Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Gerdoff's body rolled back and forth on the ground several times before slowly coming to a stop.

"What...was that just now?!"

He had already concluded that he was no match for this monster, but... that wasn't the most important thing.

Gazef saw it the instant he attacked the ice toad.

Behind it, countless icicles stretched out.

And inside those ice blocks were all children.

Although it was only a fleeting glimpse, Gazef was, after all, the kingdom's strongest warrior captain, and even a single glance was enough for him to estimate just how many children were inside.

"One hundred and eighty children...all in this guy's hands."

The disappearance of children in the kingdom... has become connected to this place.

“That’s right! Your human offspring are in my hands, Baal! And not just these little ones!”

"I will begin with these small ones and then devour them, then your country, then the entire continent, then this whole planet, and then the whole world!"

The ice toad uttered a merciless mocking sound. Even if it did nothing but stay there, it could still trample on all the kingdom's soldiers in front of it at will.

This is bad...

Gerdov felt that his hands were already immobilized simply by the other party's chilling aura.

"Commander Gerdev...!"

Gerdov quickly looked around; there were very few soldiers still alive.

With this kind of weaponry alone... no, even if we replaced it with the kingdom's strongest weaponry, we probably still wouldn't be able to defeat this demon.

Although Gazeta's inner will did not allow him to desert his post on the battlefield.

But if he were to die here, then soon, as this demon had said, the entire Kingdom of Riestijer would become its meal.

Gerdoff believed that this demon, who called himself Baal, was indeed capable of doing such a thing.

"...All troops, retreat!"

Considering the importance of the overall situation, Gerdav must return to the kingdom first.

Faced with the Ice Demon's merciless taunts, the knights had no choice but to flee in disarray.

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The kingdom's strongest warrior, Gazef, has been defeated.

It's unclear who spread this news, but it seems there's an extremely powerful ice demon outside the kingdom, and even though Gazef and the others have used all their strength, they haven't been able to harm it.

Then... behind that demon were 180 children who had recently gone missing.

Such rumors quickly spread throughout the kingdom.

"Commander! Is our child really outside the city gates, guarded by a demon?!"

"Why didn't you rescue them? My child is in there too! He... he's only ten years old!!"

"No! Please, I beg you, could you try to rescue our child one more time?!"

"I don't want to lose her! Please! I'll give anything to save...save my child!"

Even with countless people gathered at the gates of the Knights, voicing their cries of protest, the members of the Knights were powerless to do anything.

Gerdoff's defeat is an undeniable fact.

If they were told that the demon's next goal was to devour the entire kingdom, the ordinary people here would probably suffer a mental and physical breakdown.

Unfortunately, both of these events were witnessed by the two of them.

Those were the two people who possessed the power to travel through worlds.

"Woz."

Yan Ming secretly observed the grieving residents, and then a serious expression appeared on his face.

"I've got work to do."

"Understood, my Demon King."

Woz then spoke respectfully, while Yan Ming turned around and walked away.

A curtain of mercury-like aurora light instantly engulfed the two figures.

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Amidst the blizzard, Yan Ming and Woz appeared here quite abruptly.

It is probably a climate colder than the Arctic and Antarctic.

If Yan Ming hadn't possessed superhuman physical abilities and a body influenced by special powers, he would have been frozen solid long ago.

"My Demon King is probably just ahead."

Woz gave Yan Ming directions, and at that moment, the surrounding blizzard seemed to improve visibility.

It is likely the intentional act of someone who created the normal snowstorm.

Yan Ming walked step by step to a position further forward, and then saw the huge figure surrounded by wind and snow.

Ice Toad.

Just as the rumors suggested, behind him were countless children whose bodies were frozen in thick ice.

When Woz saw this figure, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

"Who are you…!"

"Hehehe—what foolish humans! How dare you two come before me, Lord Baal, with just the two of you? What audacious humans!"

"Didn't you see that...? Or is it that your strength isn't enough, so your intelligence isn't very high either..."

"Woz."

Just as Woz was starting to get a better idea, Yan Ming asked from the side.

"Is this also a type of demon?"

"...You recognized it as a demon at a glance, my Demon King?"

"It's just a guess, but somehow this guy gives me the same feeling as those demons I encountered before."

"The same? You actually consider me to be on the same level as those low-level demons? Are you kidding me?!"

Baal—the self-proclaimed ice toad—opened its mouth wide, and filthy slime, accompanied by a cold, howling wind, swept out.

Yan Ming couldn't help but shield his face with his hand, and Woz also covered his nose.

"My name is Baal! I am the Demon King who rules over the sixty-six legions, the true embodiment of the concept of 'Baal'!"

"That's how it is, my Demon King... Although the other party seems similar to those small demons, this guy appears to be a very high-level and intelligent demon. Please be careful."

Although Yan Ming was listening to what Bal and Woz were saying, his attention was not on the giant toad.

Instead, they turned their gaze to the massive ice sheet behind Baal.

"Have you captured all 180 children...?"

"Oh right, these brats didn't die... They are one of my important sources of power, I can't just let them get hurt like this."

"What did you do to them?"

"What use do you think children would be to a race like demons?"

A mocking smile seemed to appear on Barna's exaggerated face.

"I tell you, the purest souls and the most wicked souls are both very important sources of power for us demons... that is, food!"

"I've just escaped from that damned, disgusting seal... Now my power is greatly diminished, less than a tenth of what it used to be! To regain all my power, I must start with this world and devour everything here!"

When he said these words, the demon Baal seemed to be very agitated.

"However... simply eating people doesn't give me more energy, so I will absorb the spiritual power and imagination of these children, which is the most suitable nourishment for a demon like me!"

"...Is this what you think?"

Yan Ming calmly gazed at the so-called demon.

"How about it? Isn't it a magnificent plan? Are you terrified? Are you in despair? Humans, this is the attitude you should have always had, just like in countless centuries and generations before me. Fear the existence of us demons!!"

"I can't take it anymore... Woz, are you sure this is the so-called high-level demon you're talking about?"

"Eh...?"

Not only Baal, but even Woz was stunned by Yan Ming's words.

"I feel like it's no different from those so-called low-level demons."

"Wh-what?!"

"The reason why low-level demons attack humans is probably just because of the most basic desire of feeding... The reason why this guy attacks children is just to restore his own power. Everything is just to satisfy his own body and power."

"Such a simple idea is being described with such lofty rhetoric. Are you sure this guy is really a so-called advanced demon? In my opinion, he's no different from a mere animal."

"What did you say—you damned! Unforgivable human being!!"

Boom—!! The demon's icy howl instantly swept across the surroundings.

Yan Ming and Woz quickly leaped away, dodging the wide-range attack.

"I've made up my mind... You have a familiar and pleasant scent on you, I'm going to devour you! I will never let you go, you damned human—!!"

They're really creatures with no intelligence.

So, all the intelligence has been collected.

Yan Ming swiftly retrieved the Time Driver and the watch face, instantly transforming under Baal's Ice Roar.

"Rider Time! Kamen Rider! Zi-O!"

The king of time and space, with its purple, black, and silver hues overlapping, appeared before our eyes.

“Woz, get ready. Once I rescue those children, you will send them back to the kingdom.”

"Understood, my Demon King."

"Hehehe—what an utterly foolish fellow! He actually thought he could save those children from my hands? What a pipe dream!"

Yan Ming did not respond to the demon's mocking voice.

He simply took out his sword.

They responded to the desires of the unclean monsters with pure combat.

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Volume 3, OVERLORD: Chapter 64 The Unbeatable Enemy

Using the Time Limit Sword, Yan Ming repeatedly repelled the monsters in front of him.

"Goo-ooh...!"

After being cut open, Baal let out a sharp roar and moved his body backward a few steps.

Yan Ming chose to press his advantage.

He removed the watch face and then loaded it into the Time Limit Sword.

"Finish Time!"

Purple energy coiled around the tip of the sword. Yan Ming raised it high above his head, and the heavy blade, which was over a hundred meters long, fell down.

"Zi-O! Giri Giri Slash!"

The purple slash, interspersed with three-dimensional text, instantly shattered the thick ice surface.

The aftershocks of the destruction caused cracks in the ice within a 200-meter radius, and the ice toad, which was directly attacked—

Yet they were completely unharmed?!

"Is this what you call power?"

Despite taking Yan Ming's fatal blow head-on, Baal's body showed no signs of injury whatsoever.

No, actually, it was covered by a layer of ice, like armor.

That thick layer of ice was like mist, existing yet invisible. It would only reveal its physical form and shatter when struck by an overwhelming force.