Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (39 page)

“You… are testing my patience. For your own sake, as well as your
pets
, do not do so again,” she warned with malice. Daemon got ready to strike again before Katie clapped her hands together, forming a bright green and purple light that swirled around them. She then swung the light down towards the group, with Daemon swinging his sword and launching out a wave of bright light at it. The two forces struck each other and exploded with a blinding flash, with Daemon and the girls on the ground shielding their eyes from the bloom before it slowly faded, revealing the succubus and witch to be gone.

“Dammit, she got away again,” Sasha cursed.

“That bitch needs to go down, hard,” Rulo grunted with an oink. Daemon watched as the leaves and branches up above swayed slightly in the wind before slowly looking back towards Forrus, the lycan still bound on the ground and watching him with wonder. Sasha and Rulo glanced over to her as Daemon slowly approached the wolf, with Forrus trembling bit as the boy held his sword down towards her. She shook her head with a whimper, trying to plead for her life around her gag as Daemon geared back with his sword.

‘Wait, please! Have mercy!’

With a precise swing of his sword Daemon sliced through the vines holding her, the lycan trembling a bit then looking to see she was able to move again. She quickly reached up and yanked the apple out of her mouth, gasping for air as she started to unravel her bolas from around her neck. Daemon watched her for a moment then started walking away while sheathing his sword, his cold blue eyes looking ahead as he focused on finding the succubus once again.

“Sasha, Rulo, we’re leaving,” he said, with Sasha nodding and holding her sword down at her side while Rulo rested her hammer over her shoulder.

“Yes, master,” they both replied formally. Daemon stopped and glanced back to them, the two girls then jumping a bit before smiling nervously at him.

“I mean, Daemon,” they quickly corrected with. The human looked at them for a moment then glanced past them, with the girls looking back to seeing Forrus coughing on the ground as she had gotten her weapon freed from around her neck. The lycan took a few deep breaths then looked to Daemon with wonder.

“Who… who are you?” she asked. Daemon just looked at her in silence before turning and walking away, with Sasha and Rulo then following after him.

“Wait, please,” Forrus pleaded as she tried to crawl after them, her legs feeling weak while she still felt lightheaded from being strangled earlier. Daemon stopped and kept looking ahead while Sasha and Rulo glanced back to the lycan.

“I beg of you, please help me,” Forrus said weakly as she tried to stand again.

“We already saved your life when we were not obligated to, yet you ask for more?” Sasha inquired.

“Yeah, and we didn’t even plan on saving you, you were just lucky we came by when we did,” Rulo mentioned.

“Please, I need your help,” Forrus begged softly.

“We are not mercenaries, we are not missionaries, seek aid for yourself elsewhere,” Daemon said while still looking ahead. Forrus shook her head with a small smile at him.

“I cannot, I would not find another like you even if I searched all of Eden. You, a human, managing to not only save my life but also fend off a witch and a Darker One, are the one I seek in this world,” she said gratefully, then took another step towards him before Sasha quickly held her blade out towards the lycan with a stern expression.

“Did you not hear him? We are not here to help you. It was by good fortune he dispatched that creature before it could kill you, but make no mistake, us being here was purely to stop that Darker One,
not
to save you,” Sasha stated firmly.

“Take another step towards him and it will be your last,” Rulo warned. Forrus looked to each of them then dropped to her knees, with Sasha then pointing the blade down at her neck.

“I beg of you. My sisters, my entire pack, were brutally slain, eaten alive, by two monsters. Monsters that could not be killed,” she pleaded. Daemon slowly glanced back to her while Sasha raised an eyebrow at her.

“Could not be killed?” Sasha repeated.

“Yes, they would not die. No matter what we did to them, we could not kill them, they simply would not die. All my sisters were killed, tortured and eaten alive by these two monsters, leaving me the only survivor of my pack. I cannot kill them on my own, I know not if they
can
even be killed, but I must avenge them however I can. Please, I implore you, human who stands against even Darker Ones and prevails, I need your help,” Forrus begged desperately. Daemon watched her for a moment then looked back ahead.

“We have heard of the two you seek, however they are not our concern, we have a more important task ahead of us. That is the only thing we are out here to do, nothing else matters,” he stated. Forrus trembled then bowed humbly on the ground to him, with Sasha and Rulo watching her carefully as the lycan closed her eyes and tried to steady her voice.

“Please, I have nothing else to live for; I am but a lone lycan who has lost everything. I beg of you, if you’ll help me with my quest for revenge, I swear I’ll do anything you ask, I’ll surrender all that I have left in me to you,” she said urgently. Daemon glanced back to the lycan as she looked up to him with pleading eyes.

“You seek the succubus, wishing to stop her from finding something of grave importance to you. I understand, and I’ll gladly help you in return. I’m a skilled huntress of the land, and will dedicate all my soul and being to aid you with your cause. I will help you seek out the succubus, and anything else you wish, just please, help me avenge my sisters and send those two horrible demons that slew them back to hell,” she begged desperately. Sasha and Rulo watched the lycan with dull glares while Daemon just glanced back at her out of the corner of his eye. After a while of silence Forrus looked down with despair.

“You fended off a Darker One, you are both skilled with magic and your blade, and you show no fear in the face of pure evil, if there would be anyone in this world who could help me it would be you. Please, I’ll do anything you ask, anything,” she implored. Sasha and Rulo scowled at the girl then looked to Daemon as the boy just kept watching the lycan without saying anything. Forrus held her hands together in front of herself and waited to hear his response, praying that he would answer her call.

“And what makes you think you could help me at all?” Daemon asked dryly. Forrus looked to him with a focused expression.

“I have their scent, the succubus and witch; I’ll never forget it after what they tried to do to me. No matter where they run, no matter where they may try to hide, I will be able to find them again. I swear to you, I can help you find them,” she declared assuredly.

“I can track them just fine on my own; I have been doing so all this time without a hunting dog. So, I ask you, what other use could you possibly offer me that would justify you coming with us?” Daemon questioned. Forrus glanced to Sasha and Rulo then back to him.

“I offer you my life,” she said softly.

“Doesn’t seem like much,” Rulo scoffed. Forrus glanced to her with a scowl.

“It’s all I have to pay with, and I’ll gladly do so if it means my sisters can be avenged. He may use me for anything he so wishes, he may order me to do whatever he needs done, as long as my pack is allowed to rest in peace I care not what happens to me,” she said sternly, then looked to Daemon with hopeful eyes.

“Please, allow me to help you however I can. Another set of eyes to seek what you wish, another fighter to help you in battle, another vessel in which to violate should you so choose,” she offered.

“What?” Sasha and Rulo yelled out as they brought their weapons at the ready to strike the lycan. Forrus glanced to each of them curiously.

“Are you not engaging in such behavior with him? You both seem dedicated to him thoroughly, are you not offering your bodies to him at all?” she asked. Sasha and Rulo showed frustrated expressions as they growled at the girl. Forrus nodded slowly then looked at Daemon with a solemn expression.

“I will be yours, to command as you see fit, to do with-”

“Stop,” Daemon ordered shaking his head. Forrus looked at him curiously as the boy turned to face her with a cold stare.

“If you bring up the notion of these two being used as ‘vessels to violate’ again I will skin you alive, do you hear me?” he said coldly. Forrus trembled and nodded with a fearful expression as the boy walked towards her. He was only human, yet the lycan felt more intimidated by him than the succubus by far.

“I meant no disrespect, I was only-” she started before the boy held his gloved hand out and grabbed her by the jaw, the lycan halting with a squeak as Sasha and Rulo watched her with dull glares.

“What I seek, the only thing I seek, is what that succubus stole, what that demon is after, nothing more,” he stated firmly, with Forrus gulping as she stared at him with a trembling tail. The boy eyed her for a moment then let her go and backed up a step. Forrus closed her eyes and bowed her head to the boy.

“Please, let me aid you,” she said softly.

“You can’t help us, get lost!” Rulo yelled out.

“Find someone else to help you, we have more important matters to attend to,” Sasha hissed.

Daemon watched Forrus as the lycan whimpered and looked down away then rolled his eyes and turned around again.

“Get up,” he ordered. Forrus looked up to him with wonder as he motioned for Sasha and Rulo to back off, the two monster girls slowly backing up a step and lowering their weapons while watching him curiously.

“Master?” Forrus asked softly.

“Don’t call me that, my name is Daemon. Now get up,” the boy replied. Forrus looked at him curiously as she slowly stood up, with Daemon then drumming his fingers lightly on his sword’s handle.

“We will not be looking for your two killers, we will not be searching the lands for them in any way, my mission remains the same, that will never be changed,” he declared, with Forrus watching him worriedly before he glanced back to her.

“However, should we come across them by chance, we’ll find out if they are indeed immortal, if they can remain standing after greeting my blade. Your wish will be granted if luck remains on your side, and we meet these two monsters face to face. Until then, if this is what you want to do with your life, then so be it. Your new purpose is the same as ours, that is your only true priority now, understand?” he questioned. Forrus looked at him curiously as Sasha and Rulo watched her with dull stares.

“My new… purpose?” Forrus asked.

“Do you understand?” Daemon repeated sharply. Forrus jumped a bit then nodded quickly.

“Yes, I do. I will take to heart your goal above all else, I swear, and I shall hope that we do come across my pack’s killers again, so that they may finally be slain for their horrendous deeds,” she agreed. Daemon glanced to her as the wolf bowed gratefully at him.

“Thank you, Daemon,” she said softly. The boy just looked at her for a moment then back ahead.

“You listen well, that’s a plus. Now, let’s go,” he said dryly as he started walking forward.

“But, master, are we really bringing-” Sasha asked worriedly before the boy stopped and glanced back to her, the reptile girl halting then shaking her head quickly.

“I mean, Daemon, we’re bringing her with us? Are you sure-”

“Are you questioning him?” Forrus asked. Sasha and Rulo looked to her with glares as the lycan smiled curiously at Daemon.

“I don’t believe it is our place to question him. He does know best, right?” she mused. Daemon glanced to her as the lycan set a hand at her hip while she hooked her bolas to her belt with the other.

“I for one will never doubt him or his commands, he’s certainly proved himself as a worthy leader to me,” she reasoned. Daemon watched her for a moment then looked back ahead while Sasha and Rulo glared at the girl.

“What is your name?” Daemon asked.

“Forrus,” the lycan replied with a bow. Daemon started walking again while Forrus kept her eyes on him and not on the two other monster girls who were giving her harsh looks. Although it could not be seen with her fur, a faint blush formed on her cheeks as she stared at the human that captured her eye.

‘I never thought such humans existed in this world, he’s truly remarkable. I must do whatever it takes to gain his favor, there’s no doubt that his seed would provide me with only the strongest and noblest of daughters.’

Sasha growled and held her sword towards the lycan while Rulo gripped her hammer tightly.

“Now listen up, I don’t know who you think you are , but let’s get something straight right now, nobody will come between me and my-” Sasha threatened before Forrus hurried past them towards Daemon, the lycan then glancing back to the girls with a smirk.

“
You
need to listen, Daemon said we’re going, so we’re going,” she said with a chuckle before quickly moving up to follow behind the boy as he walked off into the woods. Sasha and Rulo growled as they watched the lycan walking behind Daemon with a gently wagging tail, her hips swaying slightly with each step she took as she remained light on her feet.

“That’s master to you!” Sasha and Rulo both shouted out.

“No it isn’t,” Daemon called back flatly. The two girls flinched then showed nervous expressions.

“Sorry, Daemon,” they said together before quickly following after.

The four made their way through the woods together, with Daemon leading the monster girls who kept watching him while remaining silent. Sasha and Rulo glanced to each other then to the lycan who had joined their ranks, neither liking how close she was getting to Daemon. Not to mention she was completely naked, the wolf only having her fur which did very little to hide her features from the boy.

After a short walk Forrus showed a puzzled expression and tilted her head slightly.

“Um, Daemon? If I may ask,
what
exactly is our goal? What is my new purpose you’ve given me?” she asked. Daemon kept walking with a cold look in his eyes, remaining focused on his quest that he knew was of the highest importance.