I've Already Become a Demon God, Yet You Want Me to Be a Villain — Chapter 50

This guy was calmer because his Golden Finger was of a higher rank!

His words immediately caused a huge uproar.

"Silver-grade? Are you kidding me? I saw on the forum that a protagonist killed a fallen count villain, and he was only Black Iron Rank!"

"That was a fallen count. A normal count should, without exception, be Bronze Rank!"

"Damn it, this is way too surreal! It's like some random passerby suddenly turned into the ultimate boss!"

"Gasp! A Silver-grade count... Although there are a few Silver-grade ones in the Royal Capital, I suddenly feel like this Count of Inkstone Territory... might be the biggest boss in the Crescent Kingdom!"

An even more terrifying speculation! The Blessing Ceremony begins!

In the square, after learning Su Mo's Villain Rank, these Protagonists could no longer remain calm.

Protagonists did indeed have more privileges in the early stages.

For example, villains had no Villain Points at the beginning.

But every Protagonist had 1 Protagonist Point.

That 1 Protagonist Point could be used to check the rank of a nearby villain.

Every Protagonist had one chance, so under normal circumstances, they would not use it carelessly.

Silver-grade Protagonists had 1 extra Protagonist Point, meaning they had two chances.

If there were any Gold-grade Protagonists, they would start with 3 Protagonist Points, giving them one more chance.

Of course, if a Protagonist killed a villain right at the start and got 100 Protagonist Points, then none of this mattered.

The Protagonist Group became completely lively.

"After hearing you guys say that, I'm not going to the Royal Capital. The Crescent Kingdom is so huge. I can just hole up anywhere and develop."

"That's right, that's right. I'm not going either~"

Quite a few Protagonists who had joined the group but had not yet arrived in the Royal Capital were immensely relieved.

They immediately turned around and headed home.

"I still can't understand how a count could be a Silver-grade Villain. A Silver-grade Villain should basically be Duke-level, right? Even Marquis-level ones are rare."

"This world has a strict hierarchy. No matter how rich a count is, his raw strength cannot surpass a duke's. It rarely even surpasses a marquis's. Otherwise, he would be overstepping his bounds, and the king and other nobles would not simply stand by."

"He should have some hidden strength."

"I said long ago that there was something wrong with the Count of Inkstone Territory. He invented those things far too early."

"..."

Several Protagonists discussed the matter, and the other Protagonists quickly joined in as well.

"Do you think his Silver-grade rank could have been raised by killing Protagonists?"

At that moment, a Protagonist suddenly said this.

The moment those words came out, the Protagonist Group instantly fell silent.

"Impossible!"

Then, a Protagonist replied with those three words.

"To rise from Bronze Rank to Silver-grade, he'd have to kill five Protagonists, right? It's only been around ten days since we transmigrated, and Protagonists are scattered around. How could he possibly kill five Protagonists in such a short time?"

"Right, and if villains want Golden Fingers, they still have to spend Villain Points to obtain our Golden Fingers. Their progress would be even slower."

The other Protagonists hurriedly replied as well.

They all denied the possibility.

Because...

When that Protagonist had raised the possibility, all their hearts had instinctively tightened.

Their eyelids twitched as well.

That speculation...

was simply too terrifying!

It was even more terrifying than the fact that the Count of Inkstone Territory, despite being a count, had possessed Silver-grade strength from the beginning.

A villain's initial rank depended on the strength granted by their identity after transmigrating.

There were neither too few nor too many villains initially assessed as having Silver-grade strength.

Weren't the several Duke-level villains in the Royal Capital like that?

But over the past ten-odd days, those Duke-level villains had only dealt with a few careless Protagonists at the very beginning.

Even if split among them, none would get even one.

There were also quite a few villains who had probably killed one or two Protagonists over the past ten-odd days.

But no one had heard of any who killed more.

So, as long as one was careful, Silver-grade Villains were not actually that frightening.

But what if the Count of Inkstone Territory had started as a Bronze-grade Villain and fought his way up to become a Silver-grade Villain?

And in just a few short days, he had killed four or five Protagonists and risen to become a Silver-grade Villain!

How... terrifying would that be?

Some Protagonists instinctively felt that it was impossible.

Because even Silver-grade Villains would find such a thing difficult to accomplish.

There simply had not been enough time.

Not to mention that over the past few days, the Count of Inkstone Territory had remained in the Royal Capital.

Other than dealing with that Protagonist who had provoked him at the start, he had made no other moves.

If that speculation were true under such circumstances...

Would that not mean the Count of Inkstone Territory had killed several other Protagonists within the first three or four days?

Just how powerful would the Count of Inkstone Territory have to be?

The problem was, if the Count of Inkstone Territory was so powerful, why had he initially been judged a Bronze Rank Protagonist?

That was the contradiction.

"If this contradiction cannot be resolved, then the Count of Inkstone Territory cannot have leveled up by killing Protagonists. Looking at it this way, he must have hidden strength."

After analyzing all these contradictions, one Protagonist spoke.

"Forget it. No matter what, today I have to take advantage of the chaos and escape the Royal Capital."

Some Protagonists had already lost all interest in discussing it.

He was not afraid of the other Silver-grade Villains.

But now, the Count of Inkstone Territory inexplicably made his heart pound with unease.

This Protagonist felt deeply unsettled. He vaguely felt... that terrifying speculation... might actually be true!

The Count of Inkstone Territory had likely truly leveled up by killing Protagonists.

He no longer had any interest in discussing it either.

.

It was not just him.

In the square, some of the other Protagonists also lost all interest in the discussion and closed their Protagonist Panels.

They were uneasy as well.

Originally, the ones they had been most wary of were those Duke-level Villains.

But now—

The Count of Inkstone Territory had become the greatest threat in their minds.

They began to realize...

This Count of Inkstone Territory, who had dealt with a Protagonist as soon as he arrived in the Royal Capital and then made no moves afterward, was likely brewing an attack beyond anything they could imagine!

Otherwise, why would the Count of Inkstone Territory deliberately hint at it to them?

None of these Protagonists were stupid. Once they understood these crucial points, their expressions grew increasingly grim.

They stood in stark contrast to the surrounding citizens cheering the Count of Inkstone Territory's name.

"If we want to take control of the Crescent Kingdom in the future, this Count of Inkstone Territory must be eliminated."