Entering the city, Cuniculus is greeted with the sight of uniquely structured buildings, interesting structures, and countless demons roaming the streets.
The city's architectural style is comprised of irregularly shaped buildings mostly reddish green in color. The air reeks of a stale and musky stench akin to unwashed clothing.
Walking aimlessly amidst the crowd, Cuniculus uses his telekinetic ability to scan the city for information. In doing so, he learns that this city is ruled by five high demons, they are collectively known as the Sanguis Ira, Bloodthirsty Five.
As Cuniculus continues to roam about, he gains more and more information, each of the Sanguis Ira has their own specific responsibilities, Decipitur; in charge of wealth management and resource distribution, Celrus; in charge of maintaining order within the city, Turtum; in charge of defending the city from invasions, Orntall; in charge of information gathering, and lastly Minkeu; in charge of recruitment and training.
Initially, Cuniculus planned to immediately escape the Abyss's first layer after managing to safely leave the cursed forest. His goal was to find a demon with a soul strong enough to withstand being stretched to mask his own, but for some reason, after finally finding a demon that meets his requirement and taking over its body, Cuniculus finds himself inexplicably, though pleasantly surprised, as he is suddenly promoted to a lord level demon. With the sudden change in strength, his goals and mentality changed.
--Flashback—
Feeling the sudden surge of strength coursing through his body, a sudden flame ignites in the depths of Cuniculus's soul. That flame represents his drive, dreams, and aspirations. Something he's long abandoned after understanding the concept that cruelty and struggle are the fuel for survival. But now…
The flame begins to burn hotter, growing, raging like a storm, constantly pushing a single thought to the forefront of Cuniculus's mind.
"I Cuniculus will no longer struggle for survival or take unnecessary risks for small and meaningless gains, it is time to strive for hegemony and tread the path of a king.
I CUNICULUS WILL BECOME THE SIXTH DEMON KING!"
--Flashback end--
Scanning the city for the location of the Sanguis Ira, Cuniculus finds each of them scattered in different areas. Without wasting any time, Cuniculus changes direction and heads in the direction of the closest one, Minkeu.
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Inside a dark yet luxurious hall. A demon of tall stature, blood-red skin, and a pair of grey horns, lowers his head as he kneels before a muscular, one-meter-tall, Goblin demon. The Goblin, sitting on a chair made of polished bones, is dressed in a dark purple open robe with black cuffs and black shorts made of a strange material that gives off an occasional shimmer. The robe is worn loosely allowing one to view runic-like tattoos on the goblin's chest.
Staring down at the kneeling demon with his green eyes, Minkeu opens his lips to speak. "So, have you done what I asked for?" A voice so annoying that it's capable of making any listener immediately gain the urge to beat the speaker to death came out.
But instead of annoyance or frustration, the kneeling demon quivers in fear at the sound of the voice.
"My… My lord, the lava twins claim that they are just passing by and refuse your in… invitation. The demon trembles even more towards the end. Gulping in nervousness, the demon resists the urge to look up to see the goblin demon's reaction.
"I see," with the same annoying voice, Minkeu tilts his head and begins picking his ears. "Riantoff"
Swoosh
A shadow suddenly appears behind the goblin demon, "You called for me my lord?" Riantoff asks, subservience evident in his tone.
"The lava twins, since they don't know what is good for them, send them to the fields," Minkeu pulls out his finger from his ear and stares intently at the green substance on his finger, and while doing so he continues, "we're running out of fertilizer anyway."
"Yes, my lord." Just as Riantoff was about to leave, Minkeu casually throws the substance onto the floor, and continues, "Make sure you clean up on your way out."
With that Riantoff vanishes from his spot. Along with his disappearance is the vanishing of the substance on the floor and the demon that was previously kneeling. The only evidence that a demon was ever there is the decapitated head on the floor, whose eyes remain wide open even in death.
Stretching out his hand, the head floats towards Minkeu. As the head gets closer and closer, the skin shrivels up into nothingness, leaving behind a pristine skull. Grabbing onto the skull, Minkeu roughly splits it from the eye sockets to the back of the head.
tossing away the lower portion of the skull where the nose and mouth are located, Minkeu holds the skull upside down, and with a smile, a bottle of fermented blood appears in midair. The bottle pours itself into the skull and then vanishes.
Greedily sniffing the content, Minkeu licks his lips and brings the skull close to his mouth.
But before he can get a taste.
swoosh, Urrk...
An aqua-blue hand appears out of nowhere and grabs him by the throat, causing the blood to spill all over his robes. Being lifted in the air like a sack of cursed potatoes, Minkeu Struggles to break free.
Kurrk..
Finding his efforts futile along with the tightening of the hand. Minkeu tries to lift his gaze, trailing the arm to his attacker, but before he can rest his gaze on the other party, his vision blurs as he finds memories and commands forcing their way into his mind. Struggling to breathe and with his mind in a muddled state, Minkeu loses consciousness.
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Dropping Minkeu onto the ground, Cuniculus Casually sweeps his gaze at the thirteen demons surrounding him. The demons are frozen in mid-air, maintaining an attacking position as if someone pressed the pause button.
Snapping his fingers, the Thirteen demons, like Minkeu lose consciousness and fall to the floor.
---Flashback---
7 seconds ago
As soon as Minkeu loses consciousness, an amber-green pillar shoots to the sky from the center of the city. The demons of Mockrail are immediately alerted, most grabbing their weapons and heading towards a certain direction, while a select few quickly escape the city.
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Two humanoid lava twins, both similar in appearance, were hiding in an alleyway when the pillar shot up to the sky. As soon as they see the pillar they immediately rush in the direction of the city's entrance.
Less than a second after the twins leave a shadow appears in the spot they were hiding. The shadow first looks at the backs of the twins then stares at the pillar with a frown. "Green represents lord Minkeu." With a bit of hesitation, Riantoff vanishes from his spot, quickly following the crowd in the direction of his lord.
---Flashback end---
Hearing the commotion outside, Cuniculus indifferently scans the surroundings only to find the aura of the remaining Sanguis Ira approaching rapidly.
Vanishing from his spot, Cuniculus reappears on the seat previously occupied by Minkeu. As he leans back on the chair…
Boom
The entrance is blasted into rubble, filling the room with dust.
Four glowing pairs of eyes peer through the dust, all casting their gazes at Cuniculus.
With a casual wave of his hand, a gust of wind blows throughout the hall, scattering the dust, revealing the countless demons still pouring into the hall. The demons then surround Cuniculus, who's still lazily leaning back on the chair.
Raising his hand, cuniculus pinches a lock of his hair and begins twisting it back and forth while muttering to himself in a voice audible to all demons present. "Although it's a bit unexpected that his consciousness had an alarm mechanism, I suppose it's not all that bad… after all I managed to gather my future toys all in one place." Finally resting his gaze on the four demons in the lead, Cuniculus lets out a cute smile. "This is indeed more efficient…"
"…don't you think so?"