novelraw Chapter 154 : Good at Anger Management (1)
Chapter 154 : Good at Anger Management (1)
Good at Anger Management (1)
With the decision to extend the stream, Lee Gyeongbok resumed the game.
The cutscene started by focusing on Durante as he stepped out of the gates of hell.
As the screen transitioned to the next scene, the viewers were left speechless by the view.
― Wow, lol, look at the domain of Wrath!
― Lol, this is real hell.
― This is the polar opposite of the domain of Greed.
Corpse Mountain, blood Sea (屍山血海).
It was a stark contrast from the domain of Greed, which had been filled with gold and treasures. Here, the corpses of dead devils were piled literally like mountains, and the ground was flooded with flowing blood.
The place where Lee Gyeongbok stood was also one of these mountains of corpses.
― Isn't the scale changing way too suddenly!?
― How many devils are there?
― You mean you have to get through all this?
― Those gum-chewing dudes are jump rope experts, lol.
― Seriously, he keeps crossing the line, then not crossing it, over and over.
Looking down, the place below looked even more hellish.
Beneath the mountain of corpses, beasts and beastman type devils were waging war against each other.
Their number was enough to fill the entire field of vision, so viewers couldn't help but be stunned.
But that wasn't the only problem.
"Are those the wraiths of Wrath?"
Durante said with a frown.
From the corpses of dead devils, translucent shadow-like figures emerged. The wraiths circled in midair, clinging to other devils to possess their bodies.
Even if he killed the devils, it was obvious those wraiths would be a nuisance.
A normal person wouldn't even dream of trying.
-(Spoiler) Godple just passes through invincibly.
― Everything's just a mob in front of Godple!
― Lol, godple is just good at everything.
― Seriously, just by looking at it, he'll have a hell rampage moment.
― Hell Rampage, dang, lol.
If Lee Gyeongbok was playing, it was a different story.
"Oh?"
At that moment, durante turned his gaze and smiled. In the direction he looked, some sort of tank came into view.
― What's that now?
― Man, he's running over everything, lol.
― Wraith absorption, what?
― The fuel is wraiths? Lol.
― Hey, is he gonna drive that thing now?
The battlefield wasn't just melee combat. Tanks moved around the field mowing down devils, absorbing the wraiths that flew out of the corpses.
"That's probably where the domain lord of Wrath is."
When Durante lifted his head toward the horizon, a huge circular coliseum was visible beyond the vast battlefield.
He immediately dashed down the mountain of corpses and leaped toward the nearest tank.
The devil holding the controls tried to attack him, but Durante's sword bisected him as he landed. While doing this, durante smirked.
"It's not my taste, but I guess it'll do."
Seizing the tank, as soon as Durante grabbed the controls, the tank roared and started to plow through devils.
― Lol, he actually took the thing.
― Haha! It's a hijacking!
-???: "Now this tank's mine. I can do whatever I want with it."
― Devil: "Is this the hell police? Some human just stole my tank!"
― The devil reporting to the police is so diligent, lol.
The chat filled with joy as the cutscene ended.
Lee Gyeongbok smiled as he spoke.
"This time, it isn't just a fight. Looks like it's about protecting the tank."
With that remark, Lee Gyeongbok fired his pistol sideways without even looking back. A devil that had tried to cling to the tank let out a long wail as it fell off.
That was just the start—devils from both sides started swarming onto the tank. Thankfully, he didn't have to worry about the front.
― Shred, shred, shred!
― Is this tank called Black Company?
― Seriously, it's just pulverizing everything, lol.
― Seems easier than the domain of Greed?
― If you just have to keep the sides clear, even Devil fandom could do it, lol.
With a battle that seemed easier, the viewers breathed a sigh of relief.
But that changed in an instant.
From the devils Lee Gyeongbok dispatched, wraiths burst out.
-?
― What? Why doesn't it hit?
― Are wraiths immune to attacks?
― They just phase through, lol.
― So, physical attacks don't work, huh.
Moreover, attacks didn't work on the wraiths—blades and bullets just passed right through.
When a wraith approached Lee Gyeongbok and clung to his body, his movements suddenly twisted unnaturally.
"Ah, looks like this is the mechanic."
As question marks flew up in chat, Lee Gyeongbok explained.
"When a wraith attaches, a status effect is applied. My body moves differently from what I intend."
To demonstrate, Lee Gyeongbok's arm suddenly bent backward.
"See, I was trying to raise my hand? But it moves like this."
Viewers were dumbfounded at his explanation.
― Come on;;; That's a tough penalty.
― Now even more wraiths are coming out.
― This is set up so more and more wraiths just keep spawning.
― Then shouldn't you knock them off instead of killing them?
― So, it's not easy after all, huh, intense.
― Isn't that a difficulty balancing problem?
― Godple or not, how's he supposed to win if his body won't follow orders? Lol!
The more devils he killed trying to board the tank, the more wraiths appeared.
With the chat filling with concern, Lee Gyeongbok shook his head.
"There's no need to worry too much."
With that, he showed them a solution.
With swift sword swings and precise shots, devils fell left and right.
Movements that had seemed awkward just moments ago now looked like acting compared to his usual perfection.
-?
― What? What's happening?
― Oh, lol, maybe there's a time limit on the effect.
― Something felt off—it seemed too hard.
― But there are still wraiths attached?
People thought maybe the effect would fade over time, yet wraiths continued to cling to his body. In fact, the more devils he dealt with, the more wraiths there were. Yet his movements remained natural.
"If my body moves differently from my intentions, I just have to match my thoughts to my movements."
A very simple method.
Lee Gyeongbok figured out the twisted controls from the wraith status effect and leveraged them.
― Eh?
― Are you telling me he actually learned every single changed movement just now?
― Insane, lol, it's worse than before but he's still doing it?
― Godple being Godple again!
― Please, make the game for regular people, please!
Of course, that method wasn't simple for the majority of viewers.
Lee Gyeongbok continued defeating devils climbing up onto the tank and nodded.
"Oh, of course, this is just the easiest way, but it's a bit more work. Still, it can be solved like this."
With that, he transformed his gauntlet. The form he switched it to was the newly acquired "Hand of Midas."
A beam shot from his palm, hitting a wraith.
"Looks like I didn't get this power for nothing."
The ghostly wraith turned to gold, gaining a physical form.
Lee Gyeongbok ripped the wraith off and threw it away.
― Oh! So that's how you use it, lol.
― This is more suitable for regular people, actually.
― Yep, that's the proper way!
― Thanks! Best Midas!
― Lol, the wraiths are instantly turned to fuel.
― Devils being used even in death, cry.
― The spirit of Black Company! Too scary!
Seeing an approach they could imitate, viewers were reassured.
But only for a moment.
Once the distance to the arena closed—
― Huh??
― Is that thing coming this way?
― Not even signaling, what's that about!
― Why would a tank use a blinker, lol.
― Dude! That's sabotage!
― Sabotage, lol.
Other tanks began ramming full-speed toward Lee Gyeongbok's tank, as if to crash headlong.
Still, viewers weren't that worried.
-(Spoiler) Bang bang!
― C'mon, with Godple, two shots will sort it out.
― What? "Two-shot cleanup?"
Are you insulting the baldies?
― No way would a "single-shot" clean it up either.
― Why is everyone being so "strict?" lol!
― Spinning them around together, what is this, lol.
They assumed that with Lee Gyeongbok's marksmanship, he could easily snipe the devils driving the tanks.
But Lee Gyeongbok had other plans.
"That would work too, but let's try something else."
With question marks popping up in chat, he answered with a smile.
Surrounded by devils on all sides, his divine energy was already on high alert.
So, he had a catalog of solutions in mind, reviewed in real time with the tanks' movements and his own abilities.
'Just dealing with them would be boring.'
He chose the most entertaining approach.
Lee Gyeongbok moved to the edge and extended the Hand of Midas. A golden ray shot out and devils caught in its path turned to gold for a moment.
"Speed trap ahead."
He said playfully as he watched the result.
Beyond the now solid-gold devils were tanks barreling down at full throttle.
The tank drivers tried to swerve too late, but physics wouldn't let them change direction easily.
― Lol, devil dudes, don't you wear seat belts?
― This should be sent to ChamoontcheolTV, don't you think?
― What is this? Another legend? (It is)
― Lol, what's up with that voice in the middle?
― In the meantime, the voice is so tempting, what's up with that?
Viewers couldn't hide their satisfaction at the sight of overturned tanks and felled devils.
But they couldn't get too relaxed.
― Hyung! Hyuuung! The other side!
― Crap, when did it get this close?
― Hold on tight! There's gonna be a collision!
Warnings flooded the chat.
Somehow, a tank that was on the other side had closed in. Even if he killed its driver, the momentum would make a collision inevitable.
But a smile never left Lee Gyeongbok's face.
'Perfect.'
Having already anticipated this move, he made no attempt to stop the collision.
-?
― What's happening?
― Insane, lololol.
― How far can you take this?
His actions transformed the mood in the chat completely.
Lee Gyeongbok ran to the opposite side and leaped off the tank.
With a tremendous crash, the tank was flipped over—but Lee Gyeongbok had landed on a new tank.
― Insane performance, lololol.
-???: Beep! This is a transfer.
― Lol, if you switch within thirty minutes, it's free!
― Of course, as a zero-to-hero bus driver, he knows all about transfer discounts, lol.
He quickly cleared out the driving devil and hijacked the new tank.
"Must be a new car or something—rides really smooth."
He grinned and cracked a joke.
― Lol, test driving a new car is a must.
― Black Company's boss changes cars all the time.
― Seriously, these tanks are probably company assets, lol.
― Man, lol, company cars.
― Wow, lol, feels like I'm watching Mad Maximum.
― Now that's a Road of Wrath, lol.
The viewers laughed along with him.
* * *
After that, devils and other tanks tried to stop him, but nothing could halt Lee Gyeongbok's charge.
Painting a red path across the battlefield, he stopped at the entrance to the arena.
"All the blood seems to be flowing this way."
Blood gathered around the arena, forming a deep red river, its depth impossible to gauge.
A bridge led across to the entrance.
― Just looking at it, this is a boss battle stage.
― Yeah, the mood says it's going to get tough now.
― So is the domain lord of Wrath human too?
― Could he be separated out like Midas?
― Just watch, man~
― Lol, it's gonna happen, just wait!
As Lee Gyeongbok exited the tank, a cutscene began.
Durante crossed the bridge and reached the entrance to the arena.
He ran his hand over the door and lifted his foot. It was clear he meant to kick it down, just as he had at the Castle of Gold.
But before he could do so, the huge arena doors slid open with a heavy sound.
― Lol, the domain lord of Wrath is pretty quick on the uptake.
― He's probably worried about the door breaking, not about gold.
― Lol, should have installed a real tough-guy door.
― Seriously, if the door's tough, it won't break.
― Not a man's club, just a coward's shelter, huh.
While the viewers joked, Lee Gyeongbok tilted his head.
'That's odd...'
He too figured that the one waiting inside would be the boss. Yet what his divine sense picked up was something slightly different.
'It's a bit like a thrill, but...'
The sensation running down his body felt pleasant rather than hostile.
Durante walked inside. Through the dim corridor, the inside of the arena came into view.
There, a burly man stood.
"Welcome, sir Durante!"
Wearing helmet and armor, carrying a massive shield on his back, he opened his arms wide with a hearty laugh.
"Had I known you were coming, I would have come out to meet you myself."
His friendly attitude filled the chat with question marks.
― They're treating him completely differently than with Midas?
― Is he not the domain lord of Wrath?
― No, he's a human in hell.
― Yeah, but there's no way he's just a regular human.
― Why does he know Durante?
― Right? Midas said Durante wasn't himself.
Even Durante looked confused as he narrowed his eyes at the man.
"Are you the domain lord of Wrath?"
At the question, the man blinked, then laughed louder.
"That's quite the joke, sir Durante! There's no way you wouldn't know me, ajax, the domain lord of Wrath!"
At that, durante's face stiffened.
"Why should I know the domain lord of Wrath?"
Ajax's smiling face suddenly turned stern.
"What do you mean, after all this time?"
He slowly cocked his head as he looked at Durante.
"You're the one who gave me the right to be domain lord of Wrath, the one who gave me the 'Demonheart.' Aren't you, sir Durante?"
Durante's eyes widened at Ajax's words. The same reaction spread among others as well.
"Wait, what is this..."
Lee Gyeongbok, caught off guard by the unexpected twist—
― Durante made the devil lord??
― Wait, I never imagined this!
― What's happening?! How did this happen!
― A demon hunter made a demon lord?
― This is chaos!
Viewers were shocked, and some realized the deeper hints.
― Wow, lol, so this was foreshadowing.
― Foreshadowing?
― Caron mentioned it!
― Right! The Demonheart and Durante's blood!
― What, so Durante's cube resonating only with Demonheart was because of that?
― Other devil blood didn't resonate for a reason, huh!
Lee Gyeongbok, monitoring chat, immediately understood the situation. He paused the cutscene to comment.
"So Demonheart was originally Durante's."
With admiration, he continued.
"Wow... I'm not just saying this because of the sponsorship, but the story and the gameplay are both so fun. The game is genuinely great."
― True that
― Yep, this is seriously fun, lol.
― Seriously, I did NOT expect that twist.
― Wow, what a payoff for all the foreshadowing, lol.
― They stripped away the capitalism and just made a good game, lol.
― Yeah, and that transfer performance was great, plus the freedom is awesome.
― GOTY, right? GOTY, right? GOTY?
― The greatest game met the greatest smurf, lol.
Chat filled with agreement and excitement.
With the mood heating up, the developers did not want to miss this opportunity.
['CAP Company_kor' has donated '10,000' won.]
[Thank you very much for your praise ㅎㅎ Since it seems like a break, we'd like to share some good news!]
The sudden donation turned everyone's attention.
['CAP Company_kor' has donated '10,000' won.]
[Head office has just made a decision! As soon as this demo stream ends, the pre-order page for Demon Must Cry will go live! Please look forward to it!]
The developer's news was about the pre-order schedule.
― At last!
― Oh? The ending must be near?
― Lol, pre-orders incoming!
― Does that mean I can finally BE Durante?
― Don't forget, you're not a Perante!
― Devil fandom fans will be left as Elden fan Perantes, lol.
― Elden Perante, lololol.
― Still, gotta secure a copy, lol.
― Wonder if there'll be a bonus for pre-orders?
― Just give us a whip, please??
Chat quickly became filled with joy and excitement. Lee Gyeongbok laughed along.
But he had a different interpretation.
'They've set a pre-order schedule...'
With the developer announcing an official timeline, it meant a deadline had been imposed.
He had to finish the pre-order page before the end of the demo stream.
And inside that timeline, the voice pack discussed at the previous meeting would be included.
'Looks like another negotiation is coming up.'
Clearly, the company had finalized the contract terms.