Lord of Cinder in American Comics

The Old Demon King, the last leader of the demon race, who alone guarded the depths of Smoky Hut.

When the old demon king appeared, its enormous body pierced through the stone wall above it. The rubble turned into lava in front of its body, which was born from chaos, and slowly flowed down its body.

The old demon king looked around and was forced to curl up and sit in front of the greedy one.

Placing the greatsword beside it, the old demon king's surroundings slowly transformed into lava terrain. It casually scooped up some lava from beneath it, sniffing it: "Ash! Is this the hatching ground you've been looking for?"

The greedy one found a large rock opposite the old demon king, sat down on it, propped his head up with his hand, and looked at the old demon king's aging body.

With a sigh, the Greedy One said, "This world is different from ours. There is no cradle of chaos on this planet, so you have to create everything yourself..."

"It's alright. Just pile up my dead kin here, and their bodies will evolve on their own, reigniting the cradle of chaos..."

In the short time it took to speak, the old demon king's body seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, panting heavily as he finished speaking in three chops.

The Ashes still held reverence for this demon race that was about to disappear, even though they had been slaughtered by Lorian and his army, leaving only the old Demon King.

A tribe is left with only one king, a king who has lost all his children and people, a king who can only pace around the corpses of his people.

Looking at the old Demon King before him, the Greedy One said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I couldn't let you ignite the cradle of chaos in Dark Souls, and it's dragged on until now..."

The witches of Izaris created the Chaos Flame, from which demons were born, and the Chaos Flame continued to expand, eventually engulfing their homeland.

The cradle of chaos, nourished by souls, will only expand infinitely, and in order to prevent such destruction, almost all leaders will launch attacks against the demon race.

Suppressing the demon race became the right thing to do in the Dark Souls world.

Now, the deal between Ash and the Old Demon King is to create a Chaos Breeding Ground on Earth, gradually transferring the power of chaos into the Dark Soul. In other places, Ash has established a spacetime condensation zone specifically for these demons to live in.

The Dark Souls world can no longer withstand the drain of reigniting Chaos. Even if all the souls stored in Ash were thrown in, it would be difficult to ignite the Chaos created by the witches who were as powerful as Gwyn.

But Earth is different. Even with the relentless plundering from the Hell dimension, Earth's soul energy is sufficient to support the resurrection of demons.

Only when the surrounding area turned into lava did the old demon king finally breathe a sigh of relief. An unsuitable environment is the greatest harm to demons, which is also the reason why the Chaos Bed expanded.

Only by expanding chaos can demons survive better; otherwise, they can only consume the original power of their bodies and turn into weaklings with stone bodies, like the isolated demons.

Chapter 241: Word Games

After discussing with the old Demon King, the Greedy One prepared to leave. Once the Greedy One gave the signal, the old Demon King could begin his own actions.

"Oh, right, here, take this. Give this child a good talking to; being so irritable isn't good..."

Before leaving, the Greedy One gave a soul to the Old Demon King, a soul like the original chaos of Izaris, filled with disordered flames.

The old Demon King held the soul, his voice choked with emotion, unable to speak. This was the soul of the Demon Prince.

Demons are born from the same chaos, sharing all things, such as their own glory and their own flames, and when the last demon dies, the shared things of the demons will be revealed once again.

The Demon Prince was born in the world after all demons died. By killing the Demon Prince and annihilating his chaotic and deformed soul, the demon race can be completely wiped out.

The reason Lorian left only the old Demon King was because he was afraid of this; Lorian himself was not confident that he could kill the newly born Demon Prince.

The old Demon King endured all the pain and clung to life because he feared that after his death, the reborn Demon Prince would have nothing to share with the demons, making him a lonely individual, a demon without any demons to guide him.

Is such a demon still a demon?

Filled with questions, the old Demon King remained deep within Smoky Lake, pacing back and forth around the corpses of his people, contemplating the future of the demon race.

Now, the Demon Prince's soul has been returned to the old Demon King, the king who lost all his people, who has a new cradle of chaos and a new king for the demon race.

The greedy ones had long since departed, and the old demon king had roused himself here, giving the ashes to the corpses of his people to rearrange, using these corpses as fuel to reignite the chaos.

By channeling his power into the soul of the demon prince, the old demon king instructed the new king while awaiting the signal from the greedy one.

Ash originally intended to place the demon race in the inner world, but after learning about Yamatai, Ash changed his mind.

Yamatai itself is located at the eye of a storm, surrounded by countless wrecked ships and souls. Furthermore, it is close to Skull Island, making it easy to find a passage to the Earth's core.

It allows you to go to the Earth's core, retreat to own a territory, and even freeload off the Earth's souls—where else can you find such a wonderful place?

On the Resilience, everyone gradually moved down to the deck, where a floating deck was far less reassuring than having their feet on solid ground.

Jonah started an open-air barbecue below the ship, and the aroma carried far and wide.

On a distant hillside, members of the Sun Brotherhood on the island sniffed the aroma of the barbecue.

The Brotherhood of the Sun is a survival organization composed of victims, formed under the threat and intimidation of their leader Matthias. They typically struggle against harsh environments while also evading the undead creatures of Yamatai.

Isolated from human society, they live a primitive life, never tasting the spices of modern society.

Swallowing hard, the Brotherhood of the Sun slowly approached Shipwreck Beach.

Whitman, who had originally left, was forced by the Brotherhood of the Sun to help Matthias, the leader of the Brotherhood of the Sun, and approach the Endurance.

As he approached, Whitman had the urge to abandon Matthias and run away, but with the threat of a pistol pressed against his waist by Matthias, Whitman decided that his own life was more important.

In everyone's sight, Whitman helped a man with a cane approach step by step.

"Anyone injured? I'll go get the first-aid kit."

The moment Laura saw Matthias limping, her kindness led her to choose to help the injured man.

Matthias leaned against his cane and slowly sat down in the chair Lara had brought him, as if taking a break, panting as he looked at all the crew members of the Resilience.

When he saw Samantha, the excitement in his heart made him let out a low roar.

Hearing Matthias's voice, Laura looked at the medical instruments in her hand and said somewhat apologetically, "Did I hurt you? I'm sorry..."

"It's alright, I'm just suppressing my joy at finally being able to leave this island when I see so many people..."

Matthias's joy was genuine. Since crash-landing on the island, he had discovered Himikona's incredible magic during his escape, and 31 years of living there had driven him mad and paranoid.

Matthias believed that only by fulfilling the mission of resurrecting Himiko could he successfully leave the isolated island.

Whitman, whom they had just captured, confessed everything that had happened on the ship without even lifting a finger, under the threat of the Brotherhood of the Sun.

Samantha, a descendant of Queen Himiko

Matthias risked his life to locate Samantha. As for Whitman's claim that there was a man-controlling demon on the ship, Matthias believed that it was nothing compared to Queen Himiko's power to command the wind and rain.

Matthias's reborn joy convinced the people on the ship that he was a victim. While everyone welcomed Matthias, only Whitman huddled to the side, hiding away.

As night fell, only the campfires around the Resilience provided illumination, while the darkness in the distance swallowed everything.

Jonah approached Matthias, ready to reach out and lift him onto the Toughness.

"I've prepared a room for you on the ship. You can rest there, just don't go to the cabin directly opposite the deck..."

However, Matthias broke free of Jonah's outstretched hand and said in a sinister tone, "Really? What's there? A demon? Why doesn't it show itself?"

"How...how did you know?"

Jonah stared in shock at the man before him, unable to believe Matthias's knowledge of the situation on the ship.

Before Jonah could react, Matthias shouted into the darkness, "Do it! Offer up Queen Himiko's body!"

A shout rang out, followed by the sound of countless people running from the darkness as the hidden Brotherhood of the Sun rushed forward like the wind.

Bullets flew from the darkness and struck the hull of the Resilient. The flashes of light from the ricochets startled Matthias.

Matthias ducked to avoid being killed by his underlings, and loudly directed the Brotherhood of the Sun's actions: "Fools! If we damage Queen Himiko's physical body, we'll never be able to leave this island! She's by the campfire, seize her!"

At Matthias's roar, the Brotherhood of the Sun laid down their guns and charged toward Samantha with knives in hand.

The rest of the group could not withstand the resistance of the Brotherhood of the Sun and could only flee in all directions.

Surrounded by members of the Brotherhood of the Sun, Samantha could only close her eyes in despair.

Not content with capturing Samantha, these men seized the Resilience, giving them a ship to leave on.

Jonah could only protect Laura as she retreated step by step toward the ship, waving the barbecue grill to keep the others outside.

Jonah's heroic act made it difficult for the Brotherhood of the Sun to advance, but a shot rang out and a bullet struck Jonah in the shoulder.

With this important combatant fallen, Laura helped Jonah escape towards the deck.

At that moment, the tense crowd forgot that there were greedy people on their boat.

Just as the Brotherhood of the Sun first set foot on the Endurance, the half-closed hatch of the Greedy One was pushed open, and a group of skeletons rushed out and attacked the Brotherhood of the Sun.

These skeletons, carrying large swords, ran with their mouths opening and closing, as if howling in the middle of a charge.

The skeletons moved somewhat hastily. Lara even saw one skeleton simply holding its head in its hand, only belatedly putting the head back where it should have been when another had run to the ship's side.

"Ghost!"

The Brotherhood of the Sun only realized what was happening when the skeletons charged at them and began slashing at them with their knives.

Thus began the battle between the skeletons and the modern weapons of the Brotherhood of the Sun.

The sounds of automatic and semi-automatic firearms rose and fell, but they had little effect on these skeletons; bullets rarely hit their bones, as the skeletons were the only targets.

Hitting their ribs only made the skeletons pause, then charge at the shooter.

Only by hitting their skull or spine can you knock them down and turn them into a pile of bones.

However, not long after, the pile of bones flew up again and coalesced into a complete skeleton, which once again brandished a large sword and attacked the Brotherhood of the Sun.

These undead skeletons shattered the Brotherhood of the Sun's will to fight. Only Matthias, dragging Samantha along, retreated towards the island while shouting slogans of retreat.

In this battle, the Resilience lost Samantha, and Jonah was shot. The Brotherhood of the Sun lost many good brothers; due to the slashing of the skeletons, it was difficult to count the number of corpses.

Once the Brotherhood of the Sun had completely left, the people on the ship watched with trepidation as the skeleton returned to the Greedy One's cabin.

This time, instead of communicating with the Greedy One through Laura, Captain Conrad Ross directly pushed open the Greedy One's cabin door.

At this moment, the greedy man is feasting on kebabs, which Jonah had grilled and brought over early in the morning.

Conrad Ross was somewhat displeased at the loss of a crew member and sat directly opposite the greedy man.

Without any hesitation, Conrad Ross roared at the greedy man, "You broke your promise!"

Conrad's roaring spittle was blocked by a pane of glass in front of him, as if there were glass in front of him.

The greedy one remained nonchalant, saying indifferently, "I am a demon, the one who adheres to the agreement the most. What have I done wrong?"

“You said you were protecting everyone on the ship, but now Jonah is injured and Samantha has been captured!”

The greedy man shook his finger, rejecting Conrad's statement.

“I was referring to the people ‘on’ the shelter ship, not the people below. Besides, Jonah was injured below the ship, not on it…”

This manipulation of words made everyone present realize the devil's methods.

Captain Conrad Ross wanted to say something more, but in front of the piles of skeletons, the mechanic Jocelyn forcefully pulled Conrad away from the greedy man.