~~~Joel's POV~~~

I strode across the great hall of the Mezelean Matral Palace, boots clicking neatly against the tiled floor. Servants with my face bowed as I walked by, and I nodded regally back to my epic clones.

The gardens were due for an inspection today, Lizzie was coming later and I wanted to make sure they were perfect for our lovely romantic walk that I had planned. It would be perfect already of course, because I would be there, but I wanted it to be extra perfect. The most perfect in the entire universe. Because Lizzie was the most perfect in all of existence and she deserved perfection.

The sun shined in my face as I stepped outside, and I put my hand up to shield my eyes with a grimace. When I put my hand down, there was a person standing a few feet in front of me that hadn't been there before. How odd.

"Hello?" I said, squinting at the new arrival. They must have walked out of another door while I was adjusting my eyes to the sunlight.

I got no reply aside from a weird hissing sound. Those damn lizards must be back. I'll summon the exterminators again.

"These gardens are royalty only," I said to the person, annoyed. "You're not allowed here."

"Oh, I can assure you, I am very much royalty..."

I scoffed. "Yeah right. What's your name?"

The person stepped forward, a smirk on their face. "I am Xornoth of Rivendell."

I blinked. "Oh, you're a bloody elf. Wonderful. Still doesn't make you royalty."

Xornoth frowned. He said something, but I didn't quite hear him.

"Sorry, what was that? I didn't hear you."

They said something again, but I couldn't hear it. I cupped a hand around my ear and stepped closer, leaning towards Xornoth. "Say that again?"

"What is wrong with you?"

Well, I definitely heard that. "Excuse me? Do you know who I am?" I demanded. "Just because you're some elf doesn't mean you can just walk into restricted gardens and insult the KING of Mezelea. Yeah, that's right, I'm the king! I'm much more important than you, you jumped up egotistical elf!"

Xornoth was gaping at me in total shock. I bet no one had ever talked to them in that tone of voice before, damn elves with their giant heads.

I rolled my eyes. "What, no one ever talk to you like that?"

No response. I blinked, and Xornoth was gone. Idiot must've walked off. Good. Now I can finish my inspection. I bet that elf would make a great story to tell Lizzie. She would be so amazed at how I dealt with them. Lizzie is the best ever. How am I so lucky? Not only am I the most amazing person in the world, but I'm also married to the best woman/fish goddess in the world? It's all because of my amazingness. I'm just that cool.

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~~~Xornoth's POV~~~

The cod man jumped into the water, disappearing under the waves. The last echo of his scream lingered in the air. Oh, how fun it is to toy with the idiot.

Now for my next victim... I haven't tormented the king of the mesa yet. He's quite egotistical, isn't he? That would be fun to destroy. Leave him trembling in a corner, confidence wrecked and torn to shreds.

Yes, maybe I'll go to Mezelea.

A quick teleport later, I appeared in front of the Mesa King. He hadn't seen me yet, eyes still adjusting to the sun. I, of course, had no such restrictions. I was much too powerful for that.

As he put his hand down, I summoned my shadows, wreathing myself in unnatural darkness with only my eyes glowing red with untapped evil.

"Hello?"

There wasn't any fear in his voice? Perhaps his eyes were still adjusting to the light.

"These gardens are royalty only, you're not allowed here." King Joel of Mezelea said, clearly annoyed. What the hell?

"Oh, I can assure you I am very much royalty..." I said, injecting as much venom and panic-inducing darkness into my voice.

He scoffed. Scoffed. This human was going to die. How was he not scared of me??

"Yeah, right. What's your name?"

Everyone knew who I was. I was the demon haunting the server! I had been terrorizing and tormenting everyone for months now! How did this idiot not recognize me??

"I am Xornoth of Rivendell, Champion of Exor, Tormentor of the Innocent, Demon of Darkness."

"Oh, you're a bloody elf. Wonderful. Still doesn't make you royalty."

What? How was he not terrified?

"I will kill your entire family."

King Joel squinted at me. "Sorry, what was that? I didn't hear you."

Was he mocking me? Was this puny human making fun of me, the most feared being in this world?

"Į̵̟̺̯̻̮̳̪̹͇̘̦̤̋̋̂̃͋́̃̒̈̀́͠ͅ ̸̺̤̖̦̺̪̳̯͚̬̪̗̫͉̝̜̤̇͋̓̂w̴̖̣̖̝̩͖͚̭̜̮̩̳͎̗̔́̈́ͅi̷̧̨̢̭̱͖̩̭̺̣̰̙̩̮͓̭͇͓͈̠̊͝ḷ̸̨̨͈͚͙͓̙͇͖̳̜̗͕͔̫̮̟̾̎̓͛̐̈̅̒̇l̶̨̨̢̺̬͎̩̟͍̗̗̂̓́̔̓̈́̌̐̔̎͆̀̽̃͒̍̾̅̚͝ͅͅ ̸̨̡̛̛̹̜̮̬̳̳̫̩̪͚͔̜̻̻͚͙͇͑̔̌̐͜͜d̷̨̟̩̥̣̪̫̻̖̳͗͊̈́̅͗̇͊é̴̠̦̙͎͇̖͙̫̣͔̩͚̙̓̍̓̎̀̎͗̓͝ş̷̨̦̹̻̥͖̣̬̹̘̟̫̞̺͔̲͚̥͆͜t̸̛̛̻͎̰̼̠̺͆͐͋̑́̀͂̀̅̀̃̈́́̉̉̕͝r̶̢͍̼̗̝͓̮̩̟͎̲̘̔̄̚͜o̸̢͎̞͎̯̜̤͍͙͔̓͐̎̽͜͜y̸̰̫̯͇̺͎̤͊͒̓͑̋̀̓͂̏̽̒̆̃̚ ̵̧̨̨͎̤̣͈̮͓̤͙̪̟̖̞̠̯̻̺̬̪̎̉̓̄̉̕͜e̶̪̪͈̅͐̈́͒̈̅̿̌̕ṿ̶̢̡͚̱̻̲̗͓̻̈́̑̆͑͑̒́̎͘ę̶̺̪͉̟̟̬̠̅̈́͊̽r̸̢̡̜͎͙̹͕̯̖͎͙̺͚̦̣͖̬̤̠̮̆͒̑̑͑̓̇͒̒̑̉̐̓̓̇͑͜y̴̭̱̦̣̦̝̱̰̱͈͓͙̰̍̇̓̒͠͝ͅţ̷͈̼̱͐̈́͑̍͆͊̾͝h̵̡̛̹̫̫̭̝͇̖̤̊̀̓́͒̓͂͐͂̎̏̑̍̌̈̃͐̚̕ĩ̷̠̯͛͒̀̅͒̀̒̎̽̑̈̇̏̆͆̏͘͠n̸̛͙̲̬̻̯̲̮͈̹̈́̏͝ģ̶̡̻͈̗̞̼͎̳̲̟̣̣̰͍̝̊̄͂̓̀̀̕͜͜ͅ ̴̡̡͎̘̠̤̮̦̮̬̜̯̟̙͋̏̈́̆͌́͐̇̀́̎̌͋̃̔̀̍͠͝y̴̢̡̢̟̙͙̣͓̠̼̘̙̺̗̟̲̬̣̜͐̌̏̏͑ͅo̴̡̤̠̙̫̘͂̽̾̎̋̅͒͆̃͌̅̀̄̕͝u̵̧̡̧̡̝̦̝̩̬̳̼̺̱̾͒̏́̍̓̍̊̈́̽̂͂̄̄̐́̌͗̔͝͝͝ ̵̧̼͕͉̫̙̟̀̒̓̆͂̎̎́̃̌͗̆͑́̚͘͘͝͝ḩ̵̘͇͔̺͙͇̣̻͉̲̺̬̰̝̂͛͘͝o̸̺̼̻̦̼̞̫̭͎̼̹̻͚̠̦͛͗̑̉͆͆͛͋͛͋̉̊̾͂̅́͝͝ͅͅͅl̸̩͙͚̖̞̯̭̥͒̅͑̎͆̓̅̀́̋̍̀͑̎̈̽́͗̚͝ͅͅd̶̡̨̨̬̭̣̜͙̥͈̩̠́͊͑̌͂̓̊̒̾͌͐̉͗́̓̌̑̽͘̕ ̴̢̼̩̪̰̼̱͉̖̗̬̹̳̰̟̟̦͉́̽̆d̷͎̮̟̩̀e̵̢͍̹̖̤̤͚̮̠͙͉͌̍̿̏̀̓̽́̑͒̾̍̽͋͌͘ą̸͇͖̻̭̻̝̟̗͉͙̮͚͆̌̋͒̆́̕͘ͅṙ̷̨̢̜͙̰͇̤̰̳͉̺̼̝̬͉͉̼͎̈́͒̎̓̂͛͊̄͗̚̕͠͠"

The idiot king stepped closer to me (closer????) and cupped his hand around his ear. "Say again?"

"What is wrong with you." It wasn't even a question anymore. This man was clearly insane or deaf or just completely stupid. Who put him in charge of an empire?

The idiot's face went red, and he began yelling. YELLING. At ME. The Champion of Exor, the most hated and well known demon in the WORLD. He yelled at me.

"Do you know who I am?"

Does he not know who he is as well as not knowing who I am? Maybe he had a memory issue.

"Just because you're some elf doesn't mean you can just walk into restricted gardens and insult the KING of Mezelea."

Some elf? Some elf? I'M NOT EVEN AN ELF I'M A D E M O N. HOW DARE THIS MORTAL-

"Yeah, that's right, I'm the king! I'm much more important than you, you jumped up egotistical elf!"

That's it. I'm done with this entire fucking empire. I teleported away. Sausage would be as outraged as I am. Maybe he would have some more of that yummy pastry too. I needed a break after dealing with that fried cheese stick of a human being. The rumors weren't kidding about him being egotistical...