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Chapter 896 The Next Day
Chapter 896 The Next Day
Chapter 896 The Next Day
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In the depths of the blazing purgatory, a giant made of flames, with dozens of arms, legs, and five heads, glanced at the demons in front of him. There were a hundred of them, led by the one that had tried to hunt down Elayne. They were prostrating themselves in front of him, their souls trembling in fear and shame for having failed a direct request from him.
"We are deeply sorry for failing you, oh great lord of hell… We are not worth of your forgiveness."
"Please, give us another opportunity."
"Now that we've learned of her abilities, we could prepare for a counterattack!"
However, the giant made of flames squinted its twelve eyes, and remained in silence. It raised its hands, as chains made of fire were released from its body. The chains moved into the demonic souls, which had yet to fully revie into their demon bodies.
"You are indeed not worthy. I will take away your souls, your memories, and your powers. And new demons shall take your place. Failure is not tolerated."
The demons screamed in agony as their souls were broken into a thousand pieces and then absorbed by the giant made of flames, which slowly gained some power from it. And then, from its very flames, new Demonic Souls were born, slowly rising and then reaching the floor. As they regenerated fully, they kneeled before him.
"I will inherit you the memories of these fools. This is not the end, find her, kill her."
"Yes."
The giant made of flames seemed to hold some slight speck of personality, but it acted and spoke as if it were a force of nature more than an actual being, an individual, a person.
The demons disappeared from the scene on sparks of crimson and black flames, the giant made of flames remained immobile, not even blinking, as it watched its surroundings endlessly burn. The ruins of ancient civilizations, of an old world it devoured, surrounded his throne made of billions of bones.
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The morning sunlight felt nice, warmly bathing over my head. I slowly opened my eyes as the gentle morning breeze washed over my sleepy face. I looked around, finding myself sleeping over my bed, Mark was there… And Rita, and Gabriel, and Lily, and Rose and Albert were resting on the floor.
In the couch of the living room, my daughter, Anna, Monica, and Elisa were all sleeping while cuddling with one another. And I noticed Steiner being the only one awake at this hour, slowly washing the dishes and cooking something.
The smell of scrambled eggs, bacon, and coffee slowly woke up Mark at my side. But Rita and Lily remained asleep. Once I looked up into the ceiling, I noticed Jenny stuck there, half her back was made into a purple slime, sticking to the wooden ceiling…
"Ahh…" I stretched my arms and walked out of the bedroom, Mark was still trying to figure out what was happening, looking very sleepy.
"Muh… Guh? W-Wha… What happened? Ah… AAAH!" He screamed loudly as he saw Rita and Lily sleeping by his side, and swiftly leaped out of the bed like a spring.
"E-Elayne?! I-I… This is not what it seems!" He started sweating nervously.
"Don't worry, we couldn't even see where we landed when we fell asleep last night." I laughed. "Nothing like that happened, relax. Hello Steiner, good morning."
"Oh, Lady Elayne, Sir Mark. Good morning." Steiner greeted us with great manners. "I'm sorry for making some noise, but I wanted to repay you even if a bit for everything you did for us last night, so I started washing the dishes and cooking breakfast. I went to buy some groceries half an hour ago too."
"You really didn't have to, but thanks for your help, nonetheless!" I smiled gently. "A lot… happened last night, huh?"
"Saying that it was simply "a lot" would be an understatement." Steiner sighed, looking at the sleeping Elisa. "I really thought we would die back then. If it wasn't for your help, and even that of your daughter, we wouldn't had made it. I thank you deeply for that, with all my heart."
Steiner then bowed to me.
"Oh please don't go so far. It's alright. We have to talk a lot about everything though." I sighed.
"Hmm, why do I have such a horrendous hangover?" Rita yawned while looking alone. "Elayne? Lily…? Huh?"
"Please mommy, just five more minutes…" Lily cried, cuddling over the bed and resting her face over one of Rita's thighs.
"Hey, wake up already, Lily! My thigh's not your pillow!" Rita aggressively threw Lily away.
"Ouch! H-Hey why did you do that?!" Suddenly Rose woke up by Lily falling over her. "Ugh, you're so heavy! G-Get off me!"
"Huh? Hahaha!" And the first thing Albert did when he woke up is laugh at the situation.
SPLASH!
And as if things couldn't get messier, Jenny fell over the bed and splattered her slime all over the place. It was now full of purple slimy substance everywhere!
"Ugh this is the fucking worst, my body aches all over!" Jenny slowly restructured herself back to human form.
"So you are like a slime or something? I've never met a person that could become such a fantasy creature…" Said Rose. "Is she some sort of mutant? Or is that a hunter's awakened ability?"
"H-Hunter's Awakened Ability! Of course." I laughed nervously. "A-Anyways, everyone, let's eat breakfast. Alright? We can talk and discuss everything that happened as we do."
As everyone agreed and slowly stretched and walked to the table, including my daughter and her friends who just woke up, I suddenly heard the voice of the world once more.
[You have defeated a [High Ranking Demon: Aim], one of the [72 Demons of the Goetia]!]
[You have defeated a [High Ranking Mutant Demon: Furcas]!]
[You have closed a threatening Hell Gate.]
[You have accomplished an incredible feat; your Halo is resonating!]
[Your [Spiritual Angelic Halo (Rank 3)] has Ranked Up to [Spiritual Angelic Halo (Rank 8)]!]
[Your Angelic Halo has gained +500 Angelic Runes. Your maximum Celestial Energy has increased exponentially.]
[Heaven congratulates you for your efforts on defeating the Demons invading the Mortal World. You've received the engraved Angelic Physique Ability: [Angelic Spirit Fusion]!]
[You've received [Seed of Eden's Apple] x1!]
[Heaven is looking forward to your future feats.]
Huh…
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