If I failed to fulfill my mission in my lifetime, then my son was destined to inherit it, and would complete the annihilation of humanity. But one day, he turned against me. 0

The despair and betrayal I felt when he struck me down and broke my horns were indescribable. Yet, perhaps he couldn’t bring himself to kill his mother, for after breaking my horns, my son cast me out of the Dark Land.0

An Archdemon who lost their horns loses all their power. I could no longer rule over the demons, nor did they follow me anymore.0

It was only later that I realized being cast out of the Dark Land was my son’s final act of mercy towards his mother. Had I remained, the demons, freed from my control, would have developed a hatred for me and sought to kill me.0

I became a wretch, unable to use any power, mana, or knowledge. 0

The pain of having one’s horns broken by another demon was worse than death. For a long time, I suffered from the pain that lingered where my horns once were.0

Did I come to my senses and realize my mistakes? No—I was simply filled with resentment and a feeling of injustice. 0

I was inconsolable. Having lost everything I had built over a long time, and with the thought that everything was ruined at the last moment, even by my son’s hand, I trembled with rage.0

I couldn’t die like that. I was too resentful, too hurt, too overcome with a sense of injustice. I didn’t want to acknowledge that everything had ended.0

I sought revenge, though I didn’t know how. 0

I wanted to reclaim the throne from the son who had brought such disgrace to the mother who bore him, and fulfill the mission that was left unfinished.0

I searched for a way for a demon who had lost their horn to regain strength. 0

Realizing that I had to live for a very, very long time in order to accumulate power, I became an immortal being, a vampire. 0

I sought to become strong again by becoming a vampire and assimilating the power of other beings into me.0

I crossed between the Dark Land and the human territories, taking the blood of numerous powerful demons, mighty beasts, and strong humans, sometimes engaging in life-threatening battles to...0