Chapter 49: Rejecting the Primordial Demon
Although Dusk had no intention of becoming a demon’s avatar, he still wanted to gather more information—just in case this demon turned out to be an enemy’s patron in the future. Better to be prepared than caught off guard.
"We’ve just met. I don’t even know who you really are or what an avatar is. How could I possibly agree to something like that?" Dusk replied, feigning confusion.
Truth be told, there were many things he genuinely didn’t know. Apart from the basic concepts of demons and avatars, he knew absolutely nothing about this particular one.
"Oh? I haven’t introduced myself, have I? I’m one of the Primordial Demons—the Demon of Misfortune. It might not sound very pleasant, but I am the embodiment of bad luck. And recently, I sensed that you’ve been particularly unlucky, which is why I’ve chosen you." the Demon of Misfortune said matter-of-factly.
This world, in truth, was governed by countless rules and restrictions. Those demons who had yet to fully awaken were especially limited in power.
That was why this demon couldn’t perceive what had happened to Dusk before his awakening. He couldn’t read memories, nor was he aware of the existence of the system.
All he could see was a human who had experienced an extraordinary streak of terrible luck in a very short span of time.
’Damn it... Why does it feel like you’re just insulting me? And why "Primordial Demon"? Could it be that in this second life, they’ve awakened earlier than before?’
Everything the Demon of Misfortune had said was basically a declaration that Dusk was cursed with the worst luck imaginable. And not just ordinary bad luck—the kind of catastrophic misfortune that stood out even in a world like this.
Though the number of unlucky incidents Dusk had encountered wasn’t especially high, each one carried a dangerously high chance of death. That alone had caught the demon’s attention.