The Devil Who Grants Wishes

‘…what is it, what the hell.’

Behind my back is a black chair with multiple layers, like a trilobite, and the chair is centered around the chair, and the entire area is covered with dark red things. No, exactly, all of these places are.

There are strange tentacles and walls made of meat, and they are so scary.

Normally, seeing a sight like this, you should immediately withdraw or get scared, but… No. Compared to the emotions I am feeling, the state of my body is too peaceful.

The incongruity causes extreme dizziness, but the body is still calm as if nothing special.

“…”

As I stretched out my hand, it was clearly not a human hand, but a strangely twisted dark-red hand came into view. There are even rough, bumpy scales like the bark of a tree on the back of the hand.

I turned my wrist to see if it belonged to someone other than me, but the hand turned halfway at my will, revealing a palm that was lighter than the back of my hand but not half as ugly as it was.

And the saddest thing is… these bizarre hands feel like they’ve seen them somewhere.

“I doubt it…”

…?

Why is your voice like this again?

It certainly sounds like a human voice, but it’s not a human voice. It’s so empty and creepy.

No, rather than that, I don’t remember trying to say these words. The way you talk is too old-fashioned.

This is… What’s going on with this?

…I need to see your face, where’s the mirror?

Paah

Then, suddenly, a huge crystal that was uncomfortably transparent appeared in front of me, and it suddenly turned red in an instant. It is as if the speed of dissolving the paint into the water is tens of times faster.

Suddenly, bewildered as to what is going on with this, Sujeong, who has lost her transparency, fulfills her duty of being summoned here, regardless of my embarrassment.

Like the bonnet of a well-maintained black car, the black crystal reflects light like a mirror to illuminate my face.

“…”

And my face reflected in the crystal… It’s very ugly, but I definitely remember seeing it.

First of all, it is a human face, but the skin is very pale, the whites of the eyes are black, the pupils are yellow, and the eyes are shining.

On his head, he wears a black helmet that at first glance can be mistaken for a crown, and even has dark red horns that are curved forward like a bull, although it is slightly elongated on the side of his head.

This guy is… Faust.

I am the guy who will appear as the next raid boss in ‘Noah’, an online game we were servicing.

………….

‘…I only made a rough outline of the concept art and the important story.’

『Faust, who was famous as an archmage in the past, made a contract to hand over his soul to the devil in exchange for granting his wish.

However, the devil had no intention of granting his wish properly and granted his wish by twisting it like a monkey’s hand.

Faust was greatly disappointed and angry at the result and claimed that the contract with the devil was void, but the devil acted according to the terms of the contract, so Faust was in a situation where his soul was stolen by the devil by the magic of an oath with his own soul as collateral. .

However, while his soul was being absorbed, Faust fell into a demon in the endless despair of the Archmage, and he absorbed the demon and destroyed the contract owner, making the contract itself a thing of the past.

ㅡ… is the story of Faust that was first made out of a skeleton.

There are no reasons as to what Faust’s wish was, who the devil granted it, or why he carries a sword in the subject of a former archmage because the story hasn’t been made yet.

Under the strong request and demand of the director to make the appearance unconditionally intimidating, he first created the concept art and put the story into it.

I know, the progress of work is too amateurish.

But in the first place, this industry is running like an amateur, but it could be.

Most of all, Faust was supposed to be made at least 24 months later, after going through 4 new raid bosses and new stories.

First of all, I was right that I should pay more attention to other things.

[Director, the art team is begging me to save you… It’s already the 11th design draft for Azrael… The music team also makes an average of 5 background music drafts for each phase, so there’s a lot of resentment… ]

[No, make it. First, make several, and then choose the one with a feeling.]

[What is that feeling… If we follow the roadmap, we will die… Please… ]

[The roadmap has been announced, but you have to follow it as it is to keep your promises to users.]

[No… So why did you announce such a roadmap… Please help me…]

[Stop talking and work, you don’t have to pay the price that users paid for.]

No, I’m not an amateur.

Thinking back on that time, I can still feel the taste of monxter in my mouth.

It is of course right to focus on the patch that needs to be done right now rather than the raid that will come out in 24 months. I’m a pro.

‘But what is this?’

Anyway, that’s why our team had a long schedule left for Faust, and we were dealing with the schedule we had right in front of us in order, like Azrael Reid, with only a rough outline.

What type of helmet Faust is wearing, whether it should look like a skeleton or a humanoid, what kind of armor is worn, whether or not it should have wings on its back, how to design the sword, etc. that there was no

But now, Faust’s appearance is almost perfect. It is completely different from Faust, which has a lot of similar concept art and no final design.

‘…it’s done wonderfully and dauntingly.’

Even a slightly black aura is spreading like a mist, so it’s a perfect atmosphere for the final raid boss.

If I hadn’t become that Faust, I’d be overjoyed at the abrupt end of the future task, alas.

Usually, it’s a sin when you’re faced with something that doesn’t make sense… No, about 70% of the time it was a dream, but this is also a dream… isn’t it?

‘It’s too vivid for a dream.’

Do I have to say that I can move my body freely, I can think toward a purpose without going as fast as I want, and that the surrounding scenery is too high quality? Anyway, it’s so vivid.

Can’t you even touch the wall that looks like this ugly crustacean?

…I feel like I’m fiddling with stuffed shrimp, etc.

“I’ll have to see what happened first.”

I have a gut feeling that it’s not a dream, and my heart is boiling and I’m going crazy, but my body and Faust are still very calm, unlike that inside.

I tried to hold onto my head with both hands, crying out for what is the situation, but Faust was against my will and spoke calmly with his head fixed like this.

What the heck…! It’s like if someone died right in front of you, they wouldn’t even blink.

hey hey!!

‘…?’

Then, suddenly, my head trembled slightly, and after a while it calmed down. With the emotions that had just been extremely agitated.

It is as if the feeling of calming down is as if the sea, which had been shaken violently by a typhoon until just now, becomes as calm as water in a cup in an instant. It is a stillness that even feels uncomfortable.

…it won’t change if you stay here for now, so let’s move on.

………….

What the hell are you doing here…

wide. insanely wide

I remember that the marathon was about 40km long, and it definitely exceeded that.

Whether walking or walking, should it be called this eerie cave or a building? Anyway, I don’t see any way out of here.

There is not even a single glimmer of light. Until now, I have only seen the light in my eyes.

…how the hell am I looking? There is no such thing as light?

Let’s not think about it, thinking about it bothers us. It’s easy to give up.

‘By the way, I’m totally used to it.’

Now I have no doubts that I am Faust.

It’s not something I’ve come to understand after thinking about it for a while.

As if squeezing garbage into a trash can, the concept of [I became Faust] was forcibly shoved into my head.

Of course, he must feel very bad, but strangely, he doesn’t feel that way.

Because I believe without a single doubt that I am Faust.

…f*ck it.

I’ll be back really.

‘Anyway… Then this seems to be a raid map.’

If you think about it in relation to me, who has become Faust, and this place that feels so eeriely intimidating, that’s the only answer.

This is the raid map used by Noah’s players to defeat Faust.

‘…Then I can’t get out of here?’

Where in the world can there be a raid boss running away from the raid map?

Could it be that I can’t meet anyone else until someone else, the player, comes in?

…that can’t be-

Paah

“-?!”

Then, suddenly, an intense red light begins to rise from my feet.

When I looked down to see what was going on, a red magic circle was literally drawn there, as if a laser was bending and moving forward.

Following the magic circle made of lines, even the runes used in Noah appear.

No one should stand still here looking at it. You have to run out of the magic circle right now. I feel pretty bad because it feels like someone is forcibly pulling my hair.

But… strangely, he didn’t feel like running away at all.

Because I felt it.

As long as you stay still, you can go out.