Once inside the shining circle, both of them were lying down, Diana on top of Norgolin. Diana's essence seemed to be starting to connect to Norgolin's essence, as a soft, but well-made dark red string started to take form. But right as this same string was about to reach completion, Diana sensed an interference; A strong green light started to shine in Norgolin's heart and as it grew brighter and brighter, Diana started to panic.

''What the hell? How come it turns out like this?'' She never imagined a ritual of this importance going on like this; This strange green light was even stronger than what she sensed in the demon tribe's lord. No, it went beyond, to a plane that she couldn't explain even with great effort. It was something so ancient that it seemed to have come from even before her tribe was created, something very different from anything she had ever felt.

The light started to envelop the entire red string, and change it bit by bit, revolving around it, breaking and reforming it. Ten seconds later, the string was thicker and had a brown color; Its essence was, for some reason, easily sensed by Diana. She felt it was some kind of old magic that assimilated her Demonic Essence, to form a new type of connection with an unknown function, but with one certainty: It was something she wouldn't be able to control.

''Alright, as it has already reached this point, there is no turning back. Time to solidify the ritual'' Diana thought

She used all her energy to use that connection made by the string and like that, start the transforming process. When the ritual reached its climax, both of them started to transform, and their bodies seemed to have started some type of metamorphosis. Norgolin's body unconsciously activated his horn rune, and as the horn appeared, it was different; Despite the size that had increased by 10cm, making it an entire 45cm, it had deepened its black color, along with a change in its essence. Although it still served as a Mana channel, a new function was added, clearly seen by how it burned a strong purple flame! this purple flame seemed to want to consume everything around the horn and would be at Norgolin's beck and call. Besides that, Norgolin's body grew bigger, going to as much as 1,60m tall, but with no big changes in his appearance, other than a stronger build.

Diana's changes were even more radical. Her curves became even more beautiful, and her breasts became even bigger, without losing their beauty, as well as her round ass; Her hair grew to reach her ass, and her eye color turned purple. Along with that, her Mana ran wildly inside her body, and her demonic powers started to wake up. However, the biggest change was in her libido; Now it wasn't just a normal succubus' lust, it went beyond, to a level that if she didn't have sex from at least 3 to 3 hours, she would enter a crisis. This could only mean that her cultivation would grow along with her lust, and sex was slowly becoming her only way to grow up.

By now, the couple wasn't just connected by a weak feeling created by some experiences together; It was something coming from the very heart, something that couldn't be achieved by purely living together, nothing other than dying together would be stronger.

These changes took some time, and while all happened, Potin stood there, waiting...but after some time, he realized waiting wasn't the only thing he could do, so he started to search for some food; These orcs and goblins were almost dead, Norgolin included, so they would need a lot of food and hunting wasn't an option for injured people, as they would only be dying faster. Once he got deeper in the forest, not going too far away from the river as to have a checkpoint and not get lost, he searched for some rabbits.

Back at the circle, the brown string started to tremble, and both of their bodies started to solidify the changes; It was an amazing scene, as both of them shone white(yes, like a pokemon evolution) and started to vibrate. Then, the green light appeared again, and formed the word 'CONNECT' on their foreheads; It stood there for some seconds, before disappearing again. The ritual had gone smoothly until now, but it had a cost. Diana's lifeforce was now connected to Norgolin's, so if one got hurt, the other would be affected, and if one of them died, the other died too. This ritual was supposed to cost half of Diana's lifeforce, but that green thing had helped her, so she didn't care being connected to Norgolin; It was a low price to pay indeed.

This took some hours to happen, and by the time the ritual ended, Potin was already cooking five recently hunted rabbits, which had a very good smell. He was happy and surprised when he saw the circle disappear, and both of them waking up, immediately going toward him. Both were like new individuals, changed and new.

'' Hey you little lovebirds, I'm already making some good stuff for us, so why don't you explain to me what the hell was that damn ritual, Diana?'' He said, with a curious face.

Diana was a bit stunned, but took some time to go back to her normal composure, and started to remember something.

''Well... It is called Blood Ritual, and as the name says, it connects one's essence to the other's using a connection made with blood imbued in lifeforce, healing one of them as well; However, it turned out to be very different from what I thought, as you can see. Some strange stuff happened, and we started to enter some type of evolution, I think'' She explained, quite confused herself.

Potin pondered for a while, before answering. ''So why don't we sit here, eat and prepare to proceed on searching for your friends?'' He invited.