Chapter 3 - Volume 1 (1/2)
Chapter Two: A Devil Steps on Stage (Part 1)
The ceiling broke and fell
A large rock landed right in front of ained my senses
Instinctively, I took a step back, however, with a thud,It was a wall
Carefully looking around myself, I realized I was in a pitch black cavern
I had gone to see a stalactite cave before during a school trip before Froher than that cave It was so high up that I could just barely see the top I couldn’t possibly iine how faraway the dark mouth of the cave was
“……”
I killed et here?
A loud siren rang in my head My conscience instantly went cold Whenever I found myself in an unpredicted situation my head would cool down in order to compose myself
It was because of the trau
I had been kidnapped three times in my life The memory from those times forced openme to stay on my toes
‘Do not scream’, that’ll only irritate the kidnappers
‘Talk to yourself quietly’, you can confirm your situation this way
Behavior procedures prepared like ato orders while facing terrorists, uidelines carved into o…… and using the computer It was 7PM Drank 2 cans of beer For dinner I had cup ra became calmer
There was no problem withinduced kidnapping
⌈There were no drugs⌋
With just this the situation was reasonably favorable It meant that the kidnapper had the intent to talk withwhen I was in my third year of elementary school was serious The motive then was to plainly obtain my body I had to unconditionally keep my mouth shut No reason whatsoever……
“Okay Next……”
I checked , taste, and touch
Without rushi+ng, I had toproperly
“The location appears to be a cave Definitely a cave It’s very dark Doesn’t seeot worse Rock, paper, scissor……”
I ers to make the shapes
I could see the forms properly
Good My vision was fine
The proble smell
The smell of blood vibrated around me
I wonder if it was because I had suddenly foundattention to the s sot past my nostril’s and shook my very brain
“This is……”
It was a scent I had smelled three or four times in ain The smell of blood and intestines
Corpses were spread throughout the cave
There were human corpses that were swollen as if they were drowned, bodies with slit throats, and even bodies with lih…… euuk……”
If this cave was one of those art exhibitions, then the curator would undoubtedly be an absurdly perverted sadist As if triu that humans could die in this many ways The fact that the cave was dark was the only solace since the corpses were comparatively hard to see
“Is this place supposed to be the et out of here quickly
I put ht foot forward and— fell just like that
My ankle was broken
The entire bone was broken It wasn’t so like an adorable sprain
“shi+t”
I unintentionally let out a curse I had to conclude that I couldn’t run or walk The pain wasn’t ordinary If the kidnapper approached now then it was impossible to escape Perhaps they brokesafety s
“Haa”
I sat down in defeat
I was regretfully checkmated
Why did they kidnap someone like me, I couldn’t understand
“…… I left all the fortune to o then ht now”
Surely they don’t s
Foolish I don’t know about so our household was e the household with coet hurt if you underesti
“Hooo……”
I could only sigh when thinking about who the culprit was
There were plenty of people spread across the world who could want revenge against ly a lot of felloho still had a grudge against my father as well, but wanted to let it out on me instead That’s why I wanted to wipe
It was then that I heard a hurried voice co from the other side of the cave
“I found him!”
“The Demon Lord is here!”
Demon Lord
It was a name that had absolutely no connections with me
For some reason the voice was directed towards where I was
I’m confused I had been called a devil a considerable amount of times in my life, but this was the first tiht be a type of secret code
“Stay right there!”
“We’ll kill you if you move!”
The people caed weapons like knives and axes There’s no way I couldn’t be bewildered by this I shot up both my arms
“I surrender!”
“Get down you bastard!”
Without warning, the other round They were violent with h I told them that I surrendered
“Ack……”
A rock that was lying on the ground sharply stabbed against my cheek
“Keep your damn face down! Stay like that till we say otherwise!”
I almost let out a shout of pain, but I was able to hold it back
Loud noises irritated kidnappers During a kidnapping, even if you’re in pain you must not scream
3rd year of Ele After being beat until five of my teeth were broken, I had learned to be silent
Silently
Politely
It may seem stupid, but this was the proper attitude to have towards a kidnapper
“I caught him! Riff of Jalsen, has captured the Dereat and handso to take all the bounty on your own, are you?”
Thein excitement
I held my breath and listened to their conversation
“Of course not I’ll share with everyone equally Keke”
“Look at this This Deood with his head on the ground Let’s kill him already”
“What do you s we still haven’t asked him yet”
Soenuine hit but ardless that alone was pretty painful
“—but just in case, we should break him”
“Friends! Let us beat the Demon Lord into a reasonably sized pulp”
Merciless violence showered down uponme I desperately held back my screa started to subside
“Good good That’s enough”
“Guys Our handsome boss said to stop”
“Keke”
The violence finally stopped
While I was breathing roughly, one of the men spoke to me as a representative
“Well now, honorable De that ish to ask you Where’s all the e folk are in real need of money”
As expected, I was kidnapped forwords that I’ that I had to confir me for someone else
“What do you mean by ‘Deroan My lips were torn
“Good Very good”
Thehit so much, you’re still able to display such a nature An excellent stance Keke I don’t hate that kind of thing, your honorable Derabbed my hair
“Ack……”
I was forced to raise my face
I made eye contact with the man in front of me
Thedown at me His entire face was covered in a brown beard A darkish rew in a public bathroom that hadn’t been cleaned for over 5 years, that hat his beard looked like In sily dirty
“But my friends here don’t have as much patience as me”
“……what can I help you with?”
“Your honor We don’t desire to use pointless violence”
That’s convincing
“Instead of wasting each other’s energy, let us trade Tell us where the treasury is and ill not kill your honor is off And, of course, on’t cut your precious horn off, either Think carefully In truth, we’re the ones at a lost in this trade”
“Yeah, at a great lost!”
They broke out into laughter
It was laughter of people who had a rough birth
I waited for the ain Always courteously Making sure to not irritate their mood
I asked a question
“I’m sorry, but what do you ”
The man placed his hand on the back ofabout this”
Theonlong was attached all the way to my skull
I felt the back ofhard there
The shape was, as the man had said, in the shape of a horn
“…………”
This
What could this creation be
I gazed forith blank eyes
Don’t tell me
Before I was kidnapped, no, before I lost conscience I was responding to a game survey on my computer
When I opened my eyes in this cavern I had heard a faint voice…… I’nored it because I thought it was some nonsense from my dream
Thelike a horn actually attached to the back of my head……
Game Tutorial Demon Lord
These three words pointed at one possibility
Fortunately or unfortunately, my mind quickly came to a conclusion
“Now Your honor, Demon Lord Dantalian We’ll ask you only one more time”
I couldn’t accept the answer
The cohout my entire life co at ~
White words appeared in mid-air
[1 Accept adventurer captain Riff’s offer]
[2 Decline adventurer captain Riff’s offer]
“……”
I was at a lost for words
Undeniable proof had presented itself right before me
“Will you accept our offer? Or will you just die here Wow You can’t get choices as clean as this Keke Hurry and pick, oh honorable Deh It was certain that thewords
Is it like that
Is it like that
…… is it like that
Myaway conscience
Like an actor who forgot his lines on stage and kept repeating his last spoken line
I bit hout ht my conscience back to reality In front of rin on his face
Willing or not—
I’eon Attack>
My head went cold
As if ti slowly
“Mr Deazed at the man who had just spoke
It wasn’t only thisThe other people around us also had beards It ht be normal for these men to not shave
‘Their outfits are old’
‘Way too old’
‘To be precise, I’d say about 400 years old’
Around the tiainst the Roman Catholics, perhaps The clothes looked si the French Wars of Religion They were outfits that should have been sent straight to the museum, but no matter how you looked at these men they didn’t look like they worked at a museum to not answer?”
Situations that couldn’t be understood until noere starting to be explained by assumptions For example, as if a mysterious phenomenon was finally explained by the laws of physics
“Oi, your honor Dantalian”
De me Dantalian
That was the naeon Attack>
There are a total of 72 Dest them, Dantalian was ranked 71st He was that close to last place Correspondingly, his level was also miserably low In the first place, he was like a trashcoames for the first time could beat him on the first run
If I had to coa as you kne to click your mouse then you could defeat the rabbit Dantalian was the same
…… I should also add
After the first run, Dantalian doesn’t appear at all in the gaot annoyed
Iinner field and hunt a rabbit’ It’d be boring Dantalian was a rabbit that you didn’t feel like fighting again
And if I’ that Dantalian
“……”
There was a bitter taste in et out of the evil hands of these adventurers
I’oes on I’ll probably get my head cut off or be taken to the city and executed No matter how much I strained my brain I could only think of BAD ENDS
Even if I proclaiot a sneer in response
I couldn’t rely on Demon Lord Dantalian’s ability
Let me rephrase that
I could only rely on my own ability in order to overcoht now……”
“The treasury is in Minlakdong” (TL note: He’ll explain what this is in a short bit)
I made my resolution
▯Adventurer, Cowardly Looter, Riff Hoffman
Empire Calender: Year 1505, Month 4, Day 4
Dantalian’s Demon Lord Castle
Looter Riff
That wasan adventurer, I didn’t hunt deo the nickname Well, let them call me whatever they want
The people who honestly hunt demons are the fools, aren’t they?
The one’s who live skillfully in the world are the ones who benefits
Using cooblins are idiots I’ this very seriously and sincerely
To live a not sincere life and become a corpse, or to live a sincere life and become a cowardly looter If I had to choose between the two, then of course I’d choose the latter Will I still choose the latter if I die and become reincarnated? I won’t ever die
Keke
Regardless, light was finally shi+ning down on o, I obtained the map of Deirl too pretty to be rotting away in so to assault her a little bit, but, while presenting ive you this, so please spare irl with beautiful red hair
H
But I really like doing bad things
I told you already
I’m a looter
I don’t only loot the pockets of dead adventurers, but the virginity of all the young women in the world as well Personally, I’d preferred to be called ‘Virginity Looter’ Soinities’ sounds like a cool title It’s good because it sounds roather a bunch of random adventurers Dantalian was one of the weakest Demon Lords and there wasas we knehere to find him, then it’d be easy to capture hiy to search inside of the cavern We wandered the dark cave for about four hours, but our efforts weren’t in vain We were able to capture the De! The map was real!
“Look at this This Demon Lord looks just like a caterpillar”
My co the Deround Let’s kill him already”
“What do you ar look You could gain a higher reward if you captured the De we still hadn’t asked him yet Where the treasure was
Gain whatever inforet That was cos first, we beat the Demon Lord up and then asked him where the treasury was
But this Dee
He’d suddenly stare at an empty space and he’d narrow his brows and lower his chin as if he was in deep thought What is this? Is he an idiot? I vaguely thought Dehastly tyrants, but what is this small fry
Well, since he was a small fry someone like me could capture hiladly decline Demon Lords like Barbatos or Paimon
“Mr De to not answer?”
I snickered and tapped the Demon Lord’s cheek”
“Oi, your honor Dantalian”
It was then
“……”
It was for a mere aze
I blinked a couple of ti Deain
Huh?
The at things?
Oh well Treasure Treasure wasthis Demon Lord
Chapter Two (Part 2)Chapter Two: A Devil Steps on Stage (Part 2)▯Weakest Demon Lord, Rank 71st, Dantalian
Empire Calendar: Year 1505, Month 4, Day 4
Dantalian’s De”
The other party furrowed their eyebrows
“Mayirock…… what?”
“Minlakdong It’s at the Minlakdong”
I told them the location of the treasury for the second tihborhood that came to mind
Hoas I supposed to knohere the treasury of the Demon Lord’s castle was?
And if I sincerely answered, ‘I don’t knohere it is’, I’d probably get a blade flying ain their interest
I had to carefully pay attention to the …… the dae!”
“Do you not know of it? Here, I’ll write it down”
Offering to write it down, I lowered my body and wrote on the cavern floor
I didn’t have any writing utensils, but I did shed a lot of blood Dipping er in my own blood, I smoothly wrote the word
민락동
民樂洞
First line in Korean Second line in Chinese characters
I slightly turnedthe torch closer”
“I have no idea…… were there letters like this?”
They faced each other and started talking
“None of us here even kno to read”
“Yeah, but the shape is coenerally understood the principle of the language
I currently heard everything they said in Korean However, when I wrote the words, they couldn’t understand
In conclusion, just because I heard everything in Korean didn’t mean they also heard in Korean as well
There were two possibilities
One, the pronunciation was the same but the letters were different Or two, both the pronunciation and letters were different but for so in Korean
Which one was the answer
I decided to test it immediately
“It’s natural for this to be unfae In order to fully secure the treasury, I had specifically used ancient deic?”
“Yes The vault will not open to those who do not understand the language”
The men made a commotion
The ansas revealed by that conversation
We were currently talking in a language completely different from Korean, in terms of both pronunciation and letters
How do I know this? Because I had spoken in foreign languages just now
First sentence in English, second sentence in German, third sentence in Chinese, and fourth sentence in japanese And yet, these men understood me fully
I don’t knohat principle, but the conversation was auto translated
“Mr Demon Lord Do we, uh, need to understand that ancient de to open the vault?”
“Yes Of course”
“Hht now this person was trying to kill me
He promised to spare my life if I told hi fat lie You could tell so shaive theht, honorable Demon Lord I like this fair trade”
The ood friends So, where’s this Mooirakkutoung, exactly?” it incorrectly)</einally at”
“The De there e checked”
“That’s not so In nize e that only opens when I place ical device Okay”
The rabbed my arm and forced ht ankle I couldn’t hold back my screa is ue
“New guy! You support his honor, Dantalian”
“Roger that, captain”
A young uy, caer attached to his belt The adventurer group captain then shouted
“Let’s get roup of ten adventurers h the cave
These men seemed to knohere the Demon Lord’s quarter was I was lucky since I had no idea where it could possibly be
If they had told me to lead them to my quarters, I’d probably have died on the spot
A bell rang with a ‘Tirring~’ sound
[1 Accept adventurer captain Riff’s offer]
[2 Decline adventurer captain Riff’s offer]
The first choice shi+ned brightly and then neords rose up The choice wasn’t selected because I thought of selecting it, but rather, it was selected byeloquence]
[Warning Actions taken during the tutorial will henceforth affect your stats]
I got passed the crisis
In other words, it meant that if I didn’t lie to them then I really would have been in a fatal situation The unnecessary remark sent a chilld downaround
To live or to die That was the question
I barely got passsed the first obstacle
By any means, I had to stay alive
♦
The adventurer group continued to walk through the cavern
“How about just killing hiroup of thieves Instead of wasting ti for a hidden vault, we could end it here neatly……”
“I don’t know about you guys, but I agree with the captain Nothing bad about getting a bitup ahead
I don’t care if you’re going to discuss whether I live or die, but could you at least speak in a voice that I couldn’t hear It’s not that hard
They have nois sprained, isn’t he a bit too slow?”
“Like I said He’s probably stalling”
They went as far as to flat out make sarcastic remarks
The level of these adventurers that had captured ood
They radiated poorness The blade of their weapons were jagged It was proof that they didn’t properly aroup They were around that level
They’d get wiped by around 20 goblins
…Although, not being able to put under cooblins that are spread almost everywhere, was Demon Lord Dantalian’s level
“Your honor, Demon Lord My comrades are a bit impatient”
The man called Riff, informed me with a snicker
I lowered ize I’ll try harder to walk faster”
“A nice and fast response That’s good”
He was talking to me like I was inferior
I had now decided I will definitely destroy that proud face of his I’ll drag this o easy on his for mercy later Look forward to it, Riff
“Us adventurers have an occupational disease It see to trick us That you’re stalling for ti to us”
“That’s impossible”
I i them the truth
Now, time to start the performance
“I used to have subordinates as well Goblins, i special, but they were still roups of adventurers had assaulted this castle three tie of my eye became wet
I had the ability to cry on command It required a little trick It was a special entlemen are the fourth to arrive at my castle My subordinates are all already dead Even the little ones that have been with me for over 30 years All of them……”
“H-Huh?”
Riff panicked
“Surely, your honor, you aren’t crying now, are you?”
“N-No Cry? I would never”
I spoke like a child as desperately trying to hold back his tears
“It’s just that ast them, there was a nanny who had taken care of me since I was a mere infant Yes She looked like an orc That’s because she was an orc But she took care of o, she was pierced in the chest with a spear by an adventurer and died……”
Pitiful crying echoed throughout the cave
“Well That, what should I say That’s quite unfortunate You have my condolences”
“She heldstabbed, even after shedding so htly to protect et the e that time no matter how hard I try……”
“……”
“She had wrapped both of her ar, but with a thud</e I didn’t knoas happening at first, however, I soon found out that it was because of the arrows Each time an arrow fell, her body would shudder Despite that……”
Let a tear fall here once
My act was about to reach its cli down at ! Yes, she s crazy Thein front of …… What was I supposed to say!?”
I coveredleaked froers
“I asked if it hurt If she was in pain, but do you knohat she toldmaster’”
The air was dead silent
The adventurers had been captivated by my story at some point and were now quiet
My father had trained h a test at one point Go to any cafe and talk on the phone
In truth, no sound cairlfriend