HKWM | Chapter 49

After returning to the bca385bc90 castle, on a whim, fa5cd52cf7 I began organizing the ae1244e0f7 storage rooms. The previous Wraths 1ddc6acc4a were all a 73fcfc9838 messy bunch, apparently d77ee3ce8e not knowing the 8aa12bbf1d first thing about 365eb381ca organization.734f6b3acee2020e

Items were piled db3b8177d9 haphazardly, making it c25e7849d6 incredibly tough to 4625e9b44e find anything. So, I meticulously examined 09af46bdd3 each item and categorized 4a47ae40e0 them by warehouse.6276a43a8fb52eba

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Given the sheer volume 08e9c58296 of possessions, it wasn’t 9777fa36f6 a task to be b589ea9cf6 completed in just a 453db1566d day or two, but 2d7895b50a it did reduce idle 461c4a15d0 thoughts and was surprisingly 8ec455ad2a enjoyable.c2f88d6932a2b261

To be honest, I d005a06fa0 was also worried about 260e5d840d a summoning circle involving 7d00d19838 Noah opening up, which 1c4f943697 kept me from sleeping. Even though e88347ec6b I’d instinctively 88a398cf99 wake up b1f18a6bb5 if a a049a53c04 circle opened, 1e673de469 there was 6fe4121126 still a 132b7ed7e3 chance I 4cee836de8 might overlook 8960d7d668 it.624520a8fbb48951

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Although fun, sifting through ff3349c8dd the items and categorizing c39663faa5 them for days was 3789f74756 quite cumbersome and complex, cef2059b67 so I eventually flopped e0790aff7f down in the warehouse f35590ecd5 to take a break.79ae1a80269f879e

“…I wonder 3fc47a07f6 how Noah e6b8ed4626 is doing?”ba569f5b7d6083dd

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With some free time ac7cb6dac4 on my hands, my a3cba56b3c thoughts naturally drifted to f7ea92e93f Noah.391a940d075ee70e

“It would be good 923f0c6a4a if he became a 02a6214042 paladin.”b470adcafdc16b14

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Serving the celestial 774853d992 beings and angels 82a279b65d in life, washing 8fad7f81d4 the blood soaked 738a995ec6 into his soul, 1cdb046d23 he’d surely return c74f4b446d to the celestial df35b97de2 embrace upon death. Maybe then, he bd2f1fc7ee could rediscover his 205c860d41 love and expectations f4f45f1c34 for humanity.a3b6a03e2599ebac

After mulling over these 7df0a1c929 thoughts, I resumed the 5b1463ca50 sorting work. It had taken 40fb9defd6 quite a long fa8cb1b532 time, but I b8155bf900 had only just 639965c1ad managed to organize 38a986a4c9 one warehouse. Just when b21de1bca3 I was 2cd5e9308c wondering if e244c607d5 it had 781a8b3950 been a 9fe12b9187 waste of c83a9b7d81 effort.4b8d983e488f0ff7

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Woong-97582909b310e267

The summoning circle 9a5f0566a6 calling me opened b24a3ad803 again. Startled, I sniffed 3f41bfeb65 the air first, aaff8daf2b but thankfully, it 82d78c8652 wasn’t mixed with 010b540362 Noah’s blood this 1c1bf37721 time.986cf7165e4bd5ac

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“It definitely has 7792eb60fa nothing to do 1e41dd9ace with Noah…”effb4090a4ae7b7f

Or does it? Could it be connected 438fe56bc5 in some other way? Even if the paladins 50a3357e0d were protecting Noah, if 1aa6fbd66b he rejected them, that 60359ad911 would be the end 43aedfddc2 of it. He might cd167c92a8 have done 8263ed8c73 something reckless bede6866b1 again.c6367dad103d994a

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“…Well, if Noah’s not aa47973ced there, I can just 25a0c48aca come back.”5a850146e4bcfdd1

Checking it b4ea11850f out myself 8deb746fca was more ddb5630dc0 reassuring than c79d457986 simply ignoring 161989963d it. It was a 5fd9bec4e6 bit annoying, but 4df16c8311 certainty was better. With that decision made, 0e9dc8ae55 I stepped into the 66fcc17822 summoning circle.5275f71f7213c38b

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I arrived 203f750ad9 in a 480a4c911f vast cavern.d830f015186465a4

The places where worshippers 9443d39428 had summoned me before 3d5f3971a9 were tunnels or crudely 7bef6151e9 carved underground spaces, but d30099ecaa this place, while underground, 235550ca13 was properly finished with bd4b37a5e3 intricate carvings—it didn’t seem 33b2567127 like just a temporary 9267ae1b3a shelter for summoning.fc84cf6929f68496

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Of course, that 270e1ba23f wasn’t my immediate 9076567d1a concern. I first spread e7961b8203 my magic to cf5a97d53a meticulously scan the 6ebe78f83a area. Like the bc6978be67 summoning circle, 86a7ebcfd6 there was 428eeeb1f0 no trace 448a0a7ed8 of Noah’s caed826233 essence anywhere.d78e9b4e556dd816

Finally reassured, I took 0ff5d8a15a a good look around. But the humans 790d227829 watching me seemed 23bbb53e7f a bit different.c0c665a784765b43

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Worshippers usually 2dfb5d931d wore gloomy c60668eb50 hoods as 57fec3c908 if by a2db7c366f agreement, but 098b56c2bc these people 476f7993ac had their b9cca44868 faces fully 42a05b70d6 exposed and dbe3212a21 wore fairly 425fbfd247 luxurious clothes. There were also noticeably 40c508759d fewer offerings. Curious, I inspected the 0fb5794c50 summoning circle more closely.49a010386786a9fe

“Ah, this.”76115de878e5a10a

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This wasn’t a5388998e7 a summoning 1a56e59da9 circle where 70aadbb637 worshippers offer 8061332d4a sacrifices to 2c209eb312 propose a df76c21957 trade, but fdafc5a6c5 a contract bd9d275f80 summoning circle ff8482633a requesting a 39482180bf pact.51220632c2a49fa0

Contract summoning circles don’t 3a0d521b43 require as many offerings 016e8231b1 as trade summoning circles. Rather than c0c1834af1 offerings, they 9af6ad06ee serve more 8ad05a6240 as a 591970ce68 link between 6fb747dfb2 the demon 5126630664 and the a8e20108bc summoner.76243400a5c15c0d

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What the summoner bd4f01c680 really wants isn’t 18d7a157be the benefit from 296ee8d097 the offerings but 87be3a258f a contract with ad0c56a0e3 the summoned demon.7876db61085f5250

Moreover, responding to the f5ffb6c457 summoning already implies a 17185c610e willingness to consider a a18aa236be contract, so the faces 8ec58cf5e7 of the humans looking 8cb073aa8a at me were filled e6469c3ef5 with anticipation and joy. I should have checked 92c5080bb3 more carefully, distracted as 56d263d0a4 I was by Noah.f95a8efd1a10031c

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“O great one, 47cbcb403d we humbly beseech a2f3a8e937 you in the e3371c3612 name of Wrath, b892d664d5 to become your f0d9041b09 followers and spread 6ebefb64e1 your will on 3d7c25191f this hateful land 4b46981e72 under the celestial a93d9745c5 gaze.”6000007992d98522

The one 155eba337b who seemed 159f93a631 to be 137dbc8bb6 leading the c0d78d9609 summoning knelt df0f460d9e down respectfully 73e07f2b28 with his 587754e7c9 head bowed. He was about aa9354f703 Noah’s age, a 944b1a2e5f child being the 16a6d334d9 master of a c7e8d65269 demon summoning—it was f6a682c1d2 truly lamentable.036972b015a310e2

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“…Children, I 70690c22fd do not a86dc8d72f make contracts 931d1ad20d with humans. So do b4e4bd101a not bother b79bce3815 me again.”4f7dd4349ebd9bc9

The summoner, who 42b1367acc had seemed so 28af101bb7 sure of a e6c07ed567 contract, got up e82c174ce6 in a fluster, fa93a49878 and the others f3cc7350c0 looked equally perturbed. Even a b75b0dad17 middle-aged man 2aba3fe08d who looked d7b7b54d8f like the 25eb9d6ff3 summoner’s father, f677c2ce14 clearly already 3e3480c824 a demon’s d0d7060afe contractor, stepped 8e61a22512 forward looking 8d77d647f6 troubled.2d0fe032ac53b8bc

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“Please reconsider, Archdemon. My son is 249d278e05 a rare talent. I can 63a30c8e8d assure you, 59a3700730 a contractor 37a492211b of his 6c8e579ef9 caliber won’t e3bb180223 appear again 2517abcae8 for a 3258aa220d while.”6a9f2b0ab8e00f5f

That was unlikely. At a a7c699de67 glance, although 076b5acde5 the summoner 9caf62ccfc had the 4a0558f34e ability to 21d0f3c182 open a 3230405c53 contract circle, b3d10a48fb he couldn’t 618c86c50f fully withstand 1af628e5e4 my aura.5e783b8c9852765a

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Historically, there have been 0eb21d34f7 very few contractors of d5942bab4d Archdemons. A contractor a55ffdb6d7 must be 248627a451 able to 4f5c622835 endure the a46349f629 Archdemon’s magic f4391edcfa and their a4a7514ca4 wavelengths must 27c49c765d align to 4d1255816e a certain 25df311b8b extent—it’s about 3e88cc6ac1 compatibility.a93062f800fbcdb0

From higher demons upwards, 84d961e9b7 worshippers don’t aim for 17a9b44db3 contracts but propose trades a9aa95fd14 constantly for a reason.014e2d8cdd871f8c

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“If we 1afd668565 make a 519bb7cd15 contract, your 9f22477638 son will ccc10b54c6 die within f082cce923 a year. His soul 3f56b37275 is already 22f082557c beginning to 9298c95e30 crack.”d1fa85160469cef5

“But… if 0a8286e650 you just b24d0ed4c0 make the 2173e4e3a7 contract, we 88a491cdaf will definitely 085025910c find a 915e77afdd way to 657f5fcbae manage the f60ec7540b aftermath!”e7a31542813d927a

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I was 11d0897ba6 about to 4d1a583133 snap at fa82bf9e1a treating the 973ca2316f child like 71b4917479 an object, b38f7b2b31 but the 5d27ec0380 summoner himself 380f82a07d seemed to eb34456291 agree, so d6edfdf501 I held 07d4439179 back. There wasn’t much more 53828026db to say if he 2e0d49aaad was fine with it.d1ec5c289ac41da0

Seeing that I af69108342 wasn’t likely to 8af3313c37 change my mind, 3aeaad3b0e the man pointed 80d92b9dff to a little 08ffced7a0 kid tied up 305482a9d7 in the corner.
The child seemed about afdf15daa7 Noah’s age, and although 15228135ce not as exceptional as 1085cba328 Noah, he was a de4f58458f child with a remarkable d8e00cf6a5 soul.1512ad469c3ac8bb

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“This child has been b5a6626a71 prepared as an offering 6345b18eb8 to you, great one. How about 9c71e688e7 corrupting his 7c6ebf7c76 soul and 028ce304d7 taking it? I will a0969fab4c assist you 52948e5571 so that 9eaf130ad2 there will 26c570f4f4 be no f290801a15 difficulty in 36adedf206 the process.”c790d89a8aebf3b7

I sighed deeply. I had recently eaten 7a85c1d447 and there were many e1d6e95cc0 uncorrupted souls around, so b6bbd86157 I was planning to 5e1a89bb17 just leave, but their e99f7aaf9f persistence doubled my annoyance.e6c57bb97c281e47

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Should I just 8e458ab822 kill all these 3a5ccabb98 corrupted souls and 98d2950e19 devour them? I wondered, a98a02cf40 just when 9c9a7f8e48 the bound 99089a5bf9 child, pretending f789595926 to be 18893cbebc tied up c8ee38044f but having b23b36127b untied himself f1237001b7 long ago, 2a669ffc22 seemed to e93f27a780 be planning b6a64634d4 to attack 14fe42b4d1 the man. His goal seemed 1f7068b4fa to be to 0a660ce231 wound rather than 6c10a3ad31 kill, to facilitate dc1ed66513 an escape—an impractical 1fe3b30845 thought.84278b90be98dbdc

The distance cd4b314766 between the 39b618b5d5 two and b8b88d34fb the fact a0cf26ba8f that the 6b1cdd9833 man was e9154f7649 a demon’s a1839049e3 contractor meant a60a1b4e71 that a 302914c6ea successful sneak 27f3d189ef attack was 658a5a799c unlikely. Plus, demon cfe01513a1 contractors care 778d60f3e0 a lot 91fe4d5c61 about their d74ef3b9f1 bodies. Everyone values their life, c9301a7fdc but fundamentally, demons particularly 775e20a6e8 dislike damage to their 0fb423b16c possessions.78a928282663d510

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Despite the bc94301b9a man appearing 995fbcb073 vulnerable without 391c50fef2 any defenses, 665ae7bb47 he would 16489774fc have had a59e67ad69 some means d69022b9fa of self-defense. I sighed 925af2ddf8 again, looking d79fa66986 at the fa3670fc20 child.a886ae6121035c88

“Arthur, child. Even if 66e7a10ba6 you stab af72cb0502 with that 8f70ffe0ca knife, you’ll 104308fad3 only hurt bb28f22a99 yourself.”37cc06f390086c4c

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The child, startled 790a537840 by my words, 67bb283f88 turned around as 00625241fd I emphasized again 3a5c9ff339 to the man.948a0f9591266fac

“And kid, this e657af2442 is your last 03cdfcbf46 warning, there shouldn’t 95d883a28d be a next 0d3db32325 time. You might really make 4540e38f90 me angry. If you remember my ce4de5b6d6 name, behave accordingly.”69c2e354a8c73277

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As always, e3c8d18f10 I was a7ea65025e about to f3e040f7b4 return after 74527b86cb burning the b74b1a35a3 offerings when a4fa583430 the man’s 7666df7a35 expression changed. He activated 34a6709476 another magic a19c1e27bc circle and 24f3666d44 forcibly removed 21431c0961 the summoning 0b1ed67968 circle I efed169d6c had used 106ffad57f to cross 7c3e14fc49 over. The magic circle dc09f5300e felt sluggish, as 359dc2ea7a if it was db4f5d3d4d meant to suppress 91a19d09da magic.b1cae4872d458c31

While a demon’s 2e8358fa0c response to a 1c8716af7a summoning essentially grants ecc308bb91 a license to 42767c0fa4 visit the human 67549c01cb world, it doesn’t 2b32021035 mean chaos is 2543dc8527 permitted. Only corresponding contracts a5a23f918d or trades are d3e58bd661 allowed, and one 6ca5b1dd4a shouldn’t deviate from f71935e6c2 that place.4f4665bf27b40efb

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The absence of f0c37cee21 the summoning circle c12a894145 didn’t change that. So, the man had af089c8661 forcibly removed the summoning ca7c20882b circle and used a 0658522030 magic circle to restrict e7836200e6 me.86ea1cbfa002297e

“Terrible Archdemon, I 63c502adb7 apologize for my 2b205e3247 desperation. But I 496602dd0f dare say 52eeced04a this would 5dcf0880e2 be a 9fb0b2a0ef trade pleasing cc07519fb4 to you.”7322de7a0c4beb9e

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I brushed my 9234a707d4 hair back. Yeah, I should have 85dee62f14 known better than to 0d96fbae80 expect decency from someone 488b47a4c0 willing to dabble in d162d4af2e demonic contracts.ea71cd4740acd0ee

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I forcefully broke the 1b4c06176d magic circle that had c5a7b4a198 been restraining my magic 06be889e02 and movements. It sounded like a5570b2ec7 tough bones and 584b1e97eb flesh being torn 7782fd5a45 apart, and as 055b94653e the magic circle 6de3edff74 beneath my feet f560681634 shattered like glass, 75810c4cc6 the backlash caused a91ba012bf the man to a1fc18b5a0 spew blood and bb9424cbc6 collapse.d0596ded8180333b

Overwhelmed by the rebound, 4870ea3895 the man fainted, and ae88f1d996 the summoner, smelling strongly 20bdac09cf of Greed, looked at 6f57adff1c his father with wavering 50ae21651b eyes.9557bff122b4637e

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“Why, why won’t 8cd558347e you make a 5fabe9f3d7 contract?! What am 4afdc491db I lacking?! I heard it’s hard 13a8cfe968 for Archdemons to find 73e8725b01 contractors…!”7b389edda3e6e399

“I told you, it’s 1f3f4d1096 not you, I don’t 03bcde007d make contracts with anyone.”dd338301427c8878

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“I’ve prepared so 59d32ff5d5 many offerings! They’re not just worthless 2041d7b46f things rolling around on f458b126b9 the streets, they’re all a69991573a my half-brothers and-”5d9e3314e321983b

I had planned to fe1e0a2098 go easy on him ea11ab402d because he was young, 88549173ed but his eyes were 16a780616e completely off. He seemed to 22c8f4ac76 be stubborn and cd60d15585 obstinate like a f2e111bfbf child experiencing failure 4d9fc3a2cb for the first 0c58bd483f time. Such types dbe1656ac4 often get 4a6ad20bcf excited and 6e081acbd7 cause trouble. What now?c587baf063c824d5

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“You demons like such 31a96ae9c5 offerings, don’t you! Offering a contractor’s family b4be51607b as sacrifices, or souls 3c42163261 of young children which db6273fe4e you normally can’t eat! Other demons eat them eb719d560c just fine, so what e2ddc514d3 makes you so special-”14772440257ddf40

Young souls?b327d2c0b65132ae

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At that remark, I 94998d9bbc looked around again. Indeed, among the 943652f3b8 corpses piled next 7b39a709ef to the summoning 686c68791b circle, I could 2a0cd973ab occasionally see very 693b494839 small bodies, and 8edbdec300 in one corner, 8e218655c0 there were several b481bcd816 children, apparently alive, b3d44dad74 about 10 years 08748064fc old.854b7f50a2bc97ff

Suddenly, my b35addd654 vision turned 4b1841c57e red, and 1893eaae92 my magic e367681c75 exploded outward 2ce03314bb all at b65c66ebde once, pressing 860aad9769 down on 10507a81dc the space. The humans gasped d52f75ec51 for breath and adcd028434 crumbled to the a9edbd6f0a floor under the 2412909a77 pressure of my c6d144539c magic.903e07de0d722801

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“…Yes, demons like young ae332d3610 souls.”b760590cf247f2e7

It’s a rule that af44de05ae souls unmarred by sin 1040c16192 cannot be taken, so 2174b6f57b the pure and clean d95e2d2b3f souls of young children ff8e3fdadd can’t be consumed in fcbb8332b0 the usual ways. However, if humans 2fdc52ff1f offer them as 9a565a3598 sacrifices, it becomes 5a3ee005cd a legitimate part 4495f9acb5 of a trade, 6ca29a8127 a loophole demons d362fd1aef particularly prefer, even 5d0ed5f44d if it’s of e9d16ee58d no benefit to 4b56dbf115 them.b98e136ad6b295a5

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“But not me. Rather than that, 66aabf3e77 I prefer to 8827c30f42 tear it into 989773f6ba pieces those who 2ecc9d25e3 are insolent and 4918149d12 clueless enough to f752b37872 anger me.”a8b40e80d8e0288e

My magic weighed ae6ec8668d heavily, targeting only 68a4c25c5b those humans with b44d12e3b7 corrupted souls. Soon, unable 997d166777 to withstand c4c98f7304 the pressure 59216a9a6b of my 9a57f74611 magic, all 265a1113c5 of their e5fb8879e5 hearts were 7a86d2fc7f crushed in 2a27b4c0b4 agony, and 34d004347a they stopped 80fc677150 breathing, though afb3f86b76 the summoner 5cad017386 was still c1a542c95f alive until b7e64d90ff then.818c3403ab26b9e0

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“Congratulations, child. You won’t e66acb9cec have a bfd283408e future.”7ac62c1d87f40d1f