How to become a Demon Lord: The Former Hero's Journey as a Demon Lord!

Chapter 17: Prisoners Of War

Chapter 17: Prisoners Of War

The commander glared up at Floid and there was murder in his eyes! He wanted to kill Floid so badly but he knew that he wouldn't even be able to move before he was dead.

Floid spoke up while looking down at the man.

"Go back to your king and tell him there is a new demon lord in this world and he is coming back for everything you stole. I'll look forward to our next meeting, commander,"

The commander's eyes widened in shock! This man is a demon lord? No. Not another one! The last one took more than one-third of the entire world down to hell with him and now there is already another one!? Why!? Why would a new demon king's how up so quickly!? It has only been a hundred years!

But then the commander took a good look at Floid and he couldn't help but think that he has seen this man somewhere before. The commander couldn't place his finger on it, but he was sure he has seen this face before! The commander couldn't remember at all so he decided to forget about it. The man slowly got to his feet as he stared at Floid to make sure that he wasn't attacked.

Floid just kept that smirk on his lips as he watched the man stumbling backward before the commander turned and ran!

"Are you sure, master? I can just kill him if you do not wish to dirty your hands with his blood,"

Dragonnel said this from behind Floid while watching the commander limp away but Floid stopped him from attacking the man. The world is too large for me to announce my presence everywhere by myself. In order for me to be known faster, it's better if people like the commander take the news around for me.

Being known in this situation is something that will be far better than being unknown. As a demon lord, power was not the only thing Floid had. Just his name was enough to cause a big enough problem. Let everyone know that there is now a demon lord in the castle. Let the demons out there know that they don't have to hide anymore.

The villagers that Floid left alive started to come out of the town gates while being led by the man that Floid talked to inside the town. They were all looking down at the ground with obvious fear in their eyes. They couldn't even try to look Floid in his eyes because they knew that they might be dying here! Will the demon lord use them as an example for the other towns!?

The townspeople all thought that Floid wanted to kill them but Floid doesn't have any such plan in mind, well not yet. He looked around at all the humans. There were children and women here as well as a few men. The women and children wouldn't be as useful as the men for what Floid wanted them to do. Should he just kill them?

No, let's keep them. No matter how little they can do, it is still going to speed up the process.

"My name is Floid and from this day forward, you are all slaves that I can do with as I please. Your lives to me are worthless and you will do well to remember that,"

All the humans there had looks of despair on their faces. They thought that Floid was going to kill them. But this is far worse than killing them! He was making them into slaves!? They all heard how terrible the experience of other people was! When a demon Lord makes you into his slave then you are as good as dead!! A lot of people started crying and some of them even started begging him to let the children go but Floid didn't bother listening to such nonsense! A slave is a slave. I won't kill the children but why would I let them go?

Floid watched them all to see if there will be any major resistance. He wanted to get rid of any chance of a revolt now before problems would come up, but none of the people there even looked like they were going to speak up and Floid nodded.

The truth is that Floid needs to use these people here for the farm. As much as Andromeda was a good gardener, he knew that she wouldn't be able to perform the cultivation of all those lands on her own. Floid is going to use these humans to make her work easier. Floid told Rosavellt to lead the people there away and she quickly opened a portal to the side and guided all the humans into the portal. Once she was gone with them, Floid then turned to the group of demons that were still standing and waiting for him to speak to them. They were in awe! They all knew who he was! They didn't even need to be told that he was this new king!

The only person that didn't look glad to see him at all was Lilith. In fact, Lilith looked shocked! She recognized Floid! She knew this was once the hero that destroyed everything that her queen worked for! This is the man that killed her queen!? How is he the demon king!? It can't be true. But it's right in front of me! He is definitely the demon king!

Lilith wanted to say something! She wanted too scream and shout out that Floid had no right to be the demon king! She wanted to hurt him for all the things that he did to them before! It was his fault that the demons were even in this situation in the first place! He was the one that made them lose their land!

But Lilith couldn't say anything! All the members of her army were already shouting out praises for the demon king and thanking him for coming to their aid! The army did not know that Floid was once the hero, so none of them even suspected a thing. And even if they did, most of the army were goblins and giants that are low-level demons with only a few high-level demons among them. The low-level demons didn't have the mental capacity to resist praising the demon king! They only knew that the demon king was their ruler and they didn't care who that person was!

Floid said a few words to the army before he told them that they could take the town and habituate it once again. This land once belonged to the demons and so it was only right that the demons will take control of it!

The demons shouted his praises as Floid turned and walked into a portal that he created. He was able to copy Rosavellt's skill using [Duplicate] and so he didn't bother asking Alucard to open a portal for him.

Alucard stayed back after Floid had walked through the portal and he glared down at Lilith. Lilith felt her entire body shiver in fear as the vampire set his sight on her. She was a succubus and she is usually meant to be turned on by dominant actions. But Alucard didn't turn her on at all because he just scared the shit out of her! Lilith has only met one vampire before and if she had a choice she would have never met another vampire for as long as she lives! It was just her bad luck that this vampire was here with the demon lord!

"Master wishes to meet with you personally. It is not a request, it is an order. Please, walk into the portal,"

Alucard said this with a blank face and Lilith gulped as she immediately moved forward to enter the portal. Alucard turned to Dragonnel and told him to watch over the master. Alucard had to finish a job that Floid told him to do. This village will definitely face an attack from the humans once they hear about what happened here and Floid wanted Alucard to set up a defense around the village to protect them. Alucard would return once he was one with that.

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As Floid arrived back at his castle, he sighed before taking off his outer coat and holding it out. A maid immediately walked over and took the coat from him reverently. It was that short maid that smirked at Floid the first time he looked at her. Her name was Rizi and she was an elite dwarf. One of the most intellectually gifted races of demons. She bowed to Floid before quickly moving to put his coat on the rack. Floid walked to the window behind his desk and he looked down at the fields. It seems that Rosavellt didn't waste any time at all. She already put the humans to work on the farm.

Floid hummed as he saw three humans using the plough that he told them to build before. They really made it that fast!?

"Rizi. You did good work on the plough. I'm impressed,"

Rizi was the one that built the design that Floid gave them and she blushed at the praise from her master. She gave him a cheeky grin before nodding her head in appreciation. Floid smiled at her before he moved to the desk and sat down before a portal opened in the room and Lilith walked out of it while looking around.