Novels2Search
Starvation March
Chapter 26: Departure

Chapter 26: Departure

[Alysha's Pov]

"Deeeeemooon Kinnnngggg, Where the hell are you!?" I screamed, after having let myself be... reduced to a petting object. Tatoo-boy didn't even let me escape as I looked at him with puppy eyes. It felt really good when he started caressing the lower part of the wing though... I might have purred... Just a bit...

Shaking away my dirty thoughts, I cleared my mind and focused on the task at hand. Which is to break into the castle, kidnap the Demon King and question him about 'Summoning Magic', maybe taste him a bit too. Maybe an arm or two. 

I charged at the castle's gates, ignoring the screaming guards. I broke through the wooden gate immediately, and then ran through several hallways. I quickly controlled a maid and questioned her, finding the King's location. I immediately headed there, and charged straight into a room filled with expensively clothed demons, who all looked at me in shock.

There was a man sitting on a throne filled with red tattos, which I assumed to be the Demon King. I screamed "Hello my good people, don't mind me, I'm just here to kidnap the Demon King~" I said in a sweet voice and charged at the Demon King, who quickly got into a fighting stance but couldn't defend against my charge. I dragged him through several layers of walls, crashing into them with him. 

He kept struggling even as I wrapped my tails around his limbs. I quickly broke through the roof and flew out of the castle, dodging the several layers of arrows coming from below me. I quickly hid in a cloud and escaped as fast as I could from the capital. The king had kept cursing me and ordering me to release him. I simply headbutted him and he fell unconscious, making the rest of the plight more enjoyable.

I landed near a small cave some miles from the capital and entered it. I set the king down and began to poke his cheeks. It took me a solid 5 minutes for him to wake up.

[Demon King's Pov]

I was talking with some nobles and merchants about the current affairs of our glorious empire when suddently, the door burst open and a girl flew... in? She screamed "Hello my good people, don't mind me, I'm just here to kidnap the Demon King~". She then flew straight into me, I tried to put up a fighting stance, however, the moment she crashed into me it felt like I had just been hit by a rolling boulder. She just had far too much weight behind her attack, and we flew straight through several layers of stone walls.

I tried to resist, however, four tails quickly shot around my limbs, immobilizing me. I had no idea of just who this monster was, she was able to defear and capture me, the Demon King, the one considered the strongest and smartest of demons, in less then five seconds. I was panicking, but she soon headbutted me and everything went dark.

I felt something sharp touching my cheecks. It was gentle though, and I soon woke up. I looked around and saw the girl who kidnapped me. I wasn't bounded or anything, and I didn't feel anything wrong with my body either, so there was at least that.

I knew that resistance was futile, so I simply slumped back and glared at her, asking "Who are you and what do you want?!"

I took a good look at her. She looked 16 years old, had a beutiful face, very long silver hair, a pair of silver cat ears on her head, four wings, one set the same color as her ears and hair, and the lower set was a lightning-blue color, she also had 4 long tails, all the same color of the lower wing set. Her nails and teeth looked extremely sharp too, and I don't dare underestimate those natural weapons. I think I have an idea of who she is, I mean, there is only one being that matches her description.

About a week ago, there were rumors going around of a 'Death Angel' destroying several human armies by herself alone. She would first bombard them with meteors, and then ranks upon ranks of monsters that resembled undead, but at the same time looked more alive then them would pour down like streams upon armies. The only survivors were the ones who were far back enough to escape, and they themselves were very scarce. I heard of all of this from a report, and it also said that the 'Death Angel' was considered a national-level threat, and it's being considered upgrading it into a world-threat. 

"Hm? What I want? Who I am? Well, I'm sure you know something about me considering all of my little mischiefs~. As for what I want..." She suddently got onto the ground and grabbed my leg and watched me with puppy eyes. "Please teach me summoning magic~." 

I don't know which is more dangerous. Either those eyes that could kill a person just by seeing them, or the fact that she's a considered world-level threat. Probably both are equally dangerous.

Also, why the hell does she want to learn 'Summoning Magic'? Nobody can use it but the 'Hero'. I looked at her with a raised eyebrow and said "... And?" 

She looked at me blankly for a moment, tilted her head and parroted "... And?" I frowned even more and said "That can't be all. You literally kidnapped me from my castle, what do you want!?" She had a look of realization for a second, before taking out a mischiveous smile. 

The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

"Ehehe, well, now that I think about it, how cool would it be to have a Demon King acting like a chicken~?" I looked at her like she's crazy, which I think she is. She laughed and said "I'm joking~ I really just want to learn that magic. Oh, I should be able to use it since I was summoned here as well, so I too am something akin to a 'Hero'. You don't need the details, as knowing them will... not be good for you." I gulped as I heard that. Her last words were tinged with a hidden venom so poisonous it made my heart beat furiously.

"... Sure, I'll teach it to you, but you have to promise me to leave me and my empire alone in the future" She nodded at me and said "Ah, sure. After all, you guys aren't worth it as tasty snacks. I wanna travel to other dimensions and eat lots of snacks~. Ah, I wonder how they will taste~" She began drooling and ignored me, immerged in her own fantasies.

I waited for her to finish, and once she finally did, I began my lesson.

"Listen, 'Summoning Magic' requires you to have a coordinate to be activated. The coordinate can be the name of the universe, it's ID, a popular name it goes by, or you can travel into the universe of a person you want to travel to. Using this magic is very hard, as not only do only 'Heroes' and very ancient and/or strong beings can use this, but you needs tyrannical amounts of mana to perform. You should fit both requirements, so you probably can use it."

She nodded at me and sat down, her wings unfolded and she put them around herself like blankets and her tails went into her lap. She began combing the tails and grooming the feathered wings. A vein popped out of my head, but I continued to explain how to use this magic.

To sum it up, one has to know how to make a summoning circle for the date of arrival and the universe chosen. This sounds easy but it's really not. When I told her that only one being may visit a different universe for each travel and you can only transport yourself, she broke down crying and complaining. I had to wait for two hours before she calmed down.

I spent the following days holed up in a cave. She could apparently make food out of nothing, but she refused to make anything other then meat no matter how much I begged, which kinda sucked. 

She would also use me as a hug pillow for the nights. I'm already married and have kids, so I tried refusing her but it was of no use. She would say things like "Since I kidnapped you, I at least want the right to hug you~."

She learned extremely quickly though. Everything I said she would memorize and she was extremely meticulous in her practice. It's kind of unfair how quickly she sucks all of the knowledge up. I mean, it took me 5 years to learn all of this, and she's almost at my level already after a mere 5 days...

My empire was probably searching for me right now. I trusted my subordinates enough to know they won't do anything crazy, but if I'm deemed dead then a succession war might happend, promping the Holy Union to attack us... That'd be very bad...

Luckily, at the morning of the sixth day the girl, who's name I still didn't know suddently said "Okay! We're done! I know how to do all of this~. As payment for this little help, just call me over if you ever need me and I'll tear apart anybody you don't like~."

She then flew me over to my castle and dropped me. After I landed, I looked up to try and see her one last time, only to find her gone. What an enigmatic girl... I wonder, will I ever see her again? I had grown quite fond of her bad jokes and sudden mood changes... She reminded me a lot of my daughter... which I lost...

[Alysha's Pov]

After dropping the King off at his place, I quickly flew away to avoid being seen. I didn't want to cause such a nice King more trouble. He was really nice with me aftel all. He was always patient and sometimes even laughed at my jokes! He would always complain about how his subjects would cause trouble without him, so I decided to let him off quickly after I felt ready. I mean, I can always just come back another time, right!?

I flew away from the capital and it took me a week to reach our city once again. I even bombarded a couple of armies that were stationed at the border of our forest. It looks like Asu's been doing a really good job at keeping them out. 

I tried out a couple of attacks on those idiots. One of my funnier ones was called 'Ground Breaker', I essentially conjure the earth under them, fuse it, and then will it to move away, making all of the idiots fall down into a giant crater. I would then cover up said crater once again. It looked like they had never been there in the first place.

I arrived at Asu's cave and hugged him tightly when I saw him. I refused to admit that I really missed him, but he probably understood it anyway. He was garguantan now. He reached 20 meters in lenght and was 2 meters thick. He said that he would grow a bit more, then slow down his rate immensively. Apparently, his kind grows big really quick but then slows down quite a bit.

I explained to him my desires to go to other universes. He was quite sad, but I promised to visit him every 20 or so years. He looked happier when I said that.

He also understood my desire to go meet stronger beings. After all, nobody can really match up to me anymore in this universe. 

We made an announcement that claimed that I'd go into deep slumber and wake up when the time comes. Asu made up of bullshit excuses like 'To obtain absolute divinity' or other god-related stuff... It sounded dumb, but the monsters all looked really eager.

My contribution in the war was huge, or so said Asu. Apparently, I killed 1/2 of the enemy troops by myself and now the king is making huge gains in the battlefield, so our deal can be considered closed. I was in every way, ready to depart from this universe.

It took me a couple hours to decide what clothes to bring. Which ones you ask? Well, all of them. I also brought various magical tools that Asu said would help me. I brought along my weapons to make reflections out of, which are a giant pike, stones ranging from small to gigantic, coins, foods, pillows, shampoo... All of the necessities of life.

Asu was looking at me with dull eyes as I complained about having not enough space in my mansion-sized spacial bag. He just doesn't understand how important it is to have giant shiny mountains of shiny stuff... He just can't understand the greatness of shiny stuff... Shiny stuff rules the world!!

We went deep into a cave, and I built my runic portal there. It would remain there, so that I could always transfer back to this universe. I bade farewell with tears and hugs to Asu, and finally worked up the courage to activate the transfer.

Location? One Piece universe. Time? During the Great War. Objective? Secret~.