Asmodeus stood covered in the blood of Murks. It was a purple shade but turned blue when dried. He looked at the coastline, now full of blood, corpses and meat, while Vinea and Yumiko were slicing the throats of all the murks lying on the floor.

''It''s strange... the monsters should have feared death. Yet, why do they fight even knowing the difference, and what is that bizarre mark on their shoulder? All of them have twin snakes eating each other with a skull in the centre.''

"Lord Asmodeus, we have killed over sixty of the murks on the beach, their cave is also located in that small cave to the right." Vinea seemed to have located the place they were using for a base or to hide part of their forces from the elements.

Yet the cave she pointed to seemed eerie—a thick black smoke, like a miasma, leaked from the cavern. Though the aura didn''t feel like a demon to Asmodeus, so he didn''t feel any danger. Instead, he looked at the two women, wondering to himself if they were ready to keep fighting or if they might need a moment to recover.

"Yumi, Vinea do you need a rest?" Asmodeus killed the most, but he didn''t need to try, as his magic obliterated the murks without him paying much attention. ''I kind of want to use my weapon... Magic is cool, but I miss getting covered in blood.''

"No, we are fine; these are just pests to us." Yumiko was the one who answered as she stabbed the short sword from her wrist into the eye sockets of a murk. It was a beautiful move, but her clothes were now dirty with purple blood.

"Lord Asmodeus how could we be tired when you are not?"

He couldn''t help but shrug and make a sly remark. "On the bed, they are always tired first."

"!!!"

"Asmodeus! Don''t be so cruel, I always try me best!" Yumiko pouted, her tails swishing through the air as she stomped on the skull of a dead murk in her anger.

Vinea took the comment in stride and laughed.

"My husband, I''ll let you know that my stamina is almost on par with yours." Vinea''s eyes shone with a tempting and challenging glint of gold and silver while Yumiko continued to sulk in the background.

"Oh really," He grinned, knowing full well what she meant by ''stamina.''

Asmodeus''s body suddenly tingled. A cold sweat formed on his forehead as a strange feeling crawled its way up his back. Something was watching them from the cave. It was something that could endanger the two women beside him.

"You two, clean up the coast and prepare a small camp, I am going to check the cave. I will be back soon."

"Wait, Asmodeus, you don''t have to go alone. We can handle it." Yumiko went to grab his arm, but he just pushed her away and then vanished his speed like a flash of lightning, racing towards the cave.

She was stunned and hurt, thinking that he was not worried about her being weak. However, shook her head and did as he asked her.

"I have to get stronger." Her words were only a whisper.

Vinea also felt the danger, but instead of speaking and making herself known, she decided not to get too involved. Because she only sensed certain death instead of just danger. Cold sweat covered her body as she began to follow the orders of Asmodeus.

"Yumiko, I believe we should do as our Lord said... there is something strange about that cave." Vinea whispered.

"But why didn''t he wait for us, do you think that he doesn''t trust me..." Yumiko paused, biting her lip and trying not to cry.

The ground began to shake, and the skeletons of the human corpses began to move. They dragged their bodies and started to crawl along the floor with their tongues out, heading towards Asmodeus with a thirst for flesh... however his body began to sink into the ground, and the black mist around him clung to his skin and made him feel like the very world around him was suffocating him.

"DIE!"

The skeletons soon reached him, and a gust of wind swept the skeletons towards him; they bit into his flesh and broke apart in pieces.

''They are weak, but there are so many, this is going to be a hassle...''

*Woosh!*

Asmodeus tore the monsters apart with his black and red demonic sword, the energy forming a beautiful trail of red as the tip penetrated the murk, eating the leg.

"Gyaaaah!"

The pain was so great that the monster''s cry echoed through the cave while the hooded male seemed to become angry, his aura growing before once again calling out to berate Asmodeus.

"How can an insect harm my disciples. Die!"

The human wore a robe with the twin snakes and skull painted in what seemed to be blood, his speed faster than even Ciela!

''I need to kill the bastard first.''

Asmodeus tried to move, but the ground kept sucking him down. This magic was something he could not easily break through, and it was so fast that he could not react.

"DIE!"

Asmodeus turned his sword, slashing the air, but the hooded man seemed to disappear and appear in another spot, laughing loudly as a dagger with an eerie shape plunged towards his chest.

The blade was only a few inches away from piercing his heart when Asmodeus exploded with magic, sending the hooded figure flying back into the wall with a loud crash.

"Hahahaha, you are powerful, but you lack the wisdom to use it, if not for your freakish body, you would be dead already."

''Who the hell is this guy?!''

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Asmodeus''s body had shattered the surrounding walls with a powerful step, his chest bleeding with black, rotting blood, something caused by the dagger; while he felt heavy, the miasma seemed to affect him less after being stabbed.

He wanted to ask Serena, but the hooded figure didn''t give him a chance, once again lunging towards him with eerie teleportation, like a phantom or ghost.

''This bastard, I''ll definitely kill him!''