The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 268

Chapter 268: 10th Place (6)

Back when Buer was sent flying far away.

‘Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, I’ll push him hard and fast.’

Jung Minwoo decided to take this opportunity to deal a finishing blow to Buer.

Woo――oong!

As he channeled demonic energy into his fist and thrust it towards Buer.

“You think I’ll fall for that again?”

Chiik―

At the same time Buer landed on the ground.

Sswae―――――――aek!

He shot an arrow made of demonic energy.

‘Looks like he nocked an arrow while in mid-air.’

Knowing he couldn’t dodge the attack, Jung Minwoo had no choice but to swing his fist at the incoming arrow.

Ti――ing!

Successfully deflecting it, the moment he tried to approach Buer.

Sswae―――――――aek!

Buer shot another arrow.

‘Tsk, it seems landing a finishing blow will be difficult.’

Jung Minwoo adjusted his stance.

And like before, he deflected the incoming arrow.

Or rather, he tried to.

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Poo―――ook!

If the arrow hadn’t pierced through his armor and lodged itself in his arm, that is.

‘It pierced through the armor……?’

He knew that every third attack dealt 200% critical damage, but he didn’t expect it to penetrate so easily.

‘The fight might drag on longer than I anticipated.’

Pulling out the arrow embedded in his arm, he charged towards Buer again.

“You still dare to rush in like a fool even after realizing that brute force won’t work against me?”

Buer scoffed and drew his bowstring.

“We’ll see about that, won’t we?”

Just as he reached within striking distance.

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“No need to see.”

Releasing the bowstring he was holding, Buer shot the arrow.

Sswae―――――――aek!

This time, it was aimed at his heart, and if he couldn’t block it, he would suffer a critical wound.

“No matter how skilled you are, you’re no match for me!”

The arrow reached Jung Minwoo in an instant.

“Farewell.”

And just as it was about to pierce his chest.

Splash―

“Hmm?”

Jung Minwoo evaded the attack by slipping into the shadows.

The arrow followed Jung Minwoo.

Pook―

But unfortunately, it missed and embedded itself into the ground.

“He dodged into the shadows?”

An unexpected situation.

“I didn’t receive any information about this……?”

Buer had been practicing against Jung Minwoo based on the information he had received, but he had never been told about hiding in the shadows.

“To resort to such a petty trick……”

Buer frowned and aimed his arrow at the spot where Jung Minwoo had disappeared.

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“The moment you come out, I’ll put a hole in your head.”

He waited for a while, ready to shoot.

Ssook―

Jung Minwoo emerged from the shadows.

Sswae―――――――aek!

He shot an arrow, piercing Jung Minwoo’s head.

“Pfft, for someone who supposedly captured one of the Four Archangels, your skills are pathetic!”

Buer clutched his stomach and burst into laughter at the sight of Jung Minwoo dying so easily.

“To think they hyped up this guy all this time, the Demon World’s standards have really fallen.”

He drew his bowstring again to deliver a finishing blow, ready to shoot once more.

Srrr륵―

Jung Minwoo, lying face down on the ground, crumbled into dust.

“What!”

Realizing too late that it was a fake, Buer tried to prepare for a surprise attack.

“Falling for this trick, are you stupid or naive?”

Along with Jung Minwoo’s mocking voice from below.

Kwa――――――――――ang!

Black flames erupted from the shadows, engulfing his body.

“Keuk?!”

The intense heat felt like it would melt his body at any moment.

Sensing that he couldn’t extinguish it with ordinary methods, Buer.

“Hup!”

Used his demonic energy to instantly extinguish the black flames.

Pa―at!

And quickly moved away from his spot before he could be attacked again.

“You can’t escape just by moving, you know?”

However, it seemed he couldn’t shake it off just by moving.

Pook, pook, pook, pook―
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Shadows surged from the ground, piercing his body.

Then, the shadows attacked, tearing through his body.

“Keuk!”

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Buer groaned in excruciating pain.

“You’re quite the drama queen.”

“Shut up!”
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He tried to shoot arrows at the shadows to counterattack.

Pook―

But they couldn’t penetrate the shadows and only embedded themselves in the ground.

“How about you stop your futile resistance and surrender?”

“Shut up.”

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“Alright? I don’t mind. I’ll just keep beating you until you surrender.”

“I’ll never surrender, even if it means death.”

“Really now~ We’ll see about that later.”

“……”

“Let me know whenever you want to surrender. Oh! By the way, if you surrender now, I’m willing to appoint you as my ‘Proxy’, so think carefully.”

“……”

Afterward, Buer began to be beaten one-sidedly by Jung Minwoo.

A week later.

“Cough!”

Unable to find a solution, Buer had been enduring the attacks until now.

Pook, pazijik, hwarrruk, sswaeaek……

Suffering from various attacks, his demonic energy had noticeably decreased, and the wounds on his body had increased to an uncontrollable extent.

‘Damn it……’

Buer gritted his teeth at his helplessness, being forced to take the beating.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have crushed him when I became a Demon Lord……!’

Being at the receiving end of Jung Minwoo’s attacks, he could fully understand Agares’s feelings.

‘……Would he still appoint me as a Proxy if I surrender now?’

A proposal he hadn’t considered before.

‘If that’s the case, I’m willing to surrender.’

After being beaten for a week, his thoughts had changed, and joining Jung Minwoo’s side didn’t seem so bad.

‘Should I ask?’

It hurt his pride just to ask, but this wasn’t the time to worry about pride.

‘Forneus threw away his chance and ended up in a miserable state.’

Recalling the image of Forneus, whose rank was continuously plummeting, he felt a sense of fear, worried he might end up the same way.

Certainly, before the Challenge for the Throne, Buer had been brimming with confidence, thinking only about crushing Jung Minwoo, but now he was compromising with reality.

“Is what you said a week ago…… still valid?”

He asked cautiously.

“You mean appointing you as a Proxy if you surrender?”

Jung Minwoo’s voice echoed from within the shadows.

“……After reconsidering, I think it wouldn’t be bad to join your side.”

“Hmm……”

At Jung Minwoo’s contemplative voice, Buer gulped nervously and waited for his answer.

Meanwhile, Jung Minwoo, who was in the shadows.

‘It’s a bit of a letdown to receive this offer when I’m all fired up.’

He felt a tinge of regret that Buer had made the offer just as he was about to emerge from the shadows and continue the beating.

Jung Minwoo put aside his regret and fell into contemplation.

‘Actually, I said it as a joke, but I didn’t expect him to take it so readily.’

Although he had said it jokingly, Jung Minwoo had also thought it wouldn’t be bad to have Buer join his side.

‘With Buer’s level, he’s certainly worthy of being appointed as a Proxy.’

A rather tempting offer.

‘Even though he’s lost all his subordinates and is all alone now, it’s still an attractive proposition.’

Having the 10th ranked Demon Lord as a subordinate would significantly increase his power.

‘Not only that, I can easily raise the ranks of the Jungsin Cult members using Buer.’

If they challenged for the Throne through Buer, the Jungsin Cult members could reach the top 10 without much effort.

‘I can appoint him as a Proxy after they’ve all risen in rank, so there’s no problem.’

The more he thought about it, the better it seemed, so Jung Minwoo decided to accept Buer as his subordinate.

“It’s still valid.”

After finishing his contemplation, he answered Buer’s question.

“……Then, I will surrender and join your side. No, I will join you.”

Buer quickly declared his surrender.

“Not a bad choice.”

Jung Minwoo chuckled and.

Sssk―

Emerged from the shadows.

“Shall we draw up a contract then?”

“Yes, sir.”

And so, Jung Minwoo unexpectedly gained Buer, the 10th ranked Demon Lord, as his subordinate.

【You have won the Challenge for the Throne, and your rank has been promoted from 30th to 10th】

A message window announcing his rank promotion.

【You have achieved a tremendous feat by skipping a total of 20 ranks from 30th to 10th】

【A large amount of demonic energy will be given as a reward】

【You have achieved a tremendous feat by overwhelmingly defeating a Demon Lord 20 ranks higher and securing victory】

【A large amount of demonic energy will be given as a reward】

A large amount of demonic energy given as a reward.

‘……This sense of omnipotence, it feels good every time.’

Jung Minwoo smiled with satisfaction and was about to close the window when.

【Benefits are granted for achieving the rank of 10th Demon Lord】

A new message window appeared.

‘So there are benefits for reaching 10th place.’

【Would you like to strengthen your unique trait?】

【Would you like to acquire a unique trait?】

And the choices given.

‘It would be better to strengthen my unique trait, right?’

He considered acquiring a new unique trait, but Jung Minwoo decided to strengthen his existing one.

‘I already have Demon Eye, so there’s no need to acquire a new unique trait.’

Jung Minwoo answered that he would strengthen it and.
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‘How will it be strengthened this time?’

He waited for the strengthening to finish, feeling anticipation for how the effect would change, when.

【Strengthening the Demon’s unique trait……】

【Strengthening the Human’s unique trait……】

An ominous message window appeared before his eyes.

‘Don’t tell me…… again?’

【A Human soul resides in a Demon’s body. Error detected.】

‘This happens every time my unique trait is strengthened.’

He let out a sigh and prepared for the pain, when.

【Error, error, error, error】

The word ‘error’ filled his vision, then.

‘Hmm?’

The excruciating pain didn’t come.

“Huh?”

Jung Minwoo was puzzled by the absence of pain and unconsciously spoke aloud.

【The error has been successfully corrected】

A message window then informed him that the error had been corrected.

‘No pain……?’

He didn’t know why, but he was happy that his unique trait had been strengthened without pain.

‘Then let’s see how it’s been strengthened.’

Jung Minwoo took some time to check his unique trait, then.

‘Amazing……’

He summarized the strengthened content.

【Demon ― Demon Eye】

― By consuming demonic energy, you can inflict a powerful debuff on the opponent.
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【Human – Mind’s Eye】

― By focusing your mind, you can interfere with the opponent’s psyche.

Demon Eye and Mind’s Eye had been strengthened.

In the case of Demon Eye, the word ‘powerful’ had been added, allowing him to inflict debuffs more strongly.

As for Mind’s Eye.

‘It’s just…… insane.’

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A completely new effect had been added.

― By focusing your mind, you can interfere with the opponent’s psyche.

Being able to interfere with the psyche meant, in other words, that he could inflict damage.

In short, if he entered the psyche and killed the enemy, the enemy in reality would also die.

‘It would be good to use a combination of weakening their mental strength with debuffs to prevent them from making sound judgments, and then entering their psyche to inflict damage.’

Jung Minwoo felt a sense of satisfaction and closed the message window.

Afterward, the Jungsin Cult members also challenged for the Throne one after another, raising their ranks.

Anubis 11th, Rok 12th, Aold 13th.

When he reached 14th place due to Buer’s consecutive surrenders, he appointed him as a ‘Proxy’ and made a contract.

Having finished the Challenge for the Throne, Jung Minwoo returned to the Demon Lord’s Castle with the Jungsin Cult members.