Beyond the Virge

Chapter 16: On My Own

Throughout the night the thought of becoming demon king fills my mind. As we took off from Irelia, I decided to do a few of my own quests. Rebekka, unfortunately, had something last second so joining us was a lost cause. I told the others to do some quests of their own back at Gargolas while I was gone. Common monsters weren't enough so I had to do the unthinkable. I needed human blood.

As we arrived at Gargolas I had the blacksmith at the Gargolas special forces make me a separate piece of armor. I decided to go full black with red hints. My armor covered my chest and upper torso. I had black knee pads, boots, and gauntlets that I liked. The people of Gargolas were pretty nice to me so I wasn't planning to take over this kingdom, for now. Soon enough a mask was made. The demon lord from the dungeon I met the group in had a mask and I wanted to make something similar to hers. It was a white mask with horns and the face of a demon with a smile. I decided to add blood marks over its mouth and nose and it was completed. I then put a cloak over myself and paid the blacksmith.

I felt like someone different already. During the smithing, I gave him a gem and the crow of the demon lord that had demonic powers stored within them. I felt stronger at this point. I heard that one of Elderon's allies, Kiminoa, is close so I decided to make that my next target. Of course, I started to have the backlash of the idea of me killing innocent people including women and children, but the urge to get the hell out of this place mostly takes my mind.

For now, I hid the fact that I was a demon and took Rii with me. Knowing her, she'd be more than grateful to follow me. I would've broughtYuki too, but I know she would object to my decision.

"Clover, you okay?" She asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just don't know what to think now. I'm basically committing mass genocide just to get back home."

"I'm not any judge so whatever you do, is what I follow. My life is in your debt."

"I get that."

We soon arrived at Kiminoa, the kingdom of mountains. I heard from Kiara earlier that Kiminoa is a place where many people chose to survive in such extreme climates. They basically modified themselves to resistance so they will become warriors. They say that the Kiminoa army is one of the top armies of Mongolia, but I'd like to test what they would do.

I flip my hood back as we land near the main palace. "Rii, drop me at the front door, burn the kingdom and leave the people alive. Block every entrance and see what you can do."

"Yes Clover," she says as I jump down landing in the front of the palace gates.

"Hey, you there, how did you get into the Palace gates!?" One of the guards says.

"Is that an Ice dragon!?" the other says.

As I looked at the guards, I pulled out my smg and shot him down, and rushed into the main gate. I scoffed thinking that the Kiminoa guards are top-notch, but they're nothing but cannon fodder. I cut down at least 50 soldiers already in my way and all there was is a large door in front of me. I smirked at how easy it was to just slash through pounds of flesh and blood. Looking at the door, I make a dagger out of Haywire and hit the door. I then used the string to cover the door and crushed it into pieces. Seeing the inside of the palace, hundreds of guards were waiting for me already. The sight of swords, pikes, shields, and rifles made me laugh as I slashed through every single one of them.

The entire room was splashed with blood. The king stood speechless. As I approached him, he pushed a button on his throne making a call to Irelia, but the bastard didn't even move away. As he was at gunpoint someone answered the call. It was an old raspy voice.

"King Yoichi? What's the matter?" It was the voice of Elderon.

"Tell him to bring his army because you're in danger. Do it."

Yoichi nods and says, "There's a demon in my palace with his dragon, please send reinforcements!"

"Good king."

"What do you want!?" he asks.

"I had really no goal to take your crown, to be honest."

"What do you want? Gold? Power? My family?"

"So you have a wife, a son, huh? That makes my count even more. You see," I dig my barrel deeper into his skull. "I want blood. Corpses. All in my favor to seek your death."