The Corporate Slave Reincarnates as the Strongest Demon Dragon and Becomes the Hero’s Master

Synopsis

The Corporate Slave Reincarnates as the Strongest Demon Dragon and Becomes the Hero’s Master Chapter 16 has been released. Smoke chokes the city, a metropolis built on the backs of broken dreams. In one such suffocating skyscraper, Takeuchi's exhausted body finally succumbs to years of office drudgery. When his spirit departs, it transmutes into something ancient yet unfamiliar – the very essence of Edram's most feared creature: the Demon Dragon Argesys. But instead of ruling over mountains and oceans like legend dictates, this uncouth beast finds itself before a group of fledgling adventurers who cower beneath its crushing presence. Recognizing opportunity, these would-be champions fall all over themselves begging Argesys to take control of their quest – in exchange for nothing more than scraps and stories told 'round campfires. Overwhelmed by familiarity, Argesys sees echoes of his own dismal existence reflected back at him, this time with elaborate titles and heroic robes. The perceived land of milk and honey promises much but poisons those who dare step forward. Behind every gleaming medal lies unending tribulations; 'heroes' sold as debts to behemoths known only as 'Guilds.' Exhausted throngs plunder resources across continents while financiers reap unfathomable harvests within heavily guarded strongholds. It appears even fantastical realms harbor forms of exploitation identical to what killed Takeuchi once—though here the trash hounds not ash bins await our saintly legends the moment they falter; haunted, impotent, similar to former Yakuza foot soldiers dying inside Tokyo neon walls.