There was no major nation that didn’t know of the existence of the Cursed Race. Although officially that is the name given to them by the gods and in ancient times. They are more commonly known as Devils nowadays. Despite the existence of demons and actual devils, the ancestor of the Devil Clan made a deal with an ancient demon god. In exchange for unlimited power, she sacrificed her sanity and the lives of an entire kingdom to that demon god. Somehow, she managed to pass on her lineage into twins. One boy and one girl. Both became unparallel existences throughout the world, known as Chaos and Mayhem.
The havoc they caused changed the status quo of all the nations at the time. It wasn’t until they had children of their own that the world truly took notice of the Devils and realized it wasn’t just a fluke. Each Devil had the potential that put those from other races to shame. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that they were a race of monsters. Magic, Aura, weapon skills, technology, fighting, it all depended on the interest of the devil in what way they wanted to prove themselves.
Nations fought tooth and nail to hire the services of those from the Devil Clan. Having just one Devil in their services allowed a city to be treated with the same respect as a nation. In a way, having a member of the Devil Clan at your command was a status symbol. A symbol of power and ability.
While it was mostly known that the Devil Clan sold their services to the highest bidder, the truth of the matter was that the Devil Clan only did what they felt like. They were a race that followed their own desires. A race of being that embodied multiple things. Freedom, Vices, and Power.
In this era, things haven’t changed much at all for the Devil Clan and world’s view of their clan. However, a significant event has happened within the Devil Clan recently. The current Devil Lord’s first daughter was too powerful. At the age of 5, every child with Devil blood unlocks the ability to awaken their Devil Form. Depending on how concentrated or diluted the blood is, determines how much control the child has over their sanity while in their Devil Form.
When Pandora awakened her Devil Form, she was in complete control of herself. Usually, the child would go berserk and attack the nearest person in sight. Which is why one of the guardians would take care of it until they were all tuckered out. However, Pandora didn’t lose control at all. She simply looked at her father with a smile as her aura concentrated around her.
“So this is Aura...” She giggled. “I can feel it rushing through me like a tsunami. All this power flowing inside me, I feel like letting loose a bit. Brothers, come play with me.” Her glowing purple eyes landed to her older brothers.
Before this day, Pandora revealed no such talent in the slightest. During training, she was worked just as hard as any other child her age but didn’t show anything impressive. When testing for aura or magic potential, it was nothing special. She had no particular affinity for any weapons but was light on her feet. However, when the Devil Lord gave permission for his three sons to take on Pandora. All of a sudden, she’s an unparallel genius?!
Pandora menacingly grinned as she looked at her brothers. She stood on one leg with the majority of her weight being rested on her toes. The back of her heel was raised while she rested one hand on her raised leg while the other hung down normally. The match started with a gesture of her finger that told her brothers to come at her.
The youngest brother, Amon, charged first. He awakened his Devil Form two years ago and was developing well as the youngest son of the Devil Lord. Apparently, as the older brother, Amon didn’t see it necessary to also go into his Devil Form against his little sister. Like a wild beast, Amon ran at her on all fours.
Pandora was as still as a statue as her brother approached. Then it all changed in one moment. Amon rose his hands to tear Pandora apart only for Pandora to shoot her knee up. Her knee smashed against Amon’s chin before her could reach her and an audible crack rang out. Silencing the family and also knocking out Amon. Pandora motioned for her second brother to come.
Damien calmly walked forward with his sheathed sword after receiving a nod from the Devil Lord. Pandora had the same amused grin on her face as she looked at Damien like a piece of meat. Once Damien was in the position he found perfect, he struck. With a full body spin, Pandora dodged his sword slash and rushed him.
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Damien’s eyes widened at the speed of his sister but he didn’t panic. He simply attacked to keep her at a distance. Pandora rolled her eyes at Damien as she kicked the side of his sword with her aura, slicing the sheath and shattering the blade inside. Now weaponless, it looked like Damien was helpless as Pandora quickly approached him. She threw out several fast kicks aimed at his body. Damien met them head on with his fists.
“Oh, you aren’t useless without your sword? This’ll be more fun than I thought.” Pandora slowly amped up the speed of her kicks.
Damien frowned as the impact of her kicks were beginning to make his arms numb. In an attempt to regain the offensive, Damien jumped backward to get some feeling in his arms back. Unfortunately, Pandora wasn’t just going to allow him to do something so unfun. If he wasn’t going to take her seriously, then he could just die for all she cared.
Pandora immediately stepped into Damien’s space after he jumped away. Her body was already in motion to punish his quick retreat. She kicked his thigh with enough force to stop him in his tracks. After that kick, she jumped into the air and spun before kicking him in the abdomen then the face immediately after the first kick. With a flip to recover on her feet, she laughed as she looked at her knocked out second brother.
“I hope you’re going to be more fun than that, Levi.” Pandora smiled at her oldest brother.
“Were you always hiding your strength in preparation for this day?” Levi went into his Devil Form as he walked to Pandora.
“Does it really seem like I would do something so dull?”
“I suppose not from what I see here. Let’s begin, little sister.” Levi started the fight off.
He rushed at Pandora with a thrusting fist. Pandora met him head-on with a spinning jump kick. Drool leaked from Levi’s mouth as his control was wavering. Killing intent radiated from his fists and Pandora responded in kind by trying to kill him right back. Brother and sister fought for over a hundred moves, each trying to take the life of the other. Eventually it got to the point where Levi could no longer retain control of himself at all and he seemingly turned into a murderous beast.
Pandora kicked Levi across the face, knocking him to the floor. His moves got more predictable as his sanity was drained. After kicking him to her level, her foot kicked into his jaw, launching him into the air. She quickly followed up by jumping upward and kicking him multiple times in the face while spinning. A small cyclone of wind was produced around the two as Levi dropped to the ground defeated.
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha! That was such a rush, big brother! I’ll have to play with you some more later!” Pandora giggled manically. “Daddy, would you like to play with me too?”
The Devil Lord briefly flashed into his Devil Form and appeared behind Pandora. His hand struck Pandora across the neck and knocked her out. Briefly, before his hand struck, he could see the girl’s leg rising up backwards to strike him. But he wasn’t the Devil Lord for nothing. If he couldn’t handle a 5-year-old girl, he deserved to die.
“She’s too powerful.” The Devil Lord told his wife. “That lack of restraint, killing intent, and fighting potential. At the age of 5, she’s already surpassed her brothers who I thought were geniuses in their own right. Before she reaches her age of maturity, she’ll have surpassed me as well, I'm sure.”
“Are you scared?” Carmilla smiled.
“I couldn’t be happier.” Nali smiled back at his wife. “However, she’s too unrestrained. It’ll take a group of adults to put her down in her Devil Form. I’ll have to do some forging. Can you keep her under in the meantime and get the boys treated?”
“Go on. I’ll deal with these four.” Carmilla waved him off.
Nali spent the rest of the night forging. As a Devil Lord that has reached the pinnacle of forging, there were few things he could not forge. Something to restrain his daughter’s monstrous power wasn’t too difficult. The real difficulty lied in the sacrifice of so many expensive materials just for her. It was the first time in his long life that he’s ever used so many valuable materials in forging. But this was for the good of the clan. If his daughter was allowed to reign free, it might bring in the complete annihilation of their clan within a decade. He could tell when she looked to him for a challenge. At that point, Nali wasn’t her father but prey. It made him question if she was always like this and the awakening of her perfect bloodline brought it to the surface.
In the morning, Pandora viciously fought all three of her brothers once more after having her body restrained with heavy weights. In her anger, she fully unleashed the devil blood inside her. If Carmilla didn’t arrive, Amon and Damien would’ve died from blood loss. Levi loss an eye despite Carmilla knocking out her daughter and rushing him to a healer. After hearing news of what happened, Nali immediately went to his unconscious daughter and increased the weight of the heavy weights wrapped around her limbs.
“This is for the good of the clan...” Nali told himself.