Primordial Soul's Rebirth

"Huh?"

Rohrg Ashenfang, the guy who was one of the top rising stars of the demon empire, found himself in a completely white space, causing a confused voice to escape his lips.

'Wasn't I sleeping?'

Yes, he could vividly remember himself falling asleep, and thinking about how he couldn't even see his room right now, he frowned.

His eyes scanned the area, looking for something or someone.

He was smart—no, cunning.

He was sly like a fox.

So after the initial confusion about his surroundings settled, he realized that he had been kidnapped.

'This is probably done by someone proficient in controlling space elements.'

He muttered as he tried to look deeper into this white space.

Everything was white—so white that he couldn't even tell if there was a wall in front of him or if it was a room that extended for miles.

He seemed quite calm on the outside, but on the inside, he was panicking.

He knew that in the whole demon empire, there were no more than 3 people who were this proficient with space manipulation, and one of them hadn't even awakened that power yet, leaving only two people.

Rohrg, for one, knew that if any of those two people were to try to kill him, he wouldn't be able to survive, no matter who came to his rescue.

As he racked his mind on who it could be among those two, something clicked in his mind.

'Demon lord…'

Just a day ago, he was attacked by a legendary ranker, and if not for his grandfather's coincidental arrival, he would've died under that guy's blade.

Even his grandfather would've lost in that fight if not for this kingdom's king's—who's his uncle as well—timely arrival.

That assassin was killed in the end; however, before that guy was killed, he revealed something no one expected him to.

"You won't dare kill me if you know who sent me!"

Those words paused the people who were about to kill him.

They didn't pause out of fear; they paused because they never expected an assassin to be so desperate to survive that he was ready to reveal the name of the person who sent him.

"... who sent you?"

It was Rohrg who asked that question with a fearful voice.

He was pretending, but the assassin didn't seem to notice that. It was as if the assassin had turned a bit stupid.

"Hahahaha, are you scared now, boy?"

The assassin, who was lying on the ground, laughed out loud when he heard Rohrg's fearful voice.

"..."

The lack of reply only made that assassin laugh louder before he barked.

"It's the demon lord, fuckers!"

Those words caused them all to widen their eyes in shock.

"What?!"

Grum exclaimed in stupefaction.

"Is the demon lord going back on his words now?!"

Grum bellowed in anger, his arms lifting the assassin in the air, and his eyes, which were red with anger, stared at the assassin.

But before the assassin could go on...

*Swoosh* X3

Something cut through the air, moving at a very fast speed.

They were three darts moving toward Rohrg, Grum, and the king of the kingdom.

The darts were very fast—so fast that Rohrg couldn't even see them—and from what Grum could tell, it was probably a legendary ranker's attack.

*Woosh* X2

So, Grum and his son hurried toward Rohrg, wanting to defend him, but just then...

*Fwoosh*

Another dart was thrown, but this time, it was aimed at the bloodied assassin.

Grum and the king of the kingdom widened their eyes, but before any one of them could even rush back toward that assassin...

*Pierce**Splatter*

The dart pierced the assassin's head from one side and shot out from the other side, causing it to burst into a meat paste.

That was all that had happened, and later it was discovered that this assassin was carrying a 'delulu serum', something that worked like a drug, and during the fight with Grum, it was injected into his thigh by mistake.

That was the reason why that assassin was acting so unprofessionally.

'Sigh…'

Rohrg sighed in relief as he recalled how lucky he was to have avoided a certain death scenario, just because of a small mistake made by the assassin.

He himself didn't know that it wasn't his luck, or maybe partially it was, but mostly it was because of the plot armor that he was still alive.

But then his face turned as serious as it could.

If the demon lord wanted to kill him, then there was only one person who could possibly be here, kidnapping him.

*Thud*

With a thud, Rohrg went down on his knees and directly voiced out...

"I greet the demon ancestor."

There was nothing but respect in his voice; it was as if he were greeting a god.

Rohrg already knew who it could be.

If it was someone sent by the demon lord, and that said person had this level of mastery over space—so much that he didn't even notice himself being isolated—then there can only be one person who could do it, Azaroth Voidheart.

"..."

He kept kneeling on the 'ground' even though he received silence as a reply.

The silence, however, didn't last for long.

"You know that you are going to die by my hands, right?"

A voice reverberated throughout the space.

Rohrg couldn't even tell where the sound came from, not that it would've made any difference, so he just replied.

"I know your grace, but I know that you are just following orders.

However, could you at least tell me why? Why are you doing this?

Why serve a demon lord who goes back on his word-"
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Rohrg tried the talk-no-jutsu, hoping that he could convince Azaroth to turn sides; after all, it was a well-known fact in the future that the demon ancestor was a just man who abhorred liars.

But his words were cut short.

*Boom*

A pressure—something that made his bones creak—fell over him.

*Slam*

His body slammed onto the 'ground' below him.

"Watch your words, young man.

Those words alone are enough to get you killed."

Azaroth's voice echoed again, but Rohrg, using his protagonist's willpower—which is the strongest at the moment of despair—let out some words of protest.

"I-I am going to d-die anyway.

W-why not speak my mind before I go…?"

With much effort, Rohrg shuttered out those words, as low as a whisper. It was as if he were a mile away, but Azaroth had to raise a brow in surprise.

With the amount of pressure Azaroth was applying to Rohrg, he wouldn't die, but he shouldn't be able to speak as well, yet somehow he did…

But Rohrg's question did cause a thoughtful look to appear on Azaroth's face.

"Just for your being able to surprise me a bit, let me tell you something."

Azaroth, who materialized right in front of Rohrg, began.

Rohrg, on the other hand, still couldn't move since the pressure was still at an all-time high.

But he did focus on Azaroth's words as he continued.

"The demon lord never went back on his.

He never said that you were spared; all he said was that he would not kill you.

It was you guys who thought that he had pardoned you."

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