CH 46

[The Baldhead Declares War!]

Well, though what happened to its design was unfortunate—a mistake on my part—the ‘Shinigami Princess’ set was, performance-wise, the best.

I opened the status window while looking at my overly erotic and see-through dress.

Before the battle royale, my Luck was around ‘2500’. Let’s see how much it had increased since then…

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Name: Yuri

Level: 46

Job: High Summoner

Weapon: Bow

Stats

Strength: 0 Defense: 0 Magic: 0 Agility: 0 Luck 550 x 3 x 2 + 54 + 900 = ‘4254’

Skills

[Luck Enhancement] [Tenacity] [Fatal Strike] [Head-to-Head] [Genocide Killing] [Heartless Shinigami]

[Absolute Zero] [Use It Properly!] [Conqueror of Adversities: Is activated due to HP being 1. All stats are doubled] [God-Slaying Fist] [Magic bullet shooter] [Demon King’s Surge] [Demon King’s Kin] [Demon King’s Body] [King of Evil] [Arms Barrier: Limited Skill] [Psycho]

Equipment

・Head: Cursed Shinigami Princess’ Hair Ornament (Creator: Francoise; Alterer: Grimm)

Halve player’s Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility; MP +100; Luck +300

・Body: Cursed Shinigami Princess’ Dress (Creator: Francoise; Alterer: Grimm)

Halve player’s Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility; MP +100; Luck +300

・Feet: Cursed Shinigami Princess’ Boots (Creator: Francoise; Alterer: Grimm)

Halve player’s Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility; MP +100; Luck +300

・Weapon: Beginner Bow; No requirement; Attack Power 1

・Accessories: Cursed Princess’ Ring (Sets the wearer’s HP to 1, and in exchange, has a very low probability of reducing a skill’s cooldown time to 0); Evil God Contract Necklace (Triples Luck when the wearer’s HP is 1); Poison Resistance Ring (Has a low probability to nullify poison)

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“Whoaaaaaaaaa! My Luck finally surpassed 4,000~!”

Yeah, I’d leveled up quite a few times, but the biggest contributor still had to be handed over to my new and improved equipment!

It was very difficult to level up once you’d reached level 40, so this helped a lot.

“While all my other stats besides Luck are halved, they’re literally zero, to begin with. Which means, I’ve got no demerit!”

“Kukuku, I’m glad you’re pleased by my works, my respected Demon King. I must say, making such outrageous equipment was quite an enjoyable experience!”

Radiant smiles plastered on my and Grimm’s faces. I managed to walk further down the path of extreme luck thanks to her. Our compatibility was perfect, I’d say.

I’d sure love to have her stick around for many years to come.

“Oh, right. Grimm, after you’re done with Seele’s equipment, can you prepare equipment for the NPCs?”

“Ugh?! …Wasn’t there more than 600 of them? I’m not sure if I could make enough equipment in time for the event…”

“You don’t have to overdo it. If you couldn’t, we’d just make do with high-end equipment sold in the city, so no worries. Craftsman NPCs, do your best to help Grimm, okay?”

[Eek?! U-understood, Great Demon King!] The working craftsmen trembled at my words.

Hm~m, they were so afraid of me because of the ‘King of Evil’ skill. It was convenient because they listened to what I said briskly, but I couldn’t help but feel hurt by their reactions.

Just because I’d caused a coup and became their new lord by force, they shouldn’t have been so scared of me. It was definitely the fault of that skill. Dammit!

“Craftsmen, there is nothing fear. I appreciate and reward competent subordinates plentily.

“Every time the weapons you create pierce and tear through our enemies, I’ll give you a lot of money and lands appropriately! Now, fire up your desires and move your arms!”

[Y… Yes ma’am!!!]

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・The dispositions of the craftsmen NPCs have become slightly evil.

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Why?! I’d just basically said, “I’ll be nice to hard workers! So, work hard, guys!” so why did you guys fall into evil?! Was this a bug?!

“Oi, Grimm.”

“Kukuku, that’s the Demon King for you. That was a splendid display of evil leadership!”

But I’m no evil! I’m a hero at heart?!

Fuck it! I don’t care anymore! I gritted my teeth, pissed at how the people around me evaluated me when the sounds of fighting suddenly rang from the entrance of the mansion.

“You imbecile, stop! A barbarian like you has no right to see the Great Demon King!”

“Huh?! You bastards, don’t get in the way of my relationship with Yuri!!!”

At the same time as the loud roar resounded, the summoner NPC was sent flying into the mansion, breaking through many walls!

What crawled in through the resulting hole before me was a man with a big-built and smooth bald head.

“Oh~ finally found you! Yo Yuri, it’s been a while~!”

“Baldhead!”

I thought someone was trying to invade or something, but it was you!

We high-fived as we laughed, happy at our reunion.

By the way, the moment Grimm next to me saw the baldhead, she yelped and hid in the corner of the room. She trembled as she muttered, “W-what is the ogre who managed to exchange blows with the Demon King on equal grounds with a mortal body doing here?! Don’t tell me, he’s here to steal the city from the Demon King…?!” He was a good guy, so don’t you worry.

“Oh~ you’ve become so sexier and cuter while we didn’t see each other, huh…!

“Look, your sideboobs are stickin’ out! Wait, whoa, my fingers are sucked in?! I can get addicted to this softness…!”

“It’s ticklish, so stop. A message popped up saying ‘Do you want to report?’, don’t you try the same on anyone else, even by mistake, you hear?

“…So baldhead, what are you here for today? If it’s nothing big, you can just send me a friend message.”

When I said that, the skinhead flashed a troubled smile. “Nah, that can’t do~.”

And in the next moment—he threw a fist so clenched that the blood vessels surfaced at my heart!

It was so fast and powerful that it left a sonic boom in its wake!

But I barely felt anything. It was because his fist only pushed into my chest and stopped an inch away from my sternum. Talk about a terrifying control.

Still in that posture, the baldhead ferociously bared his fangs.

“—I’m here to declare war, Yuri.

Sixty-four guilds, almost every guild in the game, have formed an alliance to crush you at the next event.

The supreme commander is that bastard Zansword, but I was the one who gathered the alliance together. I mean, I see no chance to kill you by myself.”

So I opted to kill you with the power of numbers, the baldhead declared plainly.

Some might call him cowardly, but I begged to differ.

This guy… this man had been running around to gather allies just for me. He had calmly assessed the difference in our strength and did everything in his power to kill me…!

“Ahh, baldhead…!”

My heart was filled with joy. His fist pressed against my chest makes my heart beat faster.

I wanted to be pierced by that stubborn lethal fist of his, but—at the same time, I really, really wanted to kill him!

I stood on my tiptoes and brought my face closer to his, staring him in the eye.

“Bring it on, baldhead! No matter how many people you’ve got on your side, I’ll slaughter my way to you…!”

“Yeah, that’s the spirit, Yuri! The other bastards are just extras, after all. And at the end of your way, I’ll be waiting for you and then kill the shit out of you…!”

We were glaring at each other at such a distance that we could feel each other’s breath. Fighting spirit burned in our eyes, displaying our determination to defeat each other.

In the middle of that, Grimm asked us with her cheeks reddened slightly. “U-uhm, are you two dating…?!”

““Huh? What the hell are you talking about?””

Where did that come from…?

At her incomprehensible question, the baldhead and I both tilted our heads in puzzlement.