Chapter 7: A Mother’s Love

Akros found a large crater in the ground, which he suspected to have previously been a lake. Once the water evaporated a deep divot in the ground was left behind, and after checking with Haki he deemed this location suitable. 

He stood at the deep center of the crater, performing the magic condensing exercise a few more times before his felt his body trembling as if ready to blow after at least an hour passed. He took out the canteen of soul water and drank it slowly, making sure not to spill. As soon as the canteen was back in his inventory, he expanded his magic veins the last time and compressed the last of his magic power.

Akros felt a wave of silence throughout his body, before it suddenly and rapidly began to change. It was as if a signal had been sent telling his body time to go!

His demon heart was the first part of him to grow. A sensation, like threads were being wound around his heart like a woven basket. These threads were extremely rough, seemingly a layer of protection. He realized that his plan to starfish himself into two may be more difficult now.

Then the pain came. His entire body grew larger. Bones cracked along with his muscles growing and condensing at the same time, making him roar in pain. His musculature had been topped off for his frame, so as soon as his body grew bigger his muscles had to reshape themselves. His tendons condensed as well to better wind his body together. He expected these changes, but that didn't help with the agony that accompanied it. 

His talons grew thicker and longer, and he noticed something odd. His crystalline body parts darkened, becoming a deep and murky purple shade. They kept their shiny, smooth exterior, but also condensed with his muscles and tendons. His tail and blade at the end of it grew heavier and stronger, thicker, and longer. His tail was now 25 feet in length including the arrow-shaped blade. Along the sides of his tail smaller spikes grew out, mimicking the blade's pointed edges. 

Akros suddenly felt two unbearably itchy bumps emerge on his shoulder blades, beneath his wings. He bellowed in pain as they erupted, spewing blood and mucus all over the ground and himself. Two blade wings grew underneath the first pair, all four the same size. His wingspan was now 20 feet, still incapable of flight but the blades served as protection against assassination attempts. He had dirtied his wings many times against fights with angel groups, so he didn't mind two more.

Then his horns began to grow. They changed color like his tail, wings, and claws, darkening drastically. Each horn continued to move along the sides of his head, albeit not by much. He already had a half-crown, and the main growth was the points by his temples. Each point rose up by a foot, creating a |_| shape above his forehead. The points were now sharp pillars that pierced the sky, a symbol of his demonic authority. 

His black hair also grew longer, retaining its spiky thickness as it did. He now had hair similar to Gohan from Dragon Ball Z in his adulthood. His black spikes pointed backward, curving down at the back of his head. His hair went down to his nape, but even those spikes pointed out from his body. It was as if his hair was permanently gelled. 

Once he recovered from the pain Akros examined his body as he burnt away the blood and mucus with shadowflame, making sure to unequip Crafanc so as to not melt it. He noted how his purple body parts were so dark they were almost black, and it made his body fit the aesthetic of a shadow demon better. He unequipped his sweatpants briefly to dye them navy, and made them thinner and more stretchy, like track pants.

He admired his new track pants on his legs with a satisfied smile. It only cost him 20 souls to adjust his pants, so he didn't mind. They now covered his legs tightly, but not to his skin, and went down to his ankles. 

Akros took a look at his status.

Name: Amin

Race: Demon

Bloodline: Shadow Demon

Demon Name: ...Noval Akros

Form: Adult

Attribute: Dark

Strength: 712 (x10 during Super Saiyan) (x5 during Blood Fury)

Speed: 1,000 (x5 during Super Saiyan) (x2 during Blood Fury)

Magic Energy: 4,699 (x2 during Super Saiyan)

Stamina: 751 (Infinite during Blood Fury)

Vitality: 1,208 (x5 during Super Saiyan) 

Souls in Possession: 143,000 Average-grade souls, 15 Noble souls, 1 soul of Might fragment, 1 Middle-grade Evil soul, 3 Middle-Grade Holy souls, 78 Low-grade Holy souls

Loaded Materials: Saiyan Blood, Tail Plating, Tremor-Tremor, Crafanc

Skills: Dark Ascension, Dark Barrier, Charm, Abyssal Tremor, Observation Haki, Mortal Gleam, Solar Flare, Vacuum, Armament Haki, Super Saiyan, Tome Conversion, Give Me Lyra, Gleipnir

Magic: Shadow, Shadowflame, Dark Restoring

Race Ability 1: Soul Peer

Race Ability 2: Demon Blood

Race Ability 3: Soul Devouring Addiction

Talent Ability 1: Undying Spite

Talent Ability 2: Zenkai Boost

Talent Ability 3: Ultraspeed Regeneration

Talent Ability 4: Sex Magnet

Talent Ability 5: Blood Fury

Description: Prolonged exposure to high levels of radiation had permanently affected your Saiyan blood cells. When you lose a certain amount of blood you will enter an enraged state that will prolong until you either die or recuperate your lost life force. Blood Fury will rapidly restore lost stamina and mana at the cost of your mind.

HOLY SHIT!!! 

Akros was nothing short of awestruck at the new talent ability.

That may was well confirm that I'm destined to become a Legendary Super Saiyan. My Super Saiyan state draws on the Sin of Wrath, and this Blood Fury may as well too! Perhaps I am to replace Samael as the Deadly Sin Demon King of Wrath? No way... maybe I'm just an angry guy.

Still, this is good for me. It's basically a safety feature against death as long as I'm losing blood. Only issue is that I'll lose control, and I'm likely to subconsciously activate Super Saiyan during Blood Fury. My stats will become ungodly, but is that worth losing control over my actions? Shit... there's probably not much I do to prevent against it either.

Well, my base stats are crazy now anyways. My speed and magic power leaped up, so I guess shadow demons are meant to be speedy mage types? Let's see how I can hold Hellreaver now...

Akros was in for a pleasant surprise. He was able to hold the sword with relative ease now. The sensation was similar to holding a wooden sword as a human. His entire body easily weighed hundreds of pounds now, but he felt lighter than ever. He put his beloved sword of devouring back into his inventory, then crouched. He gathered his might and leapt into the sky, shocking himself. 

He activated Dark Ascension at the peak of his jump, hovering a couple miles in the air. He traveled that distance in only a couple seconds. Then with his new wings he flew across the ashen sky with glee. Unbeknownst to him, he hit speeds of Mach 5 as he zipped in the air, parting clouds of dust for hundreds of feet around him. 

He flew for some time before stopping, deactivating his skill midair and falling. He laughed with joy as he skidded across the ground on his clawed feet, ripping it up. Once he halted completely, he went into the system. It was time for him to make his armor.

Adamantite Armor (Modify) - 100.0% Completion

Imperial Gold Armor (Modify) - 100.0% Completion

Basilisk Scale Armor (Modify) - 100.0% Completion

Etherium Armor (Create) - 100.0% Completion

'Heroin' Armor (Create) - 100.0% Completion

Akros remembered Lyra telling him that the Imperial Gold set was the most expensive at 100,000 souls to make it fit his body and change its style to his liking. However, he was now much larger and now had 151,000 human souls to work with. He made that the Imperial Gold set was now sized for his current body, and sighed with relief seeing that it was still complete. He didn't waste any more time and modified it at last.

He then equipped the Imperial Gold armor, as with the help of the system he didn't need to painstakingly put it all on in pieces. Shining gold metal covered his body from head to toe, only leaving his left arm and wings uncovered. Crafanc was made of Etherium, so while is was of lesser protection than the Imperial Gold, Akros needed it as a backup and to restore his mana faster. 

The new and improved Imperial Gold armor allowed for nimble movement while covering his whole body. Areas like his crotch, back of his knees, his armpits and more were vulnerable. His helmet covered his entire head, even his horns. A slot in the helmet allowed him to see, but besides that his entire face was covered as well. The armor, he found, was surprisingly breathable, possibly due to the many links and breaks in it that were made to allow him to fully move his body. The segmented armor on his tail didn't prevent its movement at all. His boots weren't one piece, his toes were covered individually to allow his feet to grip the ground or bend when needed.

All in all, Akros found himself loving the armor. Even though the slot for his eyes wasn't huge, it let him see in front of him just fine. He didn't need peripheral vision due to his Observation Haki. Once his Haki became powerful enough, he'd close off the eye slot as well. Haki was more powerful than raw eyesight after a point. 

Akros did notice how his left arm stood out a bit as it was black and purple among the gold covering the rest of him, but he had an idea to fix that. He checked his soul count, and upon seeing that he still had 24,000 souls left he did two things.

First, he unequipped his Imperial Gold armor to add the "Immortal" attribute, and remove the magic debuff.

Imperial Gold Set

+100 DEF

+250 ATK

+50 VIT

God Killer: Damage dealt to deities, gods, demigods, and immortal beings is quadrupled. Grants the wearer the ability to slay immortal beings.

Immortal: Armor cannot break permanently. Once broken, it will regenerate at the cost of wearer's mana. If completely destroyed, it will be sent to the inventory and will regenerate there instead.

Forged from Imperial Gold, a mystic Greek metal that allows mortals to harm gods. The armor of a god-slaying warrior.

This attribute cost him 8,000 souls to add, but he was pleasantly surprised. He was willing to give much more for such a property, but it seemed that the system was generous. The removing of the debuff, or adding a boost to magic power to counter it, only cost another 5,000. Next, he unequipped Crafanc, and tried to Modify it so the Etherium changed into Imperial Gold. Needless to say, 11,000 souls wouldn't be enough.

Imperial Gold Crafanc - 21.6% Completion (Modify)

I don't need to do this, but it'd make Crafanc even stronger. Say, system, can I offer holy souls as well as normal souls together to pay for the modification?

Yes. Holy and evil souls can be exchanged, with varying values depending on the quality of the soul.

A system panel popped in front of his armored face. He sighed in relief.

Okay that's good, because I have no other use for 'em. Will the 86 low-grade holy souls I possess be enough?

Instead of answering him directly, the system showed the difference in completion in the Modify panel. 

Imperial Gold Crafanc - 31.6% Completion (Modify)

Dang, not even close. 86 low-grade holy souls for 10% isn't terrible, because that's still thousands of average-grade souls. System, you can take my middle-grade holy soul too.

Imperial Gold Crafanc - 70.3% Completion (Modify)

Wow! Such a difference in value even though its one tier apart. Alright, take the middle-grade evil soul as well.

Imperial Gold Crafanc - 100.0% Completion (Modify)

With that, Akros modified Crafanc and used up the last of his soul stash. He had zero regrets as this armor and newly forged sword would now be his bread and butter. He had a chance against demon lords and six-winged angels with it. Crafanc now had another use that put it above Hellreaver in value, as the Godslayer property also applied to it now that it was made of the mystic metal. 

While the gauntlet lacked the Immortal property, Akros wasn't worried about that. He'd get more souls and add it sooner or later before it broke. He had no clue of what could break Imperial Gold, but it was best to be safe. If he ever faced a demon king level being, he'd best be ready to have his armor break.

Crafanc, Claw of Avarice

+750 ATK

Greed: Absorbs the life force of those it damages. Life force stolen is then transferred to wielder. Uneffective against undead.

Energy Stealer: Absorbs the stamina of those it damages. Stamina stolen is then transferred to wielder. Uneffective against undead.

Transform: Can transform into a gauntlet or the reverse at wielder's will. 

Infinite Duress: Increases magic energy recovery speed tenfold.

Damn this sword is awesome! I have no excuse to not use it besides leaving my left arm bare, but that's fine. I have Armament Haki if I need it, and against most powerful foes I'll use Hellreaver anyway for the anti-armor effect. Actually let's compare them.

Hellreaver, Blade of Gluttony

+830 ATK

Devour: By consuming the bodies of those it fells, this sword increases its size, mass, durability, and frequency of which it vibrates.

High Frequency Blade: By vibrating constantly at a high frequency, the blade has extreme cutting capabilities. In addition, higher frequencies gained with "Devour" will increase the sword's damage boost.

Magic Conductor: Amplifies magic cast on itself by 200%.

So Hellreaver wins with raw damage, no surprise there. However, in a fight of attrition I will definitely want to use Crafanc. That's easy enough, I guess. Magic Conductor is also very helpful, as it also amplies Abyssal Tremor because it counts as magic, so I'll stick with it as my main weapon unless I'm in a pickle. Its weight used to be an issue, but I'm way stronger now. Until I fell some powerful enemies or a great number of weaklings, its weight won't change enough to make me change my mind.

Suddenly, a ray of light, strong enough to mimic the sun illuminated the sky. It blinded Akros, and he had to cover his eyes with his armored hands. He detected extremely potent magic power within this flash and the few more that followed it. As these flashes brightened the sky, the ground shook and deafening thunder-like sounds pierced his ears. Akros fled to the sky with Dark Ascension and watched the ground begin to collapse under violent tremors. 

Fissures webbed the ground below him, creating deep chasms. The city that he could see in the distance, the one he recently left, crumbled and fell into the fissures. Demons on the ground were caught in these fissures and fell screaming.

Akros realized that this was probably the clashing of Demon King Samael and the Destroyer, the fallen incarnation of angel Abaddon. Both of the were demon kings in terms of power, and their fight destroyed the world. They continued to wreak destruction in their battle for the next three days.

While having to maintain Dark Ascension, Akros found that with Crafanc's Infinite Duress he could in fact maintain flight infinitely. As long as he only hovered without going fast, his mana replenished faster than it was exhausted. When the clashing of the two powerhouses ended, and the world calmed, Akros finally landed. 

The ground beneath had long been submerged in salt water as the ground crumbled and tsunamis plagued what remained of it. He was lucky to find a large rock that jutted out from the ocean, seemingly a fragment of continental crust after analyzing with Haki. As he landed, with his Haki still active as he surveyed the area, he detected a familiar signature in the sky from the direction of the shockwaves and light that destroyed the earth before.

Hilda flew in his direction, and her life force was very small. With his powerful eyesight he could see her golden blood dripped from all over, and she was flying oddly. Akros didn't need to be told that she was severely wounded. He reactivated Dark Ascension again, then raced to her.

With his new speed stat of 1,000 and Dark Ascension being far more powerful due to his new wings and denser magic power, Akros appeared in front of Hilda in a single second even though she was a mile away. She was wounded and had recently fought with a powerful foe, so she was very much on edge. When a powerful high-rank demon seemingly warped in front of her, she cried out in surprise and fear and gripped her sword tightly. 

Upon seeing her surprised, yet determined face, Akros realized that she didn't recognize him. He unequipped his helmet, revealing his head and reintroduced himself. "Hilda, it's Akros! The shadow demon that deserted?"

"Akros..." Hilda couldn't believe her eyes. His face didn't change much, but his horns had grown considerably. That wasn't even considering his glittering golden armor and second set of wings. She recognized him fully upon seeing his magic-powered shadow wings, as that was unique to him among all the demons she had ever seen. In her exhaustion, she felt herself losing conscious as her mind relaxed. "I finally... found you..."

Her wings gave out and she began to fall, but Akros caught her within another second. He brought her to the jagged rock he stood on a minute before, laying her down on a flat section. He then created an orb of Dark Restoring, about the size of a basketball, larger than the first one he gave to her at their first meeting. She was definitely more wounded now than she was then, and was out of stamina. Dark Restoring magic resupplied vitality and stamina, so when the orb broke on her chest and surrounded her in a dark light, her wounds healed and her eyes shot open.

"Ah!" Hilda cried out in surprise, grabbing her sword next to her. She looked at Akros, then remembered what happened moments before. She dropped her sword with a clang and sighed in relief. 

"Need to use the dark ritual again?" Akros asked. He found that promoting deepened and roughened his voice, making him sound like Rhaast from League of Legends.

"I-I can't- wait, the powerful magic power corroding me is gone! Did you... use that restoring magic from back then?" Hilda was mystified at his capabilities. 

"Yes. Was I wrong to do so?" He didn't know if he was overstepping any boundaries by using Dark Restoring magic. It was an unusual power that he didn't quite understand himself. Even though it only served as medical magic, he didn't know if it had side effects. He theorized that it could help him make an angel fall if it corrupting its recipient with dark power. 

"N-no! In fact, I am most grateful!" Hilda waved her arms in denial. "I can use the ritual to restore my magic power now that that power is rid from me. Could you protect me for a while?"

"Sure, go ahead," Akros was laid back, knowing that there was no angels nearby for miles with Haki. Even then, most of them wouldn't be coming after a high-rank demon unless they had a four-winged commander at the virtue or dominion level. 

Hilda began the ritual as she had the last time they met, and because he sensed no enemies nearby, Akros asked: "So... what happened? How were you beaten so horribly?"

Hilda's face darkened at the question. "You were right to flee the city. If you remained, there's no doubt you would have also... anyway, a traitor has appeared among the demons. The Destroyer, who used the power of the Abyss to fall and become a demon king, attacked his Majesty Samael after he descended."

"The Destroyer? I haven't seen him yet..." Akros' tail wagged as he tried to remember what the Destroyer looked like in game. Reddish?

"Akros, I beg for your aid!" Hilda gave Akros a pleading expression as she continued to restore her magic power. "The Destroyer sealed his Majesty Samael during the battle, inside a separate world. His connection with the Abyss is completely isolated, and he cannot escape on his own. Akros, I need you to help me remove the seal on his Majesty Samael with me!"

"Me? Have you lost your mind?" Akros snarked, poking Hilda's forehead with a golden finger in ridicule. "How can you expect me to be able to help you with that?"

"Why... why not?" Hilda lost a bit of focus between maintaining her ritual and his poking. "Are you preoccupied...?"

"No, but think about it!" Akros retraced his finger, crossing his arms indignantly. He knew this was what happened to Roy in CMDK, being asked by Julia to help Samael. Akros didn't care for Hilda like Roy did Julia, but he also didn't want her to die pointlessly. "Me and you, even at full power, are just two high-rank demons. The Destroyer could decimate with ease, and we cannot harm it. Think, woman!"

"Then, what should I do?" Hilda asked sadly, at a loss. She was loyal to Samael, and her heart ached knowing he was sealed away while she did nothing. "Should I let his Majesty Samael remain sealed? He'll loss power over time without his connection to the Abyss, though..."

"That choice is yours to make, but don't act rashly. We should stay out of demon king affairs, it's unrealistic. If you want to live, let it be."

Hilda was quiet then, realizing the truth behind his words. While it hurt to admit, she couldn't help her master as a high-rank demon level being. When she was weakened and her thoughts ran short, she went to Akros for aid. Friendship didn't exist between demons nor fallen angels, but after he protected her from the human weapons as they were still fighting, she couldn't help but feel safer with him around. She recalled the direction Akros had moved in, so she followed that trail all the way to him after escaping the fight. Fortunately for her, his senses were top-notch and he picked her up when she was out of energy.

Once she finished her ritual and was at her full strength, Hilda assumed a hopeful face and proposed an idea to Akros, who was yawning.

"What if we went to another demon king for help? Specifically, Mother Lilith? She can definitely do something..." Hilda's voice trailed off as she saw that Akros was laying down. "What are you doing?"

"Let me rest first. Wait, did you say Mother Lilith? As in the Mad Queen Lilith?" Akros was already laying down, but he was perturbed by her words. She nodded, and Akros thought for a moment before responding. "Then I must decline."

"W-what? Why?" Hilda immediately became anxious as his nonchalant reply. It sounded like he didn't care, which was bad for her. "After we find her, Mother Lilith can surely do something to help his Majesty Samael. We don't have to do much besides informing her of his state. Why do you decline?"

"You misunderstand. Think, Hilda. The Destroyer had an aura of depravation, yes?"

"He did, but..."

"That means he was tempted and transformed by another demon. If the Destroyer is at the level of demon king, no ordinary demon could do that."

"You- you can't mean-"

"There's no other logical answer. It had to have been another demon king. Samael and Lilith are the only demon kings in this world as far as I know. I doubt Samael created the Destroyer, which leaves..."

"It can't be..." Hilda held her head, her eyes wide in shock. "Has this all been a ploy of some sort?"

"Likely. Really, we're better off minding our own business and let them do their thing," Akros sighed. He had no reason to seek out Lilith, as he didn't need anything from her. Although the Red Sea Egg was tempting to look for, he'd have to enter the Charred Council's space to find it...

Wait. I can't cut myself in half to clone myself with my heart's new protective layer. Maybe I do need the Red Sea Egg... fusion by DBZ style cloning is too tempting. If I can find a Horseman or one of their accomplices, I can place a Shadow Mark on them to sneak inside the Charred Council's base.

"I've heard of a great treasure within the space of the Charred Council," Akros said with his eyes closed. "If I can plant a mark on one of the Horsemen or their accomplices, I can sneak in. Once I wake, you want to explore for souls and a Horseman? Unless you want to die getting involved with demon king politics."

"I, er..." Hilda was bewildered by his easygoing attitude when mentioning a plan to infiltrate a might force such as the Charred Council. "Wait, how does that make any sense? The Charred Council members are all very powerful, and so are the Horsemen. How is stealing from them any safer than going to Mother Lilith?"

"..." Akros realized the gap in his logic. "Okay, you're right. Well, I suppose we can go see Mother Lilith if you really want to."

"What an odd fellow..." Hilda gazed at his sleeping form in wonder. She had met many demons in her lifetime as a fallen angel, but none so unique as Akros. His carefree attitude with even the most dangerous of matters was astounding to her. 

A day passed by, without any angels or demons passing by them as Hilda stayed on watch. When she got bored, she studied Akros' golden armor. She was knowledgeable of demon gold, a cursed fragile ore that could be found in the middle Abyss and lower. It was cursed in the sense that any non-demons who possessed it would suffer horrid luck. 

Hilda knew that his armor couldn't forged from such a weak metal. It would make no sense other than display, and even then it would be laughable to other demons who would surely recognize the metal. However, this gold upon his body seemed different. It was highly dense yet decently flexible in thinner pieces, and had an incredible magic power behind it. Hilda realized that he had enchanted his armor, but unlike Vulgrim she couldn't recognize what the enchantments detailed.

Once he woke, Akros stood and stretched each of limbs while yawning unceremoniously. "Thank you much, Hilda. Do you have any idea where Mother Lilith would be?"

Hilda nodded, having figured this out during his nap. "She is a relationship with his Majesty Samael. There's a possibility that she will be at the Black Stone, which is where his Majesty resides usually."

"The Black Stone, eh? Do you have permission to enter?" He remembered that Black Stone was under void corruption when Roy passed through it. He was curious to see it without the void eating it away. After all, the void was a very destructive and chaotic power. The only reason he gave Lyra the void attribute and void magic was so that she could control the void when it spread. Akros didn't really care about the void spreading as long as it didn't harm him or his companions.

On the topic of companions, he was conflicted on how he felt for Hilda. She wasn't an unwise woman, nor was she weak. But to take her with him, Akros would need permission from Samael himself. The thought of having to speak with a demon king to take one of his units away made him slightly queasy, even with his new anti-immortal armor and sword.

"Yes, I was granted authority by his Majesty Samael," Hilda nodded. "Shall we go?"

For the next couple days, Hilda and Akros flew in the direction she thought the Black Stone was in. With Vacuum, Akros would stop periodically to grab souls. They flew until the ocean ended at an ashen beach. The landmass left after the demon kings' battle and nuclear bombardment was but a barren wasteland. The only life was a few demons and angels here and there. 

Akros didn't stop to command any middle-rank or low-rank demons he came across, he snatched souls and flew off as soon as Vacuum stopped picking them up. He came across a few lost angels who had been separated from their groups, all two-winged angels. Needless to say, they were easy pickings for him and Hilda. He made sure to use Crafanc to get used to it more, and to restore his stamina.

On the fourth day of their journey, Akros picked up a group of angels and griffons from the side, closing in fast. He knew griffons were the mounts of some angels, and when he told Hilda she wasn't surprised either. However, it seemed as if these winged beasts were like hounds as the angels couldn't possibly sense them from so far. Akros only knew from his constantly improving Haki.

The angels arrived around the two of them, surrounding them in a practiced formation. They got ready to fight Akros as they could sense his demonic aura, but hesitated at the sight of Hilda. One two-winged angel shouted to their leader, who was in the rear: "Your Excellency Uriel! We've found an original fallen angel!"

"Really?! Capture her, now!" A jaw-droppingly beautiful angel with tanned skin and snow white hair came to the front of the formation for Akros to see. "Give up resisting, fallen one! You should know that you're also an angel. Let me purify the depraved power in you so that you can restore your holy self!"

Oh fuck! This is a dominion angel, and she's somehow at full strength! Did she not fight against the Destroyer in this universe? 

He only realized now that all of the angels and griffons were healthy and without damage, unlike in CMDK where Roy and Julia fought against a heavily wounded angel force. Akros knew he was in the path of Roy's fate from the novel, but this was too much now. He didn't know if he could take her.

Then, Hilda's next words shocked him out of his panicked thoughts. "I'd rather not. You're on the losing side of this war, why in the world would I join you?"

The sass and confidence in her voice helped restore his own, and he grinned under his helmet. He drew Hellreaver and pointed it at Uriel, who was fuming at Hilda's declaration. "Well said, Hilda! Let me show you foolish angels what it means to be on the winning team!"

Akros charged at Uriel, immediately forcing her back with his raw power. Their blades ground together, surprising Akros a bit. He silently praised her sword for being able to withstand the cutting ability of Hellreaver, before he flung Uriel further away. 

"Hilda, fly down!" Akros shouted as he cast Gleipnir. Hilda recognized the spell, and did as told without hesitation. Before the slower angels could follow her they were sucked into the vortex and turned to ashes by flaming meteors. Hilda now only had a few angels left to fight.

A purple light flashed around Akros' eyes as he lurched to the side, dodging a stab from an angry Uriel. She was shocked at his sudden movement, as she had came from behind at high speeds. "How?!"

"How am I? I'm doing quite swell. Got a pretty lady to fight with, after all," Akros taunted, his confidence in full flow. He realized that while Uriel was at the top of the dominion level, his power was equally outrageous. His stats, equipment, and skills also put him at the top of his level, even though he only recently promoted. While he wasn't nearing demon lord yet, he was certainly not disadvantaged when fighting Uriel. 

"You, you filthy cur!" Her perfect facial features were contorted in pure rage. She flew at Akros at speeds no high-rank demon should be able to react to, but his Haki allowed him to dodge or block every strike she threw at him. Akros' attacks were far slower, so he had to wait for an opening to counter. Even then, he didn't want to kill her if he could help it. She was very powerful, and would make a fine fallen angel. He made these thoughts clear just to make her mood worse.

"You know," Akros parried a overhead swing. "With such tenacity you'd be a great fallen angel. I might even fall for your beauty. Haha!"

"Silence, foul demon!" Uriel's frustration only grew as her attacks proved noneffective. His armor didn't coat his entire body, but he didn't make it easy to aim for a chink or joint. Akros proved to be just as fast and strong as she was, filling her with agitation but also surprise. "How is this? You're only high-rank, yet...!"

"I am Akros, Lord of Amethyst Flame, Lord of Shadow! I am no mere high-rank demon!" Akros didn't appreciate being looked down upon, which he sensed from her tone. While dominion angels were more powerful than high-rank demons, that didn't mean she could disrespect him and get away with it. 

"So be it! I shall cleanse your evil, dirty soul all the same!" Uriel shouted back. "Holy Lighting!"

She waved her hand and several golden lightning bolts descended from the sky, Akros dodged them, but they tracked his movements as he moved around. Realizing he couldn't run, he had no choice but to activate Dark Barrier. He grunted with effort as he had to pour a lot of mana into the spherical shield to repel the holy attack. He deactivated the skill as soon as the lightning stopped. 

That cost a third of my mana! Shit, I need to end this quick!

Akros didn't waste any more time, and flew directly at Uriel. She launched another bolt of lightning, one that flew directly at him. He barely dodged it while maintain his momentum, then crashed into her. Uriel didn't expect him to dodge the golden lightning, so her eyes were full of shock as Akros' armored fist shook her arms as she tried to block with her sword. She didn't have time to notice how his hand was painted silver as it came into contact with her body. 

"Guh!" Uriel was sent flying back from the force, but didn't suffer that much damage. She readied her blade as Akros continued to chase her in the air, summoning holy lightning once more. This time, she coated her sword with the golden light, then flew towards Akros and clashed with him again. 

Hellreaver, now protected with Haki and shadow magic, met Uriel's sword with a deafening clash of magic power. Her holy lightning struggled against his shadow, and they were at a standstill. However, the lightning wasn't limited to her sword. She lifted one finger from the handle of her sword to shot a smaller tendril of lightning at Akros' shoulder. However, the area she hit turned silver and was unharmed. She had no clue why him and his sword were turning silver at times, but she realized it was protecting him from her holy magic.

Akros was sure she was an original angel, so he went forward with his plan. He didn't want to kill her, but sufficient force was needed to subdue her. Currently, he was barely on par with her, and his mana wouldn't hold out. Once he and Uriel pushed each other away with their swords, he tapped into his forbidden power.

"HRRAAAAAAGGGHHH!!!" Akros' body was encompassed by a reddish golden aura. Uriel was stunned by this sudden occurrence, stopping in her tracks as she watched him roar with power. Then he vanished, leaving behind golden sparks and shadow fumes. 

Uriel looked all around herself anxiously, only for Akros to appear in front of her. His right hand, coated in Haki and Abyssal Tremor, met her gut with enough force to part the clouds nearby. Cracks formed in the air around them as Uriel vomited golden blood all over him, and then the ground below them collapsed. 

The already torn up landscape crumbled into pebbles and became deep chasms. Bright lava spewed from these fissures in the ground. Abyssal Tremor absorbed the momentum Akros had and transformed it into pure force, so Uriel wasn't sent flying by his punch. Rather, she fell weakly and dropped her sword as her strength left her body. 

"Forgive me... your Excellency Abaddon..." Her eyes slowly shut as she fell freely.

Akros deactivated Super Saiyan before he lost himself, then swooped down and caught her before she could fall into the boiling magma. He looked to see that Hilda was faring just fine against the angels and their griffons, as most of them had been reduced to falling corpses or ash by her hellfire. She was without injury, and only had two more two-winged angels left to fell. Akros saved her the trouble by pointing at one and making a finger gun. 

"Fire," Akros muttered, and a Shadow Bullet flew from his finger tip. It soared, breaking the sound barrier before it exploded one of the angels' heads. Hilda then cut down the other angel, and flew over to him with a questioning gaze.

"Why did you spare her? She's obviously still alive," Hilda frowned at the unconscious Uriel in his arm. Now that Akros was 11 feet tall, holding a dominion angel was doable with a single arm. After all, Uriel and Hilda only around 6 feet tall, Uriel being slightly taller than the ravenette.

"Watch and learn, Hilda. I have unique methods of helping her fall. It'd be a waste to kill such a powerful original angel," Akros grinned viciously under his helmet. He created an orb of Dark Restoring in his free hand and dropped it against Uriel's chest. Her abdomen, which had been slightly disfigured after his punch, healed fully. As it did, Uriel's holy aura dimmed, and the angel characters on her armor flickered black. Hilda gasped as she realized what was happening.

"Wait, does your magic restore by giving depravation? So it only heals demons and fallen angels without side effect, but angels will begin to fall after receiving it?" She said, earning a nod a Akros.

"So it would seem. I have another method besides this if this fails, but um..." Akros never forgot what Lyra mentioned about his semen containing a portion of his dark power. If enough was ingested by an angel, they would fall. However, after such a long period of time training himself to restrain his urges, he was careful about this. Especially sex with an angel, her mouth could burn his little brother for all he knew. "I'd rather not use that technique if I can help it. Let's find somewhere to land, you need a break."

"I'm fine...?" Hilda hadn't exhausted herself much at all due to Akros' help. "You killed most of them with that ridiculous spell of yours. I can keep flying."

"No, I insist. One must know their limits, and taking breaks whenever you can is vital to survival. You have to pace yourself."

"Okay."

Hilda didn't argue, so she and Akros flew to a flatter area that was still intact. Abyssal Tremor had created a massive lava lake beneath them, so they couldn't land there. Once he laid Uriel down on some a flat stone, he continued to corrupt her with Dark Restoring. Hilda watched in awe, even after figuring out the process it was still very impressive. 

Usually fallen angels were created by demons corrupting holy souls, then planting the now evil souls into artificially made bodies. However, Hilda was an example of that not always being the case. She apparently retained her original body, so Akros would do the same for Uriel. She was quite the drop dead beauty.

More interesting to Hilda was the fact that Akros had the means to do this. Not only did he essentially one-shot a dominion angel, which she saw out of the corner of her eye, he could also make angels fall. High-rank demons shouldn't be capable of such things to her knowledge. She was becoming more confident of her choice to reunite with this peculiar demon.

 After half an hour of Akros' corrupting, the process seemed to bottleneck. Her hair, wings, and armor had begun to darken, but ever so slowly as he kept giving her dark energy. At some point the effects had become negligible, so Akros switched to his backup method. However, he made sure to warn Hilda first.

"Hilda, this will, um, this might be unpleasant to spectate. Witness this at your own risk," Akros said, unequipping his Imperial Gold armor, revealing his black skin and deep purple crystalline extremities. Hilda was silent for a moment as she took in his body, before his words reached her mind. She tilted her head in a cutely confused manner.

"How so?" 

Akros blushed in embarrassment, feeling awkward about doing this with a third party watching. But he swallowed his pride, telling himself:

I am a demon! A pent up one at that! This isn't that abnormal!

He unequipped his pants and boxers, letting his family jewels get some fresh air. Not that the air was that fresh in the wasteland of a world they were in, but the breeze felt nice on his loins. He was taken out of his thoughts by Hilda's exclaimation.

"A-arkos?! What're you doing?!" She turned away almost instantly, sounding mortified. "She's an angel! You can't!"

"I hate to say this, but this is what I meant by 'other method'. My semen contains depravation power as well, so I have to make her ingest it. You know, oral sex?" Akros winced at his own explanation. "Forgive me for this display. But I did warn you."

Hilda grumbled something incoherent, blushing madly in the opposite direction. Her wings twitched as if she irritated, making Akros wonder what exactly she was saying. However, he had to finish this before Uriel woke, so he didn't waste time. He loomed over her body, having to crouch awkwardly in order to position his hardening mast near her mouth. He realized the size issue then.

I grew a lot from my promotion, and she's not much larger than a human... well I can heal her jaw if and when it breaks.

Akros gently pulled her jaw down to open her mouth, then pushed himself in with great difficulty. Her cheeks bulged from just the head of his penis, and her throat was even tighter. Slowly yet surely he fit more of his girth into her oral cavity, until he had about half of his donger in. This was the equivalent of a 3.5 inch wide, 10 inch long cylinder going down her esophagus.

He groaned at the almost hot and wet tightness that encompassed his cock. It felt so good that he couldn't help but move now, pulling mostly out, then pushing back up to the halfway point. Akros gradually sped up as he panted with pleasure, Uriel's throat producing sensual sounds that only made it more sensual. 

Hilda peeked at the scene curiously, her face turning golden as she looked on at the lustful sight. She was awestruck at his size, then realizing that with his total body size it was actually not that crazy. More crazy was Uriel's jaw remaining intact with that massive pipe forcing it open, and the fact that she was still asleep!

Akros kept using Dark Restoring magic because he estimated it to be the reason for Uriel's lack of consciousness. Her body and stamina should have fully restored a while ago, but the conflicting powers within her kept her from waking as her body was in turmoil. Her eyebrows furrowed as she had her face fucked, but not too savagely. Akros learned from his sex with Anna that when thrusting into a smaller lifeform, one had to be gentle. While his magic and Uriel's naturally durable body kept her throat from ripping open, he was still careful. He couldn't push in any more because his cock was blocked by her rib cage.

"...screw it," Hilda found herself getting turned on as she watched this. She tossed aside any regret and slide a hand down her abdomen and between her legs. After pulling up her dress, she reached under her panties rubbed herself. She bit her lip to keep herself silent as she masturbated to the erotic scene in front of her.

Akros continued to thrust into Uriel's throat, the euphoric feeling making him groan uncontrollably. His husky, heavy breathing also played a role in Hilda's own pleasure as she imagined herself in the same position as Uriel. She sucked on her fingers and fingered herself faster as Akros sped up. He was reaching his limit, the angel's throat felt... heavenly. 

A flood of black translucent semen gushed from his cock, filling Uriel's stomach in seconds. Instead of leaking through her nose and mouth, Akros' member had her throat plugged so tightly that all of his semen remained in her stomach. Her gut expanded to hold all of it, bulging a little. Hilda saw this and came to it, the thought of being filled like that was too erotic for her to bear.

"Haaa..." Akros moaned contently as he pulled himself out, then winced at Uriel's dislocated jaw. He gave her some more Dark Restoring, then waited to see the results of his efforts. Sure enough, the darkening of the angel's hair, armor, and wings continued at a much faster rate than with Dark Restoring. As she fell into depravation, the semen inside her stomach was absorbed and her abdomen returned to its regular size.

Akros glanced at Hilda to see if she was still looking away, only to see her breathing heavily with a flushed face and a hand between her legs. In bewilderment and surprise, Akros could not help but ask: "Was it that erotic?"

"Yes..." Hilda was still catching her breath. She came to her senses, and realized what she had just done. "I-I mean no! Absolutely not! I was only, um...oh, forget it..."

Akros laughed genuinely and quite loudly, making her feel even more embarrassed. What she didn't know was that he was only laughing to hide his own shame. Rape was not something he usually condoned, and even though this was a special case, he felt horrible mentally. Physically it was the some of the best oral sex he'd ever had, but he wouldn't admit that out loud.

Then his and Hilda's attention was stolen by Uriel starting to glow with dark light. Her transformation was completing now that she received all of the depravity she needed to fall. Her hair had turned a dark purple, but lighter than Akros' horns. Her wings and armor were pitch black like Hilda's and the angel characters that once glowed bright yellow now glowed purple. Suddenly, her eyes shot open. She clutched her head and grimaced as if she had a bad headache, then sat up.

"Where... am I... what happened..." Uriel's voice was barely audible. At first Akros thought he ruined her throat, then he realized she was just in a weak state judging by her slow movements. "I am... who am I... where is this...?"

Akros slowly approached her, now clothed but without his armor. He crouched in front of her so his face was nearer to hers. "You are Uriel, a fallen angel. You're my companion, along with Hilda here."

He jerked his head at said woman, who didn't respond. She gazed at Uriel with wonder and awe, then turned to Akros with an excited smile. "Akros, you did it! You really did it!"

"Calm down," He returned the smile, as he was very pleased with his success. He made a powerful dominion angel fall, and it came with an added bonus: a blowjob! Akros picked Uriel up suddenly like a father would hoist his child, with a proud and accomplished grin. "Uriel, you are my masterwork! I shall help you become a fearsome warrior!"

"Thanks, um... Akros, was it?" Uriel said, a little dazed by his actions. "I'm honored to be of service to a powerful demon such as yourself."

"Service indeed," Hilda snickered, punching Akros' side playfully. He set Uriel down, then looked at Hilda with a confused expression.

"What's with you? You used to be so uptight," Akros said, only for Hilda to scratch her nape sheepishly.

"That's because I had my guard up around you, but now I feel like we're closer than ever," Hilda confessed, her cheeks flushing a little. "I mean, we've protected each other, you've healed me, and then this... how can I not feel close to you now?"

Akros blinked in surprise, then smiled in relief. "Whew, I thought you were going to say something out of pocket. That's great to hear, Hilda!"

""Out of pocket?"" Hilda and Uriel asked in unison. Akros realized his mistake.

"Uh, a human saying for something unprecedented."

"Oooookay?" Hilda didn't buy it. "Haven't you killed every human you've met?"

"In this world, yes. Many years ago, when I was a pitiful low-rank demon," Akros sighed as he remembered the old days. He'd been a demon for about a year now, but high-rank demons usually needed centuries to get there. So he acted like he was older. Only Lyra, Morwen, Okami, and Galadriel knew about his reincarnation. "I was bound by contract to aid humans in killing other humans. Some kind of territorial war, but anyway, I learned many sayings from them. I also learned profanity."

"Humans are quite unique among the many races of the Infinite Worlds," Hilda nodded, now convinced. "Other mortal species like them have stricter language, but humans make up many unique phrases. His Majesty Samael quite enjoys using human sayings himself."

"That so?" Akros scratched his chin in thought. "Well, anyways. Back to our original objective. Uriel, are you good to fly?"

"Yes."

"In that case, Hilda, lead us to Black Stone."

"Okay!" Hilda leapt into the air and spread her wings, followed by Akros and Uriel. It seemed the newly fallen angel retained her muscle memories, as her flight was as flawless as it had been before. Her four large wings beat the air powerfully, making Hilda a little envious. In angel terms, Uriel was at the dominion level and Hilda was at the virtue level. Both were four winged angels, but the size difference in their second pair of wings and power scaling was significant. 

However, before they took off, a familiar face appeared. 

"Very impressive, Demon Akros!"

Vulgrim?!

Akros disappeared, then hovered in the air before the skull-faced demon who appeared out of a wormhole, stunning the rift demon with his speed. Uriel looked at him curiously while Hilda drew her sword. "You!"

"You've been watching me?!" Akros was horrified. He quickly gave Hilda a look saying I got this, so she put her sword back in her separate space. He then looked back at Vulgrim with a disgusted face. "How much did you see?"

"Everything after the battle begun. I wanted to see the showdown between you and ah, you know. I won't say now. Anyway, Demon Akros, you've changed a lot since we last met. You radiate power! Would a demon with limitless potential like you be willing to become my customer?"

"I, um... well I do need help finding someone," Akros gathered his thoughts and pushed aside his shame. 

"I'd be happy to help you, Demon Akros-"

"We're both demons. Just call me Akros for Abyss' sake."

"In that case, Akros, I'd be happy to help you find whoever this is. Who is this client?" Vulgrim smiled humbly, putting on his businessman attitude. Akros' eye twitched but he held in his annoyance. He actually needed this greedy demon right now.

"One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," Akros said, stunning Vulgrim.

"A-are you sure?"

"Yes."

"I don't mean any disrespect, Akros, but are you right in the head?" Vulgrim couldn't help but be astonished at his determination. "Surely you are aware of what they will do to a demon like you when they see you?"

"I could die. However, I'm not going to interact with them. I just need to plant something on them or one of their accomplices."

Vulgrim wasn't sure why Akros was so stubbornly determined, but he went along with it. "Well, since you insist I will help you. Coincidentally, I saw a Horseman on the way here!"

"In the human world?" Akros said doubtfully. 

"Yes, in the human world! Fury to be exact. I can get you to her, but I must warn you that that woman is very temperamental and difficult to deal with. It's best to have something prepared to say in case she gets hostile."

"Why would Fury be here...?"

"She has been sent to capture the Seven Deadly Sins by the council."

Akros then remembered more of the plot of CMDK. Fury and her accomplice, Envy, were going around hunting down the Seven Deadly Sins, which were embodiments of sins that escaped the Charred Council's prison. If he could place a Shadow Brand on Envy, he had a chance of getting a free ride into the council's space. Putting a brand on Fury was suicide.

After giving Vulgrim a 500 soul fee, Akros along with Hilda and Uriel traveled through Vulgrim's 'Serpent Hole'. It was actually a spatial path that extended in all directions, but the rift demon named it for reference sake. 

He had to let them into the Serpent Hole via a magic formation on the ground, then they had to walk through the path he made otherwise they'd be lost in the separate space. Because of this, Hilda and Uriel were very quiet out of fear. Akros himself was on guard, ready to fight in case Vulgrim turned heel, but he had no bad intentions in the end.

"Aha! Found her!" Vulgrim extended a finger, revealing a scene in the human world like a screen. A woman with magenta hair and armor was fighting against a huge humanoid bird with a cane. The woman held a long whip, brimming with magic power. It made the bird scream in pain with every lash. She dodged every attack that the bird threw at her with ease.

"What is that thing?" Akros knew it was a fake sin holder, but had to act unknowledgeable. 

"It seems to be called Envy. One of the Seven Deadly Sins Fury is looking for," Vulgrim said, still maintaining his cautious, humble attitude. Akros nodded, not asking anymore. 

"I see. Open the exit now. But make sure we're a bit further away first," Akros didn't want to appear right before them, and risk being cut down. 

"If you wish, this way."

Vulgrim lead them a bit further, then stopped. "If you want to exit here, you should be about 500 feet away-"

"Good. Open the exit now," Akros cut to the chase.

"Alright," The rift demon raised his arm, and then blurry distorted area around them solidified into reality. Akros and the two fallen angels fell about a foot until they hit solid ground.

Akros used Haki to confirm that Fury, along with her watcher were about 500 feet away and getting further. Before he went after them, he told Uriel and Hilda to stay put, and planted a Shadow Brand on the former. He couldn't put one of Hilda because he still had to switch her ownership from Samael to himself. 

"I'll be back in a flash," Akros told them, before diving into a nearby shadow. 

He used Shadow Step to warp underneath the watcher, then waited for Fury's guard to go down. After half an hour passed for him, Fury had put her whip away. Akros emerged from the shadows behind the watcher suddenly, but silently. He put a hand over her mouth and on one her chest to plant the brand as Fury kept walking away, unknowing of what was happening. Once the brand was complete, only taking a few seconds to create, Akros sunk back into the shadows. The watcher was bewildered, turning around only to see that she had been grabbed by apparently nothing. 

"What's wrong? Let's go!" Fury called out to her impatiently, and the watcher, or the true carrier of Envy had to keep moving. She didn't feel anything different, so she slowly calmed back down. She didn't want to anger Fury, so she didn't tell her either.

Akros emerged in front of Hilda and Uriel, who had been busy comparing bust sizes. They looked at him with shock as he reappeared. 

"Uh..." "Um..."

"I'm not going to question it. Let's just go find Mother Lilith, shall we? I've succeeded but it'll take time before Envy returns to the council's space," Akros deadpanned at them. He was used to this behavior with Morwen and Luane, the latter always boasting her bust. He was also used to ignoring it.

Hilda had been comparing herself to Uriel because she was envious of her skinship with Akros. They had about the same chest size, so nothing was resolved. At least with Hilda, that is. Uriel was confused as to why she wanted to compare, but didn't refuse.

"Sorry," Hilda apologized, feeling a bit shameful at being caught. However, Akros shook his head.

"What for? You were just curious. Go on, lead the way," He didn't care at all. He was too happy that his sneaky tactic worked so well. Fury's sense must not be too amazing.

The trio took to the skies, continuing in the direction of Black Stone. They flew for several days without interruption from angels or demons, much to Akros' relief. He recalled how Roy and Julia had to run from blood angels, four-winged angels who made themselves stronger with the blood oath. This oath gave them incredible power at the price of a greatly reduced life span. Blood angels only had a couple days of life after taking the oath.

However, Roy and Julia in CMDK only faced blood angels because they slew Uriel. Akros and Hilda did the opposite and recruited her. So they had very smooth sailing. After a week of peaceful flight and soul scooping that Akros did at low altitudes, they came across a large volcanic crater and flew into the crater's main opening.

"Down here," Hilda called out to Akros and Uriel, who followed her carefully. They descended through smoke and sulfur until they reached the bottom of the crater, which was a fragile layer of semi-cool lava. Akros was technically a fire demon, so he had no issues walking on it. On top of that, Abyssal Tremor granted him immunity to lava burns as it counted as a lava spell, like Enyo's version of Forblaze.

Akros held Hilda in the air so her feet wouldn't burn and approached the wall of the crater. She took her fallen angelic sword and pierced into the rock, or so it looked from a distance. In reality, the area around her sword rippled and the blade disappeared. She slowly turned her sword like a key, and the spatial fluctuations gradually expanded. 

"As a personal guard of his Majesty Samael, I was bestowed the right to enter Black Stone freely," Hilda explained, trying to ignore Akros' hands around her hips. "This sword acts as a key to open the separate space where the demon city is. I've been here recently, so I can lead us through. Akros, make sure to keep a tight hold on Uriel to make it clear she's yours."

"But of course," Akros wrapped his golden tail around the tanned woman, making her yelp. He glanced at her upon hearing the sound. "You okay?"

"Yes, but..." Uriel sighed exasperatedly. "Maybe a little warning? It kind of hurt."

"Oh. Forgive my foolishness, then," Akros humbly apologized, making her wave her hands about bashfully. 

"Y-you don't have to apologize! It's just-"

"You're one of those types, huh?" Hilda snarked, unamused. "What do the humans call it? A tsundere?"

"I'm surprised you know the term, but yes, I had the same thought," Akros chuckled mirthfully. "No need to be ashamed, dear Uriel."

"Okay..." She said quietly, embarrassed.

Finally, the spatial channel opened with a pop! sound. Akros walked through, still holding the two fallen angels. Then he was awestruck at the sight before him. The sky was dim, and the entire atmosphere was ashen and reeked of sulfuric flame. A lone island with blackened ground stood in a sea of lava, housing the Black Stone throne, which was actually a massive demon castle.

"Time here flows slower than outside," Hilda suddenly said. "I forgot to mention that, and Akros?"

"Yes?"

"You can let us down, perv. Let go of my hips."

"No need to get sassy, woman..." Akros secretly loved a woman who bit back. He was no masochist, but feisty ladies who had sass were much more attractive to him than docile women. However, this knowledge was limited to himself and Lyra.

He set them down on either side of him, but kept his tail around Uriel. She was 5 feet shorter than he was, so slinging an arm around her shoulders was impossible. His gleaming, sharp tail was the next best thing, and Uriel didn't feel threatened by its presence. Rather, she felt safer knowing he was watching over her closely.

They approached a thick 15 feet tall gate with a 3D demon skull shape and dark glowing eyes. Hilda inserted her sword into the mouth, then infused it with magic power. A loud click sounded from the gate, then with a rumbling the gate creaked loudly and opened.

After entering the gate, Akros was a little surprised to see the number of demon guards. Hundreds of middle-rank demons armed to the teeth watched them enter warily, judging silently if they were friend or foe. Akros was impressed by their magic density, realizing that while these were middle-rank demons, they were elites among the rank. 

These elite guard demons let them pass without hassle, recognizing Hilda as a high-ranking officer among Samael's troops. They paid her silent respect, nodding as she passed them by. Akros as Uriel didn't receive this, rather indifferent looks from the armored demons. Even his golden armor didn't seem to confuse them. Demons weren't usually donning armor of the color, so he expected a different reaction. He didn't complain though, he liked peaceful pass throughs.

Peaceful until they got past the guards...

"I wasn't expecting visitors. Oh well, I was bored anyway."

The most sensual, erotic, and tempting voice he'd ever heard came from in front of him. Akros' mind and body were immediately stimulated by this magical voice, along with Hilda and Uriel. Both of them clung to him, caressing the insides of his legs. They both had adorned lustful expressions after hearing this voice. He had to use Haki to free his own mind.

Akros looked up to see a tall succubus, one taller than himself, with giant uncovered breasts. His mental training helped look further up to her face, one of beauty and desire. This passive charming aura that came from her body and glowed in her golden eyes could only belong to one figure... the Mad Queen Lilith!

She had long curly black locks that went down to her wide hips. Her perfect hourglass figure was covered by armor that accented her curves even more, and let her boobs breathe fully. Her skin was a light beige, like a human's. Her face was unbelievably beautiful.

Lilith walked up to Akros, leaning down in front of him and grabbing his chin. She examined the purple glow coming from his eyes that was caused by Observation Haki's activation. He didn't dare to resist, so he let her move his head around a little bit. Her touch would've probably sent him crazy, but his armor saved him from such a fate. It was also prevented his penis from erecting too much.

Akros was actually quite happy to see her. He came all this way with Hilda and later Uriel to Black Stone in hopes of meeting Lilith. While the pressure she exuded was terrifying, it couldn't take away his relief. She seemed to have deactivated her charming aura, as he felt calmer and the two fallen angels seemed to regain their senses.

"Little fellows, who are you three? How are you able to enter this sealed Black Stone?" Lilith asked with a patient voice after releasing Akros' chin.

Hilda hurriedly bowed on one knee, followed by Akros and Uriel. "Mother Lilith, I am Hilda, a personal guard of his Majesty Samael. He once bestowed me permission to enter Black Stone, so..."

"I see," Lilith put her hands on her hips, chains clanking as she moved. She had armor that accented her body perfectly, along with strange black chains on her waist and hands. They seemed to be decorations of some sort, and matched the chains Samael wore. Perhaps they had a kink?

Lilith also had a long tail behind her like Akros, and unlike most succubi in the Abyss she had human legs and feet that bore high heels. She had large demon wings sprouting from her back, and huge demon horns that formed a crown-like shape. She was very enticing to look at, and was worthy of being the first succubus of the Abyss. Akros still had to fight the lingering urge to push her down and... he activated Haki again to clear his mind.

It seemed that all demons, as they ascended to higher levels, grew horn crowns. Akros was no different. Even though each of the girls back in the Abyss had varying horn shapes, each of them would probably end up with a crown as well. A symbol of authority as a demon king, hence the name, he thought.

Lilith of course noticed his glowing purple eyes flicking around her body from the eye slot in his helmet. She took it as natural, as male demons were almost always attracted to her body. However, his dense golden armor that brimmed with magic power was too odd. Not only was it so heavy that along with his body's normal mass, he stomped around, but it also seemed very ancient judging by the miniscule glowing demon characters on it. These were the inscriptions made by the system, and they only had the relic look because of how Akros imagined it. Lilith was the first to notice these inscriptions besides him, as they were very small but not small enough for her experienced eyes to miss.

"Little demon, what is your name?"

"I am Akros, Mother Lilith."

"Why are you traveling with Samael's personal guard, and this other fallen angel?"

Hilda spoke in his place, telling Lilith about the battle between Samael and the Destroyer. Remembering Akros' warning about the demon king plot, she didn't ask for help saving Samael. As she and him expected, Lilith showed no surprise nor concern after hearing of Samael's defeat. Wisely, Hilda introduced Uriel as another member of Samael's personal guard, but lower in rank. Uriel deftly made her own statement about how she had been sent flying during the battle, and met up with Hilda and Akros on their way to Black Stone. This wasn't actually that far from the truth.

"So that's our situation. You can stand. It's not your fault, none of you could intervene in such a battle. Although I must ask about the origins of that armor, little Akros. It is unusual to see a demon wearing golden armor," Lilith said curiously. 

Most demons wore dark colored armor and clothes, the brightest being red or silver. Golden armor was very rare and frowned upon by most demons, as usually angels wore golden armor. White armor was viewed even worse, which is why Okami was shunned by most demons. Not that she cared.

"It wasn't originally mine. I found in an ancient tomb in another world, and had it reforged by a member of the maker race. I saved his life, so it turn..." Akros half-lied. He did in fact find in a tomb in another world, but the maker part was a believable lie. They lived in a separate space in this world, and were known to be amazing forgemasters. 

"Most interesting," Lilith didn't press on it further. She knew of the makers, so she believed his story. "Follow me, little ones!"

They didn't dare refuse her orders, so the trio followed Lilith into the Black Stone castle. They passed by Samael's magnificent throne room, and ended up in a bedchamber. It seemed that even Lilith didn't dare to sit on the incarnation of Wrath's throne. She instead laid on her grandiose bed, facing the trio who stood before her.

"Now that we're in private, tell me the real origins of this fallen angel. If she was also part of Samael's personal guard, why is her appearance so different? If I had to guess, you're trying to hide something..." Lilith said calmly, but Hilda and Akros started sweating coldly. Uriel was unknowledgeable of her origins besides being with Akros and Hilda, so she remained silent and watched them carefully.

"You may find this hard to believe, but..." Akros said slowly, being cautious with his word choice. "This is Uriel, previously a main commander of the White City. I bested her in combat and forcefully made her fall with my dark power."

"Excuse me?" Lilith wasn't buying it. In fact, she looked slightly offended, much to their horror. "Do you take me for a fool? No high-rank demon can make a dominion angel fall, much less one on the brink of promoting to six-wings."

"Mother Lilith, I can confirm that this is the truth," Hilda spoke up, doing her best to remain calm. "Akros possesses a special type of restoration magic that only heals demons and fallen angels due to the depravation power in it. When he used it on Uriel, she started to fall. When he reached the limit of this magic, he..."

"My semen has been contaminated by my dark powers, maybe something to do with my shadow demon bloodline?" Akros took back over, staring calmly into Lilith's twitching eyes. "I made her ingest it, and the process of her falling completed. Here's the magic Hilda was referring to, I call it 'Dark Restoring' because it heals and restores stamina to those of the Abyss or those fallen from Heaven."

Akros created an orb of Dark Restoring in his palm, holding it out for Lilith to examine. Dumbfounded, she reached out with her tail and poked it, making it dissipate. The dark energy entered her body, and she felt a tangible change. She felt as if she had just woken up, her stamina back to full. She regained her stern face before speaking again.

"It does possess depravation, and restores stamina," Lilith said, giving them hope, before crushing it. "But how can I believe this preposterous story about your semen? What's your proof?"

"Um..." "Er..." Akros and Hilda were at a loss, but Uriel came to their save. Or that's what she thought she was doing.

"Mother Lilith, if you don't mind, I can stimulate him to show you. I've already partaken of it, so I don't mind a quicky," Uriel suggested smoothly, making the Akros' jaw drop. Hilda nodded as if the plan was genius, although she was more angry at herself for not thinking the same. Hilda had been pining for Akros' manhood since she came to him facefucking Uriel.

"Ho? Well, since you offered, let's see it!" Lilith was quite intrigued by this fallen angel's will, and was quite bored at the moment. She didn't mind such a display, even if it didn't confirm their claim.

Akros unequipped his armor, making it disappear with a purple flash. Lilith was slightly stunned at the masterful display of spatial magic, not expecting this high-rank demon to be so adept. Only demon lords and above were usually able to equip their armor right out of their separate space.

His waist was almost 7 feet from the ground, but Uriel was able to pull his pants down. She was approximately 6.5 feet tall, so his balls hung right in front of her mouth. To get him hard, she used both hands to stroke and sucked his balls gently. She would switch to lapping her tongue against the soft flesh periodically, making him tremble with pleasure. Akros had to clench his hands and teeth tightly to restrain himself.

Once he was at full mast, Uriel licked up and down his length while cupping his slimy balls. She toyed with them like dough as he shook. Sloppy kisses along with sucking on some spots made his member feel amazing. It wasn't like a blowjob, rather than covering it all with a little bit of tender flesh, smaller parts of him were covered with a lot of tender flesh, specifically her lips and tongue.

Eventually his breath became labored, and Uriel began to get hot herself. Her free hand was buried between her legs as she doted on his saliva-coated cock. Hilda had to restrain the urge to masturbate, forcing herself to stay calm. This was meant to be proving the potency of his semen to make angels fall, but it was very sensual. Uriel seemed very determined to make him ejaculate, but also very passionate and affectionate as she did. He didn't fail to notice the hearts in her purple eyes.

When he visually began to pulse, Lilith had had enough. She was getting more turned on than she thought, expecting an amateur display. This was unbecoming of a newly fallen angel, and it was much hotter than she would admit. However, she didn't care at the moment. She needed to indeed confirm if his semen held depravity, because if it did she would monopolize him for it and use it to make more angels fall. 

"Little... no, your girth is too much for that. Akros, come here. As in move, don't cum just yet," Lilith hurriedly clarified, snapping to get his attention. Akros was stunned for a moment, but in his lustful state of mind he didn't question it. Uriel whined in disappointment as his pole moved from her mouth to in front of Lilith's face. Hilda was even more turned on now, realizing what the succubus had in mind in disbelief, but she began to finger her wet snatch regardless.

"Uriel, dear, your talent with oral sex is quite delightful, but you're too small to satisfy this big boy here," Lilith said huskily, trailing a hand across Akros' collar down to his throbbing erection. "Akros, boy, I hope you can ejaculate more than once."

"I-I can!" Akros said in a low, but desperate voice. He wanted this so badly, the only thing keeping him from thrusting into her already was the fragment of rationality that survived the lust-infested mind of his.

"Good. Watch carefully, girls. This is how it's done."

Lilith took his entire length in one go, pressing her nose against his stomach. Akros moaned, holding back the urge to release from that alone, but she was only getting started. Her long tongue reeled his balls in as well, and she sucked all of him with incredible force. 

"Nrgh!" Akros couldn't fight against her deepthroat and ejaculated right then, sending torrents of black translucent semen down her throat. Lilith's eyes widened at the sudden flood, but she didn't mind. So much came out that it spilled out of her nose and lips, drooling onto her bountiful chest. She scooped up a handful of it, studying it as she withdrew her mouth.

"Not only does it possess depravity," Lilith spoke after swallowing, with a mischievous grin. "It possess a deep concentration of it! This fluid can be used to make powerful angels fall, so I must have more."

She snapped, and a large glass jar appeared in her non-sticky hand. The semen on her face, breasts, and hand was sucked into the jar, filling a quarter of it. Akros was relieved that she had proof, but now faced another dilemma during his post-ejaculatory sage state: having sex with the partner of Samael! Not to mention that he had to let her do as she pleased, as she could kill him with ease. Before he could voice his concerns, Lilith giggled.

"Don't worry, boy. Nobody can enter these chambers without me or Samael's permission, and he won't be coming here anytime soon. Nobody will believe you if you tell them, so where's the harm?" She licked her lips, admiring his still hard pole. "Now, since I believe your story, I'll give you a little reimbursement. Hilda and Uriel, was it? Would you be so kind to wait patiently?"

""O-of course, Mother Lilith!"" They didn't disagree, but were silently jealous. Uriel wanted to keep going, and Hilda wanted to try blowing him at this point. Seeing two other women that met Akros after her beat her to it hurt her pride as a woman. Lilith didn't notice their attitudes, instead she had Akros lay down on the bed with her.

"Are you familiar with what the humans call 'rimming'?" Lilith cooed, lifting his butt up with magic. She stroked his balls and cock while slurping his anus, making him grunt at the alien sensation. It didn't feel bad, but it did feel quite dirty. However, this was to be expected of the mother of all succubi. Her sexual techniques would probably leave him hungering for more. 

Then, during these thoughts, Akros remembered something. After eating his eggshell, he caught a glimpse of what he assumed to be his parents, a fish-like shadow demon and a gorgeous succubus. Now that he recalled her appearance... the succubus he saw looked exactly like Lilith. He couldn't keep quiet about this sudden discovery.

"Mother Lilith..." He groaned, enduring her treatment with a tightly shut jaw. She hummed a hmm? into his anus in response, which felt surprisingly good. He didn't like how good this anal treatment felt, but kept talking. "Did you ever... birth the child of a fish-like shadow demon?"

Lilith abruptly stopped, then looked up at him in shock. "How do you know?!"

"I saw a glimpse of who I think to be my parents after consuming my eggshell at birth," Akros said, catching his breath during the break. Hilda and Uriel had no idea what this meant, not knowing the details of demon birth. Lilith, however, nodded in understanding, so he continued. "I saw a succubus that looks exactly like you, and a black-skinned demon with fins, webbed limbs, and a dark aura. You may be..."

"I'm your... mother?" Lilith gasped. She had once been the mate of the Deadly Sin Demon King of Lust, Asmodeus, who was a shadow demon of that description. Then, she realized something else. "Wait, I only had one egg with Asmodeus, and it was lost to a separate space. How are you alive? What level of the Abyss where you born?"

"I was born as a low-rank demon at the upper Abyss," Akros explained, quite shocked himself at the new information. "I don't know much else besides that. Perhaps I was a defective egg? How could the offspring of two demon kings produce a low-rank demon? Maybe the separate space spat me out in the upper Abyss?"

"It must've, there's no other explanation..." Lilith said softly, trying to remember the details of her only offspring. As demons became stronger, it became increasing difficult to procreate. Two demon kings bearing a child was unheard of. It should be near impossible. When Lilith was pregnant after millennia of sex with Asmodeus, she aborted the baby in fear, taking it out of herself when it was barely a fertilized egg. If she let Asmodeus know that she had birthed a child, he'd use it as a weapon. Her only motherly action in her long lifespan was protecting her only child by sending it away into a separate space, never to be born. But now, that child was before her. 

Lilith teared up, leaping on Akros' chest to his shock and confusion. She stuffed his head between her breasts as she began to cry. "I'm so sorry! My poor baby!"

"Mmf! Mmmmf?" Akros tried to respond, but was silenced by her flesh. His mind was in shambles as he tried to figure out all of this new information. Two demon kings procreating was insane. Then she made it worse by telling him about her pregnancy. Lilith confessed how she aborted him as a tiny egg in fear of his fate by Asmodeus, and left him to die in a separate space. 

"Forgive me, my son! My precious, only son!" Lilith continued to weep, holding him tightly as if she was about to lose him again. Akros gave up trying to rationalize it all and embraced her, entwining his tail with hers in a sign of affection. They remained like that for several minutes. 

Uriel and Hilda almost fainted from shock at the news, they had to sit down on the floor to recollect themselves, and silently agreed that staying with Akros was a good idea. The son of two demon kings had infinite potential. 

Once Lilith stopped crying, she let go and laid beside him. "Akros... do you want me to keep going?"

"Huh?" Akros' brain was already fried, but he was aware of their intercourse being incestuous. However, he couldn't care less at this point. His life was already so crazy, and demons probably didn't care for incest, because it never happened. Most demons discarded their offspring or used them as tools. So, he gave her a smile. "I'd love to. Mind if I call you mother?"

"Of course, dear," Lilith smiled back, wiping her lips with a towel. She cupped his cheeks and locked lips with him passionately. The lust in both of them was reappearing after their conversation and realization, but it was now enforced by love. 

Lilith's maternal love was surging, she wanted nothing more than to care for her son. Sex was the only type of care she knew, so she made sure to jerk him as they kissed. Akros missed having a mother figure dearly. He was so tired of being a caretaker himself that he forgot what it meant to be cared for. So he eagerly met her love, returning every bit of genuine affection with his own. 

Uriel and Hilda weren't as turned on as before. Now that the scene had become passionate rather than lustful, they instead refrained from watching. They turned their backs on the mother and son, and Hilda withdrew a deck of playing cards from her separate space. 

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"Swords aren't the only thing I have in there," She grinned, shuffling adeptly. "What games do you know?"

"Um, gin rummy and crazy 8?" Uriel scratched her nape sheepishly with a smile. Hilda pouted, but didn't complain. She dealt them both cards and they started playing rummy to pass the time.

Akros and Lilith made love for days before tiring themselves out. They tried dozens of different positions, such as 69, missionary, facesitting, kneeling breast sandwich, and many more. They both enjoyed themselves and doted on each other with their bodies, bonding through small conversations if both of them could speak at the same time.

Akros told her honestly about his age as a demon, how he was an egg about a year ago. Lilith was surprised that he was so young. She had birthed him millennia ago, but that didn't matter to her. "Maybe that separate space had a distorted time flow? But for my son to reach high-rank in only a year... I'm so proud, Akky!"

This sweet talk was toned out by the fallen angels, but the incestuous mother and son loved it. Once they were completely drained of stamina, and the bed was soaked with sweat and orgasmic fluid from her, they laid down and cuddled. Lilith didn't waste a drop of his semen, all of it was swallowed or put in jars. 

"Mother?" Akros asked quietly, spooning her.

"Hmm?"

"Can I stay here for a bit? I'm waiting for something special to happen."

"Sure, but what special event?"

"Well, I have this spell called Shadow Brand, a technique with my shadow magic. I can brand people when I touch their collar, and it allows me to detect their location at all times, even across worlds. I planted a brand on the watcher of Fury, the Horseman of Apocalypse. Eventually this watcher will awaken as the holder of the Seven Deadly Sins and attempt vengeance on the Charred Council which imprisoned it. So when the watcher goes back, I'll warp to her and sneak in the space of the council."

Lilith was shocked by this plan, and looked over her shoulder at him in concern. "Why do you want to be there? It's very dangerous, you could die!"

"Don't worry so much," Akros kissed her cheek. "I'll be in and out. The council took something from you, something we both want. I'm going to retrieve it and teleport back to Uriel, so I'll have to ask you to let her and Hilda stay here while I do this. It'll be quite quick once the watcher enters the council's space, I just need to wait until then."

"Wait, do you mean the Red Sea Egg?" Lilith looked at Akros seriously, turning on her side to face him. "Honey, what do plan with it? I have more experimenting to do with nephilim with the egg, but what would you do with it? Is it worth the risk?"

"I'd reckon so. I want it to be a surprise, so be patient with me, okay?" Akros winked at her playfully.

"Silly boy..." Lilith couldn't help but smile at her son's nature. His casual, confident attitude was very similar to her own, and she could tell that it was very natural for him to be like this. Meaning, his natural attitude was akin to hers, and that made her feel extremely happy. Even though she had no influence in his upbringing, he still turned out like she did...

"I love you," She kissed him softly, then turned away from him and wriggled her hips. "Come on, spoon mommy."

Akros didn't hesitate to comply, pressing his naked body against her also naked body. He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her long hair. His flaccid manhood rested between her buttcheeks, and even though they were both too tired to get horny, they felt comfortable in this embrace.

Uriel and Hilda eventually noticed after a couple hours that the room had gone silent besides them, and they finally saw the duo cuddling in their sleep. They both thought it was cute, but also thought it was insane. They still weren't over the fact that the random high-rank demon they met was the son of two demon kings, one being a Seven Deadly Sin Demon King. However, they put that aside and decided to rest themselves, taking two unused pillows from the bed and sleeping beside each other on the floor. They didn't want to anger Lilith by sleeping on her bed with her and her son.

Several hours later, Akros woke up at the same time Lilith did. He was shocked at his surroundings at first, then remembered the events of the night before. His mind was in a much better spot now.

You know, it doesn't bother me. I haven't felt this maternal love since I died as a human. I never really thought much of my previous mother, but I am grateful for this one. 

Lilith smiled warmly at him, caressing his cheek. "What is the matter, dear?"

"Nothing, I was just thinking... ah, it's not important. Time passes faster in the human world than it does here, as I'm sure you know. About 12 times so. I won't have to wait longer than a few days for the watcher to return to the council's space after taking the seal of the sins with her to transform."

"Okay. Oh, before I forget," Lilith took his hand and placed it on her collar. "Brand me."

"Wait, what will Samael-"

"I don't care what he thinks, you're my baby boy," Lilith retorted stubbornly with a pout. "If he asks, I'll tell him it's a magic tattoo. He has many himself, so he won't see the issue. After all, magic power radiates from her brand."

Lilith pointed at the sleeping Uriel, who looked very cute beside Hilda. They snoozed quietly with peaceful expressions, making Akros relieved. He had felt guilty for making them stay and witness everything he did with Lilith, but he didn't want them leaving his sight for now.

"If you brand me, I'll let you do anal," Lilith whispered into his ear, her charm aura starting to boot up. Akros felt this and trembled with excitement, unable and unwanting to think twice.

With a Shadow Brand around her collar, Lilith moaned loudly as Akros slammed into her ass. She was in a doggystyle position, letting her breasts be groped by her son as he enjoyed her back entrance. 

"You really... have my stamina!" Lilith bit her lips sensually as she looked back at him, only inspiring him further. "Until you need to go, let's fuck all day!"

"I'd love to... but at some point... I have to recover... I can't go all worn out..." Akros said between groans of intense pleasure. Considering how Lilith was two feet taller than him, he was astounded by the tightness of her rectum. It was tighter than her main entrance by quite some, albeit not as wet. She made sure to lube him up with some magical paste before he stuck in her, and it worked like a charm.

"That's too bad... but anytime you need... to release some stress... give it mommy! I'll always... accept your love!" 

Uriel and Hilda eventually woke up after an unknown amount of time had passed. However, judging by Lilith's cum painted body and Akros' sweat doused one, the pair of forbidden lovers had been at it for a long time. They had nothing else to do, so they fingered each other to different positions Lilith and Akros assumed. At some point, the fallen angels felt so left out and so sexually frustrated that they took it out on each other.

Hilda and Uriel kissed sloppily, their tongues entwining. They had discarded their armor after hearing Akros say they'd be staying here for a while, so they groped each other greedily. Hilda loved Uriel's large breasts while Uriel loved Hilda's juicy behind. They tried several positions themselves, 69ing, scissoring, until Lilith noticed them after an hour of them making lesbian love.

"Oh, you two, come and help please my precious boy! You're tighter than I'll ever be!" Lilith suggested, displacing the semen on her into a jar. 

They were quite eager to experience what the succubus had been for hours, so they wordlessly complied. Akros had had sex with Uriel before, so he took Hilda first. He spread her legs open as she laid on her back, gripping the sheets tightly. She groaned with pain and pleasure as he slowly pushed himself into her sopping wet snatch, until he broke her hymen, causing her to yelp.

"Ah!" Hilda winced in pain, but the passion never left her eyes. After only a few seconds, she was ready to go. "Okay, I'm good. Fuck me!"

With a hasty nod, Akros slammed the rest of himself in, stretching her out some. She grit her teeth to bear it, but as he sped up she started to feel more pleasure and less pain. Even though his log bulged out of her stomach, she loved every inch he inserted.

"Come on! Faster!" Hilda panted, pinching her nipples with a perverse look. "Fuck me silly, Akros!"

"Don't get cocky, woman!" Akros grumbled, doing his best not to moan crazily. Hilda's womanhood was insanely tight for him, but her strong body held it in. The pressure exuded from her flesh was too much to bear, so he came in a few minutes. "Rrrrragh!"

"Oooooh~" Hilda moaned with a wide open mouth as her eyes rolled up. She went limp as she was inflated with his semen, her stomach that already bulged with his cock starting balloon further. Semen couldn't leak out because of the tightness, so it all stayed inside her until he pulled out. Her gaped pussy spewed black semen everywhere until Lilith collected it all.

Uriel was next, shyly offering her mouth. "I want to continue where we left off... although, this time I'll lay down so you can go crazy."

As she stated, the purple haired fallen angel laid on back, her mouth wide open. She made sure her body was in the middle of the bed so Akros could have some support. He appreciated this silently as he positioned himself over her. He had assumed a similar posture when helping her fall, bringing back memories. To think that was already more than a week ago... Akros snapped out of his thoughts quickly and pressed his head in.

Uriel opened as wide as she could, but she couldn't avoid her jaw dislocating it was forced open by his massive dong. He was gentle at first, sliding only the head in and out of her mouth until she hummed into his glans irritably as to say get on with it. He recognized the annoyance in her hum after spending enough time around women.

Akros took the hint and thrusted harder, getting half of his mast down her throat, making her neck bulge. He couldn't get past her ribs at first, until Uriel forcefully expanded her chest. Once she did, he was able to fit his entire pipe inside her oral cavity. Uriel hummed contently, feeling him enter her stomach. She didn't need to breathe, so she let him move in and out at his whim. Her jaw hurt, but with the help of her fingers she was able to ignore it. She also felt very stimulated from having her throat plugged.

Lilith hovered over Uriel, locking tongues with Akros as he held Uriel's neck and bucked his hips. Lewd slicking noises along with muffled moans filled the room, while Hilda slept on the edge of the bed. Uriel joined her after getting her own stomach inflated with black semen, loving the feeling of it all. 

Akros and Lilith continued to make love for several hours before returning to sleep, but this time Hilda and Uriel slept in the bed with them. Akros was at the center with a fallen angel on each side and Lilith on top, sandwiching his cock between her hips. His last ejaculation came from her thighjob, before they finally lost consciousness.

When they eventually woke again, Lilith lead them to a hot spring where they could bathe and clean up. The bathhouse was inside the bedchambers, meaning it was part of her private area. No one saw them walk the halls nude.

When they entered the bathhouse, everyone but Lilith was awestruck at the hot spring. It held soapy, steaming water with obsidian underneath. As they scrubbed each other off, forming a pair of demons and a pair of fallen angels as they did, Lilith explained the hot spring.

"It's heated by lava underneath the obsidian. It's nice and hot, just like the Abyss! You'll love it."

Akros swam around in the hot spring with a peaceful mind and expression as the fallen angels chatted with Lilith. They still showed her due respect, but she was easy on them after their orgy. On top of that, they were her son's companions, especially Uriel. She was his pride and joy, his greatest success so far that she knew of.

"Hilda, I'd love to give you permission to stay by my son's side, but you're under Samael's authority. Once enough time passes, I can give you an item to help with that. I'm afraid I can't say why."

"If you declare it, then I'll have faith in your word," Hilda replied truthfully. She had been wary of Lilith before, not knowing her well besides her reputation as highly temperamental. However, after spending a lot of time with her doing explicit things and bonding over their connection with the swimming shadow demon, they were closer. Uriel felt the same.

Meanwhile Akros checked on Envy as he swam. He detected that she was still with Fury, so he had some time. However, he would remain inactive to conserve energy. The hot spring he was in seemed to restore his stamina and magic power, so he swam in it for a while as the women conversed. 

However, because time went faster in the human world, Envy acted fast. She departed from Fury, and spurred Akros into action. He crawled out of the hot spring and dried himself off with shadowflame before donning his clothes and armor, stunning the women who were still bathing peacefully.

"What's the matter, dear?" Lilith stood up, her chest bouncing. She looked at him with worry.

"Wait for me here, I need to go," He said, then as Envy left the human world and entered a different space, he sunk into a shadow close to his feet. Lilith sat back down with an anxious sigh. Hilda and Uriel gave her a sympathetic look.

"I'm afraid he does this often, Mother Lilith," Uriel said. "He likes doing what he calls 'solo missions'. I don't understand why..."

"What's the point of having companions if you fight alone? Is he just building himself a harem?" Lilith grumbled, leaning back against the wall of the hot spring. "Not that he doesn't deserve one, in fact it's quite fitting considering he's the son of me and the Deadly Sin Demon King of Lust. Who else can have a harem and get away with it?"

Anime protagonists screamed in retribution at that, but her ears did not catch it.

"Either way, he should be fine. He can vanish into shadow as long as there is one nearby, and he can create them with his fire magic," Hilda pointed out. "He has a guaranteed escape option as long as he has some mana."

"True..." Lilith nodded reluctantly, deciding to trust in her son. She could follow him, but even she would struggle against the Charred Council. She wasn't able to warp as fast as he could, even with her spatial magic prowess as a demon king.

In the space of the Charred Council, Envy, now a green skinned multiarmed monster. Six arms held different weapons, and her power was at that of a demon lord. Akros came out of her shadow and immediately sped off, not wanting to deal with her. Envy noticed something fly by, but after failing to detect what it was she continued to storm towards were the council members resided.

Akros fled the scene with a racing heart. He didn't realize that Envy's strength would surge so much after consuming the other sins, so when he teleported behind lord-level figure his heart almost stopped.

Fortunately his speed was enough to get away without being noticed. As he sped along, not using magic to avoid detection, he kept using Haki to try and find the Red Sea Egg. However, after a minute of this, he found something else of interest. Someone of interest.

In a canyon above a magma river, there was a platform. On this platform, a kneeling figure was chained up, a hood drooped over his face. However, his armor made his identity quite clear to Akros. He recognized it from the original Darksiders game.

"War!" Akros called out as he landed on the platform, shaking it slightly with his weight. War raised his head at the call of his name. As soon as he realized it was a mighty high-rank demon under the golden armor, he narrowed his eyes and released a murderous aura.

"Demon?! Why are you here?!" War's voice was low and full of vigilance. He could tell Akros was sizing him up, and felt angry at being viewed this way. Akros thought the nephilim warrior would reek of power, but he did not currently. The council really did take his power away.

War was not a fool. He realized that the someone had framed him, but did not know why. He did know that the starting of the End War seemed to be a grand scheme, and theorized that someone in the shadows war targeting the Horsemen of Apocalypse during it. He was slightly surprised to see that a high-rank demon made it into the council's protected space.

Akros squatted in front of War, with a benign grin. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Akros, a demon of the Abyss. It's a pleasure to meet you, War of the Four Horsemen!"

"The pleasure's yours. You must be here to kill me, are you not?" War stared at him with a stoic face. 

"Don't misunderstand, Horseman," Akros wagged his finger. "I'm looking for something else in this realm. I sensed you being held here, so I came to take a look. I have no intention to kill you. I exude no killing intent, surely you can tell."

War didn't admit it out loud, but he didn't feel any hostility from Akros, so he became cautiously curious. "Looking for what? A high-rank demon such as yourself has no place being here, where the council could easily kill you. What possibly could be worth the risk?"

"Why, the Red Sea Egg. My mother desires it, as do I," Akros chuckled evilly. "It is dangerous here, but I can warp through worlds with ease. I'm not in much danger if I do this quietly."

War narrowed his eyes at the mention of the item, shaking his head. "I am unknowledgeable of this Red Sea Egg you speak off."

"Come now, you're not a practiced liar so why bother?" Akros teased, wagging his tail behind him with a smirk. "You definitely know where it is judging by your expression."

"And? Do you think I'll just tell you?" War sneered, then his face fell. "Wait, did you say your mother desires it? Do you mean Lilith, who demons refer to as their mother?"

"Yes. She's also my birth mother," Akros said nonchalantly, making the Horseman's jaw drop. "I'm her only child. She didn't even send me here, I came of my own volition."

"Nonsense! The chances of a demon king bearing children is-"

"Nigh impossible, but not 0%. So, knowing this, you know I have great potential as a demon. I could help you escape and cut you loose..." Akros offered, lightly tugging at War's chains. 

"No! If you release me, my charges of betrayal will be genuine!" War shook his head after getting past his shock. 

The child of the Mad Queen Lilith... what a terrifying thought. War wanted nothing to do with him, and now knew better than to underestimate him. Akros was clearly a high-rank, but he was still the child of a demon king. He was likely beyond his rank in terms of power, War estimated. He was actually on the spot, but missed an important piece of information that was Akros' father. Akros didn't mention it because then it'd be even more unbelievable.

"As expected of War, the noble Horseman renowned for his honor and dignity. Even knowing that you've been framed, you still accept your punishment."

"Begone! I don't need to hear that from the likes of you!" War shouted in humiliated rage. 

Akros' face became serious. "Not only have you been framed, but you've been framed by the council itself."

"What? Why...?" War was stunned temporarily, then roared at him. "Impossible! I am a Horseman of the council! Why would they frame me?"

Akros scoffed. "Tch. Why is it impossible? Think, War. With your body and personality, they can manipulate you. They wish to make you take your vengeance on their enemies, not your own. They are your enemies."

War was gobsmacked by this information, and had to mull over it for while. Then, he spoke again with a much calmer voice. "Why are you telling me this?"

"I respect you as a warrior. I am no fan of cowardice or political tricks, like the council is trying to do to you. I'd be willing to help you after you're naturally set free if you tell me where the Red Sea Egg is."

"..." War stared into Akros' purple and red eyes, silently judging him. "The ruins in the southeast, that way."

War jerked his head to the left. Akros smiled, then held out a dark purple gem, one similar he gave to Beta. It gleamed dangerously, but had no magic power oozing from it.

"As a token of my gratitude, take this beacon. Insert your magic power into it and I'll be notified, and I can warp right to it. You can't hold it so..." Akros looked around War's bound body, searching for a good spot to hide it from view. He placed the tennis ball sized gem in his waistband awkwardly. "I uh, hope that will do. I must go."

War watched him speed away, his eyes keeping up with Akros' movements that shredded the sound barrier. "What an odd demon... it will be interesting seeing him in the future."

Akros wanted to plant a seed of doubt in his heart, to get him to turn against the Charred Council. He looked up to War as a warrior, and wanted to help him a little purely out of respect. However, as a demon he couldn't make it that simple. So instead he threw in his aid as a exchange for the Red Sea Egg's whereabouts. 

When War descended to Earth again in a hundred years, or the plot of Darksiders 1, Akros would be happy to help. By then he would be at least a demon lord, if not king. A hundred years was a lot of time to gain some power. He might even get his whole crew to demon lord in that time, which he hoped to accomplish eventually for their sake.

Akros made his way to an ancient battlefield, a vast space full of skeletons. He realized this was the aftermath of a battle between angels and demons judging by the demon horns and wing bones. In the distance, he saw a red, pulsing egg and ran to it. 

As he got a closer look, he saw that the fleshy egg was actually the size of three story building. Its roots were red and thick, sinking deep into the skeletons. As grotesque and odd as it looked, Akros paid it no mind and didn't waste time. He remembered from CMDK that these skeletons around him would wake if he took too long.

So he grabbed onto it by the sides with all his strength and pulled up with Dark Ascension boosting his efforts. With a horrible tearing noises and the spurting of blood, the egg was ripped from its roots. Even though these roots wove through the entire battlefield, his incredible strength was enough to wrench it out. 

A high pitched ring sounded, and suddenly the skeletons nearby began to move. Those not held down by roots drew their swords or held out their claws and rushed to attack Akros, but he had a plan for this.

"Solar Flare!" He yelled, a burst of shadowflame erupting from his body in a wide circle. All of the skeletons hit began to burn and melt, while the Red Sea Egg was unscathed, stunning him briefly. Then he used the light created by his flame to drag the egg into the Shadow Realm with him, and warped back to Lilith. 

Meanwhile, Envy was busy fighting with the councilors in their dormant state. They rested in lava below massive statues that they controlled, roaring skulls with burning eyes and throats. Envy went straight for them after entering the council's space, and assaulted them with various attacks and curses.

"Show yourselves, you spineless cowards!" Envy screamed with burning rage. Thousands of years of imprisonment from these beings engraved a deep resentment and longing for vengeance. "You deceive everyone in the name of the Creator, while wanting to steal the Creator's authority and become gods. Do you think you're sneaky?!"

"Silence, wretch!" The statue of the right bellowed in anger. It along with the other two statues launched massive exploding fireballs at Envy, but she nimbly dodged them all. "With the strength of a mere demon lord, you think you can do as you please?!"

"Even if I'm not strong enough, you'll still have to appear!" Envy laughed maniacally. "I felt someone's presence pass by me in a split second on my way here. I hope you have no valuables, because there's likely a thief in your space!"

"What utter nonsen... the Red Sea Egg?! It's gone!" The statue on the left shouted in disbelief. "Who could've done this?! That whore Lilith?!"

"One of you go check it out! Find any clues!" The middle statue yelled, and the shouting match began as Envy watched with glee. She didn't care what the thief did with the egg, a blow to the council was good enough for her. She laughed hysterically at their argument, humiliating the council members. 

"Fine, let me," The statue on the left said, its fire dying out. Then the magma nearby it surged, and a figure emerged. A six-winged angel ascended from the molten rock, spreading his large wings and turned to Envy. His face was covered by a hood, but his robe was recognizable enough...

"Y-you're an... an incarnation of Raphael?!" Envy screeched in horror, backing away. She didn't make much distance before one of her arms was severed by a wave of light from Raphael's sword. "ARGH!!"

"You two take care of this clown," Raphael scoffed, then flew to the battlefield ruins. 

While Fury returned and fought Envy, the Horseman was enraged by being tricked. Even in death, Envy made her distrustful of the council, so she left. With Strife and Death's whereabouts unknown, suddenly War was the only Horseman they had left.

Raphael arrived at the battlefield, only to find nothing. The roots of the egg had already begun decaying. The only evidence of magic was the melted skeletons in a circle around where the egg previously sat. He cursed angrily, then flew back to the other council members to inform them and return to the magma.

Meanwhile, Akros was bouncing off the walls happy. If there was walls in the Shadow Realm, that was. When he reappeared from Lilith's shadow with the shriveling egg on his shoulders, he found that she along with Uriel and Hilda were in the bedchamber, sleeping. Fortunately the room was extremely large for a bedroom, so the egg fit just fine. Samael was quite large so it made sense for the scaling.

Akros' heavy stomps woke them up quite fast. His body mass along with his armor made him weigh 2 tons. Hellreaver by itself would add another 9 tons.

"You're back! Quite fast, too..." Lilith praised as she noticed Akros' presence. She looked at the Red Sea Egg with excitement. "Now I can continue my experiments! But since you bravely went and got it for me, I'll let you experiment first."

"Why, thank you," Akros stored his armor, revealing his half-naked self. He loved the feel of wearing nothing but pants, it made him feel free. "Where shall I let it roost?"

"Em, I have a spot, but it won't get through the door like that..." Lilith sighed. "I'm afraid you'll need to hold it off the ground a while longer while it shrinks. Eventually it'll return to a seed, but we don't need to wait that long."

"Noted. Have they been behaving themselves?" Arkos asked, sounding like a father picking up his children from their grandparent's house. His paternal affection and guardian nature made him a father figure to the demon girls who waited in the Abyss and Uriel. Lyra and Hilda saw him as more of a lover, but also liked that quality of him.

Lilith saw him as the opposite, her child that she was endlessly proud of for surviving and felt horrible about aborting him. Only after millennia of unfruitful sex did she realized how precious offspring were as a demon king, and she longed for another for years. She'd do almost anything he asked as long as it wasn't harmful to her or Samael. 

"Yes, Akky. Don't treat them like kids, you're very young yourself," Lilith gently reprimanded, her motherly tone reappearing as she placed her hands on her hips. "Besides, you had us worried. You were gone for a month!"

"A month?" Akros blanched, then remembered that the high encryption of the council's space may have tampered with the flow of time. "Time moves slower in the council's space. I was in and out, not even there for an hour."

"Really?!" Lilith, along with Uriel and Hilda cried in surprise. They had been quietly listening from the sides. 

"Yes. Did anything else happen that I need to be aware of?" Akros thought back to Lyra and the others in the middle Abyss. For them, they had likely been gone for over a year. The thought of them waiting there made his heart darken. He blinked, focusing on the present. He had plans. "Any news of the human world's state?"

Lilith frowned at this. "The only news is that the human population is nigh zero. Did you hear something from someone, and you are asking if I know too? Or..."

"No no, just curious," Akros said, then pointed to the door with a now van-sized Red Sea Egg. It kept shrinking, hardening itself as it did. He could see it transforming into a seed at this rate. "It's small enough. Where do you want it, mother?"

"Follow me! But only you. It is a top secret location, sorry girls," Lilith smiled apologetically at the two fallen angels, who shook their heads profusely. 

"It's of no matter, Mother Lilith!" Hilda said hastily. Even after the month she had spent with Lilith, she and Uriel were still on edge with the succubus. Their standing had only increased so drastically due to Akros' bloodline, so they were careful of how they acted toward her and now him. "We understand we are not of importance to you and Lord Akros."

"I wouldn't phrase it that way..." Akros grumbled, flicking his tail in irritation. "I don't surround myself with those I deem disposable. You're with me until you die, or I die. Neither will happen, so forever will shall remain together... that sounds cheesy but you know what I mean, right?"

""Yes, Lord Akros!"" Hilda and Uriel were greatly relieved to hear that he still cared for them. They secretly hoped that his ego wouldn't inflate after knowing of his heritage. 

"No 'Lord', none of that. I'm not a demon lord yet."

"Yet?" Lilith giggled. "As expected of my son! I assume you already know how to promote?"

"Indeed. Now, we've gotten off track. Can we...?" Akros didn't mean to be rude, but he wanted to fulfill his plans with the egg sooner than later. The sooner he did, the sooner he could do other things. Like Lilith.

"My apologies, dear! Come with me!" Lilith dragged him out of the bedchambers, leaving Uriel and Hilda to themselves. They shared a look, then cheered while hugging each other.

"What a twist of fate, for us to land in the palm of the demon with limitless potential," Uriel said happily. Hilda nodded in agreement. 

"I can't wait for his sexual techniques to improve!" Hilda squealed, bearing a perverted grin. "The son of Asmodeus and Lilith, the Lord of Lust! And we're the top girls!"

"I wouldn't assume we're his first," Uriel said, shaking her head. "I mean, with his charisma, which is so rare among male demons, there's probably a harem waiting for his return in the Abyss. Remember his explanation of Shadow Brand? He said across worlds, meaning there's likely someone or some others he has branded in the Abyss or somewhere."

"Ohhhhhhh... dang it!" Hilda harrumphed with a pout. "I wanted to be queen of the castle!"

"Nuh uh, that's me!" Uriel protested. "I had sex with him before you did!"

"That was different!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Those two can bicker like little girls sometimes," Lilith finally admitted while she walked alongside Akros in the Black Stone castle. "They may have gotten used to your guardian nature and my protection and became spoiled."

"I can fix that easily," Akros said reassuringly, looking her in the eyes. "I don't tolerate spoiled brats. If they act entitled or lazy, I'll whip it out of them. I can also torture them sexually."

"Oh?" This got her attention. "How exactly?"

"There's several ways, but the best is to make them beg for it. Make them obedient by only granting climaxes after they do their duties."

"A little vanilla, but certainly effective," Lilith nodded, an approving smile on her face. Akros winced at 'vanilla' but didn't say anything. "Through here."

"Um..." Lilith was in front of a wall, seemingly about to walk into it. Akros hesitated, then facepalmed with his free hand, sighing. "Of course! Why would I not think of that?"

"Hehehehe!" She found his demeanor quite refreshing. He spoke his mind a lot, unusual for a demon but she didn't hate it. "You will get used to it with age. You are a little too young to know everything, dear."

"I'm aware..." He mumbled, slouching. Lilith walked through the wall as if it was imaginary, so Akros tried the same thing and passed through. It was an illusion, but a very realistic one. However, he quickly forgot about the magic entrance when he saw the new area he was in. 

An ashen farm that stretched for miles, although instead of crops growing there were Abyss trees. Small rivers and streams of lava flowed through canals made with obsidian, feeding this vegetation. It looked similar to the Nether from Minecraft. 

"Akky! Plant it over here!" Lilith waved to him from a distance, and he snapped out of his funk. The egg had shrunk to the size of a coconut, and was quite hard on the outside. It was almost seed form, if not already there. Before it could reach that dormant state, Akros dashed in front of Lilith, blowing ash into the air. She waved the cloud of ash away from her face with a frown. "Did you have to do that?"

"The egg's almost a seed! Isn't that bad?" Akros said while gently placing the Red Sea Egg face up on the ashen soil. 

Immediately it started to expand again, roots reaching out into the ground beneath it. It was slow at first, but sped up after a few minutes while Akros and Lilith watched from a distance.

"So, what do you want to do?" She asked him curiously. Akros felt a bead of cold sweat drop from his head. He knew she wouldn't like him doing this, but he wanted to so badly. 

"Do you know how to give the egg commands, mother?"

"Yes..."

"Fantastic. See, I want to clone myself-"

"Why would you need to clone yourself at your current state?" 

"Because I have a secret fusion technique. If I make a clone, then fuse with it, I can permanently increase my power tenfold. This is a top secret though, don't even tell Samael this, I beg of you."

Lilith's eyes were wide. "Wait a moment. How does that work? By making a clone that is weaker, and weakening yourself while making it, you can use fuse to become stronger in total than before?"

"Yes."

"Do not act like it's normal! That's the most ridiculous thing I have heard since... oh."

"The most ridiculous thing since two demon kings procreating? Hate to be a smartass, but you have to admit I am special. In fact, I may be able to help you increase your power as well with this technique."

"Not until you prove that it works. I am not using you as a lab rat, but I also have bigger stakes than you when it comes to cloning. Surely you understand?"

"You're a demon king level being, but you have hesitation cloning?" 

"I do not enjoy it. I have worked for countless years to get where I am. To sacrifice any of it... I cannot bear the thought."

"I can understand that mindset. Do not fear, mother. I shall light a new path for you to tread. One of fusion!"

"Okay... how do you want me to do this?"

"I'm going to rip off my arm," Akros said calmly, ignoring the flash of worry of her face. "Then feed it to the egg. I need you to tell it to restore it, to make it grow. It has that function, yes?"

"It does. I am not pleased that you would risk so much for this, but you seem quite set on this," Lilith sighed, then placed a hand on the egg's main body. It had grow to be the size of an apartment, and stopped growing. After a few moments, she called back to him: "Okay, do it quickly!"

"Hmph!" Akros cut off his arm in one fluid slash from his tail. He caught it with his remaining arm and threw it in an arc so that it'd land at the mouth of the egg at the top. As predicted, the egg gobbled it up as soon as it got close. It didn't consume Lilith, though, so it must have some type of recognition ability. It only eats dead things, as he recalled from CMDK. "Keep at it, mother!"

"I am, do not worry. Next, you'll split off your soul, correct?" 

"Yes, after the clone is fully made."

A few minutes later, the egg spat out something from its petaled mouth. Akros caught it and was shocked to see a full size replica of himself. Lilith stepped away from the Red Sea Egg to have a look herself. "It appears to be exactly like you, but..."

"Without a soul drive, it is weaker," Akros said as he pulled up a system panel. He went into Create, then imagined the metamoran fusion dance from DBZ. He made sure to imagine it differently according to his body, with his tail perfectly straight along with his wings.

Metamoran Fusion 

Description: User can fuse with another being with similar size and shape by performing a certain dance. If successful, they will be fused for 30 minutes. Power boost ranges from 2 to 10 times stronger.

Akros set the boost of power to 10 times, then checked to see if he could make it with his currently number of noble souls. 

Metamoran Fusion (Create) - 100.0% Completion - Create?

Akros created the skill without a second thought, then used a skill serum to give it to the clone as well. This cost another 5,000 souls to do, but if it worked it'd be well worth it. Lilith watched him curiously.

"Son, what are you doing?"

"Preparing..." Was all he said in his focused state of mind. He checked the clone's stats with inventory, and to his relief his transfer was successful. Then he channeled his soul power to gently take his soul out from his chest, his hand glowing a deep blue. He felt a majority of his power leave his body with his red glowing soul, making him realize how important it was.

His soul was now an evil soul after his promotion to high-rank, but unlike Roy from CMDK, Akros' soul had no trace of humanity left. Perhaps he was too far gone, in that sense. He was so content with being a demon that perhaps that portion of his soul gave out and he truly became a demon. 

His soul was also very tangible in a doughy way. He tore off a small piece, then returned the larger piece to his body. He felt slightly weaker with a fraction of his soul gone compared to when it was full. This made him greatly uncomfortable, but he pushed past it for now.

Akros shaped his soul fragment into a ball, then inserted it into his clone. It took only moments for the clone to waken, and groggily get to its feet. It was awkward not because it was new to having a body, but because Akros was controlling it. The clone was like a drone commanded with his thoughts as it shared his soul, and it felt extremely awkward for Akros to stare at himself from another... of himself? He was starting to get a headache from this splitscreen vision.

Lilith watched in awe as both Akroses straightened their wings and tails, pointing away from each other with their index fingers, and stamped their feet oddly. They came together with an odd shout, leaning over their side as their fingers connected.

"Fuuuuuuuuusion! HAH!"

A blinding flash of purple light exploded out from them, swallowing the area where the stood. Ash was blown all over, and Lilith had to create a barrier to shield herself and keep her vision clear. She observed with careful eyes to see if this fusion technique was legitimate. 

The light continued to shine, and the ground trembled around her as a vast, dense magic power pressure suddenly spawned in the center of it. An invisible shock wave almost cut Lilith's breath even through her magic barrier.

"What... what is this?!" She cried in surprise. She had never seen someone increase their power so drastically by fusing with a clone, especially not with that silly dance. If Akros wasn't her son, she'd torture and interrogate the technique out of him in pure envy. Seeing a younger demon grow so quick naturally made her jealous even if it was her own son, but his offer to help her soothed her thoughts. That, and her motherly instinct told her to make sure he was safe first. "Akky?! Are you okay?!"

Even the Red Sea Egg was unhappy, making high-pitched squeals to indicate its fear at the unknown horrifying existence. It knew Lilith, but this magic signature terrified it. It instinctively shriveled slightly to harden its exterior, and hurriedly expanded its roots. 

Then the purple light faded away, revealing a figure floating above a pool of magma. Lilith gasped as she took in his appearance, her mind freezing in place. 

"Akky...?" 

Akros had not grown any larger or taller, but his wings extended 5 feet longer. His crystalline extremities didn't change color, rather they radiated magic power in the form of a dark purple aura. He was slightly less muscled than before as his muscles condensed to form a ripped, lean frame. The definition is his muscles were much more clear than before when it was just meat on his bones. He was still a very large, meaty figure, but now he wasn't as bulky compared to himself prior to the fusion.

His pitch black skin was now even darker, as if he was living darkness. His skin was so dark that it stood out when he was in the light created by the magma under him. Oddly, his skin also had a metallic glint to it as Lilith looked at him from different angles. 

The air around him was distorted, but not from the heat of the magma. Even the smoke and steam rising up was pushed away from his body as he unconsciously released copious amounts of magic power, creating a heightened heat wave visual effect. To the untrained eye, he appeared to be swaying. 

Before Lilith's eyes, his body clenched up as he released even more magic power in a burst, creating a massive shockwave that made even her stumble on her feet. She grit her teeth in a struggle to stay still, but in her mind she was praising Akros pridefully. She now realized that her son had reached the premise of demon lord, and couldn't be more proud.

"Hah..." Akros sighed contently, reeling in his enormous magic aura. He examined his body with glee and excitement, before realizing something was off. Why was he floating? He checked his wings to be sure, and confirmed that Dark Ascension was not activated. So he could only turn to his mother in his confusion. "Mother! Any clue as to why I am hovering?"

"You are not doing that consciously?" Lilith asked, tilting her head. She made a thinking face, then said: "Perhaps your magic power is so dense it's causing you to rise? This is quite common among demon lords and kings such as myself, our magic power reaches a point where it keeps us afloat due to it pushing against the air below subconsciously. You may not be a demon lord, but I can tell you're on the precipice. Well done, Akky!"

"Thank you, mother. Wait, if we can hover with our magic aura by itself, what is the need for wings? My wings may be different, but yours?"

"Agility, of course. Hovering with your magic aura can only occur when you are still or moving at a walking pace. You cannot walk on air without a spell of some sort."

"That makes more sense. Now, before I go crazy with my new power, I need to secure it..." Akros' voice trailed off as he went into the system and started to Create. Lilith raised an eyebrow.

"Secure? You cannot mean that that state of yours is temporary?"

"Yes. The price of Metamoran fusion, that dance I perfomed, is the 30 minute time limit. I have means of making the fusion permanent, fret not."

"What means?" She asked, a confused smile on her face. "I swear, I do not know what to expect with you. Every time I think I have figured you out, you come up with some new bullshit."

"That's what I do best! Make up bullshit," Akros chuckled, then finished his creation. A vial full of a clear liquid that he drank slowly so as to not spill. He saved the vial for future uses, and because his inner hoarder demanded it. "Now it's permanent. I drank a Forever potion, one I brewed specifically for the Metamoran fusion."

"Well, wait for 30 minutes to be sure," Lilith said cautiously. "I would hate for you to find out later that it failed, after proclaiming success. For the sake of your pride, dear."

Akros laughed, walking over to her. "How kind of you. Now, while we wait, do you know of any worlds that would be best suitable for my next promotion? Worlds with weaker heavens?"

"I have a few in mind, but do not rush to promote. You must adjust to your power first, and reach the utmost of your power as a high-rank demon. If you fail during your promotion battle in Heaven, you will die for sure. Please do not die from such foolishness," Lilith's words were stern, but she had a concerned look on her face as she spoke. She cupped his cheeks and looked deep into his eyes. "One day, when you reach demon king, I will leave Samael for you. I am as powerful as his incarnation in this world that I am with, so he cannot keep me here. With that said, I cannot have you dying, my son."

"I will be careful, that I promise," Akros stared back, pulling Lilith close. They hugged, and judging by her vice grip, he realized how deeply she was worried. "Mother, relax. I won't die. If anything happens, I can warp to you."

"You better," She huffed, kissing his horns. "That magic of yours is extremely powerful. You make good use of it, but there is still so much more. Have you ever tried converting your body into shadow, turning ethereal? I reckon you are powerful enough to do this now."

"I didn't think such a thing was possible..." Akros muttered in disbelief. "Okay, I'll give it a go!"

He backed away from Lilith and harnessed his new magic power. Darkness flowed out of his horns, claws, tail armor, and wings as his body changed. His previously 2.5 ton body lost almost all of its weight as he turned himself completely into darkness, his body's details reduced to his glowing purple eyes. 

Lilith applauded him with a happy smile. "Well done! Well done! Now that was only one example, but it is quite handy from what I know. If you can master it, you can quickly make parts of your body intangible to avoid taking damage from physical attacks. Magic attacks can pass through or still hurt you depending on the magic type."

"I see," Akros nodded, transforming back into physical form. "Mother, would you to try fusing with a clone?"

"I think not, but I appreciate the offer. If my power suddenly increases tenfold, what will Samael think? I do not want him to interrogate me for the sake of power, especially given that he himself is a clone of the original Samael. If he learns of this, the Deadly Sin Demon King Samael will become the strongest entity to exist. I am sure you see this as undesirable, as do I."

"Wise. I didn't think of that. Well, I'm done with the egg, and sadly, I can't stay here forever. I wish to leave soon."

"Aw. I knew it was coming, but..." Lilith pouted, leading him back into the hallway they entered the field from. "Well, I have two things to give you before you go."

"Oh? What are they?" Akros asked curiously, as he knew she owned quite the variety of items. 

"One I have to give to you with the fallen angels. The other... well, I will show you in the bedchamber," She trailed a hand down his metallic, powerful arm. "Maybe a third gift too... I want to see how hard you can pound me~"

"That is a benefit of having sex with you," Akros nodded, his tail swaying behind him as he thought out loud. "I don't have to worry about hurting you unlike the others I've slept with. You're a demon king, and more powerful than me physically even though you're a trickery type demon."

"I may be a trickery demon in general, but do not underestimate my magic power or strength, Akky. I can crush you like a grape even after your power up," She huffed.

"I'm very aware."

When they entered the bedchamber, they found the sleeping fallen angels and woke them up. They were embarrassed to be caught snuggling together in Lilith's bed, but she didn't mind. 

"Akky, girls, listen up. I have a gift for you three that will help Hilda."

She reached into a separate space, and pulled out a large vial of a viscous blackish red liquid. "This is black dragon blood. It can make you stronger by drinking it, but it also serves a purpose with helping Samael."

"Thank you, Mother Lilith!" Hilda was ecstatic, gratefully taking the vial. 

"Next, I have this," Lilith took out a pair of black circular earrings, which glowed a dark blue. She held them out to Akros. "These are magical earrings. They help restore mana at a quicker rate. Take them, my son. They will be very helpful in the future as long as you don't lose them."

"I am most grateful, mother," Akros said, before realizing something. "Um, how does one pierce their ears?"

Lilith ended up piercing his ears and putting the earrings on for him. She was a little disappointed that he was unknowledgeable of fashion, so he had to make it up to her with kisses. Uriel and Hilda hide their envy as they watched the incestuous duo trade saliva, pressing their bodies together. The scene was full of passion and affection, but also lust. Akros fondled her while she traced his muscles with her fingers, they enjoyed the other's body without having sex. 

Eventually they split and Akros bid his mother farewell after promising to return if he ever needed her help. As they left the Black Stone, Akros turned to Hilda.

"Hilda, do you- hmmf?!"

He was silenced by the fallen angel grappling onto him and locking her lips with his. She hungrily kissed him as he recovered and returned the affection, but not without slight irritation. Hilda had become very envious of Lilith, and once she had him to herself she dove for the opportunity to show her passion. 

Minutes passed as they continued to kiss, until Uriel had enough. She wrapped her arms around Hilda's waist and tugged her off of Akros' chest, then mounted him herself. Uriel was less proper with her kissing, her tongue instantly coming out to meet his. They lip locked much deeper and sloppier, as saliva dripped onto their chests. Hilda wasn't pleased, but before she could retake Akros' lips he pulled Uriel off of him. 

"There is a time and a place to kiss. This is neither! We need to find the place where Samael is sealed as soon as possible. Hilda, as I was asking before you interrupted me, do you know his location?"

"Yes, my apologies, Lord-" Hilda started to say, but he cut her off irritably.

"None of that. If you insist on giving me a title, let it be master. I'm no lord until I promote again. However, call me Akros when in the presence of Samael."

"As you wish, master. His Majesy Samael is due east, let's fly that way!" Hilda said, unfurling her black angelic wings. Uriel joined her in the air, as Akros carefully activated Dark Ascension. As soon as he did, he was propelled by the unexpectedly powerful force from his wings. 

Once he stabilized his flight so he could soar alongside his angelic companions, he finally checked his status to see his growth. He almost fell from the sky in raw shock at what he saw.

Name: Amin

Race: Demon

Bloodline: Shadow Demon

Demon Name: ...Noval Akros

Form: Adult

Attribute: Dark

Strength: 7,120 (x10 during Super Saiyan) (x5 during Blood Fury)

Speed: 10,000 (x5 during Super Saiyan) (x2 during Blood Fury)

Magic Energy: 46,990 (x2 during Super Saiyan) 

Stamina: 7510 (Infinite during Blood Fury)

Vitality: 12,080 (x5 during Super Saiyan)

Souls in Possession: 4,000 Average-grade souls, 10 Noble souls, 1 soul of Might fragment, 2 Middle-Grade Holy souls

Loaded Materials: Saiyan Blood, Tail Plating, Tremor-Tremor, Crafanc, Clone

Skills: Dark Ascension, Dark Barrier, Charm, Abyssal Tremor, Observation Haki, Mortal Gleam, Solar Flare, Vacuum, Armament Haki, Super Saiyan, Tome Conversion, Give Me Lyra, Gleipnir, Metamoran Fusion, Hover, Shadow Melt (Turning body into shadow)

Magic: Shadow, Shadowflame, Dark Restoring

Race Ability 1: Soul Peer

Race Ability 2: Demon Blood

Race Ability 3: Soul Devouring Addiction

Talent Ability 1: Undying Spite

Talent Ability 2: Zenkai Boost

Talent Ability 3: Ultraspeed Regeneration

Talent Ability 4: Sexual Attraction

Description: You have increased your charisma through effort and experience, and your body has become more attractive to the female sex. All female entities that touch you will feel heightened levels of lust towards you. All female entities that have had sex with you can only be satisfied by you. 

Talent Ability 5: Blood Fury

Oh my goodness... I really multiplied my stats all by ten! Also, my sex talent ability improved? I don't want to live a life of lust, I want battle! But with my bloodline, I can't escape the reality of my natural charm. I guess once I have my harem secured, I'll have to simply reject anyone else. How many women do I have now? 7 demon ladies, 3 fallen angels, Lilith, Beta, Delta, and that's probably it. Still a harem of 13. I feel like an anime main character and I resent it! I will not be a twink who gets bitches somehow! I earn mine! Somewhat. Lilith was a little free, but she's also my mother. I'm not even going to think about the incest, no way demons care about matters like that. So why should I? Sex is sex and love is love. 

Akros shook his head and focused, thinking of the future.

I'm not far from my promotion to demon lord. I can't promote yet because I may not be ready, I need more power to face a world's Heaven alone. That, and I should increase the power of my harem while I can still visit worlds with less repulsive forces acting on me. Yes! I shall stick to this plan. Now, what's an easy way to help the demon ladies increase their magic power? Give them potions? No, that'll take ages... unless I make a stronger magic enhancing potion! I can definitely compact thousands of souls into a more condensed version of a magic enhancing potion. Let's try it...

Magic Enhancing Potion Deluxe (Create) - 100.0% Completion - Create?

I can't make it yet, but it sounds good. I'll wait until I'm done with Samael.

With his plan set, Akros continued to fly alongside his fallen angel companions. With his obtuse magic power increase, keeping up with them was child's play. Even after he equipped his armor and gained mass, it hardly made a difference. Dark Ascension was now ridiculously powerful, and he could maintain it infinitely with Crafanc and the earrings Lilith gave him restoring his mana.

It took them three days of flight to reach the capital of Jeol, the previously strongest country of Earth. It had been turned into a completely barren wasteland with no life besides demons and zombies created by the nuclear warheads. Reddish black crystals formed in some areas where the magic concentration was higher.

Wait, why is the magic concentration of this area so high? It's been years or at least several months since their battle, and this much magic power was left behind? Hilda and Uriel can't fly in this, I may not be able to! Holy...

"Let's walk! Keep your guard up!" Akros called behind him as he deactivated Dark Ascension. The fallen angels had been following him, so they swooped down to the ground as he crashed into it. A small crater was created where he landed due to his mass.

They still had to walk for a few hours through the mana radiation zone before reaching Samael's seal, which seemed to be guarded by a dozen middle-rank demons and a high-rank demon commander. 

"These must be defectors, those who chose to ally themselves with the Destroyer and not Samael," Hilda spat. "Traitors must die!"

"And they will, but they aren't actually traitors, so relax," Akros said gently, rubbing her scalp. Her angry face disappeared instantly, replaced by a content smile. "It's more accurate to say that they switched leaders of the same side, because the Destroyer is a demon dragon. While there was infighting between Samael and the Destroyer, not only was that planned by him and my mother, but they're also still of the same side in the End War. It's not betrayal per se."

"Master, you're so smart!" Uriel chirped with a bright smile. "Can I be pet too?"

"Oh, uh..." Akros forgot what he was doing to Hilda, not noticing her blissful face until now. "Is it really that nice?"

"Mmmhmmm..." Hilda hummed lazily, nuzzling into his hand when it froze. Akros sighed, but didn't stop petting her. Instead he gave Uriel the same treatment, much to her joy. 

He didn't mind it in the end, it was cute and required little effort. It was an easy way to show his affection to his female companions. He was used to it due to the demon ladies consistently asking for them, hungry for his affection and attention. 

Then he remembered where they were, and the demon guards were staring at them from a distance. He retracted his hands, earning two whines. "This isn't the place nor the time. Girls, step back. I want to test my new power."

Uriel and Hilda had been curious about his sudden leap in magical presence and his appearance change, but out of respect they didn't pry. They gladly spectated from behind while Akros stomped towards the demons guarding Samael's seal, or at least its location. There wasn't any physical item to represent him, but his presence could be felt more and more as Akros approached. 

Once he got within a few hundred feet the high-rank demon, a war demon who resembled a minotaur with a massive hammer, shouted at the other demons to attack, deeming Akros an ally of Samael. He came with two fallen angels, who the high-rank demon assumed were part of Samael's personal guard.

As the guards closed in, Akros channeled shadowflame around his right arm while reeling it left and back. Once the closest guard was ten feet in front of him, he swept his arm and sent a tidal wave of purple black flame roaring over the guards. Shadowflame surged all over in their direction, consuming their bodies and souls nearly instantly and melting the earth below. 

Akros' attack could be seen from miles away due to the flames bouncing off the ground in some spots, creating an updraft of fire. It was only a single wave of shadowflame, yet it traveled for over a mile without Akros having to supply more. He was quite surprised by this outcome, as he didn't expect to kill all of them with a single wave. Only the high-rank demon remained alive, having escaped the fire wave quickly as it was only a few hundred feet wide. As the golden clad Akros marched forward slowly, walking on the air above the steaming lava, the high-rank demon looked at him with horror.

"W-who are you?! Do you know who is imprisoned here?!" 

"That is..." Akros' voice sent shivers down his spine. "...why I'm here."

"Curse you-" The high-rank demon suddenly shut up when Akros vanished from sight. He looked around frantically, until a hand pierced his back and emerged from his chest with his heart. "Guah..."

"Typical last words," Akros snorted, taking his hand back out. He snatched the demon's soul, then examined the glistening black muscular heart. It glowed softly with magic power, but it was quickly dying out. Unlike Akros, whose life revolved around the existence of his heart, other demons could not live without it.

"Bring that heart here and offer it to me!" A voice rang in his ear, alerting him instantly. It was familiar, so he assumed it was...

"Your Majesty Samael?" Hilda had ran up to Akros, followed by Uriel. "Is that you, your Majesty?"

"You are... my personal guard Hilda?" The hoarse voice took a moment to remember. "Good. You may come too, my child."

Akros and Hilda exchanged looks, nodding at each other. Uriel waited where she stood, not daring to come any closer without permission.

They entered a flat area, barren but with rich magical density in the air. Hilda was a bit excited, hastily getting on one knee. "Your Majesty Samael! I've finally found you!"

"Hilda, you have done well!" Samael's voice was clearer now that they were closer. "You are likely the only one left among my guards, unless that is one behind you?"

"I beg your forgiveness, your Majesty. I failed to remain in the battle loyally..." Hilda's head dipped with shame. "The fallen angel behind me is Uriel, an angel who fell with the help of my partner beside me."

"Partner? Child, who are you?"

Akros knelt like Hilda, bowing his head. He knew Samael was likely very old, his age compared to most demons allowed him to refer to them as children without disrespect. Then again, his status as a Deadly Sin Demon King allowed him to refer to other demons as he pleased. 

"I am Akros, Hilda's partner and Uriel's benefactor, your Majesty," Akros said politely. 

"Ho? I see..." Samael seemed a bit surprised, but didn't comment further. Instead he continued to speak to Hilda. "I may have had most of my power sealed by the Destroyer, he could not kill me. I am currently held within a separate space, so you cannot see me. Hilda, I have a task for you."

"Please give me your order, your Majesty!" Hilda said loyally and without hesitation. Akros didn't love how much she adored Samael, but he remembered that her loyalty contract with the demon king was merely a mark on her mind. She would think highly of Samael and follow his orders without restraint until this mark was gone. 

"Build an altar on this area so that I can temporarily leave this space to appear in the human world. There is a Demon God Pillar buried underground nearby, and it is the medium of my seal. Find it and use it as the center of the altar. With this method, as long as I have blood and mana, I can escape for while."

"Yes, your Majesty!" Hilda looked to Akros, who nodded back. She went to search for the pillar by digging with hellfire nearby, excavating the ground efficiently. As she did, Akros lifted his head.

"Your Majesty, let me construct the altar."

"Very well, Akros!" Samael's voice was appreciative. "You came with Hilda, so you must have something to request of me. Worry not, since you are her partner, I will reward you with her freedom if you do this well."

Akros was a little surprised at first by this offer, then remember that Samael was an ancient demon king. He was very experienced dealing with other demons when it came to bargaining. Even without saying it, he had guessed Akros' reason for coming. 

The shadow demon tried something new. After Lilith told him that he had yet to use all of the uses of shadow magic, he was willing to experiment. He created blocks and tiles with shadow, then solidified them into pitch black stone. As he created the altar with magic, Samael watched on in amusement and surprise.

"You are... a shadow demon? Not only that, but you seem to be at the threshold of demon lord?" Samael's voice was full of praise. 

"Yes, your Majesty. I am a shadow demon, but I am merely high-rank. My power is still naught compared to your own," Akros said respectfully, his tail wagging as he creatively made the altar demon-themed with his magic. The details of the walls and some other formations were made to be like the demon altars in the middle and upper Abyss.

"What an interesting child. Are you, ah, what is the human term? Kissing my ass?" Samael seemed quite happy, his voice reflecting his good mood. "I must say, your kind is quite rare. Since when was another powerful shadow demon born? That armor of yours is quite formidable... could it be forged of Imperial Gold?"

"I do not know of my own origins, your Majesty. My armor is made of Imperial Gold. Your senses are keen even while sealed, as expected of a Deadly Sin Demon King," Akros lied, then delivered a compliment to hide it. He hoped that Samael wouldn't connect him to Lilith because of his magic aura, or to Asmodeus due to him being a shadow demon. Shadow demons were very rare it seemed, and by 'another powerful shadow demon' Samael could only mean Asmodeus.

Samael laughed, then asked curiously: "Where in the Infinite Worlds did you find Imperial Gold? It is a very rare ore, one limited to specific worlds... even in my lifetime, I have only come across it a handful of times."

"I found a set of Imperial Gold armor in an ancient tomb, in a high-magic world with many powerful entities. I had the armor reforged to fit my body by a maker, your Majesty."

"Most impressive, young one!" Samael exclaimed. "Remember to leave a hole in the middle for the Demon God Pillar."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Akros did as told, and soon enough he had created a smooth black demon altar. It was quite large, so Samael had room to walk around. Eventually War would visit him here, so Akros made sure it was grand. There were grooves in the floor to allow blood to flow, so when it was poured it would flow into the Demon God Pillar and temporarily remove the seal.

However, it was strictly temporary. A demon king-level seal required another being at that level of power to remove completely. It could be temporarily removed more than once, but the time limit would be the same without a demon king's influence. That said, Samael would probably escape on his own when he wanted to. However, his plan to take down the Charred Council by making War and his siblings rebel required that he stay until War descended once more.

Four demon statues with a special mechanism were made as well, when pushed forward to a point they would pour blood forth into the grooves. A few minutes after the altar was finished, Hilda returned with a large pillar with scales. Akros estimated this to be the Demon God Pillar, but was curious about the scales. At a closer look, they were engraved scales, not real ones. Before he could think more, Samael resumed speaking.

"Insert the Demon God Pillar," Samael said with a bit of rush in his tone. He seemed to be getting excited leave his seal. "After that, I need you to find me dragon blood to deactivate the seal. The Destroyer has the form of a dragon, so when he used the pillar it produced scale-like patterns. To first open the seal dragon blood must be poured onto it. Dragons are few and far between in this world, but Lilith may have some. Seek her out at the Black Stone Throne!"

Akros was slightly stunned. This whole thing was set up by Lilith after all! She knew that they'd need dragon blood for Samael's seal, so it must be her planning. He had to remember that even though she was loving and nurturing to him, she was a wicked devil to everyone else. 

Hilda and Akros shared an exasperated look. She brought out the vial of black demon blood Lilith gave her. "Your Majesty, we have already sought aid from Mother Lilith, and she granted us this."

Samael laughed wickedly. "Hahahaha! Very good! Very good! Hilda, Akros, your loyalty is worthy of praise! Pour the dragon blood and let me loose!"

Hilda poured the blood in the grooves, and it ran to fill the engraved runes in the floor. Then it ran against the side of the Demon God Pillar. The space around them began to tremble as a blazing red portal formed in the center of the altar. Horns were the first to emerge, then demon king Samael rose from the portal and it closed. He landed with a thud, spreading his enormous wings. 

He was surrounded by a strong smell of sulfur and an immense heat. His magic aura was so massive, Akros had trouble breathing. He was awestruck at Samael's aura. Even with most of his power sealed, his aura was this potent? What would he be like at full strength?

Samael threw his head back, roaring into laughter. As he celebrated the success of his plan, Akros and Hilda stared at him in shock and slight fear. Even Uriel from outside the altar could feel his presence and shivered.

Hilda knelt on one knee again, and said with excitement: "Congratulations, your Majesty!"

Samael ceased his laughter, looking at Hilda and then at Akros. "Hilda, you have served me well. Although there was an implication that prevented me from contacting Lilith, I didn't expect you to go to her by yourself. Your loyalty is worthy of rewarding!"

"I merely performed my duty..." Hilda said humbly, but Samael shook his head.

"No. Loyalty must be rewarded, as is the law of the Abyss!" He waved his claws over Hilda's head, and a black light flashed. She let out a painful grunt, and her wings began to change. They burned away with black hellfire, and her former fallen angel wings became fiery hellfire wings. She still had 4 wings, but now they were all the same size, and her magic power signature increased drastically. 

Akros watched in shock as Hilda transcended to the dominion level. He had no clue what Samael had done, as he was still weakened. So he waited for him to explain...

"Hilda, when you and my other personal guards were created, you had a restriction set in your bodies. One to prevent you from rebelling, but now you have used your loyalty to prove yourself. I have removed the restriction, and now your full power is restored."

Akros thought this to be logical. Demons had mixed feelings about fallen angels, and their position in the Abyss was very awkward. When demon lords and kings created fallen angels, they would commonly restrict them due to concern. The only fallen angels who haven't been through this are those that fell on their own, such as Lucifer. 

But now Samael had removed this safety feature from Hilda, unlocking her true power and potential. Given time and more depraved, dark power, she could rise to become a six-winged fallen angel, at the power of demon lord. Or in angel terms, a throne angel, the weakest tier of six-winged angels. 

Uriel already had this potential as Akros didn't limit her power or growth. She and Hilda were around the same power level now. Only Lyra remained at the virtue angel stage, but she wouldn't remain there long. With her knowledge, Akros assumed she'd already be more powerful when he returned to her.

Hilda was very grateful, so she didn't comment on the limiter. "Thank you for your gift, your Majesty!"

Samael turned to Akros. "High-rank demon Akros, you too have done well. I have removed Hilda's restriction, so she is free. You may take her away."

"Thank you, your Majesty!" Akros was very relieved to hear his words, as he was ready to leave this world. He ached to see Lyra and the others. 

"Now, take your leave. Your task is completed now that I have turned to this world. You may not be able to leave if you do not do so now!"

"Understood! Hilda, let's go!" Akros replied immediately, grabbing her hand. She was surprised for a moment, then nodded. Samael saw this motion and smiled to himself, then when they had left he began to laugh.

"Ah, young romance. How adorable."

Akros and Hilda met up with Uriel, who was relieved to see them. She was surprised at Hilda's change of appearance, who explained the whole interaction they had with Samael as they got further away from the altar. Uriel was quite pleased in the end.

"So, what's next on the bucket list?" Hilda asked Akros, who snapped out of his thoughts. He had been pondering as the two women chatted, completely losing focus. 

"We go the Abyss. You two will meet my other companions. Come here," He bent down with his arms out. 

They realized what he was going to do, so when they entered his embrace they braced themselves. Akros descended into shadow with Hilda and Uriel in his arms, and used Shadow Step to instantly reach Lyra's location. However, doing so cost half of his mana. Traveling so far in an moment was heavy on mana exhaustion, but he couldn't focus on that right now. He resurfaced into the Abyss before his companions suffocated, and was met with an odd scene...

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