The Birth of a Bride

A crystal clear sphere was placed on the altar. An incantation started resonating around the thick fog produced by the lady's mouth while kneeling on the ground. The chant began soft and then started getting louder until it became more like a rattle.

O my Lord

The bride of yours awaits you

Dearest of doom

Harbinger of my destiny

O my Lord, embraces this bride

For this existence is in your finger

The sphere started trembling, an undecipherable sound rang loudly. And the sphere absorbed the fog in the room until it had opaque colour. An eyeball popped inside the sphere and released a powerful, yellow blast that destroyed the altar and everything around.

The sphere, however, floated without being supported with anything. It flew around then approached the lady who had just finished the incantation.

"Lady Mephistopheles, I see you've answered my request," said the voice inside the sphere. The bride, Lady Mephistopheles, deeply bowed.

"Yes, my lord, I am in your command."

"As what I said, you will lead a cult of mine, southwest from here."

"Yes."

"However, this is just a small cult. This will be your test, whether you are capable of leading a bigger cult. Remember, whenever you find an obstacle, you are allowed to eliminate it with a certain caution."

Lady Mephistopheles nodded. She sounded calm, but her Lord couldn't see her expression as her hair fell in front, covered her face. However, her body trembled as if she was holding something. She breathed heavily and giggled a little. The tremble slowed down after a silence, turned into small fidgets.

"Lady Mephistopheles? Are you okay?"

"Yes, my lord, I was ecstatic when I heard your voice," said Mephistopheles. She giggled again. "I think my water is already…"

The eyeball froze, then glided within the fog surrounded Lady Mephistopheles. It backed off after realizing what that 'water' meant. The silence continued until the voice inside the sphere decided to close the meeting.

"A—Anyway, I am sorry for destroying the altar and everything around here. I tried to control it, but it exploded once again."

Lady Mephistopheles raised her head, her face shown a slight disappointment, "My Lord, I believe every existence is in your hand. You should destroy everything! Whenever you showed up, you should not hold your power! So they know that—!"

"Enough, Mephistopheles."

Lady Mephistopheles kneeled deeply once more, "Pardon me for raising my head, my lord."

"Remember our main mission. First, we need to find a good vassal for my body, preferably a hero from another world, the more heroic he is, the better," Endless Entity said.

"Yes, Milord. I agree corrupting the pure one is also my utmost pleasure," Lady Mephisto said.

"I will depart soon. Eat this sphere, so it won't destroy the village nearby."

The eyeball inside the sphere gradually disappeared, leaving a sphere with golden sun colour. Lady Mephistopheles put the sphere inside her mouth and swallowed it. Thirty seconds after Endless Entity left a sphere, it would usually create a five-kilometre explosion capable of obliterating everything in its path.

However, Lady Mephistopheles had been granted a small power of Endless Entity. As she sacrificed herself, Endless Entity gave her life, immortality, and power to serve him for eternity. Thus, a small explosion wouldn't matter inside her body. In fact, she was happy to swallow any small dust that her Lord had left behind. It gave her joy to be able to feel him inside her.

She rubbed her stomach. She could feel the sphere inside her belly. It felt like something was kicking her guts, it hurt a bit, but it was no match for the pleasure she felt inside.

'Even a sphere left by his power felt incredible. My Lord really is amazing.'

Mephistopheles was no stranger to power. She has lived for three century. She met many strong warriors and soldiers. Many of them contained incredible strength for a human being. They posed as a perfect warrior ready to protect those in need. They were the idol in her village. But, no matter how strong they were, they couldn't stop the raid in her village.

She vividly remembered the time of her death, a fateful night when she met Endless Entity and became Lady Mephistopheles. She had a family whose names she instantly forgot when she was rebirthed as a new bride.

Three centuries ago, she was a woman in a small village, happily married to a farmer with two kids. She always imagined a simple life, married, raising children, and died peacefully.

However, everything was ruined when an army from an unknown kingdom raided her village. They slaughtered all strong men, destroyed all houses, killed elderly they deemed too weak to be a slave.

She remembered when she tried to run with her kids to the forest while her husband sacrificed himself to fend off the raiders. Four men chased her and her kids. They run relentlessly until she couldn't run anymore, and she was stabbed in the abdomen by one of the raiders. The last thing she saw was her kids running into the dark forest. She was ready to sacrifice herself as long as her kids could run away.

The raiders pulled the blade off her abdomen before they chased her kids.

"No… don't hurt my kids…" she said weakly.

Not long after, she heard the raiders screamed in pain but couldn't see what happened. She was on the verge of death. She heard a cold voice calling her human name, which she already forgot.

'You are worthy of a contract. What is your most precious?'

Lady Mephistopheles only had her kids as her last worry back then, so she replied with:

'My children. They are my most precious.'

'Endless Entity will grant you a blessing in exchange for your service.'

The unknown woman embraced her and placed her head on her lap.

'You can request one thing, and only one. My Lord, Endless Entity will grant your wish.'

She only had one thing in mind. As she drew her last breath, she said, 'Please save my children.'

A cold wind swept her body before, and then she felt nothing, empty. She knew it was over, at least for her. Until a voice reached her, and her consciousness returned. She heard a deep, grumbling, near undecipherable voice. But strangely, it felt very soft and warming. She could feel her body once again and soon, she could move around, but it was all pitch black.

'Your wish has been granted. Your children are safe until both died due to natural causes.'

She wanted to express her gratitude, but her mouth was tightly shut. She could only nod.

'I will bestow you life, however, not as a human. But a servant of mine.'

She remembered being touched by a dark hand on her chest and felt a surge of hot-cold energy running through her body. She felt like her body would explode anytime. A yellow light blinded her for a while, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a woman already standing in front of her with the corpses of those wicked soldiers lying on the ground with their stomach burst out and guts scattered.

'So you have come, my sister, Lady Mephistopheles,' said her new sister, Lady Sundhel.

She had awakened as an entity, no longer a human, but a demoness with immortal life, ravishing beauty, and powerful magic. She forgot about the names of her past self, her husband and two kids, her parents and her village. All that she remembered was the vivid imagery of her past lives with all the strange faces.

Now she had nowhere to go and no purpose of living except to serve her maker. She had a new lord; a new god for her to worship, The Endless Entity; Devourer of the Existence.