Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

"Wake up..."

"Hey, wake up... wake up..."

A voice echoed in my ears, but it sounded very distant, almost as if it were trying to speak to me from a faraway place... opening my eyes... I looked around, blurry, confused, trying to sit up... frowning... my vision started to clear little by little, after a few seconds...

"Huhh??" Confused, I crawled back... my eyes wide open.

"Damn it! I'm not that ugly!" The creature in front of me frowned, irritated, scratching its head... taking a moment to calm down, and hearing its words without feeling any hint of a murderous intent, I breathed slowly, my eyes observing it carefully. It was very small, about half a meter tall, and... horrible, very ugly, with a huge head compared to its small body...

plus a big belly with thin arms and legs... adjusting my throat, and its entire body was red: "Who are you?" I asked cautiously.

The creature tilted its head slightly: "Well..." it looked at itself and rolled its eyes: "I'm a gremlin, you could say... I think. My name is Ann..." it introduced itself with an ugly smile... nodding its head... I tried to stand up, but... somehow we were the same height...

a feeling rushed through my whole body, I quickly looked at my hands... thin red arms... opening my eyes in shock... I looked down, big belly and red body: "Oh no..." I brought my horrible hands to my face... "I'm like you!" I exclaimed in astonishment... pointing at Ann...

he gave me an amused smile: "Stop making a fuss, we have to go," he shook his head and started walking...

My mouth wide open... "System?"... No response. With nothing else I could do, I reluctantly followed Ann... running to keep up with him, I looked around; it was a dark place, the only light available in this place was from the opening in front. By the way, we were walking along what seemed to be a massive chain...n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

frowning... "Just a moment ago I was drinking the potion... I don't think anything went wrong, I literally had the system's approval. Somehow, I ended up in this unknown place, as a gremlin... along with another..."

The creature, on the other hand, kept walking, lost in my thoughts... we reached the large opening, which, in fact, wasn't big at all. It was just that from below, it looked much better, but up close, it was the same size as us... Ann turned around, looked at me for a moment... "You know what to do, right?" he asked quietly.

"I have no idea, what am I doing in this place in the first place?" I asked myself, shaking my head: "No."

"Just run... and pray to the demon god not to die in the attempt..." he said as he looked a little outside... "What are you trying to say?" I asked, more confused than before... "What did you expect...? We're the lowest of the low in hell, it's all we can do... run or die...

a bit pathetic, but those are our options," Ann said with a sad smile... "Well, nothing can be done. We have to run, just follow me and... don't stop for anything... it's the only advice I can give you," Ann nodded... standing in front of the opening...

hesitating for a few moments: "Let's go!!" Letting out a scream full of fear, he ran like a madman...

With no other choice, I ran too... "Ahhh!!" letting out a scream as the world lit up...

Boooomm!!!

A loud crash came from a few meters to the right... the world outside was completely red, literally red-hot, flames rising with brute hunger toward the sky, the world itself seemed to be in complete chaos... "Don't stop!!" Ann screamed with all his strength as he kept running: "It's the only way!!"

Following Ann's small steps, I didn't stop running, my heart began to beat wildly, and the exhaustion started to affect me. Having a small body didn't help in the slightest...

"Huaaaaaaaa!!!"

A horrible scream that could easily shatter anyone's eardrums echoed from the sky... looking at Ann's small body that kept running, the surroundings were full of red stone, large holes, and... hundreds of dead demons...

"Woshhh"

Horrible gusts of wind threatened to drag me away, without looking back, I just followed Ann's advice... after what seemed like an eternity, Ann turned right, entering a small hole... following his steps, I threw myself in too... once fully inside, I saw Ann on his knees, head to the ground... approaching a little: "What's happening out there?" I yelled, exhausted...

"Keep your head down!" he shouted through murmurs... his small hand resting on mine and making me get into the same position: "What are you doing?" I asked, trying to stand up... "Just shut up if you want to live," his voice sounded filled with a deep fear... hearing his voice, I stayed silent... his fear even reached me...

Many footsteps echoed through the place... as Ann remained silent, I also kept my mouth shut...

"Oh, what do we have here?" a playful voice came from in front, and with my head down, the only thing I felt were two legs inches from my head...

"Hmmm... just two pieces of trash..." a male voice full of contempt reached me...

Bang!!

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw black shoes stepping on Ann's head, he just looked at me, with his eyes telling me to stay quiet... for some reason, I felt a lot of rage seeing the demon's treatment of Ann... swallowing my words...

"Give them points for surviving this war... hiding like rats, hehe," the female voice laughed a little, and I could feel her crouching down: "No point in eating them... should we just kill them?" she seemed to be talking to herself... "I don't want my mouth full of crap," the man said as he put more pressure on Ann's head, but he stayed quiet...

"What are you two doing?" another female voice came from the front, which felt much more familiar: "Lilith?" I asked myself in my mind.

"Master, look what we found..." the girl in front grabbed me by the head and threw me forward with force... my face scraped against the ground... falling face up... I raised myself slightly, wiping what seemed like blood from my nose... "What the hell is that damn bitch doing!" cursing in my heart... I raised my head a little, black hair and black eyes...

a beautiful woman... Lilith from the past, or rather, Lilith's former appearance... but her horns weren't as big as the one I know...

"Keep your head down, trash, hehe," the girl stomped on my head hard against the ground...

Bang!

Feeling dizzy, I shut my eyes tightly...

"Two gremlins..." Lilith murmured to herself...