Lilith's Cave

Methe jumped back with speed, dodging Lilith's attack while also creating a magic wall between him and Lilith.

Lilith frowned and Methe suddenly felt the connection with his powers disappear, even the wall disappeared.

It was her cave so she had control over every magical power inside it.

"Don't eat me.. please." He begged as she slithered closer to him,

"I see no reason why I shouldn't eat you right now, you're of better use to me inside my stomach." She said as she licked her lips,

'of use to her... Of use to her! Why haven't I thought about this since!'

Methe screamed out so loud that Lilith had no option but to stop.

"Why are you yelling like a woman? It's so embarrassing" She said amusedly,

"I have information that can be of use to you." Methe proposed, a new gleam of hope in his eyes.

"Information? What sort of information from a mere demon priest can possibly be of use to me?" She sneered,

"Information on how to kill Lucian, the demon prince of wrath!" He yelled to emphasize his point.

At the mention of Lucian's name, Lilith paused and new glitter possessed her eyes, it was obvious that she was interested.

"How to kill Lucian? Is that even possible?" She sneered, "how can a mere demon priest like you know how to kill Lucian when much more powerful and ancient demons have died by his hand?"

"I swear I swear I'm telling the truth, I'm his personal doctor." Methe said desperately,

Lilith arched her head and stared into Methe's eyes for some seconds. She had the ability to know one's true intentions by gazing into the person's eyes. "Why am I surprised that you're saying the truth?"

"It's because I am." He replied calmly, a bit more confident but still scared because the giant serpent woman still hovered above him.

"So tell me Mr demon priest.." she said as purple spirals appeared in her eyes and she stared intently at Methe meaning that she had activated her hypnosis technique. "...how do I kill Lucian?"

Methe sighed and stared squarely into her eyes, "I'm a demon priest queen Lilith, the hypnosis technique cannot work on me.."

He paused to let his words sink in and when he saw that Lilith was frowning, he continued, "I actually want to propose an offer to you."

"Which offer is that?" Lilith asked while eyeing him suspiciously,

"Since I fell into your cave, I know that I've lost all hope of leaving here alive, but since I now have something you need, I would like to offer it to you in exchange for your guarantee that I'll leave her safely." Methe proposed,

A smile slowly appeared on Lilith's serpentine lips and she suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahahaha. You're very funny, you want to offer information in exchange for your life. That's very funny."

"Well, it's your choice here, if you kill me now, you'll forever lose the chance to find out about how to kill Lucian but if you spare me, you'll have one very valuable piece of information on your hands plus I'll be indebted to you too." Methe folded his arms in front of his chest and turned away from Lilith.

Lilith paused for a moment as if she was considering it. "Okay fine, I agree to your offer."

Methe suppressed a smile of relief that was fighting to make it's way to his face, 'It's not over yet...' he thought,

"Sign this." Methe said as he waved a piece of paper in front of Lilith.

"What's that?" She asked with curiosity in her eyes,

"It's a truth pact. Since we have come to an agreement, it prevents any of us from going back on our agreements."

Methe could swear he saw a look of disappointment flash across Lilith's eyes and he suddenly felt relieved that he was able to create the truth pact. Lilith would've just eaten him after giving her the information.

"Okay fine, it's not as if I was planning to eat you after you gave me the information." She said awkwardly as she shrunk her size till she was the same size with Methe so that she would be able to sign the pact.

Her serpent body had demorphed and she almost looked like a perfectly normal human woman– the only difference that she was much more beautiful.

Methe gulped as he stared at the beautiful demon in front of him, her clothes were very tight and skimpy, leaving too much room for Methe's imagination to go wild.

"Here, done." Lilith said and handed the pact back to Methe who collected it amidst his distracted gazes at her body.

"Perfect." As he said that, the pact burnt to pieces and the disintegrated pieces floated into the darkness of the cave– This signified that the pact had been established between Methe and Lilith.

"Now, tell me all you know about Lucian and how to kill him."

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LUCIAN'S PRIVATE PRISON,

TORMENTUM.

"Noooo!!!" Cedric yelled at the top of his lungs as he knelt on the red sands of the tormentum. "You will pay Lucian! You will pay!!!"

The tormentum was a special prison that Lucian created with his powers, he was the only one who had access to that prison and it was there that he put any demon who offended him but was too important to kill at that moment.

"There's no point in shouting, no one's gonna hear you. Ever." A calm voice spoke behind Cedric,

Cedric turned back slowly and saw a middle aged man who had blue hair and blue eyes– for some reason, the man's face looked familiar to Cedric.

"You... Who are you?" Cedric asked out of genuine curiosity. No one was supposed to be inside the tormentum because Lucian preferred to kill his opponents rather than imprison them.

"Master Cedric..." The man started with a knowing smile, "for a demon prince, you seem to have a very poor memory."