Demon Castle Farming

It’s great that I got an invitation to enter the Demon Castle, but I still haven’t figured out where it is.

I asked through Hwarang and the guild chat, but it seemed like no one knew.

In the end, I had no choice but to summon Gunma and gallop across the black, dead land like before.

I ran and ran and ran.

The newly added Hell region was especially large, so I had to run like crazy.

I wasn’t the only one running hard. Other users were also running hard to uncover the map of the new region.

That’s when it happened.

A peculiar building appeared. It looked like a temple, but green flames were soaring above the skeletons decorated at regular intervals.

Looking at that, I was reminded of the conversion system that was added this time.

I got off Gunma and approached the temple.

Just in case, I drew my magic sword, but no monsters or hostile alliances appeared.

No, there was no one near this temple in the first place. That means not even a single NPC was to be seen.

That’s when I got close to the temple.

The green flames burning above the skeleton decorations grew even fiercer, and a clear voice came from inside the temple.

[Holy Knight who has embraced the light, I feel a very familiar power from you.]

I rushed into the temple to find the owner of the voice that suddenly spoke, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find the target.

But the voice didn’t stop.

[Rage, revenge, cruelty. That power mixed with negative emotions is felt within you.]

The direction of the voice kept changing.

Then, the altar at the very back of the temple spewed black flames and showed a faint demonic form.

[Holy Knight, do you wish to become stronger than you are now?]

“Are you just going to give me power?”

[I will give you power. If you forsake the god you serve, I will give you even greater power. But you will have to serve me instead.]

[Demon God Azathoth recommends conversion.]

※If you accept the conversion, you will not be able to visit ordinary temples.

※[Holy Knight] → [Death Knight] job change will occur.

Since I was wearing the magic sword anyway, it was impossible to talk to the NPCs on the temple side.

If I don’t like the Death Knight, I can just buy a job reset scroll from the cash shop.

There was no hesitation. I accepted Azathoth’s conversion offer.

[You will not regret your choice.]

The moment Azathoth finished speaking, black energy burst out from the faint demonic form on the altar and began to envelop my body.

Immediately after that, the sunlight radiance disappeared from my chest without a trace.

As if it had been eaten by the black energy.

As always, I couldn’t feel anything from the exaggerated effects for the job change.

It’s just a device to please the eyes.

The black magic that enveloped my body slowly began to dissipate.

I immediately checked the changes in my body.

My appearance didn’t change, but the halo that was slightly visible behind my back disappeared, and faint black magic was spreading from under my feet.

I immediately checked my skills.

[Death Knight]

[Blessing of the Demon God Azathoth.]

Blessing of the Demon God Azathoth.

Increases all elemental resistances by 10%, except for light.

Increases dark attribute attack power by 10%.

[Armor Mastery: Full Plate]

The armor penalty of the full plate series is removed.

Additional defense increase +50

[Touch of Death]

Reaches out with a touch containing the aura of death.

Pulls enemies within a certain range based on the caster towards himself.

[Azathoth’s Sword]

Bestows the blessing of the Demon God on the weapon.

Damage is increased by 15%.

All damage dealt to holy attribute and human monsters is increased by 20%.

[Close to Death]

Reduces physical damage taken by 10%.

Reduces magic damage taken by 10%.

Increases holy attribute damage taken by 10%.

[Evil Strike]

Swings the sword forward at high speed.

Upon a successful attack, activates [Curse of Death], which reduces the opponent’s maximum health by 10%.

※Maximum stacking count: 1 time

※Not applicable to boss monsters.

[Bone Shield]

When hit, a bone shield is summoned to protect the user.

Blocks all attacks 1 time.

Cooldown: 50 seconds.

[Aura of Death]

Increases the movement speed of myself and all allies within a 50-meter radius by 10%.

[Life Absorption]

Can only be activated on targets with low health.

Instantly kills the target and absorbs 50% of their health.

Judging from the fact that there is no shield mastery in the job skills, it didn’t seem to be a tank-type job.

The skill set as a whole showed a contrasting appearance to the Holy Knight. Seeing that it was filling the Holy Knight’s unique lack of attack ability, it was definitely a dealer position.

There is no more suitable job for me now.

[Death Knight, your true form…]

I shared the coordinates of this temple in the guild chat and hurriedly left the temple.

Azathoth’s voice kept ringing behind me, but I had already changed my job using the conversion system.

That meant I didn’t need to listen to the annoying voice anymore.

“Let’s go!”

I spread my arms out once again.

It was to summon a large magic circle to bring out a small Gunma.

“Heeheeing!”

The Gunma that came out of the magic circle was maintaining a very small size as always.

I rode on its back and quickly ran out.

Fortunately, the Demon Castle I was looking for was located not far from the temple.

The Demon Castle looked incredibly large at first glance.

As I ran along the long, endless castle walls, a message popped up in front of me saying that I had arrived at the [Safe Zone].

It seemed that the area near the Demon Castle was being treated as a town.

An old demon was standing in front of the gate.

[Coin Exchange Merchant Hilderick]

With his monocle, the pocket watch hanging from his waist, and the black butler’s uniform he was wearing.

Hilderick was a typical butler character.

“Hmm… Do you perhaps have business at the Demon Castle?”

Hilderick checked his pocket watch and said as I approached.

I nodded and took out the invitation from my inventory and showed it to him.

“If you wish to participate in the Festival of Blood, please use your invitation.”

It seemed I had come to the right place.

I immediately used the invitation I was holding in my hand.

[Entering the Demon Castle.]

[For a fair game, the appearance of all participating users will be changed to demons.]

With a bright light, the map was moved.

The place where I opened my eyes was a dark room with blood pooling under my feet.

First, I checked my appearance.

The length of my arms and legs hadn’t changed much from my original body.

But the problem was their appearance.

The horns that had sprouted above my head were larger than ever before, and a long tail was hanging behind my butt.

Also, my skin was no longer the white and soft skin, but a rough and hard dark red skin.

Even the appearance of the equipment I was wearing had changed.

It would definitely be difficult to recognize each other in this state.

I hurriedly left the room.

What unfolded as I left the room was a long corridor that stretched endlessly.

As expected, demon monsters were wandering around on the corridor.

It’s time to farm new equipment.

The appearance of the equipment had changed, but its effects had not disappeared.

I swung my sword and began to slice the monsters.

The monsters inside the Demon Castle dropped red coins at a certain probability.

If you collect these coins, Hilderick in front of the Demon Castle will exchange them for equipment.

That’s how I dealt with all the monsters in the corridor and came out to the stairs.

I was able to confirm the appearance of a demon who was defeating monsters not far from me.

I couldn’t know the nickname. But I could tell the job from the weapon and skills they were using.

The user who was hunting alone in this Demon Castle was a rogue.

The user, who was flapping his large demon wings and wielding twin swords, didn’t seem to have noticed me and immediately ran towards the next prey.

It was a good opportunity to test out new skills.

I immediately rushed towards the rogue user.

The rogue user seemed to have finally discovered me and was surprised and used stealth.

He was about to hide in the darkness, but the rogue’s footprints were clearly left in the blood flowing under his feet.

I used [Touch of Death] on the rogue who was hiding in stealth.

Then, a large hand-shaped black energy was quickly shot out from my body, grabbing the rogue user who was hiding and pulling him in front of me.

You don’t have to chase after fleeing enemies. It was a pretty good skill.

“Ugh, Aaaagh!”

The rogue user screamed and swung his sword.

Just before the sharp dagger blade touched my body, a large bone shield formed in the air and blocked the attack.

Kang!

The bone shield, which had blocked only one attack, disappeared in an instant.

I immediately prepared the next skill.

[Evil Strike]

The moment I activated the new skill, the sword in my hand was quickly swung.

The attack that was raised from the bottom to the top contained jet-black magic.

The rogue user, who was hit hard and fell backwards, shouted in a desperate voice.

“W-wait!!! Can I, can I know your nickname!!!”

“My nickname?”

The rogue user nodded diligently as if feeling a glimmer of hope.

Even so, he didn’t give up on trying to escape, and his eyes were constantly rolling.

I laughed as I stroked my neck.

Even my voice has changed, so unless I say who I am, no one will recognize me.

“I am the Demon King.”

“D-Demon King…?”

“That’s right.”

In this place where my appearance is completely erased, I become the Demon King.

It was a truly perfect space.

“And the Demon King does not show mercy.”

It was the moment when the rogue user was greatly embarrassed and tried to open his mouth.

I didn’t hesitate and swung my sword, piercing the rogue user’s chest.

Kwajik!

“Crazy-concept-obsessed bastard…”

“Such impious language.”

“You… wait for me here…”

The rogue user’s health was rapidly decreasing.

I reached out to the user.

[Life Absorption]

The rogue user, who was in a low health state, spewed out red blood vessels from his entire body and turned gray and collapsed.

The life force extracted from the rogue user was absorbed into my body.

The slightly reduced health quickly filled up.

It was the moment the rogue user died.

Just as his body turned gray and began to disappear, red coins fell from his body.

“Heok…”

I sat down on the floor and picked up the coins.

It seemed that all the coins acquired on this map were dropped when killed.

The rogue user dropped about 1,000 coins.

Considering that I acquired about 100 coins by sweeping one side of the corridor, it was a huge amount.

It was a foolish idea to collect coins by hunting monsters.

In this place, I had to hunt people.

I shone my eyes and looked around.

In order to quickly get armor, I had to find another piggy bank.