A Demon's Journey

Azaroth returned to their residence after slaughtering all the warriors of the Dragon Tiger Palace.

It had been half a day since he had been gone.

As he went to the living room, he saw Laura waiting for him. She handed him a cup of tea with a smile on her face.

"Here is your favorite tea, master," Laura spoke.

Azaroth sipped his tea while taking a seat on the sofa, and he commented, "It was a delightful battle."

Laura sat ahead of him, gazed at him, and noticed bloodstains on his clothes and skin. She found him so good-looking at this time.

She hadn't realized when she began to have such wicked thoughts. But now that they had begun, Laura had no way of controlling them.

She was slightly fearful of returning to the Elf Kingdom. She knew that her race would think she had been completely corrupted in the human world. They would think she didn't deserve to be their princess.

In reality, Laura was thinking too deeply about it. When she returns to her race, she will be accompanied by Azaroth.

He was going to handle everything else.

But for that, Azaroth had to become sufficiently strong. Strong enough that the Elf Queen would be forced to listen to his words.

His current strength was clearly insufficient. He needed to advance to at the least the Demon Emperor Rank before trying to negotiate with the Elf Queen.

It wasn't that he could fight against Elf Queen after reaching the Demon Emperor Rank. He wasn't arrogant enough to believe he could defeat the Elf Queen with that power.

However, he could escape from Elf Queen after advancing to the Demon Emperor Rank. This was the skill he required.

The two talked about a bit as Laura informed him that Yrellea was gone. Azaroth knew about it since she had left on his orders. But Laura had no knowledge of that. And he intended to keep it that way. She didn't need to know about this.

Laura also gave him brief info about the archers. Their aim was fine, and she taught them how to infuse their elemental powers into their arrows.

They had to keep their elemental powers under control or distribute them throughout the entire arrow for maximum damage.

The ones who found it most difficult to learn this skill were those possessing Flame Element.

Just like their element, their personalities were also a bit fiery. They weren't very good at this stuff which required a steady heart and patience.

However, if they managed to accomplish it, their arrows would possess the strongest destructive power.

Because of this incentive, they continued to work hard. Azaroth nodded, agreeing that it was time to enhance their abilities.

Laura kept talking to Azaroth while staring at his entire physique. She was overjoyed that Yrellea wasn't around at the time.

Even though she didn't say anything about Azaroth and Yrellea's relationship, she was very troubled by it. She was a little greedy since she wanted Azaroth to herself.

Because Yrellea was not present, she could have Azaroth all to herself.

Laura's aspirations were apparent to Azaroth, but he remained silent. It was in his best interests if she felt this way. This woman was well aware of her place in Azaroth's heart and thoughts.

She was well conscious that uttering those words or attempting to demonstrate her possessiveness over him would sour their relationship.

She couldn't take that chance. As a result, no matter how upset she was by Azaroth's adulterous affairs, she would never confront him about it.

Azaroth could see her emotions and would manipulate her emotions to serve his interests.

While the two were talking, a maid suddenly entered his room. She bowed to Azaroth and then in Laura's direction.

"Lord Azaroth, the boy you brought, has woken up." She spoke.

Azaroth knew she was talking about William. This maid was assigned to his room. She left the living room after receiving a signal from Azaroth.

Azaroth went to William's room soon enough. The guy was probably quite confused after waking up in an unknown location.

In the meantime, William had woken up on a bed with a white sheet. He was wearing rather unfamiliar clothing. It was a large and loose sky-blue robe with a dark blue drawstring.

He was puzzled when he noticed he was laid on a Queen-Sized Bed in a large room. The room was so large that William compared it to an Elder's room in the Dragon Tiger Palace.

William tried to get up, but his physique felt rather weak, and he fell to the floor.

The door of the room opened, and William saw a rather handsome yet unfamiliar man entering the room.

He then saw a blonde-haired woman accompanying him. His eyes immediately widened as he saw that woman.

He remembered battling against her. She had nullified his attacks and even defeated him in the end.

He looked down and immediately placed his hand over his heart. He remembered this woman stabbing his heart with a wooden blade.

'How did I survive?!'

Azaroth noticed the puzzled look on William's face and answered the question he was thinking, "I saved you."

Before William could ask his next question, Azaroth continued, "You are currently in the Origin Sect Branch in Veninza City."

"Ohkay…" A look of understanding slowly appeared on William's face.

However, that look of understanding immediately vanished when William remembered that he had been dispatched to battle against the Origin Sect Branch.

He had been captured by the enemy! As he came to this conclusion, he looked around to try and escape this place.

Azaroth and Laura noticed his actions. Laura spoke monotonously, "You can't escape from here. Moreover, you haven't even recovered your strength since your battle against me."

"How about you calm down and listen to what I have to say," Azaroth spoke with a composed look.

William stared at him and slowly nodded. He was a lot hesitant to trust Azaroth, but he had no other choice.

"Take a seat," Azaroth spoke, and he pointed at that bed. William's legs were trembling and showed just how weak he was right now.

However, he had a determined expression as he still stood up and went to sit on his bed.

Azaroth remained at his position and showed no signs of trying to help him. He asked him with a calm tone, "What is the last thing you remember?"

"…This woman stabbing my heart with that Wooden Blade. I tried to attack her with one last strike before my body lost all strength. Then I saw a soothing Golden Energy before my world turned dark," William responded truthfully.

"You remember my Golden Flames? That makes things easier then," Azaroth spoke with a smile.

Golden Flames lit up on Azaroth's palm as he told William, "I saved you using these flames. These flames possess healing abilities. And I healed your heart through these flames."

William sensed that familiar angelic aura from these Golden Flames. He could never forget these gentle flames that he had sensed when he was on the verge of death.

He sincerely spoke, "Thank you for healing me."

Even though the one who stabbed his heart was standing right next to Azaroth, he was quite sincere while thanking Azaroth.

He didn't ask irritating questions like why he was saved and so on. He was smart enough to know that there was no free lunch in this world.

"There is no need for your gratitude. You should know that you are going to be in my service for quite a long time. Thus, it's nice to meet you, boy," Azaroth spoke with a devilish grin on his face.

William felt that all his questions had been answered. He then spoke up after thinking for a bit, "I am ready to do anything to repay this life-saving favor."

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