Kingdom of Siltrozzo,
Capital City,
Galahad POV,
Galahad walked through the city as the people were brought out and any resistance was put down, his soldiers stormed the main castle. No they didn't try to even touch the civilians and do something inappropriate, these people were too religious to even try that and that honestly surprised Galahad. He glanced around for a bit, "Killing a child huh? I still can't get that around my head." he had had enough fun and it was enough of an outing, he closed his eyes, "Do this yourself coward." he muttered and retreated back into Galahad's subconscious.
He stretched his arms and yawned, "*Yawn* Unexpected....but welcome." it appeared that Prideful him had quite the conscious or rather he was too prideful to do something so 'disgraceful'. He slightly chuckled as his prideful looked disappeared and was replaced by a more subdued and emotionless one.
He glanced at Mizari who was walking behind him, "Are you....turned on?" he asked confused, he had noticed her acting weird when prideful came out. Mizari looked away blushing wildly, she wasn't going to admit it! Galahad shrugged, her life her kinks he didn't really care about it. It was time to get rid of that little plague which would soon become one of the greatest pains in his ass.
He yawned again, prideful him really liked to be up and moving. He hadn't moved that much in a while! He chuckled to himself as he realized once more that he was a real lazy prick. Closing his eyes he pinpointed Mariabell's location and teleported himself there. When he arrived he whistled in surprise, this girl really had too much pride in herself for someone who was around self proclaimed Demon Lord level in terms of power.
He looked at the ten year old petite young girl with smooth blond hair and pink eyes akin to her pink lips noticed her arrogant smirk. "You coming here saves me time." Mariabell said folding her arms, this kingdom was a small price to pay if she could dominate this Ancient Demon Lord. Galahad smiled slightly as he slouched down on the sofa across her, "Well I'm...happy for you." he said lazily.
"So tell me 'Demon Lord' have you ever faced defeat so overwhelming you were left in a state of rage for hundreds of years." she asked slightly amused, she supposed she could have her fun before turning him into a toy. Galahad scratched his cheek, "Well I don't know...if it counts.....but I still have a grudge...against the Eastern Empire." that battle had no real victor so he didn't know if he was defeated however he still was sour about it.
Mariabell raised her brow, "Oh what happened?" she asked curiously leaning forward. Galahad slightly narrowed his eyes, right now she looked nothing more than a curious little child, "Well Velgrynd decided....it was a good idea...to try and make me submit." he said recalling the battle that took place millennia ago, call him petty but he still wanted to kill her for it at least once.
Mariabell smiled amused, "Oh the Scorch Dragon?" while that may be a lizard the fact that he fought and survived a battle against a True Dragon was a testament to his might, he would definitely be a good pawn. Galahad nodded making Mariabell smile widely, "You're becoming more and more pleasing to the eye." she was perfectly aware that Galahad was here for her though she didn't know to what extent he knew about her.
Galahad slightly chuckled, "Hearing that from a kid....isn't really that good." he said lazily but he also knew that this little girl in front of him was actually somewhere around 70 in terms of age. Mariabell covered her mouth and laughed, "Oh believe me I'm no child." she was old, very old. Galahad looked at her amused, "Well to me....even you are a child." people forget that he was actually 2700 years old and definitely wasn't young, just he looked young.
"Oh right...you are thousands of years old aren't you." she said laughing gracefully, how could she forget that the young one in front of her was actually older than she could even imagine. Galahad nodded in response, he noticed that she was using a skill on him but he didn't voice it when you live this long you tend to get bored so he was taking his time to talk to her. Not like something was going to go wrong.
"Tell me honestly how strong are you?" if he was as strong as the other ancient demon lords then no further planning was necessary she could just use his brute force to conquer the entire world, even that stupid slime wouldn't stand a chance and the Demon Lords don't interfere in each other's matters anyway. Galahad looked up in thought, "The strongest?" he asked a bit unsure, he could kill most of them with his cheats but until an official comparison was made he wasn't going say anything, that would fall into the category of arrogance.
He yawned and looked outside to see the people hanging up the flag of the Calamity Church atop the castle walls officially declaring this place conquered. He stood up and walked to the window, "So Mariabell..any questions?" he asked yawning a bit, he needed to sleep that dickhead didn't sleep for several days!
Mariabell giggled a bit, "Oh many questions, too many questions, how much do you know of the Eastern Empire?" she asked curiously, if she knew the extent of his knowledge then she could use it to plan. Galahad walked back to the sofa and settled down, "I was there....before that was even....a thing....in other words, I know...a lot." he had been around for a long time now, he had explored every nook and cranny of this world and he knew everything there was to know here....yeah boredom does that to you.
"Good, good." she muttered out, she would use that information once she got a hold of him. She jumped of her seat and walked over to him, "Tell me Demon Lord, do you possess the desire to live?" she asked smirking and folding her arms, just in case she needed to kill him this question was a necessity.
"Pretty sure....I do." Galahad responded closing his eyes for a bit, he definitely needed some sleep! His will to survive was what made this world reincarnate him in the first place so he was pretty sure that he did indeed have it. She smiled widely and raised her hand as a wave of darkness surged out of it, "Obey me." she said arrognatly waiting for a few moments, since his will was too great for her to conquer him through conversation she would do it forcibly.
It didn't work.
Mariabell looked at her hand with wide eyes before a hand came out of the darkness and grabbed her throat, "Little girl...your plans were good...your intelligence amazing.....but in the end....arrogance was like many before you, your downfall." he said his eyes cold, lazy Galahad was a cold blooded killer when necessary that much was no secret.
"Tell me....if you knew the future...would you sit by...or would you change it?" he asked her curiously as her face twisted in pure rage, "Let go of me you knave!" she shouted angrily. "I would." he said as wave of darkness surged out of his hand covering Mariabell and he threw her to the side, he would always seek that which was most advantgeous to him.
[Confirmed....Unique Skill Greed acquired. Would you like to evolve it to Greed King Mammon?] Raphael asked him in his head, he had the aptitude and energy for it on top of that this skill had already peaked and would evolve in a few hours anyway. "Do..it." he said raising his hand as a sword formed in it, with it he lopped her head off in one clean swing.
He looked up a bit regretful, "I just....killed a...child." he muttered and turned around to walk away, yes he may not object to killing but he definitely wasn't someone who liked it and would avoid it if possible but with creatures like her you can never be too careful.
[Unique Skill Greed has been successfully evolved to Greed King Mammon]
Galahad shrugged, at least he got something out of it. Knowledge of the skill entered his mind and he smiled as he realized how broken it was. The ability to convert the will to live into the will to die, complete mental domination, personality changes, change in desire anything that relates to the manipulating mind and thoughts of a target this skill was capable of doing.
He was about to leave when all of a sudden his demon lord ring started giving off a red glow. He looked at it curiously before tuning in. Clayman's voice roared, "I declare a Walpurgis! An idiotic slime has proclaimed itself a Demon Lord! This is clear disrespect to us, we can not just permit this! Milim and Frey are in agreement, if the Demon Lord Galahad does not attend then I suggest removing him from the council!" he shouted angrily, he wanted everyone there no matter what and with Milim by his side he could now afford to even go against Galahad!
Galahad slightly smiled, this idiot was so idiotic that it was actually funny! "Oye shut up fuckhead, I'm coming but you can bet we aren't on good terms anymore little Clayman." Guy responded flaring her aura a bit surprising Velzard who was sitting nearby. "When did you grow so full of yourself?!" Ramiris also voiced her anger, she wasn't just going to have Galahad disrespected like that! He was her first true friend! "Shut up you stupid doll!" Roy Valentine roared from his place, he did this on the orders of Luminous who was extremely annoyed by Clayman's attempt at going against Galahad
In other words, his little attempt at asserting dominance backfired and he ended up agitating both the first and the second generation Demon Lords.
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