Dante's form began to slowly return to being Ziriel, and his tired, panting body sank to the ground, falling to his knees amidst one of the most brutal scenes he had ever witnessed.
Panting, she murmured, "This is nothing compared to what I'm going to do to your emperor, you noble pieces of crap," he said, starting to blur his vision, but a hand appeared at his side, holding him up.
"You've worked hard, master," Aaralyn said as she supported him to walk. At the same time, she watched from afar and truly realized something... This was indeed Dante Scarlet. Any doubt she had now completely dissipated. Not only had he wielded Valentina's spear, but he had slowly seen Valentina herself for a moment in the shadow of her Master.
"We need to get out of here, this place is going to collapse," she said as she led Dante, who had little strength left to stand, but still fought steadfastly, but... He passed out.
The sounds of the world disappeared for a brief moment. Dante felt like he was calmly falling over the sea, descending into the depths of darkness. His moments and thoughts were paralyzed as he gazed at the light over the waters, a scene he had seen several times before. His body heavy with fatigue fell onto the vast ocean of his soul.
The lights struck his closed eyes, which opened slightly, seeing a few familiar figures...
His longing was killing him at the same time his world was consuming him slightly, but of course, he didn't let himself be shaken and momentarily used his warm mana to calm the coldness of the sea.
"I am no longer someone who can be controlled by my emotions, stop this," Dante said, and suddenly all the water fell and he realized he was sitting on a throne, facing a red carpet, and on the other side, another throne.
"Hmm, how interesting, did you know about me?" She leaned against his lips seductively as she crossed her legs.
"It's good to see you again, mother of demons," Dante ignored her question and greeted her.
"How rude to ignore a lady like me," she replied with a curious and sadistic look, different from the previous Lilith he knew, who was just a remnant without emotions.
"What do you want," he growled, he was already fed up with strange entities always appearing whenever he was about to achieve something.
"Hmm, what was it again... well, I can't remember," she shrugged as she simply watched Dante with a look... well, he was being intimidated.
"Tell me what you want! I don't have time for this!" Dante growled again. He really didn't have time to play with a demon.
The older woman, a demon with black horns, stared at him sternly with a mocking look. Her extremely long white hair fell to the ground and caught attention, mainly because of her crown of miasma and negative energy floating above her head.
[Real image of Lilith is the woman on the cover of the novel! - Previously she was in a spectral state]
"Don't make me repeat myself. What do you want from me," Dante said, serious, demonstrating his intention not to yield to the demon who scrutinized him faithfully. Dante, who was in his true form, intrigued Lilith every second with his expressions.
"I am just admiring you, Progenitor," she said, smiling. Dante blinked twice and questioned her, "What do you mean by that?" However, she said nothing, only smiled.
"Come on, stop playing games with me!" Dante exclaimed angrily, rising from the throne he was seated on, but Lilith just laughed like a Milf. "A newly awakened progenitor wants to command a Progenitor Goddess, what a joke fufufu."
Seeing that scene, Dante relented and closed his eyes, while Lilith observed him. If she wanted to play with him through words, he would take away that pleasure.
He remained silent and didn't speak to her anymore, despite hearing strange sounds coming from in front of him. He never opened his eyes or said anything. Lilith, however, was starting to get irritated.
"You are annoying me, child," she said as she held his head, but he didn't open his eyes and just ignored her.
Then, she began shaking his head by his black horns, back and forth, yet he didn't open his eyes and just ignored her.
Lilith huffed like a child. Actually, in a general context, it was the first time she was acting like this. Being the empress of hell didn't give her good moments with decent people, especially since they were all demons.
Then, in a demonic act, she approached his body and climbed onto him. Dante immediately opened his eyes and saw Lilith embracing him while her entire body was filled with the sinful body of the Goddess.
"What are you doing, demon," Dante said, but Lilith didn't respond and remained silent as she intertwined with Dante's body, who couldn't push her away. He tried, but he couldn't. It was as if a higher force prevented him. The same higher force compelled his arms to embrace her, a warm embrace for her, but for Dante, it was discomfort, a very great discomfort.
Because of the strength Lilith gave him, he lost his life, his family, and ten years of pure loneliness, without even knowing what happened to them. It took him years to return and that was Lilith's fault, who forced the balance to be completely broken.
"Let go of me, I don't like this," he said, completely different from all other moments. Now, however, she didn't even hear him and squeezed him tighter.
"Mine...", she murmured, and Dante heard it, but soon his anger didn't cease. Dante knew he was inside his mind. Somehow, she had invaded there, and he was not happy at all, not happy at all.
"Come here, deal with her," Dante said, and Lilith looked into his eyes, which slightly changed to pure fury.
Dante's words echoed and soon, the entire world that Lilith created began to shift, break, and tear apart.
"Who dares to invade my world," the female voice echoed, and Lilith looked up when she realized the hot breath of a being.
"Get out of here, Empress of Hell." Two dragons appeared in the sky, one gigantic with over twenty meters and the other smaller, around eight meters. "Well, it seems you have quite the support in... A Demon-Dragon and an Arcane Dragon. What else are you hiding, little Dante?" Lilith said, and the moment she spoke, she was impaled by Excalibur. Then, the entire sky turned black and a sun appeared.
"Excalibur, Amaterasu, and Tsukoyomi, every time I see you, I find you more interesting," Lilith said, smiling at him. "It seems that my future holds the best for me. I'll wait for you on the throne, my King," she said and disappeared.
"How did she get in here?" Dante said, and no one knew the answer. However, the Cocoon was completely shattered.
Dante turned and observed the scene of the unconscious body on the ground. Then, he turned to Voralith, who shook her head in denial. She really didn't know how Lilith passed through the protections she had made on Dante's soul before losing all her powers.
Voralith carefully analyzed the surroundings and searched for breaches in the mental world and Dante's soul, but nothing had been found. In fact, she did find something. "Dante, she gave you the authority of the Demon King again," Voralith said, and Dante looked at her completely emotionless.
"I already expected that. She... is very impulsive." That was the first analysis he had of Lilith's strange personality. He thought she was a sovereign ruler, who had no apparent emotions or anything like that, but he didn't know that was such a lie... Ok, he didn't know, but Lilith was only like that with him, and she had her reasons for it, even though he didn't know...
"I'll wait for you on the throne, my King..." He heard Lilith's phrase again and slowly felt a feeling similar to that of all his other women whom he loved, but he shook his head quickly. "She's an enemy. Damn, why are all queens always against me? Aren't there any villainous men here? I hate living!" Dante shouted inwardly. He was already fed up with all of this.
"You need to go back. The girl Aaralyn is having trouble," said Voralith, and Dante nodded. "Eldrax, do you want to kill some idiots who are part of those who imprisoned you?" Dante questioned, and the small dragon jumped for joy.
"Yes!! Eldrax wants to burn insects!" She said. Unlike Voralith, who was an entity still in development to return to the Mortal world and couldn't interfere directly and physically, only magically, Eldrax was a flesh and blood dragon. She was only under a spell of integration, so she could enter Dante's world.
Dante then finally returned to his female body, which was being carried by Aaralyn, who was clearly tired. Slowly opening his eyes, he looked to the side and saw the demi-human jackal carrying him on the left and Aaralyn on the right.
"Arg~" He grunted, and both stopped walking, watching him. The black elf, who was further ahead with the group, looked back and saw him waking up.
"Are you okay, master?" Aaralyn asked, and he nodded. "Where are we?"
"We're on one of the hidden paths outside the walls. It leads to one of the night forests where we can rest. Do you still wish to come with us?" She asked, and Dante's body nodded. "We need to talk."
In the distance, however, a succubus watched him with eyes full of emotion, as if she had found something rare.