The Yellow King's path of Destruction

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The Yellow King's path of Destruction

Post by Zao » Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:24 pm

During the great war...as all the other major countries and even some of the less known groups struggled for power and land there was another dark force lurking about who was looking for a place to set up their own home base...but a handful of countries stood in the way of the Demon's true goal of the Land of Heaven...

On the large island off the far southern tip of the main continent, a ship baring the flag of the pirate alliance silently floated into the barely lit port that belonged to the most eastern country of the Shrimp continent, the Land of Tides. A faint mist had settled upon the coastal town as the gang plank was lowered and the ship tied off. A man with bushy, long white hair that was truly untamed was the first to exit the ship as the crew of the ship didn't say a single word to the pair as they stepped foot on the dock, only keeping their distance and quietly breathing a sigh of relief that their lives seemed to have been spared at this point. The white haired demon turned his golden gaze back towards the crew as it caused them to shiver now before he smirked and the moonlight hit his face revealing the crimson horn that twisted out of the left temple region of his head. To his right side was one of the Hegemon's most trusted aids and one of his four Kings from the Demon Realm. The Yellow King, he had been able to use the human's body next to him in order to bring forth the demon servant who had been following him for more than five centuries at this point. The pair were a dangerous duo who spread destruction and chaos throughout the entire demon realm but that wasn't enough for the Hegemon as he wished to have a realm of his own to rule over as the absolute being. Thus the human realm was his main goal and thanks to the unconscious efforts of the Suna Bannin whose body he currently was in possession of the fiend's plans were finally starting to unfold.

Firstly, he needed a solid base of operations in order to set up his army that was slowly growing as he infected strong human's that he came across that he felt had some value to him, others that didn't were simply discarded as trash as their life was meaningless to a monster like himself who had lived nothing but war for his entire life that stretched over a millennium at this point. "Tako..." Without even turning to his traveling companion that old demon began to speak with his naturally arrogant air but the other demon simply listened intently to what his master's next words might be. "From what I've learned most of this countries population lives along these coastal towns so this shouldn't take to long. I'll leave the towns to the north to you, either they serve me or they die. To the south I'll release the two demon plants to subjugate those towns with the Kumo slave....that should be more than enough." The Hegemon began to lay out their plan to sweep through the small population of this country and bring it under the iron rule of his own. He planned to sweep through the entirety of Shrimp country and use its people and natural resources to begin building his own army and look for a method to bring over his other three demon Kings. Only then would be start his conquest over the human world and place these human's below his boot as the simple slaves they should be to the Spirits, just like it use to be.

"Yes my lord, I will return after spreading the word of my lord to the people. Serve or die." Tako had served several centuries under the guiding hand of the Hegemon as he watched his army sweep over nearly every inch of the Demon realm and conquer those who claimed to be unconquerable but in the end either submitted to the absolute rule of his master or were trampled beneath the hoofs of the army which spread like a locust swarm. Yet, even though the man controlled nigh the entire realm under his flag he was still unable to even threaten the Death God who was the true, absolute ruler of the Demon Realm and creator of all the demon. But here that 'God' could not stop them as he had done so when the Hegemon's army attempted to overthrow the God's rule only to be beaten severely like children trying to fight an adult. It was something that no one spoke of aloud as it could easily cost them their lives at the rage of the Demon Hegemon and his shame from that battle. The giant clothed only in the battle damaged golden cloak and crown mask bowed deeply to the old demon before him before pushing north following the coast line as he seemed like a shooting star as he leaped from tree top to tree top quickly disappearing out of sigh from the old demon before the Hegemon summoned Toge, Hana, and Toushi through a dark purple portal that opened a gateway from his fortress in the demon realm to him. "You three, conquer all the towns to the south of this place. They either submit to my rule or die. " The three spirits, the two plant spirits wrapped around the dark knights forearms' and the demon slave himself all replied in unison, "Yes, Hegemon-sama!"

Sparks of lightning formed under the feet of the former Kumo Bannin as the man dashed across the air slowly gaining altitude as lightning seemed to explode off each leap the former shinobi took now illuminating the dark sky and scattering the fog. 'This body sure left me some powerful tools...kekeke...' The faint evil sounding laughter exited the old demon's sharp tooth filled mouth as he gazed up at the moon, while his slaves went to conquer the nearby coastal towns of the mainly fishing oriented country the Hegemon himself pushed straight towards the capital city of the country using a map he'd acquired of the entire continent of Shrimp and it was the main reason he'd chosen it for his staging area. While the other great nations and their shinobi fought against one another for land and power, it left the demon to his own devices where he'd be uninterrupted in his preparations and then at the end of this war when the manpower of these nations were lowered from the constant strife and conflict then he'd strike attacking his host body's home of Wind country since he had access to the shinobi's memories of the land and village. Oh how fun it would be to watch the shinobi who pushed the great spirits out nearly three thousand years ago squirm under his feet before he watched the life leave their eyes...how wonderful the thought was within his mind as he too disappeared into the mist heading directly for his own objective now.

Tako only had to travel a short distance as the sun was already beginning to glow on the eastern horizon as the hour of morning nautical twilight was already upon the fairly large village as the sky was a mixture of red, yellows, and oranges. One could even see the outline of the shallow coral reefs that surround the island's eastern coast making it difficult for anyone to traverse the seas around it at night thus the reason only the pirate alliance were willing to bring the creature's master and himself for a high price. But the demon knew that money was of no consequence at this point as in the future the Hegemon would rule over this entire world and all its resources and riches would be his own. A set of shark like teeth smiled from beneath the golden mask crown that concealed the hideous face, the slender man like figure would arrive shortly at the appointed place of his first victims as the man leaped from the last set of trees landing just outside the town where they had a checkpoint for those wanting to enter and leave the small town area. As the tall monster rose and straighten its humped back out now standing at least a few feet taller than the normal human its claw like fingers curled slowly causing the joints to pop one after the other, having been cooped up on that small ship unable to kill anyone for the last few days the menacing figure began to walk forward as the simple civilians at the checkpoint seemed as though they'd seen a ghost as they froze at the sigh of the masked beast slowly closing the distance between himself and them. Finally one of the guard like people stepped forward with his right hand on a sheathed short sword on his left hip and the other hand stretched out palm forward as if attempting to signal him to stop. After a couple of seconds the man finally managed to spit out the words he'd been trying to get out of his mouth towards whom he thought was simply some strange man..."St-op right th..ere! What business do you have here?"

His words came together between toward the end of his questioning towards Tako who never stopped moving and simply replied to the peasant before him in a condescending tone, "Will you serve or will you die?" This question back to him caused shiver to run down the man's already yellow spine as this point before he somehow managed to haphazardly rip the blade from its sheath holding the weapon's small hilt with both hands. The yellow king could already tell that this man was not a warrior and was just a slave, he was looking for strong human's that were worthy of becoming demon slaves for his master and if the rest of the slop didn't bow their heads then he would be sure to help relieve it from their shoulders to send the message of his lord and master to these pitiful weaklings. Fielding what little courage the human could muster against the demonic looking figure that grew bigger with each step he finally pushed forward and lifted the sword above his head before coming down with a rather impressive chop against Tako. The sword smashed directly into the ragged looking cloak that revealed the burned and sunken skin at the man's chest, but instead of slicing straight into the cloak and the man beneath it the man's sword couldn't even slice through the fuuin reinforced fabric and caused a harsh rebound as the man felt pain rush through his hand, wrist and forearm as though he'd attempted to smash the blade into solid stone. "Ah, my first one of the day...kek." The words that filtered out from underneath the heavy gold mask sent a wave of fear and confusion over the human who took a step back to regather his stance and bring the blade before him but before he could fully do so the hideously long fingers and their claws reached out grasping him by the neck.

"You human...so fragile and helpless like little babies waiting to be slaughtered by a real predator..." With a sinister laugh the sound of cracking bones and the gasping breaths that signed the life escaping from the man's body were the only sounds that filled the silent morning air as the other man who had been on post with the now dead man sounded the alarm to wake the village and warn them of the danger at their doorstep. This action drew the dark black, sunken in eyes of the demon over towards him as the other arm reached out and the sunken skin on it began to wiggle as if something was a live beneath the burnt skin of the now revealed arm. Long tentacles light those perhaps of an octopus or squid ripped through the skin as they rapidly extended and in a moment's time had wrapped around the appendages and body of the man before slowly squeezing the life from his eyes, oh Tako loved to watch the light as it faded from the young man formerly bright eyes that dimmed and finally disappeared as the body stopped struggling. 'This feeling is my favorite.' While the demon savored the moment before tossing the two lifeless bodies aside the entire town that wasn't already awake was stirred in a panic as their alarm had been raised. As the men, women, and children rushed from the docks and their homes to see what could cause the guard post to ring the alarm bell each and everyone of them had their eyes lock onto the slender man figure and his golden mask crown and cloak whom walked without care down the main street of the medium sized fishing town. As blood dripped from his elongated demonic hands the stares of the growing crowd was a mix of fright, horror, confusion, fear, and anger with allow of these emotions projected directly at him and it could only cause his hidden smile to grow wider than before as it actually excited him.

The tentacles that had grown out of the right arm had already withdrawn from sight so the people of this tiny place in bum fuck nowhere were spared the grotesque sight at least for the time being as the tall, lanky figure slowly moved barefoot through the streets until he reached a center portion of the town square area. His masked face turned from one side to the other, seeming to almost be able to turn all the way around in a nigh three sixty as it look over each shoulder at the trembling population of this city. "I have come with the words of my lord the Hegemon, this entire continent, not just this small speck of mud you call your country, is under his rule. There is only two options...." He paused as he let the first set of words begin to sink in and the mumbles of the confused crowd before him could be heard. It was always the same with those who he had stood beside the Lord and issued the same degree and it always got even more interesting when the two options were given. "...you can become slaves of his will or die...." Again the arrogant man's demonic voice paused as an uproar began to build as his left arm started to tremble a bit as the demonic blood started to rotate as the Devouring Tentacle was attempting to get loose as it wished to feed on the blood and flesh of these succulent humans whose bodies were much softer and tasted better than demons. "Kek...choose and let's move on." As though he didn't care about what their answers were or what they had to say the man finished his words which sent the crowd into a sheer panic as the weak started to flee and those strong willed enough to stand their ground began to produce weapons. They would never allow an outsider to speak such words to them and they would defend their family and homeland against such a monster...sadly this was a monster that they couldn't even begin to comprehend now as he lifted his head towards the sky any loosed an evil laughter that echoed throughout the town...he stopped holding back the devouring demon's tentacle and from the cloaks left sleeve a mass of flesh covered the left arm and continued to grow and expand outward as it stretched into the sky.

This shapeless mass began to produce tooth filled mouths that had to belong to a monster as they ranged in size from small to large with the largest ones begin closer to the large end of the growing mass that peaked out around twenty or so meter in length being nearly half that in diameter as the tentacle acted upon its own accord and the mouths stretched from the skin as it slammed into the group brave enough to believe they could stand toe-to-toe with the demon before them. Those under the tentacle were crushed by its force into flesh puddles while those who barely survived found their arms and legs, or those even unluckier found their entire torso chomped down upon by the demon mouths. The force of the mouths closing and the sharpness of the teeth within them allowed for the demonic mouths to easily chop straight through their prey as they appeared to chew and swallow the tasty flesh of these humans. Blood curdling screams and whimpering cries were the only thing that were heard for the next few minutes as the tentacle and its owner swept through the pitiful defense of the human's who had a little bit of backbone to them before the others were curled up in corner and hiding in their homes as blood filled the squad and body parts and broken weapons were scattered about through the streets and buildings nearby. "Oh how fun...though I must saw that I really expected their to be at least one strong human in this village. Where are those shinobi and their chakra magic? Now that is fun...." The mass of devouring flesh was slowly retracted as it appeared to be reabsorbed back into the left arm before it returned to its sunken, burnt appearance now as the man stood in the middle of the square once more an another pirate ship could be seen just off the coast headed for the dock of the small village. About it was the hired hands who had pledged themselves to his lord, they could mop up the mess that he left here as he laugh out one final loud laugh before turning his attention to the northwest as the coast line curved westward the further he moved.

With his master's new companions moving south, their master headed straight for the main city of this backwater country, and him moving north conquering this rather defenseless country wouldn't take long, it was simply a matter of time and then there was the scoundrels that were following his master. Though they were weak humans, they had at least chosen the right power to follow and they would be useful to his Lord for helping keep his influence and fear of the Demon across the land. This campaign would only take about a week but it was enough time for word to spread to the neighboring country, the Land of Floods, who had began to gather their forces to push back this threat as the demon servant Tako was the first to reach the ruined statues past the which mark the main pass between the mountain range separating Cháodì from Xùntudi. His was across the ruins of towns reminded him of their several century long campaign back home in the demon world where they had turned once grand cities into mere ruins that served as a tell to others about the power of the Demon Hegemon and his dark army that killed any who attempted to oppose the man's word being akin to the word of God. A decently sized force, one might even have called it a small army detachment stood at the entrance to the mountain pass in formation as the barefoot creature walked to within about a hundred meters of the unit causing them to draw arms and reach archers. 'Well now...this is a bit more interesting.' As he thought to himself the man couldn't help but laugh out loud at the group of soldiers before him now. As a experienced figure in the art of armed conflict this small detachment appeared to have some discipline to them and it appeared that they had probably served with one another before judging from their age and posture with their weapons. 'Oh, how interesting. I wonder if there are any strong ones amongst this group of fighters...?'

The old demon could only hope that this was the case as the seaside country he was leaving was rather pathetic, this was further proven when some raiders just happened to attempt to come from the sea to raid the port town as he was delivering the message of 'God' to these simpletons. Needless to say the raiders instead delivered spoilers of war to his men instead as they began just another fresh meal and warning to those attempting to invade the new continent that the Hegemon was building. Outsiders who came would be taken care of without hesitation, no one knew how long the human's would continue to war with one another and that meant that there wasn't any time to spend messing around with this cowardly scavengers. "Is this all you have brought?" A commanding voice with a hint of the demon within this human body leaked out into the prideful words from Tako, the detachment was at least a hundred well rounded soldiers who fought from time-to-time on the westing border of Flood and never would they have believed that they would be called to defend against the simple fishing country of Tides. But as the group stared down the single giant figure draped in bloody golden robes and his golden crown mask they couldn't help but gulp at the sight. Their leader was a well armored figure on a strong looking black stallion that also sported rather nice looking war armor for its protection, he lifted his hand and then dropped it as a group of thirty archers on the back row unleashed a series of five arrows as rapidly as they could. The arrows arched upwards before falling down at a steep angle like rain towards the demonic figure who bend his knees and pushed forward revealing his true strength all at once as his feet sunk into the ground from the sheer force as he leaped forward.

This action caused the ground to explode outwards behind the man as he pushed forward closing the gap of a hundred meters in a mere few seconds arriving directly in the middle of the formation as only a few of the seasoned veterans were able to even catch a glimpse of the yellow streak that rushed past them. After losing track of the figure they found him in the middle of the infantry formation as from his legs and from beneath the battle worn cloak eight long, thorny tentacles expanded rapidly and whipped about smashing into the armored soldiers knocking them back into others with such force that their armor was caved in. This action caused for their formation to collapse as they were sent scrambling back but their was one amongst them who was not caught completely off guard and had followed the powerful demon's movements into the formation but had been to late to react to his next action as the strange flesh tendrils appears striking at his army. That man was the leader of this army, one of the generals of the country and the main military advisor of the country. He had trained his own body to what he thought was the peak of human performance, even engaging in sparring with shinobi that passed through the country so he had a firm grasp on the this level of strength. Driving his horse forward the man brandished a long spear that had been secured to the back side of his saddle a drove it straight for the tall figures heart with a thrust that pushed its movement past the level most people were able to perceive. Even the great demon was caught off guard as it struck him directly on the chest with such force that he was sent flying backwards over twenty meters striking and dragging along several of the general's men who were entangled by the thorny tentacles. If he was a few moments later the strange demonic man would have been able to crush his small detachment. The man cursed himself for his overconfidence and not bringing one of the full regiments' worth of men for this incursion as the scout reports brought back to him were not accurate in the least to the true strength of this figure.

"My, my, my!!" The demon's voice echoed out from beneath the golden shroud that was his mask crown as he managed to come to a stop leaving a series of skid marks from both his bare feet and the series of thorny tentacles that dragged across the battlefield bring him back under control. Standing back up straight the scattered army attempted to flee as the only thing standing between them and utter annihilation at the hands of the golden robed fiend before them. The horserider smiled amiss all this chaos and death as the small personal army moved back now hoping that their general could stave off this villainous stranger. While they regrouped the old man stepped down from the saddle of the large war horse and landed with a heavy thud now before stabbing the blunt end of the spear staff into the ground. "Seems you are no ordinary man...perhaps you are just another demon for me to kill like in the old days?" A confident voice of an old man could be heard from beneath the helm of the army armor that hid all the man's face but his wide smile. "Oh?! So you aren't just another weakling like the others!" A voice filled with excitement poured Tako's mouth as he straightened his back standing nearly two or three feet taller than the human spear challenger before him as his tentacles wiggled back and forth with a desire to rip the armor off the man's body so they could shred his soft skin. There was a large bulge on the left shoulder of the slenderman creature before the fleshy lump began to expand rapidly as it burst out of the cloak's sleeve revealing an expanding mass of purple flesh that was forming several tooth filled mouths upon its shapeless surface as the mass expanded to three meters across at the end approaching the spearman as one mouth nearly two meters in diameter itself attempted to devour the armored warrior in one bite!

Though a quick series of footwork techniques the man was able to dodge to the side of the massive flesh devour mouth as it smashed a large crater into the earth before twirling the spear rapidly to part two thorny tendrils that were attempting to take him from either flank as they both were sent crashing into one another by the parrying technique that used their strength and speed against one another causing Tako to tilt his golden crowned head slightly to the side. This man was closer to the shinobi he had fought before leaving the main land in strength and it actually excited the old demon as he stretched out his right arm now causing for a series of thinner octopus like tentacles to form as they burst forth out of his right arm sleeve seeming to twist about in the sunlight as if each seemed to have a mind of their own and were happy to be released from their prison cell that was the demon spirit's human host body. But the demon body spirit was not done just yet as he decided that it was time to use his full strength to crush this human and use him as an example for the fleeing human's in the distance who lost their nerve and loyalty to this commander who was now sacrificing his life for their own. From beneath the back of the cloak an insect like segmented black and red tail with a meter long spiked tip grew from the lower back of the body's spine as it swayed about like a snake waiting to strike as it lingered just above the demon's crown and lastly a massive arm burst through a hole in the back of the raggedy King's robe as it grew as long as the giant tail only having a clawed hand the was a jett black in color with clawed fingers that could easily crush a full grown adult within its massive grasp. Even the once valiant defender couldn't help but feel the set forming on his body at the sight of this monstrous abomination that towered before him wielding numerous tentacles, a devouring fleshing mass of tooth filled mouths, a giant scorpion like tail, and a massive claw.

"Puny human, have you begun to experience real fear for the first time? Kuku...let's end this quickly as I would hate for my master to think that I was wasting time here playing around with you peons." The demon's laughter could be heard for hundreds of meters as he spread his feet as the weight of his new appendages caused for the feet to sink about an inch or so into the hard earth beneath their feet in the rocky pass that lead to the neighboring country these soldiers has first sought to defend from the Demon's invasion. Then Tako unleashed the multiple grabbers, thorny tentacles and his spiked tail against the speedy spearman as the man had to perform at his absolute peak to dodge or parry the rapidly striking. The attacks seemed just wildly launched without too much thought or technique about them but the sheer number and strength behind each quickly caused both physical and mental exhaustion to wear upon the old man who was not in his prime anymore due to his age. One attack slipped by, then a second, then a third as the small wounds began to appear and the blood started to drip from the links in the armor that was doing its best to withstand the overpowering attacks from the long tentacles, mouth filled fleshy mass, and the demon's tail. Finally it happened and a powerful blow was landed to the knee joint of the armor breaking the armor and the leg within it and the demon seized the moment as the large hand flashed forward and grasped the spear wielding knight tightly in its palm. Slowly squeezing the life from the man was the armor creaked and cracked apart while one of the tentacles removed the helm to reveal the bloodied face of an old man in his sixties with a full beard and scars across his face from years of violent conflict.



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Saisuko Zao - Suna Bannin - Spirit Weapon Saint

Kyōhō Ken - The White Snake Sage - S Rank Assassin/Bounty Hunter

Aburame Hisato S-rank Mn / Inactive

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Arashiyama Ning - Kumo Chuunin - Weilder of the Ghost Spear

Yami Kasai - Mizukage - The Black Reaper - DEAD

Genso - Elemental Crafting Shaman - A Rank Monk - Inactive

Aburame Akiro - Konoha Jounin - ANBU Member - Inactive

Hyōryū -- Suna S-Rank / Dead / Used as Inheritance.

Xi - Iwa Jounin / Inactive

Sato - A Rank, "The Cleaving Swordsman " / Inactive

Akujin - Konoha Genin, Art Ninjutsu Guy / Inactive

Toukai Touma - Kiri Genin / Inactive

Arashiyama, Toushi - Kumo Bannin / Dead

Hitachiai - Iwa Jounin / Inactive

Ji Ning - Iwa Genin / Inactive

Naegi, Chin - A-rank MN / Inactive







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The Yellow King's path of Destruction

Post by Zao » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:02 pm

"Let me finish you off quickly as a mercy for a fellow warrior..." Feeling some semblance of respect for the human the demon caused the demon clawed hand to instantly crush the man's body as the armor that had protected him now was the weapon used to kill him as it crushed in upon his body and broke as his bones and ruptures his internal organs now with a surge of unimaginable pain and yet the warrior didn't cry out only gritted his teeth before passing out and dying a few seconds after. "A worthy human, it is to bad I had to kill him to show my master's strength or he could have been a decent demon slave for the Hegemon...." The Hegemon had taken strong warriors, like the former Kumo Bannin Toushi who had crossed paths with his master and ended up falling before the demon's might and now served him with unconditional loyalty due to the corrupted chakra that now flowed within the human's body making him more demon than human. Tentacles reaped up around the body as the demonic giant hand loosened and allowed the crushed armor containing the dead old man within its


tbc...


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Tsukino Hisato - Kiri Chuunin - Seven Swordsman Dagger

Saisuko Zao - Suna Bannin - Spirit Weapon Saint

Kyōhō Ken - The White Snake Sage - S Rank Assassin/Bounty Hunter

Aburame Hisato S-rank Mn / Inactive

Old CharactersShow
Inactive/Dead

Arashiyama Ning - Kumo Chuunin - Weilder of the Ghost Spear

Yami Kasai - Mizukage - The Black Reaper - DEAD

Genso - Elemental Crafting Shaman - A Rank Monk - Inactive

Aburame Akiro - Konoha Jounin - ANBU Member - Inactive

Hyōryū -- Suna S-Rank / Dead / Used as Inheritance.

Xi - Iwa Jounin / Inactive

Sato - A Rank, "The Cleaving Swordsman " / Inactive

Akujin - Konoha Genin, Art Ninjutsu Guy / Inactive

Toukai Touma - Kiri Genin / Inactive

Arashiyama, Toushi - Kumo Bannin / Dead

Hitachiai - Iwa Jounin / Inactive

Ji Ning - Iwa Genin / Inactive

Naegi, Chin - A-rank MN / Inactive







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