J. TNANGA

THE LIAR FACE DEMON

Chapter 0: the unknown man…

“It is finally that time, kiarria” said a man whose face was hidden in the shadows at the top of his throne. “My son has finally been born, and my time has come to depart from this world”

“Yes, Demon Emperor-sama” stated a green girl whose ears are long and look like a witch. “Anything else you want to do before you disappear?”

“I want to see my son’s face just once”

“I will bring him to you, your majesty” said the witch, as she made her way out of the throne room.

The Demon Emperor sat in his throne, reminiscing his past. He wonders how did everything begins, what started all this mess, why was his kingdom collapsing, why he was losing the war….

While reminiscing, a scream can be heard.

“Huh” thought the Demon Emperor. “What’s going on?”

As the Demon Emperor wonders, the door to the throne room opens revealing a grave sight coming from the witch.

“What has happened Kiarria? Did the Humans manage a sneak attack at the castle?”

“No….something worse has happened….it could also be a good thing….but a bad thing” stated Kiarria with a gloomy face.

“Just what happened?”

“Your child isn’t….”

“My child is dead????”

“No, your child is alive”

“Then what is it?” persisted the Demon Emperor in his questionings.

“Your child is a girl, not a boy”

“What?” responded the Demon Emperor.

“According to the rules, only a Demon of Demon King power is capable of becoming the successor of the Demon Emperor. Usually it would be the Demon Emperor’s son who would become the next Demon Emperor, not a daughter but a male progenitor. Once the son of the Demon Emperor has been born, it will absorb the powers of the previous Emperor and make it his own, then the previous Emperor will cease to be since he will fuse with the newborn, and the newborn will be the emperor”

“I know all that, but in the event a daughter is born instead even though Demon Emperors almost always have sons and not daughters, it has happened a few times in the past. Those were always the chaotic times”

“Yeah, I learned that from the textbooks. In the event a daughter is born, the Demon Emperor must have a tournament open for the 12 Demon Royal Guards to participate, and have them compete against each other to become the next successor and they will marry the daughter of the Demon Emperor as well.”

“What if some of the royal guards are female?”

“They still have to participate; they still get marry to the princess if they win”

“Won’t that be the end of the Empire? No kids will be born?”

“…..”

“Guess you don’t know what to say”

“I am very sorry, your majesty”

“It’s fine, Kiarria”

“Is there anything else we need to prepare for?” asked the Demon Emperor.

“Yes, The daughter of the Demon Emperor will grow exponentially fast and become a young lady of the age 20 years old (Human years) in exactly 6 months from now. Then her aging will decrease and she will only grow one year every 10 (human) years.”

“Yeah, daughters of the Demon Emperors have such low lifespan, a typical Demon Emperor can live for hundreds of years, but a daughter of the Demon Emperor cannot”

“So the competition must be held in 6 months….we don’t have the twelve royal guards anymore…the humans managed to destroy 3 of our guards….we must get them for that”

“Yes, your majesty, we should open the competition to decide on the three royal guards by opening it to all sorts of Demons, then gather all the guards, have them compete for the Demon King title. The Demon King is the title given to someone that has surpassed the power of the twelve royal guards. Any entity stronger than all twelve of the guards, are considered to be Demon King leveled power (Usually that title would not be given since the Demon Emperor’s son would naturally become the next Emperor)”

“So, let us start this game….this tournament to get revenge on those pathetic humans who dare try to invade and eradicate us….we shall crush them and make them suffer the most excruciating pain…I can’t wait to see who the next Demon Emperor is going to be….I am sure it’s going to be someone I can be proud of and respectful towards….It’s going to get interesting….” Thought the Demon Emperor has he looked at the glass behind him that display the world outside in complete darkness.

“No, you cannot eat them right away, YOU HAVE TO PAY FIRST, YOU DUMB-ASS” yelled the store cashier as she notices I was about to eat some candy.

“Damn, I was only going to eat a couple, I swear” I said using an innocent voice.

“I could see that YOU WERE GOING TO EAT A WHOLE BUNCH, JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?”

“Who do I think I am?” I said with a smirk. “I am the one and only, legendary wizard you have ever seen, I am so amazing that I make everyone jealous of my skills”

“Right, right, of course you are” replied the cashier as she started to calculated the price of the candies I am buying. “that will be 7 coppers please”

"You don’t believe me….I am telling the truth you know, I am the coolest of the coolest, I am the most handsomest of the handsomest, I am LEGENDARY, y’ know!!!”

“7 coppers please or else get out of my sight and stop bothering me”

“You really don’t believe me; I am telling the truth y’ know!!!” I said as I try to find some coins in my pockets. “It should be right here…ohh, I can’t seem to find any money…may I please get some credits?”

“GET YOUR DUMB-ASS OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW OR I’M CALLING SECURITY” yelled the cashier again.

“Damn, I got kicked out of a store again” I thought. “Just why am I getting such bad treatment”

While the young 14 year old boy of average height and dressed like a mage but with no staff sat in the middle of the crosswalk, he attire much attention….except everyone wasn’t staring at him because he sat in the crosswalk, but because of his face….his face was that of a …. The young boy had a demonic liar’s face. Just one look at his face and you become unable to get the image of a liar out of your mind. Even his voice made him sound like a liar, that smile he had at the store made him look even more like a liar, no, as the worst liar in human history.

“Why does this happen to me?” I said with a weak childish voice as some tears start to appear in my face.

“Just look at him, he look just like a liar, you should just go and live in the demon kingdom you liar piece of trash….hahahahaha, nobody like you….hahaha, you should just go to the demon kingdom and stay there, who knows, you might even find your parents over there, like being serious right here….hahaha” started saying a random passerby at the little 14 year old boy.

“I’m not a trash” yelled the little boy but no one paid attention to his words since everyone was laughing at the boy, they all thought that he should really leave.

“Fine then, I’ll leave for real, you dirty bastards” yelled the boy, but his words were not heard.

The young man then made his way east, and wore a strong look but if you were to look carefully, you would see tears at the corner of his eyes.

“How is everything going?” asked the Demon Emperor.

“Everything is going spectacular, my lord” stated an individual of high stature, wearing a helmet and typical guard outfit. “The tournament will start as scheduled”

“Good, then everything is fine, I hope everything continues in a good way”

“It will, my lord”

The young man finally arrives at the border between the Human Kingdom and Demon Kingdom. There was a river to be crossed. For some reasons, no demons could be seen on the Demon’s land (the river is very small, you can use a small boat to cross or you can even swim to the other land, because of that, from the Human Kingdom’s land, an individual can stare at the Demon Kingdom). There were many guards and soldiers and merchants on the border but no demons, even the soldiers were bothered by it much.

“Whoa, first time I am seeing this? No Demons?” said a soldier.

“Yeah, I know, it’s giving me a bad feeling” said another soldier.

“Well, it doesn’t matter, we are going to send a squad on the Demon Continent to investigate, we should know what’s going on soon"

The soldiers then nodded and went back to their business.

“Whoa, something strange is going on” the young man thought. “I wasn’t really planning on going to the Demon Kingdom, but since there’s nothing for me to go back to, I may as well go, I do hate humans after-all”

1st Day of Competition for three royal guards:

30000 contestants. Only 29000 remains

2nd Day of Competition

20000 remains.

3rd Day of Competition

5000 remains

4th Day of Competition

10 remains

5th Day of Competition

3

You are probably wondering what in the world in such a short amount of time, so here’s a recap. On the 1st day of the competition, demons from everywhere on the Demon continent gathers at the stadium or anywhere near the city the tournament is taking place to watch it live on gigantic magic screens created using magic on a special orb that is able to transmit visual data. On that day they were 30000 contestants, including the young boy’s whose identity is unknown. On the application to participate, he wrote his name is Demon. No last name, nothing else.

While the Demons throughout the Kingdom watch the contestant, they noticed a human was there and was participating. They all laughed and didn’t take him seriously.

“A human think he got a chance, then let him, we shall see, hahahahaha, everyone knows that this decade no Human Heroes were born, we have nothing to worry about as long as it’s not the supreme commander of the humans which only one person outranks him, the Human King (who is 80 years old currently). As long as the supreme commander isn’t here we got this….but seriously a human manage to sneak in, this is so funny….hahaha” thought all the Demons watching.

No Demon took him seriously and just thought he was nothing but a bug that can be squashed at any time, even the Demon Emperor laughed.

“Ha!!! A human manage to sneak in!!! now, that’s funny, we are deciding the next royal guards to fight for the Demon Emperor position and a human would want to participate to become the next head of demons, that’s just funny….he probably won’t even passed the first round…hahaha, this is amusing” thought the Demon Emperor as he laugh.

But the truth of the matter is, that young unknown man who gave himself the name of Demon wasn’t just any human. He took out 1000 Demons all by himself in the first day. All the Demons spectating in the stadium couldn’t help but be in awe of this human’s power, even the demon Emperor lost his composure.

“Can’t believe this…..how can a mere human be so strong? Humans are only strong in groups and when they use those special anti-Demon equipment but he….he is so strong without them….just who is he?” said the Demon Emperor aloud.

“I believe he called himself Demon, my lord” stated the guard.

As the demons and spectators watch the young man battle, they grew excited. They have never seen any battles like this. The human would just chant something, and then magic would start to attack his opponents, and even though some Demons uses magic, none could defeat this human. But what made all the Demons so excited was the look of the young man’s face. He look like a liar, like a natural liar. That made everyone in the stadium laugh but not in a bad way like the humans were laughing, the demons were laughing because they weren’t scare of the young man, in fact, they felt like they could trust him after seeing his face. His face had a calming and trustful air about him.

To humans they would grow distrustful, angry, or mocking when they meet the young man, but to Demons, they would understand that the young man is similar to them. They realized he wasn’t an enemy but a fellow comrade and begin to cheer for him to win.

This all happened in just one day. The next day was very similar. The young man continues his rampage and the Demons continue to cheer for him. The liar face Demon!!! The liar face Demon!!!! The liar face Demon!!! The liar face Demon!!! The liar face Demon!!! The liar face Demon!!!