Story: I'm a Daemon, so what?
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Chapter 14: Recruitment
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- Felix -
I teleport to where I sense Arcueid at, it seems she is at the training ground. Hopefully this won't turn out similar to what happened with Megumin.
Once I appear I use Thought Acceleration and observe all the Daemons she brought along. It's best if I have a basic picture of what I'm working with before I meet them.
It seems that Megumin showed up, she probably sensed all the Daemons and got curious about who Arcueid ended up bringing.
I know that Arcueid, Megumin and I'm assuming Violet all have Lieutenants. I gave one of Arcueid's Lieutenants to Milim, but she still has one more who she brought with her. She also brought along Megumin's Lieutenants, along with Violet's I'm assuming.
I quickly sense who Arcueid's Lieutenant is, I assume he will be the strongest Primordial of the White Lineage except Arcueid, and boy is he strong, far stronger than Arc was as an Arch Daemon. I can see how he has been undefeated for thousands of years.
He seems to have the physical form of an elementary school student for some reason.
Megumin's Lieutenants are also quite mighty, though not as strong as Arcueid's. The first one seems to be a swordsman of some kind, while the second is a blonde woman, I can't gather much more information about them without a deeper analysis.
Violet's Lieutenants are, of course, also strong. If I can get Violet to serve me then that will be 5 extremely strong Daemons serving under me right away, not including the Primordials themselves, or the other Arch Daemons, Greater Daemons, and Lesser Daemons they brought along. It must have been a pain to get the Lesser Daemons to follow her orders seeing as how they are mostly mindless beasts.
But even the weakest of the Daemons would have their uses.
I assume that most of the Arch Daemons should have their strength cap lifted, seeing as even Arc was unable to evolve into a Daemon Duke, I don't have high hopes for the Lieutenants, let alone the Arch Daemons.
Still, once I have named these Daemons, I will have a significant force under my command, Four Daemon Dukes including Violet if I get her to serve me, a bunch of Arch Daemons, hopefully the Greater Daemons can evolve into Arch Daemons, and the Lesser Daemons into at least Greater Daemons. Who knows, maybe even one of the Arch Daemons will evolve into a Daemon Duke, hopefully there are some Arch Daemons with the potential to reach that level.
After the naming each Daemon should at the very least reach the A Rank, easily becoming my strongest military unit.
In total, Arcueid brought 666 Daemons including her, quite the ironic number considering that number's significance to Christianity as it represents the Devil. But it is still going to be a pain to name all these Daemons.
I stop using Thought Acceleration, I look towards Arcueid as she bows, "My Lord! It is good to see you again after so long! I am glad that you are still in good health."
"Haha, it's a pleasure to lay witness to your beauty once again as well Arcueid."
Arcueid gives me a seductive smile, "Ara ara, if you say such things I might think you are flirting with me My Lord."
"Think what you will, I am simply stating facts."
"Ara, if that is the case, I would not mind accompanying you to bed My Lord, you are quite attractive yourself, and I do find this heart of mine beating for you."
Hold on, what the fuck?! That got intense real quick. Future note for Felix, don't needlessly flirt with pretty ladies, it might backfire when they flirt back. It seems I have a strong offense but a far weaker defense.
Still, I would count this as a win.
"Uhm, I see, maybe in the future if you are willing." I've already had this conversation with Saeko, she was okay with me having other lovers, in her words, someone as amazing as Felix-sama is bound to have multiple lovers!
"Huh?! Aren't I beautiful as well?!" Thank you for freeing me from that awkward moment Megumin. But I'll keep what Arcueid said in mind, I would be a fool not to become intimate with her should I get the chance, and she is willing. She is outrageously gorgeous after all, and I do enjoy her company as well, so that's a bonus.
I turn towards Megumin, "Yes yes, you are beautiful in your own way as well Megumin."
I ignore the smug look she sends Arcueids way. Arcueid! Why are you sending her taunting looks?!
'Notice, it has been detected that Daemon known as Arcueid has sent a 'Thought Communication' claiming her superiority to the Daemon known as Megumin.'
Sigh, you're really ruining that mature beauty vibe you have going Arcueid, oh well, the variety is what makes her hotter than she already is.
I better cut off this argument in the making before it truly gets started, when these two really get into an argument, there is no stopping them unless I directly intervene. "I see you brought quite a few Daemons, they should prove to be useful, good job."
"It was my pleasure completing your orders My Lord."
I turn towards the Daemon observing us with an amused smile, "And you must be Violet, a pleasure to meet you."
She gave me a bow, "Hello to you too Demon Lord Felix, it is an honor to meet you."
Ah, much more civilized than Megumin already! She does have a childish body though, I'm not sure why some of these Daemons prefer to appear with such a body, but oh well.
"I assume Arcueid has already informed you of why I had you brought here?"
"You would be correct, I am willing to serve you, call it an idle curiosity, but first I would like to fight you. I would like to know how much stronger than me you are."
Ah, she is still a Daemon after all, it makes sense she would want to know how much stronger I am.
I look towards Arcueid who understands what I'm trying to convey, she quickly gets everyone out of range of the fight. I don't want to accidentally kill some of my new minions after all.
Hmm? It seems like Saeko, Raiden, Kurumi, Ingvild, and Glenda have shown up to watch. Those three Giants also came along.
"Beat her up Felix-sama!" Thank you for the encouragement Megumin.
It seems like Saeko is saying something to her new minions, I mean students.
Raiden is just watching calmly, while Kurumi is chatting with Ingvild. It's nice to see all my subordinates are getting along.
"Good luck Felix-sama!" Ingvild says with a blush. I give her a thumbs up, still that girl gets shy far too easily for how strong she is.
I snap my fingers and form a barrier around us with Ouroboros, "Alright, I'll try and make this quick."
"Heh, already confident huh? Well I'll make sure it isn't too easy to beat me! I'm already pissed that Noir was easily able to brush me off!"
Did she meet Diablo recently?
I ignore the attacks coming towards me as Infinity can deal with them. As she is attacking I analyze the magic she is using, I haven't seen anything like that before.
It seems to be some kind of poison.
'Notice, the poison the Daemon knows as Violet is using is an extremely deadly toxin that not only affects the Physical Body, but also the Spiritual and Astral Body. It is capable of even harming the Master if it seeps into you.'
For real?! A magic that is capable of harming me is definitely not something to underestimate. All these Primordials have some crazy magic up their sleeves.
Hmm, now how should I beat her? It seems a bit lame to just wait for her to tire out while Infinity deals with all her attacks. She has no hope of disrupting my 'Infinity' with Spatial Manipulation so should I choose to wear her down there isn't much she can do.
Ah it seems she is trying something different now, is that Nihility Magic? Man she is taking this seriously.
I quickly analyze the spell she is using for future use, it seems this application of Nihility Magic involves surrounding someone in a cocoon of energy from the abyss of hell. Once this is done the target is erased.
Unfortunately for Violet, she can't even reach me with her spell.
"Quite the interesting magic, unfortunately it won't work."
"Hahaha, I know! But I want to keep trying all sorts of attacks on you and see which one works!"
Ah, I knew it was too good to be true for her to be a completely sane and reasonable Daemon.
She's been around since the dawn of time, she is bound to have some quirks.
I slip my hands into my pockets as I stare at Violet, "Alright, I'll humor you for a little bit, try your best before I get bored." She doesn't need to know that I am learning from this experience as well, she is giving me a bunch of new magic to add to my repertoire.
"Hehe! That's what I'm talking about, I already like you! Let me see you shine!"
I watch as Violet gathers a rather large amount of Magicules, it seems like she is going to do some sort of Ice Magic, I could use some more Ice Magic. I doubt it will ever be used, but it's always nice to know a bunch of magic.
She spreads her hands wide with a gleeful look on her face, "Cocytus!"
The entire area around us was instantly frozen, even the weather changed, it's almost as if it became winter all of a sudden.
Damn that is some cool ass magic. It basically freezes an absolutely massive area and alters the weather. I suspect that this would affect my entire territory if it weren't for my Barrier keeping the magic sealed.
I bet this could easily wipe out countries if someone strong enough used this magic, and even weaker people could at least freeze a city with this.
Thanks for the magic Violet! I can't wait to show up some expert Ice Magic users in other worlds!
"Nice, that was quite the interesting magic, but you'll have to do better if you want to impress me." I wonder if she has even more interesting magic. Skills might generally be superior, but magic can also be incredibly fearsome if properly developed, so I want to learn all sorts of magic.
"Ha good! I can't be serving a lousy Master after all!"
Now what should I use to deal with her? I don't need to worry about using an attack that can affect a Spiritual Body as Violet is currently creating a Material Body made out of pure Magicules to interact with the Material World. Similar to what I did when I was first summoned, though staying in the Physical World is most likely draining her Magicules fairly quickly so I will need to get her, and the other Daemons bodies soon.
Thankfully I have a ton of magisteel.
Ah, maybe I should use one of the new abilities I gained after analyzing Uriel?
Or maybe I should use her own poison? No, that seems boring.