Chapter eight

It had been about an hour since Lucifer discovered what he was pretty sure was his mindscape, and for the past hour he had been floating through the vast void and exploring! and he had found some rather interesting facets of his not just his Mindscape, but also started to uncover a few mysteries about himself. first of the void wasn't as empty as he had first thought!

No, the void was actually a gaseous form of his "Yang" energy as he had previously dubbed it, which leads to another discovery of his. and that was his new race.

After reading through the runes and slowly deepening his connection to his mindscape, a shallow understanding had started to take root in his mind.

First of all, the stars in the sky? yeah, those looked familiar didn't they? as they really gave him a similar comfort as his wand did every time he held it in his hand. and that was rather simply because the stars symbolized his Soul.

Which really explained the intimate feeling he felt from his wand, as it was a physical form of his immortal soul!

Second off was that after gaining what almost seemed like a shallow inheritance knowledge from the deepening connection he was experiencing, and that's where he discovered what he was.

Which in this case he was a honest to god devil!

Which brought him to understand that the so-called "Yang" energy he had been using to fuel his magic? that was his Demonic Power, which seemed to have two forms so far, which was the misty Demonic Power that permeated his entire Mindscape, and the more condensed and potent liquid Demonic Power.

He didn't quite understand how he generated the Mist, but he quickly discovered that the planet of runes was actually his Demon Core, which consisted of what he now understood was his Truth, or in this case Demonic Runes,

Demonic Runes are apparently his very own True Language, and the written form of DemonTongue. these were apparently something of unique inherent abilities that he now possessed as he became conscious of his true nature and connected to his Demon core.

He also after observing understood that the mist in his void was slowly gravitation towards his core and being refined by the countless runes into the ebony liquid form of Demonic Power.

And even after several attempts at consciously speeding up the conversion rate, it seemed that increasing the rate of condensation was out of his realm of capabilities for now.

"I can't believe that I hadn't connected the dots sooner, my name is fucking Lucifer for fucks sake!" it honestly baffled him how obvious it was, yet how ignorant he still stayed.

'This truly does change things, with me basically having a complete and private language that I know I can use to practice magic' he grinned as he started imagining the grand feats of magic he now knows is possible.

'And hopefully, I get an extended lifespan as a devil, which gives me enough time to perfect my Demon Magic' his thoughts started to wander in the direction he could develop his Demon Magic.

His thoughts were interrupted as he felt a tugging sensation on his astral self, and looking up he noticed how the previously stable stars were now twinkling in what seemed to be an alarming way.

"The fuck?" were his last words as he dissolved into mist, merging back into his physical form.

Lucifer opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Shiro, but not in the state that he left him to eat his meal in.

No, Shiro was now the size of a large lion, complete with a full mane framing his face, and large taught muscles rippling under its fur.

He broke out of his shock as he heard the threatening growls his beloved lion was emitting as it stood protectively next to him. that's when he started to notice the details he had missed in favor of Shiro´s growth spurt. and that was the blood, claw marks, and deep wounds that littered Shiro´s body, tainting its normally snow-white fur in shades of red.

Fury unlike anything Lucifer had ever experienced started filling his entire being as he sprung up, wand already summoned in hand as he stared at what had dared hurt his familiar.

Three large Coyotes were circling the pair of master and familiar, their frame a hulking five meters, and they desert brown fur littered in wounds to show that Shiro didn't make things easier for them.

"YOU FILTHY MUTTS DARE?!" He roared, Wand already in motion as he traced the Demonic rune for Pierce, igniting what seemed to be an eager spark in his wand, a spark that greedily accepted the Demonic power he fed it.

An abyssal black beam shot out of his wand, its aim true as it fulfilled its purpose by tearing through the closest coyote´s chest.

He swiftly switched targets before his first victim even fell, a swift upwards Leviosa spark locking onto his second victim.

"SUFFER" was his cry as he levitated the beast and swiftly traced the Demonic rune "Ignite" and fuelling it with vicious fury, lighting the canine on fire.

An agonized howl resounded from the scavenger's throat, as he made use of the still activated Leviosa and smashed it into the last offender with the force of a burning meteorite, leaving the two bastards broken and slowly being burned to death as they howled in agony and terror. their last companion already laying a few meters away in a puddle of its own blood and guts.