Shadow Monarch

I think the most important thing in dealing with people is reward.

We, who don’t know much about the underworld right now, need to make good use of this Crow-nuna.

If she were just a PC RPG NPC, I would have squeezed her dry, but she’s an AI that’s no different from a person, even if she is an AI.

If I just keep bossing her around, problems will eventually arise.

In order for Crow-nuna to trust and follow me reliably, Crow-nuna must also receive the reward she wants.

It seems like what she wants most is to spend a night with me, but unfortunately, that’s impossible because of Leo’s Law. And I don’t particularly want to either.

No, even if she’s like a human, an AI is a liiiittle bit…

“Crow-eonni.”

“Yes.”

“Do you like elves?”

“Are you talking about those elves with the long ears?”

“Yes. Those elves.”

“I can’t get enough of them. Elves are very, very rare even in our underworld. Because they don’t age for hundreds of years, they’re very good material as slaves.”

“Actually, an elf was supposed to appear today instead of me.”

“Yes!? Ah, I’m sorry.”

Crow-nuna, who had been surprised only inwardly until now, made a loud noise and was startled.

“The problem is…”

Shueri took that elf and disappeared.

It seems like Shueri did it to protect the elf, but the elf can’t escape anyway.

Because her arms and legs are sealed by me.

Not only the Saintess, but also me in World Boss state, have story-only skills. It seems like it’s because not only the Saintess but also other story-only hidden jobs have increased.

In reality, I’m in a state without arms and legs like this, so even escape is impossible. If so, Shueri has to protect her, but it’s impossible for Shueri to be in Leo’s like me 24 hours a day, so there will definitely be a situation where the elf is defenseless.

Shueri is a player, so it’s impossible to attack her, but the elf is different.

I can kidnap her by force.

The problem is that I don’t know where she is.

But the Crow-nuna in front of me right now is an NPC who is in charge of one axis in this underworld.

“I see. You didn’t worry about the elf’s whereabouts and it’s okay. I’ll let the kids loose to find out where she is.”

“Good. Do you have anything else to ask of me besides the elf?”

“Noㅡ”

“Don’t feel pressured. I never lie. I don’t have any hidden meanings behind what I say. I’m just a transparent person, so what I say is just what it means. Don’t think too hard.”

“Then, can you kidnap this person?”

Crow-nuna took out a photo from the air.

In the photo, there was an old but very charismatic person who could be called a trash human just by looking at him.

“It’s okay as long as he doesn’t die, right?”

“I’m really sorry, but is it possible to keep him in as good condition as possible? Ah, of course, you don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll make him half-dead and when I hand him over to eonni, I’ll have our healer make him plump.”

“Thank you!”

I can’t just let the elf go normally.

I felt quite bad that she tried to kill me as soon as I saved her. Make up words too. Of course, it’s true that I did a bad thing by trying to touch the unconscious elf’s chest, but it’s not enough to be killed for just touching her chest.

Just looking at the torture tools scattered next to Crow-nuna, her tastes aren’t normal lesbian tastes.

She’s probably an NPC who loves pain very much.

I must thoroughly destroy the elf who is trying to kill me and Belly Cover even though I saved her.

Crow-nuna gets the elf and the person she wants to torture, and I even kidnap him for her, so she’s very happy.

I hand over the rude elf to Crow-nuna, who likes torture, and I also gain Crow-nuna‘s loyalty, so it’s a very good deal.

When this deal is perfectly finished, I’ll take over the auction house and dominate the underworld.

I’ll secretly take out the pretty slaves who come into the auction house or take out the items and just monopolize them.

Right now, users know that there is an underworld, but there are probably no users who have come this deep yet.

Of course, there may be users who are digging in alone without anyone knowing in order not to release information in the gallery, but there are probably no users who have dug in this deep at once like me.

‘I need to deal with it quickly.’

“Ah, right. Crow-eonni, do you know that?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Sorry. I hate that, this, and stuff like that, but I used it without knowing, it’s not that, but the Saintess’s food.”

“I know.”

“Tell me everything you know about the Saintess’s food.”

“Yes.”

Recently, the Saintess’s food is being traded at a very high price in the underworld.

The reason is the buff.

There are two main reasons why players eat food.

The first reason is, of course, to get a buff.

The second reason is to feel the taste.

Then what about NPCs?

They eat it for the same reason they eat food in reality. Usually, even if NPCs eat players’ food, they don’t get a buff.

But.

“The food made by the Saintess gives you guys a buff too?”

“Yes. It’s also a powerful buff that can raise an adventurer of D-grade to C-grade at once. They say it has a similar effect to the enhanced drugs sold in the underworld.”

“Enhanced drugs?”

“Yes. It’s a type of drug that raises physical ability by one level. The side effects are very severe, so it’s used when it seems like you’re going to die unless you use it. Because the side effects are better than dying.”

“It has similar performance to such a drug. Everyone is bound to covet it.”

“Yes. In fact, half of the children on the street right now are brainwashed.”

“Brainwashed? Are they trying to get the Saintess’s food?”

“Yes.”

As expected, the underworld is the underworld.

They brainwash young children to get the Saintess’s food without being suspected.

The food made by the Saintess seems to have a better buff amount than the food made by other chef users.

If it’s this much, can’t you just sweep up gold just by getting the Saintess job?

It will definitely be adjusted in raids because of balance, but it can be used in dungeons, field bosses, and stories other than raids.

Recently, as Leo’s has changed and quite difficult content has been created, people are doing a lot to upgrade their specs even a little bit, and the Saintess’s food appears?

‘Looks delicious.’

I can picture the gold just rolling in.

But it’s already flowing into a completely different story than Shueri’s.

No, wait a minute.

Shueri is living in this world right now.

She makes food every day and shares it with NPCs who are starving.

Are the people in the underworld who know that using young NPCs to collect it right now?

“Do you have that food too, Crow-eonni?”

“Yes. I have it.”

[ Saintess’s Sandwich ]

It is a food containing the heart of the sacred Saintess.

The subtly infused power of the Saintess makes the food even more delicious.

Attack Power + 20% Maximum ( 200 )

Defense + 20% Maximum ( 200 )

Movement Speed + 20% Maximum ( 200 )

Attack Speed + 20% Maximum ( 200 )

Critical Damage + 20% Maximum ( 200 )

“Wow, waissi. Is this a joke?”

Even though it’s a low-level food, the rising stats are so ridiculous that I want to swear. It’s a food that raises almost all important stats by 20%.

It’s a low-level food, so the maximum value that can be raised is low, but in other words, if you make a max-level food, the value will be ridiculously high.

‘To give this to NPCs without a care… Shueri is definitely a crazy person.’

==

The quest I received from Crow-nuna.

It’s to kidnap the NPC who is the most famous in the underworld and is called the Shadow Monarch.

The reason why he’s called the Shadow Monarch is because it’s said that the Shadow Monarch sees and hears wherever there is a shadow in the underworld.

Shadows can never be absent. That means his influence is that great.

He accumulates enormous wealth by taking advantage of the weaknesses of countless people, and based on that wealth, he tightly controls the underworld.

The scary thing about the Shadow Monarch is that he’s not just an old grandfather, but he also has top-notch power as a former S-class adventurer, which is scary.

Crow-eonni gave me all the information about the Shadow Monarch, so it doesn’t seem like there will be any particular problems in kidnapping him.

I looked up at the huge mansion and admired it.

Just a few meters ago, there were many buildings that were falling apart, but this place was so fancy that it wouldn’t be out of place even in the area where the Yggdrasil nobles live.

I took out a one-handed sword and slowly walked towards the mansion door.

“Who is it!”

NPCs who looked like mansion guards shouted at me while pointing their weapons at me.

“Me? I came to meet the Shadow Monarch.”

“How dare you take out the master’s name at will! Kill him!”

==

“Awesome.”

I clapped my hands as I looked at the Shadow Monarch NPC, who was sitting there with all the coolness without running away.

He looked bad and cool even in the photo, but I was impressed when he put his hands on the desk and glared at me.

I usually like female characters, but I don’t like male characters very much, but I quite like that grandfather.

But unfortunately, no matter how cool a male character is, he’s behind female characters.

If we had met in a different incident, we would have had a good relationship.

“Who is it? Who paid you to come?”

A low and charismatic voice that matches his appearance. It’s a voice similar to the Optimus machine in the old transforming car movie.

His voice was so cool that I almost answered without knowing it. But I pulled myself together.

“I don’t think there’s a fool who would tell you that?”

“Hmph. It must be that Crow bitch.”

“Oh. As expected, Shadow Grandpa.”

“To think that a slave who came up as this auction item has this much power. I should have bought him even if I had to push myself.”

“Ah, you knew because there was an auction house?”

“Even if you’re confident in your skills, to come alone to kill me. You have a lot of guts.”

The Shadow Monarch gets up.

My head went up jjuuk.

The Shadow Monarch boasts a more enormous size than I thought.

I thought he was an ordinary person, but he looks like he’s 3M tall. (9.8 feet)

I knew he was huge because I could see it, but how is he so tall? In the first place, isn’t the Shadow Monarch an assassin concept? What kind of berserker is that?

Seueuk.

“Ooh.”

The Shadow Monarch takes out a huge scythe from the shadows that matches his 3M size.

No, is a berserker body with an assassin job real?

A fist would hurt more than hitting with a scythe???