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Time- 13:46
Location- Southern Region, Blossom district, Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Barren Lands, Blood Rock Cave Gate Dungeon
“Not much, a little bit of information on dark realms,” listening to Park skip the small take and get right to business I spoke my agenda for bringing Corey to the Blood Rock Cave.
After the freedom fighter incident, as soon as I left the Blood Rock Cave gate dungeon this morning I felt that I was being monitored. Since these people belonged to the southern royal family I decided to tolerate them as I knew where they were coming from. With Luna betraying the royal family it was getting hard to tell whom to trust and where the next attack would come from, so the only way the royal family could feel a little in control was to do what did best, surveillance and protection of what they deemed of worth. I was flattered by the attention but dissatisfied with how it was being displayed.
However, because of the constant surveillance many of my plans were pushed back. Despite my curiosity, I did not bother to check out the demon merchant quota I won from Belphegor. Or discuss dark realms, devil merchant code, and Belphegor with the only person I knew from the dark realms, Corey Park. Therefore, using the guise of monitoring Corey, I brought Corey to Bloodette’s dungeon seal knowing that even Demigods would not be able to eavesdrop or spy on me in here. Making sure that my business was nobody else’s business.
“Dark realms, what do you want to know about it? Especially when you have never been to the dark realms or in contact with people from there,” It hasn’t been long since Park had been manifested by Corey’s origin card in this world but she knows that the people of this world had very little knowledge of the demons and dark realms. They addressed the dark realm as the demon realm as if the dark realm belonged to demons and devils. If the dark races of the dark realm knew about this they would invade this world to destroy it out of sheer rage.
“I agree that I have never been to the dark realms, heck, I am not even sure if I should call it the dark realm or demon realm, but have had the misfortune of making contact with one of the inhabitants of the dark realm earlier today,” I did not have to be on constant guard of being taken advantage of when dealing with Park unlike with Jill. So I was more open when talking to Park than Jill.
“Who? A demon—- don’t tell me you talking a demon named Belphegor,” Park suddenly remembered feeling the presence of Belphegor while she was trying to find the boy.
“Yes, how did you know,” I asked Park in surprise and felt that I had found the right person to talk to about the dark realms, demons, and devils.
“So, it was you who summoned him?” Park asked, unsure if it was the boy who summoned the Belphegor because he seemed to be fine and not missing his soul anything. Having dealt with Belphegor for a lifetime Park knew how greedy and conniving Belphegor was. So she knew anyone who traded with him did not end well.
“Yes, I did. And he is not a demon but a devil,” I corrected Park.
“Well he might be a devil now but when I knew him he was a demon prince, who was deemed to be one of the demons with the most promise to step into the devil realm. That doesn’t matter, how are you still in one piece having met that nasty bastard? Don’t tell me you entered a pact with him. How long do you have left? Don’t worry, all hope is not lost,” Park panicked and began to ramble worrying for the boy.
Park was worried for the boy not because she cared for him but because she felt a sense of understanding and comradery. Something which was mostly seen among people who have been through the same traumatic experience. In Park’s mind, as an old victim of Belphegor, she felt obligated to help the current victim of Belphegor.
“Park, calm down. Listen to me first,” I was astonished, I did not think Park would worry this much for my sake.
“What is happening?” Corey joined in seeing the Park stay calm in face of card emperors and semi-demigods starting to panic just thinking that the boy had entered a devil’s pact with Belphegor.
Corey had lived Park’s memory thanks to her origin card but as a third person so she was not as much terrorized and traumatized by Belphegor as Park was. She knew that demon was a despicable bastard who had no bottom line and had destroyed Park’s father’s soul after stealing it from the cycle of reincarnation. He did not uphold his end of the promise using a loophole in the pact between Park and him. Unlike Park whose trauma would surface hearing the name Belphegor Corey felt enraged, she planned to one-day pay a visit to the dark realm just to kill that bastard.
“Park, listen to me, I did not enter a pact with Belphegor,” I said trying to calm Park. And she eventually did. But she did not seem to believe my words as she continued to ask me, “How much time do you have left before he comes to collect his due? Tell me, how much time do we have to prepare.”
“What mean? Is there a way to cancel the devil’s pact?” I asked since I wanted to understand what did Park mean by preparing. She spoke as if she had a way to annul the devil’s pact.
“Yes, all we have to do is find someone stronger than the devil and have them force him to revoke the devil’s pact. This would be hard in the dark realm but in this world, it is a possibility,” answered Park. Listening to her I shook my head as it was not the answer I was expecting to hear.
