Reincarnated to become a Demon Supreme-Chapter 20: Round table meeting
Ahem.
One of the Demon Kings cleared their throat to attract attention. When they turned, the attention was on a short fat demon, body filled with kinds of jewellery. Golden robes and a crown filled with diamond. The Short Demon king screamed opulence, the ostentatious showing even blinding the ones sitting next to him.
"I know where we might get him..."
*Silence
No one said anything. But he could see intensity in their eyes. He took it as a sign to continue.
"I have a mole in that dimension. I like dealing with them as they are quite easy to control through sheer greed."
He tapped at the table and the red light changed, from an ordinary light to now a holographic scene of a terrain, few vegetation but rocky. From a far you could see hills and mountains. The sky had what appeared as an eye pupil, overlooking the world’s surface, it shifted every now and then as if looking at something interesting.
At times the pupil dilates. The Demon Kings felt blood rush in their veins when they saw it.
"That there is the Dimension of Truth. Up there is what you could call the Eye of God, nothing could hide from it, be it visual or auditory. Once it sees the truth it shares with the party nearest to the liar.
It can go as far as see the souls of those who set foot there. Using fear and weakness as an opponent. My mole has informed me that there’s going to be a month long
Excursion which will involve a great amount of Jumpers from a small country in the biggest continent there.
I’m not saying we might catch him, but what are the chances he went there. Remember he is still weak, he needs to fight his inner darkness and what better place is there than a dimension which could help reveal the darkest in the deepest part about you"
Everyone looked at each other. The news came just at an opportune moment. They could do away with the threat before it grew to become a thorn on their side.
"Well done Demon King Gredios, This is great news, we shall each send a champion from each of our family, Demon King Moonfell, were you able to replace your hair?"
"There was never a need to change an hair, the one who died was just a disguise"
The faces in the room changed, the mood that was getting better a moment ago went back to cold. They knew what this meant, that Genius monster is actually still alive. For the entire week they had been walking with a little pep in their steps, they thought the competition had gotten a little better. And their families stood a chance to be the Head in the next generation of Demon Kings.
They weren’t grumbling for nothing. Lucifer shook the entire underworld since the day of his conception. A child of wonder, born already possessing a special type physique. God knows how many times they tried to assassinate him. But all they did was add to his strength, It even came to a point that they thought he was a corrupted as well.
"If you don’t mind me asking, what was a substitute doing in that dimension, what would have happened if the heavenly bodies found out that he was seen by humans?"
Cassandra smiled, she could hear the frustration in their voice, which is understandable of course, The underworld is where might rules, weakness is a sin and If Lucifer was assassinated it would be because of his own weakness. She wouldn’t be sad or mad at the news, she has thousands more waiting in line to take his place.
There was an unspoken rule though in The Underworld, It was ok for an assassination attempt, but someone who is at least 2 tears higher wasn’t allowed to attack those of weaker strength. Matter of fact the pride of the demons themselves won’t allow them to act in such disgraceful ways.
"Well Lucifer had crafted an interesting sigil. He figured that even though it was hard to know when the heavenly bodies are watching, everything around you gets exited even though it is subtle and hard for us to know.
So he based the sigil based on the changes of the reality around. The moment the heavenly bodies checked, that demon would’ve been erased in an instant without leaving any trace behind"
Gusp.
The room was filled with sounds of shock. Nobody has ever thought of such an ingenious way of fooling such powerful entities. While some were impressed others were jealous of the luck Demon King Moonfell had.
"Enough, As we said, we will each be sending a champion of our family to that dimension to deal with the threat, he will be going to a different dimension so the heavenly beings won’t care"
Everyone agreed. Then the meeting ended. Before Cassandra could leave, Demon King Garaga stopped her.
"Be sure to notify the gods of our plans. Include the possible location the corrupted will be at"
"There no need, I’ve already informed them as soon as we were done"
"Ho.. Have you fused with the treasure?... You actually succeeded?"
Her mouth curved, a smirk formed and she just left. Demon King Garaga was left dazed by the revelation, this could mean a change in the power structure of the underworld. The Mythic Treasure, Mirror of the world was a treasure so powerful, it had to be constantly placed under a pool of millions of years old blood from the moonfell family lineage as only they could use it.
Problem is, their blood was never pure enough or strong enough to wield it so the Demon kings were never wary of them.
"So that Hoe is still a virgin, That’s impossible, she must have done something"
His face was shriveled, veins all over it was hard to even make out what he was. The person responsible walked out as if nothing happened but you could see an almost unnoticeable smile of triumph on her face
***
In contrast to the Underworld, The Godlands looked more like a dream than a place. Everywhere you looked was elegance and beauty made manifest. The trees appeared extra green with the flowers trying hard to stand out, the beings walking around. Be it angels, lesser gods, demi gods, spirits or animals walked with some sort of grace.
Smiles all over the place, it looked peaceful like a moving picture. Everything was as though it was rehearsed. But that was just on the surface, this was a world of pretense and judgment. Emotions were hidden, so people murdered each other discreetly. Unfortunately to keep things as they are, some things are hardly put to light, this has brought hidden resentment without the ability to act on them.
In the highest building in Gods City a meeting was currently taking place. In the hall, a long table was placed. At the end of the table stood an old man with white beard wearing white Tunic and some golden linen placed over it.
On this table were 6 gods with him as the seventh one.
"So that’s how it is, a dimension of truth. Ok you shall all present your champions as well. This is no competition but I want it to be one of ours to bring in the final blow, I can’t have them thinking we are weak. If possible..."
He leaned in as if trying to say something he shouldn’t. The rest in the table reciprocated and made an effort to get closer to him.
"...See if we could take out one of two of their pathetic champions, It’s already their honor that they are working with us without being destroyed, so blood should be the acceptable compensation"
Arrogance and price fully displayed on his face, not even trying to hide, The rest of the Gods on the table seemed to like the Idea. had he not proposed it, they would have informed their descendants to it anyway and say it was a mistake or push the blame on the demons.
" Lord Adonel, won’t the heavenly bodies be angered by this?"
One of the Gods asked with concern in their voice. The heavenly bodies were unbiased, they laid down the rules of reality and let life happen, they only interfere if one of their rules has been broken, and they do not negotiate, they just obliterate the guilty party then carry on as though nothing happened. It didn’t matter if you were a Demon or God. There were rules placed on other beings in the dimensions as well, they just never got the chance to challenge them.
"Zeksies, you worry too much, didn’t you hear what Elastel said... And you forget we have more freedom than those filthy demons... Ok month long expedition will begin tomorrow Ethia time, be sure to prepare, I await a great show from each of your family"
Every God in there puffed up their chest, Seeing this Lord Adorel smiled with confidence, then nodded. Which signaled that they have been dismissed
