After the Eerie Boss Joins the Protagonist's Crew

Gui Jianyuan grew up in a world of horrors. As a Demon King so powerful that he had no rivals, life was boring... and death was no fun either.

The bones of the defeated had been piled into a towering castle.

He built himself a coffin. Once he climbed in, he was comfortable enough to lie there for years.

Then one day, someone sent his coffin flying.

When he woke, the world had turned upside down. The losers of old were dancing on his grave every day.

His world had also acquired a bunch of inexplicable little creatures. They were terrified and died at the slightest touch.

They called this place a hellish game: Boundless.

The only way out was to defeat the final boss and leave through the underground cloud passage in his castle.

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To amuse himself, Gui Jianyuan warmly joined this human team and gave them a truly welcoming experience.

"There's a path down the mountain."

Gui Jianyuan shook his head. "Too slow."

He caught a bat monster himself, strapped a bridle on it, and took them leaping off a cliff tens of thousands of meters high.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

The team members screamed their throats raw.

Boss, there are too many tunnels here, and the mole spirits are ridiculously fast. We can't hit them at all.

Gui Jianyuan chuckled. "Can't hit them? Then let's pay them a visit at home."

The ground vanished under the team's feet, and they slid down a treacherous, winding tunnel.

The mole spirit, whose teeth were three times as tall as a person, said, "What a lovely day! A buffet's come to me~"

The team: "!!!!!!"

Along the way, Gui Jianyuan gave the team a warm welcome, while also beating up every monster that threatened to eat him.

The bat monster covered its battered face and slunk off.

The mole spirit, forced to get its teeth fixed, knelt on the ground. "I beg you, just go already."

The last one standing, a fire spirit in pieces, stammered, "Y-y-y-you really made him your boss? Be careful he doesn't suck you d-d-d-dry..."

Team Member A: "No way. The boss treats us best. He saved my life."

Team Member B: "Exactly! He's always at the front. He's the best boss there is!"

Gui Jianyuan lounged in a hole-riddled chair in the castle, his long, straight legs crossed. He picked up a crimson goblet and swirled it twice.

"Sure, sit anywhere. Make yourselves at home."

The team: "Look, he even told us to make ourselves at h-home????"

The team looked at Gui Jianyuan, a thousand exclamation marks flashing through their minds.

"Holy crap, it can't be..."

They all scrambled to hide behind the strongest fighter among them. To their shock, the big shot calmly took a sip of the crimson liquid Gui Jianyuan had handed him.

Seeing how calm he was, a team member asked, "Big shot, d-did you know all along?"

The big shot said, "Who do you think has been feeding him his blood this whole time?"

The team suddenly remembered the bite marks that kept appearing on the big shot's neck, and they all froze...

Sharp-tongued, doting, nonhuman final boss bottom x cold, younger, wolfdog-type top

The boss shelters you from wind and rain, but don't ask where the wind and rain came from.

Note: The worldbuilding is a mess. Please don't look too closely.

Coming soon: His Wings Have Grown Strong, and the Caged Bird Wants to Fly

Ji Yu wants to kill Prince Qing for revenge.

He spent three years trying to get close to Prince Qing.

He plotted every step of the way to kill him, but at the final step, Duke Shen kept getting in his way.

Duke Shen: "I'm doing this for your own good. If you rush in and kill him, you won't survive either. I have a plan that will benefit us both."

Ji Yu: "What plan?"

Duke Shen: "Become my attendant, and I'll kill him for you."

Ji Yu was tempted.

But what could a petty attendant's hatred possibly do to affect the intricate web of connections and collusion between two powerful men?

It turned out his master had never intended to avenge him. He'd only wanted him around for fun, to do... do unspeakable, sordid things!

The Buddha will not save him, so he'll save himself.

This new master has made him too tempting an offer and wants to sleep with him too. He throws the bait aside. He's not taking it!

Shen Hanzhi met a bird he adored. After a great deal of effort, he made it willingly enter its cage, then taught it martial arts and the art of political maneuvering.

Shen Hanzhi gently stroked Ji Yu's head, laughing at how clueless he was. How much better it would be if he obediently remained a bird in his hand. Prince Qing wasn't easy to kill.

But after he had kept the bird for a while, its wings gradually grew strong. Then one day it flew away, and before leaving, it even stabbed its master in the back.

"Ji Yu has disappeared, and Prince Qing is dead..." The hidden guard carefully watched his master's expression. "And... after Prince Qing died, he was still clutching your jade pendant."

Shen Hanzhi smiled with his lips, but his eyes were cold. With a snap, the writing brush in his hand broke in two.

"Well, well. Aren't you impressive."

Ji Yu had always thought that the next time they met, either he'd be foolish enough to imagine he could kill Shen Hanzhi to silence him, or Shen Hanzhi would send a hidden guard to cut him down and chop him to pieces.

They should have been mortal enemies, locked in a fight to the death for the rest of their lives.

But he never expected to see Shen Hanzhi appear in person in the far-off southern lands, disguised as someone else and coming close to him...

Theme: Press forward bravely, undaunted by wind and rain