Oniverse/ MDK(Ch.8)

Sneaking in the dead of night, Sara and Sukie arrives at the castle’s wall. Sara placed her hands on the wall. She, then, gripped it and pried open a hole in the wall. After climbing through the hole, Sara closed the wall and made her way to the dungeon, hoping Mia was there, while Sukie look in the inner palace. Sadly, neither was successful because Mia wasn’t nowhere to be found. However, in the dungeon, Sara did see a bunch of dying and dead demon and beast men.

“Sukie, did you find lady Mia? Because I found something unthinkable and upsetting.” Sara said into her communicator.

“What did you find?”

“This kingdom has been capturing demon and beast men, and slowly been torturing them til they die. We need to find a way to help them.”

“I agree, but we need to complete our mission first. Did you find Mia in the dungeon?”

“Sadly, no.” Sara answered.

Sukie sighed and said “Keep looking and meet up at the rendezvous in ten minutes. We’ll discuss on how well get those surviving demons and beast men out?”

“Right, I’ll heal those who I can?” Sara said, concernedly.

“Okay, signing off,” Sukie said. ”Where could she be?” she thought to herself as she reached a tower.  She activated her arm gauntlets, shooting a metallic cable up to the highest point. She, then, propelled herself up the side of the tower to an open window. As she climbed through the window, a candle lights.

“Who are you?” A feminine voice asks as she places the candle dish down on the table beside her.

Sukie, frozen, slowly turned around to see a woman wearing the same clothing as Sukie. Confused, Sukie immediately pulled the first weapon she could think of.

“Hey now, calm down. I’m not an enemy. If you’re dress like that, that must mean you’ve met a man named Reo Lucrada.”

“Reo? Lucrada? No, my master’s name is Reiji Toujou. A person from another world with amazing powers.” Sukie replied.

“Huh, well, at least I was right the part where he was from another world. Sadly, he’s not the person I was hoping for. Well, looks like I need to discipline my son myself. Would’ve been nice to have him here to help. Especially since my son doesn’t listen to my advice since he doesn’t like demons. He’s just like his big-headed father. Idiotic and Stubborn. Not to mention, lustful.” The woman ranted.

“Wait, are you perhaps the queen of Roley?” Sukie asks as she stops the woman’s ranting.

“Well, I’m the former queen of this country, Adriana Lucrada, the mistress of the king and queen of Jan-gu.” She replied.

Sukie put the weapon away and looked at her again.  She noticed that Adriana looked like she realized the weapon. “Jan-gu? How do you know what Jan-gu are?”

“Well, that’s a long story, and I’m assuming you’re looking for something or someone.” Adriana said. Sukie looked shocked. “Well, that’s my answer. Who are you looking for?”

 Sukie sighed. “Her name is Mia Blackrose, the right-hand guardian to Reiji Toujou.”

“Oh, the poor girl that my son chose from the millions within the country to be his mistress.”

“You’ve heard of her? Do you know where she is?” Sukie asked excitedly.

“Yeah, she’s probably in the hidden room inside the king’s chambers. He uses it as a royal s** dungeon to train his women. And, before you ask, no I didn’t know he uses it for that. I overheard some maids talk about it today. Hence the reason for Reo.”

“Huh, can you help me get to it?” Sukie asked.

“Sure, I’ll help you, but I need to you to change out of those clothes.” Adriana answered as she searched for some clothes for Sukie. Finding some clothes, Adriana looks back at Sukie and saw her wings. “Oh, you’re a demon I see.”

“Right, you must be going to turn to me into the king now right.” Sukie said as she closed her wings.

“Of course not, why would I do that to my own kind.” Adriana said as she reached Sukie the clothes.

“You’re a demon. What are you doing here? How are you so okay when your own kind are suffering throughout the world? Hell, even in your own kingdom. Demons suffers judgement, slavery, even death at the hands of these humans.”

“What are you talking about? Roley is supposed to be a haven for demons. A place they can hide from the humans that hunt them.”

“Then, why did my colleague find dying demons in the dungeons of this castle.” Sukie asked, confused.

“What!?” Adriana said, shocked.

“Huh, you didn’t know…did you?” Sukie said as she looks at Adriana’s horrid expression. Adriana shook her head. “Oh… How is that possible? Aren’t you the queen? How could you not have information about what’s going on in the kingdom?”

“Well, since my son took over his duties as king, the people have lost respect for me as queen. It’s as if someone told them to ignore me completely. My guess is his advisor, Radeus Greyford. His father was my ex-husband’s advisor. His hate for me must’ve been passed down through the family.”

“Huh, makes sense. He easily undermined you once you succeed your throne. But, what I don’t get is why is a demon king treating his people like this?”

 “That because he’s not a demon. He’s a hundred percent human.”

“How is that… “Trust me, I don’t know. His sister is complete demon even after Reo gave her a power boost.”

“Power boost?”

“It’s apart of the mistress ceremony I took apart of with his wife, Anko. My daughter and I were given a boost of power, evolving us into Demonic Dragons.”

“What?” Sukie said, confused.

“We’re demons capable of channeling the powers of a dragon. Even, transforming into one at will is possible.” Adriana explained.

“That’s… suddenly a ringing from Sukie’s back pocket. She pulls out the holographic projector from earlier and tosses it into the air, automatically answering the call.

“Sukie, I’m calling to inform you that the demons at that house are safe and are currently headed back to Kaolin. Anything to report on your mission?” Reiji said as his hologram appeared.

“Well, according to Sara, the dungeons are full of injured and dead demons. However, none of them turned out to be Mia. Luckily, I’ve found a lead that might…

“Reo?” Adriana said with a shocked expression.

“No, but how do you know my father?” Reiji answered.

“Father!?” Adriana and another voice yelled out in shock.

Sukie turned around and pointed a gun at the man. It was King Jupiter or Arres Roley.

“Son, what are you doing here? And, didn’t I teach you to knock before entering a lady’s room? Unbecoming a ki…

“Enough of your rambling, old woman!” Arres shouted. Then, he slowly walks closer to Sukie who slowly backs away towards the window. “That’s a pretty piece of equipment you have there. I’ve never seen something so advanced. Well, ever since I cast out that place. Tell me, how much do you want for it?”

“Not for sale,” Reiji said.

“Oh, I don’t think you know the difference between me and you. When I offer to buy it, I’m being nice. Otherwise, I’ll just kill for it like so.” He said as he summoned eight spears of light. Then, he aimed them at Sukie and fired them at her.

“No!” Reiji said as he extended his arm. Unfortunately, Sukie was pierced through, killing her instantly.

“Well, would you look at that? Your advanced technology belongs to me now.” Arres said as he reached for Sukie corpse.

“How dare you do that, Arres. Have I not taught you better?” Adriana said as she grabbed his arm.

“Let go of me demon! Or I’ll have you executed!” He yelled as he yanked his arm back.

“What happened to you?” Adriana said as she looked at her son with disgust.

“I grew up.” He answered as he summoned eight more spears.

“Enough!” Reiji said as he appeared out of thin air. Immediately, Arres fell to a knee, weak from Reiji’s pressure. Then, Reiji walked over to Sukie’s dead body and knelt. “Don’t worry about anything else? Leave the rest to me.” He said as he summoned a small device. Then, he laid her body down and drew out a small red flame from her body, placing it into the device. This device was a soul container. It was device that allowed Reiji to keep and preserve the souls of his fallen people until he learned how to reincarnate them later. He used something similar to transfer Sage into his Armory computer before it gotten upgraded by Reo and Anko. Then, he took out the special container suit, he used on his grandfather, and placed it on her chest, wrapping itself tightly around her corpse.  Then, he teleported the device back to the armory.

“Sara, status,” Reiji said telepathically as he pulled armor and weapons to him.

“Oh, lord Reiji, I didn’t know you were here. Where’s Sukie?”

“Sukie, she was killed by King Jupiter after he found her. I was too late.”

“No, milord, don’t blame yourself. It’s not your fault. We were prepared for anything to happen in the field. Besides, it’s only thanks to you that we have this opportunity to save our people.”

“Right, thank you.” Reiji said as his body regressed back to his seven-year-old form. “I thought I fixed this problem.” He thought to himself. “What’s your location?”

“I just entered some kind of damp cave that was connected to the dungeons. But, we do have a lot of demon and beast men that needs extraction.” Sara answered as she summoned a light. “Woah, Milord, I just discovered something that extremely terrifying.”

“What is it?” Reiji asked.

“The kingdom of Roley has been trying to resurrect the demon beast of old.”

“Demon Beast of Old? What’s that?”

Adriana, suddenly, rushes over and slaps Arres. “You ungrateful brat! You desecrated my mother’s grave and removed her corpse. For what?” She yelled as she radiated a deadly aura. However, Arres just sat there and stayed quiet. Angry, Adriana pulled back her hand and quickly swung it towards Arres’ face. However, she was stopped inches away from his face by Reiji.

“Tell me. What are the Demon beast of Old?” Reiji asked.

“They were the original demon king’s generals and his offspring. They were the most powerful demons in the world. No hero could stop them no matter how they tried. That was until they challenged your father. They fought to their last breath, but in the end they sacrificed themselves in order to win. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out for them. However. In honor of their sacrifice, Reo buried their dead bodies in four secret locations only known to him and me.”

“And, one of them was your mom. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. Your father fought them to save me from them. Besides, they were out of control and needed to be handled. The four of them together were a threat to all races, not just the humans. Anyways, if what she says is true, we need to stop them before they resurrect.”

“You won’t make it. Hell, even if you make it down there, the process is irreversible. They’re going to be resurrected no matter what you do, and even more powerful than than that pathetic man my mother has been obsessed with. Oh, right, your father.”

Reiji punched Arres, knocking him unconscious. “Shut up,” he said as he pressed a button on his holoband. “Sage, I need the primordial suit mom and dad gave me.”

“You sure, use that suit with your body like this. Your powers could go berserk.”

“Yeah, I had a feeling you would say that, but the Demon Beasts of Old are being resurrected.” Reiji said.

“Alright, I’ll activate the Demon Beast Protocol.”

“Demon Beast Protocol?”

“One of the many new protocols Reo installed when him and Anko upgraded the Armory. And some of them I’m still going through as we speak.” Sage answered with an annoyed tone.

“Are you okay?” Reiji asked.

Sage sighed and said “I’m fine…I’m not used to the upgrades he gave me yet. Some of my emotions get out of control when it comes to Genocidal beings like those demons. Anyway, your suit is on the way. Also, your mother wanted me to let you know you’re going to be in trouble when you get back.”

“What! Why?” Reiji said, concernedly.

“Something about stealing a wife from another man and not do your job as king.” Sage said.

Reiji had a cold look on his face, as if his soul left his body.

“Hey, are you okay?” Adriana asked.

“I’m fine. I need you to do me a favor.”

“Go get Mia BlackRose from the king’s chambers and evacuate the castle.”

“Yes, here, take this. Once you’re outside inside the courtyard, press this button. A portal should open up and three big rigs should appear. Load up everybody who works here in one truck, the dead demons in another, and the living demons in the last one. They should automatically drive you all to a safe distance. If not , ask Sage for help. I’ll try to keep the demon beast at bay.” Reiji explains as he hands Adriana a locator beacon.

“Okay,” Adriana says before Reiji speeds off to Sara’s location.

Over the castle, a pod comes out of a portal and crashes next to the dungeon’s entrance. Reiji arrives and sees the pods. Placing a hand on the pod, it opens, revealing a black and blue leather suit with a visor. As he reached for it, the suit stretched out and formed around his body. “Woah, this is crazy. I feel a lot more powerful in this suit than the ones I made.”

“Well, that’s because this one is made with Void energy. They infused your suit with it and designed it to continue do that. However, until you awaken as a primordial, you can only use it sparingly.” Sage explained as he appeared on his visor.

“Side effects?”

“No, the suit will lose its power gradually like a battery, and it will become weaker over time. So, try to finish them quickly.”

“Right,” Reiji said as he ran into the dungeon.

Meanwhile, flying to the king’s chambers as fast as she could, Adriana yelled out to everyone in the castle.

“Jachu, Jachu, Everyone to the courtyard. We are evacuating the castle.”

“Adriana, please control yourself. Why are you flying around yelling like that? And, dressed in those horrid clothes?” Radeus Greyford said as he stood in her way to the king’s chamber, which was a few feet away.

“Radeus, I don’t have time to deal with you. We need to evacuate the castle. Get to the courtyard. I’ll meet you there later.” Adriana says as she tries to pass by Radeus.

“No, you’re not going any further without telling me.” Radeus said as he grabbed Adriana.

Annoyed, Adriana’s arm became hotter until it ignited, burning Radeus’ hand. “Don’t you ever touch me again.”

“Demon!” He yells out in fear.

“Wow, what gave me away? The wings? the eyes? The fire? Either way I don’t care. Now excuse me.” She said before walking away. Opening the king’s chamber’s door, Adriana was immediately shocked. The room was filled with bloody women chained up to the wall, blind-folded, and almost naked. Each one of them had a scar on their necks, indicating that Arres forcibly silenced them. Then, she looked over to one of the girls and realized that he even did this to his first wife, Neptis, a young girl who she recommended to him herself. Disgusted by her child, Adriana rushed to help the women down. Then, she saw her. Mia was covered in the most bruises and cut of all the girls, and was barely breathing. Her face was beaten brutally, to the point where she could barely see from the swelling. Then, Adriana looked more closely. Arres blinded her by thinly and shallowly slashing her eyes so no blood would come out. Then, she caught a whiff of something she was scared of. “He didn’t. That bastard child of mine. I’ll have him pay for everything he’s done to you.” Adriana said as she held back her tears. “How am I going to get you all out of here?” She looked around and saw nothing to help her carry out the girls. Noticing the window, she rushed over to it and looked out. Fortunately, the courtyard, where everyone was supposed to meet, was below. Opening the window, Adriana climbed upon the seal. “Don’t move. I’ll be right back.” She said as she jumped.

Landing softly, Adriana pulled out the locator beacon and pressed the button and a portal opened. And, like Reiji said, Three big rigs came out and lined up in a row. Climbing into one of the Rigs, Adriana called out to Sage.

“Sage, I need your help. I can’t get Mia and the other girls out of the King’s chambers.”

“Why what’s wrong?” Sage asked.

Adriana told Sage what she found in the king’s chambers. And, immediately, he knew if Reiji found out about this news he would go berserk or feel extremely guilty.

“Right, that is a problem. Especially, since they won’t be able to jump out of the window like you. Luckily, we have Airstriders for that exact reason. God, I hate this upgrade. Anyway, I’ll fly you a strider, so you load up those girls and bring them here to safety.”

“Alright, but what about border control? Won’t your country frown upon immigrants?” Adriana said.

“No, don’t worry. The Airstrider will be flying high in the sky, so no one is going to notice it.”

Down in the dungeon, Reiji arrives at Sara’s location and sees the coffins of the Demon beasts, surrounding a necromancer, who was casting a revival spell.

“How long has he been casting?” Reiji asked.

“For about five minutes. I think he’s almost done with the spell. So, what should we do?” Sara asked..

“For now, I want you return to the surface and get on a rig. I’ll stay behind and handle them.” Reiji said, as he summoned a pair of pistols and placed them on his sides. The suit easily assimilated them and moved them behind him. Then, he summoned a strange hilt, similar to the one Mia had. But, this one had small gem stone sticking out from the top, as if it was a magic wand or staff the adventurers use. Then, he looked back at Sara. “Why are you still here? Go!” He said.

“Lord, I’m sorry but I can’t do that. I can’t just leave you here to handle a selfish, greedy person crazed fanta…

Reiji grabs Sara and jumps away from their hiding spot as a magic spell strikes there.

“Oh, you dodged that. Huh… here I thought , you weren’t going to be a major opposition.Too bad, I was hoping to have my complete focus on these four demon corpse since they hold a much power. But, now I have to focus at least ten percent of my time on you.” The necromancer said.

“Sara, I’m ordering you to leave. Now!” Reiji said as he placed Sara down. He, then, grabbed his pistol and shot at the necromancer.

“Sorry, lord Reiji, but I not leaving. So, deal with it.” Sara replied as she slammed her hands on the ground, causing the ground to shake and knock the necromancer off balance.

“Right, I forgot about that.” He thought to himself. “Okay, new plan. I’m going to see if I can get rid of those coffins, while you distract the necromancer.”

“Ok,”

“Good luck,” Reiji said before rushing off to the coffins. Following Reiji’s lead, Sara pushed through while firing compressed air at the necromancer, knocking him back away from the coffins.

“You insolent, little girl! I’ll kill you and turn you into my personal undead slave.” The necromancer said.

“I like to see you try.” Sara said as she continued her onslaught of compressed air blast.

Reiji, meanwhile, arrives at the first coffin and sees the body of a humanoid bat in a decomposed state. “Woah, he looks like something out of comic book. And smells like five-year-old milk.” Reiji thought to himself as he covered his nose. Suddenly, the corpse grabs Reiji by the neck and screams in his face. “Ow, dude!” Reiji says as he covers his ears. However, the corpse continued to scream as the other rose up out of their coffins. “Okay, that’s it. No more Mr. nice guy.” Reiji said as he as his eyes began to glow. Suddenly, a beam of energy shot from his eyes, hitting the bat in his face.

Upset and in pain, the bat threw Reiji back into a wall behind Sara. Then, he touched his face, which was slowly recovering. After finishing recovering, the bat and the other corpses leave the room, making their way to the surface.

“Shit!” Reiji said as he went after them.

“Lord Reiji! Wait!” Sara yells out as her eyes turn. Suddenly, jet black blades rose from the ground, piercing Sara from all sides.

“I told you, didn’t I? My personal undead slave.”

Sara smiles. “You wanna bet?” She says. Suddenly, her armor disassembled off her body and reassembled on the necromancer. “Self-destruct activate, code 10032” Sara said.

“Code recognized. Self-destruct in t-minus 3,2,1.” Sage said.

Sara’s armor explodes, completely destroying the necromancer’s body. “Come back from that.” Sara said with the last of her strength, passing out.

Bursting through the door leading outside, the corpses roared, which echoed to the kingdom’s borders. Then each corpse took off in a different direction, reeking havoc, and chaos.

Reiji sighed. “Sage, I need a location on the corpses.” He said into his earpiece.

“Really, you couldn’t keep them contained. We really need to find a fix your regression and get you back to fighting shape.” Sage said.

“Can you do it without the attitude?”

“I’m just saying. Jan-gu are the second strongest race in the entire omniverse. There’s no reason for you to be struggling like this. Unless” Sage said.

“Unless what?”

“Unless you want to be weak. Meaning you’re afraid of what you can do. And, Raven’s betrayal made things even worse by adding to the instability of your powers. And it’s getting worse and worse by the minute.”

“Are you done? Cause people are dying.”

“I had a lock on them before you even asked. Luckily, they’re still in the city, thanks to your classmates and the Roley soldiers. But they won’t last long enough for fight one even with your Primordial suit.”

“So, what can I do?” Reiji asked.

Sage remained silent.

“Did you just go quiet? Don’t tell me you’re stumped on this problem.”

“No, of course not. I’m hesitant about the answer. I was thinking I could give you a power boost and see if that’ll bring you back to your original state before your regression for a few minutes. But you’ll be vulnerable afterwards.”

“Got any other plans?”

“No, you being in this weaken state like this makes it hard to come up with plans.”

“Don’t you think bashing me like that also affects me since it’s a mental issue?”

“True, but I’m not bashing you. I’m releasing my frustrations to help me think more effectively. But, I’m sorry if you thought I was. Truthfully, I’m more worried about your situation. Because the regressions of a hybrid only last for a day or two. But yours has been doing on for a month, and that is unheard of.”

“Really, a month. It doesn’t even feel like we’ve been in this world for a month. More like a couple days.”

“Well, to be honest, you were asleep for most of that time. And, poor Touka had to face that punishment by herself. Dealing with Tai and his party by herself. Poor girl.”

“Right! The punishment that idiot guild master gave us. So, Touka took care of it. How?”

“She and Satania threatened his life if he didn’t take doing that one job as a suitable punishment. Let’s just say he was glad to comply when Satan showed him her demon form.”

“Satan? Wait… she did what!” Reiji shouted.

“Don’t worry, she didn’t kill him. Just gave him a slight scare. Oh, and helped Layla and her family get away from Tai and his party. She did a lot while you were sleep.”

“Oh, remind me to thank her later.”

“Got it. Anyways, I think I have a solution to your problem. But you might feel a little out of place.”

“Let me guess. You want to have control over my body.”

“No, I was going to give you a second persona based on your father’s personality and ability.”

“Really? That sounds dangerous.”

“Don’t worry, I’m one hundred percent sure it’s not dangerous.” Sage said.

Suddenly, a magic circle appeared around Reiji, engulfing him in light.