Unrivaled Demon's Odyssey

Nero furrowed his brows and said, "What are you humans then? Are you Saints? Or are you Victims? Are you perfect?"

"No one is born evil; they learn— from you demons. They try to become demons, but they can\'t. So don\'t blame demons\' faults on us humans. We are far better and evolved than you monsters," Darius asserted.

Nero stared into nothingness as though he was looking at nothing— a blank stare. His bracelet started trembling, but he didn\'t seem to care or even look at it.

"I did everything because I had no choice. I did what you demons did thousands of years ago. I just followed the laid path of you demons and tried to—"

"That\'s where you are wrong," Nero uttered.

His voice was different from the demonic voice he used to sound intimidating. His voice was multivoiced, as though many were speaking at once. Different accent, different pitch. One was demonic, one was angelic, while one was hoarse, and one was ethereal.

However, all his voice echoed, and his bracelet reacted to his voice.

Darius looked into Nero\'s eyes, and his face turned pale as if he had seen death.

"I never created gods to rule the worlds and realms. I never created angels to chant the gods\' divinity. I never created demons to be evil."

With every sentence, his voice was getting louder and louder.

"I never created humans to be a perfect race. I never created dragons to be supreme. I never created elves to be blessed. I never created one race superior to another. I never created one to be evil and the other to be kind. I never created one to rule and the other to be ruled. I never created life to be destroyed. I never created worlds to be annihilated. I never created realms to be obliterated. I gave everything one ever wanted, and I… will take everything one ever needs."

Darius\' lips trembled in fear, and his entire body— every cell of his body couldn\'t move an inch.

"Who… are—!"

"You speak too much." As soon as Nero uttered that, Darius\' body exploded, and all his organs splattered all over the room.

Nero moved his hand forward and said, "You have something that belongs to me."

A purple-colored core floated from the remains of Darius\' body— to Nero. 

Nero grabbed the core and muttered, "Got one, 13 more cores to go."

"Once I get all my cores, and I get rid of this annoying cursed seal off me— let there be me; let there be Chaos," he declared in a vindictive smirk on his face.

He closed his eyes and grabbed his head as he grunted his pain. "Argh."

Soon, the pain faded away, and he opened his eyes, then glanced around the room, only to see blood and organs all over the room.

"It happened again, didn\'t it?" he muttered.

\'But why?\' He asked himself, then noticed there was something in his fist.

He opened his fists, and his eyes widened as he saw the core. "What is this doing… here?"

"So one of my 14 cores was near, and that\'s why I lost control over my powers." Nero figured it out.

He opened his mouth and consumed the core.

Nero spread his arms and grunted as his body hovered in the air because of the sudden surge of power. But he landed on his feet and cracked his neck and shoulders.

"The first core— Sin of Greed, successfully recovered."

Eons ago, before Nero was sealed, he frequently kept losing control over his powers. He was afraid that he might hurt the very people he was trying to protect, so he needed to find a way to get his power under control.

There were many ways, some were dangerous, and some were very dangerous. 

It was already given that even if Nero got rid of some of his powers, his powers would still keep increasing, and he would eventually lose control again.

One of Nero\'s old friends, a witch named \'Daria\' suggested Nero to give out his main base body cores to prevent his powers from increasing.

The main base cores of the body were the most essential cores of one\'s body. If anything were to happen to even one of them, it would result in a lethal injury— eventually death. So Nero was against this suicidal idea.

But the witch explained her idea and told Nero that he doesn\'t need to destroy the cores. Instead, he needs to convert them into powers and pass them into the universe.

The 14 cores were divided into two parts, just like how a coin has two sides. Powers and Strengths, Emotions and Feelings, Sins and Virtues, Blessings and Curses, Light and Darkness, Yin and Yang, Beginning and Infinity.

"This explains why he was so greedy; because he was the host of my core— Sin of Greed."

After stabilizing his core, Nero left the scene and went back to the palace.

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Thousands of miles away, in the palace of a small continent.

A golden-haired man and a red-haired woman were sleeping on the bed of a luxury room. The room had several windows, and the cold breeze was constantly hitting the curtains.

It was night, but the moonlight wasn\'t entering the room, almost as if the palace was protected by some kind of spell that repelled any form of power.

The room was dimly lit by the artifacts present in the room. One was shining pale blue, one was shining golden, while one was shining red, and one was shining white.

A wide chandelier on the ceiling had runes carved on it, and they shined as the air passed through them.

Suddenly, the man sat up and glanced around the room. Soon, the woman sat up and clapped her hands twice.

As soon as she clapped, all the artifacts and the runes ornate from the chandelier shined brightly and fully lit the room.

"What\'s wrong, my love?" the woman asked as she rubbed the man\'s back.

The man looked at his trembling hand and formed a fist, then stood up from the bed and walked to the door. He was only carrying a single blanket to cover his body.

"My love?" the woman called out.

The man opened the door and dashed outside in a hurry.

The woman also rushed to the door, but she wasn\'t wearing anything, so she wore her clothes and followed the man.

After walking through the hallways, she found the man walking to the \'Shadow domain\' that was located at the end of the palace— and it was said to be connected to the Shadow Realm.

"Leave us alone," the man ordered.

The guards bowed down and left, leaving the man and the woman alone.

"What\'s wrong, my love? Why do you look so furious?" the woman asked with a gentle voice.

The man looked at the woman and smiled at her, then shook his head and said, "I am not furious."

After a brief pause, the man said, "Follow my gaze."

The woman hugged the man and followed his gaze in the direction of the shadow domain.

"Why are you here? You never come here," she asked.

They were standing on the higher ground, and the shadow domain was far below them. The center of the shadow domain was connected through several thin white and black marble bridges, and there was an endless abyss down the bridges.

At the center of the shadow domain was a pedestal, and on the pedestal was a black and silver-colored dagger that plunged into a massive skull. It was emitting a red and purple aura, vibrating violently that reverberated echo around the abyss.

The man pointed his finger at the center of the shadow domain— at the dagger, and said, "Someone else is furious."

"Why… is it shaking like that? It has been there since forever, but nothing like this has ever happened," the woman asserted in a voice full of concern.

"Someone strong is nearby, and this weapon is calling it," the man replied.

The woman looked at the man and asked, "Stronger than you, my love?"

The man chuckled and patted the woman\'s head before saying, "I am a god. Even if fallen, no one in this realm can outmatch me in strength, power, or magic. And I can defeat anyone without even wielding my hammer."

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