"Ryan, brace yourself. It's not good to get too excited right now. We have to do what we do with great tact and caution. As I said before, our presence can't be known to evil demons."
Ryan suppressed the anger that surged inside him when he heard Xenia's words. His fingers returned to normal. He controlled his thunder fist and straightened his palm.
"Well, we live here to escape those demons. But how did you get here and why?"
The head demon spoke the words to Xenia and Ryan.
"We have not come to this place by our own will. We have come here in danger. If we had not been in danger, we would not have come here. From the palace there is a tunnel of a pit. Suddenly we fell into that pit and faced many problems and we came here with great difficulty."
Xenia revealed the whole incident to the demons. They also told how they came here.
"Then you have made a great mistake. By now the demons must have realized our whereabouts on the other side of the hole. And must have set out to capture us. Now we will all die."
The chief demon said in a fearful voice.
"There's nothing to fear. They didn't realize we came here that way. So you don't have to worry about that. We're still safe here. No one knows where we are now."
Huh!
All of the demons escaped.
"Well, tell me something. Do you know anything about that tunnel and that big hole?"
The demons faces turned pale. A drop of water fell from the eyes of some. It shows that they know something painful about the hole and the deadly tunnel.
"What happened, tell me?"
"Humph! The tunnel you're talking about is made by us. And that giant hole is made by the Demon King's."
Xenia was surprised.
"But I saw that the time of creation of the tunnel and the time of construction of the tunnel are very different. That strange hole is very old. And this tunnel is not so old. How is that possible."
"Hmm, the hole was built during the reign of Markari, the first demon king. He was the first king of our Demon Realm. He came to our realm from an unknown planet about 10 million years ago. Then he was the first to build this realm here. After that time In evolution, various kings came to this realm. Among them, a demon king built a pit under the ground to punish criminals. We call it the dark prison. When a demon commits a final crime, he is thrown into that pit. Even sometimes. Huge snakes were also thrown into that pit."
The demon paused for breath.
Ryan was surprised to hear the demon's words. He had never heard this from anyone before. Even his father or mother did not tell him about it. But he suspected one more thing. Is the story demon told right? And if it is true, how did he know such an old story? Various questions started running through his head. But at that moment he stood quietly and listened to them.
"But we didn't see anything in that hole. No snakes and no prison. But yes, we saw a lot of skeletal bodies and skulls. And there were strange and very old print. That was buried in the soil of the wall of the hole."
Ryan isn't the only one surprised to hear about Chief Demon and Xenia. A wonderful scene was also observed on the faces of all the demons present there.
"Hmm, you are right. There came a time when all the demons in our kingdom were very happy with their families and the kingdom. There was no trouble, no fighting anywhere. Everyone was on good terms with everyone. No crime was committed anywhere in the kingdom. After being happy for long days, King Jeus felt that there was no need to throw anyone into the pit anymore, so he closed the top of the pit and declared the entrance to the pit closed. And there is another secret way out of that hole which the king makes with many tricks. That print is made to find that way and to get out of that hole."
Xenia smiled.
"Wasn't it! Of course I could have guessed that. But you created the tunnel that leads out of that hole you said?"
"Yes, you are right. The story I told a while ago is long ago. Due to the tunnel being closed for a long time, the ground was buried and the road was closed. And only then we made the road to enter the palace we needed. We thought we could enter the palace that way. But... ."
"Then what happened?"
The head demon took a breath. He took a deep breath.
"Huh! After making the path for a long time, we reached the hole through that path. We already had information that there was a secret door in the wall of the hole which we had to find out with our intelligence. But there we committed a huge danger. In searching for that door, all the underworld shook with great tremors. And the demons residing in the palace near the pit sensed it. And they immediately informed their king. The king entered the pit with his demon soldiers. Then the door opened. On seeing the demons they attacked them. Some of the demons were killed instantly and the rest were captured by them. I escaped with my life with great difficulty."
Hearing the demon, some of the demons started crying. Many fell on the ground crying.
Xenia and Ryan watched the scene but understood nothing.
"But Xenia, I didn't understand one thing."
The head demon frowned.