The Munchkin Disciple Wants To Stop Being Obsessed Over

43 – What is an old contract?

Despite the discovery of traces of the Chaos Cult, Arden Academy went ahead with the academic schedule as usual.

It was a natural thing from the academy’s standpoint.

The traces of the Chaos Church discovered by the Academy must have been only a small portion.

I have dealt with all the Chaos Church believers long ago, and the dark space created by the believers should have naturally disappeared over time.

So, the traces obtained from the academy would have been nothing more than the slightest remnants of demonic energy and shallow testimonies from fainted cadets.

Of course, the fact that traces of the Chaos Church were discovered was a very important matter in itself.

In order to prevent confusion among cadets, Arden Academy seems to have decided to secretly conduct its own investigation rather than spark controversy.

Well, it’s not that I don’t think the measure is reasonable.

It was not good news for me, who had many people to meet today.

“It’s annoying.”

I was heading to Professor Dian’s office before today’s schedule started.

“I wanted to ask you something.”

Since you want to ask me something, it seems like you think I have something to do with this incident.

It was an unpleasant call for me as I did not want to make a big deal out of it or attract too much attention.

‘Anyway, it’s been a long time since I received a quest reward.’

Walking around the academy grounds, I checked the reward I received last time.

[Please select a reward.]

[1. Level +3]

[2. All stats +10]

[3. Magic Power +20]

‘It’s not bad…’

‘All stats +10’, which is a growth value that can be obtained only after investing more than a year in the game.

And the most difficult ability to raise is ‘mana’. That’s just 20.

It is clearly a great reward.

To be honest, I wanted to choose ‘mana’, which is the ability I lack the most.

There was another reason why I couldn’t choose easily.

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The reason is because what Lily said to me yesterday kept ringing in my head.

-“If you do that, it will soon collapse. No, it’s already starting to fall apart, so just shut up and listen to me.”

-“Both the scale and the bowl. I’m sure Mr. Caramel felt it too. “The price we are paying is increasing.”

It was a statement that could not be passed over hastily. And it was something I was taking seriously.

Before, I thought it was because I couldn’t control it and passed it over.

I was able to clearly realize this as an opportunity.

Reaction is the price that comes with deceiving the balance and using mana far beyond the limits of the body.

The fact that the size of the reaction is growing to the extent that it is impossible to predict.

‘I think it’s because of the characteristics.’

That was the reason I was worried.

I thought that if I raised my level, I would be able to view information on the locked ‘vessel of sin’ characteristics.

My current level is 32, and if I choose the first option, it becomes exactly 35.

‘Sometimes I can’t raise my level as I want.’

This is a reward that I would not have even looked at if I had been able to hunt infinitely in the hunting ground like in the game, or if I had been able to successfully complete thousands of quests.

But this world I live in was different.

The thousands of quests I remember are ignoring me, and of course there is no such thing as a hunting ground.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that there are no places and monsters suitable for training on the academy grounds.

In order to level up through hunting at this level, you had to kill at least 10,000 monsters, so it was better to assume that this method was not possible.

After my thoughts reached this point, I chose compensation.

I sincerely hope that the information on the locked ‘vessel of sin’ will be revealed.

[Level up! Lv has risen to 35!]

[You can view some information on the ‘vessel of sin’ trait!]

Did my wind even reach the sky?

I clenched my fists when I saw the notification that had arrived for the first time in a long time, then immediately opened the characteristics window and started rolling my eyes.

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[Vessel of Sin]

-You are a being created as a vessel to contain the seven sins.

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-Can exert enormous influence on low-ranking beings.

*Completely immune to all mental-type magic.

*You can make your opponent submit with a high probability.

*Applies only to beings with demon energy.

-If you reject the fate of sin, a penalty applies.

*When using good energy, mana consumption doubles.

*When using a skill that requires a price, the price is doubled.

*If all the dishes are broken, you will die. (Durability: 89/100)

*When completing the ‘Old Contract’ quest, all penalties are nullified.

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-The information cannot be viewed due to insufficient level.

—-

‘What is this…?’

The mana consumption is doubled, the cost is doubled, and if the bowl is broken, you die.

I definitely expected that there would be some penalty.

I had no idea it would be this fatal.

Regardless of the mana cost, isn’t the death penalty too much?

‘Yes. ‘I’m just glad I know now.’

As expected, my choice was not wrong.

If I had made the wrong choice, I might not have known until I died that I could die.

In addition, didn’t we learn how to nullify the penalty?

No matter how much I think about it, I think it was a good decision to give up stats and choose leveling up as a reward.

‘Anyway, what is an old contract?’

I guess they are saying that I can survive normally only if I complete this quest.

The problem is that this quest is the first time even I, who has played the game for over 10,000 hours, have seen it.

‘Oh, no way.’

Suddenly a thought occurred to me. I think the only quests I can complete are quests I didn’t know about in my past life.

Looking at the list of quests I have performed so far, this was a very reasonable inference.

Except for ‘Caroline’s Wish’, which was rewarded a while ago.

‘Is the last quest related to the heroine activated?’

It seemed like that.

Even though there were hundreds of quests needed to save Seiji, nothing happened except the last quest, ‘Caroline’s Wish’.

‘I need to move more actively.’

To get clues about the quest I need to complete in order to survive.

At least to save the people I wanted to save and also get compensation.

As I was making that promise, someone poked my shoulder with a finger.

“Carmel Cadet?”

When she turned her head, she saw a woman who felt familiar for some reason.

“Anna.”

“Oh, you remember.”

How could you forget? He is a person who has served as a guide from the beginning of the game.

“Professor Dian told me to bring Cadet Carmel to her principal’s office when she gets here, so I was waiting for her.”

Anna guided me to the principal’s office.

****

In a cave filled with damp and thick energy.

“Ugh, wow! Lord, I will kill you!”

The girl with her jet-black hair was crying and holding onto the back of her neck.

“Go, how dare you… Me, me… Ugh!”

Even though the girl was in pain, she gritted her teeth as she remembered her man, who had black hair like her and was wearing her mask.

The man dared to swing his star-filled sword at her Seven Deadly Sins, and without hesitation, he decapitated her.

Is that all?

-“Next is the main body.”

To her only human subject, her man even looked down at himself with a cheeky warning.

The girl wanted to run to the academy right away and take the heart of a human who didn’t know the subject, but she couldn’t.

“Huh, huh!”

The starlight contained in her sword was so strong that the burning pain felt at the back of her neck did not go away.

Also, because there were restrictions outside the Demon Realm, even if you went to the Academy, dealing with everyone there was impossible no matter how ‘greed’ it was.

“aaah!”

Is that all? Funny enough, Grid didn’t even know the identity of the man who cut off her own head.

If I had known who it was, I would have secretly seduced him and then brutally killed him.

It was frustrating for Grid because he didn’t even know who it was.

“Ah, there you were.”

Meanwhile, Grid looked at his toy, which was chewing on a monster in his corner.

Is it because it was too painful? Grid had forgotten the existence of his toy he had brought with him.

As the owner looked at him, the toy, which had black stains all over its body and bright red blood dripping from between its ugly fangs, tilted its head.

“What?”

Looking at that scene, Grid tore his mouth grotesquely.

If it were him, wouldn’t he be able to find out the identity of that man? Thinking like that.

****

Somewhere in the Heinkel Mountains located in the Viscounty of Darmien.

A man covered in a black robe was standing in place and muttering.

“I came all this way to find a traitor.”

The man squatted in front of a rock where dried blood was visible.

“You have become a corpse with nothing left but a vengeful spirit. “Like an idiot.”

Then she turned her head to the side.

“The same goes for the uncle I used to hang out with.”

The man who turned her head immediately frowned at her.

“What? Don’t make her your slave? All right.”

Then she stretched out her hand and said,

“I don’t need a ghost with clumsy desires like you.”

-Wow!

Then a maw with hundreds of teeth popped out from her man’s palm and began gnawing ravenously at the area her man was looking at.

“Eat that traitor too.”

As her man gave the command, Agari hesitated, gritting her teeth.

“It’s okay. “There are more useful ghosts out there.”

The man said while looking at a rotting tree, and Agari turned her head to look at the place where a faint sound was coming from.

-Bo, revenge…! I have your daughter too!

“Don’t you think there’s nothing missing, like revenge or lust? “To be your friend.”

As her man murmured, the maw moved to the rock, chattering her teeth in satisfaction, and then she began to eat ravenously again.

“I will help you.”

The man, who had already reached the withered tree, smiled kindly and said.

I will help you achieve your revenge.

I will be with you so that you can fulfill your desires.

****

When I opened the door and entered the principal’s office, the principals, Hilda and Dean, just stared at me for a long time, as if they had made a promise.

“···?”

“I heard you lost consciousness due to mental magic. “Is that true?”

When I tilted her head in confusion, Hilda finally asked in a quiet voice.

“Yes. That’s right.”

I didn’t want to create a troublesome situation, so I lied.

Then.

“Children, do I look funny?”

Hilda began to approach me, generating her mana like the ocean.

Why is this old man like this all of a sudden?