Castlevania of the Pigeons from Fairy Tail

Chapter 16 Maldor's Resistance
"Alegria, why are you here?"

"Pluto" Maldo held the Book of END in one hand and gently touched the broad teeth in the mouth of the giant beast in front of him with the other hand, thus feeling the faint fluctuation of the cursed power in it.

"It seems that it is not dead, but has been forced to merge with the environment here, with the entire Demon Castle. If I want to help it out of its predicament, I will probably trigger the Demon Castle's spatial magic and be teleported to another place."

Maldo came here alone from the bottom. He did not just kill those who blocked his way recklessly along the way. He also carefully observed the structure and rules of the Demon City that he could see along the way.

In the end he came to several guesses and conclusions.

First, the Hell Core Contract he signed with the members of the Nine Demons Gate, and Keith's necromancy spell are likely to have lost their effect in Castlevania because there is no concept of "complete death" here.

All the lives he killed disappeared after seven seconds, occasionally leaving behind some related tools, which was definitely not normal.

Second, many of the buildings encountered along the way actually existed, but were placed here and built with the help of space magic to create a mixture of real and fake.

Third, all the life forms here are real. They are forced to reincarnate in Demon City, and some are forced to serve Demon City, such as the underworld beast Alegria in front of him.

Alegria had to open its bloody mouth to the extreme as if it was pulling out teeth, revealing the black hole deep in its throat, and its tentacles drooped limply on the ground.

Mediocre people can only see the surface, while wise people can see through the essence.

Although Maldor is a demon who uses spells, his research on magic has reached perfection.

He understood that Alegria's bloody mouth was just a "decoration". Passing through the mouth of the giant beast, there was a door to anything in the depths.

"I see." Maldo concluded, "This is the arbitrary door from the second floor to the third floor. It is the end point and the starting point."

"It seems that Castlevania is indeed an unparalleled masterpiece. Under the manipulation of the Demon King, all life within Castlevania is helpless, engaged in what is likely to be an endless battle."

"All negative emotions are amplified here. I can definitely claim that this is a demon's paradise. As long as you use some tricks, the cursed energy here is inexhaustible."

"If we can occupy this demon castle, it will become a better lair for our Hades Gate."

Suddenly, Maldo felt something, put away the smile on his face, and turned his head to look to the side.

There, a random door opened gently, and before the person on the other side of the door came out, the sound had already spread out.

"Thank you for your compliment. Since you like this place so much, why not stay in Demon Castle forever and become a part of it? If you're willing, becoming my subordinate would be even better."

Silver, possessed by Endymion, walked out of the Anything Gate, put his hands behind his back, and looked at Maldor.

At the same time, folding mirrors appeared in the sky, continuously replaying the experiences of the Nine Ghost Gate members, and also broadcasting their current whereabouts and conditions.

Maldo's eyes flashed, and he quickly looked at the images in the mirrors. He understood the current situation and then sighed.

He did not question the authenticity of these images. On the one hand, Endymion had no need to deceive, and on the other hand, many of the images confirmed his own inner inferences.

"The Hell Core really didn't work. They became your pawns."

His gaze was fixed on Gin, or rather, on Endymion within Gin's body.

"You want us to be your subordinates? That's impossible. If you know us a little bit, you'll know that there has always been only one leader of us demons..." Endymion interrupted with a smile: "Zeref, right?"

"Now that you know..." Maldo looked up and down at Silver, and the scar on his face, "you will understand that we are different from this human. We will not give in or compromise."

"Or perhaps, when Master Zeref created us, he implanted this gene in us, making us uncontrollably want to return to him and want to kill him by any means necessary."

Endymion immediately gave a counterexample: "Didn't these demons surrender to you?"

"That's different." Maldo shook his head and gently stroked the Book of END in his hand. "My strength did indeed intimidate them and allow me to issue orders. However, what brought them together was the secrets in this Book of END."

"Or rather, it was Zeref-sama's wish, our shared wish—to awaken END and kill Zeref-sama—that created the Gate to Hell."

Endymion laughed. "That's the same thing. You can kill two birds with one stone."

Maldo frowned in confusion: "What do you mean by this?"

Endymion then spoke, starting with the relationship between Zeref and the Albareth Empire, the Twelve Holy Shields, Inbel's plan, and all the way to the purpose of capturing the Gate to the Underworld.

Only then did he take out many copies of dark magic research left by Emperor Jellal from the Albares Empire and handed them to Maldo.

The similarity of the handwriting and the profound knowledge of black magic above cannot be forged casually.

Endymion did this deliberately.

After going through the baptism of Castlevania, Maldor and others will have a full understanding of Endymion's strength, and then they can state their purpose and produce evidence to prove their identity, which will be convincing.

Maldo's eyes widened slightly in surprise. He didn't expect that the Albares Empire, far across the ocean, was actually Lord Zeref's empire.

That's right, such a super magic empire should be established by Lord Zeref, the most powerful black magician.

At this time, Maldo actually believed it about 60% to 70% in his heart, but after taking a look at the Book of END in his hand, he held it even tighter. He felt that some of the ideas were presumptuous as long as he thought about them carefully.

Why didn't Master Zeref tell us this? Why are there only two demons among the Twelve Guardians? Am I unworthy of being one of them?
He suppressed all the thoughts in his mind, concealed a trace of almost imperceptible anger, and looked at Endymion.

"Unless Lord Zeref gives us the order himself, we will not become your subordinates. Furthermore, this is merely a plan by one of the Twelve Guardians, and the execution by another."

"Killing Master Zeref is our demonic mission, the mission of END. We will never easily delegate this task to others, nor will we waste time in Castlevania."

Endymion keenly noticed the change in Maldo's mood. Even though Maldo concealed it well, after thinking about it carefully, he guessed 80% to 90% of the source of this resistance.

This is good. He originally planned to resort to force to let Maldo understand the situation clearly.

He vibrated a surge of magic power from his body and took a stance.

"Then let's see whose plan is more feasible? In whose hands will the devil's mission be truly realized? In whose hands will the Book of END be able to realize its greatest value?"

The heart-piercing questions made Maldo's face change. He exerted force on his fingers that were gripping the Book of END, and his fingertips turned white.

(End of this chapter)