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Darkness reigned before the dawn of light...

Who would have thought that his mundane life would take a chilling turn one day? Trapped in the monotony of his office existence, Simon suddenly finds himself thrust into an extraordinary realm beyond imagination.

Death was merely the beginning...

When Simon opened his eyes next, a fantastical landscape vastly different from his familiar office cubicle awaited him. A marvellous sight, a different world. 

The cruel life...

Althaea, a realm of merciless brutality where the law of survival dictates: eat or be eaten, kill or be killed.

Born not as a human...
 
Simon emerges as a demon, a being shunned by humanity and embroiled in a relentless war between humans and demons. The Seraphims, protector of humanity, and the Demon lords who rule across all demonkind. Amidst all the chaos, he must navigate the treacherous hierarchy of demonkind as one of the lowest-ranking Demon Nobles.

The unique power...

The art of dungeon creation—a golden opportunity to ascend above the chaos and establish his dominion. 

With power comes adversaries...

Now he must delve deeper, unveil its hidden powers and forge alliances that will dictate his fate. Fight rival demons, vengeful seraphims, and ancient evils who were up to no good. 
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Join Simon on his odyssey through a world teetering on the edge of destruction, where every step forward is fraught with danger and every decision could mean life or death.
Will he rise to the challenge and defy the odds, or will he succumb to the unforgiving darkness that threatens to consume him?

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Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

The next moment, Simon opened his eyes, he found himself in a small room full of shelves with different kinds of items and treasures lining on top of it. There was no doubt in his mind, this was the treasury room of the fourth trail.

Just as he was about to move and check these items, to his surprise he realised that an invisible energy was holding him in his place and he was unable to get out of its hold.

"What is going on?" he murmured. Why would the trail stop him from getting his rewards?

He was thinking all that when suddenly a window appeared in front of him.

[The Challenger's rewards are being altered. Calculating the merit points earned during the trial].

A different kind of window, one that he hadn't seen in the third trail, appeared in front of him. Reading the notification, Simon was a little confused as to why his rewards were being altered; nonetheless, he still waited patiently for his trail to calculate.

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