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Chapter 401
Chapter 401
Chapter 401
Fwaaa! Fwaaaah!
The magic circle surrounding Chae Hyung-Seok spat out blue flames.
[Alert: The Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe wishes to enter into a contract with you!]
[Alert: Do you wish to summon the demon Baroque through the Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe?]
[Choose: Yes/No!]
[Yes!]
Chae Hyung-Seok pressed yes without a hint of hesitation.
Sseuuu...!
The magic circle unleashed a bright purple light, and a dark silhouette rose up from it.
“Did you call me, human?”
“Yeah, I’m the one who called you.”
“What is your name, human? I am the son of Demon Lord Vernas, the ruler of the eleventh region of the demon realm, and the future heir to the throne, Baroque!”
“Oh!” Chae Hyung-Seok exclaimed in awe after hearing the demon’s introduction. Who would have known the demon summoned through the Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe was going to be the son of the demon lord?!
It was indeed a shame he was not the demon lord himself, but this was definitely more than what Chae Hyung-Seok was expecting. He knew that the son of the demon lord was a hundred, no, a thousand times better than some random demon.
“It’s nice to meet you, son of Demon Lord Vernas, Baroque. My name is Desire, and I am an Adventurer,” Chae Hyung-Seok introduced himself.
“An Adventurer? Is that what you call the beings that descend upon this world?”
“Yes.”
“I heard you people were immortals?”
“That’s right. We Adventurers will come back to life after forty-nine hours, but that comes at the cost of being weakened—”
The black silhouette of Baroque smirked and interrupted him, “That sounds great.”
Contracting with an Adventurer had huge upsides for Baroque. A contract with an NPC was going to end once the NPC died, but that was not the case with an Adventurer, as they were immortal.
In other words, the Adventurer was going to be enslaved by the demon until the day they quit the game.
“Adventurer Desire.”
“Speak, Demon Baroque.”
“Do you wish to enter into a contract with me, Baroque?”
“Of course.”
“What do you want in return?”
“Money.”
“...”
Baroque was flustered after Chae Hyung-Seok brazenly asked for money without skipping a beat.
“Is that all you wish for? Don’t you have any ambition or revenge you want to achieve? Is money truly the only thing you desire?”
“Of course not.”
“I-I see...”
“I’m just in a pinch with money right now.”
“As expected, I didn’t expect anyone would enter into a contract with their soul on the line just for money,” Baroque said while secretly being relieved after realizing that Chae Hyung-Seok was not as crazy as he first sounded.
“So, what is it that you desire? Tell me specifically,” Baroque added.
“Money and revenge.”
“Oh!”
“First, I need a lot of money to guarantee my survival, and then comes revenge.”
“I’m guessing you will need power to achieve your revenge?”
“Yes.”
Baroque nodded and said, “Then let’s do it like this. I’ll give you money first.”
“Sounds good.”
“But giving you the power to get your revenge is a whole different matter since you’re asking for both money and revenge, after all.”
“Hmm...”
“I’ll grant you money and revenge. In return, you will give me your soul and run one errand for me.”
“What kind of errand?”
“There’s a demon sword called Avenger.”
“What about it?”
“That demon sword is my father’s godly artifact, and it will greatly influence the succession of the throne.”
“So you’re asking me to look for that demon sword?”
“Precisely. That’s the only way this can be a fair trade, don’t you think so? A demon could grant you powers of darkness, but granting you riches can be quite tricky. However, I’m willing to grant you both in exchange for your soul and this errand of mine.”
“Sounds good to me,” Chae Hyung-Seok accepted the offer immediately.
‘Forget about my soul and the errand. Fuck! I’m about to lose my kidney, damn it!’ he had no choice but to accept the demon's demands as Ma Dong-Po was going to come and harvest his organs in exchange for his debt soon.
“I’ll enter into a contract with you,” Chae Hyung-Seok said.
“Excellent,” Baroque replied with a grin and continued, “Hold my hand, Adventurer Desire.”
“Sure.”
Chae Hyung-Seok grabbed Baroque’s hand.
Shwiiiish!
A black vortex shot up from the ground and sucked in both of their hands together.
[Alert: You have entered into a contract with the demon, Baroque!]
[Alert: The demon, Baroque, has infused his dark mana into you!]
Immediately afterward...
[Alert: The dark mana has started to transform you!]
[Alert: Congratulations!]
[Alert: You have successfully changed classes!]
The dark mana infused into Chae Hyung-Seok by Baroque changed his class, the Holy Saint, into something different.
***
[Alert: Congratulations!]
[Alert: Your class Holy Saint has changed into Imperial Dark Saint!]
[Alert: Open My Status and My Skills in your Menu to see the details of your new class!]
The name of Chae Hyung-Seok’s new class after entering into a contract with Baroque was Imperial Dark Saint.
[Imperial Dark Saint]
[A Holy Saint corrupted after entering into a contract with a demon.]
[It is a Warrior of Darkness that boasts stronger buff abilities and greater combat prowess than a Holy Saint.]
[Role: Buffer]
[Sub-Role: Hybrid DPS]
[Attack:?????????? ]
[Magic: ??????????]
[Defense: ??????????]
[Agility: ??????????]
[Support[1]: ??????????]
The stats of Chae Hyung-Seok’s new class, the Imperial Dark Saint, possessed greater stats compared to his previous class, the Holy Saint.
‘Legendary!’ Chae Hyung-Seok was shocked after seeing his new class.
The Holy Saint was a Unique class, while his new class, the Imperial Dark Saint, was a Legendary class.
Anyone would be able to tell that this was definitely an upgrade, and Chae Hyung-Seok could not help but be delighted about it.
‘I wonder what skills I have now?’
He hurriedly checked the Imperial Dark Saint’s skills.
[Blessing of Darkness]
[Cast a powerful buff on allies to increase their Attack Power.]
[However, their HP, Stamina, and Mana will be rapidly drained after the buff duration is over.]
[Providence of Demon]
[Cast a powerful buff on allies to increase their Defense.]
[However, their HP, Stamina, and Mana will drain rapidly after the buff duration is over.]
Based on what Chae Hyung-Seok found out, the Imperial Dark Saint’s skills were all double-edged swords. It would explosively buff his allies, but it would make them extremely weak afterward.
A harsh way to call it was probably doping.
‘Doesn’t matter since I’m not the one dying,’ Chae Hyung-Seok thought with a smirk.
He had no qualms with the Imperial Dark Saint’s skill mechanics. He was what people would call a selfish bastard, and he didn't give a rat’s shit whether his allies died or not as long as he won in the end. It was quite possible that the Imperial Dark Saint was a far more befitting class for him rather than the Holy Saint.
“How is it? Do you like it?” Baroque asked.
“Very much,” Chae Hyung-Seok replied with a smirk. His face looked so insidious right now that he did not look that different from Baroque, who was an actual demon.
“Now give me my money. I need money to come to this world, and that’s the only way I can keep my end of the contract.”
“Wait a while; I shall task my subordinates to gather as much gold as they can,” Baroque replied before diving into the magic circle.
“Kekeke... Kekeke! Nobody said you’re the only one that can make a comeback to this game, Han Tae-Sung! Just you wait; I’m going to shove you to the pits of hell!”
Chae Hyung-Seok did not doubt even for a second he was going to lose after entering into a contract with the demon, Baroque, and he wasted no time as he started leveling up his skills.
All of his stat points and skill points were reset after he changed classes from the Holy Saint to the Imperial Dark Saint, so he had to allocate them again.
“This should be fine,” he muttered before he grabbed the Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe and left Baccelotti's Dungeon, but...
“Hey, how are you?”
“Where have you been hiding like a rat these days?”
“Did you hide something nice in there?”
What awaited him outside the dungeon were none other than the former Genesis Guild members. They saw him by pure coincidence and decided to tail him to the dungeon.
“Hey, Chae Hyung-Seok, you fucker. Do you have any idea how much we lost because of you? Damn it! You’re dead!”
One of the Ex-Genesis Guild members spat out curses as he walked toward Chae Hyung-Seok.
Heh.
Chae Hyung-Seok smirked after seeing the ex-guild member walking toward him.
Kwachik!
He gripped his Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe.
“You insects dare to?” he muttered before he activated the Imperial Dark Saint’s skills and swung the Demonic Artifact: Dark Scythe.
***
“You have handled things flawlessly this time, Your Majesty.”
Siegfried was greeted by Michele’s praises as soon as he returned to the Proatine Kingdom.
“Huh? What did you say...?”
“I said, you have handled things flawlessly this time, Your Majesty.”
“R-Really?”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Michele said with a bow, and then he added, “While it is true that Dame Oscar has caused a mess, Your Majesty’s has done an excellent job of resolving the issue. Not only did you manage to obtain a pardon for Dame Oscar, but you even managed to bring back two-thirds of the Valencia Family’s treasures! That is indeed worthy of praise and respect, Your Majesty.”
“Kuheok!”
Tears started welling up in Siegfried’s eyes.
“W-Why are you crying, Your Majesty?”
“Sniff...! Y-You have no idea how much... Sniff! How much I tried to be acknowledged by you...! But you only reprimanded me all the time and... Sniff!”
“...”
“But you finally acknowledged me now—Sniff! And I just feel so happy and overwhelmed...!”
Michele was absolutely speechless because of how pathetic Siegfried looked right now.
‘Then you should’ve done better... no?’
This was the first thing that came to Michele’s mind, but he decided not to voice them out. There was no reason for him to pour cold water when Siegfried was still crying tears of joy after being overwhelmed by his subject’s praises.
‘Let’s just play along for now... It’s only going to be tiring for me if he starts acting up again...’
Michele knew how Siegfried could be, so he decided to pretend to comfort him for now.
A while later...
“Your Majesty.”
“Yes?”
“Please empty your schedule next week.”
“Why?”
Siegfried tilted his head in confusion. ‘What’s this all about?’
Michele usually did not care what he did as long as he finished all of the paperwork assigned to him and so long as he didn't show any signs of causing trouble.
Well, he did cause problems left and right...
Anyway...
It was quite rare for him to ask him to empty his schedule, and it was only understandable why Siegfried was so confused.
“Why? Is there something important next week?”
“Yes, there is.”
“What is it?”
“Please take a look at this first,” Michele said as he extended a letter to him.
[Alert: You have obtained World Peace Conference Invitation!]
A message popped up in front of Siegfried’s eyes.
“World Peace Conference... Invitation? What’s this?” Siegfried asked.
Michele explained, “The World Peace Conference is a gathering of the kings and rulers on the continent, Your Majesty.”
1. I have no idea what this is, but author-nim put it here... for a reason, I guess? ?