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Starvation March
Chapter 25: Trip to the Demon King

Chapter 25: Trip to the Demon King

[Alysha's Pov]

I arrived at my city and flew right into the council's cave. I entered without stopping my flight, and I might have crash-landed in the middle of a conference screaming "There's waaaaar"

After getting scolded by Asu, I explained what happened. They all nodded and got to work preparing and organizing their little organizational things I don't give a shit about~. I mean, I just really want to rip out some hearts, I don't want to do all the stuff that comes before and after that. That can be left to mentally stable monsters.

I simply left the council's cave and flew away. My plan? Destroy a couple armies or so by myself. I mean, for as much as I simply do it for fun there is a reason for doing this. And it's pretty simple, too. 

They simply outnumber us 2-1, so I need to even out that number a bit. Asu will probably do guerrilla tactics, considering our natural advantage in the forest and our much higher individual strenght to counter this disadvantage, but I want a nice and open battlefield to try out my new attack, and probably the strongest one up to date.

Of course, it's not like you can just find an army in your backyard, so I searched for quite a while. It took my 6 hours to finally find a little army for me to play with.

They were marching towards one of the noble cities, I think they're gathering up men for a single giant army, even though I have no idea how their supply lines would manage to sustain one...

I first made sure that this was not a royal's army by looking at their flags. Sure enough, it was not a royal's army, but the noble's. Although 'army' might be exxagerated, there were still around 2000 or so soldiers around. That's still an army in my books.

I flew on top of the marching army and began to conjure hundreds of small meteors high up in the sky. I then screamed 'Artillery Bombardment'. 

As you might expect, the soldiers were terrified to be suddently bombarded by meteors. After a minute of confusion, they all began to panic since the strike didn't stop and they began to flee. Unluckily for them, I had already prepared my next attack.

From all around the forest, zombies poured like there was no end, which there really wasn't considering I had made summoning portals all around the army and since my mana was astronimical, they were really all going to die. Too bad I didn't get to use my ultimate attack.

To my suprise though, the soldiers died pretty quickly as the zombies were even stronger then them individually, but there were some here and there that held out for quite a while. I think those were the commanders, and they must be at least A-rank to survive the horde. 

I mentally order the zombies to not kill the commanders but to capture them instead. I'm planning on making them spit out all of their plans, then sell them to the king and make him even more in debt with me. Hehe, I'm a genius ain't I~... not. It was Asu who gave the suggestion to capture the commanders after all...

The zombies do their job and kill all but the commanders. I make them tie the snacks up and round them all up. In total, 12 people survived out of the 2000 baby-sized army. I disperse the zombies and fly down from the skies in front of the snacks. 

They all look at me in fear. I guess they didn't expect all of those zombies to dissolve and for a flying angel monster cat to come down from the skies? Too bad for them, as I don't care about what they expected. 

"Hello~ snacks. I'm either your best friend or your doom today. Be nice and I might just let you live, be bad and..." I trail off, walk towards one of the snacks and rip out his heart. I then throw it in my mouth and swallow it whole. It wasn't too bad, but I've tasted far better things.

"... This might happend~. So, who wants to come with me raise their hand~" eight people raise their hands immediately, but the other three were still trying to get free. Smiling happily, I walk up to one of the guys who doesn't want to come with me and I put my hand on his forehead.

He tries to move away but I bind him using my tails. I keep pressing my hand onto his forehead, and as the pressure increases he screams out in pain. I then put my other hand on the back of his head, and slowly push both until his skull cracks. I continue pressing, and soon enough a gore-filled explosion happends. 

"So, who still doesn't want to come with me may raise their hands, those who want to come with me keep your hands down~" I smile evilly at them, but unfortunatly none dares to raise their hand. Too bad, they all looked pretty hot... A 'Kiss that kills' death would have been appropriate... I'm becoming a pervert, ain't I?

I pick eight up with my tails, two for each tail, and two other with my hands. I then fly away and ignore their sissy-like screams. Seriously? You didn't scream out when I killed the other guys, but you scream when you fly? You should be laughing happily you know? It's not everyday that you get to fly with a beutiful girl like me... It's confirmed. I'm a hopeless pervert.

I fly for 3 hours and finally arrive back to our city. I send a wolf to fetch me Asu and in the meanwhile, I create reflections for all the idiots and control them. Unless I release them, they're essentially mindless puppets who only do what I say and nothing else. I can always tell them to act like they normally would, which might work if I want to put loyal spies into enemy bases. 

Asu arrives as I do the last guy and I make the snacks go and chat with him, and take the chance to flee before Asu can catch me and make me do boring paperwork or lecture me on his plans. I don't mind staying with Asu, but family shouldn't do work togheter~ not making excuses here~.

I didn't have anything to do though. Then, the best idea I ever had sparked in my mind. If god could summon me to this world, and the hero was summoned here, doesn't that mean there's a way to return as well? Can I go to other dimensions? Are there really tasty snacks in those dimension?

I was drooling as I remembered some animes from my old world. It's amazing how I could perfectly recall them even after 50 years... Photographic memory sure is amazing. 

Doesn't the demon king usually have the method for the hero to return? Can I study the method and change it to send me to other worlds that aren't earth? I want that! Also, is the demon king tasty?

Deciding to pay the King Snack a visit, I take out the map and check out the distance from here to there. Turns out, for a normal person it would take months if not years of travel, but for me it'd at most take a week. I run back to Asu and scream out {I'll be gone for a week or two, see you later and love you too~} I then run away before anyone could answer. I don't want to have them tell me that I should be responsible and stay... I mean, I've got all eternity to be a good Monster King, so why not have some fun now and do the boring work later?

I then fly for 4 days, destroying an army here and there. I would also sometimes drop by some villages to pick up some snacks. 

As I was flying on top of a village, hidden inside a cloud, I see a fatass noble-looking pervert that was beating on a young girl. For as much as I'd like to save her, the noble just didn't look tasty at all, so I wanted to ignore her, however, when a man charged at the noble and beat him up real good, and then beat up the four guards with him too, I couldn't help but be impressed. That strenght must but at least S-rank...

Curiosity won over me and I silently drop behind the young girl, making sure nobody sees me. I cover her mouth with my hand to make sure she won't scream and then wrap my tails around her arms and legs. I then fly away and hide behind a roof and try to hear what the not-noble snack says to the noble-snack.

"Listen well you fatso, next time I see you anywhere close to this city, I will kill you. You noble scums have to learn how the world works, so scram!" He screams and the noble and his guards swiftly run away. Some windows from nearby houses open and people peek out. When they see the noble gone, they all cheer. The guy looked satisfied but froze when he turned around and didn't see anyone.

I decide to make my entrance now, and clap. He looks at me and his eyes open wide when he sees my wings, tails and ears. Or was it the fact that I was hanging the girl from a 10 meter tall building by her feet? Not sure. I didn't bother to ask though.

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"Hahahaha, I approve~! Nobles are hopeless idiots~. As a reward for the show, you get to be the one to pick my snack. Will it be this girly or yourself? Pick now~." If he pickes himself then I think I'll let him live. I'm not so heartless as to kill a person who gave me such a nice show... Oh wait, I am~.

The guy was gritting his teeth and slowly said "... Why is the national-rank threat 'Death Angel' doing here?" Oh my, is that a new nickname? I quite like it~. I wonder, when did my threat rank upgrade from SSS-rank to national-rank? That's quite cool though!

"Eeeeh, I was just going for a visit over to the demon lands and kidnap the demon king. I just happened to be nearby and see this nice little show~. Eh, I don't feel like doing this anymore. I want a snack anyway though. I'll let you and the girl live since I like you, do make sure to drop by the Monster Forest some time and visit me~. Maybe I can show you to idiotic nobles after I capture them~. Oh wait, you'd probably puke from the sight though..." I tease and giggle at the end. I drop the girl who screams out, and the guy rushes forward and catches her. Hm, did I just see him touch her butt? Is he a hopeless pervert?

"Well snacks~ I'll see you another time. Hopefully you'll give me a show worth your lifes next time too or I might just kill you~." I say and fly away. Too bad I didn't get a snack this time, but, eh, snacks can be found almost anywhere if you search hard enough. 

I fly for a bit and find a hunter doing his hunting stuff. I sweep down and catch him, then eat him mid-flight. I keep flying for 3 more days when I finally arrive at demon lands according to the map. I'm quite curious to see how a demon city looks like, maybe they have different kinds of snacks?

I fly for 5 more hours until I finally find a city. It wasn't that big nor with any particular differences then from human cities. Maybe the banners were different and the houses all looked more or less the same, meaning the social class difference wasn't as big here then in human lands I think.

Excited, I fly over the small walls and look around. There were lots of tatooed people, and some had horns or spikes on their bodies. They looked quite cool. They all looked stronger then the average human too, though not by a wide margin. There were definetly less demons here then humans in human cities.

I fly and land near the most expensive building I can find, and ignore the frozen-like people all around me, who were looking at me with shock. I casually break the door of the building and walk inside. Soon enough, screams resound from outside, but I ignore those too.

I search for someone to ask who the governor of the city was and where he is, and I soon enough find a maid. I control her via 'Soul Capture' and ask her the location of the governor. He is indeed in this building, and since I already ate before, I don't kill the maid and dissolve the reflection in her. She looked quite shocked at what she did.

I walk to where the maid pointed me to, and find a pretty decorated door. I casually enter, and I'm greeted by a sword flying at me. I flick it away with a nail, but was suprised when another sword came out from the front. There was a guy sitting on a desk who was looking at me dully. Deciding to play along, I let the sword stab me, and fall down, simulating my death. 

The guy chuckled a bit and said "Hm. Humans even recruit wierd mutations these days to kill me? I wonder what they'll do next. Maybe send an army?" He sits back down on his desk and looks at some papers, not even sparing me a glance. I, for my part, casually sit down, take down the sword from my chest and complain "Awww... It was a good dress too... Meanie..." 

The guy instantly looked up with shocked eyes. I flick the sword and it suddently appeared next to his head, stabbed into a wall. He couldn't move from the shock, and I casually get up and walk over to him. I lean my elbows on the table and look into his eyes. 

"Hehehe, it's not a proper thing for a gentleman to shove a sword into me the moment he sees me you know? Heh, the joke sucks, but you still shouldn't have done that. Now I have a reason to destroy this city you know~. Also, I agree, human assassins are quite~ annoying, especially when you're their number one target."

I poke his cheeks a bit, but he still refuses to move. Is he playing possum? I pout, and poke him a tiny bit harder. He finally manages to say "... h-how? W-who are you?"

I smile and say "Either your worst nightmare or your best friend. The choice is up to you." I stop poking him and go to sit on a nearby chair. I wrap my wings around it so that it's not unconfortable, and bring my tails to my lap. I then start combing through them.

"... Just who are you? I'd rather not have you be my worst nightmare. Tell me what you want and I'll try to help you out." I say without looking up "I'm Alysha Bloodseeker, once called 'Bloody Cat' and apparently I recently got the nickname 'Death Angel'. I'm on a trip to visit the Demon King and get him to give me the stuff for the heroes, I want to study it and travel to other dimensions. So, tell me little demon, how do I reach the Demon King?" 

He gulps and trembles a bit. "T-the 'Death Angel'? The destroyer of armies?" I look at him suprised and say "Eh? Word got out? There shouldn't have been any survivors though... Oh well. Rather, answer my question or I'll get angry."

"I won't betray our king just for my meager life. What do you want to do with the 'Summoning Magic'?" I look at him suprised. Eh? The thing to send you back is just a type of magic? Isn't there some sort of item that just does it for you? How boring...

"Well, I could just take control of your body and make you spit it out, but I really just want to go to other dimensions. There aren't any worthy meals in this world for me anymore. It's just a trample-everyone kind of life. I don't want that. I want to go and feel the eagerness of a true battle, I want to bath in my enemies' blood. I also kind of want to check if some universes that I think might exist truly do. So, before I lose patience and make you spit it out forcefully, just tell me how to obtain this 'Summoning Magic'." 

He nods furiously and says "A-ah, yes! All Demon Kings can teach 'Summoning Magic' to heroes. It's designed this way so that heroes won't kill the Demon Kings immediately, and we can show them that we mean no harm." Huh, that's quite the smart system isn't it? Quite convinient for me too.

"Ah, thanks snack. I'll go get this magic and maybe come back to play with you another time. See ya~" I say and then jump, breaking through the roof. I then open my wings and fly away.

I fly towards the demon capital for three days, occasionally snatching up a snack or two. As I arrived at the capital, I observed it in all of it's demonic glory.

The walls were riddled with red tattos, and the bricks themselves were black, creating a seriously cool image. The buildings were all very demonic-looking, and it seemed like the capital's favourite colors were red and black, as they were literally everywhere.

I flew higher up and hid in a cloud. As I passed over the walls, I noticed someone that looks like, no, is, Tatoo Boy.

I mean, even though I hadn't seen him in some months, photographic memory doesn't lie. I didn't fly down immediately though, as I don't want to cause a ruckus. Yet.

I think I can take him as my escort towards the King. I mean, I have no idea where the palace is, and having a cool-looking demon by my side is always nice. Also, he doesn't look too bad... Begone, dirty thoughts!

I flew down, making sure nobody saw me and sneaked around on the rooftops. I followed Tatoo-Boy into a dark alley, where he turned around and a bunch of creeps came from the street. They were all armed with clubs or knives, and really looked like the stereotypical idiots who get beaten up by the protagonist. 

They said something and Tatoo-Boy answered. It's not that I couldn't hear them, but I was too focused on trying to hang from a bar using only my tails. The hard part was not breaking the bar with my weight, which was accomplished by stabbing the tails into the wall and using it as support.

The Idiots charged Tatoo-Boy and they readily got beaten up. He tied them up and was about to leave, when I accidentally broke the bar I was hanging from and fell down. 

He turned and looked at me suprised, but his eyes literally bulged out when he saw me. I was rubbing my head with teary eyes. It always hurts when you hit your head...

I looked at him and said "Ah, hello Tatoo-boy! I need an escort to go talk to the Demon King, so I'll just kidnap you for a second, kay?" He didn't have time to answer as I quickly got next to him and grabbed him by the arm, and dragged him with me out of the dark and spooky alley. 

"W-wait, Alysha, what the hell are you doing here? Also, what's up with those wings!?" I ignored him and kept dragging him. He stopped resisting after a bit and let me drag him. Satisfied, I said "Hehe, secret~. They're really useful though, and they feel good when I caress them. It's a pain to take care of the feathers though, as they always get dirty." I said and extended one of my four wings.

As we got onto the streets, I retracted my wings onto my back and kept my tails close, to avoid having them stomped and fly into a mass-murdering rage. Don't want that to happend again when I'm trying to almost peacefully talk with a Demon King.

"So, Tatoo-boy, where the hell's the Demon King? I wanna have him tell me about 'Summoning Magic'." He looked at me like I'm crazy, which I kinda am. "... Knowing you, it's no use to tell you not to. Just follow me and we'll arrive in a bit." I did as he said and followed him. He then stopped looked at me with a smug smile and said "Payment will be to let me touch your wings for a bit." I somersaulted and looked at him like he's crazy. Roles get reversed kinda quickly here, huh?

"... Fine, but only for a minute." He nodded to that and kept walking. I pouted a bit, but was actually kinda happy. I mean, it's not like I don't like having people touch me, especially when they first ask, but it still wouldn't be proper for me to show it. I mean, what kind of demonic mass-murdering monster angel cat let's you touch him/her without complaining first a bit?

I looked around with dazed eyes at the marvels of the demon world. There were all kinds of goods I never saw before and dishes I never tasted. I almost wanted to go around shopping, but I could do that afterwards, so I held my desired back.

Now that I think of it, hasn't Tatoo-boy become, like, really strong? I mean, he easily beat up 4 other demons without any weapon, and I think that he isn't even a close-range fighter...

"Nee, Tatoo-boy, what did you do to get so strong? Last time I saw you you weren't this strong..." He looked at me with a smug smile and said "Secret~", imitating my voice. 

I pouted in anger and turned away from him. Only to immediately run towards him again as he left me behind. I just don't want to get lost here, it's not that I enjoy his company...

We finally arrived at the Demon King's castle after 10 minutes. It was kinda beutiful, even more so then the human king's. With a resoluted heart after immerging my mind into all the kind of snacks of other worlds, I walked up to the castle, ready to cause a ruckus. Here I come, you no-good peaceful Demon King~.