( Anos's POV )
Anos flew around the Duke's manor a few times without attacking as this was his first time actually seeing a human settlement and he had no idea what he should expect.
As per the legends, humans were supposed to be in possession of mythical siege weapons that could launch large boulders the size of a big tree, but no matter how long Anos waited for the humans to bring out those weapons, for some reason they did not.
There were no trebuchets rolled out, no crossbows, there were no powerful mages aiming a beam of concentrated fire at him, nor were there any grandmaster level fighters who had come out to stop him.
"Have modern humans forgotten the ways of their ancients? Why do I see nothing that was described in the legends?" Anos questioned as although he had this burning desire within him to have a battle of epic proportions, it seemed like his wish was going to remain unfulfilled today.
When Anos had decided to come here, he was hoping to put on a show for the 12 Demon Counts following behind him on wyverns and to create a battle that would be remembered for centuries.
However, for such a fight to take place Anos wanted to destroy the formidable human weapons that made them so feared within the Demon realm, however, unfortunately he found none.
"Guess we won't get a good fight here Drogo…. Let's start destroying them whenever you are ready–" Anos said, as Drogo lapped the Duke's manor one last time, before preparing his Dragon's Breath.
***********
At the same time as Anos flew over the manor again and again, Nico interpreted his actions as the Demon King not coming here for war but rather to rescue the Demon Whisperer that was in his custody.
"That's right!" Nico beamed, as once he snapped out of the fear gripping his body, he deluded himself with hopeful lies.
"The only reason the Demon King must have come here is because we are holding the Demon Whisperer here.
That man must mean more to the demon king than we can ever imagine.
If the Demon King only wanted to make a statement he would never travel so far into the Empire to do it.
He could have just destroyed the Eastern or Western front.
However, he must have come here because he wants us to hand over the prisoner.
Someone quickly go and drag Eren out here, but make sure to point a knife to his throat.
We can use him to communicate with the demons" Nico instructed, as one of his underlings swiftly ran inside the mansion and to the underground holding cells, and returned within the minute with a sword pointed at Eren's throat.
Confused, Eren looked around his surroundings with no clue as to what was going on, with him feeling as terrified upon watching the black dragon as all the humans around him did.
"Quick! Demon Whisperer! Convey to the Demon King that we are open for conversation if he wants to talk.
However, he must land that beast outside our city and come here alone–" Nico instructed, as Eren looked at him as if he had lost his mind.
"What? Are you crazy? Do you really think you can negotiate with that man flying atop a dragon? Fucking beg for mercy if you want to live. Don't make demands–" Eren said, as Duke Nico angrily gave him a hard gut punch.
*Pah*
Spitting a mouthful of saliva, Eren keeled over as Nico pulled his face by his hair.
"Don't act smart and do as I say–" Nico said, as Eren looked towards the sky and took in a large breath of air.
[ "O GREAT DEMON KING ANOS, I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM—" ] Eren began in demon tongue, as before he could even complete his sentence, the approaching black dragon opened its mouth and let out a devastating dragon's breath.
[ System Notification - You have died courtesy of the Black Dragon Drogo.
It is detected that the player is already at level 0 and cannot lose any more levels.
You have been banned from logging into the game for the next two days, and will be respawned outside the Empire upon your return ]
Eren died instantly under the Dragon's Breath, as his death was so fast that his brain could not even properly register the heat that he felt.
Duke Nico had miscalculated thinking that the Demon King actually gave a rat's ass about Eren, as he really did not.
The Demon King was here for one reason and one reason only which was to burn Thumba City to the ground and there was nothing that could stop him from doing so.
Thankfully for Eren, this proved to be a blessing in disguise, as after his death although he was barred from logging into the game, he was informed that he would be spawned at a random point outside the Empire, which gave him a shot at a fresh start.
Had he not died here today, he was probably going to be forced to teach the Demon Tongue to some humans for the next few months to come and would not progress as a player at all.
Compared to that, this was a much better fate and hence Eren welcomed it with open arms.
However, Duke Nico found little solace in Eren's death as while Eren and most of the men around him perished instantly under the dragon's onslaught, Nico himself survived, thanks to a life-saving treasure that activated just in time, enveloping him in a protective barrier.
Thanks to that, he had to witness the horror of a dragon attack up-close, as he saw his ancestral manor that he lived and grew up in all his life, be turned to rubble within seconds, with everything precious and valuable inside turning to either dust or rubble.
—-----
/// A/N - Hahaha, you guys are just awesome! I set the target to reach top 15 and you guys pushed me to top14 within a day.
Welp, as promised today will be a 5 chapter day with this being chapter 1 of 5.
Also a special shoutout to patron william_poss for donating 60 GT in the past two days alone. ///