"Welcome to the capital miss Elf!" The demon girl greeted cheerfully as always seeing that the elf queen had arrived.
This person was none other than the Queen of The Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarrion. One of the most important and lore relevent countries in this world. The Elf Queen Elmesia had come in person to meet with the infamous Akira, the rising star who tamed all demon lords and conquered the heavens.
Elmesia had the privilege of being welcomed by Ultima. A rather interesting choice of escort, considering Ultima's short temper and pride the situation can take a turn quickly and pretty easily if said milf does anything questionable.
"Oh dear, the pleasure is mine." Elmesia said, elegantly.
"My name is Ultima, but I guess you already know who I am~ I'm a demon lord and a primordial one too~ Master Akira told me to welcome you in and take you to him~" Ultima stated her direct orders with a soft and innocent smile on her face.
A drop of cold sweat formed on the elf's forehead. She literally has just arrived and the shenanigans and shows of power had already started. Taming a demon lord was something, but a primordial was a totally different story.
Elmesia came here in the first place to formally meet with one whose name is spread throughout the entire world. But now, she's starting to realize that this person she's underestimated couldn't be described as nothing other than The World Monarch.
"Th—Thank you, Lady Ultima... Let us depart at once shall we..." Elmesia said, nervously.
Ultima smiled then started walking with the elf following her.
"Isn't this Wonderful?" Ultima said as she looked around. "Master Akira made all this just for you even though he has never met you before!" She added as she showed Elmesia around.
She just stayed silent and listened to what the demoness had to say before expressing her mind, "Normally Master Akira sees strangers as mere insects or toys but this time it's different, I guess it's because you rule over a nation huh." Ultima said, making eye contact for the first time since the arrival of the elf.
"Gulp... I— I guess the Lord is really unpredictable isn't he, Lady Ultima..." She responded.
"Hm. I still don't get why all this festival was needed. Surely this wasn't done only for you, I guess there's an occasion coming soon..." Ultima expressed her suspicion.
Walking through the streets, Elmesia remembered the fact that this monster country had already conquered multiple countries and barbarically killed millions and millions of lives especially human in the process. But she didn't expect the place to be so civilized and beautiful.
"We're here!" Ultima said, the two were standing at the entry of a huge amphitheater.
The elf was about to say something but she shut her mouth in shock of the huge building in front of her. The majesty was out of this world, the architecture was from the divine realm, a superior masterpiece, a miracle of modern engineering.
(A/N: reminds me of the Jircniv scene in overlord IV lol)
"Th—That is..." She muttered.
"Amazing, isn't it? A lot of people died in this arena but nevertheless it's still as amazing as ever!!" Ultima said, she hurriedly entered the arena with Elmesia following her pace.
Rapidly walking through the hallways of the arena, Elmesia noticed many statues of all sizes decorating the interior, with all statues been carved or even made with precious gems and divers priceless ores.
Arriving at the destination, Ultima and Elmesia were now standing in a balcony from where they could see the center of the arena where the fighting will be taking place.
"I feel thirsty, let's drink something!" Ultima snapped her fingers and immediately a maid came in a hurry and and served beverages to the two ladies. 'That was fast...' Elmesia thought.
She took a cup and looked at it, fascinated, before taking the first sip. The taste could be described as perfect smooth orange, a sensational marriage of sugar and fruit zest.
"This is... Amazing. The best drink I've ever had...! And I feel, so relaxed." She said, drinking it all in one go.
The crowd was sheering and shouting in excitement as the first battle was about to begin.
"Oh, the main show is about to begin." She said excitedly, looking at the field.
"It is going to be a magnificent battle indeed." Ultima said with a smirk as she drank the orange juice.
Elmesia quit the overthinking instantly as she saw the presentator arrive on stage. She was a tall, beautiful and young slender woman with long, light blue hair and blue eyes wearing a General's apparel with long sleeves with buttons on the upper arms, a blue scarf on her neck and high-heeled boots and a tattoo on her torso.
"That's Esdeath-chan for you~" Ultima said with a smile.
"So this lady Esdeath you're speaking of will be presenting the duel? And who might she be?" Elmesia asked.
"She's the main general of the country's ground troops and also co-founder of the Ice Kingdom in the Demon Continent. Don't be fooled by her elegant attire and distinguishable etiquette, she's as much of a monster as me!" Ultima presented.
Elmesia found this presentation quite particular. It's as if Ultima was desperately trying to show just how cruel the forces of this nation is. But after all, this nation is controlled indeed by monsters, so she didn't give it much thought.
And then silent roamed around the crowd as Esdeath spoke her opening speech.
"Ladies and Gentlemen from all nations. In honor of Lord Akira's return among us, there will be held a clash between titans among some of the most powerful beings in this world." Esdeath said excitedly.
"As you can see in front of you, the main battlefield is guarded by an invisible and invincible barrier to protect you from any collateral damage. Then for the first battle, let us all welcome our first duelists." She said, then immediately the crowd started cheering loudly as the two opponents entered the arena.
The first contestant was a small, pink haired girl, wearing a Majin cloak with various artifacts on it.
Her opponent was a blonde, adult boy, torse naked with tatoos on his chest and a tan skin, he was smiling and laughing widely.
"The first duel will be a clash between the Ancient Calamity Milim Nava and the True Dragon Veldora Tempest!"
Elmesia has probably soiled her pants.
"Oooh! Everyone seems so happy to see me! But of course they must applaud the one and only dragonoid of this world-nanoda! MUAHAHAHAA!!" Milim exclaimed, smiling and jumping around as she entered the battle ring.
Hearing this commotion, Elmesia had that infamous feeling of butterflies inside your stomach, she felt a fire inside her as the anxiety and tension grew to never seen before lengths.
"WH—WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?! A DEMON LORD?! AND A TRUE DRAGON?!! WHAT KIND OF TOURNAMENT IS THIS?!!" She screamed in terror.
Ultima, dumbfounded, tried to explain to her.
"As I said earlier, this tournament was prepared by the Lord himself. I suggest you sit down and appreciate this lounge you were given Elmesia...
...or else I will consider it to be blasphemy."
Out of air, the pression was tremendous, "I—I—I apologize for rasing my voice L—Lady Ultima... I highly appreciate this spectacle of higher caliber the Lord has prepared for me." Elmesia apologized.
'Damn this is too much. Who would have taught this Akira would have so many tricks up his sleeve... The bastard played his cards perfectly, this spectacle just shows the force and power of him. Demon lords, dragons, sadistic generals... He is basically demanding my vassalization...' Elmesia thought, anxiously.
As the crowd sheered and shouted, the battle had already started. Milim and Veldora were talking before starting the duel.
"KUAAHAHAHA! WELL! IF IT ISN'T MY NIECE, MILIM HERSELF! EVEN THOUGH I'M YOUR UNCLE, I WON'T BE GOING EASY ON YOU, AFTER ALL, MY SWORN FRIEND AKIRA IS WATCHING US SO I MUST NOT EMBARRASS HIM!" Veldora said, screaming.
Milim quickly transformed into her battle form after hearing that Akira was watching this fight, she was trying to impress him, the person who beat her on multiple occasions, and quite easily at that.
"We'll see about that, ol' man." She said coldly, now fully transformed, with a godly sword in her hand, covered with impenetrable armor. She was giving this her all, no opening, no chance of loosing. All or Nothing.
Milim and Veldora stared for each other for couple seconds.
And suddenly, it has begun.
The two moved in incredible speed in attempt of finishing this duel quickly.
They were family, but when it came to Akira, they had to do their best!