Inside the Demon King's castle, demons were performing a ritual following the 8th Demon King Asmodeus' death.

"Dammit, we have to succeed quickly before the humans attack. Try again!"

The room was dark. Inside were the most skilled cultists of the demon race and the former Demon King's right hand Abigor. They were trying to summon the 9th demon king from another world. If they failed, the demon race would surely lose the endless war against humanity.

Dammit Asmodeus, why did you leave us when we were so close to victory?

Asmodeus was the greatest Demon King in centuries. He had single-handedly regained lost land from the humans, defeated multiple heroes and was the perfect leader for the demons. One day he unexpectedly died leaving the demon race in disarray.

How many have to lose their lives over this pointless war?

Abigor was the closest person to the former Demon King, however, he still wasn't qualified to become the 9th demon king. Nobody in the current generation was talented enough to hold the title. That's why they had to summon a more powerful being from another world.

"Let's offer the corpse of the Demon King as a sacrifice."

"Sir Abigor that's going too far! How dare you even think about digging up His Majesty's corpse!"

"What other choice do we have? If we fail in summoning the next demon king we will all die."

Abigor knew he was committing a sin, but he had to do it. In order to summon a powerful entity, there must be a sacrifice. The room was quiet. Everyone knew it. In order to summon a being powerful enough to defeat heroes, they have to use the strongest sacrifice possible.

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After digging up the corpse, the demons attempted the ritual again.

It hurts me to do this, but this is the only way. Please forgive me Asmodeus.

The cultists poured magic into the summoning ring and it started slowly turning red. The ground started to shake as the ring got filled up with the cultists' magic.

"THIS IS IT KEEP GOING!"

Abigor screamed and desperately hoped that it would work. If the summoning failed, they would have wasted Asmodeus' corpse for nothing.

The ring got filled with magic, and light started shooting out from the Demon King's body. The summoning was going just as planned and Abigor's heart started racing.

An even greater Demon King than Asmodeus will be born!

Everyone had high hopes only for things to go terribly wrong. The summoning ring and Asmodeus' corpse shot red light so bright that the demons had to close their eyes.

The summoning had finished. The demons opened their eyes expecting great results but instead, they saw nothing. Nobody had been summoned, and the Demon King's corpse had disappeared.

How powerful must this entity be in order for this sacrifice to not work? Did we try to summon a dragon?

I'm so sorry Asmodeus, it seems the demon race is doomed.

Abigor was ready to end his life after committing the sin of digging up the Demon King's corpse and failing the summoning until someone spoke up.

"Wait, I think the summoning was a success."

"What? What do you mean it was successful?"

"Can't you sense the presence of a great being? I believe we succeeded in the summoning but something went wrong and it got sent to a different location."

He was right. Everyone in the room sensed that the summoning had succeeded. It was unknown why the summon was sent to a different location, but what matters is that they succeeded.

A bright smile appeared on Abigor's face. He was overjoyed at the thought of having summoned an even greater demon than the former Demon King.

Asmodeus, we may have succeeded in summoning a dragon.

Meanwhile in a thick forest far away from the Demon King's castle.

Where the fuck am I?