Chapter 141: From Opponent To Agent (2/2)

Just one Luxuria was causing enough mental damage to Loren, multiple of them made Loren’s very soul scream. Unable to run away and with Lapis clinging to his back, he desperately endured it.

One by one, and with looks of ecstasy on their faces, the cloned Luxurias disappeared together with the mouths they were hugging.

“You still use that disgusting technique!”

Gula said through gritted teeth.

“Even though it was through my clones, they did ascend to heaven while being in my embrace. Calling it disgusting is a bit exaggerated, isn’t it?”

Luxuria replied while continuing to wiggle his body.

Even though Loren desperately wanted to run away, he couldn’t speed out of there as he would like to. If he made a wrong move, he would attract their attention and bring danger to himself.

And, in a forest influenced by an Evil God, would he be able to escape from his hands just by running? That was a problem in itself.

Even though it was already too late by now, Loren began to regret not bringing Klaus along. Despite his interest being towards women only, Klaus did have the same mind-set as Luxuria, and Loren wondered if he would be able to somehow stop the Evil God because of that.

“Not good, I’ve reached my limit.”

Watching > being offset by > and disappeared, Gula said with regret.

“We’re basically on the same level.”

“Idiot. Shouldn’t you have realized that before doing all this?”

Luxuria didn’t try to attack Gula further. Was it because he knew Gula would just offset his attacks, or because he actually hadn’t really wanted to fight from the beginning? Whatever it was, the Evil Gods’ quarrel seemed to stop here, and Loren breathed a sigh of relief.

He was immediately shocked by the words Gula spoke next though.

“Well, can’t be helped then. Let that swordsman onii-chan and his girl over there be my agents.”

“Hey, wait a minute!”

“Gula, they surely are cute kids, but I don’t understand how they can beat me when even you can’t?”

“You tone down a bit, and I give them some help. And you can’t use Evil God’s power. How does it sound? The match ends when they give up, or when you take a blow from them.”

“Even if they go numb after hitting me, I’ll still lose? I’m ok with this though.”

‘Don’t drag me into this!’, Loren wanted to scream. But it was an Evil God who had dragged him into this, thus he didn’t know what the hell she would do if he offended her. Denying her statement in front of Luxuria might not be a wise course of action.

“How’s this: If I win, you have to obediently go with me. If you win, turn this place into a love nest or a garden of pleasure as you like. Then never come out again until this world ends.”

Declared Gula while glaring and jabbing a finger at Luxuria, who was still wiggling his body as he always did. She then returned to Loren’s side.

[It wouldn’t be a problem if I spoke to her now, would it?]

After short contemplation, Loren feeling a bit cold feet, decided to object.

“Don’t drag me into this.”

“Do you want to see us keep on fighting then? I don’t care about the damages to this area if we do, but do you?”

“If you two fight in earnest, then… Give me some examples.”

“Well, the forest will be gone, and the terrain here will be altered.”

Loren immediately understood that the battle would be on such a level that it couldn’t be allowed to happen. And the thought of it being on the verge of happening gave him shudders.

But even with that fact in mind, Loren still had something to say.

“I don’t think there’s any benefit for me to get involved in this though.”

So what if a forest in a place that had no relation to him disappeared, or the terrain in that place changed a bit? It still didn’t answer the question of why he had to fight that Evil God of Lust. If he couldn’t escape this, then at least he should get something out of this. In that case, even if things later came to a point of no return, he wouldn’t regret it that much, or so Loren believed.

“Benefit… benefit huh. Well, it’s surely a bit unfair to have to fight that without anything on offer.”

“Do I even have a chance to win to begin with?”

“I have a feeling that you’ll be able to manage to win somehow, but… You said ‘I’. Can it be that you want to fight him by yourself?”

“I don’t think I should let Lapis fight him in this state.”

Pointing at Lapis, who was still shaking and clinging to his back, Loren said.

Gula pondered for a bit with a troubled expression, then clapped Loren on the shoulder.

“I’m pleased that you don’t want to let priestess-chan fight. Alright, I’ll offer you one benefit.”

“Will you really offer me a proper benefit?”

Loren glared from the corner of his eyes at Gula to emphasize his doubt.

“Of course. I’m called an Evil God, but I’m a woman who keeps her words. Just trust me.”

Full of confidence, Gula beat her chest and answered.