Chapter 34 - Rise of the Demon King - Part 4

One of the many Hells:

Nazar was lying down on the ground of one of the many Hells for many hours.

He was unconscious.

Sitting around him were dozens of red-skinned, red-haired and red-eyed female demons. Their silhouette can be compared to angels except for the fact that they have red skin and grey wings.

Unlike the other demons, they were wearing dresses.

A long time ago, all the demons lived together.

But the female demons left the main Hell and took refuge in one of the many Hells.

They also changed their form.

They used to look like normal demons but change their bodies to look more comparable to angels.

“Hey, Karla,” one of the young female demons looked at a busty demon. “Are you sure it was the right thing to save him?”

The busty demon named Karla lowered her gaze.

“This is Demon King we are talking about.”

“Yes, I know. But Nazar is also a friend.”

“You mean an ex-lover, right?”

Karla looked at one of the other demons.

“It was just a random hook up, okay? Purely for.. Scientific purposes.”

“Ehhh.”

The other demon looked a little disappointed by the answer.

“Falling in love and long-time relationships are a waste of time.”

“Oh?”

“Yes. You are young but I will tell you this, don’t fall in love. It’s just a waste of time.”

The young demon looked at her with wide eyes.

She wanted to know more.

“Let’s forget that stuff,” another female demon who just came, said in a serious tone. “Why did you bring Nazar here?”

Karla looked back and saw a tall and muscular demon.

“He was going to die.”

“No, he didn’t. You shouldn’t have involved yourself with the Demon King. We talked about this.”

“I know that. But what if Nazar really die?”

“...”

The muscular demon didn’t reply to her.

“So, you really think that the Demon King can kill Nazar?”

“...”

This time Karla didn’t reply.

Karla sighed and stood up.

“Don’t worry, Cira. He won’t find Nazar here.”

“Hm?”

The muscular demon known as Cira narrowed her eyes.

“I have done everything in my power to conceal his presence from the Demon King.”

Cria seemed a little impressed by that.

“I am a high-class demon, after all.”

Karla puffed her cheeks and placed her hands on her hips.

With her head held high, she said, “And don’t forget, I am the most powerful demon among the female demons.”

Karla seemed very proud of herself. And rightfully so. High-class demons are not very common.

Cira sighed.

“We are lucky the Demon King didn’t even bother with us.”

“I mean calling us outcasts and weakling… Hmph. What a shitty king. He failed from the moment he became a Demon King.”

“Yeah...”

Cira was feeling a little troubled over this situation. They might get hurt - or even worse, killed - by the Demon King if he finds Nazar here.

“And to think that he looked down on us and not consider us ‘real demons’...”

Karla gritted his teeth and clenched her fist.

“We need to show him. We need to prove to him that we are worth something.”

“No.”

Karla was dumbfounded.

“We shouldn’t get involved with him.”

Karla frowned.

“If we stay away from him, that’s better for us.”

“But--”

“Cira is right, Karla.”

She turned around in reflex what she heard Nazar’s voice.

“Getting involved... with him is suicide.”

Nazar struggled to speak because of the pain.

“Then why did you get involved with him?”

Nazar forced his body to stand up.

Karla rushed to his side and helped him.

Karla wrapped one of her arms behind Nazar’s back.

Nazar placed his right arm on her shoulders.

After he uses his Godly powers, he becomes very weak since it consumes a lot of energies.

“It’s… complicated.”

“As secretive as ever.”

Nazar forced a smile on his face.

“Because life without secrets is… I don’t know... boring?”

Karla sighed.

“That’s your worst trait.”

“Thank you.”

Nazar looked at Cira.

“She is right. None of you should be getting... involved with him.”

All the female demons who were surrounding Nazar stood up.

“Just stay away from him. He wasn’t even using... his true powers. He was using his... fists and beat the crap out of me.”

Nazar would take small pauses in his sentences to breath.

The demons looked at Nazar in a stunned manner.

“Well, you are not as powerful as people make you out.”

“Damn… You didn’t have to shatter my life like this, Karla.”

“Haha.”

“Anyway, I need to go… hng… go back.”

Nazar used his left hand to hold his left chest.

His body had started healing but it was very slow.

”I would rather not... put your people... in danger for my safety.”

“At least wait until you recover.”

“Can your spell cover us?”

Karla nodded.

Feeling reassured, Nazar started thinking about something.

“Also, I tried to heal you but the magic would redirect immediately.”

Nazar completely ignored Karla because he was thinking about something.

(If I stay here for too long, no matter how powerful her spell is, the Demon King will find them. So, I need to get away from here as soon as I have enough power.)

Karla tilted her head a little as she noticed Nazar was lost in thought.

She felt a little annoyed that he completely ignored her.

(I need to go to Heaven. That’s the only...)

Nazar stopped walking.

“Hm?”

Ignoring Karla, Nazar continued thinking.

(What if he can survive in Heaven too? Is that… It should not be possible… right? Wait!)

“Hey, Nazar?”

(Recharge!)

With [Recharge], he can restore all of his energies.

Nazar was overflowing with energy once more.

“Oh.”

(Heal!)

His whole body was healed in an instant.

Nazar’s true power is [Absolute Wish]. Whatever his wish is, it will happen. If he wishes for new power, he will have it. If he wishes for a change in his power levels, it will happen. If he wishes for his body to heal completely, it will happen.

However, some times the "wishes£ don't come true - like today. So, he has to use his Godly powers, which doesn't follow rules or logic.

Karla was not really surprised that Nazar was overflowing with power once more.

“Thanks, Karla.”

“No problem.”

Karla got rid of let go of Nazar and walked beside him.

“Why did you not use it earlier?”

“Honestly? I was not even thinking about it. I was thinking about something else.”

“Ah.”

“Also, did you say something about healing me earlier?”

Karla nodded.

“It didn’t work because I had a barrier around me that redirected all demonic energy,” Nazar said with a stiff smile.

“Yeah, I kind of noticed.”

“Then how did you teleported me here?”

“Hm… I teleported the space around you here.”

Nazar looked at her in awe.

“What?”

“Nothing, that’s very impressive. No wonder you are a high-class demon.”

While he was admiring Karla’s power, Nazar felt Cira’s gaze on him.

“What?” Nazar said as he looked towards Cira who was standing in front of them.

“If you are healed, then leave. Now!”

“Cira!”

“No, she is right,” Nazar said as he looked at Karla. “I shouldn’t be here. It is causing you trouble.”

“Well, you can stay here for a little while. Wash the blood off of your body, clear your mind and then go away. If you go like this, you might die. And that would be...”

Nazar was not sure if Cira was being serious.

"It's not like I am worried about you or anything but I would hate to see you get hurt again."

She was always very cold towards Nazar. So, seeing this, he blinked very fast.

“Are you by any chance a...”

“Hm?”

“Tsundere?”

Seeing Nazar say that with a straight face, Cira made a disgusted expression.

She folded her arms in front of her chest and puffed her cheeks.

“Hmph. I really hope you die.”

Nazar smiled.

“Yeah, me too.”

Cira noticed the sadness behind the smile.

Feeling troubled, she wanted to say something.

But…

“I need a tsundere in my non-existent harem.”

Seeing Nazar say that with a straight face, she felt frustrated.

“Give me back the compassion I felt for you, idiot,” Cira said out loud as she flew away, flapping her two grey wings which came out of her back a mere moment ago.

“Oh, she is 100% a tsundere.”

Karla watched in awe how this man just recovered from his state a few seconds ago.

“But then again… they are not as cute in real life. I think they might be very annoying.”

Karla watches as Nazar muttered to himself.

She could hear it but didn’t understand anything.

“I mean, even in anime, they can become a little annoying sometimes… But at the same time, they are kind of cute. So… But in real life, it will be a pain to deal with them.”

“So… What is this ‘tsundere’ you mentioned?”

Nazar looked at her and thought about the answer.

“If I were to oversimplify it, it's a Japanese term for character development… Basically, it’s when a person is very cold towards certain someone and then, later on, become very friendly. And they also can’t admit their feelings of compassion or love towards the other person. So, they act cold towards them for no reason. I usually include people who are always cold but does good stuff once in a while and not trying to admit that they are doing good. For example, if I were to act edgy all the time but then suddenly start helping someone and say I am not doing it for them… Well, that’s my definition of it. So, I think can also put Cira in that category. She always acted cold around me but was nice today. I did see her act a few times like this before but today was very apparent. Wait, does that mean she loves me?”

“...”

Karla looked at him with a blank expression as she did not understand anything.

She had lost him a long time ago.

“I have no idea what you are saying.”

“Me neither.”

“Ugh. You are annoying.”

Nazar plastered a smile on his face as he started to think very seriously in a troubled manner.

(When I met the superhumans, I appeared as a God or some kind of similar being… Why did I do that? It didn’t make sense. Until now.)

“What? I am not,” Nazar rebuked her with a straight face.

He continued to keep a conversation with a smile so she would not notice that he was thinking seriously about something.

(God.)

Karla sighed.

(One of my personalities wants to be a God. But which one?)

“So, what are you going to do now?”

(There are a few personalities that wanted to be God. However, their influence was very small and they no longer want that. As for this one, I don’t know... this personality felt far more powerful than the others. Its influence over my mind is stronger.)

“Go and try to talk to the Demon King.”

(I don’t want to tap into my Godly powers. So, I need to find out which personality of mine this is before I use those cursed powers. I need to find the personality and destroy it. If not, I will be forced to use those powers again.)

“Then you will die.”

(I can feel its influence but I cannot trace it. I remember feeling something similar before January first. The day I decided I wanted to change humanity. I also felt their influence a few times before that. Well, the good thing is…)

Nazar felt a little happy inside.

(At least the Goddess Michael mentioned is not involved in this. That makes this a little better... But!)

Nazar didn't show his thinking on his face.

(What does this personality truly want? Does this personality really want Godhood? I don’t want to accept my role as a God. Most of my personalities don’t want it either… So, why does this want to be a God?)

“Yeah, I kn--”

“Ooh, can I have your soul then?”

Nazar heard a voice from behind him.

Turning around, he saw many demons behind him.

“If you die, let me get your soul.”

“Ah, but he doesn’t end up in Hell, remember?”

“Oh yeah, they go to the Void...”

“Wait, the Void no longer contains the souls.”

“Oh yeah, I totally forgot.”

“But this guy doesn’t die, does he?”

“Yeah...”

Nazar noticed the gloomy expression on the demons’ faces as they walked away from Nazar.

“Okay then,” Nazar said with complicated feelings.

He was not sure how to feel about this.

“Anyway, I will need to get out of here.”

“Okay.”

“But...”

Nazar paused before continuing.

“Do you know anything about the Demon King?”

“Well, not much, to be honest. He just appeared out of nowhere the other day and looked down on us. He told us we are weak and useless.”

“Oh...”

Nazar sighed as he started to float.

“I wish I could rest my mind for a little while but I have a feeling this Demon King will attack me somehow. And I really don’t want to get my loved ones involved in this.”

“Loved ones?!”

Karla looked truly surprised.

“You care about someone?!”

“Yeah, I am contradicting my old statements.”

“What else is new?” Karla said in an exasperated manner.

“Well, I guess, I shall see you around.”

“Bye, bitch.”

Nazar smiled.

However, that smile did not last long.

“Oh shit!”

Karla’s eyes widened in surprise as two wings came out of her back.

“Get out of here! He is here!”

Nazar looked at the vexed Karla.

“He?”

Nazar was not sure what she meant for a few moments.

He was not sure who ‘he’ was supposed to be.

“Ah.”

Nazar finally started to realise what she meant.

Nazar clicked his tongue and prepared to teleport out.

He would vanish into thin air and appear somewhere else.

But.

“Teleportation is blocked?!?!”

He did not waste any time and moved on to do something else.

“I might be able to get away using a portal.”

In less than a second, a portal opened in front of him.

He looked back and said, “Will you guys be okay--”

“Shut up! Just go.”

He started to move towards the portal which was right in front of him.

However.

Something came out of it.

A Dullahan came out of the portal instead.

“Huh?”

Nazar was taken back a little.

But before he could recover, a beam of dark energies hit him in the chest.

Nazar had a barrier around himself which should redirect demonic energies.

However, this energy beam penetrated his barrier and shot him in the chest.

Nazar was thrown away.

His energy absorption lowered the damage of the demonic energy but it was still not enough.

“Shit!”

Nazar fell on the ground on his back.

(After all, I should go to the 8th dimensional plane of existence… Actually, I didn’t expect the Dullahan to be that powerful.)

Before he could get up, he saw hundreds of energy of dark energy beams coming towards him from the red sky.

“Shit!”

Manipulating the ground, he opened it up and made the ground swallow him.

While he was underground, he started to open a portal.

But.

(What if he kills Karla, Cira and the others?)

He was not the type of guy to care about the death of people.

However, if they die, it will be his fault. And there are demon children too.

Nazar clenched his fist.

(Well… I can’t win but at least I can get this fucker away from them.)

The ground spat him out.

Coming out of the ground, he found himself surrounded by many dark energy beams, which were being shot from the red sky.

Narrowing his eyes, he entered his energy form.

In this form, his speed is increased tenfold.

(I will attract the attention of the Demon King and get out of here.)

Dodging the shooting energy beams from the sky while flying at a very high speed, he spotted the Demon King a few miles away.

“Freeze.”

Everything frozen. The energy beams froze. The wind froze. Time itself froze.

(Now I can get the hell out of…)

Nazar sighed.

(Why am I not surprised?)

Time was supposed to be frozen but it resumed.

The Demon King had waved his hand before time resumed and Nazar saw that.

Seeing that, it sent a chill down his body.

(Is there anything I can do against this without using my Godly powers?)

Feeling a lot of mixed emotions, Nazar opened a portal.

(Hopefully, if he sees me leaving this place, he will… Huh?)

He entered the portal but it suddenly changed.

A normal portal is usually a mix of green, blue and white colours.

But this was pitch black.

He could not see anything.

And there was no way out.

He tried opening another portal but couldn't.

“The Void…? No. It’s different.”

He tried to analyse the place but he couldn’t.

The dark world started to change a little.

“Light?”

Nazar covered his eyes as a sudden bright white light appeared in this dark place.

“What is happening?”

The light started to cover the darkness.

“Hm?”

Nazar slowly lowered his hand and noticed something.

He was standing in Earth now.

He was not in Hell right now. Right now, he was on Earth.

But it was different.

The sun was painted red and so were the skies above him.

(Where am I? What happened?)

Where is he? The far future? Another universe?

“Oh?”

Something started to happen.

The world beneath him started to break apart.

“Help!”

“Somebody save me!”

“Anyone!”

“I don’t want to die.”

“Save my child.”

“Please!”

Around him, he heard screams.

Nazar thought the world was breaking apart but upon closer inspection, he noticed something else.

There was darkness beneath the ground.

It was swallowing everything.

Seeing that darkness, Nazar’s eyes widened in horror.

“No...”

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One of the many Hell:

The Demon King stood as he turned Nazar’s portal into a dark energy sphere.

“Let me see your worst nightmares, God.”

A thin smile appeared on his face.

Karla watched in a dazed manner as the Dullahans surrounded all the female demons.

They were teleported into a circle and were surrounded by Dullahans.

“What…?”

Ignoring the situation around here, Karla had looked closely at the Demon King and had noticed something.

Something which she never thought was possible.

“What did you do the demons?”

Karla felt every single demon’s energies from the Demon King.

“Oh? You noticed?”

Cira watched from afar as Karla clenched her fist.

Being surrounded by hundreds of Dullahans, Karla started the narrow her eyes.

She tried to further analyse the Demon King.

She wanted to understand what had happened to the other demons.

“I absorbed all the demons in hell.”

Her narrow eyes widened a little.

“Huh?”

Letting out an airheaded reply, Karla tried to make sense of everything.

“Is it too much for your little mind to understand?”

Karla looked down as she thought.

“I absorbed all the demons into me. There is only one demon in existence now.”

The Demon King bent his massive body forward and looked down at Karla who just realised what the Demon King said.

“Yo.. You don’t mean…?”

“That’s exactly what I mean.”

The Demon King smiled thinly.

“I absorbed all the demons. Except, of course, for you. You are not worth it.”

He stood straight once more and laughed.

“Call me Demon King. Or Satan.”

Demon King spread his arms.

“And soon, I will be the only demon left.”

“What?”

“Of course, after I kill all of you.”

Every demon besides the Demon King felt intense fear.

Seeing their fear, the Demon King let out a loud laugh.

“Prepare for your death, unworthy.”