Chapter 74. At the Edge of Paradise (2) (2/2)
“Precisely And do you knohy it was made?”
“UmWasn’t it to cultivate powerful fiends?”
“Pffft, powerful fiends?” Chef burst out into laughter as he shook his head “To redients It’s the saernail “Look at the children running around They are talentless rubbish that we found on the streets Do you think such substandard ingredients can beco even if we feed them the best demon blood?”
“I don’t think so” Torres shook his head
“Exactly They aren’t Players Even if we feed them the blood, they’ll only become half-rate fiends”
He opened a thick book sitting on the desk “In the last 24 years, Paradise has successfully created 2,985 fiends 1,898 were 3rd-grade ones that couldn’t even awaken their abilities, 1,082 were 2nd-grade ones that could do so, and there were only five 1st-grade ones who became notably powerful”
“Ah, so one of thee,” Torres said
“Yes He is the only 1st-grade that was created during the 4 years that I’ve been overseeing Paradise” There was a sense of pride in Chef’s voice He closed the book “It seeinal topic”
“I’” Torres sed and perked his ears His heart pounded at the thought of learning secrets that no other fiends would know
“24 years ago, the fiends that were in hiding went up to the Frontier and created the association But they were still cautious Even though the 5 Heroes were already dead, the fiends were afraid that they could coreat Specter’s effect was Their fear could not be erased in just a year”
The fiends had to live every day in fear At that time, the President of the Fiend associationthe fiends live in fear
“The President decided that we needed power Undefeatable power, devastating power that could fight against the 5 Heroes even if they returned!”
At that ti that all the fiends could remember was one ability
“They had all encountered it before They had witnessed its overwhelest eleuard of Darkness
“W-wait So Paradise was created to create the second Specter?” Torres looked shocked It was never even in his iination that Paradise had been created for such a reason
“Pffft, is it that hard to believe? Think about it What would happen if we ed to obtain even halfNo, even a fourth of that power?”
“If we coy, that person would becoest fiend in history,” Torres concluded
“That’s exactly it” Chef clapped “So the fiends worked around the clock But in the end, the experi such a powerful skill is close to 0 That’s why I ca it to chance, I came to create a Darkness skill myself”
“Ah!” Torres exclaimed He remembered Chef’s skill “So you plan to use Perfect Taste (S)”
“Bingo”
Chef’s skill was none other than Perfect Taste (S) He could materialize others’ skills and taste them If they were F-rank or lower, he could even use them himself Moreover, he could take the skills that were F-rank and coher in rank In theory, he could even create an S-rank skill
“But any food has an expiration date” He sretted it “F-rank skills can only last two months” Even if he copied them, they would disappear after that tiredients, he had to routinely kidnap children every two months
“This place is truly a paradise for me,” he said as he stroked the desk delicately “It’s hard to find a place with as redients as we have here”
“ThenSince you’re returning to the 2nd floor, does thatan executive, Chef had already been on the 1st floor for 4 years It was i that time
Chef shook his head “I failed to recreate Watchguard of Darkness The most similar one was the shadow attribute”
“Ah! I did hear that you granted the Shadow Brothers their abilities”
“It was still a failure Compared to Specter’s Skill, they’re no better than trash”
He suddenly started to laugh “Fufu, it’s sier need to waste my time here”
“Is that because Specter has returned?”
“Of course Rather than trying to create a skill on the 1st floor, it’s much easier to wait on the 2nd floor until he couard of Darkness once he had a taste of it
“Ahhh, I wonder how it’ll tasteI’ his lips
“Stop skill use” Seo Jun-Ho whispered He wiped his face with his hands His thoughts were all ju place… it was made because of me?’
He felt like a boulder was dropped on his chest Paradise was created to create a copycat of him?
“They made thousands of children into fiends…”
Because of hi his teeth But it didn’t relieve any of his anger
“ContractorIt is not your fault,” the Frost Queen gently said
“I still feel like shi+t”
Reality wasn’t always so sweet And this tio dry
“Once you becoo back He had discovered this fact while hunting countless fiends in the past, and shi+m Deok-Gu had confirmed that it still wasn’t possible to turn a fiend back into a human
‘Then all those children… they suffered because of meThe children…’
Even if he didn’t want to, he had to end it with his own hands