Chapter 191: Authority

"I-I-I-I...I am a demon." The man said with great effort as he looked at Desire.

And when Desire heard those words, his right hand returned to normal as the man answered him.

The pressure bearing on the man disappeared as well, and he could now breathe fine.

Of course, Desire didn't care about any of that as he just spoke again.

"Demon? What the hell is that?"

Desire didn't know anything about the demon race. Of course, he knew about the word demon, but he didn't know about the demon race.

He just thought that the word demon was a trait or an insult to someone.

He also knows that demon means terrible or bad or evil. That was why he never thought that it was a race or something like that.

After all, Desire got the Heavenly Demon Trait. It was only natural for him to end up thinking that the word demon was a trait.

That was why Desire was curious about this demon thingy that the other man mentioned.

Of course, since Desire...was not angry when he asked his question, the man was able to breathe fine.

That was why...he thought, 'What the hell is going on...'

The man was confused as fuck when he got this pressure. But that was not all as the man...couldn't even begin to run, or attack, or do something to escape this situation.

Why? It was because he feels that he should not do something like that.

There were no reasons why he was feeling like this, but...this made the man do nothing at all.

Right, it was his choice to not do anything in this situation.

And that was why it was bugging the man so bad that he didn't even know what to do.

Well, he knew better than not to answer Desire again, and that was why he spoke to answer Desire.

"Demons are...demon. Just like how a human is a human, a demon is a demon."

The man explained, but he didn't really answer anything. He just played with words.

Although the man thought that his answer was reasonable, as he believed that it was the right answer, Desire...definitely did not think that way.

After all, the man was basically saying that a plant is a plant, and there's no way that Desire would be able to understand a thing from that kind of explanation.

But it seems that Desire decided to just let it go as he spoke.

"What kind of an answer is that..." Desire murmured, but it seems that he was not done as he spoke again, "Well, whatever. That's not why I summoned you, anyway."

Indeed. That was not why Desire used the Summon Familiar Skill.

He didn't use it to find out about demons or anything like that.

He used it...to find out about his familiars. After all, Desire should know better about this skill.

It was obvious that there was a lot of potential in it, and now that Desire got stronger, as he was even able to take a punch from Lionel, Desire thought that it was now appropriate to bring this skill to the table.

Desire...would now be able to control his familiar, not be saved by them.

After all, that was the reason why Desire refrained from using this skill, besides the lack of his mana.

'The first time I used this skill...that guy didn't even put respect in my name.'

The first familiar that Desire summoned was kind of rude to him.

Although Desire was indeed a baby back then with no knowledge about how the world works, Desire...didn't care.

Now that he looked back at it with the 'current' him, he couldn't forgive that the first familiar was like that.

After all, it was the truth that a familiar should not act like that to his master.

A familiar is a familiar because he is a familiar. They are not the master of the household, Desire is.

And to make sure that they would understand that, Desire...would have to put them to their place with his strength.

Although it was a rocky and confusing path, Desire was strong now.

He was confident about his strength, and he was decisive about this.

That was why...it was now time to put them in their place. No, it was time to put this guy into his place, the place of a familiar.

It was then that Desire spoke as he looked at the man.

No...before Desire spoke, he willed for the cracks to appear in his right hand and chest again as he wanted to use his strength.

He...also started to release his pressure instinctively to scare the man, and his red eyes started to glow in the dark.

His presence in this place was getting bigger and bigger, but that was not all as Desire's mouth started to emit smoke.

And as if the wind was watching this, the wind blew the smoke away, but that only made Desire...look scarier.

His face that was naturally scary became scarier, and even the man, who was confident in his strength as a demon, could feel it.

He could feel...the intense killing intent that Desire was releasing as it crept up to his skin and bones.

It was then that Desire really spoke.

"Choose, demon." Desire said with a condescending tone as he looked down on the man.

He then raised his right hand as he pointed his two fingers at the man.

To be exact, he was pointing his two fingers at the man's two eyes.

It was as if...Desire was threatening the man that he would pull out the man's eyes if he didn't like his answer.

Of course, the man was feeling fear right now. However, not even once did the man consider escaping from this place.

He didn't even consider trying to fight against Desire, and that was weird.

After all, it's not like the man couldn't do something like that.

However, it was as if...the man suddenly lost the ability to choose.

'What the hell is going on with me?!' The man thought as his knees started to shake.

No, it was not only his knees but his whole body that was shaking in fear right now.

But even with that kind of fear, the man...the demon couldn't even think of running.

And it was with this kind of condition that the demon heard Desire speak once more.

"Submit to me or die." Desire said with much confidence in his voice that he would be able to defeat the demon.

It didn't even cross his mind that the demon was stronger than him or something like that.

No, Desire didn't care about something like that. A familiar would always be a familiar to their master, even if they are stronger than their master.

And that was the same case in this situation.

However, to make sure that the demon would definitely submit to him, Desire...decided to do something else.

And that was...to use his Innate Skill. The skill that Desire knew nothing about.

"Authority." Desire murmured as his instincts guided him.

His instincts guided him as his right hand's two fingers that were pointing at the demon...started to shine.

The light was...it wasn't mana or something like that. It was something innate or natural to Desire. It was something that Desire was born with and that was why it was called an Innate Skill.

And this light that was innate to Desire was...Brilliance.

Right...this light was Desire's Brilliance. It was literally Desire's brilliance that came to life.

And Desire's Brilliance soon flew up to the air and then spread out its wings as it covered the whole place that Desire and the demon were standing on.

In other words, it was covering the house that was destroyed by Lionel.

Of course, the house wasn't that big, and that was why Desire's Brilliance was able to cover it.

And as soon as it covered the whole place, the demon...could feel his whole body move.

His body moved on its own and it was so fast that the demon only noticed it when his body finished moving.

And what his body did was...he kneeled. He kneeled in front of Desire.

However, that was not all as the demon could even feel his mouth move by itself.

His throat produced some sounds as his body...was forced to talk.

And what his body said was...

"Yes, My Demon."

And as if Desire's Brilliance was waiting for that word, it soon...disappeared.

No...it just got smaller and smaller as it spelled those words out.

The words, Yes, My Demon, were shining on top of Desire right now.

Of course, Desire was able to feel that, but Desire didn't really care about it as he felt his instincts move.

No...he felt his instincts guiding him how to use those words.

And as soon as Desire found out about it, he immediately spoke.

"First Authority."

And when Desire said those words, the words floating on top of him soon became jumbled.

It jumbled as it...formed into another sentence.

And the sentence was...The Demon's Oath.

However, the words, The Demon's Oath, soon began to move. It moved towards the demon who was kneeling.

And what it did was...it attacked the demon.

"AHKKK!!!" The demon screamed loudly as he felt pain all over his body.

However, despite that, the demon...was still kneeling.