“Grow what....? What did he just say?” “Wait, does Han Tae-Sung suffer from hair loss or something?” The Adventurers from the Holy Alliance tilted their heads in confusion at the same time. Siegfried's words just now, "Grow Back Hair Hair,"was so absurd that those who heard it were left dumbfounded. ‘I... think that was pretty lame...’ Siegfried winced as well. Even he had to admit the command sounded absolutely ridiculous. He preferred something that sounded a bit more cool, charismatic, and fitting for battle, but that thought did not last long. Demonic Cross: Hyungseokius fell from the sky and crashed into the ground like a meteor. “W-What the hell is that?!” “Demonic Cross... Hyungseokius?” “Chae Hyung-Seok? Hey, is that the same Chae Hyung-Seok I know? Desire?” “Why the hell is he strung up on a cross?!” The enemy Adventurers were shocked at the sight of Chae Hyung-Seok dangling from a cross. Was he still a player? Or was he just an item now? Nobody could tell what Chae Hyung-Seok had become. “Hey, Hyung-Seok. They’re all covered in buffs, you see that? Should I strip ‘em of their buffs or just leave them?” Siegfried asked casually. The reason he asked was that he was giving Chae Hyung-Seok to show off his powers. If he used the Wave of Truth and stripped the enemies of their buffs, then that would leave InfiniteGasStation standing there like a scarecrow. In other words, Chae Hyung-Seok would lose his chance to show just how powerful his buffs were. “Hey, don’t do anything,” Chae Hyung-Seok replied firmly. “Just let me show off for a change. I need to teach that greenhorn what a real top-tier buffer looks like. “Sure, if you say so.” Siegfried held back from using the Wave of Truth upon hearing Chae Hyung-Seok’s response. Meanwhile, InfiniteGasStation and his guild members were left reeling. The two men, Siegfried and Chae Hyung-Seok, were standing together, talking to each other as if they were allies. Rather than being shocked at Chae Hyung-Seok’s current form, they were far more shocked to see the two of them getting along. The enmity between them had long become a legend, after all. Chae Hyung-Seok had once publicly threatened to kill Siegfried, only to be humiliated and tormented by the latter time and time again. Their feud was not only bitter and intense, but it was public and well-documented as well. Yet these two were suddenly fighting side by side? This was something that would make the front page of every news outlet! Seeing the two sworn enemies suddenly turn into partners made the Raka Guild members think that the end of the world was imminent. “InfiniteGasStation, eh? Hehe... That brat still had snot dripping from his nose and milk smeared all over his lips when people were praising my name. Looks like he’s all grown up.” Chae Hyung-Seok let out a cold laugh as he glared across the battlefield. His glare was filled with pure contempt. In his eyes, InfiniteGasStation was nothing more than an upstart, a disgrace to the title of being the best buffer in the game. Even though InfiniteGasStation had become the number one buffer in the game, Chae Hyung-Seok saw him as nothing more than a joke who got lucky after his downfall. ‘Haha, this guy’s quite the proud one too,’ Siegfried thought with a laugh. Siegfried understood exactly how Chae Hyung-Seok felt. After all, he was once the undisputed top buffer of his era, a legendary pro gamer acknowledged by everyone. And the kid he had never even considered to be a rival was now hailed as the greatest buffer? Chae Hyung-Seok’s pride was surely wounded by the sight. ‘Well, whatever. I don’t mind letting my employee shine for once,’ Siegfried thought. Thus, he decided not to use the Wave of Truth in this battle. “So, shall we get started?” Siegfried asked. “Let’s go,” Chae Hyung-Seok replied with a nod before charging up his buffs. “Does that washed-up buffer really think he has a chance against us?” InfiniteGasStation did not see Chae Hyung-Seok as a threat, and neither was he particularly worried about Siegfried. “I’ll admit that you’re strong, Han Tae-Sung... But do you really think dragging around that washed-up loser is enough to beat all of us? Really?” “Wicked heathens! Receive the divine judgement of the heavens!” “No hard feeling, aye?!” “I’ll finally make a name for myself!” Both angels and Adventurers, buffed by InfiniteGasStation, charged at Siegfried and Chae Hyung-Seok with reckless abandon. A faint smile curled on Siegfried’s lips before he cast Embrace of Despair to shred their Movement Speed, Casting Speed, and Attack Speed. He followed it up with Eternal Flames to shred their Defense and Magic Resistance. “W-What the hell is this?!” “Wait—! Didn’t we get buffed just now?!” “Hey! What’s wrong with your buff?! My stats are worse than before!” Despite having received buffs from InfiniteGasStation, the Adventurers were thrown into disarray when their stats plummeted even lower than before they were buffed. But this was a no-brainer, as Siegfried’s debuffs were strong enough to neutralize even Chae Hyung-Seok’s buffs. Therefore, the buffs of someone weaker, like InfiniteGasStation, would be shredded into pieces by Siegfried’s debuffs. Meanwhile, Chae Hyung-Seok stacked every buff in his arsenal onto Siegfried. [Alert: Your Attack Power has increased!] [Alert: Your Magic Resistance has increased!] [Alert: Your Defense has increased!] [Alert: Your Skill Damage has increased!] [Alert: Your Attack Speed has increased!] [Alert: Your Movement Speed has increased!] Siegfried received a wide variety of buffs. He was already overpowered with just his debuffs, but he even received top-tier buffs on top of it. And the result was already obvious. “Go, Han Tae-Sung! Use Body Slam!” Chae Hyung-Seok shouted. “Do you have a death wish?” Siegfried growled in response. Then, he warned, “You better watch your damn mouth. What am I, a Pokemon?” “N-No, I meant... just go and fight already...” Chae Hyung-Seok flinched and stammered. “Tsk... You damn buffers are all the same. You don’t dare to fight on the front lines, and all you do is leech from the back.” “H-Hey, that’s why we’re buffers, you kno—” “Just shut up and keep buffing me before I tie you up and beat the living shit outta you.” “Y-Yeah, I got it...” Chae Hyung-Seok quietly went back to casting buffs after getting threatened by Siegfried. “Tsk... That damn bastard,” Siegfried grumbled under his voice. Then, he turned toward the incoming enemies. Clutching his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp, he dashed forward, heading straight into the horde of enemies. ‘Let’s see how strong this is!’ At this moment, there was only one question on his mind. Just how powerful was the combination of the most powerful debuffer and the most powerful buffer? What followed was an absolute massacre... Armed with Chae Hyung-Seok’s buffs, Siegfried tore through his debuffed enemies without mercy. “T-That’s a monster!” “Buffs! Give us buffs, now!” The angels and Raka Guild members ran for their lives in the face of Siegfried's terrifying might. Chae Hyung-Seok’s buffs stacked on top of Siegfried’s debuffs resulted in an overwhelming synergy. And Siegfried was even going easy on them. What if he had activated the Wave of Truth and stripped his enemies of their buffs? This battle would have ended long ago. All of InfiniteGasStation’s buffs would be erased, and Siegfried would have one-shot every single one of them with a single basic attack. The combination of Siegfried and Chae Hyung-Seok was so overpowered that even an army of nearly a thousand angels and high-level Adventurers couldn’t do anything against them. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵 “T-This doesn’t make any sense!” InfiniteGasStation cried out in disbelief as his allies dropped one after another like flies. He had definitely buffed his allies, and yet they were getting shredded like wet tissue papers by Siegfried. “K-Kill that guy first! Kill him first!” InfiniteGasStation shouted. He quickly determined that the source of Siegfried’s absurd power was Chae Hyung-Seok, so he ordered his guild members to target him. “Go back to where you came from, old-timer!” “Washed-up piece of shit!” The Raka Guild members charged at Chae Hyung-Seok, who was bound to the massive cross like a scarecrow. They unleashed a barrage of attacks at him, but... Ting! Tiiing! Thunk! Thunk! Ting! Tiiing! Thunk! Thunk! Chae Hyung-Seok, or rather, the Demonic Cross: Hyungseokius, was now considered an object immune to attacks. As a result, InfiniteGasStation’s plan to eliminate Chae Hyung-Seok and cut off Siegfried’s buffs completely fell apart. “That’s fucking broken!” InfiniteGasStation shouted in a shrill screech the moment he realized that Chae Hyung-Seok was a non-targetable object. He had never imagined, even in his wildest dreams, that a buffer capable of giving out such powerful buffs could be rendered immune to damage. Siegfried massacred the angels and the Raka Guild members in droves with his overwhelming power. [Alert: You have absorbed a Strong Adventurer’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Strong Adventurer’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Strong Adventurer’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Strong Adventurer’s Soul!] The stronger the enemies, the faster the harvest... [Alert: You have absorbed a Mid-Ranking Fallen Angel’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Mid-Ranking Fallen Angel’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Mid-Ranking Fallen Angel’s Soul!] [Alert: You have absorbed a Mid-Ranking Fallen Angel’s Soul!] On top of that, the souls of the angels were far more valuable than the souls of the elite knights or Adventurers. ‘I can use it soon,’ Siegfried thought, glancing at the total number of souls he absorbed. Thus, he kept swinging his +16 Vanquisher’s Grasp as if he were possessed, cutting down every enemy who dared to charge at him. And the more he swung his weapon, the closer he was to absorbing five thousand soul energy[1]. The Supreme Commander of the Holy Alliance, General Effenberg, looked troubled as he watched over the battlefield. “He’s beyond the level of a Master... quite possibly a Grandmaster...” General Effenberg concluded that Siegfried had reached the realm of a Grandmaster based on his observations. Of course, Siegfried had yet to become a Grandmaster, but the raw display of power he was putting on made him look like he had already surpassed the limits of a Master. “There’s no one in our army who can stop that man. In that case...” General Effenberg no longer lingered on the matter. “All forces! Prepare to bombard the enemy’s position! All battleships on standby! All artillery units on standby! Open fire on the battlefield at my signal! And battle mages! Unleash every wind spell you have!” “B-But, sir! Our men are still out on the battlefield!” “The enemy is a monster beyond the realm of a Master, possibly even a Grandmaster! If we can take down an enemy like that, then the sacrifice of a few thousand soldiers is nothing!” Thus, the Holy Alliance decided to unleash their full firepower on Siegfried’s location. The battle mages summoned fierce winds to completely seal off the green fog that blocked all ranged attacks. The battleships hovering in the skies and the artillery units on the ground all opened fire in unison, raining down a rain of shells at the battlefield. “YOU CRAZY BASTAAARDS!” InfiniteGasStation screamed as he saw the shells falling directly on their position. He had never imagined, even in his wildest dreams, that the Holy Alliance would start bombing their own troops. The region was reduced to utter ruins by the bombardment, and thousands were killed in mere moments. General Effenberg had bombarded his own troops just to kill one man—Siegfried van Proa. The Holy Alliance suffered massive losses, but the general couldn’t care less about such trivial things. No matter how many of his troops were lost, he wouldn't consider them a loss if it meant killing Siegfried van Proa. “There’s no way anyone can survive that level of bombardment,” General Effenberg muttered to himself as he waited for the dust to settle. A gust of black wind burst out from the epicenter of the battlefield. Then, a pillar of ghostly blue flame shot up into the sky. The angels on the Holy Alliance’s side trembled; they were overcome by both shock and terror. True to their nature as celestial beings, they were the first to react to the storm of raging demonic power. “N-No way... This is impossible...!” One of the angels whispered under his breath in disbelief as he stared at the source of the horrifying energy. Then, someone slowly walked out of the cloud of dust and smoke, stepping calmly out from the center of the bombardment. 1. Author-nim suddenly shifted from number of souls to calling it an energy. ☜