Demon dukes of hell.
Demonic beings that were causing chaos around the world 1000 years ago during the Great Mythical war.
After 7 demon lords, they are the strongest beings that live in hell and everyone fears them.
There is a legend that they are destined opponents of Seraphs and the direct opposite of their powers...
Their power is absolute and their personalities are twisted as much as you can imagine and even more.
For humans, they are only monsters in old tales adults often use to scare children..or so that's how things should be...
"Algor La Persei...pleasere to meet you~"
Dolion couldn't believe his own eyes, he really did...he summoned their savior.
Without even realizing a huge smile formed on his bloodied face...he tried to stand up but his legs didn´t listen to him.
'MOVE! I need to talk to him!!!'
Realizing his body wouldn´t listen to him, he started crawling toward the demon leaving a bloody trace behind him,
The Demon was silently observing the whole room, nobles and servants that were inside the circle far away from the explosion were all slowly waking up and were relatively fine, most of them had some broken bones or bruises, his gaze stopped on the golden-eyed maid that was the only one unharmed and wore clean clothes.
She was sitting on the ground and in her lap was a silently sleeping, small blonde girl that was also clean and unharmed.
Demon waved with his hands toward the maid only to be completely ignored...
"Tsk...she is no fun...Just wait your turn will come after them..." the demon murmured under his breath and shifted his attention to the old man that was crawling toward him
"You are the one that summoned me?" the demon asked
Dolion stopped crawling and immediately lowered his head down onto the floor.
"Yes, as you say, Lord Algor, this humble servant of yours dared to summon you into the mortal world, please forgive me my insolence!" Dolion said in a respectful tone,
"You did nothing wrong, It's the opposite...I should probably reward you....what is your wish human?"
Dolionn's hands trembled with joy at the demon´s words...as if it was only a dream, a lie.
All the suffering and his hard work now finally bore fruit..it was truly unfortunate his disciple couldn´t witness this moment with him, all he could do was to fulfill his last request and save the world as he said. Break the limits of his talent and his race.
"P-Please turn me into a demon...p-please release me from this disgusting human body that is the source of my limitations,..and give me strength to change this kingdom!!"Dolion boldly declared
He was nervous expecting the demon´s response...was it too much? Was I rude? What kind of expression is he making?
Demon´s silence made him even more nervous...
Dolion couldn't even see him since his head was still on the floor
"HAHAHAHAHA- You want to become a demon hm? Good I will personally release you from this human body"
"Thank you! Your lordship! I will serve you for the rest of my life...!!"
He tried to wipe away the tears with his dirty hands, the joy inside him was immense...his heart was pounding so hard that he had a feeling it will make a hole in his chest.
'First to die will be that bastard king...next will be that bitch Alyssa...I will make them all regret messing with me
"What you´ve done Dolion!!You betrayed your own word!!!"The voice of Eric echoed through the ballroom
He was standing beside Antony who was holding his sword prepared to fight...Both of them were injured but they were in better condition than Dolion because they were further from the explosion than him and their bodies were tougher due to their nature as male classes
"How can you da-"
"Oya,..so there is someone among this sea of corpses than can fight...state you names humans" Algor put his hand on Dolion´s shoulder and stopped him from speaking.
"Vicious creature like you has no right to know our names:" Antony spoke and raised his sword
He kicked off the ground he stopped at a place 5 meters away from the place where Demon stood along with Dolion that was kneeling. He stabbed his sword that was enveloped in the blue lighting to the ground and screamed.
"Skill -[Lightning Fall]"
Multiple blue lightning shot from his sword toward the demon with a sizzling sound. The lightning hit the place and created an explosion that blinded everyone. Demon apparently surprised by the attack didn´t have time to dodge.
Antony and Eric carefully observed the place... After dust and rubble settled, a scene of pure destruction appeared. The lightning melted the floor and everything in its way was destroyed including the wall.
"Did it kill them?.."Antony asked worriedly
Figures of demon and Dolion were nowhere to see. Even though his attack destroyed everything there should be some remnants of their bodies but there was nothing as if they disappeared!
"Yup, they are probably dead" someone from behind answered him and patted him on his back
Antony turned around slowly, there was sweat on his forehead and his head was shaking
There, the demon stood behind him, he was 2,50m tall...he had well-defined muscles...and long black hair tied in a ponytail with the golden hair accessories, behind his long bangs that almost covered his eyes completely, shone pair of white eyes that were standing out due to his tan skin tone,
He wore black harem pants and a tight black sleeveless t-shirt that fully exposed his abs and muscles.
Except for his height, which made others look like children compared to him, and his black horns, he was no different from humans.., he was not looking like a disgusting monster, the way the church often described demons.
He possessed a different kind of beauty compared to innocent Orion. Wild beauty and a dangerous smile that could take you into the deepest part of hell and you wouldn't even mind.
Demon smiled at scarred Antony that was still trying to comprehend how the demon escaped his strongest attack and moved behind him without anyone noticing.
"Would you mind if I return the favor~?"He didn´t give him time to reply and grabbed his head with his hand and slowly put pressure on it...
He didn´t use any spells or took out his weapons. As if he didn´t even consider Antony to be worthy of such a gesture... the same as when is a human going to squeeze the fly that annoys him.
Under the pressure, his skull started to crack. With the one eye that could see could see through the gap between the demon's long fingers, he gazed at his young lady.
The girl he saw grew up and stood by her side from the time she took her first step and even at the moment she held the weapon for the first time.
She stood there motionless with her head hanging low, her favorite weapon in her hand, she wasn´t trying to save him...not crying...or even looking at his final moments.
But he was not angry or disappointed...only worried she might be next...
"P-P-lease r-run!"
His legs twitched furiously before they soon became motionless. The light disappeared from his eyes and soon his head popped like mellon in the hand of a demon.
"This wasn´t really nice of you...Ah, I guess it was my fault for hiding my aura....maybe killing half of you will show you your place" A dark ambitious wave of energy spread from his body like a wave that sent fear right into their souls.
Snap
With a snap...half of the nobles and all of the remaining knights fell to the ground like dolls whose strings were cut off
Eric who was running in order to save Antony stopped...and only gazed at the demon with terror in his eyes...same with the others who were still alive. Only Dolion was looking at him like a fan girl that had a sparkle in her eyes with other black mages that were treating his wounds.
It all happened so fast that none could react not even guess what happened to all people who fell to the ground
'Are they dead? Did they fall asleep? How!!' Everyone was asking these questions but none had the courage to check on laying bodies
There is one proverb...
Humans can only realize how small they are in the world only in the face of the indifferent cruelty of nature.
Looking into the indifferent eyes of demon...everyone realized how small they are in this big scary world...how foolish was to act like superior beings when they themself are less than bugs in front of the one that is truly strong
Eric closed his eyes. Remembering the faces of those that are important to him...
'Lady Ellie... it seems like we will meet soon...so please wait for me, it will take only a while
Eric picked his daggers...they were damaged from fighting black mages..his mana was pitifully low...he could probably only use one skill without coating his body with mana to protect him before he would suffer from mana exhaustion
Other knights were long dead or too scared to stand up
"I may die here...but my beliefs will be passed to another man... and burn stronger and stronger to the point where the flames would be too big for even you to handle..."
Erick kicked off the ground and infused everything in this attack...his soul....his beliefs...his hatred...his grief for the death of a friend.
"Skill-[Phantom moon]...."The blades on his dagger extended their length with the pure silver mana in the form of 2 crescent moons. It was a blade that was made to reach the demon for the price of Eric´s soul,
The demon stood motionlessly and awaited Eric with a smile...only if he realized that smile was not meant for him...
5 centimeters before his weapon would make contact with the demon´s neck...5 centimeters before he could reach his revenge
A huge metallic object hit his side, his body flew like a cannonball and crashed into a wall and passed right through it only to be stopped by a black wall of barrier that was surrounding the mansion.
Both impacts shattered every bone and crushed every organ he had in his body, he spits mouthfuls of fresh blood that flowed like a waterfall.
He couldn´t understand what happened. Who stopped him how? The demon stood the whole time motionlessly.
He tried to move his head in search of the unknown attacker but his body couldn´t move anymore...it was only his brain that was still working due to his strong will,
His ears caught the sound of footsteps that were slowly approaching.
From the ground stood before him a person covered by emerald helmet and gauntlets holding claymore in her hand.
It was none other than Cleo that was holding a huge greatsword in her hand...her pupils looked like a dark infinite vortex...her face was emotionless and cold...
Realizing what happened and the identity of the metallic object that struck him right before his attack could land on the demon.... feelings of anger and confusion washed over him...
Eric tried to speak but his throat was already crushed...if he was meant to die right here...he wanted to know...
Why?
Why did you betray us?!
For what did Antony give his life?!!
His question remained unanswered...as the cold chunk of steel pierced his heart ending his life...
[Trivia-Uriel´s favorite game is Doki Doki Literature Club]