Demons have been dormant for the past one hundred years.
After a great battle between humans and demons has ended. When a Hero appeared with the power of strength and the last blessing, the gods gave them, 'The Legendary sword.'
The legendary sword has a mana that can imitate any appearance that the holder wants it to be and defeat any Monsters and Demons in one strike.
This sword can only be wielded by the chosen hero of the Gods.
After a long battle, the demons proposed a truce.
The demon offered the humans that they would stop the war if half of the land will be given to the Demons to govern and the humans would not bother this land.
To avoid more bloodshed, the humans agreed to the demon's offer and gave them the land. That includes the Death Forest, where the monster resides.
After a few years, the demons retreated back to the underworld. Never to be seen again, but the monster stays in those said lands. Human has begun to hunt monster for money and trophy.
But the demon remained silent. Some say the demons got scared because of the hero and ran away.
While the demons are not around, humans build an army to protect themselves because the gods are also nowhere to be seen.
The church crumbles and no one believes in gods anymore. The last hope, 'The Legendary sword,' was hidden away from the people.
Swordmasters began to appear in the kingdom with the power of mana, like the heroes in the past. They protected the kingdom and started retaking the lands that were taken.
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"I can't believe it. I thought the demons ran away," Marquis Bellona whispered.
"Run away? Who told you we ran away? I just sent them home for a while," Duke echeron said
"You sent them home?" the marquis asked curiously.
Then the marquis remembered that when he went to the palace, he was a kid back then. He got lost and stumbled into a forbidden area. There's a small mansion that looks old that, and overgrown grass covers the entire estate. At first, he didn't want to enter, but it started raining.
When he entered the building, it was old and dusty. He walked toward one room to find a place to rest and stumbled into a big portrait in the middle of the room. It was half-covered to the marquis; take a closer look.
That's when it hits him, "You're The Demon King," The marquis Exclaimed
The Duke laughed evilly as he approached them
"yes," the Duke answered, "and I need your daughter as repayment for destroying my forest."
"I---I didnt know," Lady Catherine suddenly spoke, so frightened.
"Please forgive me." She kneeled on the ground.
The Duke walked closer to them, and as he waved his hand, the steel bar in the cell suddenly disappeared.
The marquis suddenly had a change of heart when he saw the Demon King coming towards them.
"Please take my Daughter! Just please don't kill me," The marquis said suddenly.
Lady Catherine was surprised that her dad suddenly said that.
"What are you saying!?" she asked her dad.
But the Marquise pushed away his Daughter in fear.
"It's all your fault!" the Marquise yelled to his Daughter. "that jealousy of yours."
The marquis crawled to the dukes' legs and begged.
"I'll do anything," the marquis said
Lady Catherine also crawled to the other side of the Duke's leg.
"me too, I'll do anything. Please don't sacrifice me!" Lady Catherine begged.
Duke Echeron chuckled. He grabs them both by their hair and drags them to the cave's inner part.
Inside was full of monsters eating humans. Blood was scattered on the ground. Lady Catherine started shouting and begging not to feed her to the monster, but the echeron remained deaf and ignored their beg.
They arrive at the place with an altar in the center.
Echeron threw Lady Catherine into the middle of the altar.
Lady Catherine did not move right away because of the pain of the dragging and throwing her.
Echeron spoke some enchantment and imprisoned Lady Catherine on the alter, preventing her from escaping.
"look at your daughter," Echeron said to the marquis.
"she is about to be sacrificed to the red moon." Echeron continued
Sacrificing to the red moon means offering your body to the evil and becoming a monster with no morals.
"Her blood will be used to fill the cup of the vampires," the Duke said, and bats can be seen in the ceiling waiting for her blood.
"Unless," the Duke said with a grin
The Marquise looked at the Duke. "unless?" he asked.
"you gave me that relic you have hidden." the Duke whispered to his ear.
"No! You can't have that!" the marquis blurted
"Then I guess I have no choice but to ----" Echeron was ready to flick his hand to start the ritual.
"DAD PLEASE HELP ME!!!" Lady Catherine begged her dad. She was crying so foul her beauty was starting to fade away.
The marquis can't choose between the two. He loved his Daughter, but the kingdom would be in trouble if the Demon King got the relic.
But looking at her Daughter also made him suffer.
"you can have the relic!!!" the marquis yelled.
Echeron flicks his finger, releasing Lady Catherine from the imprisonment.
The relic suddenly appeared in the hands of The Demon king. He grinned.
He looked at The marquis and his Daughter. They were hugging each other.
Echeron cast a spell that they would forget everything that happened for the last few days. And he left them in the middle of the forest.
Everything disappeared like nothing happened in that place. The red moon also cleared out, and the bright light of the moon shimmers.
The Duke came home to his mansion. In his office, he examined the relic he got. It was like a broken crystal.
"You got what you want!?" a person said from behind.
"yes!" he smiled.