The event [Candidate Appearance of the Three Great Evils] that occurs after defeating the Three Great Evils, where the next generation attempts to claim their spot.
This event is nothing more than low-quality copies that could hardly match the original Three Great Evils.
Uwaaaah!! After struggling to deal with one, how can there be someone even worse coming out!!
It was the result of a balance patch due to the flood of complaints from users. But judging by the news from the battlefield, it seems to be a recent version of a pathetic weak candidate that underwent a balance patch.
“Why are you in such a state here?”
“That voice… It’s the Silon Executive…”
Calling out the name of the busty executive, a shabby butler, missing a leg, was lying awkwardly against a rock while struggling to draw symbols.
Thinking it was a surprise magic attack, I poked them in the chest, creating a hole, and the butler trembled, looking incredibly wronged as if saying, How dare you?!
“W-why…”
“Was going for the surprise attack.”
“Foundation… salute…”
A salute is typically an act that shows one’s hands are unarmed, indicating no hostility. There’s also the superstition that a dirty palm shows the gesture with the edge of the hand.
So, when I recognized that the strange motion was meant for chanting magic, I realized it was actually a salute.
Can’t blame them for feeling wronged!
Apologizing, I extended my palm and used [Organization Integration][Body Reconstruction] magic to gently repair the blood vessel that had been punctured.
“Sorry. I thought it’d be better to die quickly rather than suffer on the battlefield without a leg. Since you’re not very grateful, I’ll just let you live.”
“…You’ve completely lost any resemblance to your former self during our time apart. It seems even someone of your caliber couldn’t overcome the darkness of the Foundation. Hehehe…”
But why does this person make every movement and every line feel like a slap?
Curiosity was spurred in the wrong direction, making my hands shiver slightly.
“You’re speaking so casually as if it doesn’t concern you. Do you really think you understand the true darkness of the Foundation from your level?”
What does that pathetic weakling even know?
Hurry up and let me in on what you know!
Hehehe… The darkness you know is nothing compared to what you’ve personally endured. Isn’t there someone more knowledgeable than you, an executive, who has felt inadequate and sought support from the Foundation?
Looks like they have no intention of speaking kindly.
As I elongated my fingers again, the butler, who had been pissing me off with ambiguous words, promptly shut their mouth and rolled their eyes while nervously spilling out the information.
“The Foundation assigns a detailed sub-operation to executives for a major operation and accommodates all requests, but the greater the support, the higher the difficulty of the additional instructions requested, and executives who can’t fully repay will be subjected to corresponding consequences.”
“Is that so? I wouldn’t know since I don’t remember.”
“Silon Executive… You didn’t sacrifice your memories to the Foundation as payment, did you…? You, who were once called a candidate for the Holy Maiden of the 24 Holy Beings, haven’t forgotten your glorious past, have you?”
“Glorious past? What’s that? You aren’t saying the mere position of a candidate for the Holy Maiden is glorious, are you?”
Ugh… That bastard Director. To trample on someone’s pride and make them forget their past in just four years, turning them into a battle unit without hands…!
For some reason, they suddenly started cursing Chairman of the Foundation, and I let it slide this once.
That naughty Papa who tormented my friends deserves some cursing!
“You’re not half bad. I don’t know much, but you were worried about me, right? Then I’ll spare you and have you work under me.”
“Under the direct command of the Silon Executive…? M-me…? Is it alright for me to receive such an honor?”
“You’re acting pretty timid.”
“Of course! It’s a chance to be the direct subordinate of the illustrious Silon Executive, one of the Three Great Beauties of the Foundation!”
“Beauty? With just this body? Ah, so the Foundation recognizes this as ‘beautiful’?”
Ugh, has the Foundation twisted even Saron’s aesthetic perception to ruin self-esteem…? That evil bastard Director!
It’s strangely fun, reminding me of the typical reactions I see in the academy.
Even though my body might have changed, I still get treated the same way, making me feel as if I’m going about disguised normally.
Glancing casually.
“…”
The only difference is that sometimes the attention on my unnecessarily large chest feels hotter.
“What’s so great about these unnecessarily huge burdens that people keep staring at? I’m even thinking of reducing them, it’s so uncomfortable.”
“No!! How much more of a toy does the Director plan to turn a person into?!”
“Enough! Get up. The functional recovery is complete.”
The shabby butler sprung up, astonished to find that the previously punctured hole had completely healed thanks to the mana manipulation.
“Save the surprise for later. Being taken down by those pathetic Pleasure Legion foot soldiers, don’t you think you’re too weak? What kind of fight did you have to end up like this?”
Haha. If I were facing just any legion, I might think so. But… there was a [Demon Minion] among the commanders. They claimed to be a direct subordinate of the Demon King’s Four Kings.”
“Thus the difficulty has escalated.”
A raw, pristine vanilla version of an unpatched balance of the Pleasure Legion versus the hidden dark shadow organization of the Wahyhiemhai Foundation, a matchup that gives me goosebumps.
Even if it doesn’t give me actual goosebumps, it’s monumental in a different sense!
“Have you learned detection?”
“Of course. Even if we’re not on par with the Jibsa Division 1, the butlers of Division 2 who have faced enemies in the Middle Realm know the basic detection skill.”
“Lead the way!”
The veteran players hailing from the City of Pleasure possess a unique gimmick.
The souls of deceased veteran players are automatically reclaimed by the creditor with whom they’ve signed a soul contract!
The more veteran players and dead veterans one secures, the stronger the creditor becomes.
Unlike revolutionaries, who can claim premium souls without opening the Gate of the Netherworld, they possess an even more sophisticated version that can even control them as weapons!
Seriously, NPCs are definitely good at [Collection] in the later stages.
Gathering pleasures, gathering contractors, gathering their powers, and ultimately collecting even souls.
So, thrusting into a specialized city of the Empire, systematically devouring everything, isn’t that the final evolutionary form of a delinquent who infiltrates a local college’s student council to siphon state support?
“Oh, my… goodness…”
In the territory of a small country conquered by the City of Pleasure.
Every resident of one city was found as shriveled corpses.
The corpse of an NPC believed to be the main culprit, bearing the insignia of a commander, was impaled on the castle wall, and despite its appearance suggesting it could easily break through a wall using [Giantization][Weight Enhancement][Human Tank] tech trees, the overwhelming remnants of mana flowing from the wall transformed the entire castle wall into rare metal.
“Metalization?”
“This energy… must be from the Butler of Foundation. There’s no doubt they’ve left their traces.”
“Let’s go a bit further!”
Following along the battlefield of demolished cities and annihilated inhabitants, as we traced the skirmish area of the legionaries, I felt ominous mana waves growing stronger in the distance.
“Hmm? This is a territory I’ve never seen before?”
“It seems the market of the City of Pleasure has concealed tremendous power. The commanders found dead were exceptional beings not to be underestimated, comparable to the Demon King’s army commanders.”
“Feel sorry for those kids!”
The pure first-time newbs who just wanted to gather Dark Mana for world domination were caught off guard right in the middle of the human camp, where an executive meeting of the Wahyhiemhai Foundation was held.
No one knows who stirred up the fight, but to thwart the ambitious plans of first-time newb Demon King’s army is just plain mean!
“No, what are you doing?!”
The clash between the executives and the cities’ top powers was ongoing, and seeing me curiously slip a finger into the tumult from afar had the shabby butler seize me and pull me out of the area.
“I’m just curious! Isn’t it basic courtesy to taste a new area at least once?”
“Who in the world would intentionally plunge into the enemy’s territory? How far has the Director turned people into fools?!”
“Who are you calling a fool, you shabby one? I’m no fool!”
With [Martial Arts], [Gravity Manipulation], [Acceleration], and [Mana Boost] piled in, I threw off the balance and slammed the now-embedded butler into the ground, causing them to cry out in surprise.
Even being shabby, since they were technically a butler, they somehow managed not to faint from this blow!
Perhaps because I could hit without overexerting myself like my friends, I felt the urge to keep them around and land a hit whenever I felt bored.
[You have defeated a Master of Martial Arts with Mana Martial Arts.]
[Martial Arts Experience +30]
[Gravity Magic Experience +10]
[Mana Boost Experience +10]
Wow. Look at the hefty experience points.
Should I take them to the Academy after all?
“Ah… no… House butlers entering that territory will be… forced to submit if they fail to resist…!”
Oh.
As I dipped a finger and felt around, I now understood.
[Area of Pleasure]
Anyone exposed in this territory undergoes relentless erosion and mental testing, scrutinizing whether they accept the pleasures bestowed by the Area of Pleasure.
Once the test is breached, incredible stacks of pleasure accumulate at an alarming rate, and to the extent of the accumulated stacks, the area’s master demands obedience.
Veteran players are more than accustomed to such abilities.
In fact, even if you’re not a veteran player, all players are familiar with it.
Chapter 3 Boss of the Second Semester of First Year at Gift Academy.
Master of Masters.
The owner of the Camela Brigade bestows grace upon its contractors through a pet covenant, gaining commanding powers in return.
A crowd-controlling chapter boss.
Thus, [Queen of Pets, Camela] possesses superior abilities.
“This actually fits the balance surprisingly well?”
Learning how to counter the contract via the contract scam from President Velocasio, the second-year, and then properly competing against Camela during the second semester to learn how to defeat enemies commanding legions through contracts.
Then, once they become upperclassmen, they face off against the final form of the crowd-controlling contract boss, [Lord of the City of Pleasure].
Originally, this boss could only absorb the abilities of the Pleasure Minions, making their stat upgrades incredibly fierce, but now I’ve learned that this was the hidden reason behind their strength.
See? Diving deep into the gimmick is where the fun lies!
“W-will you be fine…?”
“This? I said it’s fun, not that it’s dangerous.”
I saw it with my own eyes.
I experienced it with my body.
While it’s pretty fun, the joy brought by a new event is ridiculously insufficient to excite the dopamine-addled brain of a modern person through various amusements.
“Isn’t it roughly done like this?”
[Area of Pleasure]
So I tried following suit.
Puh! and then I sent the area towards the shabby butler’s direction, and they gasped and fainted.
“Eww. Disgusting…”
Sigh, this is just how first-time newb’s skills are.
Can’t use it often because it’s too filthy!
