Asmodeus, and the King of Monsters

 'Quite the welcome,' the stove blazed in an epic battle of utensils against the chef. The television blasted through the hallway; the children loved it. '-Hidros dark-guild politics doesn't interest me anymore. Alphia's in my sight, I have around 10 million exa. Without Elvira's special talent, I have a slighter chance of making a fortune. Ingredients for the drugs have arrived. Bemuses me how the anger towards her death was channeled into the ascension to being a demon-king. On said note, I wonder if the demons have made it alright?'

As was said, the scenery swapped for a wasteland of sand and desolation. Surrounding dunes felt like walls guarding the arena. Gophy and Intherna waited with stern expressions. "-And you call yourself worthy of being Igna's closest confidants?" Intherna smugly said. 

 "What if we do?" returned a heavily injured Asmodeus, "-I've promised to stand at his side no matter the obstacle."