Changing Course

[ Demonic Sects Conference Meeting. ]

" So, the Witch had been killed *cough*," said the Grand Demon Sect Leader.

" Yes, the White Demon killed her. " said the Dark Sage in the conference.

" It is such a great convenience that the Demon killed that woman. "

" After all, aside from the late Adrian Waterson who once ruled the 'Dark Brotherhood Sect', as I prepare to Hunt the White Demon during the 'God Hunter Tournament'. "

" I've found..., a traitor. " said the Dark Sage.

" Kahaha, a traitor!? "

" Who can that be!? " asks someone as he laughs.

" Who else than our witch who just died recently, Joker... " said the Dark Sage.

" Wait, wait, ahahaha! "

" The Witch is a 'traitor'!? so much for calling me 'Clownish Commoner' then, hahaha! " Joker responds with a laugh.

" *Cough* How do you know this, Dark Sage? " asks the Grand Demon Sect Leader.

" I've been tracking suit during my sect preparation to Hunt the White Demon as you ask, Grand Leader. "

" But during our preparations, the Hollow Witch said to hold our attempts as she told us she needs to do something in Niigata Sea, the one she said you approved. " said the Dark Sage to the Grand Leader, making him confused.

" *cough* Continue. " the Grand Leader permits.

" As she says, I, who had already quarreled with her since we first interacted, ordered one of my informants I secretly stationed inside her sect and faction to infiltrate and scour any info about her next move. "

" And guess what the informant tells me... " said the Dark Sage as he chuckled, In that secured private connection online meeting, the Dark Sage showed the evidence which surprised even the Grand Demon Sect Leader.

" Behold, what the Hollow Witch is working behind us. "

" The tree of the 'Arch-Deviant Fruit Prototype' or my informant told me, the Tree of the 'Fake Divine Fruit'. "

" Behold what the Witch had done with the funds you entrusted to her, Grand Leader. "

" Instead of preparing the people to enable us to hunt the Demon, she decided to make herself a fake Arch-Deviant Fruit for her own ascension. " said the Dark Sage which pissed the Grand Leader.

" CURSES! *cough* " the Grand Leader coughs while getting pissed off as he sees it, like the others in that meeting too.

"( Dammit, is this what she had done with the money I gave to her...! )"

"( Darn, why I gave her in the first place, I... ) " the Grand Leader suddenly remembers, he remembers back then as the Witch met him, he remembers smelling something from the Hollow Witch's body which made her do things that he should do as he approached the Witch and had time with her in his place back then.

* The Grand Leader slaps his face. *

"( Darn, so that's how!? )" said the Grand Demon Sect Leader as he remembered it too late due to his age.

"( That woman, if it wasn't because of her and that first daughter of her, then... )"

"( Then I wouldn't be responsible for her, this is the fourth time. )" said the Grand Demon Leader while coughing and trying to breathe in his 'Support System Chair'.

As he breathes, he remembers the first time when the Hollow Witch made him have no choice but to support her, at one time, he remembers her showing him a baby in his room, telling him that the baby is his, her firstborn daughter, which was true as the Leader checked it, making him shocked to the core at that time.

"( Misaki, you... )"

"( I hope you die a painful death, became a Tainted Spirit before I ascend to my Demonhood, you... )" the Leader thinks to himself while coughing.

"( How it came to this? her attempts had made me loosen my grip over anything so smooth to even make me forget it. )"

"( Something's wrong, she must've not been the only traitor... if it comes to this. )" said the Grand Leader as his mind began to suspect everything.

But as he thinks about everything, suddenly the monitor on the Grand Demon Sect Leader shuts off, and lights off around him, leaving him in the dark as it happens all of a sudden.

" My lords? " the Grand Leader asks as he coughs, still seated in his chair, thinking that it was the Demon Monarchs who did this.

" Your Demons aren't here, Grand Leader. " A voice came as the light then went on, as well as other electric things except the Monitors for the meeting.

" You... " the Grand Leader says as he sees the Asgardian Allfather, Loki in front of him.

" Yes, it is me, Grand Leader. " Loki says as he then uses his Divine Power 'Havi Force' to halt the Leader's movements.

" Spare your energy, Demon Leader. "

" I may be Divine, but I am not, your enemy. " Loki says as he approaches the man, he approaches the Grand Leader and touches his face, his bread.

" To think Makino would have a father such as you. " Loki says as he mentions the name.

" Makino..., huh? " the Grand Leader recognizes the name.

" Why are you mentioning my scion with that witch all of the sudden? " the Grand Leader asks.

" Strange, for a 'daughter' of the Grand Leader of the Demonic Sect, Makino shows a little promise than I expected. "

" You know, that's what I planned for her, to make her replace you and rule the Sects in the dark as peons for my play for the times to come. " Loki tells which made the Grand Leader pissed as he suddenly realized.

" Yes, it was me... "

" You're wondering how Misaki could do this all so smoothly to you, didn't you? " Loki says.

" Yes, it was all because of me. "

" I helped her infiltrate this network so she can make you all attack the things I want you to attack and destroy what I want you to destroy. "

" After all, chaos, fear, and terror are essential to maintain governance over the people, so that's why they should be carefully constructed and coordinated, to minimize the 'unnecessary' damages and make sure to keep your subjects busy. "

" Which has been wrecked, thanks to the White Demon. "

" An unaccounted variable over my plots, one that must be stopped for he already took so much of my things from me. " Loki says as he quickly touches the Grand Leaders, using his ability to influence him.

" Now, I better not be patient and just rely on my luck. "

" This time I will exert more pawns to finish those unaccounted variables from now on. " Loki says as his ability begins to influence the Grand Leader.

" You've been a good pawn to Misaki, old human. "

" This time, she will no longer handle your string, I am! " Loki says as he finishes influencing the Grand Demon Sect Leader, making his eyes glow green which means he's already influenced.

" To be honest, I rather replace you with Makino who is younger... "

" But since things have come to this, it seems I need to make you work hard till all of your batteries run out. "

" Yes..., all of you. " Loki says as the Monitors inside the room turn on, showing all of the Demonic Sect Leaders' eyes glow green like the Grand Demon Sect Leader as they all clap before Loki from their places.

" From this onward, the Demon Sects will change its course. "

" No longer you will be the silent 'assassin' that waits until night, but rather as suicide soldiers who will charge and explode themselves in the light for my sake. "

" For my sake. " Loki smirks small in his expression as he takes over the whole network of Demonic Sects and changes its very course.

" Now, all of you. "

" Prepare to hunt the White Demon, prepare for the 'Tournament'! "

" For real, this time! "

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Extra:

*The Demon Sects first appeared in Chapter 220: Volume 3 Extra Part 8: The Hunt Prelude