3 Sudden Emergence of the Order of Diabolos?! (2/2)
It's all a big, fat lie though.
”Demon possession is the proof of being a descendent of one of the heroes. As the children of those who had saved the world, they were valued, protected, thanked, and extolled. All in past tense though.”
”But now we are not thanked. Rather, we are...”
Alpha's face scrunches up, unable to continue her sentence.
”Someone had distorted history. Hiding the fact of it being the symbol of the heroes, hiding the method to treat the curse, and furthermore even renaming it as 'demon possession' and turning it into a target of scorn.”
”WHO?! Who would do something like that?”
”They are those who are plotting the resurrection of the demon Diabolos. Those suffering from the Curse of Diabolos are, without exception, those with high magic capabilities due to having heavily inherited the blood of the heroes. In other words, they are our precious military strength, and thus obstacles to Diabolos.”
”Which is why they call it demon possession and execute them? They're the lowest of the low!”
”Having been branded with the fabricated sin of demon possession, having been chased from your home and family, do you feel hatred?”
”I. Hate. Them. How can I not?”
”The Order of Diabolos. That is our enemy. They would never stand in the public stage. As such, we too must lurk in the shadows. We will lurk in the shadows, and we will hunt the shadows.”
”To possess that much influence even without appearing in the public stage... In other words, it means this Order must have many members in very powerful positions, and that there are many people being manipulated by them without even knowing of their existence.”
I nod gravely.
”It will be a path filled with thorns and thistles. However, this is something that must be done. Will you lend me your strength?”
”If it is your wish, I am resolved to even offer my life. On top of which, this is my own wish as well. We shall succeed without fail.”
Alpha fixes her blue eyes on me and laughs with fearlessly. Her young and beautiful eyes are filled with resolve and determination.
I mentally do a guts pose.
Damn yea, this elf is hella gullible!
Naturally, the Order of Diabolos does not exist, so no matter how hard she searches, there's no way she'd find anything. Every once in a while, we'll go take out some random bandit gang on suspicion of being a member of the Order. Or we'll jump in and interrupt a fight between some some protagonist-like people and say things like ”The destruction of this world is nigh!” or ”The resurrection of the demon is nigh!” before making a flashy exit. Or we can flashily show up on a battlefield and say ”Oh ye foolish sheep who know not that you are being manipulated...” before taking everyone out. Ohhh, all the things that we can do! The sky's the limit!
Oh right, as for the all-important name of our organization...
”We shall be known as Shadow Garden... We who lurk in the shadows and hunt the shadows...”
”Shadow Garden. What a wonderful name.”
Today, at this moment, Shadow Garden came to be. And at the same time, the enemy of this world, the Order of Diabolos was also born. I have taken one more step towards becoming a power in the shadows.
”Well, for now, let's just improve our magic control and swordsmanship. The bulk of the fighting I will take on, but I will assign you to deal with the small fries so you'll also have to become at least strong enough to handle that much.”
”I understand. The enemy is powerful, so we have to raise our own strength.”
”Yep, yep, exactly.”
”And we must also search out the other descendants of the heroes and safeguard them.”
”Um, yea, that too. In moderation.”
Playing as a power in the shadows with more people would indeed give it more of an organization feel, but we don't really need too many. To be honest, personally speaking I'm fine if it's just the two of us.
”Well, for the near future let's focus on getting stronger first.”
So saying, I bring up my wooden sword and parry Alpha's attack. She has made enormous progress after only a month of training.
Her sense is great, and she has more than enough magic. Seems she'll be of quite some use.
So I thought as I continued swinging my wooden sword underneath the moonlight.