Chapter 187: Hell fire
Riven looked at the smile on Lucifer’s face, and it made his heart unsettled. He could tell that Lucifer was trying to manipulate him somehow, but he didn’t have a choice, he had to do what it took to save Noel.
"Fine, tell me the price," Riven said.
"Hmm, that’s better. Well, the price is simple. Allow me to become your Patron, and the same way Lumis gave Lance her power, I’ll give you some of mine, and it will help you defeat the demons.
But there exist many drawbacks to using my powers. Whenever you use it, you destroy your own life force, and if you overuse it, you’ll probably die.
Every time that you use it, you stand the risk of dying, but this power will allow you to go beyond whatever limits you have," Lucifer said.
Riven furrowed his brow.
"And why give me all that power? What do you gain?" Riven asked.
"What I’ll gain? Nothing much aside from the fact that you’ll defeat the demons. That’s all I need from you. The power that you gain is without any hidden reason," Lucifer said and sipped his tea.
"So if I take your power, that’s all?" Riven asked to reconfirm.
"Yes. I know it seems like a trick, but honestly, the risk of the devils from another world coming here is far too great, and I need someone to make sure the devils never come.
You have already met one devil, a low-rank Beletrex from that world that Luke called into himself. That’s one of their weakest devils, and its strength is already that great.
So you understand the risk of them coming here is far, far too great," Lucifer said.