Chapter 298: How to Seize a Seal
"Halphas dungeon ceiling."
I regained consciousness. I definitely passed out with it stuck in Luna at the end, but now I was laid down in a proper position on the ground.
"Did we win?"
"Yes, we won."
The first to greet me was Lune with teary eyes. I raised my hand to wipe Lune’s tears.
"Don’t cry. We won, so why cry."
"...The wounds were too deep."
A familiar voice was heard. Turning my head, Shaitan was there bowing her head toward me.
"Shaitan’s here since I said only come over when you definitely win? Then it’s over."
"Yes. There’s one thing to wrap up but...Halphas is completely dead so it’s over. ...I have a report."
Shax sent me a screen through the system. I played the video as if possessed.
Screeeech----!!
Shax fired a massive water cannon from her mouth. A perfect angle precisely sniping Halphas’s head, and a water bullet faintly mixed with divine power in the water cannon sniped Halphas’s crown inside the water cannon.
"Perfect angle. ...Huh?"
Splurt--!
Shax spewed blood instead of water. The transparent water cannon became a red blood cannon covering Halphas the rest of the way.
"Wh-what is this?"
"She apparently has the ability to mix liquids in her stomach and spew them. She drank liquid containing divine power then spat it out...."
"Whoa."
...She drank what was basically hydrochloric acid then spat it to attack? I was impressed by Shax’s will, but worried about Shax’s condition.
"Where’s Shax?"
"She’s here."
Shaitan grabbed my wrist and pulled. In my half-returned vision, Shax coughing dryly in a puddle of blood was blankly staring at me.
"Why’d you do that."
"...."
Shax couldn’t even speak. Instead her eyes were saying something to me.
[Notice: Prisoner Shax requests to officially become a subordinate.]
"...Okay. I got it. But—"
"Kill...me...k."
Shax continued with difficulty, smiling. Her throat was cracked and bleeding, but Shax’s will definitely reached me.
"Hal...phas...me...."
Thud. Shax couldn’t speak anymore. Luna, who’d been beside Shax keeping watch without caring about getting blood on her, quietly covered Shax’s eyelids with her hand.
"...I already heard from Shaitan. Revival’s possible, right?"
"...Of course. Even if we don’t have them, I’ll obtain them and revive her."
[Bond Summon]
[Shax, ★★★★☆. Requires 9 high-grade magic stones.]
She proved herself by throwing away her life for the legion. Showing this much resolve—how could I not cherish her?
’First take a rest, then figure out a method as much as possible.’
High-grade magic stones meant 4-star class, so maybe possible if I raided upper dungeons and made them sub-dungeons. Or maybe obtainable through the human world.
For that, first I needed to completely make Halphas’s dungeon, the Legion of Pride, mine.
"Shaitan. I think you’ve already found it."
"Of course. Shall I guide you?"
"Yeah. ...Let me see the face."
I followed Shaitan’s guidance down another staircase. Ignoring the scattered magic stones and all kinds of jewels, what I was looking for was just one demon.
"Gotta hide well. Your hair might show...."
If she’d confidently come forward instead of hiding in fear, I probably would’ve snapped her neck and poured poison down her esophagus.
Step. Step.
Making my footsteps deliberately loud, I slowly entered the depths of Halphas’s dungeon as Shaitan led.
***
"...Hngh."
Lucifer curled up and hid in a wooden box placed in the summoning circle’s room. All expensive jewels were gathered in the storage, and magic stones were scattered near the summoning circle.
Step, step.
Footsteps were heard outside the box. Not conspicuous but anyone could enter immediately with just one door opening—a structure where anyone would enter once discovered.
Step, step.
Lucifer’s mouth went bone dry. Her hands and feet trembled but she held her breath with the mindset she’d get raped if caught. No, she’d definitely get raped.
’Have to hold out until mana recovers.’
Lucifer held her breath gripping tight what was in her hand. Hold out until they couldn’t find her, then just perform the revival ritual and it’d be over. Fortunately the opponent hadn’t noticed she was in the box.
’Right, pay attention to the magic stones! Collect the jewels Halphas gathered!’
Please don’t find the shabby box, blinded by the treasures before your eyes. Lucifer was even hiding among enemy bone fragments Halphas collected as a hobby inside the box. No one would deliberately examine the innermost box then dig through bone fragments to find Lucifer hiding deep inside.
’If I just revive Red, no Yellow, I can escape!’
Both were fortunately people she could talk to. If they knew Halphas was killed, they’d try to run to survive too. Lucifer still had the seal. That meant Lucifer could utilize the system.
"...."
Lucifer briefly considered reviving Halphas. Though she hadn’t expected to be in this situation, [Halphas] was boldly placed in the system.
’This incompetent birdbrain! 15 supreme magic stones? Are you kidding?!’
Even for a 5-star powerhouse, the price of revival was too high. What wouldn’t you offer to come back from death, but still supreme magic stones were too much.
’Better to revive a flight-capable executive after all.’
First summon them and quickly explain the situation, then fly away through the secret ceiling passage to outside. The enemies had no one capable of flight, and she’d think about the rest later.
’Once I get outside...I’ll run the dungeon myself.’
Whether Andromalius or Dantalian, she’d build power by steadily stepping up from the lower ranks. Lucifer just waited for the footsteps to disappear quickly.
Clink, clunk.
Someone was heard gathering armfuls of magic stones. Then leaving the secret room. At the footsteps going up the stairs, Lucifer rejoiced.
’Now!’
Crackle.
The moment the system started glowing.
’Got i—’
"Were you here?"
The wooden box door opened, and a rough hand pierced through the bone fragments and grabbed Lucifer’s nape.
***
I grabbed and lifted the blonde woman from inside the wooden box.
"H-how did you find...?!"
"Two things. I followed what Shaitan found first.... And you smell, smell."
A rich lemon scent wafted from Lucifer. When I grabbed Lucifer, the system window immediately started flashing blue.
[Notice: You have won the war with Halphas Dungeon/Legion of Pride!]
[By conquering rank 38 Halphas dungeon, automatically recovered all names the legion possessed.]
[Currently grantable names: Amy (58), Furcas (50), Shax (44).]
[No other remaining names.]
[You have conquered upper dungeon Halphas dungeon.]
[Secured Seal of Pride (Lucifer, Lv55, ★★★★☆).]
System windows flickered before my eyes. Ironic that one eye saw system windows while the other eye saw reality.
"Nice to meet you, Seal of Pride—no, Lucifer."
"Mmph?!"
Lucifer thrashed while held by the strangled neck. Though a Demon King’s daughter and seal, thinking about the hell I went through because of Lucifer, my anger wouldn’t subside.
"I heard you operated the forces instead of Halphas. ...The endlessly appearing Pale Riders, the gargoyles and giant ravens rampaging on surface 2nd floor—those were all things you revived and sent?"
"Mmph?!"
Lucifer only suffered without giving any answer. I pondered how to handle this ’spoils of war’ while waiting for one person.
"As expected, you knew immediately, Legion Commander."
"No. Sorry for making you do troublesome work."
Through the stairs appeared succubus Shaitan in a suit with a sly smile. The moment Lucifer saw Shaitan, her pupils started shaking.
"Ah, ahh...?!"
"She had her eyes closed so couldn’t see."
Already grasped that the seal had hidden in the room below the stairs. So I carried Shaitan down the stairs, figured out where the seal was hiding, and sent Shaitan back up.
Sure enough, she tried something. I immediately ran and captured Lucifer.
"Now what should I do. Like this...kill you?"
"Seals have a seal-like way to die. Master, please leave this to me."
"...Alright, go ahead."
I suppressed my killing intent and loosened my grip. My handprints remained intact on Lucifer’s neck.
"Master. Please watch carefully. This is how to seize a seal."
Shaitan raised her tail. Then rolled up the pure white dress Lucifer wore from bottom to top.
"Whoa."
Though one eye, I could see everything to see. At the end of sickly pale legs hung spotless white panties, and when Shaitan raised her tail a bit more, a seal glowing purple was positioned there.
"Outwardly pretending to be a chaste woman all wrapped up in clothes while inside she has a womb tattoo, tsk."
"D-don’t insult the seal with such vulgar expressions!"
"Whatever. Solomon probably aimed and fucked it too. Right, Shaitan?"
I pulled Shaitan’s waist close and stroked her lower abdomen. Shaitan leisurely felt my touch and trembled. Naturally the tail lifting Lucifer’s clothes had to tremble too.
"Hehe. All beings in Halphas dungeon died. The three birdbrain executives, remaining forces, and Halphas too."
Shax’s final strike. Halphas was annihilated by the water cannon fired with divine power held in her mouth. It was perfect action that clearly set which legion Shax chose.
’If Shax had other ideas, we’d definitely be finished.’
Sure we would’ve ended even if Lune shot an arrow with divine power, but if Shax had shot that toward me, I’d be finished too. Thanks to Luna constantly keeping Shax around, Shax could have sufficient motivation to become a member of our legion.
’When I subjugated her she had no motivation and was like a doll.’
Shax had little motivation even when a prisoner. Though she reacted when getting fucked, she didn’t proactively move her hips herself so sometimes was like a wooden statue.
’As expected, one session of happiness Ras and thoughts change immediately.’
But after getting intensely fucked in the Chamber of Passion and Ras, she gained some interest in sexual acts, and got in line with our legion saying she’d persuade or bury the Thunder Lord called Blue Guy and the cockatrice unit.
’Did she want her own unit? Well, doesn’t matter now. I’ll form an even cooler unit than cockatrices.’
What was the trigger for Shax completely turning to our legion? If there was one, definitely hearing Halphas’s statement.
’Even the Demon King passes on incest. No way I’d leave alone a bastard saying he’d commit that.’
Even if she agonized until the end, from the moment Halphas said he’d rape her, she completely turned to our legion. Directly killing Halphas was definitely to proclaim that will to me.
’She’s believing I’ll revive her.’
So to meet that expectation, I had to make an accurate disposition regarding the seal.
"So Shax joined our legion too...now only one seal left? Shaitan, show me. How to seize a seal."
"Fufu."
Shaitan smiled seductively and demurely knelt under the dress. The horns on her head lifted the hem, and Shaitan pushed her face into Lucifer’s seal.
Smooch.
"Hiiiik?!!"
Though a very brief kiss, Lucifer came. Looking slightly to the side, the white panties were visibly getting darker.
Smooch, smooooch.
Shaitan repeatedly sucked the seal with her mouth. The more she did, the more Lucifer’s body heated red but couldn’t resist.
"The Seal of Pride...we’re taking it."
Lucifer’s body stiffened as if paralyzed.