Prologue: Terrible Past, World Chaos, and A Strange World

Tokyo, 23rd April 2024

It was 10 years ago, where the whole world were shrouded in mist of eternal darkness. Sorrows, despair, discord, evil, they are everywhere.

I was with my contractor with my 4 other friends, fighting evil, and rebel against darkness. About my contractor? Well, he was a very stubborn yet strong-willed guy. He really sucks at making friends, too. I am his first friend. I found him trying to escape from the great "Core of Darkness"; he was still an ordinary person at that rate. I helped him out by finding a very safe spot for hiding until the Core of Darkness vanished.

Well, good old memories. Since I am his first friend, he decided to make a contract with me. Why? Because I'm a devil, but I'm not like some devils who are evil. Let's just get into the case. I think my contractor wants to meet with someone.

"We have gone through this far now, I really feel tired of this darkness. But there's not returning back now or maybe that snake will devour the whole world if I don't summon the goddess of the sun."

I replied, "Don't do that. From her cold feelings, I'm having a bad feeling."

"Don't really care, I'll summon her now." he said.

He flashes a sign of the Contractor of Light, the sun goddess, Amaterasu, descends from the sky.

"It was a fortunate to meet you again, amateur."

"Shut it. Who are you calling amateur?" he replies

"It was you who insisted that you wouldn't have to see me, did you?" the goddess asks

"I just short on people here." he replies

"I see. Are you really felt sorry for the departed humans? If yes, I can't help it because you're too late. You only care for her only." say the goddess.

"Cut it out, I didn't call you here to chit-chat. You must want something out of this, let's just go."

"Haha, what an ideal contractor. No wonder why I chose you."

"Ideal? Doesn't really care, though"

"Such a rude human. Fine then, will you make a contract with me now?" ask the goddess

"I'd like to, but what's your goal?" he asks

"Only one, to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi. When this is achieved, the contract ended." say the goddess

"Still the same as the last time, but if that's your goal, I will make a contract now."

He flashes a sign of the Contractor of Light towards Amaterasu, which means the contract with her begins, now. I'm still feeling uneasy with her around.

"The deal has been made. Orochi's army is nothing but small beings that is weaker than humans. With Orochi's defeat, they will disperse." say the goddess

"And I wouldn't dare to doubt your power?" he asks

"I, Amaterasu, the sun goddess compared with weaklings. Hah! Don't even compare me with those insects!"

"You shouldn't underestimate him. He's not the one you met before."

"You shall see soon enough, Contractor" say the goddess

As they done talking, our sworn enemy, Yamata-no-Orochi, appears.

"Here he is. As I expected, he grew bigger." he says

"It's only his appearance. Afraid now?" say the goddess

"Shut up. I'm getting tired of your blabbering."

"Ah, arrogance. I guess it's better than being scared."

"You're really talkative."

"You summon me to save her life. Although more human will be killed, your city will be safe. Other contractors would never make same choice." say the goddess

"I have no interest in being judged by you. But she'll remain rejecting me. That's kind of hurtful."

"I Agree, contractual relationship to fulfill each other's condition."

"Tch…"

"Get ready, Contractor. He will take over the world soon." say the goddess

Yamata-no-Orochi finally showed up. This might my last battle with my contractor. So I'd better not fail him. All we have to do is just go to his lair.

"Hey, Nyx. You ready?" he asked me. I nodded.

"Prepare yourself, Contractor. Your devils might be no match for him." say the goddess.

"We'll see about that."

We're getting closer to the serpent's lair, where Orochi is waiting. The darkness here is dense. Although I'm a devil of darkness, this is my first time that I hardly walk in darkness.

"Well, well, well. Look who's here. The contractor of Amaterasu, you are smart enough to entertain me." Orochi said.

"You're only a snake that's only big in size and mouth. So shut up."

"You little scum. You will be done for after I'm done defeating Amaterasu, and I welcome it will happening today. Amaterasu, do you see the darkness within me?"

"What a sickening sight, Orochi." say the goddess

"You must be really aware of this darkness, and you will become part of it soon. The darkness will eat you, it will be a terrible experience, but you will enjoy it soon enough."

"You'll never defeat me, serpent. One doesn't simply get to be the goddess of the sun. I'll make you learn your lesson."

The battle finally begins, and it's between life and death. My contractor's devil parties are Odin, Nemain, Abraxas, Brynhildr, and me, Nyx. Plus, Amaterasu, the sun goddess that just joined a while ago.

Odin gets her first attack, as the King, I mean "Queen" of Asgard; she has her trusty spear, Gungnir. She launches a powerful attack on Orochi using her Gungnir skill. Next one is Abraxas; I have known Abraxas since I started a contract with my contractor. Abraxas is a manager of the lowest level of a sky tower that has 365 floors, and she really like eggs. But Abraxas' power is superb; she often summons destructive waves to someone who annoys her. She unleashes her destruction skill "Destruction Sonata" on Orochi. And lastly, Brynhildr; I didn't know much about her, because she just joined us yesterday. If I heard from Brynhildr, she's a really strong knight. Brynhildr uses her strong attacks while battling Orochi. About Nemain, I don't know much about her. Most importantly, Nemain is a really mysterious girl and she never talks.

Now its Orochi's turn, but I didn't get a chance to attack him. Besides his serpent-like appearance, he has multiple kinds of weapon. Orochi countered our attacks by his ultimate skill "Full Moon Slash". It doesn't really hurt at his first attack, but he suddenly launched his second ultimate attack "Evil Sword Slash". Such strength, he pounds me down in 2 consecutive attacks. Odin, Brynhildr, Nemain, and Abraxas still survived. I'm such a weak devil. Next one is Amaterasu; she uses her ultimate finishing move "Paradise Requiem" which defeats Orochi. I'm still phased out, but I feel that my body slowly vanished. I'm trying to wake up, but my body feels heavy. I heard my contractor sound in despair, but we defeated Orochi.

"How? With all of my darkness stored for a long time." say Orochi

"Your darkness is useless? Don't worry, they will be mine now." say the goddess

"Wait, what do you mean? Can you just speak clearly?" my contractor asks

"Orochi will soon absorbed by me, the world will be at peace, and the woman you're trying to save shall be safe right now. And yet, the darkness and light in this world will be mine."

"I-impossible… I, Yamata-no-Orochi, absorbed? No, this can't be!" say Orochi

"No! Stop it, Amaterasu! STOP IT!"

My contractor tried to stop Amaterasu, but it's too late for him. This is the end for me, and the others. I clearly saw my contractor vanished mysteriously, and the whole world turned into a void.

[Unknown, 23rd April 2034, 10 years later]

It has been 10 years after the world turned into void. While I have been stranded in some dark place, even I cannot recall who really I am. And yet, I think I have been tied up by long, heavy chains that keep restraining me. But, my question for now is, who am I? What am I just now? And where am I now? And these chains, I tried to escape from them, but it seems impossible for me as this chain will never want to get separated from me. I started to lose hope for living, as my body started to get cold and these chains are tightening.

I miss my contractor, I miss my friends, and I swear to revenge against Amaterasu, who already make the world into eternal void. All I need to do is finding out who I am and run away from this place and find my contractor. But, I still wondering why I'm getting cold, after I find out, w-well this is embarrassing, I'm undressed plus I'm no longer Nyx. Just like I'm reincarnating into other devil.

I wonder what'll happen to me next, looks like I have to find out by myself….

END OF PROLOGUE

By: Serena2016Serenity [DMT IGN: LunaSerenity]