RE:WRITE

11.0 Candela_Chapter 2: Queen's Gambit

Void Ray!

A beam shot out of my hand towards the giant spider monster hanging in the branches above. It didn't even get a chance to cry out before its head was pierced by the beam. Strangely, no blood flowed out from the hole in the monster's head, even when it fell onto the ground with a loud thud!

Ping!

Ah, I leveled up again! I finally hit level 200 then. Although it is getting tougher to raise my level in this forest.

I walked away from the monster's corpse, thinking about the week I had spent here. Although I could only hide and pick off the smaller monsters for the first couple of days, I'd soon become strong enough to beat most of the monsters in the forest.

After all, this was the world of my favorite game, so I remembered all of the spells and their effects. Besides, I always chose the demon lord route anyways so I knew exactly how it worked.

Right. If I remember correctly, level 200 was good enough to beat the main story-line but I should probably aim for at least level 300, since the secret bosses are insanely strong.

And then I'll go claim my army!

IYA HA HA HA HA HA!

...

It's a good thing I only laugh inside my head...

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A young man was standing on a balcony. His long black hair flew in the air as a gentle breeze brushed by.

At the moment, the young man's deep blue eyes were gazing off into the distance while his perfectly sculpted face was seemingly devoid of all emotion. Thus, although he looked like he was barely twenty years old, he gave off the air of a great scholar or sage.

Suddenly, there was a loud boom in the distance.

The young man frowned and turned his gaze towards the sound. Just as he moved closer to the edge of the balcony someone knocked on the door outside his room.

"Come in." he said.

"Sir! I apologize for disturbing you so late at night, but someone just smashed through the city gates!" said a knight wearing a set of steel armor as she saluted him.

The man frowned. The city gates were enhanced with magic and protected by the elite guard, destroying them was no easy feat.

There was another loud boom, even closer this time.

The knight ran out into the hallway. There were a few crashes, groans and cries of pain before everything went quiet.

The young man was still standing on the balcony but his gaze was locked onto the door which the knight had left open.

A figure clad in swirling black robes slowly walked into the room.

"I am the Demon General Azoth. I would ask who you are but I already know." The young man said as he kneeled towards the figure.

The figure seemed to be looking at the kneeling young man, but it didn't respond.

The clouds covering the moon shifted, bathing the room in silver moonlight.

Azoth looked up and saw a young, expressionless face. He realized that the face belonged to someone who looked even younger than he did but what surprised him even more was that for the first time in his life, he felt like he couldn't see through him at all.

"Welcome, oh great Demon Lord." He said, bringing his gaze to the floor.

The dark robed teenager didn't respond, but when Azoth raised his head to look at him again, a shiver went down his spine.