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After our successful deal with Rui, Lura escorted us on the way out of the forest
There wasn't any monsters lurking around the area thanks to Lura's barrier, but Rui still insisted that we get escorted by her
I can feel her Highness, Elena Tremsworth, stiffening up due to Lura's presence, but there were no signs of her noticing it
As such, the three of us walked through the forest silently...
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"A bit more on this path, and you should be able to know where to go next"
"Thank you, Lura. We didn't know such a path this short existed"
"Don't be, I'm merely just carrying out my Leaders' orders...but if I must say..."
"...?"
"We were never close to any extent that I allowed you to casually call me by my name"
She said to me with a serious look on her face
She might be intimidating with that tone she gave me, but based on how Rui interacts with her, I already knew that she isn't that bad of a person
"My apologies, would you let me starting from now on?"
"...You're lucky my Leader acknowledges you as his friend and not a foe"
She says as she turned her back on us and swiftly leave
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"Rui...just who really are you?"
Suddenly, Her Highness, grabbed my arm
"...?"
"Hikari..."
"..."
I don't like where this is going
"WHAT IN TARNATION DID YOU AND THE PILLARS JUST GOT YOURSELVES INTO?!"
I was prepared for her to have many questions at hand, but I didn't expect her to have a sudden outburst
"Her Highness-"
"Ha?!"
"-Elena..."
Ever since that day, Her Highness, or rather, Elena, has always been treated me as her closest friend. Someone that she can open up to, someone that she can be comfortable with, and someone that she can always count on. She says that she sees it in me...
...Hence why she wanted me to call her by her name and not as "Her Highness"
With all due respect to her status, I only call her by her name when its just the two of us to not cause a fuss on others
I thought that after all these years, I know everything about her by now, yet every time we meet, she always surprises me...
...having a friend like her is something I wished that happened to me in that old world...
"...I thought you already got the gist of what we reported to you earlier?"
"I did get the gist of it, but I didn't expected that! That person, that Demicat, that Lurachnid, that pce...I wasn't prepared in all of that!"
"Right..."
"I've steeled myself that we'll be facing a Demicat and a Lurachnid, but I didn't expected that kind of Demicat and Lurachnid! Why are they working together in the first pce?!"
Demicat's are prideful warriors according to many people and Lurachnids are usually in tribes, secluded from other species...so it is strange that somehow, they've come to terms and served under Rui, who is a human that's, in my view, not human...
...There are a lot of things I want to ask Rui of, but there are other important things at hand that we also needed to resolve first
"That's just how it is for them. The one thing that I don't understand is that they're working under Rui"
"Didn't you heard me, Hikari? They're not normal!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Their auras...its completely different from a common Demicat and a Lurachnid!"
"I have an answer for that. Lura is actually a Divine Lurachnid"
"D-Divine?!"
"I presume that Mashiro is also a Divine Demicat"
"Why wasn't I aware of this information?!"
"I told you that two times when you asked for it twice"
"I've been so caught up on the first information that you gave me that it probably crossed my mind then..."
How come you were able to handle such negotiations so easily when you're like this?
"But that even raises more questions!"
"What is?"
"Are you really asking that right now, Hikari?!"
"I really don't follow your train of thought right now..."
"We've done researches about those in the past, and they've confirmed that there's no presence of higher csses such as Divine Demicats and Lurachnids in this generation! So if what you're saying is true, then why those two exist?!"
That can't be...did Lura perhaps lied about their css?
No...No such Lurachnid can cast an illusion spell that advance like hers...
...! I remember now...I was so preoccupied that time that I forgot she said that
"...Evolution"
Elena's eyes widen as she heard those words come out of my mouth
"Those two evolved under Rui"
"No way..."
She says as she instinctively took a step back
"I don't know much about evolutions and such, but according to Lura's words earlier, it seems that they can't disobey Rui"
"That's...impossible..."
"What is?"
"An oath is done by someone who wants to serve under someone. It cannot be forced upon on them, and is forever sealed once they did the oath. They can't betray them, but they aren't stripped of their will to disobey their master. When they do, their master has the right to punish them"
"But that just means they evolved by making an oath to Rui, right?"
"If they truly are Divine Demicat and Divine Lurachnids, then that's where the problem lies"
"...?"
"A simple oath...cannot make someone evolve under someone in any circumstances, Hikari"
"?!"
Yet there's no doubt that the strengths Mashiro and Lura have...and the strength that Rui have aren't normal...
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...What is exactly going on...?
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Meanwhile...somewhere far away...
...far away from their location...
...before such events happened...
...lies the nd of the demons...
The Abyss...which can be seen an organized army of demons, standing and waiting for the awakening of their Demon Lord
With such excitements on their faces, they even prepare a body, a host for the very first Demon Lord
Through the yearnings of their fellow demonkind, finally their screams have been answered, thus summoning their leader with the cost of a fraction of ones power
The red, glowing circle started to spread across The Abyss, reaching through each and every of the Demons that exists, to be a part of the said summoning
"Finally! Our Lord! Our very first Demon Lord!"
Said one of the Demons, who is obviously a high css demon, one of the demons who orchestrated this summoning
"Aaaah! Its finally happening! Aaah!"
The Demon beside him moaned loudly, as she touches herself from top to bottom
"THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! HEAR OUR CALL, WE OFFER YOU OUR POWER!"
Frantically swinging his cws as he tries to rally up the other demons in the area
For centuries, demons have been hiding from the heroes due to their ck of power...
...and the ck of someone who can lead them effectively in battle
But as, that has finally ended, and their era finally starts from hereon
It was then, that a dark beam strike down on the body of an adult, that was id down on a ft surface
"We will always remember your sacrifice...Aria..."
"..."
"..."
The demons then stood in silence, waiting for what happens next...
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After a few seconds, the dark beam slowly disappears, therein lies the body, glowing with dark aura
"OOOOOOH!"
The Demons said in unison, the Higher Css Demon walked up to examine the body they prepared
"..."
He then puts the hand down gently, as he turn around to his fellow demons with an approval gesture
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
They shouted happily, a Demon Lord summoning, for the first time, was successful. Of course every demon would celebrate
"We really did it...huh?"
"Yeah...her sacrifice didn't go in vain"
"Aria..."
It was then that in the amidst of all this, the Demon Lord slowly opens her eyes
"...?"
"!"
They quickly shut themselves up after the Demon Lord raises herself up
"Where...am I...?"
The Demon Lord says, as she reaches out for her throat
"We have been waiting for your arrival, My Lord"
"My Lord!"
"What...?"
They said, as they all pay their respects to the birth of the first Demon Lord
Thus the news "The Very First Demon Lord has been born" spread like wildfire across the world...
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End of Volume 2
