The Devil Takes the Night Shift

Chapter 1: The Devil Arrives to a Strange Place

This should've been an end to her evil reign. Years of conflict, years of pain. The demon lord's dominating reign over the world of Enatis has ended with one final blast.

The hero shot her attack, a powerful inferno directed solely towards one person. Its heat can be felt from anywhere that can witness its glow, illuminating the sky. It sends our villain flying off, and should be more than enough for a killing blow.

...Yet that's not what happened at all.

Instead, on the brink of death in a field on fire, the demon lord refused to die. Despite the damage surrounding her, she wasn't going to stay laying down here. She was more than willing to fight, even if her body certainly wasn't. In fact, she would've walked right back and taken on the hero once more if it weren't for two things.

One, she was blown very far away. The impact of her landing caused a great crater that destroyed about half an acre of land. The second is that her loyal servant arrived, preventing her from throwing her life away.

"Please my lady." She said. "We cannot afford to just attack when we are at our weakest." As much as it pained the demon lord, she knew that a tactical retreat was their only option. However, everyone in the land was aware of what they looked like. Blending in would be near impossible, unless they were in a world where their legacy was unknown.

Fortunately, the demon lord known as Pluto would have the ability to create such a situation. A spell she learned from her army's greatest witch, it took the remainder of her strength to open up the portal needed. If she had more power, as well as more time, she would've been able to ascertain where this would lead the two.

However, the screams of a man filled her ears. It was clear that this place wasn't as out of the way as she would've liked. Angry people wanting to end her life would soon be upon them. Thus there was little choice but to jump in before it was too late.

Pluto and her sworn retainer took their leap of faith, and found themselves in free fall through the portal's tunnel-like world. Or rather, the world between worlds. A serene place, where little could be heard. Where one could simply look at the blue hue of the only stuff to look at. Which would be the apparent tunnel walls. But this peacefulness wouldn't last, as her power was weak when creating it. The structure began to distort and threatened to end their own lives before they had the chance to begin a new one. Fortunately for them, their trip was a short one, and they fell to the hard... Pavement?

Gingerly, Pluto put herself up back onto her feet. She served the surroundings. This world that they had found themselves was nothing they could've ever imagined. This land was hard, but not with dirt or rocks. Instead, it was solid yet gray.

As a test, she snapped her fingers and attempted to create a spell. Yet very little dark energy emerged from her hands. It was clear that she brought them to a world where magic was either in short supply, or didn't exist. Already their plan had hit a snag. She was planning on bring her and her retainer to a world where magic could be used. But she didn't have enough time to search out a source before they were forced to pick the first place available. Admittedly, whether there were worlds that had magic like her own, was still up for debate. For all they knew, Enatis was the only location with such power.

As of now, they had yet to be spotted by anyone from this place. That meant it was time to take advantage of this, and take the time to learn of the ways of this world.

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Interesting... It seemed that most people in this world don't base their lives around agriculture. Not only that, but where they landed was known as a country called 'Japan'. For Pluto, that sounded like an outrageous notion. Why have country lines, when one could go out and conquer the world?