<His eyes often seem to go crazy. Oh my, really, how did he become so twisted? He was clearly a good and faithful knight when he caught Illeon Odrek a few months ago... ... .>

It was a few months ago for Agnes and me, but a thousand years ago for Reed.

It’s hard for ordinary people to understand the gap between a hundred lives played by God and a thousand years.

[‘The Words That Build the World’ says that whatever Reed’s true intentions are, it would be good for you to build up your tolerance for magic in advance.]

The words my God gives me are always like revelations. I should take them to heart.

Reed took something out of his bosom again. A long chain pulled out from a hidden subspace. He wrapped it around Livli.

“Hold on, your hand.”

He asked for permission and lightly touched my fingertips. I felt something being interfered with for a moment, and then a system message popped up.

[<System> Notification. ‘Sealed Livrilli’ has been added to your subspace warehouse.]

I knew that handling subspace was a basic skill for a great wizard, but I didn’t know that it could interfere with my inventory.

[I’m saying that ‘World-building Words’ is a good sleeve, so I’ll let it slide.]

“You can take it out and unseal it whenever you want. I repeat, I respect your wishes.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, really. It’s my weakness to only know things after experiencing them, but it’s my strength to make better plans based on what I know.”

It was a reminiscence that sounded quite sincere. Moreover, it contained some important information.

“Reid.”

“Yeah.”

“Did you force me in your last life and something went wrong?”

“.......”

Reid kept his mouth shut, as if he didn’t want me to find out after telling me everything. This guy really had a lot of contradictory corners.

That’s when he blurted out his gaze and said something quite surprising.

“Yes. It’s a matter of reflection.”

A sinner who doesn’t repent even when he attempted to destroy the world is talking about reflection. What the hell did he do to me?

[‘The Scales that Judge Souls’ makes a fuss about not imagining strange things.]

[‘The Words that Build the World’ scolds ‘The Scales that Judge Souls’ for imagining strange things.]

Reed’s gaze didn’t wander into the air for long. He folded up his memoirs of his past life and slowly smiled and confidently confessed.

“I tried to do a few bad things to you. It was so bad that I couldn’t say anything even if I hated you.”

“What did you do?”

“Are you curious?”

“Yeah.”

“We’ll have a chance to talk soon.”

With a strange smile, he promised to do it again.

✠

Lead left for a moment because he had something to do as the master of the tower. While he was left alone in the room, he decided to take care of what he had to do.

[<System> Completed the quest ‘Final Darkness Leading Stage 4’. Receive the success reward ‘???’.]

[<System> Obtained the ‘Succession System’ and ‘Magic World Ranking System’.]

After a brief loading, a new additional function was added to the system.

[<Function> ‘Succession System’

Regression and other painful keywords ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) are absolutely unacceptable in your life. Using ‘Precedence Coins’, you can inherit the power you had in the previous timeline and enjoy the honey in this timeline.]

The method of succession was very intuitive and capitalistic.

[9th-tier Divine Power Awakener Promotion

1,000C]

[Auror Master Promotion

800C]

[Holy Halo

300C]

[Cheon-oe-cheon (天外天) Dance of the Heaven

200C]

[King's Order (王命)

200C]

[Il-cha-na (一刹那) Future Poem

200C]

[Holy Spirit Army

150C]

[Vanguard of the End Era

150C]

[Brain Emperor's Gesture

100C]

[Blooming Sword

100C]

[Opening of the Mansinjeon (万神殿) Gate

100C]

[Dance of Destruction

50C]

[Queen's Strength

50C]

[Queen's Charm

10C]

[Queen's Vigor

10C]

... ... .

[Currently held good luck coins: 0C]

“Wow!”

I cheered involuntarily.

You can become stronger if you just collect good luck coins! It was a great feature that gave out a lot.

[She smiles happily, saying, “Do you like ‘World-building Words’?”

[If ‘Balance-Adjusting Critic’ calls it a raw food system instead of an inheritance system, she gets angry.]

[‘Soul-Judging Scales’ says that Queen’s Charm and Queen’s Vigor are currently on a special discount due to my sponsorship, so please take note.]

[‘Creative Economy Manager’ laments that they should have sold this as cash instead of good luck coins.]

I was in a hurry.

‘So how do I get those good luck coins?! ‘Do I have to do good deeds?!’

I was burning with the determination to do some serious volunteer work like a saint.

[‘Balance-Adjusting Poisonous Tongue’ is proud that he adjusted the balance in his own way by making it difficult to obtain coins.]

A balance that the poisonous tongue satisfies? This is ominous.

As expected, the system soon gave an explanation.

[<System> ‘Good deed coins’ are paid out whenever the ultimate villain, who you have to lead, does a good deed.]

“.......”

The one who did the good deed was not me, but Reed.

Good deeds? Him?

A kid who has to strain his head every day just to keep the world from being destroyed?

‘Isn’t this system just a pie in the sky?’

[‘Balance-Adjusting Critic’ tells you that the original name of the preemptive coin is Lead Coin.]

[‘Trial Skyscraper Architect’ encourages you, saying that great power comes with a great price.]

[‘Creative Economy Manager’ encourages you to become stronger by purchasing skills since some skills are also sold in the Cash Shop.]

‘... ... Hoo, I understand.’

Even if it seems difficult, it’s better to have it than not to have it at all. Do you know? There may be cases where Lead unintentionally gets caught and does good deeds.

After looking over the inheritance system, I closed it. It was time to look into the next additional function.

[<Function> ‘Magic World Ranking System’

It provides a page where you can see the rankings of the top 100 demons at a glance.

Note: It appears to be in the order of Rank-True Name-Territory.]

I opened the page right away.

[1st

Aviccinis

The Great Battle of Chaos Evil]

[2nd

Carpeios

Sanarak]

[3rd

Inferinos

The Judgement Hall of Evil and Justice]

... ... .

[Your current Demon World ranking: You are not a demon. If you want to compete with the demons, become corrupted!]

What kind of system message is this, telling me to become corrupted just to see my ranking?

‘Did the Toxicologist write this system description?’

[‘The Toxicologist Who Adjusts Balance’ flinches as he is hit hard.]

[‘The Architect of the Skyscraper of Trials’ tells us that the god who created the ‘Demon World Ranking System’ in the first place is the ‘Toxicologist Who Adjusts Balance.’]

‘The Toxicologist who adjusted Balance for me... ... ?’

That couldn’t be true.

[‘The Eyes That Watch Over the Chaos of All Creation’ says that he is just an extreme sex addict who likes to compete for rankings.]

I see. It suits you well. Maybe it is the cynic who wants me to fight for rankings with the demons and wish for my corruption.

‘By the way, Reed, the epitome of corruption, is not on the rankings.’

He is a human, but he is also the successor of chaos and evil, so I thought there would be rankings in the demon world.

‘Reed said that he is an existence outside the standard. Is that why he is missing?’

That seems right. After all, all demons would willingly obey him and even follow orders to die.

In other words, all demons are equally lowly in front of Reed. Rankings mean nothing to him.

That concludes the system compensation confirmation.

Okay, now there is only one thing left.

‘Give me the next mission.’

Tiring, the system responded with a beautiful notification sound.

The feeling of my head spinning was now familiar. In stages 3 and 4, the cinematic video that had just passed by seemed to be about to appear this time.

‘What kind of sparks... ... fire?’

To be exact, it was a war.

The flames and sparks were merely byproducts of the fierce battle. In the middle of the huge circular arena that had risen from the ground, a shadow was visible through the gaps in the gray smoke and red sparks.

The first thing I saw was Reed. He was sinister and beautiful, and he reached out his hand to a place much lower than my line of sight. His polite hand tried to raise someone up, as if escorting them.

-You look distressed. Should I help you?

-Come to me after falling. And live in the world that has fallen with me.

Of course, I was in front of him.

The way he was crouching down looked unusual. It was not enough to explain the exhaustion from the fierce battle alone.

When I didn’t grab his hand, Reed quickly placed his hand on my head.

There was no immersion like in the second video. There was a reason I had no choice but to thoroughly observe the situation from the perspective of an observer.

‘Why am I like this? I feel like I have no will?’

My unfocused eyes were as inorganic as cloudy glass beads.

Soon after receiving Reed’s baptism, I got up and my hair and eyes were dyed. It wasn’t the color of the divine descent, but a color that resembled Reed. Livrilli, which had been like an angel’s scythe, had also changed into a devil’s weapon.

I stood next to Reed, showing clear signs of corruption, and I was as obedient as if I were a marionette.

‘Wow, sir. You did this?’

You corrupted me by tricking me with a gift and even took away my will. This is truly a hateful and evil act. As Reed himself said, I should reflect on it greatly.

But that wasn’t all.

‘Huh?’

A very embarrassing scene unfolded.

Reed’s gaze was fixed on me. An unusually deep and persistent gaze sweeps down my face. Then, he reaches out with one hand, cups my cheek, and slowly pulls me towards him.

The terribly attractive face approaches me.

What is it?

What are you doing?

Why are you getting closer?

And why is it changing from an observer’s perspective to a first-person immersive perspective now?!