Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Chapter 33: Armory

The Demon Archdukes also made their congratulations known and just when the clamor was starting to die down, the three subordinates of the primordial demons who were quietly watching the scene walked up towards the new Demon Lord. as soon as they moved, the entire hall became silent as the gazes of all demons were taut on the three of them.

“I give my regards on behalf of Lady Lilith. Demon Lord of Envy, Lord Belial. It’s a pleasure meeting you” the first one to speak was Amon as he smiled. Since his face was half-covered with a sad face mask, it made it look quite contrasting.

“Ahaha what is Sir Amon saying the pleasure is mine. Please give my regards to Lady Lilith.” Belial replied courteously as he smiled towards Zelda and Stellar and said “Please send my greetings to Lord Baal and Lord Astaroth.”

The two of them nodded and also made their greetings. With the main event over the three of them soon left the hall disappearing in the same way as they entered.

Simon who watched this scene from the start till the end was just about to leave when three familiar figures seemingly blocked his path. They were the Gelgar trio.

Gelgar looked at Simon with contempt and flashed a cruel smile “Why are you in such a hurry lowborn demon?. As I said earlier don’t think ill spare you, I don’t know where you have hidden your dungeon but ill soon find it and…” he made a clenching gesture with his hand and smirked.

Simon seemingly unaffected by those words simply walked past him and stopped after taking a few steps. He replied without looking behind “Yeah I welcome you inside my dungeon. But once you enter, don’t ever think about leaving it alive” a malevolent look on his crimson eyes.

Without further ado, he leaped onto his Warhorse and was just about to reach the portal when Oswell’s voice sounded. “Hey, Simon you are really something. If destiny allows we shall meet again….Friend.” leaving behind those words he left along with the demi-human subordinate of his.

“Does little Oswell want to befriend that demon?” the demihuman girl behind Oswell said as they were walking towards their own teleportation portal. Hearing her call him little Oswell, he immediately flared up and said in an outburst “How many times do I have to tell you not to call me little Oswell; Briana”

The woman named Briana was an [S] ranked subordinate that Oswell summoned. She was a World Encompassing Divine Wolf and right now, she was using her skills to mask her appearance so as to not stand out. if she had revealed her true appearance, all the eyes of the demons present inside the hall would be on her as it was on Zelda. Before coming here, Oswell told her that she would gather too much attention with her absolutely stunning figure and hence told her to stay behind.

But she was all too familiar with Oswell’s peculiar antics which invited trouble all around him, therefore she used her skill to mask her appearance and attended the banquet. Looking at little Oswell who was throwing a tantrum, she simply smiled.

“Look here Briana you can’t call me little Oswell. It is not cool at all and would make the other demons laugh at me. you should never ever ever ever call me that” Oswell explained how he didn’t like the way she called him along their way to the portal.

“Alright, alright I get it, you don’t want me to call you little Oswell. But little Oswell you didn’t tell me why you wanted to befriend that Demon Baron” Hurriedly changing the subject she asked.

Letting out an exasperated sigh, Oswell explained making a serious expression that was out of character for him. The impression that he made now was totally different from the one he was making a few moments ago as he explained “That’s where you are wrong Briana… He is no ordinary Demon Baron. When I conversed with him, I didn’t even feel the slightest presence of his aura nor was I able to see through his status. It was like his entire being was a peculiarity and everything was strange about him… it was like something that didn’t belong to this world”

“Hohh” Braina made a pondering expression. She didn’t converse with Simon and mostly kept to herself during the banquet thus she didn’t detect any peculiarities on that demon. But if Oswell was asserting that then it might be true. “Alright let’s go back” just when they were about to delve inside their teleportation portal, Briana suddenly glanced up into the sky for a fraction of a second before shifting them away.

Seeing that she was glancing towards the sky, Oswell couldn’t help but ask “Is there something wrong?”. “Nope, there is no one up in the sky not even the subordinates of the demon lords” Briana said nonchalantly as she went inside the portal.

High above in the sky, three figures appeared like a ghost. Below them was a faint outline of a castle, this castle was precisely the Castle of Avernus and the three figures were Amon, Zelda, and Stellar. “The new holder of Gluttony appears quite tactful compared to the holder of Envy. What do you guys think?” Stellar mused while stroking his beard. “Snort” Zelda just snorted in return and disappeared. Amon kept staring at the castle below and replied with a faint smile after a while “Only time can tell if they can ride the waves that are about to stir in all of the continents or sink on them”. Saying that he too disappeared into nothingness as if he was never there.