Capítulo 3: Chapter 3
A purple figure came running down the stairs and grabbed Mordred from El's arms before raining kisses down on his head.
The new figure was a purple demon who was 1.65 meters in size. Judging by her body, pair of horns, and spade-shaped tail, it was obvious that she was a succubus.
She was adorned in clothing that was even higher quality than the clothes worn by Soren and Kore. Partially because she was a royal concubine but mainly because the woman loved her clothes. This woman was Soren's sister and imperial noble consort of the Demon Emperor, Shiva.
She was in equal position as the queen and could command armies if she so pleased. But Shiva was lazy. She did not get involved in politics, military, or research. She simply practiced magic and the 4 traditional arts. She especially loved playing games and painting though.
She was not two-faced while doing and saying whatever she thought or believed in. Soren had tried to change her personality into a true demon or traditional woman but she would not conform to either. This side of her is what caused the Demon Emperor to favor her so much.
Shiva finally got tired of kissing her nephew and began pinching his cheeks and playing with his horn buds. Seeing that Mordred was just smiling at her without crying, caused Shiva to feel even happier. She loved that her nephew was so well-behaved at only a month old.
"Sister-in-law, brother. Your son is so cute and obedient. If only my own daughter was like this. She is 4 months older than him yet she misbehaves all the time."
Shiva began rocking Mordred in her arms. Mordred began nibbling on her fingers like he did with everyone else but it just caused Shiva to laugh. His teeth were still too weak to harm any adult demon.
" Kali is cute as well. She is just a little devil so she wants to be a bit naughty. Your nephew's name is Mordred by the way."
Kore replied while nodding her head. Soren was shaking his head though. Although he loved his son, he wished for a daughter.
He knew that male Oni, even blue ones, were natural-born troublemakers. Plus he really wanted a daughter so he could scare all of those who court her.
'What am I supposed to do with my son? Tell him not to go after women? Bah! So frustrating!'
Shiva ignored her brother shaking his head and kept calling out to Mordred.
"Mordred. Little Mordred. Mor-Mor. Come on. Call me Aunt Shiva. Come on, baby. Say 'Aunt Shiva'. "
Mordred looked at his aunt's face before he continued playing with her fingers and ignored the antics of Shiva. The succubus let out a content sigh as if she did not mind her nephew not doing as she wished.
One of Shiva's maids saw that her mistress did not remember why her brother and sister-in-law and first come. The maid let out a cough to get Shiva's attention.
"Oh, yeah. My husband is waiting on you guys. Let's go bring Little Mordred to meet his uncle and aunt in law."
Before the other's could reply, Shiva was already kidnapping Mordred and walking toward the throne room. The husband-wife pair could only follow behind the energetic succubus while all of the maids left to do other tasks since they were not allowed in the throne room unless asked.
When Soren and Kore entered the throne room, they were surprised by the number of people inside. Not only was their sister, the Demon Emperor, and the queen there but the 6 other Demon Lords were present as well sitting in each of their thrones.
Soren and Kore walked in and gave a slight bow to the Demon Emperor before going to the throne of Wrath. Kore sat in her throne while Soren stood to the side of it.
The 10 thrones in the room formed a circle where everyone could look at each other at the same time. No one said a word and simply looked at each other. Sitting in each throne was:
-Kore, Demon Lord of Wrath, Red Oni
-Luke, Demon Lord of Sloth, Elder Vampire
- Edgar, Demon Lord of Envy, Archdevil
- Grayson, Demon Lord of Pride, Archdevil
- Ash, Demon Lord of Gluttony, Archdevil
- Rory, Demon Lord of Lust, High Witch
- Harper, Demon Lord of Greed, Elder Vampire
- Lucifer (called Lucy by those who wish to die or Kore), Demon Emperor, False Dragon
- Lilith, Demon Queen, Vampire
- Shiva, Imperial Noble Consort, Succubus
Everyone else has serious looks on their faces while Shiva was sitting on her throne and playing with Mordred's arms to try and make it seem like he was dancing. It was like she did not notice what was going on around her at all.
Besides Lilith and Shivala, everyone else sitting on their thrones were the current strongest demons in Hel, each having a species rank of SS or higher. For them to have serious looks, the discussion must have an impact on the entire world.
"I shall be brief. I have called you all here because out of the 5 Great Heroes that have gone against us before, 2 have foolishly fallen in battle against beasts along with 30 Heroes. Within the next few years, they will most likely conduct another mass-summoning.
The human race is at its weakest right now. While the Fae and Dwarves may try to assist them, their forces are no match for us if we were to launch an assault. What I want to know is: Do you wish to attack and weaken the human race even further so that any ritual they wish to perform will take longer or do we wish to stand aside and do nothing like usual?"
The others looked at each other before trying to come up with plans and calculations of their own. They were always indifferent to the humans and other races and would usually only attack when provoked.
It was Grayson, Demon Lord of Pride, who spoke up first.
"I don't care. The humans are beneath us and even if they gain another 10 Great Heroes, they will still take at least 20 years to train. By that time, our children should also have their strength comparable to or even surpass them. There is also still us."
His words were not without reasoning. Heroes were S-rank. This meant that even though there were barely 1,000 S-Rank thousand demons, they far outnumbered the heroes. And the rest of the True Demons who were A and B ranks numbered over 100,000 thousand which could overwhelm heroes by fighting them 200 or 300 to one without worry.
As for Great Heroes, they were beings with potential comparable SS rank Demons who could become a Demon Lord or the Demon Emperor. Both were rare beings which is why losing 2 Great Heroes could have such a huge reaction from the Demons. It was like they lost over 25% of their military force at once.
The reasons Grayson was not worried about future Great Heroes were 2 different ones. The first was the current Demon Lords and Emperor. They would live for tens of thousands more years sp it would take a long time before any Great Heroes could eventually catch up to them besides the current 3.
The second and main reason was their children. Each of the current Demon Lords had a child that was an SS rank while the Demon Emperor had two, one of which was Mordred's cousin, Kali. With 9 new SS ranks being born, the Demons had even less to worry about from the humans.
The other Demon Lords quickly agreed with Grayson. Even Kore, the battle-junkie did not feel like taking on the humans while they were weakened. She said she wanted to wipe them out when they could actually resist.
Once everyone agreed, each of the Demon Lords left with the exception of Kore and her husband, who was being dragged to the Imperial Honorable Consort's villa so that Mordred could meet his older cousin.
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