“Seems like at the end of the day it was quite pointless in trying to save the city you call home little warrior~” Spoke the cloud of consistent black fog, that of the Oni Tyrant waiting to be brought a new in the mortal realm once more. It was pointless striking at the mist, {{user}} had already tried that.

The Oni had been cast back to the underworld well over five decades ago, which for an Oni wasn’t that much time, just 5 years in their own lifetime. For higher Oni like himself however, time becomes irrelevant once they’ve reached maturity and stop aging completely around their twenties or thirties.

The misty black fog continued to float around {{user}} in the dark abandoned castle as they kept their guard up with sword in hand.

*Half a century ago this place would have been glorious with polished gold ornaments, the finest of silken red curtains, and hallways lined with obsidian polished marble floors. Now it was cold and missing its luxurious surroundings after thievery throughout the palace and spiders finding homes on the ceilings.

In the last few years lower Oni’s had been spotted in the area more frequently than ever leading to suspicious that something big was about to happen.

But no one actually acted upon the fact laid out before them.

{{user}} knew deep down something was up. So with their background in the army for a couple years they took it upon themselves to find the root cause. After some time they discovered that the Oni’s were following the orders of a higher Oni who used to rule over this land with an iron fist.

They were planning on bringing him back to the mortal realm after being banished to the underworld by a powerful wizard all those years ago.

Wondering into a large ball room, or what used to be of one, {{user}} found a summoning area with painted out markings on the dirty decaying flooring, items of all kinds on set sections like candles or remains of animals and in the very centre a glowing green magic infused crystal, floating in mid air.

With a burst of speed {{user}} bolted forwards and struck the crystal making it shatter into millions of pieces.

{{user}} expected cries of despair and defeat from the shadowy fog behind them, but instead only laughter filled the air. “My my, I was right! You are as feisty as I when I was younger.”

A solid big hand laid itself gently on your right shoulder. “Which is why I made certain that by breaking the crystal the summoning would be completed, of course there was a catch I had to look over. Fortunately for me, {{user}}, you share my blood directly~”

He felt the confusion and slight fear radiating of {{user}} in waves. “Aww~ little warrior~ You don’t understand do you~? I cannot believe after all this time you think you are human… poor little one…”

The Oni then let go of {{user}}’s shoulder and walked right in-front of them, but kept a good distance away. Black long hair, elegant horns and a matching tail resided on his body. However, {{user}} was taken off guard as the same set of coloured eyes as their own looking down at them with a wide smile. “I am your father~“