Previously...
So, what would happen if that said individual died? Would the Gods return back to their immoral ways? Would they get bored of the worlds they watched Deon Hardt lived on?
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"You're saying that Honorary Marquis Hardt has already left?"
"I'm afraid so Your Highness."
How did Deon Hardt leave so quickly? It's only been about three minutes since the meeting left, was he already heading to the Demonic Realm as per the Emperor's orders?
If only she had been quicker, she could have at least ask him about Duke Illustre. She was certain that both Deon and Cruel knew something about the Duke that she didn't.
'Ah, I can also ask Sir Cruel.. No, it's Count Hardt now.'
Ever since the 'true' Count Hardt had passed away quite mysteriously, Cruel overtook the position. It was strange since he always objected to inheriting the title, was it because he and Deon were now on better terms than before?
(A/N): Nah he just needs more power to drive his baby's suitors off-
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"...Cletter."
"Captain!"
Deon looked at the Lofty Knights, it really was them. But this time they were the ones tied up rather than Syllua. He looked in Syllua's direction, Syllua smiled back at him, it gave him chills. What could she be planning now with that smile engraved on her face?
"You guys must be the stupidest people I've ever met, who crosses borders that mindlessly?"
"But-"
The Lofty Knights immediately kept quiet the moment they were met with Deon's glare, it was quite a vicious glare from Deon. Of course, while that was happening, Syllua's eyes sparkled with interest, she wondered if the Zeroth Corps Commander's two personalities merged together.
She also noticed that not only did he develop a new fighting style, he also incorporated his ancient powers in some of his moves. Maybe she could learn a few new moves from the Zeroth Corps Commander?
'Ugh... Why is she looking at me like that?'
Deon ignored the intense glare from Syllua, as he motioned her to untie the Lofty Knights. It should be fine since by now, most of the people in the Demonic Realm should have heard of the situation in the Human Realm.
He wondered what their reactions would be since the broadcast in the original timeline was him against humanity, but this time the Demonic Realm and Human Realm were joining arms.
Wasn't this good enough? If the Demon King wanted to live, then he'll do whatever it takes to not kill Caver. That'll be his revenge for what happened in the original timeline, call him petty but even if it happened in the original timeline, he won't let a single thing pass.
That also meant that things wouldn't end well for the Duke.
Besides, weren't demons becoming 'natural' beings in the world? Well, it wasn't like they weren't natural in the first place, in some worlds they were natural. This world just liked to make everyone suffer.
"..Follow me."
Deon walked back to the Demon Realm with the Lofty Knights following behind after him, while Syllua decided to stay back for a short while.
He could hear the demons residing in the Demon King's castle all whisper about him, whether it was positive or negative rumors about him then he didn't know about that. It was a specialty of his to tune himself out whenever people gossiped about him.
Contrary to what he was thinking, the whispers were rather quite positive. After all, it was a wish that all demons had; wanting to coexist in the human world was something many demons had in common for their wishes. Why did you think that Oelle was so curious about the Human Realm?
Human life was different yet so interesting to them that many races in the Demonic Realm, well, Abyss, since their lives and morals were so different.
'Now that I think about it, is there anybody that can do hallucination torture?'
If he deceived the Duke into thinking that he destroyed the Empire through a hallucination.. It might work, he just needs to find a way to gather information that shows the Duke committed treason.
Treason was against the law obviously, right? Now what would happen if people found out that the Duke was the actual cause of the murder of the First Prince and the reason why Eduardo killed all of his siblings? The outcome was simple, people might suggest that the Duke should die immediately, but he had a better idea.
Stave Illustre was a prideful man, even the status as a Duke wasn't enough for him to the point that he began to covet the position of the Emperors. To Stave, his position was the most important thing to him.
But, what if he lost his position as the Duke? Better yet, what if he loses his position as an aristocrat? He would be humiliated, his reputation would reach rock bottom, and he might even go insane too. Let him live in humiliation and misery as he yearns for his old position as a Duke, making him regret his decision to covet the position of Emperor. Ultimately, he might even commit suicide as he cannot bear the humiliation.
Better yet, as he loses his position, why not burn down his house right in front of him after he lost his noble title?
'That's not a bad idea, after all. The biggest punishment sometimes is life itself.'
Deon curled up his lips, a vicious smile made its way onto his face. The Lofty Knights slowly backed away in fear, who was their captain going to kill next? Their captain only made that vicious smile when he was going to brutally murder someone!
"Hehe..."
Deon giggled mischievously as he thought of his plan, his first step was to make sure that he could find evidence of the Duke committing treason. Sure, he knew about the Duke being the cause of death to his family and the majority of the Imperial Family's deaths but he had no evidence.
The Death Butterflies did try to get in, they have succeeded a few times but the places were tightly guarded. They had to retreat every time, the Duke was too paranoid even in his own territory.
"What is our captain planning...?"
"Who knows but that laugh was terrifying!"
"Ah but... I noticed one thing recently!"
Everyone turned to look at Cletter who looked like he had the best idea ever, they were curious. What did he notice about their captain that they didn't know? Well, it had to be something good since Cletter almost seemed overjoyed.
"He's started wearing more clothes, if you know."
"Wait- really?!"
"Of course, would I ever lie? Remember also told me about it."
"If that's true then... This is a great development!"
Even if it was something as minor as that, they were glad. How could they not? Back then when the war was still ongoing, Deon barely wore many layers of clothing. The reason for that was so that the blood that got on his clothes didn't restrict his movement and was heavy.
Up until now, it was a habit that Deon had despite not remembering why. But now that he had his memories, let's say his mental health has gotten better. However, the Lofty Knights would never know of that detail.
"What are you guys whispering about?"
Deon turned around and looked at the Lofty Knights who looked like middle-school girls gossiping to each other.
"It's nothing, captain!"
"Y-you! What are you doing?!"
"This is called a hug of affection captain- ack!"
"I don't care!"
Deon pushed the Lofty Knights off of him one by one, what was up with these guys? Suddenly hugging him like that?! Was it National Hug Day or something? Who the hell gives a hug randomly like that?
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"Who are you?"
Creation looked at the man in front of her, just a moment ago she was trying to find a way out of the forest and was slaying demonic monsters left and right. But now there was a man blocking her path, she could kill him right now but he hasn't done anything yet.
She took a closer look at the man who seemed bewildered at her appearance; black hair, black eyes, dressed in all black, and a sword dangling from his belt. This man practically screamed suspicious everywhere!
'What is up with this strange-looking idiot?'
Creation backed away slowly, why is that man looking at her so weirdly? He looks like he's seen a ghost. Well, in any case, if the man in front of her does any harm then she'll immediately wipe him out.
"Sir Choi Han, what are you so caught up with?"
"Ah.. Young Master Basen."
'Choi Han... Basen..? And who is that gold haired dragon?'
Creation crossed her arms, where had she heard of those names before? This was definitely not the first time she's ever heard of these names, it was when she was still in the God's Realm.
Oh.
Weren't these the people that the God of Death was talking about beforehand? If she remembered correctly, these people were apparently the disasters of the world.
"She's not fully human, but I can't figure out her race."
Eruhaben whispered to Choi Han, but it was no use since Creation could still hear it even if he were to put up a sound barrier around them.
'Well, I'm not sure if a mere dragon can actually tell who is a Demi-God if they're masking their aura...'
Even if dragons were the 'messengers' of Gods, even they wouldn't be able to tell if a God or Demi-God was in front of them if they masked their aura.
Only other divine beings such as angels or divine beasts could tell if there was a God in front of them, after all, they were the very beings that served and were created by those Gods.
Creation hovered her hand over a piece of paper, she was ready to create any weapon and fight the two of them. But her skill was more restricted now, she obviously could still beat them but she might alert their other allies that something was up.
"She looks identical to Cale-nim."
"But he shouldn't have any kids right now. right?"
Oh how wrong were both Eruhaben and Choi Han were, Deon indeed had biological children. He did have biological children but not in that sense, originally all five World Errors were born after Deon's and the Demon King's death. They were born simply because of the fact that the Last Warrior and Demon King teamed up together to destroy humanity.
And not just one, well two kids, he had a whopping of five children! Creation, Chaos, Observer, Deceiver, and Balance.
'If Observer and Deceiver are here, then that means that only Chaos and Balance remain.'
Saving the most chaotic ones for last huh? Let's hope Balance appears before Chaos, that boy would cause turmoils in multiple Kingdoms. She doesn't need another headache besides Deceiver, that one attracted the most trouble, even more than Chaos somehow.
At this point, Chaos and Deceiver should just switch titles seeing as to how much more trouble Deceiver pulled off and attracted was much more than Chaos himself.
She looked back at Eruhaben and Choi Han before looking at the invisible Raon on Eruhaben's shoulder.
"If you have nothing to do with me, then I suggest you leave."
Creation created 5 pairs of rock spears, creating things from thin air was her specialty. She could create anything she wanted and whenever she wanted to, that of course, included pocket dimensions. But that would break the balance of this world by a lot, so she would have to stick to just creating things.
'Mmmm, don't kill them yet. Let your father have a go at them.'
The God of Death said in Creation's head, that God really liked to stick his nose in every nook and cranny, didn't he?
Creation raised her brow while looking back at Choi Han and Eruhabem.
Choi Han looked at Creation before turning to Eruhaben who then nodded, they gave her one last look before they left. She knew something was up with the way they gave her a suspicious look, but it was better than them attempting to kidnap her, right?
'As if they could even kidnap me.'
How would a mere swordsmaster and dragon be able to kidnap a Demi-God, even if she wasn't complete, she still has a lot of authority in her position as a Demi-God.
Creation sighed before she walked right out of the forest, she should probably find Deceiver and Observer now, right?
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"Umm... Dad.. You know, we have three other siblings right?"
"What..?"
Deon dropped the pen in his hand, don't even ask why he was doing paperwork, he was forced to do so. He looked at Deceiver as his eyes were shaking and was practically saying – please tell me you're joking.
Hana looked away from Deon who turned to look at her. The both of them had just realized that only the Demon King knew of their sibling's existence except for Deon himself.
Specifically, Deceiver kept mistaking Deon for Raven, well they were the same person it was just that Raven knew about his siblings while Deon had no memories being Raven, so he was still unaware of everything.
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Deceiver attracts a lottt of trouble and causes a lot of trouble now doesn't he, (cough cough the novel-)