Haildan and Guermon were simple hunters of an unnamed elivish village. Unlike Yuki, they had been born with the heroic skill so they were treated as special from the moment they were born.
"Aah, I hope Filona will be free today," Haildan smiled wolfishly.
"Are you an Ork with that lust?" Guermon laughed.
Filona, just like Yuki was considered a lower being, but due to her unparalleled looks between those, she was treated as a plaything by all males in the village. Even the village chief.
"Well, we need to hunt something quickly so we can return."
"Yeah, isn't it weird that there are no Crystal rabbits or even Zwaihorns? Even the birds are disappearing."
"It's as if someone lured them away…"
The two elves were looking around, but couldn't find anything.
"Do you think that the giants will be silent?"
"I hope! We gave them that piece of trash! Though, if we waited one more night, hehehe—Uweh?!"
In that momet the two hunters were caught in strings and fell to the ground.
When they opened their eyes, they saw a pair of black boots.
"Well, what did I find! A piece of elvish trash!" a laughing voice made them rise their eyes. In front of them was a man with silverish horns and and black eyes.
"Y-you are a demon?!"
The two elves were held up by the strings.
"Well, let's play a little game you two! You will tell me everything you know about your village and I just may decide to let you live 'kay?" the demon smiled coldly.
"Alright, who will speak first?" the demon took out a set of knives and needles.
For a second, his hands blurred. In the next moment they had the needles in shoulders and hips.
"Argh! What do you want?!"
"I told you, didn't I? I want information," the demon stoped smiling and came before Haildan. In that moment the demon's smile returned. And in next moment Haildan's eyes were plucked out.
"Ugraaaaaaah! MY eyes! MY EYES!!!"
"Stop crying, or I will cut out your tongue."
"I-I will tell you! I will even show you where to find it! Just let me live!" Guermon started begging for his life.
The demon shot him a look and in the next moment Haildan's head fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
"Then show me, or end up like this trashbag," the demon smiled and released the elf.
Guermon held his shoulders, which were in so much pain that he almost fainted. He stood up and slowly started walking towards his village. Every step he took was so painful that he though he will die before even reaching the village. But no matter what, he could not force himself to take out those needles in his shoulders and hips. He was sure, that if he did, the demon would gave him two more for every needle he took out.
They made their way through the forest and found themselves in front of a glave inside a valley. Inside the said valley was around fifteen houses with the biggest one being the one owned by the village chief.
"There, I showed you… please let me live." Guermon pleaded.
"Oh, don't worry, I will let you live," the demon smiled, "In hell that is."
And with that Guermon's head fell to the ground.
***
"Stupid boy," I laughed and realized that this was really something only a demon would do. With that, I waited for a dusk.
"Well, I should try out some other of my skills. I guess I could try my magic out. I used some basic magic I aquired with DP, but I wander how strong it is…"
I opened my wings and flew in the air just by letting the magic flew in the wings.
Suddenly I sprung in the air and I found myself above the village. 'It's suprisingly intuitive, huh?'
"Okay, let's try out something (Reinforced stone wall)!"
The spell activated and a massive, ten meters tall walls which were three meters thick on the top and even more at the base appeared.
"Hm… there are two guards… better kill one of them too."
I descended and fell on one of the guards feet first, making him fall into the snow head first. Before the second guard could even react, I eliminated his possibility of running away and I made him unable to speak too.
"What a nice night for a flight right?" I smiled as I throw the immobilized elf at the stone wall. There were several cracks as the elvish boy's bones got broken by the impact.
Incidentaly, I was using (Silent field) spell to make sure, no sound escaped.
I picked up the elf I landed on by his neck and walked towards the second guard. When we got there, I created three stakes and stabed the two heads I already cut off on them.
"Yo! Shitty elves! I came to destroy you!" I smiled at the terrified duo of guards. "So, let me tell you what will happen next. I will cut of your ears, noses, cut of all your finges one by one, while keeping healing magic flowing into you so you won't die. And, after I have enough of torturing you, I will kill you. But to make it interesting, I will give one of you a chance to safe yourselves. I will ask you questions and if the answears will please me, I will cut one more finger from your partner 'kay?"
The terrified elves nodded so I released the gag on the one who landed on the wall who had short hairs.
"Question number one! What is your goal?"
"To create ultimate hero with our hereditary skill," the short haired one quickly answeared so I cut of the other ones both ears, while one one of his.
"Aaarghh!" they screamed out in perfect unison.
"Ah! I forgot to mention this, but we are separated from the rest of the village by soundproof barrier so you can scream your lungs out!"
"You monster!"
"Monster? No, I'm a demon lord, the kind that enjoys torturing selfproclaimed heroes," I said as I cut of thumbs on their left hands. "I'll count that as a question too. 'Kay, third question. How many people without the hereditary skill are there?"
"Twenty," the ear-less elf said and I cut of the short haired ones remaining ear and one finger. Now they were both looking the same. Their screams of pain got even lauder.
"Fourth question. How many people are outside the the village right now?"
"Five, all miners," the short haired answeared and I cut of both of theirs hands at wrists, which resulted in even lauder screams of pain. The blood that until now was flowing out weakly becouse of my healing magic, was now gushing in fountains of blood.
"Why? You said you would only took our fingers!"
"Oh, sorry, did you guys seriously think that I will let you live? You should know that only demon lord profit in any deal he strikes." I smiled at them, "Well, you can't be angry at me, after all I already know all that I need. I checked the entire village and found no one who could even make a dent in the wall. Plus I reinforced the ground beneath into a solid bedrock so you can't even dig yourself out! Well, I did what I wanted for today, so I will refrain from attacking you now."
And with that last smile I started skinning them alive. They were screaming a as much as they could, but when I was done form one eight, they both died. Noticing that, I finished my work and placed their bodies high on the wall so the entire village could see them. After that, I placed a note on the third stake I previously prepared.
'For degenerated elves of this village. I am Demon lord who took residence in the Frost giants caverns. As I found out, you have quite an interesting relationship with them. From today onwards you will be paying for your protection to me. I demand all children in this village to be sacrificed to me. I shall come here again in two days time to collect them. I wish for them to be in pristine condition, otherwise I will wipe you out with my horde of monsters just like these hunters and guards. I hope you are smart enough to understand how great this oportunity is. You can be first servants of this great demon lord if you are obedient. Remember, we shall meet in two days.'
After that, I flew into the night sky once again.
***
While Zaru was dealing with the elves, Yuki was in the dungeon doing her usual jobs.
"Fuu… miss Kesugi made so much fabric…" I sighed at the sight of fifty boxes full of diferent kinds of fabric. All this was created by her children. Apparently, when they were fed different kinds of metal, they recieved ability to make different kinds of threads.
"There are four boxes full of Haberite," one of the Frost girls reported. I don't care about their names, they are my rivals after all! I know Skaly have some kind of relationship with master Zaru already, but that will not stop me! I already saw how are his eyes following me around!
'…somehow, it feels nice… I never felt this way before. In the village, I was treated as the lowest of low. But here, I got to eat regularly, I have soft and fluffy bed… I need to do my absolute best to make master Zaru notice my charms! You should be wary of me Skaly! You may be a concubine, but I shall become legal wife!'
"Heheheh… must be nice…" my mind went to the blissful smile of master Zaru when he ate my cooking today, and imagined how amazing it would feel if he finaly embraced me.
"Will master Zaru be present during diner?" one of my rivals asked.
"No, he said that he have some sort of bussiness to take care of today, but I will be cooking today," I gave her a warm smile.
"Yay! Miss Yuki is cooking today!"
'Heheh, yes. Be more grateful for my cooking! You may not be able to become wives, but I shall use you as my lackeys!!'
After the end of our conversation and moving the boxes to Storage No.03, which was rebuild as Kesugi's workshop, we went to kitchen and prepared some quick lunch.
'I need to upgrade my cooking skills so I can make lord Zaru mine faster!'
But when we came to the kitchen, I was shoked by seeing Skaly, my number one rival, already there, making some kind of soup. She was dressed in simple top and shorts, which left most of her skin visible. And what irritates me the most, I could see her Demon lord crest on her abdomen poking from under her shorts.
"Oh! Yuki! I borrowed some untensils and I prepared a quick grub, 'kay?"
"I-It's fine, miss Skaly," I walked over to her pot.
While she was mostly just taking care of the five frost kids, she was also learning how to cook… and she's good… 'Uuu… why is my rival so amazing! She recives private fighting lessons from master Zaru, she's good with taking care of children and she have such a huge boobs too! Really she's too much for me! How am I supposed to win against someone with such a huge starting bonus?!'
"Um… it's good."
"Thank you Yuki!" she smiled at me as if I was a kid.
'I mean, I never had enough food to grow properly in the village, living of the scrubs the trash of a father throw on the ground… But now I will start growing! I will surpass your E-cups soon!'
With her renewed resolution, Yuki ate her lunch and returned to her work.