Merciless: The Exiled Knight
Ch 7's. Awakening the Black Mana

>>Dining room of the devil's royal palace.

This time, Luciferd looked dumbfounded. In a very spacious room, he was surprised to see what kind of food served on the dining table.

Luciferd sat facing a very large dining table, opposite the Behemoth that sat beside Azazel.

In addition, the Queen Beelzebub also sat right in the corner of the table, mediating between them.

"What's the matter Luciferd? Don't you like our food?" ask Beelzebub.

Luciferd glanced at Beelzebub. "T—no. I'm confused about your food" he replied.

Luciferd's confusion refers to the unusual form of the entire dish served on the table. The hue of the food appears dark, like rotten food.

Luciferd was even stunned when he saw a monkey skeleton, which was located on top of a pot filled with soup with black sauce.

Beelzebub laughed in response to Luciferd's confusion. "I forgot you were a human being." The Queen immediately flicked her fingers, suddenly some of the food dishes located near Luciferd turned into a common food for humans. "Please choose which one you like, Luciferd. Eat with fullness, because you have to get used to living here immediately" said Beelzebub.

Luciferd momentarily glared at the foods, had swallowed his saliva when he saw a dish of grilled chicken meat that was very appetizing. "good. Thank you for understanding me" he replied. Without further ado, he grabbed and devoured grilled chicken meat.

All six of Beelzebub's sons were shocked to witness Luciferd's behavior, which seemed to be very, very disrespectful to them.

The most upset Asmodeus tried to stand up to intervene with Luciferd, but the Behemoth swiftly restrained him.

"Let him, Asmodeus, go" said Behemoth, forcing Asmodeus to reoccupy his chair, though the breath in his chest was still stirring.

"But he has defiantly preceded His Majesty Mother" Asmodeus protested in a soft tone.

The Behemoth snorted for a moment and said, "Look at Your Majesty."

Asmodeus glanced at Beelzebub. The Queen seemed to be smiling to see Luciferd eating the dish with greed.

"You will only harm yourself, if you dare to disturb the peace of Her Majesty's Mother" Behemoth said.

Asmodeus was silent, for a moment focusing his attention on Luciferd, who was now seen drinking a cup of drinks typical of the demon kingdom's palace.

"Ekhem. Her Majesty Mother," said Azazel, intending to rebuke Beelzebub for too long delaying their meal.

Beelzebub finally woke up. "sorry. You can eat first. I want to see how Luciferd enjoys eating it to the end" he ordered.

"B—baik, Your Highness Mother." Azazel looked at all his brothers. He was astonished by the attitude the Queen had shown to Luciferd.

The children of Beelzebub immediately ate their own dishes, following Luciferd who almost finished eating his dishes.

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After finishing the meal together, Luciferd seemed to disappear from the room. He had apparently been in the backyard of the palace to continue sword practice, while Beelzebub and all his sons were still eating their meals.

Beelzebub turned to Behemoth. "How was your training? Did Luciferd show his basic abilities?" ask the Queen

The question, preceded Behemoth by standing from his chair. "Luciferd has a very extraordinary sword swing power, Your Highness Mother. I was even briefly wounded by a single strike of his sword," Behemoth replied bluntly.

What Behemoth said, shocked all his fellow demon brothers, even more so for Asmodeus.

"M—must! Don't lie to you Behemoth! There's no way you can lose to a little boy like that!" asmodeus Protest.

Mammon, who sat beside Asmodeus, also expressed his disbelief. "Don't tell me you're not serious about fighting it. The behemoth I knew, never let my guard down in any way" protested Mammon.

In response to complaints from his two brothers, Behemoth remained calm. "If you don't believe, it's tantamount to belittling the grace that Her Majesty gave Luciferd" he said.

Beelzebub laughed out loud. "Good Behemoth! Goody! You seem to understand why I brought Luciferd here" continued the Queen.

Azazel suddenly stood up from his chair. "Your Majesty Mother has given some of her power to Luciferd. It's just how the boy managed it well" he said, giving an explanation to Asmodeus and Mammon.

"All of you sit down!" beelzebub's order, made his three sons re-occupy their seats.

Beelzebub immediately got out of his chair, then walked towards the window of the room. "I hate weakness and despair. That's what I've seen from inside Luciferd, ever since he received ill-treatment in the kingdom," Beelzebub said, observing Luciferd practicing the sword from the window of the room.

The Queen seems to be really optimistic about her choice, which falls on Luciferd. He has bestowed some of his basic dark magic on the former prince of the kingdom of Grantarte, hoping that the boy can convince all of his demon sons.

"I admit that your dark magic is extraordinary. So give Luciferd a chance to show his strength as well" said the Queen.

"Okay, Your Majesty Mother," replied all the sons of Beelzebub in unison, except Asmodeus.

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"Luciferd, put down your sword. Try to fight me with your bare hands" Behemoth asked.

"B— alright." Luciferd slowly inserted the sword into the scabbard, then formed a horse that was used as a defense. "I'm ready" said Luciferd.

Behemoth snorted. "Before, did you find out about where?" tanyakanya.

"Where? Isn't that the spiritual energy possessed by a magician?" Luciferd asked the question again.

"really. Mana was the basic energy a magician possessed. Each witch has different mana capacities" Behemoth explains.

"Oh .. well," replied Luciferd, as if he had understood what Behemoth had said.

"So you understand?" ask Behemoth.

"Yes. I already understand about where," replied Luciferd.

The behemoth instantly gave off its dark aura. The aura formed a black radiance that shrouded the Behemoth's body. "Then what about this?" the question came back, making Luciferd be amazed.

"Whatis that? Why is your body emitting a black light?" Luciferd asked the question again.

The behemoth immediately flashed a smile. "This is black mana. The only mana that only all the sons of His Holiness Mother have" Behemoth replied.

Luciferd was slightly stunned, his knowledge of magic seemed to be very difficult to understand the Behemoth's words about black mana.

"What's the difference between black and ordinary?" ask Luciferd.

"Good question, Luciferd." Behemoth immediately walked his feet toward Luciferd. "The black mana was much greater in reaction to its magic power than ordinary mana. His penetration was even a hundred times what any witch man possessed. Black mana also provides many advantages for its users. One of the proofs is the healing magic I showed you, "behemoth added.

Luciferd. "Whoaahs! So that ring you're wearing, it's got a lot of black mana?" ask him innocently.

"true." Behemoth clenched one of his hands, showing the ring he wore to Luciferd. "Every son of His Holiness Mother, has an object that is used to store black mana. Only you have it in your body" Behemoth said.

"Huh?! Me?" Luciferd was astonished.

"Yes. It's just, you don't know how to master it yet. Therefore, I will teach you how to master the black mana in your body" Behemoth replied.

"M—master it? I just found out that I have black mana" said Luciferd innocently.

The Behemoth walked back to where it stood at the beginning. "Alright Luciferd, show me your black mana reaction" he asked.

Luciferd did not understand the Behemoth's words. "B—how? I don't know at all," he said.

Behemoth grunting inside. "Lucifers. Aren't you a prince of the kingdom of Grantarte?" ask the demon boy.

Luciferd is down. "B—take. Maybe now I no longer deserve the status of a prince," he replied gloomily.

Behemoth turned to Beelzebub, who saw their conversation from the second-floor window of the palace. He then nodded, as if to give the Queen a chance to show Luciferd something.

"Lucifers!" beelzebub Himbau, making Luciferd turned to look at him.

"Y—Your Majesty's Mother?!" Luciferd only realized the existence of the Queen, who had witnessed him practicing the sword.

"You are a very weak human being! Always take for granted the ill-treatment of those rotten humans! Imagine Luciferd! Imagine!" Beelzebub cheered, instantly evoking the reaction of black mana synergizing in Luciferd's body. "Imagine how you suffered while living inside that cruel palace! You are weak, helpless, and desperate! No one will listen to you, look at you, or even care about you! Imagine all your suffering, Luciferd!!!" the fiery cheer of Beelzebub.

Luciferd became reminded of his bitter memories during the reign of the kingdom of Grantarte. Tears were suddenly shed as he recalled the ill-treatments he had received from all members of the royal family.

Suddenly, the black mana flow centered within Luciferd's body instantly grew and overflowed, until it inched out its body.

(Kummoo!)

The black mana glow suddenly shot up into the sky of the Devil dimension, shocking the entire demon kingdom population who were doing their daily activities.

"Prince Azazel?!" asked one of the residents, looked up his face while seeing the black radiance that came from the royal palace.

"No. It seems to be from Her Majesty the Queen. The power of such a large black mana, possessed only by him alone," replied one of the other residents, astonished to see how the magic radiance grew and continued to grow, crashing into the sky of the demon dimension.

While in the back yard of the royal palace, Behemoth seemed surprised by the black mana radiance that came out of Luciferd's body. Luciferd himself even lost his consciousness, because that consciousness had been completely overpowered by the black mana he possessed.

"It seems, I have awakened the soul of my ancestor. Luciferd completely exceeded my expectations," the inner Beelzebub, who was laughing out loud as he watched the event.

~Tbc