Chapter 17: Recruiting 1/6
*A few weeks later*
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{Quick Small Recap to a few weeks earlier: When Olivia finally found Meliodas' let's just say that before she could do what she wanted to do to him when she found him. Her plans quickly vanished when she saw Melascula looking very adorable as she hugged his neck and she quickly snatched her off his neck with a quick burst of speed in which Meliodas barely caught and he saw his mother cuddling Melascula like a little doll much to her slight protest at first but she realized that there is nothing she could do and so accepted this fate as long as she can still spend time with her future mate(lover).}
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[Location: Demon King's throne room]
Meliodas who is now wearing a completely different outfit from the one he arrived in when he visited his father's kingdom. He is wearing a white, sleeveless coat adorned by a batch of black X-shaped buttons from all around the high collar, black lining on the coat, a dark red color on the inside, and a coat's tail. He is also wearing black pants with matching colored boots. Of course, this is none other than what his counterpart wore when he was leading the commandments.
(AN: Just so you all know, this will be his main outfit for a long while)
This was actually a gift from his mother in which he greatly appreciated when she first gifted it to him a few days ago and because there are still remnants of the personality he had as a child, he almost flat out wanted to pump his fist into the air but he kept it well hidden with a stoic expression much to the slight discomfort of his mother but it vanished when he gave her a small smile.
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Back to the current situation, Meliodas can be seen kneeling down directly in front of his father's throne with an unreadable expression with the guards who are on stand by per usual but they couldn't help but feel a bit uneased seeing how strong their prince has become in such a short amount of time or at least in demon terms.
"Well Meliodas, I called you here because I have a task for you to fulfil and you can take as much time as you want for now. But know this, should you fail to complete such a task, I won't hesitate to kill you right here (Looks towards Olivia who is glaring daggers at him while sitting in her throne after hearing that) and don't you dare interfere or else there will be consequences." Meliodas barely manages to push down his fear and anger at his father's statement but knowing that he is not yet strong enough, he nods with an neutral expression on his face. Olivia reluctantly backs down knowing what her 'husband' meant by consequences.
"Good, here is the list of the candidates I have chosen for you and bring them here since they along with you are going to be apart of an elite group should a war break out between our clan and the Goddess clan in the near future." Summoning a scroll with his Magic, Asmodeus levitates it towards Meliodas who grabs it once it stops floating in front of him.
" Just know that some of what that list contains are already completed but I would highly recommend that you do the most difficult first." Meliodas nods although slightly surprised cause this isn't how his father would act around him or is this a façade for him to lower his guard?
"Good now go, and recruit the demons listed, even if you have to do it by force I don't care what happens, it's an order by their king. Another thing, don't bring that Vesquiod with you; You must do this alone. Now go!" Meliodas once again obediently nods and rises from his kneeling position and heads out of the throne room.
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[Moments after leaving the Throne Room]
"Alright let's see what's on this damn list because for all I know, there could be some changes considering that I'm the holder of the commandment of Piety instead of Love." Meliodas quietly mutters to himself before leaning onto a wall as he opens the scroll to see who is listed.
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(Commandment List)
[1. Piety- Meliodas (Obtained)
2. Faith- Melascula (Obtained)
3. Love- Bellion (Yet to acquire)
4. Patience- Zeno (Yet to acquire)
5. Purity- Derieri (Yet to acquire)
6. Repose- Aranak (Yet to acquire)
7. Reticence- Monspeet (Yet to acquire)
8. Selflessness- Gowther (Yet to acquire)
9. Pacifism- Rajine (Yet to acquire)
10. Truth- Galand (Yet to acquire)]
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"So I was right huh? Seems that instead of Greyroad taking the position for Pacifism; it's none other than Derieri's sister. Speaking of Derieri, I wonder what she is doing right now since it has been a few weeks since I last saw her." Putting the scroll into his pocket dimension (Perfect Storage), and leaning off the wall, he walks down the hallway while passing by some servants who get out of his way out of respect and fear.
'And not only that, seems that arrogant fool Bellion is also included in this list as well; an interesting set of circumstances this has turned into.' Meliodas continues to prowl around through the hallway before stopping in front of the main door which leads to the city outside.
'How the hell did father even get the names of these demons anyway. Guess it must be one of the advantages of being the Demon King. And knowing mother, she's probably on her way to distract Melascula to keep her from coming with me.' Opening the two double doors, Meliodas takes in a deep breath while feeling the breeze that hits him as he looks up into the dark purple sky while taking in the view of the kingdom of it's entirely.
'I can't believe how large this Kingdom is. From what I can estimate, it's more than likely several times larger than the kingdom of Liones considering the large amount of red and grey demons patrolling through the air making sure that there's no destruction. As for murder, from what Chandler said to me about that topic when I asked him many years ago and his response was 'The strong survive and the weak die but those who are overly arrogant of themselves are the ones that die the quickest no matter how strong or weak they are.' Crossing his arms, Meliodas closes his eyes and activates a tracking spell to where he can locate the candidates for the ten commandments since he basically stole a portion of his father's power without him noticing that when he made the commandment a true part of his own power and so he gained this ability from that.
'Shit that is far away, and even with my abilities enhanced to an extent. I still need to control myself should I release more of my power. Apparently from what I heard from master Chandler was that my indura nature was causing me to act differently though he wouldn't realize what had actually happened that day.' Manifesting his wings, Meliodas propels himself into the air which creates a crater under his feet and he heads off into the direction of where he can sense one of the candidates.
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[A few weeks later]
[Location: In a similar environment to the Crimson Forest]
Meliodas can be seen lighting up a campfire made up of his black flames as he cooks a large turkey-like corpse and he lays down onto a log with his arms crossed over his head and he thinks about what had occurred over the past few weeks.
He thought about the time he had to fly through several blood storms that were filled with the souls of the damned and he also had to fight off several creatures that stood over 200 meters in height but he easily killed them all with his clones from his ability from using Lostvayne and by using Absolute Counter. Seeing the bodies explode into pieces made him smile a bit before he decided to store some of the blood into small glass containers for later use.
"*Whistles* Well I'm only half way there anyway, and to think that not every soul could go to the Necropolis after death. (Waves his hand to make the flames vanish seeing as the food is now fully cooked) And it's time for lunch, these types of creatures are hard to come by since I essentially made them endangered over the years I spent training to learn a whole ability without any sort of instructions because 'someone forgot how to do said ability' but I'm not complaining." Meliodas sits up and he then creates a plate made out of his own darkness and grabs a piece of the cooked meat and he places it on the plate.
"*Claps his hands together loudly* Itadakimasu!" And he then chows down the large piece of meat at a fast rate making it seem like that he hasn't had any sort food for the last few weeks but it's only because of his high metabolism.
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[A few minutes later]
"Well, that meal was satisfying to-- *Burps loudly* Ahem! satisfying to say the least." Meliodas looks on to the skeleton of what was once a majestic creature that was reduced to a simple meal for him.
"I'll stay here for the night I guess, like dear old dad said, I can take as much time as I want but I also want to explore the rest of the Demon Realm along the way and it was the perfect opportunity to do so." Meliodas fires a small blast of black flames at his temporary campsite causing it to light up the area around him revealing trees with a purple colorization instead of the crimson color that he grew used to back at his home in the Crimson Forest.
"*Yawns* Well time to sleep I guess, and before I do." Meliodas activates a barrier that covers up his entire campsite to ensure that nothing would sneak up on him during the night.
"There we go." And Meliodas then closes his eyes as he goes into whatever he dreams about everyday as he softly snores...
To Be Continued....