Conqueror

"I see. Congratulations. I'll tell that to Zieglind." Zeta called me out of nowhere. And it seems that he can't contact Zieglind. Well... he's been stuck in that Demon Form of his for a while now. And maybe, there's a buff that makes him immune to mind controls. So maybe that's why Zeta can contact him. Seems like he's busy right now and there's no good time to tell him about it. Well... there's already a lot of things happening these months.

The both of us have seen them. The original Death Reapers. The owners of the Gazer form and their weapons. It seems that they're called the Generals of Hell over here. They manage the demons on other 'Hell Kingdoms' and tries to take over the others. They serve under the Demon King if they abide by the rules... But they're all revolting of Zieglind.

Even Lagrima doesn't have a clue on why they're acting like that. 

I walked in Zieglind's throne room. Seeing him in that form while sitting in a position befitting as a king was both intimidating and amazing. Following him was one of the best decisions of my life. "Zieglind."

"Need something?" That deep voice echoed throughout the entire room. The servants on his side were intimidated but had a straight face.

It seems that he's still busy right now. But Zeta was pushing me to tell him immediately. "Zeta Reysh has married Greta Reysh."

"I se-..." It was unclear to see what experssion he's having right now. But with that sudden stop, I knew his face was just amazed and shocked. "That's amazing news. Why didn't he invite us?"

"Well, they said that they couldn't wait. They'll redo the marriage again after all things settle down."

"Hmm... I see. And why didn't they contact me first?"

"They couldn't. It seems that you have a skill that prevents that."

"Ah... yeah. The features of the Demon Sword Acabar, prevents my mind from being given forced information. For mind control and stuff. It seems that it also rejects messages. I'll congratulate them in due time. For now, we have things to do."

He stood up and flew out of the castle. "Devil's Advocate!" Flesh like armor came spawned in front of my body. A skill given to me by Zieglind and Lagrima. But this armor was completely different for the both of them.

Flesh like armor was enveloping my body and a single core of fire was in my chest. Wings grew from my back. This is just a reminder that no matter how much I disguise myself, I'm that monster. So I just have to accept that ugliness, and turn that into power.

I flew with Zieglind and the servants before bowed and in unison then said, "Farewell Demon King Zieglind, Lord Afal."

We flew to the first Hell Kingdom that we saw and I saw Zieglind flinch for a little bit. Which was unusual of him. "Seems like twenty of them are here."

"Yeah..." I could feel twenty people watching us. And this energy was the same as the Death Reapers.

All of them appeared and one stepped up to talk to us. "Demon King Zieglind Reysh, you killed one of your vassals. This is completely unfair. You killed Val, the leader of the Death Reapers and took her armor and weapon. We demand a form of apology or you must give something in return."

"I wasn't a Demon King by the time Val died." Zieglind replied.

"That may it be, but you still killed a member of your own army. It's fine if it was just a normal demon. But you killed our leader."

Zieglind let out a sigh, "What do you want."

"Your life. Give me the title of the Demon King and become subservient to me. If you don't, you'll be facing your own servants. And we have twenty people right here ready to kill you right now. There won't be any alternatives. Just surrender."

"I see... you've got balls to say that. You might be forgetting something. I'M THE DEMON KING." Everyone backed off of him a couple of meters for Zieglind's sheer intimidation was scary. It was as if looking to a bottomless abyss. That's how his power is. He has no limits. "You must've forgotten how to get chosen as one don't you?" Zieglind put his hand up for everyone to see and held it tightly. "ABSOLUTE POWER. That's all you need. I already killed one of you. Killing 20 won't make a difference."

"So that's your answer? Absolute foolishness. Reapers, formation." Everyone rallied behind him.

"How gracious. Come, Demon Sword Acabar." A small flame was then reformed into the Demon Sword Acabar and was summoned. Zieglind grabbed the sword and swung it once. A shockwave of flames knocked the twenty of them away in an instant. 

"UGUAH!" Everyone of them was aching in pain.

Zieglind levitated downwards to them to take a good look. "You all are still somewhat capable fighters. I'd hate to kill you. Good thing I held back or the twenty of you would've been turned into fourty."

"Arrogance!? We're still not done!"

Three spearmen thrusted their spears at Zieglind at an incredible speed. And Zieglind was dodging every single one of it.

The seven mages in the back began to spam skills.

"Icicle Blast!"

"Rain of Daggers!"

"Illusion Space!"

"Thousand Sword Rain!"

"Dark and Wind Combination Blast!"

"Binds of Hell!"

"Wind's Wrath!"

Several explosions ensued of different elements. 

And the rest of the reapers rushed at Zieglind with their weapons of varying size and type.

Zieglind was taking all of the damage to himself trying to get how much damage they deal. but Zieglind was just there, standing, taking everything like it was nothing. It faltered the enemies' resolve but they still attacked and attacked.

"Demon's Domination." All the spell disappeared and was absorbed by Zieglind. "Wall of Inferno." He summoned a wall of flame in front of him which caused the enemies near him to flee away from the heat. "Demon's Bind." Zieglind attached chains on all of the reapers and with a single pull, they were all sent flying to him. "Demon's Rage." Zieglind stomped the ground and hundreds of flame pillars came spawning right up, fully burning their bodies. They were all charred and burnt.

"Not... yet..." Some of them stood up.

"Disappointing. To think that I had trouble with your boss. This fight is over. Pulse of Anger." A shock of flames came out of Zieglind's body. And in short moments, the Gazer armor on their bodies were melting."

"Huh!? Wha- Our armor is... melting!? This is an armor for the Death Reapers! WHAT!?"

"I'm tired of fighting you. Now, let me ask you again the way you asked me. Give me your subservience and I'll let you live."

"Screw... you..." Their weapons started to disappear. "Damn it..."

"Fine. I'll give you to him. Mass Teleport, Redirect." A giant magic circle opened up from the ground.

"What are you doing?"

"Remember that everything that will happen to you after this, this is your fault for refusing my offer." And after eight seconds, they all disappeared. Silence was felt throughout the entire area. And all we could hear were the laving popping, the chains clanking and many other things.

This is one of the many times that I felt intimidated by Zieglind. He's nice to his group of people. But to others, he's just ruthless and completely unforgiving. And nothing we can do will change that. Since this is how I think a king should act. "Where did you put them?"

"To Lagrima. He said that some people will be rejecting me as the new Demon King so he told me to bring to him anyone that does that."

"What does he do to them?"

"I don't know. I didn't need to ask. The goal right now isn't to know how he does it. But what we get from it. Ouroboros' expansion is getting bigger and bigger. To the point that he'll be incredibly difficult to stop. So right now all we're doing? It's a backup plan."

"Back up plan?"

"All of these demons will act as fodder. If we need to escape."

"Wha-" I couldn't help but be amazed on what goes through his mind. He's right though. If we manage to lose even after all this, it's going to be fine if we use the demons here as a fodder. Thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions of demons here in hell acting as a fodder will surely help with our escape."

"But we're going to do that as a last resort. We'll still invade Ouroboros with our army. That is our last resort."

"I see."

"For now Afal, you need to go and try to search for other Hell Kingdoms. Lagrima was also talking about fortresses. If you see those, tell me. That's an absolute priority. I'll be going back now. Report back to me later."

"Alright. I shall do as you say."