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Chapter 17: Do you know what being eaten by someone feels like?

I thought for sure it would be a night without nightmares, but that peaceful sleep was immediately cut off by the sudden summoning of the mistress of darkness. Once again, I find my thoughts drifting away, leading me to this realm of nothingness. I did not see a strike of light, but suddenly, there was a tiny glow, and a pale light flared around me, revealing a throne.

In the midst of this nothingness is a little girl, no taller than a well grown girl of eight or ten. Her eyes that were too large for her small face were as dark as her skin. Her ominously dark bobbed hair falling to her neck was pretty and tempting, like its inviting me so.

The tremendous and commanding pressure leaking out of this small figure was enough to make me tremble on my knees.

“I call forth the spear of judgement, lighted by the azure flames of hell that will disintegrate this pervert on the ground…”

This little girl started chanting some horrifying words!

Just as she described, an infernal spear waiting to wreak havoc is on standby, floating in the air, and its deadly tip aimed at my sorry ass.

“WAIT!”

“Slam it using titanic force...”

“TERSA!!”

“Shade…”

That gigantic spear rotated, and the azure flames spewing out from it completely engulf the spear whole.

Even though my reaper is slowly approaching in front of my eyes, I am unable to do anything to stop it at all.

“MOTHER!!!”

“—Shift.”

Then, just when I shouted the most sissiest cry I could muster at the top of my lungs, that infernal spear slammed itself on that solid darkness, creating a tiny explosion!

“AGHH!!!!”

Even though that spear toasted me alive and obliterated my body parts, I did not die.

Or more like, I cannot die. In this phantasm world that is.

Not even shedding a tiny speck of blood, my body parts immediately regenerated back to normal. Even my clothes was spared from her monstrosity.

“Tersa, before you start any of this, explain it first! This is beyond barbaric!”

“Hmph, an hour late and you still have the nerve to complain? I beg to differ.”

I just scratched my head after hearing her indifferent reply.

“So, was there something you’d like to discuss? You didn’t call me out here just to kill me repeatedly, right? I hope not.”

And the moment I carelessly joked about death, Tersa closed the distance in a single breath, and ripped an arm.

“—A profound taste.” Tersa began to munch on my arm like it was normal.

“Cmon, give that arm back.” I sighed.

“No~~~”

Her face was bright with amusement, so I just let her weird behavior slide, as usual.

“Joking aside, Elmina was just here.”

“—EMI?!”

It’s as if my heart leaped a little somersault.

“Then why didn’t you call me earlier?”

“You were too busy relieving yourself.”

“—Guk!”

I feel like vomiting blood. To waste my one in a million chance to see My Goddess, I feel like crying. Nevertheless, there’s nothing I can do about it now.

“Did… did Emi mentioned a word about me?”

“Nope, she’s too busy to spend some time worrying about some random pervert who couldn’t even keep his promise.”

“You’re making me want to cry.”

“Blame yourself.”

Tersa’s right. Instead of working on my path to the capital, here I am, wasting my precious time in this forest.

“How many more moons till the predicted summoning?”

“I do not know. My vision had been dark lately.”

“Does that mean… “they” managed to succeed?”

Tersa nodded her head. “It’s precisely the reason why Elmina visited me tonight.”

You must be wondering: How could we humans go toe to toe with demons when they are clearly superior in every aspect? How did we survived the onslaught of overwhelming difference?

The answer is summoning.

From the prehistoric records up till the end of war twenty years ago, humans had made used of these forbidden arts to summon forth “heroes” from another world. Bestowed with the magical prowess rivaling the “Ancient Gods”, these youngsters were known as “Saviors”. Saviors of humanity.

However, a spell of such magnitude is not so convenient to use. Before the Holy Kingdom of Agriasen perished by the hands of demons thirty-four years ago, the royal family managed to perform the art of summoning.

At the cost of sacrificing half of the population present in the capital city, Regulus, they were able to summon an innocent young boy from his modern world called Earth. A boy who knew nothing about the cold reality of war was suddenly entrusted with the fate of humanity.

Donned with artifacts and his magic that far surpassed those of his predecessor heroes, the young man led the counter offensive enroute to the demon lord’s castle. Left and right, demons were massacred and no demon could stop his overwhelming strength. The royal family made use of his name and charisma, striking fear towards the demon race.

Finally, after six years of hardship, the “hero” eventually reached the demon lord’s castle. Surrounded by fire breathing lizards known as “wyverns”, the entrance to the castle itself was already a trial of its own. By sacrificing all that supported his adventure, the hero managed to breakthrough and arrived at the sinister hallways leading to the throne room.

“What lies on the other side of the misty haze?”

Those were the words that left her mouth. The cold hearted voice contradicted its origin. It came from a girl, no, a gorgeous lady, sitting cross legged on her menacing throne in front of him. Other than her horns and her unsung beauty, the hero could not trace a single thing that could make the woman in front of him “demonic”.

“What lies on the other side of the misty haze??” She asked again.

Confused at her question, the hero inclined his head and held his chin, thinking about the truth behind her words.

Was it perhaps a simple trick to confuse him? To make him lowers his guard?

He was positive that he could end her life right where he stands, yet her words stopped his hand from drawing his sword and doing that.

“What lies on the other side of the misty haze?? Hmm…”

As the hero began to think about her words, he remembered all of the cruel things that he had done to reached this place. He foolishly followed the words taught to him, and because of that, he created suffering. Although his intentions were good, his actions weren’t.

Whoever decide that the demons are evil and the humans are just? Furthermore, these demons are living beings too. They eat, work, sleep, take care of their families, and so much more.

The hero ultimately came to a conclusion. After reaching this place, what did he achieve?

Nothing.

The death of his friends and comrades created his pathway, and now he must murder this woman to end the war? Will ending her life really bring the peace that he fought so hard for?

Even if he killed her, someone else will rise up and take her mantle as the demon lord. Even worse, the humans could use this advantage and completely eradicate the demons in the face of these lands.

Just as he was thinking, the sadness accumulating in his heart and his bottled up emotions unconsciously came out of his eyes. He could not stop his own tears. Until all of these madness began, he was just a regular student living a careless life.

“Pfft, can’t believe the man known as “Death Dealer” to be such a crybaby…”

Before he knew it, the demon lord had already entered his zone. If she would start attacking right now, he would be a step too late!

But instead of the dangers that his body had expected, she comforted him through her warmth instead. The hero was comforted by the demon lord.

“Ahaha…”

He threw an unbiased laugh as his mind went adrift, while he enjoyed the warm and soft sensation coming from the beautiful lady that clung to him.

And after those events, the hero disappeared and was presumed to be dead.

Rumors implied that he was killed by the demon lord on their deathmatch at the deepest part of the demon lord’s castle. The human race was once again engulf in a never ending anxiety towards the demon race.

Soon after the death of the hero, the demon’s invasion surprisingly halted.

And after eight years of worrying when the demons will resume their advance, the humans long sought peace finally arrived. The demons signed the peace treaty that was arranged by the Demi-humans, who retained their neutrality towards the end of the war.

This peace treaty marked a new beginning for everybody in the central continent.

How do I know of this story in such detail you ask?

I wonder.

I don’t know why. I just know.

I’m afraid my past self will soon be reflected into reality.

There are times when I dreamt about soaring the skies, leading an army of thousands, and watching “anime”.

Coincidentally, I got the term “loli” from watching that “anime”. Hence I refer to Tersa as a “loli grandma”.

These memories though, however vague, had bothered me since childhood.

“So judging from Tersa’s information, does that mean the royal family had succeeded on summoning a new hero?”

After recollecting a little, I once again returned to reality, inquiring Tersa about our current situation.

“As I said, I could not confirm. That’s why I want you to go.”

“Fear not! Even though I’m but a mere F ranker, I would do my best to see Emi’s dream come to fruition!”

But if all of this is true, then we will have another large scale war in our hands. There could even be a chance that they will capture demons like Meles, ones who are staying in between their country, and use them to their advantage.

Just from thinking about this, I could no longer stay still. I have to hurry and finish this quest as soon as possible.

“Tersa, you could send me back now. It was nice seeing you… again.”

“Hehh… hehe…”

“Why are you laughing?”

This was rare, definitely rare. But to see Tersa laugh is a bad sign.

Now that I noticed it, she completely finished my right arm already.

I took a big gulp. “You’re not planning to…”

She couldn’t stop grinning. “I am. Every bone. Till the last drop of your blood~”

“Eeeek! Spare my eyeballs at least!”

To her, my body was nothing more than a lump of meat.

Do you know what being eaten by someone feels like?!

could be a confusing but nevertheless, i'd love to hear your thoughts~

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