Revenge of the Serpent

Chapter 27

The Lake of Rage, one of the biggest bodies of water in Hell, according to Asmodeus.

“Before the demon kings had started to grow in power, this lake was occupied by water demons, their numbers increased to the point that their forces could rival even Wrath’s army,” Asmodeus spoke as they rode on Lily’s back, heading towards where the massive fire had erupted from. “Though Wrath had managed to conquer it despite that, but of course, I’ve had my eyes on the lake too, and in the end, it’s mine.”

“Who do you think is doing that?” Theodore guessed that maybe Wrath wanted his domain back, although causing a big commotion like this didn’t seem like a smart move for a great strategist Asmodeus had said Wrath was.

“Maybe it’s the rebellion group.”

“Rebellion group?”

“Demons are similar to humans, there are low-ranking demons comparable to earth's chimpanzees or gorillas, they aren’t as intelligent as us but they can speak and have their own personalities, though they’re mostly seen as slaves or laborers to the other demons.”

“If they aren’t intelligent, how can they rebel?”

Since Theodore was sitting behind Asmodeus, he couldn’t see her expression, but judging from the tone of her voice, it wasn’t hard to tell that she was angry. “Low-rank demons have a slim chance to evolve, then they’ll become Mid-rank demons, they will gain more power and can be considered a proper citizen of a kingdom.”

“So there’s a leader among them?”

Asmodeus huffed. “She dared use the name ‘Lilith’ to call herself, she’s very arrogant even for demon standards.”

Theodore glanced behind him, looking at Rhys who he dragged with them. “How strong are the low-ranks? Can he take them on?”

Asmodeus hummed as she thought about it for a moment. “For me, they’re like flies, I can kill them with a single strike, I guess they’re around…B rank? I can’t say for sure, you humans are the only race that uses this system.”

Rhys frowned with a tilt of his head, as if trying to look at Theodore. “Are you going to make me fight?”

“What else? I’ll work you until you die,” Theodore turned around and stared at the blonde with cold eyes. “Oh, and that reminds me of something, I still haven’t beaten you up for what you’ve done.”

Rhys swallowed down an invisible lump, fortunately for him, Lily was a fast swimmer and she’d managed to bring them to their destination in only a few minutes, meaning that his beating would have to be put on hold.

Asmodeus hopped down first, followed by Theodore then the hesitating Rhys. The demon king looked on ahead and saw amphibian humanoid creatures chasing each other around.

While each one of the mermaids have different-colored scales, they all have webbed fingers and feet, only a minority of them have the lower body of a fish, their ears were shaped like fins and their eyes were wide, seemingly gleaming in the darkness of the depths.

The surrounding area had pillars of flames shooting up from the floor, where the complex markings of a magic circle could be seen. These fires would sometimes hit an unlucky demon that was running without looking where they were going, making it easier for the chasers to catch up to them.

Worn-down stone buildings that made up a small town would be struck by these flames as well, some of them were even powerful enough to topple a part of tall buildings down, causing it to crash onto unfortunate passers.

“Y—Your majesty!” A demon child swam towards them as an older demon was chasing him.

Asmodeus lifted her whip and struck it vertically, the lasso arched around the kid and hit the head of the other demon behind him, decapitating the unlucky man in an instant.