It was a windy day. The clouds were forming and it was covering the sun. The cold weather made Leo, Devi and Phoenix too lazy to get up pf the bed. Yesterday night's event was really a tiresome one. The cold breeze of the air entered the dark room from the wide windows. The three of them was cold, so thy pulled up the blanket and the two had clung to him.

The loud thudding of footsteps from the hallway made Leo half-awake. In a matter of few minutes, the door shut opened and made a loud creaking.

Leo, whose senses became so sensitive had shut his ears, and so the two girls. Both were being covered by the blanket. They pulled the blanket down and see what's the ruckus all about.

"How long do you plan on sleeping? Leo, did you forgot that we'll be departing this day?!".

Kenkage had already put their ninja clothes on. Devi and Phoenix, both were yawning with their arms outstretched.

"Isn't it too early to leave? Look outside, it's still dark! Yawn!"

Phoenix went back to sleeping and cling again to Leo.

"You're being clingy right now"

"What are you saying too early?! It's already 11 in the morning!" Kenkage retorted.

Phoenix suddenly rose from bed and shouted: "What?! It's already 11?!"

Phoenix hurried to the bathroom to wash herself.

"Why is she in a hurry?"

Devi's still feeling weak from last night's. Leo also rose from bed. Devi followed and cling onto Leo's leg.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" Asked Leo, whose eyes were still feeling heavy.

Devi yawned and replied in a sleepy tone: "i'm still feeling the last night's all petting-nyawn"

The events from last night was no normal petting. It was a one wild night for the three of them, an extreme petting technique was given by Leo to the girls, he made them yield.

Leo got moving, dragging Devi om his leg to the bathroom.

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Leo and company used the passage they used to enter the Human Nation and walked towards the half-cold half-warm weather of the deserted plains of the Human Nation.

It would be faster for Leo, if he is to use Phoenix to fly from the Human Nation to the Kingdom of Fallonia. But, before they reach the kingdom, there's the threat of the Demon Nation, which resides between the Human Nation's border and Kingdom of Fallonia.

Phoenix was too lazy to walk and she just hide herself to Leo's shadow. She said she's feeling the heat of the day, but, "You're a flame bird" Leo thought. She just won't admit that she don't wanna walk and was even too lazy to fly.

On their way, they found a huge oak tree. It is wide of its trunk, large leaves that could cover a lot of human with its shade. And it bears fruit that smell really sour. The sour-tinge scent of the tree stole Leo's nostrils.

"Let's take a rest here"

Kenkage and the three sat down, leaning against the huge tree.

"A full grown tree in the middle of a deserted plains... what's this tree called?"

Leo asked. He touched the tree, feeling what the tree was feeling.

"This? It's called "Oasis Tree". The fruits of this tree contains a very sour liquid that is also very nutritious. But, most of the humans who tried to drink its liquid had their mouths foaming and they felt pangingilo"

Kenkage explained. He took his water leather bottle and had a few drink. Leo noticed that Devi was feeling tired from walking a mile, so he took out a bottles water stored inside his inventory.

"Here, drink this, it's a flavor to it"

The bottled water were one of those water with flavors mixed to it, but the appearance remains the same.

Drink, Drink, Haa!

"What's this?! It's just water but, it tasted like citrus-nyan!"

Phoenix reveals herself upon hearing Devi's words about the water.

"You don't really like falling behind at everything. Here, have a drink too, this one tastes like grapes"

'She really looks good at every clothes she wears. By the way, I haven't given her a name'

[Choose a suitable name for the Phoenix girl]

'Why does it looks like what you're trying to say is I'm bad at naming?!'

[No one said anything. Choose now...]

'Don't be too hasty! Hmm, how about Aophy?'

[Setting Phoenix's name.to Aophy...]

Aohpy undergo what Devi felt when Leo gave her name. The name Aophy was carved deep inside her mind and heart.

She just finished taking a sip to her grape flavored water.

"Hey, Phoenix! I said lets swap our drinks. I also want to have a taste of that"

Devi took the bottle from her hand and gave her citrus flavored water to Aophy.

"It's Aophy" She said blatantly. "My name is Aophy"

Devi had a slight idea of what was happening to Aophy.

"Master Leo changed your name and it's Aophy?!"

Devi was clueless if the name Aophy was a good name or not. Well, what do you think?

Kenkage and the three still have their bottle of water, so Leo put the bottles, that he was going to give to them, back to his inventory.

"Let's get going. We still have a long way to go"

They rested under the shade of the big oak tree for about twenty minutes and continued walking sttaight to the Demon Nation.

Kenakage, if he can avoid the Demon Nation he would do it. But, crossing the Demon Nation to reach the Kingdom of Fallonia is inevitable. The Kingdom of Quinn and Kingdom of Fallonia had a distance of about 15 miles. 5 miles are pure deserted plains and the remaining 10 miles , it's all about the Demon Nation.

They were already halfway there, when they decided again to take a break and have food. They found an old house, only its roof remains standing. What is t, a waiting shed?

There are two paths created to reach the Demon Nation. One is the road created by the humans from Quinn and Fallonia. The other path was created by bandits, criminals and other humans who escaped from the Human Nation to the Kingdom of Fallonia.That was the reason why no other humans was encountered by their group.

They took an hour to leave. Their journey goes on. Buckets of sweats was shed and wiped and bottles of water were drank. The remaining half of their trip continued without taking a single break. The sun was setting and they were just in time to arrived at the Demon Nation.

Demons and humans were not on good terms. They are like water and oil who can't blend together. And, cats and dogs, who can't be friend with each other.

However, not all demons are devils. There are some kind of demons who are good and will help humans who wants to cross the border.

It's just a matter of luck. Well, there is a guy who's love by luck itself.

They finally reached the Demon Nation and set afoot into the demons' land. Hundreds of demon presence was sensed by Leo, by the time he set his foot to the ground.

'Kenkage, he said something about demons who are willing to lead humans to a safety path and cross the border, in exchange of anything valuable'

The Demon Nation isn't that prosperous. One look and you'll immediately know that this Nation suffers from what other countries suffers back from Earth. Poverty, corrupt leader and the lack of laws.

There's a strong stench of blood and dead bodies. It was mixed in to the air, it smells disgusting.

Aophy and Devi had their nose covered. It hurts Leo's nostrils, but it was bearable, everything is bearable.

Kenkage and the three has been to the Demon Nation and once crossed the border into the Kingdom of Fallonia. The demons who helped them crossed the border was killed by the officials. What they did was treason and unforgivable.

"Follow us, we still remember the path we took when we once crossed this Damnation!

They avoided encountering demons as much as possible. They took the path towards the dark forest. From what Kenkage remember, there's a small house in the middle of the dark forest. Small enough to shelter seven people

"We will be spending the night here"

A classic type of house. The inside has three bedrooms, a kitchen, but, it has no bathroom, there's a small lake at the back of the house, just a few walks away.

"There's no bathroom, those who wants to take a bath, there's a lake just behind this house"

They are feeling sticky and dirty from the restless walk and their feet are already hurting, due to the long walk.

"Devi and I will take a bath first"

Just when Leo wanted to dip his body into a nice bath, Aophy and Devi went ahead to take a bath. Leo had a thought, "Will they agree if I told them we three should take a bath together. I'm sure the lake is spacious enough for three people to fit in and have their backs turned against each other"

Leo erased the thought and gave himself a break. He's just gonna help prepare their lunch. He bought ingredients before departing.

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Abaddon already appointed the demons who will lead every army he left behind. There's 12 different world, so Abaddon appointed 12 different leaders. He's smart enough to scatter his demons to every world. One world contains one Protector and one Destroyer. They used their power to transmigrate their underling to different worlds to help each other.

The leader of the demons live within the dark castle created for him by his fellow demons. There are demons who likes him for being cruel, but his cruelty didn't have a limitation to it. He's even hurting his fellow demons and killing them, for so little of a mistake. If there are demons who likes bum for being cruel, there are also demons who despise from the depths of their hearts.

He was having his dinner with his beloved right-hand woman. He's also eating with his other trustee.

He was chosen to lead his fellow demon and was bestowed the small fragment of Abaddon's power. He also drank Abaddon's blood.

"He's arrived! Lord Abaddon's words were all true! Unfortunately Lord Abaddon won't be able to witness the successor's death! Too bad! Really, really too bad!"

He had a chunk of meat and he raised his glass to have a cheers with his trustees.

"Have the men and women drink 'til they fall asleep! Let's have a feast tonight!"

The night went on and so did the feast.

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