Rune was walking towards Lucifer’s candidate’s castle. He told Rena and Hecate about what he did to get to be a Marquis and what he did in his free time.

He was also able to absorb the Black gem hooked onto More’s belt and gained the title of Demon King. He didn’t know how humans dealt with the Demon King as its stats were squared. It was likely that, if the stats were low, the Demon King would be weak, but, if they were as strong as Rune, then their stats would reach the five digits.

He was now a cheat character with the stats given below:

Rune Samuv: Level 18 5,500/13,107,200 Class: Enchanter

Endurance Mobility Strength

(140 squared)19,600 (112 squared)12,544 (134 squared)17,956

Magic: 133,350,000 mp

Magic Gain Per Second: 1,333,500 mp/s

Skills:

C -Lv 8 [Analyze]: Can see dexterity of objects and what it’s base material is.

S -Lv 1 [Elemental Touch]: Can use any chosen element on touch.

A -Lv 3 [Extreme Stroke]: A single strike that uses 500% more damage for magic or weapons.

SSS -Lv 9 [High Absorb]: Can take in non-living objects and use their properties.

S -Lv 1 [Iram’s Grip]: User can block ice attacks in a radius of 10 ft if active. User can freeze anything in a 10 ft radius.

D -Lv 6 [Protection]: Protects owner from weaker status affects.

S -Lv 1 [Shapeshift]: Turn into White Dragon, Leviathan, Ice/Horned Devil, Imp, Pit Fiend.

C -Lv 7 [Sharp Extremity]: Can cut through even obsidian or cold steel.

A -Lv 8 [Storage Greater]: Can carry large items.

S -Lv 2 [Teleport]: Move to a landmark or a party member.

A -Lv 5 [Vajra]: Hardens the owner’s skin or armor to the point where only those stronger than user can deal a fraction of their full damage.

Magic:

B -Lv 4 [Bind]: Can paralyze enemies weaker than user.

C -Lv 10 [Blindness]: Blind an enemy temporarily.

C -Lv 2 [Cure]: Heal internal attacks like diseases and curses.

B -Lv 6 [Earthen Shield]: Create a barrier of stone.

C -Lv 4 [Enchant]: Can put minor enchantments on inanimate objects.

C -Lv 10 [Fireball]: Create a small fireball to chuck at enemy.

F -Lv 8 [Heal]: Cure small wounds and small status effects.

SS -Lv 9 [Higher Transmutation]: Can fuse inanimate objects and change its shape and small properties.

S -Lv 2 [Ice Age]: Turn any designated fluid around into ice and freeze the temperature.

C -Lv 7 [Ice Lance]: Create Ice lances to throw it through the air.

S -Lv 1 [Iram’s Curse]: User can have blades move from his body, but has to stay connected to gain user’s effects. Grants user Immediate repair to all equipment on their person.

C -Lv 8 [Lightning Grip]: An electrifying touch.

C -Lv 3 [Quiet]: Make a small area in your range not allow sounds in or out.

A -Lv 10 [Telepathy]: Talk through minds and translate into any language.

B -Lv 7 [Ultimate Shine]: Shine a light that can become as bright as sunlight.

A -Lv 10 [Water Control]: Control water to move at your will.

D -Lv 6 [Water Ball]: Create a ball of water.

F -Lv 9 [Wind Strike]: Send wind to cut an enemy.

Titles:

A -Slayer: Knows attack patterns of monsters that title carrier has killed and knows their strength and weaknesses.

S -Holder of Iram: Highly resistant to ice and cold damage and can use [Iram’s Grip]

SS -Envy’s Chosen: Send out Bloodlust or crush enemies weaker than owner anytime.

SS -Gluttony’s Chosen: Ability to eat anything one touches that is weaker than user.

SS -Greed’s Chosen: Steal anything in one’s sight three times per day.

SS -Lust’s Chosen: Charm or persuade anyone who is not aware of it three times per day.

SS -Pride’s Chosen: Ability to see a bit in the future three times per day and gain respect faster.

SS -Sloth’s Chosen: Paralyze anyone or make them sleep three times per day.

SS -Wrath’s Chosen: Deal explosive blows and enough force to destroy adamantite with one hand.

Unique Titles:

SSSS -Demon King: The one being worshipped by Majin and has every attribute squared.

Immunities:

-Poison, Psychic, Sleep, Fatigue, Oxygen, Dark

Essentially, the only thing that could inconvenience him would be a god or lack of information. He had managed to not gain any abnormalities from the Curse of the Demon King that he had before he absorbed all seven gems.

No one could oppose him and, if they did, they would likely not leave a single trace of their being.

It took a few minutes to reach the castle and Rena and Hecate still had more questions. They wanted to know things like what it was like to be armor and how Rune got the ability to absorb things.

As the three walked up to the keep, ten guards moved to block their path.

“Halt!! Who goes there!? Only designated individuals are allowed here!!”

“Don’t take another step!!”

Rune was getting frustrated as the guards did not move from their perch. He took one step towards them and reached out into the air to grasp his scythe. Surprisingly, a feminine voice appeared behind the guards.

“STOP!!! If you even lay a hand on him, we will all be killed!!!”

It was Ena who was rushing over to the guards. She forced them to lower their spears with her bare hands and looked at Rune.

“Ahhh… Sorry about that. I see that you are a bit different. Did you kill Satan’s candidate?”

“Y-you… Demon King? Uh… I-I’m Ena…>

The ten guards moved away as they saw how Ena acted and they bowed their heads. They started to kneel when Rune told them that he was the Demon King.

“...Anyway, good luck getting back to the Human Continent…”

Rune’s thinking was that it would be a great idea to build up connections in case he need help for something like wealth or power. To have the newly appointed Majin Empress and the King of Storveld as his two main connections, he was already powerful.

He promptly grabbed onto Rena and Hecate’s wrists and they seemed to almost let out their complaints when their scenery suddenly changed. They now appeared in front of the king’s palace in the capital.

He used [Teleport] to move to a landmark known as the King’s Palace. Suddenly, Hecate held her mouth and turned to the left and right, looking for a place to throw up. Rena just held her head and stood still for a moment.

Rune walked up to a pair of guards and started to talk when they cut him off.

“You are Rune, correct? The king is expecting an audience with you as soon as you have come back to this country.

Rune was led to the throne room by the black knight who had rushed over to him several minutes earlier. They moved to the doorway of the throne room which was open and they entered.

What they saw was a scene straight out of a nightmare. Twenty guards were strewn all around the room as their organs fell out. Blood dripped from the walls and chandeliers and the king had a spear going through him.

He was wearing his white suit of armor and the spear forced him to stay connected to his throne. He was dribbling blood from his mouth and blood gushed from the wound in the heart.

“Oh no!!!! King!!!”

The black knight ran to the king and removed the spear out of him, but he stayed in the same position. Suddenly, the king fizzled out of existence and the knight was baffled.

Out from behind the throne, a man moved and started to speak.

“What? You thought that that was actually me? I am always prepared for situations like these.”

It was the king in his white armor except he seemed to be perfectly fine. He walked forward without any injury and did a light chop to the black knight’s head.

“That was just an illusion. Didn’t I tell you? Illusions are my specialty.”

“T-then what about the spear?”

“My illusion had to react to actual objects. Anyways, Rune. I see that you completed your mission. Good job.”

“What about the guards?”

The black knight was shaken and looking at the twenty guards around the room. The king gave him a quick answer before leading Rune to a room behind the throne.

“They’re dolls. Come on. Let’s go talk about what you’ve learned.”

The king put his arm around Rune and dragged him off as the black knight sunk to his knees. His face was that of disbelief as he saw his fake comrades. He seemed to be traumitized.

“Don’t just stare and look at the doll guards. Come on.”

The king just casually dropped two bombs. One that he was alive and the other that the guards were doll replacements for the real guards. The real guards were acting as regular guards outside of the throne room so they were fine.

The king led the four of them inside of a room with a door that seemed to meld into the wall as it was camouflaged. Inside was a round table with six seats around it and there was a plate of bread in the center.

Rune took a seat opposite of the king and Rena and Hecate were on either side of Rune. The black knight was to the right of the king.

“So, Hecate, Rune, who is this?”

The king gestured to Rena who was hiding her face.

“Since she wasn’t with you before you went, could she be a Majin?”

“Get her out-”

“Hey, it’s fine. As long as she doesn’t do anything wrong here. I’m not about to discriminate against the apprentice of someone who survived the seven demon king candidates. So what information can you bring me about them?”

“Oooohhh. Good work!”

“And why is that?”

“What!!! Die!!!”

“Oi! Stop it. Isn’t it obvious that he is on our side? Don’t just keep trying to kick people out or killing them. I am the king and that is final.”

“Yep. It’ll be delivered to you as soon as it is collected.”

Rune and Rena left the room and exited the palace as they headed towards Rune’s mansion. It had been about three days since he first left and he was finally coming back home.

“I’ll still be your favorite student, right?”

Sulking on the way, Rena was following behind Rune as they soon reached the gates and was greeted by two guards. They both saluted to him and opened the door.

Rune walked in and Rena followed. They passed through a huge garden before reaching the front door. Rune knocked on the door and the head maid answered.

“Hello, Master Rune. I shall announce your presence to the young miss and madam.”

She quickly hurried to the tell Sophia and Rune sat down on the foyer sofa. Rena followed suit and sighed. Then she stretched her arms and legs and waited.

After a small bit of waiting, Sophia ran to the foyer with Roxana and Lisbeth tailing behind her. Sophia jumped onto Rune and hugged him.

“You’re back!!!”

Sophia was busy rubbing her face on Rune’s helmet and Roxana was moving towards Rena.

“...Who are you?”

“...Oh, sorry... Hello, I am Roxana... May I please know your name?”

Rune stopped moving. Then he looked at Lisbeth who just grinned. He didn’t expect Roxana to be able to speak in such a polite manner.

“I am Rena, the first disciple of master Rune. Who might you and this woman clinging onto Rune be?”

“Your armor looks different. Why?”

There was some silence after that, but then Sophia grinned and kept on rubbing her face on him.