Chapter 1 cont.
The demon slowly closed in on the small town, its wings were flapping fast because of the strong wind coming from the sea.
He was humming to himself one of Lord Demiurge's favorite melodies –the opening theme of Yggdrasil-.
He looked at the village that was below him now, then his eyes followed a thin road all the way to the large building sitting on the rocks.
He had casted [Invisibility] and various other anti-detection spells long before getting close to the human settlement so he wasn't doing anything to conceal himself as he hung over the village, looking intently on the building on the rocks.
He would gladly gut everyone in the town but he was here to merely observe the town folk. Lord Demiurge has heard that these people were somehow different in his interrogations in the Holy Kingdom.
That building however, resembling a temple of sorts was giving out a presence that he was very familiar with. A demonic presence…
After some contemplation, he decided to kidnap the folk of the temple. He would hit two birds with one stone, they needed parchments and information on the folk.
Both could be obtained in the 7th floor after he got them through the gate.
After Demiurge-sama hears his perfect execution, he was sure Demiurge-sama would let him play with a couple of the inhabitants –he hoped there was more than one-. Maybe he would even get a pat on the back from the Supreme One. Kehehehe, I will be his royal clown…
He laughed maniacally and bolted towards the building.
His Yggdrasil name was the Clown of the Dark Magician, a mid-tier demon that specialized in Yggdrasil offensive magic that ironically sounded like magic tricks besides the fact that they weren't tricks and just spells from 3rd to 8th tier that one way or another could inflict some sort of damage or de-buff.
For being around level 35 the clown had access to very powerful spells but it had terrible physical attack, physical defense and a limited mana pool.
The clown's sentience was exceptional for a mid-tier summon of his level thus he was chosen to be summoned by Demiurge for this small mission.
He could not teleport them straight to 7th Floor because of Nazarick's anti teleportation defenses.
"I shall teleport the sheep to ours spot with my implings then meself will disturb Demiurge-sama for the teleport to be arranged" the clown giggled to himself. It was hard to read what he was feeling because of the permanent smile on the clowns face. The smile went from one ear to the other.
He materialized a flamboyant looking golden scepter and casted his 7th tier spell, [Gimme Gimme]. 7th tier spell [Gimme Gimme] was a spell that teleported all mass except gear above epic tier and beings above level 30 in its area of effect to any pre-discovered location within a three-mile radius around the caster.
The spell channeled for a couple seconds… Then the building slowly begun to warp and distort, everything including the air, people, furniture and walls got sucked towards the center of the spell and vanished with a high pitched "pop".
One poor fella was right at the edge of the area of effect and got half of its body sucked by the spell. The rest fell down at the other side of a door which was now visible to the clown. He giggled as the body hit the stone with a pathetic puff.
'Ooooooh well…'
He couldn't manage to put the whole building inside the AOE. One of the towers was still standing while rest of the building was replaced by a perfect semi-spherical crater. The wind fiercely filled the emptiness left by the spell. The strong wind closed the tower door with a bang.
He immediately touched to the mind of one of his imps. 'Have you gotten the sheep?' He thought. He was suddenly enraged by the imp's reply.
He miscalculated the teleport and materialized the whole mass twenty feet above the surface! The whole thing had crashed down killing everyone inside the church as well as three of his imps.
'Jotunn shit!' He had messed up. (Jotunn is the name given to the Giants that lived in Jotunheim)
What he did not know was that being a demon clown gave him a racial de-buff to its luck which caused the clown to make nasty accidents whenever it tried to use his powers.
He was perfect for scouting, but the moment he decided to do more, he guaranteed himself some of those nasty accidents.
The demon-clown was extremely agitated but his mood immediately lifted when he saw the tower door opening…
'Ah! There is one left. Honest to the Supreme Beings this one is coming with me and I will do the interrogation on the way back to my imps so I can show results to Demiurge-sama!' Elated, 'Guess you aren't going to be given to Guren this day me boy!' He dispelled the spell [Invisibility].
At the same times Berethur was having a second massive shock as he looked through the open door.
It was gone. 'The church.' …' What.' … 'Where.' … 'HOW?!' He tried to breath in.
Suddenly a wicked looking creature appeared couple meters above the crater. 'Who.' … 'When.' … 'Fucking HOW?!' He tried to breath out.
The creature clapped his hands and forcefully nodded. The bells on its massive hat rang in ominous high pitched tones. 'How did I not hear those nasty things before?' He was slowly coming to terms with the situation.
'So he was using stealth spells until now. He must be thorough for me to not detect him.' He examined the creature. 'Only thing that I can safely say is this ugly mother-plougher is related to what had transpired and thus it is powerful.'
'If he is as strong as he is ugly, I am dead.' He thought depressed.
He decided to learn more and reason, since he couldn't figure out a way he can defeat such a monster. His nightgown was a regular nightgown, he had a wooden stick. And he doubted his magic could rival that being's.
"So mister, would you introduce yourself and maybe I can let you into my residence." He was hoping this thing had some restriction like some creatures were told to have, which did not let them enter a building without being let in.
It was silly to think while looking at the crater but 'One can only hope' He sighed.
Much to his dismay, the creature giggled.
"Oh young master, it is so great to see that you are ready to talk!" Clown was actually disappointed that this human was so easy to converse with.
'Maybe I should interrogate him a little harder for this disappointment.' Clown clutched his scepter with one hand as he grabbed one of his toes with the other, giving a weird pose.
"I am but a servant of a humble lord, which is the servant of the Supreme Beings! You will be coming with me and we will enjoy our time together. That I promise my lord!" He declared.
'Ok, now I know this thing is mental' Berethur's eyes looked back at the crater where they saw a rising figure.
'Grendell!' Oh boy.
The Clown had lowered itself down to Berethur's level while still looking comfortable in his awkward
stance. The Clown was still contemplating what spell he should begin his combo with.
This was of great importance since he had to inflict damage but should not kill. 'Guess he don't need those limbs since we will be flying' he concluded.
It didn't realize the humongous humanoid rising from the crater.
The clown felt a thug on his free leg.
"Wha-"
He was kissing a part of the crater, or more like his head was lodged in to the dirt foundations of the building.
Then he was slammed to the other side.
The clown felt various parts of the crater as his body was brutally slammed left, right, left, right.
The slamming ceded when the body left the grabbed leg and flew lifelessly towards the sea. It fell short however, and slammed to the rocks. The featherless wings twitched one last time.
'OK.' Berethur thought. 'The nastiest thing in the air is dealt with by the nastiest thing on the ground.'
Grendell in the meantime, paused to look why his hand felt lighter.
'Whagght?' this one has left his leg and left. So soon!
"Grrrr." unsatisfied with the durability of his new toy, he began chewing on the leg instead. His eyes met the thoughtful eyes of the young man, still standing in the doorway.
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Since I have gotten some feedback, here is the rest of the first chapter. Thank you for reading!