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“Welcome! Oh, Most Evil One!”
The one who greeted Cale, On, Hong, and Raon was the terrifying Darkbear.
“Oh.”
Cale felt a bit of admiration.
A Darkbear shaped like a teddy bear, fluffy and soft.
Now, he was the final boss of the Seventh Evil, though only in name.
Super Rock’s voice was heard.
- It suits him.
The teddy bear Darkbear was wearing a baby carrier and holding an egg.
“How are you, Eden Miru?”
Of course, the egg was Eden Miru.
Clang.
The egg moved.
“Yes, yes! I’m fine too! Jiji!”
Raon stroked the egg in the baby carrier with a face full of joy.
Clang. Clang.
The egg continued to vibrate.
“Eden Miru is more active than before!”
“It’s true! The size of the egg is the same, but it seems like it’s grown!”
The teddy bear smiled broadly at Raon and Hong’s words.
“Ha, ha! It seems like he likes my lap!”
Clang clang clang. Clang.
The egg’s vibration intensified.
On, who was standing next to Cale in human form, said softly.
“It seems like he’s asking for help.”
“… I think so.”
Cale thought about Eden Miru. Rather, he thought about his age.
“Hm.”
While we weren’t there, or rather, while Cale and On weren’t there.
“Has it been a long time?”
Cale said to On, and On nodded his head and turned to the teddy bear.
But Cale walked faster.
“Give it to me.”
Cale took the egg from the teddy bear without much care. And he put it on his side.
The egg calmed down.
“Human, I’ll carry it in the baby carrier! I’ll protect Eden Miru!”
“I can too!”
Cale shook his head at Hong and Raon and told them something different.
“Check the status window first.”
Now that the update was finished, the first thing they had to do was check the changes in the status window.
Cale had explained the game to the 10-year-old children in quite a bit of detail.
His eyes turned to the egg.
[Eden Miru]
[Status: Pre-hatching (Hatching Rate: 55%)]
[Title: Semi-human, Semi-light and time dragon]
“Oh.”
The rate had increased from 30% to 55%.
“With this, will it hatch soon?”
Clang.
It seemed like Eden Miru was mocking him. Cale also checked his status window.
‘Hm.’
His race was still semi-demon.
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[Cale Henituse]
[Race: Semi-demon]
[Title: The true hidden boss of the Third Evil, who inherited the cursed blood, the hidden boss of dungeon 100.
The true hidden boss of the Seventh Evil, who sees everything after time in fairy tales]
[*Can only be accessed through hidden missions]
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- What a wild title.
He ignored Super Rock’s words.
After that, he checked a few more things.
First, the missions.
[@#% Mission generated!]
[1. With Count Lupeh, find the hero and prevent the terrible @#god from destroying this world!]
[2. With Count Lupeh, find my brother!]
“Even after the update, can’t they fix the errors?”
Some letters didn’t look right.
It seemed like this was an error that couldn’t be fixed in the game, regardless of whether Cale was registered in the game or not.
‘Definitely, it’s a problem related to the Absolute God.’
Maybe this error was a test that clearly showed the direction they should take.
Because it was a process to find answers that this world couldn’t accept.
“Oh, Most Evil One-”
The teddy bear approached Cale and said politely.
“Now you’ll be able to register all the powers you’ve had as skills.”
Cale’s gaze turned to the skill window.
“If the power exists in the game, the skill name will appear immediately. But if it doesn’t, Most Evil One, you’ll have to create the power and give it a name for it to become a skill.”
Hm.
The skills that were currently in Cale’s skill window were:
[Skill: Terror of Chaos (Inactive)]
It was the power he had taken from the Saint of the God of Chaos.
Smile~
And now he had found a way to release it.
[Skill: Terror of Chaos (Inactive)]
[*To deactivate deactivation, you must go to the Sanctuary of the God of Chaos. -More information-]
He touched More information.
“And Oh, Most Evil One.”
The teddy bear said hesitantly.
“I haven’t been able to find information about the God of Chaos. There are countless religions in the New World, and even more gods. But I’ve never heard of the God of Chaos.”
He observed Cale with great caution. In a way, it was one of the two most important tasks he had been given.
One was to hide Cale’s existence. And also, to introduce Eden Miru, the new dragon who would be born and whose father would be himself, as his representative.
This was going well.
He was deceiving the other Eight Evils well. Of course, he also had the help of Count Lupeh, the Third Evil.
And the other: To find information about the God of Chaos.
This wasn’t easy at all.
In fact, if the information had been circulating among the Eight Evils, there wouldn’t be a problem, but searching for information outside the Eight Evils with the Darkbear’s power wasn’t easy.
“G, give me a little more t, time-”
Cale wasn’t looking at him. The teddy bear’s voice trembled more and more. If they threw him out, it would be a big problem.
‘He said 3 months!’
He had to take care of the Chaos-related matters in 3 months, so he told me to move fast!
But even tracking the entire New World, that enormous place, would take years, not just a year. In that situation, he would need at least half a year to find information.
“G, give me a little more t-time-”
At that moment, his eyes met Cale’s.
“Hiiiiik!”
The teddy bear knelt without realizing it.
“P-Please forgive me!”
And he shouted.
Because Cale was smiling in a strange way.
A malicious smile, literally, a malicious smile.
He trembled from head to toe.
‘A, am I going to die?’
The teddy bear’s pupils moved. In his ears, he heard the sound of a small black dragon flapping its wings.
Flap flap!
“Jiji!”
The black dragon laughed.
‘Ufff!’
The Darkbear was even more frightened. He couldn’t make any sound, and a tear escaped his eye.
“Human!”
And Raon said cheerfully.
“Who are you going to stab in the back?”
“!”
The teddy bear trembled even more, like a reed swaying in the wind. Instead, Raon, seeing Cale’s smile, felt safe.
“Who are you going to skin? Or are you going to destroy something?”
At that moment, Cale’s gaze remained fixed on the void.
[-More information-]
By pressing this, a new mission appeared for Cale.
Submission 1.
[Go to the capital of the Western Empire and visit the Central Temple of the God of Sun!]
“Ha, ha-”
Cale couldn’t help but laugh.
“Wow.”
And he marveled. This is a hunch.
“It’s one of two.”
The God of Chaos. This guy, either he’s impersonating the God of Sun. Or, the followers of the God of Chaos are hiding in the Temple of the God of Sun.
Whatever the case, Cale had to do it.
But if it were the former-
“Would the God of Sun get really angry?”
This is getting interesting.
‘Thinking about it, wasn’t the hero’s sword the Sword of the Sun?’
And the Crown Prince’s title was the God of Sun’s sore finger, right?
And that God of Sun is the real God of Sun.
Not an illusory existence that exists in the New World, but a god that exists in reality.
“It’s fun.”
Whatever the situation, it seemed like interesting situations would occur as the mission progressed.
“Our so good Darkbear.”
Cale patted the Darkbear’s shoulder, who was kneeling.
“Y, yes?”
Drip~
A tear rolled down the teddy bear’s cheek.
“Oh.”
Cale wiped it affectionately and said.
“Don’t worry about finding information about the God of Chaos.”
“R, really?”
“Yes. Instead, do me a favor.”
“I’ll do anything!”
“Okay, okay.”
He told the teddy bear with a serious face.
“You know my companions will come to this world soon, right?”
“Yes! I’ll take care of them as best I can!”
“Good, good. But new companions will also come. They need to be registered.”
“Okay, I’ll try! I’ll try with the help of Count Lupeh and Won!”
Won was the name given to the AI derived from the system.
“Yes. But that person who’s coming is from the bloodline of the ancient Demon King.”
“… What?”
The teddy bear was stunned for a moment.
“And get in touch with Count Lupeh and Won and tell them to meet us.”
He had to get them to meet with Mediator Aurora and Count Lupeh.
He had to get Won to meet with the AI impersonating the Emperor of the Eastern Empire.
And Cale was going to take advantage of all of this while doing all of this.
“And create a secret organization called ‘Arm’ and we’ll be the followers of the God of Chaos.”
“What?”
“And find a place that we can take from the Eight Evils. Oh, except for the First Evil.”
The teddy bear said that the final boss of the First Evil was a mutant, but Cale thought it might be someone on the Hunters’ side.
“What?”
“As soon as we can take half of the Eight Evils-”
“What?”
Cale told him his plan.
“We’ll also leave the Eight Evils and go out into the world.”
“……!”
“We also have to create a kingdom. Don’t you think?”
“!!”
Cale patted the teddy bear’s shoulder.
“It would be great if you were the first king. Don’t you think? I’ll retire as the Grand Duke.”
“!”
“Soon, a person I know will come, a Pope. Casillia, do you know her? I’ve registered her. Help her too.”
Casillia, the Dragon Half-Blood Pope of Apitoyu.
“She’s going to devour the villains of the New World.”
“…”
Now, the teddy bear could no longer be surprised and had a stunned face.
“The Eight Evils and the underworld of the New World. All of that will be ours.”
“…….”
“With that, won’t it be a kingdom?”
The teddy bear mumbled without realizing it.
“Kingdom of Darkness.”
Somehow, those words escaped his mouth.
“Oh, it’s a good name!”
And seeing Cale smile, the teddy bear only said one more thing.
“Brutal…”.
As expected, the Most Evil One, the worst of evils.
The teddy bear thought.
The Most Evil One. This terrifying existence finally wasn’t content with these small Seventh and Third Evils.
‘To the world-’
He was going to take control of the entire New World, beyond the Eight Evils!
While he spoke of that terrifying plan, the Most Evil One in front of him kept smiling.
As if he was about to embark on a fun journey.
As if he had found a fun toy.
Ah-
It’s the Most Evil One’s game.
The teddy bear felt a chill.
* * *
Alberu looked away from the status window.
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[Impious Emperor]
[Race: Dark Elf]
[Title: Sore finger of the God of Sun]
Main Mission 1 [Become the first dark elf emperor!] In progress
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He approached Rosalyn, who had just finished the tutorial and had appeared in the central square of the Beginning Sun Village.
“Welcome.”
“It’s a pleasure to see you here.”
Both of them immediately added each other as friends.
“… Impious Emperor…?”
Rosalyn pursed her lips as she read Alberu’s nickname.
Alberu stopped.
Rosalyn suppressed a laugh and checked her status window.
“Hm. Level 0.”
“Go to the sanctuary outside the village and drink holy water. You’ll get level 1 and a title. After that, you’ll also be able to get skills and missions.”
“I see. Is level the indicator of strength in this world?”
“Yes.”
Alberu answered without hesitation for a moment and continued speaking.
“I don’t know what’s up with NPCs or semi-NPCs. But talking about players, for example.”
Right now, the only players in Cale’s group are Rosalyn and Alberu.
“All players who play the New World, regardless of the power they have outside, can only become stronger through leveling up, skills, titles, and other elements of the game.”
Rosalyn smiled slightly as she listened to the words with a firm tone.
“Your Highness.”
She said softly.
“Don’t lie.”
Alberu smiled.
Rosalyn was right in front of him.
She extended her hand.
¡Fwoosh!
A small red flame flickered in her palm. A flame that others couldn’t see.
The flame that bloomed in Rosalyn’s palm, who was wearing beginner’s clothes, was something she couldn’t create with her current level.
Because the level was 0.
“There’s mana here.”
Rosalyn felt the mana surrounding her. But she couldn’t use that mana as usual. The most she could do was this flame. Like when she was first learning magic.
“Of course, with my level 0, this flame is my limit. But even so, I have no skills or level. And I can use power, right?”
Alberu grabbed the flame in his palm.
The flame went out, and Alberu whispered.
“I haven’t lied.”
Doubt was reflected in Rosalyn’s eyes.
Alberu told her.
“Your talent doesn’t disappear.”
“!”
Alberu repeated the words he had told Ahn Roh Man when he had just started playing.
“The New World is based on your talent to determine your title, skills, and so on at the beginning. It’s a pretty unfair world.”
But, despite everything, there was a reason why hundreds of millions of people played this game.
“But if you level up, you get stronger.”
And.
“There are countless opportunities to overcome your initial talent everywhere.”
A world of unlimited possibilities.
“Also, this world has no limits. Players have no death limits, level limits, power limits, talent limits. There’s nothing.”
There wasn’t a set ending.
“The possibilities are open, and it’s a world without a set ending-”
As Rosalyn’s expression hardened, Alberu said calmly.
“Here, even a normal human can surpass a dragon with magic.”
At that moment, Rosalyn realized the biggest attraction of the New World.
* * *
The capital of Briz, in the Western Empire.
A quiet alleyway, a dark and gloomy place, where shadows are cast.
“This is it.”
Cale, carrying a baby carrier with an egg, looked around.
Next to him was a group of children with an average age of 10.
