Those who wish to make a contract with a demon.
Princess Irena of the Sail Kingdom has requested a helping hand. Please dispatch dungeon monsters to assist Princess Irena.
Reward: Princess Irena’s favorability increased.
A special mission that was only a few days ago.
You have greatly helped Princess Irena!
Special mission successfully completed!
Princess Irena’s favorability increases as a reward.
An alarm popped up that the special mission had ended successfully.
“Oh.”
As expected, it was Celia.
This time too, it was a complete success without a doubt.
Having made acquaintance with the princess of the Sail Kingdom, it would be of great help someday.
“Now, I guess I should draw some cards, right?”
It was good that the mission was performed perfectly.
However, with that came a concern.
‘I’ve been overworking Celia.’
If the game I’m playing, [El Dorado], were an ordinary game, I would have focused on developing Celia without any major concerns.
But this was no ordinary game.
No, before it was a game, it was undeniably reality.
“I need to develop other guys too.”
Celia is strong.
But I can’t rely solely on Celia for everything.
What if she was out on another errand when I needed her?
The impact would be quite significant then.
“It would be good to add a subordinate officer, right?”
Currently, I had a 5-star Death Knight and a Goblin Lord.
And a few days ago, during a special mission, I also evolved the Lich into a 5-star Arch Lich.
Of course, it took a considerable amount of funds to evolve the Lich, but it wasn’t my money anyway.
It was funds I took after defeating Taehun Ji and his son, Seongmin Ji, who tried to kill me.
In the process, Taehun Ji died, and Seongmin Ji is currently in Azmo’s dungeon, but what can be done?
They have to pay the price for attacking me.
Anyway, that wasn’t the problem now.
Even though I now had three 5-star monsters, they were different in nature and purpose from a subordinate officer.
They were not beings related to dungeon management in the first place.
I looked at the dungeon where the Death Knight and Arch Lich were.
[Illusionary Temptation]
– Administrator: Azmo (★★★★)
– Subordinate Officer: Vacant
This is Azmo’s dungeon.
After dispatching the Death Knight and Lich last time, those two had been staying in Azmo’s dungeon.
“Now it’s an Arch Lich…”
A dungeon with two 5-star powerhouses.
I didn’t bother to return them to their original dungeons.
Currently, Azmo’s dungeon was too weak in terms of power.
I knew the dungeon existed on Earth, but with the current dungeon strength, it felt like a sandcastle.
Moreover, since I didn’t know the exact location and couldn’t know it, I decided to leave them there as a form of insurance for the time being.
“Let’s leave them here for now.”
The dungeons they were originally in had enough strength that they weren’t immediately needed.
I immediately entered the shop window.
The subordinate officer draw, which was the first draw I did at the beginning of the game.
After a long time, I clicked on that draw.
– You can set additional subordinate officers to manage the dungeons.
– Set a subordinate officer through drawing. (Settable subordinate officers: Evil God’s Nest 0/1, Illusionary Temptation 0/1)
– Draw 10 candidate subordinate officer monsters (10,000 Gems)
– You can only choose one desired candidate subordinate officer.
– Choices are irreversible, so please choose carefully.
Unlike the previous free draw, this time there were a whopping 10,000 gems.
It wasn’t even a 10-draw, but a selection draw.
Once you confirm one, that draw is over.
“Shall we start right away?”
I had already pocketed the money left by Seongmin Ji.
With that money, I purchased a large quantity of gems.
Then, I immediately started the ‘Subordinate Officer Draw.’
“Whoa!”
The first one that came out was a 5-star.
I was lucky from the start.
But after seeing who it was, I immediately frowned.
“Ah…”
Name: Bloodthirsty Predator, Baalcherit (★★★★★)
Characteristics: A high-ranking demon, a descendant of vampire royalty. He wields blood well and has nullified all vampire weaknesses over time.
– Do you wish to set this as the subordinate officer for the dungeon ‘Evil God’s Nest’?
– [Yes] [No]
I remembered.
The time I happily chose him when the first 5-star appeared.
Certainly, 5-stars are rare, but there was a trap in this draw.
“I never thought you would refuse.”
The joy of getting a 5-star was short-lived; I had already been rejected by a vampire named Baalcherit.
Therefore, my deliberation was not long.
“I refuse.”
I selected ‘No.’
I immediately touched the screen to move to the next draw.
The second one that came out was a monster with the appearance of a bat.
Name: Blood-sucking Bat, Voss (★)
Characteristics: It’s a bat. It likes darkness and flies around, sucking the blood of its targets.
– Do you wish to set this as the subordinate officer for the dungeon ‘Evil God’s Nest’?
– [Yes] [No]
“Huh…”
A question arose here.
Both Baalcherit, who appeared first, and Celia, the current chief administrator of my dungeon, were intelligent beings.
Even if not Baalcherit, Celia was an outstanding talent, which allowed her to successfully manage the dungeon and complete missions.
But the second candidate subordinate officer was a bat.
“Can this guy even do a good job as a subordinate officer?”
In fact, isn’t it impossible?
This time too, I chose to refuse.
I immediately touched the next draw.
Wisps (★)
Hellhound (★★)
Mimic (★)
Mini Stone Golem (★★), etc…
The results for the ninth draw came out.
None of them were to my liking, so I refused them all.
“As expected, drawing is tough.”
And finally, the tenth candidate subordinate officer appeared.
“…”
The being visible on the screen was wriggling like a worm.
“What is it…”
Name: Small Baby Worm, Wriggle (★)
Characteristics: A young individual of a worm. It crawls underground.
– Do you wish to set this as the subordinate officer for the dungeon ‘Evil God’s Nest’?
– [Yes] [No]
“…”
His name is Wriggle?
Moreover, he was a one-star.
The description was even more pathetic.
No, is this right?
Can a creature resembling a worm really act as a subordinate officer?
The bat that appeared second earlier looked like an angel in comparison.
“Refusing this is definitely the right choice.”
And I intended to select ‘No.’
– Do you wish to select [No]?
– If no subordinate officer is selected, the price of the subordinate officer draw will double.
“?”
As I always think, if it were an ordinary game, I would have quit long ago.
* * *
Celia, having finished her contract with Princess Irena of the Sail Kingdom, was busy.
She dressed the Skeleton Knights in the Sail Kingdom’s knight armor sent by Irena.
And she infiltrated them into the Sail Kingdom.
The shadows spied on the kingdom and reported frequently, assisting Irena.
Celia checked and organized the data they brought.
She wished she had ten bodies, the work time was so short.
Still, Celia continued her work.
This was the Master’s will.
She could not dare to disobey the will of the noble one.
While thinking that, she continued her work.
The Master’s aura was felt.
Celia turned her head in the direction of the Master’s aura.
And.
Thump-
Something fell in front of Celia.
Wriggle wriggle-
A small caterpillar-like creature was wriggling on Celia’s desk.
Celia picked up the creature with her palm.
“…”
Celia knew.
This was sent by the Master.
Wriggle wriggle-
The caterpillar still wriggled in her palm.
It was truly small.
Insignificant.
But it was a being sent by the Master.
“…Surely there must be some meaning, right?”
Given what she had experienced so far with the Master, it was undoubtedly a message he intended to convey.
“See humans as worms…?”
Hmm.
Celia pondered for a moment.
It was surely the great will of the noble Master, but she, being ignorant, couldn’t understand it at all.
“As expected, I, Celia, still have a long way to go to match the Master’s foresight…”
* * *
The northern part of the El Dorado Continent had long been a place forbidden to humans.
A land of mystery, the Demonic Realm, with unknown dungeons and monsters.
Fortunately, to reach the Demonic Realm, one had to cross vast mountain ranges, so the mountain range naturally served as a border.
Nations that benefited from such terrain were primarily the Sail Kingdom. Despite being close to the Demonic Realm, thanks to the vast mountain ranges, they had little to worry about regarding Monster Waves.
The Free City Alliance and the Kalrn Empire, which could be considered neighbors of the Sail Kingdom, also greatly benefited.
Even if something were to happen in the Demonic Realm, the mountain ranges and the Sail Kingdom would attract attention first.
Even if they couldn’t, they would at least buy time.
For them, it was as if the Sail Kingdom was acting as a breakwater.
However, they too had their own concerns.
While they were free from worrying about the Demonic Realm, dungeons and monsters appeared randomly.
The 5-star Vampire Dungeon located in the Kalrn Empire was a prime example.
It was Baalcherit’s force.
Baalcherit rapidly expanded its territory with terrifying power.
It absorbed nearby dungeons or incorporated them into its forces.
As a result, the Free City Alliance, as well as the Kalrn Empire, were wary of Baalcherit.
However, humans didn’t even dare to provoke her, and Baalcherit entered a period of peace.
Just when she thought this peace would continue for a while, or perhaps a very long time.
The Church made its move.
“How did it come to this…!”
Baalcherit, sitting on the throne of the dungeon.
She was now in despair, clutching her head.
“Those White Church fellows…”
For her, who had entered a period of peaceful times, the current situation was truly irritating. It was all because of the White Church.
The White Church had secretly deployed Paladins and eroded her forces.
If they had attacked Baalcherit directly from the beginning, she would have dealt with them quickly, but they moved cunningly.
They adopted a strategy of nibbling away at her forces by subjugating the subordinate dungeons around her.
“You vermin. What on earth are you plotting?!”
Of course, Baalcherit also moved directly to stop them.
But the opponents moved quickly and cleverly.
She could only chase their tails.
As this situation repeated several times, Baalcherit was gradually getting tired.
She wanted to charge directly into the Church’s headquarters, but she was no match.
If the distance to the Church headquarters was close, it might have been different.
No, perhaps it would have been possible if they were like they were in the past, but now it was not the case.
They had also accumulated immense power, so if she moved recklessly, there was a high chance she wouldn’t even recover what she lost.
Baalcherit pondered.
“…Is there no one to help the noble me?”
An ally to help her.
And at that moment.
【…….】
The void she was gazing at began to distort.
A familiar aura appeared.
An aura she could never forget.
“…Don’t tell me.”
It was the same arrogant guy who once told her, a descendant of royalty, to become his slave.
It was definitely his aura.
A being equal to her, or perhaps even higher.
Baalcherit cautiously opened her mouth.
“Perhaps.”
The aura of the opponent grew stronger.
She knew for sure.
The opponent was a higher being than herself.
Now was the time to set aside her pride.
“Can you help me…”
【Refuse】
“?”
After leaving those words, the opponent disappeared.
As if they had never existed.
“Noooooo!”
Baalcherit’s expression crumbled.
