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The Archdemon of Lust

Prince Luxen from the 2nd Circle of Hell

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Luxen immediately glanced to the spot where the angel blade had dropped and dove towards it.

He felt cold, sticky bumps of webbed hands wrap around his ankles, distracting him.

He had regretted taking a peek from his left to his right.

Luxen was grateful of the fact that, even he wasn't a water demon per se—he had Archdemon wings and not fins—his torso, arms, legs and feet were coordinated enough, which enabled him to dive fast.

Some of these shadow demonic mermaids swam ahead of him.

He was practically surrounded.

Luxen flinched when he felt something bit his lower leg with sharp teeth, piercing him and drawing blood.

Baphomet!

Luxen could smell the scent of his blood before it sewed itself shut.

The demonic sirens trashed about as if they had been electrified, snarling like crazy when they scented the aroma.

These low—level demons can gain more power if they had eaten an Archdemon's flesh because it would provide enough strength to level up as a demon and climb into the ranks.

Why couldn't he hear them sing in unison?

Baphomet!

It can only mean that they had already acquired its target.

The demonic sirens had their hands on Luna, preparing her to be their food and share her limbs.

"LUNA!" In his mind, Luxen screamed with all his might, praying that Luna could hear her now that they weren't Realms apart.

He hoped that the blood bond between them would work when it came to telepathic communication.

Luna should never sleep, or she would die from the hands of these demonic sirens.

An Archdemon might be an immortal who can't regenerate but that someone couldn't pretty much do anything if eaten alive.

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When he reached the top edge of the lower rock formations where the angel blade was stuck, it wasn't long before Luxen and the demonic sirens fought for control over it.

Luxen was positive that these'low-level demons' had equated to 'low-level brains' because some of the demon sirens were stupid enough to hold the tip of the blade as they grappled for the angel blade.

It wouldn't take a genius to know what happened next.

The demonic sirens had expired on the spot, turning to specks of black dust as they dissolved into the frozen lake.

Luxen had the angel blade in his possession and he waved it carelessly in front of their ugly faces like it was his magic wand.

He could sense the fear in the demonic sirens' obsidian eyes as they halted, regarding him with paranoia.

They safely positioned themselves at a non-attacking physical distance, observing his next move.

Luxen and the demonic sirens stared at each other.

Well, Luxen hadn't even attacked them yet.

The demonic sirens couldn't even decipher that Luxen was an Archdemon Prince and they need to recognise his authority.

There was no evidence--not even acknowledgement and a flash of recognition in their eyes.

It proved that these demonic sirens were similar to animals in that regard.

They didn't know him and don't know how to respect power.

These water demons hadn't sworn allegiance.

Hell, Luxen didn't know if they belonged here in the Second Circles and he had no claim to them.

It was time to eliminate them out of his Kingdom if they don't even know what respect was.

He was so close to using Archdemon Magic and just blasted these creatures who managed to piss him off, but it would be dangerous to do that.

The effects of Luna's uncontrolled Archdemon magic had a dangerous impact, melting the ice in just a blink of an eye.

Luxen was cautious not to use any of his power while he was inside the body of water because he didn't know the effects of the waves, the water currents and all the creatures that lay in it.

He didn't want to kill his mate accidentally even if Luna was determined to do the same to him.

When one of the sirens opened their mouth to sing, Luxen swam closer and striked them with Luna's angel blade, not allowing himself even to hear a single note.

It was time to nip the bud right away while it was still small.

Despite a hole in his wing, Luxen had killed demonic sirens around him with a single blow.

As he held the remaining oxygen in his lungs, Luxen attempted to place the angel blade in a---

He suddenly remembered that he didn't have a leather sheath strapped around his waist.

As Luxen crouched down to reach the fabric of his pants, he tore a large piece of cloth on his lower leg and wrapped it tightly around the blade and tied the ends together, completely covering the angel runes so that he wouldn't get hurt.

He secured it at the waistband of his pants.

It was a wrong place to hide it because the cloth might come loose and it might stab his upper thigh and kill him.

He would still be cautious, though.

It was a risk he was willing to take before Camio could see the blade and spread rumors about overthrowing Lucifer.

Luxen heard another vibration of a siren hymn being sung from afar.

It hadn't affected him that much initially, but later, his body had started to relax in the deep waters of the lake.

A few minutes later, the siren song had stopped and there was a complete silence.

Luxen shook his head to get out of the hypnosis and awakened his sleeping limbs.

It was dangerous how he didn't notice that his arms and legs were numb.

Almost running out of air, Luxen had swum back to the surface at the speed of light.

He had paused midway when something caught his attention.

Camio had his Domina in his arms.

They hurriedly came up above the surface while his fellow henchmen followed closely behind the two of them.

Clenching his fists, Luxen was annoyed at how the leader had hit Luna's face with his rhino horn as he sniffed her.