38 Improving Upon one self

"Demon Lord Sora!!! What Are you Doing here?" An old short man yelled while looking at Sora, who was walking towards the mountains. to think when he sensed someone come towards the place he was going, it would be this monster

"oh... are you not Roubaul?" Sora asked as he turned to look at the short old man, was this not the old man known back in his time to be the best mage at casting illusions... well, before Iris took his place.

Roubaul was a small, slim elderly man with a long white beard, complete with a mustache, which extended up on his face's sides, making for a large pair of sideburns and his two bushy eyebrows as well. On his forehead was a tattoo, composed of a dot surrounded by two arched stripes.

Cold Sweat was gathering on Roubaul's forehead at the moment, he didn't believe for a second that he was a match for Sora. and Seeing Sora smiling at him, his unease only grew.

"the last I heard of you, it was when I push your tribe to slaughter each other," Sora said with a smile, Roubaul didn't belong to a kingdom but a tribe.

Roubaul was a member of the Nirvit tribe 300 years ago, and the creator of the powerful Magic Nirvana, which should have been used to stop the wars ravaging the country. With the Nirvit inhabiting it as their home, Nirvana became a symbol of peace. However, all of the darkness it removed from its targets eventually took over the ones residing inside it, who slaughtered each other,

"you did what?" Roubaul asked in shock while taking stepping backward, his tribe created Nirvana to help the hero, what was this new information he was hearing?

"snort, a giant object going around turning the darkness into light. did your tribe think I would have just sat down and watched? but I didn't even need to do much, a thought projection was all that was needed to make the group of you slaughter each other. but to think one of you lived." Sora said with a shake of his head, the 3 sisters who were within Sora hearing this were stunned, what did Sora want to gain from telling him this?

"you're a demon," Roubaul yelled as she shot towards Sora, he was but a spirit, his body died long ago, but kept living on as a spirit in order to watch over Nirvana, waiting for someone capable of destroying it, something he couldn't accomplish.

Illusions of spears shot towards Sora, which all hit Sora, but they shattered, Roubaul appeared before Sora, along with a huge illusion of a fist, which slammed down upon Sora. Sora reached out and caught the fist, but the shock wave destroyed the whole forest, seeing this, Sora sigh of softly

"The past is the past, I'm no longer the demon lord," Sora said calmly, but his words of course did not affect the enraged Roubaul. Sora ignored him and did some thinking. he found he cared not about death and destruction, he had no interest and kicking those who were down. He was even looking down upon himself for this.

"it has been more than 200 years, I was defeated long ago," Sora said calmly, Roubaul was speechless, it's been more than 300 years, who says 200 years? it was been a little over 320 years. but that didn't matter, this was the person who lead to the slaughter of his friends, family, and many others. the things he saw that day were enough for him to not pass on even after hundreds of years,

"even if I didn't do a thing, you would have still turned dark. at that point, maybe all of you would have turned dark. you could have joined my side at that point..." Sora said softly, before freezing, he was not the bad guy. so what was he speaking as if his side was the dark side or something? does deep down he knows it was not the right side?

"Go to hell," Roubaul yelled not wanting to hear anything Sora said, that day he saw parents and children killing each other, lovers killing each other, best friends seeing each other as enemies, be it young or old, all died. He had to put down his mother, daughter, and lover, yet he finds out it was the person in front of him doing it.

Sora sighed softly before casting [Calm] the magic circle appeared in the air at a slow speed before it was cast upon her. suddenly Roubaul's berserk-like state dropped as he calmed down, making Sora sigh softly, as he sat down and pulled out a few drinks.

"let's have a sit, I learned I need that I'm too quick to fighting and killing... so let's talk things out first, see all of the options, and move from there," Sora said softly, Roubaul was stunned at Sora's words, was this really the demon lord? this was the person who was slaughtering hundreds at a young age, although back then he had a good reason, it seemed at some point he became a demon... or he slaughtered others because he was a demon, and try and weaken the human race?

after a slight hesitation, he sat down and began talking. after a few hours of talking, Sora nodded slightly at Roubaul and apologies for the past. he realized he went about things in the wrong way, so as he left to return to his journey, he began to see things from a new point of few... and so, years passed

"today seems to be the year 700," Sora said softly while standing before the sea, he was holding a rock which he threw at the sea, causing the sea to split up. it was been 3 years since Sora sealed the bar, and for the past few years, he had simply been wandering around, lost in life.

"It has been a total of 325 years since your defeat, man does time pass," Keo said lazily while looking at the beach, they had nothing to do and simply joined Sora in his journey of self-discovery, Sora looked at them for a moment before looking at the sea.

By now, they wanted to break the seal. but the seal would not be removed unless Sora dies, or outside powers break the seal, Sora power was sealed. he was just a normal human with godly strength. sure he was learning to cast spells using the mana in the air, but he was not talented enough to do something like that within a few years.

So, since Sora was immortal, and was too prideful to ask for help. they would be sealed on him for the rest of time, a sad fate, but what could they do about it?

"as I look back on the past, there were so many things I did wrong. Killing is the simplest choice to pick in life, but simplest isn't the best choice." Sora said softly as he threw another rock into the sea, Sora simply destroyed his troubles, never once has he thought about using his troubles to benefit him.

Irene was his trouble, so what did he do? he tried to destroy her. He should have done what Irene did and tried and talk. He was a bit too... trigger-happy, instead of a gun, he was with a bunch of summons.

He was always jumping at the chance for XP, at first he seek a reason for it. but at some point, he simply didn't care anymore, even the slightest reason was enough for him to slaughter those who had nothing to do with his anger.

This rage could start back to when his mother was killed, in his past life he was angry many times, but at her death, he felt a rage like none other. he threw this to the back of his mind thinking it was normal, he deeply loved his mother. how would not be enraged at their mother's death? so, with his ignoring it, it got out of control, and the betrayers didn't help one bit, they only made it worse and worse over the many years.

but now he knows it, he got anger problems, so now he needed to find a way to fix this, and Sora had a way.

"What do you plan on doing no?" Keo asked calmly, Sora thought for a moment before looking around the beach and smiling.

"to become the richest man alive, one would need a calm and steady mind, sharp instances, and so on. so let's build a Casino. I also always wanted to be a mafia boss," Sora said calmly as he pulled out a cigarette to smoke. since he was going like this, he might have some fun while training his mind, maybe if he calms his mind or something like that, it could speed up this mind spell stuff he has been having so much trouble with.

the 3 sisters looked at each other in confusion, around Sora it had been like this. the guy back when he was still emperor, they heard of the weapons he created. something he called guns which he equipped with his army, along with powerful explosives, of course, caught on, leading to the birth of Gun magic.

Sora laid the foundations for technology to birth within this world, although it has hit a bottleneck as no one knew just where to take it. flying ships were created, cannons, and much other stuff, but they were simply improving upon Sora's trashy creations.

as for the actions of the past, did Sora have regrets? of course, but they are all aimed toward Irene. if she was still alive, Sora would want to make up and leave the past behind him. as for Iris and the others, they can burn in hell. that was the last time he makes friends, save someone, or trust anyone.

So far, only his family has been good to him, but Mavis is dead, and his grandfather should still be in the demon realm. Sora knew at heart he was not a good person, he felt nothing for the millions he killed, he was just disappointed in himself at how little self-control he had thought it all

With the goal to become the richest in the world, Sora got to work building his Casino, but first, he started with build a hotel, along with a bar. it would take time for Cashino, a slot machine that needed to be created, which he was going to help create using his limited knowledge of this subject.

it took 2 years before the Cashino was birthed, by which point, seeing this in order, Sora set off towards a household he heard was still up and going even after 200+ years. Heartfilia household was still up, although Anna was the best that was ever birthed from this family was gone, Anna's brother took control of the family after her, and hundreds of years later, it was still here.

"... I thought you have been sealed away." Sora sat before a middle-aged man who was looking at him seriously. this middle-aged man, although he knew nothing of Sora, he was the current holder of all 12 celestial kings. So, he got the right to know about the evil Demon Lord who almost destroyed this world.

"Haha, what seal can hold me?" Sora asked with a smile, the middle-aged man felt chills while looking at Sora, with the look in Sora's eye, he could guess that Sora was thinking of lashing out at him. back then, lucky for him, Sora was learning self-control and his hatred towards Anna wasn't all that great.

a flash of light appeared as all 12 celestial spirits appeared, they entered this world using their own energy, this young man wasn't Anna who could summon all 12. Anna was one of a king, and maybe the only one who would ever come

"what do you want?" Aquarius asked with a deep frown while looking at Sora, out of all spirits she was the one who knew Sora best and knew everything that happened to him,

"come down, i'm learning self-control. If I wanted to kill you all, could any of you stop me? during that battle, even while poisoned and gearless, what could you have done to me?" Sora asked with a smile, but 3 flashes of light appeared, as the 3 sisters appeared before the spirits.

"sigh, don't listen to him. all he has now is overwhelming strength, everything else is sealed," Keo said with a roll of her eyes, stunning the 12 which did a double check on Sora, and indeed his magic was sealed, making them relax.

and so the 3 sisters and the 12 celestial spirits began catching up, leaving Sora speechless, just because his magic was gone, didn't mean his physical strength alone didn't match those weaker mid Gods. Sora was pissed, they were looking upon him, the demon lord? but feeling his emotions, Keo quickly stopped him.

"Self Control," Keo said quickly, if Sora just up and start killing that would be bad news, Taurus on the other hand snorted. back then, Sora gave him a good beating, and now he wanted to act up? stepping forward, he reached towards Sora, only for him to freeze the next moment, everyone froze as they watched Sora picking Taurus up by the neck.

"sigh, people don't change overnight..." Sora said as he tightened his arm around Taurus's neck, leading his head to pop off, this scene shocked everyone, and they were about to attack, and the 3 sisters quickly stopped them while explaining Sora's strength, something which made the remaining 11 celestial spirits lips twitch.

In physical strength alone, Sora could be said to be at level 170, which would make him as strong as a mid-level god, and that is without the support of magical energy. that was scary,

"Don't try and enrage him, he is really trying to change," Uta said softly, making their lips taught, Sora just popped someone's head off, that was trying,

"well, he started it, so I was in the right... anyways, let's go to the celestial spirits world, I always wanted to pay you guys a visit. is I did years ago, maybe I would have won." Sora said softly, making the 12 falls on guard.

"He just wants to visit harmlessly... can you watch the way you say stuff, not everyone, and sense your thoughts," Keo said helplessly, Sora shrugged at their words before looking at the spirits,

"My apologies for killing the cow, next time I will limit my actions to a few weak punches," Sora said with a deep sigh, self-control was hard, but he set a goal and he was going to see it through. the 11 looked at each other, but they couldn't make a choice without the celestial king, they didn't even want Sora anywhere near their home. so after a moment, they left to ask the celestial king

"well, back you... I was wondering. what do you think about me and your family working together, take it as you sucking up to me so I can forget the past." Sora said with a smile, but he coughed slightly hearing his words.

"well... that's pretty much me stealing. so let's go at it as equals." Sora said to which Keo and her sisters clapped their hands, this was an improvement. the demon lord lowering himself to be equal with an ant he can crush, who knows, one day Sora might be an unmatched hero.