Chapter 24

“Who dares trespass in the demon lord’s domain?” An intimidating-looking creature sitting on the throne cries out seconds after I step through into a menacing looking throne room.

My magic has good aim, as I literally walked right into the monster's lair, it seems. The demon sitting on the throne has massive horns on his head. He is covered in rough, thick, red skin, and he is like ten feet tall. He’d be seriously scary if I wasn't completely trusting in my ability to make up any spell to make things go my way. I have already created a barrier which surrounded the throne and its connecting rooms so that we won’t be obnoxiously interrupted by annoying generals and all of that crap.

Although, I instantly understood why Aura is not interested in raising her child here. The lava along with the side moats, the massive black and red columns, and the intimidating sharp edges on the throne are not baby approved. This is a place that definitely needs a decorator.

“Me?” I finally answer after examining the room. “You can just call me the hero. I’m here to make sure that you leave humanity alone.”

“You dare threaten the great me!” He shouts, “I will destroy you!”

“Ah, papa, what is going on? I wasn’t able to leave out the hallway-” A girl suddenly takes a few steps into the room before stopping.

“Ah, my cute daughter, let daddy handle this!” The man's expression suddenly changes as he looks at the girl. 

I glance over at her. She has black hair, is wearing a long black dress, and has bright violet eyes. She is completely unlike her father, having a beautiful form, looking to be in her late teens with D-sized breasts and a fantastic figure. The only thing demonic appearing is two small horns that popped out on the top of her head and a devil tail that came out the back of her dress.

Before I can admire her more, the demon lord leaps from his chair, coming at me with a massive sword of fire. I don’t have much time to react, so I create a magic that will block that sword in its tracks. His sword strikes an invisible barrier a few inches from my skin, and he is forced to jump back. Ah, that was too scary!

I immediately create another magic that prevents him from using magic. His magical sword immediately disappears, and he makes a noise of surprise. I then craft a final piece of magic. The ground suddenly rises around and engulfs him. In less than five seconds, the demon lord has been completely subdued, trapped in a three foot thickness of rock all around his body with only his head pointing out the top.

I bring up my sword, walking up to the demon lord. “Ah, that was easy enough! Well, now to just strike you down.”

I move to swing the sword and cut off his head, but a sudden shout stops me. The girl runs across the room and leaps against the rock, stopping me from making the blow without hurting her.

“No! Please, don’t hurt papa!”

“It’s okay honey, escape while I hold him off!” The demon lord roars.

Of course, that is just silly. He isn’t holding me off or anything. The girl doesn’t let go, stubbornly clinging to the rock with her eyes closed, even though I have already stopped swinging and put my sword away.

“Please, Hero, please don’t do anything to my father. I-I’ll do anything if you don’t kill him!”

Anything, she says? Like butt stuff?