Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking

She has a pair of wings that are larger than her body. They look like moths\'s wings, and whenever they fluttered behind her, they would leave a dark golden dust in their wake. Her eyes also looked strange; it\'s like she has a pair of dragonfly eyes instead.

"There\'s no way I remembered the location wrong! I\'ve been there before! That stupid skeleton dragon might be dead, but its little hidey hole shouldn\'t be difficult to find. Why can\'t I sense it now? What happened?"

The female demon wondered and felt irritated.

She\'s been flying for a couple of days now, but she has yet to find her destination. This was surprising for her since she followed the same path she took before, but she\'s yet to see the beach of the continent or any traces of land, for that matter.

Her flight path hasn\'t deviated; she\'s sure of it. She might have been flying subconsciously, but there\'s no way she could get lost; she\'s way too good for that.

"It must be the humans then!" She hatefully spat. "Hmph! Those little crickets sure have a lot of means of preserving their existence."

She then looked above, glaring at the gloomy skies above her, and screamed:

"I\'ve told y\'all to eradicate them to not waste time! Had you listened to me, we wouldn\'t be here for this long, but no! You sons of bitches insisted on playing with your food!"

"Look what that did! We\'ve given them too much time to grow! And now they\'re becoming a real headache! They could even hide from us now even though this entire planet is under our surveillance! Hmph!"

"And now you\'re troubling this lady to investigate? How\'s this my fucking problem? I didn\'t want to be here, but now I\'m essentially trapped! That lazy piece of shit Sloth refuses to help me either!"

"I should\'ve remained on the ship! I could\'ve been in so many parties! Hooked up with a lot of hotties! Ate so many sweets! But no! You bitches sent me here to suffer!

Fuck y\'all!!"

The lady\'s wrath and scolding caused the seas beneath her to turn more violent in response to her emotions. The waves stacked up so high that they almost swallowed her, but strangely enough, not even a drop of water landed on her despite this strong turbulence.

"We deeply apologize for troubling you, Lady Envy."

A static voice sounded in her ears, coming from the chip installed on her earrings.

The voice on the other line sounded hazy and static, but it didn\'t hide the deep and gritty tone of the speaker. Hearing this voice caused Envy\'s expression to freeze before morphing into delight.

"Rom\'er, is that you?" Envy asked in mild disbelief.

She then heard a deep chuckle from the other line, which sent shivers down her spine. Her heart sped up, and she felt her loins getting hotter.

"Yes, Lady Envy. It\'s me. I\'m back from my vacation. I missed hearing your voice, even though it\'s mostly full of complaints."

"O-oh, haha." Envy swallowed nervously, wearing an awkward expression.

Despite her skin tone, she blushed in embarrassment and looked bothered all of a sudden. She began fanning her face and twirling the ends of her hair with her fingers.

"I\'m sorry, I really didn\'t want you to hear all of that. I\'m just—"

"I understand, Lady Envy." Rom\'er, the voice on the other line, interjected with a placating tone. "You don\'t have to explain. I understand your frustrations. I\'d probably feel the same if I were in your shoes."

Envy dreamily sighed, her expression turning fond as she slowly got lost in her daydreaming about the man talking to her on the other line.

"...I miss your touch," she whispered softly.

She then heard a harsh cough on the other line, which startled her awake and caused her to feel ashamed once more.

"Uh, can you tell me what exactly you discovered so far, Lady Envy?" Rom\'er sounded professional now.

Hearing him ask this caused Envy to recall the troublesome task they gave her again. A trace of displeasure appeared on her face as she whined:

"I discovered nothing... and by that, I mean, the Azure Terra Continent disappeared somehow." She replied, "I can\'t sense it anywhere. I\'ve followed the same path I used to locate it before, but I couldn\'t find it."

"I also tried sensing Wrath\'s little hidey hole as a pin to point me in the right direction, but that disappeared too. I\'ve been flying for days now, but I still can\'t find any traces of humans anymore. I\'m at a loss, and...well, you know me, my patience has never been that long."

"I see..." Rom\'er hummed in response.

She vaguely heard some clicks and scribbling sounds from his side, making her think that he was probably documenting her statement.

"In your opinion, did the continent and the humans truly disappear?" He asked.

Envy sighed and replied, "No. I don\'t think so."

"The humans most likely did something to hide from our senses. It started last year when we lost contact with Wrath."

"I refuse to believe that they have the ability to relocate the entire continent. They must\'ve used other means to hide it instead, like a formation or something."

"Whatever it is, it could either mess with my sense of direction or could isolate space. My gut tells me that it\'s the latter because your people previously alarmed us that you can no longer monitor the humans who could turn into potential space nodes."

"You guys also told us that you too can\'t locate the continent anymore. To me, this sounds like the humans discovered a way to manipulate space way better than any of us could, and they caught us off guard."

"Now, they\'ve become too troublesome. Since we can\'t bother them anymore, they will certainly enter a period of stable development, which is bad news for us because, time and time again, they are proving to be highly adaptable and capable creatures."

Despite Envy\'s innate haughtiness and arrogance, she is also one of the wisest among the Seven Deadly Sins. While she still looked down on humans, deep down she admired their tenacity and will to survive. She\'s also envious of their innate talents; that\'s why she kept on repeatedly demanding that her people eradicate them once and for all.

It\'s not just because she didn\'t want to be trapped in this world anymore. It\'s because she thinks that if they give humans time to develop, they will eventually grow into something that demons could no longer handle, even if they were to use their entire strength.

They\'ve long since hated demons for oppressing them. Negotiations or diplomacy were longer options. Once humans get their chance, they will certainly launch a devastating attack against her people and will inflict just as much pain and misery as they have received.

Sadly, unlike her, the majority of the demon race refuses to believe that humans are capable of becoming strong. Their pride and arrogance run deeper than hers does.

"I will relay your words to our leaders," Rom\'er replied.

"Tch. Don\'t bother," Envy sneered. "This isn\'t the first time I\'ve told them this. It\'s useless; they won\'t listen to my logic. They are too arrogant for that."

"Besides, why would they listen to someone who\'s essentially an exiled demon? None of those old pieces of shit treats me seriously. Save your efforts. Let the humans teach them this lesson instead. By the time that happens, I\'d already be dead anyway, so I don\'t care anymore."

"Envy..." Rom\'er sounded sad and empathetic just now.

Envy smiled sadly as she flew back to the Lost Continent. She couldn\'t care less about searching for a way to discover Azure Terra anymore.

"It\'s okay. I already accepted my fate. I can\'t defy the Demon God\'s orders."

Envy\'s eyes were lost for a moment. Scenes of her past, which led to her current fate, played out in her mind.

Her being sent here wasn\'t an accident at all. It was a punishment for her\'sins\' of being too decadent and willful. Her being trapped here, losing access to all of the nice things she used to enjoy back when she was still on the galactic ship, was her sentence. And it\'s all because she just offended someone she shouldn\'t have.

"Okay, that\'s it," Rom\'er declared on the other line. "I\'m expected to write a report anyway, so I\'ll do that. Whether they take it seriously or dismiss it again, just like they always do, doesn\'t concern me anymore."

"Right."

"Ahem, uh..." Rom\'er sounded hesitant before whispering. "K-keep your lines open. I will, uh...call you, after my shift."

Envy\'s eyes brightened in delight.

"Really?"

"Yes, really." Rom\'er chuckled softly. "I\'ll end this call now. I\'ll talk to you later."

"Mm\'kay! Bye~"

"Bye, my tight little butterfly."

"Hnnnn~!!" Envy\'s eyes rolled, and she nearly fell to the sea after hearing Rom\'er call her by that naughty pet name.

"That\'s so unfaaaaaaiir!!"