"Fight to the last warrior, don't let these invaders inside the city fight for the queen!" a giant fiery demon yelled as he slaughtered the incoming enemies with his giant flaming sword, with every swing he took he would reap the lives of elves, humans, and dwarfs their blood would stain his magnificent black armor for a second before it evaporated from the heat and fire his body produced.
The giant fiery demon was the great general of the demon army Malfes, his demon warriors and he protected the north gate of the great Fenta the capital of Tarlun empire.
Tarlun is the great empire that is only ruled by races of the dark gods, but right now at this moment, the great capital of Tarlun is being invaded by the allied forces of the light gods.
The capital city Fenta has 4 key gates that were protected by the four ruling clans of Tarlun, the north gate the gate of hell was protected by the fearsome and most loyal general of the ruling demon clan Malfes, the southern gate the gate of darkness was guarded by the dark elf prince Zaimor, the eastern gate the gate of blood was protected by the ever strong king of the noble minotaurs Nobur Thunderbringer and the last gate the gate of poison was protected by the young but strong Queen of the Naga Oxhira.
With the four clans protecting the four gates the great city of Fenta would not fall so easily as the great alliance has thought but.
"Master!" one of the Malfes's warriors came running towards him, in comparison to Malfes, the warrior looked like a tiny bug that just stopped in front of Malfes.
"What is it don't you see I am a little busy!?" Malfes cut down the four approaching enemy soldiers while he yelled and turned towards the warrior that just stood behind him.
"Master the gate of darkness and the gate of poison have fallen enemies have entered the city!" the little demon warrior that wore similar black armor yelled out with great tension in his voice, if one looked little closer he would see a light flicker of fire between the warrior's armor.
"What!?" Malfes yelled out in rage, he was so enraged by this news that his flaming head and his giant horns erupted into even bigger flames than before.
"How is that possible what about Zamor and Oxhira what happened to their armies, what happened to the defenders!?" Malfes was enraged this changed the whole battle.
"That's..." the demon warrior stopped for a moment before he spoke again.
"They are nowhere to be seen and the gates leading to the dark elf part of the city and the Naga have been closed the gates are sealed shut!" the warrior spoke with a bitter voice as he gave his report to the great general of the demon army Malfes.
"This...can't be treachery? We have been betrayed! They betrayed the queen! TRAITORS!" Malfes flew into the rage as the great fire erupted from his body.
It took him few seconds to calm down before he gave out his orders in his dark and cold demonic voice "all warriors back to the keep we have been betrayed retreat to the keep!" Malfes yelled before he started running through the streets of Fenta, his warriors quickly abandoned the north gate and followed closely behind their general.
As they ran back to the great keep of Fenta they encountered small groups of enemies fighting the great minotaurs and their king the towering King Nobur he was almost as big as Malfes he lost by a horn to him in height.
"Assist King Nobur and his warriors!" Malfes quickly gave his orders before they charged in the backs of the enemies which made them rout quickly.
"Malfes! My friend, we have been betrayed by the snake and the rat!" Nobur yelled as he came closer to Malfes, he carried a great hammer in one hand.
"Indeed we must make haste towards the keep and towards the queen, I am afraid that battle could be taking place there right now" Malfes spoke with a worried voice, to him the queen of his clan and the queen of Tarlun was the most important thing to protect.
"Yes we must make haste before the enemy overruns us, I already lost so many of my kin just trying to get here but with you and your warriors we should break through the enemy soldiers as they are still not many!" Nobur spoke bravely before he pounded his plated chest.
The two leaders made their way through the infested with enemies streets with ease as their raw power was more than enough to break through small pockets of enemies.
"I hear fighting inside the keep lets go!" Malfes and Nobur entered through the opened gates of the keep and what awaited them were not the forces of allied races fighting their warriors but the naga and the dark elves fighting the demon warriors and the great minotaurs.
"So it is true after all those two betrayed the queen! Warriors assist our allies, close the gates and kill the traitors!"
"Same goes for my kin!"
"OUHHHH!" as the two leaders charged at the traitor forces the soldiers behind them let out a terrifying battle cry of combined minotaurs and demon warriors.
The traitors were quickly dealt with as they didn't expect the reinforcements to arrive so quickly they were butchered and displayed on top of the keep walls as an example to the traitors.
"So what now Malfes?" Nobur sat down near Malfes as he let out an exhausted sigh, he was covered in wounds blood seeped all around his body, one of his great horns was missing and his left eye was hurt so he could barely see.
"I..I don't know, I never thought that the two of the great clans would betray us, betray the queen like this" Malfes spoke with hatred towards the two traitor clans in his voice.
"Indeed, but this whole war is a mess, I knew we should have never allowed the queen to meet with those damned summoned heroes of theirs, this whole mess started when they poisoned our queen!" Nobur was enraged as well as he yelled out.
"Yes...the heroes they are the cause of this war and all this death, they even lied and tricked our queen with their so-called peace when all they wanted was to kill her..." Malfes spoke in his cold demonic voice.
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He was truly at a loss they secured the keep but that's all, they were cornered like rats in their own city, he looked around the courtyard of the keep he had about 200 warriors left and Nobur's kin numbered around 40, there was nowhere near enough to defeat the enemy all they could do was stall, stall for their queen to escape through the secret passage.
"Nobur my friend can you still fight?" Malfes extended his hand that was covered in thick black armor, the flames from his body retracted so his hand was not hot.
"Ha! As long as I can hold my hammer, the enemies shall have their skulls bashed in!" Nobur grasped his hand and pulled himself from the ground.
"She needs to escape" Malfes spoke and looked at Nobur "I agree" that was all he added before he cracked a smile which looked a little weird on a bull-like face.
"I shall go see her" Malfes said before he entered the great keep.
He slowly walked through the corridors of the keep, occasionally he would gaze towards the once beautiful city Fenta, that was now in ruins the city was burning from all the enemy fire which was still firing and destroying all that is left.
Malfes moved his gaze and quickened his pace before he arrived in front of the grand silver door, guarded by two demon warriors in black armors with little horns on their heads they both carried a shield and a spear in their hands, as soon as they saw Malfes they saluted him and opened the silver door.
Inside the room, only simple things stood, one wooden table with two chairs in the corner, two bookshelves and one grand bed in the middle facing the big window.
The bed was covered by a silver veil that concealed a little figure that was lying on the bed, Malfes slowly moved closer to the bed and kneeled down which made a loud sound.
"My queen, the city has fallen I must beg of you to escape with few of the elite warriors I have every...." Malfes tried to convince his queen to run but he was stopped by the hand that peaked outside the silver veil.
"M...Malfes.I will...not run..come to me" a weak voice entered his ears as he slowly stood up and walked towards the thing white hand, he kneeled down.
The thin white hand touched his fiery face but the hand was not hurt or burnt at all, Malfes raised his head and looked at the thin looking smiling face of his dear queen, her silver hair almost became just white as it was slowly losing its original colour, she was so thin as she could not eat anything because of the poison that was eating her away even her silver horns were changing colour to black which meant that the life of the owner was leaving.
"My queen please reconsider!" he pleaded to her but it was all in vain as she just smiled and shook her head.
"I know my body....it will not....last long" she spoke in a weak voice.
"Malfes...I am sorry...I should have listened...to you all...but I only...made things worse" she spoke as tears started forming in the corners of her eyes.
"No my q....Deila you just wanted peace, you are not at fault, so you just rest we will protect you and all that you love" Malfes slowly pulled up her blanket and covered her as he stood up and made his way out of the room.
"Malfes they are here!" Nobur readied his great hammer in his hands as he smiled towards Malfes.
"Yes let them come!" Malfes released pure red flame from his body which enveloped his great fiery sword.
"Kill the creatures of the dark gods bring light to this world!" the enemy soldiers yelled as they destroyed the gates of the keep and came purring in like a giant swarm of insects.
"Warriors don't let them pass!!" Malfes and Nobur yelled as they charged into the swarm of enemies, they were like an unstoppable force of nature that tore through the ranks of the enemy soldiers.
They butchered the enemies left and right, one with the great fiery sword and the other with the bloody great stone hammer in the eyes of their enemies they were like monsters that came to feast on their bones and flesh.
Some of the enemies fled some were crushed by the running soldiers some were killed by the defenders, but the first assault was repelled as the defenders held their ground with brute force.
"Here they are, wow they really look scary, haha fear not the heroes are here!" a figure in a white armour stood in the middle of the gate he didn't wear a helmet so everyone could see his stupid looking grin, his blond hair fluttered in the wind as he gazed down on Nobur and Malfes while holding a white sword on his shoulder .
Beside him were 3 more figures stood beside him, two of them were clearly female and both of them were good at magic as humans tend to wear stupid costumes like pointy hats and strange robes like the two females besides the stupid looking white armoured man, and the last one was wearing a leather armour with a bow in his hands.
"So those are the famous heroes don't look too much to me" Nobur mocked them but was warned by Malfes.
"Don't underestimate them I can sense the power out of this world in them? Gods?" Malfes was stunned for a second as he has heard that the gates gave the heroes powers out of this world but he did not believe it until now.
"Soldiers do not be afraid of evil we are here now charge!" the white armored hero yelled as he jumped down towards Malfes.
"I leave the cow thing to you guys Jane!" the hero yelled out while still in the air.
"You got it William!" the girl Jane with the pointy hat yelled back in a sweet voice.
"HaaH!" the heroes sword and Malfes's fiery sword clashed which created countless sparks between the two.
"Hoh? To block my sword that was blessed by the most beautiful goddess Enya, I salute you demon tell me your name!" the hero smiled and laughed at Malfes.
"No need to tell my name to a dead human!" Malfes jumped back and pointed his sword towards the hero "BURN!" he yelled out and a large wave of fire erupted from the sword straight into the hero.
But the hero just smiled and stood there, he took the wave of fire Malfes was surprised and shocked when he saw that his fire didn't even make a burn mark in the heroes white armor.
"What trickery is this?" Malfes spoke in a confused voice.
"Hahaha, how do you like my blessed armor! No magic can harm me! Haha! Now it's my turn demon!" the hero laughed as he disappeared.
"What!?" Malfes was stunned he looked around but he could not find the hero "Where did he go!" Malfes was enraged.
"Guahah!?" the loud cry of a familiar voice was heard, Malfes turned around as was shocked to see his dear friend Nobur skewered by arrows and scorched by magic falling down on the cold ground with lifeless eyes.
"Nobur!?" Malfes wanted to run towards him but a mocking voice behind him stopped him "didn't you learn not to turn your back to your enemy demon ha!" the hero appeared behind Malfes and before he could face him a white sword pierced through his chest.
"Guaaaaah!" a loud cry erupted from Malfes, he dropped down on his knees, he wanted to move as such a wound was nothing to him he was a great demon but for some reason, he couldn't.
"Don't try to move its a blessed sword by the goddess herself it will eat your very being soon!" the hero had a smug smile plastered across his face.
"Ah....my queen...Deila" Malfes could feel the sword eating at his very being but he gathered the last remaining ounce of strength in him and stood up, he walked slowly towards the entrance of the keep that still had some demon warriors left.
"Hey, hey what kind of strength is this he can still move!? How impressive!" one of the female heroes spoke while she moved closer to the male hero.
"Deila...I couldnt...protect...you" Malfes's flames slowly died down as he fell down his final words were towards his most precious person, a person he could not protect in the end.
He opened his eyes and saw only darkness in front of him "Is this where we go when we demons die?" he spoke mockingly.
"That is rude you know I kinda like this place you know!" a loud voice entered Malfes's ears the voice was neither male nor female a mix of something inbwtween.
"Who is there!?" Malfes looked around but all he could see was darkness nothing else.
"Who me? Umm..Well, you could call me a creator of everything including gods I guess? Maybe? Oh well just call me whatever you want!"
The playful voice spoke but Malfes didn't really understand but he did understand that he is truly dead.
"Very well creator of everything why am I here?" Malfes carefully asked.
"Well...I kinda didn't like the end results of your world so I kinda decided to give you another chance be happy!" the voice spoke again and it sounded a little bored than happy.
"Another chance?"
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AN: A little prologue chapter hope you liked it!