I Woke Up as the Villain

After getting over his sense of excitement, Yu-Seong asked Loki, “So… What should I call you?”

Loki tilted her head. “What do you mean?”

“Well… I can’t keep calling you by your nickname, Joke-loving Prankster, can I?”

Yu-Seong knew that calling Loki by her real name was dangerous. He could get into trouble as an ordinary human being, because he knew that Loki was a god possessing both a god’s name and divinity.

‘I may not be able to withstand her divinity, so I may start throwing up blood and die…’ 

Even if that did not happen, another unfortunate and unlucky incident may occur to Yu-Seong.

“Yu-Seong, as expected… You definitely know of my identity.”

“Well, I’d be a fool to not know by this point.”

“Hmm, well… That puts us in an awkward position~” While spinning herself in place, Loki smiled at Yu-Seong with sparkling eyes. She added, “If I don’t grant you permission, you can’t call me by my real name, right?”

“Huh?” Yu-Seong was surprised by Loki’s unexpected response.

“Why are you so surprised? If you recognize my divinity and god name, you can call me by my name as long as I directly grant you permission. I see now that you sort of know the rules but not fully.”

It was obvious that Yu-Seong did not know all the rules. The original novel had no explanation of the rules that Loki was referring to.

“Anyway, since you’re a partner with whom I’ve already made a soul contract with, shall this god allow you to call me by my name? Try and call out my name, Yu-Seong.”

“…Everything will be alright, right?”

“Do you not trust a god’s word?”

“I wouldn’t have any doubts if it was any other god, but you’re a bit mischievous.”

“Hey, trust me. Try it… Try, try.”

Loki enjoyed joking around, but she probably had no intention of killing Yu-Seong.

‘Come to think of it, she has had plenty of chances to kill me if she has wanted me dead, right?’

For a moment, Yu-Seong let out a nervous laugh, nodded his head, and wet his lips before calling out, “L-Loki…?”

Having called Loki by name, Yu-Seong trembled in fear before realizing that nothing was happening to him. He did not feel any pain or shock whatsoever.

“See, I told you to trust me.” With twinkling eyes, Loki smiled broadly at Yu-Seong. “No matter how bad my personality is, there’s no way I’d kill a hard-earned contractor. Don’t forget this point, Yu-Seong.”

Feeling the strangely serious atmosphere, Yu-Seong unconsciously nodded his head vigorously. “…Sure.”

“And another thing, now that I have descended into this altered body form, I should be able to teach you quite a lot.”

Hearing Loki’s comment, Yu-Seong’s eyes shone brightly. He knew that Loki would be able to provide him with many secrets and other hard-to-obtain information about this world. He eagerly asked, “Are you sure you can just tell me those things?”

“Obviously, you need to meet some qualifications. If one knows a secret without having the proper qualification, a ridiculously heavy karma will weigh one down.” Loki smiled and nodded before continuing, “Well, that’s it for today. This god shall now call it a day and leave. I feel that something will happen to my main body soon.”

“You’re leaving already?”

“You seem slightly sad that I’m leaving so soon.”

“Not really, but…”

“Don’t worry. Whenever you call my name, I’ll come back to this altered body form…” Loki’s purple eyes, which had been sparkling, gradually changed into a dull gray. She said, “See you again, Yu-Seong.”

The Dragon’s body, having lost all of its power, collapsed onto the ground.

Yu-Seong smiled at Loki’s speedy exit, lifted the light Dragon’s body, and slowly pushed it into his subspace.

In any case, Yu-Seong had obtained Loki as an emergency power source. From his point of view, there was no reason to hesitate any longer.

‘Well then, shall I take the promotion test right away?’

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After selecting the extreme difficulty setting for his A-Rank promotion review, Yu-Seong disappeared from the room.

***

“Long time no see, Yu-Seong.”

Facing Mr. Guy’s smiling face, Yu-Seong nodded. “I’ll go right into the test.”

“Oh, you’re quite confident this time around, no? Hehehe.”

“Of course. I’ve completed all my preparations.”

Yu-Seong had never been in a better condition and circumstance for his promotion test.

Seeing Yu-Seong’s confident attitude, Mr. Guy nodded with twinkling eyes. “You have certainly grown remarkably well. Well then, I bid you good luck, Yu-Seong. Hehehe.”

When Mr. Guy disappeared with a smile, the scenery around Yu-Seong changed. The closest area to him now was a fairly wide plain area. Then, in front of him was a huge number of undead troops wrapped in darkness.

At the same time, a message appeared before his eyes.

Yu-Seong had been given a defense mission this time; although, it was possible for Yu-Seong to go on the offensive if he wanted.

‘I just need to get into their bases and defeat the five generals of death, right?’ 

Yu-Seong did not want to endure the mission for 100 hours. He hadn’t chosen to stay in the B-rank for so long only to be dragged around in a promotion test.

Of course, Yu-Seong still had to face some considerable hurdles. Due to the penalty for selecting the extreme difficulty mission setting, his overall ability levels had been reduced by half. Thanks to this penalty, his body felt as heavy as a bail of cotton that had been soaked in water.

However, his condition still felt much better than what he had initially expected.

‘What would be the simplest and most efficient way to complete this review?’

Yu-Seong shot forward as he saw the undead army advancing toward him. The undead forces seemed endless, but the number that could attack Yu-Seong at any one time was limited.

‘At best, ten is the limit, right?’

However, Yu-Seong soon regretted having such a thought.

Around ten undead soldiers, composed of zombies and skeletons, were near him.

‘At best, they’re just low-ranking undead.’

Yu-Seong would not face any difficulty in defeating these sorts of opponents. Smashing the zombies and skeletons with a light swing of his spear, he soon jumped into the air.

Digging through the dirt, red-eyed ghouls reached out and tried to grab onto Yu-Seong’s ankles.

‘Crazy…’

Yu-Seong had momentarily forgotten that this was an A-Rank promotion test on the extreme difficulty setting. It was only natural that he would be bombarded by some nonsensical forms of attack.

Just as he had such a thought, Yu-Seong felt a wave of heat rise in front of him. He was frightened by the sensation of his skin heating up, so he quickly flung himself to the side through Wind Control.

Bang-!

A large fireball burned the undead and the general area where Yu-Seong had been standing just moments earlier.

‘Magic?’

Then, when he raised his head, Yu-Seong saw a barrage of arrows pouring down on him. A group of gargoyles that were unaffected by the rain of arrows also descended toward him.

‘This is nuts…!’

Yu-Seong hurriedly unfolded Dancing Electric Doll while using Wind Control to leave the spot where he had been standing.

The zombies and skeletons that had been attacking Yu-Seong were shattered into pieces by the gargoyles’ descending attack and the rain of arrows. Even with this loss, the undead army did not seem to have sustained any meaningful loss. The lower-ranking undead, the zombies and skeletons, were literally just bait; their numbers were truly innumerable.

‘They’re even resurrecting…’

As skeletons with staffs in their hands hurled magic at Yu-Seong, a lich waved its hands and the fallen low-ranking undead rose up once more.

As long as the undead were not completely crushed or unable to move, they could rise back up even after being struck by a few arrows or had their forms slightly deformed. To make matters worse for Yu-Seong, there was more than one lich.

‘Two, three, four…’

The number of liches appearing in the rear of the enemy forces gradually increased. Since this was the case, the number of low-ranking undead forces was essentially infinite.

Once he recognized that he was essentially up against an army of immortals, Yu-Seong gritted his teeth. He had goosebumps all over his body.

‘If I get caught up in this, it’ll be dangerous.’

Under these conditions, he would have to be extremely lucky to drag the battle out and survive for 100 hours. Of course, this was not the scenario that Yu-Seong wanted or envisioned.

‘I need to be more daring.’ 

Although his overall abilities had been decreased by half, Yu-Seong did not hesitate to use his skills.

‘Wind Thunder Dragon God Art.’

Yu-Seong raised his power in an instant and caused a thunderbolt to crackle.

Rumble-!

Accompanied by a rumbling thunderbolt, lightning struck and swept away the undead all around Yu-Seong. The lightning also wrapped around Yu-Seong’s body.

‘Run.’

Following the winds, Yu-Seong cleared away most of the undead with the lightning that crackled around him.

He took decisive action upon realizing that his lightning would affect the undead like a heavenly punishment. The lightning acted like a source of divine power, so the fallen undeads’ resurrection speed was considerably lowered.

Panicking, the liches used more magic. Unfortunately for them, their magic was destroyed when Yu-Seong started swinging with his lightning-wrapped spear.

This scene would have driven any witnesses mad with shock. Being able to split magic just by wielding one’s weapon? As told in legends, the wizard’s greatest nemesis had appeared on the battlefield. However, maintaining this appearance and ability was not difficult for Yu-Seong.

‘Wrap Dispel around the tip of my spear and cut the magic itself.’

The magic used by the liches was swift and threatening, but it was insignificant compared to the magic that Do-Jin had used. Hence, having already faced a greater opponent before, Yu-Seong was able to cut through the liches’ magic easily.

Gaining confidence, Yu-Seong cut through several magic spells and made his way through the undead army without much difficulty. This was all thanks to the fact that his anti-mage qualities were beginning to bloom.

If Do-Jin had been by Yu-Seong’s side, Do-Jin would have clicked his tongue after realizing that he had played a part in awakening the strongest anti-mage player with his own hands. Yu-Seong himself was not aware of this fact.

Just as he started to feel more comfortable with dealing with magic and the countless undead soldiers, Yu-Seong caught sight of one of the generals of death in the distance. The general of death was atop a huge dark horse, emanating an ominous darkness around it, so it was easy to spot the general amongst the legion of undead.

‘Let’s start with that one…!’

While looking at the general, Yu-Seong’s eyes twinkled at the thought of using Lance Charge. However, Yu-Seong soon tilted his head when he saw that the five generals of death were positioned quite close to each other.

‘Eh?’

Was it because Yu-Seong had randomly broken through the undead army? All the generals of death were angrily chasing after him right now.

‘If that’s the case…’

Yu-Seong changed his mind about using Lance Charge. Using Wind Thunder Dragon God Art at regular intervals, he started to gather the generals of death who were chasing after him.

In other words, he was pulling aggro. He was familiar with taking such actions, since he often pulled aggro when hunting in the dungeons.

As the generals of darkness came closer, a suffocating spirit pressed down on Yu-Seong’s shoulders. However, he felt relatively fine.

‘I might be able to complete this all at once.’

While recalling that any crisis was also an opportunity, Yu-Seong smiled.

‘I never thought I’d be able to test it out right away.’

With enough magic power, a small city on Earth could be blown up. Recalling that fact, Yu-Seong opened his subspace and shouted, “Loki!”

In the end, Yu-Seong did not have to wait 100 hours for god’s punishment to befall upon the undead army.