Volume 3 - Chapter 14: Incurring his wrath...

After Souma and Toru entered the Void, Galrius had summoned his military force to take over the Maran Kingdom and eventually the entire Demon Realm.

His military force is comprised of multiple races that are unknown to the Planet Oryon as they come from different planets. Different alien races are all under Galrius and at his side, his four generals. These different races are high aptitude races that excel in the Magic arts and some art prized warriors from a different planet. As these beings were under his banner, there was a unique symbol that was located on a different spot on their bodies.

These symbols were actually slave symbols that binded the person to obey the owner’s will at all times.

It would seem that Galrius is some sort of slave master and possesses a frightening amount of mana/strength to be able to control a military through binding contracts. Normally, a person can bind another by using a slave scroll or through magic. Although scrolls are much easier, they are quite expensive so many often bind others through magic as it is cost effective. Through magic, a person must have excellent insights on the slave chant and even a higher aptitude for controlling magic to even be able to control a single entity under your will. It takes a lot of magic to even bind a single person but to an entire military force of 4,000 members...that is quite a lot.

Within that 4,000-man army, there exists four generals that command each unit of 1,000. These four generals fall beneath Galrius as they follow his every command. Each general is far beyond unique and their strength is nearly unmatched. It would seem that for every 1,000 men, one of these generals make up the entire strength of them. They are that powerful and one of the generals is an arch magus that trained in the laws of magic from a distant planet. As these generals command their military units, Galrius stands at the top watching over everything.

It would seem that Galrius lives up to his reputation as Garoth’s 8th apostle but he is the weakest out of all of them…

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After Galrius summoned his 4000-man army, the 7 generals that commands the Ancient Demon Army had moved out. They convened at Souma’s location and began to fortify the entire inn. Even the innkeeper was shocked but they could sense the ridiculous amount of demonic energy that protruded from the 7 demonic beings. The seven generals guarded the place and watched as Galrius and his four thousand army march into the four cities of the Maran Kingdom…

1st General - Twin axe Giant: “We must protect Maou-sama. I don’t need to say anymore but everyone sensed that an unknown force just brought a military into our realm and we cannot do anything because our own army is still sleeping besides us.

3rd General - Water Shifter: “It pains me so, but we cannot move from this spot. Maou-sama left somewhere and his body is unprotected. We’ve been following Maou-sama for quite some time and this is the first where he has ‘departed’...I wonder what sort of ability that is..”

2nd General - Demon Songstress: “Maou-sama is currently gone. His entire body is still alive but his soul has left his body...temporarily I hope because those newcomers have arrived and I won’t be able to sing for Maou-sama!”

4th General - Necrochanter: “I want to show master my undead legion...maybe he’ll praise me for being a good girl too!”

5th General - Demon Elementalist: “You two...I swear that you two might be aiming for the Master’s love rather than protecting him. Even though we are sworn to protect our leader, please do not be infatuated to the point where you cannot do your job.”

2nd & 4th General: “Hey!”

6th General - Soul weaver: “Cut it out, all of you. We are here to protect our leader now shut it. We have to at least defend this inn and the surrounding area. No matter how strong this force is, we have to protect Maou-sama!”

The six generals were busy preparing to fortify the entire area as Galrius’s military had began to subjugate the four cities in the capital. As the demons screamed from the unknown magic that came from the new people, a shadow could be seen, watching far above the skies…

7th General - Shadow: “........”

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Day 1-5

Ethros-Maran was engulfed by a multitude of magical attacks that rained from the skies. Demons were being killed and the demon women were being captured as slaves alongside the children.

A certain Inn located in Ethros was blown to cinders but luckily the innkeeper, which was a young boy had successfully escaped and began to travel north where he would reunite with his sister in Voltros.

The city was in disarray and even with the Shidan that deployed, the demon knights were obliterated by the constant magic attacks and the weird creatures that subjugated all of them.

At the end, the city was engulfed in flames and many casualties were reported.

Casualty report

2000 demon men and women killed.

500 demon women and children captured.

Demon King - Unknown

Demon Count Br’trgar - Killed

Demon Duchess Elivana - Captured & Slave use

Demon Duke Lufrit - Killed

Only three important figures were either captured or killed and Ethros was now gone. Many of the citizens fled to the other jointed cities but everything happened simultaneously...all four cities of Maran were attacked at the same time as four sections of Galrius’s army invaded together. When the escaping demons caught wind of the multiple attacks on all cities, they retreated to the areas in between the cities and hid in the many forests that were in between each city. They did not want to die and they were losing hope for the Demon King.

As they hid, they thought of the papers they had received just before the attacks…

They saw that Mirao’s goons were looking for the Demon King and they would attack in 5 days...but clearly, they lied. They wanted to kill everyone and violently take over the entire Kingdom…

The Demon race was filled with absolute rage but they knew they oould not do a single thing. They placed their hopes on the Demon King that would rise again and destroy the army that has destroyed their kingdom…

They continued to hope and time dragged on...

Day one - Ethros-Maran: Destroyed

Day two - Westoro-Maran: Collapsed, still in progress of destruction

Day three - Listhros-Maran: Collapsed, in flames

Day four - Westoro & Listhros: Destroyed

Day five...

As Galrius and his army destroyed the cities, only Voltros was remaining in tact. Some of the remaining Demons began to repel the forces and Et’rie casted her remaining powers to create her last, strongest barrier that she used before when repelling the Demon King’s energy.

The entire army had regrouped back in the center of the Maran Capital where Mirao’s palace used to be…

“Commander Galrius, our forces cannot penetrate that barrier that is protecting the last city. I believe we may need your help sir!”

One of the generals, a master warrior that excels with the use of a halberd and uses unorthadox fighting techniques, spoke to Galrius. His name was Leon Galthunder, a previous inhabitant of Oryon.

“Leon, is this true..why can’t you and the rest of the generals handle that barrier...Get Linx, Hethro and Pio here now!”

Galrius immediately yelled at Leon to retrieve the remaining generals that were at their respective camps. A giant vein was noticeable on Galrius’s forehead as he was irritated that he could not find the Demon King.

‘Just you wait...Maou-sama. I am going to kill you in front of your entire race and I will rise in the ranks...NO LONGER WILL I BE THE 8TH APOSTLE! I will end your life and I will take your head straight to Garoth and proceed to become the 7th apostle...it was your sad fate when you became my prey...Demon King...’

As Galrius was thinking to himself, his four generals immediately appeared in a flash. They were extremely fast and they appeared directly behind Galrius, waiting for their orders. Leon was right beside them when Galrius turned around to speak...

“Ah, Leon, Linx, Hethro and Pio...tell me..why can’t you four take down that remaining city...just because there is a barrier, you can’t destroy it? I am telling you to TAKE IT DOWN! I bet that insolent Demon King is hiding in there!!”

“But Sir Galrius, the barrier is stronger than it seems! Even on four frontal attacks, the barrier is still holding out against our units” Linx spoke in respect to Galrius but nonetheless, Galrius is still mad…

“REALLY!! Why can’t you four attack them yourselves! I know you four are ridiculously strong here!”

Hethro was next to speak and he gulped before actually uttering his words…

“Commander...we did that...That barrier is stronger than it seems. Some of the captive demon slaves spoke about that barrier too. They say that one of the demons retained their magical strength and even in the past, defended against an SS-class monster attack! But, they say that the demon is incredibly old so the barrier isn’t as strong as it was in the past but it is still formidable sir!”

Galrius was quivering in anger. He wanted to kill his generals for being so weak! Weak minded and weak strength!

But then...he was about to speak but Pio interrupted..

“Sir, I believe you should attack the barrier. Us generals cannot dream of having a fraction of your strength. Please lend us your power so we can seek those that plot against us, sir!”

“I see...so you want me to show off my power, huh?”

Galrius was smiling as his generals were awe in his great power..

“Yup!” Leon shouted.

“Yeah! Commander Galrius is the strongest!” Hethro exclaimed.

“Our leader is the best!” Linx exaggerated.

“Woohoo! Sir Galrius is valiant and strong!” Pio finished with his exclamation phrase…

The four generals were completely sucking up to Galrius and Galrius was smiling as his generals were praising him. Of course, they knew that Galrius was the weakest out of the 8 apostles, but they did not want to anger this man. There is a reason why he was 8th apostle and he can permanently control a person’s entire soul using his magical abilities. That is why he became the 8th because his ability is extremely useful but not strong.

His abilities may be able to control a person’s will but in order for that to work, the actual caster must be stronger than the person. If the caster’s soul and strength is weaker, he will succumb to being binded and the caster will become the slave. Only those that are weaker can become slave.

His generals weren’t bound by Galrius but they knew that Galrius could actually take over them. His strength may not be on par but his soul is stronger than theirs.

Galrius has an ambition that is greater than them and that increases his soul strength and the warriors those generals are, they can sense that Galrius is indeed capable of binding them.

“Ahem! Well, since my generals are weak...I think I might lead the army for today...we will destroy that barrier and kill the Demon King!”

“OHHH!!! Great Galrius has spoken!”

“Commander Galrius!!”

“Yeah!”

“WE WILL WIN!!”

The four generals sounded off as they cheered blindly for Galrius and Galrius smirked in praise.

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Before the simultaneous attacks on the cities, in Voltros-Maran, there was a mansion that was owned by a noblewoman and inside that place, there were girls shouting along with an older woman that joined in the scrabble…

“WHAT DID YOU SAY!? ARE YOU SAYING THAT SOUMA DID ALL THAT! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT!”

“YEAH! ME AND NEIRU KNEW HIM FIRST! YOU CAN’T JUST SAY THAT YOU SLEPT WITH HIM!?”

Yes, it was Neiru and Alina screaming at the group of women that their cousin Leina brought back home.

“COUSIN LENIA! TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE LYING!”

“YEAH LENI!”

“...Umm..Cousin Alina and Cousin Neiru...it is true...but it is partially our faults too..it started with Yurika, Erika and Eriko...they were the first and they pinned Souma down and they did it...I didn’t believe it at first until Souma told me himself...I was shocked at first...but you have to remember...how can you keep that man on a leash...he is really handsome...and I am saying that...I normally don’t like to speak my feelings but Souma made me like this…”

Lenia was blushing heavily as the girls were whispering/arguing on the sidelines. Her mother interrupted before the other girls spoke…

“Yeah...my daughter fell in love with him...now..we shouldn’t be fighting...after all when he comes back, he’s going to be my husband! Ohoho!”

“Mother!”

“Aunt Flora! Rain is ours!”

“Auntie!”

“Nooo! He’s mine!”

“He’s ours!”

“Danna-sama is mine!”

“NO! I am going to marry him!”

All seven of them voiced their opinions against the one woman. Aunt Flora wasn’t bad looking but they were afraid that she would steal Souma from them. Her mature features with her big rounded breasts makes Aunt Flora, a powerful opponent…

As they argued, Aunt Flora stopped them and spoke…

“Anyways, we’re going to stay here. Souma told everyone to stay here. Luckily, his horse followed you guys or he would’ve been staying back wherever you guys left him. I also have information that there’s an unknown person declaring to find Souma. In 5 days, they’ll attack the Maran Kingdom..we have to hide..”

“Ah, Mother! Grandma Et’rie is going to help protect the city. She’s willing to protect the city. Just as a precaution, Se’thran and a few others in the city are patrolling the outskirts, when something happens, Grandma Et’rie will create her barrier that protected us in the past by Souma’’s ancestor.”

“Yes, I heard about that. My daughter...we are going to fight if those people even dare step into our city…”

“Yes Mother! We cannot let them in here and I want to prove myself to….Souma…*blush* that I helped… want him to praise me…”

“Hey you two! We’re going to fight too!” Yurika, Eriko and Erika spoke in unison.

“We want to be praised by Rain too!”

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“Yeah! Cousin Leniaaa, Rain is ours!” Neiru and Alina defended in retort to Lenia’s shy statement.

“I want Souma to praise me too…” Serina spoke a bit with volume but she was drowned by the other girls that began to argue.

They were yelling at each other even though they sat next to each other. It was getting noisy until Aunt Flora yelled…

“YOU ALL! STOP ARGUING! DO YOU THINK SOUMA WOULD LIKE THIS! YOU KNOW HE WANTS US TO GET ALONG TOGETHER! YES, YOU GUYS SLEPT WITH HIM AND EVEN PROPOSED! BUT WE HAVE TO STOP IGNORING THE FACT THAT SOUMA LOVES ALL OF US….Do you think Souma would like it if he came back to this home and sees everyone arguing about who loves who...As a mature woman, I can understand why you all fell for him...but he loves us all equally...you shouldn’t make this into a competition...he’s a man that find better looking females than any of us..but think of the reason why he chose us...he really loves us, which was why he sent all you to my house so we could all get along...I’d hate if Souma were to leave because of the yelling and arguing…”

The room was silent as Flora yelled at everyone. They were stunned but they knew that they were wrong. They all knew that Souma loved everyone equally and eventually they all would follow him wherever he went. They knew that Souma had something to complete and they want to stay with him…

The first person to speak was Serina…

“I’m sorry girls..why should we argue...let’s blame everything on Souma because he made us all fall for him...he’s the one at fault here!” Serina had pushed the blame onto Souma.

Yurika was next…

“Yes. My future husband is the one to blame!” Yurika had agreed..

“Husband...cheater…” Eriko scorned Souma…

“Danna-sama...I love him..but he needs to stop…” Even Erika spoke about Souma…

Then it was Neiru, Alina and Lenia that spoke in turn next..

“Rain! It was Rain’s fault! HE LOVED US FIRST!...Wait...from the story that you guys explained...HE LOVED THOSE GIRLS FIRST! NOOO”

“Rain...he’s such a player…”

“Souma...you...cheater…”

Yes, everyone had pinned the blame on Souma. They all loved him and in the end, it was his fault…

“Souma..how could you cheat on my daughter...with me...this is like...those demon drama plays…” Flora was laughing as she spoke.

The entire situation eased up as Flora said those words. The girls began to snicker and laugh a bit.

They understood each other now. They all love Souma and reluctantly...they even let Aunt Flora love him too…

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As the girls laughed and played, their city was under attack but Grandma Et’rie protected the entire city. It was draining her power but she could only hold the barrier for 5 days...after that, the army will destroy the entire city..

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On the fifth day, the girls were getting ready in preparation to fight back. The barrier had gigantic scorch marks from the outcome of continuous mage attacks from the outside. Grandma Et’rie was doing good but this was the last day for the barrier to be active and there was approximately, 4,000 men surrounding the entire Voltros city.

The barrier was weakening but it continued to hold.

People were shuddering in fear because a barrier separated them from those vicious militants right outside the city. The humans holed up in the Eastern District while several Demons began to arm themselves for when the army outside were about to attack.

Grandma Et’rie was directly in front of the barrier and suddenly, shadow figures appeared next to her.

Two women were clothed in similar armaments while a woman that stood in the middle wore a custom outfit that had plated gear. One of those women had a giant metal staff and the other had a short sword. The woman in the middle had a staff that had a magical crystal embedded on the top surface. The woman was clearly a magus while the two women on her side were warriors.

On the other side, three more women appeared. There were two women that had a warrior’s outfit and one of them had a bastard sword while the other wore metal fist gloves. One was a swordsman and the other was clearly a hand-to-hand combatant. The other woman wore a dark outfit with a noble cloak behind her. Her features were mostly hidden but she had sharp claws and Et’rie could’ve sworn that she saw fangs from the woman’s mouth.

Before Et’rie was about to question these woman, a familiar voice echoed from above..

“Hey Grandma Et’rie! We’re going to help here!” A red-haired beauty spoke from above. She had the appearance of a succubus and she wore skimpy clothing. But the most astonishing thing to Et’rie was the woman beside her.

She had red hair but her succubus body was more beautiful and her claws were much longer than Lenia’s. Her outfit was different from Lenia’s too. It was skimpy but there was a red aura that emitted from the clothing and looked as if the woman was on fire. Yes, this was Lenia’s mother…

“Lenia...and Flora...I see...these girls here must be your friends..anyways...the barrier is weakening..sooner or later...it will break mainly because of my power being weakened...but as long as no one stronger arrives here...my barrier should hold until later tonight!”

Et’rie was warning them and assuring them at the same time. As long as no one strong were to arrive, they can at least survive today…

but then…

A floating figure appeared instantly right above the entire Voltros. Right behind that man was 4 figures that wielded weapons that were ridiculous for their size. The man in front boomed his voice and everyone heard…

“WHERE IS MAOU-SAMA! I WILL DESTROY THIS PUNY BARRIER AND KILL EVERYONE IF THEY DO NOT SURRENDER THE DEMON KING!!”

The voice was alarming and broke several windows that were near the source of the voice. People were scared stiff and Et’rie and the rest of the girls looked upwards and saw the floating, unknown beings.

No response came from the demons and the unknown man began to smash his fist onto the barrier. From the top, there was a rippling effect as it distorted the barrier walls. It rippled and sent shockwaves as it reached the ground.

The barrier was cracking under the immense pressure from the man but it still did not break until…

The man began to generate a dark aura and a darkness weapon appeared in mid-air right beside him. It was a long, dark spear and had a dark aura that seemed to suck the light from around it. The unknown man aimed directly on the barrier and used his dark spear to smash the entire barrier and created a hole on the top.

There was a shattering effect as the barrier began to crash and disappear. The demons were scared stiff and they shouted for Maou-sama to come out and fight for them. They were weak and they depended on the strong. The man laughed at the sight and thundered his voice again…

“HAHAHA! You maggots! You scream for Maou-sama to come and protect you! You all are weak! Depending on the strong! WEAKLINGS! I WILL KILL YOU ALL NOW!”

The barrier was completely destroyed and the 4,000-man army began separate into 4 units of 1000 men and began to charge right in front of Et’rie and the girls. The girls were stunned and they began to attack.

“The barrier!”

“Let’s fight!”

Eriko and Erika charged forward. They will handle the far right unit of the army. Yurika and Et’rie will stay and dish out magical attacks. Lenia and Serina will be flying and attacking the far left unit of the army. Neiru and Alina charged to the remaining unit to attack them.

They decided to leave the main attackers to Aunt Flora, who was the strongest out of all of them. She flew towards the top of the city and came into contact with the 5 unknown presences in Voltros..

“You five...get out of my city. Why the hell are you here!” Flora screamed as she was irritated at the actions that these people did.

Galrius looked at Flora and spoke…

“Oho, a raunchy woman is talking to me. I am guessing you are some sort of succubus variant. What do you want? You want me to kill you or do you want to get with me and we can have a free for all with these guys!” Galrius provoked Flora as he threatened her to kill her and made a sexual joke with her sexual appearance.

She was flustered as she wasn’t being taken serious and began to radiate her red aura even stronger. At her fingertips, small fire orbs began to produce and she flicked the red orbs at the group.

“Take this!”

The orbs were sent in surprise and managed to scrape one of the slower people.

Pio was struck and his arm had been severed by the red orbs that came flying at them. He screamed in retort but continued to keep his barings.

“You bitch!”

Galrius began to radiate a darker aura than before and surrounded them in a sphere of darkness. Within the darkness, Flora was being attacked from all sides. Her red aura could not radiate more than a few centimeters because the darkness was absorbing all sorts of light.

Galrius and his four generals attacked simultaneously and Flora shrieked in pain. Lenia and the girls looked back and saw a dark sphere above the city. Lenia shed tears as she could not go back and help her mother. She was being overwhelmed by the magical attacks of the army unit. The other girls wanted to help Aunt Flora but they were being forced to defend against the attacks that continued endlessly.

Eventually, the units continued to bash against the women and they received injuries but none were fatal...yet.

The army continued to push them back and they invaded the city. Aunt Flora was being attacked within the dark sphere and the Demon race were being killed as segments of the army attacked the city and the citizens.

The girls were bleeding and some of them received magical burns.

Et’rie was panting as she laid on the floor while Yurika continued to protect them in a magical barrier.

Eriko and Erika were bleeding from the massive attacks that surrounded them.

Lenia was crying as she could not help her mother as the magical attacks burned part of her wings and her body was partially scorched. Serina was still holding on as she protected Lenia but she too, was being overwhelmed by the constant attacks from 1,000 people.

Neiru and Alina were bruised as they received melee attacks from all sides. They were strong but they couldn’t do anything against a force that surrounded them from all sides.

Eventually, the units pushed the group of women into a giant circle and surrounded them with weapons pointed at them.

They were injured and tired out. They cried a little and screamed his name…

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“SOUMA!!!”

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“RAIN!!!”

Then...it happened…

The air current changed and a giant thunderbolt appeared. Two figures appeared directly in front of the girls. One of them had a giant demon spear and looked demonic. His features were quite rustic and heavy as the demon guy was glaring at the militants.

Next to that man, there was a man that they recognized. His same hair, black and long drifted on the wind. On his sides, there were two familiar katana blades that the girls recognized. In his arms, there was a badly injured woman. That woman was Flora…

The man began to generate a healing force and gradually healed Flora but she was unconscious.

The man turned around and looked at the girls…

“I’m sorry I arrived late you girls...I will punish these people for hurting my precious family…”

They were all teary-eyed as they saw Souma looking at them. They sniffled and Souma continued to speak…

“Here...keep Flora safe...I will handle this…”

Souma handed Flora to Lenia and turned around. He raised his hand and with a thunderous clap, there was a repulsion field created and sent the 4,000-man army flying. They could not handle the pressure from Souma and many got crushed into mush as they were in direct contact of the repulsion force that emanated from Souma.

He looked at the disintegrated body parts and flying bodies and said…

“So...where's the bastard that dared to hurt my family!”

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