A knight in crimson armor charged with savage intensity.
He was the hero known as Flame Spear.
Stepping forward with bold precision, he lunged with a flaming spear that more than lived up to his moniker.
I parried the blow with a Magic Power Sword.
The force of the impact numbed my fingers, but the blade narrowly escaped shattering. I countered immediately, aiming a stroke at his flank. Flame Spear parried at the last possible second, then leaped back to create distance as if trying to shake me off.
(He is well-accustomed to battle.)
His flurry of fire-imbued consecutive strikes was relentless, meant to incinerate me where I stood. Vast combat experience was evident in every movement.
However, it was not enough to surpass me.
I teleported behind him. As he spun, I raised a hand and caught the spear mid-swing.
The blow crushed my forearm, but the shattered limb didn't fly apart. Instead, it lost its solid form, morphing instantly into a bundle of tentacles. They coiled around the spear, sapping its momentum entirely.
"…!"
I felt Flame Spear’s sudden shock. Seizing the opening, I drove my Magic Power Sword through his torso.
I flooded his body with Miasma, and Flame Spear began to let out a death cry. Even as he remained impaled, his resilient body was eroded from the inside out until, at last, he was transformed into an Undead.
Black veins like throbbing blood vessels rose to the surface of his crimson armor, pulsing eerily as they leaked putrid fluid.
The undead Flame Spear pulled himself from my sword and roared. Breath coming in ragged, labored gasps, he lunged at the soldiers fighting nearby.
Having witnessed his transition, I dispelled the Magic Power Sword and surveyed the area. The battlefield was swarming with the Undead under my command. They tore into the living, already searching for fresh prey.
We were in a city on another continent. I had led an invasion with a hundred undead and had just completed its subjugation. Once the dust settled, I intended to convert the city into a base for the Demon King's Army.
The city sat near the border, and its people had been preparing to invade a neighboring country weakened by the death of its Savior. The conflict would have surely escalated into a large-scale war, but by placing the Demon King's Army between them, I ensured neither side could move carelessly.
The terrain was naturally defensible. With a few magical adjustments, it would undoubtedly become a formidable fortress.
Human conflict remains as rampant as ever. While some nations fell silent after losing their Savior, others went on the offensive, driven by the desperation of having nothing left to lose.
Heroes still exist within these nations—powerful individuals who never sought the title of Savior. They are formidable on the battlefield, some even capable of outmatching the Demon King's Army’s latest weapons.
Flame Spear was one such individual. Whenever such heroes are deployed in these human wars, either I or my executives personally intervene.
It is a misfortune for them, certainly, but it serves as a deterrent. The gruesome death of a hero shocks the populace. It forces them to recognize the threat of the Demon King once more, reminding them who their true enemy is.
I planned to systematically intervene in wars across the globe to manipulate international relations. My fundamental strategy remained unchanged: I would center the world’s hatred upon myself until the Demon King was the only enemy that mattered.
Reports from my spies indicate that the public attributes the death of the Saviors to the Demon King. Their suspicion is only natural; the mass death of the Saviors was a patently unnatural catastrophe.
If one were to name a culprit capable of such a feat, my name would be at the top of the list. I have no issue with being suspected. In fact, it is better to let them believe what they want. It is far more convenient.
The Demon King who slaughtered the Saviors now bears the hatred of the entire world. As I develop further invasion wars in response, the narrative is perfectly set.
As far as scripts go, it is quite compelling.