“where am I”. says Irakes after he wakes up. Everything around him was pitch black and there was an awful smell. He then remembered that he was tossed in the black regionby the royal guards. He was very hungry so started roaming around to find something to eat.

He saw a faint light from over a hill so he went to see what it was. As he reached on top of the hill he saw a group of undead roaming around in search of prey. The faint light he saw was a burning house the undead had set on fire. One of them saw Irakes and started chasing him. Irakes ran away as he knew he couldn’t fight so many without a weapon and he had never before seen undead so he wasn’t sure how strong they would be.

He ran as fast as he could but the undead were closing in. he couldn’t see well as it was as black as night. He has no idea where he should go and suddenly he slipped and fell down a hole. He felt his consciousness starting to fade away and he fainted. When he woke up he found himself lying on a bed with bandages wrapped around his wounds. He looked around and saw he was in a cave.

He got up and out of the bed. As he was looking around a person came into the room. Irakes was startled. He asked “who are you?”.The stranger replied “oh so u have woken up, I am a human who was imprisoned here for a false accusation by the imperial alliance. I somehow managed to survive and made a small hut to live in but as you probably saw the undead destroyed it. This cave is a hideout I made to hide from the undead.”

Irakes asked “if u managed to survive this long you must be pretty strong why aren’t you going to leave this place.” The man replied “I am happy living here, I work under the general of this place, living here is more fun than outside where if I would be found I’d be imprisoned again.”

Irakes said shocked “this place has a general? How strong is he tom be able to control this place.” The stranger said “yes, this place has a general and he is extremely strong.” “oh and sorry for the late introduction my name is Drake Woodman what is your name young man?” he said. Irakes says “my name is Irakes Chileever.”

Drake asks “so what are you doing in such a place young man?” Irakes replied “the Imperial alliance guards came to raise our taxes the villagers disapproved but they threatened us if we didn’t pay we would be executed. I lost my temper and threw a rock injuring one of them so they got mad and threw me here.”

“Quite a story you have there young man so what do plan to do now.” Drake says. “no I don’t have any plans yet but I would like to get out of here or maybe I would also like to work under the general.” “If u don’t mind I have a request to ask you, could you teach me some combat or magic so I can get out of here.” Said Irakes. Drake laughs and replies “sure but the only magic I know is black magic will you be able to handle it. Even S-ranked magicians have trouble with it. You might lose your life”

“I can and I will” says Irakes with a serious look on his face. “ok then I shall teach you. We will start training from tomorrow.” Saying this drake took out some vegetables from a shelf and heated it on a fire to make soup. They ate it and it was really tasty. Irakes asked where he got fresh vegetables in such a barren place. Drake said he got them from the castle where the general lives. Irakes asked drake what the false accusation was that made him end up here. Drake was silent for a while and replied “it’s a long story I will tell you about some other day. They went to sleep after eating

Next morning he started training with Drake. Irakes learned black magic was way more powerful than ordinary magic and as a result it consumes a lot of energy to use. If you use up too much energy it will drain away your life force so it was very dangerous to use. Drake taught him powerful spells and magic. He was like a father figure to him.

After 2 years the magic he taught him had leveled up enough to kill a horde of undead instantly. Drake said he has never seen a human other than himself able to handle so much of powerful black magic and that Irakes must have something special about him. He decided he can take Irakes to the castle to get him a rank in the generals army.

He asked if he would like to go back to the human realm or stay here and serve the general. Irakes answered he will stay here. Drake thought it was strange he would wants to stay here or maybe he was corrupted by black magic. But he thought it would be better to have him serve here.

The next morning they went to the demon castle. It was enormous with many guards on all the entrances. Drake decided to give Irakes a tour of the castle. There were hundreds of rooms in the massive castle with treasures, grimoires, magic items, potions and various things. Drake then told him about a weapon forged by the most skilled craftsmen over a span of 125 years filled with the life force of 100 dragons locked away that could even slice the heavens and kill even gods.

The two went to the entrance of the room. It had a huge door locked with magic. Drake chanted a spell and cast magic on the door opening the lock. As soon as they stepped in they could feel the immense aura of the legendary sword. Drake mentioned the sword can only be pulled out by the person with enough power to destroy the world is born. If a normal human would try to pull it out it would start sucking out their life force and could kill them.

Drake then asked Irakes if he would like to try to pull the sword out. Irakes was shocked. He asked “is it really ok to touch the sword, and wouldn’t the general get mad” then drake said “oh I guess I still haven’t told you I am actually the general, when you entered the black regionthe sword reacted to you and its aura strengthened so I went around looking for you and found you unconscious almost devoured by the undead.” “and what about the cave and the hut?” Irakes asked. “oh those were there from before I became the general, the thing I told you about me being thrown is still true. The previous general acknowledged me and trained me and made me the next general in charge of finding the demon lord who would be born once in 3000 years and take the sword. When you came here and learned such powerful black magic I was sure you were the one.

“Now go ahead and try lifting the sword” drake said. Irakes was a little hesitant but he went ahead and placed his hand on the sword and pulled. The sword nudged a little and the glass windows in the room shattered. Drake was extremely shocked as Irakes could move the sword as soon as he came here.

Then 5 strange people entered the room with shocked looks on their faces they lined up in front of Irakes and bowed down. Irakes was confused but then drake also bowed down and explained “as we had guessed you are the great demon lord, lord Irakes. These are the six emperors of doom, the king of fire Nova, queen of water Geysis, king of the wind Zephys, king of the earth Terros, queen of lightning Inasis and I am the king of darkness Drake.”

“We are the six generals assigned to assist you to become the demon lord. It seems you still don’t have enough dark energy to completely pull the sword out.” Said drake. “Then what do I have to do to be able to pull it out?” Irakes asked. “we will train you in all the necessary skills you would need to pull the sword out. The legends say the demon lord is able to learn every skill and you are also able to do that aren’t you.” Said drake. Irakes confirmed and told them he was able to learn any skill.

The next morning they began to train Irakes the skills needed to lift the sword. He trained diligently for the next 2 and a half years learning skills like ancient spells, many different powerful magic spells, elemental magic from all of the six emperors, how to cure different diseases and many other things. At the age of 17 he at last was ready to pull out the sword. He went into the room and when he went near the sword its aura strengthened even more and the ground started to tremble. He grabbed the sword and pulled, the sword slid out of the ground and shattered the surroundings. The ground trembled and it caused a disturbance in the heavens. The gods were terrified and went to seek aid from the elder god that reincarnated the two. He realized the demon king was the kid that he reincarnated and had blessed with power to learn anything. he told the gods to go look for his brother Argos and bless him and guide him to become the strongest.

Irakes then decides to go outside the black regionto start to capture surrounding lands and make plans for the future he also decides to go back to his village after the long 5 years of staying apart from his family

On the other hand I was on the way to the black region to free irakes when on the way the carriage suddenly stopped and when I looked outside there were gods descending from the sky. Such things would only happen in stories but I myself have met god once so it wasn’t impossible

I head out of my carriage to see what happened and the gods came down to me and said “the world is in grave danger and you are the only one capable of saving it” I was shocked and asked them what they mean and I wont be able to help as I was looking for irakes. They said irakes was doing well and the problem is caused due to the black region and I have to solve it in order to save irakes.

They didn’t tell me the truth about irakes as the elder gods ordered them not to. I had no way of knowing then. I had to believe the gods and I headed to the location they told me.