Watching the dark energy surge toward them, the soldiers behind him grew frantic.
They were all ordinary people who couldn't use magic; at most, they had a bit of strength, but they couldn't withstand such an attack.
Even Precht couldn't help but be secretly alarmed, instinctively wanting to dodge.
Only Weston stood calmly in place, not moving an inch.
"Tch..."
"Turning yourself from a 'human' into a 'demon,' using loopholes in the rules to break the rules?"
"I admit, I certainly made a mistake regarding this matter."
"But..."
"An attack of this level is still not worth seeing!!"
Just as the dark energy was about to slam into Weston, he suddenly raised his right hand and forcefully grabbed forward.
Boom—!!
The violent energy exploded, and the scene was immediately enveloped in white smoke.
Seeing this, the members of the Dark Night Poison Scorpions immediately grew excited.
"He actually took the blow head-on?!"
"I bet he's been blasted into nothing but dust now!"
A few seconds later, the white smoke dissipated, revealing the situation inside.
Weston remained motionless, his hand still held in the previous posture.
The flood-like dark energy had vanished without a trace, with only a few wisps of white smoke slowly rising from his palm, proving that it had indeed existed moments ago.
"What?! Completely unharmed?!"
"Th-this is impossible!"
"That was the Chairman's ultimate move!"
Although the three Mages varied in appearance and build, their expressions were surprisingly uniform at this moment, utterly shocked by Weston's action.
Mark also hadn't expected Weston to possess such strength. Looking at the calm young man before him, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
"You... you actually... Damn it!!"
Failing to land a hit, Mark was both shocked and enraged. He immediately roared, stomped his right foot hard on the ground, and charged towards Weston like a cannonball.
With a 'bang'.
The ground beneath his feet cracked in response, and debris scattered everywhere, agitated by the magical power.
The absolute rules of Formula Magic were rendered useless before his demonized body.
He broke through the magic barrier, raised his fist—the size of a human head—and channeled all his strength, smashing it fiercely toward Weston with an unstoppable momentum.
"Die!!"
Before the fist arrived, the wind from the punch reached him first.
The heavy pressure rushing towards him made Weston's hair dance wildly like a fierce lion's mane, and his clothes flapped loudly.
However, facing such a perilous punch, Weston's expression remained calm.
Immediately, he took half a step back with his right leg, adjusted his stance, pulled his right arm back, clenched his fist, and gathered strength!
The character 'Explode' flashed momentarily on his fist.
Bang—!!!!!!
Mark's high-speed movement came to an abrupt halt!
Weston's fist, moving faster and with greater force, slammed into his opponent's chest before the opponent's attack could land!
In that instant, time seemed to slow down infinitely—
The terrifying force of Weston's punch vibrated a circle of white vapor off Mark's skin.
His fist sank deep into Mark's body, squeezing and distorting the monster-like, tall, and sturdy physique.
The scales that had evolved on his chest after demonization shattered and flew off under this powerful force, carrying with them tufts of blue fur and crimson flesh.
The power of 'Explosion' contained within the Word Magic penetrated Mark's body, mercilessly impacting his internal organs.
Even though Mark's body was demonized inside and out, and his muscles and skin were greatly strengthened, his internal organs hadn't evolved much and remained soft.
"Kugh wah—"
The damage to his internal organs caused Mark to spray a large mouthful of fresh blood from his throat, his eyes rolling back.
The next second, time resumed.
Boom—!!
Mark's monstrous body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, moving at an even faster speed, without any ability to resist!
In the blink of an eye, he passed through the magic barrier, entered the range of the Spell Formula array, then burst out the other side of the array, flying for more than ten meters in the air before crashing into a wall on the far side of the long street.
He then smashed through the wall and into the building, and a tenth of a second later, flew out the other side of the building, leaving two large holes in the two opposing walls.
Finally, Mark's body slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a large crater riddled with cracks at the bottom!!
"I'm truly sorry, but I don't have the patience to listen to you continue."
Weston twisted his wrist, his gaze passing through the two large holes in the walls, landing on Mark, who was lying in the crater dozens of meters away.
"As for the rest of your story, you can save it for your cellmates when you get to the Council's prison."
Having taken Weston's powerful and heavy blow head-on, Mark felt as if he had lost nine-tenths of his life.
The surging power brought by the demonization was receding like a tide.
Correspondingly, an intense feeling of weakness inevitably surged up from within his body.
"H-how is this possible...?"
"The power of a demon... should be invincible...!!"
Weston curled his lip.
"What invincible power is there in this world?"
"If there is one, it's not the power of a demon, but the power of 'Love'!"
Hearing this, the expression on Mark's face became extremely complex.
Astonishment, confusion, loss, despair, disbelief.
"Absurd... utterly absurd!!"
"How can such a thing exist in this world??!!"
Weston couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him, instead turning his gaze toward the three dumbstruck Mages still inside the Spell Formula array.
"You guys..."
Thump, thump, thump!
"W-w-we... we surrender!!" x3
The three stood in a row and simultaneously knelt on the ground.
Weston looked at them with interest: "You surrender so easily? Aren't you going to show off the power of a demon too?"
"No, no, no... We haven't undergone demonization, we're still human!!"
"That's right, that's right. Because the survival rate for demonization is too low, none of us dared to do it. Only the Chairman did it alone."
The three Mages hurriedly raised their hands and begged loudly for mercy, terrified that if they delayed even a second longer, they would suffer the same fate as Mark.
Are you kidding!
Even their powerful Chairman was taken down by this person with one punch—do they still need to fight?!
"I don't believe it!"
Weston narrowed his eyes: "You actively delivered yourselves here, how could Tartaros let go of free experimental material? They don't care about humans!"
"Sir, you misunderstood. We didn't have direct contact with members of Tartaros."
"That's right, we only contacted their subordinate guild, 'Fire Serpent's Eye,' and the Chairman just used the 'Demonization Potion' they provided."
Demonization Potion?
This thing didn't seem to appear in the original work, right?
Was it eliminated in the future because the conversion rate was too low?
And 'Fire Serpent's Eye'?
Looks like I need to investigate this thoroughly!