Kaen nodded in understanding before asking: "And what is the price for this second chance?"
Snap!
Demios snapped his fingers as a blue screen with some text written on it appeared before Kaen.
"You see that blue screen?" Demios questioned,
"Yeah..."
"That screen is the price!"
"What do you mean?"
"It means that this screen will issue you some task or you can say quest at different points in your journey and you'll have to complete them!"
"And if I don't complete them?"
"You'll die!"
Kaen shuddered in response to Demios' words and serious expression, however, he soon calmed himself down: "So that means I only need to do what this screen says, right?"
"If you want to look at it that way then yes!"
A smile appeared on Kaen's face: "Wow, this is pretty neat! I can have a second life just by completing some tasks. I have completed royal orders in my previous life so it shouldn't be too difficult."
Kaen then shifted his gaze to Demios as he asked: "What is your identity? Is Demios your real name?"
In his past life, Kaen found the name mentioned in the techniques he had found alongside Demios. There were long paragraphs about Demios' grandness in those scriptures, however, was that his true name?
Demios nodded as he replied calmly: "Yes, that is my name, but my name is not said alone, It is said with my title and position. I am addressed as Demon God Demios!"
As soon as Kaen heard that, his pupils shrunk: "Demon God? As in like the god of demons that I fought in my past life? Demons that go and invade other worlds to rule them?"
Demios sighed dejectedly upon seeing Kaen's reaction: "Correct, I'm the god of those demons!"
"Then why did you help me? I am fighting against demons!" Kaen questioned, feeling puzzled.
Demios shook his head: "No, you are not fighting against demons, you are fighting against evil! You see, just because someone is from a demon race doesn't make them evil! The demons you are fighting are different from how they used to be when I wasn't sealed here. It's just that due to my absence, they have been corrupted in power. Don't judge every demon as evil, we are not an inherently evil race!"
Kaen calmed down, understanding what the demon god meant. It was similar to how humans were evil too. Not all humans were good and not all humans were evil. It was the same case with demons.
At this moment, an unfamiliar sound resounded in Kaen's ears as the blue screen appeared before Kaen's eyes.
[Ding!
Main Quest - Sovereign of the Shadows
Create a secret organization that operates in all seven empires behind everyone's back. Become the Dark Sovereign who controls everything in the seven empires. Do not reveal your identity to anyone until instructed.
Time limit to start the organization - 3 years
]
"Hmm... this quest wants me to create a secret organization, huh?" Kaen murmured as he contemplated the idea.
Soon, his eyes widened in realization as a thought flashed into his mind: "Wait! This is Brilliant!"
He then expressed his insights into the task: "The demon cults also operate in the seven empires in the shadows. If I create an organization that can compete with them and also locate them, wouldn't that make my work easy?"
"It is common knowledge that the Demon Kings require soul sacrifices and once there are enough, they can descend into this world. The demon cults provide these soul sacrifices to these demon kings, but what if I destroy these Demon cults from the ground? Won't that simply remove the danger of Demon Kings' descent?"
"This is just genius, I just need to stop these demon cults and I'll have solved the demon problem!"
"This quest is in my favor," Kaen said while rubbing his chin.
At this moment, another sound entered his ears, resembling the previous sound as the blue screen again appeared.
"Is it another task?" Kaen thought before looking at the screen and reading it.
[Ding!
Quest Help Skill - Unyielding Oath
Ask the person to follow you and accept you as their lord. After he swears his loyalty to you, the skill will activate and ensure his loyalty towards you. If they think of betraying you, they will suffer an enormous amount of pain throughout their body until they let go of the intention of betraying you.
*Note - you can impart this skill to seven people other than you.*
]
"Oh, it's a skill to help me complete the quest!" Kaen exclaimed: "How convenient!"
Kaen didn't feel that the tasks were any problem for him, instead, they were more of a help now that the main quest provided a skill along with it.
"I can impart it to seven other people..." Kaen contemplated: "There are seven empires... I can simply give this skill to one person from each empire. Yeah, My secret organization will have seven shadow commanders. I'll give this skill to each of them!"
Seeing Kaen contemplating quietly, Demios suggested: "You should leave now... won't your mother be worried?"
Demios remembered Kaen often crying in his sleep while calling out his mother and since this time she was alive, he'll have a chance to see her in person.
Kaen remembered about his home after Demios mentioned it as he nodded: "You are right, how can I leave here?"
"You don't have to worry about it, I'll take care of that!" Demios said before snapping his fingers.
Snap!
As soon as the snap happened, Kaen found himself standing outside the cave with Demios in his hands.
He took a sigh of relief before rushing back home with Demios. Demios was too big for his thin 15-year-old body and noticing that, Demios suggested, talking directly into his mind.
"Kaen, Let me take on an easier form for you!"
The trident transformed into a black bracelet that wrapped itself around Kaen's right wrist.
"You could do that?" Kaen expressed his surprise while rushing back to the house. It was already sunset time.
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(A/N - thanks for reading. ^..^)