Hunt

Do I make any weapons, though?

Do I even know how to make any weapons?

Am I not strong enough already? I mean, I did punch a tree down.

Okay, I will first use the skill: Inspect on my citizens that I did not forget about. Dam faulty memory.

[Name: Average]

[Species: Lower Demon]

[Agility: 2]

[Strength: 2]

[Intelligence: 1/2]

[Mana: 1/4]

[Bloodline techniques: None]

[Overall rank: F---]

[Name: Average]

[Species: Regular Demon]

[Agility: 3]

[Strength: 3]

[Intelligence: 2]

[Mana: 1/2]

[Bloodline techniques: None]

[Overall rank: F--]

Okay, I will go hunting with the regular demons and leave the Lowers here to continue making the houses.

"Okay, regular demons, follow me. We're going hunting. Lower Demons, continue your work. A feast will come soon."

A cheer resounds through the cave and we set off.

"Excuse me sir, but what are fighting with?" Says one of the regular demons.

Unlike the other 2, he has a spark in his eyes. Ambition is what I'd call it.

"Our fists, they are our most reliable weapon and you guys should know basic hand to hand combat... Right?"

"No, King, we were not taught to fight. We were farmers back in the demon world." Responded the blue-haired boy.

Wow, a demon who did not know how to fight. How was this even possible?

"Fine, I'll teach you. Follow my lead and don't wander off too far." I say after some thought, I needed to get more personal with these demons and learn their way of thinking more. That's if I want to be the best Demon King.

After we make it to the forest, we wonder for a while and when we were about to give up we find a winter wolf. I quickly inspect the beast.

[Name: Nameless] [Age: 3]

[Species: Winter wolf]

[Agility: 4]

[Strength: 3]

[Intelligence: 1/2]

[Mana: 1]

[Wild beast experience: Instinct LVL 1]

[Overall rank: F-]

Some scary stats, but I think I could take him. I stealthily run at the beast and just as I was about to hit it, it dodged.

The instinct had saved it from a deadly blow, but would it always save it?

I continue to throwing some punches, the wolf was in constant retreat until it seems to feel an attack and acts upon its instincts and swipes its claws at my exposed body.

Seeing the attack and realising I can't back out of it, I block it with my hands. A deep gash forms on my arms as I use the last strength in my body to utilise the wolfs momentary moment of weakness.

After the slash, the wolf was wide open, so with a quick moment, I grapple its head and give it a big twist.

"SNAP!"

"Ah ha ah. What a beast and dam: I was wounded in my first fight." I look to see the useless spectators of the fight.

"Learn anything?" I asked, slightly annoyed they weren't doing half of what I expected them to do.

Surprisingly, they all nodded. Ah arrogance of young ones. They were all only 19, 21 and 27, so were all in peak young adulthood.

"Show me what you learned then."

They then all got into decent poses and started swinging fairly well. Were they that talented, or was it a demonic thing?

Ah, so that's why the demons did not have all youths learn how to fight, they as a species, were excellently talented in fighting.

We move on to find 2 more wolves that night, one of which gave me another minor cut on my back, but I was fine. The next was a joint effort between all 4 of us, so it was really easy.

At the peak of night, we had completed our hunt. 3 wolves was our catch, and it was time to eat.

The cave was lit only by some fires and we all gathered around a big fire.

After we cook the wolf, we all begin to eat.

To finish the day, I decided a speech would be good so I climb onto the foundation of a house and got everyone's attention.

"Good evening everyone, today was your first day in this world and I must say, each one of you did amazing. I could not ask for better citizens.

Tomorrow we will continue what we did except the 3 regular Demons will rotate between hunting with me and foreman duty.

We still have a long time until we are the largest empire, but until then I will be in your care.

For the kingdom!" I end my speech with a new chant I would find myself recycling in the future.

The day ends with a cheer from my happy citizens and I wonder around trying to find a good spot to sleep. As a demon, I can sleep anywhere, so I was looking for a good view.

After I check the map, I find a 2 strange icons, one is of a door and the other is of the moon.

Wandering what the moon was, I find a certain exit that leads to an outlook on the mountain. Apart from the freezing breeze, the magnificent view hypnotises me.

The moon hanged over a beautiful picture of white cliffs. Seemingly going on forever, the cliffs blended in to the forever present snowy flood over the entire painting. The cliffs seemed to form a resistance to this flood and shot upwards in defiance. Piecing the sky's, they mounted a hopeless resistance as the snow swallowed them whole.

Snow here ruled like a god.

Here was a respite found through sheer luck.

I had worked hard, I had my new scars on my hand and my back as proof, however I would never have ended up here if I was not lucky.

Huh luck, since when had I given into that dumb concept. It was my right to get that 2, and I had not got it through luck.

I would have worked hard no matter the number, it's only a matter of time before rule everything.

I like that idea... ruling everything.

Like that, I fell asleep, thirsting for victory, even in my sleep.