DKU - Chapter 23: Reeling in a Big One

A few adventurers staggered out of the Northpeak Shaft’s entrance.

All of them were so relieved to have survived an ordeal that they could kiss the ground beneath them, including the strongest Jack. They nearly lost their lives and became undeads for good.

Looking at the setting sun, Rue murmured, “I can’t believe it… We actually survived.”

‘Though we ended up betraying Lord Saint Sisto…”

But again, it was not as if they were devout believers with noble souls.

They wouldn’t reincarnate into an aristocratic clan in their next life just because they were faithful anyway, so they might as well enjoy their current one.

Jack didn’t say a word. He was thinking whether it was worth making a deal with the demons.

He wasn’t so naive as to think he could ascend to heaven after death, but dealing with the demons was different from dealing with the pirates.

…but it was not as if he had a choice anyway.

As long as there was enough distance between them, a Copper-tier necromancer could easily subdue a Copper-tier warrior.

And that fellow, as someone who had subdued the entire Silver Scimitar, was possibly at Steel-tier or even Platinum-tier. He would be courting death if he hadn’t struck a deal with him there and then!

But now that the necromancer had leverage over them, they were now on the same boat.

A young man carrying a short bow looked at Jack and asked, “What about Chris?”

He was the only one who still remembered they were here to rescue Chris.

Jack eyed the cavern behind him before coldly remarking, “Didn’t you see Bant? I bet Chris’ dead too.”

It was regrettable, but he had already done everything he could.

Ultimately, the two of them were ultimately business associates who got along. The most he could do for her was to collect her corpse and bury her after he got closer to the necromancer. There was nothing else he could help her with.

Looking at their leader’s grim face, Rue softly asked, “What about the kidnap? Are we still doing it?”

Jack pondered about it and shook his head. “…We’ll give up on tha

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The Demon King is Too Unfathomable! Chapter 23: Reeling in a Big One

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