The fact that the Hell Death God dared to curse the evil dragon as ugly so loudly and without restraint showed that their relationship seemed to be pretty good. That made sense, too. They had been working together for nearly a thousand years, so it was only natural that they had developed a deep friendship over such a long time.
By the way, could the Hell Death God appear during the day, too? According to legend, weren't Death Gods only supposed to come out at night?
Listen and see what the Hell Death God wanted with the evil dragon. "Huh? Lance, why did the Hell Death God's projection disappear?"
"I turned it off. He called me ugly and still expected me to listen to him. A puny Death God. How laughable."
The evil dragon Lance thought he looked pretty good. Even if he wasn't the most handsome black dragon in the world, with his looks, he could at least rank among the top ten in the evil dragon world and among black dragons.
The Death God Scythe floating in the air once again began to emit black smoke. The projection call that the evil dragon had ended started up again.
The figure of Death God Solomon appeared in the projection.
"Lance, you dare to turn off a projection call I initiated!!! You—"
Death God Solomon's figure disappeared from the projection call again. The evil dragon had ended the projection call once more.
Death God Solomon was domineering.
The evil dragon Lance was arrogant and unruly.
He didn't even give the Death God any face. How overbearing.
The young dragon was envious. She wondered when she would be able to act as arrogantly as the evil dragon.
Before long, Death God Solomon's projection appeared on the scythe again.
"Don't turn it off, don't turn it off, don't turn it off. Lance, my good Lance, I admit that my voice was just a tiny bit louder than usual just now. Stop!!! Isn't it enough that I apologized? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that you looked ugly after turning into a dragon. You look just as handsome in dragon form as you do as a human, all right? Can we talk calmly now?"
"!!!"
Lucia, lying on the enormous rock, was stunned. She had originally thought Solomon was a domineering Hell Death God, but it turned out he was a comparatively, comparatively, comparatively gentle Death God. Even toward an evil dragon who was no longer a trainee Death God, he could maintain such a good attitude.
Incredible.
In her mind, Death Gods were aloof, taciturn, and ruthless.
Perhaps Death God Solomon was only so approachable when facing the evil dragon.
"I'm your superior, at least. Could you show me a little respect? The young dragon you raised is watching from the side. Give me some face."
"Do you have the memory of a fish? I resigned from the position of Trainee Death God last night, and you agreed to it. So you're no longer my superior."
"I looked for you last night because I wanted to tell you this. I renewed your contract for you. You're still a trainee Death God contracted with the Hell Death Gods.
"The fact that the Death God Scythe I gave you didn't return to Hell is proof that our contract still exists. Lance, the strongest trainee Death God under my command, I have a bounty mission here that I need you to help complete."
"???"
Death God Solomon had renewed his Trainee Death God contract again? No wonder he could still sense the Trainee Death God contract he had signed with Hell this morning.
"Don't talk about the bounty mission yet. If I remember correctly, after you terminated my Trainee Death God contract last night, you immediately signed contracts with several outstanding trainee Death Gods, didn't you?"
"Just thinking about that makes me angry. The outstanding necromancers I had taken a liking to and wanted to train and contract with were poached by other Death Gods. The two who weren't poached did sign Trainee Death God contracts with me. Then, so they could build up some achievements as quickly as possible, I assigned them several bounty missions last night. I never expected that not long afterward, I would see them in Hell. They had kicked the bucket less than three hours after becoming trainee Death Gods. They hadn't even warmed up their trainee Death God badges.
"When I signed contracts with them, they told me their efficiency could be summed up in three words: fast, accurate, and ruthless.
"I never expected that it meant they would die fast, die accurately, and die ruthlessly. To be honest, I've been a Death God in Hell for quite a few years. It's not as if I've never seen short-lived trainee Death Gods, but I've absolutely never seen trainee Death Gods as short-lived as those two. They kicked the bucket less than three hours after becoming trainee Death Gods. Can you believe it?"
"."
Lance was dumbfounded. There were trainee Death Gods that short-lived? He had been a trainee Death God for quite some time and truly had never seen any that short-lived.
They had become trainee Death Gods that very night and kicked the bucket before even seeing the sun of the next day. That was far too fast. "What level was the bounty mission you assigned them?"
"An intermediate Death-Class bounty mission."
Hell's bounty missions were divided into three levels: Difficult, Death, and Hell.
For Difficult-level bounty missions, trainee Death Gods might be injured, but they wouldn't necessarily die.
For Death-Class bounty missions, trainee Death Gods could die, but they wouldn't necessarily actually die.
For Hell-level bounty missions: Hell welcomes you. Congratulations, trainee Death God, on your Promotion and Salary Increase.
That was right. Hell's bounty missions weren't simple. They only had three levels: Difficult, Death, and Hell.
Even the simplest Difficult-level mission carried a risk of death for trainee Death Gods.
As for Death-Class missions, once you accepted one, Hell might already be preparing your employment ceremony.
Those who dared accept Hell-level missions were all aiming for Promotion and Salary Increase.
Normally, it was quite normal for a trainee Death God to accept an intermediate Death-Class bounty mission.
Dying too quickly was just a tiny bit abnormal.
"Great. Just promote them directly."
"That won't do. If I give them a Promotion and Salary Increase right after they die, I'll be investigated."
"I haven't had time to accept bounty missions recently. I need to cultivate my relationship with the young dragon."
"To cultivate your relationship with the young dragon, you have to be willing to spend money. If you don't spend money on the young dragon, when will you become a Dragon Knight? The reward for this bounty mission is thirty-five gold coins, while your monthly salary is only twenty gold coins.
"You haven't received a salary for several hundred years, so you probably don't have much money on you either, right? If you had money, you wouldn't be living in this Deep Mountain Old Forest.
"Partner, it's time to go out and stretch your muscles. With your strength, once you arrive, you can complete this bounty mission in three to five minutes.
"Be sensible. Don't force me, this Hell Death God, to give you a Promotion and Salary Increase."
"."
"Same as always. I can accept the bounty mission, but don't interfere with how I complete it. Once I complete the mission, you have to satisfy some additional minor conditions I propose."
"Deal!"
Death God Solomon readily agreed to Lance. Last night, he had heard his fellow Death Gods chatting and saying that the higher-ups seemed to be transferring some Death Gods to collect the souls of living beings from the Demon Realm.
He, a Level One Death God, might be transferred there. At that time, he would need a powerful trainee Death God to help him suppress the ferocious demons in the Demon Realm, as well as the ghosts and monsters rampaging there.
Lance, a powerful trainee Death God who had lived for over a thousand years, was a perfect fit.
"Have you ever seen this human in Hell?"
Lance lightly tapped his forehead with a dragon claw. A human figure flew out of his forehead, taking the form of Donahue.
"I haven't. What's wrong?"
"My arch-enemy. See if he's in Hell. If he is, I want to summon him up and have him complete the bounty mission."
"???"
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