317 Aeron, the Damsel in Distress (1/2)
”So, what are we going to do now? Do we go straight to retrieving the lizard and the masked creep?” Asked Sewah in an attempt to change topic, while stretching his body to get increasingly more comfortable in it. His voice showed a clear hint of hatred as he reached the last part of his question.
With a face filled with resignation, Daniel said ”No. I was far from being on par with the previous owner of your body. If I were to fight against a demon lord, we would both die in a matter of moments.”
”What then?”
Daniel did not respond right away, and instead turned to look at the large rings that were surrounding the demon's fingers. He then said ”Why don't you start giving those to me.”
”What? Why? They are mine!” Responded Sewah in feigned indignation while moving his hand behind his back.
Unfortunately for him, Daniel was not in the mood for jokes, and instead formed a morse with the fingers of his right hand, and slowly squeezed the air in his palm. His eyes relied an intent of dead seriousness, as he said with a voice as dark as night itself ”This is not a joke, Sewah. You will obey me, or I will kill you before you even manage to recover your mental state.”
The moment Daniel's fingers closed into a morse, Sewah fell on his knees. He then grabbed his head in a desperate attempt to stop the pain he was feeling.. and yet no sound came from his mouth. He was suffering too much to even talk.
To Daniel it was clear that Sewah would not be that easy to tame, so he kept squeezing the wisp of consciousness that, while in possession of a body, was still locked into the in the formation in which Daniel had locked him. He really wanted to rub the concept clear, so he kept going for a full couple of minutes.
Unless Sewah managed to recover his mental state to a point where the formation would be too weak to contain it, something which Daniel assumed he would eventually be able to do.. Daniel would be able to kill him at will.
After two long minutes of pain, Sewah finally screamed ”OKAY! OKAY STOP!!”
However, Daniel did not stop. He did not want a funny companion that could eventually betray him.. He wanted someone who would obey his orders. So he kept the torture going for a few more minutes despite Sewah's begs and cries.
Once he had enough, Daniel stopped.. Leaving Sewah panting heavily while lying helplessly on the ground.
As soon as the pain stopped, Sewah used what remained of his consciousness to take the rings off of his fingers, and throw them in Daniel's direction, who grabbed them from the air and quickly began to examine its content.
Mere moments later, a big smile appeared on Daniel's face.
After pulling his consciousness back out, Daniel looked at the area past the one he and the oni had destroyed. Then he turned towards the direction in which the members of the tribe of the ones had fled, and began to walk.
Sewah noticed Daniel's departure, and while still trying to catch a breath, for a short moment he thought of escaping.. But that idea was eradicated from his mind the very moment Daniel's words entered his ears.
”Don't even think about it.” Said Daniel with a calm and cold tone.
Left with no other choice but to play Daniel's game, sewah stood up and ran in Daniel's direction while saying in indignation ”I wasn't going to! I am a trustworthy person, don't you know that already? Hehe..”
”Sure you are..”
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The Cathedral, three days later.
Within the throne room of the cathedral, right next to the empty throne, the demon with golden hair was standing quietly as she usually would. She was looking down at a masked and shirtless demon who carried a spear in one hand, and a letter in the other.
”They have finally admitted it, milady. 'The hounds of the gatekeeper felt a presence which their owner assumed to be a simple moment of distraction. It is possible that someone could have infiltrated Hell.' this is what the letter says..” Said the bare chested demon while reading the content of the letter he was holding.
”Did they agree on helping in the search?” Asked the golden-haired demoness with an emotionless tone.
The bare chested demon put the letter away, and with a face filled with nervousness and hidden by his mask, he said ”They said that it is our responsibility, as we allowed that person to follow us into the stairway to hell.” while saying this, the bare chested demon took a step back subconsciously.
”WHAT?! What is the point of having a gatekeeper then?!” said the golden-haired demon in clear anger. At the same time, her hair began to rise in the air and float above her shoulders.
Before the bare chested demon could even try to respond to the demoness' rhetorical questions, a few of her hair slashed in the demon's direction from multiple angles. However, they were stopped by a white barrier right before touching the messenger's body.
Now enraged, the eyes of the golden-haired demoness moved in the direction of the door of the throne room, where two white-horned demons had suddenly appeared. The two were the demons who had taken Xargy and Daniel's unconscious bodies to hell. One of them appeared extremely nervous, while the other, appeared to be relaxed while in the presence of the golden-haired demon.