Demon Emperor Prodigy System

Authors note: This chapter is hopefully quite interesting and will be followed by two other training sessions with Iblis and Orcust. Different from this one as they focus on different fighting styles and training methods but hopefully equally engaging. Enjoy!

As Lucifer gripped onto his daggers, he focused his vision, and he felt excitement and anxiety through every second that went by as their vision met.

His heart would have pounded like crazy when he was just a regular student, but one thing his previous life tough him was to keep a sharp focus, never lose sight of your opponent and keep as calm as possible.

He regulated his heartbeat, and every second that went by felt like an eternity for demons before combat, as with their innate heightened perception only heightened by the adrenaline and excitement his brain was processing every possible move and result for the best outcome.

As his whole body was electrified by the thrill of the battle and the experience of wars and standing in the fields of death and massacre covered by the dark wine like red of the dry blood of his enemies, he knew he has to make the first move.

"It is the time", as Lucifer said, so he proceeded to begin. "Mana body rotation lv. 3 activate", as he said so, he dashed forward, closing the distance so quickly his actions would be incomprehensible to a regular person "flame weapon enhancement lv. 2+ activate". His dual daggers burst into a scarlet fury of flames.

Lucifer proceeded to close the distance and jump high into the air. As he began descending, he performed a downward motion with his bladed weapons in a shape of an x, knowing Frodeus only held one sword.

"Well done but predictable", these words came to Frodeus as easily as a counter to Lucifers attack as he quickly moved his body into a position allowing for his blade to block the blades with the side of the blade horizontally.

Frodeus proceeded to push Lucifer back and allowed him to make another attack; all Frodeus needed was his body and skill, no cheap tricks or abilities.

As Lucifer was pushed back through years of experience ingrained in every fibre of his being, he was quickly able to regain footing and never even lost his composure.

"Seems I have a lot more work to do if I wish to be even close to strong, but I need to practice, practice, practice, practice, practice!"

Lucifer let out a roar louder than could ever be expected to come out from his small frame as he proceeded to rush forward in circles around Frodeus.

"Ice Emperor Domain lv 2+ activate", "Lighting Ruler body enhancement lv 3 activate".

"Time to use the ACE up my sleeve. One month ago, I discovered my high affinity for lightning nature abilities, although it places an extreme strain on my body in this pathetic small vessel."

As soon as he activated his abilities, the time had slowed down, and his sense sharpened as his Lightning Ruler enhancement combined with his mana body rotation, and he felt electrified and revitalised. His body surrounded by the coldness of the ice, and the beauty of his surroundings turning crystal-like as he ran, and his ice domain froze all that was within his close vicinity.

The lighting spread through his body and onto his weapons armour as his fair stood up, and his eyes left a bright afterimage. He was focused, and nothing mattered except here and now. His mind clear, and with every step, every movement of the wind, he could feel it all.

"Perfect", he thought as he approached Frodeus with a beautiful display of burning flaming daggers, the beauty of everything around him freezing upon his movement. Then, as he carried the beauty of the icy destruction, it was all complemented by the beauty of the bright yellow lightning coming off his body and spreading to his flaming blades.

In a surprising turn of events, he threw his blazing daggers, which flew and looked like two blazing arrows shot out of a bow towards Frodeus. As predicted, all these flaming projectiles hit was an after image.

That was the plan; however, as soon as Frodeus reappeared, he was welcomed by the obsidian like dark bladed shortsword covered in lightning coming off its user's body.

"As expected of my student finally meeting my expectation", the mentor stated matter of factly.

The blades clashed, but it was clear to Lucifer who had the advantage, and he knew he would make the most of this opportunity.

"Lightning claw lv2 activate", "haha, my foresight was terrific. Before I went to sleep, I hit up my rooms library and learned a new ability perfect for these gauntlets of mine" as he thought so lightning claws began protruding from his gauntlets.

In the split second of distraction, the heir to the demon race attempted to strike at his mentor. He barely managed to scratch his mentors uniform before his hand was encased in sludge as his mentor melted away and began reappearing further away.

Frodeus used his unique ability to gain distance and remind his pupil he can get away or dodge an attack any time he wishes to.

"Frodeus was perfect for any reconnaissance; he had a sludge like ability and one allowing him to turn into mist, among other abilities like blending in with the shadows. He was highly skilled and a perfect humbling experience for anyone he fought highly of their skills." So Lucifer began thinking to himself in the split second of the exchange between them.

"There is always something you can do," he thought as he closed his eyes and began thinking back to when he examined his equipment at night.

As soon as his hand was free once again and Frodeus appeared slightly further away, he could feel the strain of using the lighting ability but pushed through it and threw the shortsword encased in lightning towards his mentor before running towards him at a high pace.

Lucifer pulled out the spiked shield while running forward with his mentor distracted by the bladed projectile, this time more unexpected as his mentor only just returned back to human form.

With the shield in his left arm, all he needed now was a weapon, but "which weapon do I pick?" he thought. Before he knew it, he found himself pulling out the crystal-like teal ice blade since with how highly enhanced his body is wielding; it should not be too much of a concern.

Lucifer focused on the fibres on muscles in his legs and rushed forward as he pulled the blade out of its scabbard, which flew back past him as he ran so fast he had no time to waste. Pulling the sword out was no problem since he had the ice aura currently active as the domain.

As he closed the distance, Frodeus was prepared as he easily parried the projected shortsword from before using the edge of his sturdy shiny blade.

Lucifer proceeded to force the shield into an offensive position using the spikes so that he could limit the movements of the blade of the weapon and then use his sword to disarm the weapon, which was the closest he could come to a victory.

Accordingly, to plan, he managed to trap the weapon's blade, but as he began the upward strike with his mesmerising crystal-like blade of the sword, it sliced straight through Frodeuss sword as if it was paper. His mentor barely turned his arm to mist before losing it to the blade.

Frodeus proceeded to strike the sword out of his pupil's hand, and as so, it became clear the training sessions was over.

"I can't lie, I am quite glad it is", Lucifer thought as he collapsed to the ground reminiscing over the times he practised until he collapsed by his lonesome in his previous life.

Frodeus approached with a severe glace and spoke, "right now is not quite the time for relaxing, pick up your weapons and meet me in my office in 30 minutes", he spoke in quite a serious and cold tone as he handed the teal sword to his pupil.

Soon Lucifer found himself in front of the office in his regular clothing, feeling energised again as he had felt just like before the training even began. Over the short period of time before approaching the office, some of his mana even began refilling itself.

He knocked on the doors and enquired, "is it fine to come in?"

He was met with, "Yes, please do so and have a seat."

"Honestly, you seem to amaze me, my pupil. Of course, when you used the weapon against me, I had every right to, and I did thought you had taken it from the royal armour, but I went through our records, and there is no mention of such a weapon."

"I would need to know about how you came into possession of this weapon as it's quite a powerful sword. It easily sliced through the advanced tier weapon used for training and, if given a chance, would have done so even more formidable weapons." As Frodeus finished his statement, he cleared his throat and awaited a reply.

Lucifer told him anything as he had no reason to lie to his mentor, the very person training him.

As his mentor heard the story, he replied, "Well, this is quite a puzzling situation. I advise you against using the swords in training (referring to the teal and crimson crystal-like blades). I also advise you not to show them off in public as you never know when you meet someone desperate, especially since these are pretty valuable." He continued, "It is better you do not use them in training as it would contradict the purpose of the training itself."

Lucifer nodded in response and replied, "thank you for your guidance sir, I highly value your insight".

His mentor continued, "I was impressed by your growth and progress today. It seems you truly were born blessed with talent and the will to hard work and self-improvement. Congratulations on your first and last victory. Don't even think about slacking off", he finished his statement.

"Yes, absolutely, sir. Thank you. I highly appreciate the praise", Lucifer responded.

"You are free to go", Frodeus stated.

"Thank you, sir", He received as a response.

As Lucifer left, Frodeus thought to himself, "Seems there is a bright future for our race after all", he thought as he sat down in his office in front of the desk.

Authors note 2: Even though young, due to how fast demons mature and how good their natural regeneration is combined with the artefact within his body, Lucifer can put his body through straining situations and still be alright as long as the strain was not too severe.