It hurts... My whole body hurts... I can't use my Energy... I'm being hunted.
But why? Why am I being hunted?
As I thought about this, my legs wouldn't stop. I kept running while my whole body scread for to stop.
How ironic. I beca a Demon so as not to suffer the defects of the flesh, but that's exactly what's preventing from running efficiently now.
Space was sealed, and even the Runes didn't work. Whoever was hunting had a Power above Yama himself or even Gods.
Thinking about it like that... I have an idea of which Faction is hunting . But why? What did I do? I don't rember offending anyone in that Faction.
It frustrates . The way I'm being hunted so easily frustrates ! Am I that easy to defeat? They cut off my access to Energy, and that ans I've beco no better than an ordinary Being? This is annoying. I should have taken counterasures for an occasion like this. But in my arrogance, I didn't think that there was anyone who could tamper with my Energy control.
"Don't worry. Even if you had taken counterasures, it wouldn't have worked."
""My instincts scread danger. I jumped forward, falling to the ground, and quickly turned my face towards the sky. In the heavens of Yama's Hell, a 5 ter tall woman with long white hair, wearing what seed to be a Divine Artifact that had the appearance of a noble dress that was easy to move in, stood proud.
The Dragon Empress, Violet Elderblood.
Coughing up blood on the ground, I spoke. "I was sure that soone from your Faction was hunting , but to think that was The Empress herself... To what do I owe this honor?'
An amused smile appeared on the woman's face, her eyes glowing violet, while the Crown on her head began to spin slightly.
I took a mont to admit that. The Empress was indeed beautiful, but that was my Demonic side speaking. My rational side was focused on the Crown above The Empress.
I recalled the information of the various Deities of The Dragon Nest Pantheon that I had obtained... A Goddess of Order.
The Empress could overlay her own vision of Order onto Reality, which ant... Even if I had taken counterasures, it wouldn't have worked... In order for to circumvent this Divinity, I'd need to have possessed a Higher form of Divinity than her or have a Divinity that directly combats 'Order' But the opposite of 'Order' is 'Chaos', and there has only ever been one Being who had this Divinity, and it is no longer alive... Not entirely... Perhaps, if I used the Highest level Divinity of Assassination, or War, I could reject the effects... Or perhaps an even greater Energy.
"I must say, I am surprised by your thoughts. Even in this situation, you are thinking about what you should have done." The Empress floated towards the ground but didn't put her foot down. She stayed floating a few inches off the ground while looking at with those violet eyes that The Emperor had. That look of hers made very uncomfortable. It was like she could read my Soul... And by the way she laughed at when I thought so, I was right.
"... It's just who I am. I can't stop."
"IImm, should I fix it or leave this quirk of yours? Next ti, I'll know!"
Next ti? What did she an next ti? I'm not foolish enough to think that I'll get out of here alive. Whatever they want from , they need dead for them to achieve their goals.
"... Amazing. To deduce so many points with just a little information. You really are a 'monster, huh.'
The Empress's smile gave genuine chills. Why is she so happy?
As I was trying to reach my skin to pull out my trump card, I heard.
"I suggest you don't do anything"
My body shivered, and I looked back. Upon looking back, I saw a white-haired woman who was a little shorter than the Empress's 5 ter height. She was wearing a Divine Raint that looked like a mix of armor and a dress, which didn't hinder easy movent.
Just by looking at her horns, eyes, and presence, I knew that I was in the presence of another Dragon God.
... Actually, I think there is still another one... Even when I was running away, I could 'feel' a discrepancy in the Energy of the surrounding space, as if sothing was there, but I didn't know what it was.
The Empress-like woman grabbed my arm like I was garbage and lifted up, my body aching imnsely from this abnormal strength, and then she stuck her hand in my stomach and pulled out the dagger I had hidden there.
"I see, Demonic Iron. This would work on regular Gods. But, unfortunately for you, Dragon Gods aren't regular old Gods.' The woman erased my dagger from existence with her violet Dragon Fire. Then she stood there, floating inches off the ground, looking at nacingly.
"As the Empress said, he is truly exceptional." A woman wearing a completely black leotard appeared. Although her outfit looked like a leotard, I could deduce that it was not like any other but rather so kind of futuristic Technology.
"Right?" The Empress smiled. "As expected of Scathach. She really has good eyes, fufufu."
"Nyx..." Now, I understand how I was found so easily. Even with my talent, I would not be able to sense Nyx.
"Of course not, fufufu. Only my Emperor can find when I'm trying to hide. If you could find , I would be imnsely embarrassed.'
Can you stop reading my mind?
"No."
But, Scathach, huh... From the way they're talking, I'm only in this situation because Scathach rated so highly... I regret eting that witch in the past.
"You're ungrateful, huh? Didn't my Sister help you in the past when you were Human?" The Empress asked.
"That's true, but that's in the past, and the ones who reminisce about the past are relics, not !" "Tufufu, it seems like his selfishness as a Demon is greater now than when he was Iluman. Ile's completely lost his Humanity.' Nyx spoke.
"Hmm, that must be why he hasn't progressed much. His 'Positive' side is completely lacking. He's crippled himself, huh?" The Empress assessed.
eyes wide.
How could I have missed this? Of course, I wouldn't progress any further; I had gotten rid of the Positive half of my Soul! I was so focused on not dying that I crippled my future!
"Oh? He understood. Exceptional indeed. It seems that when it cos to everything involving 'Energy, he has an instinctive understanding of it, so long as he has enough knowledge." Nyx spoke.
"It's like The Emperor with Combat and Dun Scaith with Runes. The three monsters, huh?" The woman who looked like The Empress spoke.
I didn't care what they were talking about. I was more focused on the mistake I made in becoming a Demon... Instead of becoming a Demon, I should have beco a God! I was too hasty and ended up making the wrong decision.
A Demon, in actuality, was an accumulation of Negative Energy devoid of Positivity, which is unlike a God, who could have both and a Concept to sustain their existence.
"Fuck!"
"You know, if you knew soone with a Mastery over Souls and Positivity, they could easily return your missing half" The Empress pointed out.
...The Emperor must have gotten his hands on Earth's World Tree, and with that Contract, he would have access to an incalculable amount of Positive Energy...
He could fix my problem.
"Your thinking is correct, but unfortunately... Your ti is up. The Ritual is complete."
"Ritual...?"
The Empress just smiled at my question, and in the next mont, she disappeared and reappeared in front of as she placed her hand on my head. Between the gaps of her fingers, I saw the Crown on The Empress's head spin faster and emit a terrifying Power while her eyes shone dangerously. I felt all her Power, and I was paralyzed with fear.
But my rational side did not die. Around us, I could feel a great concentration of Energy. And when I looked to the corner of my vision, I saw a large Runic Circle.
Reading so of the Runes, I broke out in a cold sweat as I understood my destiny.
"Being too talented can be a bad thing, you know?. Your pride and ego grow, and you begin to believe that you don't need anyone other than yourself. That was the mistake both Dun Scaith and you made. But unlike you, least she followed the right path for her own personal developnt. In the end, her curiosity led her to her forr student, and you could say that that small action saved her!"
"...Why? Just why are you doing this? I didn't do anything to you!
"Exactly. Just like none of the other Beings you 'needed' did anything to you, correct?'
"Ah..."
"Indeed. You just used them because you could, right?" The Empress smiled broadly. "That's how our world works. The strong dictate the rules, and the weak must follow!
"You are weak, but you are useful to . And so, I will use you. That's all. No hard feelings involved.'
...I guess this is karma... After all, I have done the sa thing in the past to many Beings just because I
could.
"Rejoice, rlin. Go in peace knowing you have been useful to the growth of The Empire.' 'Rejoice, Humans! Rejoice in knowing that you have been useful to my growth and understanding.
Instinctively, I rembered the sa words I had spoken in the past.
Karma is indeed a bitch.
"You may leave," Violet spoke.
From the darkness of the grounds, a man stepped out, a man rlin knew very well. The Blank Clan Assassin gave a small gesture of respect and soon turned into shadows again and disappeared.
"Thank you for letting witness his last monts.
"Funny you should say that when you were the one who sold him out!"
Yama just shook his head. 'Lady Nyx would have found him even if I hadn't said anything"
"That is true!
"But by handing him over, I was able to see his final monts, and I was also able to fulfill one of my
teacher's little delusions."
"Delusions?" Hilda asked curiously.
Yama, holding back a shudder from the look Hilda gave him, explained. 'I often heard him say that if a disciple was responsible for his death, it only ant that the disciple had surpassed him." "Since you gave us the information, you were responsible for his death. At least in his final monts,
he fulfilled one of his delusions! Violet spoke as she held rlin's Soul in her hand. Even while she spoke, she was already making modifications with her Divinity. She couldn't do anything complex like Victor, but she could use her Divinity to alter the reality that rlin's 'mories' were not the correct 'Order' of his Soul.
By doing so, she would erase his mories but not his instincts and talents.
"... And I was also able to get closer to your Faction: Yama knelt to the ground.
"Oh?" Violet raised an eyebrow.
"Please accept into The Empire. I can be useful."
"...You are indeed worthy of the Title of Demon King, so cunning and sly. Though no Demon King
would kneel like that."
"Doing this does indeed hurt my pride. But I would rather swallow my pride to achieve personal developnt and a greater future than remain static like the old Yama!" The man was completely honest. "When a Being stops progressing, he is only destined to rot... And I do not want to rot.
Nyx and Hilda remained silent as they observed everything. The sa applied to the several hundred other subordinates of The Empire hidden in the shadows.
"A wise decision indeed. Few Beings could be like Victor, who had imnse pride and did not lower
their heads to a stronger Being, Victor could do this because he was an anomaly, a damn monster, and a paranoid guy who was always seeking strength. Because, since the beginning, he had always been shown that strength in this world was everything.
And so, to never be on the weaker side, he trained, trained, and trained in an insane way that destroyed his body. Of course, his lucky encounters with Beings that helped him on his way were also a significant part of his developnt.
Few could be like him, while most were like Yama kneeling before them. Even Violet herself was no
different from Yama. The fact that she was the one standing proud before the kneeling Yama was simply because she was on the winning side. All because of her Husband and the fact that she had
always supported him since the beginning.
That little fact made all the difference.
'Of course, it helps that I'm very good at sex too! She joked to herself, but while her playful and perverted side thought about this, her Empress and Leader side looked at Yama appraisingly. Remaining stoic with her noble deanor, The Empress floated up a little and raised her palm
upwards.
"Very well, I accept your pledge of loyalty!"
"..."Thank you!"
"Don't get too excited. You'll have to start from the bottom and work your way up the ladder, just like
everyone else, but not without a little help, of course. Your contribution today will not be forgotten. The Empire is a ritocracy. The Emperor and I value those who strive to improve The Empire and
help in its developnt, no matter how small."
"And your contribution today was certainly significant. This section of Hell will be added to our territory. And if you prove yourself competent... Who knows? Maybe you'll return to rule this place as a subordinate of The Empire, ard with all the resources The Empire can offer!
"I will prove my worth," Yama spoke seriously. "Good." A golden light in the shape of a circle began to form in the palm of her band, and in the next
mont, an Imperial seal appeared in Violet's hand.
"Take it." She threw it towards Yama.
Yama raised his hand, catching the seal, and saw that was a golden seal with the carved image of a
Dragon.
"Present this seal to a Representative of The Empire, and they will show you what you must do'
"Yes, Empress.
"Let's go." Violet turned around, and at that mont, her body was covered in violet lights before she
disappeared.
"Fufufu-, you were lucky, Demon King!
Yama looked at Nyx in search of understanding what she was talking about, but when he turned
around, Nyx was no longer there. He looked around and saw that the other woman, who looked like
The Empress, was not there either. Everyone had disappeared, even rlin's Demonic body.
"... What did she an by lucky?" Yama wondered, but after thinking for a while, he put it aside. There was no point in thinking about it now. He needed to focus on proving his worth!
"What a surprise, I thought you were going to kill him!" Nyx asked when the trio returned ho.
"He has potential. Even though he's not that old by Godly standards, he's strong enough to fight on
par with Vlad... Not to ntion that he has 'sothing inside him: Violet said.
"What is this sothing you're talking about?" Nyx asked.
"I don't know. Not even rlin himself knew. But he deduced that it was a manifestation of Yama's
own Power. He'd used those Powers in his fight with Vlad."
"Is he a possible traitor?"
"No... His logic is quite cold, though I suppose that's as expected of rlin's disciple. He didn't care
about his Master's death... Not entirely, at least. The pity and sadness were there but to a lesser extent. Violet explained.
"Selfish to the core, huh?" Hilda spoke.
"IIe's a Demon King, even if he is a God.'
Hilda nodded. Demons were quite well known for only caring about themselves. You could say that
Victor's Demon Wives were abnormal in that regard for caring so much about him. But maybe that was Victor's 'magic' at play. With his charm, he could even make a stone fall in love. "So, are you going to start the process now?" Nyx spoke.
"Yes, I'll go talk to Jeanne." Violet nodded as she looked at the Soul in her hand. The Soul was rotten,
which was to be expected of the Soul of a Demon who had committed an innurable amount of
Sins. "I hope her brother agrees to cleanse this Soul and make it a pure white Soul worthy of our new
Daughter!
"...Wait a sec... Our Daughter?' Hilda raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, I didn't tell you?"
"You didn't tell anything. What's this about a new Daughter?"
"It's exactly as I said. We will reincarnate rlin's Soul into a body that is in one of our clone creation
labs right now. Then, when Victor stops impregnating Ariel, he can adjust our new Daughter's body
to possess the desired specs for a Mage of rlin's caliber."
"." Hilda was speechless.
"So, you just hunted him down to use his talents for The Empire?"
"Yes, a new, blank Soul, without a single sin staining its purity, who will beco a Daughter and Wife
to Victor in the future, all while possessing rlin's 'monstrous' talents. Plus, with the enhancents of being a Daughter of The Emperor.... Fufufu, this will be fun."
"... How should I say this? Being Empress is a hard job, huh?" She didn't know how to express her
feelings about it, so she just accepted it. Her Family was already abnormal enough.
Nyx just shook her head. Every day that she got to know The 'Empress' more, the more she respected
her.
'It's like all the Yandere that was focused on Victor went to the entire Empire as well, and now she's
doing everything in her Power to strengthen The Empire while helping Victor... It's scary how efficient a Yandere is! Nyx thought.
"If you need anything from , let know... I'll go rest for a bit. Nyx yawned.
"If you go to Darling's room now, you'll have a great chance to 'relax, Nyx" Violet laughed.
Nyx stopped walking and said: "... I'll go there, then! Soon, she started walking again.
"I know!" Violet laughed as her eyes shone slightly. She 'saw' the way Nyx would look at the end of her
'relaxation. The funny thing was that whenever it ca to these things, the future of the event never seed to be composed of several branching possibilities as it usually did with everything else but rather pointed to a singularity that would definitely occur.
If Nyx went in there, she'd erge completely devastated. It was a canon event.
And they always will be.
'Sotis this Power is so useful. Violet thought internally.
"Do you want to go too?" Violet asked Hilda.
"I respectfully decline... My insides are still sore!"
"Fufufu, then will you accompany ?"
"I suppose so. I have nothing else to do right now!" Violet left the responsibility of Head Maid to Yuki
for now. Hilda could take over at any ti if she wanted, but it was not like she would need to. After all, she was one of the Wives now.
But even as a Wife, she wouldn't stop being a Maid. After all, she really enjoyed being a Maid; it was like second nature to her now. The sa applied to the other Maids who were Victor's Wives. Kaguya herself, even though she was the Leader of an entire sector of The Empire's Assassins, still
found ti to be Victor's Maid.
'Hmm, maybe I should call the other Maid Sisters to Victor's room later?' Hilda blushed as she
thought of this and quickly shook her head.
"Fufufufu, your Snow Blood is fully awakening, huh? Doing that with several Maid Sisters, all to please
our Husband... What a pervert."
"But I approve! Co, Hilda! Join on the dark side! We have cookies."
"Stop reading my mind!" Hilda growled in embarrassnt.
"I didn't read it." Violet smiled. "I saw it."
"Ugh."
"Fufufufu-"
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