The sky darkened, grey clouds rumbling with lightning.
A distant arc of lightning descends, following flashes of thunder. Echoes of steel clashing together filled the northern lands of the Luca clan. In the wet, rainy marshes, a group of won in jet-black armour face off against a single man.
"Don't lower your guard after your strike fails!"
"Ack!"
"Ugh!"
SWOOSH—!
Asmodeus flicked his greatsword, sending two demon knights catapulting back—their eyes rolled back from the imnse force.
His body then twisted to avoid the eastern sword of Fuuka slicing through the air. His left arm shot out in a punch before Fuuka could even react and stopped before it hit. However, the imnse pressure caused a smashing blow to impact her abdon, knocking the wind right out of her.
The blow left the knight unconscious in a shallow pool of her blood as Fuuka collapsed.
A few demon knights jumped from a muddy cliff. Their blades prid to strike him from behind.
"We can't give him ti to counter-attack!"
"Hyah!"
"Never, announce yourself by making noise when trying to attack from behind!"
Asmodeus sounded furious, his head snapping at the three knights in mid-air, glaring with sharp blue eyes. He lifted his hand before a volley of blood arrows shot from the magic circles that ford instantly.
"Kyahhhh!"
"Uaargh!"
"Clanswon of the Inukami and my lovely Grigor Demon Knights! I would be disappointed if this is all you have to show today!"
His low, sharp voice caused the air to tremble. The won smashed into the rocks, shattering them with the force of his blow, their bodies impaled with bloody spears.
A dark pressure, filled with anger and pure force, emanated from the new Demon King.
The remaining knights and those that recovered their senses backed up from the black armoured demon king with an imposing presence.
"Hehe... It looks like we don't stand a chance at all."
"Shut up, Kanon."
A beautiful orange-haired girl with wolf-shaped ears quietly muttered while holding her sword in readiness. This girl was just another forr mber of the Shrine Maiden warriors from Inukami. In fact, her father was a wolf, and her mother a fox.
Before Asmodeus ca to the clan, the clan treated her like a low-class servant and an unwanted hybrid.
Yet, upon noticing her skill, she snuck into the training grounds and mimicked the spearmanship of her peers. Currently, she serves Asmodeus as a mber of the Demon Knights.
Asmodeus himself recruited her to join his knights, accepting his blood and oath.
Thus, she took his word as a gospel.
"Don't tell to shut up, Lu!"
He watched the knights, feeling a little disappointed.
A little aura made them back off. Asmodeus really didn't want to hurt them for no reason, but would the enemy let them go? No, the enemy would skewer them like pigs...
So, he had to abandon his feelings and treat them all like the enemy.
"The blood arrow barrage just then... I did not even use ten percent of my strength in that technique."
The three won gasped and trembled in shock and horror, the agony and pain causing them to tremble. Yet the other knights now realised his words about what he would do if anyone tried to run or didn't reach his expectations.
"That technique is enough for you guys... However, I want it to beco useless, sothing you can dodge, avoid and counter."
"You have two weeks, or I'll kill all of you myself."
Asmodeus's cold voice echoed—Yuina watched with shocked eyes. She never understood how far he would go or how far she needed to go.
Yuina finally realised the difference between her and Asmodeus.
Not just her resolve but even her thoughts and ideas were far too shallow. The difference in strength between Asmodeus and everyone else was far too great. To the level that the only people who might fight him with any form of challenge were Velvet and Alice if she becos a demon.
"Have you all taken a long enough rest Here? Let heal you, we'll fight again... All of you CO AT !"
With the snap of his fingertips, the bloody knights and maidens all felt a warm, enveloping grasp that caressed their bodies. A mont later, his magic healed them fully. They rushed at him, not because they didn't want to die, but because the won didn't want to seem weak. Not to the man that they had sworn themselves to and adored.
Even when Asmodeus told them they didn't have to serve him, they still did so of their own free will and volition.
"Prepare yourself, Our King!"
"Demon Knights, unleash your power!"
Fredricka's voice was fierce and thunderous. Asmodeus couldn't help but smirk at the growing number of his knights after taking in female rcenaries and the victims of cri, assault and other disgusting situations.
Asmodeus gave them light, warmth, strength and the will to love themselves once gained! His blood allowed them to be reborn, burning away the sins and horrific things that stained their body and souls!
"Follow , show our king just why we follow him!"
'Fredricka you've grown so much in the past few months... to think you would learn and teach this quasi-demons to transform...'
In reality, Asmodeus believed they couldn't transform. The blood might have been that of a king, yet it was limited in amount... Because he didn't want to trample on the won who supported Vinea and protected Liana.
'Now look at you beautiful demons...'
Although they couldn't transform fully like his lovers... fifty knights with black horns and raven-feathered wings all burst with a magic aura that made him feel like seeing fifty kinsn.
"Our Beloved King, please accept our utmost efforts!"
"Ah, Fredricka my lovely knight. I give you permission. This ti I shall not hold back... take care you made die."
CRACK—!
The wet and weakened ground beneath Asmodeus cracked. Instantly, his aura shrouded the entire valley around them in darkness. His magic was heavy and filled with a sweet, alluring scent.
Glowing black horns.
Black eyes with gleaming sapphire blue pupils.
Four massive wings, black wings, like a raven, their feathers sharp like blades.
Two tails, long, like flexible spears.
"I am here, my daughters of battle. Let's have so fun!"
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Two days later, the storm passed. However, the beautiful valley had vanished. Devastated beyond repair, the won, now down to ten people, all sat before the demon king.
All were preparing to eat a al.
'It seems that the other's are exhausted and need to rest.'
'Well, they did well...'
Asmodeus touched his cheek, a single scar remaining. He could heal it at any mont, but for the duration of their practice, he promised to keep all wounds they inflicted as a sign of their victory.
'Yesterday I offered then a reward for those that survived... all they wanted was to serve and eat a al with .'
'Strange won, but it feels good.'
He could only hide his smile, a feeling of familial desire towards these knights. Yet Fuuka was the only one who remained human, a hero who sought not to beco like the knights.
'She challenges to a duel every ti we train... even if I flay her skin, penetrate her chest with blood spears... or cut her down.'
'Fuuka never submit once!'
"I look forward to the al, Fredricka your knights have improved well, even in the short three days."
To be honest, Asmodeus felt the one who grew the most wasn't a knight. It was the beautiful blonde woman with fluffy ears, now wearing the sa black armour as the demon knights.
His mind returned to the second evening after he crushed the transford demon knights and almost killed seven of them.
***
A few nights before...
"Asmodeus!"
While inside his tent, he watched the opening flicker open, and a beautiful princess entered. Yuina's body wore a lovely white kimono, yet in her hands, she held a sword and a request.
"What's the matter, Yuina?"
'I wonder what she wants...'
Aki didn't co with her on this trip because Asmodeus didn't want soone to look after her or baby her. Since then, she has washed, cooked and prepared herself without Aki's help.
'Aki should be with Alice right now, being trained like a dog.'
"I want to beco a knight!"
"Huh?"
'What is this woman talking about?!'
Asmodeus felt shocked at that lovely princess, although she could use a spear and sword. He didn't feel she was a warrior but rather a noble... yet...
Asmodeus watched as her eyes burned with determination.
"What do you wish for Yuina?
"Treat like them, make fight in the dirt, choke on my blood and fight myself like them! Asmodeus, please don't make a princess or a weakling to be looked at... please..."
"Please, make your blade... A blade that lives only for you. I do not wish to beco anything but sothing useful to you!"
'Yuina...'
'What are these intense feelings?'
His eyes widened, and a look of awe at her declaration... she made his chest flutter. It then dawned on him that she was like her sister. No. Maybe Yumiko got her strengths from this beautiful princess who seed to glow with aura.
"You... I can see great pride in your eyes."
'If I made her into a demoness and my wife. Would she beco a demon of pride, the most versatile and loyal of all demons?'
For a mont, he looked at her in silence.
"Why do you wish to beco my sword, to beco sothing for ... I am already your sisters future husband and your brother-in-law."
"We are already family!"
Then Yuina's eyes beca fierce; for the first ti, he felt her ferocious and animalistic nature.
The princess of the Inukami, a beastkin.
It was the first ti Yuina put her desire before her duty, before her people.
She gazed at him with clear, beautiful blue eyes and suddenly spoke with a proud, noble and beautiful voice.
"You will beco my mate, Asmodeus Vincenzo!"
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