I Picked Up The Demon King

The Demon King is dead…

The world celebrates…

And an apprentice warlock named Jude just wants enough money to survive.

But deep inside the ruins of the Demon King’s castle, Jude finds a single flicker of soul—beautiful, trembling, impossible.

And when he touches it, something goes horribly wrong.

The Demon King rises again…

Inside Jude’s own body.

Bound to him.

Unable to lie.

Unable to escape.

Now the Goddess herself whispers a revelation to her priests:

“A new Demon King has been born. Kill him.”

As the entire holy order begins the hunt, Jude discovers a forbidden power:

Soul Magic — a magic that lets him steal memories, instincts, talents… even lives.

But every soul he devours pushes him closer to madness.

And closer to becoming the very monster the world fears.

Is Jude the hero who saved himself…

or the Demon King who will destroy the world?