Slayers And Heroes

The Demon King Reborn

An alley was completely shadowed. Dumpsters were interspersed for the block the alley ran. A small wind picked up, blowing a newspaper across the alley entrance. A small whirlwind began to stir up in the center of the alley. A red rimmed white hole opened, sending a large gust of wind out of it. Out of it flew a being who slammed face first into a wall.

"Augh, that bitch! Sent me through my own chronal distortion! I'll kill them! Kill them both!" The being said.

It looked around, seeing where it was. It also saw blue sky overhead. At the opening of the alley, it saw the sun's rays illuminating the busy street. Cautiously, it walked to the opening. There was enough shade to let it peek its head out. It saw many people. Some with strange features on their bodies.

"Demons? In broad daylight? But I am the last one..." it said.

"Hey, buddy, if you're gonna go out in the street, do it," he heard from in the alley.

It turned around and saw a person in ragged clothes, a full gray beard, and a nose like a tapir.

"I could use a quick pick me up," the creature said.

"What do yo--" the man began to ask.

Before the person could finish asking, he was immediately gone. The creature grimaced, wiping blood from the edges of its mouth.

"Ugh. Should have chosen someone cleaner. That human was filthy," it said.

It continued smacking its lips. Something else about the human it just ate tasted... odd. Almost like the blood of the human had spices in it.

"Tapper?" It heard another human ask.

This human was a woman. She had greasy red hair. Her mouth and nose looked like they were an ape's. Like the man the creature just ate, she was also filthy and wore rags.

"What did you do to hi--"

She was instantly eaten too. The creature wiped blood from its mouth with another grimace.

"Why are people of this era so filthy?! Unless... they are in destitution..." the creature wondered.

It then smelled something behind it. It turned around and saw a normal looking human man in a blue shirt and black pants. The man looked horrified at what he saw the creature do. He was holding a black plastic bag and holding a door open.

"Y-you villain! What are you?! Someone! Call a pro-he--"

His screaming got cut off by the creature instantly dashing by the human. The creature had eaten the human's head.

"I am Moon Zero. And I need to learn more about this age." The creature said.

Moon Zero walked into the building. Humans ran away from it as it walked through the building. Moon Zero saw a multitude of humans with abnormalities. Some had animal features. Some had additional growths. Others looked normal. Moon Zero knew it wouldn't learn more about this era with everyone running away from it. Moon Zero used its Blood Demon Art to create a portal in front of the crowd that would lead them right back to it. Everyone stopped in fear of what the demon would do.

"I don't have unlimited patience, so I'll make this simple: tell me where I can learn more about this time period, and I'll let you all go free," Moon Zero said.

"Th-there's a library just up the street..." one of them said.

"And what does it look like?"

"It... it's just up the street. It says library on it... but it won't be open... it closed an hour ago..."

"There. Was that so hard?"

The portal disappeared, and Moon Zero walked back out the way it came in. Another portal was created, which floated down to the end of the alley. Through it, Moon Zero looked both directions and found the library. The portal phased through the door and into the darkened library.