72. THE DEVIL

The administrator stared at the king and questioned.

"Your majesty was that necessary to do?"

The king smirked at him.

"Are you perhaps frightened ?"

"No, your majesty... It is just that I feel like the number was low. I think you are underestimating him. I don't know if we could get to his good side now though."

"Haha, He will probably kill those men which is why I left Gamnir himself. He volunteered to test him first hand."

The administrator furrowed his brows.

"Gamnir? The horse-shaped devil... I didn't think..."

"He must have presumably been killed by Gamnir. I don't see anything special about that young man."

They were having drinks in their private hall and conversing for probably thirty minutes after leaving Nix surrounded by thirty men. They chose to check his state and walked towards the hall only to get dumbstruck.

They stood in their place in a daze as soon as they peered through the gaps of the metal gate. The hall was completely tainted in red. Both the table and the seats were shattered and broken. The soldiers' corpses weren't even identifiable as their bodies appeared to be nothing but mashed pieces of chunk meats. Their organs were scattered around and there was a large black horse that seemed severely bled furthermore it was perilously battered and its flesh was nakedly visible by the cuts it was inflicted. On top of the horse which laid down facing the gate sat Nix.

He was fully covered in blood and in his hand was the blood-tainted dagger and in his right hand was the chain with which he restrained the horse by binding it by encompassing it around its neck. His eyes showed nothing but wrath.

"Hah, hah..."

He panted heavily while gazing at the king and the administrator.

He dragged the horse with his chain towards the locked door facing both of them. Even though he didn't have the strength he meticulously hauled it and placed his dagger on the horse's throat while pulling its head upwards.

"I apologize human. Show mercy" the horse screamed.

"What will I gain from you?" Nix asked indifferently while staring at the horses' dark black pupils.

"I will pledge my loyalty to you..."

He clicked his tongue

"Tch, As though I could believe in a devil!"

No matter what he knew that he shouldn't believe these wicked devils for his own good.

"Wait I will make you believe me!"

The horse began to speak desperately.

"I am Gamnir. I shall assist in whatever you are trying to endeavor! Who is the Devil who works with you? I shall talk to him to unleash your full potential."

Before Nix could slit Gamnir's throat the king ordered his guards to open the door.

The king smiled and applauded.

"Well done lord of transgressors! You have gained my respect a bit."

"Raes henil, tell this man to let me go!" The horse said looking up at the king.

Devils are emissaries of the corrupted god. Just like the angels who are emissaries of integrity gods. Devils tend to be advisors in each city owned by the Outlaws and Dynasties who worship Corrupted gods. The number of devils in each city differs and their power levels also differ a lot as such some devils even possess powers par to demigods who wander Empyrean, unlike the Gods. Similarly, It is the same for angels.

The devils also make deals with the Outlaws in order to unseal their systems and help them after making certain conditions and those types of devils are weaker compared to the devils who have physical bodies.

In the case of Gemnir, he is one of the weaker factions of devils even though he had a physical body manifested in Empyrean.

Nix withdrew his dagger and shook the dagger and splattered the blood on the floor and cleansed using a tattered cloth which he picked up from the ground.

"Your name is Raes Henil? You didn't introduce yourself. I did expect some plotting since I was Invited but, I didn't expect to fight such a vicious fucking devil!"

He cursed and stomped Gemnir's face, making him squeal in pain. He was rendered powerless and he was truly surprised that a mere human overwhelmed him. The king smiled cooly without giving a damn about Nix's disrespectful words.

The horse slowly turned its form into something similar to a humanoid shape. His two long black horns which he possessed when he was in the horse form didn't subside. when his body slowly transformed. his limps began to shorten and he turned out to be an attractive young man. He possessed a Chiseled jawline and a ripped body. His pale white skin, long silky black hair, and a pair of black eyes without the white layer added made him look handsome in his own way yet, his horns made him look quite bad.

'Haha, Neither outsiders nor Entizens can kill us.'

He smiled evilly looking at Nix and suddenly a huge swirl of darkness engulfed his vision.

[The devil Gemnir is trying to enter into your soul realm.]

"What???"

A question mark appeared on top of Nix's head.

Soon, Nix's mind went blank, and his vision shut off in a microsecond like a flickering of light and regained again.

He was perplexed by the vision that was unwrapped before him.

"Where am I?" He pondered.

He found something like a see-through glass mirror surrounding him in a largely vacant place and in the distance was a bright layer of glass wall which was on flame and it had something like a door and a pathway. As he walked inside the door the next layer in a far distance struck his eye. It was crimson red in color in which Dark Nix stood with a smile on his face. There wasn't a way to go out of the wall he was in since it didn't possess a path or a door.

"Dark Nix?"

He questioned but, he didn't get a response from him other than a smile.

Beyond Dark Nix's layer of the wall was a blinding blue see-through wall that had a white background added to it. It was like he was protected by layers after layers.

And far past that layer stood Gamnir with a terrified expression on his face. Swiftly within a mere microsecond, Nix found himself back in the bloodied hall.

[Gamnir's entry has been resisted.]

"I don't what the fuck happened but, you are fucking dead!"

He announced and grabbed Gemnir by his neck.

"What is that dagger and why was he able to resist me? If so... an Outsider can kill a devil?" Gamnir had several questions pop up in his mind and he was baffled to the point he was not able to speak out words to beg.

Gemnir wasn't able to do anything. He was absolutely terrorized by his mere presence and decided to accept his fate.

He smirked and dropped him to the ground as though he gained some idea.

"I changed my mind. You might be useful. I am not going to kill you, instead, pledge loyalty to me."

'These humans are easy to read. Wait until I recover!'

Gemnir's eyes sparkled with a little shimmer of hope after hearing his words.

"I am sorry and Thank you for..."

Before he could finish his sentence Nix stabbed him with the dagger. If the devil acted in a devious manner he also took a reference from it.

"kuekk! stopppp! Kuekk!"

Geminr's eyes pleaded for mercy as Nix continued to stab him concurrently like a mad man. He raised his hope and then shattered it in an instant. It was a terrible strategy to use. Even though he died Nix continued to stab him.

He was terrified to fight back the soldiers yet, he chose to do so. He was very much enraged by the continuous exposure of danger at the same time frightened about the upcoming dangers. Even though anger has negative aspects, It was something that made him survive all his way through the difficult days. It was both his strengths and weakness.

Both the eyebrows of The administrator and the king shot up.

"Possessing a power to kill a Devil?" The administrator mumbled inwardly.

Suddenly the body of Gemnir was engulfed by darkness and His dagger did the same. He felt like a stream of energy passing through the dagger. When he examined the dagger there was nothing worth noticing.

〔Haha, You are more vicious than I thought!〕

It was a deep voice that struck his mind. When he peered through the hall there was no one other than the king and the administrator and a few soldiers.

'What was that?' He inwardly thought.

There was no reply to his question though.

"Lord of Transgressors, You have gone beyond what I expected. Follow us."

'As much I don't want to succumb to this king... Well, he is king and I am no one.' He rationalized his thought and didn't act out in anger while enduring and restraining himself from doing so. If the king wanted he would be dead in mere minutes so, he chose to be calm and composed.

"Once again I apologize for making you go through such a thing, Sir Nix,"

The administrator said with his head bowed down.

Nix just nodded his head and questioned.

"Where is the girl that came with me?"

"She is waiting in another hall."

"Alright," He said and drifted his eyes towards the king.

"I am not bound to call you as your title or anything and it would be nice if you understand what I mean. My culture is different and I don't wanna adapt to yours and bow my head. I am being honest and I hope that doesn't offend you in any way and respect my opinion Mr.Raes henil."

"Haha, It's okay young man. As I said respect is earned it is not something that is readily given. Afterall some outsider holds authority over some cities as such I know they are on par with the Royal dynasties who don't have our type of ruling system."

"Thank you for understanding Mr.Raes."

"You Outsiders are sure amusing..."

The king said with a smirk as they walked towards another hall where few people were eagerly waiting...