Episode 208
208. Slave contract
“Black scythe… … .”
John Delgado muttered with a blank expression.
There is someone in front of you who you must take revenge on.
In a reality that is not even another world.
‘This is not the time to be distracted.’
John came to his senses.
In the past, I would have attacked it as soon as I saw it, but now I know.
Attacking the black scythe is tantamount to suicide.
“Are you really Black Scythe?”
“Does this scythe make that kind of sound?”
Ryumin swung his scythe menacingly.
John, startled, unconsciously checked to see if his limbs were well attached.
“Well, you are Black Scythe. “How did you find out about my house?”
“Does it matter?”
John shook his head.
It doesn’t matter how you found out.
What matters is why you came.
“For what reason did you come… … .”
“What do you think?”
Answering the question with a question seemed like a pun, but John felt it.
The Black Scythe knew everything and came here.
“plural… … “I guess that’s why.”
“Go ahead.”
“We must have come to get compensation for what our organization did.”
“Hoo. “I thought the hair was just decoration, but it wasn’t that neat, was it?”
Ryumin smiled and spoke bluntly.
“As I suspected, I know that there was an assassination attempt on your Messiah. Well, nice try. Instead of taking our unit members hostage like last time, you’re thinking of contract killing them while you’re in a state of narcolepsy. Whose head did it come from? Dark Souls? Yang Qiwen? Spaniard?”
“… … .”
As expected, Black Scythe knew everything.
but.
‘He knows not only the group name Messiah but also the nicknames of the apostles… … .’
I never thought I would understand it in this much detail.
‘Was it really Swingman, that guy, a traitor?’
Goosebumps appeared on my forearms, but that didn’t matter right now.
Considering what he had done to Black Scythe, it wouldn’t have been strange for him to be hanged right here and now.
‘I can’t die like this. As it is… … .’
Like a fool, I couldn’t even think of a surprise attack.
No matter how powerful a summon is, to the black scythe it is nothing more than a light in the wind.
When 30 creatures can be destroyed with a single lightning strike, is offering an angel summon the answer?
Moreover, a penalty has been applied?
‘Resisting with force is the worst option. There is only one way to live.’
dump-
John Delgado suddenly got down on his knees.
“Well, I was wrong. Black Scythe. I’m really sorry.”
“You have to tell me what I did wrong so they understand.”
“I made the mistake of joining a group called Messiah in an attempt to dare to oppose the Heavenly Black Scythe. I bothered Black Scythe by doing useless things like committing an assassination that wasn’t even possible. I will immediately withdraw from the low-level organization called Messiah, so I earnestly ask you to show her the mercy of saving her humble life… … .”
“You’re asking for a long time to save me.”
Although he said so, Ryumin was satisfied.
This is because I felt the sincerity in John Delgado’s thoughts.
‘I’m not using tricks to avoid the situation. They’re really afraid of me and hoping to survive.’
The word revenge had now faded from his mind.
Of course, he couldn’t completely abandon it, perhaps because of what he had been through, but John was almost giving up.
‘I feel like I have to somehow survive until the 20th round.’
He knew that revenge would only be possible later, and that it would only be a luxury for now.
“It’s nice to feel sincere.”
“Well, then… … .”
“okay. “Let me at least spare your life.”
“Thank you! Thank you… … .”
“There is a condition instead.”
John didn’t like it when he heard the word condition, but his eyes widened.
“W-what are the conditions… … .”
“Just have a duel with me.”
“yes? “A duel?”
“uh. I’ll apply now for the conditions, so take a look. “I’m sure the terms aren’t bad for you either, so take a look and decide.”
Ryu Min, who was manipulating the system window in the air, challenged him to a duel.
John Delgado, who was quietly looking at the conditions in the application window, looked surprised.
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[The opponent in front of me challenged the nickname ‘John Delgado’ to a duel.]
[Duel type ▶ Simple sparring that never dies]
[Winning condition ▶ Touch even the tip of a hair]
[In case of victory ▶ The loser becomes a slave and serves the winner as his master for life and obeys his orders]
[Opponent penalty ▶ Prohibited from using any equipment or skills, not taking a single step until the duel is over, giving up the first strike]
[John Delgado penalty ▶ None]
[Would you accept a duel under the above conditions? Y/N]
‘What is this?’
John knows what a duel challenge is.
However, the conditions for the bet were absurd.
‘Will the loser become the winner’s slave?’
Isn’t this really the same as a slave contract to use yourself as a slave?
‘You must never accept it. never.’
But what if I win?
Conversely, you can use the Black Scythe as your slave.
This means that revenge can be much more useful than killing.
‘The question is whether or not you can win the duel with the black scythe… … .’
If you think about it with common sense, there is no way you can win.
It’s like destroying balance.
It’s a fight worthless.
Still, John was troubled.
‘You won’t use any skills or items and won’t move a single step? Besides, you also give up going first?’
This is because there was an unexpected possibility of victory.
‘Conditions are good. Even if an attack just passes by your body, you are victorious.’
You can attack first and win just by grazing the body of an opponent who is still like a scarecrow?
Isn’t this the same as taking victory for nothing?
Despite such an advantage, John did not easily fall into temptation.
‘I’m sure he put up this condition because he has a chance of winning. ‘You’re challenging me to a duel to make me your slave.’
The intention is so obvious that it can be seen.
Even though he knew that fact, John couldn’t easily say no.
If you do that, they might kill you on the spot, saying it’s useless.
‘No, I’m sure it will. If he’s cold-blooded, he’s definitely… … .’
Then there is only one way out.
Contrary to Black Scythe’s expectations, he wins the bet and turns him into a slave.
That was the only opportunity given to John Delgado and the only way to overcome this situation.
[The duel was concluded.]
[After 10 seconds, the duel between the two begins.]
After reading the message, the corner of Ryumin’s mouth turned up.
‘I thought you would accept it as expected.’
From the beginning, John had no choice.
Because I didn’t have enough time to choose between things.
‘It must have been an appealing offer. They say you can make me a slave.’
In addition, the balance was properly achieved by imposing a penalty.
It was just an attempt to make it look like there was a chance of victory at this level, even though it was only at a disadvantage.
‘Even though I can’t use my skills, I can’t move, and I even give up the first attack… … .’
There was nothing to worry about for Ryumin.
If there was a rune of inner thoughts and a rune of future vision, I was confident that I would be able to see through it no matter what method I used.
“Give up the first strike. come.”
“Even if you don’t say anything… … .”
Parts ugh-
“I know, you f*cking bastard!”
A ghostly shape was created at the end of John Delgado’s wand.
Sariel, a spirit undead that is said to only take damage from magic damage.
The guy was summoned with a scrawny appearance, with only a skeleton remaining.
“Kill that dog!”
At the master’s command, Sariel ran silently and arrived right in front of us in the blink of an eye.
It was so fast that it looked like it had been teleported.
Soon, the curved sword that Sariel had used during her lifetime flashed and drew a line.
As promised, they gave the ball first.
In response, Ryumin simply moved his upper body to dodge the attack and only uttered one word.
“ej*cu!ation.”
The lightning that shot out with a crackle not only pierced Sariel’s torso, but also pierced the ceiling of the house.
“W-what!?”
It was a truly meaningless exit for an Archangel summon, but that wasn’t why John Delgado was surprised.
“I told you the skill was prohibited!”
“This is not a skill, but a rune effect.”
“You f*cking cheater!”
Realizing that he had been fooled, John Delgado calmly made the next move.
Woooooo-
Five undead spirits created from the tip of the staff spread out in all directions and attacked Ryumin at the same time.
But there was no surprise.
“Wide area emission.”
With just one ability, the entire surroundings were cleared up.
However, John, who had already expected this to happen, immediately summoned five more.
‘There is no need to turn off the power all at once. At least it can be sorted out in one room.’
John’s strategy was simple.
To attack by dispersing the troops.
‘That damn ability also has a cooldown.’
If you attack them in groups of 5, you won’t be able to block them even because of the cooldown.
A smile appeared on John’s lips.
It was a strategy prepared for times like this, and it was definitely a strategy that had a chance of winning.
If Ryumin didn’t have the dark rune.
“arsenic acid.”
The rising ball of darkness transformed into dozens of blades and spread out in all directions.
Puffpuffpuffpuff!
Perhaps because the damage was a mixture of magic, the spirit undead were hit by the blade and disappeared.
All without a single one left behind.
And among them was John Delgado.
“Gagging… … .”
John fell to his knees with a dark blade stuck in his forehead.
[The duel is over. This is the victory of ‘Black Scythe’.]
[Since the opponent has been defeated, he becomes a slave and obeys ‘Black Scythe’ as his master for the rest of his life.]
The duel is over.
A smile appeared on Ryumin’s lips.
‘It went as planned.’
Like Joo Seong-tak, he enslaved John by challenging him to a duel.
John, who had already seen the wound on his forehead disappear, raised his head from his kneeling position.
“See you, master.”
“OK. zone. “I have something to test with you.”
“Just give me an order.”
I just killed Sariel, but since it was a challenge to a duel, you never know.
“Summon an angel.”
“There are 5 minutes left on cooldown. “Can you please wait a moment?”
“Sure.”
Five minutes later, John once again summoned the undead spirit.
Perhaps due to lack of ego, Sariel did not recognize Ryumin.
‘Shall we test whether stacks accumulate no matter how many summons you kill? ej*cu!ation.’
Squeeze!
Immediately, a blast of electricity was fired, destroying Sariel.
However, no message emerged and there was no change in the number of the devil’s runes.
[Number of angels killed: 1/100]
‘It doesn’t count other than the first time I killed Sariel.’
In other words, even if you kill an angelic summon, you cannot build a stack of devil runes.
‘Well, if you can gain benefits by killing summoned animals, there is no need to go through all this trouble.’
The same goes for other summons, but killing them does not give you experience or gold.
If they come in, there is no way players from all over the world will stay still.
‘Probably all summoners were working together to raise their levels in reality.’
I knew that summoning beasts had no benefit, but the reason I tried it was just in case.
‘That means I’m in a desperate situation.’
To deal with the next Archangel, you need to build up a stack and be able to cast Devil’s Blessing at any time.
‘I have to catch 99 angels to use blessings, so what should I do?’
However, since there is no way to catch angels, it is difficult to build up a stack.
‘If you had known this would happen, would you have threatened to call the angels like you did with Remiel and then kill them?’
I felt like it was a waste to just kill Sariel, but I quickly shook my head.
‘He was the one who resisted until the end. He wouldn’t have called obediently.’
He was not a guy who would give in to threats.
‘I can’t help it. Instead, I’ll have to test it next time I see an angel again. It may not be counted because it is a spiritual undead.’
If the corpse is intact, you can create actual undead.
Real undead may be different because, unlike spirit bodies, they cannot be summoned once they disappear.
‘I’ll have to schedule the next test. If you kill an angel who has become an actual undead, will the number increase or not?’
If it is possible to count actual undead, John Delgado’s value rises rapidly.
This meant that you could build a stack more easily.
‘If that happens, I’ll pamper you for the rest of your life.’
Of course, whatever the outcome, Ryumin plans to continue to manipulate her in the future.
