I'm a Demon? final

I need to get that sword as soon as possible, once I get it I can deal with boss monster and those invaders, charles, john guys wait for me ill be back soon to help you all!.'

Liam gritting his teeth ran as fast as he could towards the throne in the far end of this huge hall in the way all of the traps and spell formations placed here mysteriously got disabled and stopped working

Liam figured out it was because of the black crystal that was glowing in his hand that nothing harmed him or he would have died many times by now

Finally, after rushing for about 5~8 minutes, he finally reached the center

A huge Dome like shield that had strange carvings on it was in front of him just a couple of meters away from the throne

'I'm here finally!my chance to rise!!

It's finally here!'

Liam was sweating and panting hard. His eyes were filled with excitement as if his hard work didn't go to waste

But he halted his steps and ceased to move forward.

The throne not far away was covered in a purple fog .

Demonic energy lingered in the cold air, forming a creepy atmosphere.

On the ground, there were many white skeletons, elven and human, giving the place an eerie look

There were patterns scattered on the ground engraved on white marble and green jade that had an ancient look, perhaps a seal or something to keep the demonic energy from leaking out

He also saw many weapons that were covered in rust. Some of them were giving off a subtle light, and they were carved with many ancient runes left behind many years ago.

Some were also stained with blood that had long dried up and lost its powers

'Many people had died here, but why?

What happened here? This place isn't safe. I better be prepared'

Liam quickly noticed the atmosphere was strange and vaguely unsettling

So he couldn't help but touch his belt, feeling the 5 minor healing potions he calmed down

'The Demonic energy here is frightening, but luckily, I have some healing potions, so I'm prepared for this. Otherwise, I would be corrupted by it'

He took out the black crystal, ready to open the seal surrounding the place

Liam was anxious he was worried about charles and the rest of the group they were under attack by the Salamander and the invaders that appeared out of nowhere

Humm!*

Liam raised the black crystal, and while glowing a burst of brilliant light erupted from the crystal, then Liam slowly walked forward

The star shaped crystal started spinning above Liam's hand

then the changes began appearing on the blue dome and the seal placed on the ground, suddenly a burst of another brilliant light shot towards the dome and the many patterns ingraved on the ground running through them like water slowly spreading from one to another and lighting up the ground

Soon a loud sound was heard while the blue dome and patterns on the ground lost thier brilliance

Crack!!

The shield broke down

Suddenly, an ancient and overwhelming aura began emanating from the inside as if a floodgate to an ancient devils den was opened.

Wisps of mana and demonic energy started pouring out like crazy

At the same time, a burst of whimpering sound came from the void, accompanied by a series of loud and hoarse cries.

"I'm alone in here. Please help me!!"

"I hate you!!"

"Kill Me please I can't take it anymore!!"

"Kill!! Kill!! Kill!!"

An overwhelming wave of demonic energy came pouring out, turning the Liams' face pale. As he found it hard to stand still.

When he saw the scenes inside the palace, he could only feel an explosion in his head as though the blood in his veins was flowing in reverse. It appeared as though he was facing an ancient being, forcing him to kneel on the ground! A terrifying black sword filled with demonic energy pierced a magnificent figure on the throne of the great hall, cracking its body open

The sword hilt was longer than normal ones completely black with a glowing red jewel embedded at the bottom of it

the round hand guard, too, was black and red

the upper part of the blades edge was covered by the same black metal until the tip

the other side of the sword was glowing in red like blood, with a curved edge. It looked like the blood of thousands of beings it had slain

5 words were written on the sword glowing

Liam came back to his senses and searched the hall with his eyes for any danger.

But he felt a strain with every step while his skin began to crack he quickly chugged down a healing potion

'Is this the power left behind by the master of this hall?'

He was frightened inside.

'This is too powerful it feels as though it has the power to erase anything from the existence'

Suddenly, one word came to his mind his hands started shaking along with his body, and his breathing became uneven

'It's a Demigod corpse'

A demigod is a being that had reached the S+ RANK or SS RANK its the pinnacle of power the individual with this rank can wipe out an entire continent from the face of the earth with his semi divine power

although the SSS rank also exists and its the realm of God's and immortality nobody has ever reached it except a certain someone

"The inheritance is in the corpse!"

Suddenly, the faint chuckle of a young man was heard behind him. He immediately felt a shiver down his spine as his entire body was left stunned.

'This voice... how is this possible!?'

Liam's eyes were wide open while he was left frozen as if he had just fallen into an ice cellar.

'Whats going on?

why is that invader suddenly here?

I can't believe I didn't notice him at all'

The vague uneasiness that he had previously was now confirmed, making him feel that the situation was far beyond his imagination.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

he turned around and asked. He was trying his best to remain calm because he knew that he couldn't be impulsive at this moment.

"My name is Aamon. You don't seem very smart. I ve been following you the whole time, but since you were helping me unlock the seal, I simply kept quiet and didn't disturb you."

Aamon answered with a faint smile while his face revealed a teasing expression as if he had just cought his prey

"As for why am i here? Aren't you and I after the same thing."

Aamon's eyes went past Liam and landed on the black sword bind by many chains resting inside the chest of the demigod skeleton

It was *Lazarus the World Slayer*

the Supreme artifact of the demonic race.

Bestowed to the demon duke Astaroth

By the demon God himself, he was supposed to conquer the Elven world with it

But instead,got caught in a trap and died by the hands of the Elven king

But what the Elves didn't know was that the Demon had placed a terrifying curse on the sword before its demise using his life force

When the sword got to the Elven palace, it activated the sword,and went into a rampage flying in the mid-air, killing everyone in the palace and releasing huge amounts of demonic energy.

In the end, the Elven king decided to seal the sword using his own body as the seal

When the sword impaled him, he used his semi divine powers separating the hall from the space and throwing it in the void of space and lifting the curse in the process, all of this at the cost of his life, what happened afterwards nobody knew.

Back to the present

Liam's face was gloomy his first thought was how Aamon had followed him all the way here

'How did he do it? Did he place a tracking spell on someone in our party?

That's the only way I can think about right now.

But who was marked with spell.'

As soon as this idea came to his mind, his body trembled along with his clenched fists

Aamon noticing his burning gaze said with a faint smile

"If you're thinking about how I got here, I have to thank charles for that

He was very helpful, and since I'm not an ungrateful man, I ordered my servant to cut off his head without making him suffer too much."

Looking at the Aamon's smiling face as if he was talking about a trivial matter like stepping an ant to death

Liam could feel his head exploding, especially after listening to his words. He felt the world in front of his eyes turning black while almost spewing blood out of his mouth.

Even though he knew charles and others had a slim chance at survival, he still held on to that faint hope in his heart he hoped that charles and the rest of the party would be alright until his return

But Aamon's Ruthless words shattered all his hopes

'Why...why is this happening? First dad died, and then I got awakened with this useless talent ,...and now I've lost charles too..'

Aamon was looking at Liam's facial expressions

'It worked, although it wasn't a clever way of provocation it was enough to heavily impact his mind, an insignificant man like him is not worthy of that sword.'

Liam's face darkened he was gritting his teeth

"You pathetic little man stop lying. I know that charles and others are alright!!"

Liam was shouting at Aamon his eyes were filled with cold and murderous intent

At the same time he wanted to activate the black crystal in his hand, as the key to this palace it could be used to control most of the traps and spell formations laid in this place, along with his strength it wasn't impossible to kill Aamon here

Aamon looked at him without caring less about what he was going to do. Instead, he continued with its words

The only difference is his eyes turning icy cold

"You dont even understand what kind of predicament your in,but you also abandoned your only friends, perhaps even your family for an inheritance that you don't even know it's actual value, Liam I must say you deserve everything that's coming at you.'

Aamon said this with an ice-cold gaze he enjoyed doing this more than to beat Liam to death. After all, it was better to torture a man's heart rather than killing him straight away.

"Y-you stop spouting nonsense. I never had such thoughts. you're making all of this up!!"

Listening to him Liam couldn't help but shout to hide his emotions, Aamon's words were simple but he wasn't wrong with what he said, it felt like a dagger went straight to Liam's heart when Aamon mentioned the inheritance

thinking about it, the lives of charles and others were indeed insignificant when he ran into this hall.

It immediately made Liam's head explode with anger

'Why do I feel that his words are actually my deepest thoughts?'

"You bast..!!"

Doof!! Bang!

Just when Liam was about to say these two words, Aamon's kick came right at his side, sending him flying

Hitting the nearby column and spouting a mouthful of blood

Liam couldn't even defend himself at all

"You are really noisy."

Looking at how Aamon had manipulated him, Liam felt infuriated to the brink of insanity

Suddenly, his eyes turned bloodshot as he desperately tried to activate the key in his hand

Suddenly, many lights began to Flickr the doors to the palace slammed shut

And light from four directions began to converge at the black crystal in his hand

"Die!!!" Now Liam's eyes were burning with hatred while a raging flame was burning in his heart he didn't care about the inheritance he only wanted to kill Aamon

Boom!!

Many lights began to converge on the black crystal, all gathered from the many patterns drawn on the ground and spell formations spread across this great hall, gathering a terrifying power to blast at Aamon

Aamon's expression didn't change at all.

"The formations here can't stop me. You can't do anything to me."

Aamon, with a cold face, walked towards Liam

'Come to think of it, it's my first time using this, but it should be more than enough to deal with this'(Aamon)

Suddenly, Aamon's pupils slowly turned purple with clear white parts turning into black with a slight glow

A twisted smile got plastered on his lips, creating a frightening image

Wisps of a purple aura began pouring out from Aamon's body, surging forward like an abyss as if manifested from another dimension

There seemed to be hundreds of Demons roaring and rejoycing like they were celebrating thier masters return the purple aura suddenly swept in

engulfing everything in its path, devouring the patterns on the ground and turning them into ash

the skeletons on the ground and many powerful and ancient weapons turned into ash without the slightest resistance

Aamon took out the silver sword from before and coated it with this aura

With a swing of his sword, a terrifying force purple in color swept out,it was so sudden that it felt like an earthquake

Bang!!

Poof!

Many formations were carved into pillars of light by Liam's side blasted at Aamon, but they were all turned into smoke

In an instant, all of the formations were erased

Looking at such powerful means Liam was shocked to his very soul

"How is this possible...." Liam suffered the backlash as he spewed out a mouthful of blood while falling on his knees

He saw something that shouldn't be possible and couldn't happen

It was simply unbelievable and too shocking

"It's the demonic energy...its impossible, how..."

His voice trembled with incomparable fear and nervousness his face lost all the blood turning pale while his scalp went numb from fear

Crack!!

The crystal in his hand Suddenly cracked open and turned into ash it lost all its powers with this blast,Liam lost his last hope at survival with this sound

He raised his head with great difficulty looking at Aamon's indiffrent face

With purple and black eyes that closely resembled demons of nobility rank

that he only saw in textbook drawings in school

Clunk! Clunk!

The sound of Aamon's footsteps echoed in Liam's ears like it was signaling his death with every step his heartbeat became faster and louder, even the face of his mother and sister passed by

Thump!

Clunk!

Thump!!

Clunk!

Thump!!

Suddenly, he felt a warm hand touching his chin, raising his head that he had dropped from fear, making him look at something right out of his nightmares

A trembling voice barely came out of his throat

"A-are y-you a Demon?"

"I'm a Demon?

Aamon smiled lightly while he stared right into Liam's eyes he slowly said these words

"No.....I'm a villain.

"Send my regards to Charles. You dont wanna keep him waiting, do you?"

Immediately, wisps of a black aura came out of his hand

Taking root in Liam and blooming in its skin as it quickly penetrated its skin, flesh and blood, lungs and bones right into his mana heart

Bursts of blazing and eye-catching black fire burned Liam while Aamon still held on to his chin, not letting go

"Aghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! aghhhhhh!!!!"

Scream of horror, pain, and anger filled the great hall and then gradually returned to dead silence

Tud!

Aamon closed his eyes, savoring this feeling for a short moment before opening his eyes

'The nourishment is finally good enough'

the purple and black aura that was covering his body and surroundings like a raging fire slowly disappeared into thin air

Crack! Poof!

At the same time, the silver blade in his hand cracked and broke, turning into ash along with the dried up corpse in front of him

"Using Dark arts to devour someone's life essence and converting it to mine feels really good. I may get addicted to this."

'My Dark Affinity' lets me control and use any and all kinds of dark and unholy energy to its maximum potential.

be it the Demonic or something even more sinister,it does not matter, but the amount of Demonic energy the previous body owner has stored in his heart is really terrifying even I had some difficulty controlling it, I should be very careful to not accidentally leak any of it'

if that were to ever happen or someone finds out about my secret, I would become the number 1 enemy of the humanity

Now that Liam was dealt with, Aamon turned around and looked at the sword

Penetrating the magnificent figure on the throne

'To be able to easily penetrate the body of a Demigod and bring death to the Elven palace that stood at the pinnacle of power in the Elven world

this sword, at least, would be A level above the legendary grade,a Supreme weapon

It seems if I want to conquer it, I should use a few tricks, though I'm not sure my control over the dark arts is stronger or the sword'

After thinking about many possibilities, Aamon finally walked towards the throne

Boom!!

Suddenly, an intimidating aura spread as if an ancient being was glaring at him. Usually, one would collapse at the pressure, but not Aamon his willpower was much greater than average people

Insuring the pressure, Aamon walked closer to the throne, his eyes fixed on the demonic sword

Suddenly, a bright light hovered above the body that was nailed to the throne

Even a blind man could tell something was up. Typically, there were two possibilities that could lead to the sudden resurrection of a person that had been dead for many years.

One was a failed death like faking your death while the other was a remnant or a cursed spirit that the dead left behind.

Judging by the situation in front of him Aamon knew everything became risky he didn't come her to get the inheritance of the Elven king, he came to seize the sword Lazarus in other words he came to break the seal of the Elven king and this remnant spirit wouldn't let him

'According to the novel Liam, the chosen one would pass all the obstacles on his way to the throne, eventually getting the recognition of the palace owner and successfully inheriting his legacy.

Given his sense of justice he undoubtedly would strengthen the seal on the demonic sword, but now not only I'm going to break the seal I also murdered the chosen one, well if worst comes to worst I'll use my dark arts and flee this place,The sword is not worth it if I have to fight a Demigod for it'

Following this, a figure appeared flying above a couple of steps away from the throne

wearing a golden crown on his head and a majestic armor carved with many ancient runes like a king of ancient times.

giving off a majestic aura

Then, the figure commanded

"Come closer!"

Aamon wanted to check something, so he went closer, a beam of light shot from the spirit's eyes and scanned Aamon

Suddenly, the spirit said with anger in his voice

"Your heart is tainted by a darkness that will devour the world and bring destruction to all the living beings. You don't belong to the path of light you shall not pass!."

But contrary to the spirits warning, Aamon smiled lightly he just found a major weakness in the spirit

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Author note

ok, I seriously enjoyed writing this chapter it was fun, and for those that asking, the weapons rank goes like this

Common

Uncommon

Rare

Magic

Unique

Epic

Legendary

Supreme

Divine

Mythical

Furthermore, every Rank is divided into

Low. Mid. High. Peak

and thats it the martial arts manuals grade is also is decided by the number of stars *

thank you all for your love and support this chapter was a long one I hope you enjoyed it

(*ゝω･*)