NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18: Unholy succubus priestess?
"Ouch!" Max grunted holding his cheek, his eyes was a bit blurry but he could see someone hovering over him.
"You have to---" he could hear the voice of a female but most of it were inaudible to him, as his hearing was at the worst right now. He tried moving his body, but there was no life in his arms, legs or any other part he used for movement.
Soon after about 10 seconds his hazy vision started clearing along with his hearing, as he could now see his slave Yuna above him. She had a worried expression, but it relieved a bit seeing her master wake up.
"How could you be so stupid master.. I-i thought I lost you!" Yuna softly said, hitting max on the shoulders a bit as she was really worried. Max just blankly stared at her not knowing what to say, as he didn't expect this reaction from her.
'What's wrong with her?' Max inwardly thought, still new to yuna's strange character.
[How could you be so cruel, she almost lost her master.] Frail sarcastically said mocking max. Ignoring his annoying system max then looked round, seeing the bodies of the gangsters as memories of what had happened hit his head.
[Soul: 3/30]
[User's soul is critically low! please replenish soul by absorbing soul to avoid death.]
The system messages flashed before max eyes, causing his face to go grim as he'd totally forgotten about his low soul.
'You couldn't warn me earlier?' Max retorded at his cheeky system, annoyed by the fact frail couldn't warn him firsthand.
[First off, it isn't my job to babysit you oh all great master.. and besides I was gonna.] Frail lied, causing max to frown more at this carefree behavior.
'Shit! how am I supposed to steal some souls when they're all dead.' He was a bit downcast having killed all the gangsters. He knew Jake was still alive but in terrible condition, and he was too far for him to steal his soul. Looking at Yuna and his time elapsing, he had no other choice than to latch onto her. Afterall she was his slave, so she was meant to satisfy him in anyways possible.
[+1 soul]
[Yuna soul: 49/50]
Yuna didn't have time to react, when Max suddenly placed his hand on her chest. She was confused at first not knowing what he meant, but she could soon feel something going out from her.
'What is that?' She wondered looking down, as she could see a faint white light being transferred from her body to max. She didn't have any clue why and how max was doing it, but she chose to remain silent for some reason.
In about 2 minutes or so max had now finished absorbing some of yuna's soul, as the system notification flashed before his eyes. He remembered seeing other notifications before he passed out, but he chose to leave them for now.
'H-how did he heal himself.' Yuna thought, seeing the wounds on max body were now gone. It was strange she didn't see a single drop of blood come out from max body, but she didn't dare ask. Like a strange chain of command compelled her not to.
Gritting his teeth max struggled to get to his feet, along with the assistant of Yuna. He knew she had a million and one questions, but he didn't care. He didn't have to answer to her for anything!
'I can't believe I did this..' max chuckled. He was having some doubts about beating them, when he first saw the bulky man along with his two fellow gang members. But somehow he'd managed to pull through, even with his weak body.
Limping over to where kander's lifeless body was he could see it wasn't pale like the rest he'd killed, as blood still flowed out from the stab wounds to the neck. The same also went for scat and..
'Wait.. he's still alive.' max was surprised one of the members from kander's team had survived, but in bad shape. That's when he remembered he was rudely interrupted by kander, before he got the chance to finish the job.
'I'll leave him for later.' Max decided. not wanting to waste any opportunity he got, as he decided to exploit the individual while having a little fun. Slowly and steadily walking over to where Jake was, he saw he was still unconscious.
'Should I just end it here?' Max thought, staring downwards to Jake unconscious body. To be honest he didn't really have much need for the latter, as he'd just decided to get some information and discard him. But being as kind as he was he gave Jake an opportunity to impress him, but the latter failed terribly and instead brought more trouble for him instead.
[You can just kill him while he's unconscious, if you're feeling guilty.] Frail teased making max frown a bit. He was still pondering on whether to kill Jake or not, when a soft voice from behind pulled him out his trance.
"Master.. more gang members might be coming, and I bet the cops would soon also be here. It's best if we leave now." Yuna suggested and max knew she was right. He was so caught up in deciding Jake's fate, that he didn't take into consideration other members of kander's gang by come swinging by. He was lucky to get out of this one alive, but he couldn't be so sure of next time.
Locating a black duffle bag, max then cut the arms and legs of the surviving member of kander's group. Placing what was left of him in the duffel bag zipping it shut, he then wrapped Jake with a black nylon bag placing him on his shoulders.
"Let's go." Max tossed the duffle bag to Yuna as he proceeded to walk out of the alley. Yuna stared at the bag for a while thinking about something but shook her head, carrying it and following behind max.
The streets were scanty with less people today, so max wasn't worried about being caught. Though he could easily come up with a lie, which would then lead to another lie and he'd eventually run out of lies.
"What the hell are those.."
"Yeah it smells like blood."
"Are those meats? "
Max ignored all the weird gazes and fingers pointed towards them, as he wasn't fazed at all. It wasn't their concern and they had no right to meddle in his business. The trip from the alley back to the lounge wasn't that long, as they'd reached in about 20 minutes considering the excess luggage.
"This isn't a pork shop!" The grumpy old man yelled, but a cold glare from max made him think otherwise. Going to their room max entered, dropping Jake's body hard to the floor not caring if he was injured.
Max then locked the doors and zipped the duffle bag open, the stench of blood immediately hit his nostrils. If it was normal people, then they would've long throwed up seeing this sight. But Max wasn't normal, no he'd been used to the stench of blood even before he died so it was nothing new to him.
Bringing the man out from the bag max laid him on the floor, like a mannequin without arms or legs. He then unwrapped Jake, also laying him on the floor but not without crushing his legs.
"What are you going to do with them?" Yuna didn't know why, but it felt like this was a normal sighting for her. A part of her wanted to scream and throw up, but another part enjoyed this and wanted more.
Max then stared up to Yuna, his lazy eyes glaring at her without any emotions whatsoever. He was a bit shocked how she still kept her composure with all this scenario, but he guessed it was because of his unholy harem or something.
"If you must know I plan on having a little fun, before I decide what to do with them." A creepy smile slowly formed on max face, making Yuna shiver a bit. Max then walked over to a socket grabbing a kettle in the hotel, max fetched some water and began boiling it.
It didn't take long before the water boiled as he then walked over to where Jake was, pouring a bit to his crotch area.
"Argh.. W-what the fuck!" Jake was immediately jolted awake, feeling the hot liquid melting his skin. He could see he was in a place he didn't recognize, but he certainly recognized the ominous presence standing before him.
"Welcome back." Max grinned an insidious look in his eyes.
"M-my lord what's happening.. k-kander is he dead? What are we doing here?" Jake shakily asked, staring into the proclaimed demon lord eyes.
"You know, for an incompetent trash you sure have a big mouth." Max frowned getting up, and going over to the surviving member of kander's gang. He then did the same thing as with Jake.
"Arghh! W-what the fuck! It bu-rn I-it burns." The man screamed in pain, barely rolling since he didn't have any arms or legs.
"You all scream to much." Max softly said taking a seat in the bed, he then gestured Yuna seat besides him. She was a little stunned by this, but for some reason she happily obliged.
"Now am going to ask you one question. Jake did you betray me?" Max asked glancing at Jake still shaking in pain.
"N-no my lord, I would never think of such." Jake hastingly said, putting his hands in a prayer form paying homage to his demon lord.
"He's lying.." Yuna softly whispered, making max raise a brow.
"How do you know?"
"I-i don't for sure but I can sense he's lying." Yuna muttered which made max a bit weary, but his expression immediately turned to that of shock seeing a screen appear before his eyes staring at Yuna.
[Congratulations to first member of host unholy otherworldly harem Yuna Nika for evolving into unholy succubus priestess!]
"What the-" max was shocked at the message, as he could also see and icon by the side of the screen.
'Frail what does this mean.'
[Are you naturally dumb or didn't you graduate middle school?] Frail grumbled. [She's an unholy succubus priestess which means she's evolved to be a succubus. Tap the icon for further details. Oh! and she's right.] Frail spoke in max head as he just blankly stared at yuna.
"Max?" Yuna called out to him, seeing he just awkwardly stared at her.
"Am sorry.." Max apologized, regaining himself he then got up walking towards Jake with a smile.
"Of course you wouldn't dare betray me." Max chuckled slightly gently patting Jake's shoulders.
"O-of course my lord, you are my master till eternity. I'll go anywhere you want." Jake also chuckled nervously, feeling max soft pats on his shoulders.
"Really.. Then I send you to hell." Max snapped Jake's neck a bit so he couldn't move, as he sucked the soul out from him while the others watched.