Free Web NovelChapter 85: Malveris
Or so what he dreamt out of nowhere.
He was startled awake and found himself standing in the same position, breaking into sweats.
The voice in his head echoed.
[A very dangerous individual is present in the Town. You’ve been discovered.
Flee!]
Without hesitation, he turned around before the gate could close.
The soldiers were stunned. They let him run away, unable to think clearly of how to deal with him.
Max, who had just caught up and was planning to capture him, paused and watched as he managed to get away.
He creased his eyebrows. He’s a human reeking of a demon scent.
He gritted his teeth.
The first world event might arrive earlier than I thought.
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Max recalled how much it took for the players to complete their second-class advancement.
The first player was obviously Spencer Lewis, gaining the Knight-Class.
It took him a month and half in the real world-time.
For the next following weeks, other players soon followed.
Once three months passed, there were already a hundred players reaching C-rank.
That was then they first sighted the existence of humans having a contract with demons.
The players, due to their numbers and monstrous growth compared to the NPCs, found themselves being targeted by other humans—seemingly not hesitating to kill them in the dark.
The officers in the town and villages unearthed the situation and immediately suppressed the attackers.
They investigated the cause. freёwebnovel.com
It was a High-Priest player, who discovered that the humans who attacked them exuded a demonic mana.
Instantly, the Imperial Family mobilized their rune mages to produce and distribute the Demon Detection Runes to the players and NPCs.
Those humans in contract with demons diminished right away.
They didn’t have a choice but to hide themselves.
A Saint NPC scattered in every town and villages led the investigation of the demon behind the attack.
The discovery shook them.
It was the Greater Demon Malveris, known as the Pact Keeper.
Malveris was believed to have been slain during the previous war against the Empire.
Not only he was still alive, he began planting leeches in every town and villagers, aiming to kill those who had the potential while targeting those who had the least potential and have been treated unjustly by other humans to be his minions.
They were the most vulnerable to be targeted by his power.
Once Malveris’ plan was spoiled, he didn’t have a choice but to let go all the humans he formed a contract with, ordering them to self-destruct to further elevate the damage he had already accumulated for the past decades.
The Imperial Family was infuriated—the strange cases of humans with potential coming from the village and town was the result of Malveris’ doing.
They quickly assembled their S-rank nobles to hunt down Malveris.
But Malveris, who already survived from their besieged a long time ago, survived again.
He disappeared for six months.
The Empire was already careful, mass-producing Demon Detection Runes no matter how costly it was.
Since they were now again being targeted by a Contract Demon at Greater Rank, they were left with no choice but to spend a huge amount of money for countermeasures.
Yet, after another three months, he returned.
He was more decisive and brutal.
Not only he contracted a lot of humans in a single week, with his powers seemed more undetectable, he brought the other demon tribes with him.
Thus, the first world event was instigated.
Max was still at the peak C-rank at that time.
His foundation was not solid—he was so busy earning money that he completely neglected in increasing his skills’ proficiency.
Hence, in the global leaderboard, he didn’t even reach 10k+ position.
It was all for the sake of money.
There hasn’t been a month yet in the real-world’s time and Malveris had already learned about him.
Max gritted his teeth and hesitated.
After a while, watching Pascal’s figure disappearing in the dark, he relaxed his shoulders and sighed.
I shouldn’t have alarmed him with my killing intent. This is so annoying.
Now that Malveris was discovered, he’d definitely proceed to his next step. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Max speculated that Malveris believed that he would report his presence to the Imperial Family and thus begin self-destructing his minions.
A butterfly effect would soon follow.
Butterfly effect...
Max shrugged and shook his head.
The butterfly effect in his regression was inevitable. Since he had decided to change the timeline by being the first player, heavy consequences such as hastening the first world’s event were something he must expect.
Now that he had a solid foundation and his class was able to bring him to greater heights without problem, Max didn’t worry at all.
Max wasn’t yet confident on his assumption about Malveris’ proceeding to his next step or not.
But for the next month, he’d definitely expect it.
Since he was leading the players and motivating them to grind harder than his past life, Malveris’ minions would soon begin attacking them and chaos ensued.
Malveris would definitely not attack him since most of his minions didn’t even have class anyway.
Malveris was aware of how powerful Max was due to his elemental affinity with light mana.
His minions were only powerful because of his powers—with some as strong as C-rank.
I wonder, how much EXP will I receive by killing his minions?
Though, it will be better if I kill Malveris myself.
Malveris was definitely not as strong as Varkhaz.
Contract Demons were similar to Summoners.
However, that doesn’t mean their value as an EXP wasn’t comparable to other powerful demons.
Now that the first world event was drawing near, Max planned to travel into the capital city now.
He didn’t care if he encountered Malveris’ minions along the way, or the Greater Demon Varkhaz and his legion.
With his horses, it would only be a matter of time before he arrived in the capital city.
Max turned around and proceeded to his room.
He planned to rest first before setting off...
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