Novar : World of Argaz
I lived as Novar Seviyor Agis De Valencia for 5 years and I'm still not used to the gloomy environment in the vampire kingdom's capital area. I understand why they look so frustrated. The human race's current major attack was arguably their biggest attack in the past 10 years. But it doesn't mean all vampires in the capital have to be down and look hopeless to live. As if my father's presence didn't count as a general of the demon lord at the forefront of defense forces.
"I really want to hit and force them to see my father on the battlefield. But I'm too busy with my training for now… right big guy…?"
"GRRR….!!"
I saw my prey after complaining about my people, by the way, my prey was a monster creature. He was a big giant white gorilla with earth manipulation S tier ability who was always attacking the merchants. I purposely chose him as an opponent to test my new magic. I create new magic after learning how to make new magic from old books.
"GRAW…!!"
"You think your size can make me scared…?"
[Field Magic : Weapon Memory]
This magic was simple, it just needed to take out some weapons from my memories. This magic was inspired by the black sword that was given to me. That sword makes me remember my past as a General who protects the mataram kingdom. But at the same time, that sword also makes me remember unpleasant memories. My first defeat after a thousand wars and fights, that is why I want to use a sword from my memories.
"General Holy Knight Sword…! I never thought there would be a day when I would use this sword."
The gorilla who was my prey also didn't stay silent when he saw me holding a sword. My strength is 18 points and it was equivalent to the strength of a burly adult human. So I need to use all of my strength to cut this giant gorilla's body. When I get ready with my stance, the gorilla jumps into the sky. He planned to smash me with his giant body, but that made it easier to cut him down.
[Karayangan Move]
*slash slash slash slash slash… BOOM…*
After the gorilla landed on the ground and made an explosive sound, his blood started to ooze everywhere. I just smiled while I was floating in the air after using [Karayangan Move]. My slash couldn't cut through his body, but the slash was enough to knock him down.
"Poor giant gorilla… and this sword was too sharp… almost the same as the true form of my old sword… crazy Holy Knight General… If it weren't for this year's young devil party... I wouldn't be practicing swordsmanship..."
The Young Devil party was an event for scouting talented young demons or creatures from the demon race. The reason I call them creatures is the Demon Race which has many types of creatures with high intelligence like humans.
"Undine, vampire, ghoul, succubus, dragon, beast, fairy… that was the main race who joined the demon army after human invasion… we also have goblin, kobold, imp, orc, ogres and many other creatures that have small intelligent was a second race who join the demon army… the last one is the demon race itself… they have 3 category demons… high demon, normal demon and lesser demon… they are a race I should be wary of… the reason is simple, they believe too much in a belief that demons are the greatest race…"
I muttered to myself while checking the body of my fallen prey. I have three reasons for cutting down this giant gorilla, first to test my new magic and my strength. Second, to answer requests from merchants and third, I need money to start my project. I tied the giant gorilla's body after cutting his head, then I brought him to the merchant and took my reward.
"Ah, I almost forgot… I need this creature core too…"
Creature core was a crystal full of magic energy which is very useful for my research. That core can even become the energy of certain machines, for example, golems. Then before going to the merchant place, I took the core first.
"So this is the reward… hmm, not bad…"
"We are grateful you want to help us prince… if we ask your mother about this… she will only blame us for not hiring a strong bodyguard."
"Ah, you right… I take this reward… so don't tell anyone about this… I am secretly doing this and don't want my mother to know about this. "
"Deal…! We lock our mouths for you prince…"
I just smiled before coming back to the castle. Usually, merchants did have to hire guards for their own safety. But this time was a special case because I also wanna test my strength. After the request is done, I'm back in the castle and reading an old book again in the magical library.
"The main reason why they can't hire a strong bodyguard is the wars in the front line… if we lose this war… demon territory will shrink and become so small… haaa… not only on earth... even in other worlds humans still look like plagues and pests that harm other races."
I also learned many things about this world. They name it The World of Argaz, the size of this world is 2 times bigger than the earth. The world of argaz is divided into several continents. The largest continent inhabited by the demon races, angelic, elves, humans, dwarves, and various other races is often called Theurgy Continent. But this largest continent has always been full of wars for the past 1000 years.
In the north theurgy continent, there is a continent called the pixie continent which is also the territory of the demon race. The Pixie continent was the place for the fairy race to live in peace, they were also not part of this war. The reason why they were safe from human invasion was their territory itself. Pixie continents have illusion mist that always covers their entire continent. Before humans can go inside the mist, they also have to deal with the storms of the sea of eternal chaos first.
In the history books, there are only 4 continents in this world. But information about the other two continents is still very vague, I only know about the names of the two continents. First death continent, you can guess what this continent is like just from its name. The second one is the blue continent, that was a place full of snow and ice. I also learn about human history in this world.
"Haaa… reading all this book makes me remember about that item… a very disgusting item that humans made… slave collar."
The main reason why humans attacking the demon race for the last 1000 years is natural resources and slaves. This world is full with magic and magical item, then human creat a disgusting item called slave collar. The slave collar was a magical item that binds the user's soul through drops of blood. That collar also had strong curse magic to make the user get excruciating pain if the user didn't follow their master orders.
"If I have a sample from that collar… maybe I can create some magic and save the demon or other race from enslaving… but for now I need to focus and learn about the young devil party in the demon union capital…"
Demon Union Capital was a big city around demon lord castle that was never touched by human evasion. That place is safer and bigger than the vampire capital because of the existence of the demon lord itself. Demon lord has 2 max status on strength and intelligent, he also has a unique ability that can nullify magic attacks. His magic spell is also powerful like a nuclear bomb on earth. But he had his reasons not to intervene directly in the war.
"No one knows the reason that made the demon lord not join this war… he was strong enough to kill all humans. "
Actually, I can already guess the reason why the demon lord let humans create so much chaos in his territory. Existing heroes, basically the heroes of the human race are the natural enemies of the demon lords. Even though the history record is not in any book, the rumor is said that hundreds of years ago the demon lord almost got killed. Rumors circulated about the human race's first hero who became the demon lord's opponent at that time.
"I can imagine his trauma… because I also have one trauma about losing in war… and now… I will prepare anything to deal with various conditions at the young devil party later… because every year always becomes chaos when young talented demons get angry and destroy everything… even my mother has warned me three times to be more careful, my life as a prince is harder than I think…"
I still learn in the library about history and magic to make me stronger than before. But I never knew the bigger problem than the young devil party was getting closer. No one knew about the human invasion approaching the vampire capital before the explosion appeared.
*BOOM…*
Huge explosion that was very close to the castle appeared and scared everyone. The shock of the explosion even forced me out of the castle. I saw my mother with teary eyes come out of the castle and stare at the explosion.
To be continue~