330 How to Gain a Powerful Ally Part 4 (1/2)

The battle was coming to a conclusion. Most of the monsters that had been attracted by Sewah's power had already perished, while the rest were still struggling to put an injury on his massive and extremely resistant body.

Injured, but still alive, the demons looked on without any intention on helping out. Sewah's attacks were too powerful, and in their eyes, there was no reason why he would be able to distinguish them from the monsters, the moment they would join the fray. So, after finishing off all of the monsters left, the large number of demonic cultivators approached the area where Sewah was fighting, and formed a circle around him.. Helping only if required, but in the end, aside from killing one or two monsters that were sent past the barrier of demons, no help was required.

After a few minutes of fighting, the last of the monsters was killed, leaving Sewah alone, and standing on an area of which nothing but dust and the corpses of the monsters remained.

The sight of him standing in his berserker state for a good minute after the end of the battle, was enough to give a scare to the many demonic cultivators, who wished all but to face him while in the state he was currently in. Their worries were set aside, however, after Sewah's body began to shrink back to his previous size, and his eyes became clear once again.

Now sane, Sewah turned to look at his surroundings. He was new to the skills of the owner of his body, and he wanted to make sure that he hadn't killed anyone he shouldn't have killed.

Standing around Sewah, was the commander of the forces of the faction of the beastmasters, along with the young woman, her wolf companion, and the chief of the aerial division.

When the first factions of hell had decided to leave to explore their former home, a war between factions had started. The two coalitions were made-up of the factions who wanted to keep hell as an isolated world in which no powerful group from the outside universe could set foot on, and the factions that had grown arrogant enough to claim that there was nothing to fear in the powers of the outside universe, and that their arrival to hell was a gift that had allowed for their people to evolve into a superior species, which was made to be stronger than the weak humankind of which they were once part of.

Part of those who wanted to preserve hell, was the faction of the beastmasters. Their main worry was that the powers of the outside universe, due to their massively larger amounts of resources, could have been able to progress faster than they did.. and that if they opened hell to humanity, they would ultimately end up being once again kicked out of their home, just like their forefathers had been, uncountable years before.

Amongst the numerous factions who wished to challenge the universe, were the Law of Mimicry, the Church of Damnation, and a faction called 'The Ungovernable Bunch'.

The Ungovernable Bunch was a faction made out of all of the groups and families of raiders, isolated tribes, and overall rowdy groups of demons. Naturally, the Oni tribe was part of this faction.

At the time of the war, The Ungovernable Bunch and the faction of the beastmasters had engaged in battle more than once due to the proximity of their territory. To this battle, had taken place both the commander of the army of the beastmaster faction, and Ro'ah.. Commonly known as the leader of the Oni tribe.

The two had never truly engaged in battle, but they had been aware of each other's presence for the whole duration of the war, which had ended only after the appointed leader of the Ungovernable Bunch had been slain by the Demon Lord that lead the beastmaster faction, and her companion, a legendary demonic beast who the entirety of hell's inhabitants knew as 'The Lupa'.

The war came to an end when the leaders of the numerous factions agreed on keeping hell closed, but only under the condition that, the faction who wished to leave, would be allowed to.

After the end of the war, the beastmaster faction had been given the role of guarding the gates of hell. The death of the demon lord of the Ungovernable Bunch, on the other hand, had caused for the faction to disband, only to regroup once every hundred years to participate to the signing of the demonic pact as a single faction.

A very long time had passed since the war, and thanks to the meeting that happened once every hundred years, the beastmasters and the former members of the ungovernable bunch had managed to find a way to erase their enmity.. And that way, was to ignore each other's existence.

For the commander of the beastmaster army it was a great surprise to hear that the leader of the oni demons had decided to walk the pilgrimage alongside them, but since the representative of the Cruga family had vouched for him, he had allowed it.

However, what was an even bigger shock to him, was the power that the Oni Demon possessed. Only a hundred years had passed since their last encounter, and while he knew that the Ro'ah he once knew had become powerful enough to kill one of his rivals in duel, he certainly did not expect that his power could have grown so wide.. To a point where he believed that the only demon more powerful than him within the convoy, was the demon lord himself.

The young demoness quickly noticed that the commander was in a state of shock. So she took the initiative, and stepped forward. On her face was a polite smile which matched the gracefulness of the words she pronounced ”Oni Leader Ro'ah, we greatly appreciate your help in this battle. We don't know how many more would have died if you had not intervened.” she said with politeness.

Next to her was her four legged companion, whose mane burned like hellish fire, and whose eyes remained pointed at Sewah's body. Its size was bigger than when Daniel had saw it the first time, but smaller than it was during the fight. Now, it was standing at the height of a young demoness.

It was not the first time for Sewah to hear the name of the demon whose body he had possessed. The first time, had been when he had shown up to the borders of Animalicus, when one of the patrols had recognized him, and called him by his name. It then took a really difficult and awkward conversation with Eken, to find out that Ro'ah was the name of the leader of the Oni Tribe.