Demon Lord

In order to job advance to Demon Lord, I had to go to Hell first.

I immediately stopped all the quests I was doing and rushed to Hell.

The Hell map I returned to was deserted.

However, there were users who were busily moving around.

They were users collecting herbs and minerals.

Seeing them running around diligently with only the minimum preparations to enter this place, I was reminded of Harang’s friend he told me about.

No way, it can’t be?

I shook my head and left the village.

The locations of the NPCs for job advancement were not public. If it were another job, I would have known most of them, but I had to find this Demon Lord job instructor myself by running around.

The only hint was the quest window.

[Job Advance to Demon Lord.]

Find the Demon Lord job instructor in Hell.

I ran around really hard.

Actually, it wasn’t me who was running, but the Hell Wolf, but anyway, I ran.

The level cap for this expansion pack is 65. There was no time to waste here.

I had to reach the level cap faster than anyone else and farm new items.

But no matter how much I wandered around the map, I couldn’t find the Demon Lord job instructor.

Yeon-[Is there anyone who has found the Demon Lord job instructor?]

I tried writing in the guild chat just in case, but I couldn’t get a definite answer.

Then, Snow Mage gave me an important hint.

Snow Mage-[Didn’t the Demon God tell you when you job advanced to Death Knight?]

Yeon-[Huh? Demon God?]

Snow Mage-[Yeah, when you were leveling up your alt, after you job advanced to Death Knight, the Demon God told you to come find him later, right?]

Yeon-[Heok! Thank you!]

To think such an important hint was hidden there.

I must have not heard it because I ran straight out of the Demon God’s Chamber after job advancing.

As Snow Mage said, I drove the wolf towards the Demon God’s Chamber.

As I headed to the Demon God’s Chamber, there was indeed a reaction.

Just like when I job advanced to Death Knight, green flames soared from the lit braziers around me.

[You have come. My sword.]

As I entered the Demon God’s Chamber, all sorts of useless words poured out.

I just blankly listened to the story.

How much time had passed? The Demon God finally gave me the job advancement quest.

[I will test your abilities.]

With the Demon God’s words, the job advancement quest was updated.

[Job Advance to Demon Lord.]

Collect 5000 Demon Race Honor Points 5000/5000

The quest was completed as soon as I received the update.

It was a difficult condition to achieve for users who were not interested in Honor Points, but I had already achieved the rank of Commander-in-Chief and collected the necessary Honor Points.

At that moment, an effect announcing the job advancement spread in all directions.

Kwaaaang!

The job advancement was complete.

[Your power is…]

This time, I didn’t run out right away.

I listened to the Demon God’s story and started checking my skills.

Because I didn’t know if this guy would give me another hint.

[Demon Lord]

[Overcoming Weaknesses]

By becoming a Demon Lord, all the weaknesses of the Demon Race have disappeared.

All penalties for jobs related to the Demon Race are removed.

[Demon Lord’s Dignity]

Increases all stats of surrounding Demon Race, including yourself, by 15%.

[Authority of the Demon God]

The authority of the Demon God granted to the Demon Lord.

All damage dealt is fixed as Dark attribute, and an additional attack equal to 30% of your damage is added.

[Lightning of Destruction]

Drops Lightning of Destruction over a wide radius.

[Awakening]

Transforms into the true form of the Demon Lord.

Increases all stats by 20% for the duration, and the [Flight] skill becomes available.

Duration 1 minute / Cooldown 2 minutes

[Arrogance]

One of the possibilities possessed by the Demon Lord.

Evades attacks with a 25% chance.

※Instant death skills/boss monster forced patterns cannot be evaded.

[Greed]

One of the possibilities possessed by the Demon Lord.

Absorbs the opponent’s health with a 25% chance upon attack.

I checked my job skills and smiled with satisfaction.

It was a skill set befitting the name Demon Lord.

While I was checking my job skills, the Demon God’s nonsense quickly came to an end.

I immediately ran out of the Demon God’s Chamber and used the Awakening skill.

“Awakening!!!”

Kwaaaang!

The effect of the Awakening skill was the same as the transformation effects of the Honor Rankings.

It was a bit anticlimactic, but the appearance was different from those.

First of all, what used to be a white and soft hand had transformed into a demon’s hand.

Black skin and black hair growing on it.

And even sharp claws.

However, only the hand part had changed. The arm connected above it still showed white skin.

It wasn’t just the hand that had changed.

My feet had also changed.

What used to be a human foot had transformed into a unique demon race’s foot.

Sharp claws, black skin, and even jet-black hair growing on it.

Overall, it was similar to the hand.

The horns growing on my head were also larger.

And seeing faint black lightning flashing above it, it seemed like this lightning was the Demon Lord’s job advancement effect.

The changes were only to the hands, feet, and horns.

Even though I gained the Flight skill, wings didn’t appear.

But this didn’t look cool.

I immediately opened the costume window and equipped wings.

By equipping Pronos’s wings as well, a truly 멋진 [meotjin] (wonderful) appearance was completed.

The Demon King himself.

I’ve decided.

The wing costume that I hadn’t worn because I was conscious of other people’s gazes will be worn with this [Awakening] skill.

It was a very satisfactory choice.

I summoned the wolf and hurriedly left Hell.

Even at this time, other users would be busily leveling up.

I couldn’t fall behind either.

I left Hell and headed to the Plague Zone.

Perhaps because I spent a considerable amount of time on the job advancement, many users had already arrived in the area where I was doing quests.

I started progressing through the quests very quickly, making use of the skills the Demon Lord possessed.

The Awakening skill, which had no penalties, further increased the hunting speed.

In particular, the newly available [Flight] skill greatly increased mobility.

With the combination of Dash, Leap Strike, and Flight skills, I could move an incredibly long distance in a short amount of time.

While following the main quest line and taking care of important sub-quests, I remembered the level 55 dungeon entry quest.

But I’m skipping it. Although you can get a huge amount of experience from a sub-quest, running a dungeon with users who have just reached level 55 is like throwing away time.

Immediate skip.

There was no hesitation.

I only wanted maximum efficiency.

At that moment, a message arrived from Helena.

Helena-[Yeon-ah. I heard there’s a fun place in the newly created area, wanna go together?]

Yeon-[I have to level up.]

Helena-[Eung…]

I felt like I was a bit harsh to my friend, but I didn’t have the leisure to go play somewhere else right now.

But Helena’s last message caught my eye.

I mumbled and carefully left a message.

Yeon-[Let’s go together after I reach the level cap]

Helena-[Okay!]

It seemed like Helena’s mood had improved a bit.

I let out a sigh of relief and drove the wolf towards the next area.

***

The morning after the update.

I got out of the capsule at the wake-up time when everyone gets up.

As I left the room and headed to the bathroom, I ran into Harang.

“Didn’t you sleep?”

“Ah, yeah…”

I answered Harang’s question and rubbed my eyes.

I was quite tired because I had been desperately leveling up without sleeping.

I should just sleep as soon as I get to school.

As I was thinking that, I heard a tsking sound from behind me.

“Tsk tsk… A middle schooler. Staying up all night playing games… There’s a reason why the shutdown law existed, you know?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. You stay up all night playing games too.”

“Because I’m a high schooler.”

I frowned at Harang’s words.

Middle schoolers and high schoolers, to me, they were all the same, so what’s the difference?

Harang clicked his tongue and headed to the living room.

Was it because I hadn’t been getting enough sleep lately due to playing games?

I started dozing off even while eating.

“Are you really okay?”

“Eung…”

Harang seemed worried about me, but I was fine.

I had stayed up all night playing games in the past too.

I knew my body well.

After finishing breakfast, I dragged my heavy body to school.

Inside the classroom, as always, Sohee had arrived first.

Even in the third year of middle school, she and I were in the same class.

I immediately went to my desk and collapsed onto it.

I had to greet Sohee, but I didn’t even have the energy to do that.

“Ha-yeon-ah?”

“Eung…”

“Are you sick…?”

“No, I’m just sleepy.”

“Did you stay up all night playing games?”

“Yeah…”

Sohee hesitated for a moment in front of me, then grabbed my hand.

And then she started walking out of the classroom.

I was greatly flustered and grabbed Sohee’s hand.

“W-where are we going?”

“The nurse’s office, you can’t take class like this.”

“I’m okay…”

But it seemed like I wasn’t okay for Sohee.

She sat me down on the bed in the nurse’s office.

“Lie down and sleep.”

“What will you tell the teacher?”

“I’ll take care of it. Just go to sleep quickly. You have dark circles under your eyes.”

“Umm…”

At Sohee’s words, I looked at the mirror hanging on the wall.

Indeed, the small girl looked very tired.

Enough to fall over sideways with just a slight touch.

“T-then, can I sleep for a bit?”

“Yeah.”

As I lay down on the bed, I thought.

Sohee was a really good friend. If she wasn’t there, my school life would have been very difficult.

I pulled the fluffy blanket up to my mouth and smiled slightly.

The cozy feeling of the blanket wrapped over my stockings was quite pleasing.

“Sohee, are you going to keep doing that?”

“I’m going to leave after watching you fall asleep.”

“Eung…”

Sohee was really just sitting there quietly, as if she was really going to watch me fall asleep before leaving.

It was then.

I heard loud footsteps from outside the nurse’s office, and then I heard the sound of the door opening with a creak.

“What? The nurse’s office is open?”

“Ah, let’s rest here until lunch.”

“The teacher isn’t here, right?”

It was quite a noisy entrance.

Two male students had opened the door to the nurse’s office and entered.

Just as I was about to get up at the sight of them, who were faintly visible through the bed curtains, Sohee got up from her seat.

Sohee’s face, which I briefly saw before she got up, was frozen coldly.

She slowly walked towards the male students and spoke in a calm voice.

“The nurse teacher isn’t here right now.”

“Oh? Oh…”

“R-really…?”

The two male students seemed to know Sohee.

They nodded at Sohee’s calm voice and carefully left the nurse’s office, looking around cautiously.

Sohee sighed as she watched the backs of those students.

“Ha-yeon-ah.”

“Eung?”

“I’m going to lock the door and leave. Come up when you feel better.”

“Eung. Okay.”

Sohee left those words and went out of the nurse’s office.

And I heard a click- from outside the door.

I closed my eyes and thought.

How does Sohee have the key to the nurse’s office?