>Be The Demon King

[Assorted Nonsense]

You're awake.



It hurts. Everything hurts. And the battle in your memory is blended together into a haze of pain and flashing swords.

You remember enough, though.

You remember the pain.

You remember that you lost.



D'huir...

It was a good sword. It served you well.

They probably took it with them; a symbol of their victory over the Demon King.

You could be hurt and vengeful about a thousand things right now, but none of that really matters.

It doesn't matter.

Because you're awake again.



You're awake.

What will you do?

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Yes, two adventures. Yes. I know my track record. But I will tell you now if either of my adventures die by my lack of updating I am under blood-oath to beat myself 119/200 to death with a moderately undercooked herring. So in the meantime, enjoy bad lighting and G-rated nudity

[aattss]

>Look for survivors, and weapons to use to defend yourself.

[whimsicalGuru]

>Get up, look around

[98714123340]

Go back to sleep.

[Staff Deployment]

> Find codpiece
> Wear with pride
> Codpiece: Become symbol of the rise of darkness upon a world just waiting to be culled

[Assorted Nonsense]

Go back to sleep.

Yeah right. You don't know exactly how long you've been sealed, or even what spell they used, but you're just going to hazard a guess that it's been a while, and falling asleep on the altar that you woke up chained to is just asking for it.

...Though sleeping off the mystic hangover inherent to being sealed is, admittedly, rather tempting.

You aren't going to find a way out just sitting here, though. So up you get.



Rune wards? Oh they've got to be kidding you.



You didn't get a title like 'Demon King' by being prettier than all the other wannabes.





That took... more effort than you expected. Huh. Well damn, looks like you're not at full power.

>Get up, look around

You open the Map.



You are currently in the Sealed Caverns, or more specifically, the Altar. Predictably you have no idea where that is. No they can't just leave you in your frigging throne room, they have to drag you off to some stupid altar which is most likely in the middle of nowhere. You'd like to hope your opponents at least had something in their code of honor that kept them from parading your corpse around a few towns on the way.

It's seriously dark in here. Thanks to being a demon, you can see just fine, so that shouldn't be a problem.

The silver x represents your current location.

The silver arrows show directions you can explore in.

[Askia]

go south east

[Qeztotz]

>southeast
>examine the wound in your chest

[Kíeros]

> North-east, assuming that up is representative of north.

[aattss]

>South

>West

[Staff Deployment]

Wait wait they just left you a map?
Jaysus that map is gonna KILLYA you better BURNIT

> Burn map.

[Qeztotz]

> Burn map.

second then go southeast

[Torquemadras Trump]

Destroy that map in a spectacular fashion, which is barely an effort at all with your power.

Then, fail at summoning that power.

Shucks

[Kocel232]

>Stay clear of anyone named "Oersted" or "Straybow." If you have to ask, don't worry about it, just STAY CLEAR OF THEM.

[Assorted Nonsense]

Wait wait they just left you a map?
Jaysus that map is gonna KILLYA you better BURNIT

> Burn map.

It's an abstraction, genius. Otherwise it would have rotted over time like everything else you had with you.

...

...Dang you need clothes.

You move Northeast.





It is, predictably, really dark in the back of the altar. But the good news is, there's a light up ahead! This is most definitely not some cave-bound light source and is definitely the way out and not into a trap.

...Think you should say 'what could possibly go wrong?' You need to take out your stress on something and if there aren't any giant monsters in this cave someone is not going to be a happy demon.

>Stay clear of anyone named "Oersted" or "Straybow." If you have to ask, don't worry about it, just STAY CLEAR OF THEM.

Pretty obviously you're going to be avoiding anybody on a quest to 'slay the demon king'. Only, one problem:



Your name isn't Odio.

It’s Ciaphas.

>examine the wound in your chest

...You'd really rather not think about that.

[Kíeros]

> See if you can head out of that light source.

[aattss]

>What are the chances that something evil (that wouldn't want you dead) would emmit a white light?

[Qeztotz]

steer clear of that light
possibly ambush it
btw did you intend to call him after a warhammer character or was it a biblical choice that ended in a coincidence?

[Assorted Nonsense]

>What are the chances that something evil (that wouldn't want you dead) would emmit a white light?

Pretty good, actually. Holy attribute and strong-held morality aren't mutually inclusive, you know. And you can think of a lot of evil things off the top of your head that would want you dead.



BOY I SURE HOPE NOTHING NASTY IS WAITING TO TAKE ME OUT WHILE I'M SICKLY AND WEAK-



...Huh. You know, you're kinda disappointed.



Seriously, you were expecting bigger.

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Drawing the Lesser Goddess Beast was a pain in the butt so I hope you all enjoy it. Also I'm not in a hurry to draw it again so if any of you would like to suggest a scene-change while Ci takes out his issues on a hapless summon, by all means, feel free. I'll even doodle up a character select for you:

[Qeztotz]

>be the blue thingy with the cross

[Staff Deployment]

> Be the halo-less angel. (yellow, green background)

[CraftyKratonite]

>Try to hide from it

[Kocel232]

>Don't fear it. This will be nothing but a speed-bump in the road for you, CAIPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE DEMONIUM.

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Oh god I'm so glad you got that Live-A-Live reference, good tastes. XD

[Qeztotz]

>Don't fear it. This will be nothing but a speed-bump in the road for you, CAIPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE DEMONIUM.

YES! finally i find someone who has read that book! i was sooooo alone untill now!

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thought for the day: revenge is best served with ketchup and those little cheesey things on sticks

[Assorted Nonsense]

>Don't fear it. This will be nothing but a speed-bump in the road for you, CAIPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE DEMONIUM.

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Oh god I'm so glad you got that Live-A-Live reference, good tastes. XD

Naturally.

>be the blue thingy with the cross

You are now an Adventurer.



The sun is shining, the sky is clear, and it's just you and the Mastradean countryside. Well, you, the Mastradean countryside, and the various woodland beasts, but you're not really concerned. The monsters around here are weak enough that little girls beat them up on the way to grandma's house, which is why you've decided to make the start to your WONDEROUS ADVENTURE here. This particular area, Linna Field, is popular for new adventurers such as yourself, and as such the townspeople are quite used to random strangers walking up and offering to help them with menial tasks.

All in all, it's a nice place. You think you might want to train awhile here before moving on to more dangerous and adventurous locations. But for now, what will you do?

>___