Chapter 377 Chapter 369: Nightbringer
"What is... happening...?"
The red skies of Hell turned black.
The red unchanging skies of the deprived land.
Were filled with darkness.
The door to the grand hall opened once more and a torrent came hurtling inside. The instruments of the demons playing the music screeched and turned livid.
The glasses in the room clinked while tables shook.
Every. Single. Demon.
Every single demon was rooted in its spot as the sounds of footsteps merged with the screeching strings.
Locks of hair black and white. Horns stretching just slightly above his head.
Deep, cold, sharp eyes of amethyst.
And a slight self-important grin. As if everything here was just another Monday morning for him.
Seeing the demons frozen in the spot, the man walked over to the servers on the side, picked up his glass of wine, and raised it.
"Apologies if I was late. As a new demon lord," he grinned and pointed his glass toward the windows. "I wanted to present that, as a gift to all of you."
"I-It's the night!!!"
"Night has come!!"
"WOOOOOO!"
Screams came rushing in from out the windows as the demons outside shed tears at the advent of night.
For the first time since its establishment many thousand years ago.
On the night of Walpurgis.
Night.
Had come.
***
I watched the demon lords all shocked in their places.
Of the thirty that I had taken under by extension through Sitri and the others as well, quite a few of them started crying.
It was the perfect moment.
I had the place to myself. The people outside were swayed, and the people inside were swayed.
There was no better time to place my topic at the front.
But.
But there was something, no, someone in my way.
I didn't need to see to be able to tell anymore. At the head of the room with his eyes turned straight toward me, the Grand Chancellor of Hell, Lucifuge Rofocale was staring me down.
His pressure came straight toward me, not enough to threaten me, but as if speaking to me.
To lay low and discuss this properly.
Well.
They were all going to be useful for me.
So I couldn't just—
"YOUUUUU!!!!"
A tearing scream ripped through the air as crows fluttered in the sky.
"I know who you are! That face!"
Not far from me, another demon lord was throwing a grand tantrum at my sight. Wings of black spread from his back as his words and screeches.
This guy?
Did I know him?
"Eugy, what beef does this nobody have with you?"
Peeking out of my pockets was Titania, who surprised a whole lot of the demon lords here. But the demon charging at me didn't seem to notice as he came straight for my neck.
"My liege—"
It seemed Bathym and Sitri were about to say something, but before they could, I raised my foot up high.
I really couldn't control myself right now since I was using the World's End. Placing Cataclysm inside my own body was too difficult for now.
I sighed at the demon and slammed my foot straight in his face.
"OOOOOO!"
He grunted out loud.
And in the next moment, the entire room shook as he flew straight into the walls and crushed them apart.
The clouds of World End outside trembled and crackled as well, which brought another loud cheer in from the demons, almost as if it was a fanfare for my actions.
"What are the rules on fighting in this place?" I asked with my head to the side. Of course, to Lucifuge.
The guy himself seemed unfocused.
""T-t-titania...?""
To my surprise, two voices merged into one. It was the First Demon Lord, Bael, and the Grand Chancellor, Lucifuge. The other demon lords on the list were also staring at Titania.
"So we're just going to ignore that bug, huh? Cool, cool, cool."
The demon lords at the front were slowly walking closer like zombies while Titania grabbed my hair.
"Alright, what is going on?"
"I am quite the heartthrob, you see. These people are all smitten with me."
"Oh, Evil Queen! How my heart longed to see you again—"
No. Just fucking no.
What was this Bael guy doing now? What the fuck?
"Stand down, Bael, we are in a professional setting and we must follow it. Lady Evil Queen, someone as esteemed as you must take the host's seat."
"Chancellor! You sly fox!"
"Bael! You don't think I am not aware of your trickery. All of you, prepare. We will start the meeting first and then have the banquet today."
"Oh my god, are they like, seeing their crush after years? That's so romantic... hick... sniff..."
"There, there, Barbatos."
Man, these guys were wack.
In the same way adventurers were. Even that bug from earlier had the extra spirit! Who even was he? I kind of recalled the crows, but it was not that important.
The demons on the sides started rushing about and placed an enormous table in the center of the equally vast room.
At that same time when Bael and Lucifuge were in each other's hair, I was about to speak to Titania when someone completely different came up to me, behind that person were three more demons.
I knew this one well without having to see his face.
"Kid! You made it!"
"Gramps!" I cheered back at Demon Lord Agares. The last time I had met him almost a year back, I was nearly trembling. It had been a long time since then.
"Potential? Are you kidding me, Vassago? He just stepped on Raum."
"To be fair, Samignia, anyone can step on Raum."
"Bring 'er in!" He said as he raised both his hands and I gave him a high ten back. Old people.
He then grinned and slapped my back before turning to the others.
"This is the young man that did Dantalian in. She almost made him a demon before that, though."
"Almost?" Another said. He seemed like a human just like me and the Gramps, more human than the others. "Then you turned... into a demon lord yourself? You have potential, child."
"Potential? Are you kidding me, Vassago? He just stepped on Raum."
"To be fair, Samignia, anyone can step on Raum."
"Whatever the case," Old man Agares waved his hands and slapped my back once more. "You are here to shock us, aren't you?"
"You could tell?"
"Of course. Keep Lady Titania away from those two, though, I won't be able to help if they go mad."
"HAH!" Titania scoffed on my shoulder. "Worry not, Eugy. If any of them lay a hand on you..."
Bael and Lucifuge, who had grabbed each other's hair, stopped and turned toward us.
"I'll rip them to shreds."
Wow.
Badass.
They left each other and stood upright, walking over to introduce themselves to me now.
Cute bastards.
I could use them all well.
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