True King's Ecstasy

"Then why did you join a criminal organisation like this? You could have joined the rebellion and supported the people," Akiyo questioned interested in what was happening.

"Haha~ well I was delusional, what can I say? You won't understand it yet but it's not the nobles that are corrupted,"

His words became even more confusing as he smiled like a madman, who was about to go crazy.

"It's not the nobles that destroyed my daughter's life, it's commoners, they were people from my own corps," His words completely shocked Akiyo, as he didn't know what to say anymore.

"They used a noble's name to kidnap children, my daughter was only one of the victims,"

"Still, you shouldn't do this, let's make things right, you have your wife waiting for you at home right?" Akiyo felt really bad, so he hoped at least this man would surrender but his laugh became even more maniacal.

"Wife? Ohhh! She died, I killed her," Without even changing his facial expression, Luck said.

"What?"

"Well it doesn't matter now, because I have done irreversible things but I know one thing for sure," Suddenly, Luck dropped his sword on the floor like he was going to surrender but he suddenly took a dagger, which emitted a black smoke out of it.

"Be it royalty, nobility, or commoners, none of them deserves to live, humans shouldn't exist," He suddenly stabbed his own heart with the dagger and looked at Akiyo with hatred.

"I didn't want to use this inside of the kingdom, but your group just mess up everything, repent for it with your lives," Luke said and started scratching his whole body like he was trying to tear his skin off.

Akiyo stumbled backwards, his eyes widening in shock and terror as the figure in front of him began to contort and twist skin stretching and elongating into something...inhuman.

"What...what are you?" Akiyo stammered, his heart pounding in his chest as the figure before him continued to change, their body growing larger and their limbs becoming twisted and gnarled.

The demon-thing that stood before him let out a low, guttural growl, its eyes glowing a fiery red as it took a step forward. Akiyo could feel his knees shaking, his mind racing as he tried to process what was happening.

He had known that her enemy was dangerous, but he had never expected this. Never in his wildest nightmares had he imagined facing down a creature like this.

"Behold! With this power, I'm going to wipe out humanity, despicable humans who act on their self-interest, I'm going erase every one of you,"

Growling in anger, Luke or the demon that is in front of Akiyo started charging with his claws trying to take the life.

But Akiyo refused to let his fear get the better of him. Clenching his fists, he steeled himself for the battle that was about to come.

"You may have changed your appearance, but you're still my enemy, you may have suffered but I won't forgive you,"

He said with a low and steady voice despite the fear that still gripped him.

The demon-thing snarled, baring its razor-sharp teeth in a menacing grin and looked at Akiyo.

"Your bravery is admirable, little human," it said, its voice deep and menacing.

"But it will not save you from the fate that awaits you, humans should die and you're no different from other humans,"

Akiyo swallowed hard, his eyes darting around the room as he searched for a way to escape. But there was no escape - the demon thing was blocking the door, its massive frame towering over him. Unable to find a way to retreat, Akiyo decided to face this challenge and emerge victorious.

With a deep breath, Akiyo launched himself forward, his fists flying as he aimed for the creature's face. The demon-thing easily dodged his blows, its movements fluid and effortless as it countered with its own attacks.

"Weak! Weak! You're like a bug waiting to be killed,"

The human-like demon insulted Akiyo while pushing him onto the ground and trying to crush his hand.

The battle raged on, and the two combatants were locked in a deadly dance. Akiyo could feel his strength beginning to wane, his limbs growing heavy with exhaustion. But he refused to give up, to let this creature defeat him.

"You won't win, even if I die here, my brother will take care of you," Akiyo feeling his consciousness fading away, started whimpering his mind without holding back.

"You just called humanity is not needed, but you're just a hypocrite who thinks you're the only right one here, your daughter won't be proud of you even if you manage to see her again in the afterlife,"

Hearing Akiyo's words, the demon halted for a minute with an angered expression.

"What do you know about me? I had to train so hard to be a commander to kill some nobles but the truth was that the same people who trained me and I looked up were the real demons, who destroyed my daughter,"

"I had to sacrifice so many lives to vain this power and I won't go back until I fulfil my goal, I can't go back so for my sake, you need to die,"

Leaving those words with Akiyo, the demon charged at him and this time, Aliyo had no time to even block because of how fast it was.

He quickly reached for the sword hoping it would be able to protect him but before he could do that, Akiyo heard the shrieking voice of the demon and unable to tolerate it he quickly covered his ears.

"That was a good fight, Akiyo fall back, I will deal with this one, Try to warn Master about this, tell him that black smoke is doing something again,"

It was none other than Naomi, who helped Akiyo and damaged the eyes of the demon with her sharp daggers.

"Now, I hope you won't die quickly, master really wants to see what you people are up to with your mysterious power,"

Naomi said while looking at the demon and got ready to charge and capture this monster.