episode_0024

The roguelike game I used to play.

[Demon King and Hero Party] was a game with a very high degree of freedom.

Hundreds of weapons, thousands of skills.

And since the protagonist can choose and use it as he pleases, a truly enormous number of cases are created.

From a gamer’s perspective, finding the optimal job was almost like fate.

Well, there are so many methods, so why not try them?

Thanks to this, I have been able to develop characters of a wide variety of occupations over the course of nearly a thousand plays.

Some efficient jobs are optimized to the point where you can face the Demon King dozens of times.

Some of them were even used as main occupations.

If you want the most stable job, it’s definitely a paladin.

The constant casting of heals, jabber skills, and additional damage against mines turned the paladin into a monster.

Even the Paladin automatically raised his affinity towards humanity, making the game very stable.

If I had to pick the strongest job in one-on-one combat, it would be the Machangsa.

The ability to create countless variables using magic, flashy techniques based on a spear, and high damage output.

It was a job that shined more and more as time went on, so I chose it often.

If you were to name the most powerful profession, it would obviously be the wizard.

Wide range of response capabilities centered around the four major elements. And the powerful one-shot attack through fusion and elemental strengthening was so powerful that even the Demon King would feel pain.

All of the above are professions that have faced the Demon King many times and have also caught him. So, the possibility is high.

But… it is still the strongest job.

If I had to pick the highest scoring job when I leveled up my character to the max, I would pick this without hesitation.

‘Black magician.’

Among them, the black horse that regenerates itself.

This profession, whose name alone sounds like a hybrid, is one that doesn’t encounter the Demon King as often as you might think.

That’s because the difficulty level is too high.

If you learn black magic, the friendliness of the characters will naturally decrease.

Because of the high risk of black magic, stability is also low.

It was a job that required tightrope walking at all times because it had many strange and difficult skills.

But I couldn’t give up, so one day, while I was researching every day, an idea suddenly popped into my mind.

-Wait a minute, if stability drops, can’t you just patch it up with healing skills?

I immediately put the idea into action.

Start from scratch to develop your character, adjust its skill set, and equip items.

I couldn’t help but admire the character that was developed so half-forcibly.

-What the hell, this scammer.

Honestly, that episode didn’t go well.

Because the character’s friendliness level dropped, I couldn’t get most of the useful items and my skills weren’t very good.

To make matters worse, the order of the Four Heavenly Kings was also messed up, so all of the party members had no choice but to lose.

Two dead, one retired with permanent damage, and one left the party.

I started this game to save the four heroines, but before I knew it, there was no one left by my side.

-Ha, should I just erase it?

At this time, Hyun-ta was so angry that I was going to skip this round and go to the next one.

If the timing of Hyun-ta’s arrival had not been after the last Four Heavenly Kings were defeated, the character would have definitely been deleted.

-No. But I’ve done everything I can so far, so it’s a shame. I should delete it even if it’s just the Demon King.

That’s how I headed to the Demon King’s Castle.

There is no saint to bless him.

The knight who was providing cover for the area was seriously injured and retired.

The thief who set the trap is dead.

The wizard followed suit soon after.

Alone.

You fight the final boss of this game alone with nothing.

The back of the guy heading towards the Demon King’s Castle silently looked very lonely.

Of course I knew I would lose. I thought I would be terribly killed without even being able to summon an enemy.

-No, damn it.

But the result is.

-This is a draw···?

I caught the demon king.

Without any skills, items, or companions properly prepared, he joined the Demon King.

The manifestation of black magic through risk, and the patching up of risk through regeneration. In addition, there are several powerful skills that stack damage and use it.

These three had crazy synergy.

Having confirmed the possibility, I focused on training the black magician from then on.

‘But I never raised it properly.’

As I said before, it is because the operational difficulty itself was too difficult.

Since it is a discipline that is rejected from the beginning, it is difficult to learn black magic, and even healing skills are rare.

It’s hard to obtain two types of skills, and you have to do it while your affinity level has dropped significantly… It’s truly hopeless.

But that’s why there’s no better timing than now.

‘Friendship?’

Isn’t that a situation where it’s fucked up enough to be fucked up anyway?

Since it’s a minus anyway, it doesn’t make a difference even if it falls further from here.

‘Healing skills?’

Although it is a replica, it has the highest level skill, Regeneration.

And the black magic that is difficult to learn?

Even that was a solution.

《Blood Monster Art》

《Pain Sensation Technique》

Well, isn’t it right in front of you?

The skills that form the basis of the Regenerator’s Warlock.

Sure, it was a gamble. It was crazy.

Not only the Demon King, but he may also be cut from the Four Heavenly Kings line due to operational issues.

But what if they can’t get other jobs?

Wouldn’t it be right to invest in places with the greatest potential?

That’s it.

This is the only profession that can break the last thousandth round.

Confident in my choice, I picked up the book right away.

[The effect of the Heavenly Martial Arts Body greatly increases your understanding!]

Now was the time to learn.

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[Congratulations!]

[You have acquired Blood Flow Acceleration!]

[I have acquired painful memories!]

[You have acquired Blood Power Substitution!]

[You have acquired the Pain Imprint!]

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“···Whew.”

About 10 hours later.

After finishing reading the book, I let out a light sigh.

Thanks to the help of Cheonmujiche, the content of the book itself was easy to understand.

Of course, there are some parts of the book that are not very deep.

As expected.

Most of the black magic books placed here were only basic.

What this means is that no matter how much you learn, you cannot attain deep enlightenment.

“Still, I learned most of the main skills.”

The only good thing was that I was able to learn the basic skills of Jaejaheuk. Now, I just had to slowly grow my skills and see the later stages.

There are separate reasons for blood magic and pain magic, but… we can talk about that later.

Anyway, it’s probably because I learned so many skills after a long time.

A sense of accomplishment took over my mind. I felt like I was finally on the right path to growth.

But that thought was fleeting. I had no choice but to look around me and solidify my impression.

“···Hmm.”

I can see tiny streams of magical energy flowing out of my body.

The blue magic that had been as refreshing as the summer sky was now emitting a strange, turbid aura.

It was a side effect of learning black magic.

Black magic, which is black in color, gradually turns the user’s magical power blacker the more they learn it.

I feel like I’ll definitely get caught in this situation…

That’s okay though.

In the deep history of black magic, there are also techniques for hiding oneself from people.

“Ssup··· Hoo···.”

I breathed in and out. Every time I did, the enormous amount of mana that had been dormant inside me stirred.

I feel my mana mixed with black magic.

If you look at it from one step back, it looks like you are looking at paint that has not been properly mixed in water.

I was planning to separate this black paint that was spread all over the place and let it settle to the bottom for a while.

He suppressed the murky black magic power deep inside and made it dormant. Then, he piled up the original magic power on top of it like a tower.

It’s a difficult task.

Sorting out the two mixed colors of magic was like unraveling a tangled ball of thread.

But it’s not impossible, it’s just difficult.

Maybe it was because there was ‘magic power control’ in the first place, but it was easier than I thought.

“Hoo···.”

How much time has passed like that?

At least ‘outwardly’ I stopped working when the magic power was clean.

Then he smiled quietly to himself.

‘I am a genius after all.’

At this rate, there’s absolutely no chance of getting caught.

I got up from my seat and slowly started preparing to go back.

Before that, I didn’t forget to collect other books including ‘Bloodborne Art’ and ‘Pain Art’. Since this is a place for growth that I’ve finally come to, I should collect as much as I can.

As a wizard, Balkan had a wide range of books on magic. Things like how magic manifests according to mana flow, how to strengthen magic, how to use magic effectively, etc.

I took all those books without missing a single one.

Because knowledge always helps.

So I returned to them, keeping my black magic hidden. I thought they wouldn’t find out······.

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“Gyaaaah! It’s black magic!!”

“This idiot! Are you going to cross the line anyways!!”

“···This is disgusting.”

But I got caught right away.

‘Haha, fuck.’

I felt like today was going to be a tiring day.