Book 3: Chapter 60.2: Royal Court Part II

Book 3: Chapter 60.2: Royal Court Part II

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The door to the three-meter-tall grand double doors to the throne room open with a quiet creak, revealing dozens of demons on the other side, all of which are strong enough to squash me like a bug. And each one of them begins filing into the room before forming a large quadrant about half a dozen meters in front of the raised dais were on. They then all perform a bow, kneeling down low and saluting with a synchronous, We greet Your Majesty and are grateful for the audience you have given us.

You may raise your heads, Gramps says, his tone having gone slightly cold as opposed to the warm tone he uses with me.

They all do so before each of them continues, We greet Your Highnesses.

Out of the corner of my eye, I find Leonidas nodding his head, so I just do the same, deciding that mimicking him is the best option for me right now. And it seems to work as they all focus on the King again.

Out of nowhere, another person appears in the room, immediately attracting my attention to a man who is now standing about a meter away from my throne to the side, on a lower step, symmetrical to where Raiden is standing. And I can tell the man is a ghoul before I even finish identifying him.

|CedricTor de Blackheart Ghoul Level 1822|

Is he The Reapers brother? Because he really does look very similar to him. And he has the same names as well, with the exception of his first name.

Royal Court is now in session, please make your pleas and be heard by His Majesty one by one based on your ranking, the man says, making me realize hes probably some sort of prime minister type guy. At least, by the way he sounds. Or maybe a royal guard?

Almost immediately, one of the demons stands up and moves forward before kneeling again. The man has a very similar appearance to the Lady of Devouring, albeit with a much lower level.

Your Majesty, I wish to go to war with the Blackwater Duchy, with your permission, the mindeater states, and Gramps turns his head to look at another demon before asking, The state of your territory, Duchess Blackwater?

After they make it to the throne, each of them bows, albeit not as low as the rest of the Nobles did. Then they each greet me as well, with the exception of Leonidas.

Welcome to my Court, Demon Lords, Gramps says with a nod. And may it be everlasting.

May it be everlasting, each of the Demon Lords declares, reminding me of something Gramps had told me before. About that exact phrase and how its meant to signify the eternal reign of the Demons of Tartarus. Of the Kingdom built across the world so that it may never fall again, like it fell to the Empire of humans long ago.

Something I find rather curious considering the fact that there arent any other nations or races on the planet. So who exactly could it fall to? Aside from the humans on Earth and the creatures from the Void.

Actually, are there any other worlds out there with intelligent species on them?

Probably, Tar answers. The fae have a connection to the world of Tartarus located directly beneath this castle where we can cross over into the mortal realm. It would make sense if there are two inhabited planets already, but we dont have a connection to any other world. We didnt even know Earth existed until the Fractures began.

Oh. Right. I think you mentioned this before.

My eyes are directed towards Gramps when he stands up from his throne with a powerful aura blanketing over the entire throne room, making everyone in the room begin kneeling. Although he seems to avoid covering me with his aura, so Im spared from it.

Then he begins speaking, I have an important announcement to make to the Kingdom. And I swear I hear his voice twice. Once echoing in my head, and once from him standing there.

Its because hes spreading his aura over the entire planet, speaking into every last demons mind right now, Tar says, making my jaw drop open in shock.

This is probably important then.