Chapter 244: Zaphkiel

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PoV: Third Person- present

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“Welcome, Seraphina-sama, it is a pleasure to meet you. We have been expecting you. From now on, we are in your care.”

“….”

“I hope you can free us from this place. As the prophecy said, we will be in your care from now on.”

The more she listened, the less Seraphina understood. Why on earth was Aeloria there? Why was she so polite? Why did they seem to have been waiting for her arrival? All those questions confused her for a moment.

But then, upon closer inspection, she noticed something she had missed before due to the initial shock.

In addition to her trademark platinum white hair, Aeloria had a pair of white horns. She was a demon, her skin was not an exotic color, but it’s not as if there were no demons with more human skin tones.

But the most disturbing thing was not that, but upon closer inspection, Seraphina noticed that she had no arms and was missing a leg.

And when she paid more attention to these parts, for an instant, her mind refused to process what she saw. There should have been stumps… but instead, there were…

“No… what the hell is this?”

Seraphina began to make sense of the scene and quickly came to a conclusion the, thing in front of her was not Aeloria.

She didn’t know why that creature had her appearance or why she was in such a precarious state. There were too many questions and everything escaped her expectations, but she could not afford to waste time.

She needed to pull himself together and get on with what was planned.

“…I don’t know why you look like that or how you know my name, but there’s no time for that right now. You seem to understand the situation… Are you sure you want to come with me?”

“Of course, Seraphina-sama! We’ve been waiting for you.”

“I don’t know what you mean, but I wasn’t asking you. I was referring to the boy next to you.”

“…”

Seraphina fixed her gaze on him and, in a firm voice, said,

“Tell me your opinion, Zaphkiel . How do you feel about following a human into an unknown place and possibly betraying your race?”

It was the moment of truth. For now, she decided to ignore that creature that resembled Aeloria and focus on her true objective.

After uttering those words, she undid her Veyrith appearance and returned to her original form, thus showing who she really was and what was involved in following her.

’You are not the only ones who can say shocking things and call names without introduction at the first encounter. I can do it too.’

She didn’t want to be the only one who was stunned so she revealed things right away including that she already knew the Boy’s name.

“… I don’t know who this ’Zaphkiel’ you’re talking about is, but… what if I say I don’t want to go with you?”

“…”

’Wait… he still doesn’t have a name. Damn, I came off like a smug fool by randomly calling him that.’

Ignoring that little mistake, she found it amusing that, even as a young boy, that boy already demonstrated his defiant nature.

The murderous intent imbued in the memories encouraged her to kill him, but she was able to suppress that feeling with her omnipotent purification.

She was not going to give in to those impulses. She had yet to receive a definitive answer.

“Young master… taking such a stance is illogical, please reconsider, this is the only way.”

Seraphina watched the woman who spoke with her dull, inorganic tone. She had no idea who she was, as at no point did she enter into her plans or even know of her existence.

However, she seemed to know her and know of her capabilities, Seraphina was bothered by such a large and unknown variable, but she seemed to be on her side.

In addition seemed to know a little of the situation and what awaited them, so Seraphina went straight to the point without hiding anything.

“I would listen to this woman if I were you, boy . I assure you that your life will be miserable if you don’t follow me, and it’s not going to have a good ending. And to answer your previous question… if you don’t come with me, I’ll spare you that suffering. You have ten seconds to think about it.”

“…”

As she said the last, she ran a finger across her throat in a clear warning: she would eliminate him if he didn’t accept.

It wasn’t something she should say to someone so young, but I had little time and needed to resolve this quickly, even making a clear threat.

While giving him time to decide, Seraphina braced herself. Without hesitation, she put her own hand through her stomach.

“arg!!!”

By that point, self-mutilation was starting to become a habit for her, something that didn’t make her happy at all.

Finally, after days, she pulled out her main storage bag.

From the beginning, she had hidden this store inside her abdomen so that it would not be snatched away like the other one.

In addition, she had used one of her opportunities to ask Elena for a concealment spell, through the red gem, which was the latter’s last function.

She storage pulled out her bloodied pouch, cleaned it with purification, closed her abdominal wound and extracted from its storage the key item she had requested in his contract with the leader of the Nero company. It was a demonic core.

It did not belong to a demonic beast, but to a real demon that had achieved eight metamorphoses. It was the best she had. Although she wasn’t sure if her body would withstand something so powerful, she had no choice.

As usual, to activate the demonization, she made a space in her chest, manually and placed the demonic core inside.

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Strength: 238 > 428

Mana

: 241 > 434

Agility: 235 >423

Defense: 170 >306

Vitality: 260 >468

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Immediately, she felt her body change, taking that demonic core as her new power center. And as always horns and tail came out and her hair turned pink, she wore the latex suit, which she understood came by default, as a kind of organic armor.

In addition, she saw that each of her stats had improved by 80%, the best improvement she had ever experienced when activating this ability.

Although she expected some consequence for using something so powerful, she felt nothing wrong, other than a strange feeling inside her, as if something was trying to increase.

As she analyzed it for a moment, she realized that it was the skill she had always suppressed: corruption.

She sensed that somehow that skill wanted to break free from the suppression of his blessing, but she focused some of her attention on it and managed to suppress what seemed like an attempt to advance that dangerous skill .

After all, the use of so much power could have consequences, luckily she had the perfect remedy, or so she thought, she could not be careless and trust totally.

Quickly, she directed her intentions to the twin sisters, asking for an active resonance, which happened immediately.

The girls were on alert and she had already conveyed to them through her intentions and emotions how serious the situation was and that they should be prepared with the instructions she had left before leaving, waiting for her signal to act.

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Strength: [428 + 186 + 40] = 654

Mana: [434 + 188 + 184] = 806

Agility: [423 + 174 + 50] = 647

Defense: [306 + 89 + 33] = 428

Vitality

: [468 + 179 + 49] = 696

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The twins’ stats added to her power.

Now, with a stronger core and her recent upgrades, she was at her optimal state, being that 650 was the limit of the seventh metamorphosis, she had two stats in the eighth metamorphosis , two in the seventh and one in the sixth. But he didn’t stop there.

She drew from her storage the most powerful armor she could wear at the time: an armor of icy steel that, if one did not have enough power to resist it, would freeze the wearer.

Only those who had reached at least seventh morphogenesis could wear it without serious consequences.

It was part of William’s legacy and currently the best option she had, plus she definitely didn’t want to go around in a latex suit, and seductive.

The same was true of the gloves, made of a material extracted from poisonous beasts. For any wearer without the proper stamina, they could be more harmful than beneficial. But in her hands, they were a lethal weapon, no problem.

Finally, her gaze was filled with determination. She wanted to better herself with her art of lust, but she didn’t feel she had room to rely on the power of friendship, so she put it aside.

She didn’t know if his body could still take any more, for she felt a certain tightness and was close to his limit.

It was preferable not to risk a mistake, otherwise she might end up allowing the corruption to rise in rank.

Although at least I had room for one last improvement.

“Aegis Luminis”, “Celeritas Radiata”, “Purificatio Lucis”, “Fulgor Aeterna”, “Nox Mentis”, “Umbra Resilientia”, “Lignum Spes”, “Obscura Lumen”, “Lux Umbra”

With the large amount of mana she had at the moment, she quickly conjured spells. her body seemed to be at its limit, but those spells served to create protections around her , enhance hers mind, as well as her weapons and armor.

s+She spared nothing and used the best he could, along with his affinities, and as the icing on the cake.

“Qetesh, it’s time to get to work.”

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Finally, she summoned his spear. As always, Qetesh was reluctant to cooperate, but she did not refuse to act, as if compelled.

Slowly, the weapon began to deform, turning into a golden liquid that merged with her poisonous gloves.

Now, the spear took on a golden hue with dark purple highlights; her was ready for battle. It couldn’t get any better more.

Seraphina looked at the boy. The ten seconds had passed.

“Well, boy, your ten seconds are up. What did you choose?”

“…”

The boy simply looked at her, not quite understanding. Seraphina in her demonized form, and even though the armor covered her latex suit, her appearance was devilishly beautiful, surpassing even Aurora’s almost unreal beauty, she would clearly conquer anyone without exception.

She understood, but it wasn’t the time for distractions.

“Boy I know I’m beautiful and all, but there’s no time and for your information I like women, so you don’t have a chance. Just answer my question fast.”

“…Fine, I’ll go with you. But promise me that she and I will be safe and that you won’t treat us like tools.”

“Good choice, kid. Although I will not treat you as a tool, your help will be needed from time to time, so I expect your cooperation, now Sign this contract.”

Seraphina showed him the contract she already had prepared. Although they were wasting time, she needed to make sure the boy was on her side.

“Seraphina-sama, it’s not right to deceive people.”

“Tsk… so you knew about that too. Well, whatever. You know I can break contracts, so I can only promise, are you okay with that?”

“…I don’t trust you, but I trust her, and she trusts you.”

“Well you won’t regret it, humm…, since you don’t have a name yet I’ll call you Kiel….. Now, you…”

Having finished her deal with the privitional Kiel, who she was glad she didn’t have to eliminate, Seraphina finally turned her attention to the Aeloria-like thing.

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