stat reduction rate to 30%.

Moreover, since Shin’s entire body was covered in an armor called the 『Holy Flame Series』, this weakened the effect of the cursed equipment. He could even use magic and recover HP to some extent.

When it comes down to it, he didn’t have to worry about the disadvantages. He should be able to fight without a problem.

However, when the number of monsters killed reached around 500, the aforementioned voice began to affect Shin’s mind.

Even an upper class Chosen One hearing that voice, would have had to battle to maintain sanity. The voice that assaulted the mind was making progress on Shin.

“Ahh, this is bothersome”

Though he said that, Shin was far from falling insane. The effect was only enough to hinder his mood.

“I didn’t notice when I tried it out, but there is endless flowing voice in this subtly audible volume. It’s ANNOYING!!”

Was it because he raised his voice? The monsters were blown away by an extra 20 percent.

At this point the cursed equipment could do no more than annoy Shin.

The people observing, could never have dreamed that Shin would be saying things like that from within the center of the storm.

“It’s time for you to come out..”

After deciding to ignore the cursed voice, Shin directed his gaze to the surroundings again.

Because he was now encountering strengthened monsters, he determined that a commander type monster like the Raid Vice was nearby. Knowing that, soon it would be caught in his net.

Using the 『Scythe of Soul Eating』 was an efficient way to reduce the number of enemies, other than the inherent problems with using cursed weapons.

Unlike with normal attacks, because the enemy hatred was focused on the user, it was literally impossible to miss the enemy.

It was even possible to make the monsters that had already headed toward Balmel return.

As the range of the scythe expanded, it was even possible to draw the monster commander towards him.

The commander was lurking in the shadows of another monster. Because it took awhile to see the opponent clearly, Shin didn’t know where it was. Therefore, he used a strategy that would draw it out forcibly.

“..Found you!”

In an area where monsters were crowded together and the individuals couldn’t be distinguished, there was a reaction that was different from the others in Shin’s perception range. Due to the monsters being pulled toward Shin, that area seemed to be less crowded.

Before the eyes of the murmuring Shin, there appeared a monster with globe-like appearance which had a large number of eyes.

It was a monster which Shin was familiar with. A Viscount class demon which were often seen at events where monsters attacked cities. Apparently, demons had resumed full-scale activities.

However, they were unlucky this time. It was classified as low-class demon, so it couldn’t stand a single blow from Shin.

Was there a last-ditch effort? Its eyes, which faced towards Shin, flashed all at once. This was normally used to induce an abnormal mental state, but had no effect on Shin.

“That will never work on me!!”