At the capital empire of the Gabriel Empire, near Gabriels City, Bella and Kriss were spotted together in the upper reaches of Claudina River which is outside of the Hildes Canyon. They were there following the last message from the Eyes of the Devil in the sky which interpreted that The Flower of “Sea Spirit” resides in the canyon.
On their way to the canyon, under the gloomy sky, they met with Moon Demon King Gonias who was fighting fiercely with one group of the Human warriors led by God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans. By the time Bella and Kriss bumped into them, the two teams had been fighting for some time and there were casualties on both sides. Akmans couldn’t remember where he found the new sword that is able to crush evil, but with the help of the sword, he managed to have the upper hand over the Moon Demon King, Gonias.
Unfortunately for Moon Demon King Gonias, who harnessed her power from the moonlit night, her strength is greatly restricted because even though the sky is being blanketed by dark clouds, ultimately, it is still daytime. Furthermore, Bella noticed that it isn’t just as simple as that. Moon Demon King Gonias isn’t only wounded, but her inner energy is also unbalanced due to the presence of a conflicting energy that is invading her system.
God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans didn’t realise her condition and kept attacking her bravely. If one were to compare him to other Human warriors, Akmans could be considered as a righteous person because he did not molest his opponent. In fact, not many men have the integrity to fight fairly while ignoring the gender of the other party.
“Let’s fight a little harder, the devil is nearly defeated.”
“My Lord, I think there is something wrong with her. What is that strange colour in her eyes? Could it be…”
“Don’t be afraid, that’s the sign that the devil is struggling before her death. She is almost done for!”
Moon Demon King Gonias had a painful expression on her face. Her left eye, which seemed to be congested, slowly turned from moon white to red and before long, it started to bleed heavily. Even though the pink eye disease does not exist in this realm, Moon Demon King Gonias is definitely infected with some unknown energy.
This is the kind of infection that could greatly increase the strength of the Moon Demon King. Seeing her reaction, God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans believed that it is a sign that she is going to explode before her death. However, Bella did not think so because the expression on the Moon Demon King Gonias is unhappy, as if she is going through a forced awakening. Oblivious towards the coming disaster, Akmans and his cronies continued to attack Gonias.
With his Great Evil Slaying Sword, God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans was able to successfully behead several subordinates of Gonias that stood in front of her, allowing him to smoothly approach the Moon Demon King. Seeing that Gonias’s mental state is in chaos, Akmans took the opportunity to cut off the energy wings behind the demon with his Great Evil Slaying Sword, but his attack did not produce any blood.
“Hurry up and take your people away before it is too late!”
“What are you saying? I am about to win this female devil. Uh… how come…”
The joy of the imminent victory of God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans was short lived as it was ruthlessly shattered by reality. Not only did the Moon Demon King Gonias not fall when her energy wings were cut off, a new pair of red, terrifying energy wings sprouted out in their place and a vague figure could be seen behind them.
“It’s okay to accept your defeat to a more powerful lord. You aren’t even able to defeat a few ant people!”
“Who are you! I see, you are the devil’s…”
The power of the red shadow clearly surpasses that of Moon Demon King Gonias. After it appeared, a scarlet bloody storm blew around them, putting down the subordinates around Moon Demon King Gonias as well as some of God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans’s helpless men. The storm did not trouble the demons as it only affected the Human warriors.
The eyes of those Human warriors that were affected turned red immediately and they began to attack the companions around them. At that moment, the Human warriors fought against themselves and seeing the unfavourable situation at hand, God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans decides to lead his team to retreat. He was able to dodge the scarlet storm by stepping backwards purely by combat instinct and was fortunate to not be infected.
After Akmans led the remaining Human warriors to retreat, Bella and Kriss, who were watching in the nearby bushes, finally took action. Moon Demon King Gonias was actually blocking their nearest path to their destination. If they do not move on, they won’t be able to complete the last link of the event for “Famous Flower Have a Master”.
“The human race is a group of people who are greedy in life and fear death. But instead, you are so kind that… you, you are…”
“I am just a passer-by. Nothing more than that, you talk too much!”
Bella jumped up, holding on to the famous sword named “Dark Soul Resurrection” that she borrowed from Kriss and slashed directly behind the female demon king, in between her and the red demon’s body. The Great Evil Slaying Sword was useless because Bella had previously seen God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans used his Great Evil Slaying Sword and he had failed to deter the red demon. By that, she had determined that the red demon is immune to the standard weapons of the Saviour’s camp such as the Great Evil Slaying Sword.
Evidence has proved Bella’s judgement to be accurate. The vague red figure seemed to be injured and the shadow became a little hazy, as if threatening to disappear at any moment. Not willing to give up, the red demon shadow stretched out his claw and grabbed Bella by her wrist with the intention to infect her as well. As Bella was not wearing any armour, she is undoubtedly scratched. The red demon was very strong and it could easily scratch Bella in that state by using the devil’s body.
“You aren’t any better than this female devil. Be the master’s puppet. You… Why are you not infected! You…”
Kriss attacked the red demon from behind while holding on to a long sword in each of her hands, wielding them both concurrently. The long swords in her hands were swung at the same time and after a round of sword shadows, the red demon was cut into pieces before disappearing. It’s state of nothingness is meaningless against Kriss’s attack. Even as it disappeared, the red demon still has no clue as to why Bella is immune to its infection.
After Kriss managed to defeat the red demon, Moon Demon King Gonias lost control of herself and fell down. Luckily for her, Bella hugged her in time, otherwise the Moon King Gonias might be the first demon king to have fallen to their death. After all, the Moon Demon King Gonias is the younger sister of Dark Night Demon King Aggy. Aggy and Bella could be considered as friends while the Moon Demon King Gonias is also her own acquaintance.
Bella and Kriss quickly took Moon Demon King Gonias to a nearby waterhole that they found. Bella casually tore the cloth on the body of Moon Demon King Gonias as she wanted to check her condition and how she was able to be infected. This isn’t the first nor the second time that Bella had taken advantage of the Moon Demon King Gonias. It has become such a habit that an extra time would have made no difference.
Inspecting the pale and slender body of the Moon Demon King Gonias, Bella managed to find the place infected by the red energy. Located on the right arm of the female demon king was a mark that looked like she had been bitten by something. A row of clear teeth marks was imprinted on her right arm and a gleam of red energy could be seen at the position of the teeth marks.
“Um, you… Are the two of you subordinates of Eleanor? Hurry up and run because I am infected, and I don’t know when I will attack again! Help me to inform Eleanor so that she will not show up outside anytime soon…”
“Gonias, tell me what happened. I may be able to solve the infection”
“You, you are not a demon. Uh, what are you doing here…wait!”
Bella lowered her head and kissed the face of the Moon Demon King Gonias with a smirk. Since the female demon king had been infected by an unknown energy, Gonias was currently very weak. Her current physical strength is only as strong as an ordinary human woman. If not for Kriss’s watchful eyes, Bella would have done whatever she wants to her. Gonias is the first of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings who Bella could bully.
“If you don’t say anything, I’ll proceed to kiss somewhere else, Lord Demon!”
“How can this be, you actually want to… I am saying to not mess around. Are my words not enough?!”
Bella’s eyes looked strangely at Gonias, sweeping all over her body, and lingered on the two pairs of towering peaks in front of Gonias’s chest. Thinking of Bella’s casual kiss a moment ago, Gonias became scared. She was afraid that Bella would “strike her chest” with her mouth because Bella seems to be the type of woman who would dare to do anything that she had said.
Bella’s unscrupulously pressed her hands against the soft flesh on Gonias’s chest and pinched on the two red cherries on her chest while looking like she would attack her chest at any time. Gonias succumbed and honestly told them everything that she knew. Apparently, there was more than one member of the Ancient Twelve Demon King that was active in the Gabriel Empire.
It appears that not long ago, one of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings who was active there was infected and controlled by a mysterious power. This Demon King forcibly took control of this generation of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings by infecting and controlling them. Unfortunately, Moon Demon King Gonias was attacked and infected during her retreat.
The other Ancient Twelve Demon King who was infected in the Hildes Canyon was leading the Silikas Family from the Holy Land of Swords. Based on this, Bella realised that the Slilikas Family had been taken control of. No wonder the Silikas family did not take action when the rebellion broke out in the Gabriel Empire. Turns out, they are being controlled.
At first, the Moon Demon King Gonias intended to look and ask for help from the new faction of the Demon King, Stuart Eleanor. Unexpectedly, in the middle of her journey, her path was blocked by God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans who was sent to accomplish the noble mission of saving the world. Thanks to Bella’s timely rescue, the power of the infection was able to be suppressed.
As for the source of the infection, Gonias was not aware of it. Although the fact that the Demon King could be controlled by another may seem to be far-fetched to many people, Bella could attest to Gonias’s statement. Even though the Demon Kings are powerful beyond imagination, in comparison to the many other beings in this great big world, they are but a mere speck of existence.
The infection holds a breath of a God of Creation’s power. To Bella who is the Demon God of the World Destroyer’s Camp, the attack by the red demon shadow was but a scratch on the back of her right hand. The energy from the God of Creation could not infect all demons. It could only be effectively used on a certain level of demon. Understanding the source of the problem, Bella proceeded to cut the finger on her right hand and dripped a few drops of her own blood onto the wound on Gonias’s hand and within a short time frame, her blood managed to neutralize the infection energy of the God of Creation.
Kriss, who was standing by her side, gently stepped forward and took out a white cloth. With it, she carefully helped bandage the cut on Bella’s finger as well as the back of her hand even though she knew that Bella was not seriously injured. Still, Kriss felt distress when she saw the injury on Bella’s hand. In return, Bella gave Kriss a loving smile.
The display of affection almost blinded the eyes of Moon Demon King Gonias. She looked at Bella and Kriss in puzzlement. She couldn’t fathom the intimate interaction between the two beautiful girls that are not unlike a couple. With the help of the blood from Bella, the infectious energy in the Moon Demon King Gonias completely subsided and the reddish left eye soon returned to its original white colour.
“Thank you, Bella. This is the first time I am receiving help from someone other than that of a Demon King.”
“You don’t have to thank me. Where are you heading to? I can arrange to send you on your way.”
“Would you send me to Blood Demon King Eleanor? She is the beautiful female demon with blood-red hair and rose petals floating around her. There are suspicious people among the Demon Kings on our side.”
Moon Demon King Gonias’s request was a little unexpected for Bella. She had asked Bella to send her to the area of the new Demon King because Gonias suspected that more than one of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings had been infected, Not only was she worried about the other Demon King, but she was also afraid that she would be infected and controlled again. Technically, it would be much safer to be by the new Demon King.
Bella did not refuse her request. She immediately used her energy to draw a Demon King’s exclusive teleportation formation on the ground before packing up the naked Gonias and placing her into the teleportation formation. By now, Gonias realised that Bella had painted the Demon King’s Teleportation Array but was not attacked by the backlash from the Demon’s Teleportation Energy Array. This proved that Bella herself is above the power of a Demon King but she managed to keep it hidden, fooling Gonias.
“Bella, are you the Demon King? Why didn’t you tell me? Were you acquainted with Blood Demon King Eleanor before this?! Are you in the same group?”
“Gonias, you didn’t ask me either. Alright then, when Eleanor sees this, she will know that I sent you. I went over there to pick flowers with Kriss.”
Bella put the first demon token, which symbolizes the identity of the sending Demon King into the hands of Moon Demon King Gonias. She then activated the teleportation magic circle and teleported her to a lounge behind the Hall of Pandemonium in the Darkness Sacred Region. Quasi-Devil Cornice and Alf Dolores were already there, and they helped Bella receive Gonias.
The Moon Demon King Gonias inadvertently became the first member of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings to visit the Darkness Sacred Region without knowing that this would mark the beginning of diplomacy between the old and the new demon kings. At this moment, Gonias was still in shock, not because of the fact that Bella was a Demon King but the fact that Bella was a Demon King who was also immune to the infection. The Moon Demon King Gonias couldn’t comprehend this.
While Gonias was distracted by her own thoughts, she did not realise that Bella had taken the opportunity to grope her chest several times and did not notice that she had been taken advantage of. By the time she recovered, she found herself lying on a comfortable bed. Quasi-Devil Cornice and Alf Dolores who had received the news in advance were standing by the bed, looking at Gonias with curious, probing eyes.
Since the message from Bella did not mention that Gonias would be sent naked, the two female Demon Kings thought that something interesting had happened between Bella and Gonias. Gonias had only seen the Blood Demon King Eleanor and it was her first-time meeting the two new Demon Kings. Previously, Gonias thought that there were only a handful of new Demon Kings, but it seemed that she was wrong.
“Sister Moon Demon King, don’t be too nervous. Bella told us about you. Sister Eleanor is still on a mission and will come over later.”
“Thank you, where is this place? The dark atmosphere here is so pure.”
“This is the Darkness Sacred Region. I’ll get you some clothing first. Did Bella bully you?”
“No… No, it shouldn’t be considered as bullying. We are both girls. It’s not a big problem.” Because Gonias was very curious about the new environment, she quickly forgot about the fact that she had been attacked by a certain female demon.
After Gonias was sent to safety, Bella and Kriss continued to move forward towards Hildes Canyon, which seemed inaccessible because the location of the “Sea Sprit” was in the canyon gorge. She was also worried about the safety of the Calman and Cahlia sisters who had run back to their family and could only forge forward.
According to the information provided by Gonias, the infectious energy does not only affect the Demon Kings but also most creatures, including the human race. Once infected, they will mutate. Even though one would get a surge of powerful energy, they will also become a living puppet of the hidden controller.
Not every ancient Demon King has the determination and enlightenment of Moon Demon King Gonias. For example, the first Demon King that was infected did not have the same will power. In order to gain more power, he was willing to be someone else’s puppet. In contrast, Gonias ran away in a hurry. She hadn’t even managed to figure out the specific information in the Hildes Canyon and didn’t know the number of Demon Kings that have been infected in that canyon. Without the information, the risk in Bella’s trip has been increased, especially since the demon eyes in the sky could not be detected.
Along the way, Bella and Kriss saw a large number of corpses, both of the demon and human races. The demons were the subordinates of the Moon Demon King Gonias while the human corpses were harder to identify. They aren’t the noble guests who came to participate in the Hundred Flowers Festivals. Even though they wore the same outfit as God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans’ clan, the logo on these men was different.
It seems that the God Chosen Holy Sword Akmans’s clan were not the only Human warriors that came here. Other teams of Human warriors are also involved. Bella and her companion came across the second group of warriors at the periphery of Hildes Canyon, led by God Chosen Knight Scott and his younger brothers.
