Great Disaster (2)

Pixy looked at Reina in complete shock.

Reina looked at Pixy's face and knew this day was already worth it.

She was pale, and her lips were blue.

Reina would never have seen that expression before.

She just pointed her finger behind Pixy, she shook her head as if it were a broken toy.

That's when Pixy realized, no one reacted to the thunderous scream that happened.

Looking back, she could see Reina clutching her stomach from shortness of breath from having to contain her laughter.

"You fell~~" She was about to fall into the fountain from the pain.

"Reina, that wasn't funny" Pixy looked at her with cold eyes.

"Pixy, I hate humans... Why should I warn you about this?" Reina's playful expression seemed to show real joy.

"Reina... That's not the point..." Pixy made a worried face.

"What's up?"

Reina looked her over carefully.

"You hid the sound with your mana, but our Lord might still have been able to hear it" Pixy quickly assessed the situation after she realized it was a little bit of a joke.

"Ah" That was all that came out of Reina's mouth as she realized what she had done.

***

"The Sound Has Been Hidden"

While I was finishing the script for the 40th floor, I heard a very loud scream using mana saying that the world was going to end.

'It was Reina's voice'

I don't know if she just wanted me to hear it, but come to think of it, Pixy went with her, so she must have just been messing around with the Fairy.

'Sometimes I don't understand

She seems like a smart person, she has lived many years, and she is the very image of the Tower, but sometimes she is just a child.

I thought of the literal point of it being my Alter Ego.

She's not my opposite.

But it has many points which I do not understand.

At my point, there is nothing I wanted to do about it.

I don't want to care about either one more than is necessary right now.

I just need to complete my duty and get back to my home.

Inside the summoning room, while finishing the Arena Script, I was facing the summoning circle.

'Any demon I know...'

I don't plan on summoning either my wife or my daughter.

I don't plan to put either of them in danger.

But there was someone else on my mind.

"Among superhumans, the one with some ability to be super-fast is the one that concerns me the most"

I sighed slowly and made up my mind.

"I'll apologize later"

Shadow Inner.

A race of demons who live and move in the shadows.

I have a friend, nearly brother of this breed.

He followed me for many years.

He is the fastest race of demons in existence.

'If it's anything else, I'm not afraid

But this is specific, I need help.

"I will ask for this help just one last time, my friend"

I started the summoning, but didn't save the Mana needed to summon him.

'He was the strongest of the race, so I should use as much as I can'

Even though I've already used up so much mana today, I still have a good amount.

"There are other things I need to worry about as well, but let's finish things one at a time"

The summoning ended and a demon appeared in front of me.

But it turned out differently than expected.

"My Lord, thank you for your calling"

Not who I knew, but he looked a lot like my friend.

"I beg your pardon, but who would you be?"

"As you may know, we of the Shadow Inner race are only given a name the moment we get married, so I don't have a name"

He knelt before me.

"I'm Skjir's first son, we've never met in person, but I've heard a lot about you and always wanted to meet you"

Skjir was the person I tried to invoke.

"Have you... surpassed your father?"

I was completely stupefied by the situation.

"Sir, I have something else more important to inform you about"

"What?"

"Well… It's just…" He got really shy out of nowhere.

'At least he quickly recognized me

"The Tournament... For the second hand of your daughter..."

'I understood'

"If you've already surpassed your father, you must have won this tournament without any problems"

'He wants my blessing or something like that?'

Wait, why did I even think of that? Demons don't have such a thing as parental blessings... Damn it... My common sense is blurring from recent human memories.

"That's not the problem, My Lord" His voice thinned as he spoke.

He looked like he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Actually, in the middle of the tournament, the news of your disappearance reached your daughter's ears and she went into a crazy state"

"Ah" I slapped my hand over my face.

'Should I summon her?'

If I leave her like this in hell, she might end up with everyone.

"No one had a chance against her..." His voice dropped even lower.

'Pull the physical strength of the mother, and pull my talent in magic'

If my daughter isn't the future Demon God, then this world is meaningless.

"We were lucky Miss Yuna showed up on time"

'As expected from my wife'

"But now... It seems like hell is freezing over, as she too has heard the news of your disappearance"

'Like Mother, Like Daughter'

"My father and your family are trying to calm her down as much as possible, but it seems kind of impossible."

I rubbed my face with both hands.

I lifted my head and faced him.

'Second Reason'

"Alright, before continuing, in addition to the strength I would like to ask your father for help, I would also like to use your shadow connection skill"

I pointed towards his shadow.

"I wanted to at least send a message to my family that I'm fine and will be back soon"

"Oh!"

He quickly connected to the shadow.

This was was something the two of us used a lot when we were on covert missions.

A while passed and soon I could hear a familiar voice.

"Son!" Skjir's voice sounded a little desperate but filled with concern.

"Father, listen to me, I'm fine and I'm with Lord Regarl"

After a short explanation.

"Skjir, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to summon your son"

"No... I understand his situation, I would have gone instead if I had the choice"

A sigh came out of our mouths.

'He would be one of the few people I could count on in this world'

"But I can comfort you not to worry, my son has recently surpassed me, I'm sure his strength will come in handy"

'He's just saying that to comfort himself'

"As long as it takes until they can communicate again?"

"It should take up to 1 month or maybe less for a stable connection"

"I understand"

"I'll let you talk to your wife"

"Thank you"

After a few seconds, a high-pitched, whining voice rang out through the shadows.

"Regarl!" The voice of the woman I listened to most in my life came from the other side.

'After a day full of work, hearing that voice is very comforting'

"Ymir..."

I felt like I might cry, but I held on for the time being.

"Ymir, hear me out"

I was cut off by a very powerful voice.

"Summon me as well!" She screamed at me before I could say anything.

"I can't, it might be dangerous too"

"If you say it's dangerous, that's one more reason to invoke me!" She was right about that, but...

"Even though I want to summon you, I've used up all my mana right now"

I looked at the mana tank beside me, it was empty, after creating two demons as powerful as the Minotaur and the Gladiator, and having used all the rest and the rest of my mana to summon the son of Skjir.

'I'll have to wait at least 1 week to get 100% back

"Besides, I'm afraid I can't summon you with all my mana"

Yuna-Ymir was not a high-rank demon among the races, but she was a very special race, in the human world the Japanese have the story of the ice girl something similar.

'I thought not, but now that her voice has calmed me down, actually summoning her and my daughter doesn't seem like such a bad idea

'I can guarantee that none of the three of us will die if we stand together on the top floor and fight like a boss in a trio'

"Don't worry, as soon as I finish the Tower's will I'll be back soon, if I can get some greater source of mana in this world, I'll find a way to summon you"

"Summon me as well!" A half-muffled scream sounded from behind her.

"Yes, I will summon you too Yyviel"

"Regarl" My wife's voice became clear but full of determination.

"I'll come to you no matter what"

She sounded a little different than normal.

"Take care until then"

A cool smile crept across my lips.

Just as I was about to bid farewell.

~~~~~~

A mighty surge of mana shook everything.

"Hurk!"

Both I and the son of Skjir roared in pain in our bodies.

I quickly created a window into the room and saw the world outside.

Blue mana was flying in the air, being thrown across the Earth.

"It seems it started earlier than expected"

An involuntary laugh came out of my mouth.

"Ymir, I love you, tell our daughter I love her too"

"Regarl! What happened?!" Her determined voice faded and only a voice full of concern came out.

"Things started around here"

I watched as the black portals appeared, they soon turned red.

"I told you not to worry"

Soon demonic beasts that I studied long ago emerged from the portals.

"It's been less than 10 hours, but..."

I saw the demonic beasts advance in the human peaceful world.

"I think I prepared myself enough for now"

That's when I saw it.

The First Human Death.

I saw a human being devoured by what looked like some sort of fusion between a tiger and a wolf.

A Hojiin.

Soon after, a winged beast looked like a giant bat.

A Lertipus.

Creatures that I studied a lot for hating them.

Human deaths did not affect me.

I looked to the side and the Son of Skjir seemed to have no feelings for them either, it must be a part of their demon nature.

"Things can be easier than I imagined"

I spoke as I watched tens or hundreds of humans being killed in a very short time.

"But I must be back soon"

"Regarl" My wife's voice sounded a little melancholy, but she had tremendous relief there.

"Just Please"

She looked kind of resentful.

"Please be careful"

I took a deep breath.

"I will".

I undid the window in front of me, reverting to just one wall of the Tower.

"Skjir, I'll take care of your child too"

"Shadow, listen to everything Uncle Regarl commands"

A streak of embarrassment passed through my body.

"Yes, Father" He replied more calmly than I expected.

"Follow me, I want to get a better view of the situation"

As soon as those words left my mouth.

"My Lord!" at the same time as Reina's scream rang out, the shadows' link was disconnected.

"It happened 23 hours earlier than it was supposed to!" She appeared in front of me sweating coldly.

"And what's the problem? Everything is going as planned"

I turned to little Shadow.

"This is a recruited demon that I summoned, he's strong so get along with him"

Shadow kept looking at me and Reina simultaneously.

"My Lord, have you another daughter?"

"Another?" Pixy's Voice sounded slightly behind Reine.

"She is the will of the Tower which I explained earlier to her father, she has a very similar appearance to me, but has no connection"

'There's no reason for me to explain all this in this situation, but I feel that if I didn't, he might try to propose to her

Seeing my friend's son propose to another 'me' would break a piece of my mind, so I'd better get this straight.

"Reine and Pixy, this one and shadow, and so on, these two are essential on the subject I talked about earlier"

"I see, my lord"

"Come on, I need to look into the situation better"

Arriving in the Throne Room, I sat down on it, and everyone stood by me on the Throne.

'I've always wanted to do this in hell'

Using what was left of my mana, I made a frame that looked like it was for a painting.

A white screen appeared in the middle of the frame.

Like a blank canvas.

Images outside the tower started to appear.

People were being eaten, buildings were being destroyed, and gunfire and bombs were being dropped.

'It looks like even our Tower is under attack'

"If someone had heard your joke about the world going to end, no one would be laughing now"

I commented looking towards Reina.

Reina was looking at the painting, rather than the screen with a happy face, before freezing and looking at me in awe.

"I am sorry... My Lord... I..."

I stopped her then.

"Don't mind, it wasn't like you were wrong"

I looked at the brutal scene that was unfolding.

"And no one listened, besides, you are the Tower's will, you must do what you want right?"

So I played what I thought would have the best chance of being absorbed, and a scene caught my attention.

"Oh there you are"

I looked at the human who managed to slay the demon beast and had mana surrounding his body.

"The Prime Superhuman"

It was the first time that I laughed in front of Pixy and Reina.