A 17-year-old girl with long brown hair tied into a bun, blue eyes, and light brown skin was practicing her magic in the fields of the Demon Realm, teleporting every so few seconds. Summoning black hole-looking objects and throwing them into the surroundings. Each time the object hit the rock it left a huge crater, but no debris could be seen. The object seemingly erasing the existence of anything it touches. Luna has been practicing for hours on end each day to perfect her magical ability. Her mom always told her that she could one day stop the tyranny of the Demon King if she got strong enough. Her parents separated when Luna was only 5, she moved in with her mother and not her father. She still felt the guilt of what happened that day.
Luna's mother was a slave to the Demon King, she knew what awful things the King did to her, evidenced by all the scars on her body. She wanted nothing more than to kill the demon, but she was nothing more than fodder for the king at the moment. Luna heard of the humans that betrayed their own just for a contract, it made her sick to her stomach. They were dragging the bloodied and broken man through the town square, kicking or punching him whenever he moved even a single muscle.
Ignoring everything thing else she zoned into her magic training. Preparing to finish off the big rock she was using as a practice dummy. Pushing all her mana into the largest black hole she's ever made, it expanded to 1 meter then two meters before she fired it. It moved rather slowly, not any faster than a human's average running speed but the damage it caused more than made up for the speed. It sucked up all the surrounding dirt, wood, and stone until it finally hit the big rock. BOOM. There was a huge explosion of mana, the rock completely gone, its existence erased.
That was her biggest-ever black hole, last time she only got it to the size of a small door. She started busting out some happy dance moves to celebrate this moment, ecstatic at finally improving after months of training. She plateaued at the door-sized black hole for three months before creating the current-sized one. Walking back to the city still in a happy mood she saw the two humans walking out of the city with evil looks on their faces; the prisoner was not with them this time. Luna knew only two reasons why they didn't have the man with them.
1: He died of blood loss/injuries
2: He was handed over to the King for experiments
Shivering at the thought of the second possibility, she knew what disgusting and cruel experiments the King had done on prisoners. They were treated like lab rats. Getting injections of unknown fluids, getting tortured for information just to name two of the known experiments. The King did much more than that she knew.
If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.
She got home later than usual to find her mom already asleep on the bed, which was the only piece of furniture they owned other than a rotting table in the corner of their home. Deciding to get some food before going to bed, she went to the marketplace. It was there that she found the War General. The man was large, being at least two meters tall, and having broad shoulders. Two huge horns growing out of his head skin as black as the night. The man saw her and decided to walk over.
"Hi little lady, I can feel your magical power from over there. You must be pretty powerful, how about you join the military and come train in the Royal Castle." Luna was shocked by his straightforwardness but he was known for his to-the-point attitude.
"I can't sir, I have a mother to take care of here"
"What about if we pay for your mother's care?" Now Luna was genuinely considering the offer. The opportunity was too big to pass up.
"My mother is a slave to the King, if you release her and pay for her care I will join the army."
"I'll see to it then" The general answered instantly. The conversation quickly ended after that. Luna didn't even have an appetite anymore, she was ecstatic. Her mother was going to be free from her duties for the King and she'll get training from the experts. Being so close to the King was risky but the reward was worth the risk, she ran home to inform her mother of the news.
"MOM MOM, I have great news for you!" Shaking her mother awake.
"Wha- what is it, my child"
"You'll be freed from the King's clutches and taken care of! I'm going to join the military in exchange." Luna replied
"Are you serious Luna?" Her mother was shocked by the news
"Very serious!" Still talking with an excited tone.
"We should celebrate this occasion then!" Her mother said sharing the joy Luna felt. Luna hasn't seen her mother so happy in a long time and it made her feel like all of this was worth it. They celebrated for the next few hours before going to sleep.
*** *** ***
Arthur has been in prison for two months now but to him it felt like years, the torture being day after day. He felt something off about today though, the Scientist even looked a bit nervous. Confusion on his face he heard someone open the door into the room. It was a demoness with short-cut white hair, white eyes, and skin the same color. Something felt familiar about the woman to Arthur but with his mind being as hazy as it was he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Hi little Scientist, I've heard quite a bit about your experiments and I'm thoroughly impressed by them, congratulations"
"Ah yes Thank you, Your Liege," The Scientist said with fear in his voice. 'Why is he so afraid of this woman' Thought Arthur.
"Now to get to the reason for my appearance, I have come to do a little experiment on the boy."
"Yes of course go ahead, Your Liege" He quickly stepped away to make space for her, so she turned towards Arthur.
"Hello boy, we've only met once before so I'll introduce myself to you. I am the Devil Lilith, the Demon Queen. Arthur's eyes widened in horror. 'I'm going to die today' He thought