CHAPTER TWO: Secret revealed! Lucifer is Pride
Zelek was approaching the site of commotion. He was sent to dispatch the demonic invaders. And all he saw was the grisly remains of two demons.. He could feel a tremendous djä energy emanating from a source not too faraway. Djä energy was a corrupted energy used by all demons to cast spells and it was also inherent in all demonic entities in their body. Demons have djä coursing through their bodies naturally and stronger demons have much more djä in their body then lesser ones. And to feel such tremendous djä would meant a DL ( Demon Lord) class demon in the vicinity. Zelek was a mere guard captain from Spegel but his curiosity brought him closer to the source of djä. And what he saw shocked him..
"ARJEN?"
"No... Not Arjen... I am something more... I AM LUCIFER!!"
From the corpse of the two slain demons, Arjen's diamond dust rises and began to gather on Lucifer's palm. It became longer and wider and eventually became a broadsword with a rapier-styled basket hilt. The blade became black and the hilt a crimson blood-red.
Zelek tried to escape but somehow his movements became ponderous. He turned back and saw Arjen.. No.. That wasn't Arjen but some entity more horrifying and pure evil. The hand of that entity was forming signs of sorcery and his face was grinning maniacally. And then..
A glimpse of black on his right.
Zelek was almost cut into two. Miraculously still alive, he saw Lucifer walking towards him. Lucifer spat on him. "Thrash.." Lucifer said with a sardonic look on his face and impaled Zelek on his sword before using a hellfyre spell to vaporise Zelek's torso. With that, he began his attack on Spegel..
Fabio just arrived at where Arjen was. Only to sense that an incredible evil was attacking. He drew his dagger, releasing frost magic into the surrounding, in an attempt to freeze that entity. And what he saw, was and was not Arjen. He understood the situation and knew, to get Arjen back, he had to defeat this abomination.
"Demon. I know you are a demon lord. And I will be the one to defeat you. And release my friend from your evil grasp."
"You.. Can TRY... "
Fabio vanished with a swish, appearing behind Lucifer with his dagger on the latter's throat. Lucifer's right arm was frozen in one strike by the Frost Crossblade.
"How about this, demon? Why don't you beg for mercy?"
"Well.. On the contrary.. " Lucifer smiled.
He vanished.. Appearing some distance away, Lucifer drew his sword and held it high. As he did so, djä energy enveloped his sword. Then suddenly, the ground burned with both red and black energy. And whatever that touches that aura was burned away.. Fabio was barely able to block it with his ice shield any longer, any moment now, it would shatter. Then..

Lucifer was assailed by the wind, while he was trying to use a counter-spell, he had to stop using his Dark Universe spell which annoyed him. He swing his sword, sending a black energy blade at the attacker's location.

"All you got huh? Lucifer.. I thought you were dead. So now, you possessed Arjen. Even with his body, you cannot win me. I will remove you from him. Remember my name, demon. Garland Dowell."
"You know me? Impressive. That elder sage only killed my body, not my essence.. Even he can't fully kill me. You think you have a chance? And I don't you to remove me from him.."
With that, he separated himself from Arjen. Retaining Arjen's look but with jet-black hair and green eyes, he smiled. Now it begins.. He was back.

Arjen woke up, feeling weak all over, he felt djä all over.. Immensely strong and right beside him. It was him? No, that entity is much more evil and just looking at him made Arjen shuddered. That entity attacked Garland and was almost skewered by his spear. Arjen then blacked out..

"Fabio, tend to Arjen." Garland said. Then he charged at Lucifer, causing a tunneling wind lance to rip towards the demon. Then casting an Aero spell at the demon, the fight would be over if it was successful, but it wasn't to be. The wind lance was deflected with one hand and the Aero spell was hit by the lance. Lucifer then cast a quick spell, calling upon a lightning bolt to strike at the gnat who was so dumb as to challenge him. Garland dodged but was hit on his knee, paralyzing him..
"YOU!! HOW COULD ANDREALPHUS UNDERLING BE SO STRONG?"
"I am not his underling. I am his leader... Lucifer of Pride. And Andrealphus is not his real name. He is Amon of Wrath. There are seven demon lords. Amon.. He's weak... HAHAHA.. Now that he let me have a body, I will reward him.. HE IS my underling... Now weakling.. You will never reach my level of power... So long.." With that, Lucifer sprout wings on his back, black feathered ones and flew off into the horizon. He will now try to master Arjen's body and talents. And to reward Amon. He smiled and disappeared.

"I will kill that Demon Lord.. I swear upon the Odin's lance.. "

To be continued..


CHAPTER ONE: The Dark Lord's Order
"Let the echoes of doom resound across this wretched world, that all who live may hear them and despair.. I, Andrealphus have return from the pits of darkness once more.. I will bleed this wretched world. The end has come! Let the unraveling of this world commence..."
Following the Dark Lord's successful summoning, Damien the Soulslayer, reveled in the majestic sight of his master. The Dark Lord, also known as The Dark Harbinger of Chaos, is a huge being almost beyond comprehension. He spreads his wings and gave an almighty sweep, creating a gigantic gust that rips through the bodies of a few demonic guards. His body was cover in intricate tattoos that radiated primal fury. A pair of horns extends from his forehead and a burning tail sweeps behind, leaving a trail of glowing embers in its wake. His body was covered in black flames that raised the temperature drastically. Just looking the Dark Lord almost burned Damien's eye but he was nevertheless awestruck by such a grand spectacle.
"Damien, you have done well.. You will now sit on my right hand as my rightful general... Now.. Tell me.. Who is this little twerp?"
A flitting image of a young man with eyes of magnificent amber appeared in his mind. The son of the legendary paladin, Arjen Tennes. "Milord, this man is the son of the paladin that sent you back into the Netherjord twenty years ago. Why do you ask me this question?" Damien wondered.
"According to the prophecy.. He will attempt to stop our plans once again.. But the seeds of darkness have already been sown in his heart.. I had long awaken the darkness in him and soon he will be his own nemesis.. His talents with mirrors, has made my plans work like magic.. His mirror self would soon take over.. And destroy everything.. Now we shall send our agents to his village, Spegel.. Then everything will unravel according to plan.."
With that, the Dark Lord burst into a long, crackling laughter that sent chill down every demons' spine.. Even Damien who was an Archdemon held Andrealphus's power in reverence, as he was the father of all demons, a fallen angel whose powers dwarfed Damien's. Compared to him, Damien was a mere flea. Now with Tennes in the Dark Lord's sight, the Archdemon sent two of his loyal followers to Spegel and would like to see what the Dark Lord had planned..

"HEY, GARLAND! ARJEN! Let's have lunch together!!" Fabio shouted.
"Alright dude, yeah!!" Arjen cried. Fabio was Arjen's friend since he was a child. Like Arjen, he was also Spegel's defender. He was an assassin so swift and skilled that the demons he killed didn't even realized what hit and killed them. And Garland, the knight in shining armor for many girls, was a handsome and powerful knight. He uses his spear, the Odin's Lance to manipulate wind and could fight twenty demons at the same time without even a scratch. He has a fiery temper and is prone to losing control. He has an enhanced battle spirit that changes him to Trance Garland when he's angry. The three friends were halfway through dinner when..
"BOOM!!"
"What the heck was that?" Arjen asked.
"I sense demonic aura surrounding our village. We're under attack!!" Garland shouted.
"Stand back guys, I want to take them on alone. I want them to have firsthand experience on what's gonna happen to thrashes that threatens my homeland.." Arjen calmly said.
With that, Arjen disappeared in a blink of the eye. "Boy oh boy, he's just raring to go, Garland. So we'll just watch?" Fabio chuckled.
"Yep. We'll watch and not do anything unless the situation dictates it. Fabio.. You know.. That there are two kinds of battle."
"Huh? Why is that so?"
"The first kind is battling for victory. The second kind is battling for pride. And a battle for pride is most important to a man. And so, unless Arjen's getting a kick in the ass and dying, don't do anything."
"Whatever haha.. Pride could be so troublesome."

Meanwhile..
Two demons were attacking Spegel. They are a terrifying twin demons known as Pruflas and Pruslas. Pruflas had control over water, even moisture in the air. He just absorbed all the water in two villagers' body leaving them dry husks. Pruslas uses sand as his medium to attack and bury oppositions. He had destroyed seven houses already. He was aiming for the eighth when..
His arm flew off and landed three feet away..
"Now, now.. If my homeland is getting destroyed so close to me, I cannot just ignore that."
Arjen was standing there with a mirror shard in his hand, although the shard was the size of a small dagger, the fact that he had used it to sever Pruslas's arm astounded the twin demons.
"How didddd youuuu do thatttt......" they growled in unison.
"Well I'm not about to tell you." Arjen answered defiantly
Both of them lunged at Arjen in a fit of anger and managed to hit him but...

Arjen shattered.. "WHHHAATTTTTT?!"
"Hey dickheads, where were you looking at? And I over-estimated you guys. This battle is over. While you two imbeciles was concentrating on my mirror double, I had release my diamond dust in the air. The dust are mirrors that are grounded so finely that it is only visible as sparkles. But then again, it is as sharp as diamonds so by the time I finished this sentence, you die." Arjen laughed.
The demons collapsed in a bloody heap with blood spilling from their organs and flowing out of their eyes, noses, mouths and ears. Suddenly, Arjen was feeling faint. His vision was blurring and going out of focus. A voice in his spoke to him about how weak the demons were and how powerful he was. The thing with that voice now materialized in front of him in the recess of soul. It was he, himself Arjen!!
"Hey master, I'm the darkness in you. I have rested for so long and now it's your turn.." it chuckled in distorted voice of Arjen's.
"My name is Lucifer Avgrund and this body, this power is mine. So long.. Weak master. Strong in body but weak in soul. I am your nemesis, your destruction!!" With those words Lucifer laugh maniacally.
Back in the real world, Arjen had blacked out and in his place, an embodiment of chaos awoke. Turning Arjen's auburn hair jet black and his amber eyes deep green. His face contorted into gigantic smile, he was finally free and shall plunge this world into the primal fury that made him. "I AM LUCIFER!!"

TO BE CONTINUED...