Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

"That was wonderful, Lady Raven!" Red clapped his hands together as soon as the six archdukes left the premise. A sadistic smile made its way towards his face.

*Sigh*

"Are you sure that this was the optimal way to settle this? Why did we have to go on the offensive like this?" She asked Red with a bored expression as she tried to hide the fact that adrenaline was rushing through her veins.

She had just bullied six demon archdukes, the rank that should be the top of the demon world, just under the cardinal sins that were the ancient lords of the demon world.

During her little demonstration of power, Kayla had given her a quick summary of their stats and they were quite similar.

[Name: None

[Race: Demon

[Class: Archduke (Noble)

[Rank: SS+

[Racial Abilities include: Soul Devouring, Demon Magic, Shape-shifting, and others.

[Own Abilities; Can't access]

If it wasn't for Tu's help, it would have been impossible to make them submit like they did.

The skill "Apprentice of the Primordial Light" was still in cool down, with one day left, meaning she would not have been able harm them or protect herself if they decided to attack her. 

Even Aella and Zeru would have been powerless in front of them.

"I'm not sure about the optimal way to settle this," Red replied. "However, these six are my retainers and the rulers of the central region, which contains the largest demon population, simply because they are the strongest around.

"I don't care much about the demon population myself, so I never check the way they rule, but I can guarantee that they rule with power, and power alone.

"That's why I urge you not to feel bad for them." Red said as Raven was able to feel a sinister dark aura surround him. "They are all murderers and much worse, I wouldn't hesitate to kill them all if I didn't need someone to carefully watch the population."

Raven could feel that it was almost something personal between Red and the demons. She was almost sure that he 'hated' them.

"Hm, I see. So, let me ask you this," she said while taking a deep breath. "How do you have six followers that are this powerful, and furthermore, you have some of the Cardinal Sins following your orders? No, I even think the real question is… just who are you exactly?" She asked while scanning him quickly.

[Name: None

[Race: Demon

[Class: Unknown

[Rank: Unknown

[Racial Abilities include: Soul Devouring, Demon Magic, Shape-shifting, and others.

[Own Abilities; Can't access]

"Oh, I am but your loyal servant, Lady Raven," Red suddenly smiled sincerely, surprising her.

"Ok, whatever," she replied in disappointment since he didn't really answer her question. "Oh, before we run out of time, what can you tell me about you and the seven sins?"

Thinking for a moment, Red shook his head. "At this moment I cannot tell you much, however, I promise to tell you everything soon. I'll start from who I actually am, and why I'm pretending to be one of them. But just not yet.

"We are on a verge of war that is more dangerous than just a few demon lords having a fight. There are more players in this than us and the seven sins- Oh, speaking of the demons, here they come-"

Just as he said that, two shadows suddenly materialised near the door of the room, kneeling.

Once they were entirely visible, Raven found herself looking at two relatively young looking demons.

One was a young girl that was wrapped in a beautiful pink dress. Her long hair was silky blue that matched her eyes. 

The other was a young man with yellow reptilian eyes and matching short hair. He was wearing a beautiful garment that seemed both luxurious and good for protection.

Whereas the girl's expression was that of fear, the young man had an expression that was akin to respect.

"Master," both called out, supposedly to Red, with a bow. 

"You've asked for our presence, Red?" The yellow haired man asked.

"I did," Red said after a nod from Raven. "And why call me Red? Is the word master too large to fit in your mouth?"

"Hm, excuse me master," he corrected. He seemed rather uncaring and didn't take offense, even though he was one of the Seven Cardinal Sins.

Looking towards Raven, they were both surprised to see her sitting on Red's throne, yet they didn't comment.

*Sigh*

"I guess there's no need to act in front of two demon lords that can easily tell my power level," Raven stood up with a sigh. 

Approaching the two demons, she could feel a familiar sense of weakness and dread, similar to when she had stood against Ramira before activating her skill.

Activating her Analysis skill and performing a quick scan, Kayla found nothing of relevance so she didn't even bother Raven.

[Name: None

[Race: Demon

[Class: Unknown

[Rank: Unknown

[Racial Abilities include: Soul Devouring, Demon Magic, Shape-shifting, and others.

[Own Abilities; Can't access]

"Ok, so to keep things short," Raven said. "My name is Raven, and I am your new master."

Hearing that, they both glanced towards Red who was just simply smiling.

Seeing that, the yellow haired man shrugged his shoulders as the blue haired girl didn't know how to react. 

Raven seemed too fragile and weak, yet Red didn't mutter a thing. They didn't know whether this was a test or if the girl had something hidden up her sleeve. But that didn't change the fact that their best course of action would be to follow her orders.

"Hm, no questions whatsoever?" Raven was almost surprised, seeing how they didn't even question her or Red. "Are you willing to follow me just like that?"

""We have no questions, mistress,"" they both said.

"Ok then, Blue, was it?" Raven looked towards the blue haired girl and asked: "so I've heard from Red about Violet, the cardinal sin of pride, but what can you tell me about him?"

"Mistress," Blue said. "Violet, or Lucifer, is supposedly a traitor that defied our master's- err, previous master's orders.

"Red has asked us, before, to construct portals connecting our world to that of the humans, while refraining from constant attacks.

"However, Violet has been using the portals to attack the Human Plane constantly. After some investigations, we've found that he's been working together with some other demon lords and forming their own faction.

"The current factions are myself, Red, and Yellow forming one faction, which leaves Violet, Green, Orange, and Cyan, that are forming that other faction."

Hearing that, Raven seemed more confused than ever. Red was hiding some critical information from her. 

'Why did he order them to construct these portals? Why are they forming factions against each other now? How did they even awaken after such a long slumber, all at the same time?

'Someone else is involved in this, there must be…' Raven thought to herself while remembering Red's previous words. 'This is more than just a fight between some demon lords and yet I have little to no information about what's really happening…'