Chapter 55 - Bravery Amidst Recklessness

The darkness of the night met a cloaked Vera in front of the alleyway that was the closest to the pub.

She had her trusty knife hooked on her waist and her backpack full of explosives, inflammable liquids and materials to produce fire... a mahogany tree's weakness is fire.

It's almost time and Sasha didn't appear... she didn't even go back to the room.

Vera sighed and rubbed her forehead, maybe she truly felt a little sad and a little scared that she was going to do this by herself.

'If it's without the two of you, I'd rather not roam this land... I came to this conclusion, I tried but couldn't... that's why I will do this and perhaps... we will be together again, if not here... in the other life.'

She mocked her own thoughts, how could there be life after hell? this is literally the 'other life'...

"Sasha..." she sighed once again and decided to wait just a little more.

...

Ten minutes later, she saw it... the mist... it's coming out of the alleyway.

"It's time..."

"Who are you waiting for?"

!!!

A voice resonated behind her, and there she smiled when she saw Sasha, dressed in better gear than what she used to have, she had done some shopping.

"I thought you wouldn't come..." Vera chuckled at the demoness who walked until they were shoulder to shoulder.

The demons passed by, giving them bewildered glances, why are they in front of the alleyway? the night has already started...

"Yeah, me too... I guess even we demons can be stupid at times... love is fucking disgusting... sex without responsibilities is better." The demoness ranted her own beliefs, she doesn't know if she 'loves' Vera... but she hasn't been attracted to any other female since Zamira, the other Rose Thorn.

"We haven't fucked." Vera deadpanned.

"Yet..."

"..." The girl could only roll her eyes at the female's insistence as the two of them started to walk in the alleyways with weapons in hand, Sasha had even bought herself a sword.

"I have made my own plans already." She uttered as they entered the mist, the shadowy and merciless corridors of the accursed alleyways.

"...?"

"After we save the hunk and the beauty... I'm going to convince them to share so that you can join their relationship..." She declared with all the normality that exists here and beyond.

"You what!?" Vera gaped, but... she's not against the idea, if she really manages to save them... she's not going to hold herself back anymore, be Fayette okay with it or not.

"As you heard... I'm going to convince them to make a delightful orgy, just the four of us~" Sasha played with her sword while wearing a toothy grim, already imagining the scenario, to have that hunk and those two beautiful ladies in her arms.

As a demoness of lust, she can't help but feel ecstatic.

"..." Vera can't believe what she's hearing, demonesses are really something else... besides, that idea... it's easier said than done.

Fayette wouldn't ever accept that, and Valentine... he also doesn't look like that kind of guy.

"And while we're in the act, I'll be able to thoroughly have my way with you without you begin able to do anything, flawless, right?~" 

"Except for the part where I don't do anything... be it as it may, we still have to get to them first..." Vera left the 'joke' aside... that wasn't really a joke to Sasha and focused on her mission.

"Yes... the most difficult part, but... we're already inside..." 

Looking up to the skies, the moons had already disappeared.

"There is no going back... last time we were lucky to leave after less than three months... now, we might spend centuries here, you know?"

"I don't mind spending a century here... as long as I have them with me once we come out..." Vera uttered with bravery, readying her knife as they approached an intersection... before they reached it, however, they found quite an interesting scenario.

"AAH!!~"

"UGGH!! H-HELP!"

They found a demoness thoroughly having her way with a man that was being tortured, she had light pinkish skin and had a body that was leagues behind Sasha's and Vera's, in fact... for a demoness, she looked rather young.

"..."

"..."

The two girls stared at one another.

"Is this how I looked?" Sasha smirked while the young demoness set her gaze on the two 'peeping toms' and stopped impaling herself and also, impaling the man that obviously wasn't enjoying this 'intercourse' as much as he originally hoped.

Yes, when he saw the sexy demoness with the body of an international actress shamelessly offering her 'tongue' services... he didn't expect this kind of 'service'.

"No, you looked way more slutty~" Vera managed to crack a joke in the current circumstances, truly feeling amused at this 'dejavu'. 

"I'm a better actress, thank you."

"Really? It didn't look like you were faking it... was it such a good dick?~"

"Shut up... it was a small needle... but he had an Onyx soul so, I guess I enjoyed that more..." Sasha rolled her eyes and walked up to the pink-skinned demoness, ready to slaughter her...

"This happens more often than I expected..." Vera didn't stop her from what she was about to do.

"W-Wait, there is no need to-" The demoness tried to stand up, not really that experienced, however, all she got was a slice against her pretty neck.

*SLASH!!*

Blood splattered everywhere as the man gaped at the sudden assassination in front of him.

*PUCHI!!*

"AAAHHHHHH!!!" He got a knife straight inside his tattoo that he had in his tight and Sasha extracted the carbon crystal.

"You have no idea... but I'm hotter than her so... it's not completely the same... what a waste, he's just a carbon... but I guess hers is somehow worth it... do you want it?"

"Keep his... you can have all the carbon souls and onyx if we find any, but I'm having the demons'..." Vera took the bloodied core of the demoness and immediately eat it as if she had been eating a lollipop.

She doesn't know if she's becoming stronger or not, but by the fact that she can physically overpower Sasha, it looks like she is.

'I wonder if I will be able to pin you down now, Vale...' 

What an imagination she has.

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*SLASH!!*

"G-GUYS, H-HELP ME! AHHH!!!"

*SPLURT!*

Vera leisurely swung her knife across one of the human's chests that surprisingly had a plate on it, but... it couldn't protect anything.

The Rose Eagle Thorn went through human flesh as if it was butter, the plate gave some resistance, but with how much rusty it was, it still succumbed amidst the might of the knife.

"AAHHH!!"

"Brandon! You! how can you ally yourself with a demon!" One of the men that we're struggling to keep himself alive amidst the alleyways shouted at Vera who is clearly human, yet she's partnering with a purple-skinned demoness.

In his eyes, whether she's a human or not seemed doubtful.

*SLASH!!!*

Sasha cut down his head to make him turn silent, feeling slightly irritated at the 'racism' within his voice, how dare he?!

"This is already the fifth group, but there is no sign of the creature... are you ready for what we're going to do once we find it?" She collected the crystals through this corridor filled with mist, they still have yet to see the first intersection that has no mist in it.

"Yes... once we find it I want you to focus on the vines while I'll burn the bastard, if it works... then we should be able to make our way through the vines..." That's basically her plan...

"You know that the corridors are almost infinite right? we might not have enough bombs and resources to burn it all until we reach them if that's your plan..."

"There's only the option of 'trying'... there is nothing else I can say, Sasha... I will do anything... there is a chance that the first times there will be crowds of people, we need an opportunity in which there are not that many cannon fodders... but not so few either... we want the monster to focus on them and leave us room to breathe." Vera already moved through scenarios in her head considering the things she had already gone through.

"... got it..." Sasha sighed, not believing that she's partnering such a nonsensical plan... let alone burn the three, whether she can efficiently parry the vines is still questionable.

"Thank you in advance for going along with my selfishness... you're truly a great friend." She added at the end, giving Sasha a sidelong glance.

"Yeah yeah... the friendzone sucks... you get to do all kind of taxing shit for no kiss, no fuck... no nothing... not even a little fingering." Sasha ranted again as she extracted the demons' crystals and ate them.

"How naughty! you're so hilarious~" Vera laughed heartily... if something she liked about this 'friend' is her sense of humour.

"I'M NOT JOKING DAMMIT!"