The Shadow Monarch Izuku Midoriya

Ch 54: Demon Souls Part 3

"Talk"

'Thought'

[System]

Izuku looked at the boss and thought, 'Shall we get started?'

The Shadow Soldiers appeared behind Izuku's back. His army was composed of infantry, mages, beasts and the two knights. At their head stood Izuku. The two knights and an ice elf stepped forward and took place at Izuku's sides. Igris to his right, Baruka to his left. Then Iron at the front ready to tank. Looking at the trio, Izuku beamed with pride, 'They're rather dependable.'

Even if it was his skill, they felt like comrades that protected his back. It gave Izuku a sense of security. However, 'Facing that thing head on is a bit...'

Dangerous. Mainly because of the giant wooden club that Vulcan was holding, 'It's amazing there's a tree large enough to make that thing.'

Taking Vulcan's giant body and the size of the wooden club into account, a single swipe would wipe away his entire army, 'Well, being wiped away is fine.'

The problem was the limited amount of mana he had to regenerate his entire army. Izuku knew his mana would plummet to the ground if he stupidly rushed at the demon with everyone at his disposal. That left one option, 'That musclehead is mine.'

His army would take care of the trash mobs around Vulcan, while Izuku fought the giant demon on his own. He felt that that was the best way to approach this fight, 'I just have to not get hit.'

Unlike his soldiers, Izuku was confident in his ability to dodge Vulcan's attacks. The Hero ordered the Shadow Mages to fire the opening shot, 'The ranged attacks will grab aggro from the trash mobs. When that slow looking thing lumbers behind the high-level demons, I'll go fight it one-on-one.'

It was a straight forward tactic.

Izuku thought, 'Now.'

When he gave the signal, fireballs shot out from the Shadow Mages' hands.

The fireball exploded near the mobs around Vulcan and signaled the start of battle.

[The Overlord of the Lower Floors, Vulcan of Avarice has noticed an intruder!]

[Vulcan's Bodyguard has noticed...]

[Vulcan's Bodyguard has noticed...]

The warning tones came one after another repeatedly. With the warning, Vulcan and the bodyguards turned their gazes toward Izuku.

They succeeded in grabbing the enemy's attention. Izuku activated 'Stealth'; his plan was to flank around the trash mobs and get to Vulcan.

Everything was going to plan.

...Or so he thought.

Contrary to Izuku's expectations, Vulcan was the first to run towards the Shadow Army. If it wasn't for the fact that they were about to engage in a difficult battle, it would've almost been comical sight. Instead of lumbering slowly, the giant demon was running at full sprint towards them, almost as if, 'What the hell?! What's with its movement?! It's like someone pressed fast forward on a video!'

Indeed, Vulcan had reached them in a blink of an eye! Leaving behind his bodyguards, the giant demon stopped before the Shadow Soldiers.

Izuku's eyes opened wide. The demon's mountain-like body displayed a speed that betrayed all logic.