Chapter 6

It seems like no matter how much I walked I wouldn’t get any closer to those ruins. It got to a point where I started to doubt that they were even there. Just when I was about to give up and take a rest, I realised something, there was no movement, I was in a desert and not even the sand under my feet moved as I walked on it. I combined some bloodlust and demonic energy and had it disperse in a ring around me, as it spread around, I heard a cracking sound and the scenery completely changed to me standing right in front of the entrance to the ruins.

“Wahahahahahaha, took you long enough to realise foolish boy.”

“Y-you could have told me that I was trapped in an illusion old man!”

“Wahahahahaha, you told me that you didn’t want my help...”

“Y-yeah, when we reached the actual ruins! Nevermind…”

I decided to not waste any energy on going back and forth with the old man and made my way inside. The inside of the ruins were dark, there were vines growing out of all the holes in the marble walls and ceilings, it looked like this place had been abandoned for years. After falling victim to the illusion of not being able to find this place, I didn’t let my guard down. I made my way through the ruins looking for that secret warp point. I turned a corner and spotted something at the end of the hall, as I got closer I realised what it was…

“Sh-Shiro! OMG, what happened to you? How did you get here?”

I saw Shiro’s lifeless body at my feet, I picked her up and checked to see if she was breathing, she hesitantly opened her eyes and began to cry.

“K-Kuro, you said, you said you’d protect me…”

“W-what happened! Where is Seir? How did you get here?”

Just then Shiro’s face distorted and made a hideous expression, I felt something stab my leg. I looked at my now impaled left leg and saw Shiro’s delicate hand around a twisted purple dagger that was inserted almost completely into it, I was hit with a searing pain. I turned back toward Shiro, however the second I did, she vanished into thin air, even the dagger was gone, but in spite of this, the pain in my leg did not cease.

“Muahahahahahaha, I have you now filth, how dare you desecrate my beloved master’s lands with your impure presence, how simple minded, despite knowing that I can create illusions, you still fell for something so pathetically obvious. Now that I have made contact with you by way of my malice infused dagger, you will never be able to escape my illusions.”

The voice was coming from all directions, no, it was like it was in my head. I gathered some demonic energy and bloodlust and tried dispersing it in a ring like I did last time.

“That will no longer work, you impure Demi-Human, I have been without a plaything for a while, going from what I’ve seen in your head, it seems like I will be able to have a lot of fun with you muahahahaha.”

“Heh, show yourself! You might have impaled me with your malice, but we both know that I have suffered worse at the hands of that greedy old man Bahamut, this pain is still unbearable though. I have already resolved myself to not using his power, at least allow me to bare witness to the being that has sealed my fate.”

“...Very well, you are at my mercy and I was once a being that was capable of showing such a thing, muahahahahahahaha.”

The atmosphere of my surroundings changed, I spotted a raven haired woman walking toward me. Her hair was silky black with just a hint of purple mixed in. She had a very mature and mysterious vibe and was wearing a tunic with a slit to expose her full chest. She topped everything off with a long black skirt and pointed silk hat. She stopped in front of me and gave me a bemused look. I think it’s important to note that she was wearing a black necklace with a shiny purple stone giving off an eerie feeling.

“Well then, shall we beg…”

“You disappoint me.”

“W-what!?”

“I asked to bare witness to the being that sealed my fate, you are not her, well, what you’re showing me is not her true self.”

Before she had an opportunity to respond, I used the Will of Lucifer on her and forced her to reveal what she truly looked like. Despite being hugely shocked at this development, her facade crumbled almost instantly and she reluctantly revealed her true self. Her hair changed into dark purple, her skin became a combination of blue with a greyish hue. The most distinctive change however, were her eyes, I hadn’t really noticed them in her other form, but now the whites of her eyes, were no longer white, they were inky black with golden cat like pupils. Her ears were pointed and even her clothing changed. She was now wearing a black leather leotard, with the same slit showing part of her full chest. The necklace was still there, although, it was no longer giving off any light or eerie feeling.

“H-how did you…”

“That's better, I think I prefer your appearance in this form.”

I smiled at her and she looked taken a back for a few seconds.

“Mua...Muahahahahahaha, I won’t be deceived by your words any longer, as we speak my malice is making its way through your body, when its completely taken over, I will force you to experience your own nightmares over and over and over…”

She was making a sadistic face, I could actually feel whatever she had injected me with make its way through my body. I think I really touched a nerve when I forced her to reveal her true self. I decided to stop fooling around and end this charade.

“I’m not an idiot...”

I focused my demonic energy in my body and fired it toward whatever she infused me with and devoured it. It wasn’t too difficult, after watching the old dragon do the same to the poison that the baldy attempted to infect me with, I knew how to do it. Plus my demonic energy was beginning to resemble the old man’s a lot, it was probably because of how much of it he devours on a daily basis and how much time he spends close to the well waiting for it to refill...We generally have a pretty good affinity too.

“H-how did you, first with forcing me to transform and now…”

I stood up straight and released my bloodlust infused demonic energy and the Will of Lucifer towards her. The woman was taken aback for the nth time today, her black eyes were wide open and she was making a pretty interesting expression, wait...I-is she aroused right now!?

“T-this feeling! I-it’s just like…*pant*”

“Like I said I’m not an idiot. I knew that you were capable of creating illusions. I also knew that it wasn’t Shiro back there, I won’t lie, you had me fooled for a moment. However, Shiro never knew that I made that promise, if she did, then she would probably freeze my ass and tell me that she didn't need my protection. She would also never make that helpless face at me, well, not again. Plus the birdbrain already told me that it’s impossible to get here without a former familiar of Lucifer and as strong as Shiro is now, even she...H-hey can you pay attention!”

The woman had her hands on her face and was wiggling her legs and lower body strangely, her eyes were closed and it looked like she was...enjoying herself.

“A-ah yes, curses! You have defeated me in battle oh Demon Lord! I, Morgana Le Fay, Cursed Witch of Fates, bow to your awesome might! I-I can only hazard a guess as to h-how you will ravage my b-body, now that I have fallen…”

“I’m leaving…”

I turned away from the strange woman and started thinking of a way to discover the location of the secret warp point. As I was about to start walking, the woman hugged me from behind and began nestling her face between my shoulder blades, I could also feel her soft chest rubbing against my back.

“H-hey let me go! W-what are you doing!?”

“Master! You feel just like my master.”

She continued to swoon and tightened her grip around me. I somehow managed to struggle and break away. I looked toward her, she was smiling with her eyes closed and had her arms behind her back, which further exemplified her…

“L-look, I’m not your master, I’m...”

“I know! I said that you felt just like my master, When Feng said that a rat had somehow gotten into these sacred lands, I had resolved myself to exterminate it, however…”

She placed her hands over her face again and made the same face that she did when I fired my bloodlust infused demonic energy at her.

“R-right, well, look, I’m gonna search for the secret warp pont so…”

“O-oh, I’ll show you where it is!”

“R-really! Thanks I app…”

“But in exchange...”

She looked at me with upturned eyes and she was rocking side to side with an “what do I do” demeanor.

“Y-you must become one with me.”

I didn’t even dignify that with a response, I turned back around and began walking. Seconds later she rushed forward and grabbed my hand.

“W-wait, you will never find it without my help.”

“I think I’ll take my chances.”

“No you don’t understand, it’s hidden by my magic, even you won’t be able to dispel it, no matter how much of your demonic energy you fire at it, it won’t work”

“Then I will just have to use the Will of Lucifer on you and force you to…”

“Y-yes, yes, that’s your only other option!”

She responded to my threat by showing an ecstatic and expectant face. I decided to not grant her the satisfactiin of getting her way and started making my way out of the ruins.