Chapter 1: I Am Roan, a Student of the Demon King Academy
A vicious-looking demon stood behind a black stone podium in an eerie classroom filled with torture tools hanging off the walls.
He was Enos, a Diamond (Tier VII) furiataur. He had two massive bull horns that made him resemble a wild beast walking on its hind legs. His hulking physique was wrapped under a scarlet robe, and his scarlet eyes obscured by his hood’s shadow reflected a chilling glint. (T/N: A fiend bull)
The words carelessly scribbled on the blackboard behind him were:
【How to efficiently torture a human and collect Terror Energy from their shrieks.】
“Terror is different from charm, but they share the same fundamental properties… Our energy also stems from human faith. Our believers might not praise but fear us, but that is worship too. A dead worshiper is meaningless as only a living worshiper can provide energy to us.
“Jot this down. We have to instill fear in our prey while avoiding excessive torture that may cause death or insanity.
“What we do loses its meaning once our prey stops reacting to external stimulus, so the best kind of torture should be bearable. But it could backfire on you if your torture is too light too. For instance, your prey might relish in it. That’s another situation we have to avoid.
“Focus! You shouldn’t think you don’t need such knowledge just because you aren’t a furiataur. Even a succubus can learn a thing or two from this. Never let your prey think that they have grasped you. Only when you remain as a lofty existence will simps will they treat you like their deity… I hope you have learned more than just crude seduction techniques from Lilith.”
This was hell’s highest education institution, the Demon King Academy.