READ WEBNOVEL Interlude: Decapitation
{Survival on the Street of Insincerity - Yasushi Ishii 石井 妥師}
A sudden flash of red fell out of the comically pink skies, and in the cloud of dust that formed an impressive aura or deep dark red power emanated with an ominous aura. Soon, the first glasses of whoever had arrived hit the corner of my eyes as I turned my head toward the newcomer treat. The demon King!
"You claim to be a true demon, yet you fight without honor. You are a mere impostor," the demon king's voice boomed from the settling dust cloud. "The generals I've appointed are strong, but their blood is diluted. You boast of being the only pureblood demon, but can you truly be certain?"
"Who the hell are you? Why can't I appraise you!? Explain yourself!" Cindirealla's stressed-out tone quickly killed any hopes I had for her to be able to handle the Demon King, so I chose to waste no more time. Let them kill each other for all I care! We must take advantage of the extra time brought forth with their yapping session.
"SILENCE! I haven't finished speaking." At the Demon King's command, the pink-colored demon shut up with apparent distress all over her face. "You have caused too many essential and overall irreplaceable losses. This act of defiance is, therefore, punishable by DEATH! How do you plead then!? You may speak now!"
"How do I plead!? Fuck you! Just because you have a ruler's authority doesn't make you unique! To hell, whoever you are! I'm going to enjoy ripping you apart! I'll make sure to feed your corpse to a wild beast!" Without much thought, the true pink demon prepared to fight, and she assumed a more defensive stance.
"So you accept your charges! Very well, then! According to the power granted to me by my people, I here now sentence you to DIE at my hand!" The battlefield soon cleared up, with both armies quickly running away from the impending fight between possibly two of the strongest beings in existence.
"Shut up already! Tripple maximizes magic! Ice Jablin!" Cinderella starts the fight with a maximum strenght attack that surprisingly heavily damages the Demon King, completely impaling them like they were made out of paper. Blood soon spilled all over the floor, yet the Demon King smiled.
"So I do have red blood. I haven't seen my own in such a long time. It's nice to see you, dear blood of mine." The Demon King didn't even seem bothered by the attack as they removed the icicle from their body. A big smile that never vanished soon turned into a sad look.
"Do you like that!? Because I've got some more for you! THESE HAVE YOUR NAME ON THEM! True demon icicle shots! OMNI SHOT!" Cinderella excitedly continued her endless barrage of magical attacks against the Demon King, and the Demon Lord just took it all with open arms.
"This pain! I haven't felt such pain in such a long time! COME ON! Give me some more! Is this the best you've got!?" The now tarnished Demon king excitedly kept receiving extremely damaging attacks on the body. So much damage occurred to their body that you could clearly see the background behind them with ease, yet they didn't stop smiling.
"Stop smiling like you're enjoying this, you creep! BAAAANG!" Cinderella mockingly pointed a handgun toward the Demon King, which activated a strange attack I had never seen before. The handgun attack simply blew the Demon King's head off, and their body fell to the earth in the next second, yet I had a feeling they weren't dead.
"HA! You dare do all that big deal talk just do die worse than a dog!? How pathetic! It's just another waste of my time! You're not worth shit!" Cinderella soon stopped smiling as soon as she noticed something strange within herself. The color of their clothes and overall aura had swapped to green without anyone noticing.
"What the!? What is happening to me?! What the hell is this!? I! UGHH!! My body feels off! What did you do to me!?" Cinderella's expression swapped once more, as did mine, as I noticed more things off with the background. I hadn't noticed it yet, but something about the skies had changed. It just felt fake.
(Global voice) "What's wrong? I thought I wasn't worth shit, isn't that what you said?" The demon king's voice spoke loudly from everywhere at once as his decapitated body was reconstructed from the ground up.
"You're pretty strong. I must give you that, Cinderella! But! You're nowhere near strong enough to beat me. Did your master really manage to defeat the Witch Queen? I understand she wasn't anywhere close to the previous one, but my god, you are pathetic." The Demon King's voice soon enraged Cinderella, causing her to try and break free from whatever magic the King had used without avail.
"What the fuck is this!? I can't feel the flow of magic?! Why?! What the fuck did you do to the world magicules!?" Cinderella soon found herself in a hurry as the Demon King slowly walked toward her. "Listen, man! We! We can make something work, don't you think!? I! I'm only doing this because of a puny contract! I have no affiliation with these humans!"
Hey! What the heck!? So much for being my only hope! How dare she just surrender us to the Demon King like that?! What the hell am I supposed to do!? I can't beat the Demon King if she can't! To my demise, the Demon King soon turned their head toward me and looked me dead in the eyes, causing me to panic.
{Wreck of Eternal Bane - Yu Peng Chen}
"So they paid you to attack my army? I can respect that. Sure! Let's make something out of this opportunity! You would be a great addition to our ranks! Is that what you hoped to hear from me?" The Demon King slowly kept walking toward the fleeing Cinderella, who stayed in the same spot despite the apparent movement of her feet.
"I am one of Lord's Julius servants! You can't possibly get away with killing me! You know what will happen if you kill me, right!?" Cinderella, under clear distress, stopped running and resorted to empty treats as the Demon King kept slowly approaching her with their scythe at hand.
"I will kill them just like I will do you." The Demon King's stare soon turned bright red, quickly overpowering the pink skies with its deep red color. The earth shook with immense strenght as the Demon Lord's scythe collected deep charged energy.
"Wait! STOP! You can't go against every one of us! You will regret ever hirting me! You still have a chance at saving yourself! WAIT PLEASE! I was just! WAIT!" Complete and utter terror filled the demon girl's eyes as the deep color of the King's Scythe filled her with it.
"According to my judgment! Your fate was sealed from the very moment you accepted my challenge! Now die then!" The demon king's scythe soon moved up, and with exquisite execution, it dropped right on the pink demon's neck. Blood soon splattered all over the ground, and as the scene revolved around everyone, it changed once again.
"To call yourself a true demon yet to fail, you were in a dream all along. You disappoint me." The King's voice powerfully conveyed anger and a little sadness as the head of the pink demon rolled right under their feet. Yet I couldn't understand. If it was all a dream, then why did he actually cut their head off!? Was that the power of the demon king!? They can attack you, but you can't attack them!?
Terror soon filled my body as I turned around to see the decapitated one of the strongest beings I had ever seen die with an expression of pure and utter desperation. The worst part soon came when the King turned around and began to approach me instead.
"Wait! Why me!? I am just following orders! I don't mean to fight you guys! You're the one who started this entire conflict!"
The demon king smiled as they prepared their scythe once again, and they fixated their stare directly on my neck. "You're just following orders, and that's right. Yet I was not the one who pushed a civilization to near collapse. I was not the one who lied to the Witches and abused their goodwill to suppress the second-best race in the world."
What the hell were they talking about!? I had no idea what the King spoke of, and I wasn't allowed to think it through as the Lord's scythe fell upon me instantly, making everything turn black. "I am only applying human logic against humanity itself."