REDEMPTION: The Devil's Daughter

There was a time where the world as we've come to know was the crimson stain of decaying blood. A war field held nightmares that even the bravest warriors dared not venture.

Brother turned against brother, father against son, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, give or take, live or die. Nowhere was safe, not even the HEAVENS. God disappeared and the world tipped over.

War was what He wanted; war was what He needed. Basking and delighting Himself in the blood of the world. He was no longer human. This boy, or god, or thing, whatever He was, He long lost his humanity decades ago.

A boy watched his parents murdered in cold blood before his naive eyes, powerless to even lift a finger against these men. People he considered HUMAN. "If this is what it means to be human, I'd much rather be a demon".

He swore never to be this weak again, never to be paralyzed by his fears, never again to cower before his enemies but to tower above them akin to a 'god'. But there was only one way to obtain absolute power. Power that demanded a massive price.

He sold his soul to the devil and was reborn as a demon of the highest tier, the son of the devil himself.

He avenged His parents' death, slowly taking the life and souls of his victims. In their eyes, He was akin to the devil himself. A mere child of no less than 12. Even after revenge, he wasn't satisfied.

He dėsɨrėd nothing but to cleanse the earth of the filthy creature called man. He raised hell on earth and declared war on man. With the abyssal demon army, He torched the earth.

His mere shadow stole life from every single thing in his path with height less than 120cm. And He cast a long shadow for his height.

His power, matchless under the heavens. His intent to kill soared above the clouds. Worthy of the name Devil King.

After three long years in this chaos and strife, a prophecy surfaced from the first and oldest sorceress on her death bed.

It was foretold that a child will be born to end the reign of tyranny, the strife and the nightmarish reality. This child was to be born at the cost of death. The worst mankind would ever experience.

A death that will cause the biggest blow to man. A death that would tip the scales of the war severely. A temporary loss, for a future victory. And as in every story, many awaited the savior. But he never came.

A decade passed and the population of man fell like corn in a cornfield. Many perished at the hands of the Devil King's massive armies. Armies containing more abyssal demons than the sands of the Sahara.

The few that stood to fight the Devil King met a cruel fate of watching as their hearts were ripped out of their ċhėsts and devoured almost instantly by hideous beasts. Beasts so hideous that one gaze could drain the soul of the bravest man that stared at it for even a second.

As the years went by, mankind was able to create a foothold thanks to the sorcery of two brothers, twins who created a barricaded magical citadel that provided shelter for the surviving man from the demonic plague of war. It was man's first and strongest utopia.

The armies of the Devil King tried to penetrate this citadel but they were no match for the purity in power the twins possessed. If their power were to be laid bȧrė like a white silk cloth, not a single spot could be found on it.

Not even the Devil King had sufficient power the break this fort, not as long as the twins moved as one. Together they were the only ones who were on par with the Devil King. Mankind felt the savior has been born. OR so they thought.

The Devil King sold his body to the devil for more power to crush mankind's last stand but the stronger He got, the fiercer the twins resisted. He had no choice but to sever their bond somehow. For they were like buŧŧer and bread. He had to create enmity between them, but how would He get through the barrier???

He possessed one of His enemy-cum-slave named Roderick and pretended to wonder about the human fort seeking protection. The sorcerers searched Roderick's mind and heart for malicious or evil intent but the Devil King concealed His presence to avoid their detection by lying dormant in Roderick only to be activated when the host's name was mentioned.

After the search, Roderick was permitted into the fort. A tear appeared in the barrier for him to enter mankind's utopia.

Behind the walls, the Devil King began His dirty deeds, infiltrating the mind of the people of this utopia, making them choose between the brothers, bending their will gradually to His own making the people adore one brother more than the other, dividing the people amongst themselves. And jealously created a tiny opening for the Devil King to penetrate one of the twin brother's minds…

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