The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: The Demon Who Manages the Lowly (1)

Jung Minwoo returned straight to his dormitory as soon as he returned to the training center.

‘Huh, I never thought I’d miss this place.’

It was a brutal place where you would be disposed of if you failed to graduate, but it felt comfortable because it was the place he had lived the longest.
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‘Still, thanks to finishing early, I have three weeks left.’

He had plenty of time left, so he wanted to rest, but…

‘It’s better to prepare for the next exam during my free time.’

Resting here was nothing but a luxury, so he decided to start preparing for the exam.

‘If I prepare from now on, I should be able to get a good score.’

Jung Minwoo, recalling that the next exam was ‘The Demon Who Manages the Lowly,’ lightly tapped his bracelet.

Whoosh

A black space appeared in the air.

‘Shall we go see how much they’ve grown while I was away?’

Jung Minwoo headed to his personal breeding grounds to check on the goblins.

When he checked from the control room, the goblins were training in the gymnasium.

“How have you all been?”

As he entered the gymnasium,

“Kiek!”

Snap, snap!

The goblins saluted Jung Minwoo in a sharp, orderly manner.

‘Now there’s no awkwardness.’

A perfect salute, a model for any soldier.

“Continue your training.”

Jung Minwoo accepted the salute and examined the goblins closely.

‘Their bodies have changed quite a bit.’
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When they first came to the personal breeding grounds, they had skinny arms and protruding bellies, but now their arms were muscular, and their bellies were nowhere to be seen.

‘And their demonic energy has increased quite a bit too.’

Checking with his Demon Eye, he saw that their demonic energy had increased about fivefold compared to the beginning.

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‘At this rate, they should be able to rank high without me having to intervene.’

Originally, getting first place wouldn’t have been difficult, but…

‘Since Rok is there, it will be difficult.’
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Rok had a monster that had evolved into a hobgoblin, so he thought it would be a bit difficult.

‘There will probably be other demons who have evolved their goblins like Rok, so even second place might be tough.’

No matter how systematically his goblins were trained, it would be difficult to win against an evolved hobgoblin.

‘Of course, if several of them attack at once, they’ll win.’

Unlike the ‘Demons Wear Suits’ exam, the ranking was unclear, but Jung Minwoo didn’t mind.

‘Still, I have to do my best to prepare.’

Because there was nothing more foolish than underestimating one’s own limits.

‘Shall I see their skills firsthand?’

Jung Minwoo called A―1, the goblin with the ‘Demonic Energy Affinity’ talent.

“Hit the sandbag in front of you with all your might.”

“Kiek!”

The goblin answered energetically and approached the sandbag.
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‘Whoa.’

Demonic energy, visible to the naked eye, gathered in the goblin’s hand.

“Kieeet!”

Then, the goblin punched the sandbag with all his might.

‘His form has improved too.’

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Unlike before, his punching form was controlled.

The moment the goblin’s fist made contact with the sandbag,

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Bang

The sandbag couldn’t withstand the goblin’s power and burst open.

“…”

Jung Minwoo, watching the scene, opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

And he had to revise his thoughts.

‘This might be possible.’

It was because the goblin’s ability to use demonic energy was better than he expected.

‘This makes me want to aim for first place.’

As Jung Minwoo looked at the goblin with greedy eyes,

Flinch

The goblins, sensing an unknown danger, trembled.

After that, the goblins had to endure three weeks of hellish training under Jung Minwoo.

Three weeks passed quickly, and the day came to return to the training center.

Thud, thud, thud

Jung Minwoo was walking to the classroom when…

‘Hmm?’

He saw demons gathered around a screen installed in the hallway.

‘Are they checking the results?’

He was about to head straight to the classroom since the initial bonus points were meaningless, but…

‘Well, should I check it out while I’m passing by?’

His curiosity was piqued, so he decided to check it out before returning to the classroom.

‘I wonder how many demons the first place holder turned into their servants.’

As he pushed through the crowd and looked at the screen,

1st place – 716 (10,000)

‘…Crazy.’

He saw an unbelievable number of bonus points.

‘He made 1,000 demons his servants? Is he insane?’

Jung Minwoo shook his head at the thoughtless act and was about to move on when,

“Well, well, well. If it isn’t number 1, who got first place in the ‘Demons Wear Suits’ exam?”

A flippant voice came from behind him.

‘Who is it?’

There were no more crazy guys left who would pick a fight with him, so Jung Minwoo felt puzzled and turned his head towards the source of the voice.

“Looks like I’m going to graduate top of the class, what a shame.”

A demon was standing there, hands in his pockets, swaggering.

‘Is this 716?’

Judging by his behavior, it wasn’t difficult to figure out that he was 716, the one with 1,000 demon servants.

“Don’t be too disappointed if you lose first place.”

At 716’s words, Jung Minwoo let out a hollow laugh.

‘It’s funny how he’s acting cocky without knowing the future.’

Jung Minwoo soon put on a cold expression and told the demon,

“Get lost.”

Telling him to get lost from his sight.

“W-what?”

He seemed surprised, as if he didn’t expect this reaction, but…

“I don’t want to waste my time on someone inferior like you, so get lost.”

At the following words, the demon flushed and shouted,

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“Grr! We’ll see if you can still say that later!”

Watching the demon flee, Jung Minwoo shook his head.

‘It’s shameful to have such a guy as a classmate.’

Afterward, Jung Minwoo ignored the incident as if nothing had happened and headed to the classroom.

“Seeing as everyone’s faces are bright, it seems like you all made contracts with decent Demon Servants.”

At the instructor’s words, smiles appeared on the demons’ faces.

“We’ll leave the bonus points to the Demon Servants. I’ll announce the next exam.”

At the mention of the next exam, the cheerful classroom atmosphere froze over.

“‘Managing the Lowly’ will be held in a month. And until then, there won’t be any classes, it’ll be self-study, so keep that in mind.”

At the word “self-study,” Jung Minwoo showed a satisfied smile.

‘This way, I can dedicate more time to the goblins.’

The instructor looked at the demons and continued the explanation.

“The exam format is confidential. Prepare accordingly.”

At the word “confidential,” outcries erupted from here and there.

‘Confidential, huh… I can’t stand not knowing.’

To check how the exam would be conducted, Jung Minwoo used ‘Mind’s Eye’ on the instructor.

【I said it’s confidential, but it’s just ‘physical examination,’ ‘intelligence test,’ and ‘combat power test’ anyway.】

Knowing that there would be a total of three tests, Jung Minwoo smiled inwardly.

‘Tests I’m confident in all of them!’

He was confident because the exam was similar to the training methods he had been doing so far.

【’Intelligence test’ is a maze escape, so most of the scores will be bad. It’ll be decided by ‘physical examination’ and ‘combat power test.’】

‘A maze format… I should take note.’

Reading the instructor’s thoughts, Jung Minwoo thought he should tell the goblins separately how to escape the maze.

‘Have I gotten all the information I need?’

At that moment, as he was about to stop using ‘Mind’s Eye.’

【The ‘combat power test’ is about enduring against the instructors, so those who can hold out for more than 5 seconds will be ranked.】

Critical information popped up above the instructor’s head.

‘Fighting against the instructors… It seems like I’ll need to prepare more than I thought?’

Jung Minwoo had a feeling it would be a very busy month.

With the switch to self-study, Jung Minwoo and the Demon Communion members were seated in the meeting room as soon as the assembly ended.

“You all heard that the exam format is confidential, right?”

At Pink Girl’s question, the Demon Communion members nodded their heads.

“Let’s have a meeting to discuss what kind of training would be most effective.”

She turned her gaze to Jung Minwoo and asked.

“First, what kind of training do you think would be good, No. 1-nim?”

Even though Jung Minwoo knew what kind of exams would be held, he had no intention of telling them directly, so he answered vaguely.

“Wouldn’t combat training be appropriate?”

“Combat training?”

“Yeah, there’s a limit to what we can test with goblins.”

“That makes sense.”

Pink Girl nodded her head and, turning her gaze to the Demon Communion members, said.

“I’d like to ask everyone else what kind of training they think would be good.”

Then, one by one, they began to express their thoughts.

“I think coolness is important. Ribbit, ribbit.”

“Just by looking at it, it seems like it’ll be combat-related.”

“…Wouldn’t it be combat?”

Except for Rok, all the Demon Communion members expressed the same opinion as Jung Minwoo.

“I agree. Then, for combat training, I think it would be good to have the goblins spar with each other. What do you think?”

At Pink Girl’s words, Jung Minwoo stroked his chin and fell into thought.

The exam was about fighting against the instructors, so having the goblins spar with each other wouldn’t be helpful at all.

‘It should be okay to tell them a little bit about this, right?’

Since there were two other tests, he felt it would be alright to tell them this much.

“Instead of that, how about we take turns fighting against the goblins?”

“…Us?”

“Yeah, I think that would be more helpful for gaining combat experience.”

“Now that I hear it, that’s true. What do the others think?”

At Jung Minwoo’s suggestion, all the Demon Communion members expressed their agreement.

‘It feels like they’ve become too obedient to me since I created the Demon Servants…’

They were sending him looks filled with goodwill, which felt burdensome.

‘Well, good is good.’

Having their goodwill wouldn’t hurt, so Jung Minwoo decided to think positively.

“Then, I think the meeting is over, so I’ll get up from my seat.”

As he got up from his seat and was about to leave the meeting room.

“No. 1-nim, wait a moment.”

Pink Girl stopped him.

“Hmm? Is there something else you want to say?”

At Jung Minwoo’s question, Pink Girl hesitated to speak, unlike her usual self.

‘Is she trying to tell me she wants to come under me?’

He was quite perceptive, so he could figure out her intentions without reading her mind.

“…I want to come under you.”

And just as Jung Minwoo expected, Pink Girl expressed her desire to come under him.

“What?”

“Ribbit, ribbit?!”

“…?!”

The Demon Communion members in the meeting room looked at Pink Girl with surprised expressions.

“By coming under me, you mean you want to be my assistant?”

“That’s right.”

At Pink Girl’s answer, Jung Minwoo asked another question.

“I understand wanting to come under me, but is there any reason why you had to say it in front of them?”

“I thought it was a good way to express my determination.”

At her resolute determination, Jung Minwoo nodded his head.

“Alright, I welcome you.”

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“R-Really?”

Pink Girl smiled brightly at Jung Minwoo’s words.

“Let’s draw up the contract first.”

“Okay!”

As if she had anticipated this situation, Pink Girl took out a parchment from her bosom.

Just as they were about to proceed with the contract.

“Stop the contract!”

Werewolf stretched out his hand and tried to stop the contract.

“I’ll come under you too!”

And pointing at himself, Werewolf proposed to join them.

“…You too?”

This was an unexpected situation, so Jung Minwoo expressed his bewilderment and asked for the reason.

“It’s comfortable being with you!”

A simple and clear reason.

‘Well, it’s not bad for me.’

The more subordinates, the better, so there was no reason to refuse.

“Alright, go…”

Just as he was about to answer.

“…I want to join too.”

“Minwoo, can I join too? Ribbit, ribbit.”
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Ice Princess and Rok also expressed their desire to come under him.

“…Why you guys?”

When he asked for their reasons.

“…I think I can graduate for sure this way.”

“We’re friends, right? Ribbit, ribbit.”

They each stated their reasons.

“Puhahaha!”

Jung Minwoo couldn’t help but burst into laughter at their appearance.

‘They’re reliable.’

With them, not only would he be able to graduate at the top of the class, but they would also be a great help in building his foundation after graduation.

As he was smiling to himself with satisfaction.

‘…Wait, did Pink Girl plan this?’

He suddenly had a reasonable suspicion that Pink Girl might have planned this whole situation.

Just in case, Jung Minwoo looked at Pink Girl.

Wink.

Pink Girl put her index finger to her lips and winked at him.

‘…I can’t hate her.’

Jung Minwoo chuckled at her gesture and said.

“Shall we proceed with the contract right away?”