Chapter 52: Vera's Wails & Demoness Sasha

She hadn't heard its voice again.

Not after she devoured the bodies... completely... everything.

They were... tasty.

"I need to... become stronger." 

With only the backpack on her back and the bloody dagger in her hand, a Vera that was more than a little soaked in blood walked... she found an intersection within the endless alleyways.

And she took the path that had no mist.

...

The environment changed into that of hell as a lot fewer people than before ran for their lives, the vines mercilessly snatched souls and entangled bodies.

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

But Vera wasn't running.

She turned around and looked at the creature that was coming, slowly... towering above her by perhaps a little less than double her height.

She started to shiver, why? why is she shivering now!?

"Give them back..."

'MOVE!!! DON'T JUST STAND THERE! IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE AUDACITY TO FIGHT IT! THEN DON'T JUST STAND THERE LIKE AN IDIOT! KILL IT! SLAUGHTER IT AND CUT HIS VINES!'

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*SLASH!!!*

She slashed her knife to the closest vine, but only managed to scratch it, not cut it!

"GIVE THEM BACK! GIVE THEM BACK TO ME!!" She yelled with bloodshot eyes as she evaded the vines and cut those that she could, perhaps trying to release her ire!

This creature plundered everything that she cares for!

After having done enough, she ran up to the beast and intended to plunge her knife straight between its eyebrows, but all she did was get a vine entangled around her leg!

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"AHHH!!"

'CUT IT! CUT YOUR OWN LEG DOWN! AND KILL IT!'

'N-NO... I CAN'T... I'M TOO WEAK... S-SORRY... I'M SORRY... VALENTINE, FAYETTE... I CAN'T DO IT... NOT WITHOUT YOU.'

She cried, wailed in despair.

Yes... this is it... finally, the suffering will end, this pain that's piercing her heart every minute, every single second of this miserable existence, will end now.

'YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SAVE THEM! ARE YOU REALLY... GOING TO GIVE UP LIKE THIS!?' 

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'Vera... there is no cowardice in retreat... you're not escaping... you're retreating, if there is no way... use your head and create one!' 

'Whenever you find a threat... you have two choices... fight it and evolve, or give up and die... most of the time in your life... the decision to fight your fears is the only one that will influence the world and those you care for... but when you choose to give up and surrender... the world will continue spinning your loved ones will carry on with their lives and move on... so which one will it be? are you going to kill this monster and continue to thrive with us? or are you going to let it kill you and die here pitifully by yourself... while we carry on our path, which is it?!'

!!!!

'I WANT TO LIVE! I WANT TO LIVE AND SAVE THE TWO OF YOU!' 

*SLASSH!!!*

With whatever strength she had, she cut her leg and one of her hands!

'RUN!! I HAVE TO RUN!!!' 

'FIGHT IT, KILL IT!'

'SHUT UP!!' 

Using a single leg and with all the will she could muster, Vera evaded those vines, she caught a glimpse of a man running not too far from her, he seemed to be an old man.

Without even thinking twice, she took him by the shoulders and pushed him back into the vines!

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"!·%!&·%/$/(!!!"

The man served as a good distraction as she ran, she ran... and ran... and ran...

'RUN!! DON'T LOOK BACK VERA, YOU HAVE TO RUN! I DIDN'T TRAIN A COWARD!'

She ran, and then... she crossed that intersection and fell on her bloodied body... missing a leg and a hand... but alive.

'I need to get stronger... I need to... plan... what would you have done? what is the way out...?'

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In two weeks, Vera had been slaughtering everything she saw and devouring it, she devoured crystals... she devoured the flesh, she ran from the creature... her abilities increased, but she still couldn't cut a single one of those vines.

The Rose Thorn had gone quiet once again.

She has nothing in her mind... if she can't find anything to try and burn this thing... it's hopeless... Vera had already tried taking a piece of her blouse and producing sparks with her knife and the stone walls, but the sparks didn't seem to have enough intensity to light up anything... especially when her attire is drenched in blood.

'Valentine, what should I do...?'  She leaned against a wall, looking at the moonless dark sky.

"It's you..." 

!!!

Her gaze moved abruptly to the origin of the voice and there, she saw it...

The demoness from before!

'KILL HER! DEVOUR HER!! EAT HER FILTHY CORE!' 

Just as quickly, the Rose Thorn reacted and she gripped her knife strongly, yes... as long as she can hunt this demoness, she can get stronger! It's a demoness!

"WAIT!!" The naked demoness gaped when she saw the dagger in Vera's hand, her clothes drenched in blood!

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But Vera wouldn't wait, she would do anything to get stronger!

*THUD!!*

"S-STOP!"

She lunged on the demoness that could only fall while trying to keep that accursed bloody dagger away from her neck!

"I CAN HELP YOU GET OUT OF HERE! I KNOW THE WAIT OUT! DON'T KILL ME!"

Vera's strength dimmed at the demoness' preposition.

"I can help assist you! Rose Thorn!"

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"How do you know that!?"

For some reason, Vera's hands once again regained her strength as she intended to directly bisect this vixen!

"I can tell you... if you let me go! I know this dagger! I can help you get away from here!" The demoness' shiny purple slitted eyes met Vera's as she struggled to keep the knife away, she knows the moment she makes contact with it... she's done!

"..."

'KILL HER!!!!!'

'SHUT UP!!'

Vera stood up from the demoness' body as the female panted heavily.

She had been a few millimetres away from perishing.

"What is the way out...?" Vera didn't beat around the bush, she only let this demoness alive for a single reason.

"..." The demoness stood up and undusted herself while her assets wiggled in splendour.

"There is no way out..."

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"You bitch!" 

Vera was about to lunge again, as expected, demons can't be trusted!

"Wait! I said there is no way out, but that doesn't mean that we can't come out!"

"Ha!? You're just going in circles!" She took the demoness by the neck, demons have superior physiques, but through the entire ordeal, the females' gaze was fixed on the dagger.

"Just listen to what I saw and lower that thing down, okay? as long as we stay out of that creature's grasp... we can live... but we have to keep constantly running... from it... haven't you noticed?"

"...?"

"You could stay at one place for as long as you want before it gets sealed and invaded by the Mahogany tree... but there is always a way forward, at least one... one with mist and one without mist, why do you think so?"

"Stop being cryptic and answer... I don't have the time!"

"It's because this place gives you two options... survive like a coward... or fight back... this cursed alleyways will eventually decide when it pushes you out by themselves, it's a curse... but if you keep taking the paths where there is no mist... you will manage to leave faster!" The demoness concluded, leaving Vera to analyse the entire thing.

And it made sense... why would it be logical to follow the mist?

It's a trap... trying to make you feel secure... you imprison yourself within this endless curse.

"I understand, fuck off then..."

"Wait... let's cooperate, two are better than one, no?"

"And why the fuck would I trust you?!"

"Because I am a demoness from the circle of lust... I came here to make a new life." The demoness explained briefly with her arms around her huge chest, her answer prompted Vera to roll her eyes.

'That's why you were recklessly jumping on a human's crotch while pummelling his skull with a knife, anyway...' 

"..."

"Am I supposed to trust you because you're a slut?" Vera concluded and it made the demoness grit her teeth.

"That's quite disdainful of you, human... aren't you a slut too?~"

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"What? I'm a demoness from the circle of lust, do you think I can't sense it? your lust might not be your primary sin, but there is no doubt you're more than a little 'experienced' in the matter, perhaps you're even filthier than me~ those eyes you used to see that stud from before, you wanted him to fuck you, right?~ now, that I think about it, where is that hunk?" Her cold gaze searched and searched, but she didn't find him.

"SHUT UP! DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM!!" Vera's knife once again pointed at the demoness' head, she wouldn't allow anyone to talk about him!

Just hearing it... it pains her!

"Okay... I won't... so, what are you going to do? we are a team?"

"What team? you're dreaming if you think I'm going to give my back to a demoness, slut or not..."

"I know that Rose Thorn... as I said, I'm not just any demoness... the origin of that dagger is the circle of lust... I don't know how it ended up here in the circle of anger but... if you can wield it without dying, it means it has chosen you and hence... you're at the very least a bronze." The demoness licked her lips, but there wasn't any ulterior motive within her words.

"Is that so? doesn't that mean I should kill you with haste?"

"No... because I can tell you a few things that you might not know about it... I assume your partners were captured..."

"... are they dead?" She asked, her eyes already starting to moisten.

"You might as well forget about them... they're not dead, but rescuing them is impossible... right now they should be undergoing the worst of tortures... for eternity..." The demoness said neutrally, perhaps resisting the urge to smile at a human's misfortune, she wants to keep her head.

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*sob*

*sob!*

"N-No... NO! UWU UWAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" 

The pain came back, that unbearable pain, why? why does it hurt a lot more?!

This is not the answer she wanted... what was she even expecting? that they're okay? but that's impossible... to hear that they're being tortured and will keep being for eternity, without her being able to rescue them.

It's just too much to take in.

"..."

With Vera's wails of despair in the background, the demoness sat down and leaned against the corridor's wall.... waiting.

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