torn to shreds.

The Paradox Flame Butterfly twirled in the air, as if performing an elegant dance, before slowly landing and closing its wings. It seemed to be entering a resting state, or perhaps preparing for something.

Despite being severely injured, the Blade Demon did not pause for a moment.

Without hesitation, it charged at the Paradox Flame Butterfly once again!

But when its sharp blade struck the Paradox Flame Butterfly, the butterfly's wings suddenly opened and it launched a counterattack!

As the Paradox Flame Butterfly spun rapidly, the surging, howling heavy flames sent the Blade Demon flying! Iver also recognized this mechanism.

This is the melee counterattack state of the level 50 Paradox Flame Butterfly —once in this state, the Paradox Flame Butterfly will have the flames on its four wings destroyed by ranged attacks or Water Attribute attacks.

If the Paradox Flame Butterfly loses a certain amount of health from melee attacks before this, it will end its resting state early and immediately launch a full-screen counterattack!

This is a mechanism that, if not handled properly, can wipe out the entire team.

Then, the Paradox Flame Butterfly opened its wings and flew into the sky once more.

Eyes gathered on the butterfly wings, three eyes on each wing.

Twelve eyes swept across the ground, attacking the Blade Demon and the leader repeatedly like sharp claws.

Blade Demon survived twelve beam attacks, but the leader died the second time he was hit by a beam.

Even as the Blade Demon was about to dissipate, the Paradox Flame Butterfly was still filled with rage.

She transformed into a blazing meteor and hurtled toward the Blade Demon.

Even though the Blade Demon was already mutilated to the point where only half a helmet and a right hand remained, it neither avoided nor fled.

It was like a warrior raising his sword to face the charge of heavily armored knights. Concentrating his energy, a white light continuously accumulated on the blade.

At the perfect moment, it unleashed an incomparably dazzling sword strike—

But the dazzling sword light was instantly engulfed by the flames, having no effect whatsoever. The black knight's helmet clattered to the ground and then vanished.

Having received the experience tip from Blade Demon, Iver, who had returned to the doorway, couldn't help but gasp in amazement upon seeing this scene.

"You can eat all of this, Blade Demon Bro?"

Update complete! Everyone said they wouldn't be taking the day off today, don't panic...

Wait, let me tell you, when I was woken up by the earthquake yesterday, my first thought was, "Why is my body convulsing? Am I going to die?" Then I was stunned for about seven or eight seconds before I realized that it wasn't me shaking, it was the bed shaking...