Chapter 92 - A Ancient Demon (1/2)

In the shade of the trees, away from the light of the clearing, Luke watched Alexis and the emissary act. At one point, Decimo took a notebook from his bag, flipped through a few pages, and showed it to the woman.

Soon after, he moved a few feet away from the circle. The half-dragon walked to the circle's centre and placed the white cube on the floor. She didn't seem nervous, but in return, the emissary was even biting his nails.

”Release.” Alexis said, loud enough for only her to hear. Seconds later, the cube began spouting white flashes.

In the blink of an eye, the flashes became more intense, and as they intensified, the cube doubled in size.

When the cube finally exploded into painless white particles, the figure of a demon appeared. Unlike the endearing figure with red skin and long horns that is widespread, demons are macabre and confusing figures, which desperately try to copy human traits.

There was a wide grin of pointed teeth and quivering white eyes in the shadow that emerged.

”Oh! You finally let me go! Do you feel sorry? If you want, I can let you go. Hihihi! Go, go!” The demon teased Alexis. His tone managed to be fetid and still preserved the sadism from before.

To answer him, the half-dragon summoned the two gauntlets of light and reminded him of the powerful blows that debilitated him last time.

”Tell you what, Allocer. You shut up and answer everything we want to know, and maybe we'll be good enough to kill you now and not leave it out of the hands of those who will want to study you.” Alexis said as he flapped his gauntlets once.

The black shadow, which copied a human silhouette, backed away startled and was eventually stopped by an invisible wall.

”Ah! You know what that is, don't you? A containment barrier? It's a bit laborious to make, but it's useful.”

Soon, the demon seemed to show respect for the first time by saying, ”Okay, okay, I'll answer anything you want, you know-it-all.”

”Why did Demiurge choose to seal you instead of killing you? He knew your name.”

Just hearing that name, the demon seemed to have shuddered even more than when he knew he was going to die.

Demiurge was one of the four heroes who helped the world during The Calamity. His actions directly impacted the course of history, but little is known about what kind of person he was.

”Demiurge was the scariest human I have ever met. After dozens of us were sealed by him, we began to think he was some specimen of a god. Even our blended strength was no match for his. Despite this, he never killed a demon...”

”And that's exactly why you feared him, isn't it Aloccer?” The silhouette merely nodded. ”So you said 'we', did you? But demons are not known for being united.”

”In times like these, we need to be, but to do so requires a powerful leader.”

”Ok... so you mean there is a powerful leader, interesting.... You speak 'times like this', but it was sealed for hundreds of years in the Dungeon, that confirms that there is a collective consciousness among you demons, doesn't it?”

The demon was startled by the amount of information the half-dragon was able to extract with just two sentences coming out of her mouth, ”Did you guys already know about that too?”

”It was just a theory, only now it has just been confirmed.” The half-dragon spoke while smiling wryly.