Devil

This is the conference room of Erinede City.

In the conference room were Shaldad, his family, and military officers.

Tara, the commander of the Lion Knights, reported to Shaldad about recent events in the border area with the Dark race.

“The scouting of the Dark race is becoming more active. Our scouts are encountering Dark race scouts, and small-scale battles are becoming frequent. It has been confirmed that a large number of troops and supplies are gathering in the border area.”

Shaldad asked.

“So, what the hell do I do now?”

“……”

“Ah. Right, they’re dolls. Damn it.”

All the military officers here were dolls.

Making them into dolls meant they would move as ordered, but the downside was they lacked free will and couldn’t make important judgments.

Since turning the military officers into dolls, Shaldad had been doing nothing but listening to reports and giving instructions.

Shaldad felt frustrated.

“How the hell am I supposed to wage a war?”

Turning the military officers into dolls meant he lacked the brains to operate a large army and devise strategies.

Shaldad had no experience handling a large army in the Hamel Empire.

Queen Sewena suggested.

“Honey, why don’t you ask Diablo-nim?”

“I suppose I should.”

Shaldad had been seeking advice and help from the Demon King Diablo whenever he was stuck.

Shaldad, Sewena, and Mernusa went to the secret space in the basement of the palace.

The secret space was covered in blood, and corpses were hanging on the walls.

On the floor was a huge magic circle drawn with blood and decorated with entrails.

In the corner, people with their hands and feet tied and mouths gagged writhed.

“Eup! Eupeup! Eueup!”

Shaldad and Sewena forcibly dragged two people to the center of the magic circle and used their fingernails to cut their uvulas.

The two people collapsed to the floor, choking on the blood from their uvulas, and struggled painfully.

Sewena recited a demon summoning spell.

“We offer a sacrifice! Demon King Diablo-nim! Answer our call!”

All the blood was drawn from the bodies of the sacrifices, drawing geometric patterns in the air.

As the patterns disappeared, Diablo’s figure rose into the air.

Diablo had the perfect demon appearance, with two long horns on his head, jagged teeth, huge bat wings, a long tail, and burning skin.

Diablo asked in a heavy voice.

“What is it?”

Shaldad explained to Diablo what was happening.

Diablo muttered in a quiet voice.

“Hmm. It seems Kamait-hyung is about to move. Is it our turn to act, Demons?”

Shaldad asked back.

“What did you say?”

Diablo chuckled and asked.

“Kikik. Do you remember the contents of your contract with me?”

“Wasn’t it that I would give you my soul when my wish was fulfilled?”

“That’s right. What was your wish?”

“To become the ruler of the continent.”

“I’m talking about the wish before that.”

Shaldad replied, puzzled.

“To become the King of the Hamel Empire.”

At that moment, Sewena noticed something was wrong and shouted.

“Honey! It’s dangerous!”

As Diablo reached out his hand, Shaldad’s soul left his body and screamed.

“Euaaaa! Kkeuaaaa! What are you doing!”

“Your wish has been fulfilled, so I’m taking your soul.”

As Shaldad’s soul entered Diablo’s mouth, Diablo ate it deliciously.

“Ujeok ujeok. Hheuheum. Moderately delicious.”

Mernusa ran over, shedding tears.

“No! You cunning bastard!”

As Diablo reached out his hand, Mernusa’s soul was also extracted and entered Diablo’s mouth.

Mernusa’s wish was to make her son the King, and it had already been fulfilled.

Sewena trembled, knelt down, and begged, hitting her head on the ground.

Kung Kung Kung

“Please save me! Please don’t kill me!”

Sewena’s wish was to become the Queen of the Hamel Empire, and it had already been fulfilled, so there was no way for Sewena to escape.

Diablo said.

“Hmm. I’ll give you a choice now. First, you can have your soul eaten by me and die. Second, you can allow me to enter Shaldad’s body.”

Sewena shouted.

“I’ll do the second one!”

Diablo told her the spell to manifest himself in the world.

A creature living on the continent had to activate the spell directly for the demon to enter the continent.

Sewena laid Shaldad’s body on the floor with trembling hands.

Sewena laid humans to be used as sacrifices around Shaldad’s body and stabbed each of their necks with a knife, making the floor soaked with blood.

Sewena recited the spell.

“I summon Diablo-nim into the world! Abra Kadabra!”

Diablo was sucked into Shaldad’s body.

Shaldad’s body sucked up the blood soaking the floor.

After a few minutes, Shaldad opened his eyes, stood up, and stretched.

“Ooh~! It’s been a while since I’ve returned to the continent. This body is decent.”

Sewena trembled, knelt down, and greeted him.

“I greet Demon King Diablo-nim.”

“I need to summon other demons to the continent as well.”

At Sewena’s instruction, the doll military officers tied up criminals from the underground prison and dragged them to the secret space.

The criminals screamed at the hellish situation in the secret space.

“I don’t want to go in!”

“Euaaa! Save me!”

Diablo looked at the doll military officers and said.

“Good empty shells. Since they’ve lost their ego, other demons can easily enter.”

Diablo told Sewena the spell to summon other demons.

As Sewena sacrificed the offerings and recited the spell with a pale face, high-ranking demons such as Molech, Proserpine, Mephisto, Astaroth, Andariel, and Belial appeared.

Andariel stretched seductively.

“Haaahm! The air on the continent is so delicious~”

Diablo greeted them.

“Kamait-hyung is said to have eaten most of the continent. Now is the time to announce the status of hell on the continent. Let’s all work hard.”

The demons cheered.

“Yeah~!”

“Let’s go for hell’s bull market~!”

Just as angels were subordinates of Goddess Elia, demons were subordinates of the God of Darkness.

As Sewena consumed the sacrifices and recited the spell, the demons entered the bodies of Mernusa and the military officers and manifested.

When the sacrifices became scarce in the middle, the military officers who had become demons went outside and caught homeless people.

Molech entered Mernusa’s body,

Proserpine entered the body of Tara, the commander of the Lion Knights,

Mephisto entered the body of Hembram, the commander of the Tiger Knights,

Astaroth entered the body of Sesti, the commander of the Golem Knights,

Andariel entered the body of Christine, the commander of the Wyvern Knights,

Belial entered the body of Marquis Shilla.

Other high-ranking demons entered the bodies of high-ranking military officers.

Now the power structure of the Hamel Empire was filled with demons.

Sewena pissed herself and trembled at the unbelievably terrifying reality.

“Euaaaa…. I’m doomed now….”

Shaldad nudged Sewena and said.

“Hey~ Don’t worry. You’re nominally my wife. I’ll give you special treatment since you’ve helped me a lot.”

Sewena couldn’t answer and just trembled.

덜덜덜덜 (Deoldeoldeoldeol)

Shaldad continued.

“If you do anything stupid, I’ll send your soul to the dirtiest and most painful torture chamber in hell. Act like my wife outside. Then I’ll allow you freedom normally. And even if you die, I’ll let you live in a pretty good place in hell.”

Sewena nodded frantically.

Shaldad and the military officers went out of the secret space.

Shaldad gave instructions to Christine.

“I’ll write a letter, so take it and deliver it to the God of Darkness.”

“Understood.”

Christine received Shaldad’s letter and flew to the Asmodeus Kingdom on a Wyvern.

Shaldad said to the military officers.

“Let’s reorganize the army and prepare to stab Elia Holy Kingdom in the back. We need to start by mentally preparing the soldiers. The justification is as follows. Elia Holy Kingdom plotted to oust me, the King of the Hamel Empire. The God of Darkness offered to join hands with me and strike Elia Holy Kingdom together. After that, the territory of Elia Holy Kingdom will be given to the Hamel Empire, and autonomy will be recognized.”

The military officers nodded.

Tara expressed concern.

“The church’s power in Erinede City is strong. There’s a risk of being caught by the Inquisitors. And there will be those among the soldiers who resist.”

Shaldad smirked.

“Are you kidding me? Are we humans? Demons have demonic methods. Whether you use drugs, use your charms, threaten their families, or kill them secretly, do whatever it takes.”

The military officers looked at each other and laughed.

“Puhup. That’s right. If we eliminate those who resist, only those who agree will remain.”

“Puhelhelhel. I’m going to fuck the priestesses and bury them in the ground~”

“I wonder if the Inquisitors even get hard? It would be fun to cut off their dicks while they’re having sex~”

The demons went to do their respective jobs.

—

I, Kyle, was resting with my family in the palace when a soldier came and reported.

“Christine, the commander of the Wyvern Knights from Erinede City, has come as an envoy. What should we do?”

“Let her in.”

Asmodeus and I waited in the palace hall, and Christine approached.

But I felt a familiar energy.

I tilted my head and asked.

“Are you perhaps Andariel?”

Christine replied cheerfully.

“Yes! Oppa! It’s me, Andariel!”

“Ooh! Andariel! It’s so good to see you!”

Asmodeus also greeted Andariel.

“Andariel~ It’s been a while.”

Asmodeus and I took Christine (=Andariel) to the reception room.

We talked candidly about what had happened in the meantime.

I’ll talk briefly about hell.

Just as heaven is the unique divine territory of Goddess Elia, hell is the unique divine territory of me, the God of Darkness.

I can’t enter now because I’m a demigod, but I can enter hell when I become a god.

The reason I created hell was to allow the souls of the Dark race to play as much as they wanted before reincarnation.

Hell can be seen as a Dark race amusement park with various attractions such as land with flames soaring, rugged mountain ranges, a room where food pours out, and a torture chamber for the Light race.

The souls of the Dark race can eat, destroy, and enjoy thrills to their heart’s content in hell.

A thousand years ago, I gave the souls of the Dark race heroes the position of ‘Demon’ to manage hell.

I gave the position of Demon King to Diablo, the most powerful Demon warrior at the time.

I asked Christine.

“How is hell these days?”

Christine replied with a dejected face.

“The situation in hell has become very bad since the God of Darkness-nim disappeared. Fortunately, Elia hasn’t been able to invade hell, which is the unique divine territory of the God of Darkness-nim. But Elia has blocked souls from entering hell. Occasionally, souls who have committed major crimes on the continent are sent to hell as punishment.”

The souls of the Light race become nourishment to maintain hell.

The souls of the Dark race can come to hell and enter the cycle of reincarnation or become new demons.

“Oh no! It’s a plan to wither hell.”

“That’s right. These days, hell is empty, and the demons are very thin. No new demons are being born either. I miss the lively hell when the God of Darkness-nim was strong in the past.”

“Hyuuu…. The situation is very bad. Then how have you been surviving?”

“There are the souls of criminals who come in occasionally. We mainly use the method of granting the dark wishes of the continent’s creatures and taking their souls. Humans find the demon summoning books we scattered in the past and use them to fulfill their wishes.”

“I see.”

“Oh, by the way! Did you know that a young demon, Bortarg, was summoned by a Jungle Goblin five years ago and then disappeared? He was full of enthusiasm, saying he would paint the continent with the colors of the God of Darkness-nim.”

‘Ah, shit. That’s me. Bortarg. Sorry. I need to keep my mouth shut and tell others to keep it a secret.’

“Th, that, I don’t really know.”

“Judging from the fact that there’s still no news, he must be dead. Poor Bortarg. Sniff.”

Christine told me about Shaldad (=Diablo)’s plan.

“The demons are currently brainwashing soldiers and driving out the church forces in Erinede City. We will attack Morian City, so the God of Darkness-nim should attack Yehomel City.”

I nodded.

“I will.”

We talked a little more about the future plans.

Christine ate her fill at the palace, slept overnight, and returned to Erinede City on a Wyvern the next day.

The military strength of Erinede City is said to be 90 Giant Golems, the Lion Knights, the Tiger Knights, the Golem Knights, the Wyvern Knights, and 180,000 regular soldiers.

This huge army had become my ally.

—

This is Civic City, the capital of Elia Holy Kingdom.

A few days later, the Pope, the Saintess, and the Cardinals gathered in the Great Temple of Civic City to discuss the current situation.

Cardinal Benjamin spoke about the information that had been received so far.

“We have lost contact with the church and the Inquisitors in Erinede City. There are movements preparing for war in Erinede City. It is certain that the direction Erinede City is heading is towards us.”

The Pope clutched his head.

“In the end, Shaldad has been completely tainted by darkness. We should have killed Shaldad three years ago, no matter what sacrifice it took.”

Saintess Agatha retorted.

“If we had done that, the Hamel Empire and Elia Holy Kingdom would have fought each other and been occupied by the God of Darkness even faster. Rather, we have siphoned off the soldiers of the Hamel Empire for three years, so it is to our advantage.”