Chapter 2: The Tenth Profession, Demon King.
Unlike before, the System did not disappear but remained visible in Dick's sight.
At the bottom, there was an identity information bar.
「Name」: Dick Grudia.
「Race」: Human, Male.
「Age」: 19 years old.
「Profession」: Demon King, Level 0.
「Talent」: 99+ (Expand to view details).
「Recent Encounter」: Returned from the hundredth rebirth, had great luck, and encountered this System.
“Demon King… that's a profession I've never seen before,” Dick subconsciously murmured.
In this world, there are a total of nine magic professions, namely:
Mage, Swordsman, Berserker, Holy Knight, Archer, Healer, Magical Potion Master, Forgemaster, Rogue.
The pinnacle of all professions is Level 100, but there can only be one person. Upon reaching the maximum level, they will receive the title of Hero.
Therefore, there are only nine Heroes in this world, each corresponding to the strongest person in each profession.
As for the Demon King… it's actually the tenth profession!
Soon, a stream of knowledge flowed into Dick's mind, an introduction to the Demon King profession and the System.
The Demon King integrates the characteristics of the nine major professions, infinitely close to being omnipotent, attracts all Beasts, and the method for leveling up is to complete World Missions.
It is worth mentioning that the Demon King's path to power requires Witches to accompany him!
The more Witches he has around him, the stronger his combat power will be, and his luck will also increase accordingly!
But the most important thing is that the Strongest Demon King System can shield the world will, which is something Dick sought but failed to obtain in ninety-nine lifetimes.
In this final life, his Fate will be completely in his own hands, and there will never be any inexplicable backstabbing again.
Unlike the Strongest Hero System, the Strongest Demon King System will always exist, providing convenience for Dick and periodically releasing World Missions.
Each time a World Mission is completed, not only can the Demon King profession be leveled up, but a three-choice Blessing can also be obtained.
Blessings are divided into three levels: Silver, Gold, and Color. The higher the level of the Blessing, the stronger its effect.
Just then, the System's voice suddenly sounded.
【Detected a starting gift package, a free Silver Blessing will be granted, do you accept?】
There's such a good thing?
Dick didn't think much and directly chose to accept.
A scarlet blood-colored text appeared, the surrounding time and space instantly froze, and three silver text boxes floated in the air.
【Payday】: Every day at midnight, randomly obtain 1~10 local gold coins, can be a critical hit. (Can be refreshed)
【Cold-Blooded Animal】: From now on, your emotions will become cold. (Can be refreshed)
【Succubus Physique】: Heterosexual individuals with lower professional levels than you will develop strong desires for you. (Can be refreshed)
Dick had one chance to refresh, but only for a single Blessing, not all of them.
Looking at the three Blessings before him, Dick quickly ruled out Cold-Blooded Animal, as it was the most useless.
After a hundred lives of rebirth, Dick was already cold and ruthless enough; nothing could shake his original intention anymore.
Thus, Dick decisively refreshed Cold-Blooded Animal.
【Intimate Knowledge of the Other II】: From now on, you can view simple information about others through your gaze.
After thinking for a moment, Dick ultimately chose Intimate Knowledge of the Other II.
Payday could provide gold coins, which seemed appealing at first, but Dick had countless ways to make money, so choosing it was meaningless.
Succubus Physique looked interesting, but Dick was unsure if it could affect combat, let alone its strength, so he chose not to pick it for stability.
As for Intimate Knowledge of the Other II, this was clearly the best choice. Identity information could play a significant role at critical moments.
After the selection was complete, the frozen time and space disappeared, and a red box appeared in the upper left corner of Dick's vision.
【World Mission】
「Novice Slave Owner」: Sign a soul contract with the「Doomsday Witch」and enslave her. (Completion can grant three levels)
This was not difficult. Although the world was vast, the Doomsday Witch Alice was not hard to find.
Dick's current location was the Aimiya Empire, Duke Byson's territory, and Alice happened to be Duke Byson's second daughter.
A few days later, Alice would take a carriage to hunt in the forest in the West Suburbs, where she would encounter a Beast tide and accidentally escape into a cave.
On the verge of death, Alice found the Doomsday inheritance left by a Witch, her strength soared, and she even counter-killed the bandits who came to pursue her.
In the first few dozen lives, Dick would go to the cave in the West Suburbs in advance, acquire the Doomsday inheritance first, and snatch Alice's opportunity.
As for Alice, who lost the Doomsday inheritance, her final fate was to die from severe injuries, exiting the world stage early.
In this life, Dick still planned to acquire the Doomsday inheritance, after all, this was the best way to quickly improve his strength in a short time.
But unlike before, Dick would wait for Alice's arrival in the cave, sign a Magic Contract with her, and complete the World Mission.
It was still late at night. After formulating his plan, Dick immediately decided to set off.
Putting on his ragged cotton coat, Dick also took out an iron box from under the bed, which contained over a dozen copper coins.
This was all the savings Dick and Mina had accumulated over the years. For outer city commoners like them, there was basically no money left after providing for basic needs.
To treat the heavily injured and dying Alice a few days later, Dick still needed to purchase some recovery magical potions.
But the money in the iron box was too little; let alone finished magical potions, he couldn't even afford the materials to make them.
As he thought, Dick's gaze turned towards Mina on the bed. At this moment, the short blue-haired girl was still fast asleep.
The starting wooden house, Mina in deep sleep
「Name」: Mina Grudia.
「Race」: Human, Female.
「Age」: 19 years old.
「Profession」: None.
「Talent」: None.
「Recent Encounter」: Just learned sewing, planning to make Dick a new piece of clothing.
Dick lifted the nightgown. Mina shivered in her sleep, her fair and tender skin exposed to the cold air.
A perfect and healthy body, a cute and clean face, a pure and gentle temperament…
Undoubtedly, Mina was a stunner, and most importantly, she retained her purity!
If she were auctioned off at a Courtesan House, after several bids, she should be able to fetch at least three gold coins!
But soon, Dick shook his head. This was too troublesome. Going through the auction process would take at least two days, and the madam would also take a cut.
“Ugh… Dick?”
Mina was woken by the cold, sitting up from the bed with sleepy eyes. She quickly noticed her lifted nightgown, and her pretty face immediately turned crimson.
“Di, Dick, I'm not mentally prepared yet…”
Mina was extremely shy, quickly covering her body with the blanket, but she didn't refuse because she already liked Dick.
“Put on your clothes and come with me to do something.”
Leaving that sentence behind, Dick went outside the wooden house to wait. Before long, the sound of fabric rubbing came from inside.
Mina had the potential of a Hero, was a gifted Holy Knight, and also the future Dark Witch.
The path of the Demon King requires Witches to accompany him, as required by the System. Therefore, in this final life, Dick would not abandon Mina.
Although in the seventh life, Mina betrayed him, that was because a hundred years of adventure had changed her.
But at this moment, 18-year-old Mina was pure-minded, with only him in her heart, and could be trained from scratch.
Later, after he signed a Magic Contract with Mina, she would become a reliable tool.
“Dick, what are we going to do?”
Mina walked out of the wooden house, her pretty face still unnaturally flushed.
“Bring your weapon, we're going to buy some medicine.”
“Buy, buy medicine?”
Mina tilted her head, a bit confused: “Is Dick sick? By the way, why are we taking weapons, shouldn't we be taking money?”
Dick didn't explain and walked towards the end of the street, where there was a beautiful brick house.
Seeing this, Mina quickly followed, unable to help reminding him: “Mr. Andor's magical potions are very expensive, even a random bottle costs several silver coins, we can't afford it…”
Andor was a Level 8 Healer. He only made some basic magical potions, but the price was several times the market price.
Magical potions were controlled goods, and pharmacies were directly operated by the lord. Only licensed adventurers and residents of the Inner City could purchase them.
Andor did black market business. He had a gang covering for him, specifically extorting outer city commoners.
Arriving in front of the brick house, Dick whispered: “Be quiet, or I'll kiss you.”
Mina was easily shy by nature and immediately became obedient upon hearing this, but her small eyes couldn't hide her anticipation.
Dick had Mina knock on the door while he climbed over the wall next to it. This action left Mina completely confused.
Creak…
The door opened, revealing Andor in a thick cotton coat. He was cursing, and upon seeing that it was Mina, he became even more impatient.
“Damn, not sleeping in the middle of the night, you'd better have something important, otherwise… hehe.”
Andor grinned maliciously, revealing a mouth full of rotten teeth. He had long fancied Mina, but unfortunately, Dick protected her closely.
“I, I came to buy medicine.”
“Buy medicine? Then what are you using to pay?”
Most commoners in the outer city were poor and often couldn't scrape together the money for medicine, so they would pay in other ways.
Mina took a step back in fear, at a loss. Dick hadn't told her what to do next.
Swish—
Suddenly, a cold gleam slashed across Andor's neck, precise and elegant. An ugly head rolled onto the ground.
Dick stood behind him, expressionless, holding a short sword, while Mina collapsed to the ground in shock, her face full of disbelief.
Did Dick do this?
The simple and kind Dick, who would repent of killing after every hunt?
“Di…”
“Shush, hurry in and pack the medicine, don't waste time.”
Dick pulled the gold teeth from Andor's mouth with one hand, while the other hand skillfully searched his body, quickly finding a bag of gold coins.
Startup capital acquired. Isn't this much better than that 「Payday」?