Chapter 292 - The Devil Judge’s Sword

Chapter 292: The Devil Judge’s Sword

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

80 The Devil Judge’s Sword

Diablo was once an ordinary boy. He was just a child who liked to play with his friends and bumped wooden swords with them. He even dreamed of becoming the best knight in the entire empire. Whenever he finished rolling around on the ground with his friends, he would come home to his welcoming mother, Helen.

Helen would always ask him with a smile.

‘You’re here? You must be hungry. Let’s eat.’

Diablo would smile at her as he grabbed his empty belly and sat in front of her. He would excitedly and hurriedly eat the food that she made for him while his mother Helen would smile and wipe the sauce off of his mouth.

That was right. Diablo was no more than a child when he became the three great demon’s vessel for magi. He had lost everything when they took him here.

He quietly told the chef that was standing on the other side of the transparent barrier his sad past.

It would be nice if I could experience that at least once. Maybe it’s fine since it will be the last time.

He wanted to taste and feel that once again. So he told him...

“I’m... begging... you...”

***

“I’m... begging... you...”

A quest window popped out in front of Minhyuk.

[Unexpected Quest: Diablo’s Wish.]

Rank: S

Restrictions: Chef

Rewards: The path to the 41st floor

Failure for Penalty: Diablo’s Wish quest will not be linked.

Description: Diablo, before he became the Sly Devil, was nothing more than an ordinary human. He said that there was food that he wanted to eat. Please listen to his story.

‘The path to the 41st floor...’

The path to the 41st floor could easily be interpreted. This meant that if Diablo was satisfied, he would let them go and not attack them. To be honest, they did not want to fight Diablo if there was a way where they could be sent away smoothly.

First of all, the ‘resurrection’ skill was a very rare and precious skill in Athenae. However, it was a skill that users could still gain. And these resurrection skills follow the same formula. Once the hunted monsters had been revived, anything that dropped before like EXP, artifacts and golds would not be dropped after killing them again. This was a system that the Athenae operators had set up to stop the users from trying to hunt rare boss monsters continuously.

“Minhyuk-ah.”

His father approached him. Kaistra and Black Wizard Ali also turned to look at him.

“A quest came up. The reward is a path to the 41st floor.”

Kaistra shook his head when he heard his words.

“But there’s a risk. If you fail...”

Minhyuk wanted to try hunting Diablo by feeding buffed dishes to his party in the Let’s Have a Meal barrier. But if he took that time to cook for Diablo, then he would lose a considerable amount of time.

In other words, he needed to choose. He needed to choose between cooking for Diablo or rejecting him and cooking for the others in the barrier.

His father, Black Dragon, watched Minhyuk hesitating while looking at Diablo. Then, he spoke.

“Just do it.”

“...Can I really do that?”

Feeding Diablo with his dish was an extremely dangerous task. In fact, no one in this place knew what Diablo liked. But he was sure of one thing. There was hunger, longing and reminiscing in his eyes.

Everyone was bound to have that one ‘food’ that was filled with memories in their lives. Just like Minhyuk who missed and longed for the spicy braised chicken that his mother used to cook for him. It was quite a strange thing. It was just an ordinary spicy braised chicken and his mother never really cooked in her lifetime. But it was her spicy braised chicken that usually comes to Minhyuk’s mind.

So when Minhyuk made eye contact with Diablo, all he could do was shake his head.

“I understand. What kind of dish?”

“San... dwich... and... so... up...”

Diablo was clearly just plainly speaking but he looked extremely depressed.

Minhyuk looked up to him and used his Create a Recipe Skill.

[Creating a recipe that the other party desires.]

“Minhyuk-ah? Why are you crying?”

His father approached him in worry. And all Minhyuk could do was smile bitterly at him.

“I thought about mom for a moment.”

“...I see.”

Black Dragon, his father, shook his head in understanding. There were also times when he thought of her. It was sad, but they were able to at least lessen their longing for her as Minhyuk and Black Dragon hugged each other.

Then, Minhyuk came out of the barrier as he handed the finished dish to Diablo.

“I wish I could show you the memories that you wanted to see with this dish. I truly mean it.”

***

Diablo looked at the ham and egg sandwich and soup that the chef had given him. He saw it earlier.

‘Water came out of his eyes...?’

He was wondering what they were at first. After all, he had been trapped on the desolate 40th floor of the Demon World’s Tower for a long time so he had long forgotten about some of the emotions that a person could experience. But he recalled that they were tears. Just like the tears that he shed endlessly when he missed his mother. Perhaps Diablo and Minhyuk shared the same pain and longing. Although they did not know each other’s pain they could somehow feel it.

Diablo’s emotions had grown dull over the years but it seemed like they were slowly coming back to life.

But before that, he stared at the ham and egg sandwich first. It was obviously different from the ham and egg sandwich that his mother had made. But he still chewed the sandwich slowly.

The bread was soft, followed by the crunchy lettuce and the sour tomatoes. Then, the chewy ham and the soft mashed eggs.

‘Delic... ious...’

It was clearly different from that time but it was still delicious.

Then, he grabbed a spoon. It’s been a while since he’d held a spoon so he was still a bit awkward. But he still slowly tasted the soup. The soup was warm, salty and savory. The taste was almost the same as that time.

“Delic... ious...”

Diablo hurriedly began to gobble up the ham and egg sandwiches and soup.

At that moment, the barrier of Let’s Have a Meal was released. All of them were staring at a figure. Diablo was only focused on eating food and was currently defenseless. After he finished eating everything up, tears glistened in his eyes.

‘I remember... Ah... that time... happiness...’

It was just a normal daily life but when he thought about it now he was very happy. Then, Diablo slowly lifted himself up.

Shiiiiiing―

He swung his sword up then a space appeared. The party realized that the space was the path to the next floor.

“Thanks.”

Minhyuk had made him remember the memories of his mothers so he thanked him for reminding him of those precious times.

But just as they were about to enter the space...

“Wai... t...”

A voice called out to Minhyuk. He looked at Diablo standing there. He raised his hand in the air.

Crackle, crackle―

Sparks flashed in front of him as a sword appeared in his hands.

[Diablo has presented you with the Devil Judge’s Sword.]

***

In the Special User Management Team’s office.

“......!”

“......!”

“......!”

Everyone staring at the monitor was left in shock. Then, Team Leader Park Minggyu mumbled to himself.

“He gave him the Devil Judge’s Sword, one of the Half-God artifacts...?”

It was extremely unbelievable.

The Athenae operators named the best and most powerful Half-God artifact among all of the Half-God artifacts as the ‘Absolute Half-God Artifacts’. There were in fact ten of these items. But the time was still not ripe. They were weapons that should not be revealed in their original forms. And one of them was the sword that Diablo was holding out to Minhyuk.

That sword was one of the Absolute Half-God artifacts.

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