176 Epilogue - Princess in the Castle

"Father, hurry and get up!"

Thea, the Succubus Queen, tugged at Styx's ear whilst gazing into his face and waiting for him to move.

The demon now had the appearance of a 17 year old girl, but that was mainly due to the fast development of Succubi. It had been two years since the total collapse of the fallen world. Even the sun had died, dropping the world into a perpetual frozen darkness.

Styx had taken over the entire southern half of the Maple Dragon Kingdom, his territory having adopted the previous slander and taken on the name of the Abyssal Kingdom. Styx did not mind, as the ominous name would intimidate and deter others from attacking.

"What is it, Thea?"

His daughter ruled over the succubi who resided in his kingdom with an iron rule. Despite her lineage though, she had not slept with a single man, and apparently didn't need to, unlike normal succubi.

She doted on her two siblings, each no longer in diapers but still struggling with words, but was cold and ruthless to any other.

In terms of a partner, she only had eyes for Styx, her father. She knew this was impossible though and became content with just being close to him, resulting in a rare and unexpected chaste succubus. What she did during her private time remained a mystery however.

"We caught her! We caught the dragon princess!"

Styx's avatar fully awoke as the information from his original dungeon self updated it. His brows shot up and laughed loudly.

Down in the dungeons, in a heavily guarded cell, Princess Zoerina was chained with mana restricting shackles and collar, a unique metal that completely prevented the release of mana. She could still do self reinforcement, but any emission based attack, such as her hellfire, was completely sealed.

Her armor was broken and discarded, leaving her in nothing but dirty clothing that she wore underneath. Surprisingly, they hadn't been torn apart in the battle that resulted in her capture.

These shackles also weren't something that could be broken by blatant brute force. Even Aura, a Fifth Step Monster Lord at <Lv. 98>, had to struggle to break them.

Styx entered the cell with a giant grin on his face, the door locking shut after he entered. He stared down the stunningly beautiful princess sitting on a stone seat, dragon horns poking out of her hair and a draconic tail behind her.

"You caused me quite some trouble, princess. Do you know that?"

"…"

"Are you not going to answer."

Without any warning, the princess shot forward and grabbed him by the throat before slamming him against the cell bars.

"You have a lot of courage, stepping into this cell without any guards."

Despite the seeming danger to Styx, nobody stepped forward to save him.

"This is but an avatar, destruction of it doesn't matter."

"Foul tricks by a foul person. Release me immediately!"

"Ha, I refuse."

A series of chains suddenly shot out from the rear wall under Styx's control and wrapped around the princess' arms and neck, ripping her off from his avatar's body and slamming her into the wall where she remained restrained.

"Not to mention, I don't need protection."

The princess growled and bore her teeth, trying to awaken more of her royal bloodline to break the shackles and free herself.

*Slap*

Styx ruthlessly slapped her across the face, causing her entire head to turn as pain stung her cheek.

"You will regret that," She stated through gritted teeth.

"And you won't be leaving here."

"We will see."

Styx stared at the princess in silence before sighing.

"I don't get it."

"..."

"Why are you trying to escape?"

"What? Are you stupid? To think, we've being fighting an idiot this entire time."

"No, what I mean is; you have a hero complex, princess. Oh, don't even try denying it. My point is, is it not in your interests to be rescued from the clutches of the demon lord by the hero. Generally, the princess marries the hero and they live happily ever after. That is how the plot goes."

"Hmph, you think of yourself as some kind of demon lord? I can tell, you reek of weakness."

"Hey, Vivy, come over here."

"Yes~~"

Vivy came over to the bars with a giddy smile plastered across her face.

"She looks like a demon, yes?" Styx indicated towards her horns. "She is technically a demonic species. Anyway, she is the lord of the dungeon, and incredibly powerful, so she can be your demon lord for this role play if you like."

"…"

Styx grabbed the princess's chin and lift it up, forcing her to look him dead in the eye.

"Not to mention, it is the princess' role to be subject to the demon lord's whims, yes?" He brought his face closer and kissed her lips, bringing his face back before the enraged princess could bite him.

She struggled against the chains bonding her, but Styx only laughed. His mana tendrils silently caressing her seductive body.

"This is only the beginning, princess. Of course, you can simply surrender. The people of my kingdom are treated better, and you should know it. If you cooperate and play the role of a captive properly though, I may even leak information to the kingdom and heroes to let them know where you are being held captive. They will have to take down a few castles along the way, though."

Styx smiled insidiously, countless plans rummaging through his mind and his seductive words entered the ears of the hero obsessed princess.