Chapter 6: Book of the Demon King
"What? The book of demon king!" Ulysses never expected that he would get such an answer. His previous inexplicable hunch really came true, but this answer was more than a hundred times worse than any worst result he could think of.
"Yes, the book of demon king or Book of Curses is the real name of this book. If you own it, you will inherit the power of the demon king, lord Astaroth and become a new demon king. And I, as the guardian of the book of the demon king, and a familiar Spirit will always be by your side, guiding you to practice and use the knowledge and power recorded in the book of the demon king by lord Astaroth." Aya looked at Ulysses with excitement, she looked like a big bad wolf looking at Little Red Riding Hood, making Ulysses shudder.
"Master, you have been recognized by the book of demon king at such a young age. You will definitely be the youngest demon king in history. Aya is proud to be your familiar spirit. Originally, Aya thought that the people who can be recognized by the book of the demon king must be the old men who have practiced the dark power for hundreds of thousands of years. Those old men have nothing but dark power in their heads, and they will probably not say a word for a hundred years, how can they chat with Aya like you, master. Aya is so happy."
"Wait! I'm a level four light mage. How could I be approved by the book of demon king! Could there be a mistake?" Although Ulysses couldn't withstand Aya's intense gaze, the matter was so important that he had to ask clearly. Ulysses still had such a trace of hope in his heart. He hoped that the book of the demon king had made a mistake, because no matter how he thought about it, as a light mage, how could he become a demon king.
"Eep? Master, you are actually a light mage." Aya was taken aback. This made the little hope in Ulysses's heart a bit bigger, but Aya's next words immediately shattered that little hope.
"But it doesn't matter. Since the book of demon king chose you, it means that you have the qualifications to become a demon king. As long as you have talent, race or profession doesn't really matter. And I heard that there was a former demon king named Lucifer who was a god of light before he became the demon king. Even a god can become the demon king, so master, you will not be a problem..."
"Wait!" Ulysses Interrupted Aya. Somehow, he always felt that there was something amiss about Aya's words. ‘What is not right?' Ulysses began to think carefully about every word Aya had said. Aya looked at him curiously, not upset that Ulysses had interrupted her.
‘That's it!' Ulysses finally knew what was not right. In this world, there was only one supreme god who had the power of light, and there was no other god of light called Lucifer at all. Thinking along this line of thought, other doubts began to be exposed one by one. There had been only three terrifying demons known as "demon kings" on the continent since ancient times.
The first demon king appeared in ancient times, his name was Delka, and he was the king of the strongest race, vampires, among the demons at that time. In order to compete with mankind for the hegemony of the continent, he led the vampire race and a part of the dark races to launch an all-out war against mankind, known in history as the "war between humans and demons." In the early days of the war, the vampire race relied on their immortality and the special ability to turn other races into zombies through bloodsucking, defeating the human army and occupying most of the continent. But humans soon found the fatal weakness of the vampire race-their strength in the sun would be halved, and their heart would die if they were pierced by a silver weapon. From then on, the battle had been turned, and a large number of human armies equipped with silver weapons began to counterattack. Within three months, the vampire race and its allies were defeated, and the vampire race, the main enemy force, was exterminated by the human coalition forces. Delka himself was killed by Béla, the holy swordsman who owned the Phantasm "Holy Light Sword". According to legend, Delka was bloodthirsty, and the people who died in his hands were torn apart by him, so they were called "the demon king of blood".