"The car is ready."
After leaving the candy shop, Lucifer took Mostima and Fiammetta to his jeep. Faced with the overwhelming Showa-era vibe, Fiammetta, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but sigh. "Sigh, if I had a car like this when I left Laterano, I wouldn't have had to waste half my ammunition on a swarm of Rock Crabs."
"It's not so bad. I think it was quite exciting." In comparison, Mostima seemed much more optimistic.
Fiammetta let out a long sigh and didn't continue to argue with Mostima. One could only say that this was just how the Sankta were.
The walking-stick tyrant in the driver's seat started the car, carrying the red and blue duo towards the Penguin Logistics company. To prevent the journey from being too boring, Mostima would occasionally bring up topics related to Penguin Logistics.
"The boss is the Emperor. He has the superpower of money. If you're ever in a bad mood, you can go to him and beat some gold coins out of him."
"Are you guys really a legitimate company… Wait, the Emperor?" Fiammetta suddenly remembered she had heard the name "Emperor" before. In the movies she liked to watch, his name often appeared in the credits for some of the theme songs or ending songs. Fiammetta had also seen recordings of the Emperor's concerts but had never seen this great figure in the music industry in person.
"So, he's really a penguin?"
"The matter of Beastlords is none of your business."
"You even know about Beastlords." Upon hearing this, Mostima, in the back seat, narrowed her eyes and looked at Lucifer. The mysterious legends of the Beastlords were not something an ordinary person would know.
But before she could get an answer from Lucifer, Fiammetta, on the side, was the one who got agitated. How do you two know what a Beastlord is? How long have you known each other that you already have a private team voice chat? What is this feeling that I'm the only one being left behind?
"My, my, it seems that boss named the Emperor has a big heart, to even be able to recruit a Sarkaz under his command."
"He hasn't even met you yet. How do you know he will definitely recruit you… wait, you're a Sarkaz?" The slow-to-react Fiammetta suddenly looked at Lucifer in horror. She instinctively reached for the handgun at her waist, but Lucifer, while calmly driving the car, freed his right hand and reached towards her.
Crimson blood from Lucifer's fingertips formed into a sharp spike, stopping at Fiammetta's throat and rendering her immobile. The motion of her drawing her gun came to an abrupt halt. The blood spike had already lightly grazed her neck, drawing a single drop of fresh blood.
"Fallen Angel. Want to make a move? Here, now."
Lucifer looked at Mostima in the back seat through the rearview mirror. A strange light flashed in his blood-red, dead-fish eyes. The car was still driving steadily, yet waves of blood had already spread along the roof and seats, surrounding Mostima and Fiammetta completely.
"Want to bet if the Great Beast fragment in you can cast a spell faster, or if I can turn her into a Liberi Spinal Blade first?"
"Gulp…" Fiammetta really wanted to curse Lucifer out, but at this moment, she had been physically silenced by him. A single wrong move and she would be "parting ways with her head."
Mostima gripped the Black Lock and White Key, a thin layer of sweat on her brow. In this confined space, she couldn't possibly react to Lucifer's movements in time. Moreover, she and Fiammetta probably didn't have enough firepower to blast away a Blood Demon like Lucifer.
Having imagined countless worldlines, Mostima couldn't think of any possibility of winning against him.
"My, can we reconcile?"
"At a time like this, you're not joking, are you."
"We're not discriminating against Sarkaz. It's just that my friend's PTSD hasn't healed yet. You wouldn't want to lose these two performance bonuses, would you?"
"Understand, respect, comply."
The dark red tide of blood slowly receded, and the blood spike pointed at Fiammetta's throat was also retracted by Lucifer.
"Hah…" Having faced a direct death threat, Fiammetta clutched her slightly bleeding neck and gasped for air. Cold sweat had already soaked the shirt underneath. Although she had dealt with many Sarkaz during her service in Laterano, this was the first time she had experienced this kind of powerless fear. It was as if she were just one of Lucifer's toys.
Although it was hard to accept, Fiammetta, who had recognized the gap in their power, did not let her anger get the best of her and think about fighting Lucifer to the death. Otherwise, she was afraid she really would be made into a Liberi Spinal Blade.
Fiammetta forced herself to calm down and reviewed the series of events that had just occurred. "That ability to control blood… are you a Blood Demon?"
"At this point, if I insist I'm an Aegir, would you still believe me?"
"..." Fiammetta opened her mouth, but stopped herself. Suddenly, she turned her head to look at Mostima behind her, her face full of confusion. "Wait, I couldn't even tell he was a Blood Demon. How did you see it, Mostima?" Do they really have a private team voice chat?
"Hmm… a woman's sixth sense?"
"Then why don't I have one?"
"The constitution of people cannot be generalized."
"Who asked you?" Faced with Lucifer's philosophical comment, Fiammetta replied irritably.
Mostima, on the other hand, lazily crossed her legs and propped her chin on her hand thoughtfully. "It was just a feeling. And I'm kind of half-Sarkaz myself now. But I really didn't expect you to be a Blood Demon." This was the first time Mostima had seen a Blood Demon in person. She had originally thought Lucifer was just an ordinary Sarkaz who had filed down his horns and tail.
Fiddling with the tip of her own tail, Mostima looked at Lucifer with great interest. "And you're terrifyingly strong. You even know about the Great Beast and my staff. Are you from Kazdel?"
Fiammetta immediately turned to look at Lucifer. Although she was just a pawn in Lucifer's game, it wouldn't be a bad thing to learn more about him or Kazdel. However, Lucifer's favorability meter wasn't high enough yet, so this part of the plot was not yet unlocked.
"Don't be ridiculous. This bro is a native-born Aegir from Lungmen."
"..." Mostima and Fiammetta looked at each other. It seemed this Blood Demon was not a normal person either.
After a few small, thrilling episodes, Lucifer drove the red and blue ice and fire duo all the way to the Penguin Logistics company.
"The company looks quite impressive…"
"It belongs to the famous Emperor, after all."
Mostima and Fiammetta followed Lucifer into the company, just in time to run into Texas, who had just gotten off work and was coming back. Seeing the two figures behind Lucifer, Texas couldn't help but frown and look over with confusion.
"Who are they?"
Lucifer spread his hands and said without missing a beat, "The little unlucky one and the big sucker I just picked up."
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