Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 745 Demon Village, Perfect Second Playthrough Completion
Even the Demon King's Castle in Demon Village could not escape the fate of demolition.

The Demon King, who had already turned to ashes, and some cowardly demons hiding in the corner of the castle, were buried alive along with the outer mountainside by the violently shaking and collapsing Demon King's castle.

Only Cheng Tian and his group escaped through the sunlit skylight, or rather, the cave entrance at the top of the mountain.

Incidentally, the princess, experiencing Russian-style rescue for the first time in her life, was also carried out of the Demon King's castle by Bazett, just like a kitten.

Since the princess survived the chaos among the demon kings, Cheng Tian wouldn't hesitate to offer his assistance.

In the dark sky that had been completely torn apart, the sun shone brightly on the earth, making all the monsters nowhere to hide.

The human realm areas that were corrupted by the Demon King's magic are visibly recovering on their own.

Having already escaped, Cheng gazed at the collapsed Demon King's City and the mountain from afar, harboring some suspicions in his mind.

If Astaroth's soul successfully escapes, then perhaps this Demon King's Castle can still exist, quietly awaiting the arrival of the next Demon King.

But with his death, without the support of the magic core, everything became meaningless.

Even if the future Great Demon King were to send Astaroth's kin to retake the human realm, it would probably require a tremendous amount of effort and magic.

As the last brick belonging to the Demon King's Castle fell into the pit, the entire instance came to a standstill.

You have completely defeated Astaroth, the Demon King, and completed all the levels of Ghosts 'n Goblins.

[Special instance settlement begins now.]

[Instance Scene: Demon Village, Full Map]

Dungeon Difficulty: E~B
Special Mission: "The Promise with Knight Arthur". Completed.

"The Fake, Flesh-Bearing Martial Arts Female Magician". Completed.

Dungeon Achievements/Titles: The Fall of the Demon King/Origin Hero - You have already killed two Demon Kings, "Demon King Dam" and "Demon King Astaroth". When you kill another boss-level "Demon King" in an A-rank or higher dungeon, your title will be upgraded.

Task completion/scene exploration/dungeon settlement rating: -
Dungeon completion rewards: Arthur's Proof, Demon King's Treasure Chest.

[Your contracted Heroic Spirit "Bazett Fragamacremis" has gained complete freedom and will no longer be bound by the will of the Demon Village world.]

Your act of imprisoning the soul of "Demon Lord Astaroth" will have a significant impact on the future worldview of "Ghosts 'n Goblins".

You have successfully completed Ghosts 'n Goblins and saved your game. You can leave the current instance at any time, or force yourself to exit after 60 minutes.

[Game Master's Results Begin -]

You obtained the template weapon for "Magic Vampire Hunter/Zuster Belmont"—Zuster's Spellbook—as additional equipment through the settlement.

You obtained the "Combined Casting" template skill for "Magic Vampire Hunter/Zuster Belmont" as an additional skill through the settlement.

Including the beginner's trial, Cheng Tian entered the Demon Village six times, cleared all the levels, and completed the second playthrough.

Although there was no final evaluation or the acquisition of attribute points or skill points, it was considered a final settlement equivalent to the main quest, which naturally triggered Cheng Tian's talent ability, allowing him to retain the spellbook and key skills of the magical vampire hunter Zuster.

Compared to spellbooks and combo spells, skills like Rapid Advance and Retreat, Whip Mastery, and Vampire Slayer are clearly less useful. This also signifies that Cheng Tian has the ability to completely transform into a magical turret.

This also completely freed Bazett, eliminating any possibility of him being affected by Ghosts 'n Goblins.

As for the upgrade of the underwear brought by the gratitude from Knight Arthur, and the imprisonment of the sinful soul of Demon King Astaroth, these were all unexpected bonuses.

Especially the legendary gold boxer shorts, which are essentially a permanent template of Knight Arthur attached to Cheng Tian, ​​and a perfect protagonist template at that.

Cheng Tian knew from the template skill description alone that this perfect template had already included Arthur's power in the later "Ghosts 'n Goblins".

Not only can Knight Throw be used normally in any dungeon without restrictions, but it can also use Knight Magic, which is similar to Combination Spellcasting. Furthermore, a special supply category called "Mithril Chest" has been added to Cheng Tian's regular treasure chest drops.

[Mithril Chest: Passive Skill. The blessed Arthur always receives mysterious help when surrounded by monsters.]

When any non-boss unit is killed, the non-gold treasure chest that drops has a chance to be replaced with a "mithril treasure chest". The mithril treasure chest will randomly drop additional knight-related items, including but not limited to knight weapons and knight armor.

When a player is not wearing chest armor, the mithril chest will always drop the knight's armor.

When the player is not equipped with a weapon, the Mithril Chest will always drop a Knight's Weapon.

Mithril chests will not spawn any mimicry or trap-like monsters.

When Cheng Tian, ​​the master crafter, saw this prompt, the first thought that popped into his head was to "uninstall the equipment card effect and farm the Knight Armor".

If the sunlight hadn't already enveloped the entire Demon Village, making it almost impossible to see any active monsters, Cheng Tian would have definitely tried to use the special effect to farm items.

Let's go back to the settlement panel itself.

This special settlement panel, which is not part of the main storyline, is very simple overall, but it highlights the longest paragraph, namely the description of the dungeon achievement title.

The Demon King Dam in Ys Origins and the Demon King Astaroth in Ghosts 'n Goblins both died at Cheng Tian's hands. According to the description, Cheng Tian only needs to kill one more Demon King to upgrade this Golden Legend title to Dark Gold Myth.

Oh, there's also the prerequisite of an A-rank dungeon.

Demon Lord Dam is a C-rank dungeon, Demon Lord Astaroth is a B-rank dungeon, so the next one will naturally be an A-rank dungeon.

There are quite a few enemies in the gaming world who fit the characteristics of a "demon king," but the first ones that come to mind are undoubtedly the demon kings of the Dragon Quest series. In a sense, these are the most orthodox demon kings.

To be fair, Cheng Tian had never actually played Dragon Quest properly in Japan, where it was so popular that it caused a large-scale social phenomenon, with office workers taking time off and students skipping classes to queue up to buy it, so he didn't know much about it.

There's nothing I can do; it's just a matter of personal preference.

The Famicom platform alone released 1376 games. Even Cheng, who is considered a gaming expert by the platform, has only played a very small fraction of them in the past twenty years.

Learning has no end!
With this in mind, Cheng Tian casually opened Astaroth's treasure chest, which contained only one item.

"...Skill book?"

Looking at the words "illusion" in the item description that popped up in front of him, Cheng Tianxia subconsciously read out the item type.

(End of this chapter)