His birth (manifestation) happened in the distant past.Born as an absolute being, he had sway over other beings with his Charisma.
The embodiment of Pride.
If he had grown like that, he could have been a being who would be called the King of the Underworld.
It was somewhat of an accident for a being such as he to be brought into the over world, but this was an event that will end up changing his fate significantly.
After arriving, he surveyed his surroundings.
He understood immediately, that he had been summoned.
The man who looked like the magician who summoned him was annoyingly spewing prideful words.
His wish was to destroy the opposing country which his side was warring against.
That was a simple matter.
Using the wide range destruction magic ââDeath Streakââ without hesitation, he spread death easily.
Millions perished and cities of death were created. He felt nothing from what has been done.
But, attaining massive quantities of souls, he noticed he has ascended to a True Demon Lord.
It seemed, just reaping ten thousand human souls, was enough to reach ascension.
Then, what would happen if I collected even more souls? He was curious.
Also, he wanted to ârepayâ the person, who decided to give him such a âchoreâ.
He summoned two retainers ââArc Demonsââ and gave them orders.
Swiftly erase this country from the face of this world.
He was currently in a good mood, having ascended.
The point was that he had destroyed the residents of the country, that the magician who summoned him and gave him such a âchoreâ resided in, with no pain or suffering. That alone, proved how much of a good mood he was in.
Also, the demons he summoned had the honor of being granted physical bodies.
Thus, a once flourishing, but having been divided, great country, that wielded ancient super technologies, met itâs demise.
Such had happened thousands of years ago.
Although a country ended up destroyed as his idea of an experiment and âpaybackâ, he collected even more souls, but there werenât any more changes.
Which led him to understand, he cannot be strengthened any further.
This marked the start of boring days to come, but Guy didnât mind.
He roamed about everywhere, focused on enjoying the world for what it is.
His life wasted on only battles and refining his Soul in the underworld, now seemed bleak in comparison to the stimulating outside world.
Having fistfights with gigantic demon beasts, decimating self proclaimed monster kings with his magic.
To the native humans, he was viewed and known as both as a God and a Devil at the same time, it was such a period.
And then, they met.
The one who created the world, the ultimate existence.
âStellar Dragon Kingâ Veldanava. He who had created the world they live in.
Guy, who undoubtedly prided himself as one of the strongest alive, chose to challenge this being without any hesitation.
And ended up utterly defeated.
Guy was sent to the ground, as though there wasnât any resistance whatsoever.
Never once doubting his was the strongest, his pride at that time, was utterly shattered.
ăEnd me. I am satisfied.
I now understand, that there will always be someone more capable out there in this world.
In the ever continuing and unbreakable logic of this world, my existence too, is but a small part of it.ă
ăLittle one.
You see, I love all that have been born from me.
This monotonous world, has been slowly but surely progressing.
Intelligent beings are born, and they have now managed to attain the means to communicate with me.
And now, beings that have the ability to go against me have emerged.
A being such as you.
But, if they keep progressing at their current pace, this world will be destroyed in but a few thousand years.
For that, are you interested in cooperating with me?
Cooperate with me, and become an âArbitratorâ.ă
The magic kingdom that he destroyed came to mind.
Vying for authority, the foolish scene of strife despite being of the same kind.
(I see, *that* was definitely deplorable.)
There was nothing to hesitate about.
As Guy had also grown fond of this world.
ăWhy not. What should I be doing?ă
ăTo be as you are. I would like for you, to take the throne as a âDemon Lordâ.
To show the world what it means to be feared, so that man will not grow to be overly âpridefulâ.ă
Pride.
Looking back, this role perfectly fits me.
It was a request, that obviously took into account that Guy wielded the unique skillăPrideă.(TN: the skillâs name *is* pride lol)
ăVery well then. I shall take that throne, as a âDemon Lordâ.
If man were to grow too proud, I shall judge them in your stead.ă
Guy dove deeper down now that his pride has been shattered once.
And attained ultimate skillăPride King Luciferă.
A Demon Lord who had the power to rival God was born at this moment.
This was the moment, that Guy and Veldanava accepted each other as friends.
Guy now lived his life as a Demon Lord as promised.
But, that didnât actually mean he had much to do.
Turning his attention to gathering intelligence, he now gave orders and recieved reports from his underling demons.
Beside him stood the White Dragon.
It was a beautiful Dragon, with Blue Diamond eyes.
Perhaps having misunderstood something,
ăIâm not accepting this, even if my elder brother has!ă(TN: past velzard was so adorable (>Ď<) )
She detestably complained, seeming like she wanted a fight.
Guy was feeling bored recently, so he decided to face her seriously.
After battling for 3 days & 3 nights, Guyâs base of operations turned into a silver world blanketed in ice.
Guy simply laughs it off, but for everyone else who lived there, it was a disaster.
She was Veldanavaâs younger sister, and seemed to be jealous of Guy as he had been accepted by her brother.
But, the seed of jealousy hadnât shown itself inside of her, so her real motive was probably to test Guy.
In the end, she seemed to have found something interesting, and now followed alongside Guy.
This, was how Guy met âFrost Dragonâ Velzard.
He shifted his headquarters to the Northern Continent.
It was because the Aura (youki) leaking out from Velzard dropped the surrounding temperature.
Since there was less impact on the surroundings up north, he decided to move his base there.
At that time, Velzard had just learned to transform into her human form, but even more Aura was leaking because of that. (TN: velzard also had her time as a problem child (â˛Ďď˝) )
It was the right decision to move his home base. But that place had now became a land of permafrost that was void of any life, that was the only thing that was regretful.
To distract himself away from his boredom, he began surveillance on a larger scale, focusing on locations which showed large scale advancement in livelihood.
Although they looked scrawny when compared to âthat place with super technologyâ, the knowledge of magic and skills which were passed down, slowly began to resurface in their advancement.
It was amusing to watch the humans.
In time, villages became countries, and small scale skirmishes started to show up.
Is it time for me to appear?
As a warning, some countries were destroyed.
The humans, in the face of the threat Guy posed, slowly gained the mentality of working together.
(Thatâs good. Unless you get on my nerves, I wonât be destroying your country!)
Guy was fairly fulfilled, with his job as âArbitratorâ.
Time passed, and a few hundred years went by.
On a certain day, to the bored Guy, a party came to challenge him.
These intruders, managed to overcome the frozen lands which no man dare tread.
ăYourâs truly is Rudra. Rudra?Nasca!
A Hero of mankind, one who has shouldered the wishes of his people.
Vile Demon Lord, time to meet your end! Also, give this one all of your treasures!!ă
ăRudra nii-sama, youâre acting like the demon lord now!ă
ăAhh, thatâs no good. Heâs getting blinded by greed.
Heâs definitely gonna get his ass whooped.ă(EN: nii-sama = big brother, for you lesser weebs)
Having such a conversation, a weird trio.
Hero? Whatâs that?
Guy has been bored for so long, those words piqued his interest.
ăFufun! Coz Yourâs truly is the strongest, I wonât be needing help from you guys.
Hey Demon Lord, I challenge you to a one-on-one battle!ă
The good-looking young man who can be called a biseinen, charged in wearing his intricate full-body magic armor. (TN:maybe pretty boy for biseinen? lol)
Should I easily evade or receive the attack. Maybe I should counterattack and make him regret his choice.
Guy thought with Thought Acceleration, while looking at the 3 of them.
But,
ăNii-sama! At least have some support magic ââHoly Bladeââ !!ă
The magic released from the silver haired girl, who looked to be his younger sister, enveloped Rudraâs sword in light.
It was a dazzling, eye catching light, which exudes a radiance that seemed to destroy evil.
(Shit. That light could cut through all barriers!)
Plus, he has been hiding his true strength, the young manâs swinging sword accelerated towards Guy.
At the last second, Guy parried the blow with his Demon Sword âTenmaâ.
The young man, with his vivid sword techniques, gave Guy problems even when predicting his moves using âClairvoyanceâ.
ăHey, youâre good! You are the first who managed to make me draw my sword!ă
ăHah! To think you would parry the attacks of Yourâs truly! This is gonna be fun, Demon Lord!
Before this one destroys you, how about he hears your name?ă
ăHow brazen, for a humanâŚ.
Iâm Guy.
All who have faced me, end up screaming Giyaaăźăźăźăź.
Does that work as my name?
It was a pain to think about, so I shortened it to Guy for my name.ă
ăâŚ. Wait a sec.
Thatâs not how names work. Names donât work that way at all!
It wonât be awesome if yourâs truly defeats a Demon Lord with such a weird nameâŚ.
Come to think of it, your hairâs a beautiful Cardinal Red colorââă
ăHold up. If you talk about Cardinal, you think of me. What are you doing giving away my name!?ă(EN: Velgrynd talking)
ăNn? Ahh, I get it, what a noisy fellaâŚ.
Alright, Crimson then! Howâs that, no more problems right?ă
ăâŚ. itâs kinda similar, but thatâs good i guess. Words donât really go into that thick head of yoursâŚ.ă
ăGreat! Then itâs decided. From today, you shall be âDemon Lordâ Guy?Crimson!ă
Thus, âDemon Lordâ Guy?Crimson was born.
Because of what he did, the young man ââRudraââ lost consciousness, and ended up wandering the borders of life and death; his battle with Guy ended up getting delayedâŚ.
Thinking back, Guy and Rudraâs entwined fates may have started here.
After Rudra recovered, they battled countless times.
Rudra was powerful, calling himself a Hero was no fluke.
The awakened Hero Rudra, and the ascended Demon Lord Guy.
Rudra battled with the pinnacles of technique and skill, while Guy used his overflowing power and Skills.
Although it was a stalemate for a period, it can be said Guy slowly was gaining the upper hand.
Rudraâs little sister, Lucia, and the beauty with the azure hair, âScorch Dragonâ Velgrynd, speechlessly watched over the two of them.
This has become something of a daily occurrence, since god knows when.
On one such day,
ăHey you! Even though you said to battle fair and square, isnât what you are doing too devious!?ă
After obstructing his(Guyâs) vision, Rudra cut Guyâs stats down with a Holy Barrier, so Guy was voicing his complaints.
ăJustice goes to the victorious! No, without victory, it is justice no more!
Thatâs why, Yourâs truly shall attain victory by any means!
Also, that move you just used, that was a move this one used last time!
Going around stealing otherâs movesâŚ. Youâre the devious one!!ă
Retorted Rudra.
Recently their strength has been comparable, being on the back foot probably made Rudra anxious.
His declaration at the start was blown off elsewhere, and he was gunning for the victory by any means now.
Though Guy looked like he was sighing, on the inside he was enjoying such conversations too.
Having someone comparable as a sparring partner was amazing as it is, and just as Rudra said, he could vividly feel himself improving with each battle.
Just attaining an Ultimate Skill isnât the end, mastering itâs usage is where the real challenge lied.
Although he was battling Rudra at his level, using only his sword, Guy was slowly overpowering Rudra.
At this point, with Rudra pulling small tricks every so often, they ended with a tie, having no conclusion.
But, if they went on like this, sooner or later Guy is going to emerge victorious.
ButâŚ.
Guy felt something out of place.
ăOiâŚ. You, during our first battle, why did you not defeat me then?
If you didnât name me, and just came at me with everything you had, you would have won, right?ă
Proud as he is, as much as he didnât want to admit it, Guy still chose to ask Rudra this question.
Just as Guy wieldedăPride King Luciferă, Rudra wieldedăJustice King Michaelă.
If he went all out from the very start, he had a definite chance of doing damage to Guy.
It was a fact, that Rudra had his chance at victory.
ăYou dumbass! Thereâs no meaning if Yourâs truly just *defeats* you!
Getting you to acknowledge how awesome this one is, then turning over and becoming my ally.
Yourâs truly, is the *Man* whoâs gonna rule the world.
That, was his promise to his master âStellar Dragon Kingâ Veldanava.ă
That was his answer.
To bring even himself(Guy) under his wing, the *Man* Rudra.
Guy, was now conscious of the fact that he *liked* Rudra. (TN: inb4 yaoi shippinâ) (EN: ..inevitably!)
That said, if he didnât, he wouldâve killed him immediately, it felt kind of moot at this point.
ăWell thatâs that, on a serious noteâŚ. If Yourâs truly went all out, he wouldnât be able to control it.
Well, thisăJustice King Michaelă, is a power borrowed from VeldanavaâŚ.ă
After listening to what Rudra had to say, although it was unexpected, Guy found himself accepting the circumstances.
If⌠It was a power that was a part of Veldanava, having the capability to defeat me isnât hard to imagine.
ăWhat the. That would make thisââă
Meaningless, was what Guy was about to say, but his voice was muffled by the roar of an explosion.
The cause, was a fight among sisters, between Velzard and Velgrynd.
It seems, that due to their newborn brotherâs selfishness, he was out rampaging about as he liked.
They were pushing the responsibility onto each other, saying Velzardâs severe discipline being the cause, and Velgryndâs spoiling him being the cause. (TN: lol wut?) (EN: I.. want doujins NOW!)
This was something he was used to already, but Guy thought it would be nice if they could do it somewhere else so as not to be a nuisance to others.
Guy and Rudra took cover so they wonât be dragged in.
He kinda lost interest in their fight.
His position as Demon Lord, was something that he was doing for Veldanava in the first place.
It couldnât be helped that he was unable to get serious about his battles with Rudra, who was also Veldanavaâs friend.
ăWeâre done here! I really like you. (TN: as a person) (EN: donât add words to his mouth!)
Thatâs why, I wonât be killing you, nor will I fight you for real.
But, to stop the world from falling apart, Iâll stay in my position as Demon Lord.ă
Just as Guy said that while looking Rudra in the eyes, (TN: woot moar shippin!)
ăSo, then. Why donât we have a âGameâ?ă
Rudra said that, while trying his hardest to hide his half embarrassed half laughing face. (TN: we be shippin!) (EN: it seems Rudra is the uke~)
ăA âGameâ?ă
ăYeah.
This one and you, with our respective pawns, we fight for conquest of this world.
Yourâs tru-⌠I believe that it is possible to unite the humans.
I was able to become friends with someone like you.
Thereâs no need for a âDemon Lordâ or âArbitratorâ.
Veldanava was being obstinate with his idealsâŚâŚ
But I have persuaded him and got his approval.
Even though the chances are amazingly close to zero, Iâll be doing everything I possibly can.
ăJustice King Michaelăâs Armageddon, will bring forth an army of angels that will destroy everything.
But, Iâll give it my all to control this power.
If humans advance too much, military power and civilization will become collateral.
And, I shall unite this world, and create a utopia!
So, I would like you to stop going around slaughtering humans.ă
ăHah! Itâs not as though mindless slaughter is a hobby of mine.
I only kill those who annoy me.
It matters not whether they are kind or villainous.
If I like them I let them live, I kill them if I donât.
But, wellâŚ. Why not?
Iâm bored anyway.
I shall not take the field personally, and instead Iâll gather up other Demon Lords, and they shall represent me.
Now, your goal is to conquer the world before it becomes one that is under total control of the Demon Lords.
I give you my word that I will not directly interfere.
But, I will continue my work as the âjudgeâ.
It is my promise with Veldanava as the âArbitratorâ.
Also, as a âHeroâ, you should already know right?
Heroes, are they who wield the greatest power, the avatars of justice.
Armageddon as it is, is a greater deterrent compared to the threat of Demon Lords.
It is a âprogramâ meant to destroy the world, prepared for when the âArbitratorâ abandons his job.
Veldanava is a perfectionist, not a romanticist.
After seeing intelligent beings finally being born after several hundred million years, he sees the need to manage them so they donât end up destroying themselves.ă
ăBut, even so!
I, have the obligation to bring him peace of mind.
Veldanava, has consummated with my sister.
And, Lucia has been blessed with Veldanavaâs child.
Veldanava now, is no different from a normal human.
He had always been alone, as someone who wasnât bound by the concept of a lifespan; that Veldanava confided to me while smiling.
He has found happiness being together with Lucia, but even now he still worries for the future!
Ever more so, for the future of his childâŚ.
That is the reason why I need to let him settle down.
To let him see, how much this world that he has created, has matured, has become a wonderful balanced worldââă
To Rudraâs words, Guy had none to return.
In his head, although he thought of and denied multiple possibilities, he ended up understanding Rudraâs feelings.
He was vexed, at his own brilliant mind.
(What the hell man, you idiotâŚ. Doesnât that mean, that youâll be the one shouldering everythingâŚ.?)
Guy was at a loss for words, towards this foolish man, who he saw as his greatest friend.
Guy then processed, and calculated the chances in his mind.
The possibility of success was abysmally low.
This man(Rudra), who Guy saw as his best friend had, at his own convenience, decided to shoulder all the trials of establishing this utopia he so sought.
But, if it was this man, then maybeâŚ.
It was a fact, that there was something in Rudra that made you think as such.
In the end, Guy accepted Rudraâs âGameâ.
If all of Guyâs representatives are defeated, itâs Rudra win. If that happens, Guy will follow Rudra.
But, until that condition is met, as promised with Veldanava, Guy will continue his work as âArbitratorâ.
There was little merit for Guy to win.
At most, he gets to stop Rudraâs reckless plan, and returns to his work as âArbitratorâ and stop the other Demon Lords from getting out of hand.
But, that was enough for Guy.
To his hard-headed friend, words will not be enough to get him to back down.
And so, this âGameâ between Guy and Rudra, which would span more than 2000 years, began.
the resultâŚ.
Was a cycle of tragedies.
Shortly after Milim was born, Lucia and Veldanava perished in a magic attack caused by another country plotting against the Nasca Kingdom.
Milim grew up without knowing her parentsâ faces. Also, not knowing of her relation to Rudra.
Milimâs pet too, perished at the plot of a certain country.
To calm down the vehemently enraged Milim, Guy had to take her on with everything he had.
The repeated tribulations.
The ugly truth of the human world that was shown.
After shaving off his Holy powers through countless rebirths, he lost his qualifications to be a âHeroâ.
Even so, Rudra remained a Saint, through sheer force of will.
Butââ
After a certain point, Rudraâs heart began to be tainted, as he began utilizing means that strayed from his past idealist self.
Cold, cruel means.
Attaining victory against Guy became the only goal, but that, only caused more tragedies.
ăI said it already didnât I, you foolish blockheadâŚ.
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That kind of stuff, is more suitable for us Demons, who are capable of fully controlling our emotionsâŚ.ă
As he mumbled such, he was unconscious of the things that flowed down his cheeksâŚ.
As he quietly, gave his once greatest friend, his prayers.
And so, the Game between Guy and Rudra that had spanned eternally, came to itâs end.