Bab 270: Chapter 270: System’s Demon - 5

Minutes before the wall attack... 

The monster observed Micah's lifeless body, its mind processing what it had just witnessed. Confusion distorted its inhuman features.

"Didn't they assure me humans were selfish?" it murmured, its multi-layered voice resonating in the empty chamber. "Why did this damn one commit suicide?"

It approached the body, studying it with frustration. 

"If they were selfish, that was completely unexpected. Had I known..." Its claws clenched with irritation. "I should have killed him myself, at least I would have gained the assassination points to start accumulating possibilities of returning to my beloved queen. He took me by surprise..."

But something deeper bothered it. 

"We're supposed to be their opposites, the antithesis of their selfishness," it continued its monologue, pacing around the chamber. "The most altruistic beings, those who only care about the common good and not the individual..."