The Devil's Temptation!

119 I Want That Human..

Euphrasia

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A desolated graveyard in a murky mountain range marks the entrance to an underground building. Beyond the graveyard lies a grand ragged room that looked hauntingly dark. Tiny golden lights penetrated in from the smaller holes on the wall, aiding the dark to some bearable extent and inside this awful room, a young demoness stood in the middle, shaken and writhing with fear as beads of sweat formed on her forehead.

The heavy stomps of the black pair of boots sounding deathly in her ear made her shudder and a deep low voice was what she heard next.

“Tell me the truth Freya, where did you send the human girl to?” Asked Luderick as his red eyes dangerously beamed at her.

“I really don’t know.” She truthfully responded but what she got instead made her eyes snap as he pulled hard at her hair.

“Ah!!” A strangled cry escaped her dry throat as he tugged sharply at the root of her hair, sending channels of pain from her scalp, down to her neck.

“You don’t know?” Questioned Luderick in that deep low menacing tone that only made her quiver even more.

“I swear on my life I don’t!” Tears brimmed in her eyes as she reached for the hand that tugged at her hair with no mercy, wanting to ease herself from the pain and it was only a matter of minutes before he let go, sending Freya to her knees as she panted heavily, trying to gasp for some air.

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“How’s it possible to transport someone without knowing the venue?” He demanded, already irked and it made Freya flinch to the side as she shook her head.

“My powers are unstable, being a low ranked demon I wasn’t given a chance to master the art of teleportation, forgive me!” She instantly pleaded before he does something to her again but his face just wrinkled as if the sight of a low Demon already disgusts him and he turned away from her.

“The human girl is a special source to my next plan, but you acted rather reckless by sending her to another dimension.” He turned to look at the weak demoness who remained on her knees. She barely raised her head up to see his expression, but could feel his frosty glares on her.

“She saved me.” Freya sniffed as her throat felt perched, “I had to repay her for it, likewise to you too, you got me out of there and saved me countless times, so I’m highly devoted to you as well my Lord.”

“You can’t have two masters.” He hinted before crouching on one knee in front of the shaky demoness, gently tilting her chin up so she could meet his stare.

The man she was staring at no longer had the face of Luderick. Since Roshan had chosen to disfigure his actual body, Luderick had no choice but to steal a body from one of the aloof humans and switch their souls.

Freya knew right from time that Lord Luderick wasn’t a good man back in Viscarrian, so she avoided his path many times and was lucky enough to serve Roshan and his family.

But she never imagined that her life would end up so tragic, all because of a silly mistake she made and how she blindly chose to follow it out of pure jealousy and infatuation.

“I need her blood and you my dear,” Luderick finally began, “you shall help me in retrieving what was rightfully mine, do you understand?”

His hold on her chin tightened, almost piercing his sharp nails into her skin and she instantly nodded, knowing he was silently threatening her not to go against his orders.

“How obedient, I knew you’d come in handy.”

He finally moved away from her, giving Freya a chance to catch her breath as she quickly gave her chest a pat. She didn’t even realize she had been holding her breath all through the time he was conversing with her.

Luderick on the other hand was already pissed since he couldn’t figure out the whereabouts of that human girl. If only he got a chance to complete the ritual and have her blood on the Ossuary_ but that senseless nephew of his was there to disrupt and ruin his plans.

Having him locked in the forbidden temple was a successful plan he managed to carry out, thanks to the ignorance of most humans and he thought he could finally gain power, until that human girl.!!!...

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves as getting angry wasn’t going to aid him in any way.

To say the least he wasn’t completely offended by it, in fact he felt somewhat grateful. If Roshan hadn’t interrupted him and forced him to hide in the human world, he wouldn’t have been able to run into a shocking surprise at the graveyard.

When Luderick exited the room, leaving Freya all to herself and knowing she couldn’t leave his den, he came across three paths on the way and easily took the right. His heavy boots caused a soft splash as she stepped into the puddles of water on the ground. It echoed in the silent place, as though it wanted to keep the lonely quiet tower company for just a few seconds.

Following the twisted trails and turning into different directions, Luderick soon came upon a dank area that was covered in dust and spiderwebs.

A huge thick wooden double door blocked his path, dried blood splatters were over it, somehow untouched by time and its element.

A sinister smile adorned his lips after realizing he had reached a very valuable destination.

Here at last!

Without touching the door, he held out his hand and an invisible force shot through his palm, forcing the heavy door to loudly creak open and he quietly stepped into the room.

It smelled of dead vermin and spiderwebs hung on each wall, adding to the lifelessness of the room but then, a brown coffin rested in the middle of the room.

Luderick stopped in front of it and watched as the little insects resting on top of it instantly scurried off at his sight.

His fingers lightly trailed the top of the coffin board and he only paused after hearing an odd screeching sound, but it barely lasted a few seconds before it stopped and a menacing smile proudly displayed itself on his face.

“I want that human.” He made it clear before tapping the coffin board lightly. “Only with her blood will I be able to revive you.” He walked around it before stopping and turning around to leave.

“Till then, rest a bit more.”