Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

50: Chapter 50 Methods to Dispel Charm 50: Chapter 50 Methods to Dispel Charm “Quite worthy of a minister, making them submissive so quickly,” Slarate said with a sycophantic smile.

Asuna, one of the four pillars of the Silver Orchid Commerce, was known as the Pet Breeder, which sounded quite cute, but the pets here weren’t cats or dogs, they were bona fide Humans.

She enchanted all who were disobedient, turning them into her own Servants, making them offer up everything.

The research facility had frequent incidents, but nothing was exposed, all thanks to her.

“This time, the two you’ve brought have good potential,” Asuna said with a smile, licking her index finger.

“In the future, find more of these sloppy adventurers, they’re easy to deal with.”

“In the future, it might not be that easy,” Slarate said with a wry smile.

“The loss of personnel on our side is greater than imagined.

Even if we reduce the intensity of the manufacturing process, their Strength is stronger than we expected, and now only a very few can be controlled.

If things get out of hand, only the fresh blood of black workers can hold back the tide.

Due to this, we have no choice but to frequently visit the introduction offices.

The introduction office’s boss is already weary of introducing black workers to us because of too many losses.

Only by increasing the referral fee will he reluctantly introduce some.”

“That’s your business.

It’s okay to give him a bit more, after all, we don’t pay these adventurers any wages.

Our budget has more surplus than expected,” Asuna said with a cold smile.

“Now our side is on the right track, sacrifice is necessary.

As long as we find a way to subdue those beasts and achieve storage and transport, they will be the best war machines.

When these weapons shine in the war between the Luoze Empire and Wansheng Country, we will not just be the Silver Orchid Commerce of Terun, but of the world.”

“I will do my best,” Slarate said with a helpless smile.

“Also, remember, if anything happens, ensure the safety of the potion research area first.

That is our main source of income,” Asuna instructed, then started walking towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

“And don’t forget to thoroughly investigate the two people who abruptly resigned.

Although they are also family, it is very likely they have betrayed us for their own benefit.”

“Yes.”

Respectfully sending Asuna off, Slarate looked at the Pharmacists who were busy manufacturing potions, his face transforming from a constant smile to an iron sternness.

He had his own ambitions, but in this research facility, he truly had no way to climb any higher.

…

After being led around by the soldiers, Yang Yu and Bai Jin were brought to a door.

“I have explained everything, remember the rules here.

To obey the rules is the best way to repay Lady Asuna!”

“For Lady Asuna!”

They answered in unison; Yang Yu and Bai Jin gave a military salute and watched the soldier leave.

Opening the door, they found the room was extremely cramped, only furnished with the kind of bunk bed typically found in dormitories, and a walkway just wide enough for a person to pass, resembling the berth of a train, but only half the size.

Apart from the clothes prepared on the bed, there was nothing else.

Yes, there weren’t even blankets, just cold wooden planks.

Two to a room, one on the upper bunk and one on the lower bunk.

Right now, Yang Yu just wanted to sing “Brother On My Top Bunk.”

“Dark, too dark.

Even a certain Skåne isn’t as ruthless as they are.”

Yang Yu strongly condemned such inhuman treatment.

It was then he heard the sound of clothes dropping to the floor; Bai Jin unhesitatingly started taking off her clothes to change into the uniform provided.

Faced with this unexpected CG-like scene, Yang Yu felt that to interrupt now would definitely be awkward, so he followed Bai Jin’s lead and changed into the deep brown uniform emblazoned with the Silver Orchid insignia.

This isn’t called Charming, it’s downright brainwashing.

Looking at the little love hearts floating above Bai Jin’s Status Bar, Yang Yu was at a loss, nearly becoming a heartless bootlicker—and the kind that licks until there’s nothing left, no less.

At that moment,

he was indeed charmed by Asuna, almost letting slip the fact that he was undercover.

In the nick of time, his brain kicked into overdrive.

The skill Charm had different effects in different games.

Some would cause people to uncontrollably follow another; some made it impossible for the character to attack or act; some had characters confusingly attack themselves, similar to brainwashing—such effects were relatively rare but not unheard of.

The methods to dispelling such a Status also varied widely.

Most of the time, it would naturally wear off after a while; in fewer cases, the caster needed to leave the scene for the effect to be broken, and considering there might be other adventurers here besides them, it was highly likely that the Charm would only break once the caster left.

However, he couldn’t rule out the possibility that this research institute contained tools that could reapply the Charm after a certain period of time.

With this in mind, Yang Yu felt a sense of despair, staring at his System panel, frantically trying to think of anything that could pull him out of this dire strait.

It was as if time had stopped.

Yang Yu struggled to move his stiff body, operating the only finger he could, scouring every corner of the System until he saw an attribute he had never thought to invest in—Charm.

Charm had always been a puzzling attribute, its main use seeming to be nothing more than making characters more handsome to recruit powerful allies or to trigger certain NPC tasks.

As a pragmatist, Yang Yu would never dream of wasting hard-earned free attribute points on the fanciful charm attribute.

Powerful allies?

With a world offering such freedom, why need to depend on particularly powerful characters when a few competent teammates could be trained to greatness?

Hidden Tasks?

You face-judging NPCs are just as superficial as a gold-digger who’d prefer crying in a BMW over laughing on a bicycle—I don’t care for your tasks.

That’s how inflated Yang Yu’s ego was.

But now, as he beheld this attribute that had always seemed so useless, it was like grabbing onto the last lifeline.

In some games where Charm Value was a mechanic, the skill Charm couldn’t affect those with a higher Charm Value, and if it could, the chances were extremely low.

With this thought, Yang Yu acted out of desperation, navigating to the System’s attribute point screen and hastily dumping all his attribute points into Charm—all of them.

He even planned to commit all the free attribute points he would earn from completing the source eradication Task into Charm.

It wasn’t just that Yang Yu didn’t know how much Charm the opponent had; it was also that allocating all points into Charm was quick and easy, sparing precious time, allowing him to forcibly change before he could uncontrollably out himself as a spy.

This, as it turned out, was another correct decision.

It was a shame, though, that while he successfully broke free from the control, Bai Jin became utterly bewitched.

The Charm Magic worked on both men and women, and the lower the Charm, the more effective it was.

For someone with negative Charm like Bai Jin, the impact was explosive.

He nearly failed miserably, but fortunately, Yang Yu knew exactly what kind of person Bai Jin was.

As long as she was agitated, she would involuntarily blurt out some nonsensical words.

Taking advantage of this, Yang Yu began by extensively praising Asuna’s beauty, igniting Bai Jin’s resonance, then proclaimed he would monopolize her beauty.

This made Bai Jin forget Asuna’s orders and argue with him instead, cleverly diverting the risk of Bai Jin exposing his undercover identity—the BAD END.