BECOMING THE DEMON KING

DEVIL CANDIDATES CONCEPT

Hearing all he just explained, I then realize that I have started down a destination that I can’t even imagine, the path I am on right now is an outrageous one. I didn’t ask to be chosen as a devil king candidate, plus why me? I finally decided to live and pursue happiness, but now 20 devil king candidates? What is it going to take to be chosen as the new devil king and am I ready for all this?

“So, you are telling me that there are 20 candidates and one of them will become the new devil king?” I questioned in a soft tone.

“Yes, that’s right,”

“Well, I guess I believe you, I can’t deny that there is a demon hovering beside me,”

“But, what if I don’t want to be the new devil king? Because I never signed up for all of this, all this is too much for me to take in,” I stated in a low tone.

“Listen, if someone else ends up becoming the devil king, your wings and arrows will be taken away from you, but if you become the devil king, you get to use them all you want. So, you should do it for your happiness,” he explained.

“My happiness?”

I started explaining to him that I don’t need the purple arrow that kills people, and I won’t need the red arrow after I make my uncle turn himself into police custody for all his crimes. After a few moments.

“All I have ever wanted is ordinary happiness, I don’t want to become the devil king,” I explained hoping that Mordecai would understand.

He went quiet for a moment.

“Alright, I understand, if that is what you want. Now, come with me let’s go and turn your uncle in,” he said in a high-pitched voice.

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It has been two days already; I have shot my uncle with a red arrow and made him turn himself into the police. I got more than five hundred thousand dollars from him mostly from the money he stole from my parents.

After having this much money for the first time in my life, I am currently staying in a five-star hotel.

It was nighttime, I was sitting at the edge of the bed in my hotel room. The room was painted with white and gold, the bright yellow light coming from the chandelier illuminated the entire room, the cold air coming from the AC filled the room with a chill.

I never thought I would enjoy this type of luxury in my life.

“It’s reported that the comedy star Rodriguez is romantically involved with even more women,” The loud sound coming from the television news snapped me out of my thoughts.

I raised my head and gazed at the large flat-screen television that was right in front of the bed.

“Three young ladies have been previously identified as having serious relationships with the star, today two more names were added to that list, here is what the star has to say,” The male reporter stated.

The reporter moved the camera over to the star. Immediately I saw the guy, my mouth opened wide, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

A demon that looked like Mordecai was floating above the guy’s head. I stood up from the bed and looked at Mordecai, who was floating above me.

“Mordecai take a look at the television,” I said with my eyes wide open.

Mordecai flew close to the television and gazed at it.

“It’s a demon like you,”

“Other people can’t see the demon, right?” I inquired with my gaze fixed on the demon on the television.

“Yes, other people can’t see the demon except for devil candidates like yourself,” he responded.

“There could only be one reason why the demon is following this comedian, the guy is a devil king candidate, he is one of the 20 candidates,” We continued watching the news as the comedian continued talking.

We saw a woman standing next to the comedian, she looked like she was madly in love with the guy.

“This guy must be using the red arrows on these women,”

“Yes, the red arrow can be active on up to 21 people at once, I mean they just said he was dating five women, if it’s true, he could still shoot up to 9 more people,” Mordecai explained. I picked up the television remote that was next to me and increased the volume of the television.

“Does this mean that all the women in the world are in love with me now? If that is true, I feel like I have become a handsome devil, hey, I was only joking,” The comedian said with a wide smile across his lips.

“I feel sorry for those women he shot, it doesn’t seem fair,” I mumbled.

Mordecai turned and looked at me. “Trevor you are so kind,” he said.

Watching as those women act around that comedian, a thought then hit me, I don’t ever want to be in that position, I hope that those red arrows don’t work on me.

“Is there a way to protect someone from being shot with a red arrow?” I questioned.

“There is, didn’t I tell you about that when I gave you the wings and arrows?”

“No,”

“Ahh, sorry, I guess I forgot to tell you,”

Mordecai started explaining to me that the arrows don’t miss their target, but there was one exception to that rule, and it only applies to a lucky few. He then told me that the wings are faster than the arrows, that once I fly away, the arrows can’t catch me which means that ordinary people can’t escape the arrows. After that he went on to tell me that the effects of the red arrow wears off within thirty three days.

After he was done explaining everything about the red arrows to me. He shifted his gaze over to the television.