Right now Lucifer was thinking about who the hell dared to talk to him like this. The number of people who'd dare do that isn't a lot.
"You dare cut off my internet? Are you looking for a way to die?"
Hearing about cutting off the internet, Lucifer got pissed off immediately. He likes playing MOBA and FPS games, not offline games. If they cut off his internet, what's he supposed to play?
Even though he's angry, his malnourished look really can't scare anyone. When others see him angry, they might even laugh scornfully, not just simply not being scared.
[Read your private message, then you'll know.]
The system replied, and then the screen showed the content of the message.
Lucifer, having fun on Earth? You know, because the Lord of Hell led the way to Earth, it made the other six Demon Kings follow suit. Everyone thought this mission was to invade Earth to prove that humanity is worthless trash, so they built the tower.
But they probably made it too hard for humanity, so you become the savior and help humanity out. You just need to complete the system's quests fully.
I've given system control over the internet around you. If you don't work seriously, don't blame the system for cutting off your internet so you can't play games.
"Huh???"
Lucifer's eyes went wide reading the message. Now there's no way he doesn't know who sent the system to mess with him.
If it were anyone else, he'd be annoyed, but this is his only superior, the beginning and the end, the past, the present, the future… With this existence, he'll absolutely obey no matter how strange the request is.
"Well then, I've got no way to refuse. System, just give out whatever quests there are."
Lucifer also didn't expect those guys in hell to be this hardworking. Maybe it's because they've been idle so long and now finally have something to do, so they're really diligent.
Time in hell or on earth isn't much different, so they probably started designing the tower after he left.
Building a structure this big, not to mention the Demon Kings, even the subordinate of the subordinate of the subordinate of many underlings could finish it in a moment.
Most of the time wasted was because of arguments over the design. When it came to construction, just a snap of the fingers and the whole thing was done.
[Cannot give out quests at this time.]
"Hey, I'm talking nicely to you because I respect my superior. Are you trying to pick a fight with me?"
First it says he has to be the savior, but when asked about quests, it says it can't give any. If that's not deliberately starting a fight, then what is?
[Pick up that awakening card on the ground. That thing can help you randomly awaken a talent to become a player. The lowest awakening talent is F, the highest is SSS.]
Lucifer had noticed right from the start that there was a glowing card that suddenly appeared next to the zombie's corpse, but he didn't care. Right now he just wants to play games, the rest he ignores.
But since the system said that, he couldn't not pick it up. Looking at this card shining all sparkly, and it still dares call it "random" awakening…
The card didn't have any writing at first, but after Lucifer picked it up, the letters "SSS" appeared. Then it flew straight into his body and completely merged with him.
His body was completely transformed in an instant. From looking like he was about to starve to death earlier, now he'd become a handsome guy with muscles and a six-pack. His hair turned black and his eye color turned red.
In this life he's never even exercised once, yet now he has the body that so many people dream of. It really makes anyone who looks at him jealous.
"Next time don't pull this kind of thing… Other than SSS-tier talent, could I have awakened a different talent?"
Even though he awakened the highest-tier talent, he didn't seem surprised at all. His power increased so much that now he's the strongest human. But compared to his true form, it's no different from a harmless, gentle breeze.
[You're slandering me. Let me show you the random rate of that card.]
SSS: 99.999999%
SS: 0.0000009%
S: 0.00000009%
A: 0.000000009%
B: 0.0000000009%
C: 0.00000000009%
D: 0.000000000009%
E: 0.0000000000009%
F: 0.0000000000001%
[I assure you, you have a random chance. If you're unlucky, you might awaken an F-tier talent.]
"…"
Now what should Lucifer say? He doesn't know either. These rates and it dares call it random? But it is technically random. Just the probability of SSS is way too high…
"So, can you give me a quest now? Wait a sec. With my reaction speed this fast now, how am I supposed to play games? I was already really good at playing, and with this speed, wouldn't that mean no one in the whole world can match me? Then what the hell am I even playing for?"
[…]
Seeing Lucifer about to lose his shit again, the system was really speechless. His gaming talent, the system understands very clearly…
All you can say is that he really lives up to the title of Pride Demon King. This level of arrogance, to the point of altering his own memories, is truly extremely rare.
[When you play, I'll lower the necessary stats so you can have the same experience as before. That's fine, right?]
"You know what's good now. If you do well, I'll give you a spot in hell as an errand system."
[…]
From being the system monitoring the Lord of Hell, falling all the way to errand system… Anyone who can think would not want that stupid position.
[Keep that for yourself. Before giving out quests, I want you to take a look at your status sheet first.]
"Status sheet? You mean stuff like in those role-playing games? So my life on Earth is about to become some giant multiplayer role-playing game. And on top of that, I get to use cheats when playing… How embarrassing. Ha ha ha…"
If Lucifer wasn't laughing, the system might have thought he was actually embarrassed. But this situation clearly shows he's absolutely thrilled.