Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 1574 Third Choice

Date- 13 April 2321

Time- 10:22

Location- Southern Region, Southern Capital

Hendricks had left to fetch Joy as soon as he sensed the plague Belphegor was brewing and returned later so neither Joy nor Henricks get to hear the devil explain how it had used its life force along with a realm fragment to create the plague.

”Wait, by the realm fragment mentioned in the gospel of Demigod Micheal Angelo do you mean the one that allowed him to help his third daughter find the path to transcendence and gain strength comparable to the founders?” Henricks asked Colleen in shock. Until now he believed that the gospel was written by fanatics and most of the things in it were exaggerated.

”Yes, that one. Apparently, it is commonly used by the higher devils to find their path to transcendence. That is what he said, so I do not know how much of it is true and how much of it is false. I guess, Madam Joy should be able to tell that now that she knows what to look for,” Colleen asked Joy to confirm if what the devil said was true or not. 

”So that is what that energy was, now that I know what it is. I would like to reevaluate this plagueʼs threat level from extinction to annihilation. If it is released in this world, there will be no world left to give life a second chance,” Joy declared with a grave face. 

Plague Doctor Joyʼs previous confidence was not replaced by genuine fear mixed with curiosity, eagerness, and surprisingly a little turned on. The word quirky genius couldnʼt be more right and a profound fit for Joy. As someone who had spent her whole life studying plagues, the plague egg in front of her was like the holy grail of the plagues. She was willing to risk losing her life just to get a chance to study it. However, knowing that her touching it could bring forth the end of the world made her hesitate. 

Belphegor watched as the three demigods discussed the potency of the plague without any hurry because he felt if Wyatt understood the gravity of the situation more clearly then it would be easier for him to coax Wyatt into incubating the Plague Egg in his body. As despite the current misgiving between them Wyatt had no other choice but to trust that Belphegor would keep his word. 

”Wyatt, just swallow the egg. You have no other choice here,” Belphegor struggled as he spoke these words. His complexion had grown darker and his skin stuck to his bone, only he knew how much willpower took on his part to cling to life to see the current negotiation to the end. For a devil, he was quite diligent. 

Hearing Belphegorʼs words the three demigods stared daggers at him, any one of them could kill the current Belphegor with just their intent but they did not as they were worried that doing so would trigger the plague. 

As for Wyatt, his narrowed brows eased as he let out a gentle smile and shook his head. Then looking at the devil he said, ”Go ahead, release the plague.” 

Wyattʼs words did not come as a shock to Belphegor alone but to the three demigods too. They could not believe their ears, they felt they were hearing wrong. But confirming that they heard right their gazes stuck to Wyatt waiting for him to explain himself. 

Ignoring the stares of the three demigods, Wyatt explained, ”You in this whole scenario there only one thing I can be certain of, and that is, sooner or later you will release the plague in this world regardless of the options I choose.

You make it sound like the option to incubate the plague egg in my body is the best option I could make in the current scenario but it is not. In many ways, it is even worse than immediately releasing the plague. 

I say that because even if I choose to incubate the plague egg in me, in case you are bored you will not hatch the plague egg right after but use it to strip my freedom and play with me. That would only last until you grow bored of me, then you will release the plague ending me and the world. In this situation, I will not only be losing my freedom and becoming your toy for others of this world to live a few more days at best. 

Ultimately the end result will remain the same, you releasing the plague and destroying this world. After all, you wasted a realm fragment to create this plague. Knowing you, you will never suffer a loss. I bet the only reason you used a realm fragment to create this plague was because you know you can make a profit by using it to destroy the card word. A profit big enough to not only cover the cost of the realm fragment but also the loss of your WorldHog incarnation and then you will still be left with profits making your trip to Card World worth it. 

Therefore, I decided to not choose either of the choices you have given me and come up with a third choice. Where, as you release your plague into this world I will escape to the dark realm and go into hiding. Then do everything and anything to grow stronger to hunt your original body down. I heard that the devilʼs body is quite resilient. So, once I get hold of it, I will cut your privates piece by piece and feed it to you until you get addicted to it,” Wyatt said menacingly as he pointed at the portal connecting the card world to the dark realm.

Instead of giving the world and its people a few more days to live by incubating the plague egg in his body Wyatt has decided to give them a shot at vengeance. 

Listening to Wyattʼs explanation, the three demigods nodded their heads in understanding and felt a newfound respect towards Wyatt for being willing to carry such a burden. 

As for Belphegor, his face was distorted with rage and a hint of fear. Just imagining the vivid picture of him being hooked on the taste of his genitals painted by Wyattʼs words Belphegor felt a chill on his back. He had no doubt in his mind that Wyatt could escape the plague because he knew Wyattʼs second identity as a demon merchant. Seeing how Wyatt was able to display the power of a demigod despite being card master, Belphegor got a feeling that Wyatt was doing quite well as a demon merchant and regretted not having his minions find Wyatt in the devil merchant code. He never thought that a mortal not native to the dark realm would ever be able to crack it as a demon merchant. To think this bastard was lucky enough to find a strong patron. Belphegor was a demon merchant once, only he knew how he struggled to establish himself as a successful and reputable demon merchant and grow into the devil merchant he was today.