Supreme Monarch

After his conversation with Liz had come to an end, Tyler didn't try to get her out of his bed as he simply left the room with Cora hurrying along behind him. Again she had wanted to open the door for him but his mind was already preoccupied with thoughts that he simply did it instinctively and walked out of the room which left a disappointed expression on her face but Tyler didn't notice.

He then decided to teleport straight to the castle's courtyard with Cora in order to avoid creating any unnecessary drama resulting from his departure.

He hopes to avoid most of his subordinates working in the castle by doing this. If he had chosen to walk down himself, then he was sure to be surrounded by a horde of his spoiled vassals who would've offered to take his place as Lix so he could remain behind.

He was sure if they could all have their way, he would never leave this castle again, and as they waited on hand and foot. Hell, if that were to happen, he may end up becoming a lazy bum falling into degeneracy as he indulges in his most depraved desires, an outcome that was dangerous for him.

Although he knew his insecurities and fears were the reason he hadn't been able to establish a more casual relationship with his vassals, there wasn't much he could do to change the past now so he simply needed to focus on the future.

He hope one day, he would have enough confidence in himself and trust his vassals more to establish a more wholesome relationship with them where he could just relax and be himself.

With the hope that the moment he stopped acting like the Demon king, they would not be disappointed in him and turn against him. However, his originally human heart could not yet handle the thought of dining and relaxing with demons no matter how strong he became. This was something he needed to work on slowly when things around him had completely calmed down.

With a thought, Tyler's view changed instantly as he appeared at the entrance to his courtyard alongside Cora. He quickly scanned his surroundings with aid of his Magic sense and let out a breath of relief having confirmed his plan had succeeded.

"Something wrong Lord Ty?"

"No, no, it's nothing. Please, don't mind me, that was nothing more than a habit."

Dismissing Cora's worry at his sudden pause and a deep sigh, Tyler continued walking towards the stables where Albert had prepared the carriage for his departure. Fortunately for him, the only ones he met along the way were the armed guards who had been trained excellently enough that they didn't break character and stood at attention to the side.

He was impressed at how effective Albert's training was and made a mental note to have him teach him more about swordsmanship and help him refine his techniques whenever he had Some time to spare.

Tyler responded to the guards' greetings with a simple nod and continued on his way. It didn't take him long to reach his destination where he saw a familiar plain-looking Magic carriage strapped to a single Magic beast awaiting his arrival at the front of the stables.

There was a young beastgirl with thick and lustrous black hair, styled lazily in a single large braid and fell all the way to her back. She had a lightly tanned skin tone and her large and fluffy dog tail, moved gently to the sides as she patted the large six-eyes bull on the head while humming a song Tyler obviously didn't know.

Upon sensing someone approaching with her highly keen beast sense, she curiously turned her head to see who it was and her gently swaying tail immediately began to wag vigorously like an excited puppy.

"Lord Ty, you're here already, sorry I wasn't really expecting you this early but rest assured. I've completed the preparations."

Nadine spoke with a proud and confident expression on her face as she early awaited praises for her work. She said she hadn't expected him yet she was somehow already done with all their preparations.

Tyler nodded his head thinking she had probably gotten an early start so as not to keep him waiting even though he had come straight here the moment he woke up.

"Good work. I'm glad I can rely on you on this trip."

Hearing Tyler's sincere compliments, a wide grin bloomed on Nadine's face as she excitedly showed Tyler to the back of the Magic carriage.

Just like the last time, the back of the carriage had been loaded with all sorts of rare materials and consumables that were native to both the Darknar region and the Far East, in order to support Tyler's claim that he was from the Far East.

The reason for this was not only to justify his absence from Winged city for so long but also to earn some money for his region's operation before Rain could finalize the trade talks with the other regions have taken most of their funds with her to accomplish her personal missions which Tyler knew nothing about but trusted her not to waste it.

He also needed more money to purchase some Magic books from the Magic institute. He wanted to place them in the main library of the castle for his vassals to learn from and improve as he couldn't take any books from the Magic Library.

As Tyler inspected their cargo, he suddenly sensed a presence approaching him rapidly as it immediately lunged at him in a tackle the moment it got close enough.

However, Tyler simply took a step back as this figure flew past him and crashed into the ground with a loud bang.

Still, this figure immediately stood up and ran over to Tyler before Nadine and Cora could even comprehend what had just happened.

Unfortunately, Tyler didn't have any of his shadow rogues with him at the moment otherwise they would've been able to intercept this troublesome person.

He had sent every single one of them out to serve as his personal eyes and ears so he would not experience the same thing he had the last time he left the castle for the Sentro region.

Most of his new shadows were currently in Paragon City keeping an eye on the spies there and the rest were in the Darknar forest as well as the Darkin mountain range.

Zelda had been sent after Rain and Nessi was escorting Z on his mission. The only one present in the castle was Maeve who was working with Erin in the command center.

"Hehe... that was really mean master. Moloc only wanted a hug. You didn't have to dodge me like that, that hurts Moloc's feelings..."

Tyler rolled his eyes at the curved-horned, red-skinned, and incredibly busty beauty before him as the image of Moloc's original four-armed and chiseled figure appeared in his mind and the thought of hugging her made his skin crawl.

Moloc had moved closer to Tyler and was pushing her face closer to his while accentuating her large breast. Those subtle actions that were meant to seduce the opposite sex told Tyler that this was truly a devil.

There was a lot of meaning to every movement she made that one would think she was a succubus instead.

Well, at the very least, she was a better succubus that Kylyra-- one of the members of Unrivaled, the Hunter team he had met in winged City. It hadn't even been a month since Moloc was given this body but apparently, she had completely integrated her soul into it and her mindset has completely changed to be more feminine. Although devils weren't gender-oriented, to begin with.

Staring at Moloc's face for a moment, Tyler slowly pushed her face away from him as he sighed inwardly.

"I don't have time for your games today. You shouldn't be here anyway so why are you?"

With her face smushed back by his palm, Moloc helplessly frailed her arms around in protest as she attempted to speak but her words came out muffled.

"Don't bee lek thawt Mastwa, how cowuld you just leave--"

"Don't speak with my hand in your face dumbass."

With Moloc's lips and tongue tickling his palm, Tyler pushed the flailing girl back and immediately flicked her on the head.

*PA!!

"Ow!"

A loud dull sound echoed across the castle and a red bump appeared on her pretty face which surprisingly made Moloc crouch down in pain.

"Now then. What were you on about."

"Pew ow ow ow... that hurts master, why...?"

"If you have nothing to say, tell me why you're here. I believe I ordered you to the Darknar forest with the Queen of the south for now, didn't I?"

"Master did do that, yes. But Moloc had to rush back the moment she heard her master would be leaving for a long time. Why would master leave with his strongest servant, ie, me."

Halfway through her sentence, Moloc hurriedly stood back up having completely recovered from the pain and moved closer to Tyler once more. Her face almost touched his.

"Don't get so close!" *Pa!

Another dull sound reverberated across the castle as Moloc was forced back down and Tyler addressed what she had said.

"So you abandoned your duty because of that."

"Nope! Moloc has fully trained her disciple thoroughly and he is now capable of handling the situation in the Darknar forest on his own, so Moloc came to make her report personally so she could see her dearest master."

Again, Moloc shot back up after Tyler flicked her on the head and enthusiastically moved closer to Tyler again, undiscouraged by anything thrown her way.

*Pa!

'Sigh... just dealing with her is exhausting.'

Tyler sighed and complained inwardly as he flicked Moloc on her forehead again with a tired expression.

"If you're done with your duty that's fine then. You will be assigned somewhere else this time."

"Moloc would rather go with master on his journey lets--"

*Pa!

"Don't get carried away."

"Ow... Master's going to crack Moloc's skull. Moloc might end up enjoying this. Hehehe."

'Great, now she's becoming a masochist.'

Rather than flick her on the head again, Tyler decided it best to ignore her as he moved towards the seat on the carriage alongside Nadine.

"Alright Cora, we'll be off now."

"Yes my lord. I'll inform lord Albert of your departure."

Hearing her master's words, Cora's expression changed slightly as she seemed to have been just as disappointed as Moloc was but a smile soon graced her face as she responded to his will with a bow.

"Wait master, please don't leave me..."

Having forgotten to speak in the third person this time, Moloc attempted to plead with Tyler once more but to no avail.

"Cora, see to it that this one reports to Liz as well. Have her move the Darknar project to its next phase and accelerate its progress."

"Understood."

"What!!! That's so mean Master... I do kinda like it though but still... "

Despite Moloc's position as one of his Six Great Generals, Tyler didn't show any remorse for giving his maid authority over her for the moment as Nadine immediately drove the carriage towards the castle's gate while Moloc frailed around in protest but was dragged away by the ear.

To think Cora would be so fearsome even in front of Devil Lord capable of destroying the world in her sleep. She must've been taking out her frustration on not being able to accompany him on her.

The guards Manning the gates were the only ones to wave him fare ware on his trip as they seem rather disappointed they hadn't been able to share breakfast with him as they hadn't partaken in dinner with him last night.

His departure stirred up a lot of emotions in everyone who had been relying on him but Tyler didn't plan on handing this duty to anyone else as it was one of the only instances where he could act like a somewhat normal person without everyone fawning over him with unreasonable expectations.

Or at least, that was what he thought.