28 Chapter 28: The birth of a demon lord?

I looked on at the fertile land and multitudes of villages with a greedy expression. The villages I cultivated had grown over the years; and were once villages that were far apart from each other; hidden away in this large wide crevice on top of a mountain and I took special care to keep it that way. they only interacted with the other villages here and since then have started to establish trade, a new language, unique magic and martial arts.

I put a magic barrier around this place long ago; however there were still some undesirables who kept trying to leave. Those people were killed once outside the barrier and feed to my pets obviously; I chuckled naughtily. These people thought of me as their Demi God; I brought their ancestors here long ago as children, showed them a few things and let them survive on their own; only swooping in to save them from the large flying monsters who dared touch what was mine. Because of this they developed in surprising ways; they knew nothing of the gods of this realm and instead prayed to me; Having done this for many years gave me a surprising [false Demi God] title.

The children didn't know I was a vampire and therefore those that came after didn't know either; each time I would appear suddenly and leave just as quickly. I did bring a large number of captured slaves here after brainwashing, gaslighting and erasing certain memories; they would pretend to have wandered in as a nomadic colony, trade merchants, traveling circus, etc . this was to keep the next generations body without deformations and the quality of persons high.

The people were healthy, the land was fertile, their futures were bright and full of potential; and all of that was to be sacrificed for my ascension. a crooked smile spread on my face as the tranquil scene before me decended into firey chaos. I floated high above the ground looking on bemused. The blood spilled faster than the fire spread and comically there were some who were praying. Shifting my attention I saw a group of fighters; The martial arts they had developed was surprisingly effective against my wolves and flying beasts; however it stood no chance against my undead army. My lich and mages teamed up on the stronger fighters; draining their strength over time.

the fires from the houses had began to burn trees, scorching the ground into a black, barren mess. the animals scattered and the birds flew away leaving the humans to fend for themselves in their cowardence.

I continued to watch feeling the energy build inside me after every kill and area consumed by fire. the mages here were impressive; the spell casters unlike the fighters could make head way with the undead; however they lacked the ability required to take out close combat enemies like my gargoyles. How entertaining...shall I take the survivers?

As their numbers dwendled I noticed an elderly man; He was sitting on the ground. He did not struggle instead he stared up at me in wonder. curious I decended and stood in front of him.

"Why do you not fight ?"I asked coldly. He kneeled before me and spoke in a low and calm voice.

"I knew from the beginning. we were locked in here with no way out; people would come but no one who left came back. I kept asking myself why our great god would do this. Then it came to me a great bird of sorts calling it's self Gamayun, it explained to me what the future held. at first I felt terrified but then I thought of the great life our people lived my lord, no one here suffered things like slavery, bandats, starvation and never have we lost anyone to wild beast. I told our people of your intentions, we love our lord and the life you have given us, in return we shall fufill our purpose. My lord the people here are not fighting back but putting on a show for your enjoyment." I felt struck dumb by his last statement and looked around at my victims; unexpectedly they were smiling. when I met their eyes even as they died they were smiling. their faces were stricken by pain but as if determined to smile through the pain their lips curled at it's corners. a monster tore into a child no older than 9; it cut her to ribbens and her head rolled until it touched my feet. her death was sudden and horrific but on her face she had held a delighted expression.

[Demi God of sacrifice] the title seemed to stain my soul upon gaining it. It tickled my insides along with the promise of my ascension and then I felt a thousand different kinds of pain; I doubled over suddenly winded. I could hear an echo of screams being over layed with my own. I could feel my body begin to change, I saw images of death over and over, rivers of blood that streamed like a fountain; and then the images of it began to flow in reverse. I closed my eyes as more and more power flowed into me until I could no longer see; until I could no longer breathe. I telepathically gave the order to stop the massacre. more than ever now I needed guards; I could not be interrupted during my evolution. I could feel my consciousness slipping away; was I dying? I felt unbelieve pain but at the same time I felt unreasonably refreshed. I let out another scream unable to hold it in any longer.

At the same scene...

Master was evolving. I felt a mixture of delight and disgust; I knew I hated master but at the same time I felt I loved master the most. Everyone from the monsters to the human sacrifices kneeled before master and his noble guard of wolves. no one dared move from their positions as they waited for master's commands. The energy around master began to weigh down heavily on us, many of us could no longer look upon his greatness. A vortex of red lumenous energy was coming from master, with every small scream he made another wave of heavy energy pushed us back.

soon the vortex began to wrap around master; he was now shrouded in a great ball of writhing power. I watched in awe as the center began to glow a beautiful shade of red. it pulsed like a heart; each beat sent a vibration that omenously held a promise of something big but it felt awful. I could see the humans shaking in fear. "Gail!" I heard the voice of my master.

"Yes Master?!" I called out reflexively; as did a great many others. it wasn't just me who heard masters voice. There were some others who seemed suprised master had called for them. they were mainly among the humans who'd managed to survive. a pain filled scream seemed to come from master and everyones attention shifted all at once.

The ball of energy had solidified; everyone watched with a hint of panic. Will our master be okay? I looked at the wolf guard as they layed postrate before the Smooth red orb; unsure of what to do I followed their lead. this set off a wave of people postrating themselves before our master.

We had stayed like this for at least 3 days be it raining or shine. I believe at some point I had fallen asleep. but after a long period of waiting we heard it; like the light of a brilliant pheonix the egg cracked and blinding red light came from it. The smell of blood and fire assulted the my nose; then all at once it exploded. A loud excited cackling rang out and there stood master looking a lot more mature in face and build. before he was more lean; beautiful, and somewhat boyish. now he was more muscular, handsome, and enchanting. His long black hair that was usually worn in a ponytail was now down and trailing around and behind him like a long thick mane; His hypnotic crimson eyes were now like a red void that saw everything and tore at your soul. he was taller now; his looming presence felt amplified by this; it was sufficating and yet I found comfort in it. He was my master who was stronger than anyone; and more than anything I wanted to serve him. I looked up at his glorious frame again entoxicated with the idea; I could..no I will serve this magnificant being for as long as I live.

Silence sweeped over the crowed and we waited for him to speak. it was then I noticed everyone looked a bit different; especially the noble wolf guard. I covered my mouth in shock and found I now had clawed hands. shook by my discovery I touched my face and found it smoother, touching higher I found I had horns. what happened to me? after all I was a human!