In a magnificent place, the sky is brightly colored, winged creatures are flying across a luxurious building standing tall on an island in the middle of the ocean. Seen from the top of the island like a royal fortress with the natural beauty of the surrounding beaches. Dozens of soldiers stand guard on each wall and every gate. A very peaceful atmosphere like in fairy tales doused in sunlight makes the beauty look more like a fantasy but all are real. This is the fortress of the demon kingdom ruled by Lucifer, one of the fallen angels, the Citadel of the sea, Kuridisgantium.
*Mur ... Murr*
*Chatter ... chatter ...*
The sound of laughter and conversation came to the hall of the main hall of the kingdom, the voice came from the royal banquet hall.
"Hahahaha! We have succeeded!" A very loud deafening laughter echoed up the wall of the hallway. A figure smaller than the other figures present at the banquet table, but tall when compared to ordinary humans, with a gruesome smile, dark skin, and beautiful face and has four dark wings, he is Lotar, member of the Eleven Demons of the Southeast and one of the elite leaders, followers of the fallen angel.
"Shut up! Disgusting ..." A high-pitched voice came out of the mouth of a white female demon figure, she is Sparda, a beautiful looking and had three horns on her head, red eyes sparkling like rubies, dressed in all-white and sexy bodies, and had 4 white wings, hair and her eyebrows are white, like a snow princess but a demon.
*Chatter..chatter ..*
*Murr ... Murr ...*
The conversation became even warmer when the dishes were served by the servants of the royal servants, the graceful servants in the form of demons gracefully brought dishes and drinks for special guests who had sat in their respective places. In total there were twelve demons sitting at the table, they were members of the Eleven demons from the Southeast, while the other one was the host and king of this castle and their leader, Lucifer.
"Almost, my plan worked perfectly, if only those damn angels didn't interfere!"
A very frightening sound that even trembled throughout the room, echoed in every corner of the room, and seemed to pierce the hearts of the demons who heard it. The voice came from Lucifer the king, who sat at the end of the meal table sitting on a magnificent throne. The atmosphere was quiet when he spoke and his black wings opened wide.
*Bragg!* The sound of a hand pounding hit the table.
"Almost, we almost did! Eliminating those weak humans."
"..."
"..."
As the room was quiet again when Lucifer finished speaking, suddenly a trembling voice came out.
"Y-Your Highness .."
"D-Don't worry ... at least we have succeeded in destroying the part of their lives and getting the holy door ..." A giant figure, with a terrible face with fangs grinning from the bottom of his teeth, red-skinned and one-horned, this creature only has three wings and one wing that is not perfect. His name is Glacius, one of eleven demons of the southeast.
"What?!! Glacius. He dares to say something to His Majesty, directly."
"Glacius, he really isn't an ordinary high demon like us." All the eleven members of the demon were shocked and spoke to themselves.
"Guahahhaha .. !!" A thunderous laugh suddenly blew up a quiet atmosphere.
"Well, you're right Glacius."
" *THEE* must be very satisfied to hear this. I will go to report it soon."
"We are demons, our unique character and true ability is patience ..."
"Yeah ..."
"Gwahahahahahhaa .. !!"
The demons glanced at each other when their leader called *He* and even trembled to the point of sweating just hearing his words. Lucifer's laughter echoed into the sky ...
***
"Very dark, ahh .." I managed to open my eyes. I looked around me, I saw my mother and the children and women of my village residents around me bowed in fear. In a dark room in a cave no bigger than a double-decker bus, only lit by torch lights. The cave was shaking maybe because of an earthquake or the impact of an object falling from the sky, and I didn't understand what was happening out there.
"Mother, I'm afraid ..." I called out to my mother in a loud voice and while crying.
"Don't worry, son, we're safe here." Softly but still felt trembling my mother hugged me.
"We are safe here, this iron building is very sturdy, your father and the villagers who built this room."
"Is that right Mother?"
The sound of an explosion rang out from the outside and made the cave tremble, even more, coming from outside my father's room and the residents and security officers.
"Don't worry everyone! We're safe here!"
"Enter! Enter, everyone enters!!"
My father and the security officers immediately closed the meeting room. Then loud booms, explosions, and terrible sounds come and go. In a dark and deep room like this, the sound from outside was still heard very clearly. The sound of lightning struck, the sound of trees falling because of a cyclone falling. The sound of giant rocks falling over the cave, causing the room to vibrate and partially collapse. The sound of people screaming, fear, and misery.
"Hyaaaaakkk ..!"
"Please.."
"Arrghhhhh ..." The walls of the cave collapsed, some of us were crushed by rubble, fear and horror implied on every face of the villagers, not least with me and my mother's father.
I don't know how long we have been lying face down and scared, maybe one day or maybe two days. Because of our fear of not feeling hungry or thirsty, one time we all fell into a deep sleep and were unconscious with the corpses of the villagers buried in the rubble. Until it came to a moment of silence, nothing was heard except for the moans of the children and the inhabitants in the cave.
"Yuji .. Yuji ..!!" My mother tried to call me softly.
"Mother, I'm here."
"Son, let's get out of this place immediately." My father carried me and guided my mother.
"Are there any survivors ?!" My father screamed and echoed throughout the cave.
"I'm here, help me."
"Tejo, I'm here."
"Let's get out of here."
"Thank God there are many survivors." My father said to my mother quietly.With all their might, my father and the surviving adult climbed up the rubble and tried to dig up the roof of the cave. Maybe a few hours had passed, finally, their struggle paid off, they managed to make a way to get out of the ruins of the cave.
My father and several adults managed to rise to the surface.
"Oh, God!"
"Holy Shit!"
"Wh-What ?!
"Hey Tejo, what does this mean ?!" They were all shocked and some fainted after coming out of the cave.
"Dad, help me go up .." Without a word and with a petrified face, my father pulled me up.
"Dad!!" The entire surface of the earth changes forms, there are no more beautiful plains and beautiful hills. The mountain collapsed, the plains became giant potholes, the forests became parched, the agricultural land was damaged, the village was destroyed and buildings were burned and destroyed. We can see clearly from here, above the cave where we take shelter. But there is something that is both amazing and frightening to us, which is a giant object embedded in the environment around us. Like a giant black stone in the form of purple light trapped like a stone that is firmly attached to the sand at the bottom of the ocean.
Is this what is called the end of the world? Is this the end?
- to be continued -