42 Griffon

"So you really don't remember anything!?"

Griffon was on a small log looking at Hyme with a troubled look, while Frieren and Fern were just observing the two.

"Y-You called me Nero, is that my name?"

Hyme wasn't used to talking to an animal that could speak, if animal was the right term for Griffon that is.

"Yeah your names Nero, but I have no idea why I don't feel your demonic heritage in you."

"Demonic what now!?"

"Ah I guess I should fill you in, hey tuts you might wanna listen to this I can see you glaring at me like you wanna kill me!"

Frieren snapped out of her glare towards Griffon and approached the two with Fern behind her, she couldn't believe that the talking bird was a demon yet didn't feel like a demon.

"Well then let's start with your grandfather!"

And then Girffon started telling the three about the great Demon Knight Sparda, the man who sealed the demon world and defeated who he referred to as the head honcho of the demons which Frieren believed meant their leader.

Listening to the story of Sparda she couldn't believe what she was hearing a Demon feeling love and compassion thanks to one woman and giving up all his titles and authority just to be her and have children, she couldn't believe it she didn't want to believe it yet the more Griffon talked about Sparda the more she became interested about the Demon Knight.

"If what you're saying is true then how come I have never heard about him."

"Well tuts that's when Nero and his old man comes in, you see his grandfather used a sword that could literally split space to seal the Demon World and separate it from the human world."

Frieren raised her brows she had lived for many years and it was her first time hearing that a simple sword could cut space itself, she concluded that it must've had some very powerful magical properties to do so.

But as Frieren and Griffon were doing a question and answer sort of routine, Hyme was questioning who he was while Fern was just listening to Griffons word's with great interest.

"Now I really don't know the full power of that sword but Nero's father here used it to cut through space and go anywhere he wanted."

"M-My father?"

"Ah, this is gonna be a longer story but well kid time to tell you about your messed up family!"

Griffon then started talking about the Sparda Brother's, the twins of the Demon Knight Sparda two half demon brothers. Vergil the oldest and Dante the youngest one was serious and calm while the other was what Griffon considered to be a knucklehead with nothing but and addiction to fighting.

Now naturally this version of Griffon was a Nightmare specifically Vergils Nightmare, so he of course had the memories of Vergil specifically his childhood but instead of going into detail he went straight to the point talking about how that one day Sparda left and never returned and then demons attacked his home killing his wife. Burning his house down leaving the two brothers to fend for themselves believing theyw ere the only survivors.

"So his uncle hid inside their burning house while his father fought for his life using this space cutting sword, The Yamato was it?"

"Yeah it's a kick ass sword you could literally split anything, hell Vergil used it to split himself into two specifically his Demon and Human half's when he was desperate-"

Suddenly Griffon stopped his sentence before looking at Hyme with a sudden realization that he should have gotten earlier, he then turned towards Frieren who had noticed his change in demeanor.

"Hey Frieren right?, has there been a spike in demon activity in like the year Nero has been here?"

"Yes, specifically the new types of demon's started to appear and from the one I encountered they were more insect like."

Frieren replied still confused why Griffon wanted to ask about it, but then she had a sudden realization she had heard how the sword could split anything and from Griffons last sentence that meant Hyme here....

"YOU SON OF A BITCH YOU WENT AHEAD AND SPLIT YOURSELF IN TWO!?!?"

"O-Ow Stop! Stop!"

Griffon started pecking and scratching Hyme in his head, it was nothing to serious but it was clear the demonic avian was pissed.

"CAN'T I HAVE A DAMN BREAK WHAT'S UP WITH YOU SPARDA'S STABBING YOURSELVES!?, JESUS CHRIST!"

"Uhm Griffon was It?, I think lady Frieren could agree with this question but what do you mean that Mister Ne- Hyme here split himself in two?"

Fern asked stoically still bothered by the fact of talking to such a creature, Griffon only turned to her before huffing and landing back on the log he was on before.

"I'll make this simple, this Nero is the Human half the weak half the other Nero is the 100% Demon Nero the cruel and powerful half."

"Explain."

"Jeez tuts calm down it's like you want to kill me now, but I'll make this simple if Nero's Demonic Side is anything like his father we are screwed who knows what that thing could be doing right now."

"So I can assume his father's demonic half did something terrible?"

"Oh lady you have no idea, his father's demonic Half Urizen wiped out an entire city population in the matter of days and practically destroyed it in a month."

Frieren being part of the Heroes party saw the deaths of many, but Fern and Hyme on the other hand were bothered with what they were listening too.

"And all that just to get all the blood of the people to grow a Qliphot tree so Urizen could eat a fruit that would turn him into the demon lord, well thankfully Nero's Uncle here defeated him before he could get used to the new power."

Hyme couldn't believe what he had just heard, not only was he some son of a monster who murdered probably hundreds maybe even thousands of people he was probably doing it himself this very second.

He was breathing heavily trying to comprehend everything he just heard, he thought that maybe his origins were normal hell maybe he was even part of a noble family. He didn't expect to be part of a family of powerful demons.

"Qliphot. you said something about growing one, does it perhaps look like an upside down giant gray tree?"

"Alright Frieren be honest with me how big is it."

"When me and Fern were passing a kingdom near the Demon Border I could see it from a far it looked like a giant tree nothing special."

"Good that means it's just a sapling, I can tell already this world is abundant in Mana so it's a primitive kind so the Qliphot isn't getting that much blood due to it not being in a populated area."

Griffon turned to to a still hyperventilating Hyme, he sighed before perching on top of his head.

"Well then kid looks like we have a demon lord to kill, or else this world's gonna bite the dust."

As Griffon layed perched up on Hyme's shoulder Frieren was deep in thought, it took her and her friends 10 years to kill the demon king and sure for her 10 years was nothing but that didn't change the fact that they all almost died fighting him.

So to find out a new demon king is rising and in such a short time worried her, which was something that rarely happened. And thus with her logical mind she could only come to one concussion that may save them all from another demon king.

"You'll need a party."

[Dimensions May Die]

Rebellion and Yamato are one of the three swords that Sparda split his power through, these swords could be repaired even if they were nothing but their hilts.

The Yamato has the power to cut through space and divide the Human and Demonic Parts of a person and personify them into their own person.

[Dimensions May Die]

"Let's go Linie."

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

The sound of blood dripping could be heard all across the forts halls, and with it played the bodies of multiple knights with demons beginning to suck the blood from their bodies.

These weren't normal demons they weren't humanoid they were insect like and looked more like mutated ants with a small abdomen that was swelled up and filled with red substance, these were Empusa's and they were collecting blood for their lord.

"p-please spare m-"

Puchi!-

"Ugh pathetic."

Linie swiped her axe away removing the blood normally invading a fort would caude her to be tired right after, but ever since their new lord gave them a taste of his power she had never felt more alive.

Sure her skin had blue and black scale patches everywhere but those were also helping as they provided an extra layer of defense.

"Our new lord truly is kind, the old demon king would've sent a small army just to clear this fortress but here we are with nothing but a few dozens of these Empusa's and our new found power."

Lügner looked around admiring his work, like Linie he to had a change ever since he was given the taste of their lords power. His horns became darker his hair faded to white and his skin had patches of scales on them and his strength and mana reserve's were doubled.

The first time in his life he felt true happiness it was as if ever since feeling his lords come inside him he had felt different, he no longer felt like a demon of this world he felt superior and powerful he had gotten power to even ignore the need of casting a magic circle to perform a high level spell and it was all thanks to his lord.

"I believe he will be the one to truly conquer this world, his name will forever be known and his empire shall be long lasting!"

Lügner was fanatic he was showing emotions that he hasn't shown his entire life and it was all thanks to his new lord.

"This world will know the name of our lord!"

Stepping out to the side he blasted a hole in the walls of the fort, and looking down he saw the knights fighting against the Empusa's and failing. He smirked before snapping his fingers as hundred of pink lightning orbs started to appear in the sky.

"The world shall know our lord Sparda!"

BOOOOOOM!!!

And with that the once mighty fortress was reduced to nothing but rubble, and it was the cause of only two demons and 16 Empusa's.

[Dimensions May Die]

(Yes I still remember the pocket watch, it will come to play later on in the story.)