Chapter 3

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Draceo lied on his bed and stared at his ceiling, thinking about all that had just happened.

He still couldn't believe it. 3 days ago he had finally managed to return home and reunite with the love of his life, when his suddenly got whisked off again. It felt like the world just didn't want him to live a normal and peaceful life. But what he couldn't believe more was the fact that 4 years ago, he had not only already been summoned to this world before but in fact was the arch-nemesis of all the demons; the [Hero].

Suddenly, a loud knock on the door of his chamber interrupted his thoughts.

'Enter' Draceo said, sitting up on his bed, looking at his hands still in his thoughts.

The door opened slowly and Larik walked in.

'Your Majesty an urgent matter has arrived. 5 minutes ago, the Shadow Troops received word that the new [Hero] has been summoned.'

Draceo looked up, clearly interested.

'It is reported that the [Hero] was summoned in the Human Empire yesterday morning.' He continued, reading off a scroll.

'Let's go.'

Draceo said, getting up instantly from his bed and started walking towards the door.

'Y-Your Majesty?' Larik looked at him confused, 'Where to?'

Draceo just looked at him like he was dumb. 'To the Empire,' He said bluntly.

'Wait. Wait a second, don't forget you're a demon. You can't get past the gates. The humans would attack you the moment you appear.' Larik exclaimed, running after him.

Draceo stopped and turned around and thought for a second.

'Is there any items here for disguising stats and appearances?' He asked.

Larik thought for a few seconds before answering, 'The treasury. The treasury might.'

'Well let's head there first.' Draceo said, walking away once again.

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After walking approximately 10 minutes, a giant metal bolted door appeared before them.

Larik walked forward and tapped the handle a bit and suddenly the door creaked open slowly.

'Welcome to the treasury, Your Majesty.' Larik said next to by the door bowing, waiting for Draceo to walk past.

Draceo looked past the giant door to see a gigantic pile of radiating pile of gold coins in the middle of the room. The walls were fitted with many little shelves, each filled with precious items and equipments. The roof was made with many mirror shards and a single chandelier hanging from the middle, glowing with golden light reflected off the mirrors, which caused the room to have a mystical aura surrounding it.

Draceo slowly walked towards the pile of golden coins, upon a closer looks he realised that the coins weren't gold, but platinum; the highest currency in the continent. Ten platinum coin was enough to buy a small country, but there was a gigantic pile here, gathering dust from not being used in over a decade.

'Your Majesty, here.' a voice suddenly called out, once again interrupting his thoughts.

Draceo walked over to Larik who was standing next to a particular shelf waiting for him.

Larik was holding a small black cross looking item in his hand and a black ring on his other.

'[Appraisal]' Draceo chanted, focusing on the black cross.

A small menu appeared before him:

Enchanted Black Cross Earring

Rank: SS

Effects: Enables the user to freely change their own appearance.

Duration: Cost 1 MP every minute

User: —

Draceo took the earring and slowly poked it into his ear.

Suddenly a robotic female voice could be heard from within his head,

[User Detected]

[Commencing appearance edit]

[Please choose on of the following option]

[Gender: Male/Female]

'Male' Draceo obediently replied to the voice

[Race: Dwarf/Beastman/Elf/Demon/Human]

'Human'

[Height: Short/Average/Tall]

'Average'

Suddenly a menu appeared in front of him with a diagram of an average male human in the middle, the sides had options to edit hair, muscle build, facial expressions, etc.

[Entering Detailed Editing Phase] The voice said,

After fiddling with the options for ten minutes, Draceo finished the details of his disguise.

On the screen now was an average looking adventurer with ordinary looking metal armour, with no resemblance to his current self at all, Draceo was finally satisfied.

Tapping the [OK] button, a bright light shone from the menu and enveloped him. Once the light faded, an average looking adventurer was standing there instead.

'Y-Your majesty' Larik exclaimed eyes wide opened. The menu was only visible to the user so Larik had no idea what Draceo had created, after seeing the end result he was flabbergasted, standing there right in front of him replacing his majesty was who had no resemblance at all, if he had not seen the process of the change, he would have absolutely not believed it was him at all.

Draceo looked satisfied with himself as Larik slowly gave him the ring

[Appraisal]

Enchanted Ring

Rank: A

Effects: The rings allow the user to freely disguise their status card.

Note: Can only decrease the value of the stats, not increase.

Duration: Unlimited 0 MP

User: —

Putting the ring on his third finger, his status appeared in front of the ring, but now with a small pen icon next to each infromation. Tapping the icon, a small key pad appeared next to the menu, allowing him to edit the chosen stat.

Once again fiddling with the stats, the final result looked like:

Name: Rowen Welior

Race: Human

Age: 18

Sex: Male

Level: D

Title: Adventurer

Attributes: Earth

Health Bar: 100/100

Mana Bar: 25/25

Speed: 20

Defence: 25

Strength: 23

Magic Attack: 10

Magic Defence: 25

Equipment

- Long Sword

- Dagger

- Brown bag

Skills

Tier 2 Elemental Magic

- Earth Magic

Although his status card had completely changed, his actual status was still completely the same as before.

Satisfied with new appearance, Draceo headed out towards the empire after taking a handful of platinum coins and stuffing it into his small bag.