「Demon Lord」King Oni Sengo

Chapter 2: Lost

—King Oni Yamato Castle, Outer Gate Number: 2976. —

[Library]

It had been five years since he had reincarnated with Gaia's help. The only thing I have done is read books from the [Great Library] learning information on various subjects, but the most important one is how to get rid of the curse that Gaia gave me for sure which was never to die. I have attempted suicide by various methods, but without being lucky enough to succeed, I am on a dead-end road to breaking the curse.

I don't want to think that my solution to breaking this curse is to fulfill Gaia's order to eliminate humanity.

For now, I'm just looking for more information that's important, like digits.

In this world called Little Garden there are digits separated from 1 to 7, each digit represents someone's strength, the digit [7] is considered garbage; In my case I am on the digit [4] [2976] to be exact, and this digit is feared by the lower digits, the fear of the digit [4] are the upper digits [3] [2] and [1].

But very rarely do you see a person of that digit going down to the lower levels, surely, they like to be in their world without the presence of those they consider rubbish like us who are inferior to them.

And there are too many in Little Garden that can be stolen or sold, you can also use it as an exchange as is the case with my father.

My father had a [Gift] called the Sun Authority which I never discovered since there are 24 Solars, which one was the one I had and I exchange because each one has different abilities such as the [Leo Sun Authority] that belongs to [Hero] Hercules, this [Gift] allows him to reflect all the weapons in the world, regardless of whether they were made by Spirit or even Gods. This [Gift] gives immunity to all kinds of cutting weapons even, this defense can be overcome by [Gift] that can kill Celestial Star Spirit, or weapons with Celestial/Spirit/Star Slayer attribute that are super rare to get as well as the attributes since there are not many with that power, the most well-known are Shirouyasha [Lord of the White Night] as the [Queen Hallowen] and also Gaia, she is also a [Celestial Star Spirit] but is sealed.

I don't want to go like a crawling dog to get their help to be honest, I'll look for a way to break the curse and commit suicide never to come back to life.

For now, the only good thing is that I don't lose my mind, those emotions rarely appear that end up turning me into someone else.

Although... He almost killed a brother... I need to find a way to control myself, thanks to my sister Nobunaga who kills me to recompose my composure and not kill anyone.

Seriously this is a very serious problem.

Also talking about my brothers, there is something super weird since they are incarnations of historical characters such as my sister Nobunaga, since she is Oda Nobunaga someone famous, I thought it would be a man, but I was very surprised when I found out that she had always been a woman. So, it was like shit that her gender went unnoticed in feudal Japan.

But I won't look for information about that, there are also my other brothers and sisters, since they are historical figures, they are:

Sasaki Kojiro (14 years old)

Okita Souji (14 years old)

Oda Nobunaga (10 years old, already mentioned above)

Lu Bu (8 years old)

Tomoe Gozen (5 years old)

Minamoto no Raikou (9 years old)

Raiden Tameemon (11 years old)

Katō Danzō (6 years old)

Mochizuki Chiyome (6 years old)

And the most surprising two Valkyries:

Þrúðr (11 years old)

Randgríðr (8 years)

There's something very suspicious here, I know a lot of things can be exchanged, but why would Odin leave two Valkyries as part of this family, there's a lot of information about Odin as his special eye that allows him to see the future. The only thing I can think of is that the two Valkyries are like a kind of insurance for Odin of something super dangerous... but who is the imminent danger that has made Odin prepare a preventive measure...

But leaving aside that kind of suspicion for now, there is also my father is a piece of shit, he has a great greed for power that forced his own children to marry so that the next parents will be stronger than the previous one.

Because of that disgusting thing, my other brothers who are not incarnations, named Senshi and Sensō, married our sisters Gadiān and Chie, and since they are now adults, they decided to leave the castle to have their own quiet life.

That tranquility didn't last long, though, as Gadiān and Chie were killed by someone who proclaims himself the [King of Beasts].

My brothers gave me Orichalcum to forge two spears to take revenge on the wretch who killed Gadiā and Chie as they are his sisters/wives who had their entire childhood as they receive training from the age of seven to twelve in different fighting arts so that after the age of twelve until the age of sixteen they study in the library and learn various subjects that they need to learn in Little Garden, as there are many things in this place that need to be learned. On a journey of exploration, you can find many types of monsters that you don't know, but once you read about their information as their weakness can save your life.

From this place you leave prepared to live in Little Garden if you want to make your own life, in which you always end up making a name for yourself that will be recognized by Little Garden that you have made an achievement.

But it's also dangerous to make a name for yourself, especially that of a [Hero], there are guys who hunt them.

Tac!

A gun had fallen on the table where Sengo was reading.

"Mhm... A shuriken... qui-"

—Seriously, Sengo, you're always locked up here reading books every day, trying to do something other than a bookworm.

Sengo saw the smiling girl, with long black hair with some white stripes pulled back into a ponytail and blood-red irises with thin pupils and thin black horns with blood-red on her forehead.

Something representative of all the Sengo siblings who always have blood red irises and thin pupils next to thin black horns with blood reds growing on their foreheads.

—You may be right Katō, but I'd like to distract my mind, I guess I've already given it a lot of time reading, I'll go back to my Forge to continue improving my forging skills.

Katō Danzō is Seng's older sister for a year.

—I'm fine with that, I'd like you to make me more shuriken because I'm running out of them haha.

—Seriously, stop voting for them too far, that's why you're running out of shuriken.

—Haha, I tried, but always by mistake it sent more force into my arms and sent the shuriken out of our father's territory. Katō said as he scratched the back of his neck with the index finger of his right hand.

—Hmpf I guess you're right, this body has more strength than a human. He nodded in agreement to what Katō said, "Well, I'm going to the forge to make more shuriken for you.

—Come on, I'll walk you to the forge! —He said as he smiled and they started walking to head for the forge, —By the way, Sengo, you think Sensō and Senshi will return home alive.

—Oh, are you doubting our older brothers, eh Katō. Sengo said as he smiled and mocked Katō.

—Never! —Katō exclaimed, —but... —he changed to a serious tone, —if our father had gone with them to confront that [Beast King] it would have been easier for them to come back alive.

Seng's face also turned serious.

"What Katō says is right, if our father had accompanied our brothers, they were more likely to return home alive."

"Yoshi-sensei had said that the [King of the Beasts] was in this digit [7547] south of it where there are many forests where the enemy has more advantage by knowing their territory perfectly, and Sensō and Senshi hardly know the geography of the territory from the map he had observed in the books of the library, but they decided to go anyway because they said it was their duty to retaliate for what they had done to kill Gadiān and Chie."

"And also, because they had spears forged by me, which I thought is stupid, if they use all the power of that spear, they will end up killing him, although they are not weapons for gods even so the spears have a superior power that steals your vital energy and destroys your bones and organs. With which I asked him to never break the limits of the spear because they would end up killing him or at least to get a little [Divinity] so that those effects would never happen to him."

—Fufufufu, Sengo looks at the lovebirds sleeping next to the bed. Katō said as he hid his laughter with his right hand, causing it to obstruct Sengo's thoughts.

He decided to go see who he was talking about.

And he saw a long dark blue haired boy with a few strands of his hair sticking out from his forehead to the sides and his horns and wearing a white Hanfu with a bit of dark blue in his suit and blue stockings on while he slept. He was holding hands with the straight-brown-haired girl in the same suit the boy is wearing as she is about to poke his neck with her horns.

Sengo watched as Lu Bu and Randgríðr slept together with a quietness and peace holding hands.

"... I see that they are very tired from the training they had done for Yoshi-sensei."

"Although I know that it is wrong to marry two people who are siblings, I can't help but smile for how happy they are together, I have seen how they grew up together and also now that they are receiving training from Yoshi-sensei. Their feelings became stronger as time went by, I don't know if I should consider my father crazy for matching him to get married... but seeing how they go, they will surely be happy."

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Bam!

Doors could be heard opening fiercely.

—What's up, Yoshi. —Yamato said, watching Yoshi agitated as he sweated.

—Yamato-sama... Sensō-sama and Senshi-sama... they died... —Yoshi said as Yamato looked at him calmly.

—Tell me, how they died. — Yamato asked.

—They died... with a big smile at the triumph of completely eliminating the [King of Beasts] with his subordinates.

—Heh, it's a victory for them, they can reunite and face Gadiān and Chie in the world of the dead for the triumph of taking revenge for their deaths... By the way, and their bodies where they are.

—Their bodies are being brought by the servants in the hippogriffs, they may be arriving here in two days.

—Okay... And you should also talk about this information to everyone, including their siblings.

—... Got it… —Yoshi said and started to leave the room to tell everyone Sensō and Senshi's information.

And suddenly, the wine next to Yamato exploded, splashing all the wine onto the walls and floor of the room.

—Tch, with this are four sons who died... —Sigh. —This time I won't let any of my other children leave my territory until they prove that they can live without dying outside of my territory.

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—Forest of Beasts, Outer Gate Number: 7547. —

(Before the deaths of Sensō and Senshi.)

Sensō and Senshi arrived at the territory where the proclaimed [King of Beasts] lives is a humanoid monster that measured 3 meters, its large body and muscular yellow fur surrounding it all over its body. Smiling fiercely, showing off his sharp teeth as he slapped a burly man with long white hair, reddish horns, and jet black. With one punch I end up pulling the fangs out of him and sending him flying more than 20 meters in the air and falling to the ground at an incredible speed, crashing into the earth and destroying the grass of the forest.

In the air, a less sturdy person, holding two spears of black and silver, began to bring his right hand together with the spear and prepare with all his strength to throw the spear at the [King of Beasts].

And he threw the spear with all his might, revealing a black silhouette approaching the Beast King.

The animal ears on his head began to move subtly, causing him to jump back a little bit. He smiled mockingly as he looked up at the other brother who had yet to be defeated but was disturbed by the smile the enemy gave him.

Explosion!

The explosion ended up burning his body and fur, leaving his back, arm, and chest bald.

Winking at the burns, he now knew from his enemy's smile.

Now angry, he began to mutate his body growing to 4 meters, his missing fur had grown.

The green irises changed to a deep black, the sharp claws grew to about 20 cm.

His skin became as tough as diamond.

The one he had sent to fly a few minutes ago had arrived with the spear that his brother had thrown.

He stabbed his chest very hard, but the tip of the spear had barely entered. It seems that the material with which the spears are made can do damage, but not much.

—Now you don't have a chance, Oni brats.

—Ha, ha, ha, ha! You'd like to check if that's true! —Senshi said.

—If there were, they would have done it by now, wouldn't they?" It's very silly to save a technique that can kill me to the end.

With that said, the giant monster ended up digging 5 claws into Senshi's center and then grabbing his right foot and throwing it very hard at his brother Sensō who was close to touching the ground.

While the brothers were eating dirt, the [King of Beasts] summoned his vassals to prepare their attacks so that he would kill the brothers who were already lying on the ground.

The less robust brother had gotten up first and spat on the floor.

—Shit, I really swallowed dirt. Sensō said angrily as he continued to spit and direct his gaze at the person who sent him flying.

—Senshi... That... —as he pointed out all the magic attack that was aimed at them until weapons recharged with spiritual power. If the guns hit the ground, even if it's close to them, they wouldn't be saved from the explosion.

Sigh. —My back really hurts. —as he began to make a sharp turn in the torso of his body. —Haah, what a relief. Well, there's only one thing we can do, but Sengo told us that it's forbidden to break the limits of spears.

—You have to use it; I don't want to die here and get to Chie and tell her to fail.

—Ha, ha, ha! The same with me about going with Gadiān!

The brothers smiled with amusement at the thought of how their wives would scold him for going to seek revenge against an enemy who lies far below their father. But far superior for both of us.

—Ha, ha, ha! We will put up with Chie and Gadiān's complaints and annoyances, together!

Sensō said as he extended a fist towards Senshi, who ended up responding, fist-bumping and smiling.

—I suppose from here, we'll just apologize to Sengo for breaking the promise.

—Our little brother is really going to feel bad about our deaths!

—You're right, the only thing that would make him devastated is to know that a weapon he forged killed a loved one of his. —Senshi said, his head down.

Regaining their composure with their brother, they began to prepare their spear and posture to break the limit of their spears and throw it forcefully at the enemy.

They began to remember what Sengo said about the weapons forged by them.

—Have your spears.

Sengo had forged two identical spears with Orichalcum that Sensō and Senshi had brought.

—Spears don't have names, they can give them any name and if they shout with the baptized name they can break the limit of these spears, but only do it when you become Gods or when you get [Divinity] so as not to destroy your body and consume your vitality.

—Ha, ha ha! Don't worry, we'll never break the limit of spears!

—... I hope so… — Sengo said, his head down.

—Come on, Senshi, we must use all our strength in this latest attack to reveal that our family is not weak and take revenge for our wives! —Sensō said.

—Hahaha don't worry, these pitches were made 100% of Orichalcum by our younger brother, you don't have to be afraid that it will break.

—Ha, ha, ha! Let's give it all our power, Senshi!

—OF COURSE!

—MOUNTAIN DESTROYER! —Sensō shouted

—DEVOURER OF THE HEAVENS! —Senshi shouted

All over Little Garden they felt a sinister and dark pressure devouring their skin, making them tremble with fear and weaken their body physically and fall to the floor, from the psychological exhaustion of the mysterious sinister pressure they are feeling.

While elsewhere a child reading a book in the library only opened his eyes a little.

—... So, they used it.

Senshi and Sensó threw their spears sending them flying at a supernatural speed, while flying the spears he was surrounded by an abundant dark aura and reddish rays. The spears came together, and in the abundant dark aura with lightning bolts, two round reddish silhouettes began to be seen, as if they were eyes.

As the spears destroyed everything around him, he began to approach the [King of Beasts] and his vassals.

—YOUR MAJESTY IS COMING A MIGHTY ATTACK! —A tiger man shouted, fearful because of the red eyes of the abundant dark aura that formed on the spears.

—QUICK DEFENDIIIIIIIIING— The [King of Beasts] shouted.

Crash!

The attack was stopped by a 10-meter green wall, until little by little the shield that protected them began to break.

—PUT UP MORE RESISTANCE, DAMN IT! —The [King of Beasts] shouted angrily.

KRSSSSSSSSSHH!

Until the shield was destroyed, all of them saw how the dark aura formed a sinister smile and the second a dark spiritual energy ended up killing them and destroying a large part of the Forest that continued to travel to the [World's End] of Little Garden.

The living ones of Digits 5, 6 and 7 saw a boiling 14-meter-wide road traveling to the end of Little Garden.

Sensó and Senshi were stunned by the power of the spears that had killed all their enemies and created a boiling path that continued past the digit 4 beyond the limit of Little Garden.

Their bodies began to be cut and splattered with blood. Until they began to cry out in pain silently from the crunching of their bones.

—Ugh... I guess this was what Sengo was saying, never to use the full power of spears.

—And wow, ugh... You're right, all the bones in my body have started to destroy and the internal organs are about to explode.

—Hahaha shit... we should have listened to him if we had obtained [Divinity] so that our body would not suffer these consequences.

—I suppose, but maybe it's too late, I lived a very happy life.

—Anyway, and don't forget that we got our revenge for what that wretch did to kill our wives.

—Pffhaha you're right, we can't be crying, we have to die with a smile that we won this fight without running away.

—That's how Senshi speaks! And we'll talk about this with our wives on the other side!

Senshi and Sensō clenched fists with a smile of happiness and tranquility as he laughed at his victory.

Until they died.

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"Those weapons were the cause of killing my brothers."

Sengo walked to a table where the spears he had forged for Senshi and Sensō were kept.

And he began to take out a katana made of Orichalcum and began to cut the spears into three pieces, rendering it useless.

Everyone was amazed at what he had done. It easily cut like a sheet of paper two extremely powerful spears that reached the divine weapons or even surpassed it.

But more surprised would be his siblings who knew how hard he worked to forge a good weapon.

—What happened, Sengo-sama!? —The maid Maria shouted in surprise. Taking the word for the same thing they wanted to ask him.

—Only by destroying those who killed my brothers... These weapons are just pure failure.

With that, Sengo began to march her from the great hall where everyone had gathered to see the dead bodies of Senshi and Sensō next to the broken spears.

As Sengo left the room, everyone saw an albino girl who is the youngest daughter of all her master's children quickly coming out behind Sengo.

Sengo walked a little fast as he heard the footsteps of someone following behind him.

When he quickened his pace, so did the steps behind him.

Until in a few seconds Sengo reached the door that led him to the giant courtyard of the castle where there is a large Japanese pond with a wooden path (bridge) over the water, while he saw the goldfish in the water.

Until Sengo stopped in the middle of the bridge watching the reflection of the stars and the moon in the water. And also, the reflection of the person who followed him.

A little albino girl with short neck hair with a ponytail accompanying her cute childlike appearance, wearing a miko outfit. His walk was now a little slow until he reached about a meter to Sengo.

—Has something happened, Tomoe? —Sengo asked, still seeing the reflection of the pond.

Tomoe just put his index fingers together, feeling nervously. Until I pluck up the courage to answer him.

—Yes... Sengo-nii... It's not your fault... by... Senshi and Sensō. —He replied shyly to his brother.

Sengo only winced at Tomoe's answer.

—...

Tomoe stared at his brother, waiting for an answer from him. He didn't like his brothers to feel sad and also the servants who took care of them. She is very happy watching how her brothers play with each other or fight to see who is the strongest or make bets among themselves. He has fun always being with his siblings, there are no moments when he is not having fun with his siblings. Her siblings Sasaki Kojiro, Okita Souji, Raiden Tameemon, Þrúðr and Lu Bu, always gave her a minimum of half an hour of rest time to help her improve her previous workouts before she turned 7 years old. With Oda Nobunaga, Sengo, Katō Danzō, Mochizuki Chiyome and Randgríðr helped him with other types of topics such as being a good strategist, forging basic weapons, a good sbinobi or killing without a trace, enemy information, and weapons, although he did not like to learn about it from his sister Chiyome.

And with her older sister Minamoto no Raikou she taught her manners, cooking, cleaning, and other types of household things, she had a great time learning from all her siblings on a subject that she likes to teach.

... When his brother didn't answer him, he crept up behind him without him noticing. He gave her a hug from behind, causing Sengo to shake his body for a few seconds until he calmed down and gave a blank look back at his face.

Sigh. —There's no need for this, Tomoe.

Sengo began to speak to him in a cold and dangerous tone.

—I suppose… You're right, but... I thought just like I'd need to do it to calm you down. —Tomoe said with a quality smile for Sengo. This only made his left eyebrow shake.

Sengo used his hands to pull away from Tomoe's embrace.

—Don't worry... I'm doing well. —He said to calm Tomoe down. —I'm going to my forge.

He ended with a hand saying goodbye to Tomoe. As she watched her brother's back come out of the pond and reach the castle gate, she said quietly with a bit of sadness that she had failed to help her brother.

Something unexpected happened that night for those who lived in the castle. They began to feel an evil presence near them until they discovered that Seng's forged weapons were the culprits.

Sengo had unconsciously brought back the madness of his legend to his [Origin].

—Hello Nobunaga-sama. —A servant said, watching as Oda Nobunaga brought Sengo's dead body.

—Hello Selena, bring some food to Sengo's room, he will surely need to eat something after the blood loss.

—Got it.

Selena had left while Nobunaga went to Sengo's room.

Sigh. —Seriously, too many things happened today, since the death of our brothers and now with the dangerous emotions that came to the surface of Sengo's forged weapons, this is going to get harder and harder.

Nobunaga said as he arrived at Sengo's room.