*Thousand years prior*
The heroes entered my palace, I focus my gaze onto the man wearing a intricate armor with red lining, his party seems focused on ending my life.
"This will be your end demon lord Draevok, We will be the end of your evil empire," The hero states, a fierce look of unyielding determination in his eyes.
"My death will be of my own accord, not by some weak hero and his weaker allies," I state coldly my arrogance radiating, I then stand using my magic to materialize my menacing armor and my great sword. As I see some the hero's party begin to get nervous at the sight of me in armor I laugh at them finding their fear humorous.
"This is the best the other races have to defeat me then I'll live for another millennia," I continue to mock them until the hero makes his first move by drawing his blade and swinging it at me, dodging it I punch him sending him flying into the opposing wall, his allies then take it upon themselves to finish the fight. Their dwarf paladin forces me to focus him while their elven priest and mage prepare a powerful seal for me.
"You don't realize what you're doing stop this," I shout as the priest finishes their prayers and the mage casts the seal onto me causing me to be trapped within a large dark pulsing red sphere in an catatonic state.
"It's over... let's get out of here," the hero says as he has awoken, they then leave my palace returning to most likely the eastern alliance.
*Present day*
Cracks begin to form in the sphere as I begin to awaken. The cracks begin to grow before the sphere shatters leaving me to absorb the look of my now abandoned and decaying palace, I slowly rise to my feet and walk about slowly readjusting to the surroundings.
"How long has it been since anybody has been here?" I wonder aloud as I take a look at my throne which has been looted of all its gold and time has reduced its glory to nothing more than a glorified stool. After I explore all the rooms I exit the castle to overlook a massive forest.
"How odd... a forest that wasn't there, and by the looks of the trees it should have atleast been a hundred years since I was trapped in that accursed seal," I mutter as I notice a small camp just at the bottom of the mountain, as I approach the camp I notice it's some fellow demons.
"Kneel to your king," I command but the demons look at each other and speak in a language I cannot understand a majority of, I am able to infer they do not respect me so I decide to use them as a way of regaining some of the power I lost due to time.
"You'll be a mighty fine first harvest," I state as I grab the largest demon by the face and slowly begin to absorb the demon into my own body absorbing its knowledge and powers.
"Now that you've seen my power you will submit or I will make you into more sustenance for my power," I state watching as the other two demons scramble to stand at attention.
"Yes sire," The two demons say in unison, they look as if they're war veterans after witnessing their friend being absorbed.
*A month later*
A small settlement of twelve large tents are at the begging of the path up to my palace, my settlement has a total of fifteen demons settled within, I'm sitting within a smaller tent that Ive been using as my home since the palace is unlivable when I hear a feminine voice from outside the tent.
"Sire, I have a message from our scouts," Cecilia my assistant says as she enters my tent, I take a moment to inspect her. Her beautiful long, white, and wavy hair along with her ruby red eyes and near hourglass body cause me to have to temporarily look away as to not stare.
"Speak what they said," I order sternly, Cecilia then straightens as she looks slightly frightened.
They've reported sightings of wild demons like we were before you found us sire. Another report I have is that our progress towards the first hut is moving along at a fast pace," she says as she nervously shuffles waiting for my response. I slowly stand up and inspect my armor and sword.
"Do you know why I absorb one demon from each wild encampment of them Cecilia?" I ask already knowing the answer, but I watch as she rubs her chin trying to think.
"Every time you absorb one of us sire you've gained power so maybe it has something to do with a loss of power or a need to gain power," she says and I am quite impressed that she was able to deduce my reasoning for my absorption of what could be potential subjects, this causes me to respect her more for her value as an assistant.
"You're right my assistant I do use the demonic essence to regain fractions of a fraction of my power at a time," I state my tone softening as an attempt to calm her.
"Sire shall I prepare a small team for you to take to the wild demons?" she asks as she takes a seat on my makeshift bed.
"No I will leave for those demons tomorrow all I need is the scout that found their general location, you may go to your tent and sleep now" I reply as she exits my tent leaving me to prepare for bed, lying down in my bed I think about the day what to do with the future members of my nation.
*The next morning*
I wake up, putting on my armor I exit into tent to see the scout waiting for me, I motion for him to approach and he does so.
"Bring me to the last location of these demons," I command as they nod and we begin to travel east towards the last sighting of them. Four hours pass before we stop, I take a look around and see evidence of demonic activity based on the energy around.
"Can you track where they went?" I ask the scout as they nod and lead me towards a large encampment with at least twenty plus demons.
"We should take caution sire they seem quite hostile as it is and if you were to just rush in and do what you normally do I am unsure of if they'll submit," the scout says as we hide behind some shrubbery, he then points to two demons that are separated from the rest.
"They're perfect targets sire," he says and I silently nod and I sneak my way to be just close enough to hear what they're saying.
"Samuel have you heard of this demon trying to claim he's some demon lord," the demon on the left says to his buddy, Samuel laughs before wiping his eyes.
"Absolutely comical, there hasn't been a demon lord in a thousand years and they think they can just come in and claim it all for themselves," Samuel says leaning on a nearby tree and that's when I strike by grabbing his face from behind.
"You two will join me or I'll make you both into a fuel for my power," I say my grip tightening around Samuel's face, the other demon looks unsure and angry.
"Like hell well join you, we'd rather die than be some other demons puppet," the demon says and Samuel gets frightened and squirms trying to free himself from my grasp.
"Don't listen to him I'll join you I'll join you just don't kill me!!!" Samuel yells in absolute panic as I feel his tears roll down my hand, I let him go before blitzing the other demon absorbing him into my form and I feel no change in my strength.
"Such a weak demon with such a strong spirit," I say as I look over at Samuel who's been stopped from running away by my scout.
"He tried running away sire what shall we do with him?" my scout says holding Samuel in place with a dagger to his throat.
"He'll tell us everything about him and the tribe he's apart of," I say with a wicked grin as I approach Samuel prepared to torture the information out of him,