The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 81

Chapter 81: The Abandoned Crown Prince (1)

As soon as they crossed the portal,

‘This is no different from a slum.’

The state of the street was so bad that it was hard to believe it was where commoners lived.

‘There’s trash rolling around on the street.’

As if they paid no attention to hygiene, trash was rolling around on the floor, and flies were swarming.

‘The humans aren’t in good shape either.’

Most of the humans walking down the street had gaunt faces and looked weak.

‘It wouldn’t be strange if the nation collapsed right now.’

To sum it up, it was the worst nation he had ever seen.

However, from a demon’s point of view, there was no better environment to corrupt.

‘First, let’s check if this is the right place.’

Jung Minwoo looked around.

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‘There’s a national flag.’

He could see a national flag in the distance.

‘A flag with a sun on it… We’ve come to the right place.’

Seeing the flag, he was able to confirm that this was indeed the ‘Pacon’ kingdom, which he had chosen as the first place to invade.

‘It was the only nation that wasn’t occupied, had a weak national power, and lacked tradition.’

Despite having favorable conditions for invasion, the surrounding nations never invaded the Pacon kingdom.

‘Because it acts as a breakwater.’

This was because the Pacon kingdom served as a breakwater against the monsters living in the jungle.

‘If the Pacon kingdom falls, other kingdoms will have to bear the brunt, so they don’t bother touching it.’

Therefore, every year, each kingdom sent supplies to the Pacon kingdom as a token of gratitude for blocking the monsters.

‘And the supplies they receive are being used to fill the king’s belly.’

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In other words, if it weren’t for the other kingdoms, the Pacon kingdom would have perished long ago.

‘Well, that’s why it was chosen as the place for us to invade.’

Jung Minwoo cut off his thoughts and turned his gaze to the Demon Communion members.

“Shall we now go and find talented higher beings?”

The Demon Communion members nodded and answered energetically.

“Yes.”

“Let’s go find them!”

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“…I hope there are higher beings with outstanding talent.”

“I wonder what kind of higher being we’ll contract with this time! Ribbit, ribbit.”
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Jung Minwoo and the Demon Communion members began walking down the street, searching for higher beings to become Demon Servants.

After wandering around for about five hours,

“As expected, nothing is easy.”

Unfortunately, they couldn’t find any higher beings with outstanding talent.

“It seems like the higher beings on ‘Yurain’ planet had better talents.”

Venus spoke, and Jung Minwoo nodded in agreement.

“…There were quite a few usable talents back then.”

Jung Minwoo realized that wandering around the street was pointless and mentioned their final destination.

“It seems like we won’t find any talented higher beings here, so let’s move to the royal palace.”

He expected that there would be some talented higher beings in the royal palace.

“What if there are no usable higher beings there either?”

At Anubis’s question, Jung Minwoo shrugged and replied.

“If there are no usable higher beings, we’ll have to go to another kingdom.”

In fact, there was no need to limit their search for higher beings to the Pacon kingdom.

‘We can just corrupt a higher being into a Demon Servant and then invade the Pacon kingdom with them.’

In the current state of the Pacon kingdom, one Demon Servant would be enough to invade.

‘We can just instigate the commoners and start a coup d’état.’

Therefore, if there were no higher beings with decent talent in the royal palace, he planned to go to another country, even if it was a bit troublesome.

As they moved towards the inside of the royal palace,

“…”

Jung Minwoo couldn’t believe his eyes.

“…Isn’t this too extravagant?”

This was because the interior of the royal palace was more magnificent than he had imagined.

‘It’s much better than the Demon Empire…?’

The interior of the palace was better than the Demon Empire, which was known for its wealth?

Jung Minwoo became genuinely curious about how much money had been poured into this place.

“Just by looking at the inside of the palace, it would be easy to mistake this for a wealthy nation.”

“Is this what they call throwing money around?”

“…Pathetic.”

“There’s a reason why the nation’s finances are in such a bad state. Ribbit, ribbit.”

The Demon Communion members seemed to be thinking the same thing as him, clicking their tongues as they looked at the interior of the palace.

“Now that we’re at the royal palace, shall we check the king’s talent first?”

Just by looking at the dire state of the finances, it was obvious that the king had no talent, but he decided to check just in case.

As they headed to the throne room,

‘Is that the king?’

He could see a pig… no, the king sitting on the throne.

‘Is that really a human?’
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For a moment, Jung Minwoo seriously wondered if an orc was ruling the nation.

‘His skin isn’t green, so he must be human.’

How lazy and dissolute must his life have been for the throne he was sitting on to be bent like that?

‘…I guess I should check his talent first.’

Jung Minwoo let out a light sigh and used ‘Heaven’s Eye’ on the king.

【Retrieving information on ‘None’】

A new information window popped up before his eyes.

『Information Window』

〈Basic Information〉

Name: None

Title: Eloy Noxon

Gender: Male

Age: 42 years old

〈Detailed Information〉

Alignment: Evil

Talent: None

Current Emotion: Boredom

As expected, the king had no talent.

‘He’s truly the epitome of incompetence.’ Jung Minwoo shook his head and informed the Demon Communion members of this fact.

“The king doesn’t have any talent?”

“Huh? How did such an incompetent person become king?”

“…Unbelievable.”

“I’m starting to miss William. Ribbit, ribbit.”

The Demon Communion members couldn’t hide their surprise that the king, who ruled a nation, had no talent.

“His children are probably the same, so how about we move to another country right away?”

At Venus’s suggestion, Jung Minwoo shook his head and said.

“There can’t be that many of them. Let’s check and then go.”

There was a 99% chance that his children also had no talent, but he decided to check since they had come all this way.

“There can’t be more than ten of them, so let’s check quickly and leave.”

“Let’s do that.”

About two hours later,

“…Let’s go to another country.”

Having failed to find any higher beings with talent, Jung Minwoo decided to go to another country.

‘Should we have gone to another kingdom from the beginning?’

He felt that the time he had wasted was a pity, but

‘No, thanks to that, we’ve properly grasped the layout of the royal palace, which will be helpful when we invade.’

Since they had to check the location anyway in order to invade, he decided to think positively.

As they were about to leave the royal palace,

‘…What’s that place?’

He noticed stairs leading down to the basement.

Normally, he would have passed by without paying any attention, but

‘Something… is bothering me.’

His intuition was telling him to go there.

‘Should we just take a look at the basement stairs?’

He suggested to the Demon Communion members that they just check the basement stairs and then leave.

“Should we?”

“Hmm, I smell something fishy.”

“…Okay.”

“Maybe they’re hiding treasure down there? Ribbit, ribbit.”

Fortunately, the Demon Communion members seemed curious as well and readily agreed.

They went down the basement stairs,

“It’s locked?”

They could see a large lock on the door.

“Is it just an ordinary storage room?”

Jung Minwoo felt his excitement fizzle out, thinking that his intuition might have been wrong. At that moment,

“Cough, cough, cough.”

They heard the sound of a higher being coughing from inside the room.
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‘…There’s a human inside?’

He looked at the door again, but

‘No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like a door for imprisoning prisoners…’

It looked no different from an ordinary storage room door.

‘Something smells fishy.’

Jung Minwoo felt a strong sense of curiosity and entered the room.

“…Ugh.”

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There, he found a higher being who looked weak and frail.

‘He doesn’t look well.’

His face was red and peeling, as if he had been burned,

and his body was so emaciated that only bones were visible.

‘What’s his story? Why is he locked up here?’

He was curious about the higher being in front of him, but

‘Let’s check his talent first.’

If he had no talent, curiosity was just a luxury, so he decided to check first.

‘Please, don’t disappoint me.’

He used ‘Heaven’s Eye’ on the higher being.

【Retrieving information on ‘None’】

The higher being’s information window popped up.

『Information Window』

Name: None

Title: Elvis Noxon

Gender: Male

Age: 15 years old

〈Detailed Information〉

Alignment: Neutral

Talent: 【Solomon】

Current Emotion: Anguish

Checking the information window, Jung Minwoo could sense that he had hit the jackpot.

‘…Solomon?’ According to legend, Solomon was called the King of Wisdom.

‘Let’s see its effect.’

Jung Minwoo calmed his trembling heart and checked the effect of the talent.

【Solomon】

Grants the judgment and mental fortitude to handle any situation wisely.

‘It was a jackpot!’

Jung Minwoo looked at ‘Elvis’ with greedy eyes.

“Minwoo-nim, did you find a decent talent?”

Venus, seeing the change in Jung Minwoo’s eyes, asked what kind of talent he had.

“Solomon.”

“…Solomon?”

Venus and the other Demon Communion members tilted their heads at Jung Minwoo’s explanation.
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‘They don’t know about Solomon.’

He briefly explained about Solomon.
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“Hmm, it’s quite refreshing to have the ability to handle any situation wisely.”

“Wisdom… I don’t quite get it.”
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“…It’s an interesting talent because it’s new.”

“If he’s wise, he’ll be able to understand and follow our words perfectly! Ribbit, ribbit.”

The Demon Communion members showed a positive response.

“But if he’s so wise, why is he locked up in a storage room? Ribbit, ribbit.”

At Rok’s following question, the other Demon Communion members also expressed their curiosity.

“We’ll find out if we ask him directly.”

That was a question Jung Minwoo had as well, so he decided to ask the person himself when the opportunity arose.

“Then, will we proceed with corrupting him in the same way as before?”

The same way as before.

In other words, they would wait until he was in danger.

“No, I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

Jung Minwoo shook his head at her suggestion, expressing his opposition.

“Is there a reason?”

“I think he might become suspicious of us if he’s put in that situation.”

With William, they could easily corrupt him by taking advantage of his young age and the crisis, but the higher being in front of them was an adult and had a unique trait related to wisdom, making him difficult to corrupt.

“You’re right. Then, what’s the best way to approach him?”

“I think a direct approach would be best.”

“…A direct approach?”

“Yes, we’ll persuade him with words.”

Since he was wise, if they explained the current situation of the kingdom, the impending crisis, and the benefits he would gain, he would likely agree to the contract.

“Hmm… He’s specialized in wisdom, so that might actually work.”

Venus pondered for a moment and then expressed her agreement.

“But if it doesn’t work out, let’s try the previous method.”

“Of course.”

After reaching an agreement, Jung Minwoo approached the higher being.

‘Shall we begin?’

He then revealed himself to the higher being.