Revenge of the Serpent

Chapter 26

Rhys' eyes widened in shock at the sudden appearance of the woman, he took many shaky steps back as he called his sword into his hands, somehow it was still intact even after traveling through a black hole.

Theodore remained calm and looked up at the demon, more surprised to see that Asmodeus was a woman. "So? What if it was?"

The woman's lips curled up slightly into an amused smile, her red eyes gleamed with an unknown emotion as she spoke. "Aren't you an interesting one? No one had dared to speak to me like that in a while."

Asmodeus lightly tapped the sea serpent's head and it lowered itself down until she was able to slide off of it, she waved at the monster and it quickly retreated back into the lake. "I would test how strong you really are, but I'm afraid I would end up like Lucifer."

"What do you want?" Theodore stared at the demon coldly.

She seemed to have gotten the message: He was getting impatient. "Mm? I was just wondering who trespassed into my beautiful lake. I'm building a new palace underwater so we're quite vulnerable to attacks, I hope you understand."

Theodore let out a soft huff, he was glad that they could talk over things rather than fight, it would be bad if Rhys ended up dying before schedule. "We were sent here unwillingly, I was going to ask if you could send us back?"

Asmodeus tilted her head, more specifically, she was trying to get a better look at the tanned young man behind him. "I do know of a way, but you'll have to pay a little price for it." She spoke with a mischievous smirk, causing Rhys to flinch.

"He's not for sale."

"Oh? Why not? I love the scaredy type though~" Asmodeus spoke in a sing-song tone.

"I have business to do with him."

"What business?" The demon took a step closer to Theodore and leaned forward, staring at him as if she was looking deeper into something else.

[The Demon King of Lechery: Asmodeus is using the skill: 'Soul Gaze']

[Warning! You don't have any mental resistance! The skill cannot be blocked!]

"What are you looking at?" Theodore glared at Asmodeus.

She instantly straightened her back and put her hands up defensively, she laughed it off as if it was a joke. "Calm down! My second name is 'Demon King of Vengeance', and your anger is especially strong, I just can't help but be curious!"

"...What?"

"I know why you're mad at him, but wow~ You're really sadistic! Especially that separating organs-"

"Did you just look at my thoughts?" Theodore frowned and Asmodeus took another step back while laughing softly.

"Oh my! I just saw 'how' you wanted to take your revenge but I didn't see anything else, I swear!"

"What did he want to do with my organs?" Rhys expressed clear terror on his face, if even a demon was surprised by it then he couldn't help but fear for his life.

"I won't tell~" Asmodeus put a finger to her lips. "That would spoil the fun!"

Theodore let out a long sigh. "Enough, Asmodeus, you know how to get out of here, right?"

"Mhm!" She nodded. "But I've already told you! I want payment!"

Theodore rolled his eyes. "Anything else other than him."

"Oh, I've changed my mind," Asmodeus put her hands behind her back and smiled at him. "I'm starting to like you more now~"

Theodore went quiet after hearing that, even Rhys was shocked that she'd suddenly confessed out of nowhere. "...No."