How To Be A Demon lord: The Former Hero's Journey As A Demon Lord!

Pyra looked around the battlefield with calm eyes that accessed the scene around her. There were hundreds of dead bodies on the floor and the blood on her clothes and body was already becoming too much. She would have to wash before she can continue this mission later! Human blood was disgusting! Pyra couldn't even feel proud of the bloodstains because of how weak the humans were. if the humans had put up a better fight then she might have felt proud to be stained by their blood, but the only thing she felt when she looked at herself was that she was dirty.

Pyra flicked her hand to get rid of some blood and she looked up again to see how many soldiers were still alive. Most of the soldiers were dead and some of them managed to escape into the forest. Pyra could still see some soldiers running toward the forest and Pyra started to walk forward to hunt for them. They won't be able to get very far before she catches them - wait.

Pyra narrowed her eyes suspiciously as she saw someone that she recognized. The person she saw was Dray but Pyra couldn't believe what she was seeing. Wasn't that boy dead? Pyra had a very good memory and she would always remember that she killed this boy in Aquinas. Wasn't he the one that uses black flames? He was the only one that put up a good fight in that useless kingdom.

,m Pyra wasn't too sure if that was really Dray and she just decided to go and make sure herself. She blasted off the ground with a 'Boom!' and chased after Dray! It wouldn't cause too many problems for me to just check.

Andromeda looked toward where Pyra was going curiously. Where is Pyra going? Andromeda opened a communication circle and spoke directly to Pyra.

"Where are you going? We aren't finished with the humans yet. Did you find something?"

Andromeda was wondering if Pyra saw the hero. That would be the only good reason for Pya to suddenly leave like that! If Pyra found the hero then Andromeda needs to also come along! But Pyra responded that it wasn't the hero.

"I want to confirm something, it is just my curiosity. I'll return before you finish with the soldiers,"

Pyra responded in her usual short sentences and she shut down the communication circle and continued after the boy she saw. Andromeda was curious about what Pyra meant but she decide that it wasn't her business since Pyra told her that it was okay. Andromeda just continued killing the soldiers around her.

Pyra raced past some of the terrified humans and entered the forest.

Dray and Quinn were riding through the forest at breakneck speeds when Dey suddenly felt intense energy coming from behind them! Dray was used to sensing high-ranking energy because of the training he did with Elias! Elias would usually ambush Dray from positions that Dray couldn't see so Dray had to learn how to sense where Elias would be coming from. Although Dray still couldn't stop Elias even when Dray knows where Elias was coming from, the constant threat to his life allowed him to develop a very keen sense for high-ranking Mana!

This time, Dray knew that the mana he felt could only belong to Pyra. This means that Pyra was behind them! No, not just behind them, she was coming after them! But why!? Dray couldn't think of a reason why Pyra would be chasing them! Did Pyra finally realize that Quinn was the hero? Did Pyra find out and now she's coming after us?

Dray grunted as his horse jumped over a tree trunk in the way. Dray got his horse back under control before he looked back to make sure Quinn was still following him. Quinn was right behind him so Dray just made his horse go faster! He could feel the magic signature getting closer and that means that Pyra was coming towards them faster than the horses were running! Seriously, what the fuck is this woman!? She can run faster than a stallion!? Isn't she just a monster!?

Dray started to become frantic as he looked around him. He needed to find a place to hide properly. Dray knows that there is no way for him and Quinn to escape from Pyra if they are just running away. The only option they have now is to find a way to hide.

"How long do we need to run!? Will they still be after us?"

Quinn was the one that said this with an annoyed shout and Dray completely tuned her out as he kept ok thinking of ways to hide. Dray knew that Quinn couldn't sense that Pyra was right behind them so Quinn wouldn't know how fucking close they were to dying! Dray thought about abandoning Quinn but he cursed again when he remembers that Elias would kill him if he dares to abandon the mission! This mission is more important than my life!

Dray looked around with narrowed eyes and his eyes finally widened when he saw something in front of him. Yes, this might work!

"Stop the horse! We're getting down here."

Dray suddenly made Quinn stop as he stopped his own horse and Quinn looked around at the forest. Why would they stop here? Quinn asked Dray this question but Dray completely ignored her as he slapped the horses on the back and made them continue on their own. Dray then grabbed Quinn by the hand and pulled her behind a thick shrub at the side of the road! Dray cast a magic spell that cleared their footprints and he bent low.

"Just shut up and come down here! Don't say a word and don't take any deep breaths. Just... Stay calm,"

Quinn had no choice but to listen to Dray once she saw the seriousness in his expression! She just narrowed her eyes in annoyance and calmed her breathing! Thankfully, she has been doing a lot of breathing exercises in the training camp so she could easily hold her breath for thirty minutes if she had to. If she lowers her breathing enough then it was likely that no one would ever know where she was. Quinn wanted to see what it was that made Quinn so spooked.

Quinn looked out through a small hole in the shrub and her eyes widened as Pyra walked into the exact place where they just left. Shit! Quinn was absolutely shocked! How long has she been following us!? I didn't even hear a thing!

Pyra was looking at the ground and she could see the horse tracks leading further down the road. Pyra narrowed her eyes at the tracks and took a closer look. There was something strange about the tracks that the horses left from this point on. The horses seem lighter because the tracks weren't as deep as before. Almost like the riders were no longer on them! Did those two get down from their horses and send the horses off to try and escape from me? Fools.

Pura rose up to her full height and she immediately activated a skill.

[Mana Pulse - S] has been activated.

This skill was the same one that Rosavellt used a long time ago to check if there were any traps in the letter she received from Dulla. The skill releases a pulse of mana into the specified place that you want to search and the mana you release reacts with any foreign Mana in the surroundings and bounces back the location of that foreign mana to you. It was a very useful skill that was used to search for a locate unwanted magic signatures.

Pyra knew that if Dray and Quinn were hiding around here then the mana pulse will send back a signal and she would get their exact location. But once Pyra sent out the pulse, there was a bright light that suddenly encased the forest around her, and hundreds of tiny little lights started to fly out from the trees, and they all started to surround Pyra! Pyra was shocked for only a second before she just closed her eyes and pouted. Dammit. She had no idea she was in a Sprite Nest.