23 Yet another demon (2/2)

'730 Souls acquired'

'Key to floor three acquired'

The text box appeared upon his UI, and just like how he defeated Verso last night, the same thing happened with Verona. No trace of the woman was left, and the reward was given to him. The steady black aura would dimish and the weapon in hand seemed to return to his inventory via Weapon Return. Riyku was about to look back at Seraphina, but the woman had slammed herself against him as if trying to tackle him to ground from behind. ”We should rest up before we continue onward.' Seraphina stated to which Riyku nodded. ”That is fine with me. For whatever reason, that battle was completely different than yesterday.” Riyku would state as Seraphina released him and the two of them moved to sit down on a couch nearby. ”From what you told me about last nights battle, then I would have to agree.” Seraphina would concur with him.

Riyku would sigh lightly and hold his hand out as if summoning something. Indeed he was summoning something. The Book of Monsterology. ”Demon, Verona The Demon Maid. Upper-Class.” Riyku stated what could be known as keywords and the book began to flip pages rapidly before landing on the page that held a picture of Verona with her status.

Name: Verona The Demon Maid

Level: 92

Race: Upper-Class Demon

Category: Demon

Experience points given: 93,520 Points

Drops: 730 Souls, Key to the third floor

Hunted: 1 Time

Weakness: Holy Weapon

”Ninety-two?” Riyku narrowed his eyes before looking to Seraphina who would shrug. ”I know nothing of that kind of thing. Though if she is on par with your level, it would only make sense that she posed a threat to you. Perhaps you should level up a bit more before heading to the third floor.” Seraphina would state to Riyku who seemed to sigh lightly and close the book in his hand before storing it back into his inventory via Weapon Return. ”Perhaps. My experience bar seemed to have shot up towards a good eighty percent. If the next floor demon is stronger than this one...” Riyku would pause mid-sentence which drew upon Seraphina's attention. ”Next floor? Hang on... There were only two floors. Well, there should only be two floors.” Riyku would narrow his eyes in thought before looking around the room. It was then he made note of yet another door just past another set of stairs. Beside that door had been another white sphere that was not there before.

”If there is a third floor... just how many floors are there?” Riyku question softly before sighing heavily. ”I could not tell you. Though, we should check out the left and right wings of this floor. We may find something again.” Seraphina stated as she eyed the room. Indeed there was a hallway within her sights and beside them was another hallway which went in the completely opposite direction of the other one.

After a few more moments of resting up, Riyku would be the first to stand up and Seraphina would soon follow. The two of them made their way into the Right Wing, which was the hallway just beside them. Looking down this hallway one could see several doors. ”If I am not mistaken, the first two doors here are for guests, the next set of doors happened to be storage rooms and the following set of doors are supplied rooms,” Riyku stated to which Seraphina nodded. ”I believe so, yes.” Riyku would proceed to the door on his right and attempt to open it, yet the door appeared to be locked. Interestingly enough, there was no option to lock pick it. Jiggling the knob again would cause a text box to appear.

'You are unable to enter this room at this time.'

Blinking for a moment the male was baffled by what he read. ”What's up?” Seraphina inquired when she noticed the confused look upon his face. ”We can't enter this room at this time.” He pretty much repeated the text aloud. ”Hmm... Want to try and break it down?” Seraphina was partially joking when she said that. ”I don't think it will work, but you are more than welcomed to try.” Riyku would reply as he stepped back and Seraphina shook her head. ”Nope. If you are certain it will not work, then it will not work. This world is confusing... far too different from any normal world. The laws of this world seem to remind me of something though....” Seraphina would mule over her thought, but Riyku was not planning on waiting much longer since he had been able to open the door adjacent of the locked one.

Pushing into the room, he scouted around and found nothing of interesting. Though the room itself did resemble that of the room Lira had been staying in. ”It's a guest room, yet...” Riyku would leave the room only to look at the locked door one more time. ”Did you find anything?” Seraphina was about to enter the room he just left but was caught off when he left himself. ”If memory serves correct this room is the room Vex is staying in,” Riyku stated to which Seraphina tilted her head in a confused expression. ”How so?” She inquired. ”The other room looks just like Lira's in a way. Though, I can not be certain without going back to check for myself. I'll do it when we return though.” Riyku stated before turning to face other doors down the hall. ”Do you want to go through those as well?” Seraphina would ask. In truth, she was merely tagging along as a means to kill boredom. She did not seem to care much about learning the depth of this place even if it felt oddly familiar to her.

”Yeah. I think we should. Just in case.” Riyku would proceed onward with Seraphina at his rear. The two of them entered but storage rooms yet found nothing. Next, they entered the supply rooms and still found nothing. ”Nothing at all eh? Let's check out the left wing. We may find something there.” Seraphina would state and Riyku would nod. ”Of course. It'll be our last section before we return back to the other world. We have been here for about three hours give or take. I am not keeping track, but merely going by how it has felt.” Riyku stated and Seraphina would nod. She was aware of the time ratio mainly because of the fact that the two shared the same thought process when she was stored in his shadow. As the two made their way back to the main hall they took note of several creatures crawling around. ”More Monsters?” Seraphina inquired to which Riyku kissed his teeth. ”I haven't fully recovered yet either.” He muttered as he made note of his Shield Point gauge being a quarter full. After all, he never entered any kind of 'form' state; he merely used Seraphina's power. So his Shield Points and Mana Pool were still in a recovery state.

”Well, what do you want to do Darling?” Seraphina inquired to which Riyku took a moment to think. ”We push through. After going through the left wing, we won't return until I've leveled up a bit more. I'd rather not leave without exploring what I can.” Riyku would reply. A smirk curved across Seraphina face as she stepped in front of Riyku. ”That's what I like to hear. Now, watch your wife at work.” Seraphina seemed to mutter something inaudible and shortly after her body steadily began to 'fill' out. All the curves growing ever plumper just like her wings, spadetail, and horns seemed to grow. It was then that she opened her eyes to reveal a bright red beat glow and snap her fingers which caused several implosions to occur within the main hall.

'Demon Dog defeated x10'

'550 Exp acquired'

'500 Souls acquired'

The text box appeared the moment the creatures turned into a dark mist. Seraphina's body size and proportions seemed to steadily return to normal as did her Horns, Wings, and Tail. Softly she would stumble back into Riyku's arms. Looking up at the male she would smile softly, ”How did I do?” She asked to which Riyku looked down at her with a smile of his own. ”Perfect. Can you walk?” He asked softly and she nodded lightly. With Aid, Seraphina would raise back into her own two feet and the two would make their way towards the Left Wing. ”I believe that the two rooms before us are Mina and Skylar's, the following two rooms are guests rooms which one of them is mine and the final two rooms at the end of the hall are for the Head Staff. I do not recall ever hearing about the room where Aiya stays though... ” Riyku stated, having recalled that Mina never mentioned the room of which Aiya would be resting. ”Who knows, you can bed the woman later.” Seraphina would tease him lightly which caused him to shake his head. ”If anyone, it'll be you.” Riyku would tease back which caused her to giggle softly. ”A one on one match under the sheets? Why not just do it here and now?” Seraphina teased with a whisper to his ear. Riyku would ignore her lust for now open the door into Mina's room. Well, the door that was supposed to lead to her room. ”Interesting....” Riyku muttered upon discovering something. ”What did you find, Darling? A lovely bed too---” Seraphina seemed to have fallen silent at the sight before her eyes. The expression she bore was that of utter shock. ”No... way...” She muttered softly.