"Oh no..."

Was what Yato said after he recognised the voice coming from beside him.

"What do you want from meeee?"

Was what he said in an exhausted and annoyed tone to the voice.

"Awww, come on,  aren't you happy about the little welcoming presents I left you?"

'Tch-'

"Thanks for the items, but since you giftet me them I assume that wasn't the transaction for some shady deal again?"

*The voice began laughing like he told the funniest joke he ever made*

"AHAHAH, what do you think of me Yato boi~? I would NEVER trick you into some shady deal, would I~?"

"Ahaha, yeah, definetly."

Was what he said but...

'OF COURSE YOU WOULD YOU STUPID BRAINDEAD POTATO!'

Was what he actually thought.

"So, what do you want?"

Yato felt that trouble was coming, but he had no way out since the voice used telepathy to speak to him, so he just listened to what the voice had to say.

"How rude :(, but yeah, I want something from you, a new deal! What do you say? Want to listen? Or should I leave you alone for real this time?"

Yato wanted to decline so he could get rid of the voice, but he was far too interested in the deal she so confidently offered him.

"Let's first hear what you have to tell me, I'll decide after I heard your proposal."

"Wow, how noble of you to listen to me first, fag~. The deal I want to offer you is simple and has a connection to the deal I offered you last time, great for you! Or not?"

Yato got  a bit more interested, but didn't want to show it.

"Yea yea, just tell me the deal already."

"Tch-, fine, drama queen. Well, hehe, wouldn't you like to join the army of the Demon Lord Astaroth as a Demon-General?"

Was what the voice happy and teasingly said to get Yato interested, and it actually worked. Yato immediately got interested, that sounded far too interesting, for the dirty edgy-weeb he is, to decline, but he didn't immediately jump into the deal, because he smelled that there was a flaw in that deal.

"Sounds interesting, but where is the flaw? What do you gain from that?"

"Huh? You dumb or somethin?"

'Excuse me?'

"Excuse me?"

"You are a frickin summoned Hero with the [Berserk] Skill, you have the potential to get absurdly powerful, maybe even as strong as a Demon Lord! And as a plus, you hate those humans and your fellow Hero ex-companions! Having you in the Maou's army would be a blessing for us! And you will definetly be rewarded! More money than you can spend, drinking with your friends and subordinates til evening, and having some fun with our succubi all night long~! Put simple, you can get your revenge AND get rewarded for it, and we get a powerful new Demon-General, that's the best deal ever, no?"

After hearing all that, and getting all hyped up by the voice, he immediately came to an answer.

"SOUNDS GREAT! Take me to the Demon Lords Castle and we can begin immediately!"

The voice got seemingly confused.

"Waht?

"Don't Waht me, you wanted me to join, no? So take me there so I can fulfill my part of the deal!"

Yato immediately realized that the flaw he was looking for has finally made it's move.

"Ok, listen here, I am not a frickin delivery service, I just am a secretary and here to recruit you on a mission his royal majesty Astaroth himself bestowed on me. And secondly, you are faaaaaaaaaar to weak right now. You would immediately die if we sent you out to fight, and that's a fact (see what I did here?)."

"But didn't you say-"

*The voice immediately interrupted Yato in order to clear him up on the deal he just agreed to*

"Boy, what was your Level again? 12? With that level, you are equal to ONE low level foot soldier, before anyone there would even consider taking orders from you, they would laugh at you and then proceed to cut you into pieces. Before you can officially join us, you have to get stronger, muuuch stronger! At LEAST Level 50.000 - 100.000, you understand it now?"

*Yato obviously lost his shit*

"LEVEL 50.000 - 100.000? ISN'T THAT FAR TOO HIGH? ISN'T LIKE LEVEL 100 THE CAP?!? IS SUCH A HIGH NUMBER EVEN POSSIBLE?!"

*The voice get's startled for a moment, but regains it's composure immediately*

"Ehem, Level 100 is astronomically low in the eyes of this world, there are adventurers and millitary officials that reached Level 50.000 in theyr early youthful days you know? With a little bit of talent, it'll be easy, also, you have the fast growth skill, no? When you arrive at the Castle, you should at least be Level 150.000 already, if you would just slay some mobs here and there on your way there. And as a side note, The current Demon Lord, Lord Astaroth, is currently at Level 980.346. So there is no such thing as a Level-Cap as you imagine there to be."

"AHAHAHA! Level 980.346?!? What in the world have I just signed up for?"

The voice has pity on Yato immediately losing his shit and tries to calm him down.

"Ah, don't worry! You have faaaaar more potential than those adventurers and military punks, plus, you have the armor of the godslayer and the spell I gave you, or not? You will be the head figure of this war when the time is right, just try to survive and get stronger on your adventure to the Land of the Demons. Get yourself some companions and have fun! They can join and serve under you too if you can recommend them!"

"You Demons know the word fun?"

"You know, we may be Demons, but our personalities are not that different from humans, we too have families we want to protect, fields to harvest, lovers to love and friends to drink with all night long and have fun with. We are only going that far because we have to fight for our right to live/exist in this world, because those stupid gods forced that role on us. And hopefully you can change this fate, because you are an existence that disobeys the gods by just existing, right here and right now."

Poor Yato tries to follow the, now one-sided, conversation but can't pick up on some stuff.

"What? How?"

"A Summoned Hero that is a Human with the [Berserk] Skill. That is a gigantic flaw in Reality itself, you know? I won't tell you the entire story now, but if you want to hear more about your role in this crappy play called life, survive and join us. I have been here talking to you for far too long now. Good luck, I hope we will meet again, so survive until then, Yato boi~"

Yato (obviously) has maaaaany more questions now he want's the fading voice to answer him.

"WAIT! DON'T F*CK WITH ME! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW THAT IM HERE? AT LEAST GIVE ME A TIP OR SOMETHING! DO YOU NOE DA WAE?!"

*The fading voice left one final message behind before leaving completely*

"Fine, go to the Adventurers Guild in the town 20 Kilometers north from here and register yourself as an adventurer (duhh). Use that disguise to collect travel funds for your adventure. When you reach one of the highest ranks in the Guild, you will be ready for us. Good luck....Yato...Have...fun...you little red haired faggot~"

And with that, the voice at last disappeared, leaving a dumbfounded and annoyed Yato behind in the great great plains of the Kingdom of Etheria.

"Hah, what should I do now? HAAAAAAAH! WHY IS EVERYTHING SO COMPLICATED! WHY MEEE! AAAAARGH!"

And suddenly, like a stroke of luck, someone called out to our unlucky Main Character.

"Ah, hey there loud screaming boy, need a ride?"

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Whoosh, producing those chaps one after another.

I know this chapter was mainly dialogue and setting the stuff up for the : Adventurer Arc.

But it was necessary for the story to make sense. And now, we reached the point where the description ends, and the real story of my unlucky boii Yato begins.

Be happy and excited for the Adventurer Arc and new chapters coming soon!

If you have found something left unexplained, ask me in the comments and I will add and clear up that part for you!

Thanks for reading and see you next time!

BYEEE BOIIIIIIS!