Chapter 1237 - 556: The Unlucky Demon

Chapter 1237: Chapter 556: The Unlucky Demon

"You say, isn’t this kind of thing hard to believe?"

???

Herbert’s eyes widened slightly, feeling that this was somewhat too crazy.

But soon, he glanced at the Demon in front of him and felt like he could accept it, nodding knowingly.

"Well, although rare, it’s... not beyond comprehension."

Kreti: ?

Fine, saying it like that is one thing, but what’s with that intentional glance at me?

"Hey, what kind of look was that just now?"

"Nothing, don’t overthink it."

"...Tsk!"

Although Kreti felt there must be some special meaning in Herbert’s gaze, she was too lazy to argue with him on this matter and was instead excitedly continuing to recount the experiences of that Legendary unlucky fellow.

"I’ve heard that any contract she handles always fails due to various inexplicable accidents, or becomes extremely unfavorable to the party commissioning it!"

"Either the parchment for signing suddenly self-ignites, or the signature as a witness inexplicably becomes invalid, or the client gets hit by a meteor as soon as they leave after signing the contract..."

???

Wait, a meteor, huh?

That harsh?

And amidst the shock, the first thought that crossed his mind was actually envy.

To be honest, Herbert was truly envious of such an ability.

If he had had the ability in a past life to make one party of a contract get hit by a meteor after leaving, he surely could have devoted himself to eliminate harm for the people and benefit many.

Herbert blinked, suddenly thinking of something and asked, "But if that’s the case, wouldn’t no Demon dare to trade with her?"

Bang.

"Exactly!"

Kreti snapped her fingers, saying with joy:

"Once word got around, no Demon dared to sign a contract with Sammi anymore. After all, no idiot wants to experience what being hit by a meteor feels like."

Demons don’t exist in isolation; they interact with each other and have a social structure.

And for Demons, the most important ability is to sign contracts and gain benefits from them.

Demons also sign various contracts with each other.

Other Demons’ contracts might result in wins for both sides, sometimes even a win-win situation.

And Sammi?

Double loss.

She’s inherently unlucky, and those who sign contracts with her will be unlucky as well.

It’s not hard to imagine, over time, no Demon would be foolish enough to engage with Sammi; she would be utterly isolated.

Herbert imagined that "disliked by people and abandoned by dogs" terrible situation, his mouth twitched, and he lamented: "She really is... a poor, uh, unlucky soul!"

And Kreti too was full of emotion, sighing: "Who says otherwise?"

After speaking, the two exchanged glances, nodding to each other, both pressing their lips tightly together.

Three seconds later.

"Pfft..."

"Haha!"

The two unempathetic guys couldn’t hold back anymore and burst out laughing.

Though mocking someone who’s innately unlucky is kind of immoral...

But she’s already so unlucky; if I don’t laugh, wouldn’t her suffering be in vain?

Besides, this is a real Hell joke.

Why shouldn’t we laugh?

Laugh, we must laugh!

Joking aside, serious things need attention too.

After laughing heartily for a while, Herbert pondered again, contemplating: "This kind of luck is truly speechless, but listening to it... it sounds more like some kind of Curse."

"As I said before, Hell is full of curses, but Sammi’s situation is different."

Though Kreti stopped chuckling, her corners of the mouth still slightly curved, shaking her head while laughing:

"Someone tried probing her; no traces of any external Curse on her were detected so far, as if this ’unluckiness’ is a fundamental part of her."

"Some suspected she was the Divine Son of the Goddess of Fortune, or even an avatar, but all were proven wrong in the end."

The characteristics on Sammi are so evident that those with intent can surely think of a few things.

"Even more bizarre is that Sammi’s Misfortune seems to be somewhat... contagious."

"Those in close contact with her will also become particularly unlucky for some time thereafter, with severity depending on contact duration and proximity."

"So later, almost no Demon dared to approach her, and even some Demons who heard about her shunned her, fearing their weapons would be tainted by killing her."

Herbert blinked, thinking this was absolutely unheard of: "A Demon rejected by both Hell and Abyss? How does she survive then?"

"With ’luck.’"

Kreti’s mouth curved into a peculiar arc, almost unable to hold back saying: "But don’t misunderstand, it’s not her own luck."

"It is said that precisely due to her extreme unluckiness, a certain eerie ’balance’ forms in some extreme situations."

"Aren’t you curious why she’s always so unfortunate but survives strongly, even advancing to Legendary so early?"

Herbert indeed noticed this point, a thought flashing through his mind — is it fortune from misfortune?

"Rumor says when Sammi plunges into a certain death situation due to some unlucky event, another unlucky event will occur to rescue her from the previous deadlock."

"For example, she might happen to touch on the whimsy of some Hell archduke randomly inspecting territories, indirectly saving her, but then starts pursuing her, leading to new crises..."

Finishing the explanation, Kreti also sighed deeply, admiringly complimenting:

"So, though she’s always fleeing in all sorts of Misfortune, she ultimately never meets the worst fate."