Chapter 51

The three other demons bowed and paid respect to their king.

Catalina lifted up her head and fought the pain in order to see what was going on. She barely had any strength left inside of her after she fought for so long and the explosion took out whatever sort of strength she had left inside of her.

The demon king spotted her and in a flash he was standing right before her.

A look of curiosity and cruelty was plastered onto his face.

"What do we have here?...Not too bad…she's a strong one."

He kept looking at her as if she was an interesting exotic animal or a piece of art to be gawked at and examined.

He stopped to look around for a bit and he was looking at each of the humans who had suffered damage from the explosion he caused.

"Yes, you'll all be good enough for my army. My new foot soldiers."

An evil smile split open his face and the last thing Catalina saw was a clawed hand reaching for her before she passed out.

…..

Arya kept her knife pointed at the demon.

"Is this a joke?"

Lucifer laughed. It was as if Arya just told him a funny joke.

"No, I swear I don't want to fight you. I don't want to fight at all really. That's why I killed those two and surrendered to you. I'm deserting and I'll get myself killed for it."

Arya frowned. If what he said was true, then he killed off those two demonesses in order to prove he was serious about surrendering to her. He had just betrayed his own kind-they probably won't take him back anymore- and was deserting the opposing army. Arya knew from her history lessons that soldiers who deserted the army were executed for treason and cowardice if caught. She assumed that if this was the case for humans, then it could be the same for the demons-or worse.

Arya looked down at the demon and he looked up at her.

Damn, he was handsome, Arya would give him that. Other than his sited red eyes, clawed hands and horns, he had delicate and soft-looking features along with some sharpness that made him look pretty and handsome at the same time. 

Lucifer saw Arya looking at him and he smirked.

"I got my looks from my mother. She was a succubus."

Arya turned bright red and was very embarrassed.

"Shut up!!"

Lucifer mock- bowed.

"Whatever you want, my queen."

Arya decided to let that slide as she had more pressing matters to worry about.

"Those two demonesses…their bodies are gone now."

Lucifer lazily turned his attention to where the two bodies of the demonesses were suppose to be.

"Ah yes, Father's handiwork. As long as he's alive and kicking, his soldiers and army are "immortal". Those two will be resurrected in maybe 2 to 4 days."

"Wait, your father?"

Lucifer nodded.

"Yes, my father who started his entire war in the first place. My father, the Demon King."

….

Lucifer walked next to Arya as Arya still didn't trust him enough to allow him to walk behind her or in front of her.

She decided it might be better to put some distance and move before those two demonesses resurrected. Those two bitches will be very pissed off and looking for revenge. Better to move now.

"So, just a summary of what you told me, the monsters and demons were more than happy to live in Hell but your father-the crazy bastard and son of a bitch-started his war in the name of"revenge " and "more living space". "

Lucifer nodded, he was acting like an obedient and well trained puppy but Arya didn't know when that could change.

"Hell isn't an awful or unhappy place to live in. It's quite beautiful and lovely. It's warm and sunny all the time-not too hot or too cold-and the land is fertile and we have lots to eat and many sources of fresh and clean drinking water. The animals we hunt down or raise for fresh meat get replaced every day with new ones so we always have a supply of fresh meat. We have flowers and trees down there as well. In fact, most demons and monsters came to love their new home and we thought it was perfect-a little place where demons, monsters and beasts can live peacefully and where we can be together with our own kind. We don't have to have conflicts with humans anymore. We enjoyed peace and happiness until my father went off his rocker one day and declared that we were going to kill all humans."

Arya's mind raced back to Princess Persephone. The royal princess with an ability that allowed her to create extra dimensions and manipulate reality to some extent.

"Princess Persephone. She's the one who created Hell in the first place to imprison you guys."

Lucifer's eyes turned serious and grim, a sudden change from the casual and almost playful look he had before.

"Yes, that human princess who created our beloved Hell. She was quite a beauty and many demon lords and even a prince might have proposed for her hand in marriage. We demons are weak to beautiful things, you see, and that princess was a real beauty."

Arya decided to not ask anymore questions about demons and their tastes.

"So, were there some who didn't want to fight?"

"Ding-Ding. You got a winner!! Yeah, some people protested and opposed the war. They were the old ones who remembered what war was like and the bloody and cruel nature of war and how our kind suffered-along with your kind as well of course. War isn't nice to anyone. Others didn't see why we needed to go to war when Hell offered everything we could need or want and most of us just wanted to live our lives peacefully and happily. Raise families, eat well, have fun, just live their lives-no need to start a fight with the humans all over again after years of peace and happiness."

"But my father killed those who opposed him or opposed his little war. He forcibly recruited people to join his armies and he killed those who refused to fight or protested the war. To make matters worse, he freed some psychos from the prisons and jails who were locked up for murder and a sorts of heinous crimes and allowed them to fight in the war Or he took children and entire families hostage in order to force people to fight-if they don't, their families and children will be killed. Desert or refuse to fight-your family will be dead."

"What an asshole. So he's the real mastermind behind all this?"

"Yep."

Arya's stomach started to growl and she realized she didn't remember the last time she ate something. 

Other than a few pieces of beef jerky, nothing.

Lucifer cocked his head and he reached out a hand for something. A small black hole appeared in mid-air and Lucifer reached a hand inside of it.

He pulled out an entire roasted chicken on a silver platter, a loaf of bread, a small wheel of cheese and a bowl of fresh fruit.

Pocket dimension ability, Arya thought. A handy and useful ability for storing objects and items inside a pocket dimension only you could access.

That was how the classic "pulling a rabbit out of a hat" trick worked. Arya saw that magic trick being performed at a banquet she attended. The magician simply opened up her pocket dimension while her hand was inside the hat and pulled out the rabbit inside the pocket dimension.

"Food's here!!!"