The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well

Chapter 243: Aold (2)

When I proposed to Aold that I would make him a 1st Rank,

“As expected, I thought Master-nim would recognize my true worth and promote me.”

He nodded, showing a relaxed attitude as if he had anticipated this situation.

‘What the…… I don’t like his reaction.’

Seeing his relaxed attitude, I felt like retracting my offer.

‘Should I take it back?’

I thought about saying I would decide after observing him, but……

‘Ugh, as the Demon Lord, it wouldn’t look good to take back my words.’

Aold’s abilities were truly outstanding. It would be more beneficial to make him 1st Rank quickly and allow him to utilize his skills rather than just observing him.

“But you’re not going to be satisfied with just 1st Rank, are you?”

Apart from utilizing his abilities, if he was satisfied with just 1st Rank, there was no real reason to use the ‘Rank Pass Ticket’ and ‘Demon Lord’s Authority.’ This was something I needed to make clear.

“Huhu, do I look like such a simple-minded demon?”

Aold, after hearing my question, gave an arrogant smile and asked me back if I really thought he would be satisfied with that.

“Hey, who said you could ask me back? Just answer my question. Don’t try to create a mood.”

“……”

“No answer?”

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“I have no intention of being satisfied with 1st Rank. My goal is to become a Demon Lord and climb to 33rd Rank.”

After scolding Aold, he subtly glanced at me and then revealed his goal.

“33rd Rank? Isn’t your goal too modest?”

While I liked his ambition to become a Demon Lord, I wasn’t pleased with his target rank.

“Excuse me?”

Aold asked back with a bewildered expression, as if he didn’t expect to hear his goal called modest.

“I mean, with me backing you, your goal is only 33rd Rank?”

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“……Excuse me?”

“You should be aiming for at least the top 5. It seems like your ambition has shrunk too much while I wasn’t looking.”

His ambition seemed far too small, making me wonder if this was the same guy who took risks and even used poison to secure the top spot at the training center.

“Where did all that audacity from the poison incident go?”

“……I would prefer it if you didn’t bring up that past incident.”

“Did working under a 33rd Rank Demon Lord make your ambition shrink like his?”

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Aold, criticized harshly by Jung Minwoo, thought,

‘He’s right.’

Though he hated to admit it, he knew Jung Minwoo’s words were true.

‘To be satisfied with 33rd Rank would be a waste of my abilities.’

He initially wanted to reach 33rd Rank to get back at Gaff, but……

‘There’s no need to be fixated on 33rd Rank.’

If his goal was to humiliate Gaff, achieving a higher rank would be even more effective.

‘Like Jung Minwoo said, if I reach the top 5, Gaff will naturally bow down to me.’

With Jung Minwoo’s support, he decided to aim for the highest rank he could possibly reach.

“I understand. I’ll set my goal for the top 5.”

With newfound determination, Aold declared his intention to aim for the top 5.

“That’s more like it. It’s more rewarding to support someone like that, don’t you think?”

“I agree.”

Satisfied with the answer, Jung Minwoo gave a content smile and gave a thumbs-up.

“Then, let’s start right now.”

He declared he would raise Aold’s rank immediately, and at the same time,

【Your rank has been raised from 3rd Rank to 2nd Rank using a ‘Rank Pass Ticket’.】

A message window popped up before Aold’s eyes.

‘Power is overflowing.’

He couldn’t help but smile as he felt demonic energy surge through his body.

“Next, let’s go straight to the next one.”

【Your rank has been raised from 2nd Rank to 1st Rank using ‘Demon Lord’s Authority’.】

As the message window announcing his promotion to 1st Rank appeared,

Boom――!

“Ugh!”

An overwhelming feeling of power, unlike anything he had experienced before, surged through his body.

‘T-This is 1st Rank?!’

As Aold was trying to absorb the overflowing demonic energy,

【You have been granted the right to challenge for the Demon Lord’s throne due to your increased rank.】

【However, you can only challenge for the 72nd ranked Demon Lord’s throne.】

A message window appeared, informing him that he had qualified to challenge for a Demon Lord’s position.

“It will take some time to absorb the demonic energy.”

“……Is that so?”

“Don’t answer me, sit cross-legged, and focus on absorbing the demonic energy.”

Jung Minwoo gave Aold some advice and then left his office, telling him to see him tomorrow morning.

‘Sit cross-legged?’

Aold followed Jung Minwoo’s advice and sat cross-legged, focusing on absorbing the demonic energy.

Only by the next morning, Aold was finally able to finish absorbing all the demonic energy and release his cross-legged posture.

The next morning.

When I arrived at my office,

“Good morning, Master-nim.”

Aold, with a noticeably stronger presence, greeted me with a bright smile.

“Oh, you’ve absorbed all the energy?”

“Yes, I just finished absorbing it.”

“That’s great. Do you need some rest?”

“No, I’m overflowing with energy, so I don’t need to rest.”

“Then I can assign you work right away?”

“Yes, no problem.”

Perhaps feeling good after becoming 1st Rank, Aold expressed his willingness to work immediately.

I thought about telling him to rest for a day since there was a lot of work ahead, but considering he probably wouldn’t listen, I decided to assign him tasks.

“I’ll tell you what you need to do.”

Jung Minwoo took out a stack of documents from his subspace and placed them on his desk, starting his explanation.

“First, what you need to do is……”

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About 2 hours passed.

“……That’s all you need to do.”

Finally, the explanation of Aold’s tasks was complete.

“……That’s quite a lot, isn’t it?”

Aold’s face showed bewilderment, seemingly surprised by the amount of work.

“I told you, we’re short-staffed.”

“That’s true, but……”

“Is that all you’re capable of? This is the bare minimum.”

“……I understand.”

“And you know that you need to build your own forces to become a Demon Lord, right? You don’t have much time, so finish building your forces within six months.”

“……”

Aold’s expression stiffened even further at my following words.

“If you think you can’t do it, let me know. I can just force you to do it with an order.”

“No, I will do it of my own will.”
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Perhaps because of his exceptional abilities, Aold declared his intention to handle all the tasks.

“I knew you would say that.”

I thought to myself that bringing Aold here was definitely the right decision.

“If you don’t mind me asking, what kind of work will Master-nim be doing?”

Aold asked what kind of work the Demon Lord does.

“Originally, I was doing the work I just handed over to you.”

“Meaning……”

“You’re right. I handed over everything to you, so I don’t have anything to do now.”

“……”

Aold looked at me with cold eyes after my honest answer.

“Aren’t you going to change your expression?”

“……No, if you hand over everything, what will Master-nim be doing?”

“I need to prepare for the Challenge for the Throne.”

“……”

Aold let out a faint sigh.

“Since I brought this upon myself, I suppose I have to deal with it.”

After a slight complaint, he put the stack of documents into his subspace.

“But please grant me one request.”

He promised to do the work without complaint, asking for just one favor.

“What is it?”

“Spar with me.”

“Spar?”

“Yes, now that I’ve reached 1st Rank, I want to check how strong I am.”

To Aold’s request,

“Shall we go right now?”

I had no reason to refuse, so I readily accepted.

We headed to the Demon Lord’s exclusive training room.

“Let’s warm up first.”

“Let’s do that.”

We took a short time to warm up our bodies.

“Let’s start the spar.”

As I declared the start of the spar,

[Protective barriers will be set according to each individual’s defense. The spar ends when the barrier is broken.]

A faint black veil started to envelop my body.

[The spar will commence in 5 seconds.]

Once the veil covered my entire body, it informed me that the spar was about to begin.

[5]

[4]
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[3]

The countdown began.

‘Try facing him using only Mind’s Eye and Shadow.’

I commanded Helper to face Aold using only Mind’s Eye and Shadow.

【You will win with 100% certainty if you fight with full power. Proceed with full power?】

‘No, 1/10th.’

【You will win with 100% certainty if you proceed with 1/10th power. Proceed as is?】

‘Proceed.’

【Shadow control has been transferred, initiating ‘Combat’.】

As I finished giving commands to Helper,

[2]

[1]

Beep―――!

The countdown ended, and the buzzer sounded.

【Shadow Deployment】

Helper chanted the activation phrase.

Squirm, squirm, squirm.

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The shadows clinging to the floor started rising, taking the shape of demons.

When they fully formed, 1,000 shadows stood in the training room.

“Just so you know, I’ll only use 1/10th of my power. Don’t disappoint me.”

“Hmph, don’t worry. There’s no chance of you being disappointed.”

Aold replied to Jung Minwoo’s words with a relaxed demeanor.

“Whether or not I’m disappointed, we’ll see soon enough.”

With that, Jung Minwoo concluded, and

Swoosh―

The 1,000 shadows, shaped like demons, rushed towards Aold.

“It’s exciting to fight Master-nim again after so long.”

Aold, observing the 1,000 shadows charging towards him, thought,

‘Then, let me give it my all so as not to disappoint Jung Minwoo.’

He immediately activated his unique trait to respond.

Snap―

He lightly snapped his fingers.

Swirl―

Thousands of feathers appeared in the air.

Originally, he would spread his wings and shoot them out, but after reaching 4th Rank, the effect changed to creating them with demonic energy.

‘I’ll pour all my demonic energy into this.’

Aold poured all his demonic energy into the thousands of feathers, and

Woo-ng.

‘There’s no need to deal with the shadows directly, I’ll aim for the main body.’

He launched the thousands of feathers towards Jung Minwoo.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh……

‘No matter how much of a Demon Lord you are, it will be difficult to block this attack with only 1/10th of your power!’

He eagerly awaited Jung Minwoo’s reaction, and at that moment,

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Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang―!

The shadows gathered near Jung Minwoo and started deflecting the feathers by generating demonic energy.

‘What……?’

And they were doing it so effortlessly.

‘N-No…… That can’t be!’

Aold tried to manipulate the feathers, changing their direction to attack Jung Minwoo, but

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Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang―!

They were easily blocked by the shadows.

Swoosh―

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As if they no longer needed 1,000 shadows to protect him, 10 shadows remained by Jung Minwoo’s side while the remaining 990 shadows charged at him.

“……I’ll deal with you myself!”

Unable to accept such a humiliating defeat, Aold decided to take on the shadows himself.

“Haaa!”

As he boldly threw a punch at a shadow,

Whizz―

The shadow dodged his attack effortlessly and simultaneously,

Bam!

Struck his side with a demonic energy-infused fist.

“Ugh?!”

As Aold stumbled back, trying to regain his balance,

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, bam!

He was surrounded by the other shadows and relentlessly pummeled.

‘1/10th is this strong……?!’

Aold struggled to break free from the shadows, but

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, bam!

He ultimately failed to escape.

In the end, Aold was forced to stay on the floor, getting beaten by the shadows until the spar ended.