Mykel and Lucifer were standing outside the capital city because the knights were checking everyone who entered the city. They both were the only Awakeners since the others were still busy dealing with the mess on the previous one.
"Hey, you! Step aside!" The knight pointed his spear at a guy in a brown tattered robe.
Everyone looked at the guy who looked young, maybe in his twenties. His expression was enough to tell that he was anxious, and no wonder the knights put him to the side.
The man in a robe slowly transformed himself into a demon, but something was different about him. He wasn't fully a demon. Only his eyes turned black and small horns that came out on his forehead.
"A real cambion. How interesting," Lucifer said as he calmed the horse by rubbing its neck. "But this world is sure filled with so many succubus and incubus," Lucifer looked at the people who waited in line and noticed most of them were succubus and incubus.
The cambion started to attack the knight and decapitated him with his bare hands. The other knights immediately called for a backup, and then closed the gate so nobody could enter the city.
"The event got triggered as soon as Awakeners reached the capital city, huh? It does feel surreal after knowing everything," Lucifer said as he looked at the event where a cambion started to attack the knight like how it was in the original story. "Then it should happen now," Lucifer turned around and saw some of the people that waited in line start to transform as well.
A group of cambion started attacking the knights and killed all of them. The bell rang and notified all the knights in the capital city. The archers immediately fired their arrows at them, but the arrows weren't enough to stop them.
The cambion showed off its small wings and started to fly to the wall.
"How cute," Lucifer said as he scoffed and watched the cambions slaughter the archers.
The only ones that didn't bother by the commotion and the panic of the people were Mykel and Lucifer. The rest hurriedly ran away and didn't dare to look back because they were scared of demons.
They could hear the screams of men and cambions from behind the wall. One of the cambions flew away, the one who killed the first knight, but then got shot down by an arrow on the nape. He fell right in front of Mykel and Lucifer, and he was crawling as he stared at them for help.
"Brutus, is it?" Mykel looked at the cambion.
Brutus nodded his head repeatedly, and then Mykel jumped down from his horse. He pulled the arrow that pierced through Brutus' neck from behind, and then healed him. He modified Brutus [Race] from Cambion to Human.
The knights opened the gate and looked at Mykel, Lucifer, and Brutus. They looked around to search for the demon, but they only saw the brown tattered robe near the wall.
"You. Did you see a demon?" The knight asked.
"The demon flew away after you shot him in the neck," Mykel answered.
The knights looked at the bloodstain on the road, and it led to where Mykel stood. The knights looked at Brutus and had their suspicions, but he didn't have any wounds on him and the arrow was nowhere to be found.
"Demons can regenerate and turn into a human, but their blood. Their blood isn't red. Bring that man here!" The commander of the knight said as he pointed at Brutus.
The knights dragged Brutus, but he resisted.
"Relax, Brutus," Mykel said.
Brutus turned around and looked at Mykel's expression. He was confused as to how Mykel was so calm and collected. He saw Mykel nod his head and told him to stay calm. Since he was saved by Mykel, he believed in him and knew he wasn't an enemy.
The knight drew a short sword and cut Brutus' left palm. They were surprised when they saw fresh red blood dripping from his palm and fell to the road. Not just them, Brutus was dumbfounded when his blood had turned red, and not dark purple.
"Are you satisfied? Can we come inside?" Lucifer asked and stared at the knights.
"Are you perhaps otherworlders?" The commander asked.
"You should be able to tell by our attire," Mykel answered. "And that guy is Brutus. He came with us from the other city," Mykel continued.
The commander looked at Brutus and then ordered his men to move to the side. Mykel, Lucifer, and Brutus entered the capital city where the Colosseum could be seen from the distance and the biggest building in the city.
"Can I have your name, Mister?" Brutus asked.
"Mykel," Mykel said as he rode his horse. "I know you have so many questions to ask, but let's talk about it once you show me your hideout. You want justice, right? I'll give it to you in a form of revenge," Mykel continued.
Brutus looked at Mykel and he was confused and surprised at the same time.
"Why are you helping me? Don't you see I'm a demon?" Brutus asked.
"Because not all demons are bad, and not all humans are good. Is that the answer you're hoping for?" Mykel asked back. "But no, the real reason why I help you is that I think your kind is different, and think of letting your kind rule this world," Mykel answered.
Brutus got more confused by Mykel's answer, but he decided to not ask anymore. He then showed Mykel and Lucifer the hideout for the cambions.
Cambion was a disgrace for both demons and humans. To be living in a world where demons and humans fought each other, and be born as cambion, it was the worst because they were the easier target. Moreover, not every cambion could transform into a demon form, and they were no different than a human.
Mykel entered the tavern with Lucifer, but then the kids bumped into him and immediately ran away to play outside. Everyone in that area were cambions, and they had been hiding and pretending to be humans while demons hunted them for food.
"Hiding in plain sight, that's not really a good idea, isn't it?" Lucifer asked as he sat down and stared at the bartender. "Unless you give them sacrificial lambs in exchange for peace?" Lucifer smiled as the bartender gulped nervously.
Everyone in the tavern looked at Mykel and Lucifer while Brutus talked to his friends and informed them about what had happened. The reason why they did all of that was that they wanted to leave, but they were trapped in an invisible barrier that prevented them from leaving.
After knowing the barrier had disappeared, they finally had the chance to leave, but to do so, they had to take care of the knights who protected the gates. It was impossible since the knights had acknowledged their existence and had been trying to get rid of them.
It was as Lucifer said, they did offer the demons their own descendants in exchange for their safety. The demons had infiltrated the government, even in the senates to prevent the humans from hunting cambions.
The reason demons protected them was that cambions were unique because if they ate cambions, they grew stronger. With that being said, both demons and humans didn't want them to leave, and the only way was to do it themselves.
"Samus, he's the one who saved me," Brutus said as he pointed at Mykel.
A man in a white robe stared at Mykel, and he looked in his mid forty. He sat down next to him and told the bartender to pour a glass of wine for Mykel.
"Thank you for saving him," Somus said. "But, there's something I have to ask first, and that's what did you do to make him a human?" Somus asked.
"What are you talking about? He's still a cambion," Mykel replied and took a sip of the wine. He didn't like the taste and decided to put it aside.
Somus was confused because he could smell that Brutus had turned into a human. When he looked at Somus again to check, he smelled different.
"Brutus, show me the cut wound," Somus said.
Brutus showed his left palm, but the wound had disappeared, which made both of them so confused. They stared at each other, and then looked at Mykel with suspicion.
"Who are you?" Somus asked.
"I have heard those words so many times," Mykel answered as he chuckled. "I'm a God," Mykel looked at them with a serious expression.
