'There are two ways to kill someone. The first is to actually kill him, the second is to slowly destroy everything he holds dear right under his eyes.'
-Ki'in'shar, bringer of war
The cold dark alley in Vanatar's fort had just become more chilling.
A tall and muscular black demon stood at the entrance blocking off the only exit.
The black demon had no weaphons with him and he was wearing just a fine robe.
In the Alley there were, except for the abandoned crates and other junk left there, a big man with defined muscles and a little thin and scrawny girl with dirty brown hair.
The big man was suspected of several murders and of sedition. He was a dangerous one, really.
It took them just a moment to jump toward the black demon and attack him.
The black demon tried to parry the heavy blows of the man but even his tough skin could nothing against a sword infused with mana and supported by two skills.
Slowly losing ground the black demon tried to counter the man's flurry of strikes.
"The name's Rinnar." The suspect said before stunning the demon.
Two hours later the inspector Ko arrived on the scene. It took long enough to localize the black demon who went to scout for a dangerous criminal.
Inspector Ko breathed as slow as ever while watching the scene.
His pale skin and silent behavior were quite notorious.
He, whit his incredibly low body temperature, was the inspector who the criminals feared the most.
Watching the alley he could see the stone-paved floor tainted in dark-purple blood.
The two stone walls who surrounded it were left unscratched while the wall at the end of the alley had been slightly sliced.
The alley was narrow but long still the blood had only reached the wall at the other end of the alley.
Small footprints left the alley heading nord.
"Interesting. Someone moved something here." Ko said pointing first the footprints then the wall at the end of the valley.
The two imps who were ordered to help him nodded as they started to analize the scene themselves.
It was unlikely that Rinnar returned to the scene of his crime as he was a big and strong foe of a man so he must have an accomplice.
Based on the footprints inspector Ko deduced that the accomplice was a rather tiny being fast but unable to fly.
Moreover there were signs of something being dragged away from the scene. They were not clear, but still they were there.
A small step forward the alley was all it took Ko that he had already found out everything that alley could show him.
Maybe he could follow the footprints to get more informations or he could look into the records of the criminal to analize his pattern and find out what is goal was.
He considered both his option with great care but still he could not consider them as good ideas.
"Make the guards search the whole undertown." He said leaving the crime scene.
It was unlikely to be helpful but inspector Ko still followed the small footprints, as for the other option it was unlikely to find anything about the wanted on the run being his first appearence.
The footprints ran fast trough the alleys in a confused pattern as if they were searching for something.
As you may have already realized, the footprints didn't last much.
They ended just near a wall, an irregular stone wall perfect to climb, and inspector Ko decided to inspect it finding a small trace of blood on it at about one meter and half of height.
Ko esitated, there were only two options: either the little accomplice was injured or he had climbed over the wall.
But if he had climbed the wall why didn't he do it before? Was it before of the thing it took from the crime scene? But then again he would have needed to leave it behind to climb a wall.
Ko took a telecomunication stone from his jacket, the guards needed to search the alleys as soon as possible!
Ko rushed to activate the telecomunication stone, not noticing it slowly turning red.
Suddently the telecomunication stone emitted a blinding light making Ko loosed his grip over it and falling among the cobble on the ground.
It was a magic disturbance! Someone had cut off the comunication magic of the stone and now it was gone!
Ko had no esitation as he turned back and ran away, he had no real destination just away from there.
Running as fast as he could he bumped into a succubus on his way back from the east gate.
She was the most gorgeous one Ko ever met, the fact that he bumped on her chest was to no good tough.
Ko slowly stepped back analizing her, she was no common succubus.
It was not long after that she weaved his hand to Ko saying "you must be the feared inspector Ko. I am Jii, i look forward to work with you as i was recently assigned as your personal assistant."
"What? But i just met you." Ko said confused.
"I was searching for you. Your smell to be precise, i really like your. It is so... Pure." She responsed in a provocative tone.
"Are you sure abot you being my assistant?" He said confused and worried.
"I am." She responsed drawing near.
"Very well then. Make way to the headquarters, i was just going to return there." Ko said testing her responses.
"As you wish master. " She said heading for the headquarters of the local police.
"Can i ask you something?" Ko tried.
"Yes sir, i am at your service. Whathever your needs are." She responsed with a lustful look in her eyes.
"Are you of high rank? Only the high-demon level succubus can ignore the laws of succubus's wearing regolation." Ko asked.
"That is true, master. And i am able to dress like this becouse thanks to my hight rank and power." She specified.
"So, Jii, what are your powers?" Ko asked.
"I am an old-stiled succubus who can't cast illusions. My magic allow me to conjure chains with mana and to enanche my... stamina." She said drawing even more near Ko.
"Someone is on our tail." Ko said.
"So you noticed. You are quite the man... Oh, i like you so much." She whispered back.
As she finished wishpering a knife flew at Ko's head being deflected by Jii right before it could touch him.
As the masked assassin jumped down from a roof trowing more knifes Jii deflected them all while charging at him.
It took a second for her to subdue him.
"That was fast." Ko said signaling her that they had to report to the headquarters as soon as possible.
| at the headquarters |
Ko reached for his glass of water while reading the records about Jii.
She sure had made a name of herself, the pile of documents was really tall.
Finally he got up and asked "Did he awake?"
"Yes, he should be ready to talk now." A guard said.
Ko walked over the small and cold cell where the assassin was.
"What is your name?" Ko asked.
The assassin didn't respond.
"What is your affiliation?" Ko asked then.
"Rinar" the assassin responded as the guards were left startled.
"You're lying. I already confirmed that." Ko said, his way of saying 'Rinar' was rather odd and too clusmy. Moreover he didn't tell his name but he was far too fast to tell about his affiliation.
"I didn't lie!" The assassin said with a high and desperate tone.
"Then what is your name?" Ko asked with a firm tone.
The assassin stayed silent.
"See? Why were you after me?" Ko proceeded.
"I was... order to?" The assassin said confused.
"How old are you?" Ko asked following a tough in his mind.
"I... I... I don't... know..." The assassin responded.
"He has been brainwashed. It is of no use to further question him." Ko concluded.
"Wait! The red and black rose... Ugh! Why did i say that!?" The assassin said.
The red and black rose, also known as double faced rose, was a demon association with a fame for staying on the limits of legality. It was not only infamous but also dangerous.
The double faced rose was one of the biggest organizations of the whole demon world, it had not a clear leader or a proper shared purpose, the members just followed their instincts and barely organized under the same leadership.
Or at least tha was until Ki'in'shar proclamed himself as their true leader.
After that they left Terra X and offered to help Gillio or moved across the continent with apparently no special purpose.
This was a serious matter.
Ko stepped out of the room with haste searching for Jii, he had a really bad feeling.
Meanwhile, at the borders between Terra X and Gillio, a demonic legion had been succesfully formed.
It was a really scary sight: thousands or more red demons wearing the same black uniform at the center of the legion, black demons wearing that same uniform with a red mark on it were at the sides armed with heavy weaphons and hundreds of demon spawns at the front ready to charge the enemy.
In the rear there were the high ranking demons who hurried up to end the preparations.
The order was given.
Ki'in'shar wanted to wage war and they were his army, loyal and willing to battle every enemy their lord asked them to.
Finally a war horn announced the start of the dreadful march toward the enemy.
As it was blown many other started to follow his example echoing trough the lands.
Ki'in'shar smiled. It had begun.