2 The Empress of the Underworld (1/2)
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Even from inside the metallic room, one could easily hear the heavy footsteps of the incoming guest. Inside it, only one person could be seen or not, considering the shadows surrounding it. Inside the quite huge room, with a ceiling 5 meters away from the ground, the already small silhouette was made even smaller. Nonetheless, that wasn't bothering the figure at all, even when its head was barely high enough to let it see through the windows.
Toc Toc Toc
Comparing it to the loud entrance, the guest was quite quiet at knocking on the door. After waiting for a few seconds but receiving nothing except silence, he began to open the door. His massive hand touched the pad near it, prompting the metallic door to open. The red demon then lightly bowed his head, barely passing the door. After that, when he finally arrived in the middle of the room, he violently slammed his two right hands on his chest. This gest provoked numerous noises coming from his armor. From his toes to his neck, a dark material was covering him and a blue halo was concentrated where his right fist hit it. The only unprotected areas were his arms and head, two massive red trunks and a hideous face. Well, maybe it could be considered as just ugly on some planets, but he looked like a boar without a nose. And with very, very sharp teeth. As for his arms, he had two of them on each side, massives and bigger than the person in the shadows.
”Empress of the Underworld. The fight is going well on the sector 2-A and 3-C but we have already lost some of our newly founded bases in the sector 1. The different legions are ready for the incoming assault. Everything is as ready as it can be.”
After saying those words, the demon, from the race of the Akûl, could be seen smiling, something that would send shivers to anyone seeing this. While the inside of this room was cold, the heat and thirst for blood were beginning to enter. The door was not closed, and the outside ruckus was easily heard by the small silhouette.
”Someone finally learned what is happening to the enemy or is it still a mystery?”
Coming from the shadows, a young female voice, infantile even. Of course, everyone on this planet knew about the current condition of their commander. And while at first many were unconvinced, everyone soon began to learn the hard way how terrifying that child was. As for the term child, for someone with soon 873 years, it was not really the exact word to use. But that sentence made the huge demon frown.
”No, that is the only problem. Nobody understands why the Lanfos decided to retreat and let their slaves fight for them. All we know is the fact that those planets are truly without spatial defenses, meaning that an invasion will be quick and without any problem for us. Even if it is a trap, we sending mainly some cannon fodders, not a lot of troops will be lost on the several fortified planets.”
”Hum”
That noise was the only answer from the small girl. She kept looking through the glass, searching for something that could have escaped the eyes of the demonic army. But no matter what happened, the only fact that they could confirm was the retreat of the Lanfos spaceships above numerous planets. They are still monitoring all of them and right now, they were nowhere close enough to harm the planned invasion. But it has been 50 years now that they were fighting in this part of the galaxy, in a stalemate. But tomorrow, if the operation was really a success, it will be a huge victory and the deepest in the enemy lines that they have ever been. But that didn't appease the child.
”Any news from the side of Candaith? Do any of his harmless mages managed to learn something?”
”Negative, they are preparing for their assault too, but they are as surprised as us. And I heard that he wants something from you. But he doesn't have the guts to ask you that directly.”
This time, his smile turned into something far more sinister. While his commandant was someone no one could face in combat, Candaith was a cute little bunny compared to her. Even when he looked like a normal adult human, with even some muscle. While she looked like a young girl less than 10 years old.
”I know that, you're dismissed. But if you find any of his rodents lurking here, make them go back to their planet, by force if it is necessary.”