True Devil

"Welcome, Boss (head)." Sylva and Dhampy greeted the daemons who had bathed in blood and had a look of depression on their faces.

Lilith and her new crew disappeared for a day and returned by night. Usually, there would be tens of Ogres greeting their return, but not tonight as the Ogre Village was devoid of liveliness.

There were groans here and there, but that was it. Hundreds of Ogres, sprawled all over the place trying their hardest to grip their wooden "swords".

Everyone was incapacitated.

In the end, only Dhampy and Sylva were at the Village entrance awaiting Lilith's return. Though they too underwent the same training as the Ogres, they still managed to greet her return.

It was a wonder how they could still stand before Lilith right now.

"You guys are still up? I didn't think anyone would still be waiting for us." Lilith then turned to her group and clapped her hands, "Okay that's it for today, tomorrow, we'll complete the whole dungeon, okay?"

Chief and the rest's heart jumped upon hearing the word tomorrow. As for the reason why they were reacting as such, the fear of dealing with her methods still haunted them despite none of them experiencing pain.

However, the verbal abuses and harsh truths they received from a loli was enough to crush their souls. And as for what happened inside that dungeon, the rest would rather not have anyone else knowing.

"Alright everyone, go and rest." As if they were being sent home after a field, trip, the Epic-tiered daemons walked along with grievances and pain in their hearts.

Seeing their lowered shoulders and head, Lilith smiled and scoffed. She turned to Dhampy and asked, "So, did anything major happen while I was out?"

Dhampy nodded her head, "As you have predicted, the Pixies did indeed sent someone."

"What did you do?"

"The trap worked and we managed to capture one and killed the rest."

"Good, take me there...wait, I'll give these hard-working students of yours a prize, Dhampy stand back... a little more.... that should be good enough, Healing Light." Lilith raised her hand and a golden light appeared from her and then above the village.

The Healing Light lasted for a few seconds, giving comfort to those who had done their best to train. Many did not see the golden light emerging from Lilith's hands, but to those who witnessed it, they inadvertently knelt on the ground and thanked the sacred Priestess.

'How benevolent, our Priestess is.'

Lilith felt her mana could no longer sustain the spell and stopped her little gift. She felt her knees growing weak and almost failed to keep herself up.

"Boss head, are you alright? You shouldn't push yourself."

"I am fine, Sylva. Do not worry about me, I am fine, my fatigue will recover fast, do not worry. If I can help them get back on their feet faster, I would be willing to suffer at least this much."

'If they can get up faster they can train again harder they'll then more capable to protect me, an army full of strong warriors, healing them even just a little will prove useful in the long run. Hehehehe.'

Her words were simple and full of selfish desires. But others did not know what was going on in her mind.

Because of this simple fact, Sylva, and the few Ogres who heard those words felt a pang in their hearts. Guilt — guilt at the fact their incompetence led the little Priestess to push herself to near her limits.

It was disgraceful, too disgraceful for the prideful Ogres.

'The Priestess, she, she's too kind!'

'Do not worry Priestess, I will not let this body pain of mine stop me, the instant I feel my fingers, I shall repeat my training and dedicate this body to your greatness!'

'Oh, Priestess, Sob*!'

The Ogres who witnessed her act of self-sacrifice could not help but feel touched by her words and actions. They could not voice out their gratefulness because according to Eve and the other personal guards, the Priestess did not like being treated like a sacred deity so they kept their feeling of awe in their hearts.

Lilith walked away, and Dhampy who had just came back from somewhere to evade the Healing Light came back. Sylva and Dhampy followed Lilith like obedient followers.

'The boss head is truly kind, her means is rough but for her people she is someone who takes care of them. I should put her as my goal to become when I grow up, kind yet powerful.' Sylva nodded her head multiple times.

[Sylva's Loyalty +10]

'She's worthy...' Dhampy thought with her usual expression.

[Dhampy's Loyalty +10]

'Their Loyalty went up, strange.' Lilith commented with bewilderment.

[You're trash.]

And Alpha simply said her previous words to Lilith once again.

'Fuck off.'

Dhampy walked in front of Lilith and guided her to a simple tent that was neither small nor big.

They were about to enter when all of a sudden, Lilith remembered something crucial and asked for one of Sylva's daggers.

Entering the tent, Lilith found a single Pixie, with his wings tied with a vine. Other than his nose that was for the sake of breathing, every Orifice in his body was covered.

His eyes were covered so he wouldn't see anything; his mouth gagged so he wouldn't be able to bite his tongue and kill himself; his ears so he wouldn't be able to hear anything and use it for negotiations.

His limbs tied so he wouldn't be able to do anything: it was quite the sight that was not supposed to be seen by young people.

"Remove his blinds."

"Yes, boss." Dhampy dutifully obliged to her orders/

The Captain finally saw light and when his gag came off, instead of screaming he chose to first assess the situation. He looked at the undead before him and glared at her. She was the reason why he was held in this place against his will, his fury towards her could easily be seen.

"Why is someone like you with the Ogres?"

"Because I am here."

The question was given to the undead, but it was answered by someone with a childish sounding voice.

Dhampy moved aside and what the captain saw was the daemon who just spoke out loud.

"Huh? A kid?" He was baffled, then he saw the horns sticking out of Lilith's forehead and the captain's face changed. It was but a single quick instance but Lilith still did not fail in committing it to mind.

"What, surprised that I have these horns? Why? Oh yeah, before we start, just to be sure, don't bite your tongue off, I have ways to heal you and keep you alive, okay?"

The captain stayed silent.

Lilith didn't mind, a silent playmate can rarely surprise you with the best screams and pleas.

Lilith had high hopes for this one.

"A LVL 39 High-Pixie, you found it easy infiltrating the Ogre territory right? It was easy but only a skilled person would have been able to see through those gaps, and if you are skilled, then that means that you have a high position rank of the Pixies, what do you say you cooperate with me and I'll free you?"

"Drop dead! I'll tell you nothing!" His eyes then wandered to the golden-haired Sylva and after seeing some resemblance here and there, the captain showed a wide smile, "So, this the woman the Lord is trying to find? Although I find it hard to recognize you, the faint smell of a Rawa is still in your body."

Sylva looked at him with a meek expression. This was different when she was faced with low-leveled Pixies. This time, she was before a High-Pixie, someone near the top; and although her traumas had already disappeared, her basic instinct was telling her to run away.

Lilith did not say anything to intervene.

Sylva looked at her boss head who also glanced at her saying nothing.

Taking a deep breath, Sylva looked down upon the Captain, "Your provocations no longer works on me. I am no longer a Rawa you speak of... I am a sacrifice no longer.."

"Big words from a coward who left her friend behind. This whole situation is because you ran away from your duties, from your fate. You were supposed to become the foundation of our race, but you ran away and in the end, your little friend was used as food for the Moon Liwa, did you know? I was there when she had her throat slit!"

"Bastard!"

PAH!

A slap went across his face, it carried substantial force as it made the Captain spiral through the air.

The Captain suffered, but, his words did not stop, "Your friend cried, begged them to stop and in the end, she cried out for your name, asking for your help—"

Sylva went and punched him to shut him in the face.

She brought out a dagger that had been sharpened multiple. Sylva's eyes were red from the anger brewing deep inside.

"I'll kill you!"

"What? Is the little Sacrifice acting tough? Do it, kill me! I dare you to kill me!" His screams echoed in Sylva's ears, and as her hands trembled and the dagger neared the neck of the captain, a small dainty hand held Sylva's arms.

"That is enough, Sylva. He is lying to you, trying to rile you up and have you kill him. He can't kill himself because he knows I can heal him, and he wants you to kill him in order to escape...that is enough, Sylva I will take it from here."

Sylva looked at her boss head and collected herself. A tear threatened to escape from her eyes, but Sylva stopped it.

"What!? Are you doing to stop!? Do you believe her words!? Really!?"

"Yes, because unlike you guys, she's someone I consider my kin. I choose to believe her than someone like you."

Lilith merely smiled and gave out instructions after hearing Sylva's words.

"Both of you get out and whatever it is that you will hear, don't come inside this tent."

Sylva and Dhampy were hesitant, but another burst came from Lilith.

"Now!" And then, the two hesitantly exited the room.

With the two of them out, Lilith looked at the Captain and his pitiful look.

"I saw one of your kin once when I saved Sylva, I really hated their faces, but seeing one like this is rather refreshing."

"How did you know I was lying earlier?" he asked an unrelated question.

"...You're interested in that? I have no intention of telling so mull over it." Lilith raised her brows for she didn't actually know and just said all that to stop Sylva from killing the Captain, it would appear she was actually right.

She then laughed as she continued her words, "You shouldn't worry about that, I am going to ask you some questions and you will be answering me, fail to answer and say anything unnecessary and you will get a penalty, okay? Okay."

"Do you think a brat like you can make me talk? Why don't you call that undead? She looks more proficient than you are."

"We'll see."

Lilith's mana at this had recovered and as she manipulated the vines used to tie the Captain, she had him sit down.

"First, we'll start with the easy one, why did you come here?"

"Fuck off...AHHHHHH~!"

SNAP!

That was what echoed inside the tent, the snapping of a finger followed by a pained scream.

"That is one, for this question, you'll have five tries, you gained a penalty once, now, you only have four tries. Give me the answer that I want."

The Captain was still quiet, this made Lilith smile even more. SNAP* CRACK*, and the crisp echo rang inside the tent once again. The Captain did not react so much, thus, Lilith moved to the next part.

Slash!

"Argghhh~!"

The two fingers that had been snapped and broken were cut off cleanly. Lilith looked at the fingers and shrugged her shoulders before throwing one of them to her mouth. She gnawed on the finger and talked to the Captain while chewing his very flesh and bones.

"You'll... blid awt so, let as firs stap da blining, okay?" Lilith first swallowed the finger as she found it rather difficult to speak, "Sorry bout that, I was eating something in my mouth while talking. What was I saying? Oh yeah, this."

Lilith cauterized the wound using a heated dagger.

"AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh!" The Captain screamed once more.

Lilith then spoke while doing this, however, her topic had nothing to do with the interogation.

Rather, it was a review in regards to the taste.

"It's rather nice, but I should have cleaned it first, hmm, I think I want some more..." She swallowed and then eyed the captain, "I wonder, what the taste would be if it's cleaned?"

Lilith summoned a ball of water to clean the dirt off the remaining finger before devouring that same finger moments later.

"It's quite good, I want some more..." she began eyeing his hands.

"Hiii, I'll talk, I'll talk, please stop it!"

SNAP*, CRACK*, SLASH! SsssssHHHHHHHH!

Lilith broke then cut off another finger.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Wh-why? I said I'll talk..." The Captain asked as tears streamed down his face.

"It's because you said something unnecessary, I already asked you something earlier right? What did I say? I only want answers, and sadly, because you just questioned me just now, that would mean that was no answer, but a question!"

"No, no, no, noAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! — I was sent here to find you! The Two Horns...who stole from...the Lord! Ple-please, no more... no more..." the Captain began pleading as tears streamed down his face.

"Good boy, now, tell me everything else that you know about the forces of the Pixies. Will you tell me everything?"

"Ye-yes, I'll tell you — Everything."

Lilith, smiled at the sight of the Captain who saw no Ogre or Priestess before him but... only a Devil.