I Will Conquer The World!

The three kings looked at the humongous city wall of Eryeth which was deserted with confusion.

There were no soldiers in the vicinity of the city wall or on the city wall, and it was completely silent.

They sent a messenger into the capital an hour ago with the message, 'You are surrounded by the combined army of Xanetia, Laitidel and Ikriven. Surrender peacefully and hand over Eryeth along with the kingship, and we will let you live. Or else, we will have to take the city over by force and you will be executed.' 

They waited for an whole hour but recieved no reply.

They finally couldn't wait any longer, and felt that if the messenger had not come back even after so much time had passed, he was probably killed.

Thus, they went in to the capital of Eryeth along with their humongous army, only to be extremely creeped out.

The whole capital was deserted and there were no living beings in sight, not even insects. The whole capital was engulfed in a gloomy and creepy aura, and no noises could be heard except for the footsteps of the soldiers. They occasionally saw blood splattered over the roads and shops, and dead bodies sprawled here and there.

The kings themselves felt an instinctive sense of danger in the capital, and hence were on full alert. They readied their swords and kept glancing at suspicious looking locations, trying to make sure that no one would suddenly leap out.

They finally reached the castle and entered it through it's entrance when they felt their heart lurch.

A dead body lay on the ground which was torn into pieces and behind the dead body stood rows upon rows of demonic knights, all standing in their spots stolidly.

Merrion recognized the armor that the pieces of the dead body wore. It was the armor that the knights of Laitidel wore.

All color drained out of Merrion's face as he realized what the scene in front of him meant.

Suddenly they heard laughter filled with madness echo through the surroundings.

"You people greatly underestimate me and my ancestors. Unlike you people, we never underestimated our enemies. We had perfected our technique in making demonic knights, and now the demonic knights can retain their senses.", said the king of Eryeth while looking at them with a mocking smile spread over his face.

The king of Xanetia saw his knights shivering and knew that they needed encouragement or they would crumble under the pressure.

Thus, he immediately shouted in a reassuring tone, "Don't worry all of you! We have strength in numbers! Even though they may be strong, they can't fight us if you all gang up on them!"

This seemed to reassure the knights as they yelled passionately, "Yes!", and, "His Highness is right!"

The king of Eryeth suddenly shouted, interrupting the cries of the knights, "Charge, my demonic knights!"

The Demonic knights and the knights of the three kingdoms charged at each other while yelling war cries.

The Demonic knights had the obvious advantage, as they easily butchered tens of knights. 

The king of Eryeth looked pleased as he stood behind the Demonic knights, far away from the bloodshed.

But, just when he thought that the battle would be won easily by him, a lot of demonic knights were stabbed by multiple people and died.

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Bernie was a demonic knight who was absolutely faithful to the king of Eryeth.

He would do anything the king of Eryeth ordered and even give his life for the king of Eryeth without blinking an eye.

He had originally followed the order of his king to become a demonic knight, thinking that he would go berserk like a beast and kill all his fellow comrades, eventually dying a pitiful death.

But, contrary to his expectations, he was perfectly in control of his body even after becoming a Demonic knight.

Today, he was suddenly summoned by his king to give him an urgent order. He was then explained about the current situation and the imminent attack by the three kingdoms.

He swore that he would not let a single knight from the three kingdoms leave alive from the capital of Eryeth for daring to attack Eryeth and went to the compound of the castle.

Just when he was starting to get bored due to waiting, a messenger clad in armor came into the compound.

He and his fellow Demonic knights did not even bother to listen too what he had to say and immediately killed him in the most brutal way that they could pull off.

They first cut off each of his limbs and then cut off his head slowly, making sure that he experienced the pain.

["Okay... I think that there may be some side effects on becoming a Demonic knight, even when they retained their sanity.", said the editor while chuckling awkwardly.

He continued by asking, "On another note, just what is the process on becoming a Demonic knight?"

The author responded by saying, "Originally, the normal knights became demonic knights by drinking a mixture of purified cursed stone mixed in water. They did this before a battle to become Demonic knights.

The improved version on the other hand is to inject the purified cursed stone mixture directly into their bloodstream, which would mix into their blood.]

Then, the army of the three kingdoms arrived, and the demonic knights who were already itching to battle started their attack as soon as their king ordered for it.

Bernie immediately slaughtered many of the incoming knights by stabbing them in their vital points in an inhumane speed. 

Just when he was about to stab the seventh or so knight, one of the knights stabbed him in his arm. This caught Bernie off guard as he grimaced due to the pain. After all, even though they were strengthened due to the cursed stone, they still felt pain.

He swore at the knight who had stabbed him and was about to swing his broadsword at him when one of the other knights stabbed him in his back.