Book 1: Chapter 56: Demon Society Part II

Book 1: Chapter 56: Demon Society Part II

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To start off, the demon society is a lot more like the fae than the humans, Tar says as I stare up at the ceiling. There are the noble demons, who you know are all Class V, except for their children of course, and then there are the four Demon Lords, and the Demon King. And every last pure blood demon is required by blood to follow the orders of the current Demon King. Its just in their blood. Instinct.

I shiver at the thought of being tied down to obey the orders of someone else.

Wait, you said every last pure blood demon. Does that mean Im safe from that?

Indeed, you are, Tar says, not explaining any further before he continues the topic of demon society. Out of the demons, there are various noble races, and the only ones who can become a Demon Lord are the nobles. Meanwhile the only ones that can become the Demon King are amongst the Demon Lords.

I lower my head to narrow my eyes at the tanuki for a few seconds.

How do they know that the demon kings commands wont work on me if Im the only half demon to have ever existed?

The seven noble clans consist- Tar begins, but I cut him off by stating, Tar. Answer my question.

He opens his eyes and looks at me, conflict clear in his gaze before he eventually sighs.

Father has known about you since you were born, and lets just say you were given an order by the Demon King once as an infant, but the magic in the order simply bounced off of your human blood, failing to take any measure of a hold on you, Tar answers, making my entire body stiffen up.

I I was close enough to the Demon King once for him to be able to give me an order? Face to face?

How is that even possible?

I apologize, but I am not allowed to give you that information, Tar says, burying his face underneath his paws on my chest. Know that I have already stretched the rules set in place by father about what I can tell you on this matter.

By the stars... does that mean

Dont take the information based on assumptions, Tar says, stopping my thoughts. There are thousands of blood lycans, some of them even having been exiled from the clan. And not all of the blood lycans are equal, nor are they all closely related. Even if they are all related in some way, albeit very distantly related.

I let out a sigh of relief.

Good to know Im probably not directly related to the Demon King, even if Im partially of the same species as him.

Wait. He said thousands of blood lycans. As in thousands of noble demons of just a single species?

The hell?!

Good to see that you noticed, Tar says. The Fractures arent just on Terra, or as the world used to be called, Earth. They begin on the home world of the demons, Tartarus, where the demons can pass through to your world. But the demons that are able to pass through are limited by the Fracture core, so they are often kept strictly guarded to help organize what you call Demonic Assaults better, since the weakest demons, the spawn, are often without sapience.

Thats horrifying.

Yes, Tar continues, his voice taking on a grave note. Many humans, and even Guardians at the lower level, assume that the demons are not organized or are mostly unintelligent creatures bent solely on destruction. But thats not true. Not in the slightest bit.

Then why are they attacking us?

Tar opens his eyes and glances at me with a frown.

We dont know.

That has me frowning as well.