83 Mine And Only Mine

-What….what in the hell are you?

The figure grinned at Kiro and said with a deranged voice:

-Your new master filth!

The figure charged at Kiro and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying.

"This isn't possible, where is Esgrieth?!"

Before even landing, the demon appears right behind him and elbows Kiro once again into the air. Kiro's body collides with the ground, leaving him several broken bones. The shadowy figure started slowly walking towards Kiro:

-Come on, was this all you got? Since you were the one who released me from that wretched prison I will gladly accept your body as vessel, and I will grant you a quick and painless death, if you beg to me of course mortal!

Kiro stood up with difficulty, using the oath blade for support, he breathed heavily as the demon approached slowly towards him.

-After all, you can stand on your own two feet, a proper vessel, fit for a superior being like myself.

-Bloodlust

Kiro's eyes turned pitch black, he examined his opponent, but couldn't find a weak spot whatsoever.

-I'm asking this again, what in the hell are you?!

The demon chuckled and then answered:

-You shall have the honor of knowing my identity, I am the king of the lesser demons, they call me Tenebris!

-So you are just a lesser scum huh, thought I had to do with something serious.

A voice was heard on the distance, it was Esgrieth:

-I smell a demon, or let me correct myself, the slave of a mortal, how low have you fallen!

-And look who is talking, the king of a failed parasitic race who was imprisoned in a human statue.

The grin from the demon's face disappeared; its place was taken by a deranged face forged of anger and wrath:

-You shut up, you whore! I will devour you both as my first meal!

Suddenly, the oath blade's ruby was flashing:

"What does this even mean?!"

Esgrieth   grins at her opponent:

-You devour me? Ohh… darling, you must have forgotten, here….

She disappears into thin air and appears right behind him:

-You are in my domain!

Esgrieth pounds Tenebris to the ground, creating a small crater.

-I've spent some time here and I have managed to feed on the life of every flower you see around, what I thought to be a prison, turned out to be a blessing in disguise!

Kiro was amazed of the sight, and terrified in the same time:

"How could I have been so careless? If she wanted she could make me break the contract and establish a new one, but she hasn't…."

-Kiro, now!

-Got it!

Kiro charges full speed at Tenebris, he draws the oath blade:

-Time Leap!

The time slows down, Kiro lands a devastating blow on his opponent, once the time gets back to normal, the demon rises with difficulty and stares at the duo:

-Like I would lose to a human and a slave!

He draws his own version of Kiro's oath blade and charges at Kiro

-Bloodlust!

Kiro's eyes turn pitch black, he had no visible weakness, although, the ruby of the oath blade was flashing:

-This will be a gamble

Kiro charges at Tenebris, they both run, trying to impale one another:

-Too bad I never play fairly…

Esgrieth appears behind Tenebris and gives him another devastating blow, sending him flying. She jumps and before pounding the demon to the ground, she says:

-Let me tell you something about Kiro, HE IS MINE AND ONLY MINE!

Esgrieth pounds the demon to the ground, the impact almost brings an end to his life, Kiro slowly approaches Tenebris, until he says:

-Wait, spares me!

-Give me a reason why I should.

-I'll enter in a contract with you, my legacy cannot die yet, I will reside in your shadow and serve you until you meet death

Kiro thinks about it for a second:

-And how exactly will you come to use?

-Shout my name in the battlefield, and I will manifest your shadow, and show my prowess in the battlefield

-Interesting

"Gaining power over the king of the lesser demons, he was able to almost take me out, I would be stupid to refuse the offer"

-As you say then

A stone rises from the ground, and Tenebris gets dragged into Kiro's shadow, suddenly Esgrieth lies her forehead on Kiro's back.

-That was exhausting…

-You…you saved me back then, I thought you wanted to be free…

-Freedom, it's a relative concept if you think about it, everyone is dependant to something.

-And what exactly are you depended on?

-I can't really tell, but I can say that my time here has been quite pleasant , and your company isn't half bad

She thinks with herself

"I don't even know what I'm seeking anymore, he feels precious to me"

She then lies on the flowers:

"After all, he belongs to no one else but me, even if the contract says the opposite"

-It's time for you to wake up

Kiro wakes up on his bed, his body was aching.

"Does the spiritual realm affect even reality?"

Luchia enters the room with an angry expression on her face:

-That barbarian you left at the living room stole a wine bottle and drooled all over the sofa

Kiro smiled and got up with difficulty

"Well, at least he had a good night sleep"

-Cyrian being Cyrian, so what have you planned for breakfast?

-You mongrel! Cannot you show some compassion for once!

Meanwhile, far from Heller, in the northern Kingdom, the noble enters  the king's hall, which was filled with rotting corpses, a young looking man with piercing golden eyes and hazel hair was sitting in the throne, while holding a decapitated head with a crown.

-Master Loui, I found the totem!

The man examined the totem and then crushed it beneath his foot:

-This is worthless; the demon residing within the totem has escaped somehow.

Suddenly, a corpse rises and impales the noble with a spear, the noble falls to the ground, just to rise again as a reanimated corpse.  All the rotting corpses rise, including the headless body of the king.

-They will now the wrath of The demon lord Loui, King of Necromancers

 

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