Damian and his slaves appeared before a massive black castle, so tall that it was piercing the blood-red sky above them. The castle was made out of shiny black iron while some areas were laced with obsidian and black marble. The entire castle was surrounded by huge black walls with crimson lava running in the seams, mountains and forests surrounding the castle. Damian looked up into the sky and noticed 4 large pillars circling the castle around halfway and below that were 7 smaller pillars rotating at the same speed. ' I'm guessing that's for the generals and guardians '.
Damian saw the huge black iron doors swing open revealing a grand hall room laced with black gemstones and rubies along the walls. Black pillars supported the hall from both sides with a red carpet leading up to another huge door. Damian walked into the hall followed closely by the other 4. He opened the door and saw a crimson throne at the end of the hall elevated with stairs leading up to it. 2 smaller thrones were on both the left and right. Along with 7 small thrones just before the crimson throne. The throne room was huge, around 100 metres long and 15 metres wide. Hundreds of Maids and Butlers were lined up left and right along the throne room with 7 guards at the very end. Each small throne had a guard kneeling before it.
When Damian opened the door all the demons kneeled and yelled " We welcome Master Locke ". Damian walked down the hall and passed the guards kneeling and sat on the crimson throne. As soon as he sat down a system window appeared.
{ Host has arrived }
{ Would Host like to start the ceremony Y/N }
Damian clicked yes and everybody in the hall felt a demonic aura fall over them forcing them to lay on the ground, some passing out. A demon with half a wing appeared from the ceiling and slowly drifted down in front of Damian. The demon had half a red side looking like a demon and half a white side resembling an angel with a pitch black staff in one hand on their demon side while the angel side was holding a shining white book. " With my power over Hell and my hatred for Heaven, I present Damian Locke the test for becoming the 10th Demon King. The test will last 1 year if not completed Damian Locke will forever be erased from history and never be mentioned again. " The being tapped his staff against Damian's chest.
Damian could feel something going into his chest before his body suddenly collapsed on the throne falling to the right. The being disappeared and appeared before his slaves " To the future *&@$# II give you a test. If you fail this test you will also be erased from history. You can decide if to accept. Now tell me, do you all accept this test? "
Leon was the first to stand up and stare into the bottomless eyes of the being " If this shall help the master I shall accept. " He was followed by everybody else including Abigail to everybody else's surprise. The being hit them all in the chest with his staff making them all unconscious. " Good luck 10th Demon King, If you pass you will be our biggest weapon hahaha. "
The being flew out the doors and kept on flying until it reached the top of the castle before chanting. " With my power over Hell, I declare this place locked ". White and black locks appeared all over the castle and the floating pillars locked them in place. The being disappeared leaving behind a chilling laugh full of hatred and hope.
Damian woke up getting stared at by a beautiful girl, when they saw that he woke up they ran off and came back with an old man. The girl made way for the old man with white hair and a white beard that reached his chest. Despite his age, he was quite muscular and stood upright.
He walked over to Damian, picked him up from the ground and shook his head " Nice to meet you, I'm the king of this city here, The name's Jules. "
Damian shook his hand while replying " Nice to meet you too, my name is Damian. Could I ask you a question? " The man nodded while walking along the path while Damian followed " Where am I? "
The man laughed while holding his stomach " An intruder doesn't know where he is. Maybe you're not dangerous, we already used magic on you and you don't have any hateful ideas against my country so I shall tell you. This is the elven capital also known as Altus, the most beautiful country in the world. Currently, you are in my royal garden. You have been asleep for several days. How was the nap? ".
Damian laughed a little " It was quite good ". Both the men laughed while the girl behind him just walked silently. " What is your goal here young Damian? ".
Damian thought about it but really didn't know " I'm sorry but I don't know I was suddenly teleported here by something. ". The king looked to be in thought while he was thinking Damian tried to call for the system but it wasn't appearing ' Missions '.
{ Advisor Mission }
{ Destroy the Elven Capital 0/1 }
{ Kill Jules Magnus 0/1 }
{ Make Ruby Magnus kiss your feet 0/1 }
{ Fuck and Kill the Royal Princess 0/1 }
{ Burn the elven spawn 0/? }
{ Time limit 360 days }
{ Rewards: ? + points to each stat, Evolution, Title: Demon King, System Lvl 3, Domain, ???, Ability upgrade, Infernal Legion }
Damian stopped walking and stared at the screen while making sure he was seeing right ' FUCK, this isn't going to be easy '.
" Are you alright young Damian? " The kind king asked him while flashing a bright smile. " Everything's alright I just felt something was off. King Jules may I ask how strong you are? ".
Jules eyed the boy " HAHA it's quite common knowledge around here but I'm at the top of the Legendary Rank. So I'm quite strong. I'm the strongest fighter in the entire kingdom HAHA ".
Damian wanted to curse the weird angel demon guy but didn't even know what he was so he couldn't do anything. ' Oh yeah I got an ULTIMATE skill. Show me inferno nova '.
{ Skill: Inferno Nova }
{ Rank: ULTIMATE }
{ You gather your mana and surrounding mana into your body changing the mana into hellfire and unleash an explosion of hellfire }
{ MP Cost: 90% }
{ Cooldown: 1 Month }
{ Chant: Incinerate my foes, Nova }
Damian noticed the new format and tossed it up to the system upgrade. The skill seemed quite powerful but was only able to be used every month. Damian knew that it would definitely help him though and he had an idea already based on being able to absorb surrounding mana.
Damian and Jules arrived in front of a large golden door which was opened by 2 servants on each side. Damian walked in behind the king and saw a giant hall with 2 golden thrones up high at one end while the other end had an even larger golden door. In Front of the 2 thrones were 2 smaller ones he assumed were for the prince and princess while the ones behind were for the king and queen.
The king sat on his throne while Damian stood below him " What rank are you, Damian? ". Damian was going to say A but remembered his stat points and decided to use 2,000 in each stat to boost him to S Rank. He heard a system notification but decided to look at it later " I'm a low S-Rank, your majesty ". Jules looked at him sternly and told him to just call him Jules while also asking what he knew about elves.
Damian shook his head " I have heard that you have quite a long lifespan, elves are very in tune with mana, are mostly beautiful, and have pointy ears ". The king laughed a bit while the girl that was standing to the side giggled a bit " I have a request from you ". Damian looked up at Jules " I want you to become my daughter's guard at school, it's quite a painful job but I will give you permission to use our training realm if you agree. "
Damian thought about it and it seemed like a good way to get to know the princess better for his mission, but was also still curious about the training realm. " May I ask you what a training realm is? "
" Ahhh I forgot the humans had theirs stolen many years ago, A training realm is a split in space. They started to appear after the first split happened around 1,117 years ago. When somebody enters they are perceived differently by time. For example, If you go inside our training realm then 10 days inside is only equal to 1 day outside. Quite useful for training due to their being demonic beasts inside as well. " Jules looked a bit like he was gloating due to his training realm. Damian heard him say the first split was 1,117 years ago and was very confused. " What do you mean 1,117 years ago? The first split was 17 years ago "
" I can say for a fact that the first split was 1,117 years ago, that's when elves arrived here along with many other races and we each took a country as per the deal with the human king at the time. You are referring to the latest split that happened 17 years ago. I do not know why you have been taught about that one but my knowledge is definitely correct around this. " Jules was quite adamant about his knowledge.
Damian thanked him for the knowledge and asked if the girl standing on the side of the room was the princess. Jules nodded to his question and Damian walked over to the princess and bowed a little ' I'm going to hate doing this but It'll make my mission a lot easier '.
" Would you take me as your guardian princess? " The princess nodded while flashing a cheery smile.