Demon Lord's Reincarnation

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Rogan looked at the smiling Ren with a little bit of fear in his eyes. Since when was he being followed? Even all the members who were with Rogan were stunned by the sight. They were able to follow them without anyone noticing. No one even noticed them when they were walking through the busy streets.

The demi-humans in the underground city had sharp senses but despite that, not a single one of them were able to spot the three humans.

"So who are you three humans, are you part of the Holy Kingdom?" The Chief was the first to get his bearings back and asked.

"If we were part of the Holy Kingdom don't you think that we would've already attacked?"

"If you're not part of the Holy Kingdom, are you perhaps the three humans that helped in saving the children?"

"Correct. So are you guys the rumored Fangs of Katar?"

"Why should we answer that? I don't care if you are the humans that saved the children, all I know is that you hid and trespassed into our city. Why are you sneaking like rats if you don't have anything to hide?"

"I guess you're right. I too don't really like sneaking around. I would usually appear at the front, and wouldn't do something like this. Still, these people made it too easy to follow them so I wanted to see if they would notice us at some point. Yet even as we entered this place and came to the heart of the city no one noticed us, well except for you. In truth, this was nothing more than a little game."

When the head warrior heard Ren's answer he got angry and growled at Ren while releasing killing intent. As he was about to attack Ren in anger, the head warrior saw an image of his head detaching from his body. The head warrior stopped in his tracks as cold sweat flowed from his forehead. He looked at the smiling Ren in a daze.

The head warrior was confused by what his instincts were telling him. The person called Ren was just standing there with a lot of openings. Yet despite that, his instincts that he had honed from numerous life and death battles were telling him that if he moved now he would be dead.

Unaware of what the head warrior was thinking the chief was relieved. Usually, at this point, the head warrior would lose all reason and attack. Yet this time the head warrior was actually holding back.

"So what do you want? You wouldn't come all the way here just for a game."

"Well, I was wondering what kind of organization this so called Fangs of Katar was. It would seem that you guys got lucky and found this ancient stronghold. Still, based on what I have seen so far, I gotta say you guys are fighting a losing battle."

When the beastkin heard what Ren said, Rogan and all the others in the room started looking at Ren with anger.

"We might not have a large army like those bastards from the Holy Kingdom, but we do have stronger warriors! Our warriors are even equipped with dwarven made weapons, which are known to be the best in the world. We might not have quantity but we do possess quality."

"Hmm, you guys might be a bit stronger individually against the normal guards, but it doesn't seem like you lot are good in large scale battles. The Holy Kingdom, even though I only got to see a glimpse of it looked like they had created different formations for different scenarios. They don't fight as one warrior doing better than the rest, they fight as a unit. As for you guys I haven't seen too much, but based on how you reacted when you learned that there was an intruder, I can guess you don't have such complex formations. In a large battle, you guys look like all you understand, are the commands, attack, defend, and retreat."

Each word that came out of Ren's mouth made the beastkin present angry. One of them even tried to attack, yet the moment he thought of doing so same as the head warrior he felt the sensation of death by just thinking about attacking.

"It's not like I'm saying doing things by instinct is bad, but in a war when a large number of people are involved, individual strength only matters if your strength surpasses all. You would need strength like mine."

Ren casually spoke, and the more he talked, the angrier the people present got. Still, none of them had successfully attacked, since even before they did so they felt death's grip on them.

"Also if you're talking about quality, then the other side is better." When Ren said those words he suddenly appeared beside the head warrior and had his hand placed at the head warrior's shoulders. No one present, not even the head warrior was able to discern the moment Ren moved. Those who saw how easily Ren entered the head warrior's field made them gulp dryly.

They all thought that even though they couldn't handle Ren, as long as the head warrior was here, they might be able to do something. Yet seeing that one move made that hope of theirs disappear. Still, they were warriors, and even though there was this innate fear they felt, they shook it off.

"This is your strongest warrior, correct?"

"No, I'm not the strongest warrior. Even though I'm the head warrior, I'm only the second strongest. My elder brother who refuses to fight is the strongest beastkin in our tribe. No, he's the strongest warrior to ever walk this world."

"Oh!" Ren licked his lips as his mana started to leak out of him. He was getting excited as he heard those words. The beastkin surrounding Ren all knelt to the ground in the face of the overwhelming mana that pressed down on them.

The head warrior who was standing right beside Ren was trying his hardest not to kneel as his legs started to shake.

"Even seeing this, do you think you're brother is the strongest warrior?"

"Mana alone doesn't determine victory. I still believe that my brother is the strongest of all." The head warrior responded. Ren then stopped leaking out his mana and smiled a very vicious smile.

"Heh, interesting. If what you say is true, then you guys might actually have a chance against the Holy Kingdom. So where is this brother of yours? I want to meet him."

"I do not know where he is at the moment."

"Hmm, is that so..."

"Sir, what is it that you really want from us?" The Chief once again asked. This time he spoke in a more respectful tone since the person in front of him was even more dangerous than he initially thought.

"I wanted to ask was the Holy Kingdom always hostile to the demi-humans?"

"No... A century ago, the Holy Kingdom wasn't even established yet. This place used to be the Nekra Kingdom. It was a peaceful kingdom filled with diversity. It was a place were many races came to gather. Yet upon the arrival of the Temple of the Goddess of Light, the kingdom changed and most of the royal family at the time were killed by the crown prince who was a firm believer of the Goddess of Light. Once he took the throne by force, the first thing he did was to massacre the demi-humans in the kingdom, and only left a few to become slaves."

"Hmmm, you're talking like you've seen it yourself."

"Yes, unlike humans, we beastkin or more specifically my tribe, the wolf tribe has a longer life span. I was just a young lad when it happened."

"Why is the Temple of the Goddes of Light so hostile to demi-humans?"

"I don't know much as knowledge about the temple of the Goddes of Light is only available to humans. Even if we were able to capture some member of the temple, they would never tell us a thing, no matter how much we torture them. So most of what we know is just from hearsay. It is said that among the current deities, the Goddes of Light is the youngest. She became a deity only a few centuries ago, but her fame was the fastest to grow. The supposed reason for the explosive growth of her believers is because of their doctrines. It is said that when the Temple was established in her honor, the believers quickly started preaching to anyone who would listen. They started telling the story that every race was once human. That all the other races were simply failed experiments of humanity. They say that humans are a superior race and the ones most loved by the Gods. They claim that is the reason why most deities were once humans."

"Hmm, that does sound something humans would do. Still, that doesn't explain why they teach their followers to hate other races. Also, if they truly think that only human lives matter, then the moment they gained all of this power they would've started a holy war of some kind to kill all the heretics. Why haven't they done that? Also, I understand that humans are the most numerous race, but the other races wouldn't want a temple such as the Temple of the Goddes of Light to exist. Why hasn't any other race wipe out this temple from existence? I get that it's the strongest temple in the continent, but surely it wouldn't survive an all-out assault of all the other races."

Ren couldn't help but remember the time when his own race was attacked by all the other races. Right now the Temple of the Goddess of Light was also in the same predicament. So why hasn't anyone done anything? Why does the Temple of the Goddess of Light continue to exist? What secrets does the Temple have that it was able to survive until now.