[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-780":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Demonic Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1078431,1393,"Chapter 780 The Faces of Darkness","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-780",780,"\u003Cp>The darkness is as old as everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's tenure throughout the multiverse is lengthy and wide, but it was still a long time before this ancient concept gained consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the prime universe, it had two faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One face came to life because he was tied to the birth of another. The other came into being because she was chasing another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both developed an eventual infamy independent of each other- establishing their own separate identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was no surprise that when they finally crossed paths, the encounter caused many oracles to prophesize a catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, no such occurrence ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew who the victor would be without any contest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which is more frightening? The darkness that humans imagine or the one that monsters do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have some gall to show up here uninvited. Do you think that Tehom is a place where you are allowed to come and go as you please?\" Audrina asked dangerously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus formed another lit cigarette in his mouth and inhaled deeply. \"I heard my wife was living with you now. She's invited here, but I'm not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, so you do understand the concept of invitations. Now I'm even more curious as to how you could've ignored yours .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every god was invited to Odessa's birthday celebration. Erebus was just one of the very few who chose not to attend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina didn't think she could just let that kind of thing off lightly without hearing a very good reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"… I was-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lie to me and I open you from your belly to your nostril.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"… I just didn't feel like attending. I wanted to give Nyx more space.\" He said altruisticly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for him, Audrina wasn't buying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A mood that seemed to last all of five minutes seeing as you are here for her already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder sibling did not bother to hide her contempt- making Erebus realize that she and Nyx might have become closer while he wasn't looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough time should have passed for her to get over it now, right?\" He reasoned. \"Telling the time here is difficult for those of us who don't live here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you aren't supposed to be here. What part of that is difficult to understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus ducked when Audrina reached for his cigarette again and continued smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must you make things harder than they need to be? I only came here to get my wife. Now please tell me where she is, because it obviously isn't here.\" He glanced at the castle they were standing in front of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses weren't as strong as they should have been in the abyss, but even he could tell from here that his wife wasn't inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What makes you think that Nyx even wants to see you?\" Nyx suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus assumed a righteous posture and spoke as if his words were natural, irrefutable law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are drawn together. We will always return to each other's side. She is my night, I am her darkness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina's gaze was droll. \"By that logic, I could have already felt the urge to bring her into my bed by now. You may have nothing left already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A silly notion.\" Erebus scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it? I don't think so. Is there anyone we could not have if we wanted them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, but you don't want her. You're entirely incompatible.\" The dark god shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could look past her shallowness provided that she could pull her weight in-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She waxes you know? Hasn't had hair down there since man first got kicked out of the garden.\" Erebus said coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina didn't even bother to hide her disinterest anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, Abaddon's fetish had corrupted the whole group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is something about a natural, woman's charm that, once understood, is impossible to go back from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held her hands up in surrender. \"Fine, fine, we haven't touched her. \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly, you don't say?\" He replied with thick sarcasm in his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus looked up at the sky that was still filled with irate looking dragons- each still waiting to burn him down to his very soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now would you please dismiss the cabbage patch gang? They're giving me a nasty migraine.\" He said coldly. .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And a bit of ptsd as well, eh?\" Audrina snickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up, beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina waived her hand and the dragons dotting the landscape fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now my wife?\" He reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm getting there, I'm getting there.\" She rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Duke?\" Audrina called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grizzled old butler appeared in front of Audrina mere seconds after being called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lady?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take Erebus here inside and make him some tea or something while I fetch his runaway bride.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus narrowed his eyes. \"Don't trust me enough to let me into your home?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina smirked imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's nothing personal, baby brother, I really am doing this for you. The trip there would be quite unpleasant for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus felt slighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina had always liked to 'playfully' act as if she was better than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was annoying even when they were young gods, but now even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will choose to abstain from any of the pity you're choosing to direct my way. Take me to my wife now if you please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina shrugged to feign her innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well… If you insist.\" She shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus hadn't seen what happened, but the next thing he knew he was on a black marble floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't ingested food in god knows how many eons, but somehow he felt like he was fighting to hold onto the contents of his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What… foul magic is this..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina smiled knowingly as she rubbed the walls of the house as one would a loved one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Easy now, sweet girl. You can let this one be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden the dizziness Erebus was feeling was no more. It was as if he was never sick at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What sort of game was that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No game, brother-dear. Our house is a little bit protective, you see? Any unrecognized individual whi just shows up inside without mine or my husband's blood becomes a little nauseous for a bit, that's all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus thought his sister was insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was so much magic within the walls of this house that even earth might not have held this much in it's entire history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in the creator's name needs that much protection??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could have prevented me from feeling sick at any time.\" He accused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audrina shrugged slyly. \"Honestly, it slipped my min-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus tore his eyes away from his aggravating elder sister and looked down the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… What are you wearing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None of your god damn business!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx had on a bright pink sweater with black leggings. The words 'Auntie #3' were written across her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His surprise was easily understandable. In all these years of marriage, he had hardly ever seen her outside of anything that wasn't a dress and a pair of heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you here, Erebus!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've come to make amends. Is that so wrong of me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus materialized a bouquet of black roses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have never cheated on you, and I truly do apologize for -\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AAAAHHH!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx charged up a fist covered in darkness and struck Erebus across the jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sick pop was heard throughout the hall and the dark god went flying through a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He landed in the indoor pool; surprising the only three inhabitants inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is going on her- Oh. Hi, Erebus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark god spit out a mouthful of water and popped his jaw back into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asmodeus held each of his wives under one arm as they shook their heads at the god of darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx came through the hole in the wall wielding a powerful bolt of purple lightning the length of a spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asmodeus, Imani, and Yara scrambled to roll out of the water before she lost her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know the only thing more shocking than finding you in bed with those cretinous leeches?? THIS!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx raised her arm to throw the bolt into the water but Audrina grabbed her from behind first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Umm, excuse me. I will thank you very kindly not to destroy my family home with your marital disputes. You're fucking up the peaceful atmosphere we've worked so hard to cultivate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus climbed out of the pool while shaking the water out of his suit. \"She is the one who struck me unjustly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cheated on her, Erebus, you're extremely lucky that's all she did.\" Audrina rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god of darkness was beginning to feel like Audrina was just being heavily biased against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough of this madness.\" She shook her head. \"You two want to work out your problems, then I have a much better way for you to do it\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is important to note here that when Audrina says 'better' what she really means is 'more entertaining for me'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the duo wouldn't learn that until it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another part of the home, Eris was leaving one of the spare rooms with a couple of wash cloths in hand and a few doses of Lailah's special medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her hand touched the doorknob, her left ear twitched for just a moment and she froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…You're awake, aren't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, there was complete quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Eris heard the sound of sheets rustling. And Izanami sat up for the first time since her arrivial.\u003C\u002Fp>",1586,"2026-06-03T10:36:57.186Z","2026-06-03T10:37:03.905Z",1,"novelbin.me","82d4acd8633f115ba346738f68ec9104e8a6e8c0bde7f902be5f3ab65bdd2071","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-582","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-581",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]