"Oh? Had a run in with one of them?" Lucius asked
"Yes, there are also beings in that world that are similar to us. They seem to have the ability to take on a human form but can revert into their true form at will."
"I do not know what they are called but the one I saw was enormous and powerful. If I were to make a comparison the pressure it gave off would easily dwarf the pressure I felt in hell before meeting you."
'What!' Lucius thought in shock
'A being stronger than whatever it was that was giving off that pressure in hell. And he survived it!?'
"Are you withholding information?" Lucius suddenly asked
A frown crawled up on the demon's face as he heard Lucius's words. "I require your full co-operation in this matter, I would not lie to you."
"Then how did you survive such a creature?"
'If he can kill something like that then there is no reason for him to need my help.'
In the same gruff voice the demon responded, annoyance reeking from his tone, "I did not survive due to my own power. I will not tell you how I was able to survive but know this, if I did not have what I have, my entire being would have been erased. Such is the power of that creature."
"Can you describe how it looks at least?" He asked
The demon's expression darkened, his eyes narrowing as though dredging up the memory alone was torment.
"....It looked like a human at first and acted very odd, mixing words together and trying to make them rhyme. At first I thought it was the human beside it that would fight me, but he didn't interrupt the fight at all."
"When we first started fighting I could tell the creature was skilled but it didn't really matter I was still stronger and more skilled, its skill didn't matter to me. It was when I had thought I had won that the creature stopped playing around and started transforming, the odd part was that unlike most humans of this world who had blue chakra this creature had red chakra."
"Every time it transformed it got significantly stronger, but the reason why I deem it the most dangerous entity I have faced was because of its last form and what I assume to be its true form."
The demon's voice dropped lower and Lucius could tell it was annoyed, "In its true form… It was monstrous. It dwarfed mountains and had so much physical power that I think if it wanted to, it could crush me like a bug. At that point I was already ready to escape, I know my limits, but it didn't matter. "
"It used what I assumed was its most powerful attack and destroyed my vessel, my essence would have followed if not for my cautiousness."
'New terms again, vessel and essence…..wait, Nemur did say demons are literally not considered living beings."
There was nothing that Lucius wanted right now but to ask and ask and ask questions, however he didnt want to come off as too ignorant, he didnt know what was the norm and what was not in demon society.
"...What do you mean by vessel?" Lucius asked
The demon looked at Lucius oddly before responding, "The body I was inhabiting at the time, my cult isn't as developed as I would like so I could not be summoned directly into that world. I had to incarnate."
Lucius nodded while internally thinking, 'Well that does it, I am literally essence given form, not just me but all demons it seems. So I don't actually have a real body right now? This is so weird.'
"Thanks for telling me all that you did, when are we leaving?"
"A few days from now, specifically five days from now." He responded
"Got it." Lucius replied
Lucius moved to get up so he could check out the place before being stopped by the demon.
"I should also let you know, your servants will not be able to come with you."
"Why?" He frowned
"I only have access to two powerful vessels, which means only you and I will be able to go. The other ones are weak humans who I killed that aren't even worthy of being used as a vessel, your servants would be weaker than what they should be if they were to incarnate as well."
"Summoning them is also not an option since my cult members do not have enough sacrifices left to summon even the weakest demon. Only the strongest has to go."
Lucius's frown deepened. 'So it's just us then… I suppose that means I'll have to rely on my own strength more than ever.'
'Annoying but whatever, there is no point in them going if they are going to even weaker than how they are now…..I managed to defeat Zafar before I ate that girl's soul, the me right now would versus him wouldn't even be fair, and if this guy is saying there are things in that world that can kill even us then there's really no point in them coming.'
'I'll have to find some way to strengthen them.'
Lucius sat back down slowly, eyes narrowing. "You've spoken much about the dangers… but not about the purpose. Why do we go at all? Why risk yourself again when you barely survived the last encounter?"
Lucius wasn't stupid, he knew the most likely reason, a new source of energy, souls and new ways of gaining power. He just wanted to know the exact reason this demon was willing to risk himself after nearly being erased
For the first time since meeting the demon, Lucius saw a greedy and malicious grin form on the demon's face.
"Their souls….it is unlike the regular mortals souls, sometimes I even wonder if they are truly mortal. But not only their souls but their power."
The demon suddenly raised his weapon in the air, following that flames suddenly engulfed his weapon causing the already high temperature in the room to rise even further.
"You might be wondering why I am showing this to you….this meager amount of flames. Well this flame is not created by anything native to hell, meaning I am not actually using my energy to sustain this flame…But when I do."
The already intense flames suddenly became even hotter, turning crimson as the air itself started twisting and bending in its presence and causing even Lucius to feel the heat
[Fire resistance skill has leveled up]
[Fire resistance skill has leveled up]
"If I had been able to use this back then maybe I would have been able to at least do some damage to that creature."
"So you're already able to use chakra?" Lucus asked
"No, chakra seems to be heavily intertwined with the human's bodies and even their souls. Us demons have no soul and the only time I can actually use chakra is when I incarnate, but it does not seem to regenerate. Once it's all used up then it's just gone."
"I am able to use chakra through my weapon here, that is all I will say for now until you help me."
"Understood, ill leave for now, make all possible preparations I can make and come back in five days." Lucius replied
This time, nothing stopped Lucius as he walked out of the room admiring the scenery that assaulted his eyes as he stepped out.
* sigh *
'I am so glad I died, demons have this much freedom. I mean yeah hell isn't very entertaining at the moment but access to how many worlds???'
'And not needing to care about any fucking rule…..just being able to take what you want, this is living.'
Lucius's eyes closed as he spread his arms and inhaled loudly, enjoying himself. 'That said, while this is very enjoyable….the dangers are incredible.'
' Like what the heck was that fire!? Why is it hotter than the ACTUAL flames of hell, my skill leveled up twice from merely being in its fucking presence. What if it actually touched me.'
Lucius sighed once again as he continued walking, occasionally looking at some demons that walked past him.
'Is there a whorehouse in hell or a strip club or something, im starting to feel the need to fuck something.'
While Lucius was considered an evil person back on earth, he wasn't nearly as depraved as some might think.
He lived to kill, yes. But that was it, he would kill all targets once ordered to and he enjoyed seeing the terror that would appear on his target's faces once they finally realised he was chasing them.
But that was it, he had never truly tortured anybody and every target that he has had he usually killed them off quick.
But now, without realising, Lucius's mind and will were subtly turning more dark and demonic, at first it was the urge to kill when he first saw those humans now it was something else.
Now it was a more carnal desire that he desired, something fleshy.
Because even though Lucius is not bound to any bloodline of any of the princes of hell and has created his own unique bloodline.
He is still a demon.
Maybe back when he was a human he would have hesitated, but now with his mind and will fully embracing his new demon self it wouldn't take too long until even those deranged, depraved and insane people on earth would shriek back in fear from hearing just some of the things he has done.
…
'Lets check out the place a bit.'
There were not any female demons as far as he could see, hell, there were barely any intelligent demons who could actually hold a good conversation.
Except for that guy ... .what even was his name, how did I forget to ask such a simple question.' Lucius thought, chuckling a little
Lucius was minding his business sitting on a large rock when, without him realising, a demon suddenly manifested behind him wrapping their arms around Lucius in a surprisingly intimate way.
"...heyyy there handsome." The female demon whispered into Lucius's ears
Lucius quickly turned around looking to see who was behind him, when he saw the person however he froze.
"~ooo cat got your tongue babe?~"
"Would you like me to go slower?"
The last word Lucius said before he pounced on the female demon was one he would never forget.
"BREED."