bookcurios Chapter 579 - 579
Chapter 579 - 579
"The most important thing is, demons have no gender and cannot fall in love!""Seriously?"
Eiji nearly lost it upon hearing that last line.
Utter despair flooded his heart!
To be honest, after learning that Yasaka's ancestor had transformed from a human into a Demon King, he had seriously considered becoming a demon himself.
He wasn't particularly attached to his race. As long as it could genuinely make him stronger, he wouldn't mind reincarnating into another species—god or demon made no difference.
But now you're telling me demons have no gender?
Isn't that just a massive joke?
"Would you like to see for yourself?"
Barnier stood up and began unbuckling his pants.
"Stop! I believe you!"
Eiji frantically waved his hands.
Holy shit, this guy really doesn't treat me as an outsider! I almost got an eyeful!
With this revelation, he'd have to abandon his demon reincarnation plans.
Becoming stronger was important, but pursuing colors was equally vital!
He considered the pursuit of colors his very essence—it was after indulging in colors that he awakened his Blazer ability. His destiny was clearly to chase colors for life!
However, he had no method to become a god. Godhood seemed to require faith—devout or widespread belief. Moreover, a god's strength was tied to their worship. If the faith disappeared, so would the deity, which made him rather disdainful of this world's gods.
The only other option was becoming a lich, but liches had massive weaknesses—they'd crumble at the slightest touch of holy energy.
Under these circumstances, he'd have to temporarily shelve his reincarnation plans.
"Then it's settled!"
"Hold on—how much would I get if I sold you the shop owner?"
"?? A Demon King obsessed with money? Really?"
"Don't put it like that. It's just that I'm currently in dire need of funds!"
"Let's discuss this then..."
After some animated back-and-forth, Eiji and Barnier quickly hammered out the specifics of selling the shop owner.
Completely unaware, Wiz had just been sold out by her closest friend.
"By the way, why do you need money so badly?"
Eiji asked curiously, "With your Clairvoyance, shouldn't earning cash be effortless?"
"Not at all."
Barnier massaged his mask with a pained sigh.
"My Clairvoyance is indeed incredibly convenient—seeing through hearts, peering into past and future, perceiving all truths of the world. That's why people call me the All-Knowing Great Demon, even ranking me first among the Seven Demon Kings. But precisely because this Clairvoyance is too powerful, it comes with a backlash!"
Nothing in this world is perfect.
Every advantage has its flaw, and Barnier's Clairvoyance was no exception.
Specifically, if he used it to amass wealth, circumstances would soon arise forcing him to spend every last coin he'd earned.
This was the price of perceiving truth.
Barnier didn't treat Eiji as an outsider—in his eyes, Eiji was amusing enough to provide fresh entertainment, so he freely shared this side effect.
"Thus, to earn money, I must rely on honest work. Though using Clairvoyance to glimpse upcoming popular merchandise does help with business somewhat."
Barnier continued, "As for why I'm short on funds, it's a long story involving the ultimate, magnificent plan I mentioned earlier!"
Demons feed on human negative emotions, while Barnier specifically thrives on human disgust and disdain.
To him, human disgust and disdain are the ultimate delicacy, offering a pleasure surpassing even that of taste buds.
Thus, for centuries, he had been scheming—a grand conspiracy to extract the ultimate disgust and disdain from humanity!
"To be specific, I plan to build a dungeon filled with all sorts of treacherous obstacles, then invite adventurers from all over to conquer it. After they endure countless hardships and defeat the final boss—that is, me—they'll be presented with the dungeon's ultimate reward. But when they excitedly open it, they'll find nothing inside! Then I'll suddenly jump out and shout, 'Thanks for your patronage!'"
Barnier crossed his arms, his face brimming with delight, as if merely imagining it brought him ecstasy.
Eiji pictured the scene and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"You're a demon!"
"Indeed! I am the Demon King's right hand!"
Barnier puffed out his chest, brimming with fighting spirit.
"So, to build the world's largest dungeon, I must gather an enormous amount of funds! That's why I came to Wiz's shop. I actually found a decent dungeon not long ago, but unfortunately, that detestable goddess and her adventurer companions stopped me..."
"You mean Aqua, right?"
"Oh? You know of her? Hahaha, as expected of the Demon King I have high hopes for!"
Barnier laughed heartily, but the memory of his recent ordeal made him grit his teeth in frustration.
If not for that masochistic female knight, he wouldn't have suffered such humiliation!
"By the way, Barnier, I have a question for you."
Realizing the conversation had strayed too far, Eiji quickly steered it back.
"How much do you know about Asuk?"
"Asuk? That new Demon King's right hand?"
Barnier stroked his chin with interest.
To someone who had lived for millennia, a few centuries-old Asuk was practically a newcomer.
"If you're asking, it means you've encountered him, right? Come to think of it, I did sense the presence of a Demon King's right hand near the capital a couple of days ago..."
"That was him. I drove him off for now."
"Hahaha, you must tell me the details later!"
Barnier rubbed his hands together gleefully before recalling.
"My interactions with Asuk have been limited, but as comrades fighting against the heavens, we share some camaraderie. For some reason, his zeal against the heavens is unusually intense... I only know bits about him. Thinking carefully, it was about three hundred years ago."
Over three hundred years ago, Asuk wasn't called Asuk—his name was Yasaka.
As a reincarnated individual, he was dumped into this world by a goddess and granted an ability-type cheat called "Monster's Blessing."
Using this cheat, he eventually defeated the Demon King of that era and became the true Hero.
But within days of becoming the Hero, he turned to darkness.
He overthrew the previous Demon King, used his cheat to rapidly amass an army of monsters, and became the new Demon King—posing a threat a hundred times greater than his predecessor!
According to Barnier, it was an extremely dark period for humanity.
Yasaka's power was immense, capable of easily creating nearly a hundred executive-level monsters. In every war against humans, they achieved overwhelming victories, completely crushing humanity and causing tens of thousands of casualties.
This was the most rampant era of demonkind in human history, when the human world ran red with blood, and tragedies occurred as frequently as stars in the sky.
Until the day Yasaka disappeared from the human world, no hero emerged who could defeat him.
Tomorrow will be the last nucleic acid test for now, then there won't be any more for the time being. Today will still have two updates, and tomorrow we'll return to three updates.