Prologue : Nameless Knight

This was before the birth of the ruler of the demon race, during a time of intense rivalry between powerful demons like the Four Evil Kings, the Witch King of Midhaze, and the like.

The demons showed their strength to prove that they were worthy to rule Dilheid and fought even with their own blood relatives. Many of them invaded Azesion in order to expand their own possessions. The fire of war embraced them both inside and outside the country, and each demon was forced to independently deal with a close-knit race of people, and the gods and spirits who assisted them.

People and spirits were afraid that the demons would become united, because it was the civil strife of the latter that made it possible to maintain the balance of power between Azesion and Dilheid with a creak. If they had a ruler who would be able to unite the entire race into one fist, the course of hostilities would instantly turn upside down.

Azesion's army continued to cunningly sow the seeds of distrust in the rulers who dominate the various regions of Dilheid. By forcing the demons to fight each other, they planned to increase the advantage in the world war, and while the demons underestimated people, considering them to be nonentities, they determined the course of hostilities and their goal slowly but surely bore fruit.

Of course, there were also demons who knew about it. They didn't belong to any of the demon factions, didn't serve anyone, didn't have possessions, and didn't even reveal their own names. The knightly order of these demons, led by Celis Voldigod, quietly disappeared, leaving no mention of itself in history.

Only those who saw firsthand these nameless, ghost-like knights vaguely remembered what was on their minds and why they drew their swords.

“W-we are under attack!” We've been attacked! The number of the enemy is unknown, and they themselves are also not visible! Our barrier is being bombarded with magic from all sides! - the soldier of the human army sent the “Lix” to the allied forces, concluding that they were attacked by demons.

They were in a wetland shrouded in poisonous swamp gas at the southern border of Midhaze territory.

The soldiers strained their magical eyes from all sides, but did not see any signs of the enemy.

“Damn those damn demons… What the hell is going on…? How did they know about this place…?”

The seventeenth division of the Azesion army, led by the hero Graham and having an ally in the person of a representative of the race of gods, operated from a base located in Dilheid. And although they hid so that the demons did not notice their location, in the end they were still attacked by the hiding enemy.

- “Do not be afraid. Most likely these are the spells

and . Although they can become invisible, their magic will not have much power in this state.” - said the hero Graham. “And we are under the protection of the sacred goddess Rhinoloros. The demons would have to show themselves to get through it. Besides, as long as the Protector God lies in my hand, we cannot lose.” – Graham tried to inspire his excited associates and stepped forward.

In his hand flashed the God Protector of , a sacred sword blessed by the goddess of barriers, Rhinoloros.

With the hero's anti-demonic barrier, his sword, and the protection standing next to Graham, the goddess of barriers Rhinoloros, they could survive even the complete destruction of the entire world.

The light gathered in the hero Graham and strengthened their defenses even more.

Suddenly…

- “”

In front of the seventeenth division of Azesion's army, a lone demon with purple hair, green eyes, and wearing a coat appeared. His name was Celis Voldigoad

- “... He Appeared...”

“The wavelength of his magic power doesn’t match any known to us, which means he’s not a king-level demon.”

These words calmed the soldiers a little.

Among the demons they had studied during their reconnaissance activities in enemy territory, there were several particularly dangerous and powerful ones that they dubbed "king's tier", but Celis was not one of them. Which in turn meant that it would be easy to deal with him.

Walking straight towards the barrier, Celis sharply swung the he held in his right hand. After that, pointing the sword at the spherical magic circle in front of him, he took it to the ready.

In addition, due to the recent activation of , nine more of the same but likely magic circles appeared in front of him.

- “”

Celis plunged the Thunder Sword into the spherical magic circle and at the same moment, nine possible blades pierced into nine possible magic circles. There was an ear-splitting thunderclap and purple lightning appeared so much that they covered the entire wetland. The heavens rumbled, the earth trembled, and all life in this place disappeared with just one release of magical power.

Rushing across the surface of the earth, crackling, purple lightning drew a magic circle so huge that it absorbed the entire barrier of the hero and his companions. It was a barrier to protect the country from destruction due to the spell's overpowering power. Celis pointed the real and nine possible Thunder Swords towards the sky, from which purple lightning bolts, thin as threads, rushed towards the heavens.

- " ".

A huge amount of lightning fell from heaven on ten swords, forming one giant sword, like a column connecting heaven to earth.

Celis swung the Thunder Sword down. There was a sound like the sky itself being torn to shreds, which reverberated far beyond the wetlands, and lightning of destruction struck the barrier. The sky in Dilheid turned purple and in a few seconds all the land was completely wiped off the face of this country. There was no trace left of Azesion's elite troops, nor of the goddess of barriers. They simply disappeared.

Only Graham survived. The Protector God of was charred and shattered into small pieces. The hero barely managed to survive thanks to the god of barriers, his sword and . Celis went to Graham, who was lying on the ground. Behind him appeared about a dozen more demons who wore the same coat as his.

Apparently because of their and shrouded in particles of magical power, their presence was barely perceptible.

“…Why, with such power, do you…?”

Without answering his question, Celis stopped right in front of Graham and pointed his Thunder Sword at him.

“…You don’t participate… in the struggle for power over demons…?”

Almost all known demons had their own domains, and Graham, who was constantly engaged in intelligence activities, should have already studied all the king-level demons, however, he had absolutely no information about the man who appeared before him.

“Ghosts don’t need names.” Celis calmly replied and raised his Thunder Sword. “However, at least my name, going to the afterlife, is worth remembering. I am Isis of the Order of Ghost Knights.”

- “Stop.”

Coal-black flames shot out, from which a demon in the form of a humanoid flame emerged. He wore a robe and his entire body was made entirely of fire. It was the Witch-king Bomiras Heros of Midhaze.

-“This is the territory of Midhaze, in other words, my domain. You shouldn't kill him just like that, right?”

Celis silently stared at the Witch King Bomiras.

- “Don't be so mad. I just wanted to ask him a couple of questions. I hope you don't object to this?”

He left the question unanswered again, but drew back his sword in agreement.

“Now, answer my questions, hero Graham, otherwise I will kill all the spies you sent to my castle yesterday.” said Bomiras with his fiery mouth. “Somehow not enough of you came to Dilheid, if you add up the total number of spies who came to Midhaze Castle and the unit that dug in here. Where have the rest gone? “Bomiras drew the Zekt magic circle. “If you dutifully answer my questions, I promise that I will spare your life. I'm a pacifist and I'm fine with you just leaving Midhayes territory.

In , exactly what he had just said was indicated. He lost his comrades and the sacred sword, and he could not count on reinforcements in enemy territory. Graham simply had no choice, so he signed and said:

“They're in the Zeylon settlement.”

- “I see, I see, the womens of Zeylon. They cut off human heads and take away their identity, knowledge and magical power. You must have accumulated quite a bit of anger towards them.”

The Zeylon bloodline is a rare type of headless demon. They are entirely composed of women and are born exclusively from their queen.

“I am a king of understanding, and you humans have every right to hate them, hero. The Zeylons have condemned themselves to this vengeance.” said the Witch King softly. “This is a good opportunity for demons and humans to have at least one conversation. Would you like to visit my castle with your companions? While you are with me, I will ensure the safety of the people in the Zeylon settlement.

Graham thought for a moment, but he had only one option to save himself and his comrades.

- …Alright.

At the same moment, Celis silently brandished the Thunder Sword. Thunder rumbled, purple lightning flashed. The Witch-king Bomiras grabbed the blade of his sword with his fiery right hand and stopped it.

“I told you before that you are in Midheis territory, nameless Isis. Sorry, but because of the ... Gha-ah-ah! !!” the fiery right hand of the King of the Sorcerers was chopped off by a thunderous sword.

“…Tch…”

Celis ruthlessly beheaded the hero Graham with Gaudgimon and destroyed him with purple lightning.

- What are you up to...

The Sorcerer-King Bomiras had hardly exclaimed this when Celis plunged the Thunder Sword into his body and, casting purple lightning through it, swung it wide. Bomiras' body expanded like a spreading flame, but he was still alive.

“Oh, okay, okay, I get it. That person is gone anyway, so there's no benefit to me fighting you.”

The flame again did not take on a human shape and began to simply dissipate, remaining in the form of sparks.

- You are the most repulsed demon of all whom I have met - you do not crave anything and only wander, destroying everything that comes to hand. Truly the last of the Voldigoads doomed to destruction. Your heart also died a long time ago, and you became a real ghost. With these words, the Witch-king Bomiras left.

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