Lord

Normally during a Demon horde, it was common to find A or S class demon capable of controlling lower tier demons but they needed to be relativity close to each other, this was a common skill that was called subordination.

[Subordination]

Subordination is a skill possessed by high-ranking demons that allows them to exert control over lower-ranking demons that are within a certain proximity. The skill relies on the demon's innate powers of persuasion and manipulation and allows them to dominate the wills of other demons, bending them to their own desires.

The skill is only effective on demons within a certain proximity of the user and cannot be used to control demons outside of this range.

"Your Majesty I believe that the demons are going after the dragon carcases that are stored in the Castle vault."

After hearing Percival theory Lancelot became worried, Demons were beings that became stronger by fighting and eating their opponents after the battle this meant that they could only grow stronger trough killing adversaries that have similar strength with them, but the idea of a demon eating a dragon carcass meant that they might be able to use normal magic like humans and they might even unlock more unique skills thanks to the dragon remains.

"Percival do you think we should go after that demon?"

"Your majesty that would be the right plan, but the risks are too high. Only the knights of the round table should be able to reach the centre of the demon kingdom but if one of us dies and a demon manages to eat us this could mean the death of all of us since another monster of unapparelled power could be born."

10 years ago, there was an incident outside the main city where one S Class soldier died after facing a demon horde alone, one of the demons managed to devour the remains of that soldier but before he could properly absorb those powers and evolve Lancelot arrived at the place and killed him.

Lancelot still had nightmares regarding that incident…

"The best course of action is to raise a squad specially focused on the extermination of the demon lord, that's why I think that we should bring in children to the academy and raise them according to this mission."

Over the past few months, the soldiers have been gathering children across the continent and bringing them to the academy, most of them were average but there were some that could be comparable with the Knights of the Round table in a decade.

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"Arthur there are rumours about soldiers taking kids to the capital and training them to become soldiers, I want you to be extra careful and avoid them at all costs."

Arthur's mom before passing away told her dad that she wanted Arthur to have a normal live away from all the death and massacre, but from a young age Arthur was already fascinated with magic and skills.

"Grandad, I want to learn more about skills and magic please let me go to the capital."

"If this is really what you want, I won't stop you but don't forget about your mother wishes."

Arthur grandad understood what he meant by that, when he was younger, he was one of the most vicious soldiers to ever exist and was known has the Crimson Ruler, he used to be passionate about war and fighting strong opponents when he was younger but everything changed once his wife had a daughter.

The reason why he couldn't help his daughter facing the horde was simple, he could only exert his full power once there was enough blood covering the landscape, it was very rare for a demon to have blood in his body, only humanoid demons had blood and they represented a small percentage of the demons.

[Blood Dictator]

Is a powerful and dangerous skill that allows its user to dominate and control the blood of dead creatures. The skill relies on the user's innate powers of manipulation and allows them to bend the blood of others to their will. This skill also allows the user to transform the blood of the dead into weapons.

[Blood Dictator Extension: Crimson Sword]

With this skill, the user can create a 1-meter sword from the collected blood (the size can vary depending on the amount of blood available) that causes the target hemorrhage and makes them bleed profusely, the bleeding won't stop until either the target or the user is dead.

Some time later someone came into the village where Arthur was residing...