章節 9: A contract with Demons.

The sensation of being burnt will forever live with Alexander, he awoke in a slightly chilly room with a decapitated head staring into his eyes. This jolted his body awake and he naturally fled back a few steps before being grabbed by a body less hand. The sudden stop cased him to fall flat on his arse causing him acute amounts of pain much to the enjoyment of a robed figure sitting on top of a throne, 20 meters away from the scene.

The figure clapped its hand and the room was illuminated around Alexander. He slowly turned his head to look around the room and the first thing he noticed was the eyes in the walls staring back at him, next was the smell of constant burning which was coming from Alexander himself, finally he saw a giant iron throne with a giant skull as its centre piece.

Alexander slowly approached the throne which caused the skull on top of the throne to laugh at him in a mocking manner. The figure sent forth his presence which immediately forced Alexander to his knees, breaking one of kneecaps in the process.

"Prince of Dionysus, Nice to finally meet you I'm Eurynomos the 'God' of the Undead and my master and his master want to make a deal with you. You will be reborn with your memories and feelings intact sometime after the rebellions have ceased giving me all this food I desire and you WILL bring the forces of the Undead and Demons back into power in the continent of Thedas, then the world. How you wish to do this will be up to you, you will be given access to the same levels of magic and strength as a newly-turned Demon king and the progress of your strength will be determined by your efforts alone. There will be rewards based on merit however you WILL succeed or end up in my STOMACH, those are your only choices. Any questions?"

"Can you step out of the shadows so I can at least see who one of the 'Gods' I will be s-s-slaving away f-ff-or is" Alexander stuttered.

In response to this an Undead figure appeared in front of him, his flesh barely clinging onto his frame. His body wrapped in a coat covered in vulture feathers, highlighting his scavenger nature, his eyes devoid of any emotion while the smile on his disfigured face caused Alexanders still burning body to freeze over.

"You have seen me in my truest form, anything else whelp?"

Alexander was still shuddering at the thought of the figure in front of him as he managed to stammer out his next question.

"Will I be able to destroy what remains of my enemies families, kingdoms and bloodlines?"

The question made the 'God' break out in laughter, his jaw flapping as the decayed muscle became visible to Alexander. Alexander just started at the 'God' who eventually responded " You will have all revenge you can ever hope for as long as you complete our objectives, we care not what you do to those that appear in your way. Swallow this core and gain the power to take revenge on those who destroyed everything you held dear".

Eurynomos tossed a diamond like object that looked like a typical pill to Alexander, Alexander swallowed it immediately regardless of the side affects as he realised this was his only chance to avenge everyone who mercilessly killed on that dark day.

The core exploded when it reached his stomach, Alexander panicked as he saw his own hand flying towards the walls on the opposite side of room, although conscious Alexander could feel nothing, he glanced down and saw nothing. His body was pinned to the floor while his head was still in the same position, his body then disappeared and was replaced with a crimson red coloured body with thicker skin and a strange symbol tattooed all over his body. It looked like a dragon with it's eyes closed, it's mouth trying swallow it's own tail.

The tattoo then covered the burn marks on the right side of Alexander's face. Both sets of tattoos began to glow a crimson red colour as his head moved towards the neck of the body and like a part of jigsaw puzzle slotted in nicely. Alexander felt the power flowing through his new body, his strength was on par with best soldiers of his former empire while his magic exceeded the traitorous and murderous Elves. An aura of murder and chaos began to seep out from Alexander's new body, at first it troubled Alexander but as he thought about the things that were done to him and his family he began to embrace the feeling to its full extent.

Eurynomos stated "The power you have now is the weakest power that a Demon king can have, you will also gain the assistance of a magical godlike system that will you to keep track of all our objectives and allow us to update them as we see fit. It also has other features but I willl let you struggle to find those out on your own. I must report the successful conversion to my Lord, good bye little Prince of Darkness, we will meet again"

As Eurynomos vanished the space that contained Alexander began to crumble and disappear, he was warped into a large coffin that he struggled to get out of. With a final push, he forced his way out of the coffin, what he found shook him to his core....