Chapter 2 Ways of Living

"A d... de... demon lord?"

"No way! Did we really succeed in summoning a demon lord?"

The cultists gasped in shock and horror as the demon's words fall. Their mouths opened several times but no words came out of them. Their eyes mixed with disbelief and excitement.

They had never heard of a demon with the name Adrosiean before. But they knew of the title, the demon lord. It is the highest ranking demons in the demon society.

The demon world is said to be extremely vast and never had an absolute ruler. No demon had ever ruled the entirety of demon world alone.

No matter how strong a demon got, conquering the whole of the demon world is almost impossible.

The demon world constantly giving birth to many demons and demonic creatures which would hunt and kill each other to become stronger.

Powerful demons appear all over the boundless demon world, fighting and killing each other.

The highest ranking demons, the demon lords normally claim their own territories within the vast demon world and rule over them like kings.

"Lord Adrosiean. We pledge ourselves to your will. Please accept our servitude and embrace us in your eternal darkness."

The cultists bowed down and said in unison. Their heads almost bury in the ground from bowing low. Their bodies trembling fanatically.

They originally thought that they had summoned a high ranked demon at most. But to their surprise, this was a demon lord.

They immediately pledge their allegiance to Adrosiean without hesitation. They were the demon worshippers to begin with and serving a demon lord is their greatest wish.

Following the highest ranking demon is something they hadn't even dreamed of. This is once in a life time opportunity. They would regret for life if they did not grasp this chance.

The cultists were even afraid that they might not qualify even as the lowest servants of a demon lord. In front of the might of a demon lord, their strength is neglectable as mere ants.

Why would someone as powerful as a demon lord would need some weak humans as his servants.

The possibility of Adrosiean lying about himself? It was absolutely impossible. As demon worshippers, the cultists were more or less familiar with demons.

The demons have absolute hierarchy. Demons take pride in their name and status. Furthermore, no demon would dare to disguise as a demon lord.

Demons might lie about other things but they would never lie about the demon lords. It was the greatest insult to the demon society itself.

Adrosiean nodded with understanding. He hid his shock and didn't show any abnormalities.

"Since you pledge your loyalty to me, I will grant you my blessing."

Adrosiean raised his hand. A large amount of demonic energies flew out from his body and engulfed the cultists.

The cultists eyes widen and screamed in pain. Their flesh twisted and cracking sounds of bones could be heard. Their bodies were transforming into demon like appearances.

Several minutes later, the transformation completed. Their appearance was not too different from before. However their strength is greatly enhanced.

After taking Adrosiean's demonic energies, the black robed cultists respectfully bowed towards Adrosiean with joyful expressions.

"Thank you for your blessing, great one."

What Adrosiean did was forcefully infused the cultists with his demonic energy and transformed them. With demonic energies in their bodies, they had became demonic humans.

Some players also called the demonic humans as corrupted humans. To put it simply, he corrupted them using his demonic energy. The demonic humans are considered half demons.

Because they were forcefully transformed in a short time, they did not become full demons. However their physical strength is greatly enhanced and their affinity with the demonic magic and demonic energy also became stronger.

Furthermore when a demon gives out his demonic energy, the two parties would tied together like a contract accordingly to the strength between the two.

But because Adrosiean is a maxed level demon and the power difference between the two parties were too wide, his relationship with the cultists were set at the level of master and slaves.

The lives of the whole cult was now fully in Adrosiean's hands. He could kill them with just a thought if he really wants to. But Adrosiean doesn't have any plan to kill off these valuable chess pieces yet.

Adrosiean stepped out of the demonic circle. Everything felt certainly different for him. His whole body is filled with strength and power.

Each of his steps alone could make the ground tremble beneath him. His intense demonic aura made surrounding cultists suffocate. Adroseian felt like he could do everything and nothing could stop him.

However Adrosiean immediately threw such thoughts away. He was not that arrogant. He was cleared that arrogance would led to his destruction.

In his previous life, Adrosiean was extremely cautious. To be able to sit on the throne of the best for a long time, Adrosiean spent most of his time on studying the strengths and weakness of his opponents.

For Adrosiean, information is the key to win a battle. He does not know anything about this world yet. He had never heard of the world called Alixena in the 'Rise of the Worlds' either.

"You, Tell me about this world."

Adrosiean turned to the black robed cult leader and asked. For now he planned to acquire information as much as he could before thinking of other things.

"As you command, great one. Please follow me."

The cult leader dismissed the other cultists and led Adrosiean to another room. Adrosiean eyes moved around. The room is quite dark and there were several drawings of demonic markings just like the previous one.

There was an old table with some strange items like skulls, bones and candles on it. It seemed like this was the cult leader's personal room. The cult leader hurriedly clear his table.

He took a chair for Adrosiean. Adrosiean nodded and sat. The chair was a little small for Adrosiean's demon body but he could still sit on it.

The cult leader lifted his hood. He was a middle aged man with a slender body. His skin was somewhat red and had black stripes across his body from the demonic transformation earlier.

The cult leader took out a map and placed it on the table. Adrosiean looked at the map. It was not very detailed and only contains the names of the nations and some large areas in general.

The cult leader stood and pointed at the map as he began his explanation cautiously. He did not dare to sit on the same table with a demon lord and standing the whole time.

He was afraid that he would accidentally anger Adrosiean. He was clear that suffering the wrath of a demon lord means a certain death for him.

Adrosiean ignored the fact of the cult leader's extreme caution and carefully listened to the explanation. Everything was new to him.

After a while, the cult leader finished his explanation. He stood by the side and silently waited for any possible questions from Adrosiean.

Adrosiean's eyes were still in disbelief. He had originally thought that this world would be one of the world from the game, Rise of the Worlds. However to his surprise, this is a world he had never seen before.

He had seen every worlds from the game and their maps. But he was certain that this world is not one of them. He did not recognize any of the kingdoms or places from the map.

"Maybe this is a new world that was in process that would later add to the game? Or am I in a completely different universe from the game?"

Adrosiean was unsure. He had used one of the skills from the game, 'Hell Flame' earlier. The skill effect worked the same as in the game. Of cause it was more realistic as this is in real life.

There is also a possibility of the other players existence. Adrosiean was not sure how would they react of his existence. After all he had crushed many players before to sit on the throne of the rank one player.

To fulfill his dreams, Adrosiean had to crush the dreams of others. Many players might harbored hatred for him. The throne of the rank one in the game only belong to one player.

Adrosiean tried his best to remain calm. He asked the cult leader to led him outside. He left the demonic cult's hideout with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

The cold wind blew on his body as soon as he reached outside. Adrosiean looked at the starry night sky. The time seemed to be in midnight.

Before everything else, Adrosiean had to think carefully about something extremely important. How should he live his new life here? He had to consider deeply.

"Should I just live low profile and peacefully?"

Thinking of this, Adrosiean's lips curled up with a sinister smile.

Why should he? This is a fantasy world that many people dreamed of living in. This is a blessing! A chance to do things he could not do before when he was on earth.

Furthermore he had started quite powerful with his character. Although he doesn't know how many people that are stronger than him or how many players that are summoned like him from earth, it does not matter to him.

He just has to crush his opponents as usual, just like he did before in the game. Adrosiean doesn't fear the other players' existence.

He had fought and defeated all the top players before. He was not in the number one seat for nothing. He has his own trump cards and confident in his skills.

If he could be easily satisfied, he would never had became a rank one player to begin with. Adrosiean did not know why but there was an unusual sense of boldness in his thoughts.

"Yes I will be sure to have fun."

Adrosiean decided to let his ambitions run wild. His eyes bright with determination. In his eyes, a person without ambition has no future.