Chapter 205: Internal Conflict

[Demon king Castle, Demon Continent]

For starters the king has summoned all of it's vassal back together with the Black Knight that had joined them few years ago Hiiragi Asuto

At first Belial was skeptical about such shady character but after so long of observing such character he couldn't help but feel that his observing is coming to a dead end

In the end he wasn't able hear much about him other than those rumors and hearsay

As he slowly makes his way through the hallway of the castle, he suddenly stopped infront of a huge door and pressed his hand against it

With a push he slowly but surely opened the door and produced a creaking sound as it opens

Inside the room was the throne room of the Demon king who has yellow pupils with black outer layer of it's eye, coupled up with his white beard and hair as it slowly flowed down on his shoulder, not only that but he also has two black red horns protruding on his forehead as it creaked upwards that slowly formed an arc, this in turn gave him a really menacing aura like a final boss of some game

This was further enhanced by his long black bottleneck suite that has laces instead of buttons to pin it up and a cape that hangs on his shoulders as it is, added it with black pants and shoes plus his old age that look like on his late forties

As such said person was waiting for him inside, Belial slowly showed his respect by bowing down to him and greeting him

"Demon King Austrocius, I Belial have arrived"

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Name: Austrocius

Age: 1230

Gender: Male

Race: High Demon

Job: Demon king

Title: Demon king, Ruler of demons, the king of old, high ranking demon,

Skill: Highly advanced magic and combat prowess

Blessing: Blessing of the Grand ruler

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"Belial take your place, I want to finish my words as fast as possible" said Demon king Austrocius

"Yes milord!"

At that Belial stood beside larval together with everyone as the faced the Demon king

"Firstly the one part of our border has fallen against the assault of the elves, apparently they took to heart about such incident... . . What I'm curious about is that why just the mission of capturing the queen even failed?"

As he asked this Sirius adruptly stood up front as he once again reported

"Just like what I reported about four months ago, there were some unexpected events that happened... . . Such said event even almost wiped us all out until we were reduced to mere fifty units"

"And that event is some kind of unexplainable explosion?" Asked Demon king Austrocius

"Yes"

"....."

With that Demon king Austrocius begun to ponder for a while

Upon seeing his reaction Sirius softly sigh as he will prove to the just how much risk taking was the fight

"I can prove to you on how much dangerous was the said event"

"Oh really? Then hurry up and show me"

With that confirmation Sirius lifted his arm only to reveal a disgusting scar on his arm that wasn't able to regenerate due to the radiation

Seeing that even the Demon king was astonished upon seeing it while both Hepta and Belial were somehow felt like they saw something similar before

Unknowingly Hepta begun to carrass her burned side that was also wasn't able to heal due to the explosion of such radiation, for some time she felt that her burned side was almost similar to Sirius wound

"Isn't regeneration enough for that?" Asks Demon king Austrocius as he observed the burned arm

"I would've have done it if possible, but the thing is I can't, it feels like the injury was able to prevent any kind of regeneration from happening on my particular arm, thus resulting to this image" answered Sirius

"Have you tried cutting it off?" Asks Demon king Austrocius

"It's no use my king! I tried but it still there" answered Sirius

"I see! An incurable one"

After a while Demon king Austrocius returned back to the original topic as he proceeded his previous words

"Very likely due to the advancements of the hero, the prophecy has been fulfilled, three heroes have been summoned thus starting the huge war which will decide our race fate"

As soon as the king said that, Belial was somehow confused about something as he started to count all the people that has power equivalent to a hero in his mind

No matter what he do he always counted it to four as he included Kaido on the list

"Milord are you sure it's three not four?" Asked Belial

"Didn't you hear me?"

"I'm sorry! I won't ask again"

After being concentrated by the Demon king's bloodlust, Belial begun to back away as he bowed down and returned to Larval's side

With that Demon king Austrocius begun to talk once again

"With that in mind it is possible that the heroes might end up meeting with each other, since that is the case, we need to strengthen our forces at the borders since the possibility of war to start at our borders is high"

"At the same time I want the four of you including our Black Knight to put pressure on them by showing them our strength rather than numbers" he added

At that Larval spoke up

"My king! Are you suggesting that we charge at the enemy's grounds with no troops but us? Why?"

As he asked this Demon king Austrocius said

"My reason is simple... . . By charging in numbers will lead to a huge loss on our side since the enemy has the home ground, while the Demon's that has stayed on the continent will receive such high advantage of power up, it still isn't plausible to apply it outside since there grounds are protected by the deities"

"....."

"As for the reason why only you give will go and pressure them is because you have strength to go in and out of their lands, this theory was already proven as I kept sending Belial deep inside the Human territory, if you refuse to do so then your admitting than your much more weaker than him"

When Demon king Austrocius said that, the other vassals competitive trait seemed to sparks up except for Larval who just wanted to practice on experimenting such dangerous magic

"My king! Surely you jest! If Belial Belial can do it then surely we can do it too" said Sirius as he showed a glint of excitement

"Hahaha! My king! Allow me to charge in now! I'll make sure to bring you good news about my exploit" said Hepta as she swings her arm as she gets pump up

"I am expecting it, what about you? Hiiragi?" Asked Demon king Austrocius as he focused on the black Knight that was clad in purple aura

With that question everyone turned to look at Hiiragi Asuto 

"I'll do what I can"

With those words said much as he wants, Demon king Austrocius perceived it as such mission wasn't even worth mentioning

Out of all of them inside the room, only he knows the potential of Hiiragi Asuto as he clearly witnessed his battle prowess

If he would compare Hiiragi, Asuto against his four vassal, he was sure assured that Hiiragi, Asuto would win against them without any problem

(If the enemy has heroes, then we got the black Knight)

That was his thoughts upon witnessing Hiiragi Asuto's strength about a year ago

With that consent Demon king Austrocius dismissed his subjects when suddenly Belial stood still and asked

"Milord! What about the princess? What shall we do? After she escaped the castle cause of your unbending will to go into war, she in turn isolated herself from us"

As Belial asked that everyone once again halted their footsteps as they stared back to Belial who was looking at the Demon king straight into his eyes as if he considered that both of them were equal in strength

"If she wants to rebel then do so, I won't stop her, after all it is the offsprings duty to surpass their parents, if she can't even do that then she's nothing more but a liability and a mistake for expecting much from her"

As the Demon king said that he adruptly left after disappearing into the darkness leaving only his chair intact

With the Demon king's disappearance, the others followed suite as Larval had a talk to Sirius and Hepta about the upcoming operation

As for Belial he stepped up infront of Hiiragi as he confronted the black Knight

"Hiiragi Asuto! Your a mysterious guy! If you would like you can tell me your origin... . . "

"....."

"Not talking? You should know that talking to others will increase your relationship with others"

As Belial said that Hiiragi suddenly stopped at his tracks as he turned his head and replied

"I'm strong as it is, I don't need such relationships"

Upon hearing him, Belial immediately followed up the talk

"Then perhaps it is just as what you said, but still Hiiragi Asuto... . . Just who are you?" Asked Belial as he started oozing out a deadly aura

Due to that the others seemed to have noticed the situation as they stopped their chat and turned to their location

"Heh! Don't think highly of yourself Demon! I could even defeat you with one hand behind my back... . . And it's simple I'm Hiiragi Asuto a black Knight! Make sure you engrave that name into your uneducated mind... . . That goes for everyone too" remarked Hiiragi as he started to release his tremendous aura which was somehow comparable to Belial's aura

With that show of strength everyone was quite astounded as they didn't expect such play

With a forceful slam, Hiiragi pushed Belial away with his shoulder as he brushed past the others and slammed the door with one hand

"Well that was... . . Something" pointed out Sirius

As Sirius started to say that, Belial's bloodlust suddenly fell on him as he became alerted in an instant and puts his guard up

"You! Just what do you think you're doing?" He shouted

Slowly Belial stepped forward towards him as he said

"The wound in your arm... . . I feel like I've felt nostalgia from that wound"

"!!!"

"In turn I haven't heard much from that guy for atleast seven months now... . . Ah yes the guy named Kaido! Tell me... . . Do you know the reason for his disappearance on the Battlefield?"

As soon as Belial asked that, Sirius suddenly remembered that Belial was acquaintaned with the guy who he was torturing for seven months

"What? No way" denied Sirius as beads of sweats drops to the floor cause of the pressure oozing out of Belial

"Is that so? Then perhaps I just jumped to conclusions too quickly nowadays" said Belial as he smiled at him which in turn gave Sirius a serious goosebumps

When Sirius tried to leave however Belial suddenly told him something in which he really didn't like at all

"Oh right Sirius! If I learned that you touched my prey... . . I'll rip you apart and kill you myself... . . Understood?" Threatened Belial as his aura got heavier

With the pressure suddenly weighing down on him, Sirius immediately replied

"Hahaha! Don't be conceited, do you think I'll just stand still while you kill me? Belial, I'm the king of the vampires! And your just a mere Archdemon without any subject's... . . If you want war then we'll have war"

With that Sirius suddenly disappeared as he morphed into a swarm of bats

After his disappearance, Hepta quickly followed suite leaving both Larval and Belial behind

For a while the room was silent until Belial spoke up

"Larval!!!"

"Yes?"

"I want you to investigate Sirius, if what my speculation is true... . . Then I have no choice but to kill him"

After being silent for a while Larval slowly looked at Belial with his hollow eyes before replying

"Understood... . . I'll do my best"

"That's all! Thank you!"

"No worries"

With that conflict inside the Demon's forces started to arise as all of them begun to become hostile against each other

If Belial was not careful he might be outdone by both Sirius and Hiiragi, but if that were to happen then he won't back down without a fight

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[Somewhere in the Demon Continent]

As the pile of rubble slid down a slope due to the prior destructive explosion, Kaido could be seen sitting on one of its mount

To be more precise the cursed entity who has assumed of Kaido's identity and made it his own while dragging the real Kaido into an endless darkness

Due to that the real Kaido was erased and was replaced by the cursed entity as it controlled his body and assumed his name

With a laugh Kaido lifted the body of a succubus that had its limbs cut off together with her wings and tails

Behind him was a pile of dead bodies as he killed the guards and the succubus that was pleasing them without batting an eye

With current look of Kaido who was smiling evilly at the struggling succubus and was smeared in blood, he looked more like a devil rather than an innocent human

"Hey Missy! It's been a while since I've been freed of my restraints, can you tell me where I can find your Sirius the vampire king?"

Struggling to survive the succubus answered

"Please spare me"

"Sure thing!" Smiled Kaido

"Then he's base is located... . . At the... . . Far end of... . .the distance in a castle... . . That takes three town's before you arrive their"

"Three town's in between my location and my target location?"

"Yes... . ." Said the succubus as she struggles

With a smile Kaido thanked the succubus before crushing her head by psychic energy like crushing a grape

After a slight scream for her, her head suddenly exploded from the pressure as she lay dead

"There! I spared you from suffering!"

After that he stood up and looked.into the horizon as he imagined the structure of the castle

"Ahahahahahaha! This is so much fun! Alright! I think I'm going to be on a rampage!!!"

With that in mind Kaido left the place behind as he started his pursuit on Sirius

Author's Notes:

Always remember that the one controlling Kaido's body is the cursed entity who took in his name

The real Kaido was already engulfed by darkness based on the previous chapter so more or less he was erased

But it won't be the last we see of the real kaido, I assure you

That's all!!!