chapter 28

"He's really become a complete idiot.'

This was the thought that came to mind as soon as I saw the lord who had been half-demonized. The half-man, half-horse lord of this city just moments ago was lying on the ground, writhing in a horrible manner.

This is exactly why I deliberately killed the dead and collected their flesh to restore the demon's power. Because if I fed it exactly two pieces of flesh, I could end the situation without fighting.

If you don't restore any of the demon's powers, or restore just one piece of flesh, the weakened demon will be controlled and you will have a boss fight with the lord who has awakened into a perfect half-human, half-demon form.

On the other hand, if you restore more than 3 pieces of flesh, the lord will die as he cannot overcome the demon's power, and you will have a boss battle with the demon that has descended to the ground.

The specs of the demon that appears as a boss depend on how much flesh the player recovers, and it is considered complete when all 100 pieces are eaten.

There was an achievement to fully awaken the devil and defeat it, but the condition for being able to carry a book with 100 pieces of flesh was that the divine power stat was 99, so just meeting the specs was difficult.

'By the way, you're really fucking ugly.'

I observed closely what was there, wriggling hard on the floor.

In the game, it felt like they were just roughly half humans and half demons thrown together, but here, it felt much stronger like humans and demons had really merged into one.

The body shape was the same in length and width, but countless scale-like things grew on the bare skin. The mouth was torn all the way down to the ears, and sharp fangs were visible through the gaps.

Its eyes were vertical like those of a goat, and it had half-formed horns on its head. Its limbs were all reverse-jointed. The claws on its fingers and toes were very sharp.

The wings of the partially formed figure were a bonus.

"Yes, nooooo, yes, nooooooo!!!!!!"

The lord glared at me, spitting out black blood. He seemed to be crawling on the ground to get to me, but he soon buried his head in a puddle of blood.

"Why are you acting so sullen? You already looked like a retard, but now you look so much worse than a human being."

I smiled and waved my hand. The lord looked at me and mumbled something unintelligible, then coughed up blood again.

A gurgling sound of blood boiling could be heard from the bastard's throat. He wanted to say something, but his throat was so full of blood that he couldn't even speak properly.

"You look like you don't understand at all how you ended up like that. Hey, if you have a brain, think about it. How can a human deal with a demon?"

I picked up the book that was still emitting a dark aura next to the lord. Unlike that guy whose mind was consumed the moment he had a desire for this book, it was an ordinary book that had no effect on me.

First of all, I didn't really have a desire for this, and above all, I raised my divine power to 5 before coming to the mansion. A demon that only ate two pieces of flesh can't interfere with my mind.

"Looking back now, you think something is strange? Your head must have been filled with the thought that you had to summon the devil no matter what. Even though you knew better than anyone that under imperial law, being associated with the devil is punishable by death, and that even the royal family is no exception."

Thump, I closed the open book. The black energy flowing out suddenly stopped. The lord's twitching subsided a little.

"Why would you do that? I'll give you time to think about it."

I said that and took a deep breath, then opened my mouth in the most annoying voice I could muster.

"Oh, there's nothing to eat here, so your head won't work? I made a mistake. I'm sorry, so I'll just tell you the answer. The answer is, 'Because I lied to you from the beginning.'"

"...!!!!!!"

The lord glared at me with his eyes half-devoured by the devil. What? What's the point of glaring at me? I continued speaking in a sarcastic tone.

"That's how all demons are. Once they're consumed by desire, there are only a handful of people who can overcome it. And there's no way there's a demon of lust. What? They give men infinite stamina and make women have bodies that orgasm just by brushing against a man's collar? Why do you believe that? Don't just use your brain to eat, but live with some thought."

He hit the Lord's head with the book. The Lord vomited out a handful of blood again, saying, "Guuweeek." Perhaps because the black energy being absorbed into his body had stopped, it was a little closer to red than before.

"What, you told him that? And that idiot believed it?"

"Yes. I believed it very firmly."

It is said that the devil is a being that causes desires, but there is a clear limit to his power. He can make someone fall prey to desires, but he cannot create desires that did not exist before.

That's why I said that if you make the lord want the book, it's clear. If you make him want it even a little, the devil in the book will take care of the rest.

"That pig must have been setting a pretty high price for me, but I thought it was a little odd that he traded me for a single demonic book. Is that why I was sold to you as a sex slave?"

"No, what good would it do if I put it more nicely?"

"Okay, can I just kick that once?"

"You can kick me a hundred times instead of once. I won't be able to move anyway."

As if permission had been granted for safety, Aurora approached the lord who was writhing on the floor without hesitation, lifted the hem of her dress slightly, and pressed down on her head with the heel of her high heel.

"You little punk. You wanted to fuck women so badly? Yeah? But you know, if that's what you wanted, you should've just died and been reincarnated. Do you know what all the women who were called to you were whispering behind your backs? They were saying you were a fucking dick, you idiot. Did you know that no matter how much you shook it, you couldn't feel anything going into your vagina, but only the sensation of your belly fat jiggling? Yeah? Did you know?"

'Oh my god.'

For a moment I thought my ears were deaf.

I really couldn't have imagined that Aurora would use such words so brazenly. The lord's personality had changed even more in the opening scene than in the game, so it seemed like she wasn't completely unaffected by it.

Still, it's fortunate that he has a personality that can be called normal, considering that he grew up under that kind of guy.

After that, Aurora continued to trample on the lord's head with her high heels and continued to curse, swear, and mock him for a long time. After some time had passed, she finally caught her breath and laughed heartily as if she had been relieved.

"Ah, I feel so relieved. From now on, I'll stretch out my legs and sleep comfortably. Wait. What's with those eyes? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"No, it's nothing special. I just think it's amazing in many ways."

"Ha, I know what you're thinking, but try living under a guy like that. It'll only take a year to become like me. And honestly, this is a lot of self-restraint. It would have been worse if it weren't for you. Should I give you an example of what you were trying to say?"

"There's no need for such examples, so please keep your dignity. Why would someone who is about to ascend to the position of the head of the household use such vulgar language?"

"As you said, I'm the head of the household now, so I can use it, right?"

The lord, who had been crushed to the ground with his head down, raised his head in response to the sound of the voice. Aurora's eyes lit up again as soon as she saw him.

"Oh, that was a slap in the face? But what can I do? It's all true. You're going to die here, and I'll take all your wealth. I'll thank you for all the money you've accumulated so far. Did you desperately scrape together money just to give me one more? You're going to die with all the stigma attached to you, and leave me with only the money and fame? Isn't this a little touching?"

"...!!!!!!"

The lord's eyes were about to roll back upon hearing that taunt. He was desperately flailing his arms and legs that had become half-jointed, but there was nothing he could do.

Aurora finished speaking and looked at me with a refreshing smile.

"I've finished teasing you, let's stop and kill you. There's no need to watch that disgusting thing any longer."

Her expression and tone of voice did not match at all, but regardless, the original was a stunning beauty, so there was no sense of discomfort.

"Okay, well. What are you going to do next, Aurora? Do you want to watch me kill this guy, or do you want to go outside for a while?"

"Of course I have to watch the whole thing from beginning to end. I have to see this piglet die with my own two eyes."

As if the refreshing smile she had shown just a moment ago was a lie, a blazing hatred burned in her golden eyes.

I told him to do as he pleased and took out a dagger from my pocket. It was the dagger I had taken from the skeletal priest. Aurora tilted her head as she looked at the dagger in my hand.

"What, your weapon was a dagger? It doesn't look like one at all."

"How on earth does it look like it doesn't look like it's supposed to be used as a dagger? And this isn't my original weapon. I brought it to kill that demon."

"You brought it here to kill it?"

"Yes. Demons can never be killed unless they are imbued with divine power."

In Blizzard 4, only weapons and spells that inflict divine damage, which are labeled as "Blessed," could damage demons.

To be exact, even if you hit with a normal weapon, your stamina will decrease. That's because you recover all of that without any problem.

Only damage inflicted by blessed weapons or divine spells is not recovered and remains as is. Also, the stat requirement for using this dagger was divine power 5.

I drew my dagger and approached the lord who was struggling on the floor in an ugly manner.

"It must hurt so much you could die, can you bear it?"

Pook, without waiting for an answer, he stabbed the dagger into his body.